Welcoming Miners with Texas Western Gold Rush

Attendee points his glow-sticks towards the camera.

Erik Acosta, Web Editor • August 29, 2023

A new fall semester has begun and UTEP has kicked it off with the annual Texas Western Gold Rush. With students dancing and waving glow sticks in the air, this special annual event was held at the Centennial Plaza, Aug. 28.

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Erik Acosta, Editor-in-Chief

Erik Acosta is the editor-in-chief for The Prospector. He is a senior majoring in multimedia journalism with a minor in theatre. He plans to pursue a career in broadcast journalism and print with hopes of working at LA times, Washington Post and ABC News.

Joel Molina, Photo Editor

Joel is a graduate creative writing student at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the photo editor who began his career at The Prospector in 2022. He hopes to continue providing the world and its people with different forms of storytelling that will hopefully make their day to day lives better.

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