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Assayer of Student Opinion.

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Colbert selling out by moving to ‘Late Night’

Maria Esquinca, Staff reporter April 10, 2014

Millions of anti-Colbert critics who campaigned on Twitter for Stephen Colbert’s show, “The Colbert Report,” to be cancelled might’ve just had their prayers answered by the all-mighty CBS gods. David Lettermen recently announced that he will...

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(Left) Steve Pulley, a former heroine addict, sits with Jorge Marquez, a clinical counselor at the UTEP Counseling Center. They discuss student recovery and advocacy for those who are seek higher education.

Former addict promotes student recovery through national bike tour

Helen Yip, Staff reporter April 8, 2014

Steve Pulley casually sits with his legs crossed in a tiny, dimly lit room.  His physique is fit, you would never tell by looking at him that he was once a heroin addict. Pulley is traveling on a bicycle from San Diego to Charleston, South Carolina,...

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Candidate Wendy Davis talks equal pay at Café Mayapan

Jasmine Aguilera and Maria Esquinca March 26, 2014

Gubernatorial candidate Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spent Wednesday morning speaking to media and volunteers at Café Mayapan, in El Paso, Texas. She focused her discussion on gender and economic equality. El Paso Sen. Jose Rodriguez...

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New plans for commencement ceremony announced

Luis Barrio, Staff reporter March 18, 2014

UTEP officials discussed plans for the 2014 spring commencement ceremony Tuesday morning at the Peter and Margaret De Wetter Center. This announcement also kick started the annual Grad Fair, where graduating students can purchase regalia, invitations...

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The Baja SAE competition tasks engineering students with designing a dune buggy that can withstand harsh terrains.

International engineering competition returns to UTEP

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter March 5, 2014

UTEP will be hosting the Baja Society of Automotive Engineers 2014 competition from April 24-27. The last time UTEP hosted the competition was 16 years ago, in 1998. The competition tasks engineering students with designing a dune buggy that can withstand...

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Details for submission

March 4, 2014

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off of our souls,” Pablo Picasso. The Prospector Daily is proud to welcome The Tavern, a section dedicated to works of fiction, poetry, photography, design, music and all other original pieces...

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Keith Pannell, chemistry professor, is the host of "100 @ 100" at KTEP.

Chemistry professor starts radio segment to showcase campus-wide research

Lorain Watters, Managing editor March 4, 2014

At 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, a piano trills through the stereo speakers. Sixteenth notes crescendo and fall, melting together with an English accent. Every Tuesday and Thursday, listeners of the local NPR station KTEP can hear a four-minute long...

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Christian Champaign, 18, a senior at Hyde Park Career Center in Chicago, introduced the President to East Room audience attending the My Brother’s Keeper event.

My Brother’s Keeper initiative to aid black and Latino boys

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter March 4, 2014

WASHINGTON –President Barack Obama launched a new initiative to help black and Latino boys across the nation. The My Brother’s Keeper Task Force will establish mentorship programs and support networks to help minority boys stay on track in school. “By...

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David Posnack Jewish Day School seventh-grader Kyle Weintraub, 12, of Davie, Fla., shakes hands with President Barack Obama at the first White House Film Festival. Kyle, who uses a robot to attend school from a hospital in Pennsylvania, was the subject of a student film recognized by Obama.

Obama praises film about sick South Fla. boy who uses robot to attend class

Melhor Leonor, SHFWire reporter March 4, 2014

WASHINGTON - Inside the halls of David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Fla., a robot takes part in group projects, asks questions about science and math and jokes around with friends. Behind the device is seventh-grader Kyle Weintraub, 12, also...

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Kudos to fest organizors—MGMT announced for Neon Desert

Jose Soto, Staff reporter March 4, 2014

The stakes were high for this years Neon Desert Music Festival line-up.  Being its third year, the public has been waiting for big names to drop and just this morning, the festival announced that the indie-rock duo MGMT will be performing.  A name like...

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Where Samba meets bamba

Where Samba meets bamba

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter March 4, 2014

A samba dancer has seemingly transformed into a peacock. A long, blue, elaborate feather headdress adorns her. It pours out of a golden crown beginning at the top of her head and drizzles down over her back. The crown reaches out into her face, covering...

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A first for minorities at the Oscars

A first for minorities at the Oscars

Andrés Rodríguez, Copy Editor March 4, 2014

We’re not all racists, it turns out. At least not according to Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres, who quipped during the opening ceremony Sunday night that either “12 Years a Slave” wins Best Picture or “you’re all racists.” This was the first...

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