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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Daniel Centeno, profesor de lenguas y linguistica, es coordinador del evento y reconoce el gran progreso que el congreso ha generado.

Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea por arrancar

Cassandra Adame, Staff Reporter March 4, 2014

A sus 19 años de fructífera existencia, el Congreso de Literatura mexicana Contemporánea regresa este marzo para presentar los resultados de la lectura de narradores mexicanos que comienzan a publicar desde finales de los años 60.  El congreso...

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Smoking a selfish choice- Rebuttal to "Smoking: nostalgia and allure"

Smoking a selfish choice- Rebuttal to “Smoking: nostalgia and allure”

Javier Cortez, Staff reporter February 27, 2014

Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Cigarette smoking is the number...

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Texas Tribune to host Thursday symposium focusing on demographic change

Maria Esquinca, Staff reporter February 26, 2014

This Thursday, Feb. 27, UTEP in partnership with the Texas Tribune will be hosting a daylong symposium on demographic change. The symposium will focus on how the fast-changing demographics of Texas will impact public policy. Aside from writing and...

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Brazilian ambassador to speak at Wednesday’s Centennial Lecture

Helen Yip, Staff reporter February 25, 2014

UTEP's Centennial Lecture Series continues tomorrow, Feb. 26, with “Brazil’s Global Moment,” featuring Brazilian Ambassador Mauro Vieira. “All of the Centennial Lectures aim to address topics of importance to our future,” said Keith Erekson,...

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Them new rotary phones!

Them new rotary phones!

Blake Lanham, Cartoonist February 25, 2014

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Estudiantes buscan moda en los dos lados de la frontera

Estudiantes buscan moda en los dos lados de la frontera

Cassandra Adame, Reportera February 25, 2014

Como consumidores, estudiantes encuentran de los dos lados de la frontera maneras para ahorrarse unos centavos en productos desde útiles y medicinas, hasta ropa y accesorios.  Este 2014, se estima que en El Paso se venderán $729 millones en ropa...

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#NO FILTER

#NO FILTER

Helen Yip, Staff Reporter February 25, 2014

An “ideal beauty” lives on magazine racks and television screens at all hours of the day. She is thin and built with clear skin, free of wrinkles or scars. She has perfect hair, big lips, a long neck and eyelashes. She has the right-sized bust, with...

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‘Self-governance’—the method of tobacco-free enforcement

‘Self-governance’—the method of tobacco-free enforcement

Maria Esquinca and Amanda Guillen February 25, 2014

Maintaining a tobacco-free campus may prove difficult to enforce as some students are choosing not to follow the “self-governing” method officials have proclaimed. UTEP’s Environmental Health and Safety Department enacted the tobacco ban on Feb....

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Smoking: nostalgia and allure

Smoking: nostalgia and allure

S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter February 25, 2014

Smoking was such an in-vogue habit.   It stood for the style of so many people I admire: journalists, writers, academics, media professionals and the smoldering list goes on. With the recent ban of smoking on campus, I’ve been pushed to reflect...

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El Paso—fashion’s last frontier

Valori Corral-Nava, Contributor February 25, 2014

El Paso may be known for many things—its food, culture, the mystique of being a border city—but trendiness is usually not one of them and locals have different theories as to why. Some feel that it is El Paso’s economic situation that keeps the...

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Daniel Rios visits the Career Closet to get fitted for a suit.

Career Closet rents brand-name professional clothing, free to students

Amanda Guillen, Staff Reporter February 25, 2014

UTEP’s Division of Student Affairs, in partnership with the Career Center, is working to provide students with professional business attire that can be used for interviews, career fairs and networking events. Students will be able to borrow these...

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The Prospector’s monday night playist

, The Prospector staff February 24, 2014

Every Tuesday The Prospector releases a print edition of our publication. This means a long day of work every Monday that usually carries on into late hours of the night. Between editing stories, finding sources, designing pages and the occasional...

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