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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Student participation increases for homecoming events

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter October 7, 2014

Richard Daniel, executive director of alumni relations, said he has noticed an increase in student participation every year for homecoming and student participation in campus events in general. “When I was here seven years ago, I didn’t see students...

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Sun City SciFi Expo—small convention, big smiles

Joseph Esposito, Staff Reporter October 5, 2014

“I came to see Billy West,” junior English & American major Stephanie Amerena said at the Sun City SciFi Fan Expo on October 5. “I'm a huge fan.” Amerena, who was cosplaying as Happy the blue, flying cat from Fairy Tail, was one of hundreds...

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El Paso is pretty fly for a sci-fi

El Paso is pretty fly for a sci-fi

Joseph Esposito, Staff Reporter October 3, 2014

Cosplayers, artists, otaku, and gamers will fill the Convention Center this weekend, ensuring that the Sun City SciFi Fan Expo is one to be remembered. Grab your lightsaber and practice your Yoda impression, because El Paso is going Tatooine on Oct. 4-5. “I'm...

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Tom Lea’s mural “Stampede” was the subject of a conference in Washington after it was damaged. “Stampede,” mural, 1940. Oil on canvas, 5½ x 16 feet. U.S. Post Office, Odessa, Texas. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration

Tom Lea’s influence in the nation’s capital, my home away from home

Lorain Watters, SHFWire reporter October 1, 2014

Walls of brick and metal surround me, and the sunsets of D.C. feel foreign on my skin. If I close my eyes long enough, the steel structures of the city melt in to the sloping brown backs of my mountains, and I’m home again, if only for a second. It...

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Tom Lea’s mural “Stampede” was the subject of a conference in Washington after it was damaged. “Stampede,” mural, 1940. Oil on canvas, 5½ x 16 feet. U.S. Post Office, Odessa, Texas. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration.

Artist Tom Lea commemorated, American murals to be better preserved

Lorain Watters, SHFWire reporter October 1, 2014

WASHINGTON – Damage to one New Deal mural sparked a national conference Wednesday to address the importance of preserving art throughout the country. The glowing red eyes of a black Texas longhorn stand out from the chaotic scene of a raging herd...

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Hispanics stereotyped since the start of the film industry

Kimberly Valle, Staff Reporter September 30, 2014

As early as the silent film era, Latinos were one of the most stereotyped ethnicities in film. In 1910, “The Thread of Destiny” used the phrase “greaser” to depict Mexican as “banditos.” During the time when revolutionaries were struggling...

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Seis razones para tener  al mundo en la lengua

Seis razones para tener al mundo en la lengua

Gianfranco Languasco, Contributor September 30, 2014

Lo importante en estos tiempos de globalización es tener la oportunidad de acercarnos a otras culturas sin necesidad de salir de la ciudad. Es común encontrarse con personas de otros países, diferentes costumbres y hasta abiertas manifestaciones culturales...

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UTEP Professor Rachelle Thiews makes the first of an annual $25,000 endowment to the art department.

Former UTEP professor contributes to campus art department

Joseph Esposito, Staff Reporter September 30, 2014

Metal artist and retired UTEP professor Rachelle Thiewes has made the first of what will be an annual $25,000 endowment to the members of the university’s art department in hopes that the money will be used to help fund their research. “I’ve had...

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More than 2,000 participated in the Glory Road Glow Run.

Successful Glory Road Glow Run

Kimberly Valle, Staff Reporter September 27, 2014

Around 2,000 people participated in the Glory Road Glow Road, the run started on parking lot P-9 and went on the along the mountain side into the campus and finished back at the Sun Bowl parking lot. The participants had the chance to observe the campus...

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What did I just see?

Jason Green, Contributor September 26, 2014

  Escape From Tomorrow is writer/director Randy Moore’s debut project and what an enormous project it is. The horror/sci-fi film is set in Disney World, which some may think is not all that weird, until you try to recall all of the movies that...

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Be orange and blue from head to toe

Be orange and blue from head to toe

Joseph Esposito, Staff Reporter September 23, 2014

With T-shirts, jerseys, face paint and foam pickaxes, die-hard fans of UTEP’s sports teams find many different ways to show their support for the Miners.  A product was made to bring stylish trends and customization together for a new and unique...

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The Glory Glow Run will take place at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27.

Glowing your way through campus

Kimberly Valle, Staff Reporter September 23, 2014

The university will continue its centennial celebration by hosting the Glory Road Glow Run on Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. Gina Roe-Davis, the event director from Rave Marketing, decided it would be a great idea to bring this event to the university and include...

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