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Study reveals disparities in media coverage of Ferguson

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • September 4, 2014

A new study reveals significant differences in prime time coverage by three major news outlets of the protests in Ferguson, Mo.. MSNBC, Fox and CNN differed in the amount of coverage provided after the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. According...

Natalicio delivers speech regarding Washington Monthly ranking

Amanda Guillen, Multimedia/managing editor • August 26, 2014

Confetti filled the air of the Union Breezeway Tuesday morning as President Diana Natalicio gathered the UTEP community to announce Washington Monthly’s annual national college and university rankings for 2014. This year UTEP went down one spot from...

UTEP is No. 8 best national school, according to Washington Monthly

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • August 25, 2014

UTEP has won the No. 8 spot in Washington Monthly Magazine’s 2014 National University Rankings report. The university once again ranked No. 1 in social mobility, but dropped in rank from the 2013 report, which placed UTEP at No. 7. This marks the...

Useful app allows students to track shuttle stops

Chris Zacherl, Staff Reporter • August 23, 2014

UTEP’s never-ending construction has made it tough for students to commute around campus during the school year. There are too many detours due to construction and it now seems pointless to get around campus on a skateboard, bike, or scooter due to...

THIS WEEK IN NEWS

August 19, 2014

Binational Colloquium UTEP is hosting the Family Binational Colloquium on Immigration Family Reunification Conference on Friday, Aug. 22 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Health Sciences and Nursing Building. The conference will be held inside room 211. Consul...

University names Giorgis as new dean of College of Education

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter • August 19, 2014

UTEP has named Cyndi Giorgis, Ph. D, as the new dean of the College of Education, taking the position from Steve Riter, Ph.D., who served as interim dean since August 2013. Giorgis previously worked at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas as executive...

Body found in front of library, no foul play suspected

Jasmine Aguilera, Editor-in-chief • August 17, 2014

At around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, UTEP Police found a body hanging from a tree in front of the campus library. "UTEP police dispatch received a phone call indicating that a body was hanging from a tree in front of the campus library," said UTEP Police...

Central American children tell Congress about journey to U.S.

Anna Giles, SHF Wire Reporter • August 1, 2014

WASHINGTON – Minimal food, freezing temperatures and no chance for sleep. That’s how three children from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala described detention centers the U.S. government is using to house thousands of unaccompanied children arriving...

Post by Don Cieslik.

Former UTEP Dinner Theatre performer in tragic car accident

Andrea Acosta, Entertainment Editor • July 23, 2014

On Friday, July 19 Troy Richard Eric Taylor, a member of the UTEP Dinner Theatre, was pronounced dead due to a crash in Killeen, Texas. According to El Paso Times, Taylor was driving west on Veteran's Memorial Boulevard when a car going east collided...

New FOIA bill will allow for more transparency

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • July 22, 2014

The Freedom of Information Improvement Act of 2014, a bill that would amend FOIA, has been drafted by senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and has been introduced to the U.S. Senate. The Freedom of Information Act is a federal law...

Volunteers WORK with immigrants at local shelter

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter • July 22, 2014

A UTEP professor and some of his students have been volunteering at the Annunciation House, putting what they have studied and their social work skills to good use as an increased number of immigrants being sent to El Paso. This influx has created a...

Female wheeled out from Union Building by EMTs

Jose Soto • July 15, 2014

An unidentified female wearing the uniform of the food service department on campus, Sodexo, was wheeled out from the third floor of the Union East and taken by EMTs Tuesday at around 1 p.m. This happened during a clerical luncheon which was held on...

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