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UTEP ranks low in Trojan Sexual Health Report Card

UTEP ranks low in Trojan Sexual Health Report Card

Amanda Guillen, Staff Reporter February 11, 2014

The Sexual Health Report Card, a study conducted by Trojan, the condoms company, ranked UTEP in the bottom 20 of 140 universities across the country. Ranked at 124 in the 2013 study, UTEP has not fared well in the past three years. In 2011 the university...

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App it before you tap it

App it before you tap it

Helen Yip February 11, 2014

“Pure,” “Grindr” and “Tinder” are apps that allow a person to “hook up” or meet up. “Pure,” for example is an app that uses GPS technology to locate anyone in the area who has a profile. Your request to meet up will be posted...

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Naomi Fertman, associate professor in the Women’s Studies Program, teaching the course “Women and Work in the Sex Industry.”

Sex industry course offers discussion on taboo subjects

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter February 11, 2014

In a small classroom, hands are being raised in the air and loud murmurs are echoing across the room. On the wall you see the words “PORN AND FREE SPEECH” projected in bold white letters. This is just a normal day in Associate Professor Naomi Fertman’s...

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U.S. Capitol building.

House Democrats push back on Boehner’s immigration comments

Melhor Leonor, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter February 7, 2014

WASHINGTON – House Democrats in Texas and Florida – two key states affected by immigration reform – said the latest comments from Republicans on immigration sound like excuses. In a press conference Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,...

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The port of entry at Santa Fe Street in El Paso, Texas.

Obama, Republicans fail to advance hopes on immigration reform

Aaron Montes, Hispanic Link Reporter February 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When President Barack Obama delivered the fifth State of the Union address of his presidency, he dedicated just three sentences to immigration reform. Not once did he mention the contributions or needs of Latinos, nor did he touch...

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Donald Graham, CEO of Graham Holdings and co-founder of TheDream.US, introduces TheDream.US scholarship for DREAMers that will help 2,000 students over the next decade. He spoke on Tuesday at the Newseum about the importance of the scholarship program.

New program to give more than 2,000 college scholarships to DREAMers

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter February 5, 2014

[ezcol_2third] WASHINGTON – A new program will allow thousands of young immigrants to go to college without having to worry about money. Donald Graham introduced TheDream.US, a new scholarship fund, at a press conference Tuesday. It will give full-ride...

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Y U NO CARE? Affordable care act  Lukewarm with students

Y U NO CARE? Affordable care act Lukewarm with students

S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter February 4, 2014

This article is part of a continuing series on the Affordable Care Act. Students seem apathetic towards health care changes as the March 31 deadline looms. The department of Health and Human Services reports that by mid-January more than 2.2 million...

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Bhutanese theme still an influence

Bhutanese theme still an influence

Amanda Guillen, Staff Reporter February 4, 2014

Editor’s note: This is part of a three-part series explores the 2012 Campus Master Plan.  The current campus transformation has led the beauty of UTEP’s architecture to be masked by fences, bulldozers and hard hats. The construction has left the...

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Military voting faces challenges as technology advances

Military voting faces challenges as technology advances

Caitlin Turner, SHFWire Reporter February 4, 2014

WASHINGTON — Former Army Capt. Tom Tarantino has no idea if his vote reached the United States when he was deployed in Iraq. “I wasn’t notified,” Tarantino, 36, said. “I didn’t even know if they counted my vote.” He returned from Iraq...

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Google Wallet allows users to link their bank accounts to a prepaid debit card. The Google Wallet offers a 24/7 fraud-monitoring system and push notifications.

Good guy Google releases innovative app for your money

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor February 4, 2014

Google has introduced Google Wallet, an app for Android smartphones and iPhones that allows users to turn their phone into their wallet. Although some might be hesitant to handing over their credit card information to Google with the recent NSA scandal,...

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Upcoming events

January 29, 2014

Expert In Immigration Law to Speak at UTEP Allison Brownell Tirres, assistant professor at DePaul University College of Law, will give a talk titled “Deportation and its Discontents: Reflections on a Century of Immigration” 11:45 a.m., Feb. 3 at...

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Jon Lovett, former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and Michael Waldman, former speech writer for President Bill Clinton, discuss how writing a presidential speech requires a lot of skill and knowledge about what the president wants to convey.

Speechwriters reveal what it’s like to write for State of the Union

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter January 28, 2014

WASHINGTON – Trying to make a strong and memorable speech is a difficult and lengthy process. Four former presidential speechwriters revealed what it’s like to write a presidential speech in a discussion Tuesday a few hours before President Barack...

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