The Prospector

Forty-eighth annual estate planning conference holds first of five-part series

Javier Cortez, Staff reporter • January 23, 2014

In the first of a five-part series, the UTEP’s Woman’s Auxiliary and the Office of Institutional Advancement hosted its 48th annual estate planning conference for women Thursday at the library. At the conference, attorneys Lauren D. Serrano and...

Voter registration deadline approaches, city prepares

S. David Ramirez, Staff reporter • January 23, 2014

The deadline for students to register to vote in the upcoming primaries, which will include the highest positions in the state, is Sunday, Feb. 2. On the ballot will be a senator, governor, a plethora of commissioners and a number of legal and civil...

Briefs and upcoming events: Jan. 22

January 22, 2014

In brief: Grant to go towards 3-D printing: UTEP has received a grant to up the university’s 3-D printing efforts. The W.M. Keck Center for 3-D innovation will lead the collaboration between other universities and corporate partners funded by America...

Welcome to centennial year!

January 21, 2014

There is a time-portal behind the editor’s desk. Veterans from both world wars, 16 U.S. administrations and 1966 NCAA champions. Suffragettes and Chicano movement activists live in this roughly 12-by-6-foot dimly lit room accompanied by thousands...

10 million set aside for centennial preparation

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor • January 21, 2014

The clanking and hammering of drills resonates off stucco walls across campus, while orange and blue banners hang above concrete rubble. With construction seemingly overtaking campus, UTEP is preparing a new face for the 100th anniversary. On...

Registered student organizations to participate in centennial celebrations

Amanda Guillen, Staff Reporter • January 21, 2014

Registered student organizations are preparing for a busy schedule of traditional and new events with a centennial spin. According to Catie McCorry Andalis, associate vice president of Student Life, a myriad of campus organizations will take part in...

Former student begins recycling initiative at UTEP

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor • January 21, 2014

Students will begin to see groups of multi-colored bins on campus starting Jan. 21 as part of the Miner Recycling System’s new initiative to help the university become mindful of waste. According to Pedro Diaz, a recent graduate of...

Burmese, Bhutanese refugees tell of education, economic challenges in U.S.

Kritika Gadhvi, SHFWire Reporter • January 21, 2014

WASHINGTON – Refugees from Bhutan began arriving in the United States in 2008, fleeing from the Bhutanese government’s discriminatory social and political rule. About a year later, large numbers of refugees from Myanmar also came to the U.S. Burmese...

New options for buying books this semester

S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter • January 21, 2014

With the start of the spring semester comes the often-dreaded running of the textbooks. Students are inundated with options for purchasing textbooks, from brick-and-mortar stores to a digital wellspring of websites offering the best deal. “I hardly...