Thriving student Kaelin Walker was selected for the UTEP’s Leadership Award for her devotion and commitment to the student community. Walker is a junior, double-majoring in women’s and gender studies and dance, with a minor in legal reasoning. To...

When I started at The Prospector, I had no idea what I was getting into. I had no idea one day I would see my name in the news page with the title of “editor-in-chief.” All I knew is that if I wanted to build a portfolio and become a journalist, I...

If you told me two years ago that I would be where I am right now, I would not have believed you. My whole college career I have worked in hair salons, not really thinking about getting any experience in what I was studying­—media advertising. As graduation...

I started my journey here at The University of Texas at El Paso completely alone. I had no family here in El Paso. My friends went to other schools or into military service. I cried the whole week of orientation because I was so homesick. Yikes! But I...

Dockless electric scooters are now allowed in a certain area of El Paso, but not on the UTEP campus despite students riding them from class to class. Glide CEO Jonathan Lopez said they are working with UTEP to hopefully get the scooters rolling on...

Ten of UTEP’s brightest and soon-to-be newest alumni were honored by the UTEP Alumni Association with UTEP’s 2019 Top Ten Seniors Award. The group of seniors, their families, faculty and staff gathered April 30 at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center...

Currently, in the United States, more than half the states have legalized medicinal marijuana use, while only a handful of states have legalized recreational use. Texas alone is surrounded by five states that have legalized the medicinal use of marijuana—Louisiana,...

The threat of a U.S.-Mexico border shutdown still hangs in the air since President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday, March 29. A shutdown could affect the majority of students at UTEP, who frequently commute across the border to attend the university....

In celebration of  the 25 year anniversary of Take Back the Night (TBTN) at UTEP, students gathered Wednesday, April 24, at the Union Cinema to listen to the testimony of those who once were victims of sexual  and domestic abuse. “And within seconds,...

In celebration of UTEP's Student Government Association (SGA) 100 years of service, students gathered at Centennial Plaza to join the celebration. Food,  music and obstacle courses were provided by the student organization. "We're out here on this...

With more than 200 attendees, students, faculty, and proud parents took part in a celebration where first-generation college student earned their cords, Monday, April 22, at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center located at the Union East. Meshel Henderson,...

Green Fund, a committee created in 2012 by a student government vote, provides financial resources and advising to student sustainability projects that aim to improve the UTEP campus, according to Committee Chair Sergio Baltazar. “We provide the financial...