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Grace Gardens is an exclusive West Texas Venue for weddings, quinceañeras, sweet sixteens and other social or corporate events.

Students weigh in on local case of anti-LGBTQ business controversy

Bryan Mena, Entertainment Editor October 1, 2019

UTEP students reacted to a recent case of the “anti-LGBTQ” business controversy involving Grace Gardens, an event venue on the western outskirts of El Paso.  On the morning of Sept. 16, Cassandra Castillo posted on Facebook that a representative...

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Chicano activist recalls UTEP protest

Chicano activist recalls UTEP protest

Bryan Mena, Entertainment Editor October 1, 2019

UTEP’s College of Health Sciences selected alumnus Salvador Balcorta, activist and chief executive officer of a nationally recognized nonprofit, for this year’s Gold Nugget Award.    Today, Balcorta leads the Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe,...

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Celebrating alumni, 35 years of mining gold nuggets

Celebrating alumni, 35 years of mining gold nuggets

Anahy Diaz, Contributor October 1, 2019

For the past 35 years, UTEP’s colleges have recognized a select group of alumni as the recipients of the prestigious Gold Nugget Award, which honors their work, community service and overall success.   “They are great role models,” said...

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ASARCO exhibit pays homage to a story of injustice

ASARCO exhibit pays homage to a story of injustice

Margaret Cataldi, Staff Reporter September 24, 2019

“The Town and the Smelter” is the latest exhibit featured at the UTEP Centennial Museum, which showcases photographs and artifacts taken from a place and period in time that is still remembered by the El Paso community. The American Smelting and...

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Teens are making viral mass-shooting memes on TikTok

Valeria Olivares, Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2019

Teenagers and young adults have been posting memes about school shootings on TikTok that have quickly gone viral.  TikTok is currently the number one entertainment app in Apple’s App Store and, according to an article by Kaya Yurieff for CNN,...

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Physics department welcomes new chair

Physics department welcomes new chair

Victoria Almaguer, Contributor September 24, 2019

Mark Pederson joined UTEP from the U.S. Department of Energy, with a research background in chemical physics, condensed-matter physics and computational physics, and he is embracing his new role as chair of the physics department at UTEP. Prior to joining...

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El Paso community gathers for the global climate strike

Margaret Cataldi, Staff Reporter September 24, 2019

A crowd gathered Friday, Sept. 20, at Memorial Park to rally for environmental justice as part of a global climate strike. Dozens of citizens — old, young and even some pets — assembled on the lush lawn to listen to the various speakers who highlighted the...

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Apple unveils the iPhone 11

Anahy Diaz, Contributor September 24, 2019

“Innovative” and “fast” are two words that stood out during Apple’s annual launch event to  introduce the company’s three new sets of iPhones: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.  From a new dual camera system to longer...

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Acclaimed Mexican sculptor Sebastián created a piece designed especially for UTEP titled Esfera Cuántica Tlahtolli.

Las esculturas de ‘Sebastián’ en la frontera

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Copy Editor September 24, 2019

Enrique Carbajal, conocido por su pseudónimo “Sebastián”, es el escultor de la “X” en Ciudad Juárez, México, y la esfera naranja en el edificio de Fox Fine Arts, las cuales tienen simbolismos relacionados a sus ubicaciones. Carbajal nació...

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Students highlight the benefits of an internship

Sasha Minjarez, Contributor September 17, 2019

Internships are meant to prime students before entering the labor force and prepare them for what is a competitive job market.   Director of the UTEP Career Center, Betsabe Castro-Duarte, believes internships are a crucial part...

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UTEP students continue to struggle finding parking on campus.

Claudia Hernandez

UTEP study focuses on parking solutions

Paulina Astrid Spencer, Staff Reporter September 17, 2019

A new research tool developed by a UTEP student and faculty might be the solution universities need to alleviate its parking problems.  After about two years of conducting research aimed at helping parking offices at universities across the...

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Graduate students listened to multiple speakers at the Graduate Leadership Panel at El Paso Gas Conference Center Tuesday Sept. 10, 2019.

Graduate students open up on benefits and struggles of pursuing a master’s

Margaret Cataldi, Contributor September 17, 2019

The Student Engagement and Leadership Center hosted a Graduate Leadership Panel to answer students’ questions on graduate school Wednesday at the Natural Gas Conference Center on Wiggins Drive.   The event took place as part of Leadership...

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