Editors Note: Avery Oliver, junior multimedia journalism major, is a member of UTEP’s Black Student Union and currently acts as the BSU’s public relations officer. The organization has hosted numerous events this month including marching in El Paso’s...

One day I know I’m going to have to tell my children about the Parkland, Florida, shootings. As I sat in my chair at work on Wednesday afternoon drinking my second cup of coffee, I got an alert on my watch for a school shooting. It said that there...

I never thought that I would ever have a close connection to one of the worst mass shootings in history. To me though, they’re all the worst because one life lost is too many. My cousin, his girlfriend and their three best friends were all victims...

I was a senior in high school in 1999 when the massacre at Columbine High School took place. We were already home from school because of the time difference, I was on the East Coast, and I remember watching it all unfold on TV. It seemed at the time...

Social media has been ingrained in our lives for the past decade and it’s not going away anytime soon. There are the few and strong who choose not to get involved with social media, but for the most part everyone else has at least one account with...

I’ve been cheated on and I can say it hurts. However, I’ve never cheated on anyone, so I have an inexperienced perspective on what goes on inside the cheater’s mind. Growing up, I had my fair share of crushes, but as I got older there was this...

For new head coach Dana Dimel, Wednesday’s signing day could be about restructuring the program for positions that need depth and new bodies to fill holes on the roster. Joining the team so late into recruiting season—late December to be exact—a...

It’s 2018 and people are engaging on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook like never before. These outlets have put companies from outside the sports world in an everyday competitive battle with one another as they increasingly rely upon social media to...

The North American Free Trade Agreement, better known as NAFTA, has a purpose of removing tariff and tax barriers between Mexico, Canada and the United States. However, as a promise from his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump promised to pull...

I went from eating chicken, hamburgers, wings and all the delicious Mexican food that El Paso has to offer to eating nothing but beans, rice, lentils, tofu and anything green. Yes, I decided to go vegan for a week. During my small taste of the vegan...

One year after the 2017 Women’s March, women (and men) across the globe once again gathered in unity to advocate for women’s rights, human rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQIA rights, Ω Last year’s march was held one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration,...

On Nov. 22, the wishes of UTEP Athletics and their fans finally came true when new Athletic Director Jim Senter was announced to take over for Bob Stull. Some weren’t happy at first since the frontrunner before Senter, Lisa Campos, ended up taking...