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Keep sending prayers though…

Jason Green, Contributor June 14, 2016

Ho-hum… another day, another mass shooting in America. We must look so ridiculous to our brethren across the Western world. Not just because we have a Day-Glo orange, pompous pile of crap as a presidential candidate, but mainly because we continue to...

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Ehhh PUTO! it should be stopped

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter June 14, 2016

The word “puto” has become a major issue for the International Federation of Association Football, or FIFA, and the Mexican national soccer team. The word has become the central part of a ritual present in almost any soccer game in Mexico. Every...

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President Donald Trump holds a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tue. May 24.

The rationale of Trump supporters

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter June 7, 2016

When you meet a Donald J. Trump supporter it’s pretty easy to assume some things. It's easy to assume that they are prejudiced, maybe even racist. It's easy to assume they are short sided to the point of willfully ignorant. While being middle aged...

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The Fiddler and the Angel

May 9, 2016

After attending the Thursday, May 7, 2016 UTEP Dinner Theater rendition of “The Fiddler on the Roof,” I became disoriented and could not find my vehicle on the new pedestrian-friendly campus. I walked with my 80-year-old friend for 15 minutes, and...

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Kim Valle in Tel-Aviv

A night in Tel-Aviv

Kim Valle, Contributor May 3, 2016

My friends who have been traveling with me, Sarah, Summer and I had a daylong layover in Kiev, Ukraine after flying from Athens. We immediately learned that our flight to New York was canceled due to a severe snowstorm.   As we walked out to...

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Discovering the oldest cities of the world

Kim Valle, Contributor May 3, 2016

Two of my close friends and I took a plane from Istanbul to Athens, and the two-hour flight was smooth and fast. While in the plane, I kept staring out the window and admiring the beauty of Greece’s geographical nature. The mountains on the ocean made...

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Five takeaways from the NFL Draft

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Reporter May 3, 2016

Love or hate your team for their choice, the NFL Draft is over and rookie training camps will begin starting the week of May 12. Some are either extremely confident in their team’s draft class and anticipate a great season, while others are still upset...

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A Long Overdue Goodbye

Jose Soto, Entertainment Editor May 3, 2016

Some goodbyes are harder to say than others, which is probably why I have delayed it for so long. I have spent the majority of my adulthood in and out of college. It’s been like a toxic relationship, you break up and get back together frequently. But...

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More than a Copy

Jasmine Aguilera, Copy Editor May 3, 2016

My life before The Prospector is a blur. That may sound like an exaggeration, but before I walked into 105 Union Building East five years ago, the thought of my future resembled something like a Picasso painting—the shapes, lines and hues coming together...

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How are you? Good. That’s good

Mike Vasquez, Staff Reporter April 26, 2016

I must have told at least 30 people that I was doing “pretty good” this weekend. No one really cares how you’re doing, not really, but it’s a necessary question to ask when greeting someone. That’s what it is now, a greeting. It used to be...

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Graffiti in the time of Trump

Jasmine Aguilera, Copy Editor April 26, 2016

It’s more impactful than political comments on Facebook. It means more than the “Feel the Bern” T-shirts, and the “Make America Great Again” baseball caps. It’s street art. Art that is powerful enough to prevent drone strikes in Pakistan...

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Navigating through the capital of the historic renaissance

Navigating through the capital of the historic renaissance

Kimberly Valle, Contributor April 22, 2016

During a last few days in Rome, Sarah and I decided to hop on a train to visit, Florence, the capital of Tuscany.   On our way to the train station we stumbled across a man who claimed he worked for tourist information and so we believed him....

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