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Here’s looking at you kid

Jasmine Aguilera, Editor In Chief • December 2, 2014

Aaron Martinez and Salvador Guerrero, for believing in me as soon as I got hired and helping me move up in ranks. Diego Burciaga for hanging in there with me the last three years and coming up with some amazing award-winning designs. Kristopher Rivera,...

The time of my life

Andrea E. Acosta, Entertainment Editor • December 2, 2014

How to write farewell columns for Dummies—yes, this book would have helped me in this moment, as I desperately bite my unmanicured nails and stare at the blinking cursor that seems to mock me to the beat of procrastination. I realize the reason my brain...

3 years and more than 200 issues later

Diego Burciaga, Layout Editor • December 2, 2014

It was three years and four months ago that I transferred from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and started my first semester at UTEP. A week before class began, I started looking for a job. Some one told me about Job Mine, I logged in and...

Fan support grows with time not winning

Luis Gonzalez, Copy Editor • December 2, 2014

The UTEP football team is doing well this season and if there is something the El Paso fan base likes is a winner. Yet, come game day there isn’t even a quarter of the stadium full and the student section is basically non-existent. It’s been said...

How the major TV networks censored you from Obama’s speech

Maria Esquinca, Reporter • November 21, 2014

Last night, Obama announced his executive order on immigration, a major news item that was met with mixed responses. (http://www.vox.com/videos/2014/11/20/7256299/obama-executive-illegal-immigrants) In case you haven’t heard, Obama’s executive...

Obama’s immigration speech sparks a false flame of hope

Jose Soto, Reporter • November 21, 2014

“For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations,” said Obama during the start of his speech Thursday evening, Nov. 20 about the country’s stagnating immigration...

Thanksgiving, no thanks

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter • November 18, 2014

For Thanksgiving, I have a big slice of my mind to offer all of you: put down the fork and raise your awareness. There is nothing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. There is a reason to be thankful every day of your life—simply for waking up—but...

Apreciar, apoyar y asistir a eventos de este estilo tambien es importante

Jose Soto, Staff Reporter • November 11, 2014

Que sera lo que nos retiene a tener mas alfabetismo? A leer un poco mas y apreciar mas la literatura? A apreciar mas los eventos culturales y productivos? Seremos una especie estancada? De poca abilidad de disfrutar de lo intelectual y sustancial? Este...

How I met the catcall

Jasmine Aguilera, Editor in Chief • November 11, 2014

Channeling my inner Ted Mosby, Kids, I’m going to tell you the story of how I learned the damage of a simple catcall. Now, in case you don’t know, catcalling is something that happens on a regular basis. A girl is walking down the street, minding...

Miners put on a show in Orange & White scrimmage

Jason Green, Staff Reporter • November 4, 2014

There was no Drake to introduce coach Tim Floyd like there was at the University of Kentucky. Nobody came out to the court dressed in KISS makeup like they did at Michigan State, and there weren’t any motorcycle wrecks like Tubby Smith’s at Texas...

Are sexy Halloween costumes demeaning or freeing? Freeing

Amanda Guillen, Managing Editor • October 28, 2014

When you try on your new outfit after countless attempts to get it just right, you feel confident, secure and beautiful. Clothing is a figure of expression and it should enhance the way you feel on the inside. Not everyone favors the laid-back t-shirt...

Halloween or Dia De los Muertos

Gianfranco Languasco, Contributor • October 28, 2014

Culture shock is how sociologists define the feelings of surprise, confusion and disorientation that result from living in a foreign country. It happened to me in several aspects regarding food, entertainment or lifestyle. I have been living for more...

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