With the proposal being sent to the UT Board of Regents on the 23rd, all I can think about is “why did I decide to double major?” Like many students before, the appeal to loans was irresistible. Being given “free money” for school and necessities...

With the great postseason run of the UTEP women’s basketball team, I couldn’t help but think to myself how phony the fan support felt. As the Miners advanced round by round, the attendance numbers steadily increased. So much so that there were...

The Union Cinema showed “Gravity” on March 29 as part of the Get Reel’s spring 2014 film lineup. The movie had been anticipated due to the fact that not only did the director, Alfonso Cuaron, win an Oscar, but also the movie received several awards...

Michael Jackson will apparently continue to release music, posthumously, as “XSCAPE” is released on May 13, according to epicrecords.com. The album will feature eight unheard Jackson tracks that have been revamped by different producers, including...

Among the things that make the United States great—the pursuit of happiness, freedom of speech and increasing diversity—equality is not one of them, specifically marriage equality. Where the U.S. might be progressive and liberal in one aspect,...

My expectation for the Conference USA basketball tournament, like most, was based on the performance of UTEP’s men and women’s basketball teams. At the end of the day, my expectations were not met, not even the slightest. Going into the tournament,...

The stakes were high for this years Neon Desert Music Festival line-up.  Being its third year, the public has been waiting for big names to drop and just this morning, the festival announced that the indie-rock duo MGMT will be performing.  A name like...

We’re not all racists, it turns out. At least not according to Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres, who quipped during the opening ceremony Sunday night that either “12 Years a Slave” wins Best Picture or “you’re all racists.” This was the first...