How I survived the dino-killing asteroid to now

Iziah Moreno, Photo Editor • April 7, 2026

I am so excited to start this new position. I’ve officially been promoted to the position of “Office Unc.” That being aside from Sofia Sierra, the EIC of Minero Magazine, who started the summer before me, and Kristian Hernandez, the actual Unc of...

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Get on the disc brother!

Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Multimedia Editor • April 7, 2026

Let me tell you about the disc theory. 

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Letting go of what I knew best

Mia Colmenero, Layout Editor • March 3, 2026

College has been a rollercoaster for Layout Editor, Mia Colmenero. Through her hardships, Colmenero reflects on her past, realizing it is time to let go and focus on what lies ahead.  

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Jarvis, to be cringe is to be free

Abigail Pedroza, Arts & Culture Editor • March 3, 2026

It is now my second semester here at The Prospector and I have had even more time to reflect on my upbringing. My journey up until this day has definitely been a rollercoaster, but I wouldn’t change anything for the world.

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Love you, forevermore

Ximena Cordero, Editor-in-Chief • February 5, 2026

This is my third intro piece, but this one feels a little bigger than the others. Know that I am settling into the Editor-in-Chief position, I look back at all the memories and especially two special people I haven’t thanked...yet.

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A home I never expected to belong

Victoria Adler, Copy & Web Editor • February 5, 2026

If you had told the beginning of the fall 2025 semester that I would be an editor at The Prospector, I probably would have laughed. Not because I didn’t care about it, but because I never saw myself stepping into something this big.  Yet here...

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Built on a promise

Cameron Mason, Audience & Engagement Editor • February 5, 2026

  Wow… I’m an editor for the Prospector. Who would have thought? Spoiler: let me tell you not me.    I’d first like to give honor to God who’s been watching me on my journey. Second to my mom, dad, and sister who have been the...

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Disfruta la vida, mijo

Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Multimedia Editor • November 4, 2025

My Abuelito was a man who carried much love in his heart, and defined value by his metric. As I reflect on the past year, I can only hope to carry on the way he saw life.

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For the love of the game

Kristian Hernandez, Sports Editor • November 4, 2025

From a quiet kid lost in this big world, to a man with a plan and dream that’s a little scary. Becoming a leader is not as black-and-white as it seems from the surface.

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A new beginning

Abigail Pedroza, Arts & Culture Editor • November 4, 2025

I’ve always felt a strong connection to writing. I struggle speaking to people, but writing is one of the few ways I can express myself properly. I am halfway through my first semester of college and The Prospector, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Evelyn-in-Chief: Passion worth having

Evelyn Palma, Editor-in-chief • October 13, 2025

Despite what others may have thought, or my own self-doubt that tried to creep in, I am very proud of how I have taken on the role of editor-in-chief. And I am thankful to those who have reminded me of what leadership means.

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Season five of The Prospector Chronicles, the photo editor edition

Iziah Moreno, Photo Editor • October 13, 2025

Fall 2025 marks my fifth semester here at The Prospector, and now I am two semesters and two summers deep as the photo editor. Its for sure been the coolest thing I’ve done while being a student at UTEP, and I have a couple things to say about it.

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