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The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Paydirt Pete starts off the 9th Annual Miner Dash race with the 320 participants.

9th annual Miner Dash kicks off homecoming week

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor September 30, 2018

On Sunday morning, 320 participants signed up for the 9th annual Miner Dash-5k run/3k walk, hosted by the Department of Kinesiology and Wellness Program. The Family Fitness Fiesta followed the race at Centennial Plaza with booths of different organizations...

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Homecoming court (from left to right) senior nursing major Rolando Lujan, senior math major Dania Barroso, Queen senior english major Jennifer O’Malley, King senior finance major  Daniel Rayas, freshman political science major Marah Jaber, and freshman clinical laboratory Joe Regis.

UTEP crowns king and queen at annual homecoming pageant

Priscilla Gomez, Contributor September 29, 2018

SGA kicked off homecoming week with the annual homecoming pageant on Friday, Sept. 28, at the Magoffin Auditorium. Contestants were judged on talent and evening gown. This year's homecoming king and queen are senior Daniel Rayas and senior Jennifer O’Malley....

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NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 4

NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 4

Eddie Velazquez, Contributor September 27, 2018

With the first quarter of the NFL season coming to a close, the standings in your fantasy league should start to reflect who needs to scour the waiver wire and who is rolling comfortably to the playoffs. There were also some key injuries and surprising...

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UTEP Looks To Repeat Success on the Ice

UTEP Looks To Repeat Success on the Ice

Isaiah Ramirez, Reporter September 26, 2018

The 2018 season is one the UTEP Men’s Hockey team hopes will be as successful as their inaugural season’s campaign in 2016 where the Miners captured the Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference Championship. Last season the Miners could not repeat their...

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Ode Brewery celebrates three years in El Paso

Ode Brewery celebrates three years in El Paso

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 26, 2018

About four years ago, business partners Albert Salinas and Norbert Portillo developed a business plan to open up their own brewery in El Paso. That brainchild of theirs is called Ode Brewery and it just celebrated its third birthday on Saturday, Sept....

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Fall Out Boy plays at Don Haskins Center for their MANIA tour on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Fall Out Boy charms old and new fans at the Don Haskins Center

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 26, 2018

Tuesday night, Sept. 25, emo pop band Fall Out Boy performed at the Don Haskins Center for a crowd that couldn't stop dancing and singing throughout the show as soon as Patrick Stump and company took the stage as part of their Mania Tour. Rappers...

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NORML continues fight for marijuana policy reform

NORML continues fight for marijuana policy reform

Andrea Valdez-Rivas, Reporter September 25, 2018

The El Paso chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is moving to make Texas reform its marijuana laws and policies. In a meeting held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at The Pizza Joint on Westwind Dr., El Paso NORML focused...

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There are no heroes today

There are no heroes today

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor September 25, 2018

I remember it like it was 3,612 days ago. I was sitting in the living room with my mother as I watched then Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, become 44th President of the United States of America. I don’t remember the channel it was on, what...

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Q&A: The creators behind @fitfamep discuss their rising popularity

Q&A: The creators behind @fitfamep discuss their rising popularity

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 25, 2018

Editor’s Note: The creators of @fitfamep chose to remain anonymous in this interview for binding and professional reasons. Social media has become one of the main ways people consume entertainment and there is one Instagram account in El Paso that...

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UTEP football head coach Dana Dimel walks his team out of the MIne Shaft before they First Light Credit Union Battle of I-10 against NMSU, on Saturday Sept. 22nd.

Miners need to find where they stand before facing UTSA

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor September 25, 2018

In the midst of a 16-game losing streak and an 0-4 start to the season, the UTEP football team is relying on pure desperation and faith in order to secure their first win going into conference play. UTEP joins UCLA (0-3), Nebraska (0-3) and San Jose...

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Separated families are still separated

Separated families are still separated

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 25, 2018

It’s been over 80 days since the Reunification Deadline and the federal shelters, where migrant children are being held, are near capacity. There are 12,800 migrant children being held in federal facilities in the U.S. waiting to be united with...

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UTEP food pantry makes the move to Memorial Gym

UTEP food pantry makes the move to Memorial Gym

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 25, 2018

The UTEP Food Pantry is expected to move to the concession stand room in Memorial Gym by the end of the month. The food pantry’s new location at Memorial Gym is three times larger than its current site at the Union West building where it has remained...

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