Family, friends and members of the Texas Tech and El Paso communities gathered to celebrate the life of Floyd East Jr., El Paso native and Texas Tech University police officer. On the night of October 9, East was shot in the head by 19-year-old Texas...

Following the recent sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a movement of women using the hashtag “MeToo” to speak out about their sexual assault has gone viral. The campaign went viral after actress Alyssa Milano tweeted...

The Department of Creative Writing held a bilingual poetry reading Tuesday night with Cuban poet Victor Rodríguez Núñez and award-winning translator Katherine Hedeen. Núñez is also a journalist, literary critic and scholar who has published up to...

Interim head coach Mike Price is now embarking on his third week with the Miners, and although he hasn’t helped the team record a win, he has helped the team regroup from the departure of former head coach Sean Kugler and grow more as a team. Before...

Despite the themes of “darkness, grief and unspeakable sorrow” that Morticia Addams mentions during a scene with her husband Gomez, the UTEP Dinner Theatre’s rendition of “The Addams Family” musical dazzles thanks to its commitment to comedy...

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Saturday night and multiple cars begin pulling into an empty parking lot across the street from the Monarch and Prickly Elder bars on Rio Grande Avenue just off Mesa Street–except people are not going to the bars. Instead, they...

Immigration attorney and El Paso native Enrique Garcia announced his bid for Texas’ 16th United States Congressional District earlier in the summer. Garcia joins a crowded Democratic Party slate, as he is one of five candidates to run as a Democrat. Garcia,...

Every October turns pink as different local, national and international charities join the annual breast cancer awareness campaign to raise money for cancer research and offer support to those who are or have been affected by breast cancer. Breast cancer...

On Monday, the wheelchair basketball game was celebrated in the Don Haskins Center, in which the El Paso Air Wheelers confronted the Wounded Warriors in a battle to show who is best. Many families came to support the Ability Awareness Week and enjoy...

The UTEP women's volleyball team dropped their sixth straight match on Monday afternoon to Southern Miss in straight sets (3-0; 25-23, 25-14, 25-15) in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Miners fall to 4-16 overall and 1-6 in Conference USA play while the...

The Geological Sciences department celebrated Earth Science Day inside the Geology building on Saturday afternoon to showcase the department and teach the community about the importance of Earth Science. The celebration is part of Earth Science Week,...

The UTEP women's soccer team dropped their fourth straight game on Sunday night in a 3-1 loss to Middle Tennessee at University Field. The Blue Raiders (7-7, 4-3 C-USA) received first-half goals from Taylor Hatch (5’) and Sam DeBien (19’) to...