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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

All content by Fernanda Léon

Del hola al adiós

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter December 1, 2015

La desidia, es en muchas ocasiones un factor muy importante que nos lleva a no tomar ni malas ni buenas desiciones sino a simplemente no tomar ninguna. Es precisamente por esta cuestión que mi instancia en esta publicación estudiantil, hoy en día,...

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‘A Christmas Carol’ to spread Christmas cheer at UTEP

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter December 1, 2015

December is a month full of joy and happiness. Christmas is one of the few holidays that bring these qualities to the community. As a way to celebrate this holiday season, the UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance will be showcasing their annual Christmas...

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The exhibit “Made in El Paso: The Traditions, Influence and Legacy of El Paso’s Cowboy Boots” will be open at The El Paso Museum of History until Jan. 3, 2016.

Museum of History highlights the history of cowboy boots

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter November 17, 2015

El Paso’s history is full of staples and anecdotes. It is no surprise that cowboy boots are highlighted throughout the history of the borderland, as the region is part of the Wild West. This week, the El Paso Museum of History will be offering an event...

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El Paso Zoo to have fundraising event with craft beer

El Paso Zoo to have fundraising event with craft beer

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter November 10, 2015

This weekend, El Pasoans can enjoy a craft beer with the most unusual of company. The El Paso Zoo will be celebrating their second annual “Brew at the Zoo” on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. This year, the El Paso Zoological Society is hoping the fundraising...

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El Dia de los Muertos fue celebrado en varios lugares en la cuidad incluyendo el cementerio Concordia.

Día de los Muertos: lo que conlleva la tradición mexicana

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter November 3, 2015

Considerada como una tradición muy representativa de la cultura mexicana, el Día de los Muertos va más allá de los típicos colores llamativos, las flores, las calaveras y la comida. Esta festividad es celebrada durante el 2 de noviembre de cada...

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Rubin Center celebrates a decade of art

Rubin Center celebrates a decade of art

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter November 3, 2015

Throughout an entire decade, one of UTEP’s buildings has showcased an array of artwork, spread creativity and given students the opportunity to learn and express themselves through their art. This year, the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual...

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#1 rated haunted house in the area to give nightmares

#1 rated haunted house in the area to give nightmares

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter October 27, 2015

The spookiest time of the year is approaching and El Pasoans have taken notice. The houses have been decorated with creepy decor, stores have filled their aisles with all sorts of costumes, and the ways of scaring the life out of you are many. One of...

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Fiesta Juárez concluye con éxito en ciudad fronteriza

Fiesta Juárez concluye con éxito en ciudad fronteriza

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

Con un conjunto de juegos mecánicos, antojitos típicos mexicanos, exposiciones, y mucha diversión, la feria de Ciudad Juárez, denominada como “Fiesta Juárez”, resulto ser todo un éxito para la comunidad fronteriza. Con la misión de mejorar...

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The Sun City SciFi Expo will take place at the Camino Real hotel from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 18.

El Paso gets fantastical with the Sun City SciFi Expo

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter October 13, 2015

Sci-fi fanatics will have the chance to celebrate their passion with an event that will showcase art, movies and celebrities, and bring El Pasoans a weekend full of science fiction fantasy. The Sun City SciFi Expo will include activities such as gaming,...

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Chalk the Block returns to downtown El Paso

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter October 6, 2015

The highly-anticipated and celebrated annual festival that decorates the downtown area with vibrant colors and artistic depictions will return this week. Chalk the Block, which helps promote the importance of art in El Paso, will take place from Oct....

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UTEP organizations get ready for the float-making party

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 29, 2015

UTEP’s homecoming is here and the campus is bursting with activity. From open houses, special breakfasts, a 5K run, many UTEP departments and student organizations are  preparing for the event-filled week. One of this year’s many activities is the...

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What you need to know about this year’s tailgates

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 22, 2015

Now that football season is here students at the University of Texas at El Paso and Miner fans in general are starting to get ready for UTEP’s first home game. Along with supporting the UTEP football team, the tradition of tailgating is the most common...

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Get Reel movie line up brings great options to the Union Cinema

Get Reel movie line up brings great options to the Union Cinema

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 15, 2015

Every semester, the Office of Student Life at the University of Texas at El Paso presents a cinematic line-up with their Get Reel series. Each Thursday and Friday of every week during the fall semester, a different movie is played at the Union Cinema,...

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Una de las esculturas adorna el centro de Ciudad Juárez.

Esculturas de caballos adornan Ciudad Juárez

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 15, 2015

Diferentes colores, estilos y representaciones artísticas son características que, hoy en día, rodean el centro histórico de Ciudad Juárez. Estas características se encuentran plasmadas en esculturas con forma de caballo que varios artis-tas locales...

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Expressing artistic talent through different methods

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 8, 2015

Art can be manifested in different ways and there are various methods to embue an object with the touch of art. Two UTEP art majors, Briseida Ochoa and Mario Rojo, have teamed up to create art though different techniques. Senior studio art majors, Ochoa,...

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Uptown Cheapskate is located at 2900 N. Mesa St.

Uptown Cheapskate offers affordable clothing

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter September 1, 2015

For many college students, the line between wearing trendy clothes or spending money on groceries and gas can be an extremely thin one. In many cases, both things can be of dire importance for students. Buying, selling and trading affordable fashion...

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Miner Canyon offers innovations to students

Miner Canyon offers innovations to students

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter August 25, 2015

Miner Canyon, the brand-new housing complex at UTEP, is loaded with state-of-the-art innovations for students to take advantage of.  Being the only apartments on campus featuring from card access to study rooms available at all times, high-speed Wi-Fi,...

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Un mural adentro de el restaurante Thomās Kitchen-Bar,  ubicado en Blvd. Tomás Fernández 7934,  depicta la famosa pelicula Star Wars.

Sabor fronterizo con Thomās Kitchen-Bar

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter August 12, 2015

A pocos días de abrir sus puertas, un nuevo restaurante ya contaba con una alta demanda por parte de sus clientes. Ubicado en Blvd. Tomás Fernández 7934, Thomās Kitchen-Bar es una experiencia distinta para la comunidad en donde no solo el sabor...

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Ciclopedia, localizada en
Blvd. Tomas Fernandez 8770 L3 en Cuidad Juarez, es una de los lugares donde la gente se podra inscribir para el evento.

Pedaleando por la ruta del cafe

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter August 5, 2015

El próximo ocho de agosto se llevara acabo un evento que dará lugar a un paseo dirigido a la comunidad en Cuidad Juárez. Hypecycle: La ruta del café Hypecycle: La ruta del café es un evento original abierto a todo público donde los participantes...

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Steel Magnolias will run at the El Paso Playhouse until Saturday Aug. 8

El Paso Playhouse presents ‘Steel Magnolias’

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 29, 2015

The El Paso Playhouse, the city’s longest-running community theater, introduced their 2015-2016 season with the opening of the comedy-drama play “Steel Magnolias.” The play opened on July 17 at the El Paso Playhouse, located at 2501 Montana Ave., and...

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Angel Ramirez y Sergio Hernandez integrantes de Flamel tocan en un concierto.

Flamel, persiguiendo un sueño

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 21, 2015

El rock contemporáneo y space rock son los géneros musicales que una banda local esta utilizando para la creación de su música con canciones compuestas en español. Fundada por el vocalista Daniel Corpus y el bajista Ángel Ramírez a finales del...

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Two sides, one story

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 14, 2015

On Sunday, newspapers, news websites and TV programs were filled with the story of Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as “El Chapo Guzman,” and his recent escape from a maximum-security Mexico prison cell. As I logged into my Facebook...

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UTEP students use makeup as part of their everyday routine.

Students find artistry in cosmetic application

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 14, 2015

It is summer and students have gotten into the summer mood with different trends in fashion, music and makeup. Makeup constitutes a very important part of the everyday life for Alberto Rodriguez, who is a senior majoring in organizational and corporate...

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’Visit El Paso’ mobile app now available to download

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 7, 2015

A new mobile application is now available for both Apple and Android smartphones with the sole purpose of helping inform visitors and locals about the events, attractions and festivals that are happening in the El Paso area. Now, the citizens of El Paso...

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Tarde de vino y cerveza para Ciudad Juárez

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter July 5, 2015

Los entusiastas de la cerveza y vino proximamente podran gozar de su favorita bebida en un festival. El “Beer and Wine Fest” se llevara acabo el 18 de julio del presente año en Ciudad Juárez. El festival sera en la Hacienda Flor de Nogal Jardín...

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Fourth of July celebrated the El Paso way

Fourth of July celebrated the El Paso way

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter June 23, 2015

Whenever the streets are adorned with red, white and blue, it’s unmistakably Independence Day. The national holiday is fast approaching and the event list in El Paso is ample, ranging from parades to theme parties that will entertain the El Paso community...

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Ciudad Juarez gets cultural

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter June 23, 2015

Objects of different materials, colors and sizes are what the recently opened Julia & Ernestina in Ciudad Juarez offers. The store carries diverse articles that come mostly from different Mexican companies and designers. “Julia & Ernestina...

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The “Engendering Community” Exhibit will be held at the UTEP Centennial Museum until Sept. 19

Museum brings first LGTBQ exhibit in El Paso

Fernanda Leon, Conributor June 16, 2015

The first exhibit in El Paso to highlight the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community is now open to the public. This is a progressive move toward recognition among the LGBTQ community in the Sun City as their artistic endeavors are presented...

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La famosa obra de arte basada el la actriz Marilyn Monroe es parte de la exposicion de Andy Warhol, el rey del pop art.

Warhol llega a Cuidad Juarez

Fernanda Leon, Staff Reporter June 14, 2015

Entre las obras que se podrán apreciar en una exposición se encuentran las famosas latas Campbell's, las imágenes abstractas de Marilyn Monroe y Mao Tse-tung y las imágen floral de varios colores. La exposición es minimalista donde las obras de...

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Psychic fair invites public to learn about their future

Fernanda Leon, Contributor June 9, 2015

It is not uncommon for people to wonder about their future, relationships or marriages, and finding the answers to these and many other daunting questions is another story. However, there are some people out there who claim to have the answers for you. The...

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Senior studio art major, Deven Mc Coy, stands infront of his art work at the Fox Fine Arts Center.

Behind the research of ‘Beyond Common’

Fernanda Leon, Contributor May 5, 2015

Since the semester began, Deven James McCoy, senior studio art major, has dedicated his time preparing artwork for his exhibition. His project proposal was accepted at the Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI), a program that seeks...

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Gloria Almaguer, senior  education major, studies while Bianca Martinez, junior media advertising major, looks over a travel book at the library.

Learning never stops, even after graduation

Fernanda Leon, Contributor May 5, 2015

Graduation day is approaching and many students have been looking forward to this day, the start of their professional life, continuating on to graduate school, or a long vacation after all the years of studying. Arely Camacho, senior media advertising...

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Senior studio art major, Francisco Melendez continues to showcase his art in El Paso, although it can be hard for many local artists to make a living.

Artists struggle in El Paso

Fernanda Leon, Contributor April 28, 2015

For some, art in El Paso may not seem to be appreciated as much as in bigger cities like New York and Los Angeles. Francisco Melendez, senior studio art major, said art in El Paso has been growing year by year, but that there’s still a long road ahead...

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The Office of Student Life will be presenting their annual Earth Day Fashion Show at noon on April 21 at the Union Plaza stage.

Earth Day fashion show presents recycled trends

Fernanda Leon, Contributor April 21, 2015

The Office of Student Life will be presenting their annual Earth Day Fashion Show at noon on April 21 at the Union Plaza stage. The fashion show features outfits and accessories made by the students from Loretto Academy National Art Honor Society. The...

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“Marry Poppins” will run until May 17 at the UTEP Dinner Theatre.

‘Mary Poppins’ comes to the UTEP Dinner Theatre

Fernanda Leon, Contributor April 21, 2015

A capacity crowd witnessed an evening full of memories and much fun at the opening night performance of “Mary Poppins” at 7 p.m. April 17 at the UTEP Dinner Theatre. The place was full of spectators, who first enjoyed a three-course dinner. After...

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Hollywood talent to give workshops at UTEP

Fernanda Leon, Contributor April 14, 2015

The Department of Theatre and Dance will be hosting an Educational Acting Workshop with talent agent Tony Martinez on May 23 at the Studio Theatre in the Fox Fine Arts Center. Tony Martinez is a graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York and...

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The border fence dividing the United States and Mexico.

Líneas de El Paso a Juárez afectan a estudiantes

Fernanda Léon, Contributor February 17, 2015

Desde tiempo atrás las líneas que se forman en el Puente Internacional Córdova-Las Americas de El Paso a Ciudad Juárez han representado un problema para estudiantes que cruzan diariamente, incluso afectando su economía. Un agente de aduana del Servicio...

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