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The pursuit of graduate school is for the motivated

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor in Chief May 5, 2015

Many students already know where they will pursue graduate school, as acceptance letters rolled in during the semester. But for those still contemplating whether they should go to graduate school, the age-old question is sure to be asked after the graduation...

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New bill proposal aims to get rid of in-state tuition for DREAMers

New bill proposal aims to get rid of in-state tuition for DREAMers

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor in Chief April 1, 2015

A new proposal has hit the Texas Senate floor, which will affect undocumented students in the country, or DREAMers, and how they’ll be paying for college or university tuition. On April 6, the border security subcommittee of the Senate’s Veteran...

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Get it together, Texas

Get it together, Texas

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor in Chief March 3, 2015

There are 37 states that allow gay marriage, while appeals are pending in the remaining 13 states. On Feb. 19, two women in Austin, Texas, were married after State District Judge David Wahlberg made an exception since one of them had ovarian cancer. It...

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An invisible population: lack of data on transgender people hinders progress

An invisible population: lack of data on transgender people hinders progress

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor in Chief March 3, 2015

This is part two of a two-part long-form series, which will be available at theprospectordaily.com. Read part one here. There are more than 320 billion people in the U.S. to date, but there are limited estimates as to how many of those individuals in...

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Presiding Judge Sharon Keller (left), Judge Cheryl Johnson and Judge Barbara Hervey address the audience and begin the first oral argument on capital murder.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals visits UTEP for first time

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor-in-chief February 11, 2015

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals visited El Paso for the first time Thursday, where their sitting was held in the Geology Reading Room at UTEP. The presiding judge and seven of the eight judges heard two oral arguments on capital murder and aggravated...

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Outreach, resources for transgender people progressing in El Paso, on campus

Outreach, resources for transgender people progressing in El Paso, on campus

Lorain Ambrocio, Editor in Chief February 10, 2015

This is part one of a two part long-form series, which will be available at theprospectordaily.com. Read part two here. Adriano Kristian Perez always felt different. Growing up in a religious Mexican family and attending an all-girl high school, he...

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