Skip to Main Content
Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics to hold town hall meeting at UTEP

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor September 5, 2013

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (WHIEEH) and UTEP will host a town hall meeting Sept. 6 at 4 p.m. in the Tomás Rivera Conference Center, UTEP Union Building East, third floor regarding Hispanics and STEM education....

Continue Reading

Parking lot closures begin today for Minerpalooza

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor September 5, 2013

Sept. 5 – Sept. 7, parking lots will begin to close in preparation for Minerpalooza. They include: Perimeter Parking Lot P-9: Thursday, Sept. 5 – the lot will be closed at 5:00 p.m. Permit holders may park in all Remote, Perimeter and Silver...

Continue Reading
Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) reads a resolution offered by the Obama Administration about scenarios of U.S. action in Syria.

O’Rourke to vote ‘no’ on military action in Syria

Lorain Watters, Assistant news editor September 3, 2013

Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) said he will vote against a military strike in Syria when the House returns next week. The congressman announced his decision at a town hall meeting Tuesday at the Community Foundation Room in downtown. About 50 people...

Continue Reading

Congressman Beto O’Rourke to hold town hall meeting tonight

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor September 3, 2013

U.S. Congressman Beto O'Rourke will host a town hall meeting today from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the El Paso Community Foundation room, first floor of the Mills Building at 333 N. Oregon. He will discuss Syria-related issues and ask for public opinion...

Continue Reading
Lorain Watters

Lorain Watters

September 2, 2013
Editor-in-chief Editor
Read Story

Targeted Blackboard Phishing Scam

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor August 29, 2013

Another phishing e-mail message is currently being circulated around The University of Texas at El Paso. This message pretends to be from Blackboard and states that “An important course form has been posted…”. It then asks that you sign in to...

Continue Reading

ADP Increases Support of Future Math and Science Teachers to $2 Million

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor August 28, 2013

Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc., a Fortune 500 company with offices in El Paso, has pledged an additional $600,000 over the next three years to The University of Texas at El Paso’s Math and Science Teachers (MaST) Academy. ADP has been supporting...

Continue Reading

Inner Campus Water Line Failure

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor August 27, 2013

There is a water line outage in the center of campus. Water service to the following buildings will be shut off while repairs are made: Undergraduate Learning Center Centennial Museum Burges Hall Cotton Memorial Hudspeth Hall Miners Hall Worrel...

Continue Reading

San Japan convention passes 11,000

Lorain Watters, Assistant News Editor August 21, 2013

Shaggy blonde hair, fake samurai swords and shouts of “konnichiwa” echoed across the halls at the San Japan: Sinister 6 anime convention in San Antonio. The sixth annual convention welcomed 11,077 fans between Aug. 16 and 18 of all genres of...

Continue Reading
Activate Search