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Taco Tote scholarship relieves financial stress

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Reporter April 23, 2019

Several UTEP students received varying amounts of money from the Tacolture Scholarship, given by fast-food restaurant Taco Tote, to pay for their tuition for a semester. Students from different majors and classifications received anywhere from $500...

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OLLI promotes learning, inclusion for older adults

OLLI promotes learning, inclusion for older adults

Glenda Avalos, Contributor April 19, 2019

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UTEP provides learning opportunities for senior adults and forms part of the Bernard Osher Foundation founded by Bernard Osher. Osher believed that as individuals get older, they should be more engaged with...

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How to help recycle on campus

How to help recycle on campus

Juan Corral, Contributor April 16, 2019

With Earth Day around the corner, UTEP’s Waste Management Program has high hopes to inform the campus community on recycling and how students can contribute to make the Earth a little greener. The UTEP Waste Management Program started back in 1998....

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Creativity never gets old in ‘Visions’ exhibit

Creativity never gets old in ‘Visions’ exhibit

Glenda Avalos April 9, 2019

The Student Engagement & Leadership presents the “Visions: Creativity Never Gets Old” exhibit by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the Union Gallery for all to admire and explore. OLLI a program founded by Bernard Osher provides...

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Time of the butterfly

Time of the butterfly

Claudia Flores, Editor-in-Chief April 9, 2019

After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder three years ago, El Paso native and UTEP alumna Jacqueline Loweree is about to release her debut book “‘El Tiempo de la Mariposa: Poesía de una mente bipolar’ (The Time of the Butterfly: Poetry of a bipolar...

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UTEP to host first Biomedical  Research Awareness Day

UTEP to host first Biomedical Research Awareness Day

Ashley Johnson, Multimedia Editor April 9, 2019

UTEP Psychology Assistant Professor Katherine Serafine, Ph.D., is planning UTEP’s first Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) in April. BRAD is a global event that happens every year on the third Thursday of April. It is an initiative committed...

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Ableism is all around us

Ableism is all around us

Valerie Frederick, Special to the Prospector April 9, 2019

Ableism: discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities. This is Merriam-Webster’s definition of the term, but ableism is more than just discrimination and/or prejudice. It’s the innate belief held by society that abled people are...

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