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The Student News Site of The University of Texas at El Paso

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Remember My Words: Gen Z Poets Navigate Emotional Landscapes Through Writing
Remember My Words: Gen Z Poets Navigate Emotional Landscapes Through Writing
Rumi Sevilla-Hernandez September 25, 2025

Nationally, El Paso is often defined by its border headlines more than it is by its creative pulse. Headlines are inundated with the death toll...

The Rhythm Resistance: Borderland DJs Amplify Community and Inclusivity through Queer Nightlife
The Rhythm Resistance: Borderland DJs Amplify Community and Inclusivity through Queer Nightlife
Marco Hinojosa, Editor-in-Chief • September 18, 2025

Strobe lights flashing, bass throbbing, moving bodies lost in the rhythm of the beat. For a few hours, nothing else matters— just the music,...

Calling All In: One Man’s Journey to Bring Justice to Those Forgotten Pt. II
Calling All In: One Man’s Journey to Bring Justice to Those Forgotten Pt. II
Dominique Macias, Editor-in-Chief • September 2, 2025

The Documentary By 2017, Hernandez’s search had taken on its first permanent form with the release of All They Will Call You, a book that...

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RISE & GRIND: Local Entrepreneurs Cultivate Business in the Sun City
RISE & GRIND: Local Entrepreneurs Cultivate Business in the Sun City
Vianah Vazquez September 23, 2025

It can be surprising how, amidst a seemingly dry and still desert, life not only exists — but flourishes. In much the same way, the minds of...

Emotoción: Las mujeres Motociclistas Abren Camino a la Conexión y la Comunidad
Emotoción: Las mujeres Motociclistas Abren Camino a la Conexión y la Comunidad
Sofia Sierra, Copy Editor • September 16, 2025
Es el agarre firme del manillar mientras el viento golpea más fuerte. Es el olor de las llantas quemadas que te llena la nariz. Es el rugido del motor al alcanzar velocidades mas altas: para los motociclistas, estas sensaciones son lo que la adrenalina de conducir puede provocar.  
Confessions of an El Pasoan: The City That Won't Let Go
Confessions of an El Pasoan: The City That Won’t Let Go
Dominique Macias, Editor-in-Chief • August 8, 2025

Between You & Me,   I can’t wait to leave El Paso. I write that with no resentment for this city, but with the pure, unadulterated...

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UTEP English professor and host of “El Paso Food Voices” (EPFV), Meredith Abarca, Ph.D. created a series of articles and podcasts that share El Paso’s story through food.
Waves to Pods
Victoria Ortega, Writer • February 28, 2024

Radio has been in existence since the late 1890s. Once a conduit connecting cities to rural areas, radio transformed how we consumed music and sports. However, as time has passed, the resonance of radio...

President Dr. Heather Wilson sitting with Staff Writer Erik Acosta. Photo courtesy of The Prospector.
Exclusive Sit Down Interview with President Dr. Heather Wilson: Full Q&A
Erik Acosta, Writer • November 28, 2023

In 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson became the 11th President of UTEP and has been considered a prominent image for the university. From reaching milestones, such as becoming one the first women in the Air Force...

 

 

(From Left to Right) Julius Alvarez and Angel Rios, partial owners of Flairshot in Horizon, Texas, sit down range, surrounded by pieces of ammunition.
Flair Shot
Ethan Thomas, Writer • October 18, 2023

Neon lights mix with the desert sun as you open the door to Flair Shot, flashing greens, pinks and purples catch your eye while the door slowly shuts. An indoor airsoft target range, with the tell-tale...

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Scotty Walden is now serving as the 27th head coach in UTEP history, with previously being the head coach of Austin Peay State University.
Be patient of the Walden era
Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Writer • November 13, 2024

Scotty Walden’s start has been the dream Miner fans have wanted. Yet, for dreams to come to fruition, it takes understanding, patience, and...

"I would say I'm pretty outgoing once you get to know me. I'd say I'm hardworking, and maybe funny, I like making my teammates laugh." 
-Jacob Presutti
Tee-Time
Brianne Williams, Web Editor/Writer • October 17, 2023

Nearly filling the stands each season, UTEP welcomes fans from across the city, to support its college sports teams. Home games for sports such...

"My mom has taught me my whole life that there are gifts that God gives us and there's things that we are called to do. I believe that basketball is a gift that God has given me," Petree said.
Mahrianna Petree: and the world of college basketball
Brianne Williams, Web-Editor/Staff Writer • February 1, 2023

Mahrianna Petree and her sisters were holding toy basketballs before they could walk. “My dad told us that when we were little girls, there...

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Tea, Tears and Sisterhood: What One Controversial App Reveals about Dating, Danger, and Female Solidarity
Tea, Tears and Sisterhood: What One Controversial App Reveals about Dating, Danger, and Female Solidarity
Vivien Noe, Writer • September 30, 2025

Today’s dating era is NOT for the weak. The situation is getting out of control, and instead of inspiring romance we have pop singers like...

Artificial Intelligence has created waves within the art world, creating a conflicting stance towards its tool that generates modern age artwork. The usage of AI has raised questions about how it is changing the making and cosumption of art.
AI vs Art: The Creative Crash of The Century
Erik Acosta, Writer • March 1, 2024

Click, type, post. Three words that define the creation of the modern digital age, becoming one of the easiest ways for someone to create and...

Matthew Braxton is a 23-year-old UTEP student, who is the founder and CEO of the company Revcorp PC.
Matthew Braxton
Meagan Garcia, Writer • October 19, 2023

When it comes to the world of technology and engineering, it is easy to get lost in ideas such as artificial intelligence and the theories that...

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