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

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

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Dominique Macias

Dominique Macias, Editor-in-Chief

Dominique Macias is a senior, finalizing a degree in media advertising. When promoted as EIC in summer 2025, she launched Minero’s very first web column: Between You & Me. Her published works have been about identity and culture, and she hopes to further her creative direction in the film industry as both a writer and director. 

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Wishful Winter, Please Be Good to Me

Wishful Winter, Please Be Good to Me

Dominique Macias, Editor in Chief December 12, 2025

Between you & me, it keeps playing over again in my head that this winter will mean a familiar door is permanently closing. Some days I wake up, feeling rejuvenated by counting the days to life post...

For the Love of Cinema

For the Love of Cinema

Dominique Macias and Vianah Vasquez December 2, 2025

The weekend after Thanksgiving, my family and I always find our way back to the theaters and not to the overstimulating scenes of Black Friday shopping. Ever since the release of Creed (2015), a tradition...

The Radical Resistance of Kind Joy

The Radical Resistance of Kind Joy

Dominique Macias, Editor-in-Chief July 25, 2025

Between you & me,    There was a moment in the first month of 2025 when the world felt like it was going to shatter.  On January 31, after weeks of relentless headlines—from the LA fires...

Prayers Answered: Summer's Here

Prayers Answered: Summer’s Here

Dominique Macias, Editor-in-Chief July 4, 2025

Between you and me, I’m already carrying this summer around with me as a keepsake. And missing it as it still lingers in the air. This is the kind of summer that our teenage daydreams were made of,...

Sitting with trauma is more than not holding grudges and resentment. But it's about facing the topics that generations before you have always avoided.

Speak up dear, he is not listening

Dominique Macias, Web Editor March 3, 2025

When I was a little girl, my mother always told me, "You're acting like your father, stop it!" or "You have a mouth like your father." At times, she would say it with a laugh and other times, with fear...

Chicano tattoos are not just an aesthetic, they tell a story.

Don’t tell my mother

Dominique Macias, Writer/Photographer October 22, 2024

The buzzing sound of the needle that leaves a permanent piece of ink is an art that many use to tell a story on their bodies. Throughout generations, El Paso has been the homeland for Chicano(a)s. From...

Chicano Batman performed April 22 at Lowbrow Palace.

Chicano Batman Saves the Full Moon Night

Dominique Macias, Photographer May 13, 2024

The night is April 22 at Lowbrow Palace, a full moon, everyone gathers to see Chicano Batman in anticipation. Reading the crowd, they had such a grip on the barricade of those up in front, even onto their...

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