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

Minero Magazine

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

Minero Magazine

My mom has taught me my whole life that there are gifts that God gives us and theres 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 were basketballs in our cribs,” Petree said. Petree...

Photo Courtesy of Lucie Calderon

El Paso Nano-Influencer Lucie Calderon graduates to bigger projects

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2022

It was Christmas-day 2010 when the University of Texas at El Paso graduate Lucie Calderon made an account on Instagram, the same year the app was launched.  She was ten years old, posting “a million”...

The pursuit of cryptocurrency on the border

The pursuit of cryptocurrency on the border

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-chief October 11, 2022

In between gray rock walls and beneath the sweat-inducing glare of the noon El Paso sun in 2020, David Gámez, a student at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and leader of UTEP’s Blockchain Miner’s...

The October Issue

The October Issue

Yoali Rodriguez October 10, 2022

Ah, ‘tis the season for the rebirth of pumpkin spice lattes, awkward weather, and the UTEP fall semester.  It is that time of year when planning an outfit may feel like your last priority, not to...

Latino, Latina, Latine?   

Latino, Latina, Latine?   

Juan Pablo De Anda De Alva, Staff Writer September 15, 2022

La frontera entre México y Estados Unidos es un lugar único en donde chocan dos culturas, divisas, y los principales idiomas de la región: español e inglés.  Sofia Valenzuela, una estudiante originaria...

K-pop fans dressed in their favorite merch from their favorite groups that featured individual K-pop stars such as SUGA from the group BTS.

A night of K-Pop in the Zoo: the first K-Pop event in collaboration with the El Paso Zoo 

Brandy Ruiz September 12, 2022

In between the Elephants and Malayan Tiger exhibit on the night of Sept. 10, the El Paso Zoo in collaboration with the Instagram pages @Girlswihtluv and @epkpop_events, held a K-pop celebration with music,...

Jordan Nieto

Jordan Nieto

Brianne Williams, Web-Editor September 7, 2022

At 20 years old, El Pasoan Jordan Nieto looked forward to going to Hot Topic every Sunday with his family. At the store, he remembered gazing at the large wall of tiny figurines with big, square heads...

Gavin Hardison

Gavin Hardison

Jorge Solis, Staff Writer August 29, 2022

The sun glistened and beat down on the stadium at the University of Texas at El Paso, which was aptly named the “Sun Bowl.” The field turf, a perfect bright green, a stark contrast of the dark blue...

73 Questions with UTEP President Heather Wilson

August 23, 2022

Minero Magazine and The Prospector made their way to Hoover House, residence of the President of The University of Texas at El Paso, on Aug. 5 to interview President Heather Wilson, Ph.D. She shared the...

Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief August 16, 2022

Battle of the Bands allows five local groups to participate in the University of Texas at El Paso’s annual Minerpalooza, a festival hosted by UTEP’s Division of Student Affairs’ Student Engagement...

Violencia en Ciudad Juárez: Cómo protegerse a sí mismo y a su bienestar

Violencia en Ciudad Juárez: Cómo protegerse a sí mismo y a su bienestar

Brandy Ruiz and Maria Luisa Guerrero Duran August 12, 2022

Ciudad Juárez está experimentando violencia en las calles. El 11 de agosto, las autoridades locales informaron de un motín que estalló en una prisión estatal conocida como CERESO No.3. El subsecretario...

The members of Big Time Rush, James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schmidt had an energetic performance that concluded with a promise to come back.

Big Time Rush performs in El Paso, their last Texas concert of the tour

Brianne Williams, Web-Editor August 9, 2022

Fans across the Sun City gathered at the Don Haskins Center on 151 Glory Road, Monday, Aug. 8, for the band Big Time Rush’s Forever Tour.  After splitting in 2013 to pursue solo careers, the band...

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