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Feb 14, 2012 •
Overcoming a physical barrier Yvianna Hernandez-Mora, who graduated from UTEP as an honors student in 2010, has had to confront a physical challenge as an artist, one that has altered her creative inspiration. Since she was a young girl, Yvianna has had a passion for drawing. While other kids chose different paths in life, during...
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Feb 14, 2012 •
En el escenario parece una reina de belleza, cubierta de diamantes, cabello falso y pestañas postizas, pero la actriz en escena es una creación del imitador de mujeres, Nathan Knight Jones. “Soy muy coqueta cuando actuó. La música que elijo es por lo regular música que me va a permitir interactuar con quien sea en...
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Feb 14, 2012 •
Hace tres años, Martha Carroll, una estudiante de cuarto año de enfermería, fue a un partido de fútbol americano en el Sun Bowl de UTEP. Ella estaba lejos de imaginar que ahí conocería a Robert, un joven militar que luego se convertiría en su esposo. Cuando Martha y Robert se vieron por primera vez, ocurrió...
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Feb 14, 2012 •
MINERO MAGAZINE was created to focus attention on the issues that affect El Paso, Ciudad Juárez and the UTEP community. While we continued that theme in this issue, we added an extra emphasis on the differences and similarities that result from the blend of cultures in our region. The stories featured in this magazine focus...
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Sep 15, 2011 •
Minero strives to focus on a variety of culturally diverse issues that are important to UTEP students, faculty and staff, as well as to the border community. The stories featured in this magazine are illustrative of the everyday issues that are relevant to the lives of border residents as well as to the UTEP community....
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Sep 5, 2011 •
De acuerdo al Calendario Maya, el 21 de diciembre de 2012 será una fecha trascendental para la humanidad. Una gran cantidad de personas creen que ese día será el fin del mundo, pero para los mayas, el arribo de esa fecha no significa una calamidad, sino el inicio de una nueva conciencia cósmica y la...
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Sep 5, 2011 •
Editor’s note: The following is the Spanish version of the main story from Mexodus: a class project written by UTEP students. The project’s goal was to explore the exodus of the Mexican citizens to the El Paso region due to the drug-related violence that is raging across the border. The article gives an overview of...
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Sep 5, 2011 •
By Aaron Martinez Just a few miles separate El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, but the sports scene in the two cities are worlds apart. While Indios soccer games across the border bring in fans from both cities, the El Paso Patriots struggle to attract supporters from their own hometown. Diane Garcia-Gaytan, senior electrical engineering major,...
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Sep 5, 2011 •
By Michael Galindo Most people have heard of comic book or graphic novel heroes such as Wolverine, Batman, Superman or the Green Lantern, but many others have probably never heard of Dallas Stoudenmire, Gabriel de La Cruz, Leopold Curtis or Matt Cuba. If you haven’t, it’s because they are all comic book characters from comic...
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Feb 26, 2011 •
File management and storage concerns By Michael Galindo The family photo album used to be where memorable occasions, such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, were physically preserved for future generations. They consisted of photos that were captured in one or maybe two attempts and some of them have become so fragile because they predate color photography....
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Feb 26, 2011 •
Desórdenes alimenticios Nicole Chávez José Meléndez nunca supo lo que era la ropa de niño. Cuando aún cursaba la primaria tenía que usar ropa y zapatos de adulto. Sus camisetas eran extragrande y la mayoría no le gustaban. Sus compañeros de escuela dicen que se sentaba en las sillas al fondo del salón de clases...
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Feb 26, 2011 •
Marijuana and alcohol concerns By Jesus C. Martinez Consuming large amounts of alcohol and smoking marijuana are actions that were once familiar to senior public relations major Gilbert Acosta. He has dealt with the repercussions of the legal and illegal usage of those substances, and he feels that alcohol is the worst of the two....