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

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

Minero Magazine

Masks no longer recommended on campus under CDC guidelines; students feel left in the dark

Masks no longer recommended on campus under CDC guidelines; students feel left in the dark

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief March 6, 2022

When students Jose Lucero and Carla Irigoyen-Amparan arrived at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) the morning of March 7, they weren't aware that UTEP President Heather Wilson had sent an email...

Environmentally friendly: Sustainable fashion on the border 

Environmentally friendly: Sustainable fashion on the border 

March 4, 2022

Sustainability is increasingly becoming a high priority of the environmentally-conscious and sustainable fashion is just one way that participants in the practice feel they help out the planet.  Though...

Permission to stan: K-pop fan culture in El Paso and how it led to opening a new business 

Permission to stan: K-pop fan culture in El Paso and how it led to opening a new business 

March 2, 2022

Lizbeth Lopez, a 21-year-old Korean pop (K-Pop) fan, doesn’t speak Korean, but her favorite songs are in Korean and her favorite artists are the members of the Korean Pop boy-band BTS which stands for...

UTEP holds only two events for Black History Month

UTEP holds only two events for Black History Month

Brianne Williams, Writer February 28, 2022

Although it is a diverse campus, Black students attending the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) sometimes still feel like the lesser minority. In the past, UTEP had made various efforts  to promote...

What to do if your classmates test positive for COVID-19 

What to do if your classmates test positive for COVID-19 

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2022

Relieved to see another human being in person, not on a screen of a class zoom meeting, walking in between the Bhutanese inspired buildings of the University of Texas at El Paso-- albeit wearing face...

UTEPS Space Force

UTEP’S Space Force

Jorge Solis, Writer February 23, 2022

What happened to it? It has been six months since the University of Texas at El Paso joined the Space Force University Partnership Program. Ten other universities, including the University of...

The Prospector & Minero Magazine supports The Battalion Newspaper

The Prospector & Minero Magazine supports The Battalion Newspaper

February 15, 2022

The Battalion, the student-led newspaper at Texas A&M released an article on Feb.11 detailing that their university President Katherine Banks, Ph.D., is forcing the 129-year-old publication to stop...

The Van Gogh immersive art experience is coming to El Paso

The Van Gogh immersive art experience is coming to El Paso

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief February 9, 2022

See the 'Starry Night' in person  ‘Beyond Van Gogh’ a traveling, immersive art experience is coming to El Paso and Albuquerque. The experience is expected to be held in El Paso between November...

UTEP’S Military Students Financial Aid Delayed

UTEP’S Military Students’ Financial Aid Delayed

Brandy Ruiz February 7, 2022

It is Caleb Jackson’s first semester at the University of Texas at El Paso as a military-affiliated student studying business after leaving the military just two months ago and he, along with other...

Reproductive Freedom March

Reproductive Freedom March

Jorge Solis, Writer February 7, 2022

By Jorge Solis One month following Texas’ new ban on abortions before six weeks into pregnancy, which is too early for many women to realize they are pregnant, the women of El Paso decided to make...

Halloween, but make it year-round

Halloween, but make it year-round

Brianne Williams, Writer February 7, 2022

Sept. 29, 2021 With the many coffee shops that El Paso has to offer, the Coffee House of Hel located at 2200 Lee Trevino Drive #B3B, has a unique theme that makes it stand out in the El Paso coffee-shop...

EL PASO’S LGBTQ+ YOUTH FINDS A LACK OF SAFE SPACES FOR FEMALE, NON-BINARY, AND TRANS COMMUNITY

EL PASO’S LGBTQ+ YOUTH FINDS A LACK OF SAFE SPACES FOR FEMALE, NON-BINARY, AND TRANS COMMUNITY

Brandy Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2022

Her pink satin gloves had been raised high above her head which made finding her in the crowd easy where in the small bar, filled with young, colorful people packed to the corners, she might have otherwise...

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