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University of Texas at El Paso ScholarWorks@UTEP The Prospector Special Collections Department 10-21-2020 The Prospector, October 21, 2020 UTEP Student Publications Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/prospector Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Comments: This file is atherr large, with many images, so it may take a few minutes to download. Please be patient. VOL. 106, NO. 5 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO OCTOBER 21, 2020 Jill Biden visits El Paso Inside Entertainment Early voting records have been shattered Lotería themed game Anahy Diaz , page 5 The Prospector Sports Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Joe Locomotive advance Biden, the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, made a campaign , page 8 appearance Tuesday, Oct. 13 at UTEP’s Undergraduate Learning Center, as early voting begins in Texas. The former second lady was joined by U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) and former How political Congressman Beto O’Rourke. “When Joe is president, you won’t organizations read the news shaking your head with tense shoulders,” Biden said. in El Paso “Because he’s going to be someone who brings out the best in us. Someone our kids can look up to. have adapted Wouldn’t that be nice for a change?” Daniela Ramos Biden was welcomed by a crowd of about 60 attendees, who all sat six The Prospector feet away from each other and were With the emergence of COVID-19 Photograph by Anahy Diaz/The Prospector came a new reality that everyone’s Jill Biden is set to visit Houston and Dallas on Oct. 13, as early voting begins in Texas. See Early Voting on page 3 had to reconcile with: Social distancing, wearing face masks, holding low-density public events, and campaigning remotely. Some quick facts about the 2020 election With early voting in Texas underway, political organizations Sasha Minjarez throughout the country have had The Prospector to adapt to this new normal while adhering to public health mandates. With less than a month away from Here’s how political organizations Election Day Nov. 3, Texas’ early based in El Paso have been voting period kicked off Oct. 13, and politicking these past few months. is set to last until Friday, Oct. 30. According to The Hill, a record number of Americans have partaken El Paso Young Republicans in early voting this year, with an COVID-19 struck during primary estimate of over six million turn season during what Isaiah Iturralde, out. El Paso also shattered its own communications director for the El record for the first day of early Paso Young Republicans (EPYR), voting with more than 18,000 votes calls one of the most important cast along with more than 15,000 elections in modern U.S. history. mail-in ballots, with the numbers Though COVID-19 might present consistently climbing. a few setbacks, Iturralde said the Young Republicans have continued Early voting at UTEP to follow most of their usual campaigning plans, except now with A notable implementation the proper restrictions. introduced this year by the El Paso Graphic by Hugo Hinojosa “The biggest thing we’ve been County Elections is the “Voting With early voting in Texas underway, political organizations throughout the country have had to adapt to this new normal trying to do is register voters,” Center” program, which allows while adhering to public health mandates. Iturralde said. “As well as raise registered voters to cast their votes awareness of local and state at any of the accessible voting center concerns related to health and mail- election during the pandemic. Additional staff is being allocated to candidates.” locations established throughout in ballots. Some Texas citizens are Presentation requests may be sanitize the site routinely as well. Despite COVID-19, the Young the city, UTEP being one of 35 early not eligible for mail in voting, as they directed to Sophia Andritsos, Those who do not wish to vote Republicans have been hosting voting sites. A total of 150 locations do not meet the state’s requirements, undergraduate assistant for the inside sites, have the option to use even more events than in the past, will be accessible on Election Day. where an individual must be 65 Center of Community Engagement, El Paso County Elections’ curbside The new voting center program years or older, out of thecounty for via email at saandritsos@miners. service at every early voting site, by is broadening the way people cast the duration of the voting period, utep.edu. calling its office at 915-546-2154. See Political on page 4 their vote, as prior to this, voting incarcerated, ill, or disabled. Polling locators and wait times sites were structured by designated Early voters at UTEP can visit Voting during the pandemic ae available on El Paso County precincts. Templeton Suite at the Union East Amid the pandemic, El Paso Elections’ mobile application and The program aims to alleviate Building Monday through Friday County Elections is making mask- website. Arlington Park, Bassett some of the uncertainties from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. , and from wearing mandatory as well as social Place, the El Paso County Coliseum, surrounding voting during the 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and distancing, where there will be six- Marty Robins Recreation Center, COVID-19 pandemic such as Sunday. foot markers on the floor indicating Officer David Ortiz Recreation Other voting sites like Bassett appropriate separation range. A Center, Oz Glaze Senior Center, Early voting at UTEP Place and the Marty Robins limited number of masks will also and Sunland Park Mall will have Recreational Center, will be be available at sites, for people who additional personnel on board operating until 10 p.m. on the arrive unprepared. dedicated to assisting in the express Monday-Friday last week of early voting, to “Vote Safe El Paso” kits will be curbside voting process. accommodate voters. given to each voter, which includes For more information regarding 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. The UTEP Center for Community a cotton swab and protective finger the 2020 election, visit https:// Saturday-Sunday Engagement is also offering cot to handle voting machines, hand epcountyvotes.com/. Election Day is informative presentations for any wipes and the customary ‘I Voted’ on Nov. 3 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. department, class or organization sticker. Voters are also advised to Sasha Minjarez may be reached at [email protected] Photo courtesy of Isaiah Iturralde at the University, with the goal of wash their hands and use hand @SashEm_ on Twitter. Isaiah Iturralde, Communications Director helping individuals navigate the sanitizer before and after voting. for the El Paso Young Republicans (EPYR). PAGE 2 OPINION OCTOBER 21, 2020 EDITOR BRYAN MENA, 747-5161 High school teachers say students are now cheating more Sven Kline And if that wasn’t bad enough, cheating if the syntax and diction get caught. From what teachers have they’ll be better off than potentially The Prospector teachers also feel obliged to mitigate seem out of character for that told me, pandemic high schoolers shutting down after taking a big hit this seemingly insurmountable student. A quick Google search can nowadays seem to not care. to their grade.” Since the very beginning of our challenge caused by the pandemic. show whether a student directly copy Call it what you want, but when I It’s not that teachers don’t academic careers, we have been “I’ve done a lot in terms of and pasted from an internet source.” copied and pasted from Google then care because they do, but it is told to never cheat. We hear it over lessening the workload compared Like an internet meme goes: “Hey reworded my answer, I actually felt as rather most students who hold our shoulders during exams as to last year, as well as making sure can I copy your homework?” And if I learned something from having little consideration toward their our teachers stalk like hawks and everything could be completed in the response is, “Sure just change a to reword it in my own vocabulary education, and that is where the root teaching assistants prowl the room class,” Uribe said. “But every one of few things so it’s not obvious.” and diction. By doing so, I put the of the problem, I think, lies. like a pack of wolves checking our my students that is failing is because Courtesy of knowyourmeme.com material into my own understanding No generation has ever gone every move. they simply aren’t attempting to do If high schoolers can’t change because I was making the answer through online education for this We all know the consequences of any work.” up the plagiarism a bit, what makes mine, the same way as asking a long. This is a new lifestyle that plagiarism; expulsion at the highest- Carlos elaborated further on this, them think they’ll be able to get friend for an answer and rewording still requires adjusting to. The degrading degree, a mark on your pressing the need for students to away with it in college? it. responsibility now falls on the permanent record and the shame have someone around to motivate Uribe went on to talk about When it comes to cheating in a parents to monitor their children that comes with it. them through the education system. how this form of cheating, — copy university setting, students are held and ensure they’re participating in But in the “new normal” of today’s “Parents are often at work and and pasting from the internet, — to the discretion of their professor, school, because when that webcam is COVID-19 regulations, a new it is up to students to wake up and originates from the new reality that but the ramifications are by far more dark, and the Zoom call is empty, it change has been stirring behind the attend class,” Carlos said.

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