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For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • News • Entertainment • Sports Mental health Pg. 3 • Cafe Tacvba Pg. 5 • Miners defeated Pg. 7 VOL. l 05 NO. 3 SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 THEPROSPECTOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO ASSAYER OF STUDENT OPINION WWW.THEPROSPECTORDAILY.COM Commuters El Paso Firme festival stress over Residents gather road closures to denounce white Paulino Spencer supremacy The Prospector Rebecca Reza Commuters driving into Ciudad Juarez stress as the next phase of the Texas Department of The Prospector Transportation's (TxDOT) 1-10 Connect Proj Artists from Guatemala, Mexico and South ect begins closing off the exit on I-10 East and ern California performed at El Paso Firme Mu Westbound near the Americas Bridge. sic Fest Saturday at Ascarate Park for a day of The Connect Prqject's mission is to separate healing and celebration organized by the Border the traffic headed to Ciudad Juarez through Network for Human Rights and other local and different ramps on I-10 and Loop 375, .allow statewide immigrant advocacy organizations. ing truck drivers to cross into Mexico without The event was meant as an action against causing traffic jams on Paisano Drive and sur white supremacy and the ideologies that alleg rounding areas. The project is expected to be edly inspired one of the deadliest hate crimes completed in about three years. against Latinos in recent U.S. history just over a The current phase ofconstruction is expected month ago in El Paso. · to take about nine months to complete. Four More than 175 people have been killed in at new connecting ramps will be built while the tacks linked to white nationalism around the exit ramps from I-10 to U.S. 62 on Paisano Drive world since 2011, according to The Guardian. will be removed. Many of the mainly white men who are al Carolina Alvarez I The Prospector The recent construction and road closures legedly responsible for these violent acts have Cuco, rising Mexican-American artist, performs at El Paso Finne music festival at Ascarate Park Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. have already begun to affect commuters and used the same rhetoric, referring to immigrants students who cross the border on a daily basis. as "invaders" and an "infestation;• similar to The event began with a march at El Segundo to Sacred Heart Church in the morning before Javier Gomez-Rodriguez, 23, said it has been a the way U.S. President Donald J. Trump has re Barrio from Centro de Trabajadores Agricolas arriving at Ascarate Park. Under the shadow ferred to immigrants as an "invasion" in a tweet. see FIRME on page 3 see CLOSURES on page 4 Research DO YOU HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ACNE? 3 3A 3A RESEARCH IS CONDUCTING A CLINICAL TRIAL OF AN INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG FOR ACNE Subject Must Be: Study Info: • 12 · 40 years of age r 12 week study • Have moderate to severe acne • Study-related physical exam to facial area and procedures at no cost • Patient under 18 must bring • Compensation for time and parent to give consent travel up to $300.00 ·-·- --~~---- EDITOR IN CHIEF VALERIA OLIVARES, 747-7446 ·2 OPINION SEPTEMBER 10 I 2019 The recent mass shooting has made me feel Feeling unsafe unsafe in the city I call home. Although it has The importance of internships been years since Sept. 11, hundreds of tragedies Mario Ramos Pacheco have continued to occur within this country, committed by its own people. Why students should challenge themselves The Prospector We cannot afford, as a country, to continue to About 18 years lose people because ofgun violence or any other Juan Corral may think it's an exciting adventure that . will teach you many things. ago, a terrorist at form ofdomestic terrorism which, according to The Prospector tack in New York the FBI, is "perpetrated by individuals and/or During my time at The Daily Advertiser I was Starting a new City started a wave groups inspired by or associated with primarily given opportunities and stories that, as a junior semester as a col of insecurity that U.S.-based movements that espouse extremist at UTEP, I could only imaguie covering. Given lege student means was felt throughout ideologies of a political, religious, social, racial, the opportunities and reassurance I received a couple of things: the country. or environmental natiµe." . from my editor, I believe I did a good job during Buying expensive Sep. 11, 2001 is a The first step people need to take in order to my stay at the paper. textbooks, trying to date that people in reestablish the sense of safety in the U.S. is to One of the stories I remember covering was find relatively good the U.S. will never be closer to each other and leave behind any that of a benefit concert for the three churches parking across cam forget. prejudices. Instead of fighting over differences, that burned in the St. Landry Parish on late pus or surrounding neighborhoods andwonder Nearly two deacades later, a similar wave of people need to acknowledge and appreciate March, a story I could only dream of covering ing what you're going to have for dinner without insecurity took place in El Paso beacause of the what makes others unique. but had the amazing opportunity to do so. My stressing about your last five bucks. Aside from mass shooting ofAug 3 While I am not trying to compare these two editor had no doubt that I would be able to write graduation, scoring the internship you've been On Sept. 11, nearly 3,()00 people died dates whatsoever; I want to draw a parallel be a good piece on this. working so hard for, can be worrying. in New York City, Washington D.C. and tween them and help people see and understand I knew at the start of my career that I wanted We all know the SUJil)Iler break ended less Pennsylvania,according to CNN the bigger picture. Hate, in any form, is never to be a great journalist. I also knew that would than a month ago, but many deadlines for the Last month, Patrick Crusius, a man with an going to lead us into a better future. not be possible without the help ofgood teach next summer internships are starting to come AK-47-style assault rifle, allegedly shot and These tragic events that have affected the na ers, both professors and employers alike, and up, typically many are due the end ofNovember killed 22 people in El Paso and injured many tion are now part ofour history and are going to good credentials under mybelt School can only but some are coming up earlier. more as they shopped on a Saturday morning. be taught in classrooms. I hope h\story will also teach you so much, it's what you learn and how Although the fall semester may seem like the Crusius drove almost 600 miles to get to the teach how people came together to support the you apply it to your career that'll help you grow time to ease off the gas pedal, students; including ·I place where he opened fire against innocent affected communities. more, not only in your profession but also as a people, said El Paso Police ChiefGreg Allen. · myself, are swarming sites to find that perfect person. Maria Ramos Pacheco may be readied al [email protected] internship that will impress future employers. Take the risk of opting for an internship out Internship opportunities can be seen as a of town because you'll learn a lot about your four-leaf dover for your future. Coming to what selfand how to adapt to a new culture, city, state I hope to be my senior year, I can confidently and people. I can continue writing about my say that, although I have tackled quite a few in- . own experiences, but I cannot share them with ternships myself, I still have room to learn as a an audience. journalist. Internships should not just be viewed as a I have been lucky enough to have numerous. steppingstone to your career, but as another internships, both within our border city and class you may be taking over the summer. Apply outside of Texas, all of which taught me new to as many internships possible and go in with tactics, perspectives and lessons. an open mind and an enthusiasm to learn things My most recent internship took me to a small you did not know about before. Also, remember er town in Louisiana, where I was able to work to be open to criticism and know that everyone alongside journalists for The Daily Advertiser. is there to help you; make the best ofit and enjoy Although some may think moving away for a yours el£ period oftime is frightening: others, like myself, Juan Corral may be reached al prospe<[email protected] Teddy Bayl6n I The Prospector THE PROSPECTOR SPEAK YOUR MIND STAFF V 0 L .