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For more information, please contact [email protected]. | 4 | NEWS THEPROSPECTOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 CAMPUS LIFE ‘Double Map’ app helps students navigate campus on the Minero Metro System By ChristophEr ZaChErl schedule every day, so it’s very conve- Sun Bowl Parking Facility, lot P-6, nient to know what time I can catch The Prospector P-9, P-12 and the Hilton Garden Inn. my shuttle throughout the day.” is is the rst year in which the Now that the school year has be- Route 3 West (Orange) Miner Metro’s shuttles can be tracked gun, dierent routes have been up- e Orange route provides trans- through smartphones with a simple dated for students to track. e four portation to the west side of the cam- application. is app, called “Double are listed below: pus. e west route shuttles depart Map,” tracks your location and oers Route 1 East (Blue) from the R-6 parking lot and travels dierent areas where shuttle routes ese blue-labeled buses depart down Sun Bowl Drive until it hits the can be tracked around the country. from Sun Bowl Drive from the R-6 UTEP students can choose the op- roundabout on Sun Bowl Drive and parking lot in front of the Student tion that says University of Texas at University Avenue, and then does a Recreation Center. From Sun Bowl El Paso. U-turn in order to stay on Sun Bowl Drive, the shuttle travels onto Glory It’s up to students to decide which Drive and head back toward the R-6 Road, Randolph Drive, Robinson shuttle may help them out at their Avenue, Oregon Street and onto Rim parking lot. convenience. Jocelyn Torres, sopho- Road with stops in between. ese stops include the Sun Bowl more criminal justice major, encour- e stops are taken in lot R-6, lot Parking Facility, lot R-6, lot R-5, lot ages students to use the “Double R-5, lot R-3, lot R-2, lot P-9, lot S5 and Map” application if they plan on us- R-3, lot R-2, lot P-6 and lot P-5. the Hilton Garden Inn. ing the shuttle regularly. Route 4 Campbell Building “If you own a smartphone and you Route 2 Campus Loop (Green) Departing from the corner of Rim are riding on the Miner Metro shut- e Campus Loop route provides Road and Hawthorne Street, this tles on a tight schedule, this app will transportation to metro stops around be a great tool for you,” she said. the perimeter of the campus, exclud- shuttle route transports students to “Double Map” provides a time es- ing areas by the remote parking lots the College of Health Sciences on timation of when the shuttles will and the Student Recreation Center. Campbell Street. arrive at their stops in a very sim- e route begins on Rim Road and is shuttle only stops at the cor- plistic way, making it easy for stu- rides through Hawthorne Street, ner of Rim Road and Hawthorne dents to navigate the application on Schuster Avenue, Sun Bowl Drive, and at the college building on their smartphone. Glory Road and Oregon Street. Campbell Street. “is application is very helpful e shuttle stops include the corner FILE PHOTO / SPECIAL TO THE PROSPECTOR because I use the west shuttle daily,” of Hawthorne Street and Rim Road, Christopher Zacherl may be reached at theprospectordaily. (Left) Students board UTEP shuttle. (Right) A screenshot of the “Double Map” app which can Torres said. “I am usually on a tight Academic Services Building, lot S-2, [email protected]. be downloaded from the app store or play store. THEPROSPECTOR NEWS | 5 | SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 NATIONAL White House launches campaign to prevent campus sexual assaults By lorain WattErs by an act of sexual violence, the trau- ma, the terror can shadow you long SHFWire aer one horrible attack. It’s there WASHINGTON – Sexual assaults when you’re forced to sit in the same have become too common at many class or stay in the same dorm with college campuses, leaving students the person who raped you,” Obama feeling unsafe and confused when said. “It’s a haunting presence when sexual assault does happen. the very people entrusted with your President Barack Obama and Vice welfare fail to protect you.” President Joe Biden hosted an event Lilly Jay was a special guest at the at the White House on Sept. 19 to an- event. Before introducing the vice nounce a new campaign, “It’s On Us,” president, she told her story of be- that will help campuses nationwide ing sexually assaulted as a freshman become more aware of sexual assault at Amherst College in Massachusetts. and how to prevent it. Jay said that, although she was sexu- According to a report by the Bureau ally assaulted, she can move on from of Justice Statistics, 20 to 25 percent the traumatic experience with the of women at universities are raped or support from her family and friends have been sexually assaulted, but only and reclaim her college experience. 12 percent of those cases are reported e program encourages college to law enforcement. students to take a pledge to stop sexu- “It’s on all of us to change that. So al assault if they see it happening. when you take a stand, you’re rec- “Recalling rape always hurts,” Jay ognizing that non-consensual sex is said. “ey help carry the heavy truth sexual assault,” Jordan Brooks, special that colleges can, and should, be safer.” assistant to the White House chief of “It’s On Us” is directed at both men sta, said in a statement. and women. It will attempt to change In April 2011, the vice president and the way sexual assault is thought Arne Duncan, secretary of education, about and assign responsibility to ev- gave guidelines to campuses nation- eryone in confronting sexual assault, wide to help them understand how to preventing it from happening. comply with federal civil rights laws “ey are not going to succeed the and how to respond to sexual assaults way they should unless they are treat- on campus. ed as true equals, and are supported In January, the president and vice and respected,” Obama said. “Unless president created a White House task women are allowed to fulll their full force to help schools protect their potential, America will not reach its students from sexual assault and give full potential. So we’ve got to change.” them tools to use, such as pamphlets lorain Watters is a senior double major in multimedia LORAIN WATTERS / SHFWIRE or providing education at campus journalism and psychology. she is currently participating in (Top) Vice President Joe Biden holds hands with Lilly Jay after she told the audience her story of being sexually assaulted and how she overcame orientation. the scripps howard Foundation’s semester in Washington “For anybody whose once-normal, program. she may be reached at theprospectordaily.news@ it to become a stronger student and woman. (Bottem) President Barack Obama hugs Lilly Jay, a sexual assault survivor, after the launch of a new everyday life was suddenly shattered gmail.com. campaign, “It’s On Us,” that will bring more awareness to sexual assault on campuses nationwide. | 12 | ENTERTAINMENT THEPROSPECTOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 REVIEW ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba,’ la represión y la rebeldía en la familia tradicional By GianFranCo lanGuasCo Destacadas actuaciones de Valerie Cadena, en el papel de Angustias, The Prospector junto a Brenda Luna, quien interpreta La casa de Bernarda Alba: la a su hermana y antagonista Adela. Las represión y la rebeldía en una actrices le brindan la emoción espe- familia tradicional rada: mientras que Valerie se muestra De repente, estás en una vieja casa a sumisa y enfermiza, Brenda es de- principios del siglo 20, en un pequeño saante y desenvuelta. Entre ellas, la pueblo español. Luego del velorio de gran actuación de Eurydice Saucedo su esposo, Bernarda Alba, regresa a como Martirio inyecta una dispari- casa, previamente limpiada por las dad psicológica entre ambas herma- criadas, acompañada por sus hijas y nas. Mención especial merece Marie vecinas del pueblo. Todas visten un Blancarte-Manríquez en el papel de negro tristísimo pero digno. La voz la senil María Josefa, madre de Ber- de Bernarda es diplomática con las narda, quien robó risas al público con visitas, pero fuerte y estentórea cu- sus ocurrencias. ando está a solas con sus hijas. Un “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” tiene viento frío se siente al verla, a pesar una puesta en escena clara, a pesar del espacio del escenario. Colores del fuerte calor del que se quejan claros propios de la estación en que las protagonistas. Te sientes cerca se desarrolla la historia—verano—y y, al mismo tiempo, un intruso en vestuarios apropiados que realmente esa casa de oprimidos que dirige reejan la diferencia de clases que ex- Bernarda Alba.