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ISSUE HALLOWEEN VOL. 103, NO. 10 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO OCTOBER 31, 2017 ÁLEZ / THE PROSPECTOR DESIGN BY ALEJANDRA BY DESIGN GONZ PAGE 2 OCTOBER 31, 2017 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OPINION ADRIAN BROADDUS , 747-7446 Christmas in October is just wrong BY ADRIAN BROADDUS schedules more available during The Prospector the weeks leading up to Christ- As I walked mas, and usually had to work into the store last Christmas Eve. Thursday evening, It reminded me of the distant just a little less than a week before feeling I would have toward Halloween, I en- the holiday season whenever it ergetically was on would roll around. Even though a mission to find I felt I was working long, hard decorations, candy hours, the payoff never felt and all sorts of enough to the sacrifice missing things for the 31st. family time around the Christ- Immediately upon entering the store, however, green, red and mas season, like decorating the white colors flooded the aisles Christmas tree, different Christ- with Christmas decorations ga- mas events around town or nor- lore. Snow globes, stockings, mal gatherings. reindeers, Santa Claus, Christ- mas trees, ornaments—you And most of all, it remind- name it, it flooded each section ed me how greedy people can at the front of the store. get during the season. One in- What about the Halloween stance comes to mind when I section? It was piled up in a first think about the greed, and corner with product stacked on it was of a woman who walked top of product, done in a seem- into my store at the about two ingly lackluster way. It felt like the company wanted to suck the days before Christmas. She was life out of Halloween and bring frantically in search of a pres- Christmas to the forefront to fill ent for her son, who was com- their pockets. ing home for the holidays from It begs the question, where college. She needed a particular have the fall holidays gone? It size in a certain jacket that was wasn’t even November yet and stores already want to jump on both stylish and affordable. the Christmas season without a When our product didn’t meet care in the world. her requirements and after a Corporate America saw that good while of trying to assist Halloween is a short-lived pay- her, I remember her yelling at out and Thanksgiving doesn’t me, “You guys are pathetic! I rack in any bucks, so they need to hit Christmas—the goldmine can’t believe how horrible I’ve of them all—extremely early. been treated here.” The sight of the early Christ- She stormed out of our store mas decorations and embellish- in a frenzy, and it really stuck ments took me back to my days with me how that moment re- working at the outlet mall. For three years, working there as a flected the way holidays impact sales associate and a stock room people on a emotional level. boy, I dreaded the holiday sea- Rushing toward Christmas has son for many reasons, and this taken away the integrity of how reaffirmed my weary spirit for special some of the fall holidays the holiday season because of corporations feeding off the truly are. This holiday season, public’s pockets. my personal resolution is to THE PROSPECTOR StAFF / THE PROSPECTOR It reminded me of the empty spend less time stressing about feeling when our bosses told us who to please with gifts and al- that under no circumstances locate more time toward spend- WHAT DO YOU THINK? could we excuse ourselves from ing it with those I love. working on Black Friday, which This week’s poll question: mostly came after Thanksgiving Follow Adrian Broaddus on Twitter @ adrian_broaddus dinner. We also had to make our Who will get a win first—UTEP, 49ers, Browns or Baylor? The Prospector is committed to the accuracy. If you think we have made an error of fact, e-mail the editor at [email protected] answer at theprospectordaily.com SPEAK YOUR MIND STAFF VOL. 103, NO. 10 Submit a letter to the editor! Editor-in-Chief: Adrian Broaddus Guzman, Landy Mendiola Letters will be edited for clarity and brevity. Letters over 250 words are subject to editing to fit available space. 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Ad Account Executive: Aaron Ramirez- THEPROSPECTOR NEWS | 3 | OCTOBER 31, 2017 Eight haunted spots in EP Carrillo hopes for development in U.S. Congressional race BY ADRIAN BROADDUS The Prospector Rooted in its deep history on the Mexi- can-American border, El Paso’s past has been a storied tale with tons of unique accounts. Throughout its history, ghost Known as one of the city’s most notable Another paranormal location in the tales of the paranormal have been landmarks and located in the heart of downtown area of El Paso is Fire Sta- passed down throughout the years and downtown stands the Plaza Theatre. The tion No. 11. It has been up and running shared like old folk tales. building opened its doors in 1930 and for decades on end and has served as From cemeteries, to public buildings faced the highs of popular attendance a home to many firefighters and station and schools, the town is filled with dis- through the ‘30s and ‘40s, and then the de- workers for all that time. Workers use tinct haunted tales with history to back clines of ticket sales in the ‘50s and ‘60s. the facility to rest and tend to their gear each one up. Below are said to be some The theater was close to being sold or de- there when they are not on call. of the most haunted places in El Paso: molished several times and faced different People claim that the building is so closures and remodeling projects. haunted that workers have refused to Follow Adrian Broaddus on Twitter @ adrian_broaddus Throughout its existence, paranormal sleep in the firehouse. There are stories investigators, patrons, performers, pro- about one bed in particular that shakes ducers and employees of the theater have in the middle of the night. There are also recalled signs of ghostly activities at the tales of whispering and voices being Plaza. Most have pinpointed a strange red- heard in the station. orange light that pops up randomly. It is also claimed that lights are often turned Resting in central El Paso, Concordia on and off sporadically, with no one oper- Cemetery was known to be a trading ating them. POH TO C URTESY JOHN CARRILLO spot in the early 1840s for owners Hugh BY CHRISTIAN VASQUEZ communication studies at UTEP in and Juana Stephenson. Juana, whose The Prospector 2014, where he is also a lecturer. maiden name was Ascarate, was buried The MagoffinH omestead is one of the KTEP’s director of development, Carrillo is best known for being in what is known as Concordia Cemetery oldest homes built in El Paso. Its con- John Carrillo, is throwing his hat one of two El Pasoans who has won in 1856. From then on, the place became struction dates back to 1875, owned by into the U.S. Congressional race the George Foster Peabody award, former mayor Joseph Magoffin.