EL PASO, Texas – Six individuals have signed national letters of intent to attend school and play for the UTEP women’s basketball team in the upcoming 2013-14 season, head coach Keitha Adams announced Tuesday. The group is comprised of four junior-college transfers, including a native of El Paso, a high school prep star from… More

Entertainment Weekly reported Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist for the Doors, passed away this morning in Germany, according to a statement from his publicist. The cause was bile duct cancer. As a member of the legendary rock band that formed in 1965 in Los Angeles and effectively ended with the death of frontman Jim Morrison… More

The UTEP track and field team is heading to the 2013 NCAA West Preliminary Championship from May 23-25 in Austin, Texas, for a chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships.   A group of 10 men, eight women and one relay team will represent the Miners at the highly-competitive meet. In order to advance to… More

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball’s Kayla Oranger was tabbed All-Midwest Region second team as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Thursday.This is the first all-region honor for the senior standout.   The all-region teams were chosen by NFCA member coaches from each region and all the honorees will now be eligible… More

Houston, Texas – The UTEP track and field team claimed the 2013 Conference USA Outdoor Title on Sunday.   “It’s a special feeling,” said head coach Mika Laaksonen, who was named the C-USA Coach of the Year. “We’ve been chasing for a couple of years now, second place the last four years; this is sweet.”… More

Houston, Texas – Anthony Rotich was unstoppable in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase claiming first place with a new Conference USA meet record.   The All-American dominated the field of 12 runners and never looked back. Rotich clocked in an astonishing time of 8:39.44 winning his first event at the C-USA Outdoor Championship. The sophomore will… More

IRVING, Texas – UTEP softball’s Erika Arcuri has been voted the Conference USA Newcomer of the Year league officials announced on Wednesday. The junior slugger transferred from Florida International and put together a consistent campaign in her first season donning the Orange and Blue.   Arcuri garnered multiple awards in a successful high school career,… More

By Elizabeth Norton   If you’ve ever cringed when your parents said “groovy,” you’ll know that spoken language can have a brief shelf life. But frequently used words can persist for generations, even millennia, and similar sounds and meanings often turn up in very different languages. The existence of these shared words, or cognates, has… More