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She Poses On A Wailing Stage, Kara Marie Hollowell

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

She Poses on a Wailing Stage is a work of autofiction that is part epistolary and part bildungsroman. The main protagonist Charlotte is for me a vessel to channel my thoughts on the aftermath of an abusive relationship I found myself trapped. She Poses on a Wailing Stage is a story that, at its core, is about a woman overcoming the negative effects of loneliness and becoming an active agent in her escape with the help of a support system to obtain a more fulfilling and truthful life. My goal of this novel is to challenge the perception of abused …

The Prospector, October 19, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Halloween

Folder 18 -- Correspondence -- 1938

MS 508, Box 6, Zickhardt-Correspondence

Miscellaneous correspondence for 1938.

Beyond The Crimson Door, Erik J. Medina

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

An alcoholic father is forced to raise his daughter after the death of his wife. He has been trying to get better with the help of his doctor, but things only seem to get worse when the nightmares he's been having slowly start to merge with his reality. Not knowing what is real and fake, his world is turned upside down when the nightmares begin to threaten his daughter.

Guide To Ms504 Herbert C. Morrow Papers, Luciano Herrera

Finding Aids

Herbert C. Morrow, Jr. (1933 - 2003) worked as Curator of Exhibits at UTEP’s Centennial Museum, as Director of Historic Preservation at the West Texas Council of Governments, and as archaeologist at Ft. Bliss. The bulk of the papers consist of the creator’s subject files about the history and archaeology of the U.S.-Mexico border region. They also contain research notes and reports on his work. The papers reflect a continuing interest in the horticulture of the area, particularly viticulture.

How Far Have We Come? A Comparison Of Jamaican Representations In Cool Runnings And Luke Cage, Israel Cariche Ramsay

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Representation of minority groups in popular media has been the cause of many debates in recent years. There has been outcry against the lack of diverse representations, and the kind of representation of minority groups. When powerful media organizations are representing minority groups, imperialism and post colonialism become part of the conversation. To look at the representation of minorities, I examined the representation of Jamaicans in two popular texts. The first is Cool Runnings, a 1993 film, and the second is season two of Luke Cage, a Netflix series released in 2018. In both of these instances, Jamaicans and Jamaican …

Juggernaut: A Memoir In Pieces, Leeann Olivier

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This experimental memoir is a collection of lyric essays that address the link between place (bodies of water in particular) and identity. They also examine my experiences being married to (and eventually divorcing) a man with a traumatic brain injury that led to drug addiction, domestic violence, and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

On Racial Barriers, Kayla Rachel Mehl

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

My Thesis examines: the nature of racial barriers, by what means racial barriers manifest in society, and the ways in which we can use racial barriers to evolve toward a more just society. I argue that within particular contexts a look of the Other will construct a racial barrier between racialized bodies. More specifically, when one perceives a threat from a look of the Other, one will undertake a particular-what social psychologists call-self-representation, in attempt to exhibit a particular type of persona they feel is called for in that context. Furthermore, I argue in my paper that racial barriers emerge …

We Who Have Never Bled, Betty Frances Fisher

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The poetry in We Who Have Never Bled explores landscapes of the personal and the mythic, centering women in a position of both traveler on and witness to this journey that is both violent and hopeful, both personal and universal.

Behind Mount Rushmore, Darlene Priscilla Campos

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A collection of short stories which take place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota

The End Of Celebrity, Alex O'Meara

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A novel about a movie star who becomes involved in an act of terrorism.

Fake Empire, Dennis Wilfredo Gonzalez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This a collection of short stories based in my experience as a Peruvian American Writer

North Korean Supernotes: Nuclear Arms Financed By Counterfeit Currency, Michael Yatskievych

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Michael Yatskievych, University of Texas at El Paso

Abstract of Master's Thesis, Submitted 21 May 2014:

North Korean Supernotes: Nuclear Arms Financed By Counterfeit Currency

The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate whether DPRK is producing high quality counterfeit US currency, supernotes, and has determined to what extent supernotes are financing North Korea's emerging nuclear arms program.

The application of Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, ACH, satisfied this study's purpose by meeting the following objectives: the development of multiple hypotheses in an attempt to explain a supernote-nuclear arms program link, assessing evidence from assorted sources, providing a diagnostic weighing …

The Prospector, April 10, 2012, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Winning Impact

Alcohol Production And Consumption Throughout U.S. History, And More Particularly In El Paso, Texas, As It Relates To Social Norms Theory, Jennifer Matthews

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This thesis traces the history of alcohol production and consumption throughout U.S. history by following the course of the four major periods of relative equilibrium in social norms that the country has experienced. It uses this socio-historiography as a platform to understand how national trends in alcohol production and consumption were experienced along the border in El Paso, Texas, in a very unique fashion. The thesis aspires to augment El Paso's pride and sense of identity by building on knowledge of local history, customs, and norms.

Interview No. 1493, Julius Lowenberg

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

When Julius graduated from St. Patrick’s Cathedral High School in the early 1950’s, he went to work for Fur Foods and then the railroad company. After being let go from the railroad company, Julius started volunteer coaching touch football. The following year, Julius began coaching tackle football and basketball at St. Patrick’s. During this time, Julius began attending The University of Texas at El Paso and did so while coaching at St. Patrick’s. Julius left St. Patrick’s to coach at Putnam Elementary when he was offered a high school coaching job at a school in Canutillo, a community in the …

Interview No. 1493, Julius Lowenberg

Combined Interviews

When Julius graduated from St. Patrick’s Cathedral High School in the early 1950’s, he went to work for Fur Foods and then the railroad company. After being let go from the railroad company, Julius started volunteer coaching touch football. The following year, Julius began coaching tackle football and basketball at St. Patrick’s. During this time, Julius began attending The University of Texas at El Paso and did so while coaching at St. Patrick’s. Julius left St. Patrick’s to coach at Putnam Elementary when he was offered a high school coaching job at a school in Canutillo, a community in the …

Border Physician: The Life Of Lawrence A. Nixon, 1883-1966, Will Guzmán

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation centers on the life of Dr. Lawrence Aaron Nixon, an African American physician and civil rights activist who lived in El Paso, Texas from 1910 until his death in 1966. Born in Marshall, Texas in 1883, Lawrence Nixon graduated from Wiley College in 1902 and Meharry Medical College in 1906. He then established a medical office in Cameron, Texas in 1907, but due to the racial climate and violence of central Texas he moved west to El Paso in hopes of a better life.

Although several historians have mentioned Dr. Nixon in their works, they have tended to …

Safe Medication Use Among Hispanic College Students: Knowledge, Attitudes And Behaviors, Tania Guadalupe Quiroz

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

College students are at increased risk of medication errors. Research suggests that young adults are active users of over-the- counter (OTC) medications and other products that may increase the risk for negative health outcomes. Therefore, it is very important to analyze young adults' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors about medication use among college students in order to provide them with the necessary information. Due to language and cultural factors, the issue is particularly relevant in U.S.-Mexico border communities. This casual-comparative study examined knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding medication use among Hispanic college students. Data was collected through a survey developed by …

Interview No. 1538, Teresa Gándara

Combined Interviews

Teresa Gándara was born and raised in Central El Paso, Texas. She attended various catholic schools and graduated from El Paso High School. She credits her catholic education for helping her through school. Even though her parents did not approve of her going to college. She cleaned houses, was a house painter, and a life guard throughout her college years. These jobs helped her to pay rent and basic needs. Gándara received her bachelors and master’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. While attending school, Gándara met her mentor Connie Gamboa who taught her how to channel …

Student Price Response: The Effect Of Tuition Deregulation In Texason Student Enrollment Trends In Texas Public Institutions Of Higher Educaiton, Jose Carlos Hernandez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between cost of attendance price increases in Texas public higher education institutions and enrollment. This study compared enrollment trends prior to and post deregulation of tuition setting authority in the State. The study focused on first-time full-time state-wide enrollment of all students and Hispanic students, and also analyzed enrollment trends at institutions located along the U.S./Mexico border and non-border for the same grouping of students. Enrollment behavior was tested for statistical significance to cost of attendance for all aforementioned geographic areas and student groups. A simple linear regression of pre-deregulation was used to predict enrollment …

It's Bigger And Hip-Hop: Richard Wright, Hip-Hop, And Masculinity, Marcos Julian Del Hierro

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In Native Son, Richard Wright presents a view of the impoverished, inner-city from an insider's perspective, which reflects the anger and hate brewing towards the rest of the nation as a result of living under harsh, isolating conditions. Wright's main character, Bigger Thomas serves as an archetypal ghetto figure both in his attitudes and the treatment he receives from Anglo Americans. Additionally, the reception of Native Son by a majority white reading audience also reflected the voyeuristic thrill of the bourgeoisie when consuming cultural products by African Americans. The selection of Wright's novel into the Book of the Month …

Lonesome Dove A Texican Epic, J.P. Bryan

Carl Hertzog Lecture Series

Lonesome Dove A Texican Epic

Pluma Fronteriza: Newsletter Of Latino/Chicano(A) Writers From The El Paso And Cd. Juárez Border Region, Utep Chicano Studies

Chicano Studies

Electonic newsletter of Latino/Chicano(a) writers from the El Paso-Cd. Juarez border region.

Interview No. 605, Joseph Magoffin Glasgow

Combined Interviews

TAPE I: Biographical data; childhood recollections and early El Paso; moving around the country with his family; how he came to enter Viest Point; experiences as part of the Army of Occupation in Europe following World Viar I; brief histories of the Magoffin and Glasgow families. including his Scottish. Irish. French and Spanish ancestors; the Mexican Revolutionary era; the Chinese community in El Paso
TAPE II: The Escobar Revolution of 1929 and his experiences while stationed in El Paso
at the time; Juarez and Prohibition; experiences during his tour of duty in
Brest. France in 1919 and having a close …

Nova: The University Of Texas At El Paso Magazine, The News Service, University Of Texas At El Paso

NOVA

September 1980, Vol. 15, No. 4. Whole Number 60

Don Henderson Outstanding Ex, '80

Interview No. 721, David C. Newton

Combined Interviews

Growing up on a ranch in the Penitas-EdCouch area, ethnic relations, raids by Border Patrol, a discussion of terms "wetback" and "Chicano", smuggling activities along the Rio Grande.

Nova: The University Of Texas At El Paso Magazine, The News And Information Service, University Of Texas At El Paso

NOVA

September 1974, Vol. 9, No. 4. Whole Number 36.

Dr. Eleanor Duke Outstanding Ex 1974

Nova: The University Of Texas At El Paso Magazine, The News And Information Service, University Of Texas At El Paso

NOVA

"President Arleigh B. Templeton"

March, 1972, Vol.8, No. 2, Whole Number 30.

El Burro, March, Utep Student Publications

El Burro

No abstract provided.