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The Prospector, December 2, 2010, Utep Student Publications Dec 2010

The Prospector, December 2, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: 2010 Grads


The Prospector, November 23, 2010, Utep Student Publications Nov 2010

The Prospector, November 23, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Turkey-less Thanksgiving


The Prospector, November 16, 2010, Utep Student Publications Nov 2010

The Prospector, November 16, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Students' Choice Awards: Best of Issue


The Prospector, November 11, 2010, Utep Student Publications Nov 2010

The Prospector, November 11, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Access Denied: Disabled students ask for building improvements


The Prospector, November 9, 2010, Utep Student Publications Nov 2010

The Prospector, November 9, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Border Research at Risk


The Prospector, November 2, 2010, Utep Student Publications Nov 2010

The Prospector, November 2, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Basketball Is Back!


The Prospector, October 26, 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

The Prospector, October 26, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: In the Shadows of a Smokestack


The Prospector, October 21, 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

The Prospector, October 21, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Race for Governor Heating Up


The Prospector, October 19, 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

The Prospector, October 19, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Roundabout Roulette


The Prospector, October 14, 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

The Prospector, October 14, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Walsh: 'UTEP is a very safe campus'


The Prospector, October 5, 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

The Prospector, October 5, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Homecoming 2010: Around the World


Minero Magazine, Volume Xi, Fall 2010, Utep Student Publications Oct 2010

Minero Magazine, Volume Xi, Fall 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Cover Story: El Negocio de la Musica, Tocar y Cantar no Basta


Department Of History Newsletter, Department Of History Oct 2010

Department Of History Newsletter, Department Of History

Department of History

E-newsletter of the UTEP Department of History.


The Prospector, September 30, 2010, Utep Student Publications Sep 2010

The Prospector, September 30, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Lack of Funds Affects Students


The Prospector, September 28, 2010, Utep Student Publications Sep 2010

The Prospector, September 28, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: New Rules, No Fun


The Prospector, September 14, 2010, Utep Student Publications Sep 2010

The Prospector, September 14, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Unfortunate Step Ends Stellar Career


The Prospector, September 9, 2010, Utep Student Publications Sep 2010

The Prospector, September 9, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Natalicio Urges Agenda on SGA


The Prospector, August 31, 2010, Utep Student Publications Aug 2010

The Prospector, August 31, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Football Season Begins


Minero Magazine, Volume X, Spring 2010, Utep Student Publications Apr 2010

Minero Magazine, Volume X, Spring 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Cover Story: Off the Ropes: Student Balances Boxing and Books


Rare's Implementation Strategies Of Environmental Conservation In Indonesia, Alvaro Arvizo Jan 2010

Rare's Implementation Strategies Of Environmental Conservation In Indonesia, Alvaro Arvizo

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Like most developing nations, Indonesia is at a crucial stage in its modern political and economic history. Opposing forces are constantly at work, a government struggling to make Indonesia a modern nation and the economic demands of a growing population. This presents the country with a multitude of problems. One of several is that nature's resources are exploited for personal economic gain with no regard for the long-term effects. This is a major concern for environmental conservation and non-profit government organizations (NGOs) worldwide. The American NGO Rare is at the forefront of this issue. Its aim is to meet community …


Popular Plotlines And Passionate Conversations: Interpreting The Sex And The City Breast Cancer Storyline, Monica Victoria Alvillar Jan 2010

Popular Plotlines And Passionate Conversations: Interpreting The Sex And The City Breast Cancer Storyline, Monica Victoria Alvillar

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Using the framework of entertainment-education as a media strategy, the present study sought to determine how viewers of Sex and the City (SATC) interpreted its highly gripping breast cancer storyline through conversations and group sense-making. Some 17 heavy viewers of SATC, all women, participated in this study, watching three episodes of the SATC breast cancer storyline in small group contexts. The viewings sparked conversations and discussion on a variety of topics, and five major themes emerged from an analysis of the transcripts: (1) personal identification with SATC's characters, especially with Samantha, (2) the importance of social support during a cancer …


A Positive Deviance Inquiry Of Communicative Behaviors That Influence The Prevention Of Hispanic Teenage Pregnancy, Alejandra Margarita Diaz Salamanca Jan 2010

A Positive Deviance Inquiry Of Communicative Behaviors That Influence The Prevention Of Hispanic Teenage Pregnancy, Alejandra Margarita Diaz Salamanca

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Teenage pregnancy is a highly complex problem and the arrival of a baby affects multiple lives - directly and indirectly - in a rippling chain reaction. The odds of finishing school or college are highly stacked against teenage parents, and the future of the children who are born to teen parents is fraught with challenges. Rates of teenage pregnancy are especially high among Hispanics, and even higher among those who live in the border city of El Paso, This research project was an exploration of what communicative behaviors keep some young Hispanic women in the city of El Paso free …


The Mediated Hero: Superman In The Post 9/11 Era, Paul Thomas Enger Jan 2010

The Mediated Hero: Superman In The Post 9/11 Era, Paul Thomas Enger

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Comic books make up a relatively underappreciated segment of the mass media. At the same time comic books portray different messages about good and evil from those depicted on television or film. Superman has been regarded as a hero for the past seventy two years since his creation in 1938. However, as the saying goes..."9/11 has changed everything." The purpose of this study is to analyze the portrayals of heroism contained in the Superman comic book narratives of the post 9/11 era. In order to see just how the heroic ideal is portrayed in this particular mediated context, interpretation analysis …


The Use Of Social Marketing As A Means Of Promoting Enviornmental Conservation: A Case Study Of Indonesian Biodiversity Campaigns, Alesia Za Gara Jan 2010

The Use Of Social Marketing As A Means Of Promoting Enviornmental Conservation: A Case Study Of Indonesian Biodiversity Campaigns, Alesia Za Gara

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

As a means of preserving Indonesia's natural allure and resources it is evident that there must be a conscious shift made wherein environmental conservation becomes top priority among the people of Indonesia and the world. Traditionally dealt with through a country's governmental facets, a new tread of social marketing is now being employed ENGOs in various countries such as Indonesia as a way to promote biodiversity conservation. For example, one such ENGO is Rare Conservation, an international organization that teaches social marketing tools to classes or cohorts of individuals around the world as a means of improving a variety of …


Protean Storytellers: Journalists' Identities In An Uncertain Future, Lourdes Miriam Cueva Chacón Jan 2010

Protean Storytellers: Journalists' Identities In An Uncertain Future, Lourdes Miriam Cueva Chacón

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Journalism is undergoing a crisis period and, even though publishers, journalists and scholars do not agree about the future of news media industries, certainly they agree that what was once the dominant model of journalism is now changing drastically. Journalists are facing dynamic and changing environments that demand from them to develop new skills and to perform new roles. This is the environment where the new generation of journalists is forming, forcing them to rethink their future careers. For this research students' narratives where collected to determine the rhetorical ways in which students articulate their identity as journalists, what were …