Part 1: Two sides of the border fence
by Isaac Perez in News
Editor's Note: This is part one in a three-part series about border security measures and how they affect the region.
Recently, the border region has become the federal government's focus as a strategic point for homeland security concerns, said Steve McCraw, Texas director of Homeland Security.
by Alfonso Gaytan in News
Hispanics hold only 3.4 percent of the jobs relating to science and engineering in the United States, said Estela Valles, coordinator of Project Action for Equity and the Mother-Daughter Program in the College of Education.
"It is vital to our future as a community that we work to engage and direct our community members and minority populations to the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and higher education, what are known as STEM careers, " Valles said.
by Isaac Perez in News
For more than 10 years, the Rio Grande Review has existed as a space for writers and artists from El Paso and elsewhere to express themselves.
Laura Cesarco Eglin, graduate student in creative writing, has been preparing, along with the RGR staff, to start working as one of the co-editors beginning in the fall semester.
by Danny Hanson in News
To help El Pasoans combat increasing gas prices, the city of El Paso implemented plans to build bike lanes in the area, beginning in central El Paso.
"We are trying to make El Paso the least car-dependent city in the Southwest," said Assistant City Engineer Ted Márquez.
