Spotlight E.P. News

UTEP School of Nursing’s Leadership Team Marches into the Future

Posted on 01. Mar, 2012 by admin.

The UTEP School of Nursing is well on its way to becoming one of the top 25 nursing schools in the U.S., under the direction of the school’s new leadership team.

School of Nursing Dean Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Ph.D., has assembled a dynamic group of senior administrators that includes Yvonne Acosta, executive nursing officer; Laura Aguirre, college administrative officer; and assistant deans Pedro J. Ramón-Hernández, Kristynia M. Robinson and Myrna Anchondo, who will lead the school’s efforts to become a top provider of nursing education, practice and research in the country.

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A Woman President for Mexico? The thought intrigues

Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by admin.

To say that Mexico is a sexist nation is to put it mildly. Known for its macho tendencies, where women have traditionally taken a back seat to men in all aspects of life, except for child-bearing and child-rearing, that machismo may be on its way out. That is, if Josefina Vazquez Mota, a mother of 3 and a politically astute and experienced politician, can wrest the Presidency from her two rivals, Enrique Peña Nieto from the Partido Revolucionario Institutional and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from the leftist group, the Partido Revolucionario Democratico.

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Pachucos: They created the Chicano Movement

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by admin.

It’s interesting to see how people just won’t let the Pachuco Movement die. And, believe me, it was a Movement, although some people would disagree with me because Pachucos were also a scourge on the barrios in which they dominated in early-day El Paso. Albeit, Pachucos were the fore-runners of the Chicano Movement because many were strong enough and visionary enough to leave their violent ways behind and to begin going to colleges and universities across the nation, including, of course, El Paso – where the Pachuco Movement began.

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State Rep. Joe Pickett, not your average Joe

Posted on 09. Feb, 2012 by admin.

“Just say no!” is the advice from long-time legislator Joe Pickett. “The first time I was approached with an offer of money to vote a certain way, or to support a certain issue, I said no in no uncertain terms. Now, everybody knows that I can’t be bought, so they leave me alone. It’s too bad what’s been happening in El Paso with leaders and pillars of the community. But, that’s not going to last forever. It seems to be a standard operation, this corruption, but, it won’t last. Politicians and other people know that the public is keeping its eye on them.”

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Race for Pct. 3 seat up for grabs among four candidates

Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by admin.

The race for Commissioner of El Paso County’s Pct, 3 has some interesting characteristics, twists and turns in that almost every candidate has political experience in one way or another. Take, for instance, the campaign of Dora Oaxaca. She has been largely instrumental in helping several candidates win their political campaigns, including Chente Quintanilla. The former Texas State Rep. for District 75, Quintanilla opted not to run for a sixth term but chose, instead, to become a candidate for County Commissioner and is now competing for the seat against Oaxaca.

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Texas House District 75: An Enigma among districts

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by admin.

State Representatives from El Paso’s District 75, an area that covers most of the Mission Valley and parts of the East Side, have always been enigmatic or mysterious in that they have been, sometimes, leaders with dubious reputations and/or distinctions. Not to cast aspersions or to throw stones upon the waters, but, some of those elected to this post have brought some embarrassment to those who elected them.

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Famed El Paso Swimmer Lara Jackson

Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by admin.

Lara Jackson will be in El Paso this Saturday to Speak. The event will be at Noon at the Tigua Wellness Center
El Paso, Texas -Lara Jackson, Chapin High School Graduate, Texas State Swimming Champion and most recently an NCAA Swimming All-American for the University of Arizona and a 2012 Olympic Team hopeful will be in El Paso this Saturday, January 21st for a speaking engagement.

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Is Juarez experiencing a new-found peace?

Posted on 13. Jan, 2012 by admin.

Removing concrete barriers from busy city streets, tearing down fences that had provided protection in tough neighborhoods, undertakers upset because the murders in Juarez have dissipated somewhat, Mexican President Felipe Calderon prancing about proclaiming that his war on the drug cartels is taking fruit because the violence is slowly ebbing and coming to a halt. But, is it true? Has the violence in Mexico been moderated to the extent that Juarenses feel safer? While Calderon was claiming credit for the drop in killings, however, one woman held up a sign indicating not that he had won his so-called War on Drugs, but, that there were no more people worth killing in Mexico.

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January 6: Another day that celebrates the Birth of Christ

Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by admin.

Mexicans are lucky, especially the children. They get to celebrate Christmas twice. Not only do they wait with anticipation to see the fat man – Santa Claus – climb down that ole chimney, but, on January 6 they get to celebrate again. Only this time, it’s not ole Saint Nick that delivers presents. This time it’s Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings). Of course, not every Mexican child experiences this phenomenon, but, those who do are the lucky ones.

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Prepare for Doomsday Dec. 21, 2012? It boggles the mind

Posted on 30. Dec, 2011 by admin.

Did you draw up your “bucket list” yet? If you haven’t, you’d better hurry it up, because the Mayans have said that the Earth will meet its end-date on December 21, 2012. Hey, that’s only twelve months or so from today. A bucket list, of course, is an item that lays down all the things you’d like to accomplish before your demise. And, if the Mayan Calendar is correct, then, my friends, you don’t have that much time. What is not understood, however, is that if the Mayans were considered to be ignorant and primitive savages – why is so much credibility being given to their prediction? Of course everyone knows they weren’t ignorant, the Mayans created the Concept of Zero – without which man wouldn’t have landed on the moon. But, there you have it.

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Welcome home brave American soldiers, your job is done in Iraq

Posted on 23. Dec, 2011 by admin.

The popular Christmas song, “I’ll be home for Christmas, you can count on me. Please have snow, and mistletoe, and presents on the tree…so, I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams,” will have double meaning for thousands of troops returning home from the war in Iraq. Only it won’t be a dream. Thanks to President Barack Obama, who promised when he ran for President that he would bring all the troops home from Iraq, families applauded their loved ones and welcomed them in a profusion of pride and relief to the United States where peace and tranquility prevail.

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Grand Ole Party? Or Grand Ole Playboy’s Party?

Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by admin.

Is the Grand Ole Party (GOP) turning into the Grand Ole Playboy’s Party (GOPP)? The question begs to be answered because of the shenanigans two of the candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination have been accused of perpetrating – and justly so – of playing with other women and having scandalous affairs while married and, allegedly, being devoted husbands and upright citizens who want to lead this country. Of course, everyone knows who they are, don’t they? ANALYSIS

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The Coalition working for the Community

Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by admin.

In these images, you can see what the El Paso biker is really about: their bikes, camaraderie, riding, pulling together for what is important, something bigger than themselves. What does the general public see? Leather, loud pipes, tattoos, “Sons of Anarchy”, bad attitude. For the most part, the EP biker does not care about their perceived image. They will continue to do their work in the community despite a general prejudice and fear against them.

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