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For a few hours on June 13 and 14, Mesa Street fell quiet. Businesses weren’t as packed as they would usually be on Fridays and Saturdays, and the usual nightlife buzz wasn’t downtown, but jampacked at the Sun Bowl stadium. Read more
It’s 5:30 in the morning on a normal Sunday. Most people might be tucked in their beds and plan on sleeping in on their last day of the weekend, however, on March 23, girls from El Paso and Juarez lined up at Ella Blu’s doorstep waiting to pick out a free prom dress. Read more
Having to stay overnight in a hospital isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite place to stay, let alone a child’s favorite place. Being far away from their bedroom and toys can’t be easy, however an organization in El Paso aims to change children’s attitudes towards hospital stays. Read more
According to the National Institute of Health, 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States in 2024. Blood cancers account for about ten percent of all diagnosed cancers in the U.S. each year. Read more
Miracle Molecule
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Driving down Brown Street, you’ll find a black building with signage reading “Gyros”, graffitied letters above the door frame reading “Beer”, “Groceries”, “Deli” “Cold drinks” and “Tattoo supplies” written in both English and Spanish as well as handmade paper flower decorations hanging from the patio. Read more
It’s easy to take the power of sound for granted. Whether it’s being able to hear your favorite character’s monologue on the last episode of your current watch or listen to your favorite artist sing a melancholic track on their latest album, sound immerses us into the music and film world that Gabriel Piña Jr. creates in. Read more
Everyone has something they are afraid of. Whether it’s something as small as spiders or something on a bigger scale such as getting on an airplane, we all have to decide how far we’ll let those fears go from stopping us from experiencing life. Rather than letting fear steer us away from life-changing experiences because of the chance of failure or the unknown, people like Kayla Perez have used fear as a driving force to do the incredible, like climbing Mount Everest. Read more
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The medium in which we listen to music has changed drastically in just a few decades. Today, we pick up our phones and open apps like Spotify or Apple Music and choose a song with a click of a button. But before music became so easily accessible, tangible mediums were the hot commodity. In the 90s, CDs carried the music scene, and in the 80s it was cassette tapes. However, those mediums never seemed to bounce back quite like the medium that grew in popularity in the 60s and 70s: vinyl. Read more
When thinking of the term mariachi, many people may have the typical image in their head of a man or women wearing traje de charro which consists of ornamented jackets and pants or skirts along with a sombrero. Mariachi music is no stranger to the border community since its roots are embedded in Mexico, however, 23 year-old singer Gisselle Lopez has expanded what mariachi can look and sound like as well as representing her culture on a larger scale. Read more
Self-expression is an outlet some people use when they are getting ready in the mornings. Whether it’s customizing a jean jacket with patches that show all the different states you’ve been to or wearing your favorite band’s T-shirt, we all have our own pieces we like to wear that tell others a little bit about us. Read more
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