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THE PROSPECTOR - FEBRUARY 1, 2022
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UTEP celebrates National Hijab Day
UTEP creates new ADA advisory committee
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“In a society in
which women
are often over-
sexualized and
encouraged to
wear revealing
clothing, it is
an empowering
stand and
feeling to
control who
gets to see you
and protecting
yourself”
Hibah Hamdan,
president of the Muslim
Student League
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and other available positions.
- Ray Gordon, Executive Director,
- Luis Morales, Associate Director,
- Alexander Friedrich, Project
Manager,
- Ricardo Flores, Safety
Specialist III,
-Jerri Herrera, Director
- Angela Frederick Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
- Ana Diaz, Administrative
Services Coordinator
- Mayra Rodarte, Program
Coordinator/Manager
- Chu-Ling Lo Ph.D., Clinical
Assistant Professor and Program
Director Master of Rehabilitation
Counseling
- Cindy Castro, Institutional
Technologist/EIR Accessibility
Coordinator
- Manuel Avila and Carlos Chavez
of the Student Government
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the Rainbow Miner Initiative that
was started by the Student Engage-
ment and Leadership Center.
Montelongo states that the UTEP
Counseling and Psychological Ser-
vices is a great resource for students,
as well.______________________________
Kristen Scheafter is a staff reporter and can be
reached at kmscheaffer@miners.utep.edu
potential use of a good interme-
diary as a positive solution for
families when asked if there is a way
to bridge the gap between queer
individuals and their families.
“I think it is really about getting
their families involved, and for
their families to participate in their
childrens lives,” Montelongo said.
UTEP senior Javier De La Hoz
has words of wisdom for LGBTQ+
youth who want to come out.
any needs on campus.
“President Heather Wilson
requested the creation of the ADA
committee to better serve people
with disabilities within the UTEP
community,” said Angela Marti-
nez Ph.D., director for Center for
Accommodation Support Services
(CASS). “President Wilsons goal
was to have an advisory committee
that would be able to help navigate
the various needs of our faculty, stu-
dents, and staff who have disabili-
ties and needed accommodations
across the UTEP spectrum.”
Before the committee, UTEP
utilized CASS and the Equal
Opportunity Office (EO). Unlike
CASS, where individual students
are met with an extensive plan that
accommodates their unique educa-
tion needs, the advisory committee
will look at a broader spectrum to
meet the needs of many, according
to Martinez. EO has a similar role
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on the student body.
“We are made up of various com-
mittee members who work in key
positions across UTEP,” said Marti-
nez. “We are in a unique position to
identify that a topic, or a concern,
has a quick resolution, and to bring
up topics or concerns directly to
the departments or staff that can
immediately resolve these issues or
concerns.”
Martinez and Beatriz Tapia, the
director for EO, are currently
co-chairs for the new committee.
Other members include:
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Feb.25 with election day Mar. 1. This election will
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are:
“I would say, like I hear most
people say, take your time. Do your
research and really read upon what
you think you might be, or not
might be, and having a good circle
of friends for you to feel comfort-
able where you might want to come
out little by little,” De La Hoz said.
Students looking for information
or have any questions can reach out
to the Queer Student Alliance, or
QSA, on campus. UTEP also has
BY KRISTEN SCHEAFFER
The Prospector
National Hijab Day is Tuesday,
Feb. 1, and the Student Engage-
ment and Leadership Center
(SELC) has teamed up with the
Muslim Student League to cel-
ebrate UTEP’s first Hijab Day and
educate students on campus.
The Muslim Student League
(MSL) is an organization at the
University of Texas at El Paso that
creates a safe space for students to
gather to practice Islam. They also
wish to educate about Islam and
diminish mainstream stereotypes
people see in the media, according
to Hibah Hamdan, president of the
MSL.
“We are a welcoming space for
anyone that wants to learn more
about Islam,” stated Hamdan.
The definition of hijab is a bar-
For any questions, needs, or
concerns, students are encouraged
to check out the advisory commit-
tee s page at www.utep.edu/ada-
advisorycommittee. The committee
can also be reached at ADAAdviso-
ryCommittee(Z)u tep.edu.__________
Kristen Scheafter is a staff reporter and can be reached
at kmscheaffer@miners.utep.edu
Marquez, leadership, inclusion
and advocacy coordinator for the
SELC. Students are encouraged to
join in this educational event at the
University Suite of Union East in
Room 312.
“This is a learning opportunity for
individuals wanting to get intro-
duced to something that is com-
pletely new to them,” said Marquez.
From 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
8, the MSL will also table outside
of Centennial Plaza to continue
more education for the hijab. For
any questions, concerns, or more
resources, Hamdan recommends
reaching out to the MSL, world-
hijabday.com and www.whyislam.
org/brochures/hijab.______________
Kristen Scheafter is a staff reporter and can be
reached at kmscheaffer@miners.utep.edu.
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conservative and very closed off’
said UTEP senior Sofia Herrera.
“He’s not religious, but he is very
conservative and very old school.
Machista, he would say.”
Machismo is a strong sense
of masculine pride, specifically
embedded in the Latinx culture,
according to Rochester Institute of
Technology. How can machismo
affect the family dynamic for Latinx
LGBTQpersons?
rier or a cover, Hamdan said. The
hijab symbolizes faith in God
and a reminder to heed his com-
mand. Women use this, as well, to
maintain their modesty, just as men
maintain modesty with their beards
and respecting women by lowering
their eyes.
“In a society in which women are
often over-sexualized and encour-
aged to wear revealing clothing, it
is an empowering stand and feeling
to control who gets to see you
and protecting yourself from that
over-sexualization that is directed
towards women,” Hamdan said.
He also stresses that wearing the
hijab is, most importantly, a self-
made decision and that forcing a
woman to wear one goes against
Islam.
National Hijab Day was born in
2013 when Nazma Khan, a Muslim
“It was a pretty good experience
with my mom, yet again, with my
dad it was a whole different story.
He told me, ‘I didn’t want a gay
son.’ He said a lot of hurtful things,”
said UTEP freshman Carlos
Gonzalez. “It was a really hard time.
When that happened, he told me
that he was going to send me to
therapy, saying that he didn’t even
want to tell his friends about me.”
Montelongo emphasized the
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The Prospector
The newly formed Americans with
Disabilities Act, or ADA, Advisor)’
Committee at UTEP will meet
monthly to discuss accommodation
needs on campus.
The ADA went into law in 1990
and was signed by George H. W.
Bush. It was created to outlaw dis-
crimination and provide individuals
with disabilities with the means
for equal opportunities. To qualify
under the ADA, an individual must
be deemed as having a disability
which is defined as persons being
impaired, whether physically or
mentally, where it impacts major
life pursuits, has a history of these
limitations, or is recognized for
these limitations, according to ada.
gov.
UTEP’s policy honors this Law,
committing itself to the students,
staff, and faculty to assist them with
woman, decided to use this as an
opportunity to educate non-Hijabi
Muslim and non-Muslim women
by encouraging them to wear hijabs
for a day. In doing so, they hope to
bridge the gap between Muslims
and non-Muslims and break stereo-
types associated with the hijab.
In lieu of this, in 2021, Khan
founded International Muslim
History Month for the month of
May as a way to promote religious
acceptance and to celebrate historic
Muslims.
From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1,
UTEP will celebrate this day by
educating students on their purpose
and showing students how to wear
them with the help and support of
the MSL.
“We have some hijabs here that
we will be using, and people can
try them on themselves,” said Daisy
to CASS, but instead with faculty
and staff and meeting their work
needs.
The committee held their first
meeting on Friday, Jan. 21, to
introduce its members and discuss
what the UTEP community can
expect from them going forward.
Some examples of the projects that
the committee has addressed so far
are the malfunction of a sensor on
one of the doors at the Academic
Advising Center and referring to
Facilities the lack of an ADA but-
ton for the inner and outer doors of
the library.
“I think it’s going to give a fast
track to some people to be able to
email one area, the ADA advisor)’
committee, and get that concern or
issue in front of people who either
have the expertise or are able to fast
track it to leadership,” said Marti-
nez, when explaining the impact
she expected the committee to have
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