The UTEP Prospector: "$12.9 Million for GEAR UP Program"

July 18, 2008:

"U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R - TX) announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded UTEP's Gear Up Program a $12.9 million grant over the next six years to help more than 3,000 area middle school students prepare for college.

"Gear Up helps establish programs that provide eligible low - income high school graduates the financial assistance necessary to attend institutions of higher education."

As Senator Hutchison assures us:

"The University of Texas at El Paso is the only major research [ha! ha! ha! What a joke.. .] university in the country whose students are predominantly Mexican - American."

¡Ora. MEChA! ¡Adelante, DESTINO! ¡Ora, UTEP!