¡Ora, UTEP!

¡Ora, MEChA!

¡Adelante, DESTINO!

"Student Identity Exposed"

"Mailed tax statements reveal Social Security numbers"


The UTEP Prospector's Mr. Aaron Martinez has this weeks headline - grabber.


¡Adelante, Aaron!


Adapted from the Tuesday, February 2, 2010 online version.

"An unknown number of UTEP students have received an official letter from UTEP alerting them that their Social Security numbers were revealed when their tax forms were mailed to them.

"José Carlos Hernandez, vice president for Business Affairs said I can't tell you whether it was five, 10, 20 or 1,000 students that were affected, since we have no way of knowing how many students may have been affected.

"[S]aid Fernando Hernandez, junior computer information systems and marketing major, UTEP made a big mistake and now all I can do is wait and see if anything happens to me..."

Way to go guys, good luck! :)