The UTEP Prospector -- Posted 06/03/10:

"New Student Body President Diana Gloria is Ready to Take Over"

Mr. Joe Velarde has the story...


"From the moment she accepted her position as student body president for The University of Texas El Paso in May, Diana Gloria, a junior communications major was ready to go...

"A member of the Student Government Association (SGA) since 2008, the former senator at large and executive assistant under past president Alex Muñoz has politics in her blood.

"Her brother, Art Gloria, was student body president in 2006.

"Despite having two large shoes to fill, one belonging to Muñoz and the second belonging to her brother, Gloria is ready to lead her schoolmates into the 2010 - 11 school year.

"Gloria is the first woman elected as student body president since Myrna Rodriguez, who served from 1999 to 2000..."

'Way to go, Diana! :)

I'm proud to say I was privileged to speak with your brother Art several times during his bid for reelection -- I guess this was most likely in Spring Semester 2006 -- on the STOP Party platform.

My lasting impression of Art is of a warm, supportive, caring person, who worked very hard to bring more UTEP freshmen and sophomore women into the SGA political scene via his Students Taking On Progress slate of candidates -- it almost seemed there was a STOP Party candidate for nearly all available positions!