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UTSA Assistant Pro- fessor of Geology Ma- rina Suarez has been awarded a $478,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to research paleoclima- THEY PLAY, tology (the study of the earth’s climate in the distant past). Suarez plans to conduct her research around Cre- STUDENTS PAY taceous rocks in China, Spain, Utah and Texas.

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According to a review ABOUT FOOTBALL... compiled by The Texas Tribune, of annual fi- nancial reports submit- UTSA students pay more in ted to the NCAA by all eight public universi- athletic fees than students at ties in Texas that play in other universities pay. However, the highest level of col- lege football, the Foot- the athletic departments of those ball Bowl Subdivision. universities are just as — and The schools collected $27 million in student often times even more — reliant fees that went to ath- on student fees and university letics in 2008. In the 2015 fiscal year, that funds to break even than UTSA’s number had more than Athletic Department is. doubled to $57 million. (Private colleges also have to submit records but are not required See Page 6 to make them avail- able under the state’s Graphic by Fabian De Soto , The Paisano open records laws.) U.S. “OpenStax has E-cigarettes Students save on textbooks with saved students The Justice Depart- $66 million since ment canceled a hear- OpenStax-UTSA Libraries partnership ing intended to settle discouraged 2012 and will save the publicized dispute students $39 million between Apple and in new PSA and the F.B.I. about the this academic year agency’s request that the tech company cre- alone”. ate a “backdoor” for secured iPhones. Such Adriene Goodwin Dani Nicholson a backdoor would al- News Assistant Associate Director low the F.B.I. to access @hey_adreezy of Marketing and password protected [email protected] Communications, OpenStax phones. Following the cancellation, the Jesus Nieves Justice Department Contributing Writer stated it “might no @ThePaisano longer need Apple’s [email protected] Since 2012, OpenStax has saved students $66 million in textbook costs. Andrea Velgis , The Paisano assistance to extract data from the device.” Jaswanth Kintada, Trea- Katelyn Wilkinson OpenStax is a non-prof- UTSA,” Green said. “The because he could not buy surer of UTSA Student Staff Writer it organization funded in partnership’s main goals textbooks. He dropped Government Association @KatelynMarie11 part by the Bill and Me- are to ease the financial one course altogether be- Science (SGA), is currently leading [email protected] linda Gates Foundation. burden from purchasing cause the materials were the campaign for a Pub- The group has developed traditional textbooks and over $300. The only class Comets may have been lic Service Announcement UTSA Libraries has part- over 20 free, peer-reviewed ultimately help with stu- he was able to keep up with responsible for bring- (PSA) about e-cigarettes. nered with OpenStax, a textbooks for introductory dent retention and success.” was the sociology class that ing the noble gases to The objective of the PSA is non-profit Rice University college courses and is in the “OpenStax has saved used an OpenStax text be- Earth. According to to inform students on the initiative funded in part by process of developing more. students $66 million since cause it was free and avail- the publication “Earth effects of tobacco prod- the Bill & Melinda Gates These textbooks are avail- 2012 and will save students able the first day of class. and Planetary Sci- ucts, as well as keep UTSA Foundation that provides able to instructors at any $39 million this academic “I love the fact that the ences,” a shipment of a tobacco-free campus. free textbooks to students. institution and are com- year alone,” says Nichol- [OpenStax] books are all a crucial part of the UTSA has been smoke and “Our mission is to increase pletely free; however, Dee- son. wIn terms of the non- digitized because you can planet’s chemical in- tobacco free since June 1 access to education. We be- Ann Green, the UTSA So- profit’s reach, she explained copy and paste and make ventory arrived during 2014, and prohibits the use lieve in academic freedom, cial Sciences Librarian, says that at least one OpenStax your own reviews for ex- the Late Heavy Bom- of any tobacco products. E- so we ask faculty to review that UTSA Libraries’ col- textbook is in use at one ams. Openstax is much bardment about 600 cigarettes, or e-cigs, are on our textbooks and decide laboration with OpenStax in 5 colleges and universi- better than traditional million years after the the list of tobacco products for themselves if they will be will benefit UTSA by giv- ties in the United States. textbooks,” Hillman said. start of the solar sys- that are banned on campus. a good fit,” says Dani Nich- ing the university access to Alluding to beginning of UTSA Libraries sponsored tem — when the moon However, a February 2016 olson, the associate direc- OpenStax’s experience and semester challenges, Nich- a workshop with OpenStax (and supposedly Earth) article from Consumer tor of marketing and com- proficiency in open-educa- olson went on to say that on Feb 29 during which 10 was pummeled by de- Reports notes that e-cigs munications at Openstax. tional resources as well as OpenStax benefits stu- faculty members applied bris from the outer so- neither contain nor emit Aligned with the same OpenStax’s free consulta- dents by providing access to use OpenStax textbooks lar system as the giant tobacco. While e-liquids goals of cutting student ex- tion, workshops and grant to course materials on the in their classrooms. Ac- planets abruptly settled do not contain tobacco, penses and increasing ac- programs. This collabora- first day of class while sav- cording to Green, these into the current orbits. they do contain a chemi- cess, UTSA Libraries has tion, according to Green, ing hundreds of dollars faculty members will adopt cal called propylene glycol, partnered with OpenStax. will help UTSA become in course-material fees. low-cost or free materi- that is mixed with the ad- According to Nicholson more proficient in open-ed- Junior Richard Hillman, als in their classrooms.. dictive substance nicotine. “Once an instructor adopts ucational resources, which a criminal justice major If their applications are E-cigs have grown in an OpenStax textbook, will lead to more accessible and sociology minor, said approved, instructors popularity due to their students will potentially education for all students. he loved using an Open- will begin using Open- stylish look and the gam- save hundreds of dollars “UTSA libraries’ partner- Stax textbook in one of his Stax materials Fall 2016. ut of flavors available. and possibly perform bet- ship with OpenStax will lay classes last semester. Hill- ter in their courses because the foundation for quicker man, a veteran, said that he they have access to mate- expansion and growth in had to wait on funding and See PSA, page2 rials on day one of class.” open textbook adoption at fell behind in his classes 2 NEWS March 22 - March 29, 2016 Women’s Studies Institute celebrates Women’s History

Raquel E. Alonzo munity” in which Jewelle litigations about forging sig- Staff Writer Gomez discussed her ad- natures on documents. @raquelalonzo94 vocacy of rights for queer Premo refers to German [email protected] women of color; and “A philosopher Immanuel Woman’s Place is on Stage” Kant in her book and his that showcased five women ideas about the Enlighten- UTSA’s Women’s Studies and their spoken words ment. Institute (WSI) began cel- about subjects such as race, Additionally, she discusses ebrating Women’s History gender and love. the various schools of En- Week in 1986. Since then, On Thursday March 3, lightenment such as Scot- it has transformed into a “The Republic of the Un- tish, radical and Colonial. month-long celebration of lettered: A People’s Intel- Premo mentions her love women. lectual History of Law in for Jonathan Israel’s novels The objective was to offer the Spanish Empire” panel and how he believes in the more courses to students took place in the Assembly Spanish-American Enlight- on topics about gender and Room in the UTSA library. enment. sexuality. Dr. Bianca Premo, a pro- Premo also covers how WHM at UTSA covers fessor at Florida Interna- slaves began to get ideas on the history of gender, race, tional University in Miami, how they were being tricked ethnicity, class, religion and discussed her book upcom- by attending court hearings. ability. ing book “The Republic of Her panel featured exten- Events began on Tuesday, the Unlettered” during the sive knowledge on the his- March 1 with the “Women’s panel. Her book covers the tory of law in the Spanish History Month Program”. Enlightenment and how en- empire. Events offered include:slaved people in Spain, such There will be more op- “Mercurial Attraction: The as women and indigenous portunities to attend a WSI photographic work of Cara inhabitants, could not read Women’s History Month Lee Wade” that showcased or write. event from Tuesday, March two works that included This led to authority fig- 22 through Thursday, discussing the legacies ures forging signaturesre- March 31. of those Wade lost to Al- sulting in those enslaved to More information on zheimer’s disease; “Lost in sue in record numbers. events offered is avilable on a Valley with a Dog: How “The Republic of the Un- utsa.edu/WSI Photos courtesy of Jessica Gonzales We Find and Make Com- lettered” explores these civil UTSA Boulevard Project to install new PSA to discourage turn, bike lanes, to alleviate traffic e-cigarettes, meanwhile

Johnee Jasso to four lanes from 1604 to traffic signals and pedes- tobacco policy is unenforced Staff Writer I-10 and construct a 10- trian crosswalk mark- @johnee_thegreat foot concrete hike and bike ings. Additionally, the [email protected] trail on the south side of the project will install un- roadway. Hausman Road derground storm drain- has been under construc- age with street inlets. Last week, Transportation tion since December 2013. During the meeting, a & Capital Improvements Construction began UTSA faculty member (TCI) met with both curi- on UTSA Boulevard in pointed out the difficulty ous and concerned citizens July 2015 and is cur- for emergency vehicles at Carnahan Elementary rently between Edward to access emergency School to discuss the City Ximenes Avenue and I-10. hotspots, such as Univer- of ’s UTSA The UTSA Boulevard sity Oaks. The fire depart- Boulevard Project. Capi- Project will extend the ment, for example, is lo- tal Projects Manager Da- construction from Edward cated on Babcock Road, vid McBeth addressed the Ximenes Avenue to Bab- and it seems with the con- planned improvements, the cock Road. The project will struction, nearly impossi- impact on local residents be split into two phases: ble for a fire truck to make and the project schedule. Babcock Road to Edward a U-turn around a median. One of the main concerns Ximenes (South side, ap- “The widened lanes will raised at the meeting was proximately seven months) allow emergency vehicles “Students do not take into account they are still smoking nicotine about the medians to be in- and Babcock Road to Ed- enough space to make a stalled on UTSA Boulevard. ward Ximenes (North Side, U-turn around the medi- components within the (e-cig) product”. The medians will force approximately 12 months). ans, if need be,” McBeth Jaswanth Kintada, drivers coming from UTSA, The project will extend the responded, and specu- apartments, housing com- roadway to four lanes – two lated possibly shifting UTSA SGA Treasurer munities and businesses each way to include a raised the entrance to Brecken- to turn right onto UTSA median with left turn lanes. ridge Avenue Lot 5 park- While e-liquids found in e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, they consist of a Boulevard – the only ar- The project includes new ing directly across from chemical that is mixed with nicotine, which causes addiction. eas to turn left will be the concrete 10-foot shared use Maverick Creek hous- intersections, which could path and drive approach- ing, allowing a left turn. Fabian De Soto, The Paisano be problematic for driv- es on each side, with new Construction on continued from page 1 ers outside of the Breck- American Disability Act Hausman Road is an- enridge Avenue Lot 5 and wheelchair ramps at all in- ticipated to com- The National Cancer In- of compounds in e-cigs. by the Food and Drug Maverick Creek housing. tersections, approved for plete in April 2016. stitute estimates that “more “(Students) do not take Administration (FDA). UTSA students are likely pedestrians and bicyclists. The UTSA Boulevard than 7,000 have been cata- in account they are still SGA will continue to re- aware of the construction. The intersections at UTSA Project is estimated to be logued, ranging from bacon smoking nicotine com- search the effects of e-cigs, The Hausman Road Project Boulevard/Babcock and complete in October 2017. to peanut butter chocolate,” ponents within the and their PSA should be is still currently underway Roadrunner Way/George which creates concern product,” said Kintada. ready for release some time to reconstruct the roadway Breckenridge will have new that e-cigs are made to “E-cigs are easier to use and in May. Other organizations appeal to young adults. have a better taste than cig- on campus including Active The main objective of the arettes,” stated senior Craig Minds, Public Health Stu- tobacco-free campus pol- Orrell J.R. “They help me dent Association, Student icy is to lower the rate of wean off of cigarettes and Health Services, UTSA Din- college students smoking make me feel a lot better.” ing Services, Pre-Med Club cigarettes and consuming Various entities rang- and the Psychology Club other tobacco related prod- ing from the National In- have been actively involved ucts. According to Kintada, stitute of Health (NIH) to with spreading awareness KEEP “our objective is to focus the United States Surgeon of tobacco products and the on actual tobacco products General have sought to possible effects of e-cigs. and educate students on determine if there is a de- Despite this current cam- the health risks of tobacco.” finitive link between vaping paign, there have yet to Although there is no with e-cigs and their effect be any citations for violat- tobacco in e-liquids, the or influence on cigarette ing UTSA’s tobacco-free purpose of the PSA, in smoking. As of yet, most and smoke-free policy. practice, is to warn against results remain inconclusive. the addictive qualities E-cigs are not yet approved G ING THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS GLI Distributors Santikos Twang, Inc. Chris Casseb A BOLT OF ENERGY Singing Water Vineyards Schlitterbahn GREAT TASTING ENERGY SHOT FROM NATURAL INGREDIENTS Drury Inn La Cantera GLUTEN FREE • TAURINE FREE • NON-GMO H.E.B. FIND NERGIA AT HEB IN THE NATURAL SECTION Alamo Drafthouse OPINION March 22 - March 29, 2016 3 The Paisano Cure the beaches of litterbugs infestations Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Mia Cabello Each spring, South Pa- Parks and Wildlife game dre Island draws crowds of wardens and the watchful Managing Editor: college students from all flight of two drones, spring Randi Gilmore over the country for Spring break partiers caused mas- Break — 2016 was no excep- sive beach pollution on News Editor: tion, 25,000 visitors flocked South Padre Island. to the 2.3 square mile island. And though glass contain- Caroline Traylor With a population of less ers are illegal —giant signs Arts & Life Editor: than 3,000 people, South serve post the $500 fine — Padre Island hosts these by the end of the break and Brayden Boren Spring Break visitors, but the middle of the summer Sports Editor: at a hefty price to the South the South Padre beach is Texas coast ecosystem. sprinkled with plastic, alu- Brady Phelps South Padre Island’s legal minum and glass containers beachside consumption of alike. Web Editor: alcohol causes college stu- The pollution of the Michael Turnini dents to haul their contain- beaches by vacations is part Photo Courtesy of Brownsville Scrapaper Inc. ers in bulk, only to leave of an attitude problem. Mil- Photography Editor: them in the sand without a lennials — often seen as a not only callous attitudes for their environmental and July, making stricter Fabian De Soto second thought. Addition- beacons of environmental to recycling but also of an crimes. This small, viral regulation a bittersweet ally, because these visitors hope who embody progres- internalization of imme- attempt to hold these lit- affair: Sweet ensuring Magazine Editor: only come to play, the long- sive ideals — fail at the most diate gratification at the terbugs accountable for the beach to maintain Jade Cuevas term effects to the ecosys- asinine task: picking up cost of long-term conse- their actions is one small its attraction as a Texas tem are largely overlooked. their trash. quences. step in a greater need for hotspot, bitter by discour- Business Manager: Unfortunately, the locals, Perhaps this generation While this pollution Spring Break regulation in aging sales that the small Lizzette Rocha the ocean, and the once-aes- has been messy from the is usually treated as a South Padre Island. This is island thrives off of. thetic beaches are left with start. But in this regard, Spring Break norm, this another. Roadrunners, littering Distribution Manager: the mess. their parents should not year’s increase in trash The two-week spring is a party foul. Get rowdy Patrick Martinez Despite the threat of have to pick up after them. on the beach has resulted break is reported as South responsibly. ticketing by state troopers, Overall, the litterbug phe- in a spike in social media Padre Island’s busiest Marketing Director Texas Alcoholic Beverage nomenon prominent on va- posts about the pollu- time frame, along with the Social Media Coordinator: Commission officials, Texas cation spots is indicative of tion, outing the visitors summer months of June Madeline Harper Spring break is Advertising Marketing Liaison: Does the law matter when the left is right? blue on the island Jenelle Duff Commentary law has recently been it exceeds any reasonable certain privileges; these

ASSISTANTS passed. Sometimes referred standard of fairness. The are the laws of the state. Assistant to the Managing Editor: to as the ‘right-to-die’ majority of people cannot A sacrifice that offers no Gaige Davila law, under this legislation and will not ever experience privilege, then, is not a doctors are able to prescribe the excruciating pain of sufficient premise for law. News Assistants: terminally ill patients, who terminal illness and so In these specific cases that Alex Birnel, Alyssa Gonzalez, are of sound mind and who have no right to say what a is what has happened; Adriene Goodwin Gaige Davila request the option, so called person should do under the those who make the laws @ThePaisano Arts & Life Assistants: ‘fatal prescriptions.’ circumstances. give up little and those Annette Barraza, Elizabeth Davis Now, what do these Because marijuana who would break them Sports Assistant: Justice Lovin I spent my nine interim @ThePaisano apparently disparate laws legalization affects a larger see little benefit. Anthony Suniga have in common? Both laws portion of the population The state should not days of spring break free- dom sick and bedridden at Web Assistants: are instances in which a than physician assisted be a punitive instrument, home, on Kat Joseph, Ricardo Rodriguez Thus far four states — conflict between the rights suicide it shows this more it should not be a tool by Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, of the individual and the effectively. Only so many which some individuals South Padre Island, Texas. Photo Assistants: and Washington — have powers of the state have people, in this case those control and coerce others. Being a local from the area, Ethan Pham, Andrea Velgis legalized the recreational been resolved in favor of convicted for possession The role of the state is I have enjoyed my fair share use of marijuana in defiance the individual, a decision in of marijuana, can be made to protect the rights of spring break debauchery Special Issues Assistant: and was indifferent to the Urub Khawaja of the continuing federal line with principles worth into criminals for offences of the individual — all prohibition. These statesexamining. that affect no one other than individuals, not just the wild times I was reportedly Business Assistants: have done this not through When the state takes on themselves before the state social and economic elites missing out on. Will Stansky the traditional legislative a prohibitory role, it does loses its authority, which is — not to restrict those Don’t get me wrong, the Island is a paradise. The Distribution Assistant: process, but through the not actually stop things why under the current status rights. Law is not a matter carefree “living the dream” Kevin Prichard arguably more democratic from happening, but rather quo there is a significant of ethics or morality, but use of ballot initiatives and puts in place a punishment number of people who of having an explicitly lifestyle resonates with STAFF constitutional amendments. intended to discourage the openly disregard these laws recorded social contract locals and tourists alike, Because citizens voted behavior. In a democratic and for whom the worst with which individuals where responsibilities are Justice Lovin, Claudia Jimenez, always cast away to the next Christopher Breakell, Robert directly for these policy society this is a necessary, consequence of doing so is comply, because it is in day. Avila, Marina Vences, Johnee changes, if the federal but is not always a good getting caught. their own interests to Jasso, Lyanne Rodriguez, government were to enforce thing. There are times, as As individuals, we are do so. Government has South Padre Island at- Memorie Johnson, Katelyn federal drug laws it would be in the cases of segregation born into the world with an nothing to do with right tracts a disparity among the Wilkinson, , Raquel Alonzo, something of a thorny issue and gay marriage, when the absolute freedom. In nature, and wrong and everything people who are universally Chris Herbert, Aidan Watson- as to enforce current federal belief system of the majority, law is a matter of need and to do with power, which, if attracted to its culture, who Morris, Miles Boyle drug law would violate the or else of the representative ability; one must do what it is to be legitimate, must execute their new found principles of democracy. class, becomes public policy. one must do, and can only be exercised in a careful, lack of responsibility very MARKETING TEAM In another of the more The problem is that when do what one can do. But egalitarian way. differently: those who par- take in the laidback “toes in Sam Patel, Kesley Smith, liberal states — California — the law is used to enforce by forming societies, we the sand” culture, or those Catherine Adams, Celina another, and a very different subjective moral prejudices, make certain sacrifices for Perkins who let loose without re- gard for others. Robots terrorize athletic and coaching staff and facilities It’s why I moved away in CONTRIBUTORS Satire the first place: there’s only Taiwo Adepoju, Bryan De Leon, so many “spring breaks” you Diego Ramirez , Jessica Gonzales was a complete accident into the sky, Hickey replied 120-foot-tall Oklahoma can endure. caused by a malfunction the robot was only testing the linebacker Tornado Ally. The supposed lawlessness ADVISOR in the robots circuitry, and hat’s aero-dynamicity for the Wilson urges fans not to of South Padre Island must Diane Abdo denied that it had anything to coach. take his statement earlier be taken with a grain of salt, do with the tennis team’s 2-13 After Coker’s unexpected this year about awakening where ADVISORY BOARD record. Further reports state departure from UTSA in the “sleeping giant” at I urge those returning to that while the men’s head January with more than three UTSA literally. Steven Kellman, Jack UTSA to remember that Himelblau, Sandy Norman, Robert Avila coach survived the crushing years left on his contract, his UTSA men’s spring break is just that: a Stefanie Arias, Diane Abdo, @robssatire and is expected to make a neighbors began reporting a coach Brooks Thompson break. Red Madden full recovery, his contract was giant metallic figure looming and his entire assistant Monday, in what lost beneath the rubble of the outside for hours over the staff were released last The Paisano is published by the Paisano Educational Trust, a non-profit, tax exempt, was reported as a freak- broken Earth. former Head Football Coach’s week, after posting the educational organization. The Paisano The contract demolition home, blocking any natural worst record in team is operated by members of the Student accident, the as-tall-as-a- Newspaper Association, a registered student is only the latest episode in sunlight from entering his history. The staff went organization. The Paisano is NOT sponsored, 10-story-building UTSA financed or endorsed by UTSA. New issues Athletic-Coordinator-Robot the 100-foot-tall university residence. A week after politely without incident are published every Tuesday during the fall and Write a spring semesters, excluding holidays and exam demolished the UTSA tennis robot’s employment history. the incident, Coker would under the watchful eye of periods. The Paisano is distributed on all three Last year the athletics reach a settlement with the the athletic-coordinating Letter to UTSA campuses — Main, Downtown and facility, courts and the men’s the Institute of Texan Cultures. Additionally, tennis coach. department repeatedly university. robot. Paisano publications are distributed at a variety the Editor! of off-campus locations, including Tri-point Onlookers could only denied reports that former A visibly shaken and pale- UTSA states the and a variety of apartment complexes near head football Coach Larry faced Coker, in an interview athletic-coordinator-robot the UTSA Main Campus. All revenues are stare in horror as the Letters must be fewer generated through advertising and donations. robot designed to make Coker would be dismissed over his termination and was designed at-cost to than 400 words and in- Advertising inquiries and donations should be clude the writer’s name, directed to: UTSA’s athletics successful, following the teams 2015 acceptance of a settlement make UTSA athletics a season. Witnesses however, much less than the full value larger, stronger, conference classification or title and 14526 Roadrunner Way accidently jumped up and email address. Suite 101 described seeing the giant of his original contract, stated presence that will look to San Antonio, TX 78249 down over every single The Paisano reserves Phone: (210)-690-9301 court, spraying asphalt and mechanical marvel blow air at that he has no animosity inspire as many athletic the right to edit all sub- chunks of earth into the air, Coker, causing trees to uproot towards the university and donations as possible. The missions. •Letter to the Editor • kicking over the adjacent and send him cascading into only wishes the best for the robot, which all athletic Send Letters to the Have something to say? the ground. The Athletics team. departments in the Editor to: Letters must be fewer than 400 words tennis facility, and crushing a and include the writer’s name, classifi- helpless coach under it’s heel. department responded to the New football head coach country now use, contains editor@paisano- cation or title and telephone number. robots upheaval, stating that it Frank Wilson repeatedly no human emotion as a online.com The Paisano reserves the right to edit When asked about the all submissions. incident in a press conference, was only a mistakenly placed denied reports of him using cold and efficient piece of Send letters to: human UTSA Athletic engine cooling. In an incident his persuasion expertise machinery, will hopefully [email protected] Director Lynn Hickey in which the robot grabbed to recruit extreme-sized raise UTSA to more wins repeatedly stated the impact the hat off Coker’s head, freshman for protection, and increased financial © 2016, The Paisano throwing it thousands of feet despite records of a lunch with success. Name: Date: 4 This WMarcheek 22In - MarchPrin 29,t: 2016 By Annette OPINION Crossword:B Anatomyarraza edition Crossword designed by Annette Barraza, The Paisano Photo Poll How accessible do you think drugs are on the UTSA campus?

A survey conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that 47 percent of college students have tried recreational drugs at least once, and 30 percent admitted to using it in the past year.

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“Considering I don't have SPECIAL FEATURE any right now, they're not very accessible.” STATEMENT FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO MARCH 14,

Mr. Speaker, I rise people at UTSA who have a vital role in American in leadership, teamwork, and Zachariah Boston today to recognize the 35th made The Paisano’s success society, and The Paisano entrepreneurship learned Junior, physics anniversary of The Paisano, over the years possible. fosters a welcoming during their time with the the windependent student Each week, 7,000 copies community where the next paper serve them well. newspaper at the University of The Paisano circulate on generation of journalists I applaud the members of of San Antonio (UTSA). For campus, expanding students’ can cut their teeth and hone The Paisano’s staff, past and “Depends on who you three and a half decades, horizons, challenging their their craft. Enthusiasm and present. Their legacy lives on know.” dedicated, talented students thinking, and enriching a desire to learn are the only at UTSA, and will continue have run every aspect of campus life. Thanks to the prerequisites for joining the to do so for years to come Aaron Burnette the paper’s publication. Paisano, learning at UTSA paper’s staff. Even for alumni as future classes take up the Freshman, kinesiology From reporting, to editing, doesn’t end when students of The Paisano’s team who torch – and pen – at The to managing the paper’s leave the classroom. pursue careers in fields other Paisano. I yield back. budget, it’s the driven young A vibrant, free press plays than journalism, the lessons

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: In fact, many of those candi- invited those candidates to de- ship so that students can “Pretty accessible. However, it depends on what you're I was disappointed in Rob- dates spent the week prior to bate and then have publicized make informed choices. I looking for and who to ask.” ert Avila’s article Student Gov- the election (or longer) walk- those debates. While UTSA can understand an average ernment Association Hoping ing through student housing, now has a nascent TV station, student not knowing what for Record-Low Voter Turn- both on campus and off, to few students know how to ac- the candidates’ positions Rachel Loeffler out. Although Avila claims talk to as many students as cess the station. Thus, the only are, but surely, reporters for Senior, accounting (in the print version, if not the possible and visited not only journalistic source they have the Paisano have enough online version that I read) that organizations in which they access to on campus is the skills in investigative jour- his piece is satire, I found none are members (as Avila con- Paisano. How can Avila criti- nalism to locate the candi- of the humor or exaggeration tends) but any student orga- cize the candidates for their dates and quiz them about one typically finds in a satirical nizations willing to have them approach to publicizing their their stances. piece. Instead, I found an un- speak. positions and recommenda- If the candidates for SGA “I think that on campus there fair and uninformed critique How does Avila expect tions for change when the have failed UTSA students, is less of a chance of getting drugs than off campus.” of the 2016 candidates for candidates running for stu- only campus news source for so has Avila in failing to ask the Student Government As- dent government to share students has made little effort the candidates to articulate sociation (SGA). Avila faults their positions and platforms to determine what the candi- their positions. Samuel Haley the candidates for providing with students? I have learned dates’ platforms and ideas are Sincerely, Freshman, undeclared limited information regarding about the current presidential and to share those with stu- Ann R. Eisenberg, Ph.D. their positions and argues that candidates’ positions by read- dents? Interim Dean of the the candidates purposely kept ing articles published in on- A responsible journalist Honors College Photos and quotes by Claudia Jimenez, The Paisano their positions secret, speak- line journalism formats and would seek out the candi- ing only to the organizations watching the candidates on dates, find out their positions, in which they are involved. TV. News organizations have and share those with reader- Interested in writing? Photography social media advertising Video podcasts marketing graphic design copy-editing JOin the paisano! no previous journalism experience required

Meetings every wednesday at 6pm AT the Paisano media arts center 14526 Roadrunner way - right behind the block ARTS & LIFE March 22 - March 29, 2016 5 Arts & Life Events b e l i e v e i t o r n o t Calendar: ASTROLOGY: ? Wednesday 3/23 This question has endured as long as humans have cognitively existed, and some 6 p.m. of our earliest ancestors probably posed this question themselves — although their 32nd Annual Juried Student inquiry would have been phrased less technically. Human existence on Earth has Exhibition A juried competition been incredible, given the infinite amount of circumstances that had to be just right in featuring recent work order to sustain life. by UTSA undergraduate and graduate students. Selected works represent the full range of materials, methods and “What does it mean to be a cosmic citizen?” techniques, ranging from ally able to forecast which advise royalty and em- the Middle Ages, when go as far to assume that traditional processes to Elizabeth Davis crops would subsist best pires as to which courses the Zodiac signs were first astrology is “very scien- contemporary digital Arts & Life Assistant or when they would need of action were to be taken set in stone. tific.” photography and video. @ThePaisano to prepare for colder tem- during times of war and Our Earthly orbit to- In defense of astrology, [email protected] UTSA Main Art gallery peratures and seasonal plight. day reflects little of what it can be explained that floods. The Zodiac calendar those initial Zodiac signs one’s fate is not hopelessly (Art Bldg. 2.03.04). To this day, it remains The correlation be- sections Earth’s annual predicted, and the con- written in the stars. One’s a mystery as to how el- tween Earth and sky — orbit around the sun into stellations we currently astrological horoscope Thursday 3/24 ements first formed,and human recognition increments of 30°, ef- observe no longer cor- may be compared meta- 7:30 p.m. comprised of the exact of this correlation — pro- fectively delineating 12 respond to the constella- phorically to one’s genetic proton-to-neutron-to- vided us with a necessary distinct archetypes of hu- tions which Sagittarius, heritage; it cannot be Graduate electron ratio, which tool in survival. The skies man personality and live- Leo, Pisces and the oth- changed, but we can do Conducting Recital: permitted the emergence allowed us to predict with lihood in the spirit of “as ers were originally based what we may with what Colin Varville of the most fundamental some degree of accuracy above so below” in regard upon. we are given. Graduate student components of life. how to better live here, to our very being amongst Constellation size mat- The astrological horo- Then, to consider our how to measure time and the stars. ters little to astrology, scope is simply a map Colin Varville conducts own human evolution as how to comprehend our Take, for instance, a considering the fact that of those potentials and each choral ensemble we branched away from infinitesimal presence in person whose birthday some star groups, like limitations, and astrology in separate and joint our four-limbed knuckle- the discernable cosmos. falls on May 31. His/her those of the enormous helps decide how best to performances in this free walking predecessors, Human nature lends it- placement upon the or- Virgo, are split up to lev- make the most of those matters become even self to selfishness though, bital spectrum predicts el out the playing field. potentials and work with- concert. more astounding. and it was truly inevitable that he/she will develop A portion of Virgo and in limitations. The very notion that that we took this relation- into a communicative, in- Scorpio stars were used We as human beings Saturday 3/26 we could be, and had to ship a step further. tellectual and sometimes- to fill in the gaps consti- want so desperately to be- 8:30 a.m. be, interconnected to this Astrological belief is verbose human being. tuting the smallest con- lieve that we are special, unusual cycle of events rooted in the fact that The “truth” withinstellation, Libra, which in that we were put here (or César E. Chávez seems only reasonable. our astronomical location these predictions feels turn, allowed each of the have evolved up to this March for Justice We are, after all, a product goes beyond the prede- comforting. Astrology 12 Zodiac date ranges to point) with a definitive The UTSA Department of the madness. termination of our cli- enables us to feel a con- be relatively equal, and purpose and reason, and of Social Work, Student The basic ideology sur- mates, seasons and crop nection to this lifetime, to occupy an entire year’s that there are greater forc- rounding astrology grew successes — that it can as if our existence holds worth of days. es at work within our lives Council and Big Brothers out of the relationship preset how we exist and actual weight as thanks There is even a 13th — when much of science and Big Sisters of South between our planetary behave throughout the to our origination amidst constellation, Ophiuchus, preaches the contrary. Texas will meet to alignment and the cor- course of our lives. the starry skies. which Earth frequently This does not go to say celebrate César Chávez responding environment The term astrology is But is this simply delu- passes through and goes that we are meaningless, here on Earth. When taken from the Greek sion? Are we fundamen- utterly neglected in as- but that as of yet, we must with a short program some of the earliest hu- roots “astron” and “logos,” tally evading the truth trological lore. Not only acknowledge that we do about his life and work mans gazed upon the respectively translated as when we take these mes- is this outlandish — it’s not know for certain the at UTSA’s downtown stars, certain constella- star and word/speech, or sages to heart? completely invalidated. reasons for our very na- campus (Buena Vista tions became visible at “star talk.” Astrology can In light of recent tech- Nonetheless, there are ture and existence here. particular locations dur- be traced back to as early nology and a better un- many today who still be- As twenty-first century Building 1.322). Chávez ing Earth’s orbit around as the third millennium derstanding of our cosmic lieve in the wonder of the humans, we have a choice Legacy and Educational the sun. B.C.E. in Mesopotamian whereabouts, it is impor- “star talk.” Statistics re- to make: progress with Foundation will have a Through diligent obser- regions, and throughout tant to note that our as- veal that nearly a third of science, or look to the community program at vation of these trends, our history, astrological prac- tronomical position has Americans accept astrol- stars for answers. ancestors were eventu- titioners were utilized to shifted immensely since ogy as truth. Some even the corner of Guadalupe and S. Brazos Street. Individuals with UTSA are encouraged to be there no later than 9:30 a.m. and look for the HANGOVERS & UTSA Banner to find their designated spot in the HEADBANGING march. Spring Break doesn’t just mean sunburns and Saturday 3/26 lazy days to the Lone Star state; it also brings 8 p.m. the largest amount of bands in one place at Sheer Mag one time at SXSW, as well as a smothering Following in the tradition of garage-rock scenesters and bands from of The Bee Gees, Oasis and The Allman California label Burger Records invading San Brothers, the Brothers Antonio’s Paper Tiger music venue. Seely conspired to create Photos taken by Brayden Boren. a rock ‘n roll band to end all rock bands. The sheer magnitude of the endeavor required the recruitment of a daring drummer, a fearless lyricist and a diva who could party good AND write the rent check, and so we have New York’s Sheer Mag visiting Paper Tiger (2410 N. St. Mary’s) this weekend along with fellow band Laffing Gas. Tickets are $8 and can be bought at the door or online at papertigersa.com. 6 March 22 - March 29, 2016 SPORTS Roadrunners rely on student fees UTSA has second highest athletic fees among Texas FBS programs UTSA ATHLETICS received 17.3 million in stu- one million dollars given to The University of North From the outset of the will consider a number of dent fees last year and $6.7 TTU Athletics by the uni- Texas (UNT) received expansion of UTSA’s athlet- exit strategies, up to and Brady T. Phelps million from the university versity actually made TTU roughly $20 million in sub- ics program, UTSA Athlet- including terminating the Sports Editor to mitigate its deficit of al- Athletics a profitable pro- sidies last year, with $10.7 ics considered student fees Program.” @PaisanoSports1 most $23.5 million. gram. million coming from stu- vital to its sustainability. Considering the specific [email protected] There are only two athlet- The athletics department dent fees and $9.3 mil- The total contribution to mention of student fees and ic programs at Texas public at the University of Hous- lion from university funds. UTSA athletics by students the numbers included in the The Texas Tribune re- universities that recorded ton (UH), a C-USA rival, UNT’s independent profit in 2014-15 actually came up university’s plan to expand cently launched a project a profit last year – Texas recorded $18.8 million in was approximately $11.2 $800,000 short of the figure UTSA Athletics, the pro- titled Ballpark Figures that A&M and the University independent revenue last million. projected in UTSA’s 2008 gram seems to be on stable publishes financial reports of Texas – neither of whom year – $5.8 million more The University of Texas Athletic Initiative Business financial ground relative to from the eight public uni- received money from stu- than UTSA. However, UH’s at El Paso (UTEP) Athletics Plan. comparable schools and ini- versities in Texas that play dent fees or the universities expenses totaled $45.4 mil- program also received more The “Exit Strategies” sec- tial projections. in the Football Bowl Subdi- themselves. lion – roughly $19.2 million subsidies than independent tion of the business plan UTSA students may pay vision (FBS). Of the other six pro- more than UTSA’s expenses revenue in 2014-15. UTEP stated, “If the Football more athletic fees than oth- Ballpark Figures reports grams, Texas Tech Univer- for 2014-15. took in over $5.9 million in Program experiences sig- er universities’ students, but that UTSA Athletics sus- sity (TTU) Athletics was To account for the defi- student fees and $8.5 mil- nificant operational deficits other universities’ athletic tained a $13.2 million loss the closest to breaking even cit, UH Athletics collected lion in university funds for that cannot be funded by departments are just as – over the course of the 2014- without receiving subsidies; $7.3 million in fees from its a total of $14.4 million in sustained external funding, and often even more – reli- 15 academic year; however, they recorded a deficit that students and another $18.7 total subsidies – compared corporate sponsorships, ant on student fees and uni- this figure doesn’t include exceeded $807,000. $3.2 million from the university to $13.9 million in indepen- and student fees, the Uni- versity funds to break even. subsidies (student fees and million in student fees and for a total of $26 million. dent revenue. versity’s Administration monetary transfers from the university), which are recorded as revenue by Comparison of revenue sources among FBS programs in Texas UTSA Athletics for ac- counting purposes. When accounting for these sources of funds, UTSA Athletics recorded a profit exceeding $600,000 in 2014-15. The vote that approved the increase in athletics fees was conducted in Septem- ber 2007. Out of roughly 4600 students who voted, 65.9 percent were favor of the proposal. This effec- tively doubled the school’s maximum athletics fee from $120 to $240 per semester for full-time students. Last year, UTSA Athlet- ics received more money directly from student fees than any other public uni- versity’s athletic depart- ment in Texas – except for Texas State University (TXST), whose undergrad- uates paid an average of $674. TXST’s athletics program Revenue in dollars

Side Notes Men’s basketball finishes 5-27 Coach Thompson’s tenure ends after a decade UTSA Track & Field UTSA MEN’S BASKETBALL Bryan De Leon scorer and leader for in 2013. UTSA recorded Five UTSA track & field Contributing Writer the Roadrunners, Wilson’s one NCAA tournament ap- athletes finished in the @PaisanoSports1 absence was a major hin- pearance under Thompson top-3 of their respective [email protected] drance to the offense. Wil- in 2011 in which they beat comeptitions at the UTSA son also led the team in free Alabama State in the first Invitational over spring Soon after UTSA’s men’s throw attempts and steals round, but were later de- break. basketball team met a first- and had the second highest feated by Ohio State in the The women’s team round exit in the Confer- defensive total. second. finished in fourth place, ence USA Tournament, After trailing by as many However, this brush with while the men finished Lynn Hickey relieved Head as 11 in the first half, the success was never repli- fifth place out of seven Coach Brooks Thompson of Roadrunners cut the lead cated during Thompson’s competing teams. his responsibilities. to two with free throws term as head coach. For his The Roadrunners (5- from Ryan Bowie; however, last season, the team sport- UTSA Tennis 27, 3-15 C-USA) opened a last-second shot by FAU’s ed a dismal .156 winning tournament play against Marquin Botley stretched percentage and an average The women’s tennis team the Florida Atlantic (FAU) the lead to four at the break. scoring differential of 11.9 plays Lamar at home on Owls (8-24, 5-13 C-USA) in In the second half, UTSA in favor of the opposing Wednesday, March 23 Birmingham, Alabama on was outscored 51-31. Af- team. at 2 p.m. They have won Tuesday, March 8. ter a 13-2 run by the Owls, The firing comes just two only one of their last four, Despite getting out- the Roadrunners trailed by weeks after former football but three of their last six rebounded all night, the double digits for the rest of head coach Larry Coker in- matches. Roadrunners managed to the evening. sinuated to the San Antonio stay even with the Owls On Thursday, UTSAExpress-News that his res- The men’s tennis team will at 28 points apiece in the announced it was part- ignation was less than ami- Brooks Thompson and his assistants convene during a timeout. play Incarnate Word at paint. But UTSA ultimate- ing ways with Thompson. cable. home on Friday, March 25 ly lost 82-58, allowing the Thompson’s ten years of In the case of Thomp- at 2 p.m. Their last match, Owls to shoot 49 percent service makes him the sec- son, however, it is clear that scheduld for Sunday, from the field while hitting ond-longest tenured coach Hickey wanted to take the March 20 against VCU, less than 40 percent of their in program history. program in a different di- was cancelled due to rain. own shots. Thompson amassed a rection. Christian Wilson left 133-178 record over 10 Lynn Hickey and UTSA early in the game with an seasons with UTSA and Athletics have begun a injury and was unable to re- coached the team to a 27- national search to find turn. As the second leading 65 since it joined C-USA Thompson’s replacement.

Former Head Coach Brooks Thompson and his team rest during a timeout at a home game in January. Sophomore guard Christian Wilson drives the net against UTEP. Brady Phelps, The Paisano SPORTS March 22 - March 29, 2016 7 Rampage suffer organizational failure Only Spurs Sports & Entertainment can save them RAMPAGE HOCKEY COMMENTARY

Brady Phelps given the shiniest tool set in problems – the Avalanche professional sports, should Sports Editor his first season in San An- are well-known among not be satisfied with im- @PaisanoSports1 tonio. Last summer, ESPN NHL followers for being a pressive attendance num- [email protected] placed Colorado 25 out of low-event offensive team bers. The time has passed 30 in a ranking of the quality that passes up low-percent- for SS&E to intervene and This weekend, the San of NHL organizations’ pros- age shots in favor of holding give San Antonio hockey Antonio Rampage missed pect pools. Hockey’s Future out for more likely chances. fans something to cheer an opportunity to extend currently has them at dead The problem with this about for once. their most recent losing last in the league in terms of approach is that it relies SS&E, one of the most streak to nine games, in- overall prospect quality. on high shooting percent- progressive organizations stead defeating the Grand Despite having strong age and stellar goaltending, when it comes to using ana- Rapids Griffins 2-0 on Sun- goaltending strength which is not typically sus- lytics for internal evalua- day. throughout the organiza- tainable over a full season tion, has a lot to teach the The season-high eight- tion and a wealth of solid of play. Avalanche management, if game losing streak dated young defensemen, the Some teams, like the New the Avalanche management back to a 3-2 loss in Stock- Avalanche’s prospect pool Jersey Devils, have success is willing to listen. ton, Calif. on Feb. 28 – the lacks game-breaking offen- with this offensive approach The Avalanche are run final game of the Rampage’s sive talent outside Mikko because their defense is able by the aforementioned Roy annual rodeo road trip. Rantanen, who is currently to limit scoring chances and General Manager Joe Upon returning from the on the NHL roster. against. But the Avalanche Sakic – both former ath- road trip, the Rampage lost Rantanen, a 19-year-old consistently surrender letes who won Stanley Cups every game of a five-game rookie winger from Fin- more scoring chances than together while playing in home stand and two more land, was a dominant force any other team, likely due to Colorado and were brought on the road before return- in the AHL this season with former franchise goaltender together a few years ago to ing to the AT&T Center on 52 points in 44 games – a and current Head Coach reinvigorate the struggling Sunday, March 20. Rampage franchise rookie Brady Phelps, The Paisano Patrick Roy’s defensive sys- Avalanche. Center Sam Henley and scoring record. Rampage mascot T-Bone reaches out to the hockey gods in desperation tems. The problem with this ar- defenseman Nikita Zadorov After injuries and trades before the Rampage take the ice. Roy started his NHL rangement is that neither were the goal scorers in the decimated the Rampage’s coaching career employ- Sakic nor Roy has the man- Rampage win. Rampage center depth, Rantanen ing a man-to-man defen- agerial experience needed netminder Spencer Martin was moved to the middle sive zone style that is usu- to bring a franchise back was credited with the 31- of the ice in an experiment ally better suited for junior to prominence, and hold- save shutout, and Grand that was orchestrated by hockey. ing them accountable will Rapids goalie made an im- Avalanche and Rampage Whether or not the Ava- be tricky because of their pressive 39 saves to keep his management, according to lanche system is partly to beloved status among Colo- team in the game. Chynoweth. blame for the Rampage’s rado fans. The Rampage have only After injuries decimated deficiencies this season, the Roy and Sakic may well two wins in their last ten the Avalanche roster, Colo- Avalanche should no longer continue to run the Ava- games and six in the last 20. rado recalled Rantanen on be given autonomy over the lanche into the ground, but Their .439 points-earned Sunday, March 20 and gave Rampage’s staff and person- the Rampage shouldn’t have percentage places them him a chance to slide into nel. to suffer from Colorado’s dead last in the Pacific Di- the NHL forward group. The Rampage marketing lack of vision and poor de- vision. Only three teams The porous defensive staff should be commended cision-making. in the American Hockey style that persists through- for their ability to continue After all, the San Antonio League (AHL) have worse out the Avalanche system to attract viewers despite Rampage are still owned by points-earned percentages has the Rampage’s pen- the team’s sub-par on-ice the most professional and than the Rampage. alty kill efficiency at fourth product. The average atten- forward-thinking owner- Rampage Head Coach worst in the league. dance through 31 games is ship group in professional Dean Chynoweth is likely The Rampage have a re- 5,976 attendees, good for sports. SS&E may not know concerned about his job spectable 10-9 record when twelfth in the league – not much about hockey, but security as this will be his outshooting opponents this stellar, but 70 attendees they know winning, and fourth straight season to season, but have lost 15 above the AHL average of they know that you have to miss playoffs as an AHL of the 45 games in which 5,906. put the right people in place head coach – all with the they’ve been outshot. But Spurs Sports and En- to do that. Colorado Avalanche’s AHL The fact that the Rampage Rampage forward Borna Rendulic flexes his stick and puts the puck tertainment (SS&E), one of affiliates. are outshot so frequently on net at home against Lake Erie. the most decorated and re- Chynoweth hasn’t been suggest organizational vered organizations in all of

Rookie Rampage forward Mikko Rantanen takes a faceoff in a home game against the Lake Erie Monsters. In an act of solidarity, Rampage forward Sam Henley sticks up for a teammate by fighting a Lake Erie Monster. Shelby Rose, The Paisano

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