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UTSA UTSA’s Graduate School unveiled its Graduate Student Professional Development Center on Monday. The new space for collaboration, engagement and networking has been in the works at UTSA since the fall of 2015. Thesis and dissertation writing camps, research grant proposal seminars, international graduate student development sessions and future faculty training will all be offered at the center.
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ISSUE 14
November 29 - December 9, 2016
BOWL BOUND
Texas San Antonio business owners Daniel Northcutt (Frank) and Blayne Tucker (The Fix) are partnering with local Assiniboine/Sioux activist Jennifer K. Falcon to raise funds and cold weather supplies for those protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The team is working with a member of the Sioux tribe in Standing Rock and will coordinate the receiving and administering of the donations. The supply drive will continue through Wednesday. Local artist Cruz Ortiz (Snake Hawk Press) is providing a banner that reads “San Antonio Stands With Standing Rock.” Donations can be made online or dropped off at The Mix (2423 N St Mary’s) or Frank (1150 S Alamo). Supplies needed are firewood, wool blankets and socks, safety goggles, trauma kits, and thermal bed rolls.
U.S. Eleven Ohio State University students were injured after a man deliberately drove into them with a car before attacking them with a knife. The man, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the university, was killed by a campus police officer shortly afterward. The FBI and ATF are investigating the incident, considering it to be a possible act of terrorism.
World Former Cuban President Fidel Castro died last Friday at 90 years old. Castro first took power as Cuba’s 16th prime minister in 1959, then president in 1976. U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump tweeted that if Cuba is unwilling to “make a better deal” he will reverse President Obama’s signature restorative foreign policy actions with the island nation.
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UTSA Head Coach Frank Wilson celebrates with senior offensive tackle Gabriel Casillas (left) and senior tight end Trevor Stevens after a 33-14 victory over the Charlotte 49ers (4-8, 3-5 C-USA) that makes the Roadrunners (6-6, 5-3 C-USA) bowl-eligible for the first time in the program’s history. Visit www.paisano-online.com to see a photo gallery from the game.
Local family doesn’t take hate crimes lying down
Director of area non-profit to host “bystander intervention” event to combat bigotry Isaac Serna Staff Writer
@IsaacrSerna news@paisano-online.com “I deciphered the message, ‘its over fa**ots,’ and we all agreed the message was political in nature,” UTSA alumnus Drew Galloway said when describing the discovery of vandalism on his car in a police report. “I asked the officer if the crime would be classified as a hate crime and was told it would not because there was no suspect - it would be classified as graffiti instead.” Four days after this, Galloway discovered a large swastika scrawled onto the trunk of his car. Galloway’s partner, Martin, and their two children’s sense of security was shaken after their car was vandalised with the homophobic slurs and a swastika; a response to the crime was the next move. The course of action following a hate crime can be obscure. The trauma of being targeted paired with the general infrequency of hate crimes (the latest FBI hate-crime statistic available reported 5,850 hate crime incidents in 2015) pose as challenges to finding concrete answers about a response. Immediately, Galloway reported the vandalism to the San Antonio police. “While reporting hate crimes can be very difficult emotionally, talking with law enforcement authorities is absolutely essential to keeping our community safe from bias-based crimes and discrimination,” Galloway
said. “We cannot allow these acts to spread in our city. We all — victims, protectors and allies — must speak out against these incidents and do everything possible to ensure hate crimes are properly acted upon by law enforcement and elected officials.” Many targeted attacks are filed as different crimes. This can be problematic for a victim who wants an accurate report of how they were harmed and what to
Councilman Ron Nirenberg and Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales’ office reached out to him directly. Several other members of city council responded to him on Twitter. “The news stations reacted quickly,” Galloway said. “I called Mayor Ivy Taylor’s office and our Councilman Mike Gallagher’s office directly; I spoke with Mayor Taylor in the afternoon but never heard from Councilman
“We’re the ones we have been waiting for and the time to act is now. H.Drew Galloway, MOVE San Antonio Executive Director
identify it as. For Galloway, the two targeted attacks on his personal property was certainly a hate crime. “I began calling SAPD, to inquire about why the crime was not listed as a hate crime. Each time, I was told it was because there was no suspect; if a suspect was located, the charge of graffiti could be escalated to a hate crime.” The crime was not filed as a hate crime until the media became involved. Galloway said after KENS5 questioned the SAPD the crime immediately escalated into an antihomosexual hate crime. Media exposure to the crime was prompted by social media. Galloway took to Facebook and Twitter to share his experience with his network as well as contact city officials. Then came results.
Gallagher (in either instance).” Though the SAPD assured Galloway that both crimes would be listed as hate crimes, the office of Diversity and Inclusion said both crimes would not fall under the protections of the Non-Discrimination Ordinance. “This was extremely disappointing,” Galloway said. “We need the NonDiscrimination Ordinance to protect victims of hate crimes, which means strengthening the ordinance’s scope and reach.” In hindsight, Galloway discussed possible measures that would have helped him and his family. He felt that standardized methods of locally reporting hate crimes, such as clearer definitions of hate words/phrases and symbols would have helped the officers record the
Photo courtesy of @hdrewgalloway The swastika found on H. Drew Galloway’s car.
crime accurately. “We need hate crime data released to the local public in a timely manner,” Galloway said. “Local open data initiatives and access to aggregated crime SAPD statistics could help the tech community bring some solutions to the table.” The FBI analyzes local hate crime reports and releases aggregated data annually. This information helps identify trends and track hate organizations across the United States. Calling for appropriate intervention is critical but grassroot efforts to combat hate-charged crimes in one’s own community is equally important. As Executive Director of MOVE San Antonio, Galloway employed his civic knowledge to a cause close to home. MOVE is scheduled to provide training on a responsible report and if necessary, intervention of harassment in one’s community. “MOVE San Antonio’s training comes at a time of great importance.” Galloway said. “Reports of hate crimes have skyrocketed since the election.”
MOVE U Civic Education Series, MOVE San Antonio is hosting a Bystander Intervention Training workshop on Dec. 6, 2016 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Bexar Room at UTSA. They will talk about bias-based discrimination and crimes; how to support vulnerable communities and victims of hate acts; and how to safely report, intervene and deescalate discriminatory threats and acts. The training will aim to give students and community members practical skills to help protect their neighbors from verbal, physical and sexual abuse. “Young people are champions of vulnerable communities in our city and instrumental in demanding change to protect their classmates, friends and neighbors,” Galloway concluded. “We’re the ones we have been waiting for and the time to act is now.”
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November 29 - December 9, 2016
‘Women in the World’ features San Antonio change-makers
UTSA team breaks new ground in
photodynamic cancer research Selena Patel
Contributing Writer
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“As a female pursuing a STEM career, I began to feel a significant level of importance in the room myself,” said Elexus Liggins, a senior at Judson High School who was nominated to attend the Women in the World 2016 Conference (WITH). She plans to major in computer programming and hopes to attend UT Austin after community college. She will have 32 college credit hours completed by the time she graduates in June. “This enriching event allows (people) to listen and visualize the journey of the amazing ladies we saw tonight,” said Liggins. “(The women) showed us a more impactful form of achievement, and that is to create a movement.” Sheryl Sculley, city manager of San Antonio, welcomed the women—and men—in the audience to the panel who were about to speak on their struggles, stories and strife. Tina Brown, Founder and CEO of Women in the World, gave opening remarks about what exactly WITH is all about. The first panel titled “After the Mudbath: Can We Ever Regain the High Ground?” was moderated by Bianna Golodryga, anchor at Yahoo News & Finance. esteemed women such as Lorena Chambers, CEO/Chief Strategist/ Chambers Lopez Strategies; Emily Ramshaw, Editor-inChief of the Texas Tribune; Karine Jean-Pierre, National Spokesperson and Senior Advisor of MoveOn. org; and Jenifer Sarver, Principal/Sarver Strategies discussed the issue of misogyny and racism in the 2016 election and how America can carry onward. “He’s a giant question mark,” said Ramshaw of President-Elect Donald Trump. “As Jenifer was saying earlier, I don’t even think he reflects the Republican Party. He’s not a Republican…the nation has elected someone who is entirely unpredictable.” Ramshaw she stated that Trump has brought out the racism and misogyny within the electorate and pointed out that hate crimes have only begun to rise. Sarver stated that the cabinet members Trump appoints will embolden people who commit hate crimes. The second panel named Sarah Evans, Founder of Well Aware, this year’s “Toyota Mother of Invention” and awarded a $50,000 donation to help
her cause. Amy Costello, Founder and Managing Editor of Tiny Spark, joined Evans on stage and was interviewed by Darlene Dorsey, Reporter at News4/ Fox 29 San Antonio. Nancy Inouye of Toyota Motor Sales awarded Evans the sizable donation. Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and founder of My Stealthy Freedom spoke out on the issues of the hijab in her panel led by Bianna Golodryga. Alinejad was jailed while pregnant with her son, was forced to leave her country and live in exile. She has not seen her family in seven years. The hijab is not just an aesthetic issue—it is an issue of women’s rights. The unveiling photos Alinejad received from women taking off their hijabs are powerful; the photos mean freedom that the women wearing them do not have. Showing hair, drinking and partying with boys can lead to lashes or jail time for Iranian women. To stand up for their rights, the women even took bikes to see the supreme leader. Alinejad was passionate about her movement and urged everyone to help out where they can. “The Art of Survival” panel hosted speaker Sandra Uwiringiyimana, activist and author of How Dare the Sun Rise which is due for publication next year. Tina Brown interviewed Uwiringiyimana who is currently a junior university student majoring in international diplomacy in New York and a citizen of the United States. Uwiringiyimana witnessed to the slaughtering in Congo when she was ten years old. “I felt wrong from a very young age,” said Uwiringiyimana. She was treated poorly by other students in elementary school because of the tribe she belonged to. The day her refugee camp was attacked in Rwanda was like a horror scene out of a movie; she saw dead bodies all around her. She lost family members that day including her six-yearold sister. Uwiringiyimana arrived in Rochester, NY in winter time with her family and were unable to speak English. Taken from her home in Congo, then to the refugee camp in Rwanda, then to the U.S. took a toll on her; she did not have a chance to breathe. She would soon discover the issues surrounding black women in America. Her project includes photographs of survivors of the massacre and her book will talk more about her personal story. Darlene Dorsey hosted Randi Gavell, retired Army
Staff Sgt., and Sarah Rudder, Marine Lance Corporal during the panel “The Strong and The Brave.” Rudder pulled people from the Pentagon on Sept. 11 and in doing so shattered her leg but continued working for 24 hours. Doctors tried to save her leg for 12 years, but ended up amputating it. But this did not stop her—she started bench pressing three days after her amputation and now participates in sports. When Gavell was deployed to Iraq, three vehicles pulled up to where she was stationed and attacked her camp site. The blast ended up injuring everyone and only three people of the fourteen were mobile. Gavell suffers from post-traumatic stress (PTS) and discussed how the “disorder” part of the illness gives it a stigma; the word disorder has driven away people who need to seek help. Both Gavell and Rudder competed in the Invictus Games in Orlando. Veterans have a history of committing suicide and the Invictus Games help veterans forget, for a few moments, the challenges they face Lastly, Patricia Cornwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author, spoke about her phenomenal lifestyle interested in forensics, scuba diving, ballistics, helicopter piloting and author in her panel titled “The Woman Who Makes Crime Pay.” Interviewed by Tina Brown, Cornwell writes about forensics, crime and chaos. “I did not write about the election, that is not the chaos in this book,” she joked. Cornwell has sold over 100 million copies and has authored 29 New York Times bestsellers. She discussed how vigilant we must be in our cyber security and how she ties her job as a forensic scientist into her fiction. Cornwell claimed that she does not seek thrills, rather it is her characters that encourage her to pursue unconventional pastimes. She spoke about how women need to be tougher and not so sensitive, how women must be there for each other and not tear each other down. Although she has faced the fact that screenwriters and directors want to change her lead female character to a male, she has not stopped dreaming of her character hitting the big screen someday.
UTSA head researcher and assistant professor of Biology, Dr. Matthew Gdovin is working toward a cure for cancer. In 1997, Dr. Gdovin returned to UTSA, where he received his bachelor’s, and began to focus his research in neurobiology. “I wasn’t thinking anything about cancer at all at the time,” he said. However, conversations with his students led the associate professor to realize the importance of intracellular pH to cancer and change the focal point of his research. “If someone could figure out how to make cells acidic just on the inside,” Gdovin said, “the treatment would be transformative.” Gdovin explained the process of injecting a harmless chemical compound called Nitrobenzaldehyde (NBA) into tumors; a beam of ultraviolet light then follows to make the cells acidic and trigger cell death. The combination of drugs and light have
Selena Patel, The Paisano A cancer cell culture in a petri dish examined under a fluorescent microscope.
developed into a practical photodynamic therapy. His team worked with mice that had aggressive triple negative breast cancer cells, and they saw a halt in tumor growth with treatment every four to seven days. These results were unprecedented. This encouraged Gdovin to create more innovative solutions and improve the patented work. Now Gdovin is developing a nanoparticle that could be injected inside the body and potentially produce similar cancer cell death when activated with light. Additionally, in 2014 Gdovin and fellow UTSA
alumnus Greg Espenhover founded a company, VitaNova Biological Incorporated, to advance this research to phase-one clinical trials. These trials involve administering the new treatment to a small group of people to evaluate side effects and determine a safe dosage range. Gdovin credits his UTSA lab, which consists of 18 members including undergraduates, Master’s and Doctoral students, for the research’s success. “There isn’t one student who couldn’t get up here and finish this presentation without seeing it,” he praised at the beginning of a research seminar. The lab works together to design experiments and find the best approach. Gdovin’s project is by no means disappearing from research any time soon. An oncologist from the Health Science Center sought out his team and wrote a grant with Gdovin. Both are currently working to complete an additional grant. Gdovin, adjunct faculty and lab members work vigorously to implement the photodynamic therapy into cancer treatment and aim to find a cure.
Selena Patel, The Paisano Robbie Lindberg reaches into the incubator to remove cancer cells.
Students petition UTSA
to become ‘sanctuary campus’ Gaige Davila News Assistant
@gaigedavila news@paisano-online.com The Immigrant Youth Leadership organization (IYL) has created a petition to establish UTSA as a ‘sanctuary campus’. A ‘sanctuary campus’ is loosely defined as a college or university that does not voluntarily assist in deportation efforts with federal authorities. The petition, addressed to UTSA President Ricardo Romo and UT System Chancellor William McRaven, comes in response to Presidentelect Donald Trump’s plan to abolish the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA is an immigration policy that allows undocumented immigrants—who entered the U.S. before their 16th birthday and before June 2007—to receive a renewable two-year work permit and deportation exemption. The petition requests UTSA’s refusal to release information regarding the immigration status of its students and community members;
meetings between UTSA administration and the IYL, which consists primarily of DACA students; creation of an office and administration specific to assisting DACA students; the guarantee of in-state tuition to DACA students; and de-escalation training for all faculty and staff. “As a sanctuary campus we can sharpen our tools and gather against the
stand in solidarity with them.” Activists in cities and campuses across the nation are pushing for similar sanctuary city designation. Although San Antonio is not a sanctuary city, San Antonio Police Department does not inquire about immigration or citizenship status during arrest—a policy that was unofficially followed until it was implemented into
“If and when the time comes that Trump presents federal orders against the safety and potential detention of our Muslim and undocumented students, then we have to be prepared to protect and stand in solidarity with them.” Itzel Corona, UTSA alumna and migrant student
possibility of allowing Trump to impinge his xenophobic and racist regime,” UTSA alumna and migrant student Itzel Corona, said. “If and when the time comes that Trump presents federal orders against the safety and potential detention of our Muslim and undocumented students, then we have to be prepared to protect and
the SAPD policing manual in late 2015. The petition currently has over 130 signatures from UTSA students, alumni, faculty and staff. To sign the petition, visit www.paisano-online.com and click the link titled “Sign UTSA Sanctuary Campus Petition.”
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November 29 - December 9, 2016
College of Education hosts post-election open forum social justice and antibigotry while others, including freshman history major Mason Melnar, dismissed those concerns. “Beforehand, (people were) discriminated against by state, federal law,” Melnar said. “Now, it seems like we’ve made it to equality. It feels like (people) have to start making up new things because (they’re) angry.” Discussing the
Dean DelliCarpini watches as the forum participants respond to questions prompted by facilitator Dr. Howard Smith. Photo courtesy of UTSA
Brady Phelps Managing Editor
@bradytphelps news@paisano-online.com On Friday, Nov. 18, the College of Human Education and Development (COEHD) held an open forum for UTSA students and employees to express their concerns in the wake of a contentious election cycle. Six months ago, Associate Professor of Biliteracy and DualLanguage Education Dr. Howard Smith began to organize such a forum before finally coordinating the event with Department Chair Dr. Belinda Flores and COEHD Dean Margo DelliCarpini. “I had one openly gay doctoral candidate, several Muslim women who wore the hijab, Mexican
nationals and Christian Middle-Easterners as my students,” Smith said. “(They) said that our department of BiculturalBilingual Studies was an oasis, but they did not feel that way outside of our department and even less across the campus.” As the forum began, attendees formed into small groups. The organizers then passed around note cards and displayed a set of questions. Participants were asked to respond to the questions, and the note cards were collected and redistributed anonymously. Each participant was asked to read another person’s response within his or her group. Smith, who was facilitating the discussion, explained that having everybody read each others’ responses
anonymously would not only ensure that everyone was able to express themselves without fear of judgment but also encourage them to assume other perspectives. Members from each group then summarized their groups’ conversations, which ignited discussion involving the entire room. The discussion was generally centered around the state of political discourse on campus— how students can be more inclusive and what role faculty plays in the changes that many believe need to occur. Among the topics of discussion were prejudice, privilege, polarization, safe space, the concept of “whiteness” and display of ideological symbols. The most vocal participants advocated
sometimes, we need to drink a big glass of STFU and allow somebody who doesn’t look like you to be in the spotlight.” According to Smith, more of these discussions must take place and more students must be engaged to make real difference. COEHD plans to host more open forums in the future.
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importance of involving education specialists in this process, Smith expressed Texas’ public education system’s failure to combat bigotry through education. “We, as a society, but especially as a state, have done a poor job of infusing our educational curricula with positive information about the multiple groups in our society,” Smith said. “It is difficult to accept that
November 29 - December 9, 2016 4 OPINION The Paisano Boys don't cry Men commit 90 percent of murders in the U.S. Editor in Chief: Caroline Traylor
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editorial On the same day that Abdul Artan, an 18 yearold Ohio State University student, injured and hospitalized nearly a dozen people - ramming his car into a group of pedestrians on campus before attacking them with a butcher knife - a judge granted Dylann Roof ’s motion to act as his own legal counsel. Roof, 22, is a self-avowed white supremacist accused of murdering nine worshippers in the basement of a black church in Charleston, S.C. in June of 2015. Artan was shot dead by a campus police officer during the OSU attack and Roof is facing the death penalty for federal hate crime and separate murder charges brought by the state of South Carolina. These two alarming stories shared news coverage as Americans went back to
school and work after the Thanksgiving holiday. These acts of mass violence are a bizarre, macabre, norm in the United States. We have grown accustomed to the shocking headlines, the large numbers of casualties and the gut-wrenching interviews with victims’ families that follow these horrific acts. Columbine, Sandy Hook, Pulse nightclub, Virginia Tech, San Bernadino, UC Santa Barbara, the Dark Knight premier in Aurora, Colorado – the list goes on and on. After the Charleston church shooting, President Obama addressed the nation with a heavy heart. "At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency," he said. Mass murder is as American as apple pie.
The motivation for these crimes vary; racism, domestic terrorism, religious extremism, homophobia, a senseless desire for notoriety, rejection from sorority girls and isolation from peers, all have inspired a diverse group of evildoers to kill random, innocent people. In the immediate aftermath of these rampages there are calls for policy change: Stricter gun control? More expansive Second Amendment rights? Mental healthcare reform? Censorship of heavy rock music? More vigilant monitoring of social media? Less media attention in the aftermath so potential copycats aren’t encouraged to act similarly? And yet little change is made and the killing continues. While each of these instances of rampage violence has their own sinister mo-
tive, they have one thing in common. Men committed them all. The demographics of mass shooters convey how inextricably bound gender and violence are to one another. In the past 30 years, all but one of mass murders committed in the U.S. was by a man. The OSU attacker was from Somalia, and allegedly motivated by religion, so some might ignore the cultural ideas surrounding gender, power and rampage violence; when national politicians respond to these incidents, they’re quick to note the attacker’s immigration status or religion but ignore the glaringly obvious fact that America has a problem with toxic masculinity. According to CNN, men commit 90 percent of murders in the U.S. Glorifying and participating in violence is a part of the American male’s childhood and occurs through media, video games and
3. If you feel comfortable,
5. Report the crimes to third-party national databases. I chose the Southern Law Poverty Center.
playground interactions. As a society, we tell young boys that it is better to be mad than sad and that boys don’t cry. When President-elect Trump boasted about committing sexual assault, his son justified his comments by saying that that’s simply how “alpha males” speak to each other. Men are expected perform masculinity - to be tough, objectify women and dominate “betas.” We discourage boys and men from expressing their feelings and then are shocked when they direct them in a violent and murderous way. If men cannot express their emotions in a healthy way, these bouts of violence will persist. Of course these issues are complex and complicated further by race, religion and accessibility to guns – but we cannot keep ignoring gender and expect the killing to stop.
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How to respond to hate crimes by H. Drew Galloway 1.Call 911 and ask for an
officer to report the crime. Ask the officer if the crime will be categorized as a
hate crime. If not, request that the crime is reported as such.
2. Contact your
elected officials. Calling them directly is best, but contacting them publicly (via social media) can generate a rapid response.
contact the media.
4. If you feel comfortable,
talk to your neighbors about the incident. They can be great resources for information, allies in guarding your property, and vigilant of your safety.
6. Use social media to your advantage. Facebook rallied our friends and family around us, but Twitter resulted in targeted results with elected officials and the media.
7. Show up at Citizens to
be Heard to talk publicly with your elected officials. Take private meetings with elected officials to explain your experience and perspective. Ask them to make changes to local policy.
Holiday hypocrisy highlights our true values
Justice Lovin @ThePaisano
Thanksgiving is a great holiday. It is a celebration of family - if you accept that narrative rather than the historical record of tolerance. Perhaps best of all, Thanksgiving is an
opportunity to practice humility and appreciate the simple things in life. It is unfortunate that this celebration of thankfulness has been paired with vulgar materialism and gluttonous feasting. The extravagance of Black Friday, and of the whole Christmas season really, leaves me wondering whether we as a society aren’t missing the point of one of my favorite holidays. Just to be clear, that point isn’t turkey or arguing over politics, and it certainly isn’t football (talk about extravagance). It’s being thankful:
thankful for electricity and modern medicine, thankful for not having to work on a farm so as to not starve to death and for all of the advantages big and small that are so easily overlooked in the course of day-to-day life. It’s a western version of mindfulness. It seems to me bitterly ironic that we follow up this celebration of family and thankfulness by buying a bunch of unnecessary stuff. This tradition is completely at odds with everything Thanksgiving stands for and moreover, it makes no sense. Consumerist
materialism has nothing to offer but an artificial and insatiable need. The money we spend is money earned from working—which takes us away from our families and from doing the things that we actually want to do. And we buy things from stores, requiring others to work, and thus taking them away from their families and the things they want to do. The cheap goods we buy are cheap as a result of the exploitation of foreign laborers, which makes our demand for them anything but humble. While we invest all
this money in luxury goods, there is widespread suffering in our own society and in others, including suffering that is directly caused by industry. We cannot continue to celebrate these holidays in the ways that we do. It is necessary to resolve the fundamental contradiction between consumerism and the values we claim to celebrate, preferably by reassessing the way we value products and labor in a need-based way and by renouncing consumerism in favor of a simpler, more sustainable lifestyle.
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Human trafficking in our community How to spot and respond to potential trafficking Special feature
Montana Meeker @ThePaisano
The International Labor Organization estimates that sex trafficking claims 4.5 million victims globally, with hundreds of thousands in the United States alone. Data collected from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center’s hotline places Texas second in the nation in human trafficking, and in an interview with KSAT 12, Chuck Paul, a former CPS investigator, called San Antonio a “hub” of trafficking activity, but few San Antonians know that this problem even exists in our community. Other than the high percentage of victims who are homeless or in foster care, potential victims are difficult to identify because there is no typical profile: anyone can be a victim. The only universal commonality is vulnerability. The target demographic for recruitment is children in middle school. Minors are the most desirable victims for traffickers as their youth makes them naïve and vulnerable. Pimps are masters of manipulation; they exploit people struggling with loneliness and insecurity by offering false love, affirmation and safety. Even children in secure, loving homes are targets of internet recruitment. One in five children who use the internet will be sexually solicited. Adults, too, can fall prey to online threats. Fake job offers are one of the most commonly used methods of adult recruitment. In Texas, many trafficking victims are lured from Mexico with false promises of legitimate employment once they cross the border. Once the victim is in the trafficker’s grasp, pimps use a variety of methods to maintain control over their victims such as abuse, rape, substance addictions or even withholding food, water and vital medications. Between long work hours, harsh conditions and frequent abuse, most victims are too weak, afraid and demoralized to attempt escape. The public is a valuable tool in the identification and rescue of victims. To help the public identify victims, the Alamo Youth Center Inc. provides a list of mental and physical indicators that characterize trafficking victims.
Health of a Trafficked Person Trafficked persons are often treated as disposable possessions without much attention given to their mental or physical health.
Accordingly, they often have health problems that include: •Malnutrition, dehydration or poor personal hygiene •Sexually transmitted diseases / Signs of rape or sexual abuse •Bruising, broken bones or other signs of untreated medical problems •Untreated chronic illnesses (diabetes, asthma, infections) •Post-traumatic stress and other psychological disorders
Know your ABC’s How to identify human trafficking… Awareness You, your friends, your family, coworkers, people you do business with, everyone should be aware of the signs! •Clothing may be too sexual, wrong size, not appropriate for the weather or place they are, or less expensive than the persons they are with. They also have few personal items. •Victims may have “Branding” tattoos. •Signs of poor hygiene; may look sick or use makeup to cover injuries.
How to identify human trafficking… Behavior •Victims may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. •May be disoriented or confused, fearful, timid or submissive. •No eye contact, looking at their feet or back to another person. •Unease where there is visible security or law enforcement. •May become verbally vulgar when challenged by an authority figure (watch for fight, flight & freeze).
How to identify human trafficking… Communication •Often, victims can’t provide details about where they came from or where they are going. •Their answers appear rehearsed, and they will become nervous or angry if pressed for details. •They appear to look to a companion for answers and they seem to be under that person’s control; they may be closely watched or followed.
What to do when you see Human Trafficking? •Never attempt to intervene or take the victim out of the situation by force! •Call 911 and tell the dispatcher you are reporting suspected human trafficking, if the victim is a child tell the dispatcher. •Become a good witness: look at details, colors, vehicle descriptions, direction
of travel, hotel room numbers, etc. •If possible, use your cell phone to take very discreet photos. •After you report to the police, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline at 1-888-373-7888
Or: •Text details to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at BeFree (233733) While some operations stay localized, most routinely transport trafficking victims between multiple cities to expose them to new markets (which results in) highly mobile trafficking operations that are fluid and challenging to investigate and interdict. To shut down such operations requires communication of intelligence between police forces in different cities and a high sensitivity to possible indicators of a trafficking situation. Police forces are growing in their knowledge of these operations, but traffickers are growing wiser in parallel. To outpace them, more resources, time and thought need to be devoted to this cause. Fortunately, more people are recognizing this problem and directing their efforts toward a solution. Alamo Area Coalition Against Trafficking is a coalition of governmental, non-governmental and community-based organizations that exists to prosecute offenders, prevent future exploitation and serve current victims of human trafficking. In 2009, Texas created the Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force, which is chaired by the Texas Attorney General and focuses solely on preventing this crime. The solution cannot end there. Without rehabilitation and recovery resources, sex trafficking almost universally ruins the lives of those affected by it. If victims do not die from enslavement or imprisonment, they perish from addiction or harsh conditions. Only four places in Texas are available for victims of sex trafficking to find help in the aftermath of their suffering; currently, these organizations cannot house even 100 victims. There is a great need for more resources for survivors of trafficking, and a few organizations are blazing a trail to provide them. Ransomed Life is an organization whose goal is to help victims successfully recover from trafficking. They provide education and mentorship to girls who have been trafficked and raise funds to build a facility for girls to recover and grow in safety. Another organization dedicated to creating a safe space for victims is called Alamo City Youth Center. If these organizations achieve their goals it would mean a world of difference for the many victims here in San Antonio and across
Texas. In order for that to happen, more people are needed to volunteer, donate and raise awareness. Sex trafficking is not just an issue in developing countries: It is here in Texas, in our own city. It is up to us to help prevent this crime, aid those trapped in it and rehabilitate survivors. We can help by spreading awareness, volunteering to help those most at risk and contributing to the rehabilitation efforts of others. We can be voices for those who need us. With education, involvement and awareness, we can take steps toward the eradication of this crime and brighten the future of survivors. For more information on sex trafficking, signs of trafficking or how to report trafficking, go to http:// traffickingresource center. org.
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The Paisano asked: “What are your thoughts on professors assigning homework over Thanksgiving break?” Photos and interviews by Ethan Pham
Austin Rios Pre-business freshman
“I do it, it is reasonable. It’s hard, but a lot of people do it.”
Clara Defaria Biology freshman
“I didn’t have much to do, so I don’t think I can put input on that. I had some psychology stuff to do, but that took only a half hour.”
Emily Turner English sophomore “I think it is lame.”
Gustavo Torres International business management freshman
“Those professors are crazy. They should not expect us to work on projects or anything. Most of the time during breaks, we are with our friends, catching up in our hometowns and with family members. We don’t really have time to think about projects and homework and we don't really want to do them.”
Nicole Kalt Electric engineering & computer engineering junior
“I feel like that is fine and to be expected.”
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Artpace hosts latest installment of International Artists-In-Residence Ryan Thompson Staff Writer
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Artist and sculptor Kim Morgan is from Nova Scotia, Canada. She has been featured in galleries around the world including The Cynthia Broan
to see. The piece is entitled “Sigh.” Every five to seven seconds, an AC unit hidden behind the taffeta wall releases a strong gust of air and causes the entire piece to...sigh. This very sigh is the heart of her piece. It is more than just a gust of air; it is a form of expression. Through the sighing of her piece, the blood cells appear to be moving, as if taking flight through someone’s body. The universal blood type aims to eliminate stigma and discrimination by showing that we are all connected. Her exhibit is masterfully off-beat and
recyclable resource. The three bales are placed strategically throughout her space. Cox-Richard wanted to create an experience that would demand attention and force people to walk around her work. The bales hold their own individual stories in pieces of disposed copper that take form in different objects. Through months of watching trash get sorted and shredded to decrease its presence, questions of how value is determined were raised, and the groundwork for “Salv,” was sparked. Cox-Richard draws attention to how material
distinctly different from her colleagues, making for a major talking point of the artist in residence experience. Lily Cox-Richard comes from Houston, Texas. She has had solo exhibitions featured in the Hudson River Museum in New York, Hirschl, the Adler Modern in New York and the Vox Populi in Philadelphia. Her installation is named “Salv,” and interrogates the notion of value. She has compiled three bales of compressed scraps consisting of over three tons of copper, which is an infinitely
moves through our lives as we assign dollar amounts to everything, marking it a scarlett letter of monetary value. In one of her pieces, CoxRichard creates an illusion piece based upon a 1985 trailer-truck accident in which asphalt spilled from the tank of the trailer and spewed all over a mountain. Still, today the asphalt remains and functions not as trash or dirt but as a landmark. The things that make Cox-Richard tick are fearlessly projected through her art. Her work encompasses
Artist and sculptor Kim Morgan explains a piece from her exhibit.
Downtown non-profit organization Artpace continues to foster the freedom to dream with the latest installment of its International Artists-InResidence program. Guest art curator Denise Markonish purposefully selected an artist from Texas, the United States and one international artist to move to San Antonio and create an exhibit. There was only one condition: create something from the heart. Markonish wanted this year’s installment to feature and highlight fearless women, and she accomplished that goal. Through the original work of artists Kim Morgan, Lily Cox-Richard and Kim Faler, a vision was realized. Though these women all hail from three different areas, their stories intertwine, and Markonish acts as the string of thread that makes its way through each artist’s piece.
Gallery in NYC, St. Paul’s Gallery in New Zealand and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Morgan is intrigued by the representations of body through social and medical systems. The foundation of her exhibit was to create a “universal blood type.” This fascination for blood and the medical system began with her parent’s diagnosis of cancer; she spent a great deal of time in hospitals. To realize her vision, Morgan compiled a collection of blood scans from a group of individuals — some who are not permitted to give blood for reasons such as ethnicity, sexual orientation and various medical conditions. She creates a wall of the scans that have been printed onto a taffeta curtain, in which the individual blood cells shown seem to be almost 3-dimensional. The inside of the body is brought outside for everyone
loaded meaning and is sure to tinker the brain. Kim Faler is a native of Williamstown, MA. Her residence in San Antonio marks her first time in Texas. Faler joked about being surprised to have not yet seen tumbleweed. Faler likes to focus on the present, the moment of now, the ways it is created and taken down. She would like to stop time and magnify the small moments that we sometimes take for granted. In the heart of Faler’s creative space lies a structure of walls that bleed paint down to the floor and pots that ooze soil onto the surrounding areas. With this structure, Faler has set out to challenge functionality by creating purposeful malfunctions that are as beautiful as the functioning. A tree planted a little outside its pot, a pattern painted outside the lines of its stencil. Faler has shown that she is not afraid to get her hands dirty with her earthy and resourceful exhibit.
She used rocks, grapevines and branches to convey her message that everything holds value. The natural pace of the ocean provides inspiration for two portraits included in the exhibit. Faler has rendered the portraits in graphite. The moment of water crashing the shore is slowed down to a halt and actualized in the paintings of grey and white matter. Even though it is not moving, the portrait creates illusion of both inward and outward breath. Faler’s creations are imaginative and vibrant. The eyes cannot help but gravitate to the bold watercolor hues. Each artist’s piece acknowledges the things we take for granted and show us how fleeting life is. Each woman has connected through the act of simply caring: caring about the people, the things and the processes that are looked over. It is an exhibit for anyone and everyone to view until Dec. 10, free of charge.
All photos by Enrique Bonilla, The Paisano
Carlos Mérida’s work displayed at SAMA Raquel E. Alonzo Arts & Life Assistant @ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com
Pay a visit to the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) and gaze at the works created by Carlos Mérida, a Guatemalan-born artist who lived in Mexico City in 1922. Mérida worked on his first piece in 1922 under Diego Rivera and was introduced to the politically driven Mexican Social Realism movement. He was influenced by Modigliani and Picasso while mixing tastes from Mexican, Guatemalan, European and Mayan heritage. Before Mérida died in 1984, he created pieces of abstractionist art. A few of his pieces are on display at SAMA. One of the first pieces, “The Three
Kings (Los tres reyes),” was created in 1965 and is an abstract work, using darker colors and acrylic on amate paper. The work next to this one is the “Puc and the Magic Spell (Puc y el hechizo mágico),” which was created in 1961 and is an acrylic and oil on gold-leafed wood panel. This piece is also an abstract piece, but it uses a light crème color as the center of the painting to contrast with the darker shades around it. Another work by Mérida, “Birds of Paradise (Aves del paraíso),” made in 1936, is an oil on canvas. At this time in his artistic career, Mérida was mixing his learnings from Europe with his own Mayan heritage on his canvas in order to take abstraction to a higher dimension. A rather stunning
collection is the “Mexican costume (Vestimenta Mexicana),” which was created in 1941 and is a selection from 25 serigraphs. The serigraphs included pictures of women adorning outfits from Puebla, Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca; all women have different shades of skin color. The “Images of Guatemala
(Imágenes de Guatemala),” created from 1925 to 1927, are lithographs. These lithographs depict the scenery and people who live in Guatemala. Finally, the last of the pieces are on display in a glass case in the middle of the collection. “Native Costumes of Guatemala (Trajes Indígenas de Guatemala)” was made in 1940 and is a portfolio of
10 lithographs. The glass case contains three items: the cover for the “Trajes Indígenas de Guatemala,” paintings of “Regidores, Sololá” and “San Juan Cotzal, Quiché.” Come out and see the collection of Carlos Mérida before it’s too late. The collection will only be available until Jan. 29, 2017. The San
Antonio Museum of Art is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; and is closed on Mondays. Students and military get in with a valid I.D. for $5, and free admission is on Tuesdays from 4–9 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
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The Levees is a desert rock band composed of brothers that individually migrated to San Antonio to attend Trinity University.
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Local band Levees releases new EP
Casey Luna Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Local voodoo desert rock band, the Levees, is back to release their new EP “Another Medicine.” Since the release of their self-titled EP earlier this year, the band has gained recognition from local music critics such as Do210, who have named the Levees as their favorite local band. The Levees is a family collaboration
between brothers Kody and Kyle Anderson. The brothers promise that “Another Medicine” will have richer soundscapes, darker tones and reflect the overall growth of the band. Originally natives of New Orleans, the brothers individually migrated to San Antonio to attend Trinity University. Both Kody and Kyle Anderson have been moving back and forth from New Orleans to San Antonio for years. They played with a band based out of New
Orleans, but they have now established their roots in San Antonio. Kyle Anderson says that the transition has been easy on them in part because of San Antonio’s music community. The community is uniquely welcoming and allows newer bands, like the Levees, opportunities to show their work and play at venues. “A lot of people in the scene were just very willing to help us out in the get go,” said Kyle. “Another Medicine” is an aspect
of the evolution of their growth as a band. “If you heard our first EP, this one is different,” said Kyle. Their new EP incorporates a more sonically varied soundscape and a darker tone. They have taken influence from Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca and his “duende” style. “(Duende) is essentially the dark beauty of art, and it’s the idea that things are beautiful because they’re finite,” said Kyle. The group is using duende to express
themselves in their music and to give each song a different feeling. “It’s raw emotion over calculated movements,” said Kody Anderson. “Every song has their own unique character, but they all have a common denominator.” “We’re just going to keep writing music and try to grow as musicians and people,” Kody said. They have continued their experimentation with a new music video for their song, “Broken Cup.” The music video, which uses
stop motion animation consisting of 2,700 photos, required dozens of hours of editing. “Another Medicine” will be released on Nov. 29 and the Levees will hold a listening party at The Ventura. They will also host an official EP release party on Dec. 3 with Pop Pistol and Michael J. & The Foxes at the Paper Tiger. For more information on where to buy “Another Medicine,” visit Leveesband.com, or for ticket information, visit papertigersa.com.
NAACP crowns this year’s royal winners Taiwo Adepoju Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com “If we could do anything to acknowledge people and the good things they are doing in the community, then we should,” said Kayla Solomon, fundraising chair for the NAACP Youth and College division chapter at UTSA, about the two winners of the Black Royalty Court. The Black Royalty Court, an event created by the NAACP, acknowledges those who have a great platform, do well academically and are involved in the community. Jessica Givens and Andreall Meyer met those standards and were crowned winners of the Black Royalty Court this year. The opportunity means a
lot to both winners. Givens, crowned Ms. Junior, is a junior communications major with a concentration in public relations at UTSA; the win gives her the opportunity to get her name out there, show herself in a good light, get more involved on campus and build up her platform. Givens’ wants to have a mentorship program where black Americans who have done well mentor young children, which gives these children the chance to “see something other than what they see on T.V.” Through this experience, Givens has been growing as a person and loves who she is becoming. Meyer, crowned Ms. Senior, a senior accounting major, said the win will allow her to get minorities involved in different
organizations on campus, allowing them to network, branch out, build and make a difference both on and off campus. “The more there are, the more powerful we are,” said Meyer. “The more numbers, the different things that we can do and the impact that can happen.” This win for Meyer reaffirms her belief that “there can’t be change without stepping out of your comfort zone.” Meyer didn’t want to apply for the Black Royalty Court because she does not like to be put on a pedestal, but with the help of her friend who thought she deserved it, she applied and won. For Meyer and Givens, the UTSA chapter of NAACP is an organization that ensures political, educational, social and
economic equality for all citizens, and has given them an opportunity to be acknowledged for all they do for themselves and the community and a voice to build up their platform. In addition to ensuring equality for all citizens, NAACP’s goal is to achieve
unity on campus and in the community by bringing all minority organizations together; they can collaborate on events or resolve conflicts as a unit. “The goal is that we are one,” said Solomon. Meyer and Givens applied for the Black
Royalty court not expecting to win, but they did because they did not allow their fear of failing be a deciding factor in their lives. So whatever you need or want to do but are too scared to do, put your fear aside and go for it.
The Black Royalty Court, an event created by the NAACP, recently crowned Jessica Givens and Andreall Meyer.
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Jandro’s bar open for business Patrick Martinez Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com The newest bar on the strip at 2623 N. St. Mary’s St. opened its doors for the first time in 10 years on Monday, Nov. 28. Formerly known as the Crazy Horse Saloon, the new Jandro’s bar celebrates bands and artists around San Antonio. With a
stage, an outdoor patio and an area dedicated to local artists who want to sell their pieces, Jandro’s keeps up with the modern and brings the history of the bar back to the strip. “I’ve always passed 2623 on the strip, and I always thought that if I had won the lottery or if I had an opportunity, I would definitely take this building,” explained bar owner Alex “Jandro” Perez. “I knew I
This new bar is located at 2623 N. St. Mary’s St.
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was meant to do this, and I got the building that I always dreamed about.” As soon as you walk in, it’s almost like a club atmosphere, with dim neon lights. To the left is seating for congregated people ready to unwind and have some fun. To the right is the same thing but with local artists’ artwork for sale. Any local artist can have his or her art on the wall for free with the artist keeping 100 percent of their profits at the end of the day. In the middle of Jandro’s is more seating, and to the middle-left is the lighted bar with much history to tell. “I was so passionate about it; I couldn’t make this into this corporate culture/new design and make it selfish,” Perez stated. “I decided to dissect this building, and I found a lot of natural light and old fixtures, and it also told me what my concept was — being green. When I got that, I decided to go with it because of all the natural light, it reminded me of a green house. I love nature very much, so it all comes together with my soul, and I went with a positive feeling and peace.” The idea of being green shows in the bar, as most of the tables and seating is handmade and stained from
tree stumps in a beautiful glimmer to make the untrained eye look in awe. To the back are the bathrooms and the stage for bands to play. “Supposedly, the Ramones played here,” Perez said. “There was a lady that walked up to us and said, ‘I f***ing saw the Ramones play there!’ I kept everything original to keep the history with the strip.” The outside porch is enclosed and has another building in the back in which Perez wants to do his cooking. He plans to include a food menu in the near future. “It’s going to be called ‘Jandro’s Premium House,’” Perez said. That will come with time. “I love the strip,” said Jandro. “This is where I spend my money. I’d rather listen to live music than electronic. Jandro’s is something that’s going be new on the strip because of the soul I’m bringing. It’s going to be original and definitely be green — to recycle glasses, plates and seating. One thing I wanted to do is push my soul out; that’s why I named it ‘Jandro’s’ because this is everything I got.” So come on down to the newest bar on the block.
Robert Johnson was a blues artist.
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Remembering the blues: Robert Johnson
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San Antonio Zoo gets lit
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unlit enclosures are too Katelyn Wilkinson dark to see anything. Senior Copy Editor Some of the reptiles, @KatelynMarie11 monkeys and birds arts@paisano-online.com were awake during my visit, but Zoo Lights showcases such a wide variety of activities and events that the animals are not the main attraction. Many of the regular zoo activities are still open during Zoo Lights: the carousel, train and restaurants continue to run. The zoo also offers additional services such as visits with Santa, Katelyn Wilkinson, The Paisano camel rides and photos taken in a snow globe. That time of year is In addition to walking upon us again: colder Texas weather, Christmas music and the San Antonio Zoo’s annual Zoo Lights. From Nov. 18, 2016-Jan. 1, 2017, lovers of lights can visit after normal hours and see the zoo decked out for the holidays. If you’re expecting to see a lion frolicking around its enclosure amid festive, colorful Christmas lights, prepare to be disappointed. The majority of the animals are asleep, and most of the
around, viewing the Christmas decorations and watching the light show (which synchronizes to Christmas music), you can also roast s’mores over the zoo’s campfires, visit Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen or ice skate amidst twinkling blue lights and lifesize snowmen. Finish your visit by riding on the Holiday Express, the zoo’s decorated train. Zoo Lights is open from 6-10 p.m. every night. For more information and ticket prices, visit sazoo.org/ zoo_lights.
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9 Spurs to retire Duncan's jersey to honor his great career SPURS COMMENTARY Frankie Leal Sports Assistant @panchitoleal05 sports@paisano-online.com For 19 years, he was the beloved cornerstone of the San Antonio Spurs franchise. He was the epitome of class and consistency, winning championships in three different decades and leading the silver and black to the playoffs year after year. Earlier this year on July 11, the 40 year old announced his retirement from the NBA marking an end to his illustrious career. This move broke the heart of Spurs fans everywhere. It was the end of an era for the Spurs; although his retirement was somewhat expected, it still hit fans hard when one of the greatest players to ever grace the hardwood floor walked away from the game forever. At age 40, he wasn’t the player he used to be, and he played significantly fewer minutes than he did in his in his prime. However, he was still the backbone of the team, always doing whatever he could to help the Spurs win games. The Spurs are set to retire his jersey on Dec. 18 at the AT&T Center during halftime of the Spurs and Pelicans game. The number 21 will be deemed unwearable. This number forever belongs to
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It would be only the first 2003 seasons while being “The Big Fundamental” and psychology, and on June 25, 1997, the Spurs organizaof many awards in his Hall named finals MVP again in “Old man Riverwalk," the tion was changed forever. of Fame career. Just one the 2003 season. one and only Tim Duncan. With the first overall pick year later, the Spurs would It was his second NBA So, how did the awkin the draft, after a horgo on to defeat the Knicks championship and second wardly tall 14-year-old in the 1999 NBA finals; finals MVP award. from St. Croix, who dreamt rendous 20-62 season, the The Spurs became a of being an Olympic powerhouse in the NBA swimmer, become the and would go on to win greatest power forward two more championto ever play? ships in ’05 and ’07. In his early teenage In just 10 seasons, years, Tim Duncan was Duncan had won four a standout swimmer championship rings, and who aimed to make was named league MVP the U.S. 1992 Olympic twice and was named to team when Hurricane the All-star team nine Hugo destroyed the times. Year after year, he island's only Olympicquietly racked up more sized pool. accolades. Duncan turned to As Tim Duncan tranbasketball after he, sitioned into the later afraid of sharks, was part of his career, he forced to practice continued to dominate swimming in the ocean. the boards; although he Despite not picking had lost a step or two, up the game until he he was the same Tim was 14, he was a quick Duncan he had always learner; he became a been. star on his high-school Every season, he basketball team before was the center of the attending Wake Forest franchise. Players came University. and went, but Duncan Once there, he always stayed. consistently proved His loyalty to the to be a major force on Spurs and San Antonio the court, and after never wavered. After the his sophomore year, Spurs won the champispeculation began on onship in 2014 over the his NBA future. However, Duncan’s Photo courtesy of NBAE/Getty Images Miami Heat, rumors mother died of breast Duncan shoots a fadeaway as he is defended tightly by a Mavericks defender. He earned floated about whether the nickname "Mr.Fundamental" for his basic, but consistent, style of play. the 38-year-old Duncan cancer one day before his 14th birthday. was done. Duncan had promised his Spurs chose Tim Duncan. Duncan was named Finals Duncan said nothing mother that he would earn He wasted no time proving MVP in just his second regarding his retirement. In a college degree. Because his talent and started all season after averaging 23 2015, he signed a two-year of this promise, Duncan 82 games his rookie year points and 11 rebounds per contract to remain with the refused to leave college alongside David Robinson. game in the finals. team and willingly took a early, like so many players The duo became known Solidifying himself as huge pay-cut to make saldo, and stayed all four years as “The Twin Towers.” Dun- one of the more consisary room for other players at Wake Forest University. can averaged 21 points per tent power forwards in such as Danny Green to He declared for the 1997 game with 2.5 blocks, and the game, Duncan won remain on the team. NBA draft after he received he won the rookie of the back-to-back league MVP As the 15-time All Star’s a bachelor’s degree in year award in a landslide. awards in the 2002 and career ended, he continued
to achieve milestone after milestone–3,000 blocks, 26,000 points, 15,000 rebounds—the list goes on and on. After Head Coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs selected Duncan in the ’97 draft, the Spurs never had a losing record again and went on to make the playoffs every year Duncan was on the team. In Duncan’s entire 19-year career, he never experienced the feeling of missing out on the playoffs. Duncan and Popovich also became the most winning coach/player duo in NBA history, winning 1,001 total games together over their 19 seasons together. Sure, the stats and numbers are impressive, but the truth is Duncan was never in it for the awards, the money or the fame. At the end of the day, he just wanted to play basketball and win games. He was never flashy and was one of the most composed players to ever play as he rarely got angry or upset no matter what happened in the game. So on Dec. 18, during his ceremony at the AT&T Center, he’ll smile sheepishly and wave to the crowd that’s chanting his name as he walks over the polished hardwood floor of the court. Tim Duncan was not just a basketball player; he was a selfless person and teammate, a loyal Spur, an icon of the sport of basketball and a hero to San Antonio.
Dak takes wheel for America's team COWBOYS COMMENTARY Sam Ceballos Staff Writer @sambina95 sports@paisano-online.com
UTSA women's lacrosse players and coaches pose for a team photo after their weekly practice.
Photo courtesy of Shakira Wingate
UTSA women's lacrosse captain builds team Ashlee Morales Staff Writer @ashleeemegan sports@paisano-online.com For eight years, the UTSA Women’s Club Lacrosse team has sat in limbo. Since its founding in 2008, the team has never played competitively and has struggled with a shortage of players and lack of direction; however, changes within the program are moving the team forward. In the spring of 2016, the decision was made to dissolve UTSA’s Women’s Club Lacrosse, but one member of the team wasn’t going down without a fight. Throughout this semester, senior public health major Shakira Wingate has been on a mission to keep Women’s Club Lacrosse alive at UTSA. In the fall of 2014, her first year at UTSA, Wingate joined lacrosse with no prior experience and little knowledge of the sport. “I came out there one day for practice in November,” Wingate recalled. “I practiced on the practice stick. I bought my stick and everything the night of, and
after that, I was committed. I was really pumped.” Wingate was upset when she heard about the decision to end the program. The decision came in late January of this year as the result of many team members’ upcoming graduations and university transfers. Despite the program's end, Wingate took it upon herself to round up girls who were still interested in playing. In her first years on the team, only about five to seven girls would come out for practices. During these practices, she said, “We were just going out in the field passing, doing drills. There was never any communication with other schools to scrimmage or anything.” That lack of competition was something she wanted to change. Having never been in a team leadership position or played a game of lacrosse in her life, Wingate was fueled by her longing to get on the field and play. “In the past, (team leaders) didn’t want it as much,” Wingate explained. “I want to play games, so I needed to make sure to get players.” Initially, Wingate wasn’t
alone in her desire to keep the team alive, but before the fall semester began, she was down to a one-woman team. Wingate, who works at the UTSA Recreation Center, set up informational meetings which began the first week of classes. At the first meeting, Wingate was unsure of what to say to the 15 potential recruits. She decided to give it to them straight: “We can play games, we can scrimmage, we can do all of that; what we need is players,” Wingate said. “You can turn in your papers with me, and you can become part of the team. If you want to be committed, you can come play with us. If not, you can take your papers outside. This is either for you, or it’s not for you. You’re either going to walk by faith or you’re not.” According to Wingate, the meeting was short: some women walked out, but others signed their paperwork and stayed committed to the team. As of this week, the women’s lacrosse team has 25 women on their roster–all new recruits from this semester–and a scrimmage win
against St. Edward’s under their belt. Wingate is excited about how far the team has come in such a short time, but she doesn’t take all of the credit. “If it wasn’t for those girls from that first informational saying, ‘Yes, I want to do it’ and them putting in the effort and wanting to step up as leaders–I couldn’t do it by myself,” she explained. “I just had to be the one to put the vision in everybody’s mind and actually believe in what I was saying.” Wingate’s charismatic and welcoming personality played a large part in the successful recruitment process. With her as team captain and the pro bono work of Head Coach Blake Radetsky, the team seems to have really come together. This season, the team will be playing provisionally due to their new competitive status, but they plan on playing seven games rather than just the four they are required to play.
On Nov. 15, the Cowboys officially made the announcement fans have been waiting for: Tony Romo will no longer be the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. A significant amount of time has passed since Romo was injured at the beginning of the 2016 season, and fans are now rooting for the new sheriff in town, rookie Dak Prescott, who was named the new starting quarterback for the Cowboys. In the press conference, Romo stated, “(Prescott) has earned the right to be (our) quarterback; as hard as that is for me to say, he has earned that right.” After 13 years with the Cowboys, Romo is now taking the back seat as Dak drives the team in a positive direction. Romo’s first year (2006) as the head quarterback ended with 19 touchdowns in 16 weeks, and Dak is quickly catching up with 18 touchdowns in 11 weeks. Impressively, Dak has only thrown two interceptions his rookie season compared to Romo’s 13 interceptions in his first year. Romo has been injured two consecutive years, which has caused the team to suffer along with him. Last year’s four-quarterback run caused chaos; however, after a rocky start, a rhythm has been created
in the 2016 season that has produced one heck of a year for the team and fans. “Through it all, you have a tremendous amount of guilt on having let your teammates, fans and organization down,” Romo said. “After all, they were depending on you to bring them a championship.” So far so good this season, as the Cowboys (10-1) kept their winning streak alive by beating the Redskins on Thanksgiving along with their first win over the Ravens the Sunday before. Hopefully after this, the Ravens will “nevermore” be an issue for the Boys, and the Thanksgiving tradition can keep true. Expectations are high after this holiday win, but Dak and the team hold great promise. Dak has great ability, good precision and impressive confidence for a rookie. Romo has shown to be a team player with great skills and power. It takes a strong leader to do what he did; he realized it was time for a change, and the best man for the job had finally appeared. A good player swallows his pride and takes one for the team through injury, drama and hardship. A good team sticks together, supports each other and practices hard for any given situation. The Cowboys are doing all of these things and more through this media mania. Fresh faced and ready to go, the Boys are on track for greatness. Fans are expecting the best from America’s team.
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November 29 - December 9, 2016
SPORTS
Roadrunners win big over Texas State on Thanksgiving weekend
UTSA BASKETBALL Fri, Nov. 25 UTSA defeats Texas State 63-48 David Guel, The Paisano Sophomore forward Nick Allen drives past Texas State forward Kevin Gilder-Tilbury. David Guel, The Paisano Roadrunner forward Jeff Beverly puts up a shot over Bobcat forward Kavin GilderTilbury during the second half of the game between UTSA and Texas State on Nov. 25 at the Convocation Center. Beverly led all scorers with 22 points and went 10-10 from the free-throw line.
David Guel, The Paisano Roadrunner teammates Mitar Stanojevic, A.J. Cockrell and Nick Billingsley celebrate a play late in the second half of the game between UTSA and Texas State on Nov. 25 at the Convocation Center.
David Guel, The Paisano Senior UTSA guard Nick Billingsley blocks Texas State forward Maljhum McCrea. UTSA played tough on the defensive end, recording three blocks and six steals.
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