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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

November 8, 2011

Volume 46

Hate crime: Student severely beaten after Halloween party

Issue 12

Professor aims to become next Libyan Prime Minister

Daniel Crotty

Libya will hold its first democratic elections in June. UTSA professor Mansour El-Kikhia will contend for the presidency. “It is a matter of putting the picture into focus and the ideas on the ground,” El-Kikhia said.

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UTSA political science professor Dr. Mansour El-Kikhia plans to become the second prime minister in the history of a new democratic Libya. In December, he will return to his home country, where he plans to establish a new political party, the Libyan Democratic League, that will eventually allow him to run for the country’s top office in June.

“It is a matter of putting the picture into focus and the ideas on the ground,” El-Kikhia said.

El-Kikhia, who is chair of the department of political science and geography, escaped political persecution from the Gaddafi regime in 1982 and is a well-known advocate for human rights and outspoken dissident of the Gaddafi regime. He has been part of UTSA’s political science department since 1989.

Regarding his future at UTSA, El-Kikhia said he might take a leave from the university “only if it is necessary.”

“But San Antonio is my home; of course, I’ll come back. And besides, if I leave, I am confident someone capable will take charge of the

Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society establishes UTSA chapter beginning spring 2012 news@paisano-online.com “Very excited. It’s a feather in our cap to have a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi at UTSA,” Charlin Jones, the assistant director for special events, said.

Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society in America.

Starting Spring 2012, the top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors (72 hours or more) and the top 10 percent of seniors will be invited to join this new organization.

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Chela’s taco truck forced to move by city officials Ryan Branch

news@paisano-online.com “The project has been going on for about a year. We hope to have our chapter installed by January 2012 and the first group of students inducted by the end of spring 2012.

“UTSA had to get through an intense review of our institution, our student body, our enrollment, our accreditation process, our library holdings and other pieces of information like that,” Jones said. She also said she expected to invite close to 2,000 students to join the society during the first round of inductions.

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department,” El-Kikhia said.

El-Kikhia comes from a long-lasting political dynasty that spans more than half a century.

“My father, my great grandfather, my cousins— we’ve constantly served the people of Libya over the ages, and they have rewarded us by placing their faith and trust in us,” El-Kikhia said. “My father was the first prime minister of the province Cyrenaica, and later became head of the senate Mansour El-Kikhia for the Kingdom of Libya.”

His cousin, Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia, former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to the regime, resigned to become an outspoken critic of Muammar Gaddafi. In 1993, while he was attending a human rights summit in Egypt, he was abducted by Egyptian security forces and brought to Libya where he was handed to the Gaddafi’s regime. He was killed not long after, according to a CIA four-year investigation.

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Following a Halloween party , UTSA student Kristen Cooper was forced into a vehicle and severely beaten and dropped off on the side of the road by two men who were screaming anti-homosexual slurs at her; the incident was reported by KENS5.

During an interview with KENS 5 San Antonio, Cooper said, “Nothing like this should happen to anybody. They (doctors) said I have concussion, contusion and whiplash.”

The two men punched Cooper as she was waiting outside for a ride home from the party. The men then dragged her to their truck and drove away.

Cooper claims that they continued beating while the vehicle was in motion.

“It was bad; it hurt really bad, it was like full fist and I tried to fight them off, but I couldn’t,” Cooper said. to the KENS5 reporter.

The men eventually dropped her off around 1604.

She had no phone, and she had to wander along the road until someone stopped to help her.

The two men have not yet been apprehended, but the San Antonio Police Department is investigating the incident.

Cooper describes this confrontation as, “A hate crime against me.”

Hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, such as their race, class, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

In Cooper’s case, she believes she was targeted due to her sexual orientation as a lesbian, she told the KENS5 reporter.

The men kept shouting anti-homosexual remarks at her during the attack, which supports her conclusion.

Darrell Alviar, a senior biology major, said, “Nobody should be physically harmed because of his or her sexuality or sexual preference, simply put. There’s no need for it. She shouldn’t have had to go through that.”

“I think it‘s a horrible incident. I think people should have learned from what happened to Matthew Shepard and other hate crimes that have happened around the United States,” Alex Perez, an administrative assistant in the Office of the Registrar, said. “I think that people need to just be more accepting and more tolerant. We aren’t back in the sixties.”

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See HONORS, Page 2 Popular taco truck on UTSA Blvd. was forced to move a few hundred feet away.

On Nov. 3, city officials forced Chela’s Tacos from its location at Utex Blvd. and UTSA Blvd.

“TxDOT, the land owner’s representative, the police and the health department were here; it was a big scene,” owner Marty Davis said about being told to move.

Although the new location is only a few hundred feet from the previous location on Utex Blvd., it may pose some problems for Davis.

“Visibility is the biggest thing,” Davis said about the issues with the new location.

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News

Hot Off The Press

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news@paisano-online.com Sunday, CNN reported that the US embassy in Nigeria released a statement to US citizens in the country that danger is imminent after a series of attacks left more than 100 people dead.

The warning states that attacks may take place at luxury hotels where foreigners frequent, since those seems to be one of the current sites of attack, along with police stations, mosques and churches.

Though there has not been an official confirmation of responsibility from any particular group, the group that has been thought to be behind the attacks of popular sites foreigners frequent is a radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, which means “western education is a sin.”

In the past the Islamist sect has stated that their goal is to establish a state based on Sharia, Islamic law, across Nigeria.

The sect has become well known in the past couple of years because of sectarian violence in 2009.

The statement warned that American citizens should be prepared for more security checkpoints and road blocks throughout the city of Abuja.

The series of attacks took place Friday in a three-hour tear through the city of Damaturu, in Yobe state, leaving hundreds of people injured and over 100 people dead. The first sites of attack were police stations and a anti-terror office before the attacks moved to religious sites.

The same day the three hour attacks took place, three suicide bombers suspected to be part of Boko Haram targeted a military base in Maiduguri. The bombers tried, at separate military facilities, to enter into the military base but were not able to get past the security gate. The explosions from the bombs damaged the roofs and walls of the base.

Nigerian soldiers were injured.

The following evening another suicide bomber attacked Maiduguri, and Boko Haram is suspected to be behind all the attacks for the past weekend.

With the series of attacks taking place over the weekend, it begs the question of whether these attacks are the stepping stones for something bigger such as a possible organized take-over or civil war in the near future.

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November 8, 2011

Libya: ‘Dictatorship does something to you; it saps your strength; it saps your thoughts’ From Page 1

“I suppose that when you are in a position like Gaddafi’s, you do become a megalomaniac,” El-Kikhia said. “Globalization has been a fascinating experience for societies. The whole world is changing; there is no tolerance for dictatorship anymore.”

“We know Gaddafi’s wealth exceeded $180 billion, in properties in France, Europe, Africa, all over the place. We know that we have close to $120-130 billion in foreign accounts but they are now under lock and key,” El Kikhia said, in reference to the U.N. resolution that froze Libya’s assets.

The resolution prevented Gaddafi’s family from taking money from these accounts.

“This is why I didn’t want him dead, I wanted him alive to see where the money was. It has to return to the people of Libya. My major fear is that the country where the wealth is will not be willing to give it back. Gabon, Rwanda, Angola, might say ‘Money for recognition: we will keep this money to recognize you as a country,’” El Kikhia said.

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“Dictatorship does something to you; it saps your strength; it saps your thought, your individual initiative,” ElKikhia said. “My major concern is that this generation will not regain those ideas, that the next generation will be the one that will be able to do so.”

“By December we will have a new government and we’ll have a clearer picture of where we are going,” ElKikhia said. “I am taking a part in the building of a constitutional framework, but since there are no official institution to do this, all of this is done very informally.”

Abdurrahim El-Keib ,the interim prime minister of Libya who was appointed on Oct. 31, has announced committees to formalize the process, and his plans to open up to a democratic process in June. Then the country will hold nation-wide elections.

El-Keib, also an academic, held a teaching position in the University of Alabama before heading back to the Middle East.

El-Keib was virtually unknown outside Libya, and according to El-Kikhia he “was the best choice, in the sense that he neutralized the conflicts between the council itself. He was in no-

body’s pocket.”

With interviews on PBS, CNN and The Daily Show with John Stewart, ElKikhia is a well known figure because of his opposition to the former regime.

“I do believe I am well know in Libya,” El-Kikhia said. “The establishment of a political party alone is not an individual effort, is the work of many people. The opportunity to participate in government should be given to those who are younger, for those who have lived under the regime. We will participate in government, we will run for office. We are going to open up the system.

“Globalization changed everything, you can be thousands of miles away and living under one system and you see how others countries are managing themselves with different ones. It makes you aware of how you live, of who you are, the options, but moreover of what you can be. This is an impetus for the need to change, this is what is happening in North Africa.

The toppling of dictatorships is unstoppable, it is a natural trend resulting from the progression of history.

“These are interesting times for the Middle East—no doubt.”

HONORS: Phi Kappa Phi chapter to help towards Tier One

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“Phi Kappa Phi will be headed by the faculty and administration in terms of major officer positions, but they will also have student vice president positions,” Jones said about the new honor society’s leadership. Students will be able to take part in leading the group, as well as meeting key members of the faculty, staff and administration.

When asked about gaining membership into Phi Beta Kappa, the honor society membership necessary for obtaining Tier One status, Jones commented, “Phi Beta Kappa is extremely selective and the great thing about Phi Kappa Phi is their roots are based in being at land-grant institutions. That’s where their history really comes from is reaching out to those large, public universities, as well as reaching out to all disciplines.

“Phi Kappa Phi has to host at least one signature event on campus each year. There have been initial discussions about them possibly hosting an ethics bowl at UTSA and possibly making

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Phi Kappa Phi is one of the country’s most selective all-discipline honor societies in America.

that a university-wide supported event.”

“I think anything that can help out the Tier One status and is prestigious and is well-deserved here at UTSA,” Veronica Trevino, a senior biology major, said.

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November 8, 2011

News

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Saturday vowed to answer no more questions about decade-old sexual harassment allegations and blamed journalists for the claims that have dogged his campaign.

Growing agitated with reporters after a one-on-one debate with rival Newt Gingrich, the former business executive suggested the reporters who asked questions about the allegations were unethical. When asked if he planned to never answer questions about the incidents, he was certain.

“You got it,” he snapped, even as the allegations leave plenty of doubts about Cain’s candidacy.

A lawyer for one of Cain’s accusers said Friday that his client had filed a complaint “in good faith” against Cain in the 1990s for “several instances of sexual harassment” and had received a financial settlement.

Attorney Joel Bennett suggested Cain wasn’t telling the truth in his repeated denials of the incidents that allegedly took place while the Georgia businessman headed the National Restaurant Association.

Cain repeatedly has denied ever sexually harassing anyone, and his campaign said it was “looking to put this issue behind us.” Advisers had hoped Saturday night’s debate here near Houston would help do that.

Tea party organizers explicitly limited to the discussion to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Gingrich, however, gave Cain an opportunity to address the allegations with an open-ended question about what has surprised him about running for president.

Cain didn’t hesitate: ``The nit-picki-

ness of the media,” he said.

“It is the actions and behavior of the media that have been the biggest surprise,” he said, his voice rising.

“There are too many people in the media who are downright dishonest. ... They do a disservice to the American people,” Cain said, bringing the room to its feet.

Gingrich had nothing to gain by raising allegations of improper sexual behavior by one of his rivals. The former House speaker from Georgia has been divorced twice and married three times, including to his current wife with whom he had an affair while married to his second wife.

Yet the moment gave Cain another opportunity to decry the media, whom he has blamed for the allegations becoming public.

“If I were running this campaign the way the pundits thought I ought to be running this campaign, I would have dropped out in August,” Cain later told reporters. “When people get on the Cain train, they don’t get off.”

A Washington Post-ABC News survey taken after the allegations emerged last Sunday showed Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney running almost even atop the field, with most Republicans dismissing the harassment allegations. Seven in 10 Republicans say reports of the allegations don’t matter when it comes to picking a candidate.

But in a sign of the possible danger ahead, the poll found that Cain slipped to third place among those who see the accusations as serious, and Republican women were significantly more likely than men to say the allegations make them less apt to support the businessman.

The questions show no sign of let-

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“Don’t even go there,“ Cain interrupted a reporter. The candidate refuses to discuss the decade-old sexual allegations on him.

ting up.

When reporters tried to ask about the allegations following Saturday’s debate, Cain interrupted.

“Don’t even go there,” Cain said before the reporter from The Washington Post could finish his question.

“Can I ask my question?” the reporter said.

“No,” Cain snapped.

“Please send him the journalistic code of ethics,” Cain instructed his chief of staff, Mark Block.

As he left the press conference, he began to offer an answer.

“If you all just listen for 30 seconds, I will explain this one time,” Cain said.

He then immediately recanted.

“I was going to do something that my staff told me not to do and try to respond, OK?” Cain said. “We are getting back on message. End of story.

Back on message. ... Everything has been answered.”

During the otherwise staid evening, Cain and Gingrich largely agreed with each other that Washington was too big and spending was too high during the $200-per-ticket event modeled after the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

Those debates between rivals for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois were sprawling discussions of substance that politicians hold up as models for

civil discussions. Gingrich, a former history professor, lauds them during his campaign and has proposed a series of seven, three-hour debates with President Barack Obama.

The other candidates vying for the GOP nomination were invited; only Cain and Gingrich accepted the invitation.

Organizers said Saturday they were considering more head-to-head debates and planned to work with the remaining candidates to schedule them.

At several points, it gave both Cain and Gingrich an opportunity to make lengthy points on fiscal issues.

“Long-term projections about what a government program is going to cost have never been right,” Cain said, projecting confidence as he sat side-byside with the former House Speaker in high-back chairs.

“Name one,” Cain challenged the audience with similar defiance he displayed all week as he fought to steady his political campaign.

Asked after the debate about the last seven days, Cain didn’t hesitate: “I’ve had a great week. A great week.”

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CHELA’s: Visibility is taco

stand owner’s main concern From Page 1

“The parking for the customers is a little tougher. We were really busy on Friday, so I don’t think the visibility is going to be a problem. Saturday was kind of slow, but it might have been because of the game.”

TxDOT forced Chela’s to move because the taco stand was doing business on private property owned by TxDOT. “The area he [Davis] was parked in was a safety concern because there is not a driveway.

There have been no accidents, but that does not mean it is not possible,” TxDOT spokesperson

Laura Lopez said. “There is no permit to do business on TxDOT right of ways. We asked them to move several times.”

Chela’s Tacos was located just inside the right of way owned by TxDOT along UTSA Blvd. and Utex Blvd. Chela’s customers, however, were using the right of way to park so that they could order from Chela’s.

The new location is not as visible to see from UTSA Blvd. and the parking situation does not seem as safe. Chela’s Tacos is safe from TxDOT for now, but the new location is still vulnerable.

“The only people that can make us move now are the police,” Davis said.

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Editorial

‘No Refusal’ only Band-Aid for DUI/DWI policy “No Refusal’ is now extended to everyday of the year before it was limited to weekends.

Before “No Refusal” it was difficult for the courts to convict people on alcohol related offenses. According to the San Antonio Express News there has been a 50 percent acquittal rate for defendants who refused breath test and were not compelled to give a blood test.

Having blood drawn with a warrant from a judge has drawn criticism from the San Antonio community.

Some have perceived the “no refusal” policy as a violation of civil liberties.

However, having to draw someone’s blood might not be the only solution to the drunk driving problem.

The policies and laws in place are used after someone has driven under the influence, but it seems that punishing offenders after the fact is counter productive. In the state of Texas there have been 124,662 three-time repeat offenders of DWI. In a city like San Antonio it seems like the problem has a lot less to do with people driving under the influence. Bars are not in a walking distance from patrons’ homes. They have to utilize a vehicle to go from bar to bar and continuously endanger

their lives.

San Antonio is a city in which a vehicle is essential to navigate different locations. The city should look for preventive solutions rather than bandaging the problem with policies after the crime has been committed.

One solution is to fix our public transportation problem. We need better and more varied public transport including more buses, trains and cheaper taxi service.

It might be expensive in the long run but these solutions will allow us to fight drunk driving at its source rather than focus on short run punishment legislation.

Commentary A ‘to be determined’ Mississippian anti-termination Texas isn’t the only state trying to impede on a woman’s right to choose. This week, Mississippi voters will decide whether to designate a fertilized egg as a person.

If approved, the nation’s first “personhood” amendment could criminalize abortion and limit in-vitro fertilization as well as some forms of birth control.

The “personhood” amendment could spur a litany of expensive court battles, bogus lawsuits and moral and political conundrums beyond the scope of women’s choice. It would allow for anti-abortion activists to fight Roe v. Wade in the states despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision.

Personhood efforts are underway in more than a dozen states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Ohio. The movement has grown recently with the help of passionate, young anti-abortion advocates.

Last spring, Texas voters passed

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anew legislation that would require women who wanted to get abortions must first undergo an ultrasound and have both the visual and audio content from it made available to her.

Right before the legislation was to go into effect, a federal judge blocked key parts of the law. The injunction blocked the state from enforcing any penalties against a doctor who does not place sonogram pictures where a pregnant woman may see them, or does not make the heartbeat audible.

It also blocked penalties against the woman.

However, while the bill stirred some controversy in Texas, it easily passed through the state House and Senate, both of which are controlled

by Republican party members.

That’s why I won’t be shocked if these personhood amendments pass in states like Alabama or Mississippi that are also Republican party states.

I don’t see how they will be able to accomplish criminalizing abortion because national law takes precedence over state law.

The embryo debate lies with the individual. If anti-abortion voters be-

lieve its murder, then they should review the facts.

Planned Parenthood is not legally allowed to use taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.

According to Planned Parenthood’s budget and website “90 percent is preventive, primary care, which helps prevent unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and other cancers.”

Anti-aboriton voters don’t have to participate in the funding of abortions. If they feel that abortions are immoral, they should look to the courts. The courts say that abortion is a woman’s choice, and anti-abortion voters need to respect this decision.

Being alive (assuming life starts at conception) does not give the zygote full human rights - including the right not to be aborted during its gestation.

That right is the mother’s alone.

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What fuels our cravings?

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features@paisnao-online.com What compels you to fulfill your cravings?

It’s more than memory that leads us back to that dish we crave. We’re driven by a complex set of communication instructions within our brains that ensure we accomplish our goal and get what we’re looking for. Without this communication system, humans and animals lack the motivation to learn and repeat survival techniques such as eating.

Our instinct to survive, the lengths at which we will go to survive and the cravings that propel us, are controlled by a neurotransmitter in the brain called dopamine. “[Dopamine] allows you to focus on achieving your goal,” said Dr. R. G. Troxler, former medical director of Employee Health Services at the UT Health Science Center.

Dopamine is released in the brain

“The more rewarding the food, the greater attention we direct toward it and the more vigorously we pursue it.”

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Former FDA Commissioner when we feel hungry. It stimulates the brain’s reward and pleasure centers by “increasing the pleasure of food” Troxler said.

We eat for two reasons: hunger and cravings. The difference between hunger and cravings, however, is where they originate. Our bodies tell us when we’re hungry, but the brain triggers cravings.

“Hunger is [the result of ] a combination of signals from the gut to the brain,” Troxler said.

These signals are a survival mechanism that tells us we need an intake of calories to sustain our bodies.

But we also eat because we crave foods that taste good. “[Cravings] are built into us. We are drawn to foods that taste good to us, naturally,” Troxler said.

Food cravings begin forming as we think about foods we desire and foods we’ve enjoyed in the past.

These thoughts then increase dopamine levels in our brains, which stimulates the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. This stimulation enhances the expectation of exp e r i e n c i n g pleasure from our favorite foods.

“Once you fulfill the expectation, [dopamine] kicks the pleasure center,” Troxler said. This progression then triggers what Troxler calls the “ultimate hallelujah” response in our brains.

Troxler also cautions that “anticipation of food kicks [dopamine] out again.”

This anticipation can lead to behavior referred to as “attentional bias” in the book, “The End of Overeating” by former F D A Comm i s sioner, Dr. David A. Kessler. “ T h e more rewarding the food, the greater attention we direct toward it, and the more vigorously we pursue it,” Kessler states in his books.

Kessler makes the case that the food industry, particularly restaurant chains, have figured out how to enhance food’s desirability.

According to the book, the culprits are sugar, fat and salt: “Usually, the most palatable foods contain some combination of sugar, fat and salt.

And the sensory properties of palatable foods stimulate the appetite.

The stimulation or anticipation of stimulation makes us put food in our mouths long after our caloric needs are satisfied.”

Troxler agrees and warns that being overweight can actually hinder our ability to fight the temptation to consume unhealthy foods. The

November 8, 2011 more dopamine the brain releases, the more our reward and pleasure centers are stimulated, which creates a pattern of behavior that can result in food addiction.

“I call it the Fat Trap. People with a higher BMI (body mass index) have less dopamine receptors, which means it takes more food and subsequently more dopamine to obtain pleasure (from eating),” Troxler said. Over time, food addicts derive less satisfaction from their favorite foods.

According to Troxler, “the dopamine receptors begin to degrade and become less responsive to the same amount of stimulus.”

Troxler treats patients with food addictions and teaches them principles outlined in the book “The Beck Diet Solution” by Dr. Judith Beck. In her book, Beck stresses the importance of learning the difference between genuine hunger and food cravings.

Beck’s plan also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people overcome food addiction. Troxler follows the principles outlined in Beck’s book and teaches his patients how thoughts about their favorite foods lead to emotional reactions, or feelings about anticipating pleasure. Kessler further advises that “eating and the

desire to eat need to be understood as separate activities.”

According to the Center for Disease Control, 34 percent of Amer icans over t h e age of 20 are overweight.

As the battle against obesity in America rages, science is discovering that it takes more t h a n will power to fight food addictions.

“It starts with awareness,” Troxler says. “Find your (food)

triggers. Once you know the difference [between cravings and hunger], you can focus on the hunger and less on the feelings and food (cravings) won’t be as much of a draw to you.”

By identifying the foods that fuel our cravings, we can better equip ourselves to fight the temptation to indulge.

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Teach for America offers future for low income students Magalieh Acosta

features@paisnao-online.com Every year, only eight percent of children who grow up in lowincome communities graduate college by the age of 24. Across the nation, 15 million American children face the challenges of poverty and earning an education.

“Teach for America’s mission is to end educational inequity . . . the educational system is determining the quality of education based

on their parents’ income and the zip code they live in,” Teach for America’s recruitment manager for South Texas, Jessica Castanon said.

The program strives to correct the social injustice by recruiting talented college students who are near graduation to commit to two years of teaching in low-income classrooms around the United States. This opportunity is open to all students, regardless of major.

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How veterans are celebrating Veterans Day Ryan Branch

features@paisnao-online.com “I belong to the biggest fraternity in the world, the US military. I can go to any bar, almost anywhere in the world, and I can usually find a vet. That is what this sailor said to me at a bar after I told him I was rushing for a fraternity,” USAF veteran Cory Adams recounts.

“It’s kind of a cliché, but it really is true. Everywhere I go I can usually find a fellow former service member and it’s easy to make friends.”

San Antonio is known as a military city due to the large number of military bases located here. It’s not hard to find veterans in San Antonio, but if you really want to thank a veteran for his or her sacrifice, visit the wounded soldiers at Brook Army Medical Center.

This year veterans have a lot to be thankful for including the strategic withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

“I’m glad to see all the troops coming home, but I hope it is the right decision,” USAF veteran Josh Mitchell said. “On Veterans Day, I always think of the inscription above the American military cemetery at Normandy, ‘Look how many of them there were. Look how young they were. They died for your freedom. Hold back your tears and keep silent.’”

To help celebrate Veterans Day, dozens of local businesses are offering freebies to veterans and troops on

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ROTC students carry flags at the Alamodome before a football game. San Antonio is known as a military city due to large number of military bases located around the area.

Nov. 11.

“I plan on looking at some of the Veterans Day specials. A lot of restaurants are offering free meals to veterans,” veteran Joel Tomassini said. “I hope they realize that there are a lot of veterans here in San Antonio.”

Local restaurants, discount retailers, hardware stores, shoe stores, barber shops, salons and sporting goods stores are just some of the places offering deals for vets.

“I plan to find all the restaurants that are offering free food to vets and eat for free all day,” said USMC veteran and senior political science major,

Trevor Whitney. “I call it my ‘tour de force.’ I think it is great that businesses show appreciation to returning service members when a generation ago, they were spit on.”

National Veterans Day Run is hosting a charity run 11K or 1 mile walk.

Those interested can register at www. nationalveteransdayrun.com.

The San Antonio Symphony and the United States Air Force Band of the West are also offering a free Veterans Day concert on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre.

Finally, UTSA is holding multiple Veteran’s Day events as listed below.

UTSA Veterans Day Events Nov 9: 5:30 p.m.- Reception and film showing “As Long As I Remember” (DTBV 2.304) Nov 10: 3:30 p.m.- Veterans Day Ceremony (Central Plaza) Nov 11: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - National Roll Call (Flag pole by JPL). Join with other UTSA students and staff for the reading of the names of all who gave their lives in the last 10 years.

1p.m. - Moment of Silence (Flag pole

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Chasing down San Antonio’s top taco Down to eight as the race continues

Taco Haven: Since it’s 1969 opening Taco Haven has continued to grow and now has two locations in San Antonio. Home to 35 varieties of tacos it’s no wonder its called Taco Haven. Taco Haven is extremely popular during their breakfast hour and has even been featured in the Food Network magazine as the state’s best breakfast place. Some of the tacos on their menu are barbacoa, tripas, puerco en chile colorado, the Torres Special and Haven Taco.

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Taqueria Datapoint: Taqueria Datapoint is a small hole in the wall type of restaurant located on Medical Drive. But don’t let its size fool you. Inside the small taqueria you’ll find Northern Mexico tastes mixed with Tex-Mex options.

Photo Illustration: Brianna Cristiano & Joseph Tidline

Congratualations to the top eight taco places in San Antonio. After two weeks of voting and a neck and neck competition San Antonio has narrowed the list to eight eateries that could potentially house the best taco in the city. The restaurant’s are as follows: Los Perejil: A popular taco truck, Los Perejil that makes its home at the corner of Bandera Road and Gilbeau. This latenight eatery has many specialty plates of their own creation.

Mama Margie’s: This taco joint has been a San Antonio favorite since it opened in 1993.

Mama Margie’s serves delicious tacos all day and night. On top of their tasty tacos, they have an excellent chips and salsa bar. Mama Margie’s caters to those who are looking for a little bit of fun as well by playing Karaoke on Monday and Tuesday nights, depending on the location. They may not serve traditional Mexican Food, but Mama Margie’s is great San Antonio Tex-Mex. The locals seem to love it.

no different, as they are a tasty San Antonio tradition. And if one is worried about pinching pennies, Chacho’s tacos are affordable, too. Even with their growing locations, Chacho’s feels like home, as many visitors are regulars.

Chacho’s tacos are made just the way Mexican food should be.

Chachos: Chacho’s is famous for their large and messy proportions. Their tacos are

Chela’s: Student’s at UTSA are very familiar with Chela’s red taco truck. Since 2009

Chela’s has been providing students as well as anyone in the area witha variety of breakfast and lunch tacos.

Chela’s has some of the usual tacos like barbacoa, pastor, chicharon en salsa verde, potato and egg and bean and cheese. The truck speciality is la costra del guero. La costra is a white cheese fondue with either carne asada, chorizo or pastor and corn tortillas.

Ricky’s:

Located right next to The Cantina, Ricky’s is a very popular late-night taco stop. The line at Ricky’s can get very long and can sometimes extend to the parking lot. Ricky’s specializes in bringing their patrons Mexican street tacos. Their menu options include mini tacos that are served on a corn tortilla taco with either asada, chicken, fajita or pastor with the option of cilantro, onion, cheese, lime and salsa.

La Gloria: Opened just over a year ago La Gloria has been providing patrons with authentic Mexican street food. La Gloria steers clear from the run of the mill tacos and goes for tacos that are both rich in flavor and represent Mexican cuisine. Some of the taocs that can be found at La Gloria are the tacos de alambre, Puerquito Echado (spiced pork), Potosino and they also offer classics like tacos al pastor and bistec.

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‘Now is the winter of our discontent’ UTSA students to perform Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ Christian Gamboa arts@paisano-online.com

Swords are being dulled and the wardrobe colors for the House of York and the House of Lancaster have been selected.

UTSA’s “Drama Through Performance” class is in the final stages before its debut of “Richard III.” At the end of every semester, the student actors of “Drama Through Performance” perform a free rendition of a play. Previous performances have included “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Cyrano de Bergerac.” This year, director Lynn Oliver has selected “Richard III” for the fall 2011 performance.

This is Oliver’s first year serving as instructor and director, and comes to UTSA after establishing a career as a professional actor and singer. So far, the transition of having a new director has been a positive experience.

“Lynn takes what we do and immortalizes it. She makes us really feel deep inside of our bones what’s going on with our characters,” explains Armando Urdiales, who plays Buckingham, Richard’s right-hand man.

To prepare for his role, Urdiales has taken to Oliver’s technique of writing down his lines until he knows them, as well as relying on a phone app called Scene Partner, which helps him practice his dialogue.

Senior Stephen Young, who is leading the cast as the sinister Richard III, has watched other renditions of the play and

has read several biographies on Richard in the months leading up to the performance. To play off of Richard’s disfigurements, Young’s costume has had a hump sewn on to the back. “Hopefully we won’t make you laugh. We don’t want you to laugh,” Young says.

Urdiales encourages the audience to remain attentive to what is being said.

“Expect to listen to the vernacular. That’s where everything is, that’s what Shakespeare is. Listen to what’s going on, because everything is in the words.”

The production promises a lot of “whoa” moments that often stem from murder, and at one point, a severed head.

“It’s something that UTSA has not seen before. It’s very dark,” Urdiales states.

“Expect it to be dark, but expect it to be enlightening.”

Dencia Baltimore, who plays Queen Elizabeth, the wife of King Edward IV, feels that it’s going to be the best play that “Drama Through Performance” has produced so far. “I feel like, come next week, everything will be boom-boom-boom solid,” Baltimore says.

“Our principle characters—I’m not worried about them at all—they are amazing. Stephen is amazing, Armando is fabulous. We have it. I really think we have it.”

This is the first time the production will be held at UTSA’s Downtown Campus at the Buena Vista Theater. The productions have been performed in lecture halls and on sound stages in semesters past, so the cast is thrilled to finally be able to deliver a performance on a stage that is meant for actors on which to perform plays on.

“Richard III” will have two showings; the first performance will be at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, and the second performance will be at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12. The event is free and everyone is invited to attend.

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Too much Fun Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival brings what else but fun.

Christian Gamboa arts@paisano-online.com

Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest is one of the cities big three music festivals that brings attention to the flavors of the city. Celebrating its sixth year, the fun festival showed its audience an eclectic variety of music that validates why Austin’s title as “Live Music Capital of

Arts

the World.”

Fun Fest proved to be an eventful and exciting weekend filled with music and comedy acts. Friday’s performers included bands such as Bane, TV Torso, Yacht, The Thermals, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Four Tet and Austin’s own Okkervil River.

The underlying buzz in the air was whether people were going to see Passion Pit or Public Enemy, since both acts were scheduled to perform at the same time. Public Enemy drew in a crowd whose individual motivations for seeing the hip-hop group seemed to differ. Devoted fans knew the lyrics to all of the songs, while others admit-

The Paisano ted to just being excited to see Flavor Flav, the television personality.

Although fun fun fun fest is not as renowned as Austin City Limits, high profile bands are on the lineup every year.

On the opposite side of Auditorium Shores, Passion Pit took the Orange Stage after having been off tour

November 8, 2011 for nearly a year. Lead singer Michael Angelakos soon admitted that he had been sick and sipped on hot tea between songs, which made for long awkward pauses and a quiet crowd.

Perhaps it was because the band hadn’t performed in so long or because Angelakos was still recovering, but the performance was mediocre in comparison to their two sold-out performances at Stubb’s in spring 2010.

arts@paisano-online.com Zike Zake Zike Zake Hoi Hoi Hoi! That’s just one of the chants you’ll hear throughout the Wurstfest park grounds at the 10-day celebration in honor of German sausage.

The first Wurstfest was held in 1961 when the mayor proclaimed the first Saturday in November to be a day to celebrate the rich German heritage of New Braunfels, TX. At the time it was only a one-day event with 2,000 visitors in attendance.

By 1968, with the attendance levels reaching close to 56,000 visitors, Wurstfest expanded into Wursthalle located in Landa Park on the shores of the Comal and Guadalupe rivers.

In 1987 the American Bus Association rated Wurstfest in the top 100 events in North America.

Der Marktplatz is filled with some of the most delicious German food available including bratwurst, knackwurst, pork chop on a stick, sauerkraut, potato pancakes (with apple sauce), strudel, bread pudding, funnel cakes, pretzels and pastries. And of course, beer.

Lots and lots of beer!

Most German knows you can’t en-

joy a good meal without great music, and this year’s entertainers did not fail to bring on the fun. “The Chicken Dance” could be heard throughout the park while trains of dancers formed in the Big Tent and Wursthalle to the sounds of polkas, waltzes, big-band, and swing. Surprisingly, even Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” was played as a polka.

“Ein Prosit” is another song frequently heard at the festival and is a salute to one’s health or well-being.

Just remember to have a drink in hand when saluting. To help prepare for the festivities, practice the words to the song: Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, der gemütlichkeit Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, der gemütlichkeit Eins, zwei, Drei g’suffa!

Zicke! zacke! zicke! zacke! hoi! hoi! hoi!

Zicke! zacke! zicke! zacke! hoi! hoi! hoi!

Prosit Some of the festival’s featured performers include national and international bands like the Cloverleaf Orchestra, Hohberg Buam of Austria, Squeezebox and the 2007 Grammy

Going On All Week: Wurstfest

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A New Braunfels tradition, Wurstfest offers everything that a festival should. Wurstfest offers many staples of German culture. It’s a good time.

Wednesday, Nov. 9

Wurstfest: a ten-day salute to sausage Sheila Alvarado

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were several tables enjoying the game on Saturday. Even one of the festival Opas joined in on the competition.

There are lots of souvenirs visitors can collect while at Wurstfest: pins, empty beer pitchers and t-shirts. Two of the most beautiful collectibles are the Wurstfest steins and mugs. This year’s design commemorates the past 50 years of Wurstfest, with design elements from all 51 years of the festival, a German made collectible.

This year there are two Kids Nite Out programs, a child drop-off event, which requires pre-registration with a cost of $10 per child. Families need to pre-register by calling (830) 221-4370.

The last day of the festival is Sunday, Nov. 13, and to help close out the festival will be this year’s Polka Contest, which takes place at 3:30 p.m. in Wursthalle.

Admission to the festival is $8 per person; no charge for children ages 12 and younger. Group rates, advance discounts and special weekday promotions are available. For information about Wurstfest, call 830/625-9167 or 1-800-221-4369, or visit the Web site at www.wurstfest.com.

nominee Alex Meixner Band.

The festival is a very family-friendly environment and is enjoyed by kids of all ages. In its fifth year at Wurstfest, Kinderhalle is an exciting place for the kids to enjoy carnival rides, magic, and Dinosaur George, a self-taught paleontologist and animal behaviorist.

Families can also enjoy the old time melodrama “Gone with the Wurst,” playing at the Circle Arts Theatre next to the Wurstfest grounds. “The production is based on “Gone with the Wind,” with the main characters revolving around Wurstfest, polka and sausage,” said Robin Williams, artistic and technical director.

Take the time to visit Der Spass Haus to see Jerome Nowotny’s “World’s Largest Beer Bottle Collection.” Nowotny claims to have consumed all but 25 of the over 17,000 bottles of beer in his collection. Nowotny, who donated the bottles to Wurstfest in 1982, said, “That’s all part of collecting them.

With every bottle, I can remember who I was with or where I was.”

And there is no better place than Der Spass Haus to enjoy a friendly game of Flip Cup, a beer drinking game where teams compete to flip the cup after taking a healthy swig of beer. There

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UTSA will present Laura Varela’s documentary “As Long As I Can Remember,” a documentary that discusses the Chicano experience during Vietnam.

Thursday, Nov. 10 7 p.m. Bijou

Free movie night at the Bijou will be screening “Somewhere in Time.”

Friday, Nov. 11 7 p.m. Richard III

(*editor’s choice) The Department of English will perform Shakespeares “Richard III” at the downtown campus in the Buena Vista Theatre. Performances will also occur on Sat., Nov. 12.

Saturday, Nov. 12 6 p.m. UTSA

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Men’s basketball hopes for return to NCAA tournament Richard Castillo

The Roadrunners six new players this season are (L-R) Simone Young, Ashley Spaletta, Kamra King, Jalisa Montgomery, Jenny Menz, Mannasha Bell.

Women’s basketball welcomes new faces, new season Stephen Whitaker File Photo

October left NBA players and fans frustrated with no resolution to the current NBA lockout. But that hasn’t stopped the UTSA men’s basketball team from preparing for the start of their season on Nov. 11, against the UTEP Miners. The Roadrunners will try to follow a very successful 2010-11 season, when the Southland Conference champions advanced to the second round the NCAA tournament.

“Our guys got a taste of why you play Division I basketball, and that’s to play in the NCAA tournament,” Men’s Basketball Head Coach Brooks Thompson said. “Hopefully, that taste will make them stay hungry and to do it every year,” The Roadrunners have 12 players returning from last year’s team. Sophomore forward Jeromie Hill, junior guard Melvin Johnson III and senior forward Lenny Wilkins are all expected to be significant contributors to this year’s squad.

Unfortunately, Wilkins is sidelined for the moment with a foot injury and hasn’t been able to practice. Hill was named a Lou Henson Preseason AllAmerican. The former 2011 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year had a very productive season averaging 13.4 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game, with 47.5 field goal percentage.

The players have high expectations to repeat their appearance in the NCAA tournament this March.

“Last year was an unbelievable feeling for not just me but for the whole team and the school,” Hill said. “Everyone was just behind us, and for us to get to the NCAA tournament and to win a game was a huge experience.

We have a chance this year to go back there and do the same thing.”

Johnson, 2010 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, put up 14.9 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per

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Preseason All-Southland Conference sophomore Jeromie Hill played an important role in the Roadrunners success in 2010-11 and will be called upon to play a similar role as the Roadrunners try to repeat as conference champions.

game last season for the Roadrunners.

Johnson was also efficient from the three-point line, by scoring 80 threepointers last season. He is currently ranked eighth in school history for three-pointers with 125 in his career.

“Potentially, both can be very good basketball players. Johnson has added more dimensions to his game, and Hill has gotten stronger and added some things,” Thompson said. “They’ve worked hard this summer. They have to go out there and prove it on the floor.”

The Roadrunners have also added three strong players to this year’s team.

Junior transfer guard Michael Hale III was a first team All-Scenic West Conference and Junior Guard Kannon Burrage put up impressive numbers

during his time at Des Moines Community College, averaging 20.7 points and 5.2 rebound per game. Finally, freshman A.J. Price, a three-time alldistrict player from The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas, near Dallas, is the final addition to this year’s squad.

“We’ve got a great group of young men to come and support and it’s a lot of fun,” Thompson said. “We are proud to be a part of this university as a basketball program and we are doing everything we can to make the university proud of us.”

The Roadrunners will hit the road Friday to face UTEP in El Paso. Their first home game will be Nov. 26. against Pepperdine.

Three new Roadrunners welcomed to championship squad Stephen Whitaker

High above the court of the Convocation Center hang two new banners. On one banner, the Roadrunners’ 2010-2011 Southland basketball championship is honored. On the other, the Roadrunners’ trip to the 2011 NCAA tournament, when they defeated Alabama State in the opening round before falling to Ohio State in the second round, is honored.

Since the Roadrunners men’s basketball won their fourth conference championship they have lost one player to graduation, Devin Gibson but they acquired three new Roadrunners to fill the void.

“To be honest I expect big things from all three of them,” Head Coach Brooks Thompson said. “We are really excited about all three of them.”

The three are freshman guard A.J. Price, junior guard Michael Hale and junior guard Kannon Burrage.

Hale comes to UTSA from North Idaho College where he was first team All-Scenic West Conference and second-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors. While at North Idaho, Hale averaged 17.8 points per game, 3.7 rebounds per game and 4.2 assists per game while leading his team to a No. 1 national ranking at one point last season.

“He will probably hear for a whole year that he is Devin Gibson’s replacement,” Thompson said. “He just needs to come in and make his own mark.”

Hale welcomes the opportunity to play for UTSA. “This is the best fit for me,” Hale said.

“I pretty much fell in love with it when I came here.

Burrage spent the last two seasons playing for Des Moines Area Community College where he averaged 20.7 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 2.2 assists per game and 1.2 steals per game.

“He is somebody like I have never coached before,” Thompson said. “He can shoot the three but he can also get the ball to the rim and play above the rim.”

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Junior guard Michael Hale practices against Melvin Johnson III. Hale will step into the point guard position vacated

by Devin Gibson’s graduation. Also new to the Roadrunners are Kannon Burrage and freshman A.J. Price

In the first few weeks of practice, Burrage has adjusted well to being a Roadrunner. An added benefit to the team might be his positive attitude.

“I like the school and the coaches,” Burrage said. “The sun is always shining; where I am from its 30 degrees with snow this time of year.”

Price was a star point guard at The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas, where he averaged 10.4 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game and 1.6 steals per game. His junior year was his best year. He led his team to a 30-9 record and appearance in the 4A state championship game where they fell to Houston Yates.

“AJ will be the biggest surprise. He will back up Mike Hale at the point guard,” Thompson said. “I am surprised because he has made the transition from high school to division one college basketball really well.”

The youngster of the group, Price has had to make the biggest jump of the group, going from high school to college.

“It’s been difficult to adjust,” Price

said. “But I have my coaches and teammates to help.”

The Roadrunners will get their first look at the new players in actual game play when they open the season Friday on the road in El Paso against the UTEP Miners. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. CST.

The New Guys Michael Hale -From Federal Way, Washington -Led North Idaho College Cardinals to No. 1 ranking -Led Federal Way High School to its 1st ever State Championship in 2009 Kannon Burrage -From East Moline, Illinois -Led Des Moines Area CC to a 23-8 record in 2010-11 AJ Price -All state selection at The Colony High School (TX) -Led The Colony to Class 4A state tournament in 2009-2010

sports@paisano-online.com Last season the Roadrunners women’s team made a 12th consecutive trip to the Southland Conference tournament after winning the West division.

Their quest for a third championship in four years fell short in the semifinals as they fell to McNeese State.

Fast forward eight months. The Roadrunners prepare to take the court with a whole lot of new faces and one more season in the Southland before the much anticipated move to the Western Athletic Conference.

“We are very excited; we have a whole new look,” Head Coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair said. “We lost a lot of kids to graduation.”

Among the performers lost from last season’s semifinalist squad were senior guard Amber Gregg, who left UTSA having set school records for three point field goals made and attempted, and senior guard Alysse Davis, who left with a school record 98 blocks.

Despite the loss, Rippetoe-Blair found reason for excitement with the return of junior guard Whitney York, the last remaining player from the championship squad.

“We have six new players and two coming back from injury so it’s a different looking team.”

The two players who will return from injury are York and sophomore guard/forward Judi Jones.

“Whitney has been through a lot with two ACLs, but she has been the hardest working girl I’ve coached,” Rippetoe Blair said. “She didnt lose her quickness. Judi Jones has gotten stronger; definitely both will be starters this season.”

The tough non-conference schedule has been a hallmark of Rippetoe-Blair in her tenure at UTSA. This year is no different as the Roadrunners open the season at home with the Missouri Ti-

gers Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.

“We start off with a Big XII opponent and then we go on the road to a ranked TCU. We just have a really tough non-conference schedule.

Hopefully that will help us when we get to conference.”

The Roadrunners’ tough non-conference slate in past years has been a springboard to conference success.

“I believe in getting out there and playing those ranked opponents,” Rippetoe-Blair said.

The Roadrunners will navigate their final season in the Southland with several new faces.

“We have two junior college transfers in Jalisa Montgomery from Arkansas and Simone Young,” RippetoeBlair said. “Jalisa is a strong kid, great rebounder. She can really score on the block. Simone can play the point guard or the two guard, she can shoot the three well.”

In addition to the junior college transfers, the Roadrunners will also welcome a strong freshman class “Then we have our four freshmen.

Kamra King out of Norman, Oklahoma, a really good shooter, can play the one or the two,” Rippetoe Blair said.

“Ashley Spaletta can shoot the ball well; Mannasha Bell can play the three or the four and is a great rebounder.

Then we have Jenny Menz, a young lady from Germany, who can shoot the ball well.”

In addition to getting used to how the Roadrunners operate on the court, the new players have had to adjust to life in another state.

“The weather has been the hardest thing to adjust to,” Jalisa Montgomery said as her fellow teammates laughed.

“Other than that I like everything about UTSA.” The Roadrunners will open the season with a home game against Missouri on Friday at 7 p.m.

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November 8, 2011

We meet again

Zoe Mobberley

The Roadrunner volleyball team will return home this weekend to face the Texas State Bobcats, winners of their last 13 games, for the Southland Conference regular season championship as well as I-35 bragging rights. The game will start at 6:30 p.m. The Roadrunners will close out the regular season at home against UT-Arlington Saturday at 2 p.m.

In Brief Volleyball streak ends The Roadrunners run of sweeping conference games came to an end at 12 games Thursday in Huntsville, Texas, at the hands of the Sam Houston State Bearkats.

The Roadrunners lost the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-20, before winning the third and fourth set, 25-21 and 2516. The Bearkats won a hard-fought fifth and deciding set by a score of 1513, sending the Roadrunners to their first loss in Southland Conference play.

UTSA returned to the winning ways Saturday in Nacogdoches, Texas when they knocked off the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks in four sets.

The Roadrunners and Ladyjacks split the first two sets, with the Roadrunners taking the first set, 25-19 and the Ladyjacks taking the second set, 25-22.

The third and fourth sets went to the Roadrunners, 25-19 and 25-15.

The win kept the Roadrunners in first place in conference with two games remaining.

The Roadrunners, 19-9 (13-1 SLC), will host rival Texas State, Thursday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. before closing out the regular season Saturday against UT-Arlington at 2 p.m.

Soccer falls in conference Semifinals The quest by the Roadrunners to win a second consecutive Southland Conference championship came to an end in the conference semifinals at the hands of the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks, 2-0, Friday Nov. 4 in Natchitoches, La.

The pressure was on the San Antonio Rampage Saturday, Nov. 5, as they had lost four of their last five games.

They rose to the challenge with an impressive 6-1 victory over the North Division leading Toronto Marlies in front of a raucous crowd of 7,545 at the AT&T Center.

The win was important for the Rampage as it came against one of the better teams in the American Hockey League (AHL).

The Rampage not only had a change in form offensively but also got a stellar defensive performance from goalie Scott Clemmensen, who was starting in goal for the Rampage on an injury rehab start from the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Florida Panthers. The Rampage did their part in making sure the number of shots faced by Clemmensen was kept to a minimum.

“The team played great in front of me and that allowed me to get comfortable in the game,” Clemmensen said after the game.

This was Clemmensen’s first game this season following an injury one week into training camp. Clemmensen showed no signs of rust as he rose to the task of defending his goal by stopping an impressive 32 of 33 shots in the Rampage victory.

Left winger Evgeny Dadonov set the bar scoring the first goal four minutes into the game, giving the lead to the San Antonio Rampage. The Rampage would hold onto that lead at the end of the first period before the fun began.

The pace picked up in the second period with a goal scored by center Bracken Kearns nine minutes and 51 seconds into the period. The Rampage made the lead 3-0 with only 41.9 seconds left in the second period when right winger Michael Repik struck.

The drama reached a climax in the third period, when the Rampage tacked on three goals in the first five minutes thanks to newcomer David Marshall, called up from Cincinnati earlier in the week and making his first

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Scott Clemmensen started in goal for the San Antonio Rampage against Toronto Saturday. He was called back up to the NHL on Sunday.

AHL start, left winger Joe Devin and another strike from Dadonov lighting the lamp and providing a 6-0 cushion for the Rampage.

The Marlies would avoid the shutout when center Joe Colborne scored their lone goal of the game in the last minute to put the final score at six goals for the Rampage, one for the Marlies.

Head Coach Chuck Weber was pleased with the performance on both sides of the puck in a game the Rampage desperately needed.

“I thought we got off to a great start, I thought our go-to players they stepped up and they scored,” Weber said. “We had a losing streak; now we got to put together a winning streak.”

The Rampage faced a West Division

rival when the Texas Stars came calling on Sunday Nov. 6 at the AT&T Center. The Stars came in and conquered the Rampage with a 4-0 shutout victory that dropped the Rampage to 4-6 overall.

The Rampage find themselves in last place in the AHL Western Conference’s West division. However, the Rampage are still just four games back of the Houston Aeros and Oklahoma City Barons who sit tied atop the standings at 8-2.

Following a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, to face the Lake Erie Monsters, the Rampage will be back home on Nov. 13 to face the Texas Stars.

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The Paisano

November 8, 2011