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Volume 52
Issue 12
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U.S.
The restaurant chain Chipotle has shut down 43 restaurants along the Pacific coast after an E-Coli outbreak was linked to 17 people who had eaten at the chain recently. While the reports only stemmed from six Chipotle restaurants, the chain is taking the safety measures “out of caution.”
World
On Saturday, 224 people were killed off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula when a plane from the Russian resident airliner Metrojet crashed. The plane crashed 23 minutes into its flight. The investigation is ongoing and terrorism has not been ruled out.
Health
A teenage girl in Oregon is in recovery after being infected by the Bubonic plague, most commonly known as the Black plague. The plague bacterium can be transmitted to humans and domesticated pets through fleas that inhabit wild rodents, such as prairie dogs, squirrels and wood rats.
Science
The Massachusettsbased biotech company Biovex has created an evolutionary skin cancer treatment, known as T-VEC (talimogene leherparepvec) that releases a specially designed virus to hunt down cancer cells in the body. This modified form of herpes is injected into a topical tumor and “intelligently” targets cancers cells, leaving healthy cells alone while stimulating the patient’s immune system.
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San Antonio may soon qualify as a “nonattainment” city if the ozone level continues to rise. This term refers to a city that does not meet the federal standard for clean air , and requires federal regulation and monitoring of air quality and pollutant sources. State officials say that oil and gas drilling are not the cause of the rise in ozone levels.
November 3 - November 10, 2015
According to a recent study by the American Psychological Association , 64 percent of women and 79.3 percent of men reported wanting a short-term sexual mate. Fabian DeSoto, The Paisano
Marina Vences Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com A “hookup” is defined by the American Psychological Association (APA,) as a “physically intimate event (any of the following: kissing, touching, oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex) with someone whom you were not dating or in a romantic relationship with at the time, and in which you understood there was no mutual expectation of a romantic commitment.” The definition of “hooking up” has been a point of contention among young people since the emergence of the “sex positivity” of the thirdwave feminist movement, which encourages young women to take control of their
sex lives, saying ‘yes, oh yes’ to sex, and take power back. In a recent study conducted by the APA, 64 percent of women reported wanting a short-term mate while 79.3 percent of men reported wanting the same thing. The small difference in these percentages can be accounted for because “the relative risks of sexual behavior are higher for females: unintended pregnancy, increased transmission of disease and greater susceptibility to sexual violence.” This means that nearly two-thirds of single women want uncommitted sex as opposed to one-fifth of men, leading the study to conclude that, “All things considered, the simplest expectation is that evolutionary processes will result in both
men and women desiring both sex and pair-bonding.” Although the women’s liberation movement of the early 1960’s and late 1980’s fought for equality in the work force, modern or “third-wave” feminism calls for consensual, empowering and equal sex. Through dating apps like Tinder, OKCupid and Bumble, sex is more accessable than ever and is literally at women’s fingertips. Today’s feminist movement brought to the forefront the idea that women enjoy hookups too, and have sex for pleasure, not just reproduction. Sex positivity is perpetuated in in pop culture, with songs such as Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” and Beyonce’s “Partition,” but at what cost does this achievement come? Does “hookup” culture
lead to unsatisfying and male-dominated sexual encounters under the guise of equality and empowerment? Dr. Sharon Navarro, an associate professor of political science and geography, believes the problem lies, not in how society views the encounters, but the stereotypes associated with these encounters. Modern feminism touts that it is responsible for women facing less stigma and more options pertaining to sexual encounters. Navarro says, “If empowerment means that ability to choose, then women are just as empowered as men. However, there is still an imbalance in terms of stereotypes. With social media and changing social attitudes among Millennial and Generation Z, the idea of
a woman experiencing barriers, even sexually, is not in their belief system.” The ability to hookup is equal among the sexes, but, as Dr. Navarro says, “The stereotypes are still male-dominated.” Modern feminism claims that double standards exist regarding attitudes the sexes face when hooking up. Society is generally accepting of a man’s sexual appetite, and it is seen as natural and expected. However, if a woman makes the same choice, she is perceived as “loose” and “cheap.” According to senior kinesiology major Marcos Vargas, and member of honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi, empowerment does not come See Double standards, page 2
Black Lives Matter at UTSA New course and student organization available to students Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
Alex Birnel
News Assistant
@alexbirnel news@paisano-online.com The media ran images and clips of enraged and grieving people in Ferguson, MO following the acquittal of police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Although the violent episode involving the officer and the young man was itself a singular flashpoint, it catalyzed the #BlackLivesMatter – a movement addressing the devaluations of black life – not only addressing issues between people of color and the police, but also, more broadly, the ways in which racism is experienced institutionally. Next semester UTSA will offer a #BlackLivesMatter course which will explore all dimensions of the movement. “One of the best ways to combat ignorance is with facts and a thorough understanding of what exactly
it is that you’re fighting for,” says president of the #BlackLivesMatter UTSA chapter, Tabbi Austin. The class is a multidisciplinary collaboration. Included are the Humanities, English, Honors, African American Studies, Curriculum & Instruction and Bi-cultural-Bilingual Studies departments. Professor Sonja L. Lanehart, (English) is the lead instructor. “Black Lives Matter is not so much about the issue of police brutality—but the sociocultural and political climate that makes police brutality possible and forgivable,” she explained. To cover the full range of issues #BlackLivesMatter represents, the course will be taught by five additional professors: Kinitra Brooks (English), Theodorea Berry (English), LaGuana Gray (African American studies, history), Howard Smith (bicultural and bilingual), and Marco Cervantes (bicultural and bilingual). The course is “ designed
to offer multiple ways of thinking about the experiences of Black people in the United States, said Barry . “One of the strengths of the education offered at UTSA is the institution’s understanding and promotion of the diversity of ideas and experiences. This course supports this understanding.” Austin thinks that promoting such understanding is essential. “We believe strongly in the idea that you can’t combat the issues facing the African American community today if you don’t know the history behind
why things are the way they are,” says Tabbi Austin. The chronology of the class will contextualize the #BlackLivesMatter movement and promote discussion. Lanehart breaks it down specifically, “the first three weeks of class will focus on Critical Race Theory, Whiteness Studies, and Critical Discourse Analysis to theoretically ground students as they spend the course analyzing various literary, scholarly, and multimedia texts,” Lanehart said. “At midpoint, the course will include a faculty, staff,
and community panel of experts and activists to historically contextualize San Antonio, and the U.S.’s engagement in racial and social injustice and violence against black and brown peoples. The course will conclude with a student panel presentation based on research over the course of the semester.” #BlackLivesMatter will meet on Tuesdays from 6:00-8:45 p.m in MH 2.01.44.
“One of the best ways to combat ignorance is with facts and a thorough understanding of what exactly it is that you’re fighting for.” Tabbi Austin
President of #BlackLivesMatter, UTSA
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Double standards about the sexual experiences of men and women, despite a progressive, feminist push continued from page 1 from the hookups themselves, but how women view them for their own benefit. “I don’t think women should resort to casual hookups for empowerment in sexuality; I think it’s all mentally based, said Vargas. “So if they feel the need to be empowered in their sexuality, it’s not so much them acting on it, but them choosing to be powerful sexually… I feel like women are now like ‘I can do a casual hookup if I want to, instead of depending on a man to approve.’” Vargas believes that dating apps are helping to
level the playing field. ”Historically men have initiated it… but if you look at society today women are able to participate in as many hookups as men are.” The new sex positivity that exists in this generation of women leads to more sex, but in order to move past just consensual sex and get to the root of the problem to put both men and women on the same platform, both genders’ sexual pleasure must be attended to and the double standard must be eradicated. As the APA study says, “A challenge to the
contemporary sexual double standard would mean defending the position that young women and men are equally entitled to sexual activity… To achieve this, the attitudes and practices of both men and women need to be confronted. Men should be challenged to treat even first hookup partners as generously as the women they hook up with treat them.”
“Men should be challenged to treat even first hookup partners as generously as the women they hook up with treat them,” states the American Psychological Association study.
Andrea Velgis, , The Paisano
Campus Carry update:
Faculty Senate proposes campus wide survey to gather student input Matt Frost Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com During its Oct. 15 meeting, the UTSA Faculty Senate authorized the formation of an ad hoc committee, with the purpose of
drafting resolutions related to campus carry. According to committee member Dr. Gregory Hazleton, the formation of this committee comes on the heels of the University Administration’s request that members of the campus community provide input to the campus carry task
force. So far, the committee has proposed two resolutions to the faculty senate. The first resolution urges President Romo to designate classrooms, faculty offices and laboratories as “gun-free zones.” The second resolution requests that the senate supports the committee’s
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development of a survey that would allow students and faculty to give their input concerning campus carry and the yet-to-bedetermined gun free-zones. One proponent of such a survey is political science and geography professor Dr. Walter Wilson; his campus carry survey was approved
by the Institutional Review Board. His intent was to give the results to the task force to provide them with student input since Senate Bill 11 states that decisions be made “after consulting with students, staff and faculty of the institution.” According to Wilson, however, the task force sug-
gested that he distribute the survey through other channels. Both resolutions will be considered this Thursday at the Nov. 5 Faculty Senate meeting.
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Why does leaning right feel so wrong? Alyssa Gonzales News Assistant
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com
Ryan High
Contributing Writer
@ryanhigh7 news@paisano-online.com Are there conservatives at UTSA? If so, where are are they? College is, among other things, a time for students to explore different political ideologies. UTSA and other universities in major cities have a diverse student population, where liberal views tend to be dominant. However, to label the entire student body of UTSA as “liberal” would be a great injustice to less vocal political activists. President of the College Republican group, Lucas Tobias Garcia, feels that conservative presence on campus is not as strong as it could be. “San Antonio, as well as any major city in the United States... it’s hard to get conservative students to
come out because everyone around them is so diverse in what they believe in,” Garcia stated. Garcia describes finding the College Republicans group as “refreshing.” Junior and political science major Michael Wilkinson believes that there is polarization on campus and has personally experienced a feeling of separation in a classroom setting. “I had a class last semester with a professor who would go off topic and tell stories about the Reagan era and how bad of a president he (Reagan) was. He would then go on about the Bush family and call them rightwinged Nazi’s,” Wilkinson stated. “I feel that professors should be neutral or at least keep it professional, but there were several times I wanted to interrupt and tell him to get back to the class topic.” Wilkinson feels discouraged from publicly discussing his conservative beliefs and blames the media to the fact that many conservatives are afraid to speak out. “A growing false image perpetuated by media is
that all conservatives are ignorant, dumb, racist, elitist, and extremely religious zealots.” Wilkinson said. Political science professor Dr. Bryan T. Gervais stated that, because campuses do tend to be liberal and Democratic, the perception of marginalization among conservatives may be exaggerated. Dr. Gervais recommends that in order to decreased feelings of marginalization among conservatives and other groups, we must, as a whole, promote civility in political discourse. “It’s the job of everyone else (non-marginalized groups) to not attack them for expressing their opinions and it’s also the job of marginalized groups to make sure that they express their opinions in a civil manner and therefore are going to increase the likelihood that other folks who don’t agree with them might be receptive and might be more willing to listen to what they have to say,” Dr. Gervais stated. Students for the Right to Life at UTSA is an organiza-
tion that believes life begins at conception. David Ramos, a student advisor for the club, does not feel that he is a part of a political minority on campus and believes the campus is tolerant of both left and right political opinions. “I’m definitely not afraid to set up a table and talk to people about when life begins and about their own value and their own dignity,” Ramos replies when asked if he felt outnumbered on campus. He believes in a
Andrea Velgis , The Paisano
“silent majority.” Student for the Right to Life, a group that is not openly associated with any particular religion or political platform, is a “life issues and human dignity advocacy group,” by Ramos’s definition. Sean Gillen, President of Students for the Right to Life at UTSA, believes that people are “swayed by the loudest voice.” “Whoever is being loudest, that’s what everyone
follows. Most people here are followers, not leaders,” Gillen said. Garcia advises no one to be hesitant when voicing his or her beliefs. Quoting Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, Garcia states, “If you have to stand on campus and defend your Republican beliefs, you’re much more prepared for life than your Republican peers.”
Soldiers, citizens and campus community unite for equality and accessibility in education Miles Boyle
Contributing Writer
@smilesboyle news@paisano-online.com Campus tours are a common sight, but fall is not the time college students expect to be dodging high school students on the way to class. On Oct. 22, UTSA played host to a series of campus tours for Northside Independent School District students enrolled in the AVID college prep
course. These tours were the culmination of work done by the League of United Latin American Citizens. In 1972 “a national services program was implemented based on the success of the LULAC’s Financial Aid and College admissions outreach program.” Students like Mary Jane, a senior at MacArthur High School, are direct beneficiaries of this program. Mary Jane had already
been accepted into UTSA’s physical therapy program at the time of her tour. She chose UTSA because of “the incredible information the university was able to provide” her. Mary Jane partook in a tour led by UTSA students in the ROTC program. Carlos Cabello Sophomore criminal justice major, Carlos Cabello said that the ROTC program offers huge benefits in partnerships with the LULAC. ROTC students can
receive a cash stipend that scales from $300 as a freshman to $500 as a senior. This also comes with a $600 book check per semester. Roxanne Wright, student success advisor and Celia Collard, a counselor from Marshall High School, wished “Northside could spend the resources to take students on campus tours more often,” Collard explained, “Unfortunately, most school districts do not have such resources,
and opportunities for free tours like the LULAC’s do not happen often.” In 2014, the U.S. Army spent $163 million on tuition, directed toward 8,064 degrees earned by soldiers. The U.S. Army fact sheet on education states that these benefits are available at more than 1,100 colleges and universities. The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey of Latinos: Education stated,
“Seventy-seven percent of Latinos say the cost of education is a key reason for not starting, or even completing, college.” Since 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens have been fighting to lower the barriers to higher education for Hispanics and other minorities. The efforts of the LUCAC in concert with the services from the U.S. Army since 1981 strive to bring equality to higher education access.
Drilling Not Root of San Antonio Smog, State Says
By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — As San Antonio grapples with curbing a steady rise in ozone levels, state environmental officials are telling the Alamo City not to worry about how drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale is contributing to the problem. Downplaying the impact of oil and gas drilling, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman Bryan Shaw emphasized repeatedly on Monday that the state wants to “strike a balance” between protecting the environment and business as it helps the city figure out what to do about its ozone levels. The nation’s seventh-largest city is poised to become the last major city in Texas to be slapped with “nonattainment” status by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — and, with it, additional federal regulation and enforcement — be-
cause its ozone levels exceed the federal standard. It was already on track to exceed the old limit of 75 parts per billion, which it had hovered below prior to 2012, according to the agency. When the Obama administration last month finalized a more-stringent 70 parts per billion maximum that San Antonio has not met in decades, it effectively guaranteed that the city would be found out of compliance. Any nonattainment designation for the city would come in late 2017, according to state officials. As local officials devise policies to curb ozone levels between now and then, the question of what is causing them to rise has become the subject of more research. A few years ago, a report by the Alamo Area Council of Governments suggested shale drilling played a sizable role in the city’s ozone creep — a connection local officials started looking into amid the now-damp-
ened oil and gas boom. But the council is expected to soon release another report suggesting that shale drilling now plays a smaller role in the city’s ozone levels, said Steven Smeltzer, the council’s environmental manager. That’s not because there is no causal connection between drilling and ozone-causing emissions such as nitrogen oxides, he said, but because the number of drilling rigs has dropped by more than half in recent years. The real culprit in ozone pollution, though, has been traffic and tailpipe emissions, state environmental officials told local residents and organizations at an open house on the north side of town, making no mention of the drilling slowdown. “Emissions from oil and gas operations are sporadic; They’re localized in nature rather than widespread,” said Shaw, citing research he described as “preliminary.” The agency is continuing to collect
data on the issue, he said. Asked whether the drilling slowdown played a role in lower ozone levels registered at a monitoring station closest to the 400-mile swath known as the Eagle Ford Shale, which brushes the southern tip of the San Antonio metropolitan area, Air Quality Division Director David Brymer said in an interview that numbers show it was on the decline even before that. San Antonio City Councilman Ron Nirenberg, who spoke Monday before Shaw and two other TCEQ commissioners, said in an interview that local research “increasingly points toward” activities such as shale drilling, energy production for the municipal electric utility and industrial activity like cement production — rather than cars and trucks — as the cause of rising ozone levels. All contributing factors — including shale drilling — should be accounted for in what will have to be
Tuition and Fee Proposal Committee Meetings to be held in November The Tuition and Fee Proposal is a biennial process for setting deregulated tuition and fees. The Tuition and Fee Committee consists of students and faculty and is tasked with reviewing and discussing the tuition and fee rates proposed for Academic Years 2017and 2018. The meetings are open to the public. Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
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a multifaceted approach to improving air quality, he said. “Emissions reductions across the board are in our best interest,” he said. In keynote speeches Monday, Brymer and Michael Honeycutt, the head of TCEQ’s toxicology division, also presented research they said debunks the public health risks associated with higher levels of ozone — a pollutant known to worsen asthma, lung disease and heart conditions — while also contending that levels would improve even if the city did nothing. “Your air quality is good and getting better,” said Honeycutt, whose presentation also touched on a decline in benzene levels and apparent inaccuracies of ozone monitoring. A person would have to exercise vigorously for more than six hours in 95-degree weather with 72 parts per billion ozone levels before his or her ability to breathe would be impacted, Honeycutt explained in his presentation. Even then, he said, the effect on the ability to exhale would be minimal — 10 percent — and quickly would wear off after a period of rest. TCEQ officials have not been shy in their opposition to the new federal ozone standards that San Antonio — with ozone levels of about 80 parts per billion — and every other major Texas city do not meet. In 2013, the TCEQ hired an industry-friendly consulting firm, Massachusettsbased Gradient, to help it
build a case questioning the public health benefits of reducing smog levels in the state’s big cities — benefits that the vast majority of experts say would be significant. (The agency recently renewed its contract with that firm, which now is also looking into the public health impacts of arsenic.) Groups such as the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics support even stricter ozone standards than the 70 parts per billion maximum that an EPA scientific panel unanimously approved last year. Standards were last lowered in 2008, the final year of George W. Bush’s presidency. Still, Shaw said in an interview he is determined to prove the EPA wrong on the new standard. “There’s a lot of data and analysis that would suggest that the (70 parts per billion) standard is more than protective,” he said. “There’s a lot of things that tell me that ozone is not causing the respiratory issues we have right now. And as long as we continue to think it’s ozone, we’re missing out on the opportunity to figure out what’s really causing those respiratory issues.” That could be “some other emissions that we have that’s in the ambient environment or, more likely, what I think is something that’s either in our indoor environments — our workplace, our home. People spend 95 percent of their time indoors.”
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OPINION
Yes, the college vote matters
Editorial
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Texans have the opportunity to vote on seven proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Nearly half a million voters have already cast their ballots during early voting — one of the highest turnouts on record. But despite the impressive numbers, how many collegeage students are voting? According to The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), in
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2014 only 19.9 percent of 18 to 29 year olds cast ballots — the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded in a federal election. Historically, state and local elections have routinely recorded low turnouts. In 2010, only 21 percent of 18 to 29 year olds cast ballots. The data points to a dwindling number of young voters participating in state and local elections. Is the problem voter turnout or voter awareness? A study by the Knight
Foundation discovered that lack of information about candidates and issues was the biggest barrier millennials experience to local voting. Because of this void, millennials fail to realize how local government affects their lives. While local and state elections do not have the sexiness and mass appeal of major political elections, they are equally important. Specifically, their outcome has a more immediate effect
on local voters. For example, one item on the week’s ballot is Proposition 1, which changes the homestead exemption amount for school district property taxes from $15,000 to $25,000. While tax breaks are always welcoming, this one would only reduce property tax by about $126 a year for the average homeowner. In addition, the tax break would be at the expense of children — the average homeowner savings of between $120 and
$130 per year would cost the state about $1.2 billion in tax revenue for school districts over two years. Decisions like these may seem trivial to a college student today, but these choices can shape the lives of their future children. Voting is the most basic civic responsibility. As college students, we must participate in creating the laws that affect our community. Vote — our future depends on it.
development of skin cancer but is inarguably vital for everyday human life. Processed meat is different from the aforementioned agents in that it cannot be placed on a good-but-alsobad short list. Aside from the fact that certain foods are carcinogenic, there are equally compelling reasons to avoid them. Before being shelved in supermarkets across America, processed meat (with a small exception for grass-fed beef and freerange pork jerky, sausage and ham) has undergone a flawed process with substandard ingredients. And the transformative process affects more than just the calorie-count, if that at all.
In fact, paying attention to ingredients and the quality of those ingredients would save the hassle of trying to decipher nutritional labels; not all calories are created equal and an optimal calorie intake — numbers to numbers — does not equal a prime bill of health. At the end of the day, a hypothetical Super Chaluper Platter (850 calories) and a Mega Chili Cheese Corn Dog (790 calories) are equally poor choices. Ignorance and indifference to value ingredients allow big agricultural companies to continue to mask a poor product with artificial flavoring and consumer preference. The majority of frankfurters and other practically nutrientdeplete processed meats list high fructose corn syrup, sodium nitrate, maltodexrin, sodium erythorbate and the mysterious FDA-sanctioned ingredient “flavoring.” Even the most seasoned supermarket employee would be flummoxed if a consumer asked for directions to the monosodium glutamate. As a rule of thumb, avoid ingredients with no place on your grocery list. Flavoring, artificial sweeteners and excessive sodium all have similar diverting effect on taste buds. “Yum” too often distracts from the “hmm, what is this?” In the United States, most, if not all, American feedlots and CAFO (confined animal feeding operations) feed their cattle a corn-based
diet that includes growth hormones, soy-based protein supplements and antibiotics because of the lower cost and consequential higher, fatter, faster yields.
increased over 60 percent in four decades. The average American consumed 71.2 pounds of red meat (beef, pork, veal and lamb) in 2012, according to United States Department of Agricultural Research (USDA). And in 2013, Americans, on average, consumed 30 percent more than dietary recommendations for meat, according the USDA.
Debeefing: No more mystery meat
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Mia Cabello
Managing Editor Once upon a time, meat was simple. Beef was just beef. All cows ate grass, and what was, was enough. Now almost all of Americans’ beef supply is feedlot beef. Grain-fed factory farmed cattle is the new normal; this transformation is in part due to Americans’ demand for meat. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) named processed meats — usually red meat products and by-products (such as hot dogs, ham, sausage, corned beef, beef jerky and canned beef) modified with additives and preservatives to alter flavor and extend shelf life — as a Group 1 carcinogenic to humans. The label comes from there being convincing evidence from epidemiological studies that processed meats cause cancer in humans. Note, WHO also categorizes alcohol as a Group 1 carcinogenic — and still, medical research’s support drinking red wine (in moderation) seems to be in vogue. Additionally, sun exposure plays a role in the
Aside from the fact that certain foods are carcinogenic, there are equally compelling reasons to avoid them.
For example, an uncured grass-fed beef hot dog and a corn-fed hot dog with the same bun and the same fixings may be identical in calories and likely cholesterol, but the effects on the human digestive system will vary widely. However well intentioned, calorie counting and line item health fads distract from consumer awareness to the actual ingredients.
Football players to receive allowance Satire
Robert Avila Staff Writer
Sixty seven-year-old Head Coach Larry Coker announced after Saturday’s loss to previously winless North Texas that he would be making a big change to UTSA’s football program. Starting this week, Coker will begin giving the unpaid student athletes a $10 weekly spending allowance. The reported allowance, he states, came after a visit with his grandchildren, and is a move that will hopefully encourage players to do better in games as well as to respect him more as their elder. “These young boys don’t get any compensation,” stated Coach Coker who has
lived through nearly a dozen presidents. “They deserve to buy themselves a nice bottle of soda-pop.” Currently UTSA football players are estimated to receive exactly $0 per hour for their contribution to the school’s team. While they do receive educational scholarships, which can possibly be taken away by injury in the very sport required to keep their scholarship, players do not receive any official payment for twenty-plus practice sessions and game hours that profit the university. The $10 allowance has excited the entire team and they are eager to make a comeback from their 1 – 7 record. “I really want to do my best for Coach Coker,” said defensive end Ben Paide. “No other coach would do this for us,” he stated of the professed grandfatherfigure. Football players of the revenue-generating, 72,000 capacity stadium seating,
$15 to $200 hundred dollar ticket pricing team, look forward to the allowance, hoping to spend it sometime between practice hours, travel time, game days and a fullschedule of classes. The $10 allowance will only be given to starters, and only after winning games. Other football players and players from other UTSA sports teams are eligible to receive the allowance, but can only qualify by helping mow Coker’s lawn, wash the dishes, take out the trash, rake leaves in the backyard or by washing his car in the alley behind his home. “I get paid a little bit for my trouble,” said Coker, a five-year $2.2 million contract holder. “I can share a bit with my boys.” The allowance will not be available to other unpaid student services such as aggressive recruiting religious and philanthropic organizations on campus that can continue to put in hours simply for the love of work.
Ignorance and indifference to value ingredients allow big agricultural companies to continue to mask substandard products.
The unnatural, not to mention inhumane, feedlot conditions corrupt the animals’ internal flora and fauna, which then has a deleterious impact on the consumers’ bodies and health. According to a Consumer Report study released in October, beef from “conventionally raised cows” is three times as likely to contain bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics. The increased acidity in the animals’ intestinal tracts — caused by grain-fed diets — mirrors the conditions of the human gut, and support and transfer dangerous pathogens (such as E.Coli 0157:H7, a pathogen that did not exist before 1980). While grass-fed beef and free-range pork are more wholesome and healthier preference to grain-fed “conventionally raised” red meat, price difference aside grass-fed cattle operations would not be able to sustain the American meat market. Meat consumption in the United States has
The basics of food have not and will not change, despite an altering of understandings of delectable and desirability.
The basics of food have not and will not change, despite an altering of understandings of delectable and desirability. Eating smart is eating healthful, sustainable, nutritious and simply delicious food. For the time being, big agricultural companies will continue to drive the food market, but we must take back our menus. And changes in the meat industry will follow. We must not let them mislead and drive our choices at the grocery store. Question the origins and composition of your food — ask your waiter, don’t be scared, it’s not lame. Try to eat at home and support local farmers and ranchers at farmer markets.
Letter to the Editor Look outside the windows of your offices on Hausman, one of the streets listed in your article. It doesn’t matter what day, there are literally hundreds of cars illegally parked in the bike lanes that lead to UTSA. One day after narrowly avoiding being hit by an illegally parked customer of a local cantina, The Block, your neighbor, I spoke to the campus police who, in turn, told me to speak to the officers at the nearest police substation, which I did. The SAFFE officer I spoke to said the city does not want to enforce the law because it might hurt the business of said local
drinking establishment, The Block. Here is a story of corruption; the city is actually debating whether or not to care about student safety. They are weighing tax dollars versus the lives of thousands of students. On a side note, this year, went to ACL. Everywhere you could see, there were bike lines and they were used and respected. No one would have thought it was acceptable to park there, and they would have been towed or ticketed instantly. And that’s progressive. A concerned peer, Fred Dukes
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One-child policy didn’t work, two-child policy won’t be different Commentary
parents to just one child per household. Just recently it has increased that number to two. It is not difficult to imagine the objections to any version of this law in the United States; enforcement would be impossible, requiring either that children be taken from their parents or that parents be sterilized after having their first child. Furthermore, the eugenic aspect of government control of the gene pool also poses a serious ethical question. In consideration of this, the one child rule seems a violation, or at least a severe imposition upon, the rights of the individual. What could justify such
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Contributing Writer Reproductive rights: In the United States, the debate typically focuses on the choice whether or not to have children. For citizens of the People’s Republic of China, it’s the other way around. Beginning in 1979, the Chinese government imposed a law restricting
a rule, difficult to enforce and ethically questionable at best? Perhaps the problem of over population. Many of the environmental problems facing the human race are exacerbated by an overabundance of human life. The increase of the human population has caused, and will continue to cause, food and water shortages, increases in pollution from traffic, industry and energy production, as well as the destruction of vital ecosystems to make room for human settlement. But does the threat, even if certain, of global environmental change and the negative impact it promises justify the
suspension of reproductive rights? If so, what others might be? And if not, what should be done to address this contemporary tragedy of the commons? The authoritarian communist government of China is not alone in demanding individual sacrifice for the common good; the laissez-faire solution to the tragedy of the commons is also to take from individuals what might be considered a natural right; the right to a share of the common resources. It does so through the imposition of property rights rather than the decree of the state, but property rights are enforced by the state.
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Many of the environmental problems facing the human species are exacerbated by an overabundance of human life. It’s a complicated question—the answer to which comes down to the prioritization of individual freedom or collective good, or some third, unforeseen alternative likely in the form of a compromise. It is also possible that no change might be made to the current growth rate; however nature, unlike government, enforces its laws without exception or any regard for such abstractions as individual freedom or collective good. The environment will respond to an overpopulation
of humans the same way it responds to an overpopulation of deer; when the resources are used up, the excess will die off, mainly through starvation and the spread of disease. With that said, in the end it isn’t ethical or environmental concerns that determined this policy change, but economic ones; an aging population simply cannot support the demand for manufactured goods, which, like the population, seems only to grow.
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Do you listen to music when studying? If so, what genre helps you focus most?
Crossword: this week in print
According to The University of Southern California News, “KUSC host and producer Alan Chapman suggested pieces that are more restrained to provide a nice aura in the background.” He also suggested, ”...choosing solo piano pieces, perhaps Mozart sonatas or French piano music by Poulenc, Debussy or Fauré.”
“Sometimes I listen to music when I study. When I do, it is instrumental music from movies.” Megan Macias Sophomore, geography
“I do listen to music when I study and I like to listen to whatever makes me feel like I’m at home the most, so I can focus on what I’m studying rather than what’s around me.” Apurpa Rawal Freshman, biochemistry
“It depends on how complicated the class I’m studying for is. If it’s a more complex class then I won’t listen to music. If it’s easy and I don’t need to focus that much, then I’ll listen to R&B.”
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Eboni Lewis Senior, psychology
1. a political philosophy or world view founded on ideas of liberty and equality 2. the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men 3. José Padilha’s new series for Netflix, a drugfueled period drama about Colombia’s cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel 4. something done or doing constantly or as a habit 5. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses 6. lasting for a very short time; transitory; shortlived
“Yes, I listen to music when I study. I listen to classical music only because I don’t like classical music so it helps me focus because I’m not able to recite the words nor do I know how the beat is so I don’t get off task and it keeps me focused..” Ashley Adams Junior, business management
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ARTS & LIFE
November 3 - November 10, 2015
Victoria’s Secret PINK Nation Game On! Bash PINK Party advertises fun, barely delivers
Wednesday 11/4 10 a.m. English Major Book Sale
Sigma Tau Delta, the Beta Omega chapter of the English Honor Society, will be having an “English Major Book Sale” at the English Department on the second floor of the Main Building. Some of the books available are anthologies, art books and novels, among many others. The book sale will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Thursday 11/5 6 p.m. ‘How Handsomely You Dwell’
Terminal 136, the Gallery at UTSA’s Downtown Campus, will celebrate the opening of Master of Fine Arts candidate Alyssa Danna’s MFA thesis exhibition titled “How Handsomely You Dwell” on Thursday. The work presented is a revival of common objects found in thrift stores or garage sales with the use of paint and glitter. The event is completely free and open to the public.
Thursday 11/5 7 p.m. Book Launch
UTSA faculty member and author Wendy Barker will be celebrating the book launch of her newest works, “One Blackbird at a Time” and “From the Moon, Earth is Blue.” The event is free and open to the public (422 Pereida St.)
Photo Courtesy of Wireimage Rick Kern Victoria’s Secret PINK hosts the PINK Nation Game On! Bash at UTSA near the BK5 student parking lot on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Winning multiple challenges through social media, UTSA beat out over 98 other colleges to win the party that featured appearances from Victoria’s Secret models Rachel Hilbert and Jessica Strother and a performance from artist/producer Zedd.
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Just beyond the Child Development Center, in a field near the BK5 student parking lot, the color pink became synonymous with UTSA’s signature navy blue and orange, as Victoria’s Secret PINK Nation Game On! Bash visited the UTSA campus last Wednesday. Beating out 98 other schools in various challenges through social media, nearly 15,000 students attended the PINK party, which featured appearances from Victoria’s Secret models Jessica
Strother and Rachel Hilbert, as well as musical guests DJ Irie and multi-platinum, Grammy-winning artist/ producer Zedd. Surrounding the grounds were a plethora of Victoria’s Secret PINK-branded attractions, including a pink and white spotted bus selling various exclusive UTSA-branded Victoria’s Secret clothing and lingerie, a heart-shaped bouncy house and a temporary tattoo parlor. At the far end of the grounds, a giant stage had been erected, with blinding PINK colored digital screens displaying pictures of Strother, Hilbert and the occasional party goer, many
whom had tagged their photos with #UTSAGameOn. The hashtag was inscribed on many of the festival’s fliers and signs, making you wonder: Was the Victoria’s Secret Game On! Bash a party to be experienced or just one big ad?
Turbulence did arise when a question about the lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry was aksed to Strother. The model’s PR representative turned down the opportunity to answer the question, and lead the models back outside to the grounds. Students had lined up early outside the party grounds on the parking lot blacktop like an anaconda in heat, snaking around from the entrance all the way to the University Oaks apartments. So perhaps it didn’t matter to attendees of the party— plenty dressed in their own Victoria’s Secret/UTSA garb and festival-chic gear—that the event was overwhelmingly barren of anything resembling a true party, especially for an audience of college students. The PINKemblazoned, inflated obstacle course, bounce house and field goal felt like an 8
year-old’s ideal birthday party attractions, with a pair of bean bag toss stations gathering dust in the corner of the field. The models, who paraded around the festival in their UTSA-branded Victoria’s Secret gear, were elusive, seen only in fleeting glances, posing for press photos or pumping up the crowd from the stage, throwing various PINK-related toys and goodies out to a sea of hot and sweaty students packed together like sardines in a can. Inside the speckled PINK bus, both models were taking turns fielding questions from reporters. When asked about the hardest part of her job, Hilbert responded almost instantly, “Missing your family, probably. I try to, as much as possible, see my family. I talk to my parents every day!” Strother remained in a similar state of home sickness as Hilbert. “I Skype with my mom and dad every day,” stated Strother. “I text my dad every morning, and I try to go home as much as possible, just to try to keep a close connection.” Though conversation was pleasant with the two, turbulence did arise when a question about the lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry was asked to Strother. The model’s PR representative turned down the opportunity to answer the question before leading the models back outside to the grounds. Back outside the bus, party’s host DJ Irie, who can be usually found spinning music as the official Miami Heat DJ and was recently recognized as NBA DJ of the Year, found a way to almost ruin the party before it could even build up with his emphatic monologue about
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UTSA beating 98 other colleges for the exclusive PINK party that bordered on selfparody. “Ya’ll so turnt right now,” screamed party-host DJ Irie to the crowd of students during the PINK party. “I love ya’ll!” Despite his many years of experience as a DJ, you wouldn’t know it from the amount of talking the host did during his two-hour set, often yelling over songs or switching up tempos at the most inopportune times instead of letting the music move the party itself. Sure, pumping up the crowd was his job, but interrupting a massive bass drop is a major party foul. Zedd’s arrival to the stage came at around 7:20 p.m., just as the sun began to retreat behind the stage. The electronic artist’s stage show, consisting of two matching screens displaying brainmelting visuals and a laser show worthy of a sci-fi space battle, seemed to jolt the party suddenly to life from it’s zombie-like existence. The sugar rush of red and blue glow sticks, along with the artist’s thunderous music that played to both extreme ends of the EDM and pop spectrums, was strangely the party’s only true grownup moment. Sweat got in the hair, in the eyes, in all available pores and crevices of each student’s body. Rachel Hilbert, looking almost unreasonably cleaner than anyone in her vicinity, took a selfie above the sea of students from the front stage. Found on her Instagram account, the hashtag #UTSAGameOn is posted in the description box, showing just what Victoria’s Secret really intended: just another advertisement.
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Wednesday, Nov. 4
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UTSA volleyball (home)
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The volleyball team will look for their fifth win in a row when they play the Rice Owls at 6 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
Thursday, Nov. 6 UTSA basketball (home) The men’s basketball team will play their first and only exhibition game of the season against Southeastern Oklahoma State at home. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.
UTSA softball (home) The UTSA softball team will give Roadrunner fans a glimpse of the team in a home exhibition with St. Mary’s at 6 p.m. on Roadrunner Field.
Saturday, Nov. 7 UTSA football (home) After an embarassing loss to the then winless North Texas Mean Green, the Roadrunners will seek their second win of the season against Old Dominion in UTSA’s Homecoming Game. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. in the Alamodome
Sunday, Nov. 8 UTSA volleyball (away) The volleyball team will complete their three-game home stand against conference rival UAB at 1 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
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For UTSA Basketball fans, Thursday will be the first opportunity to see the men’s team in action. Opening play against Southeastern Oklahoma State in an exhibition, UTSA will show for the first time how they will respond to the mass exodus of talent from last year’s roster. With the end of the 20142015 season came the departure of three of UTSA’s top players: shooting guard Keon Lewis, forward Jeromie Hill and center Kaj Björn-Sherman. The dynamic trio, who all graduated last year, accounted for 61 percent of the team’s points, 49 percent of the team’s rebounds and 50 percent of the team’s blocks. Losing that much production could cripple any team in the nation; for a Roadrunner team that finished the 2015 season with a record of 14-16, the losing so much talent at once could make for a catastrophic 2016 season. “Those three played a pivotal part in our success last year,” said UTSA Head Coach Brooks Thompson last week at UTSA Basketball Media Day. Lewis, Hill and BjörnSherman were three of the top four scorers on last year’s team. The fourth is
returning senior sharpshooter Ryan Bowie. Bowie’s role last year was primarily that of a shooter — a role in which he excelled. Averaging 13 points per game, Bowie led the team in three-point shooting attempts and percentage. With the departure of Lewis, Bowie will be asked to maintain his shooting acumen while also adding the type of playmaking ability that made Lewis so valuable. “Obviously, I like people who can shoot the basketball,” Thompson — a sharpshooter in his own playing days — said of Bowie. “He’s just getting better every day. We’re proud of what Ryan has done so far and we expect big things out of him this year.” One of only two seniors on the roster, Bowie will be tasked with leading a crop of talented underclassmen guards. Sophomore Gino Littles will look to re-secure his role as the starting point guard after a season that saw the walk-on rank second in assists per game. Sophomore Christian Wilson will bring his raw talent into his second year as a Roadrunner. This year’s collection of guards has the potential to be the deepest the Roadrunners have had in a while. In addition to the talented group of returnees, junior
transfers Nick Billingsley and J.R. Harris present UTSA with two new athletic options on the perimeter. “We’re going to rely heavily on the guys that are coming back,” Thompson began. “But for us to be as successful as we want to be, some of those newcomers are going to have to step up as well.” The Roadrunners will be tested quickly as they are scheduled to take on perennially talented programs Clemson, Creighton and Texas before Dec. 8. “We’re getting thrown into the fire playing Creighton, playing Clemson,” Littles said during Media Day. “But I think we’ll be ready.” Although the Roadrunner backcourt looks saturated with viable options, there are still plenty of question marks surrounding the status of UTSA’s forwards and centers. The absence of Sherman and Lewis in frontcourt rotation leaves a gaping hole in UTSA’s inside presence. Two returning pieces, sophomore forward James Ringholt and junior center Lucas O’Brien, will be asked to pick up the majority of the slack for the Roadrunners. The two were the only frontcourt reserves to play in more than 16 games last year. “Coach (Thompson) has really given me a responsibility as a leader,” said O’Brien. “I think that I have pressure on me to perform
on and off the court.” “100 percent agree with Lucas,” Littles said, echoing O’Brien’s sentiment. “Coach (Thompson) has put a lot of responsibility on Lucas because he is a leader on this
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team.” The Roadrunners begin regular season play on Nov. 13 at Loyola-Chicago.
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November 3 - November 10, 2015
{Recent Results} Thursday, Oct. 29 UTSA soccer L, 0-4 at Rice
Friday, Oct. 30 UTSA volleyball W, 3-1 at Florida Atlantic
Saturday, Oct. 31
Rampage to have busy November
RAMPAGE HOCKEY Brady T. Phelps Sports Assistant
UTSA football L, 23-30 at North Texas
UTSA cross county Men: 6th/13 at Conferece USA Championships. Women: 8th/13 at Conference USA Championships.
Sunday, Nov. 1 UTSA volleyball W, 3-1 at FIU
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@bradytphelps sports@paisano-online.com Six games into the season, the San Antonio Rampage have yet to lose a game in regulation play — their best start in franchise history. Despite being behind ten other teams in points earned, the Rampage currently sit atop both the Pacific Division and the Western Conference, boasting a league-high .917 point percentage. This season, the order of the standings will be decided by point percentage instead of point totals, because the five new Californian teams play slightly fewer games than the rest, which creates a disparity in points available. The Rampage eased into the season, having played only six games since it started on Saturday, Oct. 10. But they have a busy November ahead, with 14 games to play in 27 days. How they weather this busy month should be a good indicator of what fans can expect out of this team of fresh faces.
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The coming month will be a great test for this team’s young players, as they must step up to offset the loss of team captain and leading scorer Ben Street. Street, who is tied for second in league scoring with 12 points in six games, was called up to the NHL on Monday. Since it is unknown when Street will rejoin the Rampage, other players will be called upon to replace his production. Andrew Agozzino, the team’s leading scorer in Street’s absence, is one of those players. With nine points in four games, he started the season scoring at an even higher pace than Street. After missing two games to injury, Agozzino had a scary-good performance on Halloween, scoring 24 seconds into the game and then assisting on Street’s game-winning overtime goal. Agozzino is expected to anchor the team’s top line along with rookie Mikko Rantanen, who turned 19 last week. Rantanen was placed into important situations from the moment he suited up for the Rampage, playing on the top line and
both special teams units. Veteran defenseman and Houston native Zach Redmond leads the production from the blue line with three goals and two assists in the first six games. His 17 shots on goal through six games place him second on the team in that category, trailing only Street. Following closely behind in scoring by defensemen is firstyear pro Chris Bigras, who has one goal and four points over the same span. It is likely that Czech backup goalie Roman Will
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sees his first action of the season this weekend, when the Rampage have three games in three nights — two home contests against the Chicago Wolves with an away game against the Texas Stars in between on Saturday, Nov. 7. If Will can perform well in relief of starter Calvin Pickard, November’s dense schedule will seem less daunting. If Will struggles, it will hinder Pickard’s ability to rest. Seven of the team’s games in November will be played
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