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S.A. Although San Antonio has not declared itself as a “sanctuary city,” it has the characteristics of one. Chief of Police William McManus stated in a meeting last week that, while his officers do not ask people about their immigration status, if they arrest someone with a federal warrant who emigrated to the U.S., then they will notify the federal government. Governor Abbott supports banning sanctuary cities and has urged the Legislature to do so in 2017.
Texas The UT System has announced plans to build a new campus on 300 acres in the southwestern region of Houston. It has not yet been decided if the land will be used as a branch campus or as a hub for the UT System’s 14 academic and health institutions; it most likely will not be used for a new university.
U.S. Dallas Cowboy’s owner Jerry Jones has reiterated his support for defensive end Greg Hardy in a statement posted on the team’s website. The statement comes in the face of a thorough investigative report by Deadspin, detailing the 2014 assault on Hardy’s ex-girlfriend, Nicole Holder. The report includes photos of Holder, severely bruised. Jones has called Hardy “a real leader” on the team.
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An Egyptian member of the team investigating the Russian plane crash in Egypt told Reuters that they are “90 percent sure” the noise heard in the final moments of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb.
Health The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a group of cases presented by religious hospitals, schools and charities that object to the “opt-out” system under Obamacare devised to accomodate instiutions opposed to contraceptives. The regulation requires religious nonprofts to report their religious objection to the Department of Health and Human Services; the groups argue that this burdens their faith.
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New York’s Attorney General has launched an investigation into whether Exxon Mobile suppressed climate change research and properly informed its investors of the profit risks that might arise as countries cut back on fossil fuels.
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November 10 - November 17, 2015
UTSA hopes to phase out CAP program by 2017 Andrea Velgis, The Paisano
Andrea Velgis Photo Assistant
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com The Coordinated Admissions Program (CAP) allows students who were not immediately admitted into UT Austin to complete their freshman year at another UT school, then transfer to the flagship Austin campus their second year. CAP students must meet a minimum 3.2 GPA while taking 30 credit hours in order to transfer. Participating schools include UT El Paso, UT Arlington, UT Permian Basin and UTSA. Students who meet these requirements are offered automatic admission into UT’s College of Liberal Arts. Those who wish to major in anything outside of liberal arts must apply as an external transfer into that college,
such as the Cockrell School of Engineering or McCombs School of Business. According to UTSA Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. John Frederick, students who begin at UTSA and then leave without graduating lower the university’s four year graduation rate of 11 percent because CAP students count as “starting at UTSA” but do not count as “graduating from UTSA,” they affect the institution’s graduation rates negatively. “It is worth noting that CAP students do not count as a positive factor in graduation rates for UT Austin since they did not start at UT Austin. And CAP students who decide to stay at UTSA and graduate within six years from UTSA do count positively for us,” stated Frederick. UT Austin’s four year graduation
rate is currently 52 percent. Because graduation rates are one of the factors considered among Tier One institutions, UTSA’s journey to Tier One status has been affected by students who just pass through the university with no intention of graduating from there. In an attempt to decrease participation in the program, UTSA has implemented a limit to the number of potential CAP students. During the fall 2015 admission period, the limit was met within
the first two hours that the program was open for applications. According to the provost, roughly 30 percent of CAP students opt to remain at UTSA rather than transfer to UT Austin, “but some may have subsequently transferred or dropped out.” Currently, there are 499 freshmen CAP students at UTSA. While the program is detrimental to both campus’ graduation rates, it benefits CAP students like Kristen Wight, who see the
program as an opportunity “to make it to their ideal college.” “It truly proves that higher education is the top priority for students and college admissions counselors at UT Austin,” Wight added. CAP helps students transfer to UT Austin after one year since the acceptance rate, currently at 40.2 percent, at UT lowers every year. UTSA has an acceptance rate of 60 percent. Despite the buzz surrounding the fate of the program, See CAP, page 3
Thirty percent of CAP students choose to remain at UTSA rather than transfer to UT Austin. Andrea Velgis, The Paisano
Campus Carry update:
Survey to be distributed to gather student, faculty and staff opinions Matt Frost Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com The UTSA Faculty Senate met last Wednesday on the fourth floor in the library to discuss a multitude of topics and to vote on a pair of resolutions that could affect the implementation of campus carry on the UTSA campus. As most UTSA students are aware, the campus carry law will take effect on UTSA’s campus Aug. 2016. Since the law has passed, the debate raging on campus right now is over which areas President Romo should designate as gun-free. The UTSA Faculty Senate is now involved in the
debate, doing their best to represent the interest of the faculty. During the October Faculty Senate meeting, an ad hoc committee was created to provide the task force with further input concerning the law’s implementation. Wasting no time, the committee authored two resolutions to be voted on during the following meeting. The first resolution urged President Romo to designate classrooms, faculty offices and laboratories as gun free areas. “The final vote from the committee (on the resolution) was ten ‘yes votes, zero ‘no’ votes and two abstentions,” said committee member and University College Profes-
sor Dr. Greg Hazleton. Though the vote by the committee was nearly unanimous, the resolutions were heavily debated. “We debated quite a bit about the scope of the resolution,” Hazleton said. Hazleton explained further, saying that the committee suggested that the President designate places of formal teaching and research as gun-free spaces. According to Hazleton, the debate in the committee focused on whether the language “places of formal teaching and research” was too vague, or whether choosing more specific language might allow some areas to be forgotten. The Faculty Senate spent
a large amount of time debating this as well, eventually settling on replacing the words “research laboratories” in the official resolution with the phrase “laboratories, studios, and practice rooms,” thereby including a wider range of areas instead of limiting the zones to only prototypical science and engineering laboratories. After debating some other minor language changes, the Faculty Senate voted on the resolution itself and voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the resolution. “The second resolution asked the senate to consider developing a survey to be sent to students in order to gauge how the student body feels about
UTSA’s implementation of the law,” said Hazleton. Political Science Professor Dr. Walter Wilson offered his support for the survey at the meeting, saying, “The law does mandate consultation with students, and having a stratified random sample of student opinion on the matter would be very valuable for understanding where students are on the issue.” The Faculty Senate elected to widen the resolution’s scope and will distribute a survey to faculty, staff and students instead of students only. The Faculty Senate then voted on the resolution as a whole, and the vote was resoundingly in favor of the resolution.
Participation at Model UN event doubled last year’s Gaige Davila Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com Points were raised, gavels were pounded and issues were resolved at the Alamo Model United Nation’s second annual conference that occurred over the weekend. This year’s conference sought to simulate the U.N. Economic and Social Council concerning issues like immigration, the global refugee crisis, methods for sustainable development, the global
energy crisis, gender equality and empowering women. Tensions were high as student-delegates silently conferred fiercely with each other using tiny yellow notes that sailed through a sea of raised hands. The event exuded an ambiance of professionalism that, as the student-delegates collectively devised solutions, resembled an actual United Nations conference. Throughout the three-day weekend, See Global, page 3
The delegate for the U.S. passionatdefends his country’s resolution during the conference. Photo Courtesy of Heather Riddle
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CAP students affect UTSA, UT Austin’s graduation rates
Tier One status delayed continued from page 1 CAP Coordinator Mike Washington stated, “The CAP Program is reviewed annually and is currently in the middle of that review process.” Washington reiterated
that no definitive decision regarding the program has been made. However, according to Frederick, “UTSA would like to phase out the program after one more year of
participation.” He stated, “By fall of 2017, we would like for all of our incoming first-year students to be ‘native Roadrunners’’.”
Graduate program eliminates barriers Alyssa Gonzales News Assistant
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com Spanish Translation and Interpreting Studies is a developing field in Texas. With a multicultural and multilingual community that helps the influx of immigrants from Central and Latin America, language barriers continue to hinder political and social justice. The Graduate Certificate in Spanish Translation and Interpreting Studies is a 15-hour certificate program that offers graduate students studying Spanish the opportunity to use their skills in language mediation to help various groups of people: victims of domestic violence, people held in detention centers seeking asylum and those suffering from breast cancer. Melissa Wallace is the assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and is the main advisor, recruiter and professor of the graduate certificate program. She explains that language barriers in social and political settings are pressing issues. “Befitting of a communityoriented university in the heart of multilingual and multicultural south Texas, the certificate is a program that emphasizes the ways in which language mediation fits within broader social and political systems, raising awareness about the fact that issues of language access are issues of human rights and social justice,” Wallace explained. “My focus has been on expanding the program to include interpreting studies, exposing students to current research trends in our discipline, mentoring students in
their own research trajectories and forging relationships with several community partners so that our practicum can include hands-on translation and interpreting experience.” For most students, this certificate program is used as a supplement to their degree and helps further themselves in their area of expertise. For graduate student Marcela Lopez, this certificate complements her master’s in Language Teaching that she received from the University of Missouri.
“Issues of language access are issues of human rights and social justice.” Melissa Wallace
Assistant professor, Department of Modern Languages, main advisor and recruitor of graduate certificate program “This program has helped me understand the importance of being trained to perform translations and interpretations,” Lopez said. “I have been doing my practicum interpreting in a hospital and that allows me to practice what I have learned about the theory of interpreting.” This program is directly geared toward bettering the greater San Antonio community. The students receiving this certification
can work in three settings. Those looking for a career in the medical field can find work at The University of Texas Health Science Center’s Cancer Therapy and Research Center, where students will interpret in breast oncology centers, clinical trial settings, genetic clinics, infusion centers and the chemotherapy ward. Students can also work in a sociological or public service setting at the Kendall County Women’s Shelter in Boerne, translating documents of domestic violence victims. Lastly, this program has also joined forces with the organization American Gateway to translate the personal narratives of detainees who are seeking asylum in the United States. “In the past two academic years, our program has expanded to include interpreting studies and has opened up options for the practicum component to include collaboration with San Antonio leaders in medicine, social services and the law,” Wallace said. “For the moment, our next step is to continue to strengthen the graduate certificate program and to develop a strong program of study for our undergraduates. As our program grows and becomes more consolidated, the sky is really the limit.” Anyone interested in the Graduate Certificate in Spanish Translation and Interpreting Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures can contact Melissa Wallace at melissa.wallace@utsa.edu.
Photo Courtesy of Heather Riddle Topics dicussed were sustainanble development, the global energy crisis, immigration and the global refugee crisis. Gender equality and women empowerment were on the agenda but were not discussed due to time constraints.
student-delegates reached solutions for sustainable development, the global energy crisis, immigration and the global refugee crisis. Gender equality and women’s empowerment proposals could not be met with a consensus due to time constraints. The conference included a research presentation by Dr. Miguel DeOliver, associate professor of geography at UTSA, who touched on issues of immigration and the economic future of developed countries. Dr. Matthias Hofferberth, associate professor of political science at UTSA and Alamo Model U.N.’s faculty adviser, was pleased with the conference’s turnout, which more than doubled from last year’s conference. “We extended the length of the model by one day and
had everyone happy and satisfied in the end. I believe all students involved learned important lessons about the U.N., assumed leadership and thoroughly enjoyed the weekend - so overall a great success.” Sarah Allred, the Secretary General and a co-founder of Alamo Model U.N., stressed the importance of universities offering organizations that allow students to discuss important world issues. “It is easy for people to ignore some of the problems facing the world … so it is up to the Alamo Model United Nations Society to remind all students about the importance of these issues.” Allred hopes the conference’s success will help AMUNS’s membership grow. Dr. Hofferberth seeks to increase participation in 2016 Alamo Model U.N. confer-
ence by reaching out to local high schools, colleges and further promotion at UTSA. Dr. Hofferberth also plans for the organization to compete at other Model U.N.’s throughout the nation, and even as far as Germany. Students interested in joining the Alamo Model U.N. can contact Dr. Hofferberth and Sarah Allred by email at matthias.hofferberth@utsa. com and sarah.allred@utsa. com.
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November 10 - November 17, 2015
Homecoming foreclosed, time to remodel
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Homecoming is a hard sell in college. The ritual of welcoming back alumni — homecoming — includes activities for students and alumni and is centered around, and thereby focused on, that school’s major sports and social communities. Beginning in high school, the event — strongly associated with American football — serves as a popularity contest, complete with the crowning of a king, queen and homecoming court. At this level, homecoming dances,
activities and the rosy homecoming game serve as rights of passage and tokens of adolescence, especially in the South. However, at the university level, homecoming seems to lose whatever magic it once possessed: regular students (overlooked in the event’s marketing) can lose interest in its trivialities, a select number of opportunistic students favor the event as a vehicle to further their political aspirations, and very few students participate for the camaraderie and the show.
The festivities for UTSA Homecoming 2015 were centered on the theme “Rowdy Around the World.” However, the attendance for UTSA’s Fall 2015 homecoming game — 19,586 attendees, the Roadrunners’ lowest turnout for the season — tells a different tale. Altogether poorly marketed on campus and weakly received on social media, this year’s homecoming festivities included a window war decorating party, Mr. and Mrs. UTSA voting, a golf cart parade, a firework
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All eyes were on Houston last week as residents of the state’s largest city voted on the highly embattled Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). The political showdown was preceded by months of contentious back-forth inside of Houston City Hall and Harris County Courtrooms, before being placed on November’s ballot and left in the hands of voters. Under HERO, discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy and genetic information along with family, marital or military status would be banned. Despite the potentially wide range of these protections, opponents of the ordinance deduced the ordinance to one point:
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Transgender people should fear cis people. This year in the United States, they have been murdered at historic rates. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 21 transpeople were murdered in the U.S. as of mid-October, and 13 were killed last year, simply because they defied society’s expectations of them. Most of the victims were people of color who were gruesomely murdered and their cases go unsolved. Two of the killings happened in Texas (in Tyler and Dallas). These hate crimes are a national crisis. Houston the only major city in Texas without this type of ordinance must reevaluate who truly needs protection. Houstonians should be ashamed for allowing their fear and their warped perception of religion to deny people they see as “other” of basic human rights: bathroom access. Instead of discriminating, perhaps opponents of HERO should visit the New Testament: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…” - 1 John 4:18
Political apathy disenfrancises voters
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bathrooms. Advertisements depicting a predatory man following a little girl into a bathroom instilled fear into Houstonians — who rejected HERO with a 61 to 39 percent margin. Shameless fear mongering perverted an ordinance designed to protect 15 classes of people into “the bathroom ordinance.” The misguided notion of protecting women and girls became the focus of Republicans and influential pastors who adopted “Keep men out of women’s restrooms!” as their rallying cry. There is no statistical evidence to support the suggestion that increasing bathroom access to gender non-conforming people increases violence or incidents in bathrooms, and these protections exist in 19 states and the District of Colombia. It is a myth propagated by champions of the religious right such as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who stated that he wished he “could’ve found his feminine side” in high school in order to shower with girls. Despite the success of anti-HERO’s fear-mongering campaign, it is not cis people who should fear trans people.
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Contributing Writer Election Day was Nov. 3, but perhaps not everyone knew about it because, according to the unofficial results reported by the Texas Secretary of State, only about 11 percent of those registered turned out to vote. What’s worse, this isn’t particularly unusual; Texas has a history of low voter turnout especially in years when there is no corresponding national election. How is it that only six percent of registered voters constituted the majority needed to determine permanent changes to the state constitution? There are plenty of reasons not to vote, and some, such as ignorance of what’s on the ballot, are better than others—although ignorance can be a voluntary state, especially when voters are mailed the full text of the
proposed amendments months in advance. A common excuse which fails to support the choice, though, is to claim a lack of opportunity; the availability of both early voting and mailin ballots as early as Oct. 19 and Sept. 1 respectively should have provided ample opportunity for Texas voters. It seems like apathy is a more likely explanation. One way to increase voter turnout is compulsory voting, a method most notably employed by Australia whose voter turnout has averaged above 90 percent since its implementation of the law in 1924. The policy is based on the treatment of voting as a civic duty and is enforced through minor fines or community service sentences for those who chose not to vote. Opposition to the law’s implementation in the U.S. criticize its use of coercive force and warn that some might vote carelessly to avoid the penalty. Of course, in that case, a ‘no preference’ option might be added or alternatively, citizens could vote to determine whether or not to continue the practice—that vote, at least, would reflect the public’s opinion.
Another way of addressing the problem of voter apathy would be to apply the principles of direct democracy rather than representative democracy. Theoretica l ly, technological advances are sufficient to allow any qualified adult to vote on every policy issue, and seeing as electronic voting technology is already in use, the risk of fraud would probably be about the same. One possibility of ensuring security would be to use unique identifiers, voter ID cards with encrypted security chips for instance, to prevent abuse. A less dramatic implementation of the principles of direct democracy is California’s referendum system. It allows citizens to propose and decide on laws and policies, and even repeal them if they are able to organize sufficient support. This system empowers rather than coerces voters, creating a sense of responsibility in place of the prevailing attitude of apathy; voters are able to hold themselves accountable rather than blame politicians.
display and the 37th Annual Bestfest. Nevertheless, these events failed to attract and engage the mass of students shuffling to-and-from classes. While the communities of other universities may hold homecoming in high regard as an event of rich tradition, students at UTSA are just not interested — at least not right now. At UTSA, the homecoming tradition appears unnatural, strained and altogether forced. There is plenty to celebrate at UTSA. But if
it is to continued at UTSA, homecoming must be repackaged and rebranded. Rather than gimmicky attempts to excite students with window paint, UTSA should hold a student-led event. It’s important for the campus for students to participate, be more involved and celebrate with school spirit. In order to do this — to foster a genuinely rowdy and lasting tradition— let’s create something memorable, exciting, edgy and maybe even meaningful.
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What do you consider to be the most important problem facing the country today? Does this affect how you vote? According to a poll conducted by Gallup, in March 2015, Americans voted that the most important problem in the United States was dissatisfaction with the government (18 percent). This was followed by: Economy in general (11 percent), Unemployment/Jobs (10 percent), Immigration/ Illegal Aliens (seven percent) and Healthcare (seven percent).
“Taxes are a very important problem. Also the act to make only community colleges free does not seem fair to me for those attending private and public universities. This affects how I vote because I look for those who are involved in finances.” Hannah Khakta Freshman, kinesiology
“The economy is a huge problem, as well as coming out of college and trying to find a job. This definitely affects how I vote.” Joseph Ullon Freshman, business “The biggest problems are the wars overseas and ISIS. I’m not a fan of these wars. I feel that the United States puts itself in unnecessary situations. This makes me conscious of candidates’ policies.” Madison Gibson Freshman, business “I think the biggest problem would be how we handle money and funds. I would vote for someone who knows how to handle the money; they have to be fair for college funding as well.” Dasi Bhakta Freshman, sociology “To me, I would say energy security is extremely important. It affects how I vote because I look for candidates who look into this feature and if they care about good energy sources for us right now and the future.” Misael Benavides “The biggest problem I think would be there is not much being done about education. It doesn’t seem like many candidates are doing much about it. If there were, then it would influence my vote.” Luis Santos Senior, civil engineering Photos and quotes by Claudia Jimenez, The Paisano
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November 10 - November 17, 2015
Does this emoji mean she wants me?
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Having communicated only through GIFs of dogs pretending to be humans and superficial business formal texts such as their major and future occupations, Malone found it difficult to begin an organic conversation that could lead to a date. “I didn’t really know how to ask,” he stated. “So I just kept asking her about her day over and over.” A breakthrough came when the woman began discussing a new movie she wanted to see, hinting that she had no one to go with. Although he had no inter-
est in the new Goosebumps adaptation, Malone decided that this was his best chance to meet the woman he only knew through profile pictures. Difficulty arose after 10 minutes when Malone found himself unable to formulate a coherent text message, drafting and redrafting them multiple times and often ending up either too wordy or with too many emojis. Malone decided to call several of his expert dating consultants to assist with his text message including his mother and fraternity brother Danny. Immediately dismissing his mother’s unrealistic idea of actually calling the woman, Malone decided after a heated heart-to-heart discussion to go with the advice from his fraternity brother, because of his more successful resume of over 30 tinder matches rather than his mother’s 55 years of life experience.
Mental exhaustion began to set in for Malone, when his ex-girlfriend texted an ambiguous “hey” at 1:32 a.m., creating emotional turbulence he had not prepared for. Twenty-six minutes had already passed, and he began to second-guess whether the woman who had sent him a combination of winky face and robot emoji the night before was interested in him or not. He began to type “hey” and “we should,” but then stopped to contemplate the meaning of life and whether he should simply forget about the date and instead focus on his studies and new job on campus. Realizing that life is about meeting people, going on adventures and taking chances (as preached on the woman’s Instagram bio), Malone finally sent, “I’ll give you Goosebumps. Let’s go to the movies together.”
Letter to the Editor To Whom It May Concern: I am currently a student at UTSA living at Prado Student Living on UTSA Boulevard. I live on the sixth floor of an apartment building with no elevator. As you may gather this creates a fair amount of issues. Carrying heavy objects up the 144 stairs it takes to get to my apartment is difficult, and when I hurt my ankle playing kickball several weeks ago I had no elevator to help me get to my apartment so I was forced to use crutches to get up the stairwell in the building. This also limits the people who are disabled and
need wheel chairs to get around. I can never have a disabled person over to my home and my grandma couldn’t even come visit due to the amount of stairs. The lack of an elevator isn’t the only issue. The Prado management and construction company keep giving inaccurate time projections about when the elevator will be finished. I believe that they are not being held accountable for their actions and they have gotten away with this for long enough. It’s time to shed some light on this. Jared Sheets UTSA student and Prado resident
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Pay Day Loans Guest Commentary According to Appleseed, a research company, payday loans do not necessarily affect the population that may come to your head when you answer the question, “who takes out payday loans?” The majority of payday consumers are single Latina mothers who are one sick child away from not being able to put food on the table, pay for rent or other bills. These are women who are living paycheck to paycheck and little do most consumers of payday lending know is that this system is a way to catch individuals in a debt trap. Single mothers are not the only population affected by predatory lending. Our grandparents, youth and minorities in Texas are continually targeted and their fees make up 90 percent of payday companies’ surplus of money. Not to mention that payday lending fees and loans need regulations as companies can charge up to a 600 percent annual percentage rate. Individuals end up paying three to six times more than their small dollar amount loan. A real-world scenario to give readers a better picture of what is go-
ing on with payday lenders in Texas currently from a website called Victims of Payday: Sandra Meyer took out her first payday loan for $100 with an $18 fee. She called the payday loan company and asked what was required to take out a loan. All she needed was a source of income and a banking account, so she walked into the shop and walked out 15 minutes later with the loan. Sandra got caught up in the payday lending debt trap, taking out multiple loans to pay the fees on each one as they became due. At one point, she was paying $300 every two weeks for four different loans. Over a six month period, this added up to $3600, however, she wasn’t in the trap much longer. She paid off loan after another until she lost her job and could no longer keep up with the fees. She filed for bankruptcy and ruined her credit forever, to say the least. Another example from Victims of Payday is a single mother named Clara Fernandez who has a 15-year-old son. They lived in a home that they helped build through the Habitat for Humanity project. Clara works full time at a grocery store, however, she
Guest Commentary Payday lending is capitalism to the fullest. Since 1990, there has been an explosion of payday centers nationwide, growing from virtually zero centers to 25,000 in 2007, which is more than the number of McDonalds and Starbucks combined. The concept for maximizing profit is simple: charge people relatively low fees on short-term loans and demand payback in full. If the borrower can’t pay back the loan, charge the fees again and lend the same loan. This method has led to 6.8 million dollars in revenue each year, but when you take a closer look, you will find this money is not earned fairly. The problem is that payday lenders prey on the desperation of hard working people and their knowingly inability to pay back the loan to make their money. Here’s the solution: protect borrowers by implementing comprehensive regulation policies. Some people think that the people who borrow payday loans are gamblers or addicts looking to get quick cash to support their habit. The average payday consumer is either younger than 25 years, older than 60 years, a single parent, a veteran, an immigrant, or a minority that is earning less than $50,000 a year. And they do not seek loans to sup-
port less than acceptable habits. They are seeking loans to pay for food, rent, utilities, and medical bills. Imagine having no money to buy what you need. You would have no other choice but to borrow money, and payday lenders know that. The average borrower extends their initial loan five to 10 times, paying for fees with no money ever going to the principle of the loan. Eventually, what was a two-week loan quickly turns into a six month loan. Of the $68 billion dollars lenders make in revenue, 90 percent is derived from repeated borrowers. Usury laws should be more comprehensive in regulating payday and other short-term consumer loans. Enforcing interest rate caps help in making loans more affordable but are not sufficient enough in protecting consumers from a cycle of extending or re-borrowing a loan. Even in states that have usury laws, payday lenders are finding loopholes. For example, they may state that they charge “fees” rather than “interest rates.” Responsible lending is more than capping fees, interest and loan amounts. It is ensuring a high probability of return on a loan without exacerbating the borrower’s income. In addition to price caps,
receives no child support and struggles to manage her expenses. At times she works a second part-time job, but when that store was closed down, the income was lost. She heard about payday loans through the radio and decided to give it a try. Eventually, Clara could not repay the loan, and the payday company deposited the check they were holding as collateral. The check bounced and both her bank and the payday lender charged her additional fees for insufficient funds. Now Clara’s hopes for keeping her Habitat for Humanity house are dimmed. There is no doubt that the four-billion-dollar a year industry needs increased regulations just as any business in Texas would have to follow. That way vulnerable individuals and families such as Clara and her son and Sandra do not fall into the traps of payday loans. With the right amount of regulation and policy, individuals would be able to take out small dollar loans.
Sofia Worth UTSA Graduate Research Assistant
lenders should be required to assess the borrower’s ability to undertake a loan. Information from the borrower, proof of income, credit reports, and other sources should be used to determine the borrower’s level of affordability. Not to be confused, no information should be used to deny a loan. This ensures that people only borrow what they can pay back. The borrower’s repayment history and loyalty over time should also be used to increase the amount in subsequent loans. Borrowers should also be given a chance to repay the loan within adequate time. This means that money paid should go to paying off the principal amount, even when loans are extended. To some, these suggestions seem to defy the whole concept of a payday loan. It seems to make it more difficult for lenders to give loans, restricts the availability of funds for consumers, and removes the “short-term” from “shortterm loan.” I say that if the concept of a payday loan is to prey upon vulnerable people, then maybe the concept of payday loans should be defied.
Angela Quiroz-Saenz UTSA Graduate Research Assistant
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Arts & Life Events Calendar Thursday 11/12 6 p.m. Artpace Artpace San Antonio is uncovering new work for its Fall 2015 International Artist-In-Residence. Doors to the event open at 6 p.m. followed by a panel talk at 7 p.m. with the three artists to discuss their residency and exhibitions, as well as a Q&A session. The event will take place at Artpace (445 N Main Ave) and will end at 9 p.m. Friday 11/13 7:30 p.m. ‘Selena’ Screening Selena fans, this one is for you! In honor of the 20th anniversary of Selena’s passing, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (723 S Brazos St.) is showing a sing-along screening of Gregory Nava’s 1997 film starring Jennifer Lopez. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP to the event at guadalupeculturalarts.org. Tuesday 11/17 9 p.m. Kreative Karaoke Creative Creatures and Outlaw Karaoke is bringing Kreative Karaoke to the Limelight (2719 N Saint Mary’s St.) starting next Tuesday and every Tuesday after that. Come sing, paint and enjoy the introduction of a new feature, “Into The Art Alley,” an alley with original works by local artists. The event is exclusively 21 and up.
Photo Courtesy of Reagan Hackleman Big Freedia orchestrates a mass twerking mob on stage during her performance of “Azz Everywhere” at this year’s Fun Fun Fun Festival. The festival celebrated it’s tenth anniversary this past weekend and provided a multitude of musical and comedy acts to see across four different colored stages.
Fun Fun Fun Festival celebrates 10 years Brayden Boren Arts & Life Editor
@ThatBorenGuy arts@paisano-online.com In 10 years, Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival has grown, not only in size, but also in its continued promise to give festival goers three times the amount of “fun” than any other festival on the planet would give. With the presence of a skate park, a wrestling ring, a taco cannon and four different stages for different genres of music including a comedy stage, no one had an excuse to complain that the festival did not appeal to his or her sensibilities. For the festival’s 10th annniversary, festival goers were eager to see what bands would be booked
for the special occasion. This year’s set of headliners spread once again across three stages, ranging from legendary performers like Ms. Lauryn Hill and Jane’s Addiction to newer fare like Schoolboy Q and CHVRCHES, though it was the smaller bands and stranger artists outside of the norm that gave this year’s festival its distinct charm. Friday night’s performance at the Blue Stage from Peaches, the Canadian electronic musician and performance artist Beth Nisker, delivered on her artistic vision that made her a standout performer back in 2000 with the single “F--the Pain Away.” Dressed in a pink costume resembling that of the anatomical female member, Peaches proceeded to perform a variety
of songs from her newest album in six years, “Rub,” even inviting a duo of dancing vaginas out to dance with her for the aptly titled “Vaginoplasty.” Saturday night presented a current vision of the future that Peaches predicted in Grimes, Canadian singer and producer Claire Boucher’s stage name. The opener, “laughing and not being normal,” signaled Grimes’ arrival to the stage, accompanied by her own set of dancers and a backup vocalist that recalled her stylistic predecessor. The 27-year-old kept up a whirlwind of exuberant energy throughout her set, only stopping every so often to show gratitude to the audience or explain some interesting context behind
songs from her newest album, “Art Angels.” “This one is about a vampire romance,” laughed Grimes before she launched into her newest banger, “Kill V. Maim.” Grimes’ shift from falsetto to earbleeding screeches kept the crowd bouncing and dancing, confirming the art weirdo’s placement as leader of the pack that day. By Sunday, the hangover from two continuous days of partying begins to drain the energy from any sane festival-goer. Thank god, then, for the queen of bounce, Big Freedia, who got the audience to get low like the Sunday evening sun behind the Austin skyline. Bringing with her the sounds of New Orleans bounce music of which she
helped popularize, Freedia brought the biggest dance party of the festival to the sunset slot at the Blue Stage. “I’m that queen that’ll make ya bounce,” Freedia repeated throughout her set with the confidence of someone sure of her ability to make an audience move their butts and other loose appendages with that same assuredness. By the end of the set, a large amount of the crowd was on stage with Freedia, twerking the night away with the queen herself, with only one rule: “I don’t want to see no faces,” yelled Freedia at the enthusiastic crew of dancers. And they obliged, rears in the air, the perfect ending to Fun Fun Fun’s 10 year anniversary.
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‘MUSE’ art show opening this week Christopher Breakell Arts & Life Assistant @ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com
Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, the artworks displayed in the UTSA Downtown Art Gallery begin a whimsical narrative that only the viewer can complete. The exhibition titled “MUSE” displays the artwork of four San Antonio artists, totaling 20 works. It includes the works of UTSA M.F.A. students Sarah Fox and Brittany Ham, UTSA art professor Soomin Jung and San Antonio artist Maritza Blu. Marking his debut curatorial exhibition, MUSE is curated by B.F.A major Rafael Gutierrez. He laid out the space to display each of the artists’ works on a separate wall, and Maritza Blu’s metal sculptures dominantly stand in the center of it all. Blu’s metal balloons, attached to the ground by a chaotic mess of white metal strings, float rigidly in the
space. These are not the balloons being passed out at children’s birthday parties, but instead the ones decorating the scene of a postapocalyptic celebration. A large, pervasive metal eye hanging from a metal rod stands next to the rusted balloons, adding to the perplexity. These surreal sculptures are only the beginning to a visual journey into a distant, yet oddly familiar world filled with fanciful scenes and mysterious narratives. Brittany Ham’s characters confront the viewer with disfigured forms and distorted faces. Organic watercolor strokes create the muddy faces and forms of her abnormal subjects. The figures’ black eyes and open mouths grotesquely stare out at the viewer, but the patterned fabrics that cover the figures’ torsos soften their eerie feel. Unsettling at first, these odd characters reveal their humble personalities and become strangely relatable. Ham’s characters are slightly too grim to live
in the fantastical world of Sarah Fox’s collage pieces. These soft pink worlds are filled with outlandish plants, animal-human hybrids and nonsensical scenes. They beg the viewer to jump in and experience a world that has endless possibilities, not governed by the laws of science. Sooming Jung’s meticulous colored pencil drawings present the most naturalistic subjects in the show, but her juxtapositions make viewers question their own reality as much as any of the other pieces. A beautiful mountain range sits on a shoreline; however, the San Antonio skyline reflects back from the water’s surface. Forcing these worlds to inhabit the same space makes the audience question the structure of the present world and what the future has in store. “MUSE’s” opening reception is Thursday, Nov. 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibition will be on view until Jan. 31, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Roadrunners fall at homecoming UTSA BASKETBALL
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Thursday, Nov. 12 UTSA volleyball (away) The Roadrunners will head on the road to face conference rival Southern Miss.
Friday, Nov. 13 UTSA cross country (away) Both cross country teams will be competing at the NCAA South Central Regional in College Station.
UTSA basketball (away) Andrea Velgis, The Paisano
The men’s team will open their season in Chicago when they compete against Loyala.
Saturday, Nov. 14 UTSA football (away) The Roadrunners will seek an end to their current losing streak when they head to Charlotte to face off with the 49ers.
UTSA volleyball (away) The volleyball team will travel to Denton to conclude their regular season with a match against North Texas.
UTSA basketball (away) The women’s team will be in action against the UT Longhorns for their season opener.
Andrea Velgis, The Paisano
The UTSA Roadrunners fell 36-31 to the Old Dominion Monarchs (4-5, 2-3 C-USA) in a closely contested battle of Conference USA (C-USA) rivals. In a loss that tied the program’s single-season record of eight, the Roadrunners (1-8, 1-4 C-USA) entered the game with the ninth most first-time starters in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Despite their youth, UTSA managed to collect more than 400 yards of total offense —283 yards through the air and 141 yards on the ground. The impressive offensive numbers from the Roadrunners might have yielded a win on any other night, but after a stellar performance from the ODU offense, the Monarchs managed to put up 548 yards of total offense (378 passing, 170 rushing). “I didn’t expect it,” UTSA Head Coach Larry Coker said, commenting on Old Dominion’s offensive explosion. “You can’t give up the big plays and win. That’s what we did.” The Roadrunners’ sec-
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Wednesday, Nov. 4 UTSA volleyball W, 3-1 vs. Rice
Thursday, Nov. 5 UTSA basketball (men) W, 92-81 vs. Southeastern Ok. State (exhibition)
Saturday, Oct. 31 UTSA football L, 31-36 vs. Old Dominion
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In three games over three days this weekend, the Rampage continued to pick up points as they fell in overtime to the Chicago Wolves twice at home — both by a score of 4 to 3 — and beat the Texas Stars on their own ice Saturday night. The Rampage have played 10 games this season and have yet to lose a game in regulation. This places them in a three-way tie for the Pacific Division lead with a point percentage of .800. San Antonio held a lead for a considerable portion of Friday’s game. Goals by defenseman Maxim Noreau and winger Borna Rendulic gave the team a 2-0 lead, which they surrendered during a six-minute span in the second period. Colin Smith sent the game into the final intermission with San Antonio leading 3-2. They held on to that lead through most of the third period. But with 55 seconds left in regulation, chaos in
front of the Rampage net allowed Jeremy Welsh to get a puck past Rampage goalkeeper Calvin Pickard. The chaotic 3-on-3 overtime ended after three and a half minutes when the Wolves’ Danny Kristo put a shot from the right circle clean past Pickard. “As the game wore on, our youth showed,” Rampage Head Coach Dean Chynoweth explained. “Guys started to clam up a little bit…you gotta play in those situations, and you gotta learn from it as well.” The Rampage added another body to their talented but crowded blue line on Saturday. Twenty-year-old Nikita Zadorov — a highly touted first-round draft pick from Moscow — was assigned to San Antonio from Colorado. Zadorov was chosen by the Buffalo Sabres in 2013 and traded to the Avalanche in a blockbuster deal this summer. Zadorov was the third youngest defenseman in the NHL at the time he was sent down. In Cedar Park on Saturday, rookie winger Mikko Rantanen touched every
Rampage goal in their 4-3 win. He scored two goals four minutes apart in the second period and then assisted on goals by Joey Hishon and Trevor Cheek to end the night with four points. Pickard — the AHL’s goalie of the month in October — gave the Rampage a chance to win by stopping 45-of-48 shots in Saturday’s game. Sunday’s game played out remarkably similar to the contest on Friday. Goals by Troy Bourke and Colin Smith gave the Rampage a two-goal lead over the Wolves. The Wolves then responded with two goals of their own to reset the score halfway through the final frame. New addition Zadorov scored with two minutes left in his AHL debut to give San Antonio a 3-2 lead. Chicago’s Ty Rattie then put one past backup Rampage goalie Roman Will to tie the game with just over a minute left. The Wolves went on to win the game less than a minute into overtime as Danny Kristo scored his second overtime goal of the weekend. Although the Rampage continued their point streak, they acknowledged the need to tighten up parts of their game to avoid giving up late leads. “There’s still kind of a learning curve right now, still being undefeated (in regulation) and losing like that,” said Noreau. “Down the stretch, hopefully we can put those games away.” “(We’ll) take the point and move on, but we definitely have to learn from it,” Chynoweth said about Friday’s game. “We can’t be happy with the way it ended.”
ondary — which has largely been the most productive unit for UTSA this season — was torched by ODU wide receivers Zach Pascal and Jonathan Duhart. Pascal and Duhart combined for 18 receptions, more than 300 yards receiving and two touchdowns against the Roadrunners. “We’ve got to contain them (opposing offenses) better,” UTSA linebacker Drew Douglas said after the loss. “We’ve got to play better.” Douglas acknowledged the stellar play of ODU quarterback David Washington (378 yards passing, two touchdowns, 69 yards rushing) after the loss. “All credit to him (Washington),” Douglas said. “He was very elusive and did a really good job of throwing it to his receivers and letting them make plays.” Even with the less-thanstellar performance for the UTSA defensive backs, the unit helped stretch UTSA’s streak of takeaways to five after an interception by senior cornerback Trevor Baker. The interception marks the tenth of the season for the Roadrunners, a mark good enough to place second in the program’s short
history (13). UTSA’s ten interceptions this season have all come in the team’s last five contests. With three games remaining, the team has a real chance to challenge the record. On the offensive side of the ball, UTSA quarterback Dalton Sturm continued to etch chapters into his admirable story after yet another impressive performance. The second year walk-on threw for more than 250 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Sturm — who secured the starting duties after an injury befell former starter Blake Bogenshutz — also led the Roadrunners’ balanced rushing attack with 34 yards on the ground. Sturm credited his pregame preparation for his performance. “Whether I make good plays or bad plays, I go straight back to the film,” Sturm said. “But there’s only so much film can do. Game-time experience is the main thing.” Despite their struggles this season, UTSA still has an opportunity to close the season on a three-game win streak as their final three opponents boast a combined record of 5-11 in conference play.
Andrea Velgis, The Paisano
UTSA sweeps weekend UTSA VOLLEYBALL Johnee Jasso Contributing Writer
@Paisanosports1 sports@paisano-online.com The UTSA Roadrunners captured two victories this weekend at the Convocation Center, taking down conference rivals Louisiana Tech and UAB. On Friday, Nov. 9, the Roadrunners captured a victory over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in three sets. On the following Sunday, UTSA took down the UAB Blazers in four sets to close their home stand and extend their win streak to seven matches. UTSA played dominant volleyball in both wins. In the victory over Louisiana Tech, the Roadrunners boasted an impressive attack percentage of .304 to go with 9.5 team blocks. “(I’m) very proud,” UTSA Head Coach Laura Neugebauer-Groff commented. “We’re gelling, we’re giving everybody an opportunity to play and we’re not missing a beat.” The Roadrunners proved Groff ’s comments true in their victory over UAB on Sunday, totalling 57 kills, 52 digs and six team blocks to close out their final regular-
season home game. Although the spotlight shined on UTSA’s talented seniors in their final home games as Roadrunners, the team got the majority of their production from younger players. Junior Dajana Boskovic led the Roadrunners with a combined 37 kills and nine blocks throughout both contests. UTSA sophomores Megan Slan and Marijeta Runjic had stellar offensive weekends with a combined 32 kills through both matches. The Roadrunners played nearly flawless volleyball over the weekend, with their lone faulty set coming against UAB. The Blazers denied UTSA the sweep and rallied for the last four points to take the opening set. “Our passing broke up,” Boskovic stated in defense of the team’s dropped set. The victories over the weekend leave UTSA with a 21-7 overall record and a conference record of 12-2. UTSA will hit the road with the momentum of seven straight victories to face off against Southern Miss on Nov. 12.
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