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Of the 2.1 million acres of land the UT system owns across the region of West Texas, 95 percent has been leased for the purpose of fracking or high-volume hydraulic fracturing, according to a report by the nonprofit organization Environment Texas Research and Policy Center. Approximately 4,132 wells have been fracked on. Joined by the UTSA Green Society, UT Student Government and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, Environment Texas called on the UT Board of Regents in the report to enforce stricter leasing and fracking regulations on these lands. The process of fracking is as such: drilling a well approximately one mile deep into shale rock, pumping a highly pressurized combination of water, sand and other chemicals to create micro-fractures into the shale rock and then extracting the shale gas through the well system. Shale gas is a natural gas that is used to generate about 25 percent of the electricity and heat in the United States.
Science The first titanium rib cage in the world has been implanted by a surgery team at Salamanca University Hospital in Spain in a 54-year-old cancer patient who lost part of his rib cage in the process of removing a large tumor. The metal prosthesis was designed by Australian engineers using CT scans from the patient’s chest and using a $1.3 million 3-D metal printer in a government lab.
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Other than the problem of leasing land for fracking, the report billboarded the amount of water used during the entire fracking process. Environment Texas reported that between Feb. 2010 and Dec. 2014, the wells used at least six billion gallons of water. Those six billion gallons of water being used for fracking could instead be used for human consumption. Fracking threatens local water supplies because the water used for fracking is no longer potable and ultimately dumped into toxic waste wells. Water contamination is a main concern to these environmental groups, who called for the installation of a system that tracks toxic chemicals with hopes of preventing leakage into neighboring aquifers. Speaking on the subject of water usage, Secretary of the UTSA Green Society Eleni Pancheco said, “We are calling for Texas to adopt best management practices (BMP’s) that other states have adopted. There are other people that are doing this, and they are doing it safer and healthier. Ultimately, we want to limit the number of wells that are being drilled, and of course have no wells at all. But we have to start
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@rockets100 news@paisano-online.com Texas’ first law criminalizing revenge pornography went into effect Sept. 1, 2015. Texas joins 24 other states in banning the practice. small.” Environment Texas reports that 92.5 million pounds of hydrochloric acid and 8.5 million pounds of methanol have been used during the ten-year process of fracking. Hydrochloric acid is a highly acidic solution that is known by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to lead to irritation in the respiratory tract and pulmonary edema if inhaled. Methanol is a colorless solution that is known to cause blurred vision and nauseous in humans and birth defects in animals according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. University Lands CEO Mark Houser said, “We are leaders in environmental standards and stewardship and as the drilling technology evolves, our practices will evolve as well. We are committed to maintaining our reputation as leaders and stewardship and we will continue to set the standard for oil and gas ex-
September 22 - September 29, 2015 Revenge porn is the distribution of sexually explicit media without the consent of the individual involved. It is generally used to describe content uploaded onto the internet by intimate partners with the intent to humiliate or seek revenge on the partner after the end of a relationship. The images are often accompanied by information identifying the
individual such as name and location, which can negatively impact the life of the victim. Under Texas Penal Code 21.16., any unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material can be punished as a class A Misdemeanor, which can result in up to a $4,000 fine and possibly a year in jail. See Victims ,Page 2
UT system leases West Texas land for fracking
Urub Khawaja , The Paisano ploration across the state.” Forty-one endangered and threatened species– including the gray wolf, whooping crane, Pecos sunflower and the black bear– live on university owned land, and the fracking process has expended their water sources, putting them at a greater risk of extinction. The University of Texas stated at a press conference that the university would
carefully consider the solutions provided by Environment Texas. Scott Kelley – Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at UT System – stated, “With the caveat of not being an engineer or a geologist, we certainly are not casual in our stewardship responsibilities for these lands. We understand that they were given to us in perpetuity and we want to preserve them.”
The endowment produced from the leasing of the West Texas land generates approximately 600 million dollars a year. Last year’s endowment helped fund the infrastructure of the Dell Medical School at UT Austin’s campus as well as a medical school at the UT Rio Grande Valley Campus.
UTSA selected to set national standards in cyber security Anelia Gomez-Cordova Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com UTSA is already well known as a powerhouse in cyber security education and research. Now, the university has yet another reason to be recognized. The Department of Homeland Security has selected a UTSA led team to receive a grant in order to develop standards and guidelines for students and faculty wishing to participate in a cyber security information sharing program. Although the overall process for selection was not disclosed, it is known that the grant proposal was made in collaboration with the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) and the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC). “We would not have received this award had we not had the partners that we have, LMI and the R-CISC.” Dr. Greg White, director of the UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) and professor of computer science, said, “Both bring their own expertise to the team and to-
gether we created a propos-
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al that addressed all aspects required in the submission.” The project’s end goal is a set of voluntary standards that will allow organizations to create their own Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAO) and give way to an increase
ISAOs from a couple dozen to the hundreds. The grant, which will bring $11 million to UTSA over the next five years, is not the first to come to CIAS, though it certainly appears to be the largest and it has had quite an impact. The initiative has
brought not only industry,
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but federal attention to the university. Not to mention, the bonus of knowing that the DHS feels confident the UTSA - led team has the knowledge and ability to meet said goal. “I believe that the selec-
tion of the UTSA team is an indication of both the strength of the assembled team and our proposal as well as the growing confidence in UTSA’s cyber security program at a national level,” said White. “The reputation the university is earning comes about as a result of three things: our graduates, our faculty and our security outreach program.” This reputation is increasing on a national level, and so is the university’s visibility. In fact, the program is already getting plenty of calls from interested individuals across the country. With the level of interest that the concept of information sharing commands, Dr. White hopes more people will begin to learn about UTSA’s cyber security program and thus increase the reputation the university has as a tech savvy institution to aid researchers. White says, “It is always good for researchers when those deciding whether to award a grant know something about the university the researcher is from and know something about their reputation.”
It’s about time, to fix all the broken clocks Matt Frost Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com S Sometimes classes feel like they drag on for hours. Students will look
at the clock after what feels like thirty minutes, only to see that the clock has not moved. Has no time elapsed, or is the real issue the clocks, and not the students’ perception of time? At UTSA, many students and faculty have com-
plained that the clocks inside various campus classrooms have led to classes running over the allotted time, or starting late, while some believe that they have an effect on the learning en-
vironment. Psychology professor Dr. Mary McNaughton-Cassil points out that, “When a clock is set five to ten minutes fast, it can cause students to think class is over, See Clocks ,Page 3
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Panel encourages open dialogue about addiction, recovery The theme of the panel was “changing the conversation,” and each panelist offered a different perspective. Graduate student and recipient of the NBCC’s Minority Fellowship, Stacy Waterman, organized the panel with support from her doctoral cohort, along with the NBCC, SAMHSA and Chi Sigma Iota (an international society for current and future counselors). “After all these years of trying to educate,” Waterman said, “you’ve still got people suffering and dying on campuses just like this.” Chad Warner, a licensed chemical dependency counselor and the owner of Creekview Counseling, summarized the theme: “The most important thing that we can do is start talking about addiction. There is just too much bad information out there.” A common misconception is that addiction is strictly a behavioral issue. Addiction and mental health are inextricably connected in regards to both cause and recovery. The
Brady Phelps Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com Not all recent drug users are addicts, but users between the ages 18 and 25 are more susceptible to addiction than the rest of the population. According to the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, twenty one percent of young adults 18 to 25 used an illicit drug within the month prior to being surveyed¬ ¬– almost three times the 7.3 percent rate among those aged 26 or older. Every September since 1989, various federal commissions and professional organizations, such as the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), have collaborated to advocate for addiction treatment. In honor of Recovery Month, a panel met at UTSA’s downtown campus on Sept. 15 to discuss addiction treatment.
American Medical Association asserts that genetics account for half of the cause and biological and environmental factors determine the extent to which those predispositions actualize. Modeled after the flagship university’s program, each school in the University of Texas System now has its own Center for Collegiate Recovery (CCR). The CCR’s objective is to offer students in recovery a chance to connect. Assistant Director of UTSA’s CCR, Clayton Sponholtz, encouraged a change in focus from the problem to the solution. “There are 23 million people living in long-term recovery,” Sponholtz explained, “and it’s unfortunate we don’t hear about that. We hear about the bad cases...the media sensations.” Two panelists — a University of Texas at Austin graduate who benefitted from the school’s initial foray into collegiate recovery and a UTSA senior who is a recovering alcoholic
— shared their personal experiences with university-sponsored recovery programs. Richard Hamner, Program Administrator at the Center for Health Care Services, stressed patience and adaptability: “Lower your expectations and allow
(those in recovery) to determine where they want to go with it.” While addiction is a complex problem without a universal solution, all of the panelists agree that peer support is integral to the recovery process. For UTSA students seeking an open
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dialogue about addiction, there is a community committed to promoting awareness and understanding.
Victims now able to press criminal and civil charges
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According to a poll by endrevengeporn.org, a cyber civil rights initiative that provides support to victims of nonconsensual porn, one in ten partners has threatened to publish nude photographs of his or her former partner online. In addition, 59 percent of those published photos were accompanied with the victim’s full name. Previously, suing for civil damages had been the only option for revenge porn victims in Texas. A Houston woman was awarded $500,000 by a jury earlier this year in a case against her former college boyfriend, in which the court found the former boyfriend guilty of infliction of emotional distress. Revenge porn victims will now be able to have their cases heard in both civil and criminal courts. Leonard Flaum, UTSA Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity – the office that handles sexual harassment, including sexual assault and sexual violence – explained, “If someone
does expose videos (or) images of someone that are inappropriate, the action is harmful to that person and creates a hostile environment for the exposed individual - especially if they are both students (at the same school), and may have to see each other every day.” “If the victim does not want to prosecute criminally, they can still go through our (UTSA’s) system to get justice,” said Flaum. Students can choose to report the incident to the UTSA Police Department, or to the Office of Equal Opportunity Services. University police Lieutenant Thomas Calucci supports the law, stating, “Now we are able to enforce (the) law (against revenge porn), and when any member of our community is a victim of this (practice), we can use the law to successfully prosecute the crime.” Calucci continues, “I hope this will dissuade someone from trying to humiliate or seek revenge
on a partner for whatever reason. “I have a 13-year-old daughter and I tell her the
best way to avoid a certain situation is not to get in it in the first place; same thing goes with this law.”
Calucci cautions potential perpetrators, “I would encourage them to seek someone within our coun-
seling center or somebody off campus to try and find a healthy way to deal with their emotions.”
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Tick-Tock, fix the clocks CLOCKS continued from page 1 and they will begin to pack up early.” “This packing-up process can be disruptive, causing students to lose focus,” explained Dr. McNaughtonCassil. Dave Riker, associate vice president for facilities, explains that the Facilities department checks all the clocks in the school twice a year, but that if a clock malfunctions in between those times, then it is up to the professors or faculty who work in the room to notify facilities. He explains the process further, stating that, “When we (The Facilities Department) become aware that a clock is not working, a work order is issued and that work order is assigned to a Facilities tradesman to
make the repair.” Rikers continued, “It generally should not take more than a week to repair the clock once the work order is issued.” “However,” Rikers added, “we have had some incidents where it takes longer depending on the availability of parts or resources.” These incidents may be a thing of the past though, as an even more efficient system could be on the way. Rikers revealed that, “Facilities is expanding its recently established quality-assurance program that provides additional quality inspections of campus facilities, and provides information on malfunctioning systems, including classroom clocks.” Perhaps soon, all of the
clocks on campus will be working. Some students do not have a problem with the clocks malfunctioning. The prevalence of phones in classrooms provides students with an instant clock any time they need one. Some students don’t have a problem with the broken clocks, simply because they do not even use them to check the time. Senior Mechanical Engineering Major Ryan Harbuck says, “The clocks tend to be behind us in the back of the room, so we really don’t even look at them.”
Concealed carry campus conversations UTSA’s campus carry task force is hosting listening sessions to discuss campus carry . The forums will provide an overview of the law and seek input on the places, events and special circumstances that should be considered in determining. whether concealed handguns may be prohibited.
Photo courtesy of Ileana Gonzalez
SGA President appointed to San Antonio ethics board
Anelia Gomez-Cordova Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com President of UTSA’s Student Government Association, Ileana Gonzalez, is a woman of many titles, and she just added a new one to the list. The UTSA entrepreneurship major was appointed for a two-year term to the Ethics Review Board. She was nominated for the position by Ron Nirenberg, Councilman of District 8. Gonzalez’s appointment is part of Nirenberg’s effort to get young residents, especially students, involved in leadership positions in the city. “I believe strongly that young people are ready and willing to serve and make a difference in our community; we simply need to give them the opportunity to do so,” said Councilman Nirenberg. “It’s in everyone’s best interests to see that they get that opportunity since they will be leading out city, our nation and our world very soon, and they need to gain and sharpen those skills on a real stage right now.” The idea came as a surprise, but after hearing Councilman Nirenberg’s reasoning behind her nomination, Gonzalez decided to apply for the position. “He got me really excited about the opportunity,” Gonzalez said. “The more I thought about it, the more ● ● ●
it meant to me since I am representing a vast majority of San Antonians.” The excitement Gonzalez experiences, however, is not merely rooted in the actual appointment to the position, but is also a nod to the education she received from her family and the values they instilled in her. “Being appointed to a matter associated with high morals and ethics is a compliment to the choices I have made and the way I have lived my life,” Gonzalez said. It is clear her choices have made a big impression,
“I believe stronly that young people are ready and willing to serve and make a difference in our community; we simply need to give them the opportunity to do so.” Ron Nirenberg
City Councilman of District 8
creasing access, transparency and trust that the people of San Antonio have in the local government during her term. “My hope is that Ileana represents an unapologetic vision that future generations want for San Antonio, and an uncompromising standard of integrity we all should expect from public officials,” said Councilman Nirenberg. With doors wide open and a bright future ahead, Gonzalez reflects on her time at UTSA and how quickly the journey is coming to an end. To her fellow students she offers some advice: To go at it with everything they’ve got. “We sometimes don’t realize that one little push of extra effort can make a whole lot of difference,” Gonzalez said. Like many other students who will graduate soon, Gonzalez has achieved great things during her time at UTSA, and she is grateful for the opportunities her college experience has given her. “I feel completely blessed being able to represent the university that has given me so much and changed my life,” Gonzalez said. “I would not change anything about it; my challenges and failures have gotten me to where I am today.”
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Alex Birnel
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Universities are evolving over time to reflect closely maladies of modern society. Profit for a few, precariousness for the rest of us. Once upon a time, the university was the site of confrontational attitudes and a more free flowing exchange of perspectives. It represented a space to learn, critique and develop novel ideas that would foster a student’s talent for argument and nurture a tenacious willingness to dissent. It’s not necessarily that these features have vanished, wholesale, in the status quo. You still can overhear people talking radically in public spaces around campus, but this fervor has disappeared in the overall atmosphere of upper level education thanks to an insidious culprit — the corporatization of the university. By that, I mean that the civic and public goods character of the nation’s many universities is gradually, but methodically being supplanted by a business model in mode of operation, and a business oriented set of concerns driving student behavior. One can see several symptoms of this shift over time. There are more jobinsecure adjunct professors than ever, avoiding controversial topics in the classroom because they represent an academic risk. More faculty and administrative positions popping up, reminiscent of Taylorism, or the scientific management of the workplace, intended to help an institution run “efficiently,” when a democratically organized faculty could accomplish the same work. Education is hugely financed by acquiring debt, meaning profitability, and career lucrativeness becoming smothering considerations when choosing a field of study. Universities have “investment portfolios,” engendering special interests, playing nice with business partners, which can act as implicit censor on courses and material too blatantly critical of the connections. Older incarnations of the university had a different, more flexible mandate. These institutions were, to some extent, indepen-
dent actors in politics enabling students and teachers more leeway to collaborate and organize together, exactly because their environment was better insulated from financial interests. Of course, the university has never been completely sealed off from influence, because state schools are publicly funded, meaning watched over by elected politicians. Those politicians are subjected to the influence of a swath of wealthy donors. Post-Citizens United — the problem has flown off the handle. As a result, the university is beginning to resemble a plutocratic clearinghouse, with students focused on either entering the upper echelon of society or worrying about how much a liberal arts degree will help in paying off loans. In addition, professors are far less empowered to rebel against these unfolding neoliberal trends. In such conditions, the university loses some vitality; its character as an exploratory experience, and the price of getting politicized, while studying, becomes too expensive for most to commit to principles. Moral questions and ethical considerations are significantly undercut by the mental burden of opportunity costs. Evidence weighs in favor of the university joining the growing family of microcosm examples, another symbol of a financially motivated enterprise in a precarious economy. This is not without contrast. Recall from history examples of student-based struggle born on university campuses, like Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee founded by black students in 1960 struggling for civil rights, or that, thanks to student pressure, the University of California system recently declared a total divestment from fossil fuel and coal burning companies. It’s a tiny, meaningful stride in the piecemeal effort to take the looming threats of long term climate change seriously, but also broadly represents a challenge to the idea that the university is merely a site to pursue a career and professionalize as it’s generally become. While these profit symptoms do change the university culture, encouragements still exist. These examples of student push back, if heeded, can turn the tide of even the most entrenched problems.
As one of the largest public university systems in Texas, The University of Texas (UT) System has an obligation to serve the state by acting in its best interest. But it’s not doing its job. Ninety-five percent of university-owned land is being used for hydraulic fracturing. The UT System has been leasing lands in West Texas since 2005. As a result of fracking in Texas, nearly 100 million pounds of hydrochloric acid — a caustic acid that can contaminate water supplies — has been injected into Texas lands. And the earth has re-
sponded, with an increase in seismic activity in areas that fracking occurs — the latest earthquake being a 2.6-magnitutde earthquake in Irving, Texas on Sunday, Sept. 20. Furthermore, over 4,350 wells on the UT System’s West Texas land currently produce emissions, as a result of fracking, making these wells active contributors to anthropogenic climate change. While the booming oil and gas industry in Texas has had positive contributions to the regional economy — providing jobs and funneling money into small towns — the envi-
ronmental repercussions of the endeavor clout any merits. By allowing fracking on university-leased lands, the UT System not only enables the ruin of Texas’ landscape, but also profits at the expense of its population. The UT System must be as forward thinking as the students it educates. To prepare for a the future, the university should limit the number of wells drilled and look to increasing its energy in safer investments. At least, for future students’ sake.
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September 22 - September 29, 2015 Satire
Fear the beak no longer, replace Rowdy
Robert Avila Staff Writer
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UTSA has a serious image problem. If UTSA wants to become a Tier 1 institution, it needs to consider changing its mascot to something less fowl. I’m looking at you Rowdy. In a recent study conducted at a university in England, 40 percent of people are afraid of birds. Fifty-seven percent of people distrust birds that cannot fly. A whopping 80 percent of people are terrified of flightless, leg-using, quick
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“One time I was at an ice cream parlor and the guy making my ice cream cone was being very flirty, and when we got to the end of the counter, he said he’d comp my ice cream if I wrote my number down and went out with him sometime. I wrote down a fake number and got the discounted ice cream.” Libby Honaslek Freshman, Psychology
“Last year, I ordered pizza, and I lived on campus so they had to get my number and call me to tell me they were there. I went downstairs and got my pizza, and when I got back to my room, the pizza guy texted me asking me to go out sometime.” Jayda Cunningham Sophmore, Real Estate and Finance
“I was at work and a guy asked me what I thought about some clothes he was looking at. Eventually he left and came back later and he asked if he could get my number cause his friends thought it was weird he didn’t get it.” Ayasha Mays Sophomore, Human Resource
“I didn’t have exact change to get a drink at Starbucks, so a guy behind me offered to pay for the rest of my drink if I went on a date with him.” Jayknala Ellis Sophomore, Psychology
“I was a senior in high school and this freshmen came up to me and gave me a piece of notebook paper that said, ‘Let me take care of you,’ along with some odd foreign candy.” Jessica Henderson– Freshman, Interdisciplinary Studies
birds. While UTSA has done its part to lower acceptance rates and increase the amount of higher quality students, its statistics have neglected to include the quality students who are discouraged from coming to the university because of their fear of birds. Bird attacks have increased by 20 percent over the past year due to global warming and decrease in the bee population. Many of those reported to have been attacked by birds have been incoming college freshman and high school students, touring colleges. Why does UTSA ignore these statistics? These are the types of bird-fearing individuals likely to have higher GPAs because of their time spent indoors who the university should look to recruit.
Rowdy, as a mascot, is an imposing figure. Because of the bird’s cheering beak and clapping talons, many people leave football games early due to fear of Rowdy. Often students who take photos with Rowdy smile in fear or in pain. When cheering or running energetically through the stands and on the court, Rowdy often looks like a crazed feral animal. His heart must certainly be as hollow as his bones. As an established learning institution, it is critical that UTSA must look into every means possible to accommodate current students and potential students who look to join our university. I propose that we run Rowdy from the nest and cozy up to a less fear-inducing animal — like an armadillo. Armadillos are the ar-
mored dirt-rat of Texas. They are strong, they don’t mind the heat and they are familiar with the nocturnal college life style. The armadillo is exactly the type of passive, nonthreatening mascot we need to represent our school. When not digging up and destroying your neighbor’s lawn, armadillos are peaceful and protect themselves by running away and burrowing into the ground and jumping into thick shrubbery. Their shells have been reported to be strong enough to deflect bullets, a beneficial adaptation considering the new campus-carry law. This grub-eating, rabies-carrying animal is the mascot the university ** should think about representing themselves with. Go Dillo’s!
John Jay fails: unsportsmanlike consequences Guest Commentary As a fourth year educator on a Northside ISD campus, I have always felt a sense of pride from working with such a strong group of teachers. I am one of numerous individuals you will see driving down the road with a magnet on the back of my vehicle that reads ‘Go Public – Love Your Bexar County Public Schools.’ With that being said, I am thoroughly embarrassed by the way NISD has handled a national controversy surrounding two John Jay players—a sophomore and a senior—who tackled a referee employed with the Texas Association of Sports Officials. The consequences put in place by a nationally recognized school district, which is well known for the exceptional representation of its constituents, took only half measures in stifling the unsportsmanlike aggression that has become all too commonly accepted in American football. If the racial slurs reported by four Jay players that apparently led to this incident were in fact true, the coaching staff should have taken the high road and refused to compete until the referee was replaced. There is ab-
solutely no justification for blindsiding and potentially paralyzing a league official. On September 19, the two players spoke exclusively with George Stephanopoulos on ‘Good Morning America.’ The student athletes said they were following the direct orders of assistant coach Mack Breed. They were doing what they were “told” to do. We need to be clear with the facts. These young men are impressionable high school students. But at the ages of 15 and 17, blame rests equally on their shoulders. Another student athlete, who was not involved, was told to do exactly what these young men were told to do; however, that student chose not to make the same decision. We do our students no favors by giving them excuses for their behavior. These two players should not only have assault charges placed against them, but as a consequence, the district should have cancelled Jay’s entire season. These young men are not professional players on a professional team. We are not teaching our future graduates, playing in our massive stadiums, the consequences of success and
failure as a team, and we are certainly not making matters any better by continuing to allow Jay to compete under a majority of the same coaching staff. If a defensive player misses a crucial tackle in the final seconds of a game, the game is lost. The players do not go down individually; the players all go down together. In this case, the team should go down with the individuals who could have paralyzed the TASO referee. The inaction of NISD to place a more sizeable consequence creates a domino effect. It places sports and the revenue generation of unpaid athletes above the safety, education and welfare of students and staff. This was a teachable moment by Northside that was effectively lost in the huddle. As a consequence, the reputation of an otherwise outstanding district will suffer drastically.
Jon Busbee Specialized Support H.B. Zachry Middle School
Letters to the Editor The editorial “Guns do not deter campus violence”, published in the 15-22 September edition of the Paisano, makes assertions that must be addressed. The author states that the law has two major positions: that having guns on campus will deter violence and that having guns on campus will make campus more dangerous. This framing statement is incorrect. Many, if not most, advocates of concealed carry do not propose that it is fundamentally a deterrent to crime or violence. Carrying a concealed firearm is not about deterring violence - it is about the right and
ability to defend oneself and the defenseless. Carrying a firearm does not make the world safer, it gives the licensed carrier the ability to mount a valid defense in the event of violence, and proponents of the law are clear about that. The piece also states that the incident involving the murder of a faculty member at a university in Mississippi is proof that the ability carry concealed firearms on campus does not increase campus safety. The tragic incident at that university has no bearing on the legal right of citizens licensed by the state of Texas to carry concealed handguns to do so on college cam-
puses. The connection between that event and the law is tenuous at best, and that event’s inclusion in this piece was part of an ongoing fearmongering campaign against a law that, once it is in effect, will be largely unnoticed by the campus community, just as concealed carry for the rest of the 4 million plus licensed holders in the state of Texas goes unnoticed on a daily basis.
Inflammatory fear mongering without facts is just that: “fear mongering”. Your editorial is laced with baseless quotes to make your point about violence on campus and the fear of guns. The law, Texas SB 11, was designed and passed to allow law abiding licensed citizens the ability to protect themselves while on a college campus - something they haven’t been allowed to do since 1995 when the Concealed Carry law SB 60 was enacted throughout the state of Texas. Here are some FACTS. CHL holders are some of the safest people in Texas, according to
Texas Department of Public Safety. There are currently only 825,957 Active License Holders in Texas out of 27,695,284 Texas citizens. Based on this calculation of 2.98% and 40,000 Students, Staff and Faculty currently at UTSA you are talking about possibly 1192 CHL holders coming on campus next year with their guns to protect themselves. I say possibly because some CHL holders do not carry. In the last 10 years according the UTSA Annual Police Crime statistics there have been 9 weapons related arrests on campus Statistics from UT Austin esti-
mate that less than 1% of students have a CHL Author of the conceal carry law (SB 60) the Honorable Jerry Patterson explains more FACTs about the law 10 years later. As for the Mississippi event, the only connection between it and the law is that the event took place on a college campus. The gun was used illegally to murder someone, not to protect them.
Benjamin Garrison Support Systems Manager UTSA OIT
Jerry Smith “Citizen of Texas”
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ARTS & LIFE
Arts & Life Events Calendar: Tuesday 9/22 6 p.m. Hunger Action Month
September is Hunger Action Month, so take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy a good meal and contribute to the fight against hunger. Twenty percent of the purchases made between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at any Whataburger will go to the San Antonio Food Bank. So why not get a burger for dinner?
Tuesday 9/22 6:30 p.m. Trivia Night with Geeks Who Drink It’s trivia time with Geeks Who Drink. This evening of challenging trivia at SAMA (200 West Jones Ave) will cover a wide range of topics, including a round inspired by 28 Chinese, the San Antonio Museum of Art exhibition of 28 Chinese contemporary artists. Bring a team of your smartest friends or join one for some friendly competition. RSVP is required, $15 each person.
Wednesday 9/23 8 p.m. Karaoke Night at the Ski Lodge Get ready to belt out those high notes! This Wednesday, the University Center is giving students the perfect opportunity to showcase their voice at Karaoke Night, and all for free. For two hours, the Ski Lodge will be the perfect stage for all those brave enough to sing their hearts out.
Fabian DeSoto, The Paisano
BAuthoraRobincBlackk visits UTSA t oCreative Writing B l Reading a cSeriesk Gaige Davila Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com “We’re all beginners every time we look at another blank page,” said author Robin Black to a crowd of faculty, students and fans during her visit on the evening of Sept. 18 in the JPL. Black’s visit was part of the UTSA Creative Writing Reading Series, a public event created by the Creative Writing Program that features various international authors throughout the school year that read their own works. Many of Black’s works have received praise from publications such as Vogue, People, O: Magazine, and The Guardian. Published works include her novel “Life Drawing” released earlier this year, and articles in The New York Times, New York Times Magazine and The Chicago Tribune. Black read an excerpt of “Harriet Elliot” from her short story collection, “If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This,” an O: Magazine Summer Reading Pick and
finalist for the Frank O’ Connor International Short Story Prize. Black followed with a short essay titled “Varieties of Fiction” from her upcoming collection of essays to be released in 2016, “CRASH COURSE: 52 Essays From Where Writing & Life Collide.” The crowd of 40-plus sat in silence during the readings, but were lively in response to Black’s sharp wit and warm candor. Black was happy to answer questions and offer advice to students. When one audience member asked if she inserts herself into her fiction writing, Black explained, “If you read my books, you will know everything about me, but you will not know what I have done in my life. When it’s fiction, it’s fiction.” Showcasing fiction was more personal for Black than presenting her creative non-fiction. “With fiction, it’s like showing people your dreams.” Black recounted the best advice she received as a young writer: what works for one writer will not work exactly the same for another
writer. “There’s this notion of ‘You must get up at 5 a.m., and then pour a cup of coffee on your feet and then type with your toes because that’s how they wrote their book,’” Black laughed. “And the thing is, that’s not how you’re going to write your book.” “The ones to listen to are the ones who like your work,” Black explained, “because they’re really the ones who know how to help you the most.” Black turns to books for inspiration when dealing with writer’s block. “The imaginative act of being a reader kicks in the imaginative act of being a writer,” Black explains. Filtering out “at least 80 percent” of what she writes, Black attests that “you cannot write the good stuff unless you write the bad stuff.” The Creative Writing Program will be hosting the second installment of this year’s Creative Writing Reading Series on October 16, featuring UTSA faculty giving readings of their original works.
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Review: ‘Phoenix’ Brady Phelps Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Relatively slow-moving and sparse in plot points, “Phoenix” is thick with the kind of tension that will test your patience, culminating in a way that risks leaving some viewers underwhelmed in the hopes that most will be satisfied. The film begins with its main character’s face mysteriously wrapped in bandages as she is driven across the border from Switzerland to Germany. It is soon revealed that this woman, Nelly, is returning to her homeland after being rescued from Auschwitz at the end of World War II, with facial reconstruction surgery leaving her completely unrecognizable. Returning home, Nelly’s focus is to find her husband Johnny, despite having been warned by Lene, Nelly’s caretaker, that Johnny betrayed Nelly by turning her in to the S.S. But Nelly is convinced otherwise, and she remains hopeful even
though Johnny doesn’t recognize her when they meet again. As Nelly struggles with the perceived loss of her own identity, she becomes immersed in a scheme that requires her to pose as her former self. Phoenix is a strippeddown and re-imagined version of the 1961 French novel, “Les Retour des cendres,” but the film plays as if it was adapted from an identitybending short story. The writers, Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki, took liberties such as moving the setting from France to Germany, changing characters’ names and removing ancillary plots in order to service the symbolic representation of the conflict between opposing ideals in the wake of the holocaust. Those who refuse to suspend belief for the sake of appreciating this symbolism may criticize some of the film’s more incredible elements. But the same can be said for many great works of allegorical fiction. To finish reading, visit paisano-online.com.
Runner’s Beat: Pregnant pause
What to expect when you’re expecting...and teaching yoga
Thursday 9/24 5 p.m. Google visits UTSA Google will be presenting internship opportunities for all classifications at a tech talk and info session in the Loeffler Room (BSB 3.03.02) at the UTSA Main Campus. And if that’s not cool enough for you, free pizza will be readily available for those who stop by.
Sunday 9/27 10 a.m. Siclovia Got a bicycle or a new pair of running shoes to break in? The Siclovía is coming back to San Antonio this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For five hours, major city streets will be closed for the event to traffic and open for the public to ride or run on with different stops across the Broadway route. The cost? Absolutely free.
Annette Barraza, The Paisano Maya Sokovic maintains her figure and her composure even while being nine months pregnant. A baby bump is no match for Sokovic’s work ethic, with over 25 years of experience doing yoga.
Annette Barraza Contributing Writer @ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com
As she enters her ninth month of pregnancy, Maya Sokovic’s baby bump accentuates her lithe and physical stature. Despite being in her 40s and expecting, Sokovic hasn’t slowed down at all as she practices her asanas before a yoga class. “The whole philosophy of yoga is that it is not just about the physical part; rather, it is the balance of the mind and the body,” said Sokovic. Acquainted with yoga longer than some of her students have been alive, So-
kovic started learning yoga when she was 15 years old. Growing up in Serbia, she studied different styles of yoga for 25 years. Sokovic has spent four years at UTSA teaching yoga to a variety of students and adults in her class at the Recreation Center. Sokovic teaches many aspects of yoga, including several asanas, or postures. Asanas, a tenant critical to Sokovic’s yoga class, allows the students to focus on their posture while also improving balance, flexibility and strength. “The mental part of yoga is often the hardest part because you’re bringing the mind and body to the same place,” Sokovic explains. “It is really hard to reach
a state of deep relaxation, because the mind is always working and always paying attention to everything that you think and do, so it’s hard to calm the mind and keep it quiet to accomplish ‘yoga sleep,’” which she explains as being between the stages of sleep and complete relaxation, similar to the REM stage of sleep. “There are so many styles of yoga out there today; yoga isn’t just one thing,” Sokovic explains. “We aren’t aware of the ‘koshas,’ or layers of the body, until yoga helps us understand, and to be aware of, our body and our mind to achieve balance.” In addition to teaching yoga classes at UTSA, Sokovic has her own studio
called Yoga Arts San Antonio where she practices yoga therapy and teaches yoga, art and photography. She offers classes for beginners, such as “Hatha,” which is designed to open the many channels of the body and allows for free-flow energy throughout the body. She also teaches more advanced yoga practices such as restorative and power yoga. “This is real yoga in a small group setting; it’s not just people dropping by,” Sokovic warns. “It’s for people who really want to have a deep practice.” Along with teaching, Sokovic supports both local artists and new artists around San Antonio. Explaining how the creation of
art often acts as meditation or therapy, Sokovic states, “we exhibit the art, then donate it to create a nice circle of helping people and supporting others to share what we have.” Though the sight of a pregnant yoga instructor may distress some, Sokovic has assured her students that she is healthy and plans to go on maternity leave in October. Here’s to hoping that her baby boy will be born doing the “child’s pose.” To attend one of Sokovic’s yoga classes at UTSA, check the Group Exercise schedule at the Recreational Center for class times at the Rec Center, or visit campusrec. utsa.edu for more information on times and location.
SPORTS {Sports Events}
Hill, Kings begin preseason play
Hill on UTSA basketball: ‘They’ll be competitive’ ALUMNI PROFILE
Tuesday, Sept. 22 UTSA volleyball (away) The volleyball team will be matching up with the Rice Owls. The match will be the first of UTSA’s Conference USA schedule.
Friday, Sept. 25 UTSA tennis (away) The women’s team will be competing at the Rice Invitational. The tournament, which will be held in Houston, Texas, is scheduled to take place all day.
UTSA volleyball (home) The volleyball team will be competing in its first C-USA match of the season to be held at the Convocation Center. The Roadrunners will be taking on Middle Tennessee. The match is set to begin at 6:00 p.m.
UTSA soccer (away) The soccer team will be competing against Florida International. The match will be UTSA’s first conference match this season.
UTSA cross country (away) The men’s and women’s teams will be competing in the Islanders Splash. The event will take place in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Saturday, Sept. 26 UTSA football (home) The Roadrunners will seek their first win of the season, taking on the Colorado State Rams at 6:00 p.m. in the Alamodome.
Sunday, Sept. 27 UTSA soccer (away) The team will be playing their second consecutive match in the state of Florida when they take on Florida Atlantic.
UTSA volleyball (home) The Roadrunners will be facing off with North Texas at the back-end of a two-game home-stretch. The match is set to take place at 1:00 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
Monday, Sept. 28 UTSA golf (away) The men’s team will be competing in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational. The twoday tournament will be held in Erie, Colorado.
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Shabazz I. Dawkins Sports Editor @shabazzvs sports@paisano-online.com
The Sydney Kings of Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) have begun their preseason schedule with strong performances from multiple players on their roster: former NBA players Marcus Thornton and Josh Childress and former UTSA basketball standout-forward, Jeromie Hill, to name a few. For UTSA basketball fans, the name “Jeromie Hill” will be accompanied by memories of dominant performances from the native Aussie. As a Roadrunner (20102015), Hill held career averages of 13.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and one steal while becoming one of only six players in UTSA history to amass 1,000 points and 500 rebounds during his collegiate career. “I had a really good college career,” Hill started. “It wasn’t a matter of ‘if ’ I’d play professionally, it was just a matter of ‘where’ and ‘for how much?’” In his senior season (2015), Hill averaged 16 points and 8.1 rebounds, placing him on the radar of local (San Antonio) scouts. “After the season (2015) I had some professional tryouts with the San Antonio Spurs,” Hill stated. “I had of-
fers from a couple of teams in Australia. Originally I wanted to go to Europe and try that route, just because there’s more opportunity for money there.” Hill will look to bring his rebounding prowess and scoring acumen to Sydney as the Kings look to secure the NBL Championship. Sydney — Australia’s largest city — lies to the south of where Hill began his basketball journey: at the Australian Institute of Sport in Hill’s hometown of Cairns. In Cairns, Hill averaged team highs in points (15.7) and rebounds (5.9) for the Cairns Marlins of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) in 2010. Hill became the QBL Under-23 Player of the Year after his strong 2010 season. The year prior (2009), Hill was a part of the U20 Australian team that won the FIBA Oceania gold medal. “It was pretty seamless,” Hill said of his transition from Cairns to Sydney. The league has a rule that bars teams from signing more than two foreign born players on to the final roster, making talented Australian players like Hill more valuable. Although the sample size is small, Hill has been a contributor in limited minutes for the Kings. The former Roadrunner is coming off of the best performance of his three-game career — eight points and three rebounds in just over 12 min-
Photo courtesy of the Sydney Kings At the age of 24, Jeromie Hill is the second youngest player on the Sydney Kings. Listed as a forward, the former UTSA All Conference stand-out will look to maintain his sharpshooting, rebound hawking style of play. Although he is pictured above wearing the number 20, Hill will be wearing the number 21 this season for the Kings, the reverse of his old UTSA number, 12.
utes of play. “I have plenty of opportunity to score and do well, so I’m really excited about the (upcoming season),” Hill said. “On paper, we have one of the best teams in the league, so we have a chance to win (the NBL Championship).” The departure of a player as talented as Hill would be detrimental to any team in the world. In the case of UTSA, the Roadrunners lost not only the talented Hill, but also former stars Keon Lewis and Kaj Bjorn-Sherman. With the loss of their talented trio, the Roadrunners also lose a large amount of their scor-
ing and rebounding. To replace the production of Hill and his fellow UTSA graduates, this year’s team will have to work hard. “They’re going to struggle,” Hill said regarding the 2015-2016 UTSA basketball team. “They’re going to be a small team. They’ll play a different style of basketball, but they’ll be competitive. If I could say anything to them, it would be, ‘just give it your best.’” The Roadrunners will need to give more than their “best” this year if they hope to avoid a fourth consecutive season with a losing record. With the majority of the team being either fresh-
men or sophomores, they will have to overcome their youth in order to be competitive this year. UTSA will open play on Nov. 5 for an exhibition game at the Convocation Center. As for Hill and the Sydney Kings, they will be opening their season against the Cairns Taipans on Oct. 10 in the Qantas Credit Union Arena.
Williams finds home with Panthers
ALUMNI PROFILE Adrian Bermudez Staff Writer @bermudezmedia sports@paisano-online.com
Teddy Williams of Tyler, Texas was a standout sprinter for UTSA Track & Field from 2007-2010, when he compiled a nearly flawless career as a four-time All-American and fourtime Southland Conference Athlete of the Year, leading the Roadrunners to numerous conference championships. He also set a school record for the 100-meter dash with a time of 9.90 seconds – the fastest time in the world that season – at the 2009 UTEP Invitational. Now, Teddy races against NFL receivers as a cornerback for the Carolina Panthers. Williams joined the NFL in 2010 after the Dallas Cowboys held their training camp in San Antonio. UTSA Football Coach Eric Roark helped Williams get an opportunity to try out for the team after making the Cowboys’ staff aware of his combination of size and speed. Though he hadn’t played a snap since his senior year of high school, the Cowboys signed the 6’1”, 207-pound sprinter as an undrafted free agent. Teddy was a multi-sport athlete at John Tyler High School, where he starred as a wide receiver before he broke his ankle during his senior season.
Williams completed his rehab in time for track season and received a track scholarship to attend UTSA, putting his football career on a nearly five-year hiatus. “Football has always been number one in my life,” Williams commented. “When I broke my ankle, it threw me off. I had to get an education
as a player. He suffered a strained hamstring in Dallas and a torn Achilles while playing wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals in November 2013, just three weeks after catching his first NFL pass: a 51-yard bomb from Arizona Quarterback Carson Palmer. Different coaches shifted
“There’s no coach or no other person out there that can push me harder than I push myself.” Teddy Williams
His unlikely path to the NFL has been impressive; Williams credits his accomplishments to his commitment and motivation. He prides himself on personal drive. “I don’t need anyone around me to push me,” Williams said. “There’s no coach or no other person out there that can push me harder than I push myself.” Teddy’s hard work literally paid off in March, when he finally signed a $2.3 mil-
lion contract that will keep him in Carolina for the next two years. When asked if he hopes to make a career in the NFL, Williams responded, “Oh most definitely … a minimum of ten years and everything else is icing on the cake.” Teddy recorded his first solo tackle with Carolina against the Houston Texans last Sunday, taking down Texans punt-returner Keith Mumphery halfway through the first quarter. Williams and the Carolina Panthers will be in action against the New Orleans Saints in Charlotte on Sept. 27.
Former UTSA track star Current Panthers cornerback that was paid for. UTSA was the only scholarship I had and I went with it.” Following his standout collegiate track career, Williams had various offers to pursue track professionally, including one from Nike. “But I knew my heart was always in football, and the opportunity presented itself to go back to the field,” Williams recalled. He took that opportunity and was placed on the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad, where he began his climb to an active roster. The journey hasn’t been easy, nor did it happen overnight; Williams, 27, spent five years on five different teams as injuries continued to prolong his maturation
him between the cornerback to wide receiver positions; he also spent time as a kick returner. In March, Panthers’ Head Coach Ron Rivera claimed him off of waivers from the Jacksonville Jaguars and placed him on the Carolina defense and special teams. “It’s been a journey for me,” Williams said of his transition from offense to defense. “I’ve grown to love it and I prefer defense over offense. The rest of my career, I’ll be on defense … but wherever they need me to go, I’m out there, and I’m ready to make a play.”
Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Carolina Panthers
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