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UTSA The College of Business has received a $1 million gift from real estate legend Walter M. Embrey, Jr. to go toward real estate education for graduate students. The program will be named The Embrey Real Estate Finance and Development Program.
Texas A group of UTAustin students have devised a unique way to protest the state’s concealed campus carry legislation effective Aug. 1, 2016. To draw attention to what society deems appropriate, students are openly carrying dildos and using #CocksNotGlocks.
U.S. A recent investigation by the New York Times finds that just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money to capture the White House. Both Democrat and Republican families are represented in the donor list, but the 138 Republican contributors far outpace the 20 supporting Democrats. The 158 families each contributed $250,000 or more in the campaign through June 30, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings.
World Nearly 100 people were killed at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey as a result of a bombing. The rally was in opposition to the violence between the Turkish government and the militant Kurdistan Worker’s Party. The terrorist attack is the deadliest in Turkey’s history.
Science National Geographic, in collaboration with MentalFloss, will air the first ever live broadcast of a brain surgery on Oct. 25 in the Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss special. The patient will be awake throughout the procedure and undergo deep brain stimulation surgery (an elective surgery used to treat tremors related to Parkinson’s disease).
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Issue 9
October 13 - October 20, 2015
FACULTY AIMS FOR A GUN-FREE CAMPUS Annette Barraza, Paisano
Alex Birnel
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@alexbirnel news@paisano-online.com Three UTSA professors have organized a peaceful demonstration for a Gun Free UT and a Gun Free UTSA. The demonstration is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, 1:30-4:30 p.m. on UTSA’s Main Campus near the Rowdy statue. The demonstration was planned to protest the passage of SB11, the controversial campus carry legislation to take effect Aug. 1, 2016. The three professors – Dr. Ritu Mathur (political science) , Dr. Walter Wilson (political science) and Dr. Jackie Cuevas (English) – have a number of expectations for Thursday’s demonstration. The trio wants to “em-
phasize President Romo’s authority to establish rules that can keep our classrooms, labs, offices and dorms gun-free,” a reminder to the public of a provision in SB11 that grants university presidents the discretionary power over where guns are allowed on campus. “We want to foster and nurture a culture of open engagement and dialogue amongst faculty, students and staff to work in gun-free environments, and without the unnecessary threat of accidental and unintentional gun violence,” the group states. The three organizers believe the new legislation will discourage open dialogue and hinder the learning environment as “universities are places of learning, to reason, debate, listen, even as we agree to disagree. Universities seek to empower
students with words and not weapons.” Valuing weapons over words has tremendous social implications and will foster “an unhealthy environment which will compel each of us on this campus to view each other as a potential threat,” according to the professors. The group observes “SB 11 protects the rights of those that want to exercise their right to campus carry but ignores and marginalizes the rights of other to work in a safe environment.” In addition to negative social consequences, there are potential economic outcomes to the campus carry policy to consider. The professors claim that, “SB11 and those that pushed through with this bill have deliberately practiced discrimination in the education and learning environment between public and private universities in Texas. Public
universities are compelled to follow SB11 unlike private universities.” The professors identify the public-private divide as discriminatory stating, “It is common knowledge that families with limited resources send their kids to public universities while wealthy families have the options to send their kids to private universities.” Under the current law, only public universities are mandated to implement campus carry, so, the stigma and discrimination of public and private university education will only be reinforced. The professors articulate that despite the aforementioned consequences, “These conversations and insights have strengthened the resolve of faculty and students at UTSA to demand gunfree classrooms and offices.” Such conversations have
led and emboldened faculty and students to mobilize peaceful demonstrations. Dr. Mathur, Dr. Wilson and Dr. Cuevas encourage students to attend and participate in the peaceful demonstrations, join Facebook groups (Gun Free UTSA) and use organizations to take a stand. The professors insist on the importance of involvement no matter what their field of study is. To sign the gun-free UTSA petition visit: https://www.change. org/p/president-ricardoromo-keep-utsa-learningareas-safe-and-gun- free free?recruiter=3960556 28&utm_source=share_ for_starters&utm_ medium=copyLink.
‘CLASSROOMS CANNOT BE GUN-FREE ZONES’ Matt Frost Staff Writer
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com The law has passed, and starting in August 2016, concealed handguns will be allowed on campus. The university cannot control whether or not they will be on campus, but it does have some control over where specifically the guns will be allowed. Senate Bill 11, commonly known as the campus carry bill, mandates that while guns may be carried on public campuses by Concealed Handgun License (CHL) holders, the university president is allowed to designate some areas as “gun-free” zones in which firearms may not be carried. On Monday, Oct. 5, a meeting was held on campus allowing faculty to discuss what areas should be designated as gun-free zones. This meeting was led by three members of the campus carry task force – a group assembled with the objective of determining gun free zones and making sure student safety is not compromised. Faculty Senate President
Karen Daas led the meeting. Task Force Chair, Kathy Funk-Baxter, and Task Force Vice Chair and UTSA Police Chief Steve Barrera were present as well. Daas made it clear in the beginning of the meeting that the meeting’s purpose was to talk about the gunfree zones, not to voice one’s issues with the law. “Whatever you think about the law is perfectly fine,” Daas continued, “but we are not going to debate it in here.” Daas then explained the criteria for selecting the exclusion zones. Chief among those criteria is that the task force may not make any rule that generally prohibits carrying concealed weapons. A prohibitive measures must be made to ensure and enforce campus safety. Several areas are already under heavy consideration by the task force to be designated as gun-free zones. Medical areas are likely candidates to remain gunfree, as are laboratory classrooms due to the highly flammable chemicals stored in many labs. The climax of the meeting, though, was the announcement by the task force that classrooms could
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not be gun-free zones, with the exception of laboratory classrooms. “We have basically been told we can’t [make classrooms gun free], because that is the vast majority of campus,” said Daas. Because classrooms make up a large portion of campus and are the areas in which a university’s central function (teaching) is carried out, designating classrooms as gun free would be a general exclusion rule as it would keep a student from engaging in university classes, explained Daas. Many of the faculty and staff present were unhappy with this, claiming that allowing guns in classrooms is unacceptable. The task force again stated that they could do nothing but suggest ideas to the University of
A course in its third semester, Academic Inquiry and Scholarship (AIS) was designed to ease the shift from high school to college for incoming freshmen, a positive but idealistic intention. Among the students involved, the course is anything but popular. Part of the First Year Experience (FYE) program, AIS was designed to teach freshmen the necessary
Texas System. However, the task force urged staff with any suggestions of gun-free zones to email the task force at campuscarry@ utsa.edu with the area and a compelling reason that it should be gun-free. For any students who wish to provide input on the gunfree zones or other policies
tools to navigate the world of higher education. The objectives of the course aim to foster critical thinking skills and develop strong study habits, research skills and the ability to work well in groups. The class is interdisciplinary in nature; activities involve formulating researching questions, mastering the writing process, identifying scholarly resources and
surrounding the university’s implementation of SB 11, there will be a student listening session in the Denman Room of the University Center (UC 2.01.28) on UTSA’s Main Campus from 4-5:30 p.m. on Oct. 14.
Kat Joseph, The Paisano
allowing students to explore the three academic disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Nonetheless, students overwhelmingly unenthused about their being required to complete the course. Most freshmen did not expect to have a mandated course other See AIS ,Page 3
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Indy Coffee opens on UTSA Boulevard, hopes to be student’s new study spot Christopher Breakell Arts & Life Assistant @ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com
UTSA alumnus Alex Lee and partner Jake Scott opened their new coffee shop, Indy Coffee this Saturday in a retail space in the Prado building off UTSA Boulevard. “I wanted to see it there (by UTSA). It was a need that was not fulfilled when I was going to school there. I just wanted young people to have access to good coffee,” Lee stated. Lee and Scott worked at Local Coffee their senior year of college and eventually decided they wanted to open a shop that better expressed their personalities and interests. Indy Coffee has been operating out of a mobile truck for the last two years, longer than expected due to delays in Prado’s construction. “It was tough,” Lee explains, “but all the delays and everything helped us marinate in our ideas and really fine tune a lot of the things that we probably would have been rushed to
do if we stuck to the original time-line.” Indy Coffee’s time in the food truck also helped them develop a solid reputation and gained them many loyal customers, who provide endorsements on their social media sites. Indy Coffee’s committment to create a sense of community is one reason for the loyal following. “Coffee was always secondary,” Lee explains. “Coffee was something to bring people in day to day and allow us be part of their daily routine. But more than that, we’re interested in fashion. We’re interested in culture... We wanted a lot of the elements to be representative of Texas.” In order to represent Texan culture, Indy Coffee has used local companies and artists to build the interior aesthetic of their store, including the 100-year-old Texas wood that makes up their counter top. They are still passionate about good coffee, though. All of their coffee is single origin, and their roaster of choice right now is Parlor Coffee based out of Brooklyn, NY.
Indy Coffee will also be serving pastries, supplied by La Panaderia on Broadway St. UTSA student William Wise says, “I usually go to Starbucks (on campus), but I like to see local businesses grow, and I think it will be a big hit with students.” UTSA alumna Kirstine Haynes frequented Indy Coffee in their mobile location. “I’m so grateful to have Indy and their knowledgeable staff only a street over from me,” Haynes states. “I’m hoping Indy’s success will encourage other quality, locally-owned businesses to the UTSA area.” Indy Coffee is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Indy Coffee can provide students a new study spot or a place to relax when they’ve finished their work. “We wanted it to be an inclusive experience,” Lee states, “If you come in here, you’ll always have something to do.” Gaige Davila, The Paisano
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AIS intended to ease transition from high school meets mixed reviews than the typical core classes: math, science, composition, history and politics. Many freshmen are offput and see AIS as an additional course forced upon them. Freshman cyber security major Jackson Korinek views the class a waste of his time. “I try to be optimistic and actually learn something while in the class, but I honestly can’t fathom myself benefitting from learning about the three academic disciplines and how they each research,” he said. “Sure, I have learned about identifying scholarly articles and academic journals, but it’s just basic common sense. Most days, I am appalled that I am paying hundreds of dollars for such a useless course.” AIS is still in the preliminary stages and its coordinators are satisfied with the program’s progress. Associate Dean of the University College Tammy Wyatt explains that the program is designed to give professors freedom to decide how they teach the course in order to find their most effective method. “We have revamped from
last spring. All of the faculty has a mannequin—that’s the analogy we use—where there are objectives for the course that everyone adheres to. Everyone is asked to address those objectives and so we say that the mannequin has to be dressed, they have to have a shirt and pants and so on. But how you want to accessorize is for the faculty to be able to determine depending on their expertise and background.” Another commonly-expressed grievance among freshmen is the course’s redundancy. Many feel that in AIS they learn that is not relevant to their majors. Najla Jaafar, a CAP student, understands that new programs require time to come into their own, but sees the class as a nuisance. “AIS is not as useful as it is aimed to be. We learn certain ideas that can and should be self taught and picked up through studying, research and common sense. It may be useful for students who were not in a higher-level English course in high school, and it has taught me to be as thorough as possible. But it is a waste
of time and money.” However, Wyatt and Director of AIS ,Susan Colorado-Burt, compare the skills being retaught in AIS to a student taking a class in high school and retaking it at a university level. “Some students who are in a history class right now already learned about the Civil War, but you learn about it in a different way. There are some aspects where there are going to be some things where you go ‘I didn’t learn about that or I learned about different aspects that made it more interesting to me.’” Wyatt states that her office has received multiple emails from students saying that they used the skills taught in the course or that they were ahead of upperclassmen who never took AIS. Sophomore criminal justice major Nohelia Villeda, expressed her gratitude for the material taught in AIS and its applicability to her research and methods course in an email. “As a result of taking [AIS], I was able to develop a research question using the methods [it] taught, something many of the up-
perclassmen couldn’t figure out. I didn’t think I would use the methods from AIS in my classes so soon, or at all. Hopefully this will serve as inspiration to others and prove that the material taught in the AIS course is useful throughout the rest
of our academic careers.” UTSA’s University College attributes the doubling percentage of students declaring a major after completing 30 hours of course work to AIS. Proponents of the course predict that it may be te-
continued from page 1 dious now, but in the future, their students might begrudgingly admit: “Huh, I guess I did need to know that.”
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OPINION
Unhealthy Roadrunners, weighed down, can’t fly Editorial
Pepperoni pizza and chocolate chip cookies are the two most popular items at Roadrunner Café, UTSA’s on-campus dining option. And that makes sense, considering Americans are hooked on sugar. Increasingly, studies confirm what most American’s guts already know: in large amounts, sugar and other nutrient-dense foods usher in obesity, apathy and anxiety. According to a national survey of students, 3 out of every 10 college students are obese. The obesity epidemic is a local epidemic. In Bexar
Country, the area which more than half of UTSA students hail, 65.7 percent of adults are overweight or obese, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A recent medical study reported that it is more difficult for millennials to lose weight than it was for their parents to shed pounds when they were young adults. Why? The short answer: because of how Americans are gaining weight, the properties — or lack of the good and excess of bad — in the food consumed.
A new line of thinking has emerged and this study supports it: it’s not American’s fault, it’s the foods’ fault. If guns don’t kill people because people kill people, food doesn’t make Americans fat, Americans make themselves fat. Weight management — reaching and maintaining a target weight — necessitates knowledge of more than calories. Although, calorie posting (informing consumers of the caloric value of an item on the menu) is now commonplace: Starbucks does it, McDonald’s does it, even UTSA’s Roadrunner
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Café offers students calorie guidelines. The amount of sugar and whether or not the item has artificial and manipulated ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils — originally healthy oils like corn oil or coconut oil that have been heated — are most often omited from these guides. The popular epithets “healthy,” “reduced-fat” and “diet” play on the rationale that one option is healthier than another, while masking that both are poor choices. To beat the back their
waistbands, students should invest time to study and questions about food, which may sometimes provoke answers that contradict a stereotypical “fun” care-free way of life also marketed to college students, try their darndest to employ self-restraint and continually challenge their taste buds. It’s time to put the camefrom-cardboard pizza down — at the party, at the food court and at the student organization. Yes, even if it’s free.
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We are complicit to the violent game. We praise a hard hit, applaud “toughness” and admire the ability to “fight” despite an injury. rate of at-home violence by men against their wives and girlfriends. Additionally, according to the website fivethirtyeight. com, domestic violence accounts for 48 percent of arrests for violent crimes among NFL players compared to an estimated 21 percent nationally. But perhaps more disturbing is our attitude as viewers
American football facilitates violent behavior; players internalize the expectation of hitting someone on the field, and as a method of selfempowerment, hit again it at home. Until we recognize, as viewers, that we facilitate the domestic violence of professional football players, the violence will continue.
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and as fans. We are complicit to the violent game. We praise a hard hit, applaud “toughness” and admire the ability to “fight” despite an injury. As fans, viewers and admirers, we don’t see how this form of entertainment enables domestic violence.
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ly Journal of Economics article titled, “Family Violence and Football: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior,” upset losses in American football — defeats in which the home team is predicted to win by four or more points — lead to a 10 percent increase in the
Generally, prescription medication is pricey, even when it’s being assessed for those with debilitating diseases. The pharmaceutical companies that own the manufacturing patents for prescriptions are free to raise their prices without restraint. But are these sudden price increases ethical? Daraprim, an antibiotic to treat parasitic infections that afflict people with weakened immune systems has skyrocketed in price from $13.50 to $750 this past September. Recently bought by a pharmaceutical company, Daraprim, which has been manufactured since 1953, had no changes to its chemical composition, marketing or distribution. Because of the attention gained from an article in The New York Times, the question of whether these companies can ethically monopo-
lize medication for profit has come to light once again. These companies often claim that the drugs in question are “orphan drugs,” meaning only a small number of people require their treatments. When does an affected population become large enough for a pharmaceutical company to reconsider its prices? Diseases without notoriety and social advocacy (such as cancer) are overlooked in terms of their necessity for a cure. However minuscule the demographic, treatment is needed. Are they not entitled to such? Other companies claim these price increases direct for more funding to researching to create better pharmaceutical products. However, a price increase to existing medication serving as an impromptu funding procedure is preposterous. The burden of cost should not be cast to the sick, regardless of high costs in research. Why must it be thrown to those who seek the very medication they cannot afford? Drugs with patents that have granted pharmaceutical companies their manufacturing rights for 20 years are often inflated in price near the time of their expiration. Un-
der control of patents, these companies are free to raise prices of drugs while giving no viable reason for doing so. Nothing has influenced a drug price change other than a “last-ditch” effort for profithow is this fair to consumers? Prescriptions that treat impotence, narcolepsy and arthritis pains such as Viagra, Xyrem and Vimovo respectively all have increased exponentially in price. According to Bloomberg Business, these drugs often see their manufacturers increase prices more than 800 percent. The extent of what drugs these companies price-gouge doesn’t appear to have a threshold, meaning that even the most mundane prescriptions could undergo a price increase. It is now apparent that pharmaceutical companies, or “Big Pharma,” value the vested interests of their companies over the accessibility of their products. For these companies to remain in business for the sake of health and not for profit requires advocacy against its current economic practices. The seemingly autonomous nature of these companies contradicts their duties for distributing medicine, and must be criticized as such.
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is the use of technology by students in class a distraction ? This week, the a few UTSA professors chimed in on the technology question. Many professors at UTSA prohibit cellphone and laptop use in the classroom so that way they are not a distraction to themselves and other students.
“Not too much. Sometimes it’s annoying when I see a lot of people looking down on their phones or laptops. But if they’re on their laptops taking notes, then I am okay with that.”
Professor Stephan Swellander Writing composition
“It does, the problem is I cannot tell if it is used appropriately or not because the laptop does not face me. I am always unaware and it is distracting to not know the other side of the screen .... I wish there was a way to incorporate technology that avoids the risk of using it inappropriately, but there isn’t.... I don’t allow laptops in my class for that reason.”
Professor Kimberly Fonzo British literature, medieval literature
“I have no problem as long as you’re using technology to enhance what you learn in the classroom within the context of the course. It’s checking social media that becomes a problem. It’s disrespectful and I, personally, resent that. It’s also to protect me so that students don’t blame me when they aren’t passing.”
Professor Pierre Schmitz French language “When students use laptops for assigned group work or other authorized uses in the class it’s a good thing. But it’s distracting if students text or have their phones in front of their faces. It distracts the other students to have someone near them with their laptop screen flashing. I think it’s distracting to me and other students because they should be listening and taking notes.”
Professor Karen Dodwell AIS, English literature
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ARTS & LIFE
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Arts & Life Events Calendar:
Wednesday 10/14 7 p.m. Lotería Lotería! In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, the University Center is putting together a Lotería night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the UC Ballroom. Lotería is a game similar to bingo, but instead of number and letter combinations the cards use distinct images for identification. The first player to fill their entire lotería card, or complete whichever pattern was determined, wins.
Thursday 10/15 6 p.m. Gallery 23
After being closed for renovations, Gallery 23 is ready to open again for business. Come to the opening reception taking place this Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibition showcased is “Growth” by Alyssa Dana, curated by Toni Amar-Martinez. Gallery 23 is located on the first floor of the University Center 1.02.23.
Friday 10/16 8 p.m. Yung Nation
This Friday is the second Live on the Lawn and the special guests are Yung Nation, an 18 year-old duo native to Dallas, TX. “Club Rock” is one of its songs currently gaining popularity, but if you still haven’t heard of them, head over to the UC lawn for a free concert to end your busy week.
Brayden Boren, The Paisano Over 75,000 people from around the Lone Star state flocked to Austin’s Zilker Park for the 14th annual Austin City Limits Festival, where they got to see some of the biggest bands, rappers and classic artists that they could make time for. Headlining acts like Foo Fighters and Drake kept both old and new music enthusiasts alike entertained throughout both weekends.
Austin City Limits Festival stays hot Brayden Boren Arts & Life Editor
@ThatBorenGuy arts@paisano-online.com “What’s up, ACL! It’s hot as f---!” The words of Amealia Meath, lead singer of the electronic group Sylvan Esso, rang out to a crowd of thousands that were all too aware of Austin’s latent heat this past Sunday afternoon. Fans eager to see big names like Chance the Rapper or The Weeknd at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival had to bare long spells of sun rays, body heat and marijuana smoke to see their favorite acts. For first-timers and onlookers, the festival sounds like a suicide mission, but for fans and festival veterans, it’s just another year on the grounds. Even with the rising prices of tickets up to $300 from
last year’s price point of $250, three-day passes sold out in record time for both weekends. Looking across the entirety of Austin’s Zilker Park from the festival entrance the sea of people, and the festival, showed no signs of getting smaller with vast amounts of stages to see both national and local artists, as well as local vendors for food and apparel occupying the grounds. One sign the festival did show this year: it’s willingness to give the younger crowd a chance. With the Strokes and Foo Fighters being the only headlining performers that put out an album before 2005, the other four headliners steered younger and newer. Electronic duo Disclosure and party DJ deadmau5 brought their separate strobelit blitzkriegs to the Honda headliners’ stage, with Disclosure’s tropical, four-onthe-floor beats a comfortable juxtaposition between the
precision bass build-anddrop brought by deadmau5. Smaller acts throughout the day kept thoughts of heat exhaustion away from festival goers’ minds during the weekend. On Friday afternoon, Leon Bridges and his band from Fort Worth brought the sound of swing and blues, which split the audience between swaying to the groove and finding splendor in the grass. The one-two punch of folk songwriter turned shaman Father John Misty and country outsider Sturgill Simpson on Saturday made sure that audiences weren’t treated to the same old song-and-dance number—FJM’s intensive psychedelic ballads a perfect counterpoint to Simpson’s world-weary troubadour act. Darkness being his natural habitat, The Weeknd — Drake protégé turned pop star — closed out the festival on Sunday night. The Toron-
to singer brought his seedy and powerful radio hits “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills” to a flock of people both new to the artist and old fans who have followed him through his trilogy of mixtapes and his major label debut, “Kissland.” Even before Drake himself came out to the biggest crowd of the festival at Saturday’s headlining slot at the Samsung stage, expletive-riddled chants had started amongst the crowd against Meek Mill, the Philadelphia rapper who called out the Six God for allegedly using ghostwriters on the single “R.I.C.O.” that they collaborated on for Mill’s newest album. “Oh, I hear you loud and clear, Austin,” Drake called out to a sea of fans. “But we gon’ get to that.” What followed was a barrage of the Toronto rapper’s greatest hits, from as early as 2010’s “Find Your Love” to newer cuts like Billboard #1
hit “Hotline Bling.” The audience chants against Meek Mill were answered when Drake barreled out a performance of diss track “Back to Back,” and this was before the rapper brought out Atlanta rapper and collaborator Future to perform hits from the ATLien’s 2015 album “Dirty Sprite 2” and from the joint album “What a Time to Be Alive,” which the two released this past September. The thunderous applause was only deafened out by the sound of two rappers on the top of their food chain. Culminating in a sultry performance of “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” album opener “Legend,” complete with background piano and fireworks, Drake only asked the audience to do one thing for him. “All I ever ask is keep it eight more than 92 with me/100.” Way ahead of you, Drake.
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Chalk It Up! Artpace 2015
Cindy Hurtado, The Paisano
Each year, Artpace Chalk It Up transforms downtown Houston Street into a canvas for both local professional artists and young kids alike to make art in their community, for their community. Local artists like Cruz Ortiz, Ethel Shipton and Nate Cassie showed up this Saturday to sketch out the spots where they would begin to color in their works of art. Artpace Chalk It Up raises awareness and support for Artpace’s educational programs, which provide access to and cultivate a lifelong passion for contemporary art through a festival of art activities for the whole family. Photos by Cindy Hurtado, The Paisano
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Last Year’s winning design: Please send digital submissions to Amanda Williams (Amanda.williams1@utsa.edu) by Friday, October 30. For questions or for more information, please email Amanda Williams.
SPORTS {Sports Events} Thursday, Oct. 15 UTSA volleyball (away) The volleyball team will compete against Rice in a C-USA match.
Friday, Oct. 16 UTSA tennis (away) The men’s tennis team will be in Beaumont competing at the Ron Westbrooks Invitational.
UTSA soccer (away) The Roadrunners will take on Southern Miss in a match-up of the two worst teams in the conference.
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Sturm shines in UTSA loss UTSA FOOTBALL Adrian Bermudez Staff Writer @bermudezmedia sports@paisano-online.com
UTSA Football fell just short of its first home victory, 31-34, after a high-energy, back-and-forth competition against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The Roadrunners entered the game as 7-point underdogs against the Bulldogs, who were selected as C-USAchampion favorites during the preseason. LA Tech executed a nearly flawless offensive drive in the final minutes of the game to edge
UTSA with a 32-yard gamewinning field goal. Tight end David Morgan II — who’s been with the team since its inaugural season — commented on losing back-to-back home games by three points or less. “It’s frustrating,” Morgan said. “I feel like we’re always on the losing side of (close) games. Once we get things figured out, we’ll be alright…but we’ve got to do that first.” The Roadrunners were missing starting quarterback Blake Bogenschutz, who sustained an injury last week against Texas-El Paso. Backup Dalton Sturm
Saturday, Oct. 17 UTSA football (away) The football team will look to rebound from its heartbreaking loss when they take on conference-rival Southern Miss.
UTSA tennis (away) The women’s team will be competing all day at the Texas State Play Date.
UTSA softball (home) The Roadrunners open their season with a double-header against Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Sunday, Oct. 18 UTSA volleyball (home) The volleyball team will matchup with Marshall in the first match of a three-match home stretch.
Stephen Whitaker, The Echo
— a sophomore walk-on — made his first career start and tied a program record with four touchdowns. “Records don’t really mean anything if they don’t come with a victory,” Sturm commented after the game. “Yeah, it’s nice, but nobody really cares. We’re still 1-5.” After throwing two firstquarter interceptions, Sturm adjusted and led a 21-point rally in the second half. He ended the night with 227 yards passing and 34 yards rushing. Two of his four touchdowns were leaping catches from Morgan, who tied his program record of nine receptions. Morgan ended the night with 85 yards receiving. Sturm’s other two touchdown passes were to junior wide receiver JaBryce Taylor, who also made his first UTSA start in place of injured wide-out Kenny Bias. For the first time this season, running back Jarveon Williams was unable to get UTSA’s ground attack going; he was held to just 27 yards on 16 attempts. “(LA Tech) is very good on defense, and they’re hard to block,” said Head Coach Larry Coker when asked about the lacking run game. “We didn’t maintain blocks, but you have to give them credit.” The “Hard Hat Defense” fared well against the Bulldogs, picking off quarterback Jeff Driskel two times. In the first quarter, senior cornerback Trevor Baker intercepted a pass for the second game in a row, setting up a 25-yard field goal
to put UTSA on the board. Junior safety Michael Egwuagu did the same in the second quarter when he caught a tipped ball and ran it into the redzone. The turnover set up a 10yard touchdown pass from Sturm to Morgan to tie the game at 10. Senior Duke Wheeler made his second start at rover safety with Mauricio Sanchez still sidelined with an injury. Wheeler led the defense with 15 tackles after being ejected from the UTEl Paso game with a helmetto-helmet hit in the first quarter. “I never feel good after losses, but I know now
that this team can compete with anybody,” he commented during Monday morning’s press conference. The Roadrunners stopped Louisiana Tech on 8 of their 16 third downs, but could not get the big stop when it was needed most. The loss set them back to 1-1 in CUSA and 1-5 overall. UTSA won’t return to the Alamodome until Nov. 7, when they take on Old Dominion for the homecoming game. Their next match-up will be on the road next week against Southern Mississippi.
Stephen Whitaker, The Echo
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October 13 - October 20, 2015
UTSA soccer continues to struggle {Recent Results} Friday, Oct. 9 UTSA volleyball L, 1-3 at Western Kentucky
UTSA soccer L, 0-1 vs. UTEP
Saturday, Oct. 10 UTSA football L, 31-34 vs. LA Tech
Saturday, Oct. 11 UTSA football W, 3-0 at UTEP
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UTSA SOCCER Brady Phelps Sports Assistant
@bradytphelps sports@paisano-online.com Lack of offense continues to plague UTSA’s soccer team as they dropped another contest to UTEP on Friday night. The team’s inability to convert scoring chances was not due to a lack of effort. The game was a close one; the deciding tally came right off the head of UTEP midfielder Bri Barreiro just over 20 minutes into the game. Despite the outcome, UTSA Head Coach Greg Sheen was impressed with the team’s competition level: “We talk a lot about effort and execution, and tonight was about as close a game as we’ve had to dominating in the effort.” This dominating effort made for a defensively
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responsible game from the Roadrunners; they limited the Miners to only four shots on goal including the gamewinner. “It’s always great to keep the team at your end of the field,” said Sheen. Greg Sheen “I thought there were UTSA soccer stretches where we completely dominated, but you still have to find a way to put one in.” They had close chances, especially late in the game when two particularly dan-
good. We had several opportunities inside of twelve yards, and I think we misplayed a couple of them. I thought the Photo courtesy of the Sydney Kings goalkeeper made a great save on one or two.” The physical play ramped up in the second half, head coach and some in attengerous shots from freshdance were man attacker Sam Batley concerned the refs and forced UTEP goalkeeper coaches had lost control in Alyssa Palacios to make regards to discipline. crucial saves. “We have a lot of young “I thought the qualplayers…we’ve got 18-yearity of our shots was very olds playing against
“They have to learn how to grow up and hold their own.”
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23-year-olds,” Sheen contested. “They have to learn how to grow up and hold their own…protect themselves, and ratchet things up from a physical perspective. I think our young players are maturing…they oftentimes are being the aggressor instead of the ones being pushed around. And I think that’s a good thing.” The team now has two conference games on the road, against Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech, returning to play next Saturday at home against Old Dominion. They currently have the lowest overall point percentage in Conference USA, and their negative-35 goal differential is also the worst in the conference by a wide margin.
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