Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio
{SINCE 1981} /thepaisano
Volume 53 @ThePaisano
The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted to approve a tuition hike. Officials said the UT System’s universities need the money to keep up with inflation and to improve national rankings. Opponents said the hikes hurt students and perhaps create an unwanted response from the Texas Legislature. According to Chancellor McRaven, “We just need additional revenue to improve the quality across our institutions.”
U.S. On Saturday, violence broke out in Anaheim, Calif. when members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered to raise awareness toward “illegal immigration, street crime, and terrorism,” according to leader William Quigg. The white supremacy group encountered a dozen or so counterprotestors who had arrived to confront the Klansmen. During the course of the conflict, three were stabbed and 13 arrests were made.
Science
Scientists in China have successfully bred mice from lab-created sperm, a milestone in research possibilities for treating male infertility. While the labcreated mice matured healthily and were able to breed offspring of their own, the scientists cautioned that more research is necessary before human sperm can be created.
March 1 - March 8, 2016
@paisanomedia
www.Paisano-Online.com
BIRDS UP:
UTSA
UTSA Assistant Professor of Management, Dina Krasikova, released a study detailing the traits of a good leader. According to her research, the keys to a successful leader are confidence and creativity in the modern workplace. Specifically, her research explores the reverberation effects of a stress-inducing and abusive leader in the workplace. This causes a ripple-effect. For example, she says, “you might come to work unsure of what you’re supposed to be doing because you get conflicting expectations from your direct supervisor or your boss. The solution is clear roles and communication.”
Texas
Issue 8
TUITION INCREASES SOON UT System Board of Regents approves tuition increase of 3.6 pecent — approximately $162 for Texas residents — to take effect Fall 2016. Alyssa Gonzales News Assistant
@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com The UT System Board of Regents approved a 3.6 percent tuition hike beginning Fall 2016. The Regents finalized this decision during a special telephone meeting on Feb. 29. Fees are not affected. As a result, tuition for instate UTSA undergraduates will increase, on average $162 and $154 (15 credit hours) for in-state UTSA graduate students. Tuition
will also increase on average $439 and $451 for undergraduates and graduates who are not-Texas residents. The tuition increase is estimated to generate $11.9 million in the 2016-2017 academic year. According to Steven Leslie, the executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, the additional revenue will go toward recruiting toptier researchers; improving the graduation rates; funding services such as advising, mentoring and financial aid; and improving a broad spectrum of student services such as
medical and mental health, study abroad, library resources, support for student athletes and recreation. “The bottom line for me is the (UT System) presidents believe that this revenue is needed to support their universities,” University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven said. The talk of raising tuition has been brewing for several years. In 2003, Texas lawmakers had to choose whether to budget more money to state universities or relinquish the power of raising tuition to the universities’ own boards of regents.
The Board chose the latter. However, at the UT System Board of Regents meeting, President Ricardo Romo stated that with the state legislature imposing unfunded mandates, the university needs help covering the costs. “What we are asking is very fair,” said Romo about the increase. “The majority of our students are not going to be impacted by this; in fact, 70 percent of our students need financial aid, and almost 40 percent will get full aid, meaning that 40 percent of our students will not
see an increase in tuition.” Not all Texas legislators favor tuition increases within the UT System. One opponent of this action is TX Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. At a Board of Regents meeting in October 2015, Patrick stated that tuition increases should be a last resort. Patrick contended that the UT System should be looking “for ways to make college education more affordable for students and families across Texas.”
Young voters can sway the election, if they turn out
Daniel Earles , The Paisano
Adriene Goodwin Staff Writer
@hey_adreezy news@paisano-online.com In 2004, five million more young adults voted in the presidential election than did in the 2000 election. This was the highest voter turnout since Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential election over Hubert Humprey and George Wallace. The “youth vote” generally refers to voters between the ages of 18 thru 29. According to the Pew Research Center’s report on young voters in the 2008 election, 66 percent of those under age 30 voted for Barack Obama, making the disparity between young voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since
exit polling began in 1972. In recent presidential elections, the youth vote has been a force capable of determining the outcome. But why then is turnout so low among young voters? Hannah Beck is a UTSA alumna and Executive Director of MOVE San Antonio, a non-profit that aims to ensure young voices are heard in the political process. “We know that young people care, but we’re not seeing turnout at the levels we expect. We need to look at what the potential barriers are,” said Beck. “For more young people to vote,” said Beck, “You need to have people helping to spread information that young people recognize and understand. Millennials are now the largest generation in the
country, outnumbering their Baby Boomer parents; Yet a 2014 report from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that young voters were less politically engaged in 2012 than in 1964. Voting rates among 18-24 year olds dropped from 50.9 percent in 1964 to 38.0 percent in 2012. There are numerous factors that explain young voter absence at the polls. Accessibility is a key issue in determining the disconnect between young people and voting. Even the physical location of polling sites is critical. In this year, UTSA students were notified via email only 24 hours in advance that there was an early voting site in the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Building on the Main Campus.
“For the past five years, (the polling site) has been in the HEB UC,” said Beck, adding that more students are familiar with the location of the UC than the AET building. “If nothing else, UTSA students know where it is. Most people are able to identify it when we talk to them.” UTSA political science professor Walter Wilson claims young people are relatively transient: their lives are continuously in flux and lack a degree of stability. In other words, students don’t often own houses, they haven’t started their own careers, family and other trademark qualities of a rooted adulthood, — this impacts the likelihood to show up and vote. Wilson points out several overlapping issues between young voters
and minority voters, two groups who historically have low turnout rates: many within both groups are poor, and they have fewer fixed interests because of their transient status. Also, “campaigns go for low-hanging fruit,” said Wilson. Essentially, voters who consistently turn out to the polls. “So they’re going to call older, wealthier voters, and they’re going to ignore poorer, younger voters because they don’t have faith that they’ll turn out. It becomes something of a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Transience is one way political scientists believe young voters are disenfranchised. Kristie Kelly is a Government PhD Candidate at UT-Austin specializing in several fields including voter behavior and participation and youth politics. See Why, Page 2
Join us to celebrate
The Paisano’s Anniversary
March 12, 2016 | 4 PM HOSTED AT:
14530 Roadrunner Way
2
Busses to be equipped with GPS tracking devices Katelyn Wilkinson
Staff Writer
@KatelynMarie11 news@paisano-online.com Business Auxiliary Services (BAS) is installing GPS trackers on the shuttle busses and they have completed construction on a bus shelter at the Ford Lot shuttle stop on Ford Avenue. Communications Coordinator for BAS, Lauren Beaver, said that BAS recently built a bus shelter at the Ford Lot shuttle stop, which services shuttle routes 20 and 22 and is the only stop on campus that did not have a cover. Beaver said that students will greatly benefit from the new shelter at the Ford Lot shuttle stop because it will provide them with protection from the weather. Brenda Ramos, route-22 shuttle driver, agrees with Beaver: “Before the new shelter was constructed, students would congregate in multiple locations around the general stop area, especially during inclement weather days,” she said. According to Ramos, shuttle bus drivers had to wait for students to get to the bus from those dif-
NEWS
March 1 - March 8, 2016
ferent locations, which meant longer times for students and drivers. “The new shelter will give the students a place to rest and stay out of the elements while waiting for their shuttle to arrive,” Ramos said. Additionally, BAS is partnering with Student Affairs to install GPS-tracking capability on every shuttle. This service will let students track the busses and determine exactly when the bus will reach their stop. Ramos said that she thinks the GPS tracking will benefit students because it will allow “real time determination of the shuttle’s exact location and estimated arrival time at the shuttle stops, not to mention the added safety in case of an emergency on the route.” Senior sociology major, Sarah Roitz, said that she does not think that the GPS tracking is useful for students who ride
the route-13 shuttle. According to Roitz, the distance between the lot C and the school is such a short distance that tracking the bus would not make much of a difference. “I would assume people who lack the patience of waiting those five minutes for a bus to Lot C would benefit (from the GPS tracking).” On the other hand, Elizabeth Lopez, also a senior sociology major, said that being able to track the bus would benefit her because it will help her figure out whether it would be faster to wait for the bus or just walk to class. BAS plans to launch the GPS-tracking service by Fall 2016.
continued from page 1
Why Millennials don’t
“Campaigns go for low-hanging fruit. They’re going to call older, wealthier voters, and they’re going to ignore poorer, younger voters because they don’t have faith that they’ ll turn out. It becomes something of a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Dr. Walter Wilson UTSA political science professor
I
n her research, Kelly finds that “Most young people don’t realize their electoral power. It takes a
Gaige Davila, The Paisano
U
TSA boasts a large number of non-traditional students. Last year, non- traditional students made up about 25 percent of UTSA’s student body. These are students who have jobs, families and are considered financially independent by the government. Many non-traditional students are older than the average 18-25 year old university student, but still qualify as young voters under the age of 30. If they have experienced the life cycle effect, what explains the disparity of representation at the polls? For some, there is a specific, intimidating barrier on Election Day. “Photo I.D. laws can be really problematic for young people,” said Beck. “When I go to vote, it can be a little confusing. I’m registered to vote at my apartment (address) where I live with my boyfriend, and my driver’s license said that I live at my dad’s house. So in the past, I’ve had to sign an affidavit stating that even though my driver’s license does not perfectly match
“I
n
local elections, in state elections, your voice absolutely counts,” said Pope. When she asks students how many are registered to vote, a wave of hands surge upward. But as she clarifies who is registered in Bexar County, and who still has their voter registration card, the hands quickly dwindle until few, if any, remain in the air. “Alot of people think they’re registered, and they don’t know,” Pope said. “This many of you can decide a race,” Pope tells a classroom full of students. “That is absolutely how few people participate in local elections.” When local political involvement increases,
few cycles to become regular voters.” Like Wilson, she understands the barriers of youth transience, but noted: “Once they start pay-
ing higher taxes, once they buy homes, once they start having children, politics becomes a lot more relevant. It’s called a life cycle effect.”
my voter registration card, I am not lying about who I am. And they decide whether or not that’s sufficient.” Wilson feels there is one potential solution to increase voter turnout: same day registration. “If on Election Day you want to vote, you show up at the polling place, you fill out a registration card, you’re registered and then you vote. And there’s no reason why we couldn’t do that,” he said. So far, only 11 states offer sameday registration, including the District of Columbia. Students who want to vote and didn’t vote during Early Voting, must go to the polling site in their registered precinct on Election Day. The precinct for UTSA is Precinct 3149, and if on-campus students are registered with UTSA’s address, they can still cast their vote today at Ed Rawlinson Middle School. For those students who live off campus, they must find their own neighborhood’s precinct, and that information is available on Bexar County’s website.
Via Metro has transportation available to and from most polling sites. Lyft is also back in San Antonio. Because Texas has an open primary, voters must choose between a Democratic Party ballot or a Republican Party ballot. The federal portion of the ballot includes familiar presidential candidates as well as congressional candidates for various districts. At the state level students will vote for Railroad Commissioner, Court Justices and Precinct Chairmen, and on ballot propositions or referendums, depending on the ballot. When young people feel overwhelmed by national politics, some suggest it’s okay to start at a smaller and at a more local level, which is why it’s important to know who and what else is on the ballot. Alyssa Pope is the Field Organizer for MOVE San Antonio and has been visiting UTSA classrooms to discuss the importance of voting with students since the spring semester began.
there can be a transformative ripple effect. “In the presidential election, it’s believed that young people actually flipped a couple of states for Barack Obama,” said Kelly. “And if the youth vote hadn’t turned out as strongly as they had, and hadn’t voted Democratic as strongly as they had, a couple of the key battleground states that the candidates were fighting for would have gone to Mitt Romney instead.” Even though Texas isn’t a battleground state and has remained “red” for some time, the spike in youth voter turnout has had a resonating local impact. Bexar County has actually gone “blue” in the last two presidential cycles with Democrats winning across
the board in 2008 and 2012.” This change reinforces Wilson’s assertion of just how critical the youth vote is. When young people come out in large numbers the electorate expands in ways that are unexpected. “I would much rather do something and then it not work, than never do something at all, and never know if it’ll actually work or not,” said Pope. “The outcome of the election matters to young people more than older people because they’re going to live with the consequences longer,” said Wilson. Election Day was March 1, 2016. UTSA did not have an Election Day polling site on campus.
NEWS
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits UTSA downtown campus Caroline Traylor
News Editor
@CarolineTraylor news@paisano-online.com Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited UTSA’s Downtown campus to engage in a foreign policy round table and campaign for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D). The event took place in a conference room in the Frio Street Building on Thursday, Feb 24. Secretary Albright became the American ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in 1993 and three years later was appointed by President Clinton as Secretary of State. Albright was the first woman to hold the position, a position she said she never thought was possible to attain. “There were people saying ‘no woman could ever be Secretary of State because the Arabs would not want to deal with her’. So the Arab ambassadors of the UN got together and put out a statement saying, ‘we had no problems with Ambassador Albright, and we won’t have any problems dealing with Secretary Albright’. So that went away”, she said. The discussion focused on the U.S.’ diplomatic relations with Latin American
3
March 1 - March 8, 2016
College of Public Policy now offers civic engagement minor Johnee Jasso Staff Writer
“There were people saying ‘no woman could ever be Secretary of State because the Arabs would not want to deal with her’’’.
@Johnee_thegreat news@paisano-online.com
Madeleine Albright
Photo courtesy of UTSA Institute for Economic Development
Former Secretary of State
countries and issues affecting the Western Hemisphere. In attendance was Marisa Bono – regional general counsel for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) who spoke about the vulnerabilities unaccompanied children (many under the age of 12 and from Central America) who “come to the U.S. not for economic reasons like most immigrants, but for safety”. Bono explained that many of these minors are eligible for legal status but are unaware of their rights and how to navigate a very confusing legal system.
Secretary Albright poses with Mr. Robert McKinley, UTSA senior associate vice president of economic development.
Secretary Albright herself is an immigrant, whose Jewish family fled Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) to England during WWII . Albright’s family briefly returned to their home country after the war, only to leave again, this time for the U.S. due to the communist regime that assumed power in Czechoslovakia in the late 1 9 4 0 s . Responding to Bono’s remarks on the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors, Secretary Albright said, “Americans are the most generous people in the world with the shortest attention spans”. Economic development,
A rewarding career in health care starts here. Innovative curriculum. Real world experience. Dedicated faculty. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will prepare you for an exciting career as a respiratory therapist — one of the fastest-growing health professions in the country.
Respiratory Care at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio • Earn a master’s or bachelor’s degree in respiratory care • Full-time, nationally accredited programs • Prepares excellent clinicians with strong foundations in theory, clinical practice and research • Over 1,000 hours of clinical experience in top hospitals and clinics • Graduates work in intensive care units, emergency rooms, home health care and as pediatric flight care team members • One of only four direct-entry respiratory care master’s programs in the nation • No prior health care experience required to apply
Upcoming Respiratory Care Open House Workshops
immigration reform, ending family detention centers and the importance of cities were the main points of discussion at the round table. Senior Anthropology major Viktoria Zerda attended the event and described it as a great experience, despite her political disagreements with the participants. “The meeting was extremely pertinent in that it stressed the importance and potential of San Antonio on the international, political playing field and the future opportunities that can be up for grabs to current college students, activists or politicians in the making,” Zerda said.
For students interested in studying public administration, The UTSA College of Public Policy (COPP) has introduced its new minor, civic engagement. The new minor is open to all majors and will be offered at both Main and Downtown campuses. The minor in civic engagement will provide students with an understanding of civic literacy and civic participation, and it will allow students to interact with the San Antonio community through service-learning experiences such as fundraisers for voter registration and other community volunteer work. The curriculum is designed to educate and empower students to take on the role of an active citizen, while contributing to the well-being of the community. The minor requires 18 semester credit hours, six of which must be in Foundations of Civic Engagement and Civic Leadership Integrated Seminar. Sophomore Valerie Marquez commented, “A minor in Civic Engagement is a great idea…
Valerie Marquez
Sophomore psychology student
San Antonio, no, the world needs citizens actively contributing to their communities, whether it’s by volunteering or working for a non-profit.” For students interested, the Center for Civic Engagement encourages students to meet with their advisors for approved course options – prerequisite background courses may be required. Students can also visit http://copp.utsa.edu/department/category/publicadministration/ for more information.
Graduate Programs Information Session Monday, March 7 5:45 p.m. Business Building Room 4.01.18 UTSA Main Campus • MBA—nationally ranked program with flexible scheduling • Master of Accountancy—specialties in taxation, financial reporting and data analytics • MS in Business—one year program for nonbusiness majors launches May 2016 • MS in Data Analytics—transform data into competitive advantage, 12 month program launches Fall 2016 • MS in Information Technology—ranked the No. 1 cyber security program in the nation
April 8, 2016 | May 27, 2016
Learn more at healthprofessions.uthscsa.edu
“San Antonio, no, the world, needs citizens actively contributing to their communities .”
RSVP to gradbiz@utsa.edu Call (210) 458-4641
OPINION
4 [The Paisano] Managing Editor: Mia Cabello
News Editor:
Caroline Traylor
Arts & Life Editor: Brayden Boren
Sports Editor: Brady Phelps
Web Editor:
Michael Turnini
Photo Editor:
Fabian De Soto
Marketing Director: Randi Gilmore
Magazine Editor: Jade Cuevas
Business Manager: Lizzette Rocha
Distribution Manager: Patrick Martinez
Advertising Marketing Liason: Jenelle Duff
Social Media Coordinator:
Madeline Harper
{Staff} Kat Joseph, Claudia Jimenez, Annette Barraza, Christopher Breakell, Alex Birnel, Robert Avila, Justice Lovin, Andrea Velgis, Alyssa Gonzales, Urub Khawaja, Diego Ramirez, Gaige Davila, Marina Vences, Johnee Jasso, Lyanne Rodriguez, Memorie Johnson, Katelyn Wilkinson, Elizabeth Davis, Kevin Prichard, Raquel Alonzo, Anthony Suniga, Adriene Goodwin, Ricardo Rodriguez, Chris Herbert
San Antonio or Austin, a feud to taco-bout Editorial The Taco Wars between San Antonio and Austin have been well documented. New York writer Matthew Sedacca’s article, published by Eater Austin and titled “How Austin Became the Home of the Crucial Breakfast Taco,” sparked outrage that prompted local San Antonio and Austinbased politicians to voice their opinions on the matter. Although Sedacca never claims that Austin is the definitive birthplace of the breakfast taco, the controversy gained momentum when a San Antonio resident to create an online petition to have Seccada forcefully removed from the state. The petition gathered 1,500 signatures. San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor weighed in on Twitter last week, heralding San Antonio as “the Mecca of the breakfast taco.” District 9 Councilman Joe Krier, who lives in San Antonio and frequently
Leo wins, Internet loses
works in Austin, wrote an op-ed for the Austin American-Statesmen calling for a peaceful end to the breakfast food feud. On Saturday, Feb. 27, Austin mayor Steve Adler – likely mistaken for Steven Adler, former Guns N’ Roses drummer, by many San Antonio residents – responded by officially declaring “taco war” on the Alamo City. But an interesting segment of Seccada’s article explains how Anthony Vasquez, founder of Austin’s Tamale House (credited by Seccada as the establishment that popularized the breakfast taco) was inspired to start his restaurant after traveling to southern California and seeing their casual taco stands. At the time, Mexican food in Texas was more commonly associated with a home-style dine-in experience. The taco is defined regionally, and no single
@ThePaisano
A social media profile is, at best, a very realistic work of fiction. Gaige Davila
Delete the Oscar-less Leo DiCaprio memes from {Marketing} your camera rolls. The man has received an Academy Mia Mitchell, Savan Award. Patel, Kesley Smith, Celina Perkins, As Leonardo DiCaprio Catherine Adams accepted his first Oscar for Best Lead Actor in The Revenant, the 2016 Oscar’s {Adviser} ceremony brought a pasDiane Abdo time of Internet lore to the grave. Presumably after vi{Advisory Board} olently applauding at their Steven Kellman, Jack TV screens, people flocked Himelblau, Sandy Norto their phones; this mornman, Stefanie Arias, Diane Abdo, Red Madden ing various social media feeds contained their renovations to the now defunct The Paisano is published by the Paisano Educational Trust, a non-profit, meme. tax exempt, educational organization. Has the peoples plead The Paisano is operated by members of the Student Newspaper Associabeen answered? Probably. tion, a registered student organization. The Paisano is NOT sponsored, Had DiCaprio been stood financed or endorsed by UTSA. New up by the Academy for the issues are published every Tuesday during the fall and spring semesters, umpteenth time, a greater excluding holidays and exam periods. The Paisano is distributed on all three uproar than previously UTSA campuses — Main, Downtown and the Institute of Texan Cultures. seen would have ensued. Additionally, Paisano publications are Ironic, as the lack of racial distributed at a variety of off-campus locations, including Tri-point and a diversity of nominees has variety of apartment complexes near the UTSA Main Campus. All revenues been highly contested as of are generated through advertising and late. donations. Advertising inquiries and donations should be directed to: Leonardo DiCaprio has had a great career, that’s 14526 Roadrunner Way a fact. The award did not Suite 101 San Antonio, TX 78249 validate his reputation as a Phone: (210)-690-9301 competent actor. He didn’t need it. DiCaprio became the {Letters to the Editor} Letters must be fewer than 400 symbol of his own success words and include the writer’s through the movie screen name, classification or title and to the monitor. Granting telephone number. The Paisano DiCaprio this Oscar fed the reserves the right to edit all gnarling masses of those submissions. who incorrectly believed Send letters to: that the award symbolized editor@paisano-online.com and affirmed his achievements. So, congrats Leo, you deserved it according to the © 2016, The Paisano Academy and the Internet.
Although the taco’s origin is uniquely Mexican, no single ethnicity or nationality can claim the breakfast taco. It was the fast food industry’s appropriation of the fried corn taco shell that introduced the taco to the American mainstream. The popularity of the taco has since become a crucial element to stereotypical representations of MexicanAmericans, but has also increased American’s interest in authentic Mexican cuisine. The word “breakfast” comes from fifteenth century Middle English and has components with Germanic, Dutch and Norse origins. The typical American breakfast of bacon and eggs – two staple ingredients found in breakfast tacos – is often traced back to public relations trailblazer and nephew of Sigmund Freud Edward Bernays.
Bernays’ ability to convince American doctors to promote bacon and eggs as a healthy breakfast while designing an ad campaign for a bacon company made it the quintessential American breakfast. The complex reality is that tacos evolve like language; regional preferences and convenience shape the taco’s form and content. The breakfast taco was not born in San Antonio or Austin. It simply evolved because the cultural conditions were right for it. It can be fun to debate whether San Antonio or Austin offers a superior taco selection, but reducing the origin of the breakfast taco to a rivalry between two Texan cities – while also ignoring the taco’s rich history – is a disservice to the cultural atmosphere and shifting Anglo attitudes about Mexican culture that allowed the taco’s rise to prominence.
Commentary
Justice Lovin
@ThePaisanoo
region can claim the taco as its own. In western and central Texas, where chains like Taco Villa and Taco Bueno are mainstays, the default taco is on a folded, fried corn tortilla shell. To differentiate between a taco with a flour tortilla, one must add the “soft” qualifier. In south Texas, where taco chains are a last resort, the taco is generally assumed to be on a flour tortilla, unless the “crispy” qualifier is used. According to an article published last September by the BBC, the taco was preceded by the shawarma – a dish that was brought to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants during the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Shawarma – made of bread similar to pita and filled with lamb – first became popular in Pueblo. Eventually, pork was used as a substitute for lamb and corn tortillas replaced the bread.
Mankind’s quest to know their selfies
Commentary
{Contributors} Daniel Earles, Aidan Watson-Morris, Ethan Pham, Taiwo Adepoju, Matthew Trevino, Jose Alverez, Bryan De Leon, Paul Cobler, Tucker Reaves, Karina Solis
March 1 - March 8 , 2016
There’s a commercial out now for a website development company called Squarespace. The commercial’s narrator claims that a person who has spent years drumming in the garage ought to record his or her playing and put it online, in order to make playing “worthwhile.” This is
absolutely untenable. But this is a new ideology that has infected our culture. It is the ideal of the selfie, the great philosophical question of our time: if you have a great hair day and no one sees it, does it still count? Of course it does. But to understand that, one needs to recognize the underlying assumption of the question: ontologically, the way others see you is not only meaningful, but significantly so. Or put simply, to be is to be seen. To complicate the matter, the seeing that is happening here is online. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles are virtual doppelgangers of the person they represent. However, unlike in real life, there is a much, much greater ability to curate what is seen, and thus construct what you are — if you accept the premise
of the question. And that brings us back to the commercial, and its claim that the man who spends years practicing in his garage is not a drummer without an audience. But of course, a drummer is a drummer because he drums. Even before anyone sees him, if he is drumming, he is a drummer. He must be. A social media profile is, at best, a realistic work of fiction — a constructed reflection made in minutes posing as what a lifetime has brought about. It is empowering to have such control over one’s image, but how much control does one really have? These fictions rely upon the collusion of their audience, and so, really, in telling them, showing them, we do not gain control but surrender it. Facebook does not run on good will. Squarespace is not interested in anyone’s
drumming ability or fame. These companies use the services they provide to generate ad revenue and gather information for targeted marketing. To make a social media profile is to make a click-bait version of yourself for all the world to see; and if you are what you are seen to be, then you make of yourself an aggregation of data — which it is not in your interest to be. When we outsource the task of affirming our identity in this way, even in the smallest degree, we forsake our most essential responsibility as individuals: sincerely being ourselves. This can only be called, to borrow a term from Camus, philosophical suicide; a giving up of the agency one has to experience beauty in his or her own life, a foolish and wholly indefensible choice.
Latinas: challenge stereotypes with smarts
Commentary
Marina Vences
@Marina_Vences The teenage years are a time when many people begin engaging in sexual activity, and, without much information to go off of. Hispanic girls ages 15 to 19 — at 34 births per 1000 girls according to the National Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy in 2014 — have the highest teen pregnancy rate of any demographic in the United States. Overall teen pregnancy rates among Hispanics have been dropping since the 1990s, but they still have the highest rate of pregnancy in the United States, and, at 21 percent, the highest chance of having more than one child before the age of 19. This leads to an increase of young parents who most times financially
struggle to continue their education past high school and in turn results in low representation on college campuses. There are many factors that lead to this high teen pregnancy rate; for instance, machismo (a practice that places the needs and wants of men above the wants of women) in Hispanic culture is alive and well. From a young age, many Hispanic children are told: “men are men, and women are women; and women are worth only the children they can produce and the food they can cook.” Machismo is an ideal left over from years ago when Europeans colonized the New World, and it has come along with the families who cross the border. Although not all families have held onto this dated mindset, it is prevalent enough that young teen girls often see having children and being wives as a priority and their only option. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Latinas ages 16 to 24 in poor
school districts have a 30 percent chance of getting pregnant, compared with 12.9 percent for blacks and 8.2 percent for whites. Of those Latinas who go to college, only 10 percent complete four or more years of college, the lowest of any other ethnic group. Academic education aside, sexual education, which in most schools is lacking at best, is often not spoken about in Hispanic families outside of those school lessons. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 93 percent of teenagers 15 to 19 received formal instruction about STIs and HIV, and 84 percent learned about abstinence. But still, 41 percent of high school students reported knowing “very little” about condoms, and 75 percent knew “very little” about birth control. As time passes, hopefully machismo attitudes will too. Thanks to programs like the National Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy making safe sex information more easily available to
teens, more visible positive role models such as Sonia Sotomayor and Shakira who are examples for girls that there is not just one path to success, and an increase of Hispanics putting more emphasis on academic education — teen pregnancy is at an all time low. But a lack of education, both academic and in sexual safety, combined with a culture that encourages having as many children as is possible, creates birth rates that are still the highest out of any other ethnic group. This leads to low representation of Latinas in higher education, and an endless cycle of young girls pushed into motherhood much too early. Teen motherhood, albeit rewarding, is not the only option for any girl. There are so many positive life choices to pursue out side of high school that finding one that does not include a premature pregnancy will not only be easy, but awesome.
OPINION
March 1 - March 8, 2016
Fiery organizations, asked to chill Satire
Robert Avila @robssatire
Due to recent commotion in the UTSA courtyard and Sombrilla, UTSA is asking student organizations that table on campus to “tone it down.” The word-of-mouth campaign, which doesn’t target any single organization in particular, simply seeks to encourage organizations that compete for student attention, to put aside their aggressive recruitment tactics and make small adjustments expressing more common sense and general human decency. While student organizations have always been encouraged to table on campus, most have been peaceful and beneficial to the community. Recent events, however,
have changed the usually informal and non-threatening recruitment into a gauntlet of aggressive organizations. With no specific organization to blame, these group(s) have made it a challenge for students seeking to enjoy the campus learning environment they paid tuition to attend. The event earlier this month that sparked the campaign, featured an organization led by a heavy-set, bearded gentleman wearing a sign telling students they needed to repent because they all deserved hell. “He kept yelling about the flaming void of hell we deserved,” said sophomore Adam Rodriguez, who witnessed the red-faced man’s tirade. “But, he treated us like he had just come from there himself.” The same week, another organization set up a “museum” of what their group represents in the center of the courtyard, unavoidable to students needing to move from one part of the campus to the next. That day, a pre-
sumably different organization set up a large militarystyle tent on the lawn, for what looked to be no particular reason. Students trekking across campus to get to class had no way of avoiding the tabling organization(s). “I thought they were a fraternity because of their name,” said Adam Johnson. “The group had Frisbees and guitars. It wasn’t until they began pressuring me with questions and pamphlets about God that I realized they were a religious group.” This is just one of the many complaints the university has received about what could be a single, largely populated organization or many turnt up organizations. Previously reported issues include an organization yelling homophobic slurs to a LGBTQ group, a religious organization starting quarrels with other religious organizations, and a large group of individuals chastising other students for not sharing the same beliefs. No official action has ever been taken against an orga-
nization. First amendment rights allow freedom of speech for all organizations and is a message clearly asserted in the universities official notebook. “Freedom of speech protects all who seek to use express it,” states section 7:12 in the campuses operational notebook. “It allows some organizations yell ‘dollar tacos’ or ‘free condoms’ or ‘your eternal soul will be damned forever’.” While not hindering student’s rights to free speech, the “tone it down” campaign hopes to encourage participants to think civil, and rather than only pushing their own organization’s views, to be considerate of other’s as well. The organization (or organizations) however, have the right to completely ignore the campaign and disregard the thoughts and feelings of the entire student body, staff, and visitors of the university, and to continue recruiting with threats of a fiery everlasting death.
I’ll just sit here by Christopher Breakell
5
Photo Poll Do you talk to your parents about politics? Do you share the same political beliefs with your parents? “I do. It’s important to know where they stand since they raised me and typically our views are very similar.”
Sydney Colon
Freshman, public relations
“I talk to my dad more than my mom about politics since he’s in the military. I get most of my political beliefs from him.”
Kevin Orta
Sophomore, public health
“Yeah, I talk to my parents about it. It’s important to know what they believe in so I can compare my views. We agree about mot fiscal things but most of our social views differ.”
Annalisa Scott
Freshman, kinesiology
“We don’t talk about politics too much but when I do it’s with my dad because he’s in the military. We don’t always share the same beliefs.”
Jomil Padin
Sophomore, public health
“Yeah, I talk to them. I feel like it’s important to stay up to date on current events and having someone to talk with motivates me to stay informed. We share the same views, which is nice.”
Jackson Korinek Freshman, business
STUDENTS WEIGH IN: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Letter to the Editor
HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Write a Letter to the Editor!
Letters must be fewer than 400 words and include the writer’s name, classification or title and email address. The Paisano reserves the right to edit al submissions. Send Letters to the Editor to:
editor@paisano-online.com
Hillary Clinton
“I support Hillary Clinton because the two main points for me are with education and social issues. I feel that her plans, especially with education, are more realistic and can be carried out in our world today.” Kaley Davis is a senior education major.
Bernie Sanders
“When looking at the record of Bernie Sanders and his history, he has a very solid history. He’s been very active for fighting for the rights of the worker as well as any minority group, really. He’s been at the forefront of helping what is essentially the other anytime he’s been able to.” Nathan Valentine is a junior art major and is a member of UTSA 4 Sanders.
Donald Trump
REPUBLIC AN C ANDIDATES
Chance Rabun Masters Student Chemical Engineering
DEMOCR ATIC C ANDIDATES
Lack of parking is one the most significant issues that I am faced with as a student here at UTSA. The absolutely abysmal parking selection provided by the university is atrocious, and the fact that we are charged money for the disservice of having to drive around campus for 30 to 45 minutes daily just to find a parking spot over half a mile away from class is bordering on criminal. I have attended three universities all over the south and UTSA has by and far provided me with the most inferior parking selection. I do not understand how UTSA can justify charging money for a parking pass but still not accommodate students with an acceptable selection. It really upsets me. This issue has affected me in a significant way. I have to leave my house over an hour earlier than I should simply because I know that I will be faced with driving around the parking lots for at least half an hour, wasting gas and putting unnecessary wear and tear on my vehicle. This issue is much bigger than citation appeals and I’m sure thousands of other students believe the same and we would like to see it addressed.
“I am surprised how far Trump has made it in the presidential race. He might be successful in his own finance but he is a horrible public speaker, was donating to Democratic candidates for several years, has a big ego and has made racist comments about other countries and even Americans.” Salena Hernandez is a senior criminal justice major.
“Yes, I talk to my parents about politics so I can explain and educate them about it since they are from another country. They’re more conservative than I am so we don’t share a lot of views.”
Tehrim Pabani
Sophomore, biology
“Yes I talk to them. We are a political family. We are all really up to dare and watch the news and talk about the candidates. My dad and I share the same political beliefs but my sister and I don’t.”
Hana Adeni
Freshman, communications
“I kind of talk to my parents about politics and their thoughts on them. I follow whatever they say, we share the same beliefs because I don’t really care for it so I don’t have my own side on it.”
Ross Liles
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
“Ted Cruz has shown that he can actually be somewhat a truthful candidate, unlike most of the other politicans. He’s straight up about what he has to say. And he tells the truth about his dishonest colleagues in the Senate.” Odlanier Reyes-Rodriguez is a sophmore public health major. “I like Marco Rubio because his value’s line up with my own, he’s passionate about his beliefs, and most importantly, he knows what he wants and what kind of president he will be. When he speaks at debates, or just in general, he talks with such self-assurance and ambition; his passion is what drew me in. Not to mention, I love that he has a clear plan for every issue and he will tell you what it is, step for step (something you cannot say about fellow candidate Donald Trump).” Michaela Norris is a freshman geology major.
Freshman, kinesiology
“Yeah I talk to my parents about politics because it’s really important to know about and no we do not share the same beliefs.”
Tito Villegas
Freshman, history
Photos and quotes by Claudia Jimenez, The Paisano
6 Arts & Life Events Calendar: Thursday 3/3 3 p.m. First Thursday
There has never been a better time to visit to The Pearl (303 Pearl Pkwy) than this Thursday. Every first Thursday of the month, live music, specials from stores and restaurants, and more can be found at this place. Try a Cuvee Float from Lick Honest Ice Creams, only $1.75, and made with Cuvee black-and-blue nitrogenized cold craft coffee and two scoops of ice cream. If food isn’t enough to tempt you, perhaps the trunk show of clothing, and gifts from Martha Siv with South China Seas will.
Friday 3/4 8 p.m. “Bricks In the Wall” Nine-piece Pink Floyd Tribute “Band Bricks in the Wall” is coming to the Aztec Theater (N. Saint Mary’s Street) this Friday. Native to Dallas, the band is one of the longest performing Pink Floyd Tributes, and makes the effort to re-create the experience with accuracy. Ticket prices vary depending on the site used but the link to Live Nation on its Facebook page lists prices starting at $10. Tickets and more information on the band is available on its Facebook page.
ARTS & LIFE Contemporary Art Month kicks off March March 1 - March 8, 2016
Annual celebration promotes San Antonio contemporary art & artists Elizabeth Davis Staff Writer
@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Celebrating 31 years of innovative exhibition, imaginative potential and cultural diversity, San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Month (CAM) begins Thursday, March 3, at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum. The CAM project debuted in the summer of 1986 under the direction of the Southwest School of Art and Craft. The first CAM symbolized a unification of underground SA artists searching for a creative outlet for contemporary creativity. Public reception to the display was both accepting and encouragement – and the community’s unwavering dedication to such a creative process has allowed the event to prosper through the decades. The Contemporary Art Month of 2016 would have likely been inconceivable to the initial artists of ‘86. Each year, the board directing CAM constructs a calendar with the locations of various contemporary art displays, performances and exhibits across San Antonio during March. The events of this year’s CAM is extensive and eclectic, featuring expositions such as Ana Fernandez’s “New Watercolors” on Saturday, March 12, and Blue Star’s very own “The Art of Wrestling” on Saturday, March 26. But CAM extends beyond the promotion of local artwork.
SA’s Contemporary Art Month is extraordinary in the fact that it highlights both internal and external creativity through its “Perennial” Exhibition and the CAMx, or the CAM exchange, which pairs an artist-run space from the same partnering city as the CAM Perennial curator with a local artist-run space. In 2012, CAM began its Perennial Exhibition, which invites a non-San Antonian curator to devise and curate an exhibit for the celebration inside the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. The Perennial Exhibition features local SA contemporary artists and their artwork, and the first Perennial curator was none other than Dallas, Texas’ Francis Colpitt. This year, Denverbased Laurie Britton Newell was selected to curate the Perennial Exhibition, titled
“Errant Domestic,” and the exposition was to spotlight work from a selection of female artists. However, there was considerable backlash following the announcement of Newell’s artist selection. The Perennial Exhibit had been hosted at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center every year since its commencement in 2012, and yet this year, the GCAC withdrew from hosting the exhibit because of the lack of Latina artists being featured in the exhibit’s selection. The CAM ultimately chose to cancel the Perennial Exhibit in lieu of the GCAC’s decision, and a panel discussion will be held during CAM to communicate “issues of diversity and inclusion in contemporary art.” The panel will be open to any and all community members for conversation, and the venue and date
for the occasion will be announced soon. Aside from this unfortunate incident, the CAMx will still be held this year as a tribute to diverse talent and superb artistry. The CAMx pairs an artist-run gallery from the hometown of the Perennial Exhibition’s curator with an artist-run gallery based here in San Antonio. Each gallery assembles an exhibition that is displayed in the other artist’s space, allowing local artists to gain exposure and interact with new audiences. Furthermore, the exchange fosters connections between artists that can later lead to collaboration. CAMx 2016 has paired the San Antonio artist-run gallery Sala Diaz with Denver, Colorado’s Black Cube Nomadic Museum. The Black Cube will be presenting “Mock Pavillion” at Sala Diaz, a “citespe-
cific ceramic installation” created by Black Cube’s own Stephanie Kanto. A final component of CAM, the Miss CAM Antonio contest, examples the event’s individuality in its modern approach to pageantry. The Miss CAM Antonio virtual pageant is open to SA residents of any gender and age group, and entry into the contest is based on the answer to a single question: “As Miss CAM Antonio, how would you promote contemporary art in San Antonio?” Contestants can submit their responses to the Miss CAM Antonio Facebook page in any particular form (be it a photo, poem, heartfelt message or video). The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. on March 1. The four contestants whose posts receive the most likes will move on to the “finalist round,” which is a panel of CAM Executive and Artist Advisory Board members will judge and ultimately crown Miss CAM Antonio. The coronation will take place on March 3 (around 6:15 pm) during CAM’s kick-off event at Blue Star Museum. CAM events commence March 3, and will be continued throughout the month. More information regarding CAM or a complete calendar listing of all CAM events is available at dev.contemporaryartmonth.com.
Photo Courtesy of CAM
Saturday 3/5 2 p.m. Southtown Vinyl Southtown Vinyl (1010 S. Flores Suite 120) is having it’s grand opening this Saturday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be live music from seven different artists, among them Adam Madrigal, Mighty Monkz and DT Buffkin. People 21 and up are encouraged to RSVP at Do210.com to recieve complimentary beverages. An after party will ensue at Paper Tiger (2410 N. St. Mary’s) at 10 p.m. The all-ages after party is $5 at the door and free for those who RSVP.
Tuesday 3/8 7:30 p.m. Chamber Recital Stop by the UTSA Recital Hall (2.03.02) and listen to the UTSA Faculty/Student Chamber Recital at 7:30 p.m. The recital will feature the UTSA New Music Lab with works of Andriessen, Balentine, Bergmann, and Haber. Directed by Dr. Steve Parker, the event is free and open to the public.
Andrea Avalos, The Paisano American tenor and UTSA graduate David Portillo has established himself as one of the leading Opera singers of his generation. Portillo’s return to UTSA brought a large crowd of supporters and admirers, includiing his fellow Phi Mu Alpha fraternity brothers.
David Portillo celebrates homecoming at UTSA Opera singer hits the high notes at Recital Hall performance
Annette Barazza Staff Writer
@_if__only____ arts@paisano-online.com “He hits his high notes with ease, singing with a luxuriant warm glow that seduced the ear as he bounded about the stage with abandon,” says Opera News. When a publication pays a compliment this grand to someone, you stop and pay attention. With performances in German, Italian and Spanish, UTSA alumni David Portillo wowed the audience with his virtuoso talent and voice.
A 2002 graduate, Portillo was awarded male Alumnus of the year in 2013 for vocal performance by the UTSA Department of Music. But, his most notable accomplishments have been on the stage. Portillo has traveled around the world, performing at major opera houses like the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Arizona Opera, the Palm Beach Opera, and opera houses in Japan and Italy. Portillo remains humble in regards to his expansive knowledge on the subject of opera.
“I did need to look up how to pronounce Alberto Ginastera on Wikipedia,” Portillo laughed, expressing that he keeps learning even after making it so far. Portillo’s impressive knowledge of composers and music was shared with the UTSA audience, who was given packets with the lyrics to all the compositions that Portillo performed. Towards the end of the performance, Portillo thanked all who attended to support him: “Sometimes music says ‘thank you’ better than I can, and there’s a lot of people I need to say it to,” Portillo exclaimed. “I
see so many familiar faces that I owe so much to.” One of Portillo’s middle school classmates was among the crowd. “A friend of mine went to the same middle school as me and brought her students from Holmes High School,” Portillo stated. “I sang in our talent show in the ninth grade this song: Old Mother Hubbard. I am so excited to be able to sing this old song for you today.” The reception for the concert was hosted by Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity, and included a cake that said “Welcome Back David” in frosting. Audience members who
stayed long enough got to experience a real treat that wasn’t edible. Portillo’s old fraternity brothers from Phi Mu Alpha gathered around and spontaneously sung its alma mater and finished by chanting “Once a sinfonian, always a sinfonian. Long live sinfonians!” Portillo was swarmed by old acquaintances, professors, brothers and friends waiting to talk to the vocalist at his homecoming to UTSA. “This is what it’s all about, it’s why we do it,” Portillo explained, “to build a community of musicians in cities.”
ARTS & LIFE
7
March 1 - March 8, 2016
‘Love’ promises great things down the road, frustrates for now Review
Karina Solis
Contributing Writer @ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com
Over a week after Valentine’s Day, a new original series, aptly-titled “Love,” debuted on the Netflix streaming service. The series, co-created by director Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin” “This is 40”), writer and comedian Paul Rust and his wife Lesley Arfin, features actors Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs as the victims of the titular affection, along with other comedy-nerd favorites such as Claudia O’Doherty, Kyle Kinane and Brett Gelman. The series centers on the relationship between a radio assistant, Mickey, and Gus, a geeky guy obsessed with Blu-Ray special features and magic. The plot weaves the lives of the two protagonists in a slowly realistic style that complements the bingewatching viewing style that Netflix encourages with its original series. Mickey frequently attends AA and NA meetings as she passes in and out of sobriety; meanwhile, Gus is infatuated with the prospect of a writer’s position at his Hollywood work place. Meanwhile he works as an on-set tutor for a spoiled yet complicated 12 year-old actress. Both characters’ hectic lives facilitate specific, often dramatic situations. For example, Gus literally chokes on a first date, and Mickey takes hallucinogenic drugs on the Los Angeles subway with comedian Andy Dick.
These situations play out in a realistic fashion. Both Mickey and Gus seem to attract catastrophic situations, which is part of the reason their relationship works so well and is the crux of the show. Each goes through their own break-ups at the beginning of the series: Mickey with a cocaine addict who lives with his mother, and Gus with a long-term partner who fakes cheating on him to get him to leave. The two meet at a convenience store where Mickey, who has forgotten her wallet, starts a profane tantrum with the clerk. Gus offers to pay for her coffee, and she immediately orders the clerk to add a pack of cigarettes as well. This isn’t a meet-cute; it’s Mickey being her ugliest self and Gus as a “nice-guy” pushover who doesn’t see he’s being used. “Love” stays interesting with unexpected scenes that challenge patterns and ideas of what love is, stripping away many of the cliche romantic scenarios. The series brings to light what it’s really like the night of a first awkward date, the anticipation of waiting for a text message, and the heartbreak that comes with realizing that a person is just not that into you. Though these ideas are hardly new, when they are filtered through the context of modern L.A.’s mix of stoners and higher-ups, the series mines comedy at the expense of its surroundings. The series also admires the natural beauty of sunny California.
Photo Courtesy of Suzanne Horner, Netflix
It is clear that Apatow, Rust and Arfin are trying to make a statement about modern relationships. After all, there seems to be a big problem among young couples when it comes to commitment and low selfesteem. But should “Love” get a pass for good intentions alone? One could feel compelled to compare Love as a mash-up of growing pains Netflix neighbor “Master of None” and the dramedy L.A. vibes of FX’s “You’re the Worst.”
Unlike those two shows, “Love” doesn’t say anything that other shows haven’t said better about love in the modern age. If there is a reason to keep watching “Love,” it is that it is the only love story that firmly establishes its central couple should not end up together under any circumstances and that love is a little more complicated than the word suggests: a truly modern concept indeed.
“‘The series brings to light what it’s really like the night of a first awkward date, the anticipation of waiting for a text message, and the heartbreak that comes with realizing that a person is just not that into you.”
Your good health could make a difference.
If you’re in good health, you’re in a position to help others. ICON Early Phase Services needs healthy men and women for a clinical research study.
Ask about study PF1005:
males and females • Healthy the ages 18 and 55 • Between at least 110 pounds • Weigh between 17.5 and 32 • BMI up to $3,000 for • Compensation time and travel ICON Early Phase Services
8307 Gault Lane • San Antonio, TX 78209
8
March 1 - March 8, 2016
ARTS & LIFE
Join us to celebrate
The Paisano’s Anniversary
getting print done since ‘81 - food trucks - Office tours - 50/50 raffle - merch table - drink specials - Live Band
with raffle purchase
March 12, 2016 | 4 PM 14530 Roadrunner Way Located at:
SPORTS
9
March 1 - March 8, 2016
Women’s tennis evens record
Roadrunners sweep weekend with 4-3 and 5-2 wins UTSA WOMEN’S TENNIS Robert Avila Staff Writer
@robssatire sports@paisano-online.com The women’s tennis team had a busy but successful weekend, defeating both the Air Force Academy (AFA) Falcons and the Texas-Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros, evening their record at 6-6. In their home match against the Falcons on Friday, the Roadrunners started off with a quick win as the number one slotted doubles team of Jacobea Junger and Miriam Rosell Canudas defeated Lily Forlini and Mary Meyers of the Falcons 6-0. However, UTSA lost the two remaining doubles
matches to surrender the doubles point and begin singles with a 1-0 deficit. The Falcons’ lead grew to 2 when Forlini beat UTSA sophomore Madroñal Medina by scores of 6-1, 6-1 setback in the fifth singles spot, but UTSA responded by winning four matches in straight sets to clinch the home-court victory. On Sunday, UTSA came through with a decisive 5-2 victory over UTRGV. UTSA’s dominant doubles pair of Jacobea Junger and Miriam Rosell Canudas continued extended their win streak to four matches with a 6-1 rally past Dominique Esparza and Reegan Greenwood. Roadrunners Nicole Karaklis and Alena Shich-
kova outlasted UTRGV’s Doris Aleksovska and Natacha Minc to win in a 7-6 (3) tiebreaker, clinching the doubles point for UTSA. UTSA quickly came to a 3-0 lead when Australian freshman Charlene Tiwari won the fourth singles position and Rosell Canudas at number one singles both won their matches in straight-sets. Karaklis picked up the UTSA’s last win of the day with a three-set win against the Vaquero’s Aleksovska. UTSA will look to continue their success on Wednesday, March 2, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi against an undefeated Islanders team that defeated the Roadrunners 4-0 earlier this year.
Brady Phelps, The Paisano Jacobea Junger has won eight of her 12 singles matches this year and is playing in the second singles spot. Junger is tied with Miriam Rosell Canudas for most singles wins among Roadrunners.
Advertise In The Paisano!
For more information contact paisano.ads1@gmail.com
Or check out our media kit at paisano-online.com/advertising “Spirituality” Discussion Series – with HU Chant Weekly Thursday night meetings, 7:00–8:30 pm Main Campus, UC 2.01.30 (Magnolia Room)
March 3, 10, 24, 31; April 7, 14, 21
Sample topics: ● Spirituality and Soul Travel ● Spirituality and Love ● Spirituality and Dreams Brady Phelps, The Paisano Tiwari won both of her singles matches this weekend, including the match that clinched the Roadrunners’ win against Air Force on Thursday.
Info: Mitziani: rbo233@my.utsa.edu Justin: 832-244-6502 www.Eckankar-Texas.org S p o n s o r e d b y t h e E c k a n k a r S t u d e n t Or g a n i za t i o n
Interested in writing? Photography advertising
Video
graphic design
social media podcasts
marketing
copy-editing
JOin the paisano! no previous journalism experience required
Meetings every wednesday at 6pm AT the Paisano media arts center 14526 Roadrunner way - right behind the block
10
March 1 - March 8, 2016
SPORTS
UTSA splits weekend at home
Roadrunners fall short of comeback against 49ers UTSA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Bryan De Leon Contributing Writer
@BryDeLeon sports@paisano-online.com On Thursday, Feb. 25, the Roadrunners started off strong against the fourthbest team in Conference USA (C-USA), Charlotte (17-9, 10-5 C-USA). But UTSA ultimately fell short, getting outscored 38-24 in the second and and falling to the 49ers by a score of 64-54. Holding the high-scoring 49ers to just 11 points in what is normally a high scoring second quarter for Charlotte and only 26 first half points, the Roadrunners took a 4 point lead into halftime. Charlotte jumped back out to a 10-point lead in the third frame; however, the Roadrunners would continue to get stops in the fourth
quarter, tying the game at 54 apiece with 2:15 remaining. After coming back to tie the game, the Roadrunners gave Charlotte eight trips to the free throw line and failed to score again. It was a brazen act to keep the game so close for so long, given that the same 49ers team had shot the Runners out of the building just two weeks earlier. Determined to close out the season strong at home before the big conference tournament, senior forward Akunna Elonu tallied 16 points and 10 rebounds. Aside from Elonu, no other UTSA starter managed to register more than three points or three rebounds. Junior center Tesha Smith led the bench, racking up 15 points and 10 boards to help the Roadrunners’ chance at a comeback.
Senior San Antonio native Niaga Mitchell-Cole finished third in scoring and rebunding, shooting 4-for14 from the field and bringing down 6 total rebounds. As a team, the Roadrunners outrebounded the 49ers 40-34 and held the high-scoring club to 3-for16 from beyond the 3-point line. Charlotte’s 1000-point scorers, senior forward Kira Gordon and junior guard Lefty Webster, were kept relatively quiet through the first 25 minutes, scoring only eight and seven points, respectively, before finishing with 10 and 13. The Roadrunner’s inability to get to the free throw line proved to be the difference, as they made five free throws on only eight attempts, compared to the 49ers’ 17 points on 24 attempts.
Brady Phelps, The Paisano Senior forward Akunna Elonu had a dominant weekend, leading UTSA in scoring on Thursday and tying Crystal Chidomere for the points lead on Saturday.
Roadrunners defeat Monarchs
UTSA hangs on for narrow victory over Old Dominion Chris Herbert Contributing Writer
@HerbieGibbs sports@paisano-online.com
Jennifer Adigwe, The Paisano Junior guard Alana Heard drives the paint against Old Dominion on Saturday, Feb. 27.
Considering that all four of UTSA’s seniors were honored before the game, it was fitting that senior forward Akunna Elonu was one of the main contributors in UTSA’s 70-67 victory over the Old Dominion Monarchs on Saturday, Feb. 27. Elonu finished with 16 points, seven rebounds, and two steals. Sophomore guard Crystal Chidomere also finished with 16 points, shooting 7-for-10 from the field. Reserve guards Carlie Heineman and Sara Anastasieka scored 12 and 11, respectively. “I honestly think we can beat any team regardless of our record if we keep playing the way we do,” said Elonu about UTSA’s performance against Old Dominon. Junior Old Dominion guard Jennie Sims – re-
the octagon. Nevertheless, McGregor has proven he can back up every word. In December, McGregor shocked the world by knocking out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds – earning for himself the Featherweight title. McGregor’s advantages are in his fierce feet; he utilizes kicks, precision, and range to pick apart his opponents. McGregor has criticized Diaz as being flat-footed and clumsy; however, Nate Diaz is one of the best boxers in the UFC and will look to silence McGregor early using his heavy knockout power and longer reach. On the ground, Diaz provides a very real threat to McGregor. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt uses his long legs to submit his opponents even from inside his guard. McGregor’s
McMann and Jessica Eye. Tate is a very well-rounded fighter who utilizes her wrestling to pressure her opponents. On the other hand, Holly Holm is a decorated kickboxer who delivers devastating head kicks. Holm also trains in Greg Jackson’s camp, which has churned out some of the best fighters in the sport such as Donald Cerrone, John Dodson, and Jon Jones. The main card also includes Gian Villante vs. Illir Latifi; Corey Anderson vs. Tom Lawlor; and Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko. March 5 will be an exciting night of fights, and one that will be worth catching on pay-per-view. Undercards will start 8 p.m. Eastern Time and the main card will start at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
McGregor to fight Diaz in welterweight bout Ricardo Rodriguez Staff Writer @Paisanosports1 sports@paisano-online.com
UFC fans were shocked to hear that the highly anticipated fight between Rafael Dos Anjos and Conor McGregor would not happen. Only two weeks before the fight, Dos Anjos pulled out of the lightweight title bout due to a broken foot. Fans were even more shocked when the news broke that Nate Diaz would replace Dos Anjos for UFC 196. “The Notorious” Conor McGregor (19-2) will move up to welterweight to fight Nate Diaz (18-10). The Irish champion has become a fan favorite due to his brutal verbal attacks, which frustrate his opponents both in and outside
Achilles heel is his ground game – a weakness Diaz will look to exploit. Diaz will enter as the underdog with less than two weeks of preparation, which may affect his conditioning if the fight enters the later rounds. In the co-main event, Holly Holm (10-0) will look to defend her Bantamweight title against Miesha Tate (17-5). Last December, Ronda Rousey was the most dominant female fighter in the UFC, destroying many of her opponents in mere seconds – then she met Holm. Holm showed a different level of striking that silenced the seemingly immortal Rousey. Despite being the underdog in this fight, Miesha Tate is riding a four-fight winning streak, having won by decision against Sara
garded as one of the top players in Conference USA (C-USA) – was the lone Monarch to reach double figures as she scored a season-best 39 points, finishing 10-of-20 from the field and 18-of-21 from the freethrow line. In the first half, the Roadrunners experienced trouble, surrendering 10 turnovers and reaching the limit in team fouls. Old Dominion led by as many as nine points before the Roadrunners tied the game at 33 before going into the half. Early in the second half, senior center Dempsey Thornton received her fourth foul of the game. Thin at center, the Roadrunners played at a faster pace and scored 22 points in the third quarter, while shooting 58 percent from the field and 87 percent from the free-throw line. Despite UTSA leading by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter, the Mon-
archs cut it to three with 20 seconds remaining. Elonu scored the Roadrunners’ final two points as she made two free-throws, increasing the gap to 5. As the most consistent senior on her team, Elonu’s play this season has been a bright spot for the Roadrunners. Her 9.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game are second highest on the team. She also reached career highs with 20 points and 19 rebounds against Florida Atlantic earlier this season. “It was fun. We had our ups and downs, but honestly I loved the team for all four years,” said Elonu on her tenure as a Roadrunner. Before the C-USA tournament starts on March 8, the Roadrunners (9-18, 5-12 C-USA) will play their final game of the season, hosting the regular season C-USA champion UTEP Miners (25-2, 16-1 C-USA) on Thursday, March 3.
Brady Phelps, The Paisano Junior Tesha Smith had a strong performance from the bench against Charlotte on Thursday, Feb. 25, finishing second on the team in both total points and rebounds.