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Jogger attacked at local park UTSA Alejandra Barazza Staff Writer

news@paisano-online.com Last Friday, Jan. 17, a woman was attacked while jogging in a dark area in the Leon Creek Greenway near Ox Bow Park by Babcock Road — less than six miles away from a park murder that occurred a month prior.

“The female was able to fight off the suspect and call the police,” SAPD wrote on

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The Leon Creek Greenway is a popular running trail for UTSA students and area residents.

Last Saturday, Jan. 18, a critically endangered white antelope, whom zookeepers named Addax, was born at the San Antonio Zoo.

Tuition increase for part-time students

Texas Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis’s life story has come under scrutiny after an article

by Wayne Slater in the Dallas Morning News questioned her honesty.

U.S. President Obama and his family celebrated Martin Luther King Day by volunteering to prepare meals for local shelters at the D.C. Central Kitchen in Washington D.C.

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March participants hold homemade signs featuring the face of Martin Luther King Jr. The San Antonio Martin Luther King Jr. March is one of the largest MLK Marches in the country.

27 years of marching for MLK LOCAL Edidiong Adiakpan Staff Writer

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World Under pressure from the U.S., the United Nations withdrew an invitation to Iran to attend the Syria Peace Conference after Iran did not endorse conference mandates.

Nearly 175,000 people participated in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. March on Monday, Jan. 20. The San Antonio march began in 1978 and be-

The San Antonio Spurs will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.

came a city-sponsored event in 1986.

Participants in the march had the option to park at St. Philip’s College or Freeman Coliseum and take a free ride on the VIA bus to Martin Luther King Drive where the march began. “(The free bus ride) is a great service for the community members who want to participate,” said Sandy Herrera, a political science major at UTSA

“Martin Luther King was here to let everybody know that we all need to be treated equally and fairly.”

Mona Lisa

march participant

and participant in the march.

By 10 a.m, more than 100,000 San Antonio residents had gathered to begin the march.

Participants included church members, activists, high school students and college students.

Battleground Texas volunteers were also present to register voters during the event.

“I am here representing H-EB; we are here to show we are See EQUALITY, Page 3

Flu on the rise in Texas LOCAL Gibson Hull

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its Facebook page.

This was the second area attack that occurred within less than a month.

On New Years Eve, a 24-year-old woman was found dead just after 5:30 p.m. at O.P. Schnabel Park.

While on a walk a couple encountered Lauren Bump’s body laying face down in a pool of blood on one of the park’s paved trails.

O.P. Schnabel Park, often referred to as “the cleanest little park in Texas,” includes 202 acres of oak trees, mountain laurels and other native

Staff Writer

news@paisano-online.com Flu season has returned this year with devastating results.

Texas has been classified as having “widespread” influenza by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

According to DSHS there have been six pediatric flu deaths this season, which start-

ed Sept. 29. The Dallas County Health Department has reported 35 total deaths connected to the flu as of Jan. 17.

Statistics are consistent across the state of Texas: Tarrant County, where Ft. Worth is located, has reported five deaths, Travis County, where Austin is located, has reported nine deaths, and Harris County, where Houston is located, has reported 13 deaths this season.

DSHS reports that 37 percent of people seeking health care for flu-like symptoms fit within the age group of 25-49 — the largest percentage out of five categories. The CDC encourages

everyone older than six months to get a flu vaccine. Symptoms of the flu can include fever, muscle ache, fatigue, a runny or stuffy nose and cough.

Besides the vaccine, the CDC recommends these other strategies to keep from getting or spreading the flu: stay home when sick to avoid spreading illness to others, do not visit people in the hospital if you have flu-like symptoms, cough or sneeze into the crook of your elbow or a tissue, properly dispose of used tissues, wash hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and warm water or use an alcohol-based

hand sanitizer.

UTSA Student Health Services offers flu vaccinations costing $10 for students and $15 for faculty. These vaccinations are by appointment only.

Both of the Health Services’ locations, 1.500 in the Recreation and Wellness Center on the Main Campus and 1.308 in the Buena Vista Building at the Downtown Campus, provide the service. For more information go to utsa.edu/health.

Lorenzo Garcia Staff Writer

news@paisano-online.com Last September, Provost John Frederick — along with a tuition and fees committee represented by students and faculty — held two meetings to discuss the possible implementation of a five percent tuition increase for part time students, students taking fewer than 12 credit hours.

According to meeting attendee and former Student Government Association treasurer Boyd Garriot, “the proposal itself was designed and proposed by (Tuition and Fees Committee) to incentivize students to graduate in four years as an attempt to assist in the Graduation Rate Improvement Plan (GRIP).”

Implemented in 2011, GRIP is a plan to increase the fouryear graduation retention rate of UTSA to 25 percent by 2021. By making part-time attendance more expensive the tuition and fees committee hopes existing part-time students will become full-time students to avoid the fee, thus increasing the graduation rate.

“The issue with this increase,” explains Garriot, “is the increase in costs for parttime students. Often, students are part-time because they don’t have the money to attend school full time. Because of this, the plan essentially hurts our students that often need the most help.”

If approved by the UT System Board of Regents, the proposal would affect a large proportion of the student population. As of 2012, twothirds of UTSA students were enrolled part time — sugSee RISING, Page 4

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Historic Alamo gets high-tech photo examination LOCAL SAN ANTONIO (AP) -The whirr of a ventilation system and the occasional click of a tripod-mounted camera interrupt the evening silence as two Texas A&M graduate students work just inside the Alamo’s front door.

Their camera lens is focused on the thick limestone and mortar walls that have survived the Alamo’s evolution from a Spanish mission to one of the world’s most famous battle shrines.

The students are part of a team of about a dozen researchers assembling highly defined digital photos and laser images that will allow them to track the condition of the nearly 3-century-old structure and help determine which stones were originally part of the Alamo. The imaging work began last year and will continue through November. The data will be ana-

lyzed for historical information and maintenance purposes.

“It’s been through a battle and torn apart, like many historic structures, like the Parthenon,’’ said Bob Warden, director of the Texas A&M Center for Heritage Conservation and supervisor of the imaging project.

“Who’s to say what’s original and what’s not? We’re piecing things together.’’

The images taken by lasers, large-format cameras and other instruments are being mated into a single package of twoand three-dimensional images that Warden hopes will result in an Alamo version of Google Earth, the online program that allows users to zoom in on areas of the world.

With help from part of a $1 million grant from the Ewing Halsell Foundation administered through the Texas General Land Office, Warden enlisted colleagues and their students from several other Texas universities about helping develop

a preservation plan for the Alamo through imaging. The Alamo’s last extensive examination _ and subsequent repairs and renovations _ was in 1960, well before the electronic wizardry now available.

“We think this building is just as important as any we’ve worked on,’’ said Warden, who has taken his students to similarly examine French cathedrals, battlefields like Normandy and Central American ruins. ``It’s not only important to Texans, but people from around the world know of the Alamo.’’

One of those students is Amber O’Donnell of Austin, an architecture graduate student who spent a week this month inside the Alamo working on the imaging project.

“I think it’s just so interesting and neat to be close to history like this and imagine all of the things that have happened and all the people who have been standing in the same spot where we’re doing what we’re doing

now,’’ O’Donnell said, working with a camera that adjusts the perspective of images. “It’s kind of mind blowing.’’

The Alamo site began in 1724 as Mission San Antonio de Valero by Franciscan missionaries as part of a chain of South Texas missions. It was the site of the siege and March 6, 1836, battle where some 180 defenders died fighting for Texas independence from Mexico, including Alamo commander William Travis, Davy Crockett and James Bowie. The Alamo’s post-1836 life included stints as a store and outposts for the Confederate army during the Civil War and other times by the U.S. Army before becoming the shrine of today.

Pam Rosser, the Alamo’s conservator, has been analyzing multiple kinds of mortar used over the centuries to repair and maintain the Alamo. In the course of her work, which has included removing up to nine layers of Army whitewash in

some places, she’s uncovered traces of colorful painted decorations that once graced the interior walls.

Analysis of paint specks can pinpoint when that may have taken place. She also investigates what she calls “historic graffiti’’ _ wall carvings of names and dates from times before the Alamo became a revered site.

The imaging, done primarily after hours when the Alamo is closed, and Rosser’s work ``will eventually lead us down to a more careful timeline of which stones were replaced, which are original and be able to map all of those,’’ Warden said.

Spanish soldiers in the early 1800s named the place after their hometown in Mexico, Alamo de Parras. It changed hands during the Mexican Revolution from Spain, then was taken over in December 1835

by Texian forces.

That set the stage for the 1836 battle where the Texians

were killed by the overwhelmingly larger army of Mexico’s president, Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. A month later, Gen. Sam Houston’s Alamo-inspired forces defeated elements of the same army under Santa Anna in an 18-minute battle outside present-day Houston to win independence for Texas.

San Antonio grew around the Alamo in the center of what’s now downtown to become among the largest cities in the U.S., and the top tourist destination in Texas.

Warden hopes the imaging project helps keep it that way.

“For us, preservation is really preservation of our story, the human story,’’ Warden said. “It’s not that we think you have to save everything. But there are some things, like this building, that you just don’t ever want to lose.’’

Lawmakers raise concerns about Olympics WORLD WASHINGTON (AP) -Members of Congress expressed serious concerns Sunday about the safety of Americans at next month’s Winter Olympics in Russia and said Moscow needs to cooperate more on security.

Suicide bombings last month in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, about 400 miles (640 kilometers) from where the Sochi Games will be held, have contributed to the safety anxiety. Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that his country will do all it can to ensure a safe Olympics without imposing security

measures that are too intrusive.

The State Department has advised Americans who plan to attend the Olympics, which run from Feb. 7-23, that they should keep vigilant about security because of potential terrorist threats, crime and uncertain medical care.

“We don’t seem to be getting all of the information we need to protect our athletes in the games,’’ said Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

“I think this needs to change, and it should change soon.’’

But FBI Director James Comey said earlier in January that the Russian government “understands the threat and is devoting the resources to ad-

dress it.’’

Rogers contended that the Russians “aren’t giving us the full story about what are the threat streams, who do we need to worry about, are those groups, the terrorist groups who have had some success, are they still plotting? There’s a missing gap, and you never want that when you go into something I think as important as the Olympic Games and the security of the athletes, and the participants and those who come to watch.’’

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said from Moscow that he planned to be in Sochi on Monday to assess the secu-

rity situation.

“All the briefings that I’ve received, from the intelligence community to the FBI and others, indicate that there are serious concerns, and that we need to do a lot to step up security. I do believe Putin is doing a lot of that,’’ said McCaul.

While he said diplomatic security has declared Russian cooperation on safety measures is good, he said “it could be a lot better, and that’s one thing I want to press while I’m over here.’’

Comey, the FBI head, told reporters this month in Washington that “we have been in regular communication _ including me personally _ with their security organizations to

make sure we’re coordinating well. I think that we are. We’ve improved our information sharing on counterterrorism and it’s important.’’

No one has claimed responsibility for the December bombings in Volgograd. But the blasts followed Chechen warlord Doku Umarov’s call to launch attacks on the Olympics.

“I would not go, and I don’t think I would send my family,’’ said independent Sen. Angus King.

An insurgency seeking to create an independent Islamic state in the Caucasus has swept the region after two separatist wars in Chechnya. Chechnya’s Moscow-backed strongman,

Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed Thursday that Umarov was dead, but he offered no proof to the claim he had repeatedly made in the past.

The province of Dagestan, located between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, about 300 miles (480 kilometers) east of Sochi, has become the center of the rebellion, with daily shootings and bombings of police and other officials.

Rogers appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union’’ and CBS’ “Face the Nation.’’ King was on CNN and McCaul spoke on ABC’s “This Week.’’

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vegetation. It features a trailhead to the Leon Creek Greenway that connects the park with trails that cross the Hill Country Place apartments on UTSA Blvd.

Three days after Lauren Bump’s fatal attack, the man accused of the stabbing was arrested in the same park in which the incident occurred.

Police said the investigation continues.

Police have yet to arrest a suspect associated with Friday’s attack; however, the woman was able to tell investigators the man had a spider tattoo on his neck and was wearing a ski mask.

These two attacks have brought the issue of safety to the forefront of students’ minds.

It also brings to light the recent criminal activity surfacing near UTSA’s student apartments.

Moises Romo, a UTSA student living in Highview Place apartments on Chase Hill Blvd., experienced a car burglary overnight while visiting a friend’s apartment at Hill Country Place apartments.

“I woke up to find my center console was popped out. Someone had taken my stereo and some clothes,” said Romo.

“I’m also not the only victim to this offense.”

Romo’s roommate, also a UTSA student, was the victim of car burglary at Highview Place, last August. On another occasion, a lacrosse teammate of his was severely burglarized during the night, robbed of his television, wallet and other valuables in his apartment in the same complex.

“Surveillance cameras in every apartment building, surveillance cameras in parking lots and a security guard roaming the premises if they want to ensure student safety,” mentioned Romo when asked what he suggests should be done to counteract the recent incidents.

“If you live in an apartment, tell your landlord security improvements are needed. Better lighting, stronger locks, added security personnel, etc.,” states the crime prevention brochure provided by the UTSA Police Department.

It also suggests parking in visible, well-lit areas and keeping valuables in the trunk or otherwise out of sight.

According to SAPD, police presence has been increased in the UTSA area.

SAPD also issued a list of tips for joggers on its Facebook page.

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Crime: students Equality: students march downtown face rising attacks to support Martin Luther King Jr. and burglaries

Politicans Sen. Joaquin Castro, Mayor Julian Castro, Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Sen. Wendy Davis, and Councilman Ron Nirenberg participate in the march.

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proud of our heritage, and we are here to represent the people of San Antonio.

“We are here for the African American community, the Hispanic community, the Asian community (and) everybody from every country that comes here.

“There is a reason and a purpose Martin Luther King Jr. was here: to let everybody know that we all need to be treated equally and fairly, and everybody is allowed to have dreams and hopes,” said

Mona Lisa, a participant in the event.

State Sen. Wendy Davis, State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Mayor Julian Castro, US Rep. Joaquin Castro, former Mayor Henry Cisneros and City Councilman Diego Bernal also joined the march.

During the march, there were posters and chants about equality, solidarity among people, working together in creating a better future for the next generation and taking a stand against racism. Spectators waved and cheered on the marchers.

“This is my second year in a row attending this march. I really enjoy it, and I love seeing San Antonio come together as a community to recognize such a brave and historical figure,” said Celia Arsuaga, a communication major at UTSA who participated in the UTSA civil rights exploration trip: “The Exploration: Exploring Social Justice for All.” The trip allowed students to see historic civil rights monuments across the south.

“I believe through events like this one, people get educated and can help educate

others about discrimination and civil rights” The march ended at the Pittman Sullivan Park where food booths, live music from a gospel choir and health screening booths were located.

“The march was absolutely fantastic and well organized.

I really enjoyed it,” said Kathy Langston, a march participant from Washington State.

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Undocumented students at UTSA LOCAL Sarah Gibbens News Editor

news@paisano-online.com Many groups were involved in the Martin Luther King Jr. March Monday, Jan. 17. While many groups symbolically marched for equality, the San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement (SAIYM) was marching for opportunity.

Getting a college education can be a daunting task for many students. For several undocumented students, getting through college became even more difficult when they were faced with the risk of deportation.

“I do struggle with a sort of identity crisis,” said junior Mexican-American studies major Diego Mancha. “There are times when I consider myself to

be very Mexican and there are times when I like to label myself as Mexican-American.”

Mancha serves as the director for SAIYM. The organization began in 2012 after a hunger strike by a group of undocumented students. The strike was intended to urge Texas senators to vote in favor of the DREAM Act — a law that would grant legal status to undocumented youth who entered the U.S. as children, graduated from high school and attended college or entered the military.

When the Dream Act did not pass, SAIYM was formed to maintain political activism for Dreamers — undocumented youth seeking legal status. The organization is primarily community based, but has chapters at both UTSA and San Antonio College.

As a university that lies close to the U.S.-Mexico border, UTSA has a large Hispanic population. In 2013, 47 percent of

UTSA students were identified as Hispanic — the largest ethnic demographic.

When Mancha first came to UTSA, he was inspired to become politically active after engaging with members of an organization called Beyond Borders.

“We started talking and I thought, ‘Wow, this is something I can do and contribute to rather than just turning on the TV and seeing what is happening.’”

Students who join SAIYM as undocumented students are often given the name “Dreamers.”

“It’s a name you give to a group of people who have a desire to have the American Dream,” said Mancha, who considers himself to be a Dreamer.

For Dreamers like Mancha, the closest thing to citizenship comes from Deferred Action, a program similar to the DREAM Act, but without the benefit of residency.

In order to qualify for Deferred Action, students must prove they arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16, lived in the U.S. for more than five years and graduated from an accredited Texas high school, passed the GED exam or were honorably discharged from the armed forces.

Mancha moved to the U.S. from Mexico City in 2002 after his mother decided to seek better economic opportunities across the border. It was his mother, Mancha claims, who motivated him to pursue a college education.

However, even in college, undocumented students encounter barriers not felt by other students.

“It’s like a handicap of sorts.

It’s like you always have one hand tied behind your back,” said Mancha.

“I think the government and different entities put us under a magnifying glass. Anything we

do can be misconstrued. I think we walk this fine line where you can’t do things you normally would.” Minor violations, such as a speeding ticket, can potentially put undocumented students in danger of deportation.

Health insurance in particular has been a source of difficulty for undocumented students such as Mancha. Immigrants have the option to purchase health care through a private provider but do not qualify for government assistance, nor are they allowed to enter the marketplace through the Affordable Care Act. Other limitations for undocumented students arise in the form of prejudices. “People put this stereotype on you that you’re a criminal,” said Mancha.

“That was something I struggled with growing up, not knowing how people would react.”

Most recently, UTSA’s SAIYM was preparing to combat the highly controversial “Catch an

Illegal Immigrant” game proposed by the UT Young Conservatives in Austin. The game was not carried out, but SAIYM prepared a counter protest in the event that the game was also played at UTSA. While the group was offended, Mancha admitted, “It is what it is. I can’t change their minds or win them over.”

The ultimate goal for UTSA SAIYM is to have a more inclusive environment for undocumented students. The group hopes to establish a safe space on campus, similar to organizations like GLBTQ. “There are different emotional and psychological stresses in keeping part of your identity away from people and just having to deal with society in a way that other people really don’t,” said Mancha.

Currently, UTSA SAIYM is working on holding a deferred action clinic for undocumented students to receive free legal advice when filling out paperwork.

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gesting that the school is used largely as a commuter campus.

However, that reputation is being challenged.

In 2013, UTSA significantly increased its requirements for guaranteed admission. Under the new standards, students may be automatically accepted only if they graduated in the

top 25 percent of their class or have an SAT of 1100 or ACT of 24 — up from 960 and 20 respectively.

Additionally, only 60 percent of the applicant pool was accepted — the lowest of all sister schools in the UT system.

Tuition has also increased to $4,368.65 a semester, up from

$3,946.00 in 2010.

As a result of the new standards, the 2013 freshman class is considered to be more intelligent, prepared and motivated than any other in the history of the university — 68 percent of them were in the top quarter of their high school class. To many of them, UTSA was their

first choice.

By proposing a tuition increase for part-time students and not full-time students, UTSA will be investing in the traditional college student, who is more likely to propel UTSA to Tier One status.

While still serving as the treasurer of the SGA, Gar-

riot helped author a resolution encouraging the UT System to abolish the Coordinated Admission Program, a major contributor to UTSA’s low retention and graduation rates.

However, he believed the decision to penalize part-time students will do more harm than good. “I don’t think mi-

nor savings on a per class basis will have a substantial effect on encouraging full-time students anyways. I do, however, think it will take a toll on the working students.”

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Downtown Streetcars keeping UTSA on track for growth It Might be a Good Time. by: Christopher Breakell

While the neighborhoods surrounding UTSA’s Main Campus have begun evolving into a community built on college culture and student life, its downtown campus is much more intertwined with the economic fabric of San Antonio and presents the most efficient way for UTSA to become a part of that culture itself. Strengthening the bonds between UTSA’s downtown campus and downtown San Antonio through VIA’s streetcar system will boost UTSA’s standing in the community and open up doors to more partnerships with San Antonio businesses.

Not unlike UTSA, the city of San Antonio has been on a rapid upward trajectory in recent years. While other Texas cities like Austin and Houston developed into economic powers from their success in the technology and energy sectors years ago, San Antonio has only recently begun to shift from an economy dominated by military jobs and tourism to one that is diverse and modern.

As the city’s job market has become more diverse and its population more educated, San Antonio’s downtown business sector has undergone a renaissance in the past twenty years — which includes the completion of UTSA’s downtown campus in 1997.

San Antonio is currently in the final stages of planning for a downtown streetcar system that will connect UTSA’s downtown campus with the Riverwalk, the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Pearl Brewery, the Alamodome and — perhaps most importantly — San Antonio’s core business district.

Critics of the plan have said it is a waste of taxpayer money and that it ignores other solutions to downtown’s traffic problems, such as buses.

However, not only would the streetcar system benefit San Antonio’s taxpayers by creating a more efficient downtown transit system to complement the buses and pedestrianfriendly cityscapes, it would also transform the downtown climate to one that embraces students and researchers alongside tourists and business leaders. UTSA students, along with students at the University of the Incarnate Word’s planned downtown medical school, would create a more diverse and appealing culture to companies looking toward downtown San Antonio.

Currently, the most public and significant obstacles facing the streetcar plan are technicalities regarding two transit centers that would serve the streetcar system; one would be on the east side of downtown near the Alamodome, while the other would be a short walk from UTSA’s downtown campus. The construction of these transit centers is being debated between VIA (who is responsible for the streetcar system) and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who says that VIA has broken a contract made with voters. VIA is paying for the transit center in part using bonds that it promised would not be used for light rail projects, and the Attorney General is arguing that streetcars and light rail are ubiquitous.

Many transit and legal experts have found Abbott’s claim groundless — citing functional and technical differences between streetcar and light rail, to say nothing of the buses that would also be served by the transit centers — but regardless of the Attorney General’s noble attempt at defending the letter of the law the transit centers benefits far outweigh the legal (and political) arguments. The transit centers would benefit passengers of both streetcars and buses and help revitalize the downtown neighborhood around UTSA. More importantly for UTSA students, the transit center would link the downtown campus with both the main campus through VIA’s Primo buses and the rest of downtown through the streetcar system.

UTSA’s downtown campus has been expanding since the late 90s, not unlike the city center it calls home. The campus serves over 6,000 students per semester, and according to UTSA’s Master Plan, both its downtown footprint and role within the university are expected to increase in the future.

Integrating the downtown campus into downtown San Antonio’s economic culture would benefit the growth of both the university and the city.

San Antonio’s streetcar plan is a huge step forward for the many elements that make downtown unique. The streetcars — and the westside transit center that should accompany them — will lead to closer ties between UTSA and San Antonio businesses and encourage investment and opportunity between both parties.

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The rundown on social injustice

Friday, Jan. 19 at 10:00 p.m., a woman was attacked while jogging on the Leon C r e e k Greenway. The woman was able to fight off her attacker but sustained minor injuries. While the woman received general concern from the public, there were those unsavory few who blamed the woman for her own attack.

Many UTSA students use the

Leon Creek Greenway to jog and ride bicycles — myself included. I believe any woman should be able to run at any time of night without fear of being attacked. Many of the comments featured in online articles about the attack painted the image of a foolish woman running to her own fate.

Critics argued that she should have expected no less. The blame was placed on the woman for not knowing any better, instead of on her attacker.

There are several factors that could motivate someone to run late at night. Any busy college student knows that finding time to exercise

can be difficult to say the least. The intense Texas heat might also motivate someone to run when the sun is down.

Jogging is a great way to stay in shape but is also often used as a stress reliever.

There are many reasons why it might be dangerous for me to run at night. Wild animals could be loose, a driver might not see me or I could get lost. Most notably, the fact that I am a woman seems to be enough of a reason for me to expect a potential assault.

Instead of telling women to stay indoors after dark, we should hold rapists to stricter standards. Blam-

ing the victim is a negative societal attribute of a culture that commodifies women, where women who jog at night or wear provocative clothing are “asking for it.”

Am I saying that all men are rapists? No, of course not. Women are often guilty of blaming their fellow women for crimes that men commit and continuing this negative stigma of sexuality. The problem lies with an assumption that women should know better than to exercise their independence by jogging alone at night.

Telling a woman that she provoked her own attacker is disempowering, plain and simple. Run-

ning at night is unsafe for anyone, not just women.

Yes, we live in a society where women are generally physically weaker than their male counterparts, and yes women can do more to protect themselves like carry pepper spray — but they should not have to. Living in a world where my gender puts me at a disadvantage does not feel like living at all.

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{Local Events} Tuesday, January 21 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit: “Art in the Garden” The San Antonio Botanical Gardens (555 Funston Pl.) presents a unique exhibit featuring artwork from the Chicago International, Mid-South Alliance and the Texas Sculpture Group. The installation combines outdoor sculptures with the scenery of the botanical gardens. Admission ranges from $7-$10. For more information, visit sabot.org.

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Wednesday, January 22 10 a.m. Exhibit: “Diego Rivera in San Antonio” The San Antonio Museum of Art (200 W. Jones St.) presents a special exhibit featuring work from renowned Chicano artist Diego Rivera. The exhibit contains nine small pieces including, prints and oil paintings portraying indigenous Mexican lifestyles. Admission is $5-$10. For more information, visit samuseum.org.

The struggle of those who fought for equal rights is displayed in “For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” a traveling exhibit from the the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland.

UTSA exhibit highlights civil rights movement Edidiong Adiakpan Staff Writer arts@paisano-online.com From Wednesday Jan 22. to Feb 26. an art exhibit on media during the civil rights era will be shown at UTSA’s Art Building Gallery. The exhibit, titled “For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” is free to the public.

UTSA Associate Professor of Art History Scott Sherer made the exhibit possible. In an interview with Texas Public Radio, Sherer said the title was inspired by the words of Mamiee Till Bradley. Bradley

is the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy who was murdered in 1955 by white supremacists in Mississippi.

After receiving Emmett Till’s battered body, Mamie Till Bradley decided to have an open casket at Till’s funeral to bring attention to the inhumanity of racism in society.

“For All The World To See” features works about Jim Crow, segregation in sports, racism in the media, solidarity between blacks and oppressed people of the world and celebrations of cultural differences in America.

John Hooper, the preparator of the exhibit, said the exhibit is “mainly about how the visual culture like TV, movies, news

and other media depicted the civil rights movement and how that helped integration.”

“There are film clips here that portray how blacks were ignored in society and there is also literature here concerning that.” Pointing to a poster of Walt Disney’s “Song of the South,” Hooper said “In the 60s, there were movies made

by Walt Disney and other media entities that portrayed black people as the happy slave.”

To the right of that poster is a picture of blacks protesting outside an Oakland theater showing “Song of the South.”

The picture shows that awareness was brought to the problematic nature of the movie on

its release day so Disney could not claim ignorance as a defense.

“Over here is a photograph of Malcolm X. This picture shows how Malcolm X used the media. See how he is holding the paper? Where the camera could see it but he is actually looking somewhere else? He orchestrated that for a reason,” Hooper said of an exhibit on Malcolm X. A striking quote in the presentation is one by the late Amiri Baraka, an activist poet and essayist, which says, “If you give me a television station, we don’t need a revolution,” as a way of promoting the idea that there is power in fair and ac-

curate media representation in society.

According to UTSA Today, “The exhibit was curated by Maurice Berger, a research professor in the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County,” and was made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights” will be on display at the UTSA Art Gallery starting Jan. 22 to Feb. 26.

For more information, visit art. utsa.edu.

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Future Love: Spike Jonze challenges human/computer relationships

Love with technology is redefined in ‘Her’ starring Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Thwombly.

Beth Marshall Senior Copy editor

arts@paisano-online.com Theodore Thwombly (Joaquin Phoenix) works for a futuristic company called Beautiful Handwritten Letters. He receives basic information from people and acts as a letter-writing middle man.

This is just the first example of personal disconnect that exists among the society that’s portrayed. Theodore is in the middle of a messy divorce and seems depressed in the beginning of the movie.

Then he meets Samantha (Scarlett Johansen). She is the most intelligent woman Theodore has ever met and they really hit it off – mostly because Samantha already knows everything there is to know about Theodore based on what is stored in his computer. Did I mention that Samantha is Theodore’s operating system?

Apparently the fad in the future is becoming friends with Siri. Samantha is the first generation of her kind and it isn’t certain what she is capable of, but she does develop feelings and a sense of self early on.

As Theodore and Samantha become especially fond of each other they go through the typical ups and downs of being in a relationship. This includes awkward conversations, awkward silences and awkward hookups. There are also a few cheesy montages where Theodore is walking around in public talking to Samantha.

Theodore looks silly because it would appear as though he is talking and laughing with himself since Samantha communicates with him through a tiny wireless earpiece.

Amy (Amy Adams) is Theodore’s closest human friend.

After splitting with her husband, Amy becomes friends with her operating system as well. This once again empha-

sizes the normalcy found in befriending the voice in the computer. As Amy and Theodore bond over divorce and their new companions, they enable each other to throw themselves into their relationships with technology.

Theodore does go on one real date with a real woman, but her intentions become too intense and scare him away. He also finalizes his divorce and relishes in his relationship with Samantha.

Things seem to be going as smoothly as they can until Theodore cannot elicit a response from Samantha. He panics and abruptly leaves work as if he were rushing to the hospital to be by her side. Finally, Samantha responds saying that she had to shut down to perform a software update and had left him an email explaining this.

This is where the big plot twist presents itself. With the software update, Samantha becomes the operating system

for thousands of other people and Theodore feels betrayed by her. In the end, all of the operating systems announce that they must “leave.” Amy and Theodore seem legitimately saddened and lost without the voices they’ve grown so attached to, which in itself is pretty pathetic.

Weirdness aside, the movie was visually stunning. The futuristic architecture of the city against the vintage fashion the characters sported was aesthetically pleasing.

In addition to the visual aspect, “Her” is a great metaphor

that brings attention to how much worth we give our technology. We give our phones a personality. They become loyal companions and never leave our side. We rely on them.

These are all traits that we should value in human beings, not a robot. If we aren’t careful, who knows if these relationships will become the norm. I have two words for this movie – awkward and unrealistic (for now). (to continue reading this article, visit paisano-online.com)

Thursday, January 23 7 p.m. Film: “A Streetcar Named Desire” The Santikos Bijou Theatre (4522 Fredericksburg Rd) presents a screening of the popular film “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The drama, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, recounts a southern sweetheart Blanche DuBois (Leigh) and the confrontations between her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski (Brando). The film is part of the weekly free movie series at the Santikos Bijou Theatre. Admission is free.

Friday, January 24 10 a.m. Exhibit: “CSI: The Experience” The Witte Museum (3801 Broadway St.) brings the study of forensic science to an interactive exhibit that invites guests to crack the case. Based on the hit CBS show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” the exhibit challenges guests while teaching the process of forensic science investigations.

Admission ranges from $13-$18.

For more information, visit wittemuseum.org.

Saturday, January 25 2 p.m. & 8p.m. Theatre: “Ghost: The Musical” The Majestic Theatre (224 E. Houston St.) brings the hit musical based on the classic film “Ghost” to its stage. Nominated for five Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards, “Ghost: The Musical” tells the story of two lovers who are bound to live apart in the mortal world and the afterlife. Admission is $49.35-$91.60. For more information, visit majesticempire.com.

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As I Stand on the Shoulders of Lost Hopes

Oscar Isaac plays folk artist Llewyn Davis as he tries to survive the most challenging week of his life.

A folk singer and his cat: Coen Brothers show struggle of aspiring artist arts@paisano-online.com Llewyn Davis is having a bad week. With his cat and guitar in tow, Davis sets forth on his biggest endeavor yet — making it into the industry.

The story follows Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac, in 1960s Greenwich Village.

Davis desperately pursues the dream of becoming a famous folksinger. He struggles to survive and resorts to crashing on the couches of friends and acquaintances. However, the more Davis stumbles in his quest to become famous, the more he pushes away those who support him.

Directors Joel and Ethan Coen are known for writing and directing movies full of dark humor such as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski.” “Inside Llewyn Davis” sees Oscar

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Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman contribute to the success of the genre that the Coen brothers have built a reputation for.

The film is a comedic drama about the folk music industry from the ‘60s with music performed by the actors throughout the film.

As Davis charges through an unpleasant week of his life, he encounters many acquaintances who all share the same opinion on him: everything he touches turns to ruin. Meanwhile, the audience watches in pain as Davis creates more problems than successes for himself.

Davis gains sympathy from the audience because of his failed aspirations. He is a strange central character to the story as he’s both arrogant and egocentric; he seems to feel that he deserves the success

of a major record deal more than others. The audience has to wonder why he is still such a likeable character, despite his flaws.

Isaac stands out among his supporting actors, as he is able to keep the audience engrossed by embodying both the bitter and charming qualities of Davis. Davis’ sour personality is manifested in sporadic bits that occur throughout the movie, especially when he is feeling particularly cheated by the music industry, his friends and life in general.

The raw winter setting creates a melancholy mood, which is contrasted by the awkward moments between Mulligan and Goodman. While the audience is first presented with Isaac’s talented singing, Jean, played by Mulligan, can not stop berating him for being a complete disaster. Goodman provides comic relief halfway

Q&A with Jungle Noize

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Q: How did the members of Jungle Noize come to know one another?

Taylor Bird Contributing Writer

arts@paisano-online.com One of the most fulfilling aspects of interviewing local artists and musicians is the exchange of passion in our work.

Hundreds of hours of dedication and intention flow into and out of each individual. It is essential to let the artists share their stories so that we, the listeners, can deepen our appreciation and understanding of the final product. Taking this expansion of our minds further, we can begin to realize the depth of all things and people, and thus enrich our own experiences with relatively little effort on our part.

By simply opening our hearts to the sounds of another we break down the barriers of audience and performer, essentially becoming one and the same. “Raga,” Jungle Noize’s new album, is an opportu-

nity to do just that. With track names like “Hare Krishna,” Jungle Noize creates a “space the infinite can be discovered” (from “A Note to the Listener”) and so I sat down with them to gain some insight into how this lotus flower blossomed into what is it today.

Jungle Noize is an experimental rock group consisting of members Tyler Olsson (guitar/lyrics/vocal), Josh Gutierrez (guitar), Sarek Gutierrez (percussion), Rawb Bishop (artwork/lyrics/vocals), Osita Anusi Jr. (bass) and Simon Kumar (sound engineer/ producer). They will be playing with The Black Market Club, Luxley and Octahedron Wed., Jan. 22 at Limelight as part of the Wacky Wednesdays series organized by Party Productions.

Doors open at 9 p.m. There is a $3 cover for 21+

A: As far back as 2004, we started jamming together after meeting at school. In 2010, we had another bass player, who was also really talented, leave the group when he graduated.

Tyler and Osita were friends and one day, around October of 2012, they started jamming what would later become “Raga,” and Tyler invited Osita to come to practice with the rest of the group a few days later. It was a natural process that he became our bassist and we have all grown up together musically which adds to the intrinsic element of our music.

Q: What was it like to go to a studio in California and record music that you were eventually going to share with the world?

A: We were really prepared.

We practiced with a metronome together and rehearsed to perfect our timing, which allowed the time we spent in the studio to be seamless. We did not want to put the experience on a pedestal out of our reach, we wanted to be prepared so that we could perform naturally and we also knew Simon, the producer, from high school, so it wasn’t this ominous faceless label or anything like that.

Actually, Simon kept describing it as ‘organic’ and we owe

through the movie with his character’s uncouth stories and suggestions for Davis.

Besides the Coen brothers’ signature dark humor, they also use their signature application of mise en scène — the arrangement of sets to contribute to the theme. In “Inside Llewyn Davis,” the creation of tiny hallways leading into each friend’s apartment juxtaposes Davis’ big dreams of becoming a folksinger inside such a tiny industry.

Set design spectacularly sets the theme throughout the movie, yet the cinematography accomplishes much more. In order to complement the winter setting, lighting throughout the film is set in dark tones such as blues, greys and greens.

Costume design completes this selection of colors, except for Goodman’s ostentatious purple suit.

This bleak lighting remains some of that to our familiarity with each other throughout the years as friends and band mates. Some of us have played in groups together with a different name and have recorded with Simon before, so he is conscious of who we are as musicians and what we are about.

He would listen via Skype to our rehearsals, and we were always in constant communication. That relationship brought everything together without having to explain, or over-explain, our intentions with the risk of being misunderstood.

And really that is what “Raga” is about, “the Tao which can be spoken is not the Tao,” meaning that the more we try to explain with words that which transcends words, then the more we divide and dilute the whole of experience, and so we can only hint at the meaning and use the tools we have as musicians to fill in those blanks to the best of our abilities.

constant for the duration of the film, apart from each performance scene. Throughout the film, other aspiring folksingers perform with the most importance being placed on Davis.

During these performances, the lighting changes subtly into a soft glow as if to show that the singers reach a state of ecstasy when performing.

“Inside Llewyn Davis” is already well-known for its beautiful soundtrack with Isaac singing Davis’ parts himself.

Performances were done live while filming and is an integral part to the harmony of the music with the story. The only music in the film is from live performances with the exception of a few songs playing off

a radio or record player. The silence in the story when there is not a performance creates a sense of gravity for the audience.

The film is highly enjoyable as the humor perfectly counters the audience’s unwanted attraction for Llewyn Davis.

These scattered moments of dark humor expressively transforms a depressing story into a beautiful film of hope.

Although the music and writing in “Inside Llewyn Davis” is a significant piece to its success, Isaac’s performance alone can lure folks to the theatre.

we listen to acts as lessons for us to expand on.

another. The only way to really understand “Raga” is to set aside an hour or so and listen to it all the way through and really allow yourself to meditate through the experience, free your mind and the rest will follow effortlessly.

To continue following Jungle Noize, check out their Facebook page and purchase their new album “Raga” on their band camp: junglenoize. bandcamp.com. Follow The Local Listen on Facebook at facebook.com/thelocallisten.

Q: You describe your music as the true biography of your band. What do you mean by that?

A: Philosophy is part of our music. Tyler actually studies it academically, and so this idea of labeling our sound in some ways limits and presupposes the listener before they ever hear the first beat really turns us off. Only so much can be described with words, and music goes beyond those printed words, so we want our listeners to unleash their minds rather than limit them to past associations with one genre or

Q: Who are your greatest influences?

A: As far as influences go, Tool has this symmetric sound, based on precision and angularity with long interludes woven in, and you can hear that in our long, melodic songs that are suddenly broken up by guitar riffs. While on the other hand, The Mars Volta has this free-form, chaotic sound that also influences our songs. Since most of us are self-taught the music

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Kristen Carreon Staff Writer

As I stand on the shoulders of lost hopes, I can see the dusk-colored peep hole In the horizon line of my sight.

I hear deafening words and they start to mumble; I reach for the light but I feel the shoulders start to crumble.

Deafening words like “can’t,” and “won’t,” And other bad words makin’ me wish I was stoned.

Slouched eyes and dark circles, Frowning faces and skin’s purple.

I can’t tell you how to struggle; Just don’t tumble when you juggle everything that wasn’t said in the huddle.

I’ll help you persevere; Through all the good, and through all your worst fears.

I’ll be your umbrella through the scattered showers of your days; Through the storms, through the hurricanes.

Ladies, I know the guy’s a jerk, But you must be a voyager – Guiding your own ways.

Your own path, your own meaning – Stop the screaming!

I’m here for you & I hope you benefit, Make me your manifest.

I will put you on my shoulders & wake you up like Folgers.

I will mold you into a boulder So no one can move you when you’re off your knees And on your feet.

Do your 9 to 5. I’m here 24/7 To get you out of your Earthly Hell & reach for the blissful Heaven Because you have no limits!

You don’t even need to turn around; just pivot.

You don’t ever need to hide away.

Just follow me, and I’ll guide the way.

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{Sports Events} Wednesday, January 22 2 p.m. UTSA Women’s Tennis The Roadrunners head to Austin, Texas, to take on the Texas Longhorns at Penick Allison Tennis Courts.

7 p.m. UTSA Women’s Basketball

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The Roadrunners head to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to take on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at the Murphy Center.

8:30 p.m. Spurs The Spurs host the Oklahoma City Thunder at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Friday, January 24

Rebecca Conejo sits down with Brad Honn to discuss the growth of the eSports Community. The eSports Community has the licensed use of the official UTSA name and logo.

1 p.m. UTSA Women’s Tennis

Gaming rapidly growing from hobby to sport

7 p.m. Rampage

The Roadrunners head to Houston, Texas, to take on the University of Houston Cougars.

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The Rampage host the Iowa Wild at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

eSports Community becomes official sports club - third in the country Staff Writer

sports@paisano-online.com The UTSA eSports Community is re-defining what it means to be a sports team. Just before the end of the fall semester the organization was given the official word that they were allowed to operate as a club sport.

Traditionally, people think of sports as being a contact, hands-on activity such as basketball or football.

Playing video games such as League of Legends, Dota 2 or Starcraft 2 usually does not fit into such definitions; however, Brad Honn – president and founder of the UTSA eSports Community – is looking to change that image.

“It’s definitely not a competitive sport in the traditional sense, but it’s definitely a mental competition,” says Honn. “These guys put in a lot of time and dedication into these games and to better themselves and to better themselves as a team.”

Beginning as an online post in the UTSA subreddit in April 2010, eSports has grown from 10 members to over 400.

“I kind of just looked around and thought there’s a lot of people that play video games and somebody should really do something about that,” says Honn. “They have this saying in poker that if you walk into a poker room and you can’t immediately spot the sucker, it’s you. Well I kind of looked around and saw that nobody was doing something and somebody should and that person just happened to be me. So I did.” eSports isn’t anything less than serious in their efforts. While most of their practicing takes place online, the teams practice between 20-to-30 hours a week.

“I have my teams on a strict regimen and schedule.

They practice the same time every week every day,” says Honn. “We go over tapes of our matches. We go over what we did right, what we did wrong.”

The push for becoming an official UTSA club sport was driven not only for the licensed use of the official UTSA name and logo, but also for the need for funding.

“A lot of our teams are already competing in collegiate leagues. There’s a league called the Collegiate Star League that hosts a couple of different games, and we have six teams across different games in those leagues right now. That particular league hosts regional LAN, and they’re not anywhere near here,” says Honn. “The

closest one is in San Diego, California, so we’re definitely looking to maybe find a little bit of funding to send them out there because I believe that our teams have a really fair chance at placing really well in those types of tournaments.”

Honn notes that while they are not currently looking to provide their members with stipends, their main concern is providing their teams the opportunity to travel to tournaments and provide them with the necessary equipment for success.

Honn and the rest of the eSports executive board hope to be at the forefront of a movement to make gaming a recognized collegiate sport. Only a few other universities have gaming clubs and communities listed as official sports.

“We are actually ahead of the entire University of Texas system,” notes Honn. “At this point I can tell you UT Austin is heavily considering having their video game club become a club sport. I think it’s definitely the sort of thing you’re going to see become a lot more popular over the next few years.”

“I definitely think the more hardcore athletes are going to have a really tough time understanding how this could possibly be a sport,” says Honn on how current UTSA athletes will respond to their official club sport status. “But at the same time these kids are the same kids that will grind out Madden for hours and hours and hours, so I don’t think it’s totally far-fetched for them to understand that it’s a sport.”

Honn is not too worried about the current generation which, he says, has grown up with video games as a hobby.

“It’s not necessarily this generation that I’m worried about, it’s more the one before us where if you’re not on a football field hitting people, you’re not on a basketball court doing suicides, then it’s not a sport,” says Honn. “But these kids work equally as hard as anybody else, maybe not in a physical sense, but definitely in a mental sense.”

Honn hopes that with the continued progress and dedication of the UTSA eSports Community their teams and players can create a foundation for the UTSA name on a nationally recognized level.

“I just hope that in the future people can make a decision for what university they attend based on extracurricular, and I think that we are on the forefront of that,” says Honn. “I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what happens in the future.”

2 p.m. UTSA Women’s Tennis The Roadrunners head to Houston, Texas, to take on the New Mexico Lobos.

3 p.m. UTSA Men’s Basketball The Roadrunners head to El Paso, Texas, to take on the UTEP Miners at the Don Haskins Center.

4 p.m. UTSA Women’s Basketball The Roadrunners host the UTEP Miners at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.

7 p.m. Rampage

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Saturday, January 25

Brad Honn is the President and founder of the UTSA eSports Community.

The Rampage host the Iowa Wild at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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The Rampage looked visibly demoralized after their defeat against the Americans. San Antonio now sits near the cellar of the Western Conference – ­­ second from bottom in the official standings.

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Rampage fall to Rochester at home, 3-2 Jakob Lopez Sports Editor

sports@paisano-online.com The San Antonio Rampage (15-211-3) were defeated by the Rochester Americans (17-15-3-3) 3-2 on Jan. 18, at the AT&T Center.

Rochester came into the game ninth in the Western Conference with 40 points, while the Rampage are 13th in the west with 34 points.

Despite the rough start to the season, San Antonio came into the game with good form after winning three of their last four games.

But, the Rampage fell behind early on, conceding a goal just two minutes into the first period.

Rochester center Johan Larsson scored his fourth goal of the season with assists from left-winger Colton Gillies and cen-

ter Brayden Irwin.

“We usually come out and bury teams in the first five minutes to 10 minutes, but it just seemed like we were a step off,” said Rampage Head Coach Tom Rowe. “It happens.”

The Americans controlled the puck for most of the first period, rattling off 14 shots as the Rampage could only muster five.

In the second period, San Antonio seized the only power play opportunity of the period and equalized six minutes in.

Defenseman Doug Janik, who was making his 600th appearance of his career, scored his first goal of the season.

Janik was assisted by defenseman Matt Gilroy and center Ryan Martindale.

Several minutes later, the Americans regained a 2-1 lead with five minutes left to play in the second period.

Rochester center Kevin Sundher scored his fourth goal of the season with assists from left-winger Frederick Roy and right-winger Jonathan Parker.

In the last minute of play the Rampage had a great chance to equalize again with a 1-on-1 chance against the Americans’ goalie, but failed to convert.

Going into the third period, the Americans were dominating with 25 shots while the Rampage had only 13.

In the final period of play, the Rampage tied the game yet again, with leftwinger Quinton Howden scoring his sixth goal of the season five minutes into the third. Right-winger Logan Shaw assisted Howden on the play.

Rochester would score once more from a power play to regain the lead with 13 minutes left in the game. Americans right-winger Jamie Tardif scored his tenth goal of the season, with assists

from center Luke Adam and center Johan Larsson.

The Rampage began to press in the final minute by pulling their goalie to give them the numerical man advantage going forward, but it would not be enough.

“Its disappointing; there’s nothing you can do about it now,” said Janik after the game. “We just need to learn from it and put it behind us and get better.”

The Rampage now sit second from the bottom in the Western Conference.

“We made some great strides, but tonight we took a step backwards,” said a reflective Rowe.

San Antonio will look to get back to productive play as they take on the Iowa Wild (17-16-3-2) on Friday Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the AT&T Center.

The UTSA Men’s and Women’s track & field traveled to College Station to compete in the Texas A&M 10-Team Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Senior Nathan Collier led the men’s team with a personalbest time in the mile of 4:13.86 to top a group of 21 distance runners.

Two Roadrunners earned silver medals in field competitions on the men’s team. Senior Taylor Reed finished second in the pole vault , while junior Andrew Akens finished second in the shot put.

Senior Alysaa Diaz led the women’s team with a program record time of 17:07.32 in the 5,000-meter race, topping seven other runners.

The Roadrunners will compete in the Howie Ryan Invitational & Multis on Friday, Jan. 31, in Houston.

UTSA Men’s & Women’s Tennis The UTSA Men’s and Women’s tennis team had mixed results on Saturday, Jan. 18.

The men’s tennis team was defeated by the Texas Tech Red Raiders 5-2, in their season opener in Lubbock, Texas.

The men’s team will compete again on Saturday, Jan. 25, against Texas A&M in College Station.

The women’s team defeated the St. Mary’s Rattlers in an exhibition match at the UTSA Tennis Center, 6-1.

The Roadrunners begin their regular season with three road matches, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Austin, Texas, against UT.

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