Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

The cost of Tier One is more than economic

Editorial staff September 7, 2016

The primary criteria for achieving the Carnegie classification of Tier One status is reaching a research fund expenditure of $100 million in the sciences and engineering. UTSA’s relentless pursuit...

UTSA’s faculty should reflect its students’ diversity

Editorial staff August 31, 2016

Hispanic Outlook magazine has once again commended UTSA for its high enrollment of Hispanic students and graduation of Hispanic graduate students. But despite serving a student body in which half of the...

What’s the cost of luxury student living?

Editorial staff August 16, 2016

Developers plan on constructing a walk-able mix of office space, retail stores, restaurants and apartments over 114 vacant acres in the UTSA area. The project (part of the SA Tomorrow Plan) will...

Is GPA more important than experience?

Is GPA more important than experience?

Editorial Board April 27, 2016

Higher education is truly an enigma sometimes. At the collegiate level, students are encouraged to succeed in every way possible — both inside the classroom and out. College was intended to...

Enthusiastic professor greatly overestimates the quality of student video projects

Enthusiastic professor greatly overestimates the quality of student video projects

Robert Avila April 20, 2016

Bringing a popcorn machine from home and reserving a room in the UC with a large screen projector and surround sound, Professor Barry Goodteach was visibly excited for his technical writing class’ video...

Gun free zones: not with a bang, but a whimper

Gun free zones: not with a bang, but a whimper

Editorial Board April 20, 2016

Fellow Roadrunners received an email from President Ricardo Romo last week stating that campus carry is a distraction from UTSA’s mission of providing excellence to students and the community. No decision...

Dim screens for bright futures, full sleep

Dim screens for bright futures, full sleep

Editorial Board April 13, 2016

Most students start the day sleepy. Their problem starts in the early hours of the morning and continues into the late hours of the night. Digital screens and college students are in a one-sided, toxic...

Eliminating concussions will cost contact sports

Eliminating concussions will cost contact sports

Editorial Board April 5, 2016

Last Friday, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who played 52 games with the San Antonio Rampage this season, received a concussion in an extremely forceful collision with forward Tom Wilson...

Being body positive must include every body

Being body positive must include every body

Editorial staff April 5, 2016

Promoting a positive image for a specific body type can potentially alienate other body types in  a quest for self-love. There is unlimited availability of statistics on what an “average” woman...

Cure the beaches of litterbugs infestations

Cure the beaches of litterbugs infestations

Jade Cuevas, Editorial Board, and Mia Cabello March 23, 2016

Each spring, South Padre Island draws crowds of college students from all over the country for Spring Break — 2016 was no exception, drawing in nearly 25,000 visitors to the 2.3 square mile island. With...

Students organize for babies to be supervised

Students organize for babies to be supervised

Editorial Board March 22, 2016

The grass roots movement rallying to offer childcare at UTSA’s downtown campus has caught the attention of university officials and garnered support from many students. Although no resolutions have...

The logic behind the look

The logic behind the look

Editorial Board March 12, 2016

Produced entirely by UTSA students for the UTSA community, The Paisano has published dynamic content of premier journalists since 1981.     The Paisano is more than words, stories and...

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