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

Hold abusers accountable

Hold abusers accountable

Editorial Board October 19, 2021

On Oct. 8, University of Delaware student Brandon Freyre was charged with assaulting a female student. According to authorities, Freyre assaulted her by using blunt objects, spraying her in the face with...

The Paisano staff and editors celebrate the end of the semester in 1992. File photo/The Paisano

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Editorial Board October 12, 2021

San Antonio College’s 95-year-old student newspaper, The Ranger, announced in an article on Oct. 6 that it would be ceasing production in December. As we mourn the discontinuation of a beloved, nationally...

Metal straws wont save the world

Metal straws won’t save the world

Editorial Board October 5, 2021

On Sept. 29, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared 23 endangered species as extinct, and in doing so, removed them from the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Since the creation of the Endangered...

The missed and the missing

The missed and the missing

Editorial Board September 28, 2021

As many of us know, the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito — who was on a four-month cross-country road trip with her fiance Brian Laundrie — prompted a nationwide search rather quickly. The...

Stop tolerating, start celebrating

Stop tolerating, start celebrating

Editorial Board September 21, 2021

On Sept. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month — a cultural celebration of the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to our country — officially began. Sept. 15 is rooted in symbolism, as it is...

UTSA students return to a new normal

UTSA students return to a new ‘normal’

Editorial Board September 14, 2021

After nearly two years of fully online modalities, President Eighmy announced that the student body would be returning to traditional in-person classes starting on Sept. 13. After constant observation...

Texas fuels patriarchy with new abortion law

Texas fuels patriarchy with new abortion law

Editorial Board September 7, 2021

On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Texas legislature passed a law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy: voiding the monumental 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court win that established women’s constitutional...

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UTSA got it right…almost

Editorial Board August 31, 2021

UTSA is hindered by Greg Abbott’s executive orders prohibiting government entities from enforcing mask and vaccine mandates, and it is difficult to assume what UTSA’s policies would look like if that...

A screenshot of the summary of all COVID-19 testing at UTSA published in UTSA Fall 2020 Archive

UTSA, highly adaptable, ahead of the curve

Editorial Board April 30, 2021

Since Mar. 19, UTSA had received backlash from students, faculty and the UTSA community concerning the University’s guidelines for a modified in-person commencement ceremony. Guests were not originally...

UTSA flopped on commencement plans

UTSA flopped on commencement plans

Editorial Board April 6, 2021

Recently, UTSA announced their plans for Spring 2021 Commencement ceremonies to take place in-person with only graduates and no guests allowed to attend. The ceremonies will occur in various locations...

Graphic by Ethan Gullett

How one ‘bad day’ has illustrated an ongoing nightmare for minority communities

Editorial Board March 19, 2021

On March 16, Robert Aaron Long was suspected of opening fire on three separate spas in Atlanta, killing eight individuals, six of which were Asian-American women. Long is a 21-year-old Caucasian male from...

Photo by Julia Maenius

The US electrical grid is unreliable

Editorial Board March 2, 2021

After the events that transpired in Texas the week of Feb. 14 through Feb. 20, a hard look needs to be taken at the state of energy across the Nation. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) took...

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