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

Local SA Organizations Participate in Toy Drives

December 17, 2013

This holiday season, local San Antonio organizations are continuing their tradition of giving back to the community through food drives, toy drives, and clothing drives. These charitable drives make...

Regents to stifle student involvement

December 3, 2013

The voice of the UT System’s student communities is being threatened. According to Zack Dunn – President of the UTSA Student Government Association – the UT System Board of Regents will be...

Garcia: Liberal to conservative

December 3, 2013

The University of Texas at Austin Young Conservatives made headlines recently for their controversial “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” game. The premise of the game involved a group of students walking...

Smoking ban not working

December 3, 2013

Lindsay Smith/ The Paisano Although UTSA is a smoke-free campus, students are still smoking in corners, on rooftops and along railways, prompting questions about the effectiveness of...

Puppy zone?

December 3, 2013

With finals approaching, UTSA’s Student Government Association (SGA) has been formulating an event to help with the stress of finals week. One proposal offers students the opportunity to interact...

Univision: from TV station to apartment complex

November 19, 2013

The battle to save the historic Univision KWEX-TV building ended on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the building was demolished after Bexar County 150th District Court Judge Janet Littlejohn lifted the temporary...

Technology improves football kicking

November 19, 2013

Dr. Yusheng Feng, a mechanical and bioengineering professor at UTSA, along with seven students have begun developing a football kicking simulator designed to analyze the body of the kicker, his movements...

Honors seminar welcomes genocide survivors to campus

November 19, 2013

Every two years Dr. Kolleen Guy–an award winning food writer and the current Ricardo Romo Distinguished Professor in the honors college–holds an honors seminar titled “Holocaust and Modern...

Obamacare sees low enrollment

November 19, 2013

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the initial statistics on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enrollment through both federal and state healthcare...

Risky business: system reviews consensual relationship policies

November 19, 2013

Brittney Davila/ The Paisano The UT Board of Regents has been working to create a uniform policy that addresses consensual sexual relationships between teachers and students. From...

STEM education in SA

November 19, 2013

On Friday Nov. 15, the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce held a dinner to thank sponsors of the STEM Expo that took place Nov. 14. The STEM Expo set out to encourage young students to pursue...

State election results

November 12, 2013

The Nov. 5th elections resulted in the passage of all nine Texas propositions, including Proposition 6, which uses $2 dollars from the Rainy Day Fund for water projects that will fight drought. Other...

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