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

Prop 6: alleviating the drought

October 29, 2013

On Nov. 5, Texas residents will get to vote on nine constitutional amendments, one of which is stirring up controversy. Proposition 6, also known as SJR1, is a constitutional amendment providing...

SGA proposes end to CAP

October 29, 2013

On Thursday Oct. 31, Student Government Association will vote on their “End Participation with Coordinated Admission Program Resolution.” The program, otherwise known as CAP, allows freshmen who...

Open for business: Making sense of the government shutdown

October 22, 2013

Pete Souza/ The White House As of Thursday, Oct. 16, the United States government reopened after a 16-day partial-shutdown. The shutdown came at an especially inconvenient time...

Same-sex policy at UTSA

October 22, 2013

On Sept. 27, the University of Texas at San Antonio rejected an in-state tuition waiver for the same-sex spouse of an active duty service member. The decision was quickly changed after the recipient...

Science Research Conference

October 22, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Rosemary Beevers Friday Oct. 18 the 2013 College of Science Research Conference brought together 300 oral and poster presentations by researchers, students, and faculty. “Collaborative...

Health forum educates students

October 22, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Matthew Trevino “One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime.” “12 percent of women live in poverty.” “Up to 10 million women and one...

Chan vacates City Council seat

October 22, 2013

Elisa Chan has resigned as the City Council representative for District 9. Chan gained notoriety after a staff member recorded her saying that she found homosexuality to be unnatural and “gross.” Chan...

Ted Cruz in San Antonio

October 22, 2013

The fight over Obamacare is far from over. On Saturday, Oct. 19, Ted Cruz was the keynote speaker for the Texas Confederation of Republican Women’s Conference. The event was held in the Grand...

Funding a green campus at UTSA

October 15, 2013

Each semester, over $160,000 is allocated from students’ tuition and placed into the Green Fund, an organization dedicated to making UTSA a cleaner and more energy and resource-efficient campus. However,...

Minds Wide Open

October 15, 2013

Photo Credit: Sarah Gibbens Minds Wide Open, was the theme of the TEDx San Antonio event Saturday, Oct. 12. TED conferences began in 1984 in Montgomery, California and are now undertaken...

UT Board of Regents: Who are they?

October 15, 2013

For more than 100 years, the Board of Regents has been the governing body of the UT system; 214 Regents have governed the UT System since its establishment. Currently the board consists of nine individuals. A...

The fight continues: Residents debate Non-discrimination Ordinance

October 15, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Hannah Beck Repealitsa.com is a website created to repeal the Non Discrimination Ordinance that the City Council of San Antonio passed by an 8 to 3 margin on Sept. 5, 2013....

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