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

Shooting leaves three injured at Houston College

January 29, 2013

At about 12:20 p.m. on Jan. 22, approximately 10 shots were fired at LoneStar College in Houston. The violence erupted after an alleged verbalaltercation between a student and another man and ended with...

UT System plans to merge two South Texas universities, create med school

January 29, 2013

In December 2012, the UT System’s Board ofRegents unanimously approved a plan to merge two Rio Grande Valley universities—UTPan American (UTPA) and UT Brownsville.With relatively small student populations...

Shootings lead to national, state debates on gun control

January 23, 2013

At a White House press conference on Jan. 12, Barack Obama signed 23 executive actionspertaining to gun control. These marked the president’s first actions inresponse to a school shooting that...

16-year-old arrested for fatal shooting

January 23, 2013

On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 17,officers arrested a 16-year-old male for the carjacking and fatal shooting of18-year-old Christopher Hinojos that occurred in the Maverick Creekneighborhood...

Transfer students don’t save money on student loans

January 22, 2013

Students who transfer to a four-year college will accumulate an equal amount of student loan debt as those who never transfer, according to a report released earlier this month. The study,...

UTSA places second, nationally, in Campus Votes Challenge

January 16, 2013

UTSA was ranked second in the country for its participation in the Campus Vote Challenge, which dared colleges and students to become more active in the 2012 elections. UTSA finished ahead of schools...

Planned Parenthood dropped from Women’s Health Program

January 16, 2013

A state district judge on Friday denied Planned Parenthood’s appeal to retain its government funding as a part of the Women’s Health Program (WHP). Judge Stephen Yelenosky said the appeal filed...

Judge Allows Northside ISD to keep tracking devices in student IDs

January 16, 2013

A federal judge has upheld a ruling that gives Northside ISD the right to make its students wear tracking devices in their student IDs. Andrea Hernandez filed an appeal on Jan. 10 to the Fifth U.S....

UTSA ranked in top two percent for core curriculum

December 26, 2012

UTSA received an “A” grade on its core curriculum from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) according to its annual “What Will They Learn?” report. The university is one...

Online service Latakoo partners with university to improve upload speeds

December 3, 2012

San Antonio company Latakoo has partnered with UTSA to improve the data compression ability of its online service. UTSA professor Sos Agaian holds a patent on the new compression algorithm the company...

Tracking chips embedded in Northside ISD student IDs

December 3, 2012

Northside Independent School District (NISD) is facing legal consequences following the implementation of the "Student Locator Project." The project requires students at John Jay High School...

UT Board of Regents save $5 million

December 3, 2012

On Nov. 15, the UT System Board of Regents approved a $102.4 million plan to consolidate their five existing administration buildings into one, new 16-level building in downtown Austin, Texas. This...

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