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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

Standardized tests: An outdated educational system

Standardized tests: An outdated educational system

Andrew Dotson, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

2.1 million high school seniors sat to take the SAT in 2020. The following year, only 1.5 million were tested. The SAT is one of the most well-known standardized tests for college admissions applications...

Stop Texas’ new age of oppression

Stop Texas’ new age of oppression

Carley Martin, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

On Sept. 1, 2023, 774 new bills were set to be made into law in Texas. One of these bills is Senate Bill 14, which would make it impossible for the transgender youth of Texas to access gender-affirming...

Online education gets a failing grade

Online education gets a failing grade

Abraham Roman, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

Dark room, bright screen, 2 p.m., but you still have pajamas on and are in bed. You hop onto the third Zoom “class” of the day to use as background noise while you do something else, anything else....

Do not pad the facts, UTSA needs more period products

Do not pad the facts, UTSA needs more period products

Izabella Ali Bocas, Contributor September 12, 2023

Nearly every bathroom on the UTSA main campus has a big silver dispenser labeled “empty.” These dispensers hold no other purpose but to have menstrual hygiene products, yet they always seem to be empty....

Taking ‘dressed to kill’ too seriously

Taking ‘dressed to kill’ too seriously

Luna Infante, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

Most of us have been there, in a position where we want new clothes but cannot afford to splurge on a shopping spree, where our online shopping cart stacks up yet we cannot bring ourselves to spend hundreds...

Everything but the kitchen sink

Everything but the kitchen sink

Amber Serio, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

Whether it is a handwritten note, an article of clothing or a cell phone being thrown onstage, concertgoers have proven they are not afraid of going to extreme measures to express their adoration for their...

DEI — What’s in the name?

DEI — What’s in the name?

During our spring 2023 Foundations of Civic Engagement (PAD 2073) class, with Dr. Jaramillo, we considered several topics to study that are relevant to the UTSA community. Ultimately, we decided to explore...

Stop the CAP

Stop the CAP

Faith Kouadio, Staff Writer September 5, 2023

UT Austin’s Coordinated Admission Program (CAP) offers an alternative to students who were not initially accepted into the university. Students must complete a year and 30 transferable hours at another...

Is print journalism dead?

Is print journalism dead?

Luna Infante, Staff Writer September 5, 2023

Chances are, you are reading this on your laptop, or perhaps your phone or maybe you are one of the few people who still pick up a newspaper. With the constant rise of technology, the way we consume news...

Conservative crusades against constituents

Conservative crusades against constituents

Allana Llabres, Staff Writer September 5, 2023

In August 2022, President Joe Biden announced a program to cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. As of June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Biden administration...

Texas Prison or Brazen Bull?

Texas Prison or Brazen Bull?

Abraham Roman September 5, 2023

Would you rather serve a sentence in a Texas prison or be subject to the brazen bull? For a brief background, the brazen bull was an ancient Greek torture device, and its use was as follows: “The condemned...

The bloody border buoy battle

The bloody border buoy battle

Abraham Roman, Contributor August 29, 2023

As a part of Governor Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a program implemented to deter immigration, buoys have been placed on the Rio Grande to the dismay of many, including the Department of Justice (DOJ)....

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