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

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Soulmates

Kimiya Factory April 17, 2018

The term “friendship” deserves much more credit, because while in life many people will come and go, the beauty is in appreciating the souls that don’t. To me, those souls are one’s soulmate. When...

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Hands off Syria

Justice Lovin April 17, 2018

The U.S. fired 105 missiles on April 14, including 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to the Pentagon. The missiles hit targets throughout Syria ostensibly in response to the possible use of chemical...

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Casual fascism

Peyton Dillberg April 10, 2018

After a white supremacist group hung a large banner unapproved by the university, which read “America is our birthright,” outrage ensued. Coalitions of students groups formed as a response to the group’s...

Letter to the editor: Alternative Grading System

Letter to the editor: Alternative Grading System

Alex Sexton April 10, 2018

I am the primary author of both GA 111 and GA 112. I am writing to inform you that some of the assertions present in your article, “Faculty Senate Votes to Discuss Alternative Grading System,” are...

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The Campus Climate Team checks UTSA’s Temperature

Editorial Board April 10, 2018

The Campus Climate Team (CCT) recently launched a bias incident reporting website to collect information about potential threats posed to our community’s beliefs on both sides of the political and social...

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US vs China: the negotiating firestorm

Anish Rao April 10, 2018

For far too long America has fallen victim to China’s bad practices, whether it be unemployment from offshoring, product dumping, currency manipulation or even intellectual property theft. After many...

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Abolish ICE

Justice Lovin April 10, 2018

On March 13, the temporary injunction against Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) ended and a modified version of the law went into effect. While immigrant rights, civil rights and humanitarian groups will continue...

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Body positivity

Kimiya Factory April 10, 2018

Suns out, buns out; literally. Along with the semester’s final responsibilities comes the mood to soak up some sun. And along with that comes the incentive to bite into a cucumber and live a “healthy”...

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College readiness raises rates

Editorial Board and Isaac Serna April 3, 2018

Raising retention and graduation rates at UTSA is often described as our number one academic priority. It is the measure that identifies how many students are receiving an education and following through...

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Charter school rebuttal

Justice Lovin April 3, 2018

In the March 27 issue of The Paisano there was an op-ed that advocated for charter schools. It did so by presenting statistics without context in a way that erased the detrimental effects charter schools...

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Is this the end of Facebook?

Anish Rao April 3, 2018

You may have heard about Facebook ‘s shady business practices and malicious data handling in the news cycle recently. Facebook is an integral part of everyone’s life whether we want to admit or not;...

San Antonio charter schools get more bang for buck

San Antonio charter schools get more bang for buck

Corey DeAngelis March 28, 2018

The evidence is in. Not only do San Antonio charter schools improve students’ outcomes; they do so at a lower cost to the public. Last May, my colleagues and I at the University of Arkansas found that...

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