Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

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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

Black History Month: Week One

Black History Month: Week One

Kimiya Factory February 7, 2018

I am   here to change the narrative of a culture. To feed the cultural soul of the eyes that race along this black history column. Welcome to our story. the person with skin kissed by brown...

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We’re Taking Most Of It

Triston Simpson-Bland February 7, 2018

The New California group is pushing for the formation of the 51st state, but the push is destined to fail. This is not the first time Californians organized to secede. The group instigating the split...

Trumps State of the Union address. Creative Commons

State of the (dis)union

Rudy Sanchez February 7, 2018

Fact checkers across the country were prepping their fingers as President Trump took the podium during his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday. With that said, it’s hard to say if President Trump’s...

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Borderwall

Lizvette Hernandez February 7, 2018

The Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in the Rio Grande Valley will be compromised if the construction of President Donald Trump’s notorious border wall begins. Santa Ana is the home to over 400 bird species,...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited UTSA on Jan. 25, 2018.
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Sotomayor’s wide approval is worth exploring

Editorial Board January 31, 2018

UTSA’s high profile visit from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor moved the audience. Her can-do advice was inspiring, as was her humble background. Unfortunately, only students selected before...

Fake woke, real woke

Fake woke, real woke

Kimiya Factory January 31, 2018

Woke. The four letter word of 2017, made famous in Childish Gambino’s hit song Redbone. “Staying Woke” has become a wave everyone wants to get on. But really, what defines being or staying “woke?”...

No fam’ is an island

No fam’ is an island

Justice Lovin January 31, 2018

On Jan. 14, police arrested David and Louise Turpin after their 17-year-old daughter escaped from the house where she and her 12 siblings were confined. While people around the country have rightfully...

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San Antonio: the (big) little city that could

Mackenzie Dyer January 31, 2018

San Antonio’s future is bright. In 2016, the city was listed by The Huffington Post as one of the five most underrated cities in the United States along with places like Pittsburg, Birmingham, Raleigh...

Great, another unqualified politician

Great, another unqualified politician

Brandon Armstead January 31, 2018

This month, the controversial whistleblower Chelsea Manning announced her run for the United States Senate for the state of Maryland. The former army private was found guilty of leaking 700,000 classified...

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The fine line within music and plagiarism

Josh Levario January 23, 2018

Recently two major artists, Radiohead and Lana Del Rey, have been at odds with each other. Del Rey said Radiohead had filed a copyright infringement lawsuit due to similarities between her song “Get...

The Texas Senate Bill 485, 70th Legislature Regular Session. Chapter
159. Approved May 25, 1987 and Effective August 31, 1987 as
an optional holiday.
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Promote and preserve what we march for

Editorial Board January 18, 2018

The large turnout at this year’s MLK March demonstrated San Antonians believe in community engagement in the name of social justice. At UTSA, leaders demonstrate those values every day, and programs...

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Google, your political bias is showing

Ricardo Rodriguez January 18, 2018

Former Google engineer James Damore is suing Google after he was fired last year for penning an internal memo identifying various methods in which the company was intentionally (and illegally) discriminating...

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