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

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...

Why do we protest?

Why do we protest?

Kenyatta Battle January 18, 2018

“Why do we march for peace, mom?’ ‘For the same reason, that you and I plant a tree, her mother answered. We plant a tree for the future hoping the tree we plant today will make tomorrow a better...

The time’s now for journalism

The time’s now for journalism

Editorial Board January 10, 2018

The Golden Globes marked the first day of the spring semester with the “Time’s Up” movement gaining traction. Women are leading the charge to hold big-time producers, corporate CEOs and local managers...

Twenty-three days

Twenty-three days

Samantha Ceballos January 10, 2018

Twenty-three days of break. UTSA students worked and studied for 16 weeks to get only 23 days to relax, recharge and regain the will to continue studying. When the first day of the new spring semester...

Imagine that

Kenyatta Battle January 10, 2018

As college students, we all want careers that will make us happy; however, many of us may never obtain that goal. One reason is life does not always go as planned. Another reason is most of us refuse...

University Star eclipsed

Editorial staff December 6, 2017

Our neighboring student newspaper, the University Star at Texas State University, is facing a potential coup de grâce after a (now former) writer’s column was accused of advocating the murder of white...

Burnt out

Jessica Salinas December 6, 2017

Experiencing stress while attending college is a normal occurrence, and because stress is normal, students often fail to recognize signs and symptoms of a completely different condition—burnout. Burnout...

Participation trophies are bad

Frankie Leal December 6, 2017

When I was no more than four or five years years old, my father and I played football together on the living room carpet. I would try and score, and time after time I would be stopped. I would cry, scream...

Is the end of the internet as we know it?

Kenyatta Battle November 29, 2017

The internet is a large part of our lives as college students, but it may be subjected by corporate regulation soon. In short, these regulations means the public is dishing out more cash and being told...

Hangoverless

Ethan Pham and Andrea Trejo November 29, 2017

Hangovers are undeniably the worst, but neither author of this piece has ever experienced a hangover. Most of us have probably seen those friends the next day, after a night of partying, looking like they...

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Scelfo fired: a difference in opinions

Editorial staff November 29, 2017

UTSA football head coach Frank Wilson fired offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo before bowl game announcements. Wide receivers coach Jeff Kastl will call the plays if UTSA is awarded a bid next Sunday. UTSA...

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