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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

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Folk music is the new pop

Folk music is the new pop

Malaki Lingg, Web Editor March 5, 2024

As the years go by, popular music changes: One year the Billboard Hot 100 may have a collection of R&B-inspired club songs, while two years later there could be a shift to acoustic-driven tracks. Tastes...

Country music is the new pop

Country music is the new pop

Faith Kouadio, Staff Writer February 27, 2024

There is pop music, the genre, then popular music, the cyclical wave of music genres that consume the radio, grip the public and generally shift every ten years. Popular music is the most reflective marker...

Limiting the wrong rights

Limiting the wrong rights

Riley Carroll, Arts & Life Editor January 31, 2023

The government is taking away our rights like nobody’s business, but not the lethal liberties that claim the lives of many. Women have lost reproductive freedoms, and TikTok has been banned on all government...

Texas takes on TikTok

Texas takes on TikTok

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer January 24, 2023

TikTok has changed the landscape of social media for the worse. The massive number of users on the platform have provided the Chinese company Bytedance with a surplus of personal data that they can sell...

President Biden’s recent pledge does not guarantee reconciliation

President Biden’s recent pledge does not guarantee reconciliation

Misty Olawunmi, Contributing Writer September 6, 2022

President Biden’s recent promise to cancel student loan debt aims to alleviate the burden placed on millions of Americans — especially low and middle-income borrowers. To some, this undertaking is...

President Biden’s silver lining

President Biden’s silver lining

Dafny Flores, Staff Writer September 6, 2022

College is a life achievement implemented to people from the start. We ask kids about their future plans: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” While inviting local business owners and zookeepers...

Point/Counterpoint: The roots of outrage culture

Point/Counterpoint: The roots of outrage culture

Andres Carrillo, Contributing Writer February 22, 2022

If you’ve paid attention to pop culture lately, you’ve probably noticed a trend of outrage occurring over uncomfortable things being uncovered about celebrities, like the Joe Rogan controversy or the...

Point/Counterpoint: Sometimes ‘outrage culture’ is the only option

Point/Counterpoint: Sometimes ‘outrage culture’ is the only option

Sofia Garcia, Editor-In-Chief February 22, 2022

We are undeniably in the age of social media, and accompanying the experience of that exponential growth is the birth of new umbrella terms used to describe certain internet behaviors. Outrage culture...

Point/Counterpoint/Counterpoint: Who is the best Spider-Man?

Point/Counterpoint/Counterpoint: Who is the best Spider-Man?

Kayla Trujillo, Laynie Clark, and Jada Thomas February 8, 2022

Tobey's POV: After 20 years and three different adaptations of the character, one of the biggest controversies of our generation is: who is the best Spider-Man? So, I present to you an opinion that...

The debate over the Come and Take It flags subsequent removal from UTSAs campus has elicited strong emotions. What new tradition the university replaces it with will be interesting. Caleb Preston/The Paisano

Point/Counterpoint: two perspectives on the removal of the ‘Come and Take It’ flag

September 14, 2021

Editor's Note: The following point/counterpoint is a composite of opinions from the sports staff, representing a broad range of opinions in favor of the change and against it. The removal of 'Come...

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