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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

The impact of urban legends

The impact of urban legends

Luna Infante, Assistant Opinion Editor October 31, 2023

“Bloody Mary” repeated three times in the mirror, the tall, faceless man who lurks in the dark, the story of a man waking up with a missing kidney — urban legends have always been whispered to us....

Experience the spooky side of San Antonio

Experience the spooky side of San Antonio

Chloe Williams, Managing and Social Editor October 31, 2023

With a city as old as San Antonio, there are bound to be some skeletons in the closet. The city was founded on May 1, 1718, when a Spanish expedition from Mexico established the Mission San Antonio...

30 years of frightening creativity

30 years of frightening creativity

Jada Thomas, Interim Marketing Manager October 31, 2023

Every year, multiple movies signal the start of “spooky season,” or the weeks leading up to Halloween. Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is among those movies, and this year marks...

Crowning Miss October

Crowning Miss October

Naydine De La Fuente, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

This past Sunday, The Starlighter and House of Eternas hosted one of the most glamorous and goriest alternative drag pageants that San Antonio has ever seen. With a credible line-up of judges and talented...

8 low-budget Halloween costumes

8 low-budget Halloween costumes

Kaitlyn J. Grace, Staff Writer October 24, 2023

The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are changing colors and Halloween is right around the corner. It is the perfect time to pin down that perfect Halloween costume. However, for college students,...

‘Evil surrounds my heart’

‘Evil surrounds my heart’

Ray Rodriguez, Staff Writer October 24, 2023

      In a scene from Martin Scorsese’s late-career masterpiece, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Mollie Burkhart, played by Lily Gladstone, an Osage woman who has just experienced...

In a club called Kooky: Chapter 3, the finale

In a club called Kooky: Chapter 3, the finale

Nicholas Kingman, Staff Writer October 24, 2023

The pitstop at the Native American store was a waste of time. To my dismay, there was no ice-cold beverage like a sugary Coke or even a Snickers bar with so many caramel-covered nuts that it hurts your...

Happy dirt week

Happy dirt week

Lauren Hernandez, Assistant Arts & Life Editor October 24, 2023

        Sometimes, when you call your idols they answer. Joe Sutkowski, frontman of the New York-based band Dirt Buyer, answered my call on the release day of his second...

Creativity meets coffee

Creativity meets coffee

Nichole Martinez, Contributor October 24, 2023

Offering more than a cup of coffee, Curator Coffee, located on the northeast side of San Antonio, also serves as a gallery with ceramics on display from local artists. Yuli Chang, owner and ceramicist,...

SAMA showcases 250 years of American art

SAMA showcases 250 years of American art

Malaki Lingg, Web Editor October 24, 2023

San Antonio Museum of Art’s (SAMA) new exhibit “American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection” takes visitors through 250 years of American art with over 100 pieces overall....

SZA voyages to San Antonio following her sophomore album, ‘SOS’

SZA voyages to San Antonio following her sophomore album, ‘SOS’

Jenna Taylor, Magazine Editor October 23, 2023

Performing at Frost Bank Center for the first time, American singer and songwriter, SZA, had a stellar show on Sunday, Oct. 15 in San Antonio for her “SOS Tour.”  After the postponement of her...

Who let the dogs out?

Who let the dogs out?

Kelsey Zientek, Contributor October 17, 2023

On Oct. 14, San Antonio’s “Puptopia Festival” rolled into downtown and was held at Travis Park. Dogs of all breeds, shapes and sizes came to experience “the Disneyland for dogs.” The Puptopia...

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