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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

A quiet stand on exploitation

A quiet stand on exploitation

Malaki Lingg, Assistant Web & Social Editor September 13, 2022

Quiet quitting has supposedly spread through the workforce like wildfire as of late, but what is it? Quiet quitting is defined as only putting in the required effort into your job and not working past...

Should celebrities be criticized for their parents' political affiliations?

Should celebrities be criticized for their parents’ political affiliations?

Jenna Taylor, Contributing Writer September 13, 2022

When a celebrity becomes famous, oftentimes they lose the luxury of privacy. A simple Instagram post becomes a statement; everything they upload gets dissected, down to the profiles they tag, the clothes...

Falling fertility rates don’t spell trouble

Falling fertility rates don’t spell trouble

Jessica McLaren, Assistant News Editor September 13, 2022

According to a 2022 report from the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the United States has experienced a 20% decline in birth rates since 2007 that cannot be explained by fluctuations within the country’s...

How to prevent period poverty

How to prevent period poverty

Tori Vidaurri, Contributing Writer September 12, 2022

Period poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, hygiene facilities, waste management and education. This struggle that about 500 million people face globally should not only demand the attention...

Penalty shootouts need to go

Penalty shootouts need to go

Madison Peters, Copyediting Coordinator August 30, 2022

Picture this scenario: you have been playing a game of soccer for 90 minutes, but ultimately, the score is tied. After all of the hard work you have put in running up and down the field shooting, crossing...

Overturning fundamental SCOTUS rulings and what this means for the future

Overturning fundamental SCOTUS rulings and what this means for the future

Riley Carroll and Aisla McKay July 6, 2022

When we initially began writing this co-op piece, the majority draft leak intending to overturn the landmark civil rights case Roe v. Wade had just been released. Now that the decision has continued, Roe...

Working for the knife

Working for the knife

Amanda Sellers, Staff Writer June 8, 2022

On May 24, 2022, at about 11:15 a.m., I was sitting in a courtroom with about 50 other people, being lectured by a county judge on the privilege of being able to participate in our government to delegate...

This is not fashion — this is disordered eating

This is not fashion — this is disordered eating

Kennedy Bustos, Staff Writer May 10, 2022

Trigger warning: Mention of disordered eating The Met Gala — a spring staple, an event for absurdly affluent members of society to parade around in designer clothes and remind the world that they...

Tesla titan: savior or controlling narcissist?

Tesla titan: savior or controlling narcissist?

Alex Fotschky, Staff Writer April 26, 2022

Elon Musk — entrepreneur, inventor and genius, his contribution has changed the landscape of the technological world numerous times. He is one of the richest men in the world yet he has made questionable...

Cover up or suck it up

Cover up or suck it up

Riley Carroll, Staff Writer April 26, 2022

Trigger warning: Mention of sexual predators & sexual assault. Cover your shoulders. Don’t show your chest. Leave something for the imagination. For as long as I can remember, there have been...

Foster care: How much caring is actually happening?

Foster care: How much caring is actually happening?

Chloe Williams, Assistant Web Editor April 26, 2022

On any given day there are 424,000 children in foster care in the United States. With so many lives in the care of the state, why are these children's well-being not a bigger priority? The foster care...

Great Springs Project: Will ambition surpass necessity?

Great Springs Project: Will ambition surpass necessity?

Mason Hickok, Web Editor April 26, 2022

In a city that prides itself on nearly 140 miles of walking trails, San Antonio is soon to be wrapped up in an ambitious concept: a continuous 100-mile trail from the headwaters of the San Antonio River...

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