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

Photos Courtesy of Ethan Pham, The Paisano

Election sends San Antonio into the streets

Isaac Serna November 16, 2016

Anti-Trump protests have swept across the nation. Demonstrations have been organized in countless major cities in the U.S., including San Antonio. A small group of UTSA students gathered in opposition...

Democracy needs unity, media literacy, activity

Editorial staff November 16, 2016

Regardless of who holds the presidential office, we must be more politically active. With both political parties facing their own crises, identifying ourselves as Democrats or Republicans carries a...

Liar liar, planet on fire

Justice Lovin November 16, 2016

COMMENTARY Epistemology is the philosophical enquiry into the nature of knowledge; it is the question of how one knows what one knows and whether or not that knowledge is reliable. Responsibility...

Let’s make America engaged again

Ethan Pham November 16, 2016

I have never been a proponent of a presidency under Donald J. Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence, but that possibility is now a reality for America, regardless of my opinion. The election results...

Laura Thompson, state representative of District 120, speaks about police accountability to those gathered.
Isaac Serna, The Paisano

Activists stage call to action at San Antonio Police Department

Isaac Serna October 19, 2016

“I called this press conference in order to address the behavior displayed by the San Antonio Police Department,” said Artessia House, a local attorney with Tess House Law. House was speaking to San...

Statistics from 2016 National Sexual Violence Resource Center Report. Graphics by Brady Phelps

It’s sexual assault, not “locker room talk”

Editorial staff October 12, 2016

Warning - graphic content The U.S. Department of Justice defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient.” Language is...

Oh, the Humanities! #5

Adriene Goodwin September 27, 2016

Friends, readers, Roadrunners, lend me your ears (eyes?). Something is rotten in the states of America. The 2016 presidential election has been more underwhelming than “Suicide Squad” but, unfortunately,...

Trump speaks at campaign event in 2016, Gage Skidmore. Licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0

Trump’s trip to Mexico raises eyebrows

Madison Chilton September 20, 2016

According to a June poll, only 2 percent of Mexican citizens have a favorable view of Donald Trump, and, in light of some of the comments Trump has made throughout his campaign, this statistic likely comes...

I am #WithHer, but not who you’re thinking

Dylan Verdi August 31, 2016

I want to be excited at the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman president of the United States. As a woman and as a feminist, I wish I could feel the thrill of shattering the proverbial...

Lecturer claims that many successful leaders display psychopathic tendencies

Lecturer claims that many successful leaders display psychopathic tendencies

Adriene Goodwin March 31, 2016

“Grandiosity is often associated with narcissism. Think about Donald Trump,” said visiting lecturer Norman Sandridge of Howard University at UTSA March 4-5. While the focus of Sandridge’s lecture...

Trumps sound trumps substance

Trump’s sound trumps substance

Justice Lovin March 30, 2016

A certain presidential candidate, who, in accordance with Beetlejuice rules, will not be named, has taken as his slogan, the somewhat loaded expression, “Make America Great Again.” The phrase seems...

Choosing the ‘lesser evil’ is voting for a lesser democracy

Choosing the ‘lesser evil’ is voting for a lesser democracy

Alex Birnel March 29, 2016

  The partisan politics of a presidential election year have many people in a state of unsurprising fervor and mania. Mainstream establishment candidates and populist insurgent candidates have...

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