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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

Crush the corporate culture

Crush the corporate culture

Allana Llabres, Social Media Manager January 30, 2024

In the past four years, workplace culture has completely changed. Thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic, more people have begun working from home on their own time, increasing mental health awareness in the...

World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day

Kaitlyn J. Grace, Staff Writer October 10, 2023

With the number of people with mental health conditions on the rise, it is important to spread awareness about mental health and dismantle the stigma and stereotypes that surround it. On Oct. 10, World...

Students Helping Students fosters safe space for mental health discourse

Students Helping Students fosters safe space for mental health discourse

Isabella McGovern, Assistant Magazine Editor April 5, 2022

Students Helping Students is a student-run mental health organization that focuses on providing a safe environment for students to share their feelings and experiences while helping each other grow, feel...

Student Organization Feature: Active Minds

Student Organization Feature: Active Minds

Laura Thevaos, Contributing Writer February 22, 2022

Active Minds is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness, especially among young adults, through dialogue and interaction at UTSA. The organization was founded by Alison Malmon...

UTSA PD strives to better their mental health crisis techniques

UTSA PD strives to better their mental health crisis techniques

Bella Nieto, News Editor September 14, 2021

UTSA PD, in collaboration with UTSA Department of Counseling, is organizing a mental health/crisis intervention training for campus police officers. The goal is to enhance the tools campus police officers...

UTSA Mental Health and Counseling Services

UTSA Mental Health and Counseling Services

Laura Thevaos, Contributing Writer September 7, 2021

Moving away from home and coming to college can be a life-altering transition for most people and being alone, away from family can be stressful, lonely and isolating. Many students struggle by themselves...

Pressure is a privilege

Pressure is a privilege

Ryan Houston-Dial, Opinion Editor March 16, 2021

 During his Dallas Cowboys press conference after inking a massive four-year $160 million dollar contract, Dak Prescott said the phrase “pressure is a privilege” after reporters asked about Super...

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Black men, your mental health matters

Ryan Houston-Dial, Opinion Editor March 2, 2021

I am a black man in America. I enjoy manicures, romantic comedies and sometimes cry at the slightest inconveniences because it makes me feel better. I stand comfortable in my identity and don’t think...

Photo by Ryan Houston-Dial

Clarity at last

Alyssa Lopez, Contributing writer February 2, 2021

There was a certain vision in my head. A plan that I wanted to follow from the very beginning of college. My vision started with having my career path already picked out. Finish my basic classes within...

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COVID-19: How I turned the pandemic into something positive

Ryan Houston-Dial, Assistant Opinion Editor May 20, 2020

I sat in my room on a dreadful Monday afternoon staring at my roof. I overheard on my TV that COVID-19 was spreading quickly throughout the U.S. It was only a matter of time before it reached my hometown...

Suicide by police

Kade Davis October 4, 2017

On the evening of Sept. 16, Scout Schultz created a disruption with a multi-tool knife on the Georgia Tech campus. When the police arrived, Schultz pleaded with one of them to shoot and kill Schultz; one...

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