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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

State of the City: Week of 11/7

State of the City: Week of 11/7

Noah Willoughby, Staff Writer November 7, 2023

Not subscribed to local news but still want to stay up-to-date on the happenings around town? Look no further. Highlighting notable stories from external San Antonio news sources, State of the City summarizes...

UTSA Downtown Campus: a symbol of San Antonio’s progress

UTSA Downtown Campus: a symbol of San Antonio’s progress

Kaitlyn J. Grace, Staff Writer November 6, 2023

UTSA’s Downtown Campus, as well as downtown San Antonio itself, has seen a number of changes this past year, including the groundbreaking of San Pedro II, the relocation of the O. Henry residence and...

Walkable solar panels pave the way for campus sustainability

Walkable solar panels pave the way for campus sustainability

Kylar Royer, Photo Assistant October 31, 2023

UTSA professor Samer Dessouky and Ph.D. student Hamindreza Allahdadi executed the first phase of their solar panel research installed on UTSA’s Main Campus earlier this year.  Allahdadi’s passion...

Controversial athletics fee increase fails by vote of 70.66%

Controversial athletics fee increase fails by vote of 70.66%

Faith Kouadio, Staff Writer October 31, 2023

On Sept. 21, UTSA athletics announced a voting session on a proposed incremental student athletics fee increase to upgrade the university’s various sports programs and subsequently improve its reputation...

State of the City: Week of 10/31

State of the City: Week of 10/31

Alessandra Avila, Contributor October 31, 2023

Not subscribed to local news but still want to stay up-to-date on the happenings around town? Look no further. Highlighting notable stories from external San Antonio news sources, State of the City summarizes...

Research recap: UTSA’s latest research impact

Research recap: UTSA’s latest research impact

Kylar Royer, Photo Assistant October 31, 2023

During October, UTSA climbed the world rankings in research quality and industry impact, in tandem with grants awarded to UTSA staff to study language barriers in engineering and new technology to combat...

Early voting on Main Campus until Nov. 3

Early voting on Main Campus until Nov. 3

Noah Willoughby, Staff Writer October 31, 2023

Early voting for San Antonio’s upcoming Nov. 7 election opened on October 23 and will run through November 3. Voting can be done on the UTSA campus in the H-E-B Student Union Bexar Room (1.102).  The...

University preserves history and culture with digital special collections

University preserves history and culture with digital special collections

Noah Willoughby, Staff Writer October 31, 2023

Since 1974, UTSA Library’s Special Collections has been proactive in acquiring, preserving and providing access to donated cultural materials. Over the past decade, the university has been working towards...

UTSA awarded $500k grant for cybersecurity clinic

UTSA awarded $500k grant for cybersecurity clinic

Kaitlyn J. Grace, Staff Writer October 31, 2023

UTSA was awarded a $500k grant from Google in order to expand a cybersecurity clinic dedicated to preparing students who will be going into the cybersecurity workforce. The cybersecurity clinic joins UTSA’s...

Football star’s bond conditions modified after two violations

Football star’s bond conditions modified after two violations

Jessica McLaren, News Editor October 31, 2023

UTSA wide receiver Joshua Cephus has been twice accused of violating the bond conditions of his pretrial release. His attorney stated that the violations are “explainable,” and his conditions have...

City of San Antonio sued over abortion fund

City of San Antonio sued over abortion fund

Amber Serio, Assistant News Editor October 31, 2023

The City of San Antonio is currently being sued by a group of anti-abortion organizations for budgeting $500k of the city budget towards reproductive health services, such as potentially supporting transportation...

Loop 1604 expansion project causes closures near campus

Loop 1604 expansion project causes closures near campus

Jessica McLaren, News Editor October 29, 2023

There will be many major road and lane closures affecting the Interstate 10 and Loop 1604 interchange this weekend. From Friday evening until Monday at 5 a.m., be prepared for closures on Loop 1604 eastbound...

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