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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

Do not pad the facts, UTSA needs more period products

Do not pad the facts, UTSA needs more period products

Izabella Ali Bocas, Contributor September 12, 2023

Nearly every bathroom on the UTSA main campus has a big silver dispenser labeled “empty.” These dispensers hold no other purpose but to have menstrual hygiene products, yet they always seem to be empty....

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...

Wellbeing education coordinator discusses access to menstrual hygiene products on campus

Wellbeing education coordinator discusses access to menstrual hygiene products on campus

Gauri Raje, News Editor April 26, 2022

Jamie Singh, the wellbeing education coordinator at UTSA’s Wellbeing Services, shed light on the university’s efforts to make menstrual hygiene products available to students.  Singh started working...

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