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

Editorial cartoon by Amber Chin/The Paisano

Anonymous

Editorial Board and Kenyatta Battle September 12, 2018

Coward! Gutless loser! These were the words White House press secretary Sarah Sanders used to describe the anonymous writer who wrote the op-ed for the New York Times about the Trump administration. The...

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Conformation Bias: The blight of American Society

Brent Davis September 12, 2018

“YOU ARE A STUPID LIBERAL IDIOT! They are disrespecting the flag and the military of this great country. If you watch Fox News or ask my cousin who was in the military, you would know the real truth...

Make America Great Again hat

Closet politics: UTSA Trump-supporters, comfort and censorship

Rebecca Saenz September 6, 2018

Teenage Trump-supporter Hunter Richard was assaulted at a San Antonio Whataburger this past July. Assailant Kino Jimenez cursed at him, threw a drink at him and stole his “Make America Great Again”...

The Paisano is a self-supported, weekly newspaper run by UTSA students. In more than 30 years of publication, The Paisano has won numerous awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and was a Gold Medalist in 2000.

Starting the school year strong

Lloyd Doggett August 21, 2018

Whether you’re just learning your way around the campus or embracing your last year, it is clear that we need educated leaders like you to help govern our community, now more than ever. WORKING FOR...

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Hands off Syria

Justice Lovin April 17, 2018

The U.S. fired 105 missiles on April 14, including 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to the Pentagon. The missiles hit targets throughout Syria ostensibly in response to the possible use of chemical...

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The resistible rise of Donald J. Trump

Sandy Norman March 28, 2018

These days the last of the Holocaust survivors are blinking out of existence; the details and horrors of the rise of Hitlerism are, for most of us, veiled by the mists of time, unknown, unremembered and...

Texas Rising tabling in front of the McKinney 
Humanities Building. 
Courtesy of Alejandro Lopez/The Paisano

Texas Rising chapter brings activism and art to UTSA

Alejandro Lopez February 7, 2018

The UTSA chapter of Texas Rising distributed a series of street art posters, titled the “The Unapologetically Brown Series,” at the Main and Downtown campuses on Feb. 1, depicting current social issues. Texas...

Great, another unqualified politician

Great, another unqualified politician

Brandon Armstead January 31, 2018

This month, the controversial whistleblower Chelsea Manning announced her run for the United States Senate for the state of Maryland. The former army private was found guilty of leaking 700,000 classified...

Graphic by Enrique Bonilla/The Paisano

Resist the binary

Mauro Vasquez November 15, 2017

Computers are coded with binary sequences. In the mind of a central processing unit, you and I exist as a sequence of ones and zeros. To a certain extent, you too are coded. Our coding consists of many...

Graphic by Ricky Galindo/The Paisano

Why can’t we all just be decent?

Justice Lovin November 15, 2017

In the past month, news cycles have taken a break from presidential politics to present distressing reports on gun violence. The focus is on mass shootings, and the widespread sexual assault and harassment...

The price of free speech

The price of free speech

Ricardo Rodriguez March 2, 2017

Among many of the issues dominating the political dialogue of our country, liberals and conservatives have another reason to squabble–free speech. At the forefront of this conflict is Milo Yiannopoulos...

Municipal, mayoral & midterm elections matter

Editorial staff January 25, 2017

The 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was long and ugly. Many Americans are now feeling weary of politics and relieved the election is over – this is understandable. This...

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