Government shutdown continues
Arnulfo Caballero
January 16, 2019
On midnight, Dec. 22, 2018 EST, the government was shut down for the second time in 2018. This shutdown has continued forward into 2019, and is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The main issue of this shutdown has been President Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion dollars to build a...
State of the (dis)union
February 7, 2018
Fact checkers across the country were prepping their fingers as President Trump took the podium during his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday. With that said, it’s hard to say if President Trump’s address left the Union in a better place. People hoped Trump’s address would uplift legislators...
Renegotiating net neutrality
David Wenske
November 15, 2017
FCC expected to announce the fate of net neutrality On Nov. 22, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to announce whether to continue with a vote that would repeal net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally. Under the...
Rockets over research
Vincent Valdez
September 27, 2017
President Trump’s 2018 federal budget proposal aims to eliminate the McNair Scholars Program, a Federal TRiO Program designed to prepare undergraduate students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds for doctoral studies at UTSA and around the nation. The proposal asserts there is limited evidence of effectivene...
Satire: Sheriff Arpaio, ‘America’s toughest sheriff ’
Cade Brashear
August 30, 2017
President Trump has delivered on few promises spoken on the campaign trail and in his short yet glorious tenure as our Commander in Chief, but on Friday he has finally come through. President Trump has officially pardoned one of his earliest, outspoken and patriotic supporters - ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, clear...
Actions speak louder than words
Helen Stransky
April 11, 2017
On the early morning of April 4, chemical warfare ensued in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Witnesses of the attack reported seeing bombs dropped from war planes. Upon impact, the nerve agent caused a large yellow cloud—immediately stinging the eyes of people nearby. "It was like a winter fog," a witness rec...
Interim Provost talks Romo and travel ban
Caroline Traylor
March 2, 2017
Last Thursday Dr. Mauli Agrawal, UTSA interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, gave a brief report to the Faculty Senate at their monthly meeting. Agrawal began by commenting on President Ricardo Romo’s administrative leave. “I honestly cannot tell you anything more than what the...
The Lone Star State is not marching alone
Lloyd Doggett
February 23, 2017
Standing on the steps of our State Capitol with my two adult daughters, Cathy and Dr. Lisa Doggett, and my third-grade granddaughter, Clara, and in front of 50,000 Texans, I had the privilege of addressing last month’s Women’s March. Meanwhile, my wife Libby, who has just completed her responsib...
Democratic socialism debuts on campus
Isaac Serna
February 8, 2017
In trend with the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) rise in national popularity, UTSA will have a DSA chapter in its city. San Antonio joins a list of cities with a newly recognized DSA by becoming Texas’ tenth chapter. Riley Metacalfe, UTSA graduate student, organized the chapter and estab...
Discuss and demonstrate
Samuel De Leon
February 8, 2017
The first week of the executive order limiting immigration from seven countries has passed, and the transition is anything but smooth. From the protests at UTSA to Federal Judge James Robart’s decree of unconstitutionality, the order has faced opposition. The ban is responsible for the suspension ...
