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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

COFFEE CHAT with a UTSA professor – Episode 1

Ruben Solis and Kierre Sloan March 27, 2024

Coffee Chat is an hour of rich philosophical discussions and bold coffee. No sugar is needed to digest the information shared by students of all majors. Economics and Finance are commonly discussed along...

Wendy Barker, UTSA Poet in residence and professor, passes at 80

Wendy Barker, UTSA Poet in residence and professor, passes at 80

Riley Carroll, Arts & Life Editor March 28, 2023

Wendy Bean Barker, a John Ciardi Prize winner, accomplished poet, founder of UTSA’s Creative Writing program and award-winning author, recently passed away at age 80. Barker began her career by teaching...

Q&A with Dr. Anita Moss

Q&A with Dr. Anita Moss

Heather Montoya September 4, 2019

Lead into Q&A: In an exclusive interview with The Paisano, Dr. Anita Moss reflected on her 30 years at UTSA. Moss discussed her experience teaching at UTSA, the incident in the Fall 2018 semester...

Emmanuelle Maher/The Paisano

Who really determines the retention of UTSA professors?

Editorial Board September 4, 2019

If professors who are beloved by students are expendable to the university, then the university’s teaching needs are not compatible with the needs of students. Professors, whether on the tenure track...

Lawrence Venuti, Professor of English at Temple University.

Found in translation

Alfonzo Mendoza February 26, 2019

On Feb. 21, Professor Lawrence Venuti of Temple University visited UTSA to present a two day lecture about the importance of translation studies in our ever – increasing globalized society. The second-day...

Around the world in 80 minutes

Around the world in 80 minutes

Alex Hanks February 6, 2019

Dr. Rushforth, senior lecturer of Spanish at UTSA, recently made a proposal that would utilize the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in the classroom. In graduate school, he worked closely with scholars...

A student resting her feet on a desk started the conflict with Anita Moss.

Remove the policy not the teacher

Editorial Board January 30, 2019

Dr. Anita Moss should not have been relieved from teaching for “classroom management issues.” Moss is the professor who was suspended last semester for calling campus police to escort an African American...

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