Student Government Association allocates $9,000 to support Roadrunner Pantry
Josh Peck, News Editor
September 18, 2020
In their latest general assembly, The Student Government Association (SGA) allocated $9,000 of their nearly $50,000 annual budget to supporting the Roadrunner Pantry. The funds will be used to purchase and donate items to the food pantry throughout the semester. The $9,000 allocation represents 19% of SGA...
SGA Personal Hygiene Inititative supplies free menstrual products
Christina Troy, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) Personal Hygiene Initiative, which aims to reduce stigma around menstruation by providing students with free menstrual products, began planning and collecting data in Fall 2018. On Feb. 4, 2020, Jose Escobedo, business affairs committee chairman and College of...
SGA: They think they can. We hope they can.
March 3, 2020
The newly elected SGA should pursue three principles to establish a better connection with the students they serve and to better manage their organization as a whole: enhance their brand identity, treat fiscal responsibility as a goal rather than an obstacle, and properly fund and staff the judicial...
The state of mental health at UTSA
February 19, 2020
On Feb. 7, President Taylor Eighmy provided The Paisano with his first statement regarding the suicide of Cesar Caballero, sophomore pre-music major and Resident Assistant (RA) at Alvarez Hall. The incident occurred on Dec. 4, 2019, at Alvarez Hall. “We are all deeply saddened by the death of Cesar ...
SGA election commission assumes role of empty judicial branch
Josh Peck, News Editor
February 4, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) voted on Jan. 30 to create a temporary new election commission in order to promote SGA elections and to increase voter turnout. This commission will temporarily replace the SGA judicial branch, which previously had the responsibility of promoting elections. S...
Byron Frohnen breaks UTSA career records
Julia Maenius, Assistant sports editor
February 4, 2020
Senior forward Byron Frohnen has made UTSA basketball history by breaking two school records in back-to-back games. Frohnen now holds the record for career starts with 123 consecutive starts and the all-time rebounding record with 845 career boards. “Breaking a record is pretty cool,” Frohnen said...
Student senators approve executive stipends
November 20, 2019
The Student Government Association (SGA) at UTSA approved the release of stipends to the executive branch for Fall 2019 during its general meeting on Nov. 14. Members of the executive branch took turns presenting their exceptional duties accomplished during the semester. The floor was called to a vote...
SGA proposes budget reallocations
October 30, 2019
UTSA’s Student Government Association (SGA) discussed budget reallocations during their General Assembly (GA) on Oct. 24. Following SGA’s Leadership Summit and homecoming activities, SGA Chief Executive Assistant Kaitlyn Law presented a proposal for budget reallocations since some line item budgets...
T-shirt Exchange
October 23, 2019
The UTSA Student Government Association (SGA) held their annual T-shirt Exchange on the Student Union Lawn on Oct. 17. Students could donate a non-UTSA shirt in exchange for a SGA shirt while enjoying the snacks and games. The event, funded by SGA, was put together by the Student Affairs Committee. College...
SGA reduced seats for leadership summit
October 16, 2019
The Student Government Association (SGA) at UTSA reduced the number of seats available for their leadership summit from 75 to 50. Out of the 50 seats reserved at John Newcombe Tennis Ranch, 45 students and two advisors attended, leaving three seats unfilled. The two-night conference package for 50 people...
Committee aims to make syllabi cosistent
October 16, 2019
SGA officials have begun drafting the Syllabus, Attendance and Participation Grade Standardization Act. The Act was developed by students concerned about the inconsistencies and ambiguity regarding attendance and participation grades. “There were instances where faculty did not have any points allocated...
SGA is what you make it
Forrest Wilkinson
October 9, 2019
As a former Student Government Association (SGA) senator and sustainability chair, I know how student initiatives are created. Some of the initiatives I’ve worked on are the UTSA Meditation Room, UTSA Green Fund, Rowdy Global Kitchen, greater food diversity on campus (vegetarian and vegan foods) and...
