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

State higher education funding soars in Texas

State higher education funding soars in Texas

Kara Lee, Graphic Editor March 19, 2024

During the 88th legislative session, higher education institutions in Texas are expected to receive a significant boost in state funding totaling $4.3 billion, according to a national report. The State...

Protect Texans, connect the grid

Protect Texans, connect the grid

Editorial Board March 5, 2024

On the third anniversary of Winter Storm Uri, Representative Greg Cesar (TX-35) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced The Connect the Grid Act. The act would force the Electric...

Polling problems ahead of midterm election

Polling problems ahead of midterm election

Editorial Board October 18, 2022

On Oct. 6, the Texas Organizing Project (TOP) officially filed a lawsuit against Bexar County and the Bexar County Elections Office. The lawsuit was filed due to the number of polling places within Bexar...

Laying a shooter to rest: Where is the line between morality and ethics?

Laying a shooter to rest: Where is the line between morality and ethics?

Malaki Lingg, Assistant Web Editor August 30, 2022

On May 24, 2022, an armed Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, taking the lives of 21 people before police intervention led to his death. Following the aftermath, Ramos’ autopsy...

Illustration by Alex Hanks

Voter suppression is alive and well

Areebah Bharmal, Contributing Writer September 14, 2021

Despite efforts by Texas Democrats, Senate Bill 1, which tightens Texas’ already stringent voter laws, was passed and signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 7. This law targets minorities and those...

Graphic by Alex Hanks

Election 2020: Over 71 million Americans wanted an encore of this nonsense?

Alex Hanks, Opinion Editor November 10, 2020

I love cliche horror films. Most of them are fairly predictable. You have a group of characters in isolation, evading danger at all costs while also experiencing excruciating death all around them. But...

Illustration by Alex Hanks

Looking past Pence’s fly: key takeaways from the VP debate

Bella Nieto, Staff Writer October 13, 2020

Last Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris faced off in the first and only vice presidential debate. The main takeaway for many was the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s hair....

Cornyn vs. Hegar: the Senate race that could evolve (or devolve) Texas

Cornyn vs. Hegar: the Senate race that could evolve (or devolve) Texas

Joseph Hernandez, Copyediting Coordinator October 13, 2020

Amidst the tidal wave of attention devoted to the presidential election that comes around every four years, it’s easy for down-ballot elections to go relatively ignored by many voters. But these...

Photo by Robyn Castro

All or nothing: local candidates and the stake they have in Texas public schools

Alex Hanks, Opinion Editor October 13, 2020

At this point in the year, we have all affirmed that things are different now. Uncertainty has run the show, and more specifically, our schools. President Trump and his team have emphasized throughout...

Illustration by Analisa Sulacia

POTUS takes ‘Teflon President’ to new heights with release of ‘Rage’

Alex Hanks, Opinion Editor September 22, 2020

Last Tuesday, Washington Post’s Associate Editor Bob Woodward published “Rage,” a tell-all book giving a synopsis of various interviews between Woodward and President Trump. The president’s love...

Photo by Alex Hanks

Thank you, Bernie

Isabella Briseño, Staff Writer April 8, 2020

We are all feeling a lot of emotions right now. Among a pandemic, the primary and all the other bad things that were already happening, it is easy and valid to feel hopeless. When I learned that Bernie...

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