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

Why the TikTok ban is necessary

Why the TikTok ban is necessary

Bela Ross, Staff Writer March 26, 2024

Earlier this month, the House passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the United States. In the bill, the alternative to being banned is for the app to be sold by its Chinese owner, Bytedance....

Comedy, stories and surprise guests

Comedy, stories and surprise guests

Jenna Taylor, Magazine Editor February 27, 2024

      Tana Mongeau, a famous YouTuber who first started uploading story time videos in 2015, and Brooke Schofield, a comedic TikTok personality and podcast co-host, embarked...

Jon seeking attention

Jon seeking attention

Allana Llabres, Assistant Social Media Manager October 24, 2023

Jon Romano was 16 years old in 2004 when he opened fire at Columbia High School in New York. This shooting was quickly stopped, and only one teacher was injured. Now, Romano is a 35-year-old who was released...

‘The Patriot Act’ of the digital age

‘The Patriot Act’ of the digital age

Malaki Lingg, Assistant Web Editor April 4, 2023

TikTok is one of the largest social media platforms, boasting approximately one billion active users globally — eighty million of these users reside in the United States. On January 30, Congress announced...

Limiting the wrong rights

Limiting the wrong rights

Riley Carroll, Arts & Life Editor January 31, 2023

The government is taking away our rights like nobody’s business, but not the lethal liberties that claim the lives of many. Women have lost reproductive freedoms, and TikTok has been banned on all government...

Texas takes on TikTok

Texas takes on TikTok

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer January 24, 2023

TikTok has changed the landscape of social media for the worse. The massive number of users on the platform have provided the Chinese company Bytedance with a surplus of personal data that they can sell...

Risking our lives should not be trendy

Risking our lives should not be trendy

Sam Wendorf, Contributor November 15, 2022

The Kia Challenge is the latest in a long string of TikTok trends. It is hard to miss trends — one person will do something that gains attention, and others follow, hoping to garner the same attention...

TikTok cannot save this tragedy

TikTok cannot save this tragedy

Laynie Clark, Managing Editor October 25, 2022

This article contains spoilers for the book, “It Ends With Us.” “Society has obviously been worshipping the wrong heroes this whole time because I’m convinced it takes less strength to pick...

Is social media the death of originality?

Is social media the death of originality?

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer October 18, 2022

Originality: Everyone likes to think they are unique and special, but the sad truth is that billions of people have come before us and billions will come after. Yet individual humans are still special....

Toxic Masculinity

Toxic masculinity breeds misogyny

Sofia Garcia, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2022

“If my wife lets herself go after I have kids with her, I’m going to tell her, once: ‘If you don’t get your s–t together… If you can’t do that, I’m out.’ I still want to be sexually attracted...

Hold entitlement accountable

Hold entitlement accountable

Editorial Board January 25, 2022

On Jan. 8, a local UTSA sorority student went viral on TikTok for verbally assaulting a Whataburger employee. The video shows Charlee Malone shouting insulting, discriminating phrases such as, “You’re...

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