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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

The Sombrilla Plaza fountain in front of the John Peace Library. Student Health Services will offer COVID-19 testing to symptomatic students, according to the new report from the Public Health Task Force.

UTSA announces COVID-19 testing for symptomatic students in new Public Health Task Force report

Josh Peck, News Editor August 12, 2020
UTSA will offer COVID-19 testing to symptomatic students through Student Health Services (SHS), according to a new report released by the Public Health Task Force (PHTF) on Tuesday. 
The Rowdy statute standing in front of the Multidisciplinary Studies Building. New international students at American universities will not be allowed to stay in the U.S. during the fall, according to DHS, if they are taking all online classes.

UTSA commits to offer in-person courses for new international students so they can live in the U.S. in fall

Josh Peck, News Editor August 9, 2020

UTSA will ensure that all new international students in Fall 2020 will have a partially in-person course load so they remain eligible to enter the U.S., according to a university spokesperson.  U.S....

As several Texas universities announce COVID-19 testing on campus, UTSA remains unclear

As several Texas universities announce COVID-19 testing on campus, UTSA remains unclear

Josh Peck, News Editor August 1, 2020

It remains unclear whether UTSA will mirror decisions made by several UT institutions and the entire Texas A&M system to provide COVID-19 testing on campus in light of statements from UTSA administrators,...

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UTSA administrators release more information about Fall 2020 reopening

Breahna Luera, News Editor July 8, 2020

UTSA administrators President Taylor Eighmy, Provost and Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Kimberly Espy and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Veronica Mendez...

President Taylor Eighmy Speaks at the grand opening of the Westside Community Center in September, 2019. On Tuesday, Eighmy and two of his fellow administrators released part of their plan to reopen UTSA in the fall.

Mandatory face coverings and move to online classes after Thanksgiving among fall plans

Josh Peck, News Editor June 30, 2020

UTSA will require masks to be worn on campus and classes will move online-only following Thanksgiving break according to an email from university leadership on Tuesday. The two decisions mirror acts taken...

Sliding into DM's

Sliding into DM’s

Tali Duarte, Assistant Magazine Editor May 28, 2020

Technology over the past decade has evolved rapidly, making revolutionary changes to our day-to-day lives. It has transformed the way humans communicate, work, entertain and educate themselves as well...

Simone Biles

Ryan Garza, Sports Editor May 28, 2020

During the summer of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team was competing with countries like Russia, Switzerland, and China, to name a few, for the chance to earn an Olympic gold medal...

Alabama Football

Ryan Garza, Sports Editor May 28, 2020

The Alabama Crimson Tide has had one of the most dominant runs in college football over the last decade. Head coach, Nick Saban, has been at the helm of the Crimson Tide for the previous 13 seasons and...

Travis Scott

Travis Scott

Kayla Burford May 28, 2020

From attending classes at UTSA to hitting the top of the Billboard charts, Travis Scott has been a huge icon for this generation. Scott is a six-time Grammy-nominated artist who came from humble beginnings...

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Ana Cecilia Martinez May 28, 2020

Taylor Swift had one of the most successful musical careers and genre shifts of the decade. With the release of her third album, “Enchanted,” Swift began her transition from a country musician to one...

Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey

Robyn Castro May 28, 2020

Lana Del Rey invented a sound of her own and gave the world a modern melancholy and vintage Hollywood aesthetic it lacked. Although her journey to stardom started years before the decade began, she ultimately...

Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Brysen Streeter, Web Editor May 28, 2020

Over the past decade, few pop-stars have reached the same heights as Katy Perry. She helped shape this decade with her incredible run at the beginning of the 2010s. Her third studio album, “Teenage Dream,”...

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