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Faculty cuts affect COLFA class sizes fine arts course selection limited by budget reduction

By Leah Feneley Staff Writer

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President Taylor Eighmy talks with a student about university issues and resolutions.

President sits with students

Eighmy talks with students and faculty about collective vision for the university

By Gaige Davila Co-News Editor

UTSA President Eighmy met with hundreds of students Sept. 24 when he hosted “Pizza with the Prez” in the UC Ski Lodge, the first of several “meet and greet” events planned for the semester.

“If I don’t remain connected to the students, I’m missing the whole opportunity of why I’m here and what we’re going to do,” Eighmy said.

Students lined up for pizza while Eighmy approached them individually, asking their names, majors and concerns with UTSA. “It’s part of measuring the pulse of things and staying connected, so I’m happy to do it,” he said.

Cuauhtémoc Toren, junior marketing major, saw the event as a show of UTSA’s commitment to its students.

“College can be a ‘make it or break it’ commitment to many students, so it’s important that leadership listens to those that the school ultimately serves first.

“It’s important to keep quality and commitment to students, especially with UTSA’s rapid growth.”

Ad interim President Pedro Reyes held similar “meet and greet” events earlier in the year, such as “Coffee with the President.” Reyes met with students and used the event to address general concerns of the university, such as UTSA’s graduation rate.

Eighmy plans to continue the student-toadministration connection with these events.

“I’d like to create a clear expectation that I’m available to hear things,” he said.

“Whether it’s from SGA, or individual students, I want to reach out and listen.”

Along with more “Pizza with the Prez” and “Tacos with Taylor” events, Eighmy is soon announcing college-specific addresses that are open to students. The university president is also expecting an investiture this semester, where he plans to give a State of the University address.

He is also arranging multiple task forces with heavy student involvement to address the issues.

Troye Kelly, senior philosophy and English major, appreciates the new president’s accessibility.

“It’s necessary in order to build trust, which in turn generates support and encourages the continuous movement towards improvement,” he said. “Given the lack of transparency during the last 18 years (under President Romo), our university still made positive strides; so, breaking down the barrier between the President’s office and

Reachout for Turnout MOVE SA registers more than 1,500 voters on Naitonal Voter Registration Day

By Heather Montoya Staff Writer

On Sept. 26, 2017, MOVE SA went to college and high school campuses in San Antonio to register students to vote in honor of National Voter Registration Day (NVRD).

After spending the day registering students to vote, MOVE SA held an after party at Pita Pit. “Tonight is a celebration of all the volunteers who joined us today and it is also a celebration of how many we registered,” said H. Drew Galloway, UTSA alumnus and executive director

of MOVE SA. At the after party, MOVE SA announced they registered 1,508 people to vote in San Antonio on NVRD alone.

“It is extremely rewarding for me to be able to see young students from all across San Antonio grab local government themselves and say ‘we’re going to own this, we’re going take this,’” said Galloway.

“NVRD started about five years ago. We are a part of a network called the Alliance for Youth Organizing.” said Galloway. The Alliance started NVRD as a way to get young people

the constituent groups of the university can only be another step in the right direction.

“It will be interesting to see President Eighmy’s words translate into action that benefits the university.”

Since starting the position, Eighmy has acclimated to the UTSA and San Antonio community.

“I think I’ve met about a thousand students here, and they’ve all been engaged and happy to be here and enjoying their experiences,” he said.

“We love this city, even before we moved here. The community has been very welcoming. People are very enthused about our being here and the future of this institution and the city.”

The next “Pizza with the Prez” event will be at the downtown campus in the Food Court Commons Area of the Frio Street Building, Friday, Oct. 6, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

College of Liberal and Fine Arts’ (COLFA) professors and students are feeling the academic strain this fall semester after a 50 percent reduction in the number of classes taught by nontenuretrack faculty (NTT).

The news was announced the fall semester of 2016. Since that time, COLFA departments have seen an increase in class size and a decrease in faculty.

Tenure-track and tenured professors are now expected to teach lower division classes as a result of the laying off of adjunct professors.

Department of Modern Languages and Literature Spanish professor Gilberta Turner said, “We have people who have been in the system for years, and they are teaching lower level classes.

I think that it is diminishing for them.”

Turner described how heavily she was affected by the budget adjustment. “I was lucky. After the budget cut, I lost my dental and eye insurance because I was a part-time professor. This semester, I was only offered to teach one class, but one of my colleagues retired, so I ended up with two classes. Now I am back with my insurance. Unless you have two classes, you will lose all of your benefits.”

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Old furinture sits in a foreign language classroom in the McKinney Humanities building.

“We have people who have been in the system for years, and they are teaching lower level classes. I think that it is diminishing for them.”

- Professor Gilberta Turner

Professors are not the only ones negatively affected by the class reduction. Class sizes have risen exponentially, which has rendered the number of classes to decrease within COLFA. The larger class sizes are due to the limited number of COLFA classes being offered each semester.

Students within all UTSA colleges have been inconvenienced due to the course shortages.

Most students, regardless of their major, have to enroll in several COLFA classes to the satisfy Continued on page 2 See ‘Students’

involved in government. As one of the seven organizations in the Alliance, MOVE SA advocates for youth involvement in government.

MOVE started out as a student organization at UTSA in 2013 when seven students came together with the goal of getting their peers involved in local government. They started registering people to vote.

MOVE is a grassroots, nonpartisan organization and is an acronym that stands for Mobilize, Organize, Vote and Empower.

The organization now operates in 14 college campuses and 2 Continued on page 2 See ‘MoveSA’

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MOVE SA celebrating their registering of 1,508 people on NVRD.

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UTSA Jing Yong Ye, professor of biomedical engineering at UTSA, has received a twoyear, $354,617 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to support the development of his noninvasive method of detecting prostate cancer. Ye’s research team is developing a novel microscope to detect the cancer through a urine sample.

Texas Senate Bill 16, which became law on Sept. 1, lowers the first-time fee for a five-year license to carry from $140 to $40 and the renewal fee from $70 to $40. It also allows peace officers to get their licenses for free. The new law makes Texas one of the cheapest states in the nation to get a handgun license.

U.S. According to Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló the island is receiving aid but federal officials said recovery efforts were still “logistically challenging.”

Rosselló told reporters Puerto Rico received fuel and food supplies and more government workers arrived to assist efforts. He said there were about 6,400 Department of Defense workers on the island, an increase from 4,600 two days prior.

World Germany celebrated its first same-sex wedding this past Sunday, after the introduction of a new law. Town halls in Berlin, Hamburg, and elsewhere opened their doors to mark the event, made possible by a surprise vote in Parliament three months earlier. The bill, which enjoyed strong public support, passed by a wide margin with 393 lawmakers voting in favor of marriage equality and 226 voting against.

Science NASA’s Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere Friday, ending a twenty-year space journey.

Cassini made its final signal to Earth around 7:55 a.m. EDT. Travelling at about 70,000 mph, the orbiter broke up just seconds later. With Cassini low on fuel, scientists opted to destroy the spacecraft rather than leaving the orbiter to drift around space.

Technology Starbucks shut down its online store on Sunday. The company posted a notice on its online store in late August, notifying shoppers that the site would soon close. The digital store stocked items like Starbucks coffee and branded mugs and tumblers, along with a selection of espresso machines, brewing tools and other accessories.

Starbucks said it would continue to sell branded products like coffee through grocery stores and some online sites managed by its sales partners.

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UTSA celebrates Hispanic Heritage month

By Leah Feneley Staff Writer

Several programs and organizations at UTSA are hosting a series of events celebrating the heritages, histories and cultures of the Hispanic and LatinX communities present on campus and around the world during National Hispanic Heritage Month, from Sept.

15 to Oct. 15.

Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of many regions and culBidi tures around the world.

“When people think Hispanic, they think of only Mexico. People think everything in Hispanic culture is only related to Mexico. It is not,” Vice president of the UTSA Spanish Club Karina Garcia said. “Hispanic culture represents many other voices and cultures.”

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Roadrunners and the San Antonio community are invited to attend the many UTSA centered events that celebrate the achievements and contributions of Hispanics.

“Calle UTSA,” hosted by the Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion, occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the University Center Paseo.

The musical entertainment was provided by Selena Tribute Band Bidi Bidi Banda and UTSA student DJ Matt Hinojosa, with other performances by the Latin

Students experience budget adjustments continued from page 1 core curriculum of their major.

That means there should be an adequate number of courses to accommodate the large amount of students.

American and Hispanic histories within the DJ and beat-making culture.

The last event of UTSA’s Hispanic Heritage Month is the Gala Latina, also hosted by the Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion, on Friday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. in the HEB University Center Ballrooms (HUC 1.104 and HUC 1.106).

The Gala Latina is a semi-formal banquet that includes dinner, dancPhoto Courtesy of Ann Margaret Trujillo/Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion ing and presenting of the Bidi Banda performs for Calle UTSA in front of the HEB UC. Outstanding Latinx Student Leadership Award– Dance Society, Ballet Folkorico Campus Recreation Center from nominations for the award are de UTSA and Multicultural Monday, Oct. 2 to Friday, Oct. currently being accepted. The Greek Council. The event cel13. Students are encouraged to keynote speaker for the Gala is ebrated the diverse heritages and pick up a Loteria card by attendEnrique Aleman–UTSA chair cultures that make up the Hising a group exercise class at the and professor in the Department panic community with an array of Recreation Center, which they of Educational Leadership and fun activities. can attend between Oct. 2 to Oct. Policy Studies. Admission to the A variety of specialty foods 13 by coming to different classes. event is $15 for UTSA students from different countries were also After completing the Loteria and $20 for guests. provided. card, participants will win a prize.

Every Roadrunner and com“We do food tastings and On Thursday, Oct 12 from 6 munity member is encouraged to provide information about the p.m. to 9 p.m., the sixth annual attend, regardless of their racial different types of Latin cuisines.

Cultural Afromestizaje Symidentity. “We celebrate Hispanic We had food from Ecuador, posium will take place at the Heritage Month because of the Brazil, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, University Center Denman Room general diversity on our campusCuba and other countries in Latin (UC 2.01.28). es and also to spread awareness America. This is one way we try The event is coordinated of that diversity,” Trujillo said. to include everyone within the by bicultural-bilingual studies “We want to strengthen inclusiviHispanic culture,” Ann Margaret professor Marco Cervantes, with ty and diversity on our campuses.

Trujillo, associate director of the the topic “Breaking Borders: By interacting and engaging at Student Center for Community DJs, Beat Makers, and Black and these events, people will become Engagement and Inclusion, said.

Brown Sounds.” more aware, understanding and The next UTSA Hispanic HeriThe symposium will feature a connect better with each other.” tage Month event, the Loteria GX panel of scholars, DJs and artists Challenge, will be hosted by the who will discuss the AfricanSenior modern language studies major Ana Garcia described her course experience this fall semester: “After the COLFA cuts, the number of classes available to me went down. I do not have many class options to accommodate my schedule.”

Another issue of the budget adjustment is the inability of seniors to take graduation required classes because there are so few teachers left to teach them.

“The shortage of classes has affected my graduation date; this semester I could have been a full time student but not all of

“The people who have to manage the budget have to cut where they can, and I do not blame them.”

- Professor Gilberta Turner

my required classes were being offered.”

COLFA students and professors have been left disoriented since the massive budget cut, and many do not understand the reasons behind such a life-altering decision.

“The people who manage the budget have to cut where they can, and I do not blame them. I do not blame the lower level or the middle level, I blame much higher. I do not understand why they do not consider COLFA important,” said Turner.

MOVE SA seeks to improve voter turnout continued from page 1 high school campuses throughout San Antonio.

MOVE SA registered 8,568 people in 2016 and over 1,000 people in the first 90 days of 2017. The organization’s efforts helped mobilize voters in the 2017 municipal election, which resulted in youth voter turnout to increase by 300 percent from the previous municipal election in 2015.

MOVE SA encourages voting across all age groups but focuses on reaching out to college students since their demographic has historically had the lowest voter turnout.

“There’s two reasons why young people don’t vote,” Galloway said. “One, (their) vote doesn’t matter; and two, voting is too hard.”

Those who work with MOVE SA want to break down the barrier between students and voting. Volunteers go to campuses to inform people about the voting and registering process and help them actually register.

“We want to tell young people ‘Find the one thing you’re passionate about and go vote for that,’” said Galloway.

Blake Lee, a freshman Public Administration major, is a MOVE

SA intern who registered people to vote on NVRD. “With registering people to vote, every single one counts,” said Lee. “[Their] voice matters, [their] voice needs to be heard.”

Taylor Dean, a junior community health major, volunteers with MOVE SA and says the work he does with the organization is rewarding.

“In the short time that I’ve been doing it, I’ve already learned a lot,” said Dean. “I’ve been able to talk to people and learn what they’re about and what people care about.”

MOVE SA encourages college students to participate in all elections including constitutional amendment, primary, midterm and presidential elections.

Within the next year, there will be three opportunities to vote: the Texas constitutional amendment election on Nov. 7, the primary election in March of 2018, and the midterm election in Nov. 2018.

For more information about MOVE SA, visit the website movesanantonio.org or follow the organization on social media at @MOVESanAntonio.

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opinion

Marijuana law slackens in SA Editorial Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced a new “cite and release” pilot program aiming to put fewer Bexar County residents, including members of the UTSA student body, in jail for nonviolent crimes—including marijuana possession offenses under four ounces.

Instead of arresting offenders on the spot and sending them to jail, Bexar County officers have the option (on a case-by-case basis) to issue a citation with a court date and send the offender on their way.

During a press conference, Salazar described who could benefit from the cite and release program—“the 18, 19-year-old college kid that made a mistake that, quite honestly, thousands of kids every day make that same mistake,” A form of discretionary action had been afforded to the UTSA Police Department prior to the cite and release program. The Student Code of Conduct Sec. 514 states those guilty of possession face a minimum sanction of suspension for a specified period of time, but any other sanction is determined by the Hearing Officer. The Hearing Officer’s options of punishment are listed in Sec 300 and/or 303 and vary in severity, ranging from a disciplinary warning to denying students their degrees.

UTSA students are arrested for

possession of marijuana, but the UTSA Police Department reports do not indicate the type of “drug law” offenses students commit in their annual reporting.

The 2017 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released Sept.

29, 2017, reported 103 students arrested for drug law violations in 2016. In 2015, 115 students were arrested for drug law violations.

San Antonio is not the first major city in Texas to implement policy changes to nonviolent, low-level crimes like possession of marijuana. Harris County (Houston) announced efforts to decriminalize marijuana as early at Oct. 6 2014 by substituting prison time with drug awareness classes and community service for those in possession of under two ounces of marijuana. On Feb 16, 2017, Harris County announced a stronger effort to decriminalize marijuana by upping the threshold of protection to those in possession of under four ounces of marijuana.

Optimistic recreational marijuana users may view these policy changes by Texas police departments as an indication Texas is nearing marijuana legalization— policy changes often lead to law, especially following in-practice success. Unfortunately, the police leadership’s language hints otherwise.

In the press conference, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood said, “This program will allow officers to stay on our streets and continue to protect our community, help prevent the overburdening of our criminal justice system and at the same time, allow the citizen accused an opportunity to learn from a poor choice without having the stigma of an arrest follow them for the rest of their life.”

Other officials from San Antonio to Houston highlight the same motivations for their efforts to decriminalize the possession of marijuana—to prevent the overburdening of the criminal justice system.

UTSA Chief of Police Gerald Lewis resolved to not discuss decriminalizing marijuana in an interview with the Paisano last spring.

“I am not sure if it would be appropriate for me to even discuss that,” Lewis said. “That’s really up to legislation more so than anything else, not up to a person like me.”

Whether intended or not, decriminalizing marijuana does affect the public perception of marijuana.

It may be a slow turn but a positive perception is a catalyst to legalization – legalizing marijuana is the next sensible step.

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By Brandon Armstead Contributing Writer

On Sept. 25, President Donald Trump went on to Twitter criticize NFL players refusing to stand for the national anthem. “The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this.”

In 2016, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to kneel in protest of police brutality toward people of color. To the players, they are expressing their right of free speech. The protest has continued into this season with many more players taking a knee.

The Paisano asked students: “Is football players kneeling a sign of free speech or a sign of disrespect?”

Mason Melnar Sophomore history

Caitlin McDonald Freshman medical humanities

“It hurts me personally, I feel that soldiers fought, so even if you don’t like the flag, you can stand or kneel. I’d stand no matter what, but others wouldn’t… others have been through other stuff, but I feel the firestorm over it is only making money for the people who don’t really care. Colin Kaepernick has set a precedent that you can get your face out there and become a minor celebrity on social media. It’s just another way to establish your face out there, make money and push the racial divide a little bit wider for a little bit more money..”

“I do find it a little disrespectful only because my dad served in the military, so it is close to me. The flag represents our country and our freedom. It is Kaepernick’s right, but from an ethical perspective, it is disrespectful. You’re supposed to stand for the national anthem; that represents our freedom.”

Taylor Abdul Freshman biology

Commentary

By Kade Davis Contributing Writer

On the evening of Sept. 16, Scout Schultz created a disruption with a multi-tool knife on the Georgia Tech campus. When the police arrived, Schultz pleaded with one of them to shoot and kill Schultz; one officer ultimately complied. From there, Georgia Tech students protested, and this became yet another example of civil unrest in response to police brutality.

Scout Schultz was a 21-yearold computer science major at Georgia Tech and the president of the school’s Pride Alliance. Schultz identified as bisexual, non-binary and intersex; Schultz preferred the use of “they” and “them” instead of the pronouns “him” or “her.”

Schultz also had a history of depression, anxiety and had attempted suicide in the past. The

police officer’s unnecessary use of lethal force ultimately led to the death of Schultz, but the situation could have been avoided.

Mental health is a significant issue that has gradually received more attention recently, but the issue is still not addressed appropriately. In addition, the ills of police violence have yet to find a resolution. How should police react to the mentally ill—when a person asks to die, should the police comply?

What if a situation like this had occurred on the UTSA campus? Would campus police have responded in the same way? I would like to think a situation like this would be handled in a more appropriate way, but one can never be 100 percent sure.

Mental health is at its greatest awareness yet, but it is still not at the level of awareness it should be.

Once considered taboo, people are increasingly becoming associated with the symptoms and effects of mental illness, particularly severe depression. Nearly 73 percent of students living with a mental illness have experienced a mental health crisis on campus, but over 30 percent of these students have stated that their particular college did not know about it.

No matter the differing approaches to enforcing the law, there are aspects in need of improvement. If this kind of instance occurs again, the person causing a disruption can be dealt with in a way that doesn’t include death.

But we should ultimately learn to address the needs of the mentally ill in order to prevent situations like this from occurring in the first place. In a time when hate and discrimination are still prevalent, and our leaders are not doing much to alleviate this hate, love and understanding are needed now more than ever.

Ensuring that everyone you know is doing well and promoting healthy relationships with others is what is important. Exclusion and hatred will only perpetuate mental health issues, and more volatile situations are expected from those suffering from mental illnesses.

Imagine if this incident would have occurred on our campus. We are ALL Roadrunners, so there is no room for making people feel unimportant, unwanted or unloved.

We should reinforce love and provide a welcoming environment for all.

Nathan Banda Freshman political science

“I see it as a sign of free speech rather than disrespect. The players are raising awareness. I can understand people who have family in the military, but they also gotta understand why the players are kneeling.”

“It is a sign of freedom because they’re kneeling for a cause; they feel like injustice is going on. If they want to kneel, then who am I to stop them? All my family is in the military, and they don’t see a problem with it. They see it as free speech as well.”

Jayden Bunting Freshman civil engineering

Alexis Quinones Sophomore psychology

“I think it’s a sign of free speech. People are misinterpreting what the players are doing. It’s free speech, a gesture to the people that are being killed in America.

They’re kneeling; it’s not like they are burning the flag or anything.”

“I would say it’s free speech.

Obviously, it’s your Constitutional right to kneel, to assemble, to petition, and they are using their platform to assemble and protest a certain issue. I think people need to understand why they’re protesting and to understand the Constitution.”

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When words fail to describe the inexplicable, it is artistic expressions such as music that give insight into the deep and enigmatic aspects of being human. Music not only helps us understand other people, but also unveils our own souls. Maintaining and supporting the growth of music is imperative to keeping empathy in our world. Finding support for music is not necessarily the problem; the problem is finding support for the musicians who need it the most.

Local and lesser-known musicians are normally the ones who thirst and hunger for a sufficient audience. Each week they drag their equipment to restaurants and bars across towns and over state lines to give their all during a performance to another audience of strangers. Most places are not willing to shell out mounds of cash to unknown artists. The artist has to prove they can bring in custom-

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ers to fill up bar stools and to buy drinks; however, it becomes much more difficult to prove you’re worth the extra money when support from the community is abysmal.

So why don’t local artists just focus all of their attention on making money from streaming sites or album sales? The truth is quite harsh. The payout to artists is minimal. An investigation by Forbes Magazine broke down the process of butchering an artist’s monthly revenue to divide it amongst numerous parties on the music streaming site Spotify. An artist’s record label will first take an automatic flat royalty percent-

age from the artist’s streams, with Spotify typically taking 15-30 percent of what is left. Afterwards, with 40 percent being the average total revenue left, the remaining money must be divided up between the publishers, songwriters and artists. This essentially leaves musicians with the scraps and bones.

However, when you are a world famous musician, such as acousticpop artist Ed Sheeran, the billions of online streams will collectively add up to a nice bonus check. Most musicians are not as fortunate.

For the majority of the music world, sustaining themselves means severe hours of arduous never-ending travel. But it isn’t

entirely tragic. Aside from the fact that supporting local music usually goes hand-in-hand with supporting local businesses, local shows are often rich with intimacy and a greater inner beauty. Audiences are treated to a much more personal concert compared to stadium pop and even a chance to connect and converse with the people behind the music.

If you find yourself interested in such an experience, go visit sa.current.com under the music tab because local acts are posted periodically. Also, check your local coffee shops and bars for musician tour dates and open mic nights.

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By Jessica Salinas Staff Writer

I consider myself plagued by inaction. Similar to Esther Greenwood in Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” my life branches out before me like a fig tree. The tip of each branch is every possible future I could have if I so choose. I starve because of my indecision. The figs of my future begin to wrinkle and go black; they plop to the ground at my feet.

I put things off for days, weeks, months and even years. I will postpone anything and everything.

It can range from renewing my vehicle’s registration sticker to completing an assignment, and from waiting until the end of the year to quit my job to putting off telling someone how I feel.

I find comfort in my long periods of inactivity. Yes, I stay in the same spot, but at least I don’t get hurt. I get too comfortable; I pretend I’m okay with my selfimposed stasis. I get stuck in yearslong ruts; it’s not okay, because

nothing changes—I don’t change.

I don’t grow as a person. I don’t let myself become better. And I tell myself, ‘there’s always tomorrow,’ or ‘I’ll do it later,’ even though tomorrow’s not going to come around, and I’m not going to do whatever I postpone.

The procrastination’s usually a bad mix of laziness and perfectionism, but when it comes to action—fear always wins out. I let my fear get the best of me. It’s a fear of failing or succeeding, finishing something or beginning something, rejection or acceptance.

It’s all the same; I’m still afraid.

My fear (usually accompanied by paranoia, suspicion and anxiety) still paralyzes me.

I’m not going to wake up one morning and suddenly be unafraid.

I can’t wait until I’m ready to face my fears, because the day may never come. To be entirely cliché, sometimes I just have to bite the bullet and face my fears head on.

I can’t say I’ve been on the other side of fear many times. For me, the other side of fear is more fear, but there’s freedom too. It’s as if a huge weight’s been lifted off my shoulders. There’s freedom in knowing the truth, even if the truth is a crippling blow. Now, I can move on. I’m looking at life differently. It’s a slight difference, but it’s there; it exists.

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ARts & Life

Perdoname Santa Muerte

Santa Muerte gains devotion and rejection internationally in past decade; documentary short to be unveiled this week.

By Carlos Hughes Staff Writer & Enrique Bonilla Arts & Life Editor

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eep in the heart of Mexico City lies a barrio by the name Colonia Morelos, a small neighborhood on the southside of downtown Mexico City.

This barrio has been around since the Aztec reign and has always been regarded as one of the poorest barrios of the historic city.

In times of dire need, the poverty stricken people here, as humans have throughout the centuries, turn to faith, spirituality and the supernatural as ways to cope with struggles they must endure that are beyond their control.

In Colonia Morelos, longtime resident Enriqueta Romero, known as la doña de muerte (the donna of death) runs a shrine dedicated to folk saint, Santa Muerte.

Romero has a massive shrine adorned with flowers, written prayers and candles paying respect to her husband, who was shot last year by

suspects unknown.

Santa Muerte originates in Tepito, a small town along Mexico City’s edges, 20 miles away from Colonia Morelos.

Romero’s late husband had the largest Santa Muerte store in the region. He was shot alongside his son.

The Romeros prayed for “a holy death”–la santa muerte.

Santa Muerte has gained popularity at the turn of the century. Since 2001, her popularity has skyrocketed and she currently has an estimated 10 to 12 million followers and worshippers internationally.

She is believed to be more forgiving of sins than the Catholic Church; this is why she has become associated with drug cartels, theft and murder. With any supernatural belief, there are cognitive biases.

If a problem is cured, it is only due to her intervention, not any tangible action. If a problem goes uncured, it is due to a lack of prayer or the wrong sacrifice. If a problem is cured and another problem arises, it is the saint collecting payment. These self-serving biases help maintain Santa Muerte’s notoriety.

Along with this strong devotion has come backlash from Christianity and the

Photo by Enrique Bonilla Enrique Bonilla / The Paisano

Above: Local witch, Brujita Maya, stands in front of her Santa Muerte protected residence.

Left: Santa Muerte made out of gold, diamonds and money.

Right: Santa Muertes looks over Maya’s family with photos and offerings in place.

Mexican government.

Folk saints are a group of saints who have not been recognized or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

“Santa Muerte is not holy, it’s all about promoting Satanism; it’s a cult; it’s been condemned by the Church just recently,” said Rev. Michael D. Pfeifer, O.M.I. bishop emeritus santa.

“It’s not religion just

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because it’s dressed up like religion,” said cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Ravasi went so far as to refer to the practice of Santa Muerte as a “degeneration of religion.”

The Mexican government attempted to suppress the “cult”; the government destroyed 40 roadside shrines dedicated to the folk saint.

Regardless of this suppression by the Catholic Church and the Mexican government, the worship and endearment of the saint perseveres and continues to be practiced faithfully across Mexico and the southwestern US. Continued on page 6 See “Perdoname”

Dale shine a San Anto DIY print First local zine fest comes to life in San Antonio this week at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

By Taylor Zamora Staff Writer

For the past few years, independent publications have embodied the DIY ethos in San Antonio–from the Gnostic Anthropology zines handed out of small cultesque houses on the southside to the highly active St. Sucia zine, which is not included in the Latino Collection Resource Center at the San Antonio Library.

These publications are

referred to as zines and are becoming increasingly popular.

What exactly are zines?

Short for magazine, zines are self-published, printed materials of any size or shape that hold stories, poems, illustrations, photos, articles and comics.

Zines are self-made and self-published in limited quantities for small audiences

typically with a niche focus.

The most notable zines are created in varying ways but the most popular way to make zines include printing and hand-making.

Six brave writers and artists are holding the first ever fest delving into these publications–the San Anto Zine Fest.

“This is all organized by women of color, and I think that’s amazing,” said Isabel Castro, one of two creators of St. Sucia. Isabel Castro, Natasha Hernandez, Claudia Cordona, Suzy Gonzalez, Isabel Ramos and Ana Ortiz are the six organizers of the San Anto Zine Fest. “We wanted to create a space for publishers in San Antonio,” said Castro.

A zine festival is a function where independent publishers

get a chance to showcase and sell their zines. The most popular genres are “perzines” personal magazines; “info zines” how-to’s; “chapbooks” poetry and prose collections; and comic books.

“Independent markets like zine fests are a place where creators can share their work with the community and connect with other artists and writers,” said Castro.

The San Anto Zine Fest will be held on Oct. 7 at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

The programming includes a Screening/Filmmaker Q&A: Pretty Vacant

by Jim Mendiola; “Listening to Latino Voices” with Dr. Juan Alonzo, Professor Nathan Madrid and Rhyma Castillo from Texas A&M University; a D.I.Y. Panel; a UTSA Special collections Presentation with Amy Rushing; “How to use Zines to

Connect with Teens” with SAPL Librarian David Gallin-Parisi; and a Zine Making Workshop with Isabel Ann Castro.

St. Sucia, Chiflad@ Zine, Yes Ma’am, La Liga and a myriad of other zine publications will be at the festival.

Graphics courtesy of San Anto Zine Fest

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Thee crypt opens Creative Creatures returns to Brick for Friday the13th freaks, flash tattoos and fun.

By Katrina Clements Staff Writer

When Friday the 13th comes to mind so too does ominous horror movies, black cats and bad luck, but for the second time this year, it will be nothing but buzz about Tales from the Creative Crypt.

Creative Creatures, curators of the event, is a local collective made to fuse the San Antonio and surrounding areas’ art and music communities in a way that breaks certain molds by showcas-

ing a variety of art forms.

This fall’s event will bring 40+ creators of all genres of art including painters, illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, mixed media artists, sculptors, zine printers, apparel designers, vintage artisans, tattoo artists and special effects makeup artists.

Power couple Karen G. Rios and Eddy Rios founded the collective in January of 2014 to create a space and

Photo courtesy of Creative Creatures

network where novice and seasoned artists can come together and reach a wide audience.

In order to reach larger audiences, Creative Creatures use tattoo artists as another medium seldom seen amongst traditional canvas based visual artists.

Friday the 13th tattoos are known by branding the number 13 somewhere in the design and are generally picked from a flash sheet artists create for the occasion.

The owners of Calaveras Custom Tattoo are going to cause lines out the door at the Creative Crypt with their $13 tattoos deal (plus a lucky $7 tip).

The artists will have a flash sheet of potential tattoos that will reflect the theme with spooky and dark undertones, and traditional tattoo elements incorporated as well.

To create a backdrop for the event, San Antonio bands Los Tejanos Muertos, Harvey McLaughlin and the Bottom Feeders, Rivers

Lines will file out the door for tattoos so arrive early.

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Shrine to Santa Muerte.

“Santa Muerte helped me through this,” Maya says, with tears in her eyes, “I have no family here, I have no guidance, I have nothing: what I have is through Santa Muerte. I’ve gone through many religions and have never found what I found in Santa Muerte.” A tarot card found lying on the floor of Brujita Maya’s house leaves a lasting impression on the love death has for us all–“La muerte es justa y pareja para todos, pues todos vamos a morir– death is just and fair for all, as we will all die.”

“La Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas,” a documentary short, delves deeper into the practice, devotees and denouncers of the faith in Mexico, Texas and internationally.

The film will be screened at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on Oct. 5. The screening includes a panel discussion with filmmakers Andrew Chesnut, leading religious studies scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of the first monograph on the subject “Devoted to Death; Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint”; Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba of the University of Texas San Antonio along with GCAC Executive Director Cristina

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Thieves, and Made with Love with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. To further entice attendees, there will be a giveaway to the first ever rock’n’roll and horror expo, Rockula Horror Expo for “night owls, monster lovers and the kids who didn’t fit in,” happening later this month.

Creative Crypt will begin

Ballí, who is producer of the film.

Ballí cites an experience at Eastside Memorial HS in Austin where she was working with inner city kids on a radio and video workshop as a catalytic moment towards the film’s production. The students requested to do an episode on Santa Muerte, which Ballí met with resistance as she was from the valley where death and crime is associated with Santa Muerte. Students recounted tales of prayers to Santa Muerte that resulted in remission of cancer, giving Ballí a new point of view on the mysterious figure.

The spread of Santa Muerte where Latin American immigrants began to migrate over the past two decades also caught the eye of the film’s producer. The popularity in South Texas is especially noticeable.

“When we were doing the research for this project in south Austin, we found out that the veladoras (candles of prayer) to Santa Muerte were outselling the veladoras to the Virgin de Guadalupe,” Ballí said.

Mysterious and misunderstood, Santa Muerte lives in the hopes of many and nightmares of others. Ballí says she wishes to “explain it further; it’s not just a saint for narcotraficantes. We wanted to explain it further and get rid of some of the negative stigma that surrounds it.”

Forgetful and forgiving to those unforgiven by the church, the robed, scythewielding skeleton is a saint unto the downtrodden, poor and marginalized; a saint of last resorts.

at 7 p.m. at Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex on Friday Oct. 13 with tickets available for purchase for $5. If you love all things spooky, macabre and artistic the Creative Creature’s Friday the 13th event will feed the hunger your black heart desires.

Photo courtesy of Creative Creatures

Regina Morales, local artist, will be at this year’s Crypt.

Artists and vendors will line every inch of Brick on Oct. 13.

Perdoname

In San Antonio, Ana Maya, better known as Brujita Maya, is a practicing witch specializing in Santa Muerte. “I’ve been with her for about 7 years,” she said, but as a young girl living in Matamoros and later Harlingen, where Santa Muerte has a heavy presence, Maya admits she was apprehensive at first. Tales of missing children, death and jail were whispered outside of yerberias (alternative medicine stores originating in Mexico) scaring her away from the saint. However, Maya said, “Everywhere I went I saw yerberias, saints and brujeria, so I had respect for her, but still afraid of her. One day while hiding from my mom in the closet I saw her.” In this closet, young Maya found an altar to Santa Muerte.

Frightened, but curious she kept this experience with her into her adult life until six years when an undocumented Maya was escaping an abusive relationship.

Without legal papers, the single mother moved into a shelter where she found solace in Santa Muerte.

Maya’s prayers were answered. She found a lawyer to help her immigration status. She was able to find a job and housing. She began her criminal justice degree.

Want and The Blind Owls from Corpus Christi will be performing over the night.

The bands will be highlighted by visuals and projections along with an interactive photo booth.

The founders consider the culinary arts to be a part of the creative community here in San Antonio, so to fuel up at the event there will be food vendors Gastronautica Mac and Cheese, Cake

Photo courtesy of Creative Creatures

Regina Morales, local illustrator, will be present at this year’s Creative Crypt event

Photo courtesy of Creative Creatures

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Sports Former roadrunners take to the NFL Four UTSA football players find themselves on an NFL roster

Jarveon Williams breaks a tackle in UTSA’s 2016 homecoming game against UTEP.

By Ryan Garza Staff Writer

The UTSA Roadrunner football program has only been around since 2011, but athletes from the program are making their presence known in the NFL. Former players David Morgan II, Teddy Williams, Jarveon Williams and Brian Price are try-

ing to forge their own respective paths to successful careers in the league.

Tight end David Morgan II made history back in 2016 as the first ever Roadrunner to be drafted by an NFL team when he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. He is currently listed as the backup tight end on the Vikings roster. Morgan II was second-team All-American and

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second-team All-C-USA with over 1,000 yards receiving and eight total touchdowns during his career at UTSA. One of the most memorable moments of Morgan’s collegiate career was when he managed to carry a Kansas State defender on his back for a first down.

Cornerback Teddy Williams never played for the UTSA football program,

Athlete of the week: Nate Gaines

By Frank Leal Sports Editor

Over the course of his time at UTSA, Nate Gaines has developed into an impressive athlete on the football field.

After a great 2016 campaign in which he racked up 80 tackles, he earned a spot on the 2017 preseason second-team AllConference-USA team. Three games into his final season, Gaines has shown football fans he is a key piece to a UTSA defense that already features stars such as Marcus Davenport and Josiah Tauaefa.

Gaines started playing football at only four years old, and he quickly fell in love with the sport. “I loved the atmosphere of playing such a great team sport. Once I moved into playing with pads, I really loved the physicality of the sport,” said Gaines.

Gaines comes from an athletic family and has three older siblings. His sister went to a DI school to play basketball and his brother played football at a DII school for a while as well.

“Being the youngest, I really learned a lot of my athletic abilities and stuff from my brother and my dad. We just all really like sports,” said Gaines.

Gaines played football at Poteet High School in Mesquite,

Texas. There, he was a standout player on both sides of the ball.

With the team consistently making deep runs into the playoffs, college scouts were always nearby, and Gaines garnered the attention of quite a few schools including SMU, the school he committed to first.

Ethan Pham/The Paisano Nate Gaines celebrates after making an interception.

“I decided to take Off the field, Gaines is a making videos, but I haven’t a visit to UTSA, and multidisciplinary studies major, been able to make one in a I just loved it,” said Gaines and he is on track to graduate while because of football,” about his decision to come to in the spring. “It’s a very broad said Gaines.

UTSA after high school. “They major, so I feel like I can do “Football has molded me had this culture of being like a a lot of things with it,” said into the man I am today,” family and they made me feel Gaines. With graduation in said Gaines. “It gives you wanted.” mind, Gaines has aspirations of that perseverance and hard After things fell through with playing football professionally work ethic that will take you both SMU and Oklahoma State, after college. With the type of far in life in whatever you Gaines somehow found his way player he has proved to be, it’s decide to do.” to San Antonio and became a certainly not out of the quesOver the past few years, Roadrunner. Here at UTSA, he tion. “I’m not putting all my UTSA fans have grown achas found tremendous success eggs in one basket, but that’s customed to watching numand has totaled 165 tackles what I’m counting on too,” ber 11 hover over the middle and five interceptions over his said Gaines. “With the year of the field, always reading UTSA career, with most of we’re having, hopefully some the eyes of the opposing his senior season still to go.

NFL scouts will recognize our quarterback and jumping According to Gaines, playing defensive talent.” routes. This is his last season for UTSA has been a great In his free time, Gaines says playing on Saturdays for the experience. he likes to watch Netflix. “I Roadrunners, but perhaps “My favorite thing about recently picked up playing the it won’t be long before we playing for UTSA has been piano, and that’s been fun.” see Nate Gaines playing on getting the chance to watch the said Gaines. Gaines also enjoys Sunday afternoons. program grow into a powervideography and likes to edit house in Conference-USA,” and put together videos. “I like said Gaines.

but instead he was a standout track star for the ‘Runners. He posted a time of 9.90 seconds in the 100-meter dash which was a UTSA record at the time. Williams also helped the school run a season best 39.59 seconds in the 4x100m relay in 2010.

Williams is now in his seventh year in the league. He’s spent time with the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Williams has been with the Carolina Panthers for the past three years, and he has seen some playing time.

Over his professional career Williams has 22 tackles, one interception and two forced fumbles.

Running back Jarveon Williams was a two-time team captain and currently ranks number two on UTSA’s all-time rushing list. He was also UTSA’s first ever 1,000yard rusher and tied a program record of eight rushing touchdowns as a junior.

During Williams time here, he was able to compile 2,393 yards rushing, 19 rushing touchdowns, over 500 receiving yards and one touchdown through the air. Williams is currently with the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. During the preseason, he was able to rack up 150 yards rushing on 41 touches and had another 61 yards receiving on seven catches making him very effective for the Bengals offense.

Defensive tackle Brian Price played in 31 games for the Roadrunners and started in 13 of them. He gathered 81 total tackles and three sacks during his collegiate career. Price went undrafted during the 2016 NFL Draft, but signed his first contract with the Green Bay Packers who then placed him on the practice squad for the remainder of the 2016 season. Price now plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He was seen kneeling next to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones during a recent game.

Other Roadrunners that have spent time in the NFL include safety Triston Wade, cornerback Bennett Okotcha and defensive tackle Ashaad Mabry. Marlon Smith is also a defensive tackle, and he spent two seasons in the Canadian Football League.

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Individual awards up in the air as MLB regular season ends

Altuve watches the ball he hit sail through the air.

By Connor Zimmerlee Staff Writer

AL Manager of the Year: A.J. Hinch-Houston Astros Throughout the 2017 season, the Houston Astros have consistently been one of the best, teams in all of major league baseball. Joining both the Dodgers and Indians as one of the three teams with 100 wins during the regular season, the Astros have been downright dominant for the entire season. Hinch was able to lead this team to such an impressive record despite injuries to key members of their rotation, such as Dallas Keuchel, over the course of the season.

The Astros are poised to enter the postseason as a serious threat for the AL title.

NL Manager of the Year: Torey Lovullo-Arizona D-Backs

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The 2016 season was certainly one to forget for the Diamondbacks, as they went an unimpressive 69-93 which was good for fourth in the National League (NL) West. There was little hope to believe this season would be any different, as the Diamondbacks had a quiet offseason in comparison to the 2016 blockbuster filled offseason. Despite this, Lovullo was able to manage the Diamondbacks to a wildcard berth, and must like his chances of advancing to the NLDS with Zach Greinke on the hill.

AL Rookie of the Year: Aaron Judge-New York Yankees What has Aaron Judge done to earn the 2017 American League (AL) ROTY? Oh, he just had one of the most historic rookie seasons in major league baseball history. The most eye-popping

statistic for Judge is his 52 home runs — an MLB rookie record.

Judge was a monster at the plate in general, as he drove in 114 RBI’s, and held a batting average of .284. Judge wasn’t just a pure masher, he had an OBP of .422. All of these insane stats helped Judge lead the Yankees to a wild card berth and the ROTY. NL Rookie of the Year: Cody Bellinger-Los Angeles Dodgers Much like the race for ROTY in the AL, the race for the ROTY award in the NL has been decided for quite a while. Bellinger may not have stats that jump off the page at you like Judge, but his numbers are nothing to scoff at. The Dodgers rookie has shown some power of his own, with 39 home runs on the season. To go along with this show of power, Bellinger has driven

in 96 runs and hit a .266 average and .931 OPS. He also has a WAR of 4.0, and he will lead the Dodgers into the postseason.

He hopes to bring home a World Series ring.

AL Cy Young Award: Corey Kluber-Cleveland Indians The AL Cy Young race was a tight one for much of the season, with Chris Sale and Corey Kluber neck and neck to take home the award. Following a late season surge, Corey Kluber ran away with the award. Kluber looked to add a second Cy Young award to his résumé, as he took home the honor in 2014.

In the process of doing so, Kluber has compiled an impressive 2017 season. It’s hard to look past Kluber’s 18 wins and his sparkling 2.25 ERA to go along with 265 strikeouts. Kluber has been dominant down the stretch and it looks likely that he will take home his second Cy Young award.

NL Cy Young Award: Max Scherzer-Washington Nationals Early in the season, this award would have easily gone to Clayton Kershaw. However, Kershaw spent an extended period of time on the DL, which allowed Scherzer to surge past him and lock up this award. What has Scherzer done to essentially lock down this award? He had his usual dominant season on the mound.

He racked up 16 wins, a daz-

zling 2.51 ERA and a whip of .9 — all numbers of a true ace.

Along with these stats, Scherzer has a WAR of 7.5. He is well on his way to winning his third Cy Young award. This will be his second straight title.

AL MVP: Jose AltuveHouston Astros Jose Altuve has had the MVP award wrapped up for a good majority of the season, and it’s never truly been close. In helping lead the Astros to a dominant 2017 season, Altuve has been downright impressive. Altuve compiled 204 hits, while batting .347, with an OBP of .411 and 32 stolen bases. His performance helped lead the Astros to the 2017 AL West crown and the AL MVP. NL MVP: Joey Votto-Cincinnati Reds Despite the Reds not making the playoffs this season, you should not overlook the season Votto put together. Over the course of the season, Votto has consistently proven to be one of the best hitters in the game with a .319 average, 177 hits and an OBP of .454. Not only does Votto get on base at a high rate, he still has power, hitting for 36 home runs and a slugging percentage of .575. To put Votto over the top for this award, his WAR is a dazzling 7.4, which easily gives him the 2017 NL MVP.

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