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VOLUME 54

ISSUE 12

November 8 - November 15, 2016

UTSA A new study by John Merrifield, professor of economics at The University of Texas at San Antonio, describes a way for the United States to curb its spending and stop the growth of the national debt, which is now close to $20 trillion. Merrifield and his co-author, Barry W. Poulson (retired professor of economics at the University of Colorado), have adapted Swiss and Swedish spending policies. One of these adaptations includes an emergency fund to cover the recovery costs of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.

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Texas Five Texas counties rank among the top 10 nationwide for closing the greatest percentage of their polling places since the Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, according to a report. Texas counties have closed at least 403 polling places since the court found Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional, ruling that Texas and other states with a history of racial discrimination no longer needed federal pre-clearance when changing election laws.

U.S. FBI Director James Comey announced on Sunday that investigators have found nothing in emails to and from Hillary Clinton recently recovered on Anthony Weiner’s laptop that changes the FBI’s recommendations against pressing criminal charges against the Democratic presidential candidate.

Comey, in a letter to Congress, said that the FBI did not know whether the information found would be significant.

World On Nov. 14 and 15, the Conference of Parties (COP22) is meeting in Marrakech, Morocco to organize the implementation of resolutions made during the Paris climate deal. The 2-day forum will have representatives from over 50 countries.

Morocco is ranked the 16th best country in the 2016 Climate Change Performance Index.

President Romo cuts the ceremonial ribbon unveiling the UTSA Aquatic Complex (left) on Thursday, Nov. 3. Afterward, students participated in activities such as paddleboard yoga, canoe battleship, volleyball, an inner tube race and a dance contest.

Photos by Kat Joseph, The Paisano

UTSA Faculty Senate passes

COLFA budget resolution Gaige Davila News Assistant

@gaigedavila news@paisano-online.com This is the second installment of a series on COLFA’s budget situation.

“All the pain is being suffered by one group– i.e. NTT faculty without contracts–in the college,” Dr. Alistair Welchman, associate professor of philosophy and faculty senator at UTSA, said in reference to a resolution sent out on Oct. 31 by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) and Faculty Senate that advised solutions to the College of Liberal and Fine Arts budget issue.

The resolution instructed faculty to electronically submit their votes by Wednesday, Nov. 2.

The resolution passed with 32 approvals, 2 rejections and 1 abstention, and was electronically submitted to Interim Provost Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal. It’s currently awaiting an official response.

Reflecting the concerns of UTSA’s faculty, the resolution mapped out suggestions on short and long term solutions for the issues surrounding COLFA’s budget constraints.

“I think everyone in the university feels that (faculty and students) are hurting here, and that there’s a general will to figure something out,” Welchman said.

Dr. Welchman and the rest of the Faculty Senate expedited the resolution in a short amount of time, attempting to meet COLFA administration halfway in an effort to alleviate the effects on COLFA’s nontenure track (NTT) faculty.

He added that the cancellation of six out of nine tenure/tenure-track faculty

searches has also affected the departments expecting those hires.

Joe Izbrand, chief communications officer of UTSA, said that on a few occasions COLFA has overspent, but there were previous budget reserves to cover those expenses. “We have a tight budget and all colleges are expected to live within their budget allocations,” he said.

Students are worried that fewer introductory courses will increase class sizes, negatively impacting the quality of their learning experience.

“The class sizes growth isn’t good,” Serge Pinal, sophomore global affairs & public administration major, said. “It puts more pressure on the professors because they have to accommodate a larger audience.”

“One-on-one discussions with professors are extremely important,” Coco Olivares, freshman global affairs and modern languages major, said.

“Students shouldn’t have to teach themselves, it’s not the point of a classroom setting.” Olivares also noted that interaction among classmates are diminished in large classrooms.

These students’ concerns about the upcoming spring 2017 semester may not be completely unfounded.

A comparison between the introductory liberal arts classes offered in the fall 2016 and spring 2017 semesters shows a decrease in sections, an increased number of students in courses.

This semester, there were eight sections offered for Intro to Literature (800 slots), the upcoming spring semester will have three sections (585 slots).

U.S. History: Civil War

to Present offered 13 sections in fall 2016 (2,047 slots) and will offer nine spring sections (1,596 slots).

The 16 sections offered for Intro to American Politics this semester (3,158 slots) will be reduced to eight sections (2,792 slots).

Intro to Psychology nine sections (1,716 slots) will be reduced to six (846 slots).

“If I didn’t have a minor, I wouldn’t even be able to be a full-time student in the spring semester because of how few classes are offered for my major now,” said Gabriella Rodriguez, junior cultural anthropology major. “They should be letting students know what is going on and not leaving us in the dark.”

Despite this, Izbrand assured that students will be able to enlist in their required courses.

“Our focus remains on providing the courses that students need to complete their degree requirements and graduate on time,” Izbrand said.

Welchman urges students unable to register for required courses to speak to their academic advisers and department chairs immediately.

“We are all totally committed to finding some way for students to get through; we’ll do anything we can in terms of figuring out course substitutions and informing students about what other courses they could take.”

“I’m optimistic that we can work together to reinstate some of these courses, maybe all of them,” he said.

“Students should definitely not give up.”

“Work with advisers, work with your chairs, and keep your fingers crossed that the whole university can come together and get us over this.”

Ethan Pham, The Paisano The Park West Shuttle service ran for 37 days before being discontinued.

Park West shuttle

suddenly shuts down Ashlee Morales Staff Writer

@thepaisano news@paisano-online.com On Friday, Oct. 27, the short-lived shuttle service from UTSA’s Park West Athletics Complex abruptly came to an end.

The shuttle, which was providing temporary service to alleviate the parking congestion at UTSA, began its route on Sep. 21 and ran for just 37 days.

The shuttle service was provided as a solution to student woes, but its longevity was dependent on its use. According to UTSA senior communications coordinator Lauren Beaver, the Park West shuttle averaged fewer than 10 riders per day despite the lot’s 400 available parking spaces.

“Campus Services closely monitors parking availability and consistently reports more than 100 available spaces at peak enrollment times,” Beaver explained. She also pointed out the end of construction for the Recreation Center’s pool will return approximately 60 parking spaces to Brackenridge Lot 2.

Ana Araujo, senior mechanical engineering senior, parks in Lot 13 and takes a shuttle to the Arts building, but would prefer to avoid the shuttle if she could.

“If they added more parking, I would definitely use it,” Araujo said.

“Shuttles take too long.”

Fortunately, the grievances of students haven’t fallen on deaf ears, and a more permanent solution to UTSA parking troubles is in the works.

Campus Services and Business Affairs are currently in the planning and design stage of creating two new surface parking lots.

Like many students, junior psychology major Mackenzie Rosteet opts for garage parking over commuter surface parking despite the larger price tag.

“Garage parking is closer to the campus buildings and it’s much faster to find a spot there versus the campus lots,” Rosteet said. “Even if you use a lot, sometimes you park so far away you still have to use the shuttle.”

According to Beaver, the new lots are anticipated to open in Fall 2017 and will add approximately 400 new parking spaces to the main campus.

“Until then, we recommend students who arrive midday head to Brackenridge Lots 4 and 5, where we see the most available parking,” Beaver said.

These new lots could be a tremendous help to students; for now it is a waiting game.

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3 November 8 - November 15 , 2016 NEWS Romo delivers final State of the University address President discusses finances, Hazelwood, Tier-One and UTSA’s brand Sam Ceballos

Contributing Writer

@thepaisano news@paisano-online.com UTSA faces new journeys as President Ricardo Romo gave his final State of the University Address.

On Monday afternoon, President Romo introduced Blueprint UTSA, the new action plan to help UTSA rise to Tier-One status.

According to Romo, there are “ten essential first steps. They cut across academics, research, resources management, and brand.” Objectives of the plan include the academic focus on undergraduate and graduate recruitment; improvement on advising, counseling and mentoring; the hiring of more faculty members for research and a greater emphasis on research grants; and new sources of revenue and budgets; and improved IT systems were also improvised.

After explaining a few components of the plan, Romo stated, “in this initial phase, we will also focus on greater recognition and esteem for UTSA by developing a distinct brand.

Whenever you say ‘UTSA’ anywhere in the world, we want people to immediately think of excellence and innovation.”

Blueprint UTSA was developed to keep the university going forward. After asking for help on identifying the priorities of the university, students, staff and faculty came up with over 60 initiatives. From those 60, five of those categories created were improved business processes and infrastructure, transformational student experience, impactful research, enriched community services and greater recognition and self esteem.

This plan is to be distributed to every staff member within the week and will be implemented over the next few years.

There was brief talk on the financial future of the university. The university plans to, once again, ask the state to help cover the 12 million dollars in fees and tuition the university uses to cover the cost of education of veterans and their families under the Hazlewood Act or change the legacy exemption.

Times are looking tough for the university as it will face constraints on budgets; in the coming years; a four percent reduction within the budget is expected.

“I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think we should expect any additional state funding over the next two years,” Romo reported with concern.

In his years as president, Romo’s administration cultivated the number of master’s programs from 36 to 68, and doctoral programs saw a rise from 3 to 24. Student enrollment grew from 18,000 to 25,000 and the campus has expanded from 1.8 million square feet to 5.4 million square feet. 2005 was a major year in setting new goals: this was the year UTSA began its focus on research.

Romo compares himself and UTSA to Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs.

Romo said he was proud to have created a culture of teamwork and collaboration; he helped the community and earned respect and admiration.

“Just like the Spurs, we have become the symbol of excellence. We are the university of the 21st

Ethan Pham, The Paisano Dr. Ricardo Romo delivers his final State of the University address as President of UTSA on Monday, Nov. 7 in the H-E-B University Center Ballroom.

century.”

“Remember why we are building a Tier-One institution. Our students deserve it. Our city

deserves it. Everyone who has ever believed in us deserves it. And I believe in you. For everything you have done for UTSA and

our students, mil gracias!

Go Runners!”

UTSA professor studies CPU user SGA crowdfunding Roadrunner memorial behavior and online dishonesty Danielle Throneberry Staff Writer

@thepaisano news@paisano-online.com Raymond Choo, associate professor of information systems and cybersecurity, is a new faculty member to the College of Business this year.

Before coming to UTSA, Choo spent five years working at both the University of South Australia and the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Choo, along with PhD student Jian Peng and professor Helen Ashman at the University of Australia, have conducted extensive research relating to “astroturfing”— a misleading sense of consensus created by online posts across multiple accounts operated by a single person or organization.

Choo’s research group initially focused on “user behavior.” They researched factors such as keystroke speed and mouse use in order to pinpoint a social media or network user in security contexts.

However, they discovered that it may be practical to detect the origin of several portions of text on social media using n-gram analysis. N-gram can be described as a sequence of “n” elements from an arrangement of text.

Choo explained that n-gram analysis has been widely used to extract writing styles as it captures both low-level features such as lexical and syntactic information and high-level ones such as semantic and contentspecific styles. N-gram has also been used to analyze unknown source code.

In their first study, Choo and the other researchers

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collected user posts from a multitude of online news and opinion websites with moderated discussion for a set amount of time.

Then, they proceeded to extract the author’s linguistic features from the text of their postings and accumulated into profiles using n-gram.

From this research, they were able to confirm the

individuals.

“The selected data was not extensive enough to capture any astroturfer activity, and it is possible that astroturfers will not generate such extensive text for each account they operate,” Choo said.

In an additional study utilizing new data from additional online news and opinion sites, Choo and his

Astroturfing–a misleading sense of consensus created by online posts across multiple accounts operated by a single person or organization. origin of the text in the different forums from which they collected postings.

However, the research team discovered that there was not sufficient evidence to discriminate astroturfers from the amount of authors that they studied.

Alternatively, the research suggested that the posters were definitive

research team concluded that numerous users were employing multiple accounts.

According to Choo, cybercrime is a rapidly growing form of crime that is limitless.

“The pervasive interconnectivity of systems, including those used in our ICT-connected critical infrastructure

sectors, are potential vectors that can be exploited by actors with malicious intents, ranging from cyber criminals acting alone to organized groups of financially-, criminallyand issue/ideologicallymotivated crime groups to state-sponsored actors,” Choo said.

He believes that the imminent danger to U.S. cyber security is intensified by the low cost of entry into cyberspace and the ease of constructing malicious software.

Some of his own research has demonstrated that sensitive data can be withdrawn from several devices ranging from 3D printers to cell phones.

Explaining the pace of technological innovation, Choo stated that a secure cyber space is made possible only if cyber security professionals possess up-to-date knowledge, skills and experiences.

He credits UTSA for playing an integral role in the cyber world through research and education.

Photo courtesy of SGA The memorial is expected to be built in front of the Main Building’s roundabout area.

“The Memorial Garden is a way to say ‘we’re here for you; we love our family.’”

Lauren Lopez, junior multidisciplinary studies major

Gaige Davila News Assistant

@gaigedavila news@paisano-online.com The funding goal for a crowdfunded memorial garden on UTSA’s main campus has nearly been reached, with about 95 percent of the project funded as of this article’s publication.

The Roadrunner Memorial Garden project, spearheaded by UTSA’s Student Government Association (SGA), is a student-led initiative in memoriam for UTSA students, staff, alumni and the families of those who have passed away.

The memorial garden will be located near the entrance of Main Campus with park benches, three flags and shade. Students will be able to bring engraved pebbles or flowers to the site on behalf of

deceased loved ones.

The project, which needs $25,000 donated before construction can begin, has $23,951 committed.

Donations received on the project’s Launch UTSA page are the sole source of funds for the memorial garden.

“The Memorial Garden is a way to say ‘we’re here for you; we love our family’” said multidisciplinary studies major Lauren Lopez in a YouTube video promoting the Roadrunner Memorial Garden.

“This project is important because UTSA needs a place on campus to honor and remember those within the UTSA community that have passed,” said Marcus Thomas, business affairs committee chair of SGA. If you would like to donate to the Roadrunner Memorial Garden, visit https://fund.utsa.edu/ project/3039.

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Music of our generation missing its political voice ARTS & LIFE COMMENTARY Casey Luna Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Music is the voice of a generation. It reflects the soul of the society that it is produced in. Music shows a generation’s struggles, worries, angers and hopes.

Music gives the common person a voice in the world to call out injustice and to express discontent about society. It is a weapon of rage wielded by the citi-

zens of the world. Every generation has its own unique voice, and every generation fights for its own change. If music is easily produced and is freely available, it can almost never be unattached from the politics of its society. So, where has the voice of our generation been?

In previous generations, music was at the forefront of political movements. As a reaction to the Vietnam War and the civil rights era, the world

Graphic By: Tristan Ipock

gained a folk revival with artists like Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

Protests for peace on college campuses and the war on drugs gave us counterculture and introduced us to bands like Jefferson Airplane and Credence Clearwater Revival. Political unrest, anti-capitalism and anger at the system gave the world punk and bands like the Dead Kennedys and Crass. Police brutality and dissatisfaction with how poor urban communities were treated gave the world groups like N.W.A. and Public Enemy.

Our generation faces one of the most volatile political climates in U.S. history.

Distrust and anger directed toward the system runs rampant as more

and more stories about the police abusing power, Wall Street taking advantage of the poor and leaks about our government come to light. Politicians like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders run on anti-establishment platforms and are successful because people are tired of the how government has worked for decades. Our electoral system has never been more transparently broken with two presidential candidates who are both undeserving of their candidacy due to a seemingly unending river of scandals.

The socio-political climate has never been more ready for musicians to make biting political commentary, but where is it?

In the past few years, it seems as if music with a political edge has been rel-

egated to the underground and hidden away from the masses. There are genres like vaporwave that have formed and can be considered politically charged satires on consumerism, but it’s hard to imagine them getting enough momentum to become representative of the entirety of our generation. Hip-hop has always been a voice in relating the struggles of AfricanAmerican culture and the disenfranchised poor. But as hip-hop became more mainstream, conscientious rap became less popular.

Only recently has political hip-hop gained momentum again. The massive popularity of artists like Kendrick Lamar and Killer Mike give hope that our generation will find its voice again. Hiphop allows the disenfran-

chised to have a platform to speak about class struggle, racism, the prison industrial complex and poverty. But political hip-hop is often seen as too brutal for the public eye, and there is a more important problem: the public is not class conscious. Disenfranchised white people will not easily fight for the rights of disenfranchised black people, and vice versa.

The world needs music that challenges the system, incites anger and motivates the public to rise against injustice. Maybe vaporwave or political hip-hop will be able to fill the void or maybe neither one will, but we can only hope that something does.

Amea to compete at SASG Raquel E. Alonzo Arts & Life Assistant @ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com

Amea remains focused on both written and verbal academia to continue creating her music and developing timeless and relatable art.

San Antonio Sound Garden’s (SASG) official launch party will be held on Friday, Nov. 11 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Alamo Beer Hall in celebration of the new recording studio and coworking space. This free event will allow the public to vote for their favorite artists and bands. The top three candidates will win SASG Production/Entertainment Business Packages that range from $2,500 to $30,000 in overall value. “The prize packages are designed to assist artists in various stages of their careers and may include the recording and releasing of a record, marketing and public relations assistance, the development of a business strategy and much

more,” stated on the Facebook event page.

Amea, along with other artists and bands—Femina-X, White Elephant, The Lost Project, Junkie, The Foreign Arm, Young Costello, RANCH \ HOUSE, Rivers Want and The Dirty River Dixie Band—will perform for this opportunity to win one of the three prizes available.

With enough votes at the SASG launch party, Amea’s management team plans to use the money to expand her music outside of Texas. If she were to win the $30,000, they plan to record a high quality music video from her EP “Baggage Claim,” buy studio time for a 2017 album, save for travelling outside of Texas and many other smart business options.

Go to the SASG launch party and support Amea to help her reach her musical goals.

Amea, 24-year-old musician and UTSA alumna, appeared on the music scene in March of 2015 with her first mixtape titled “In The Mind of Amea Vol. 1.” She graduated shortly after with her bachelor’s degree and is currently enrolled as a grad student in sociology. She released her second mixtape titled “Intimacy” in Nov. 2015.

In her most recent EP, “Baggage Claim,” she takes the listener on a sociological journey within her mind.

Amea is a Mary Pat & Louis Stumberg Endowed Scholarship Awardee for showcasing her collaborative efforts of intertwining studies in music and the sciences. Her graduate advisor, Dr. Terri L. Earnest, urged Amea to apply for the scholarship.

“My art is interpreting observations,” Amea wrote in her essay — which can be found on her blog. “So, there is no coincidence that I gravitated toward sociology.” She continued to write about her experiences with other musicians, which has helped her move closer toward her graduate thesis, focusing on the connectivity Courtesy of Darian Thomas of music and identity formulations.

Amea is a UTSA alumn, currently enrolled as a graduate student while pursuing music.

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Kaleo performs amist a background of handprints to promote their Handprint Tour.

Photo by Raquel E. Alonzo, The Paisano

Kaleo rocks SA for the first time Raquel E. Alonzo Arts & Life Assistant

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com The audience was captivated from the moment Kaleo stepped on stage to the moment they hit their encore.

Kaleo’s first performance in San Antonio was memorable.

The first opening band was The Wind + The Wave, which had a country feel mixed in with indie roots in its music.

They started with the song “Let’s Forget That I Was Ever Even Here,” and continued with hits such as “Love Somebody” and “Happiness is Not a Place.”

Their set felt intimate, with the glowing of their marquee signs that read “W + W.” Subtle colors such as yellow and blue washed over the audience, and they had an overall easy going stage presence. This band was ideal to get people in a good mood for the rest of the acts.

The second opener was Bishop Briggs. Her style is labeled as indie pop and alternative rock, but her music felt more like hip-hop mixed with indie-meets-techno.

Her interesting style of music pumped up the crowd during her performance especially on

her top hits “Wild Horses” and “River.” During her performance of “Hi-Low (Hollow),” her voice bellowed throughout the theater, and everyone could feel her energy.

Her cool presence on stage made everyone want to sway and dance along to her upbeat, trippy music.

The Aztec Theater was only half full when the first act performed, but the theater was packed by the time Kaleo came out.

The massive difference between genre in all three bands was drastic, and there was an audience to match these varying styles. People from all walks of life and of all ages attended the concert. Some people dressed in cowboy boots, others in gold chains with baggy pants and others in typical Friday night club wear.

Although Kaleo took a lot longer than the first bands to come out and play, they were worth the wait. They began their set with a romantic backlit stage and the lead singer’s sultry voice, seducing the audience from his first note.

The band switched between blues, indie and rock; each song was a surprise so you’d never be bored. The four-piece band from Iceland formed a dynamic sound, and the lead singer’s voice mixed with the

band pumped up the crowd— no jumping around on stage needed.

Kaleo played hits such as “I Can’t Go on Without You,” “Save Yourself,” “All the Pretty Girls” and “Way Down We Go.” As each song played, their energyincreased.

Their rendition of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” was one most people have never heard before. There was a spotlight onstage, and the song was slower and more dragged out than usual.

Everyone assumed it would be a ballad when suddenly the drummer banged his drums as the singer sang “bang bang,” making people jump out of their spell and get ready to gear up for a heavy and slow rock-n-roll completion of the song.

Throughout their concert, Kaleo had giant white handprints onstage black backdrops to signify their Handprint Tour.

While performing, various colors were reflected onto the handprints, which created the right atmosphere for each song.

Although the concert was eye catching with its fancy light show, Kaleo could have done without it; their music alone was enough to send the crowd into an uproar.

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November 8 - November 15, 2016

Meme culture firmly integrated in society

Enrique Bonilla Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Memes need no introduction. A short walk in between classes can reveal how excited students are to talk about memes.

“I have an entire folder of memes saved on my phone,” said sophomore Miranda Perez.

“I was literally just about to save a meme off Twitter,” psychology sophomore Bronwyn Hartwig said, showing how infectious meme culture is.

Escaping memes would involve smashing anything with a screen and hiding under a rock.

For those of you not on social media, a meme is a photo, quote or video that contains a joke, metaphor, relatable circumstance or ideology. Meme culture has grown significantly

since the early 2000s, and memes now spread like wildfire across screens all over the world.

These memes are extremely fluid, evolving through each person that comes into contact with them. Memes are even seen as important tools in online marketing as they can increase in popularity as users share them, effectively reaching millions of people in short periods of time. This is largely due to the fact that memes are easy to share: Right click.

Save. Copy. Paste. Send.

Share. Post.

Memes are shaping popular culture and making contemporary culture a source of entertainment that is portable, free and accessible to anyone with Internet connection. This phenomenon is visible through this year’s popular class of memes: Harambe memes, Ken Bone memes

and Trump/Clinton memes.

Almost overnight, situations that were serious or people that were nobodies are turned into common comedy with little effort.

Memes are tiny nuggets of our culture–some already made, and some waiting to be tapped into like a ball of stored energy. UTSA has its own culture that our students embody, and within that culture lies UTSA Memes, a community Facebook page created by anonymous UTSA students that felt “there was a severe lack of university/college culture amongst the student body, especially online. [They] felt that memes were a really great way to help boost student pride, involvement, as well as just give students a much needed laugh now and again. There’s just something nice about seeing a ‘viral’ post and then seeing your university’s name represented somewhere.”

Like many other meme pages, this page generates content through user input.

That one professor everyone has a hard time with? The limited parking situation at main campus you deal with daily? The towing problem caused by the limited parking situation?

There’s probably a meme for it here.

Why are we so drawn to memes? They describe in a photos and a few words parts of our shared human experience.

Hence why you send your best friend that meme that reminds you of them when it perfectly finds its way onto your timeline.

Similarly, memes can be used to create out-groups or make certain behavior seem “other.” Memes join us together and pull us apart, as strange as it may sound.

The double-edged sword of Internet culture swings constantly in every direc-

tion, there is no escape.

Memes are constantly evolving with our society, growing their own culture.

Meme culture is still in its infancy, but it is already one of the most powerful trends in communication in the digital age.

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Inaugural Sound on Sound music festival kicks off

Sound on Sound’s inaugural festival kicked off this weekend at the Sherwood Forest Faire campground (situated about 40 minutes outside of Austin in a rural stretch of Highway 20.)

The three-day, musical and camping event incorporated Renaissance fair themes with modern music festival vibes. At Sound on Sound you can expect to see painted and costumed acrobats hoisting themselves in the air next to a vegan food truck as festival goers await their grub.

Headliners included Beach House, Purity Ring, Courtney Barnett, Young Thug and Phantogram. The expansive campground was difficult to navigate and wasn’t very well lit at night. The weather also put a damper on things, but rain or shine, SoS was a blast and will only improve as it works out its kinks.

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November 8 - November 15, 2016 4 OPINION The Paisano Don't be a mess, dress to impress Editor in Chief: Caroline Traylor Managing Editor: Brady Phelps News Editor: Alex Birnel Arts & Life Editor: Annette Barraza Sports Editor: Anthony Suniga Web Editor: Ricardo Rodriguez Photography Editor: Ethan Pham Magazine Editor: Jade Cuevas News Assistant: Gaige Davila Arts & Life Assistant: Raquel E. Alonzo

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The on-campus wardrobes of many UTSA students reflect a lack of effort, pmade evident through baggy T-shirts and sloppy pajama pants.

Of course there are exceptions - young professionals in business attire as well as the self-expressive student in carefully crafted outfits - but still, the excess of oversized tees and sweats mar the overall presentation of the UTSA student body.

The downward spiral to a series of fashion faux pas is a potential for any student on campus. One may slip into the easiest outfit within reach when running late for a test, or simply trot off in one’s bed clothes if they’re especially hard pressed for time.

The first incident will lead to another, until eventually, the time needed to piece together an appropriate (and professional) outfit will be used to hit the snooze button one more time.

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Severed friendships, shady deals, unsuspecting collaborations and the more era-appropriate social media insults and rants—these are just a few of rap controversy’s favorite things. Feuding is not unheard of in the rap world. Think back to 1995 when East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. dropped the track “Who Shot Ya?” which many still speculate was a track unofficially dedicated to fellow rapper and former friend, Tupac Shakur. Shakur fired back with the vengeful track “Hit ‘Em Up” and solidified the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry that still exists today. More recently, however, the beef has been between the Midwest and… Canada?

That’s right. Canadian rapper Drake and Ohio’s very own Kid Cudi are allegedly quarreling and the blows are brutal. The controversy began when Kid Cudi ranted on Twitter in September. He expressed his disdain for rappers who hire ghostwriters—or other people who write their songs for them—a phenomenon that permeates the rap world. He went on to mention Kanye West and Drake, stating that the two rappers are not truly his comrades and in fact, it truly is Scott Mescudi vs.

The World.

In October, Kid Cudi decided to confide in his fans through a heartwrenching Facebook post detailing his 14526 Roadrunner Way ongoing battle with depresSuite 101 San Antonio, TX 78249 sion and suicidal thoughts.

Phone: (210)-690-9301 He divulged that he had © 2016, The Paisano The University of Texas at San Antonio's checked into rehab so he Handbook of Operating Procedures states could learn to “fix” and in 5.03 that: The University of Texas at San Antonio more importantly “learn to (UTSA) will not exercise control show love” to himself. His over the format or content of Student Publications, but will regulate distribu- confession was so moving tion on campus. Student Publications that fans created a hashtag will be free of censorship and advance to stand in solidarity with approval of copy, and their editors mental health awareness as and managers are solely responsible for editorial and content policies and it relates to men: #Youdecisions. Editors and managers of Student Publications will not be subject GoodMan. However, it did to arbitrary suspension/expulsion or not take long for Drake to removal from their positions within exploit Cudi’s vulnerability. a Registered or Sponsored Student Organization (Student Organization) Just after Cudi’s post, by the University because of student, Drake released a track faculty, administrative, or public disapproval of editorial policy or content. titled “Two Birds One Student Organizations that distribute Stone,” which credited Student Publications are afforded the same rights and privileges as Student Kanye West as a “Lyricist/ Organizations that do not distribute Writer.” However, the Student Publications. producer of the track,

Professionalism isn’t expected on campus, but it should be. If a professor were to arrive to class dressed in the same manner some students did, we would not take them seriously.

Of course, dressing well takes effort and commitment. It makes sense that the average student may spend their time on other activities such as sleep and studying.

But without a social expectation for presentation, student dress will continue to dimin-

Noah “40” Shebib, clarified that Kanye’s involvement went only as far as a drum sample.

Nonetheless, the track creates a mockery out of Kid Cudi’s mental health. Drake allegedly mistakes mental illness for weakness when he implies that the “Day ‘N’ Nite” rapper lost his (dope) mojo for being open with his fans about his inner conflict. Furthermore, Drake goes as far as stating that Kid Cudi’s use of prescription drugs has become a way for him to avoid reality altogether. Cudi responded to the disparagement by requesting a face-to-face conversation when he returns home from rehab.

Who is the real joke here? Cudi fans are infuriated by the “Jumpman’s” pettiness. By using Kid Cudi’s mental illness as a symbol of weakness and inferiority, Drake is reinforcing the stigma that surrounds mental health and men.

By discussing such a taboo topic with his fans, the “Man on the Moon” shows just how down-to-earth he truly is. The hashtag that trended shortly after his post (#YouGoodMan) sparked an interest in a long overdue conversation.

Men from all cultures and backgrounds are conditioned to maintain a tough facade and to conceal emotion. They are expected to remain unaltered by the world and not to vocalize their feelings. The reality is that men are not encouraged to actively seek the help that they need.

That being said, Drake could learn a thing or two from the rapper with a heart of a lion. Although

critics argue that Kid Cudi took slugs first, it does not excuse the child’s play that Drake resorted to.

Amongst rappers that have developed a compassionate understanding for Cudi’s struggle are Kanye West and Big Sean. West reportedly dedicated a song to him at a recent concert, and Big Sean admitted that, despite a strained relationship, he is still praying for the “King Wizard.” Cudi is not only vocalizing his struggles with mental illness but he is taking action to get the help he needs.

He is inspiring his fans to take control of their mental health. Although he may be starting at the bottom, he assured fans that he will be back at the top in no time. #YouGoodMan.

ish and well-dressed students will become a minority.

Fashion enriches a university with self-expression and creativity.

Students are more approachable if their peers can infer their personalities by their fashion choices.

A student shouldering a bohemian hobo bag is far more likely to be a liberal arts major than the student strolling with a briefcase in hand.

Clothes can spark conversation on col-

lege campuses.

Presentation seeps into academia as well.

Professors are surely more comfortable to confer with a student dressed professionally rather than one dressed for bed. A better relationship between a student and their professor can be facilitated by visual similarities, one being dress.

When students fail to dress for their day, they sell themselves short. Opportunities lie in wait, and one’s dress is a driving force

for first impressions.

Whether that’s with a love interest, friendship or professional relationship, attire is crucial to making a good first impression. Students ought to dress with purpose on-campus in the same way they're purposeful with their education.

Of course we are stressed, but we must try to be better dressed.

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Adriene Goodwin @hey_adreezy

My dear readers, Be sure that you are not alone in your anxiety this election season.

I do not know when you will read this, be it in the day-long lines of Election Day, or cradled in a quiet corner on Thursday, cloaked in the consequences of our choices. We have finally made it to the end, but we must also accept that the end is the beginning of everything else.

The culmination of this election occurs in a thunderstorm of noise and dizzying rage. We’re experiencing a sense of national vertigo, and we have to find a way to resist falling regardless of who ascends to the White House.

C.S. Lewis’ ‘The Screwtape Letters’ is a satirical epistle novel consisting of letters exchanged between senior Demon Screwtape and his nephew Wormwood, a “Junior Tempter” demon learning how to sway Christians from their faith. In his first letter to Wormwood, Screwtape provides an analysis of humanity that reads as accurate and relevant to our current political climate: “[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn’t think of doctrines as pri-

marily ‘true’ or ‘false,’ but as ‘academic’ or ‘practical,’ ‘outworn’ or ‘contemporary,’ ‘conventional’ or ‘ruthless.’

Jargon, not argument, is your best ally.”

Polarizing dichotomies are ripping us at the seams, and the “jargon” about which Screwtape writes has polluted political discourse and the American psyche.

Lewis’ letters were published during WWII while Hitler’s Nazism plagued Europe. With Hitler, the absolutes, the dichotomies, the “us/them” factions were fueled by fear to the point that reason was almost stomped out.

Screwtape encourages Wormwood to drive his “patient” away from what centers him and down a path that leads straight to Hell.

Perhaps we as a nation have drifted away from what centers us. As individuals, we each define faith according to how we live and achieve happiness, be it faith in ourselves, our family, humanity, Yahweh, Allah, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. As a collective, we now seem fragmented; disjointed. And the “jargon” of this election season that stimulates sound bytes by the hour seems to break us rather than bind us back together.

If there is a shared sentiment amidst the shouting, it is the frustration Americans feel toward Washington D.C. lawmakers, and those many consider to be “the elite” or “the establishment.”

And what has been a major element of the establishment is neoliberalism, which emphasizes free-market competition.

Citizens are consumers, and consumerism makes the world go ‘round.

Paolo Gerbaudo writes in openDemocracy, “The crisis of the neoliberal order, which has been spectacu-

larly displayed in the victory of Brexit and the difficulties experienced by Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election campaign, has resuscitated one of the most time-honoured of political notions: the idea of sovereignty. Usually understood as the authority of the state to govern over its own territory, sovereignty had been thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of history in the globally interconnected world of the internet and multinational corporations. But this notion is now almost obsessively invoked by the new populist formations and leaders that have emerged on both the Left and the Right since the 2008 financial crash.”

The sovereignty and populism Gerbaudo writes about were at the forefront of Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ appeal to Americans who felt left behind or compromised for, what they felt was the sake of globalization. Hardship has resulted in an apprehension to believe our government can balance its role abroad and its responsibility at home. Many feel justified in feeling, “It’s either them or us. And it’s going to be us.”

Whoever wins the election cannot ignore these concerns, but must address them straight on. A dissonance has been occurring in the grey, nuanced fabric of our society. Things have never been black and white, nor can we let ourselves believe things would be better as such. We have to try to come out of this together, if for no other reason than to upset Screwtape and his demonic intentions.

Your affectionate columnist, Adriene

OPINION

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Eating disorders affect both men and women commentary Ethan Pham

@Ethan_Bethan

Hunched over a toilet, saliva and remnants of vomit excreting from a per-

son’s mouth. A scale which records an unhealthy decrease in a person’s weight over the course of a few days. A massive amount of food that has been cleared by one person from a fridge within an hour.

These scenes describe different eating disorders that 30 million people in America will suffer from at some point in their lifetime according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Eating disorders are too often strongly associated with women, especially young, white women.

Of the 30 million people who suffer from an eating disorder, one-third are men - a large number that is overlooked due to a lack of awareness and discussion about men and eating disorders.

Men are pressured with societal standards to have the “perfect body” just as women are. It is important to break the stigma that body perception and selfesteem issues are women’s issues because men also feel the same pressure and suffer.

Lack of discussion of this taboo only perpetu-

ates men’s eating disorders.

While body positivity movements have sprung up in recent years, men are excluded as these campaigns are typically focused on women’s body images.

All this does not even begin to factor in the influence of age and sexuality.

NEDA report show that both young and gay men exhibit higher accounts of eating disorders. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) reported on a study that found 2.1 percent of sexual minority college students

had an eating disorder.

Masculinity plays a large part in our attitudes about eating disorders among men. Having an eating disorder is already difficult for people to discuss, and a man seeking help can be perceived as an inability to fix his own problem.

Seeking help is seen as a feminine quality, something men should not be doing according to society’s view of masculinity.

Eating disorders are often coupled with other mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and substance disorders that

further make treatment and seeking help more difficult for men.

ANAD reported that of all mental illnesses, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate.

Eating disorders are a behavioral and mental health issue. Lack of discussion only leads to lack of treatment. If eating disorders persist so will life-threatening issues that plague men and cause them to suffer in silence, starve in silence, vomit in silence, binge in silence.

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Cameron Reynolds Mechanical engineering senior “Ideally, I would come here every day and just get a little bit of swimming in.”

Questions for COLFA commentary Katie Ballard

@ThePaisano

As I wrap up the first semester of my junior year, I naturally begin to plan for the spring semester. I want to graduate on time. I need to graduate on time. Since transferring to UTSA a year ago, I have been meeting and working with my advisor each semester to make sure each coming semester is packed with classes that I need for my degree, not just want . As we discussed the spring semester,

I could not help but notice the lack of class options. As I sat in the office trying to meticulously plan out my next three semesters, it was brought to my attention that course offerings have been cut significantly as COLFA is involved in a budget crisis. So, two of three mandatory classes that I must complete in order to graduate are not being offered in the spring semester. I immediately begin to question: What if they are not available next fall either? What if my other classes are not available the last two semesters I am suppose to be in school? What if I can’t graduate when I am supposed to? Am I the only one? I can’t be. There is no way. And I’m not.

COLFA is a compilation of eleven different departments, and according to their UTSA website, they are “responsible for one-third of all the instruction delivered at the University and serves all Uni-

versity students through the Core Curriculum.” If COLFA is such a large part of the UTSA community, why is it that these budget constraints are so dire? Students are losing course options which can potentially cause issues with their graduation status. The situation goes deeper than that. So what if I have to take a class in the fall as opposed to the spring? As long as I get it done within the amount of time I need it, it is fine. What about the staff? Courses being cut, means staff members are being cut. People are losing jobs. We’re not talking about inconveniences for some students; we are talking about livelihoods, means of income, mouths to feed and bills to pay.

We have questions COLFA. What happened? What is the problem? How can it be fixed? Why have we not been notified of this significant change?

Angela Monita Communications senior

“I work here as a lifeguard and I plan on making sure that all of the students are safe and they have everything they need out here, whether it be lifejackets or swim instruction. I plan on, hopefully, teaching swim lessons in the future and just giving a heads up about all of the things that are going on when we have activities or swimming events.”

Abidjan Bright Cyber security junior “Mostly for relaxation. The first thing I did when I got here was lay on my stomach in the water.”

Mauro Vasquez Classical studies senior “I actually work with the outdoor pursuit here at the Rec., so I plan to use the water facilities to build skills with our water craft.”

Turgay Dunman Eletrical engineering senior “Probably, after I work out I’ll rest here, and during the weekend just spend time here.”

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SPORTS

Climbers take on nature’s greatest competition

Photo courtesy of David Matalon YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Oxford climbers spend a day bouldering in Castle Hill, New Zealand. Bouldering is a type of climbing without ropes or harnesses. The distance is usually short enough that a crash pad can be used to cushion the fall.

Anthony Suniga Sports Editor @ajsuniga11 sports@paisano-online.com Rock climbing invites people into nature’s greatest competition. Climbers can gaze upon the rock face and think long and carefully about how to conquer the rock. The physical and mental nature of climbing gives the climber an opportunity to move past their ordinary life and tackle something greater than themselves.

The history of rock climbing dates back to the mid 1800s when John Muir attempted a free solo climb–without any kind of harness or climbing gear–of Cathedral Park in Tuolumne Meadows, California in 1869.

Climbing culture found its roots in Yosemite, California, home of the infamous El Capitan and Half Dome. Half-Dome and El Capitan have held the eyes of climbers for hundreds of years. A climber is considered to be among the best in the sport if they can climb these 8,000 and 3,000

foot rock faces.

Legendary climbers Warren Harding and Royal Robbins helped lead a revolution of climbers from the late 50s to the early 70s.

El Capitan was deemed impossible to climb until 1958 when Warren Harding and his climbing partner Dean Caldwell ascended to the top. The climb took Harding and Caldwell 45 days to make it to the top, which included trips back down to the bottom using fixed lines. It was 1968 when Harding’s rival Royal Robbins out did him with the first solo climb of El Capitan.

The sport of climbing has evolved since then. It’s become widely popular across the world, and many climbers travel all over the world to complete the most challengin climbs.

Alex Honnold, a professional rock climber from Sacramento, California, is considered to be the best free solo climber in the world. Honnold and his climbing partner Hans Florine ascended to the top of El Capitan in under three hours.

The sport of climbing has developed its own culture.

Top-rope climbing is the safest and most basic style of recreational rock climbing. It’s where a rope is run through two bolts at the top of the route; this creates a pulley system where the climber is hooked up to one end and the belayer is hooked up to the other end of the rope.

Climbers, in most cases, will use a rope and a harness to protect themselves in case of a fall. However, some expert climbers, or adrenaline junkies, use only climbing shoes and a chalk bag to climb, which is considered a free-solo climb.

There is much to conquer in the sport of rock climbing. At the start of a climb, the climber chalks up their hands and then takes a good look at their competitor: the rock face.

Some rock faces are greater challeneges than others.

The Yosemite Decimal system, used primarily by climbers in the United States and Canada, is a rating system that measures a climbing routes difficulty.

The rating system ranges from 5.0 to 5.13.

Some get gripped by fear when they realize how far they are from the ground and how hard it would be to continue up the rock.

Some find themselves at a physical barrier that is dif-

ficult to push through.

A climber can only go as far as their forearms will allow them; they can continuously shake their forearms to loosen the tightness, but the moment could come when there is no more strength left to give. Many climbers are defeated by their competitor and are forced to descend back down to the bottom.

Many parks and natural areas facilitate recreational rock climbing; they have bolted routes for a climber to follow. However, it’s often the case that a climber is left to find their own route when things get tough on the rock.

Rock climbing is nature’s past time. No sport can get someone closer to nature than rock climbing can.

A climber will attempt to conquer a rock face by using cracks, caves and holes in the rock. By the end of the climbing route, the climber will know his competitor well.

As long as nature has rock faces, climbers will be there with their ropes, chalk and small doses of courage. To someone outside the sport, climbing rock may make no sense, but to climbers, climbing rock may be the only thing that does make sense.

involves more strategy and Many climbers will group together, pack up their can invoke more fear in the gear—which includes harclimber. The climber must nesses, ropes, carabiners, think carefully about the ATCs, quickdraws, camadirection to take in order to lots—jump into the nearest reach the next bolt. If they van and take a drive down attempt to make it to the to their desired climbing next bolt but are unsucspots. Climbers will stay cessful, it could result in out whole days or even for falling back to the previous weekends at a time to climb bolt. These falls waste a lot different routes. of the climber’s energy and Climbing can be a social could cause injury. sport; but when a climber finally gets onto the rock face, the only socializing is between the climber and the rock face. The ugly rock face becomes the climber’s best friend and worst enemy.

There are different styles of climbing. Lead climbing involves a climber taking the lead with the rope by clipping themself, using quickdraws, into bolts as they ascend up the route. The climber will also have a belayer at the bottom who gives and takes rope as Photo courtesy of David Matalon the climber needs it.

A climber cups his hand on a rock hold as he considers his next move. Lead climbing involves careful hand and foot placement.

Lead climbing also

Roadrunner Volleyball sweeps Florida Atlantic at home Confident UTSA squad impresses in last home match before C-USA tournament neck-and-neck.

Florida caught fire toward the middle of the set, scoring six consecutive points to bring the score to 21-15. UTSA pecked their way back within one 21-22 until FAU started pulling away for the set win. Yet, UTSA refused to give up as the comeback was completed with a FAU error making it 27-25 Ethan Pham, The Paisano in the RoadrunUTSA cheerleaders hold their birds up as senior outside hitter Dajana Boskovic serves. ners’ favor.

Boskovic has helped lead the Roadrunners thus far to a 18-6 record with two “I think we conference games left. let up just a tiny to single digits in a set. bit,” stated senior UTSA The Roadrunners were outside hitter Kacey Keifer.

VOLLEYBALL in complete control in “We came out in the first the first set. Laced with set so strong. When we’re errors, FAU fell behind down a lot we just try to Patrick Martinez fast. An unbreakable spike come together and take it Staff Writer

by UTSA’s Kasey Keifer one point at a time.” @Paisanosports1 pressed the lead to 19-10, “In set two, we weren’t sports@paisano-online.com and a back pass to a Megan serving as tough,” stated Slan spike pushed the lead Head Coach Laura NeugeThe UTSA Roadrunto double digits. UTSA bauer-Groff. “We missed ners (17-6) swept Florida didn’t look back and won six serves. We wanted no Atlantic (13-12, C-USA 7-2 the first set 25-15 after a more missed serves.”

C-USA) 25-15, 27-25 and serving error by FAU. UTSA came out habane25-7 in the first time the The second set was hard- ro-hot in set three, scoring Runners held an opponent fought with both teams the first eight points of the

set, and ended the set on a total 25-7 run.

“They have a lot of weapons and we just totally took them out of their offense,” stated coach Groff. “Right now we just want to be consistent as we get ready

for the playoffs.”

“We came in confident,” Keifer stated. “We knew we wanted to take it to them.

We had all the energy in the world, and if we just play the game the way we know how, then they didn’t

have a chance.”

After winning three sets to two against Florida International on Nov. 6, the Runners will hit the road to wrap up conference play against Charlotte on Nov. 10 and Rice on Nov. 12.