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Travel ban debate reaches the Sombrilla

Courtesty of Alex Poe

“My first impression was, this decision was not “My family was raised in a Muslim thoroughly thought out.” country. They experienced first hand how horribly the Christians were treated.”

See Discuss, page 2

Ailing students have choices Jeremiah Hobbs Staff Writer

@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com UTSA’s Student Health Services, located in RWC 1.500, provides a multitude of health programs, sessions, events and services for the enrolled student.

UTSA’s Student Health Services can be broken down into three components: Health Education, Medical Visits and Nursing Services.

HEALTH EDUCATION The Health Education programs include general wellness, weight loss, smoking cessation, sexual health, stress and numer-

ous other events that would & 23 and April 19 & 20 (9 Tristan Ipock, The Paisano a.m.-2 p.m.) in the HEB UC affect the typical college Parking Lot through the student. These programs San Antonio AIDS Foundacollaborate with Campus tion. Syphilis testing is also Rec, Campus Dining, available upon request.

Student Conduct, EOS, Free condoms can be Student Government and found in the Health SerUTSAPD. vices center lobby as part of For health education, a public health measure for collaboration is also done sexual risk reduction. with community partners.

Students can opt for anStudent Health Services nual exams where they are implements a monthly given a 30-minute free visit blood drive through the beforehand, giving them South Texas & Tissue Center community partner. The the opportunity to ask drive is held between the questions about sexual eduHEB UC and the Ximenes cation, feminine hygiene, Garage on the following risk reduction methods or dates: Feb. 20-23, March other health issues.

27-30 and April 24-26.

Free HIV testing can also MEDICAL VISITS be done February 15 & 16 Student health insur(11 a.m.-4 p.m.), March 22 ance can be attained in the

Democratic socialism debuts on campus

Isaac Serna News Editor

@IsaacRSerna news@paisano-online.com In trend with the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) rise in national popularity, UTSA will have a DSA chapter in its city.

San Antonio joins a list of cities with a newly recognized DSA by becoming Texas’ tenth chapter.

Riley Metacalfe, UTSA graduate student, organized the chapter and established recognition from the DSA’s national office.

“I wanted to be part of a chapter here but the nearest one was in Austin,” Metacalfe said, “after Trump got elected I decided to start ours in San Antonio.”

“You could literally see the moment Trump was declared winner,” DSA National Director Maria Svarv said in a message to new sign-ups.

Metacalfe organized thirteen invested members, many UTSA students or alumni, and now wants to extend the opportunity of membership to the San Antonio community.

The DSA reported a rise

Student Health Tristan Ipock, The Paisano Services center through BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) for all students throughout the UT System. This insurance waives the deductible if the student visits the oncampus health center—UTSA Health Services is in-network—and covers 100 percent of covered exCourtesy of UTSA penses, being lab Injured student debates whether to visit the hospital or UTSA’s Student charges, visit charges Health Services. and more. BCBS tion, as the student seeks health required further is also accepted at Texas attention outside of UTSA’s employment opportunities.

MedClinic and by several clinic. The student can specialists throughout San also keep the insurance for Antonio, if the student’s See Medical, page 2 six months after gradua-

RAICES town meeting addresses fearful community Diego Lopez Staff Writer

@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com

Courtesy of DSA The rose is the most widely used symbol among socialists.

from 6,500 members in May to over 15,000 today.

The rise in membership was found in Texas as well; Austin’s DSA reported over 400 new members in the month of Jan. The association’s visibility has Senator Bernie Sanders and his

presidential campaign much to thank.

“Across the country, Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign ignited a spark within the millennial generation,” See San Antonio, page 2

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed three executive orders containing language targeting undocumented immigrants, leaving many San Antonio residents confused and fearful.

“This whole ban thing is disturbing to me because America is founded on immigrants and that’s what makes us so great,” Alexis Gonzalez, sophomore medical humanities major said, “It’s concerning to

me because my mom is from Mexico and only has a green card. So I know first hand that not all immigrants are a threat to this country.”

On Jan. 25, President Trump signed two executive orders: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States and Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements. President Trump signed the Protecting the Nation from

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NEWS UTSA John Phillip Santos is one of 14 Texans who received the 2017 Texas Medal of Arts honor.

Santos, a Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies in the UTSA Honors College has written many acclaimed pieces including “Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation” and “The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire.” Students at UTSA can find a collection of Santos’ edited manuscripts, research notebooks, clippings and audiovisual material in the UTSA Libraries Special Collections.

Texas Two Texas Republican leaders, Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott, seek to impose term limits on members of Congress.

Cruz and Abbott feel the timing is right for a constitutional amendment which will set term limits following Donald Trump’s electoral victory, and his calls to “drain the swamp.”

Last month, Cruz and Ron DeSantis (R–FL) proposed a constitutional amendment that would set congressional term limits to three years.

U.S. Nearly 100 tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Uber and Lyft have cosigned a legal brief arguing against President Trump’s controversial executive orders. Not only do tech companies draw heavily from talent overseas, but they also recognize having a powerful voice. CEO’s like Mark Zuckerberg feel they have a “social mission” to make the world more open and connected.

World Syrian government forces have advanced toward the Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the Aleppo province. Troops captured Tal Uwayshia, a hill overlooking a key road that links al-Bab to the ISIS controlled city of Raqqa, cutting off the main supply to al-Bab.

Science Misophonia is the feeling of anger and anxiety when hearing everyday sounds of chewing or slurping.

Researchers at the Sensory Processing and Emotion Regulation Program at Duke University Medical Center concluded it is neurologically based, and it comes from increased activity in parts of the brain that process and regulate emotions.

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Medical aid is available to students continued from page 1 On average, it costs approximately $180 a month, cheaper than most Affordable Care Act insurance plans. Further information for BCBS student health insurance can be found at utsystem.myahpcare.com.

A Health Literacy program will be held on Feb. 28, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the San Antonio room at the REC. A BlueCross BlueShield representative will be available to answer questions about BlueCross BlueShield and all other insurance-related questions a student may be concerned about, like what a deductible and copay are or how to read an insurance card.

Wound care, ear irrigations and breathing treatments are also offered by the Health Services.

“The other types of medical issues we encounter are dental,” says Dr. Wichman, “and we do have a dental clinic that we operate in conjunction with the UT Health Science Center Dental School. That’s every Friday. We have a board-certified dentist Tristan Ipock & Jeremiah Hobbs, The Paisano that comes in.”

Braces, cavities, removal of wisdom teeth, implants, and others can all be done at UTHSCD. Dr. Wichman wishes to remind

Texas legislature blocks grant funds continued from page 1 Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States two days later on Jan. 27.

In addition, Republicans in Texas have also targeted undocumented immigrants and sanctuary cities by introducing the controversial Senate Bill 4 in the state legislature.

Governor Greg Abbott cracked down on one sanctuary city, Austin, by blocking grant funds to Travis County.

“It’s caused a lot of confusion, a lot of anxiety and ultimately, a lot of fear in the communities impacted by these executive orders.

Particularly, the immigrant community, the Hispanic community, and the Muslim community,” said Executive Director of RAICES Jonathan Ryan, after hosting their Executive Order Town Hall meeting at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, on Thursday, Feb. 2.

RAICES has been working with undocumented immigrants

and their families by providing legal services for the past 30 years.

“We feel a responsibility in these times of change and uncertainty to be a source of correct, up to date, and valid information and interpretation of how that impacts everyone in their daily lives,” Ryan stated.

“Throughout much of my life I never been involved in politics because I never thought my voice mattered.” Sarah Faruq, UTSA alumni and public health student at UT Health Science Center, said, “Now the same thing is happening with people who believe their voices don’t matter, and they’re the ones being persecuted the most.

They cannot speak out for themselves.”

Despite this town hall meeting and the one at the UTSA Downtown Campus on Jan. 26, many living in San Antonio and the rest of the nation remain concerned and confused about the future of the immigrant community.

students that UT Dental also has “significant lower prices, too.”

In the near future, Dr. Wichman states UTSA Health Services will open up a travel clinic. This program is designed for students traveling abroad so they can receive a physical exam and find out what immunizations may be required to the country they are travelling to. A post-travel evaluation will also be given, where the student can discuss any illness they had while abroad.

“I would anticipate that within the next six months this is something we’re going to start,” said Dr. Wichman.

NURSING SERVICES A UT student can call Health Services and speak to a registered nurse to ask them any health-related question they may need answering. The nurse will discuss what option works best for the student, such as a visit to the UTSA clinic, an urgent care, the emergency room or a visit to the student’s healthcare provider.

In addition to flu shots, Student Health Services also administers meningitis vaccinations and does tuberculosis tests through skin or blood.

UTSA’s Student Health Services takes all major credit cards as well as the UTSACard.

San Antonio DSA counter stigmitization continued from page 1 Drew Galloway, executive director at MOVE San Antonio, said, “Young people heard about issues that matter most to us: student debt relief, criminal justice reform, access to higher education, environmental justice and economic equity just to name a few.

“When you think of the stigmatization against socialism, Bernie Sanders removed that,” Metacalfe added.

The socialism stigmatization had subsided since the Cold War. In Nov. 2012, the Gallup survey found 39 percent of Americans had a positive reaction to “socialism,” including 53 percent of Democrats.

The San Antonio chapter’s first public meeting will be held on Sunday, Feb. 19 at Geekdom downtown.

“The first step is

organizing. Recruiting people and seeing what kind of numbers we have and what kind of outreach we can do.” Metacalfe said, “The DSA is the biggest socialist organization in the country, it unites the leftdemocrats, communists, anarchists— It’s about

“When you think of the stigmitization against socialism, Bernie Sanders removed that -Riley Metacalfe UTSA grad student

recognizing that in this country we need to start uniting those with a shared anti-capitalist ideology.”

“What appeals to me about the DSA is their ‘big tent’ and the San Antonio members willingness to help lead social activism in San Antonio,” Kristine

Robb, Texas State graduate student, said, “I want to channel my frustration into positive outcomes in the San Antonio community.

The DSA is a good place to converse and organize people with the same goals.”

Recruiting is an uphill challenge for new organizations, but Metacalfe intends to use the opposition to the Trump presidency as an opportunity for the chapter.

“People in the middle will see that the (DSA) are the real opposition to Trump in the next four years. We’ve already seen that the Democrats have done poorly in resisting him and I think the people who lean middle-left are sick of it,” Metacalfe said.

To find out more about the San Antonio DSA chapter, visit their Facebook page at facebook.com/ sanantoniodsa/?fref=ts

Discuss and demonstrate Samuel De Leon Staff Writer

@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com The first week of the executive order limiting immigration from seven countries has passed, and the transition is anything but smooth. From the protests at UTSA to Federal Judge James Robart’s decree of unconstitutionality, the order has faced opposition.

The ban is responsible for the suspension of immigration from countries defined as terror threats, a status subscribed by the Obama administration.

Across campus, protests opposing the ban developed. Students rallied in the Sombrilla with signs and their voices. Because UTSA houses a large

number of international students, the Paisano was able to interview three students hailing from both Iraq and Iran.

“The first impression was, this decision was not thoroughly thought out,” an Iranian student who requested anonymity said, “Not any law coming from a human being, or a group of human beings, should be without error.

I thought that the people who advise the president should perhaps listen to the American people on how they can edit it.”

A student Trump supporter, who also opted for anonymity, spoke passionately on what his family had seen when living in Iraq.

“My family was raised in a Muslim country. They

experienced first hand how horribly the Christians were treated. As Christians they were second class citizens.” the student said, “Moderate Muslims are generally good and kind people, but they are not the problem. So this isn’t generalizing all Muslims.

However it’s known, that in countries that support radical Muslim ideology, the moderates are controlled. They are generally irrelevant and can rarely do anything.”

This puts a spotlight on a key part of the executive order. The countries affected by the executive order are majority Muslim.

Part of this act declares the United States will prioritize minority religions of these countries to save them from the persecution.

Courtesty of Alex Poe Video recordings of the Sombrilla demonstration circulated on social media

“Distance means we don’t know each other. This does not help people gather together to build a better world,” Another Iranian student spoke about how this is affecting families within this region.

“Now, we have a difficult time deciding when to travel back overseas to see family all because of this ban, and hope this ban will end soon. I want to be able to travel freely without

having the fear of not being able to return to the U.S.” Over this week, developments have come along to halt the executive order for the time being. James Robart, a federal judge, ruled the law unconstitutional and the Court of Appeals affirmed this. The Trump administration can take this as an opportunity to review all that has been said by the people of this country.

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Valentine’s Day Pony Express Diego Montoya Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com

Have you ever wanted to write a love letter to your loved one using a typewriter or calligraphy pens? Well, now you have the opportunity to do so! The Briscoe Western Art Museum, which is located downtown, is offering a program to the public to write a personal love letter on a vintage typewriter or with calligraphy pens. The program is called The Pony Express and will be offered at the museum up until Feb. 12.

The available times for this lovely program are Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Take the opportunity to check out this excellent exhibit and express your creative style in a personal love letter. Once you have written a love letter, all of the collected letters will be hand delivered by a bicycle messenger to your loved one if they are in the downtown area. If the person lives outside the San Antonio downtown area, then the Briscoe Museum will send the letter by postal service for free.

This is the second year the program has taken place at the Briscoe museum. The project was started by Lauren Shultz, who is an arts administrator passionate about the arts community in the 21st century. Shultz created this program as a way of combining the past with the future while keeping the same concept of delivering a message to a loved one.

The inspiration came when Schultz gave a handwritten letter to

her fiancé for Christmas.

She realized there was a bigger sentimental and poetic message in taking the time to express your feelings by writing a handwritten note for a loved one rather than sending an instant message with emoticons.

When was the last time you hung out with a friend or significant other and neither one of you guys used your phone to engage in other conversations?

Sure, everyone is guilty of this crime, but it does make Tristan Ipock, The Paisano you wonder if people appreciate your company when you go out for coffee. The sentimental value of relationships is decreasing, which is causing people to have a difficult time expressing how they feel about one another without the use of a mobile device.

The Pony Express is bringing back meaning and value into relationships by taking the time to sit down and write down your feelings instead of sending an imessage saying “ ILY” alongside a kissy face emoji. Members of The San Antonio Calligraphers’ Guild will be at this exhibit to help answer any questions you have and to address envelopes by hand.

If you feel like being creative and artistic, but also want to avoid the trouble of buying your significant other an expensive and unoriginal gift, then stop by the Briscoe museum.

It will be an excellent opportunity to experience the struggle of writing a message to a loved one before the era of Facebook and email.

Galentine’s Day Campus. On Mondays, the Mellow Mushroom has a Contributing Writer year-round trivia night, and @ThePaisano prizes are given to the three arts@paisano-online.com teams with the highest scores. We love the ques It’s February and tions asked because they Valentine’s Day is just sound more like a bar poll around the corner. The rather than Jeopardy, so if celebration of love is a trayou have basic pop culture dition that has continued knowledge you will love it throughout the centuries. too. Galentine’s Day venue Valentine’s Day can be a ideas are subjective. I recwonderful opportunity for ommend doing whatever the declaration of blossom- you and your girls enjoy, ing or long lasting love, but but be sure to celebrate the I know this holiday is not love you all have for one all heart-eyes and kisses another. for most of us. Not having

A great way to a Valentine can be detrishow the love you have for mental to our self-esteem. your girls on Galentine’s It can even be stressful at Day is by exchanging gifts. times, which can cause us The best gifts are obviously to seclude ourselves, but handmade. Pinterest has there’s a solution for those a ton of easy and fabulous of us dreading the weeks to ideas. You don’t need to go come: Galentine’s Day. as big as Leslie Knope does

Galentine’s Day (embroidering a pillow with is a holiday that applauds your friends face on it), but our lady friends and all that you should create somethey do for us. This glorious thing that shows your girls celebration was created by you care about them. the character Leslie Knope, When my friends played by Amy Poehler, and I exchange our handfrom the television comedy made gifts, I am always series “Parks and Recresurprised by what they ation.” The series has (sadly) come up with. Last Galenended, but Netflix has all tine’s Day, my friend cresix seasons available, so ated a collage of the trip we episode bingeing is totally took together that year. She possible and highly recomspent a lot of time on this mended. wonderful gift, and it really

On episode 16 of showed me that she cared the second for our season, Lesfriendship. lie organizes But if crea meeting of ativity and her clostime are the est friends two things to celthat you do ebrate their not possess, friendship remember together.

Lush bath The holiday bombs is celebrated and sweets on several are always Tristan Ipock, The Paisano episodes throughout acceptable opthe series; this has tions. caused it to become an an So instead of eatnual tradition in the series ing ice cream while listenand in the real world. ing to Drake at home alone,

Galentine’s Day go on a date with your best occurs on Feb. 13, the day girlfriends. The great thing before Valentine’s Day. This about Galentine’s Day is it’s year Galentine’s Day lands the day before Valentine’s on a Monday, so partying Day, so your friends with is probably not an option partners have no excuse not for most of us, but I have to attend. Pick a spot you an alternative: going out to all enjoy and remember to dinner with your gal pals be creative with your gifts. at a place near and dear to Use this day as an excuse your hearts. to be extra loving to the

My friends and people that are practically I usually go to the Melfamily and also an excuse to low Mushroom, which is eat as much as you want. not far from UTSA’s Main

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V-day Massacre he would dodge a bullet—or, rather, a hundred.

Staff Writer Capone’s plan grew more @sambina95 intricate. His men would arts@paisano-online.com dress as police and pretend to raid the facility. Once the

Valentine’s Day “cops” were inside and the is a 24 hour period where North Side Gang members people display their feelings were unarmed and turned toward others. Couples are to face the wall, the two able to prance around in a unknown gunman came in cloud of love and express and the bullets began to fly. their emotions. But in Using the gangster weapon 1929 on Valentine’s Day, a of choice, the Tommy gun, display of different kinds the seven men were mowed of emotions that had been down within seconds. The pent up for ruthless killyears were ing ended finally and the four expressed. gunmen left The greatthe establishest show ment, the two of feelings “cops” staging happened the arrest of Feb. 14, the two un1929 when Tristan Ipock, The Paisano known men.

South Side A short Gang boss time later, the real police Al Capone ordered a hit on were called in after the seven men from the rival (unharmed) dog of one North Side Gang, led by of the victims would not “Bugs” Moran. stop barking. The barking

Let’s back up— caused a neighbor to go what do Valentine’s Day in and investigate. What and gangsters have in com- he found was one bloody mon? Booze. The rivalry valentine. All seven men between the two Chicago (Peter and Frank Gusengangs was rooted in gamberg, Albert Kackellek, bling, racketeering, prosAdam Heyer, Reinhardt titution and bootlegging.

Schwimmer, Albert Wein1929 was a year of illegal shank and John May) were speakeasies and gangsters left for dead. trying to make a quick buck The citizens of quenching the dry lips of Chicago were appalled by the windy city. After years the massacre. The city nevof border disputes and er had they seen or heard drive-by shootings, Capone of a man daring enough to was said to have masterorder the hit of seven men. minded a plan that would It was said after the bullet make him the only boss of shower, the men examined the Chicago underground. the bodies to make sure

The plan started they were all dead. One simple: hire two unknown man moaned and he was gangsters to fabricate a silenced quickly with more story that they hijacked bullets. To the surprise of a truck full of high qualmany, one man was found ity Capone booze and try alive and rushed to the hosto sell it to Moran’s boys. pital. Police questioned him After weeks of planning, on who had committed the Capone went on vacation treacherous act to which to Florida as a cover. Once the gangster responded, there, he made sure to talk “No one shot me.” He later to a District Attorney at died. No one was ever conthe time of the massacre. victed of the crime.

Chicago, on the other

While you’re enhand, was being pounded joying your lovely night or with snow. The killing was day plans, just remember set to take place at SMC this piece of history and Cartage Co., a building that it is not just a day for owned by Moran and used the love birds, but a day as his headquarters. On when rivals also showed the morning of the mastheir affections towards sacre, Moran did not show each other. up to the garage because he spotted a police car outside. Little did he know

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Events this week in San Antonio Tuesday 7th

Wednesday 8th

Las Mujeres de Aztlan Time: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., continues through March 15 Place: Centro Cultural Aztlan Price: Free

Not Your Granny's Bingo

Time: Tuesdays, 10 p.m.-12 a.m.

Place: Hooligan's Price: Free

Saturday 11th

David Bayer, Holocaust Survivor Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Place: San Antonio Public Library Price: Free

Time: 7-9 p.m.

Place: Nectar Wine Bar & Ale House Price: Free

Choose Garagewham! A Tribute to Art Party: The Art of Love George Michael

Time: 6-8 p.m.

Place: San Antonio Museum of Art Price: Free

Time: 7-10 p.m.

Place: Brick Price: Free

Time: 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Place: Hi-Tones Price: $3

Time: 2-4 p.m.

Place: Barnes & Noble (La Cantera) Price: Free

2017 International Music Festival: Gospel Sunday Time: 3 p.m.

Place: Empire Theatre Price: Free-$100

Emo is Forever

8 p.m. and Sundays, 2:30 p.m., continues Time: 9 p.m.-2 a.m. through Feb. 26 Place: The Korova Place: Sheldon Vexler Theatre Price: $3 Price: $16-$22

Sunday 12th San Antonio Romance Authors

Time: Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m., continues through March 12 Place: Woodlawn Theatre Price: $18-$29

Friday 10th

North Shore Fish Chocolate tasting with Schakolad Time: Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Saturdays,

Valentine's Masquerade

Pippin

Thursday 9th

Monday 13th

"El Mero Chile/The Full Monty" & "Nueva York – San Antonio" Time: Feb. 4-March 3, Thu., March 2, 6-10 p.m. and Fri., March 3, 6-10 p.m.

Place: Flight Gallery Price: Free Photo by Flight Gallery

‘Legislate This!’ raises money for Planned Parenthood Raquel Zuniga Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Legislate This! is a burlesque show that fundraises money for Planned Parenthood.

The began when Rick Perry was elected governor of Texas.

“Tired of being marginalized and looked down upon for having

Raquel Zuniga, The Paisano

a vagina, I did the best thing I could think of: hosting a benefit fundraiser for Planned Parenthood!” said Ginger Snaps, founder of Legislate This! Saturday, Feb. 3 is the fourth year San Antonio has hosted this event.

“We are here to say that the American people did not want Trump as president and do not want to defund Planned Parenthood,” said Foxxy Blue Orchid, host of the fourth Legislate This!

San Antonio.

“We are here to support Planned Parenthood and raise as much money as we can. The Houston show that happened last weekend raised $10,000.”

The whole audience came together to support this event and all the fabulous per-

Raquel Zuniga, The Paisano

formers. There was a performance where a man walked on a tightrope and did the splits, another performance where a trio gathered around a blanket crafted to represent a vagina while they danced and worshipped it, but most performances celebrated their own individual bodies and showed every person is beautiful regardless of gender, shape, size or color.

Between performances, Foxxy Blue Orchid would grace the

stage with his presence and give knowledge of Planned Parenthood.

“Planned Parenthood believes that all people should have access to quality affordable health care regardless of your immigration status,” said Foxxy Blue Orchid.

“The reality of this is that a tax on Planned Parenthood is a tax on our larger progressive movement and access to reproductive health for all.”

Planned Parenthood is often stigmatized for providing abortions, but the organization offers a variety of healthcare services, ranging from male and female reproductive health to anemia testing; cholesterol screening; diabetes screening; physical exams including for employment and sports;

flu vaccines; help with quitting smoking; high blood pressure screening; tetanus vaccines and thyroid screening.

Although the objective of this event was to raise money, the event brought self-awareness to the audience.

Raquel Zuniga, The Paisano

“These are times where we are going to find ourselves pushed to our absolute limit and you have to have that one person who will make you actually able to face the next

day,” said Foxxy Blue Orchid. He then asked the audience to take a deep breath and picture themselves alone doing their favorite thing.

“The only way each and every one of us is going to survive these next four years is if we take time to disconnect, read a book, call someone and schedule a time to sit down face to face.

Take time to get educated and informed but to also disconnect.”

As college students, it is rather difficult to find time for ourselves. We all juggle school, social life, family (whether near or far) and it can all be overwhelming if we don’t set aside the time to disconnect and clear our minds. Legislate This! taught the audience what it looks like to be beautiful.

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Abroad in Urbino: A student travel column

Study Abroad Column Gaige Davila Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com All thirty-four hours of travel was experienced second-to-second, with no music, no sleep, little food and no expectations. I thought about the woman from the night before; she kept saying not to worry.

I wasn’t worried. Every flight, TSA line, cab train and hour without sleep was like a punch of fentanyl. I would get to my destination eventually.

This is my first experience traveling outside of North America. There was no excitement or fear in the time leading up to my departure for Urbino, Italy.

Only the feeling of being underneath a great mass and not wanting to look up. My domestic flights were plagued with layovers, giving me more time under the mass. Nine hours were spent sardined in the back of a massive double-decker jet with hundreds of others who, like me, sacrificed their dignity by not paying a few hundred dollars more for seats with breathing room all the way to London.

Myself and the other steers were sedated with low lighting, tikka masala and the charm of British stewards. In front of me were three Swedish women who asked for bourbon every time a flight attendant looked in their direction.

Behind me was a father and son arguing in Gaelic. The hum of the engines was the closest thing to silence. We were all prodded off min-

Graffiti on a wall at the University of Urbino.

utes after landing. It was a dreary, cold day: exactly how I imagined London. I shuffled out of the terminal and into an elevator.

Before the doors closed, a large group of stewards and stewardesses rushed in. They immediately asked how I was doing and if I was okay; I had not noticed the dark bags under my eyes or the mucus dripping from my nose. They included me in their conversation about the weather. British charm is alive and well; this small gesture of humanity carried me through the rest of my trip.

I walked the half mile underground to reach the other side of Heathrow.

I passed through TSA, I drank several beers at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant.

Below were Gucci, Armani, Hugo Boss, Burberry, Dior and Starbucks.

The airport had more high-end stores—and was larger—than the local mall in my hometown. I sat in front of a large screen that showed all the departures

Gaige Davila, The Paisano

and arrivals. The beer and lack of sleep made me hallucinate: the times turned into stock numbers, then into HTML code, then into indistinguishable red and green shapes. I was beginning to believe this was my “Infinite Jest” and the end was coming. I questioned if this was the mass I felt during the four hour drive from South Padre Island to San Antonio.

I pulled the window up during the flight to Bologna. We were over mountains, but I wasn’t sure where I was. An hour later, we landed. The herd and I were corralled into nearby busses, and we were taken to customs. I had run into other UTSA students along the way and met with more after clearing customs. One by one, we loaded into taxis headed to the train station.

“Bologna Centrale” became the first phrase I learned in Italian. My proficiency in Spanish didn’t save me from butchering it. The cab driver understood, assuring me with an ‘I’ve heard

Staff Writer

@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com Nestled in the historic Deco District of San Antonio, Mantle Art Space continues to provide a home for visual artists. Their third installment—titled

but it is the context of these ordinary things and where the artist finds herself mentally and emotionally that makes the work so compelling. Some are just basic, color-theory driven and straight forward to the average aspects of living, while others capture the tense and ambiguous dark-

ness of Tapley’s struggle with mental illness. These are intentionally distorted and occasionally inflect a side of humor upon dark and serious topics.

Tapley’s work process produces a second set of artwork primarily made out of cardboard and tape, which she wears dur-

ing her acrylic painting.

These props, including feather boas, bondage kits and various wigs adorned Mantle’s walls alongside the 23 self-portraits making for an interactive portion of “Ordinary Things.” The props are intertwined in the topic Tapley attempts to get across to the viewer: the

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@ThePaisano arts@paisano-online.com On Friday, Feb. 3, the UTSA Creative Writing Series hosted Antonio Ruiz-Camacho in a small lecture room in the Business Building. There were about 24 guests, including the event organizer Dr. Kellman, an author and a professor of comparative literature in the English department.

Ruiz-Camacho is the author of a linked story sequence (like Pulp Fiction) titled “Barefoot Dogs” published in 2015.

Kellman introduced RuizCamacho and read from his review of “Barefoot

from his story “It Will Be Awesome Before Spring.”

Through Ruiz-Camacho, the narrator told the audience of a brutal assault, robbery and rape of a woman in the back of a taxi cab. Two armed men hijacked the taxi cab and drove their victim around on a tour of ATMs until her daily limit had been met, swearing, beating and eventually assaulting her.

Ruiz-Camacho read two more passages to whet the audience’s appetite for his work. The first passage was from his story “Origami Prunes.”

The young male narrator spoke through RuizCamacho to tell the audience of the beginnings of his torrid affair with an

older woman.

The narrator recalled how they met at a washateria and filled the audience with the intricate shapes of cutout flesh mixed with the delicate stitching from women’s undergarments in huge tumble dryers. Trying to impress his older friend, the narrator jumps into the dryer as his childhood memories come tumbling back to him in a whirlpool of heat and chemicals.

Ruiz-Camacho finished the evening with a passage from his story, “Deers.” The narrator, a scared and undocumented young immigrant goes to work one day to find it swarming with law enforcement. The lights

and sirens, however, were not there for her but for a wild bear cleverly named “Yogi” which had gotten inside the building. The conversation between the narrator and her friend devolves into a debate about the use of the plural deer versus the incorrect usage deers, as the story is titled.

The passages RuizCamacho read ranged from intimate and childlike to dark and ominous. His accented voice embodied the characters for which he spoke.

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If your endless love is the ocean’s tune, let my soul forever be lost at sea.

Humbly drowned in mercy, Oh so soon, I leave all my woe to find heaven’s key.

absurd and the mundane.

“Ordinary Things” will be on display throughout Feb. at Mantle Art Space. Join the non-profit art space for their wine and critique events; artists are welcome to bring their pieces for critique.

Bookstore set up a table with his books in the back and after the reading, the audience had the opportunity to mingle and get books signed.

Kellman’s review of the book can be found online on the Dallas Morning News website in the Short Stories Review section.

For more information on Ruiz-Camacho, visit antonioruizcamacho.com.

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Contaminated in desperation, my heart longs for your voice to heal its wounds.

Though weary, my mind seeks restoration.

My soul awaits on words to make it swoon.

Let every step get me closer to thee.

Yet if ever I should fall to the ground, let the first to touch it then be my knees.

This I pray; to love may my heart be bound.

Each humble breath is now for your glory.

Each moment becomes part of this story.

Award-winning author reads his works aloud at UTSA Dogs.”

Ruiz-Camacho then read several passages from the book. The first passage he read was “Okie,” the second story in the book. He led the audience into the story of a protagonist in a school classroom talking to his teacher. The protagonist, a young boy, received a notebook from his school teacher. Ruiz-Camacho’s reading of the passage was intimate and childlike. Ruiz-Camacho read from the young boy grasping change through writing and coping with family drama in a swimming pool with his mother.

The next passage was a dark chunk of gritty Mexican underworld

I sat up in bed and wondered what the next few months would do to me.

I wondered if the trip was worth it at all, if I was ready to live abroad, or if my wanderlust had made me as naive as the rest of them, the ones that didn’t understand my reasons for travel and never would. I drew the curtains and found the great mass. Hundreds of miles away was a mountain that claimed half of the horizon. There was snow all around, refracting the waking sun into blue light.

There it was. My apartment sat upon a hill half its size, but the mountain did not loom over it. I was no longer looking up at the mass, I was eye-to-eye with it. There was no pressure anymore, only a reverence to things that are much larger than I am. I had finally come up for air.

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“Ordinary Things”—is the work of an Irish-American artist Saralene Tapley.

From her home in New York City, Tapley takes on a very active role in defining herself in this series of autobiographical portraits.

These acrylic works tell the stories of an ordinary person with ordinary things,

worse’ head nod. home now. I slowly diBologna Centrale had gested this, and picked at the traffic of Grand Cenhow I got there as I dragged tral Station with a quarter my suitcases down the of the size. We all became stairs towards my dorm. A painfully aware of the childhood without family language barrier between vacations; binge watchus and the not-so-forgiving ing “No Reservations” and staff of the station while anything else Anthony attempting to buy tickBourdain related; countets. Spanish was easier less Ernest Hemingway, understood than English, Hunter S. Thompson and and those that spoke it Graham Greene books; were able to buy tickets to living vicariously through Pesaro, our destination befriends who had traveled, fore Urbino. The two hour even if they turned foreign ride was spent awkwardly lands into Sixth Street and maneuvering ourselves fell into every tourist trap; and our luggage out of the and years of pent up anger way every time the train at the world for not having stopped. There were no enough money, enough seats. time, or enough connecSalvation came in tions to get the hell out of the form of a Mercedes the United States. It was all Sprinter van. Our coordiover now. I collapsed into nator had arranged the taxi the small bed. to meet us upon arrival. We I woke up at seven the loaded the van and departnext morning. The room ed for Urbino. Our driver was blue. It was very quiet. was very nice and completely reckless on the road.

I was too tired and anxious to care. It was very dark outside, but I knew when we had come upon the wall. The same wall on brochures for the COLFA in Urbino program.

Everything I had gone through before did not matter anymore; this was Breakfast in front of the Palazza Ducale.

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Dreams & Soul Travel – A Spiritual Toolbox

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OPINION

Democrats are not trying to trump the president editorial The unprecedented refusal of Republicans in Congress to consider, or even meet with, Merrick Garland, Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, was followed by the Democrats’ lack of objection of Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court.

A bevy of similar submissions have been displayed by the Democrats. Most notably, the cabinet picks that Democrats considered ill-founded passed hearings with

with flying colors.

After heated discussions regarding conflicts of interest and money management, Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State and Ben Carson for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development were voted in.

Demonstrations of support for both sides of America’s postelection debates have made their way onto UTSA’s campus in differing ways.

From the travel ban protests in the Sombrilla to the shirtless man running

through campus with a Trump flag in tow, many students are getting political.

While the general public fill the streets, trying to make their voices heard, the Democratic party has been docile.

Partisan play is aggressive, and Democrats are seemingly uninterested in showing up to the game.

The Democrats have not recovered from their loss of the House, Senate, White House and 70 percent of state legislatures.

Standing one’s

ground is crucial in times of uncertainty.

Without concrete footing, the partisan sport lacks competition, and the electorate isn’t getting the balanced political debate it deserves.

Whether a side is right or wrong, their platforms agenda requires action to coalesce. With that said, the Democratic establishment requires close examination.

Reserve and tentative action have no place in the fast paced world of

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American politics.

The established Democrats’ script of submission must change, or its base will create an alternative.

In the 2016 general election, 50 percent of eligible young people voted — that’s about 24 million youth, ages 18-29. According to PEW’s exit polls, voting among young people has increased over the past two decades, dipping again in 2012: 37 percent in 1996, 41 percent in 2000, 47 percent in

2004, 52 percent in 2008 and 50 percent in 2012. Comparing the 2016 general election with the 2012 general election, 55 percent of young people voted for Clinton and 66 percent voted for Obama.

This dip is an 11 point decrease in just four years.

Democrats have relied on enthusiastic, young voters to turn up for them at the polls, but if they don’t care to court the youth vote, they can expect to lose again in 2020.

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Oscar Torres @ThePaisano You hear the chants of various fans. Spectators wearing their favorite team’s jerseys. Does this scene sounds familiar to anyone who watches sports? Well, this isn’t sports, what I’m describing is Esports.

Esports is the competitive, professional side of video games, where various teams of the best players for their respective game compete.

Esports has grown significantly over the years, some Esports scenes have even been televised such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s pro scene and EVO on both ESPN and TBS last year. However, the

game garnering the most attention recently is League of Legends.

League of Legends is one of the most played video games in the world. In 2015, it generated $1.6 billion, was estimated to generate $150 million per month, and had 100 million monthly players worldwide.

Last year's world championship was viewed by over 43 million unique viewers with a peak viewership of 14.7 million peak concurrent viewership and was broadcasted in over 18 languages.

To say League of Legends is a big game is a HUGE understatement.

NBA teams and players have begun to notice the game’s success in the North American League Championship Series (NA LCS). Like the NBA, the structure of the LCS consists of a five on five, coordinated effort to win. Each team has its coach, analysts, and superstar players. Each day, the players need to practice different exercises to improve.

Let’s take a look at some of the teams that have gained

attention.

The first notable moment was with three-time NBA champion Rick Fox and his son Kyle Fox, buying Gravity Gaming and forming their own team, Echo Fox, in 2015. Through Fox, other organizations were introduced to the world of Esports.

As such, Dignitas and Apex were purchased and merged by the Philadelphia 76ers in Sept. 2016 for an estimated five to 15 million dollars.

Another team, Team Liquid, was purchased by Xiomatic, has members including NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, Washington Wizards’ Ted Leonsis and Golden State Warriors’ Peter Guber. One of the most recent ventures was with Milwaukee Bucks coowner Wesley Edens buying Cloud9’s Challenger team and renaming them Team Flyquest for $2.5 million.

With all this investment going into the League Esports scene, we will begin to see more stability and growth in the organizations and the LCS in general.

The Paisano asked: “If you could have personally witnessed any event, what would you want to have seen?"

Interviews and Photos by Emi Ferrer

Ashley Carden Early childhood freshman

“I would have loved to witness a sermon that Jesus had, especially one of his most famous ones like the Sermon on the Mount. It's when Jesus Christ recites the Lord's prayer and the Beatitudes (the 9 blessings).”

Gabe Porras Computer science & mechnical engineering junior

“Even though I was alive for the 1996-1997 basketball season, I would love to go back now and see Michael Jordan play because ball is life.”

Kh’Darryl Johnson Criminal justice freshman “I would like to have seen the assassination of JFK, because there is a lot of controversy surrounding his death and I would want to see what truly happened. He is also my favorite president.”

Jacques Nicolay Mechanical engineering junior

“The beginning of everything. I would like to see it because no one knows for sure what happened.”

Nery Chavez Global affairs sophomore “I would have loved to be at Woodstock to see Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.”

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Carlos Hughes @ThePaisano “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history that we make today.” Henry Ford’s attitude stated in a

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1916 issue of the Chicago Tribune is unfortunately still common in today’s world. Nothing against Henry Ford, the man’s accomplishments in the automotive industry and his key contributions to increase wages and improve worker’s welfare were deeds unmatched during his time. But, the idea that the only history that matters is the one we make today is far from correct. It’s evident students and people sometimes don’t regard history as an exciting subject. Truth be told, history can be a boring subject to many, especially if there’s an instructor who’s not so lively and assigns 100 question online

assignments to complete by 11:59 p.m.

Regardless, history is an exciting, useful and important subject more relevant in today’s society than we may think.

History is the link from the past to the present.

It allows us to look at different chapters of time and pick out lessons and issues we can use to better ourselves. One of the coolest things about history is the stories. Everything has a story, the computers you use, the buildings that hold classes; even the desk you sit on in class has a story. Stories, whether they are good or bad, deserve to be told.

History gives a voice to issues and people from the

past. It’s a lens to examine history’s greatest figures and average Joes. Many of the most well-known people of the past came from humble beginnings.

Abraham Lincoln spent his childhood in log cabins, and had hardly any professional education at all. But through selfteaching, compassion and hard work he was able to become the greatest president the United States has ever seen. By examining historical figures (good or bad, famous or not famous), we can learn how to become better humans.

Last week on campus there was an antiTrump protest under the Sombrilla. In the 1970’s,

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UTSA students were protesting the Vietnam War in the exact same spot.

History matters because we are part of it—both past and present.

With the 2016 U.S. presidential election and subsequent immigration ban, history may have more importance now than ever.

We’ve seen prejudice and discrimination against certain religious and ethnic groups before and we’ve been able to persevere and push past that. It’s a crazy and tumultuous time to be alive right now, but by looking at the past and learning from it, we can better understand, brace ourselves and improve our world.

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Sam Ceballos @sambina In a world obsessed with appearances, people will always criticize each other no matter if they are sporting sweatpants and a hoodie or dressed like royalty. It baffles me as to why it even matters? I recently experienced this criticism out of the blue. I'm not one of those people that dresses on point everyday, but I am a huge fan of lipstick. I will wear any shade, any formula, any color because I love to experiment.

My favorite shade being red, I decided to rock my Selena line "Dreaming of You" color when a random person approached me and

said my red lips were too bright for them.

Shocked and a little bothered, I walked away and thought, "What the heck?"

I wore my red less proud than before. I felt ashamed but then snapped out of it. No one has the right to ruin someone else's day with judgemental comments. If a person wants to dress up and look sharp, let them. If they want to be comfortable, let them.

However, makeup is another story.

Women are criticized when they wear makeup and when they choose not to.

If we decide to put makeup on, we have fallen into the beauty standards set for women. If we don't wear makeup, the day becomes filled with unwanted comments like “you look tired,” “you look dead” or “you need some makeup.”

What do people want? Let people live and be who they want to be. I want to wear makeup without having to hear the same unsolicited

comments. I want to be able to not wear makeup without remarks that I should care more about my appearance.

We live in a world where lipstick offends people and I am not okay with this. Let people express who they are through whatever means that feel right to them. If I want to walk around campus with red lips, then let me. The color of my lips does not cause any harm to anyone. Everyone has a right to be who they want. Somedays I want to channel my inner Selena and other days I want to work all natural.

This decision belongs to lipstick-wearing humans, not society.

People have a voice and in a time when it feels like those voices are being limited I plan to take my stand and wear what I want. People's choices are their own to make and no one has the right to silence anyone. Let the lipstick express what silenced lips cannot.

“Space. The Final Frontier.” So begins "Star Trek" a television show about humans communicating with alien species across the galaxy via space travel. Once, space travel was a dream, a creative imagining of a television show producer, then the dream became reality and space missions were televised and operated by the American government.

In June 2002, PayPal entrepreneur Elon Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX).

Its purpose is aerospace manufacturing and space transport services meant to reduce the cost for NASA. SpaceX won a $278 million dollar contract to create a rocket called Falcon 9 for Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) in 2006. Then, in 2008, NASA purchased 12 commercial resupply service launches using Falcon 9 for $1.6 billion.

Over the years, Musk has kept a transparent business when it concerned system and design failures for his Falcon series rockets. This decision has brought with it criticism and apprehension about the

risk and cost of space transportation and travel.

On June 28, 2015, while carrying supplies to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its capsule broke apart after launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The morning of the Falcon 9 explosion, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted “Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown.

Will provide more info as soon as we review the data.” Then later, the same day: “There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause.”

Musk has tweeted his failures before, from other Falcon 9 rocket to SES-9 satellite missions. In Feb. 2016, SpaceX made a company statement about its then-Falcon 9 launch that “a successful landing is not expected.”

In Sept. 2016, a Falcon 9’s helium storage system was breached and a quick fire consumed it.

After a four and a half month hiatus, on Jan. 14, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 that brought 10 satellites into space for voice and data company Iridium.

However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports an issue with the Falcon 9 rocket turbo-blades that SpaceX would have to fix before it can continue Falcon launches in 2017.

In 2018, SpaceX has planned a manned Mars mission and, depending on the upcoming 2017 GAO report, this mission may be delayed, but I cannot doubt its

success at a later time.

Through actions such as Musk’s, the small number of private space corporations initiating star travel—collectively called the NewSpace community—can be stimulated to persevere when they have their own mechanical failures and financial losses.

SpaceX’s transparency inspires American explorers of the NewSpace community, reminding them that this new path of exploration will be difficult with hardships and setbacks but is also worthwhile.

Jeff Feige, Chairman of The Space Frontier Foundation (an advocacy group for commercial flight) said about one of SpaceX’s mechanical failures, “Space is hard, incredibly hard, just as aviation and ocean voyages were in their infancies, but with the unwavering determination of companies like SpaceX and the NewSpace community, I have no doubt we will overcome the inevitable setbacks only to return stronger and even more determined."

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has commented on a Falcon 9 incident, stating, “Today's launch attempt will not deter us from our ambitious human spaceflight program.”

We, as students, should apply Musk’s tenacity and integrity to our studies as well.

Despite any failure or blemishes in our work, we analyze what went wrong and continue forward to always better the work at hand.

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SPORTS

Middle Tennessee ends UTSA's home win streak

Forward Jeff Beverly rises up to the rim for a ferocious dunk.

Wylie Kuykendall Staff Writer @kuykensauce sports@paisano-online.com “We played hard. We played together, we’ve just got to do more,” said Jeff Beverly after the ‘Runners’ 69-59 loss to The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Thursday, ending UTSA’s undefeated homestand of 8-0.

Beverly poured in a team high 21 points [8 of 17] with 3 triples. His strong performance helped reduce

the deficit created by the Middle Tennessee's 17 run in the second half.

The Team from Murfreesboro entered the game with a conference best record 19 wins and three losses, thanks in large part to their starting forward, number 22 Jacorey Williams. Williams (at 6 foot 8 inches) was clearly the most physically gifted player on the floor Thursday night.

A redshirt senior transfer from The University of Arkansas in 2015, the big man is averaging 17.5 points per

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game and absorbing 7.6 rebounds. His stifling defense and aggressiveness on offense was the difference-maker in the game. He had help from Giddy Potts, the Raiders starting guard whose 22 points on 55 percent shooting eclipsed 1000 points scored for his career during the game The story was quite different in the first half with UTSA leading by two going into halftime. In a low scoring, defensive battle, The Roadrunners showed

impressive toughness and physicality despite being over matched by Middle Tennessee’s frontcourt. ”I like the way our guys approached the week,” said Head Coach Steve Henson about the team's ability to hang with the conference's best competition. “They were ready to line up and play with confidence and attack, and we did that in the first half.” As the game wore on, the Raiders were able to shut down the ‘Runners’ offense, holding the team to 39.3 percent shooting from the field.

Despite the loss, Henson stated there were still “a lot of positives” to take away from the game.

Only two days after suffering their first home loss of the season, the Roadrunners pulled off an emphatic 82-67 win over the UAB Blazers in the Convocation Center thanks to a historic night from Jeff Beverly.

Beverly scored a careerhigh 32 points in the win, 20 of which he put up in the first half. This marked UTSA’s first ever win against UAB in school history and the first 30 point game by a player since last year, when J.R. Harris hit ten three-pointers in a loss at UAB. Beverly went 10 for 17 and made 11 free throws, snapping the team’s four game losing streak and

improving the home record to 9-1 this season. The ‘Runners shot 47.5 percent, displaying tenacity in the paint, outscoring (32-20) and outrebounded (38-23) a talented Blazers team.

Beverly and Lucas O'brien, the team's starting center, combined to score 34 of the team's total 44 points in the first half. In the second half, the Blazers reduced the Roadrunners 11 point halftime lead down to six, striking fear in the hearts of everyone in the stadium.

Despite the run, UTSA was able to hold the Blazers off and seal the victory.

The Roadrunners face another tough conference matchup Thursday, Feb. 4 in the Convocation Center against Southern Mississippi. The Golden Eagles had five players score in double figures the last time their team took the court so expect to see a high scoring game on both sides this Thursday as the ‘Runners ride hot handed Beverly.

Sophomore Nick Allen throws down a dunk.

Head Coach Frank Wilson runs out onto the field at the Alamodome.

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Successful signing day spells good news for UTSA football

Diego Lopez Staff Writer @__diegolopez sports@paisano-online.com On February 1, National Signing Day, Head Coach Frank Wilson and the squad finished the recruiting season having one of the top recruiting classes in the conference.

The Roadrunners added 23 new recruits this year. That’s up from last year, when the team added 17 recruits during the offseason.

The new recruits join an improving team that went 6-7 during the regular season, ranked second in the C-USA-West, and made the universities first bowl game – the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

A few of the new recruits have already begun attending classes for the spring 2017 semester. Quarterback Bryce Rivers (Stevens – San Antonio, TX), offensive

tackle Josh Dunlap (Dodge City C.C. – Dodge City, KS), and tight end Robert Ursua (Palomar College San Marcos, CA) began the spring semester on campus.

Other recruits have signed letters of intent, and will be joining the rest of the team after the spring semester.

Cornerback Samuel Barnes (George Ranch – Richmond, TX), defensive tackle Jaylon Harris (Wharton – Wharton, TX), cornerback Tay’lor Perry (Crosby – Crosby, TX), quarterback Frank Harris (Clemens – Schertz, TX), running back B.J. Daniels (Palm - Melbourne, FL), cornerback Javontavious Mosly (Tyler – Tyler, TX), tight end Chance McLeod (Victoria East – Victoria, TX), wide receiver Tariq Woolen (Arlington Heights – Fort Worth, TX), defensive tackle Morris Joseph (West Orange-Stark, Orange, TX), linebacker Demarco Guidry (La Marque – La Marque, TX), cornerback Vance Vallair (Beaumont Central

– Beaumont, TX), running back/cornerback Dadrian Taylor (Shiner – Shiner, TX), offensive tackle Kevin Davis (Angleton – Angleton, TX), offensive tackle Dominic Pastucci (Hendrickson – Pflugerville, TX), linebacker Donovan Perkins (Zachary – Zachary, LA), wide receiver/defensive end Robert Fuentes (Southwest – San Antonio, TX), offensive tackle Keeyon Smart (Kilgore J.C. – Kilgore, TX), tight end Michael Golf (Johnson – San Antonio), safety Jay Jay Smith (Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. – Perkinston, MS), and cornerback Michael Moore (Palomar College – San Marcos, CA).

The class of 2017 recruiting class is made up of 12 offensive players: two quarterbacks, four offensive tackles, three tight ends, one running back and one wide receiver.

Bryce Rivers finished his high school career having thrown for 6097 yards and 56 touchdowns. The two-

time all-district pitcher and first baseman decided to skip his senior baseball season to begin his college football career early.

Frank Harris completed high school with a total of 6702 passing yards and 65 passing touchdowns, and 4117 rushing yards and 62 rushing touch downs.

Tariq Woolen led his team with 31 catches, 536 receiving yards, and touchdowns during his senior season.

During his senior year running back B.J. Daniels led his county in rushing yards with 1,704 and ran for 25 touchdowns.

11 recruits are defensive players: two linebackers, five cornerbacks, 1 safety and two defensive tackles.

After receiving offers from 25 schools including Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oregon, cornerback Samuel Barnes decided to join UTSA’s secondary.

Also, joining the secondary is three-star corner Javontavious Mosley who finished

his senior year with 59 total tackles and 2 interceptions.

The Roadrunners secondary only allowed 27.9 points last year.

All 23 recruits were named all-district or all conference, and 13 received all-area, all-region, all- county or allmetro accolades. 11 earned all-state recognition.

Of the 23, 16 are from

Texas, two are from California, two are from Louisiana, and one each from the states of Mississippi, Florida, and Indiana.

Spring practice begins in March of this semester, and UTSA’s seventh football season starts in early September against Houston next fall.

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Giovanni De Nicolao scans the defense from the top of the key.

Athlete of the week: Giovanni De Nicolao

Carlos Hughes Staff Writer @paisanosports1 sports@paisano-online.com

Giovanni De Nicolao is a very crafty and skilled player whose play has been a driving force for the UTSA men’s basketball team this year.

The freshman point guard is third on his team in scoring, averaging 8.5 ppg and first in assists (averaging 2.8 a game). Born in Padua, Italy, Giovanni De Nicolao comes from a basketball-oriented family, and the game has been a way of life for him.

“I’ve been playing since I was four years old..my father played in the pro league of Italy and my brothers as well” De Nicolao said. De Nicolao’s family background and constant practice shaped his game into what it is today.

De Nicalao played for Isaac Newton High School in Camposampiero, Italy and also played for the Euro 2016 U20 Italian National Team in 2016. He placed sixth in the European tournament.

After completing high school and then a year of college at Milan University, he looked to the states to play college basketball and

to receive an education while living on his own and experiencing the college life. De Nicolao chose to pursue his basketball career at UTSA because of a great coaching staff, and he is eager to help make a name for UTSA in men’s basketball. The skilled point guard has found a good fit here in San Antonio.

He’s found his role nicely in Head Coach Steve Henson’s system and has thrived as the starting point guard. Of course, he’s a hometown boy when it comes to his favorite NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs. He’s a big fan of their unselfish, European-

influenced style of ball movement, and it’s easy to see that kind of basketball when watching De Nicoloa play.

De Nicolao has great taste when it comes to his favorite players, Steve Nash and Chris Paul, two alltime great point guards.

“I want to be as good as I can be during my time here, and I want to do whatever I can do to be as good as I can be.”

De Nicolao’s eagerness to be the best player is good news for Roadrunner basketball fans because he’s only a freshman and he continues to improve his game.

De Nicolao releases a floater over a UAB defender.

Chase Otero, The Paisano

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