The Paisano
August 26,28, 2008 February 2012
KAYLA PRATT Junior public relations major from Del Rio, Texas 1. “Christian, good morals and values. Tall, dark hair and funny.” 2. “Hanging with my family.” 3. “My eyes.” 4. “Getting ready for track practice.” 5. “Married with kids and devoting my life to my family.” 6. “Travelling to Ireland.” 7.“My cell phone-just to call Mom!” 8. “Cleopatra because she is sexy.” 9. “Having 4.0 GPA and being Southland Conference 5K.” 10. “Facebook and Twitter.” 11. “The Bible.” 12. “No.” 13. “Success, and a happy future.”
PAIGE PIENZAEK Junior business major from San Antonio, Texas 1. “Trustworthiness, good communication skills and faithfulness.” 2. “Studying.” 3. “My eyes.” 4. “Lunch.” 5. “In a corporation. Hopefully, I’ll have two kids: a boy and a girl.” 6. “Becoming a professional dancer.” 7. “My grandmother’s quilt as well as my social security card and birth certificate.” 8. “Marilyn Monroe.” 9. “Going to college.” 10. “My phone ringing.” 11. “How to Restore Sanity.” 12. “No.” 13. “Graduating.” ANDREW ALVAREZ Junior accounting major from El Paso, Texas 1. “Intelligence, the ability to keep up the conversation, but not looks.” 2. “I spend some Saturdays at home. I do things with Investment Society.” 3. “My smile.” 4. “In class: marketing with Miguel Hernandez.” 5. “Master’s program in accounting. Law school. Tax attorney. Retire young. Stock broker.” 6. “To go to Amsterdam.” 7. “My family (including the cat), iPad and Xbox.” 8. “Johnny Patton.” 9. “Campus CEO of Zarrly.” 10. “Stressing out about the future.” 11. “‘The Da Vinci Code,’ by Dan Brown” 12. “No.” 13. “Getting somewhere fast!”
EKOW ACQUAAH Junior kinesiology and information systems major from Vacaville, California 1. “Intelligence, motivated to be something in life and goal-oriented.” 2. “At the gym.” 3. “My abs.” 4. “In Chemistry with Dougherty.” 5. “President of my own gym.” 6. “Skydiving.” 7. “My social security card and pictures with family.” 8. “Kofi Ann An.” 9. “Making the dean’s list twice in a row.” 10. “Studying.” 11. “William P. Young’s ‘The Shack.”’ 12. “Professor Dilley, from the History department.” 13. “Success.” DEREK MARTINEZ Senior finance major from Houston, Texas 1. “Personality, compatibility and humor.” 2. “Sigma Phi, with my fraternity brothers.” 3. “My smile.” 4. “SI session.” 5. “Working for a bank as a loan officer or manager.” 6. “Backpacking in Brazil.” 7. “My dog, camera and laptop.”
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WILLYAM “BJ“ WINSTON Junior communication major from Austin, Texas 1. “Outgoing, eyes, lips, body, goaldriven and has an out-of-the-box mentality.” 2. “Any type of event.” 3. “My eyelashes and eyebrows.” 4. “Meeting UTSA Ambassadors.” 5. “I’ll be an icon at Triple Threat Entertainment.” 6. “Skydiving or bungee jumping.” 7. “My laptop, suitcase, and Playstation 3.” 8. “Barack Obama.” 9. “Winning Mr. UTSA and Orientation Leader of the Year.” 10. “Stress and deadlines.” 11. “Hireme” 12. “No.” 13. “National recognition with other big-name schools.”
NICK ROMANO Junior accounting major from Friendswood, Texas 1. “Comedy, confidence, personality and doesn’t put on a show.” 2. “Working at Perry’s Steakhouse.” 3. “My smile.” 4. “Eating some dinner and teaching a dance lesson.” 5. “Having a family with two sons and a successful career.” 6. “Skydiving and going to Italy.” 7. “My bible, box with special things and my phone.” 8. “George Bush Sr.” 9. “Staring Alpha Tau Omega.” 10. “Noise.” 11. “Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad.’” 12. “No.” 13. “Being recognized as a large university.”
ASHLEY YONG Senior international business managment major with a marketing and economics minor 1. “Respect, being funny, good looking, athletic, polite, smart and goal-oriented” 2. “At a friend’s house.” 3. “My legs and my lips.” 4. “Going home!” 5. “Rich and famous, working for a well known international company” 6. “Travel to as many countries as I can.” 7. “My passport, my laptop and my cellphone” 8. “Napoleon, for conquering Europe” 9. “Speaking Spanish, English and French fluently, with some knowledge of Chinese and German.” 10. “Competition in the workplace and my stude abroad memories.” 11. “‘The Alchemist,’ by Paulo Cohelo.” 12. “No.” 13. “Success and money”
NATHAN MCDUELL Junior communications major from Pearland, Texas 1. “Honesty, a great attitude and can make me laugh.” 2. “Anywhere! I’m all over the place.” 3. “My eyes and body.” 4. “My finance class.” 5. “Successful with a family.” 6. “Scuba diving.” 7. “Childhood memorabilia, my computer, and whatever else I can find.” 8. “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., because his movement influenced a lot of people.” 9. “Coming to school and making it this far.” 10. “Homework.” 11. “A book on Tiger Woods.” 12. “My politics professor, Aleman.” 13. “Success.”
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SHAYNA BUTLER Senior business major from Johnson City, Texas 1. “Intelligence, strong demeanor willing to take charge.” 2. “Dinner with friends.” 3. “My smile.” 4. “In computer modules for applications.” 5. “Working for the Federal Reserve in Virginia.” 6. “To visit the Elvis Presley memorial.” 7. “My laptop, picture of my grandmother and a bottle of water.” 8. “Nelson Mandela.” 9. “Making the dean’s list every semester and being in For The Kids” 10. “Homework.” 11. “Nelson Mandela’s biography.” 12. “Dr. Keaires – Geology.” 13. “Tradition!”
SALINA CRAM Junior civil engineering major from San Antonio, Texas 1. “Intelligence, maturity and a sense of humor.” 2. “Volunteering and studying.” 3. “My waist.” 4. “Studying with friends.” 5. “Working for the FBI’s behavioral science unit.” 6. “Skydiving.” 7. “My phone, cat and laptop.” 8. “President Obama, there are some things I’d like to change.” 9. “Being selected as a 2010 Bank of America Student Leader.” 10. “School.” 11. “My psychology textbook.” 12. “No.” 13. “Being successful and making a difference in the lives of others.”
JESSICA PERRY Junior civil engineering major from San Antonio, Texas 1. “Personality.” 2. “Out with friends in San Antonio.” 3. “My eyes.” 4. “Tutoring a friend.” 5. “Becoming an environmental engineer.” 6. “Go to a foreign beach or tropical place.” 7. “Cell phone, wallet and shoes.” 8. “George Washington.” 9. ”My AP classes.” 10. “Thinking about pollution.” 11. “The third book from the Hunger Games.” 12. “Sorry, but I’ll pass that one.” 13. “Being better than UT.” To see the complete photoshoots keep an eye on our Facebook page, “The Paisano,” later this week.
8. “ Che Guevara.” 9. “I’m fluent in Spanish and English.” 10. “Issues regarding the fraternity.” 11. “Gruen’s ‘Water for Elephants.”’ 12. “No.” 13. “Greatness.”
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