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Volume 49
Issue 21
October 1, 2013
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Is Facebook making you depressed? Streetcar system on track for city
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San Antonio San Antonio’s Legacy Farmers Market and Hill Country Farmers Market Association will enter into a merger on Oct. 5, doubling in size.
For new couples entering into a relationship, Facebook can have negative effects, such as expediting the level of committment and jealousy over viewing an ex-partner’s profile.
Texas During an interview on Saturday Sept. 28, First Lady of Texas Anita Perry described the decision to have an abortion as a woman’s right saying, “...you can believe what you want to believe.”
U.S. Beginning Oct. 1, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, will be implemented nationally, regardless of a government shutdown.
World President Nicolas Madura of Venezuela expelled the top American diplomat and two embassy officials under suspicions of economic sabotage.
UTSA Emma O’Connell Intern
news@paisano-online.com Since the launch of Facebook in 2004 and Twitter in 2006, social media has permeated online society. Forums such as Facebook have increased human connectivity and the spread of information in unprecedented ways, but they could be having negative effects on their users. In early September, St. Mary’s University graduate student Jessie Smith concluded research on Facebook use and how it could negatively affect relationships. The study followed 205 Facebook users, ages 18 to 82, using a 16-question online survey. Relationship length was used as an indication of success. In an interview with KSAT News, Smith stated, “Constantly looking at other people’s profiles, and ex-partner’s profiles is going to strike up any jealousy that was there to begin with.
The more likely you are to use Facebook, the more likely you are going to run into conflict because of that Facebook use, and that conflict itself is what leads to that negative relationship outcome.” To help prevent this result, Smith suggests that couples “set boundaries and limits on their social media usage and stick to them.” Smith’s findings can be found in her contributing publication, “Cheating, Breakups, and Divorce: Is Facebook Use to Blame?” Social media has become an outlet for couples to announce big life events such as the “in a relationship,” “engaged,” and “married” status updates. The idea that a couple’s relationship is not really “official” until it becomes “Facebook official” (FBO) is a 21st century trend. Earlier this year, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships published the article, “The role of Facebook in romantic relationship development: An exploration of Knapp’s relational stage model.” In the study, researchers “sought to discern the interpersonal and social implications
“Facebook is very deceptive, people only share things that make themselves look better.”
and Student Government Association (SGA) President Zack Dunn introduced the address. “Last year we graduated more than 5,800 students, the largest class ever,” claimed Romo as one of the most prominent achievements of UTSA. Romo also said that, in the year to come, the university will be saving more than a million dollars by consolidating cyber security functions in an on-campus building. “We’ll be bringing all these functions into one building.” San Saba Hall has also been a major stride made at UTSA, adding more than 6,000 bed spaces and facilitating a more active college environment. In the past, San Antonio has been written off as a city subjected to ‘brain drain’ in which a talented and educated work-
force leaves to pursue opportunity in other cities and states. Romo presented a challenge to this assumption by claiming that, in a study sponsored by
Mary McNaughton-Cassill
UTSA Psychology professor er levels. Social media and Internet use may also affect children’s development of social skills and their ability to interact with other people. According to The Daily Mail, Oxford University neuroscientist Susan Greenfields was interviewed about the effects of social networking and child development. She feared that Internet use is changing not only the development of brain functions but also “rewiring them.” Greenfields also makes a See FACEBOOK, Page 2
Rohit Chandon
Contributing Writer news@paisano-online.com Expansive highways and automobiles have historically been the only efficient way to travel throughout the San Antonio. An above-ground rail system is the newest method through which San Antonio is hoping to modernize transportation. As the nation’s largest city with a bus-only transit system, San Antonio’s municipal government has been working to alleviate the need for automobiles. San Antonio is the seventh most populous city in the United States. Since 1990, the population has grown from 1 million to more than 1.36 million. However, San Antonio’s public transportation system is struggling to keep up. Initiatives such as the ‘B-Cycle’ program, which allows people to use bicycles downtown more frequently, have been implemented in the hopes of alleviating congestion. This desire to create more comprehensive municipal transportation has spurred the move to construct a streetcar system in downtown San Antonio. In January of 2010, the VIA Board of Trustees unanimously approved preliminary routes for the rail system under the project name Smart Way SA.
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Dr. Romo delivers university address
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Sports The San Antonio Rampage will begin the 2013 season on Friday Oct. 4 in the AT&T Center at 7:30 p.m. against the Chicago Wolves.
of publicly declaring oneself as ‘In a Relationship’ with another person on Facebook and ‘becoming FBO.’ College students consider ‘FBO’ to be indicative of an increased level of commitment in relationships. Typically, relationship exclusivity precedes a discussion on becoming ‘FBO,’ which occurs when the relationship is considered “stable.” A further change in how people establish the beginning and end of their relationships is that now couples break up through Facebook rather than through a discussion face-to-face as evidenced by the many “how to” breakup etiquette blogs online. More and more, social media is defining how we form relationships with others; electronic communication is quickly replacing one-on-one contact. Humans have the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. Psychology Today estimates that 93 percent of communication is perceived through body language. However, with the advent of social media, personal connections get lost in cyberspace, hindering the ability to bond on deep-
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President Ricardo Romo delivers his annual address to discuss the state and future of UTSA.
UTSA Sarah Gibbens News Editor
news@paisano-online.com “Everything we do must be about our students,” began
Ricardo Romo in his address. On Sept. 24 at 3:00 p.m. President Romo delivered his annual State of the University Address. The speech was meant to highlight what UTSA has achieved in the past year and to introduce plans for the future. Provost John Frederick
“I believe we become a top tier university when we act it, when we believe it and when we live it.” Ricardo Romo
UTSA President Rackspace Hosting, “San Antonio is a destination for college educated young people seeking jobs,” even rivaling Austin in the number of young professionals it attracts. Romo went on to recognize that UTSA’s Capitol Campaign
Fund has reached its goal of raising $120 million before 2015 and will continue to seek $55 million more in the next two years. Other changes that students can look forward to include a restructuring of the advising system. Rather than being grouped by college, students will be clustered with advisors by major. With this overhaul, Romo and UTSA estimates that 80 percent of students will stay with the same advisor throughout their college career, even accounting for change of major. President Romo concluded his speech by saying that UTSA’s efforts to become a Tier One university are being recognized. “Our students deserve the best because, in my opinion, they are the best.”