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Vol. 58, Issue 10
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The Paisano
October 23 - October 30, 2018
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2021 Women’s Final Four San Antonio chosen as host city for basketball tournament Heather Montoya Co-News Editor
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Final Four basketball in front of the Alamo.
San Antonio has been chosen to host the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Final Four. UTSA will co-host the event with the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and San Antonio Sports. “UTSA has a great history of hosting final fours for both men and women. We have been really fortunate to work with San Antonio Sports, which is a local organization in San Antonio who helps bring different sporting events to San Antonio,” said Lisa Campos, UTSA Director of Athletics. “We definitely know how to work together and put successful bids together, so this has been in the works for a long time.” One of the first things Campos did, when hired as
UTSA’s Director of Athletics in December of 2017, was go to Indianapolis to help with an initial presentation of the bid to the NCAA and then again in Tampa, Florida. A requirement for hosting a Women’s Final Four is that the school must be a Division I program. “Based on our bid, they selected San Antonio and then the co-host Incarnate Word,” Campos said. “Incarnate Word just transitioned into a Division I program, so we thought it would make sense for both Division I programs in San Antonio to help host this great event.” When San Antonio hosted the Women’s Final Four in 2002, there was record-breaking attendance with 29,619 attendees at the national semifinals. “People love coming to San Antonio. We have proven that we know how to put on a tremendous championship not only for
the fan experience but for the student athlete experience,” Campos said. According to Campos, co-hosting this event entails planning, which began even before she was hired and regular meetings regarding logistics and promotion of the event. “[On] game day, we will really be behind the scenes, whether it’s the sports medicine program, whether it’s the marketing, whether it’s hosting teams,” Campos said. “But it is a total effort, everyone … from our athletic department will be involved.” Campos believes that women’s basketball has a growing fan base, and hosting the final four is something that can contribute to the growth. “I think from the last time we hosted a Final Four, Continued on page 2 See “UTSA to co-host sporting event”
Read Between the Lines Bookdrive for incarcerated youth minorities Alejandro (AJ) Lopez Co-News Editor Contributions made by Maddie Pena The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hosted their event “Read Between the Lines,” a book drive for incarcerated youth minorities, on Oct. 17 in the Student Union Ski Lounge. This event was part of the various events that occurred during UTSA’s annual Black Homecoming. “There are vast racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system, and minority youth are disproportionately represent-
ed in every stage of the system,” said president of NAACP Jazmyne Brooks. “A major initiative that both NAACP and BLSA share is juvenile justice system reform. Our hope for this event is that people walk away knowing something they didn’t before and feel empowered and encouraged to become advocates for juvenile justice reform.” The event was “hipster coffee shop” themed with refreshments provided and Mírame, a local UTSA student-run music group, performed as well. UTSA alumnus and guest speaker Dieter Cantu spoke about his personal background and the founding of Cantu’s Books for the Incarcerated Youth
Project. The purpose of this program is to make a variety of books available for the youth housed at various Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) facilities. “The goal is to use these books to improve their literacy and reading skills which will enable them to further their education,” Cantu said. “This approach to addressing youth with minor infractions levies severe disciplinary repercussions and forgoes a rehabilitative process, which would curtail negative stigmas associated with corrective actions.” Cantu has partnered Continued on page 2 See “Black Homecoming event”
Mírame performs during the event.
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Introducing Mírame before their performance.
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Classroom to Career Initiative Kaylee Boggan Staff Writer On Oct. 1, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy presented a new initiative aimed at making UTSA a place where students may cultivate success with the Presidential Classroom to Career Initiative. The initiative aims to allow UTSA students to engage in experiential learning opportunities. Eighmy launched the Classroom to Career Initiative with the hope that it will increase student success by providing students more opportunities to connect their
classroom learning with real-world applications and increase their career readiness. UTSA Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kimberly Andrews Espy, will lead the new presidential initiative. “The Classroom to Career Initiative focuses on experiential learning, which is the process of learning through doing,” Espy said. “Some examples of experiential learning outside the classroom include internships,undergraduate research, service in a community program or even innovations, such as
launching a student-led startup.” Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of University College Heather Shipley, will be the head of the Classroom to Career Task Force. Task force members include faculty and staff from each of UTSA’s colleges and several student academic support units, as well as the Student Government Association. “The Classroom to Career Task Force will convene for two months and, in December, will recommend the structure of a new campus-wide experiential learning framework,” Shipley said.
“Outreach into the community is a key component of this process to identify partners in the business, non-profit and government sectors who are able to provide internship opportunities for our students. The task force will also identify the best practices, including the many successful programs that already exist here at UTSA.” The goal of the program is to make sure that each student can experience these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. “Our vision is to make experiential learning programs such as intern-
ships sufficiently meaningful, enjoyable and readily available to our students that most will take advantage of these opportunities while they’re here at UTSA,” Espy said. “The task force is charged with transforming this vision into a reality and determining the infrastructure needed to create the best possible experiential learning opportunities for our students, both inside and outside the classroom.” All majors are represented in the task force and can benefit from this initiative because it can lead to more marketable skills for career improve-
ment, benefit businesses and organizations around San Antonio with interns, establish more researchrelated scholarships and encourage people of all majors to interact with one another. After the fall semester, the Classroom to Career Task Force will propose its completed plan in January 2019. “This initiative will ultimately bring more experiential learning opportunities to our students resulting in fun, engaging learning experiences that enhance student success and career-readiness,” Epsy said.