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Day of overhaul: the Dead Courtesy of Christina Acosta

This Friday Nov. 15, from 6-8 p.m. in the Lui Auditorium, For the Kids (FTK) charity will be hosting their annual “Hollywood Fashion Show” to raise money for pediatric cancer.

San Antonio Over the weekend, San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro married fiancee Anna Flores in a private ceremony.

The two are expecting their first child in December.

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Nov. 1 marks the traditional Mexican holiday “Dia de los muertos,” or Day of the Dead.

Deceased family members are remembered by their relatives by displaying elaborate altars. To read more about this cultural festival, see page 8

Luxury student housing In 2013 and 2014, UTSA students will have eight new housing options to choose from, including UTSA’s new dorm San Saba Hall. The new housing complexes will be located near the Main and Downtown Campuses and will be easily accessible to students. The new communities are intended to house UTSA’s growing student community as it transitions away from being a commuter campus and are being labelled as “luxury student living.”

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“It just seems like an overreaction to something that may or may not be that big of a deal.”

The Senate voted 61-30 to advance legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. House Republicans responding saying they will not consider it.

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UTSA is preparing to implement a new program that will not require students to have so many different advisors.

The proposal for this program was released on Aug. 6 and is currently in preparation.

This change has the potential to improve the advising process to benefit students. The new program primarily focuses on the change in assigning advisors to a student. It aims to pair students with an advisor that will remain constant all throughout that student’s journey to a degree.

Currently, freshmen advisors are completely separate from department advisors. When students change majors or simply transition from freshman to sophomore year, their advisors change, which can cause confusion.

Monday, Oct. 4, Planned Parenthood asked the Supreme Court to restrict HB2 from going into effect, claiming a third of abortion clinics will be closed as a result.

Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi went on trial for inciting murder Monday, Oct. 4, but rejected the court’s authority.

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The battle has just begun over House Bill 2 (HB 2), a bill that increases regulations on abortion procedures, providers and facilities in the state of Texas. The bill has provisions that could potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state and effectively restrict Texas women’s access to abortion facilities.

The bill was challenged by Planned Parenthood in U.S. District Court Monday, Oct. 28, reaching a ruling that deemed one of the bill’s main provisions unconstitutional and an obstruction of due process.

HB 2 was passed in June of 2013 by a second special session of the Texas Legislature called by Governor Rick Perry after the vote during the first special session was successfully

One provision of the bill limits an elective abortion to 20 weeks after fertilization. The bill states, “substantial medical evidence recognizes that an unborn child is capable of experi-

“(This) will not stop our ongoing efforts to protect the life and ensure the women of our state aren’t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill horror stories...”

Rick Perry

Governor of Texas filibustered by Texas Senator Wendy Davis. What is being regarded as a wide-spread antiabortion bill by its critics has rekindled the emotional debate on abortion nationwide.

encing pain” after 20 weeks and that the state has a “compelling interest” in protecting the life of an unborn child that can feel pain. The more controversial provisions in the bill, if en-

forced, would potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state that cannot update facilities to the bill’s regulation.

Proponents of HB 2 argue that provisions in the bill will help increase the quality of women’s healthcare. A representative from Students for the Right to Life (SRL) at UTSA gave their thoughts on the bill saying, “The ultimate goal of this law is to improve the conditions of largely unregulated facilities providing abortions.

Women who choose to have an abortion deserve the same level of care when undergoing an abortion as they would receive with any other surgical procedure.”

Many of the changes concern building code enforcements and increased state regulations similar to that of an ambulatory See HB2, Page 5

This is being planned through a research-based system that clusters majors into categories, according to UTSA’s Academic Advising Restructuring Proposal.

As research has shown, students who declare a major upon entry are likely to change it throughout their college career. Therefore, this new program has prepared secondary majors depending on their popularity at the university and their popularity as second majors based on the first declared major. For example, according to the Office of Institutional Research (OIR), numbers show that students who initially major in the social sciences tend to change their major into areas such as interdisciplinary studies, marketing or kinesiology.

By expanding an advisor’s knowledge on a broad variety of majors along with their popular secondary majors, advisors can target a wide population of students and thus the relationship between the advisor and student is maintained even if changes in their majors are made.

Academic advising will be organized into clusters for See CHANGING, Page 3

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Voter ID Laws: Changing the system UTSA Emma O’Connell Intern

news@paisano-online.com The 2013 election is the first statewide election where the Texas photo ID requirement for in-person voting has taken effect. In 2011 the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), which created new requirements for voters to show photo identification when voting in person. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Texas Secretary of State John Steen addressed a San Antonio audience to discuss the new photo ID voting laws and how they will be implemented.

One of the issues brought forth regarding photo identification requirements was a possible discrepancy between the name on an ID and the name used to register. According to Steen, “as long as the names are substantially similar, all a voter will have to do is initial to affirm he or she is the same person who is registered. Poll workers have been trained to account for names that might be substantially similar but not an exact match due to a number of circumstances, including the use of nicknames, suffixes and changes of name due to marriage or divorce.”

According to a website set up by the Texas Secretary of State, there are four different excep-

tions to the rule: the name on the ID is slightly different from one or more of the name fields on the official list of registered voters, the name on the voter’s ID or on the list of registered voters is a customary variation of the voter’s formal name (for example, Bill for William, or Beto for Alberto), the voter’s name contains an initial, middle name, or former name that is not on the official list of registered voters or on the voter’s ID and if a first name, middle name, former name or initial of the voter’s name occupies a different field on the presented ID document than it does on the list of registered voters.

Steen stressed that no one will be turned away from the polling place. Voters without identification may use a provisional ballot.

The acceptable forms of identification are a Texas driver license, Texas Election Identification Certificate, Texas personal identification card, Texas concealed handgun license, United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph, United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph and a United States passport.

Students may not vote using their university sanctioned IDs. At the polling location, voters must present one of the seven acceptable forms of photo ID. The election official will check

the name on the ID and compare it to the list of registered voters. If both names match, the voter will follow the normal voting procedures. If the name does not match but is “substantially similar” the voter will have to sign an affidavit stating that he or she is in fact the same person on the list of registered voters.

If a voter does not have an acceptable form of photo identification, then he or she may still vote by provisional ballot but must provide a valid ID to the county voter registrar within six

“(We) have not heard any reports of any voter being turned away because of ID...”

John Steen

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days.

According to Steen, “They (elections department) have not heard any reports of any voter being turned away because the ID name and the registration name did not exactly match. In fact, the numbers so far indicate the state is on track to beat turnout numbers from the last election of this kind in 2011.”

SGA votes to end CAP UTSA

Sarah Gibbens News Editor

news@paisano-online.com The Student Government Association’s resolution, “End Participation with the Coordinated Admission Program Resolution” passed unanimously last Thursday, Oct. 31. The Coordinated Admissions Program, or CAP, was on track to be eliminated before it was blocked by the University of Texas Board of Regents.

The purpose of SGA’s resolution was to formally request

that the Board of Regents allow UTSA to end CAP. The resolution was sponsored by 35 out of the 45 SGA senators, but faced no opposition during its vote.

SGA cited several justifications for their decisions to formally remove support from the program, one of which was the responsibility of SGA to “review, discuss, consider and take any necessary action through legislation on all issues which concern the campus or students…” according to the legislative document.

Improving graduation rates was also heavily emphasized as part of the argument to end the program.

In order to be more competitive in achieving Tier One status, UTSA must improve its graduation rates. Out of UTSA’s freshman class, 20 percent are enrolled in the CAP program, and of those 20 percent, 70 percent will leave UTSA. This artificially lowers graduation rates from eight to 10 percent.

Now that the proposal has been passed, it will be sent to President Romo’s office so that the administration is aware of student opinion.

Boyd Garriot, who co-authored the bill, stated, “I felt great when the resolution passed; it meant a step forward for the university.”

Changing: students receive new advisors From page 1 downtown, arts and humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary education, business studies, engineering, life and health sciences and mathematical and physical sciences. Additionally, there will be clusters for the law institute, health professions, the Honors College and Athletics.

The expectations for this program are that, with a stronger relationship between student and advisor, the students will be more likely to succeed in completing their degrees.

Another major improvement to the advising program will be record keeping. Advisors will be able to access the advice that was previously given to their students in case the student changes their major and doesn’t fall under the advisor’s cluster of secondary majors. The new

advisor will be able to pull up that student’s information on the computer and see the advice that has been given to that student. This helps with consistency and avoids confusion for both the student and the advisor.

One UTSA advisor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is skeptical that this change in structure will work, saying, “A huge advising shake-up for the sake of increasing advisor-student continuity ranges somewhere between counter-intuitive and self-defeating.”

The proposed changes are contingent upon advisors remaining at UTSA and will also require current students to adhere to the new system.

“It just seems like an overreaction to something that may or may not be that big of a deal,” said the advisor.

The new plan looks toward advisor expertise in a certain field to optimize student opportunity. Advisors are expected to connect students to the right majors, concentrations, minors and classes, as well as the right extracurricular activities, faculty mentors, graduate programs, career ideas and internships.

Some advisors feel that it is more valuable for them to have a strong rapport with a student, rather than know a student’s specific field of study.

“Thus, the benefit from increasing the continuity between advisors and students will be far outweighed by decreasing the advisor continuity with all these other things,” said the advisor. “It’s as if knowing catalog requirements is all the provost thinks advising consists of.”

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Bike sharing HB 2: continuing fight over abortion at UTSA Matthew Duarte Editor-in-chief

news@paisano-online.com Long walks from shuttle stops to the classroom may soon be a thing of the past.

A bike-sharing program for UTSA is currently under consideration and, if implemented, would give students an additional option for getting around campus.

“We are very proud to be the first city in Texas to adopt this sort of bike share program.”

Julian Castro

Mayor of San Antonio A group of student organizations is working with the Green Fund to gauge student interest in a program that would allow students to check out bicycles temporarily, similar to the BCycle program that can be found downtown.

The Green Fund, which is supported by student tuition and fees, would likely be responsible for paying for the project.

In a bike sharing system users can check out a bicycle at one station and return it to a different station, allowing for a host of users to share a smaller number of bicycles and at a significantly lower cost than if they each bought their own bicycles. Bicycles can only be used where there are stations to return them to, but this efficient system can make it easier for individuals to get from place to place without the hassle and wait of walking or taking a shuttle.

The push for a bike share program is being spearheaded by “green” student organizations on campus, such as The Movement, the Green Society and Roadrunners for Renewable Resources. Members from these groups and the Green Fund will be around campus conducting surveys to gauge how interested students are in such a program.

“Bicycling is definitely the

quickest and most efficient way to get around campus,” said Christopher Perkes, who is working with the Green Society to survey students. “You don’t have to wait around, you don’t have to find parking, it’s just so much quicker and efficient.”

There are over 30 universities across the country that currently implement bike share programs, including Texas A&M, which began its program this year with 10,000 bikes and six stations around campus where students can check out and return bicycles.

Perkes is hopeful that students will be supportive of a bike share program on campus: “I actually haven’t gotten a single negative response yet — it’s very encouraging.”

The City of San Antonio began its own bike share partnership in 2011 with B-Cycle, a company based in Wisconsin that operates bike sharing systems in more than 25 cities, including Houston, Salt Lake City and Madison. Since opening with 14 stations downtown, San Antonio’s program has expanded to more than 50 stations that stretch from Brackenridge Park near Trinity University and the University of the Incarnate Word to the Mission Reach of the Riverwalk south of Loop 410.

“We are very proud to be the first city in Texas to adopt this sort of bike share program,” said San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who also wants to see the Alamo City become the most bike-friendly city in the US. UTSA’s downtown campus is currently served by one of the first B-Cycle stations in San Antonio.

However, implementing a bike share program on UTSA’s main campus is not without its challenges. Not only must the surveys determine that there is indeed interest for the program, but implementing a bike share system carries a host of logistical hurdles.

“The next challenge would probably be in getting through Transportation Services to get a system like this up and running as well as maintenance of the bicycles,” said Perkes. Perkes also warned that it could likely be “two to three semesters at the earliest” before the system could be put in place, based on other Green Fund projects.

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news@paisano-online.com Nine Amendments to the Texas Constitution are up for a statewide vote on Nov. 5.

They include property tax cuts for the spouses of diseased veterans, elimination of a non-operational State Medical Education Board, extension of tax exemption of

Another provision of HB 2 that was challenged during Monday’s court hearing dealt with a restriction on abortions induced with medication, requiring them to be conducted in medical centers. The provision limiting abortion to 20 weeks was also upheld.

UTSA student and interim president for the National Organization for Women Matthew Chandler commented: “The National Organization for Women (NOW) at UTSA is against HB 2 because it is highly detrimental to the rights of women in Texas. The bill will result in the closing of 13 clinics, leaving the rest located in more central/urban parts of Texas. People who don’t live near one of the remaining clinics would have to travel hours to get there and not everyone is able to take time out of their lives to do that.”

There is also a 24-hour waiting period that imposes an

added burden for women with financial difficulties.

Chandler is joined by 80 percent of Texans that voiced their opposition to the bill in a bipartisan poll conducted in June 2013 by the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQRR) group. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked a federal appeals court to grant an emergency ruling allowing the state to enforce the law and filed an appeal within an hour of the court’s ruling.

Gov. Rick Perry released a statement on Oct. 28 saying that the court’s ruling “will not stop our ongoing efforts to protect life and ensure the women of our state aren’t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill horror stories that have made headlines recently.”

Muslim Student Association

Members of the Muslim Student Association speak to students at UTSA’s Main Campus about Islam. Their goal was to foster dialogue among students and discourage stereotypes.

UTSA Mohamed Ahmed Staff Writer

news@paisano-online.com The UTSA Muslim Student Association (MSA) recently participated in Islamic Awareness Week, an event that aimed to bring forth interfaith dialogue, understanding and to clear commonly held misconceptions regarding Islam.

Each day had a theme that was presented to UTSA students. Topics included Science in Islam, Jesus in the Qur’an, Muhammad, Current Events, Art and History in Islam and

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lation between admitting privileges and improved physician communication in court. The state also failed to provide any proof as to whether an actual communication problem exists between abortion providers and emergency room physicians. Accordingly, since the state could not provide any evidence that the hospital-admitting privilege actually furthered or promoted better medical care to women, the state failed to show a “rational basis” for the provision and the court deemed it unconstitutional.

Furthermore, the court stated that implicit results of clinic shutdowns would cause an “undue burden” for women seeking an abortion. Throughout the Rio Grande Valley, 24 counties would be left with no physician.

Women seeking the procedure would be forced to travel longer distances to an operating facility located in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Houston.

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From page 1 surgical center. Planned Parenthood filed a suit against Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott shortly after the bill’s passage in Sept. 2013 claiming certain provisions to be unconstitutional.

District Judge Lee Yeakel presided over the case and ruled against a provision of the bill that required the physician performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a hospital no more than 30 miles away from where the procedure takes place. The bill argued that a provider with admitting privileges to a local hospital could more effectively manage patient complications by providing continuity of care. Requiring admitting privileges was also meant to decrease the likelihood of medical errors due to poor physician communication during a patient handoff.

The state could not, however, provide any statistical evidence to support its theory of a corre-

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Women in Islam. There was even an area where students could receive Henna tattoos.

“The main purpose of Islamic Awareness Week is to encourage dialogue between people of all sorts of faiths. It’s really breathtaking to hear everyone’s opinions, and despite the differences, we really just need to work together for a common goal,” said MSA’s President Ahmad Kaki. “We aim to create friendships over religion or over non-religion. Whether you’re Muslim or not, MSA’s aim is to create bonding between Atheists, Muslims, Christians, Jews or any other faith” Students had the opportunity to visit the MSA booth, located

at the intersection between McKinney Humanities and the Multidisciplinary Studies Building.

“I’m happy people got to ask me questions about my faith.

I feel like we really informed people about what Islam was really about.” said Anab Attayeb, who wears a headscarf mostly worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty. “I’m really glad that they’re here and I’m glad that they’re debunking all the stereotypes that are held by the general public,” said Chris Campos, after talking with a group of Muslim students at their booth.

There are over 2.6 million Muslims in the United States.

421,000 of them live in Texas—more than any other state.

UTSA hosts over 1,000 Muslims, 500 of which are international students from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, India, Indonesia and Kuwait.

The role of MSA on campus does not only serve as a place of meeting for UTSA’s growing Muslim population, but also as the organization hosts rooms for three of the five daily prayers Muslims are required to fulfill.

They also host a weekly Friday Prayer, or Jumma Prayer, with a short sermon. For More information about MSA visit http://utsa-msa.org.

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If you believe student-athletes are not being properly compensated for playing sports you have never gone to college. This debate has grown in the last decade from a few complaints and suggestions, to a philosophical argument that has grown legs and is threatening to run away. But the simple fact remains — student-athletes are participating in the ultimate college internship and do not need to be “paid to play.”

Internships are coveted by college students who want to begin working in their degree field or who want to network with people who can give them access to quality jobs. Essentially, these internships will provide the real-life work experience students like to put on their resumes when hitting the job market after college.

That is where companies and organizations with internship opportunities come in. They are seeking talented and dedicated students to work for them — at no cost. This means students are expected to produce and provide high quality work for free. As a result, the majority of student interns work in hopes of finding employment with that same company after they graduate.

The career center website for UTSA proves these cases of internships are the life-blood of job employment after college.

According to the 2012 National Association of College Employers (NACE), college graduates who took in a paid internship were 60 percent more likely to receive a job offer. Yes, there are some internships willing to pay for a student’s services, but

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those are few and far between.

The survey does show that students who had an unpaid internship actually fared better, if only marginally, than the paid interns.

Now apply this entire culture and process to playing college sports. Student-athletes essentially will have a four-year internship at their university, gaining the same benefits and making the same sacrifices as other college students. The only difference is the craft.

College athletes sacrifice social and personal time in order to practice, study and at times provide community service.

That leaves few moments to spend with family, friends or at other curricular activities at college. However, they are doing so with the knowledge that there is a payoff when college is over — the potential high-paying career so many seek.

Internships are all about resume building and networking, and who has it better that the student-athlete in these two areas? Here is what a resume of a college athlete might read: Dedicated four years to working on individual and group projects (mainly preparing and participating in athletic events), learned and developed leadership qualities and sharpened communication and time management skills. Not to mention the abundance of access to reference letters that employers look for in job applications.

In addition, college athletes will meet professionals in various career fields during their time. It’s not uncommon for students to gain employment thanks to what they did on the

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field or on the court.

There is statistical and scientific proof as well that college athletes are better suited for life after college than nonathlete students. The University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UNILOA) measures college student’s behaviors beyond academics. A 2011 UNILOA study by Dr. Will Barratt and Dr. Mark Frederick at Indiana State University researched the academic and personal growth of student-athletes compared to non-athlete students. The idea was not to focus on GPA’s, but rather on seven characteristics — critical thinking, selfawareness, communication, diversity, citizenship, membership and leadership, and relationships — that better define a student’s chances at success in the real world outside of college.

In summary, Barratt and Frederick indicated through their research that student-athletes had twice as much growth in learning and development than non-athlete students.

The NCAA student-benefits website also identifies a multitude of assistance programs, grants and scholarships available, while every university has tutors designed specifically for college athletes. UTSA, for example, has five people on their academic staff that are available for each specific sport.

The real disconnect is the difference between scholarship student-athletes and nonscholarship student-athletes.

The UTSA athletic scholarship website outlines what scholarship athletes can receive for attending college as a stu-

dent-athlete. It includes housing (both on and off-campus), the highest meal plan available (you can choose the smaller one and receive the remainder in a cash grant to pay for offcampus eating) and paid-for textbooks.

Yet not every student athlete will receive a full scholarship.

Some have to try out and work their way onto a team. But if a non-scholarship studentathlete walks-on to a team and outplays the scholarship athlete, would they get to negotiate a new contract the following semester? No. They may get a scholarship though, and then they are in the same boat and now have a paddle for themselves.

There is a handful of college athletes who draw in ratings and increase attendances for their universities. Those are the few that proponents of paying college athletes are really arguing for. That does not take into account the lesser-appreciated sports that account for a smaller percentage of revenue.

That is why paying college athletes would be uneven for each athlete and sport. Egos of athletes and parents inevitably will lead to complaints about unfair monetary compensation in comparison to other students. The star athlete will feel underpaid after realizing their teammate, who walked on and plays sparingly, has a check worth the same amount.

The rhetoric on this argument has also stemmed from some major college storylines this year have focused on two issues: player licensing and image use.

Ed O’Bannon, a former standout basketball player at UCLA, filed a class action lawsuit in 2009 against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company. The case specifically dealt with the EA Sports popular franchise of video games that subtly used player’s images in their games without permission or compensation.

In August of this year, NCAA President Mark Emmert called the selling of player jerseys “a mistake” and said there would be an “exit to that kind of business immediately.”

These incidents also deal more directly with major college sports stars. The NCAA may try to find a common ground but it does show the biggest conception of exploiting college athletes. If you were to become the most talked about intern at Google and they made profit off of a t-shirt with your image it seems fair to be upset over that.

Still, it’s important to remember that universities are not non-profit organizations supporting a cause. They are businesses working in a capitalist environment and athletics is just another way to create revenue.

There will never be one specific way to satisfy this disagreement. What system could satisfy every Division I, II and III college? What system could pay every scholarship and nonscholarship athlete fairly and without dispute?

If college athletes are paid then it’s not college athletics anymore – it’s a profession.

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Commentary Drawing the line A l i cia Ann Lynch, a 22- ye arold from Michigan, dressed as a Boston Marathon bombing victim for Halloween and posted a picture of herself on Twitter.

She and her family received death threats. Some responses to her picture on Twitter included angry responses hoping she would get cancer or die. While Lynch didn’t directly commit any sort of illegal action — her first amendment rights guarantee her freedom to wear whatever costume she chooses — she received backlash from an online community that was unwarranted.

Caitlin Cimeno similarly received negative backlash after posting a picture mocking the Trayvon Martin, Andrew Zimmerman case. The picture featured one white man in black face wearing a blood stained shirt, and another white man with a shirt labeled “neighborhood watch” pointing a gun at the first man.

Cimeno faced backlash similar to that of Lynch. In addition, she was fired from her job.

Philosopher John Morreall believed that laughter evolved as a gesture of shared relief at the passing of danger. He believed this is why people laugh when someone trips and is ok. But should we laugh at Halloween costumes of victims

of bombings or murder?

Comedians are known for pushing boundaries. Many take on issues of race, religious intolerance and abuse, presenting them in the humorous form so that audiences can laugh. At some point, however, the audience has to question whether a joke is harmless fun or exploitation.

Of course there is “a line” somewhere but when do we cross it? Is it crossed when one person is offended? Or is it crossed when a joke is offensive to an entire community?

Placing this line is subjective; no absolute will ever be resolved to rule what boundaries may be pushed and what boundaries are off limits to everyone. It is this subjectivity that places responsibility on the shoulders of the audience to determine how they will handle insensitivity.

People are going to be offensive.

We rightly value the freedom to express ourselves as we choose and therefore it is inevitable that someone will say something offensive.

How we respond to the images that we find offensive makes the difference between perpetuating a spirit of negativity and having productive dialogue. Whether or not you agree with the actions of Lynch and Cimeno is a matter of personal opinion, but the way to engage in ignorance is not with more ignorance.

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{Local Events} Tuesday, November 5 8 p.m. Comedy: Open Mic Night Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club (618 NW Loop 410) hosts an open mic night each Tuesday for those brave enough to show off their comedic skills. LOL Comedy Club gives local comedians a stage to improve their act and make a full room laugh. Open Mic Nights are 18 and up. For more information, visit lolsanantonio.com

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Rec demo kitchen offers free cooking classes Beth Marshall

Senior Copy Editor arts@paisano-online.com It’s no secret that the Rec Center has something to offer everyone. What has unintentionally been under the radar, however, is the Demonstration Kitchen that the Fitness and Wellness program offers.

Located on the second floor of the Rec Center in a back room are shiny silver tables facing an ordinary kitchen. It comes equipped with a large island in the center surrounded by a refrigerator, a dishwasher and sink, two ovens and plenty of countertop space.

This place is home to the Demonstration Kitchen, which offers free cooking classes to students.

Steve Kudika, the assistant director of fitness and wellness at Campus Recreation, was the

instructor of the class held on Sept. 26. Although it has not always been in this format, Campus Recreation has offered Demonstration Kitchen since 1996.

In 2007 the program moved to the space it occupies now, which is actually a renovated office. At that time, UTSA was one of three campuses that offered this type of facility.

When the recipes are created many health factors are taken into consideration; anything from allergies to diabetes is reviewed. In addition, a college student’s budget is considered.

“The mission of the program is to be healthy, cheaper and utilize reusable ingredients.

We’re not trying to have people spend money on something they’ll only use once,” said Kudika.

While demonstrating valuable cooking techniques, the

Demonstration Kitchen classes aim to promote healthy eating habits for college students. It’s so easy to microwave ramen noodles or drive through a fast food restaurant on a daily basis, but these classes are designed to provide easy meals that last as viable options.

“I really like to do sessions with folks that incorporate healthy meals that you can make on Sunday and will sustain you and another person for the week,” says Kudika.

The class offered on Sept. 26 featured zucchini lasagna. Although this may sound strange or unappetizing, rest assured that the finished product tastes delicious.

“I don’t even like most of the ingredients, but I really like the outcome,” said freshman engineering major Danielle Davenport. “It actually gets me to eat vegetables.”

First, the class of about 20 people huddles around the stove located on top of the island and listens to the recipe’s nutritional facts. Then the hands-on work begins. Graduate student Gisele Alvarez has the task of slicing the zucchini into long, lasagna-noodleshaped strips. “I don’t enjoy the pasta part in lasagna so (it’s) a very good option for me,” said Alvarez.

The drawback to the class is that there are not enough ingredients for everyone to make his or her own meal, so the work has to be distributed among the group of attendees.

Kudika remarked that “unfortunately, the lower number (of participants) is actually better so we get more people involved and it’s a little bit more engaging.” Although this may be true, anyone can benefit simply from watching, and being able to

take a copy of the recipe home makes it easy to duplicate.

Making zucchini lasagna is considered a second level class.

What constitutes the differences between levels one and two are the types of techniques involved and the amount of time it takes to get the finished product. “For this one in particular, as a level two, we were sautéing some things. Instead of grilling, we actually baked a couple things; we browned the ground beef,” said Kudika of the process.

The Rec Center hosts roughly seven cooking demonstrations per semester with around 20 available spots per class.

To sign up for a class send an email to fitness@utsa.edu.

For more information, explore the Fitness and Wellness tab at utsa.edu/recreation.

students.

Whether you are approaching a professor to discuss a course or to ask for permission to enter a class, everything lies in how you present yourself.

Though it may feel like you are not being yourself, try not to think of it as putting on an act.

If you find yourself wracked with anxiety and unsure of what to say, remember that keeping it simple is always best.

Whoever you are speaking to will appreciate your efforts as well as the fact that you took time out of your day to meet with him or her.

Reminding yourself that professors meet with students all the time can be helpful as well.

Though it may feel like you are interrupting their busy schedules, coming to them outside of class will show a willingness to learn and improve.

Similarly, sending emails can be an all too complicated bother for some students. It may be

difficult to get the right point across to a professor through simple text. Even if you do not know what to say or how to address the person you are emailing, remember that the route of sincerity is always best.

The inboxes of professors, advisors and counselors are flooded with unprofessional emails on a daily basis. Students often forget to include important information such as which course they are in and even their name in emails.

If you provide the person you are emailing with all the information they need to identify you, they will appreciate your efforts all the more. Presenting yourself as serious and open to their many different responses will give them a platform to get back to you in a quick and helpful way.

Speaking to professionals that are not professors can also be daunting in a different way. You may have to

speak to people on the phone for a job or work closely with someone you don’t necessarily get along with for a group project.

In these instances, it is important to address your nerves and anxieties head on and try your best to keep them at bay.

Learning the art of faking confidence can certainly help in this department.

Issues with talking to people in higher positions may stem from anxiety, but I believe a lot of it may come from natural levels of stress we are met with on a daily basis. With all the things we have to do each day, something as simple as setting up an advising appointment can be burdensome.

In school, it is easy to find yourself living in a self-imposed cocoon. You may find that you

Santikos Bijou Theatre (4522 Fredericksburg Rd.) is featuring Danny Boyle’s 2011 broadcast of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein as part of London’s National Theatre’s 50th Anniversary. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate roles as the monster and his creator, Victor Frankenstein.

Admission is $20.

Thursday, November 7 5 p.m. Event: Wurstfest College Night Landa Park (120 Landa St.) in New Braunfels, Texas, hosts the most unique celebration of German and Texas culture. Enjoy food, music, dancing, German beer, Texas beer, carnival rides and games. Admission starts at $10

Friday, November 8 8 p.m. Theatre: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” will be at the Woodlawn Theatre (1920 Fredericksburg Rd.) through December 1. The show is a comedic Wild West rock musical about the founding of the Democratic Party. Andrew Jackson is redefined as a rock star with focuses on populism and the Indian Removal Act. Student admission is $15.

Saturday, November 9 12:20 a.m. Stand-up Comedy: Midnight Madness Rivercenter Comedy (849 E Commerce) will be hosting an additional open mic night featuring local comedians and comedic acts.The “after hours” show will begin after the. scheduled 10:30 p.m. show. Admission is $5. For more information, visit rivercentercomedyclub.com.

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Staff Writer arts@paisano-online.com College is a place of contradictions for some. This is the time and place to learn, but it is also the time to take on more responsibility, which could

conflict with studying.

We have all had to do things out of our comfort zone, but talking to people professionally can be an unnecessarily challenging task. Emailing a professor or going to his or her office sounds simple, but doing those things can be difficult for many

Tuition and Fee Proposal Committee Meetings to be held in November The Tuition and Fee Proposal is a biennial process for setting deregulated tuition and fees. The Tuition and Fee Committee consists of students and faculty and is tasked with reviewing and discussing the tuition and fee rates proposed for Academic Years 2015 and 2016.

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study more effectively alone rather than in a group. You may eat alone and come home only to sleep or watch TV alone.

Doing things on your own is by no means negative. Everyone needs his or her own personal time, but learning to ask for help can be beneficial.

It is vital to become comfortable talking to people who will help you throughout your time in college.

Though school is a collaborative learning environment, we are often met with difficulties that we can conquer only on our own. If you find yourself struggling with simple tasks, try to think of it as being in training. Yesterday’s work will always help you with today.

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ARTS&LIFE

A day of celebration: San Antonio celebrates Dia de los Muertos Christina Acosta Contributing Writer Courtesy Photo/ SAMA

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The villainous-looking tosei gusoku armor acted as both protection and intimidation tactic.

SAMA celebrates ancient samurai culture with ‘Lethal Beauty’ exhibit Mark Zavala Arts Assistant

ly into the barrel along with a pellet and had a range of almost 200 meters.

The katana, the quintessential weapon of the samurai, sits at the center of the exhibit.

The hilt of the sword, detailed with intricate leather and ray skin wraps and silver and shakudo (a fusion of gold and copper) fittings, meets with the black and yellow speckled sheath, exposing very little of the Japanese steel blade. These long swords, handcrafted and stamped, symbolize an era of Japan that is long past, but has yet to be forgotten.

Ancient weapons are not the only subjects of the exhibit. Full suits of armor from different eras are also featured. On display is armor, both ceremonial and functional, ranging from the early fifth century when armor was strictly functional for warfare through the later years of the samurai when masks with expressions and facial hair made of boar bristle.

Separate pieces of the armor — including full and half masks, throat guards, padding used to protect arms and legs

arts@paisano-online.com The samurai were the most infamous armed force in Japan from the fifth century until they were disbanded in the mid-late nineteenth century in favor of a more westernized Japan. Since their disbandment the samurai’s heritage has been safely conserved.

Now through January 5, 2014, the San Antonio Museum of Art is hosting “Lethal Beauty,” an exhibit that celebrates the history and artistic craftsmanship of the ancient samurai as well as the evolution of the samurai. The exhibit is a journey through the eras of primitive armor, the rise of sword combat and the end of one of Japan’s most influential individuals.

Upon entering the exhibit, wakizashi (short swords) are on display. These short, steel blades are mounted on wooden handles wrapped in silk and ray skin and embossed with gold. They range between 12 and 24 inches and were used as auxiliary weapons; they served as backup in an instance when a samurai’s main weapon was not an option.

Wakizashi were also used to perform hara-kiri — ritual suicide performed by samurai to avoid being captured and tortured by the enemy or when shame had been brought upon them.

Along with the wakizashi, other samurai weapons like the naginata, flail staffs (tatsu chigiriki) and long and short daggers, in various conditions, are set out. Ancient crowd control weapons like the sodegarami, tsukubo and sasumata (sleeve entangler, push pole and spear fork, respectively) that were used to break up riots and apprehend criminals are featured in the exhibit as well.

Matchlock guns, which were used during the Edo period in Japan (seventeenth century), are also shown. Similar to the musket, the matchlock gun used gunpowder packed tight-

— are deconstructed and presented along with non-lethal devices the samurai used.

Ancient artwork relevant to the exhibit includes wood block prints of ancient warriors and tall foldable screens depicting great battles. These pieces give insight to just how important the samurai were to Japan.

Items like water droppers and flower baskets made from discarded weaponry like arrows and sword fittings demonstrate a new Japan; after being disbanded and restricted from carrying weapons the samurai and their utilities were repurposed with Japan’s westernization.

Other events in the exhibit include the SAMA Screens: Kurosawa Film Series — wherein Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 film “Yojimbo” will be screened — and the Symposium Great Books Institute’s Great Books Seminars featuring literature from the eras covered in the exhibit.

For more information and a full list of events related to the exhibit visit www.samuseum.

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On Nov. 1, the Ezperanza Peace and Justice Center opened their doors to the public for a viewing of altars in memory of those who have passed away.

The Day of the Dead, or “Dia de los Muertos,” is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and within many other cultures. The celebration lasts for two days Nov. 1, “Dia de los Innocents y Angelitos,” or Day of the Children to honor the lives of children who have died.

On Nov. 2, “Dia de Los Muertos” is celebrated to honor the lives of adults who have passed away.

Patrons signed in and had a piece of “Pan De Muerto,” or dead bread, in hand as a ticket for the event. Inside, werehandcrafted altars that include clothing, memorabilia, freshly made food, scented candles and marigold flowers as a symbol of the holiday. Family members create the altars to celebrate the

loved ones they lost.

Debbie Cifuentes, a volunteer at the Ezperanza Center, created one altar dedicated to many members of her family.

In honor of her grandfather, Miguel Acosta, who worked for Schlitz Beer Company, she added his business card and a can of Schlitz beer. Her grandmother was a Spurs fan and collected memorabilia, adding a Spurs cheerleader teddy bear.

Cifuentes also drew attention to the everyday necessities that are just as important to add. These items include soap, towels, a toothbrush and toothpaste to freshen up upon arrival of their journey.

Coins are also left out, as there is a toll to cross. A mirror is set out so the departed loved ones can view themselves and realize they are from the other side and will need to return after the celebration.

Water is left out as they have traveled and will be thirsty. A dog (a picture, stuffed animal, glass figurine) will be their guard while they are visiting.

Salt symbolizes the salt of the earth.

In the second part of the Ezperanza center are less traditional pieces honoring those who have died. Inside were drawings, sketches and slideshows. Virginia Foley, a volunteer, created a less traditional altar in memory of her mother, Ann Cortez. Foley’s alter told the story about a woman who lived in a Minnesota farm and enjoyed her job as a teacher.

Foley recalls a picture of her mother with “her head thrown back from laughing.” Foley remembers her mother as “organized, kept things running, loved to cook, clean and enjoyed spending time with family.” In this part of the center, the theme was simplicity.

The exhibit illustrated that although a loved one has died, they will never be forgotten whether it is their characteristics, their clothes, their favorite basketball team or significant memories that live on for generations to pass on.

Dia De Los muertos is not a day to dwell, but to celebrate a life that was meaningful.

SPORTS

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UTSA BASKETBALL

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UTSA dominates in warm up against Southeastern Oklahoma State, ready for first season in Conference USA Sports Assistant

sports@paisano-online.com The UTSA Roadrunners men’s basketball team defeated the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm 80-60 in their only exhibition game of the season Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Convocation Center.

UTSA senior forward Jordan Sims led the Roadrunners with 16 points, three rebounds, two steals and two assists. Senior center Edrico McGregor added 12 points and five rebounds as a starter, while senior guard Hyjii Thomas and junior guard Keon Lewis contributed 14 points each off the bench.

“It was a good game for us.

They (Southeastern Oklahoma) changed defenses on us, but our two new point guards (Thomas and Lewis) did a good job controlling the game,” said UTSA head coach Brooks Thompson immediately after the game.

UTSA’s stellar point guard play was the notable difference throughout the game, as they dictated the pace and flow in the second half. The grouping of senior guard Devon Agusi, sophomore guards James Williams and George Matthews, Thomas and Lewis combined to score 44 points in the victory.

The first half of the game was not so stellar, as the Roadrunners got off to a slow start, shooting a meager 35.5 percent from the field.

“Some halves you miss shots and some games you miss shots,” Thompson said about his team’s slow shooting start.

“I was just glad to start seeing some go in.”

Despite the low shooting percentage the Roadrunners ended the first half with a 37-30 lead.

But the Roadrunners came out firing on all cylinders in the second half.

UTSA shot a blistering 58.3 percent from the 3-point line, going 7-for-12 in the second half after shooting 3-for-11 in the first half. Thompson was noticeably pleased after the game.

“I hope we can do it every night,” said a smiling Coach Thompson after the game. “We came out and took a couple quick three’s early on, but we weren’t ready to play yet cause of the jitters. I think we settled

“I’m happy with our team, our new guys had the opportunity to get their feet weet and they’ll start to understand what to expect from division one basketball.”

Brooks Thompson

UTSA Basketball Coach in. We got guys that can make shots, and we just got to continue to do that.”

Lewis, who played 19 minutes off the bench while shooting 10-for-14 from the free throw line, touched on the early season jitters that were evident

in the first half.

“It’s the first game. Everybody was a little anxious coming out, and we were all pumped up,” Lewis said after the game.

“In the second half we just sort of mellowed down a little bit, found the open man and knocked the shots down.”

Lewis played last season for North Idaho Junior College and was one of four players to sign with UTSA in July along with Williams, junior seven foot center Kaj Sherman and freshman guard Larry Lewis.

“We did alright,” Lewis said.

“A 20-plus win is alright, but we need to get a lot better and fix some things up.”

Part of early season play is figuring out the rotation of the squad. UTSA had 12 different players participate in the exhibition win against the Savage Storm.

“We’ll have to toy with the rotation for a little while,” Thompson said about the squad’s rotation after the game.

“Nobody’s job is settled in for sure, aside from Jordan Sims’, but we’re going to compete and see where we go from there.”

After the game, Thompson spoke about his team going forward and what to expect from his players.

“There are some bright spots and some positives to take away from this game. There’s also some glaring things we need to work on,” said Thompson.

“I’m happy with our team; our new guys had the opportunity to get their feet wet, and they’ll start to understand what to expect from division one basketball.”

With a few days until the season tips off, Thompson is reas-

The Roadrunners compete in the Longhorns Invitational at the UT Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, through Sunday, Nov. 10.

7 p.m. UTSA Volleyball The Roadrunners host the UAB Blazers at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.

8 p.m. Spurs The Spurs host the Golden State Warriors at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Saturday, November 9 1 p.m. UTSA Football The Roadrunners host the Tulane Green Wave at the Alamodome In San Antonio, Texas.

7 p.m. UTSA Men’s Basketball The Roadrunners host the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.

7 p.m. Rampage The Rampage host the Oklahoma City Barons at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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The Roadrunners open the 2013-14 season at home against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.

suring his team that they will be prepared to get those last few tweaks in before the season opener next week.

“We’re going to need all of those days. There’s no doubt about it. We’re going to utilize

them as much as we can,” said Thompson.

UTSA takes on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at the Convocation Center for the home opener on Saturday, Nov. 9 with tipoff set for 7 p.m.

Sunday, November 10 11 a.m. Spurs The Spurs compete against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

2 p.m. UTSA Women’s Basketball The Roadrunners compete against the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

4 p.m. Rampage The Rampage host the Milwaukee Admirals at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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UTSA BASKETBALL

Bianca Montanez Contributing Writer

sports@paisano-online.com The UTSA Roadrunners women’s basketball team grabbed a win in their exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 1, beating the East Central University Tigers (ECU) 76-50 at the Convocation Center.

The second half was physical as ECU and UTSA racked up 24 team fouls combined; however, the Roadrunners scored 23 of their 35 second half points from the free throw line. Up 41-24 at the half, UTSA outscored ECU 13-10 in the first 10 minutes of the game, pushing their lead to 20 points.

The Tigers could only get as close as 18 points as UTSA dominated buzzer-to-buzzer for the 26-point win.

UTSA senior guard Miki Turner led the team with 16 points and five rebounds, building on her success from last season. Turner averaged 6.1 points per game in the WAC, and she was one of the Roadrunners’ top-six scorers. Turner will be relied upon to increase her scoring load heading into UTSA’s first season in Conference USA (C-USA).

“Overall, I think the game was pretty good,” Turner said after the win. “We did a lot of good things and some bad things, but I think as a team, we improved.

That’s the only thing you can hope for each day.”

The Roadrunners also had an impressive debut from freshman center Tesha Smith, who collected 15 rebounds, while junior guard Kamra King added 13 points.

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Exhibition game first victory for UTSA with Lichonczak as head coach

Kamra King led UTSA last season in scoring with 9.3 points per game.

King, who played in all 30 games last season, led the team in scoring at 9.8 points per game and 2.1 steals per game.

Although the win was a great start, UTSA players and coaches felt there is much that could have been done in the second half to improve.

“We were up at half time, but the second half we should have killed them and we didn’t,” King said. “We just lost focus at the end of the game.”

The current UTSA roster has seven freshmen on the team, which may why the team got comfortable in the second half.

“I thought we got a little complacent in the second half, and that’s indicative of a young team, when they’re ahead and they kind of take their foot off the gas,” UTSA head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak said. “You can’t

do that in college basketball, so we’ll get them to understand that and keep them going.”

The Roadrunners are coming off a 16-win season, including 10 wins in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) last year.

UTSA finished fourth in the conference when the team was projected to finish in eighth.

The Roadrunners hope to prove people wrong in C-USA as well.

“It’s a good start, but it’s only a start,” Lichonczak said. “We have a ways to go.”

The Roadrunners begin the 2013-14 regular season on Sunday, Nov. 10, against The Texas Longhorns at 2 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center. UTSA follows up with their home opener on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Convocation Center playing the Lamar Cardinals.

UTSA GOLF

Men’s golf team learns hard lessons in the fall season Chaney Shadrock Staff Writer

The UTSA men’s golf team ended their fall season with a 14th place finish at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate Tournament on Oct. 21 at the New Mexico State University Golf Course in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The tournament was the last of four fall events.

Freshman Bryce Alley led the way with a nine-over-par (71, 79, 72) 222-stroke performance. Just a spot behind him was senior team captain Ryan Werre who shot a 71 on the final day to help the Roadrunners

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Brett Hogan led UTSA with a 73.75 average.

move up two spots.

Werre is now heading into his final spring season with UTSA,

and his teammates will need to improve on the putting greens if they want to finish in the top 10 in the spring tournaments.

“As a team, if we just putt well, that would equalize all the other mistakes,” Werre said. “You will see guys after the round and think, ‘Wow, I can’t believe this guy beat me by four shots. I hit it as good as him, but he is making every putt.’”

UTSA head coach John Knauer concurred with the team captain and will do everything to help his team improve.

“It wasn’t that we were hitting it out-of-bounds or that we were hitting it into the water. It was that we didn’t make those

birdie putts,” Knauer said. “We didn’t get birdies when we had those chances. So, it all comes back into the short game.”

The fall season saw an influx of new talent and the team is still finding their rhythm.

Sophomore Brett Hogan and freshman Bryce Allen will use the fall season as motivation to do better in the spring.

“There were equal amounts of good things and not so good things, so we are kind of right in the middle,” Knauer said.

“We are a very young team. Just like in any sport, if you have a bunch of freshmen and sophomores playing you’re going to see some mistakes. I think we

set ourselves up pretty well for the spring.”

Now that the fall season has ended, the UTSA men’s golf team must move on. Their spring season is just three months away, and there is still hope to win the C-USA Championship in April. A solid performance there will also help in the NCAA Regional and Championship tournaments.

“This off season is huge for us,” Werre said. “We can firm up those little mistakes or flaws that we have.”

The golf off-season is much like an individual season for NCAA golfers. Players are allotted only eight hours to work

with their coaches. Much of their time will be spent outside of the coaches control.

“This group really seems to be more committed in every aspect. I have been here six years and this is the first year we went the whole semester without having one guy miss anytime in study hall,” Knauer said. “We didn’t have one person miss it, and that goes to show that it’s the little things, even off the course, that they are taking care of their business.”

The spring season begins on Monday, Feb. 10 with the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational Tournament at Briggs Ranch Golf Course in San Antonio.

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