The Paisano Volume 52 Issue 2

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

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UTSA UTSA to accept peanut butter donations as payment for parking citations issued between Aug. 24-28. Donations will be delivered to the San Antonio Food Bank. For more information: http:// www.utsa.edu/ today/2015/08/pbparking.html

San Antonio Three city of San Antonio email addresses were among the 36 million accounts leaked by a hacker group that tagreted Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses. The email addresses, all ending in @sanantonio. gov, used to create an account on the site belonged to a San Antonio Police Department detective, a captain and a former city employee.

Texas As of Sept. 1st, a new state law will guarantee that all public employee (inclding state and county workers and public school teachers) have “reasonable accommodations” to pump breast milk in the workplace; this will entail sufficient break times and a private room for employees to pump in.

U.S. The White House has confirmed that the second-in-command of ISIS was killed during a U.S. airstrike on Aug. 18th; Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali was a primary coordinator for transporting large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria.

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@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com With the design finalized and the contracts signed, construction on the Recreation Wellness Center pool facility on UTSA’s Main campus can finally commence.

Laura Monroe, Director of the Rec, ensures that there will be some mobilization of the construction project on Aug. 27. However, ground cannot be broken until Sept.

12 due to requirements by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Byrne Construction Services, the contract company hired for the project, announced that the pool facility is estimated to be a 300-day build, including anticipated delays from rain.

Monroe said, “My actual prediction and my hope is that we have it ready for Late Night at the Rec for fall 2016… Fingers crossed, we’ll have it ready…”

In September of 2014, former UTSA facilities project coordinator John Perez said, “The new pool’s construction has a start date of March 2015 and an end date of February 2016.”

When asked about the delayed start date of August 2015, Director of Capital Projects Robert Espinoza explained, “The bids came

Matt Frost Staff Writer in over the budgeted amount…so we were negotiating with a contractor on how to get the price down a million dollars.” The budget for the pool is approximately $6.6 million.

Besides closing about 60 parking spaces next to the Rec, Monroe is confident that the construction should not affect day-to-day activities at the Rec. The new pool facility will have no resemblance to the current structure. It will feature a leisure pool with a lounge shelf that has enough room for group activities like water volleyball and a separate 8-lane, 25-foot lap pool for more rigorous swimming activities. The new design will not include the notorious lazy river and will eliminate the basketball court and one of the sand volleyball courts.

Marmon Mok is the architectural firm behind the design, and Shawn Bacon, an alumnus of UTSA’s College of Architecture, is the lead architect of the project.

Marmon Mok has designed facilities for several universities around the state, including the Texas State University Recreation Center and the Texas A&M University- Kingsville Student Recreation Center.

However, the old pool’s faults were due less to its design and more to its con-

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struction. Shortly after the pool opened, piping began to break underneath the pool and water was draining at an unmanageable rate.

Espinoza explains, “We had a lot of subsurface crevasses where water was draining to the low spot of the area, which was the pool.” This water caused the clay underneath the pool to expand and eventually resulted in broken pipes and cracked concrete.

For the first couple of years, SpawGlass, the original contractors of the pool, willingly fixed the breaking pipes at no charge to UTSA, but in 2011, they said they would no longer fix the pipes without compensation.

After legal action was taken by UTSA, Espinoza confirms that SpawGlass was not found at fault for the whole project, but “they were found at fault for not putting in proper select fill (a non-expansive clay sand mixture).” Eventually, a settlement was received from SpawGlass.

Bryne Construction Services will try to learn from the old pool’s faults. After demolition, Monroe ex-

plains, “They will go down about 10-feet to get rid of the clay… and then put back in select fill and dig the pool out of that.”

Students have been without a rec pool since repairs were halted in 2011, and many different dates have been thrown around about the pool’s reconstruction.

Senior Lauren Vickrey reflected on her first visit to the campus in spring of 2011.

“I was super excited about the lazy river being there.

The pool was not full at the time, but they talked about it like it would be eventually… For the past five years, I haven’t had access to the pool.”

Senior Charles Torrez who will graduate before the pool’s reconstruction said, “A lot of my friends go to other universities and they have pools on campus. It’s kind of sad that I never got to experience that.”

Monroe reflects, “We’ve been patiently waiting for UTSA and the UT-System to give us the go ahead to build. We know it has been a long time since students have seen water in the pool.”

Dr. Romo inspires bookless library

“I think it’s a good

Science Which member of a divorced couple gets control over their frozen embryos?

A San Francisco couple-Dr. Mimi Lee and Stephen Findley- decided to create five embryos after their wedding.

Now that they’re divorced, Lee (46) wants to use them but Findley does not.

Their embryos are now at the center of a court case that will solve this modern problem.

Notebook, check. Laptop, check. Handgun, check. This could be the list of school supplies for some UTSA students next year.

On Aug. 1, 2016, Senate Bill 11 - which Governor Greg Abbott signed into law earlier this year – will take effect, allowing some students to carry handguns onto university campuses such as UTSA’s.

The bill functions as an extension of the Texas Concealed Handgun License Program, and is not the same as the “Open Carry” bill that was brought to law makers at the same time. The “Campus Carry” law will allow students who possess a concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun onto a Texas university campus, provided it is concealed in the manner that a Concealed Handgun License dictates. Since the right to carry on campus only extends to those possessing a concealed handgun license, certain conditions must be met to make use of the campus carry law.

Such requirements include being at least 21 years of age and having no history of mental illness, substance dependency or recent felony convictions.

The age requirement alone will keep many college students from obtaining Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHL), as 59.4 percent of UTSA’s student body is between the ages of 17 and 22, according to the UTSA census from spring semester of 2015.

Student opinion remains divided for the time being, with both support and opposition of the law existing in the student body.

“Things got interesting after I started reading books. The world all of a sudden became expansive,” said West Side native Dr. Romo.

Photos courtesy of UTSA.

Anelia Gomez-Cordova Staff Writer @anegomez94 news@paisano-online.com

Although UTSA president Dr. Ricardo Romo’s office is filled with books, the library branch that now bears his name is completely bookless.

This summer, the Dr. Romo BiblioTech was

brought online. The city of San Antonio’s second bookless library branch not only provides a service to the community, but also stands as a pillar in West Side San Antonio, where many prominent San Antonians grew up, including Romo.

“We feel that naming the library for Dr. Romo will serve as an inspiration to the young people of the west side,” said Laura Cole,

BiblioTech administrator.

“We want those who use it to be proud of their community, and be reminded that they, too, can achieve great things.”

The Dr. Romo BiblioTech, located in the Gardens at San Juan Square, a San Antonio Housing Authority community, is the first digital library co-located in a public housing development.

It was opened less than two years after Bexar BiblioTech opened the country’s first all-digital public library “More and more of our lives are being ruled by technology — by these small screens we hold in our hands — so it only made sense to take the library to where people are,” County Judge Nelson Wolff said. “Putting the library in a public housing com-

idea to have campus carry, as it allows responsible people to have a weapon in case of any active shooter events, as such events in the past could have been prevented by those who can carry and have proper training.”

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Senior Criminal Justice major See GUNS, Page 2

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Opinion The scoop on Northwestern

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Guns: What the new law means Senior English major Christi Valadez does not think the law is a good idea stating, “I feel safe enough knowing that a properly trained campus officer is close by. campus carry would make me feel less safe at UTSA and could ultimately take away from the learning experience.”

Officials in the University of Texas system, including the chancellor of the system itself, Admiral William McRaven, have voiced opposition to the bill.

McRaven, in conjunction with Dr. Romo and other state university officials worry that it might dissuade faculty from joining the University of Texas system, and even drive up tuition costs.

Our own Student Government Association also took measures to voice its opposition to the bill before it was signed into law.

One caveat that may placate the opposition is the law allows the presidents of the universities to designate “gun-free” zones where they believe are needed.

President Romo, therefore, has the ability to pick where on UTSA’s campus students may carry their firearms. This provides the President with the ability to essentially limit the reach of this law.

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BiblioTech: Connecting residents with opportunity munity even furthers the goal of bridging the digital divide within communities that need the technological resources most.”

Romo knows first hand the value that a library like BiblioTech brings to the community. Growing up on the west side, he was used to the lack of books in people’s homes, including his own. It wasn’t until the Horace Mann Middle School seventh grader was asked to be a library assistant that his interest in books was piqued.

While he remembers the west side as a loving community and feels fortunate to have grown up there, Romo also knows that a li-

brary enabled him to learn and explore the world beyond his neighborhood.

“Things got interesting after I started reading books. The world all of a sudden became expansive,” Romo said. “It wasn’t just revolving around my own little world. The world got bigger.”

The minds behind the library are providing exactly that: a world-opening experience. BiblioTech set to work in earnest after a visit to the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library at UTSA, the first bookless engineering library in the United States.

“We were inspired, in part, by the open feeling of

the library and how much could be accomplished with such a small space,” said Cole.

The Dr. Ricardo Romo BiblioTech provides the West Side community access to what it lacks: learning tools and bandwidth along with the opportunity to access the Internet for answers to their questions and the access needed to apply to college.

“Our goal is to provide reading and technology access where there would otherwise be none,” Cole said.

“Then we focus on providing educational support, making sure that everyone, regardless of where one lives, can have the same op-

portunities for success.”

The effects the investment Bexar County and the San Antonio community have made, along with BiblioTech’s efforts, are already evident.

The first branch of the BiblioTech has had more than 146,704 e-books circulated and has reached 43,986 school-age students through BiblioTech Edu, but the Dr. Ricardo Romo branch is not far behind.

Since July, the Dr. Ricardo Romo BiblioTech has already seen at least 1569 visitors and has checked out 66 electronic readers, including 24 children’s readers.

With a third branch coming next year in East Side

San Antonio, more children will have access to books and see their own world expand, as it did for Dr. Romo.

“It’ll happen earlier than for me; they don’t have to wait until the seventh grade,” said Romo. “They’ll be ahead in terms of getting an education, learning, becoming a student of the world.”

Dr. Romo BiblioTech is located at 2003 S. Zarzamora, Bldg 10. It is open Monday through Friday from 12:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

For information on their collections and events, visit their website: http://bexarbibliotech.org/west.html.

Roadrunner cares for Central American refugee children Alex Birnel

Contributing Writer

UTSA student Viktoria Zerda spent her summer taking care of kids in need.

Photo Courtesy of Viktoria Zerda

@alexbirnel news@paisano-online.com Across the globe, political turmoil has generated a new crop of activists and a wave of global uprisings.

From the vantage point of people living in San Antonio, it may appear that these energetic ruptures of people against hardship is strictly foreign fare and that the U.S., Texas and San Antonio have been skipped over by a very tumultuous world.

Meet senior anthropology major Viktoria Zerda, whose own magninimity and compassion for strangers led her to work last summer with hundreds of refugee children as droves of them arrived in San Antonio seeking political asylum, fleeing Honduras, Nicara-

gua, El Salvador, Ecuadorand Guatemala, countries plagued with gang violence and deeply entrenched “official” corruption.

Working with the nonprofit Family Endeavors, contracted by the Emergency Services sect of the USGOV on Lackland Airforce Base, Zerda acted as a direct care provider for unaccompanied minors.

Her job consisted of interacting first hand with the children brought to live at the facility. Some of them were motherless and sick with nightmarish stories describing their journey.

Many had personal strife to impart, several mentioning experiences of “La Bestia,” Spanish for “the beast”, a network of infamous physically endangering freight trains traveling North from Central America to the U.S. Despite all this common-

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Faced suddenly with a visceral definition of “need,” Zerda saw to it that the children, even if only temporarily in her custody, received teaching in English and were given her company, as withdrawn despondency became a common risk among them. Zerda would wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to get to Lackland often times before sunrise.

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OPINION

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Alcohol: Endangering lives and ending evenings

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Although alcohol is part of a college culture, it is not without its consequences.

The decision to drink alcohol — namely the choice to get drunk, whether legally or illegally— impacts personal development as well as increases the risk of participating and commiting violent crime, including rape, sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault.

According to the National

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Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol plays a role in nearly half (40 percent) of violent crimes today.

While the drinking age may deter students 20 yearsold and younger from participating in the bar scene, it does not curb alcohol’s widespread affects among college students; in fact, many times, the alcohol-age limit drives under-aged students to ir-

responsible intoxication at house parties, which often offer students free, unrestricted access to alcohol.

In the 48-hours before fall semester’s classes begun (Aug. 16 and Aug. 17), UTSA Police Department reported seven incidents of alcoholrelated arrests: two incidents of Driving While Intoxicated and five incidents of Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor.

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Student athletes deserve pay

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In the National Labor Relations B o a r d ’s (NLRB) unanimous Aug. 17 decision that sacked the Northwestern football player’s attempt at unionization, the NLRB dodged the question of whether or not football players on athletic scholarships should be paid employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The decision vacates a ruling sent down last year by the NLRB’s regional director for Chicago, Peter Sung Ohr. Ohr’s verdict in 2014 allowed Northwestern players to form a union and, therefore, to be seen as employees at the university.

For years, college athletes have been working for free.

The NCAA has gotten away with not paying its athletes, despite the amount of money the NCAA generates yearly, because it has constantly argued that student-athletes shouldn’t receive salaries.

The University of Texas at Austin’s athletic department generates $164 million in revenue; The University of Wisconsin’s generates about $149.1 million; The University of Alabama’s generates $143 million. The NCAA makes $6 billion annually off their players’ performances.

Is $6 billion not enough money for the NCAA to pro-

vide its athletes with some form of compensation? A way for them to have access to health insurance, so that they have treatment for the concussions that also happen at the college level?

Is it okay that the NCAA can utilize the names and likenesses of its players on jerseys and video games to make money, but the players do not get to see one cent of that revenue?

Of course not. These players put their bodies at risk for the universities and do not receive any type of official monetary compensation. The players are the reason fans buy tickets to games, watch their favorite team on TV and purchase the merchandise. The players should have a share in those earnings.

NCAA president Mark Emmert also argues that, “It would undermine the purpose of college: an education.

Student-athletes are not employees, and their participation in college sports is voluntary.”

Of course college sports are voluntary; I’ll give the NCAA that. But to say that studentathletes shouldn’t receive salaries because it would, in some way, undermine the purpose of college is wrong.

These players can still receive an education and also be paid for their efforts as athletes.

The purpose of college? An education. That “education” gets watered down when

college athletes spend most of their time practicing and attending games. According to an NCAA poll, college athletes spend more than 40 hours a week in uniform. So, therefore, some of these athletes have little time to study for their classes because most of their attention is going toward sports, causing their grades to suffer. And even if they do pass a specific class, have they really learned anything from that course? If these players, who devote most of their time to mandatory practices, work outs and games are suffering academically. Are they not more employees at the school than they are students at the school?

The NCAA loves bringing up the fact that these studentathletes are first and foremost students and that is the reason why they shouldn’t be paid.

But if that is the reason, then why not just have intramurals for the many different sports on campus? Or as comedian John Oliver said regarding this topic, “If it is really all about the romance of amateurism, that’s fine.

Give up the sponsorships and the TV deals, stop paying the coaches and have teams run by an asthmatic anthropology professor with a whistle.”

Quentin Hemphill Contributing Writer

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Tu e s day, Aug. 18 marked the first day of college for incoming UTSA freshmen, something to be enjoyed and celebrated as they begin their semester.

For student Missy Stake, this was to be her first day as an English major. Excited, she was ready to begin studying the subject she had enjoyed her whole life. There was only one problem. She was in the wrong class.

The problem began at 7:45 a.m. when Missy, a commuter, could not find parking. Described by witnesses as “nightmarish,” “horrifying” and “at capacity,” the parking lots near campus had become so filled that officers had to be called in to disperse traffic away to farther lots. Missy was forced to park in lot 11, the furthest lot on campus.

After an already confusing commute on a cramped shuttle, Missy found herself running to the M.H. to make her 8 a.m. class. She accidently entered the B.B. instead.

Rushing late into a Calc-3 class, Missy was at first unaware she had made a mistake. “She was very late,” noted student Mark Segway.

“She did not make it to class on time,” he finished.

Immediately after sitting, Missy was asked to state her name and a fun fact about herself, unprepared for both questions. Accidently calling herself “Mandy” and stating a false love of orange tic-tacs, Missy sat down demoralized.

When Professor Harding began to pass out a mandatory pre-test, Missy became frozen with fear when she saw that it was a calculus exam.

After having already spent 30 minutes hearing other student’s fun facts, Missy realized she was too embarrassed to leave, deciding instead to take the 40 minute test and leave afterward. Worse of all, Missy did not have a red parscore and had to uncomfortably ask the person sitting next to her if she had an extra one she could “borrow.”

“I immediately resented her,” reported the student who handed over the parscore.

Twenty minutes into the

exam, Missy’s phone began ringing loudly, startling two students next to her which caused them to drop their pencils and caused half of the class to stare at her in a stern manner. Professor Harding, who had been texting, strongly suggested that she “turn her phone off.”

After finishing the test and near the end of class, in a twist of fate, Professor Harding began taking attendance, having forgotten to do so earlier in the class. Starting with last names beginning with the letter A, Missy realized it would only be a matter of time until she was found out.

“I began hyper-ventilating and losing my vision. I lost feeling in my legs,” she recalled.

Doing the only thing she could think of, Missy burst into tears, running out of the classroom screaming into the hallway.

Professor Harding later reported at the next class meeting that Mandy failed her exam.

Robert Avilia Staff Writer

Irresponsible and copious consumption corrupts an individual’s cognitive ability, affecting his or her ability to appropriately assess repercussions.

Additionally, because binge-drinking — which, according to the Center for Diease Control and Prevention, accounts as the form for 90 percent of alcohol consumption by minors — impairs an individual’s impulse

control; therefore, an inebriated student is at a greater risk to have less long-term fun, and is more likely to rush to violence as well as to rush through, or completely neglect, traffic signals.

Consider alcohol as a catalyst for crime and consume with caution, balancing appreciation for colleigate commaderie with expectations of care-free fun.

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Photo Poll How many hours of sleep do you get per night, and is it enough?

Medical experts suggest college students sleep at least eight hours per night. Recieving fewer than eight hours may negatively affect a student’s academic performance.

Photos and quotes taken by Claudia Jimenez, The Paisano “I sleep like six hours. I don’t think that’s enough. I’d probably get more, if I eliminated my phone use at night before sleep.”

Alex Roderiguez Freshman, Communications

“My sleeping schedule varies.

Sometimes I feel like I get enough, but other times it’s not even close to enough.”

Robert Alvarez Freshman, Geology “I get around nine hours of sleep a night, I believe it’s way more than enough. I’m able to sleep so much because I manage my time very well”

Syed Haisb Akhter Faruqui

Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering

“I get at least six hours of sleep a night. I really don’t feel like it’s enough, and there’s nothing I can really do at this point to get more sleep.”

Alejandro Braun Junior, Business

”I sleep maybe six hours a night, which isn’t really enough. I guess if I did not procrastinate so much, then I would get more hours at night.”

Sally Kordab Sophmore, Psychology

”My sleep ranges, but most of the time, it is six to eight hours — that’s usually the norm. When I get eight hours it is enough; Seven to eight is great, but if it is six, I feel like I still need one more hour.”

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Tattoos & Tribulations Can college students still succeed with their ink?

Brayden Boren Arts Editor

Photos Courtesy of David Alcantar

@ThatBorenGuy arts@paisano-online.com In four years walking the halls at UTSA, each student you pass may look slightly different than the day before. New styles of shoes, shirts and accessories seem to come and go, and yet something more permanent has stuck with a new generation: tattoos.

“I think that now is a really interesting time for tattooing because it is on the verge of being accepted by the fine art establishment,” states David Alcantar, one of a few tattoo artists at one of San Antonio’s premier tattoo shops, Flesh Electric (2110 McCullough).

David knows that a future is coming where the art form will no longer be stigmatized — and it will be here soon. “I think that the greater cultural acceptance of tattoos and tattooed persons is a result of evolving attitudes as the societal exposure of tattoos and tattooed individuals increases,” states Alcantar, who is no stranger to the business of tattoos with nearly 18 years of experience in the field.

“As the ‘changing of the guard’ occurs, the individuals who got their tattoos while rebelling against the establishment are now in positions of power within that establishment at every level,” Alcantar explains.

Since the start of the new decade, the trend has steadily transcended its taboo past with the “millennial” generation, and is now accepted as its own work of

art. An estimated 40 percent of “millennials” have a tattoo, according to a study done by the Pew Research Center in 2010.

Alcantar confirms these statistics as well. “I would estimate that 75 percent of our clientele are college-age young people,” he explains.

“As for how many are specifically college enrolled students, I would estimate 33 percent.”

But there is still a certain stigma that tattoos put on a person, one that may seem unprofessional to businesses or organizations look-

ing to hire someone with a cleaner look. Last September, the San Antonio Police Department began banning officers from having visible tattoos in an effort for them to appear more professional, echoing the ban placed on officers in Houston and Dallas.

Similar enforcements apply to professional jobs like teaching and appointed government positions, where there is a fear of being noticed for their tattoo and not for their years of study.

Alcantar doesn’t feel discouraged about getting work.

“Increasingly, tattoos are no longer viewed as ‘deal breakers’ for professional contexts... we are hearing less people making statements indicating they are worried about how their place of employment will perceive their possession of a tattoo,” explains Alcantar.

“We are also meeting people who are getting tattoo sleeves, large back or thigh pieces who are doctors, police officers and university professors. Everyone.”

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ARTS & LIFE

Freshmen in a Fish Bowl What do UTSA Freshman have to say on their first days?

“You’re never bored here at UTSA. Events make you come together, and it’s nice to be incorporated. UTSA does a good job of bringing students together.”

Priscilla Bolarinde Houston

“You have less classes, but there’s more ways to access your work. It’s hard to keep track of, but it’s fun - it’s a part of the experience.”

Raphael Nigaglioni San Antonio

Photos Courtesy of Katie Sanchez

“It’s cool that we can be part of this uprising to tier one. It feels really good to know that I’m contributing to that.

UTSA has everything it needs. The sky is the limit.”

Sammy Huff San Antonio

Events Calendar: Wednesday

8/26 8 p.m.

70s rockband YES is coming to San Antonio and will be performing at the Majestic Theatre (224 E. Houston St) Wednesday night. Come listen to one of the most popular bands of the last half century astound an audience like they have for the past fifty years. Tickets will range from $50$95.

Wednesday 8/26 6:30 p.m.

Experience the Witte Museum like never before. Grab a few of your friends (21 and up) and head to the Witte (3801 Broadway) for a night of cocktails, conversation and a unique showcase on the Ice Age, including complimentary beer, wine and food. Reservations are required.

Thursday 8/27 8:45 p.m.

Head over to the San Antonio Main Plaza (115 N. Main Ave) for the final film in the Cycle-In-Cinema’s summer film series, the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

This bike in style movie will be shown on a large projector that is pedal powered!

So come volunteer to power the projector by doing what cyclists do best – pedaling.

Howdy Rowdy Bash

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t was a night full of i m mens e energy a n d school spirit.

Hundreds of students gathered in the Convocation Center to celebrate and support athletes of the fall season during the Howdy Rowdy Bash, brought to the students by Rowdy Productions.

Upon entering, students were welcomed with an assortment of goodies, including miniature foam fingers and castanets - props that were used during the bash.

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The atmosphere was full of energy as students filled the seats and awaited the celebration. Every Spirit of San Antonio band member had a smile on their face as they prepared to perform for the sea of students. With songs from the marching band, chants from the cheer squad and sweet dance moves from the pom squad, the night was destined for fun.

The crowd was engaged with activities, chants and dances provided by multiple individuals from the athletics department. Students were even invited down from the stands to show off their sweet dance moves. Looking into the stands it was easy to see that everyone was having a good time and that UTSA’s school spirit was alive and well.

Photos Courtesy of Cindy Hurtado

The event wrapped up with S.O.S.A.’s performance of the UTSA alma mater, followed by an exhilarating performance by We The Kings, who seemed to have just as much school spirit as the students in attendance based on their ferocious energy and passion in performing.

Playing hits like “Check Yes Juliet” and “Skyway Avenue,” the band hit their stride late into the night and kept the energy going into an energetic finale that left every student wanting more.

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August 25 - September 1, 2015

{Sports Events} Friday, Aug. 28 UTSA volleyball (away) The UTSA volleyball team will be in Huntsville, Texas over the weekend, competing in the Bearkats Invitational. Their first two matches will be against Montana State and Prairie View A&M. They follow those two matches with two more on Saturday against Sam Houston State and Tulane.

UTSA soccer (away) The UTSA soccer team will be in Austin, Texas over the weekend to compete in the annual Texas Longhorns Invitational. The Roadrunners open up play against Abilene Christian. On the following Sunday, the club will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Scorpions soccer (away) The San Antonio Scorpions will take on the Jacksonville Armada FC at the Community First Park.

Andrea Velgis, The Paisano Haley Rodriguez (12) added one of UTSA’s 10 shots (seven on goal) for the match. Rodriguez — a sophomore midfielder — transfered to UTSA from Jackson State. She is one of 22 underclassmen on the team (14 freshmen, nine sophomores).

“I think with any loss, there’s an opportunity to learn” Greg Sheen

UTSA soccer head coach

Andrea Velgis, The Paisano Lauren Hodgdon (11) — who had the lone score for the Roadrunners — paced UTSA with 2 shots (both on goal). The senior forward adds experience to an otherwise young group of players.

UTSA falls in home-opener

UTSA SOCCER Shabazz I. Dawkins Sports Editor @shabazzvs sports@paisano-online.com

The UTSA soccer team suffered a heartbreaking loss on Sunday, Aug. 3 after falling in overtime to the Sam Houston State Bearkats, 2-1.

The closely contested match was the first of the season for the Roadrunners (0-1), who were coming off of back-to-back exhibition match losses heading into the match against the Bearkats.

“We’re young, and those that are returning are inexperienced,” explained Head Coach Greg Sheen. “I think

with any loss, there’s an opportunity to learn. We’ll hit the film room and the practice field on Tuesday and try to pick up something from this, learn from this, and make sure we play a full 90 minutes next time.”

The Roadrunners played aggressively in the beginning of the match. In the 12th minute of the first period, UTSA senior Lauren Hodgdon chipped in a goal off a deflection in the box. Fellow senior Sabrina Gonzalez was credited with the assist. “(The Bearkats) played on Friday, we had an off day; we knew to go at them early,” said Sheen. “We wanted to come at them hard, and

we did. We owned the first fifteen minutes and got a goal. At that point we just, kind of dropped off.”

“The effort is there, we can’t sustain the effort passed a certain point,” added Sheen.

In the latter part of the first period, Sam Houston State began to aggressively dominate the ball in Roadrunner territory. Due to their efforts, the Bearkats nearly doubled UTSA in number of shots for the period by amassing seven (four on goal) to UTSA’s four (three on goal).

Ultimately, the Bearkats were able to earn a goal in the 41st minute of the first period, resulting in a 1-1

tie that remained until the half.

The second half was a defensive struggle, marked by excellent goalkeeping from both sides. UTSA goalkeeper Katherine Tesno finished the match with a total of six saves. Sam Houston State goalkeeper Magen Ross finished with five, which included an athletic diving save in the 85th minute that stifled the Roadrunners chances at winning during regulation.

Once in overtime, the Bearkats dominated the majority of the pace and action. In the 97th minute, Sam Houston State forward Mariah Titus chipped in a goal over the outstretched

hand of Tesno, effectively ending the sudden-death overtime.

“They (UTSA) played hard, they played very well and consistent,” started Sheen. “But on the day, they (Sam Houston State) played better.”

With the loss, the soccer team moves to an all-time record of 6-3-1 in home openers.

Next, the Roadrunners will be in action on Aug. 28 for an away game against Abilene Christian. Their next home match won’t be until Oct. 2, when they’ll take on Marshall as a part of their Conference USA schedule.

TITLE IX IS BEYOND ATHLETIC EQUITY Did you know that Title IX also protects all students who are victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual violence?

UTSA is committed to providing an educational and working environment that offers equal opportunity to all members of the university community, including students, faculty, staff and visitors.

UTSA also supports a learning and working environment that is diverse, inclusive and free of illegal discrimination and harassment.

UTSA’s Office of Equal Opportunity Services (EOS) is responsible for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual violence. EOS also implements policies, procedures and training related to sexual violence and intimate partner violence as required by the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE), incorporated into VAWA. UTSA has designated Leonard Flaum, Director, Equal Opportunity Services, as its Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for monitoring the implementation of Title IX, coordinating compliance with Title IX and investigating complaints of discrimination under Title IX. Students, faculty, staff or visitors who have experienced or witnessed discrimination, acts of possible sexual harassment, sexual violence, or intimate partner violence should contact the Title IX Coordinator or EOS for guidance. For more information on Title IX and UTSA’s nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policy, visit the EOS website at utsa.edu/eos.

Office of Equal Opportunity Services (458-4120) [eos.office@utsa.edu]

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UTSA football set to begin new era UTSA FOOTBALL

Robert Allen Contributing Writer

@PaisanoSports1 sports@paisano-online.com This time last year, the UTSA Roadrunners football team was preparing to follow up on a very exciting 2013 season in their first year playing in Conference USA. They finished their 2013 campaign with a 7-5 record and a second place spot in the West division. However, following a tough schedule and multiple injuries, the Runners finished last season at 4-8, losing four of their last six games.

Despite the disappointing end to last season, the Roadunners remain optimistic and have plenty to look forward to as they begin their fourth season in program history.

“We lost a lot of great players, but they did a great job of teaching us how to lead,” explained senior cornerback Bennett Okotcha. “I feel like our young guys have come a long way since the summer, and our defense is getting better every day.”

With UTSA’s offense running a new up-tempo scheme, the defense gets plenty of opportunities to get better during practice.

“Our defense is going to be in great condition (because of the fast paced offense),” says Coker. “It helps us prepare because we’re definitely going to be seeing a lot of that this season.”

The first up-tempo offense the Roadrunners

will face this year will be against the 22nd ranked team in the nation — the Arizona Wildcats. UTSA had Arizona on the ropes last year before losing a 26-23 heartbreaker in front of a crowd of over 33,000 fans at the Alamodome.

The same Wildcats went on to play in the Fiesta Bowl against Boise State, as part of the inaugural College Football Playoff.

Although the Roadunners played extremely well against the Wildcats last season, they aren’t taking this year’s contest any lighter.

“Just because we were so close last year, doesn’t mean we’re going to be that close this year,” explained Okotcha. “We have a completely different team, different players and different personnel.”

Coker added: “We did some good things (against Arizona) last year and we realize Arizona is a really good team. They’re a team that managed to beat Oregon. If you can beat Oregon, you’re pretty good.

But we learned from that game and I think it’ll help us not feel so intimidated by them this year.”

Although the Runners have yet to name a starting quarterback, Coker remains confident in his offense.

“If we had to play today, we have an idea of who our starter would be. There’s no real hurry to name a starter just yet,” ensures Coker.

“Blake (Bogenschutz) looks good. He’ll be a great player

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for us and he’s setting himself up for a good year.

Russell (Bellomy) is doing a nice job as well. He’s consistent and he can make plays.”

Along with the quarterbacks, Coker also has confidence in junior running back Jarveon Williams, who finished last season with three touchdowns and an average of 40.6 yards rushing per game.

“Jarveon is going to have a great year for us,” said Coker. “He’s been running the ball well and we feel great about him.”

UTSA’s non-conference schedule this season will be its toughest yet. Their first three opponents — Arizona, Kansas State and Oklahoma State — all appeared in bowl games last year and finished 2014 with a combined record of 2614. However, the Roadrunners are up to the challenge and are looking forward to the opportunity to pull off some upsets.

“We have to start our own legacy, and it starts with Arizona,” explained Okotcha. “No shade on what the older guys and the graduates have done for us, because they paved the way. But it’s definitely a new era for us, and we’re taking pride in that.”

UTSA opens up the regular season in Glendale, Arizona on Sept. 4 against the Arizona Wildcats.

Marcus Connolly, The Paisano

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