Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio Volume 51 Issue 13 {www.Paisano-Online.com} {SINCE 1981} Megan Low: looking back on one of UTSA sports’ great careers Page 8 April 28 - May 25, 2015 2014 Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Medalist Don’t miss anything at UTSA. Add us on social media today! ARTS- UTSA Underground Take a look at a truly under- ground arts festival. SPORTS - Baseball UTSA handles Southern Miss in a 2-1 series victory. ARTS - Fashion Take a look at an under ap- preciated color: black is the new black. Page 8 Please recycle this newspaper! @ThePaisano /thepaisano @paisanomedia WEB - Blog Relive the odd terror of Cour- age the Cowardly Dog on Tooned In. visit paisano-online.com Page 5 Page 6 Caroline Traylor News Assistant @ThePaisano [email protected]According to data gathered by the National Institute of Justice, 35 incidents of rape occur each academic year for every 1,000 women attending college or university. As stat- ed in the 2014 UTSA Police Department’s Annual Secu- rity Report, there have been just seven incidents of sexual assault this academic year. For a university of UTSA’s size, touting female enroll- ment of 14,091 as of Fall 2014, the numbers do not add up. But to say that the institution misrepresents the amount of sexual violence occurring on campus is an oversimplifica- tion of the process of report- ing and also dismisses the deeply rooted sense of shame and stigma that society places on survivors of rape who de- cide to report their attackers. e National Crime Vic- timization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014 found that 80 percent of college students did not report a sexual assault that occurred, as opposed to 67 percent of non-students surveyed. Perhaps a contrib- uting factor to this lack of re- porting (as theorized by the same study) is the disconcert- ing fact that among college women, nine in ten survivors know their attacker. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the landmark federal civil rights legislation that prohibits dis- crimination on the basis of sex in any education program that receives federal funding. Under Title IX, discrimina- tion on the basis of sex in- cludes sexual harassment, rape and sexual assault, as the victim is deprived of equal and free access to education. UTSA’s Title IX Coordina- tor is Leonard Flaum. Op- erating out of UTSA’s Equal Opportunity Office (EOS), Flaum is tasked with receiv- ing, investigating and eventu- ally reporting complaints of sexual assault to UTSAPD. Once reproted a student can then choose whether they would like to pursue charges through the criminal process or through the university’s administrative office, Student Conduct and Community Standards. All the while, the EOS facilitates the support for the student’s needs by reaching out to Counseling Services, Health Services or, if the student lives in the same dorm as their attacker and would like to move, Housing and Residence Life. Flaum gives an example of the academic relief offered to a survivor of assault who came to the EOS Office about a year ago: “It was around March when we found out about the issue. e student had stopped at- tending classes, so we then talked to that student and asked what that student want- ed. We were able to work with the faculty and get that stu- dent Incompletes (on ASAP). ey were then given a time- line to complete the course- work. So, by working with the professors, we allowed that student to complete their schoolwork for that year even though they weren’t attend- ing classes, because of what had happened.” Sgt. omas Calluci of the university’s police depart- ment believes that “the uni- versity is “far ahead of many other universities when it comes to sexual violence,” Calluci described the collabo- ration of the many adminis- trative offices in dealing with complaints of sexual assault after the investigative team has gathered information as “a lot of tentacles being spread out really quickly.” When asked to explain the exceptionally low number of assaults on the record at UTSA, Callucci stated, “If we identify an offender and the complainant does not wish to pursue criminal charges, we call that exceptionally cleared; So as far as I know, does that explain why? I don’t know.” Sgt. Calluci went on to dispel the stereotype that rapes occur more frequently among the Greek community at UTSA. “Before I was promoted to lieutenant, I was in charge of Criminal Investigations for eight years. And quite hon- estly, I don’t remember one Shooting on UTSA Blvd Matthew Duarte News Editor @matthew_duarte [email protected]Two men were shot and wounded as their car pulled out of the Avalon Place apart- ment complex on UTSA Boulevard in the early hours of Sunday, April 26. Accord- ing to UTSAPD, one victim was shot in the abdomen, the other in the arm. Students were alerted through the UTSA Alert system, urging them to “stay away from this area.” e incident took place less than six months after two fe- male UTSA students were the victims of aggravated kidnap- ping, aggravated sexual as- sault and burglary at Avalon in the fall of last year. Psychology Junior Roberto Guerra was surprised to hear about the shooting. “I had no idea it was this bad so close to campus,” he said. Representatives at Avalon Place declined to comment, but the apartment complex has been adamant in reiter- ating that the incident did not occur on their property. Messages to Peak Campus, Avalon’s managing company, were not returned. “I haven’t seen any change in security since Sunday,” said junior public health major and Avalon resident Brittany Kirkham. “I’ve seen a security guard walk around the halls and in between buildings,” said Guerra, who has lived at Ava- lon since last July. “I’d like to say I see him on the weekends more … I definitely noticed him after the kidnapping in- cident.” “Violent crimes that hap- pen near UTSA are rare in comparison to other parts of the city,” according to the uni- versity. “Crimes that happen on UTSA campuses are even more infrequent.” “I have felt unsafe since the two incidents that have oc- curred,” said Kirkham. “is is my first year living at Avalon and I’m not re-leasing.” Guerra said he felt safe liv- ing at Avalon “until I heard about the kidnappings.” Now he says he “can’t wait ‘til the fall to be out of there.” No arrests have been made in the case. However, anyone with information is asked to contact UTSAPD at 210-458- 4911. UTSA STEM inches toward gender equality UTSA offices put forth collaborative efforts in combatting sexual assault on campus Pavela Bambekova Staff Writer @ThePaisano [email protected]Months ago, the Great Minds in the STEM pro- gram invited several UTSA students to serve as STEM captains at Highlands High School. e one-day volun- teer event entailed motivat- ing students interested in STEM (Science, Technolo- gy, Engineering, and Math) programs. During the event, young men and women from dif- ferent socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds agreed on solutions, cooperated and created a science based project. Would this have happened 60 years ago? “Not really,” says Dr. Craig Jordan, senior asso- ciate dean for the college of sciences. “When I went to college in 1967, it was only a couple of years after females were allowed to go out at night and study in the library. In a sense, it was not that long ago we started treating females differently, and a lot of change has oc- curred fairly recently.” Given the past history of sexism in the workplace and higher education— when the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963 women were making just 58 cents for every dollar a man earned — it seems as if there is no better time than today to be female. Women are definitely making strides to close the gender gap in science de- grees. e male-female di- vide in STEM degrees and careers is smaller than ever before as more and more hiring faculty boards are looking for ways to diversify their staff. In fact, the Cor- nell Institute for Women in Science recently found that tenure-track faculty in en- gineering, economics, biol- ogy, and psychology fields are twice as likely to hire fe- male candidates than simi- larly qualified male candi- dates; however, women are still underrepresented in some STEM fields, espe- cially in mathematics and computer science. UTSA’s Fall 2014 pro- file shows that out of the 28,628 students enrolled, there were 14,091 females and 14,537 males. us, the university’s female -to- male ratio is close. When it comes to specific STEM programs, however, a gen- der gap is still evident in engineering majors. For example, Civil and Envi- ronmental Engineering has A shooting on UTSA Boulevard near Avalon Place, injures one UTSA student and another individual. The case remains open. Marcus Connolly, The Paisano UTSA’s 2014 Annual Security Report states that seven assaults have occurred over the course of the 2014-2015 academic Marcus Connolly, The Paisano See STEM, Page 3 See ASSAULT, Page 2 UTSA A unanimously passed amend- ment in the U.S. House of Rep- resentatives will expand UTSA’s cyber security role within the Department of Homeland Secu- rity. San Antonio Frost bank awaits a City Council vote in hopes of placing its head- quarters down- town in a private- public partnership proposal. U.S. Riots in Balti- more continue as demonstrators protest the death of Freddie Gray, an African Ameri- can who allegedly received spinal injuries during his arrest. Legislature SB 714 seeks to ban automated traffic devices including red light cameras. e bill has passed the Senate and awaits House approval. Sports Conference USA will hold its 2015 Baseball Tourna- ment in Hatties- burg, Miss. May 20-24, while the Softball Tourna- ment will be May 10-12 in Birming- ham, Ala.
Transcript
Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio
Volume 51 Issue 13
{www.Paisano-Online.com}
{SINCE 1981}
Megan Low: looking back on one of UTSA sports’ great careers
Page 8
April 28 - May 25, 2015
2014Columbia
Scholastic PressGold Medalist
Don’t miss anything at UTSA.Add us on social media today!
ARTS- UTSA UndergroundTake a look at a truly under-ground arts festival.
SPORTS - BaseballUTSA handles Southern Miss in a 2-1 series victory.
ARTS - FashionTake a look at an under ap-preciated color: black is the new black.
Page 8
Please recycle this newspaper!
@ThePaisano /thepaisano
@paisanomedia
WEB - BlogRelive the odd terror of Cour-age the Cowardly Dog on Tooned In.visit paisano-online.comPage 5 Page 6
According to data gathered by the National Institute of Justice, 35 incidents of rape occur each academic year for every 1,000 women attending college or university. As stat-ed in the 2014 UTSA Police Department’s Annual Secu-rity Report, there have been just seven incidents of sexual assault this academic year. For a university of UTSA’s size, touting female enroll-ment of 14,091 as of Fall 2014, the numbers do not add up. But to say that the institution misrepresents the amount of
sexual violence occurring on campus is an oversimplifica-tion of the process of report-ing and also dismisses the deeply rooted sense of shame and stigma that society places on survivors of rape who de-cide to report their attackers.
The National Crime Vic-timization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014 found that 80 percent of college students did not report a sexual assault that occurred, as opposed to 67 percent of non-students surveyed. Perhaps a contrib-uting factor to this lack of re-porting (as theorized by the same study) is the disconcert-ing fact that among college
women, nine in ten survivors know their attacker.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the landmark federal civil rights legislation that prohibits dis-crimination on the basis of sex in any education program that receives federal funding. Under Title IX, discrimina-tion on the basis of sex in-cludes sexual harassment, rape and sexual assault, as the victim is deprived of equal and free access to education.
UTSA’s Title IX Coordina-tor is Leonard Flaum. Op-erating out of UTSA’s Equal Opportunity Office (EOS), Flaum is tasked with receiv-ing, investigating and eventu-
ally reporting complaints of sexual assault to UTSAPD. Once reproted a student can then choose whether they would like to pursue charges through the criminal process or through the university’s administrative office, Student Conduct and Community Standards. All the while, the EOS facilitates the support for the student’s needs by reaching out to Counseling Services, Health Services or, if the student lives in the same dorm as their attacker and would like to move, Housing and Residence Life.
Flaum gives an example of the academic relief offered to a survivor of assault who came to the EOS Office about a year ago:
“It was around March when we found out about the issue. The student had stopped at-tending classes, so we then talked to that student and asked what that student want-ed. We were able to work with the faculty and get that stu-dent Incompletes (on ASAP). They were then given a time-line to complete the course-work. So, by working with the professors, we allowed that student to complete their schoolwork for that year even
though they weren’t attend-ing classes, because of what had happened.”
Sgt. Thomas Calluci of the university’s police depart-ment believes that “the uni-versity is “far ahead of many other universities when it comes to sexual violence,” Calluci described the collabo-ration of the many adminis-trative offices in dealing with complaints of sexual assault after the investigative team has gathered information as “a lot of tentacles being spread out really quickly.”
When asked to explain the exceptionally low number of assaults on the record at UTSA, Callucci stated, “If we identify an offender and the complainant does not wish to pursue criminal charges, we call that exceptionally cleared; So as far as I know, does that explain why? I don’t know.”
Sgt. Calluci went on to dispel the stereotype that rapes occur more frequently among the Greek community at UTSA.
“Before I was promoted to lieutenant, I was in charge of Criminal Investigations for eight years. And quite hon-estly, I don’t remember one
Two men were shot and wounded as their car pulled out of the Avalon Place apart-ment complex on UTSA Boulevard in the early hours of Sunday, April 26. Accord-ing to UTSAPD, one victim was shot in the abdomen, the other in the arm.
Students were alerted through the UTSA Alert system, urging them to “stay away from this area.”
The incident took place less than six months after two fe-male UTSA students were the victims of aggravated kidnap-ping, aggravated sexual as-sault and burglary at Avalon in the fall of last year.
Psychology Junior Roberto Guerra was surprised to hear about the shooting. “I had no idea it was this bad so close to campus,” he said.
Representatives at Avalon Place declined to comment, but the apartment complex has been adamant in reiter-ating that the incident did not occur on their property. Messages to Peak Campus, Avalon’s managing company, were not returned.
“I haven’t seen any change in security since Sunday,” said junior public health major and Avalon resident Brittany Kirkham.
“I’ve seen a security guard walk around the halls and in between buildings,” said Guerra, who has lived at Ava-lon since last July. “I’d like to say I see him on the weekends
more … I definitely noticed him after the kidnapping in-cident.”
“Violent crimes that hap-pen near UTSA are rare in comparison to other parts of the city,” according to the uni-versity. “Crimes that happen on UTSA campuses are even more infrequent.”
“I have felt unsafe since the two incidents that have oc-curred,” said Kirkham. “This is my first year living at Avalon and I’m not re-leasing.”
Guerra said he felt safe liv-ing at Avalon “until I heard about the kidnappings.” Now he says he “can’t wait ‘til the fall to be out of there.”
No arrests have been made in the case. However, anyone with information is asked to contact UTSAPD at 210-458-4911.
UTSA STEM inches toward gender equality
UTSA offices put forth collaborative efforts in combatting sexual assault on campus
Months ago, the Great Minds in the STEM pro-gram invited several UTSA students to serve as STEM captains at Highlands High School. The one-day volun-teer event entailed motivat-ing students interested in STEM (Science, Technolo-gy, Engineering, and Math) programs.
During the event, young men and women from dif-ferent socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds agreed on solutions, cooperated and created a science based project. Would this have happened 60 years ago?
“Not really,” says Dr. Craig Jordan, senior asso-ciate dean for the college of sciences. “When I went to college in 1967, it was only a couple of years after females were allowed to go out at night and study in the library. In a sense, it was not that long ago we started treating females differently, and a lot of change has oc-curred fairly recently.”
Given the past history of sexism in the workplace and higher education— when the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963 women were
making just 58 cents for every dollar a man earned — it seems as if there is no better time than today to be female.
Women are definitely making strides to close the gender gap in science de-grees. The male-female di-vide in STEM degrees and careers is smaller than ever before as more and more hiring faculty boards are looking for ways to diversify their staff. In fact, the Cor-nell Institute for Women in Science recently found that tenure-track faculty in en-gineering, economics, biol-ogy, and psychology fields are twice as likely to hire fe-male candidates than simi-larly qualified male candi-dates; however, women are still underrepresented in some STEM fields, espe-cially in mathematics and computer science.
UTSA’s Fall 2014 pro-file shows that out of the 28,628 students enrolled, there were 14,091 females and 14,537 males. Thus, the university’s female -to-male ratio is close. When it comes to specific STEM programs, however, a gen-der gap is still evident in engineering majors. For example, Civil and Envi-ronmental Engineering has
A shooting on UTSA Boulevard near Avalon Place, injures one UTSA student and another individual. The case remains open.
Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
UTSA’s 2014 Annual Security Report states that seven assaults have occurred over the course of the 2014-2015 academic Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
See STEM, Page 3
See ASSAULT, Page 2
UTSAA unanimously passed amend-
ment in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives will expand UTSA’s cyber security role within the Department of
Homeland Secu-rity.
San AntonioFrost bank awaits a City Council vote in hopes of placing its head-quarters down-town in a private-public partnership
proposal.
U.S.Riots in Balti-
more continue as demonstrators
protest the death of Freddie Gray,
an African Ameri-can who allegedly
received spinal injuries during his
arrest.
LegislatureSB 714 seeks to ban automated traffic devices including red
light cameras. The bill has passed the Senate and awaits House approval.
SportsConference USA will hold its 2015 Baseball Tourna-ment in Hatties-burg, Miss. May 20-24, while the Softball Tourna-ment will be May 10-12 in Birming-
Business propositions, partnerships and a chance to win a $100,000 CITE competition are at stake but UTSA entrepreneurial students only have eight minutes.
UTSA’s Center for In-novation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE) biannual $100,000 Stu-dent Technology Venture Competition pits 10 busi-ness teams, which consist of UTSA engineering and business students,each other as they present a pro-totype to a panel of judges who then decide which product is a worthy invest-ment.
In its eight years, CITE — the largest undergraduate business plan competition in the country — has had over 1,000 students partici-pate in the Technology En-trepreneurship Boot Camp for young entrepreneurs, with 500 of those students continuing on to the $100k CITE competition.
“What makes (entrepre-neurship) attractive — in my view — is it gives you a different way of thinking,” said UTSA Chief Com-mercialization Officer and professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Cory Hallam. “If you look at my graduate class I teach the students about having an entrepreneurial radar so they can identify a problem that is big enough and has a large enough need that it needs to be solved and in doing so creating a business model.”
Dr. Anita Leffel, director of entrepreneurship pro-grams and senior lecturer in the Department of Man-agement, explained that the entrepreneurial field is full of small businesses that are most in need of innovation, which is why entrepreneurs are a necessary commodity in the workforce.
Students enrolled in Dr. Leffel’s undergraduate course are given various outlets to understand en-trepreneurship; that is, stu-dents identify a product, de-termine whether or not that product has potential for commercialization, identify the customer and develop a business plan while learn-ing the intricacies of their target market.
Doing so, engineering students must develop a proof of concept, showing that it has some feasibility toward commercialization. Business students then take the product and develop a business model to answer the question ‘How will I make money?’ Combined, the two contrasting fields, whose technical language often do not mesh, both aim at identifying what Leffel describes as a real problem and finding the best logical solution that grabs an inves-tor’s attention.
“We give (students) a road map. From day one we are giving them a road that if you follow and you come to class, and you make a pre-sentation it will culminate into the (CITE) competi-tion,” said Leffel. “I believe anybody can learn the skill set of an entrepreneur, and I wish everyone was taking a course in entrepreneurship
just to open their minds and eyes to the fact that any-body can learn the tools of an entrepreneur.”
Although entrepreneur-ship can yield prosper-ous outcomes, Hallam explained certain entrepre-neurial components, such as being able to clearly ar-ticulate a product or ser-vice, separate successes from failures. Entrepre-neurial endeavors, Hallam explained, include calcu-lated risks rather than gam-bling, which considers odds instead of pre-identifying potential risks.
“I can pretty much guar-antee that every young start up that does not spend a lot time talking to potential customers and discover-ing their customer base will fail because your customers will give you great informa-tion on what they want and what they currently don’t have,” said Hallam.
As the semester ends, UTSA CITE participants’ experiences culminate into an eight-minute pitch that determines if their prod-uct survives the drawing boards. Conceptum Bio-logics — a team consisting of members Paula Ngyuen, Zachary Espericveta, Dan-iela Arriaga, Victor Aguero, Jair Castillo and Ehab Ab-delaziz — will present their Cricothyroid Membrane Detection Device.
The team explained that, normally, when an accident occurs or breathing is ob-structed, paramedics must perform a cricotrhotemy, a procedure that makes an in-cision into the neck creating an emergency airway. The procedure, however, first
requires finding the crco-thyroid membrane, which is done through touching the neck, leaving room for human error and inaccura-cies that can lead to death. The device presented by Conceptum Biologics will more accurately locate the membrane, reducing risks associated with the existing procedure.
Espericveta and team-mate Paula Nguyen both describe the preparation for the CITE competition as a unique experience unlike any other course they have taken at UTSA. Unlike a typical course, the team re-marked that the course isn’t something you can forget, but rather it changes your perspective on how to ap-proach investors and com-municate.
Students aren’t simply going to class and reading material, but rather incor-porating their work into a business pitch, creating their own job instead of get-ting a job.
“It feels like real life for me. This doesn’t feel like I’m doing it for a class, this feels like it’s my job. This is what I worry about — my other courses are nothing com-pared to this (competition) at all,” said Espericveta. “Be-cause this is something that could be our future, it’s not just a project that we just turn in and then it’s gone. So preparation is different. You want to make sure it’s instilled in you. This stuff you don’t want to forget a couple months later. You need to know it. You want to understand it.”
UTSA entrepreneurs compete in $100k contest
standing out that was frater-nity or Greek related. Are they more frequent? No.”
He concluded, stating edu-cation is key in preventing sexual crimes on campus and educating and engaging with the community are important to prevention.
Counseling Services may also get involved when a stu-dent reports an assault. The director, Dr. Thomas Baez, wants students to know that their services are free, safe, comfortable and confidential. He noted the prevalence of acquaintance rapes and cited that as a reason students do not want to report. He stat-ed that students being able to make their own choices whether to report or not is important to the recuperation process. Counseling Services works in tandem with the Po-lice Department and the Rape Crisis Center to aid survivors of assault.
Another service available to survivors is the 24 hour on-call hotline available through Counseling Services. Upon calling, students are advised of their options and walked through the processes as they decide the route best for them. The number to the hot-
line is (210) 223-7233.The office of Student Con-
duct and Community Stan-dards (SCCS) is another out-let where a survivor can be heard. After EOS investigates, if the complainant chooses to pursue the matter through this office, SCCS would carry out the adjudication process. Assistant Director Christa Winkler describes her office and its collaboration with the other administrative offices involved as a “safety net” for students, reiterating the idea that students should make their own decisions in choos-ing how to pursue cases.
Whichever route a survivor of an assault chooses to take, administrators want them to be aware of their options and of the support resources avail-able to students of UTSA.
“Obviously this is an under-reported crime, and we want to encourage people, number one, to protect themselves so that they can prevent the crime from occurring and two, if it does occur, to please report it so that they can get the help that they need,” said Executive Director of Com-munications Christi Fish.
ASSAULT: what to know“It feels like real life for me, this doesn’t feel like I’m
doing it for a class, this feel like it’s my job.”
Zachary EspericvetaEntrepreneur major
Director of Counseling cites acquaintance rape as reason for under reporting .Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
ALPIN PARK APARTMENTS
SPECIAL STUDENT PRICING!!! RESERVE YOURS NOW!!NO APP FEE!! NO DEPOSIT!!
FURNISHED APARTMENTS AVAILABLE -SHUTTLE SERVICE AVAILABLE ON CHASE HILLVisit alpinparksa.com– Or stop by
15726 Chase Hill Blvd San Antonio, TX. 78256
856 SQ FT
1,150 SQ FT
1,050 SQ FT
542 SQ FT
$695
$795$895
$595
Pricing for the whole unit!!!!!! 210-691-5746
Prices are subject to change at anytime.
LOCATED JUST ONE BLOCK FROM UTSA & LA CANTERA MALL
THE MOST SPACIOUS MOST AFFORDABLEAPARTMENTS NEAR CAMPUS
Election day is right aroudn the corner. On May 9, the City of San Antonio will hold its bi-annual mun-cipal elections, in which the city selects its mayor and city council representatives.
Ivy Raylor picked up the reigns of San Antonio mayor after Julian Castro resigned to accep a position as Secretary of the U.S. De-partment of Housing and Urban Development.
Although more than a dozen candidates will be on the ballot, most groups and outlets, including UTSA, which hosted a debate last month , have identified four clear frontrunners for the mayoral seat.
Despite Taylor’s tempo-rary stewardship of the of-fice, as well as previously stating that she would not run again, she has since announced her candidacy. Among Taylor’s priorities is economic growth and development. She seeks to make San Antonio an eco-nomic powerhouse that many international com-panies will flock to. Taylor has stated that in order to stimulate a robust economy with a strong entrepreneur-ial spirit, a renewed focus must be geared toward the education of younger gen-erations.
Taylor is also a firm be-liever in what she refers to as “smart government.” Criticizing Washington D.C. and even Austin for faltering under partisan-ship and “political games,” Taylor is campaigning on a government that is recep-tive and responsive to the people it serves. Finally, Taylor hopes San Antonio maintains all of its ethnic and religious diversity. Her campaign embraces the idea of all San Antonians having an equal voice and no matter how large the city may grow, it will always be one community: “Equally, we must take responsibility and actively pursue our vi-sion for our community.”
Also campaigning for the mayor’s office is Mike Vil-larreal. Villarreal was previ-ously the State Representa-tive for District 123 in San Antonio. Villarreal states he will seek to improve San Antonio in a number of
ways, beginning with job growth and education. “I have a single heartfelt goal – to make San Antonio a city of opportunity for our children,” says the former representative. His plan in-tends to focus on what he considers a serious skill gap in San Antonio’s education system, stating that there are not enough students to fill every new job open-ing. One possible solution that he offers is for the state education system and com-panies to create specialized training programs for high school students as well as college students.
Villarreal also recog-nizes that San Antonio is the home to key military installations, and therefore a prime target for cyber at-tacks. His office claims that he will create a nonprofit organization whose full -time staff would promote an expanded cyber security industry as well as the suc-cess of San Antonio’s cur-rent cyber security.
With Villarreal’s stated history as a nonpartisan lawmaker, he states he will continue to reach across the aisle in order to serve his constituents. To this end, Villarreal has pledged that once in office he will remain bipartisan. “I will work with Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians (and) Green Party Members to get the job done.”
Former District 26 state Senator Leticia Van de Putte’s name will also ap-pear on the ballot. A phar-macist and small busi-ness owner, Van de Putte hopes to take her 20 years of legislative experience to the mayor’s office. Van de Putte’s stance on infra-structure sees the quality of roads and transportation as one of the reasons job growth has not been as high as it could be. According to TxDOT, there are at least seventeen major roadways in San Antonio that require serious attention; Van de Putte believes tending to these crumbling streets will ease traffic and attract more business.
Her plans also include improvements to the city’s drainage system to prevent rain overflow into homes and greater attention to sidewalks. She believes that better lighting and sidewalk barriers will significantly
reduce pedestrian injuries and promote safety.
The artistic and cultural integrity of San Antonio is another area of importance for Van de Putte. She hopes to foster interest in sup-porting programs such as San Antonio Children’s Do Seum, The Magik Theatre and educational centers such as San Antonio Cul-tural Arts and The Carver Community Cultural Cen-ter. “A creative commu-nity is more than classical artists,” says Van de Putte. “We must cultivate and en-courage creative small busi-nesses.”
Public safety is also one of Van de Putte’s primary concerns, and she plans to work very closely with San Antonio law enforcement. Her office claims that it will improve the safety of the community by fostering park patrols by the police, initiating body cameras for appropriate divisions and investing in “appropriate placement” of nonviolent peoples into appropriate treatment.
Finally, Tommy Adkisson will be running in the may-oral race. A long established figure in the Texas politi-cal system, Adkisson is a devoted student of history and aims to further serve the City of San Antonio. As Chairman of the Metropoli-tan Planning Organization, Adkisson is focused on San Antonio’s roadways and transportation system. It is his belief that the path to-ward a strong San Antonio begins with improvements to the highway systems, re-forms to mass transit pro-grams and repairs to dam-aged roadways.
Strengthening neigh-borhoods is another point that Tommy Adkisson feels strongly about. He is keen to work closely with resi-dents, merchants and com-mercial property owners to make neighborhood revi-talization into a reality. His campaign maintains that vibrant and well maintained communities will spark job growth and provide health-ier and safer environments for countless residents.
With the election quickly approaching, voters will be presented with a diverse choice of candidates with campaigns that promise many great things for the city of San Antonio.
Frontrunners contend as race nears endMariaCristina Moreno Staff Writer@[email protected]
UTSA graduate and Sam Houston High School world geography teacher Rick Trevino is bringing Eastside Pride Market to the city’s food desert.
“Why not bring a farmers market to the East Side, and not just any farmers market — there is nothing unique about that — what will make it unique is we estab-lish a Double Up on Food Bucks program,” Trevino asked himself after hearing about the program on NPR.
The federal program Double Up on Food Bucks was created to promote healthier food choices to lower-income families and underserved communities.
The program doubles the SNAP funds for approved fruits and vegetables at par-ticipating farmers markets. Originating in New York, Double Up on Food Bucks has extended to a handful of other states. However, the program has not reached Texas. Trevino is ready to change that.
To get San Antonio in-volved, Trevino knew he needed to convince the Eastside Promise Neighborhood program to support a new farmers market for the community. Eastside Prom-ise Neighborhood is a com-munity program that works with about 18,000 San An-tonio citizens facing pov-erty and promotes housing, education and health.
“It turns out that they were already thinking about a farmers market, they just haven’t done the lay work,” said Trevino. Trevino turned to his class for aid, creating a lesson plan to research on the East Side’s food desert dilemma.
Food deserts are an urban community predicament where certain communi-ties face limited availabil-ity of quality produce. Food deserts face four problems: high poverty, scarce gro-cery stores, poor food qual-ity and low vehicle access. The proposed farmers mar-ket takes care of the first three problems. Right now he is in the process of col-laborating with Meals-on-Wheels and Earn-A-Bike to get food delivered to those who are homebound.
Along with another
teacher’s geometry class, Trevino’s team put together a proposal for the Eastside Promise Neighborhood, presenting them with a lo-cation that will have an im-pact on the community and the students of Sam Hous-ton. With hardly any hesita-
tion, the Eastside Promise Neighborhood and the San Antonio Food bank will now fund the market for the next six months.
Trevino’s next move is to attract the Double Up on Food Bucks program to their market. Having al-ready applied for the grant, Trevino hopes by June the
program will comply. “I don’t want a six month pro-gram — I want a six decade program, and there is no reason why it can’t be that way,” said Trevino.
Mayoral candidates have also shown their support to Trevino’s cause. Leticia Van de Putte stated in her Public Health and Wellness policy, proposing that the city “test programs like Sam Houston High School’s community garden plots and farmer’s market and see if they are successful at finding ways to spread such locally based initiatives throughout the city.”
“I really do think UTSA prepared me to actually see that I can take my lessons outside of the classroom and impact the community, and it has been fun,” said Trevino. “I’m really proud
of my students and I’m glad I work here.”
Trevino is confident in his students’ potential, de-spite their socioeconomic status. He encourages new teachers to take a chance on these students. “If you are single, young and energetic,
then you got it. These c o m m u n i -ties need that energy; you have to be brave and don’t be afraid of fail-
ure.” Eastside Pride Farmers
Market will be open to the public every third Saturday of the month at Sam Hous-ton High School.
UTSA alumnus creates first local farmers market
enrolled 122 females and 466 males; Electrical and Computer Engineering has enrolled 152 females and 868 males; Mechanical En-gineering has enrolled 142 females and 1,069 males. There is a smaller gap in Biomedical Engineering, with an enrollment of 128 females and 172 males.
The gender gap is small-er in some of the majors from the College of Sci-ences. Though males pre-
dominantly enroll in Com-puter Science – 793 males compared to 140 females – females tend to lead en-rollment in Biology and Chemistry. There are 247 females compared to 221 males enrolled in Chem-istry seeking degrees, and there are 1,661 females on the route to being biologists compared to 1,087 males.
Though more and more females are enrolling and being accepted in STEM
programs, a question arises as to how many of the fe-males that are enrolled in such programs continue on the STEM path.
“If you were to follow people in their careers, I think that is where you see females lagging behind,” said Jordan. “Look at full professors, deans, chairs; I think that is where dispar-ity is seen, and I don’t know why.”
During the 1800s, the
justification for discrimi-nation against women in higher education was wom-en would be wasting their “resources” for intellectual boost, diminishing these same “recourses” for other jobs, like child bearing.
“A hundred years ago, a young woman like me wasn’t afforded the same opportunities as today. Life placed different expecta-tions on her, expectations of running a households and raising a family, not curing cancer or winning a Nobel Prize,” says Brianna Bal, a sophomore in the Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Education (FAME) Program. “Being a young woman in science, I want to continue on the path my predecessors paced and expand it even more. Why can’t I, as a young woman, raise a family AND be a physician?”
Change comes with evolving progress, and slowly, the US has grown out of the discriminatory mentality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it ille-
gal to discriminate against someone on the basis on sex, and when it comes to women specifically, the act also made it illegal to dis-criminate females because of pregnancy or childbirth. Also, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 made it illegal to pay men and women different wages if they perform equal tasks in the same work-place. These laws and many others have helped to nar-row the gap.
“I think it would be inter-esting to see what the case would be if we did not have the laws we have today,” says Jordan. “It is very hard to discriminate against gender now.”
Today, academic institu-tions are not supposed to discriminate on gender for both student enrollment and faculty hiring purposes. UTSA, on its route to Tier 1, reflects gender equality. In fact, when glancing at the students in the FAME Pro-gram, there are noticeably more females than males preparing to become physi-cians.
“When applying for the FAME Program, I never once thought my gender would be something that would prevent my accep-tance,” says Bal. “I think this really says something about how far we’ve come in our society.”
Great Minds in STEM of-fers many more opportuni-ties similar to the event at Highlands High School that many students can ben-efit from. Giselle Castillo, a freshman Biology major, is a beneficiary of the program.
“Great Minds in STEM is funding a portion of my college education and for that, I am forever grateful,” says Castillo. The fact that they chose me, a girl, to receive the scholarship, so-lidifies the idea that girls are becoming more and more prominent in the science field.”
STEM: UTSA F EMALE STUDENTS F IND SUCCESS IN FAME PROGRAM
“You have to be brave and don’t be afraid of failure.”James Trevino Founder of Eastside Pride Farmers Market
UTSA alumnus, James Trevino hopes to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to his community with Eastside Pride Farmers Market.MariaCristina Moreno, The Paisano
Marcus Connolly, The PaisanoGreat Minds in STEM program provides women with opportunities to pursue their interests in science.
April 28 - May 25, 2015
The PaisanoApril 28 - May 25, 2015
4 OPINION
I’ll just sit here by Christopher Breakell
{The Paisano}
Editor-in-Chief: Jakob Lopez
Managing Editor:Mia Cabello
News Editor:Matthew Duarte
Arts Editor:Beth Marshall
Sports Editor:Shabazz I. Dawkins
Web Editor:Michael Turnini
Special Issues Editor:Jade Cuevas
Photo Editor:Marcus Connolly
Social Media Editor:Rebecca Conejo
Business Manager:Lizzette Rocha
Ads Manager:Edidiong Adiakpan
Senior Copy Editor:Kate Kramer
{Staff Writers}Anthony Mendoza, Pat-rick Martinez, Robert Avila, Pavela Bambako-va, Savin Weerasinghe, Brittany Brink, Maria Cristina Moreno, Daniel Shaw, Teia Herrera, Aly-sha Gallagher, Christo-pher Breakell, Brayden Boren, Caroline Traylor, Julian Gonzales
{Staff Photographers}Robert Pistochi
{Contributing Writers}Olivia Ybarra, Colleen Adams, Linda McNulty, Jordan Sanchez, Darryl Sherrod, Jordon Reese
The Paisano is published by the Paisano Educa-tional Trust, a non-profit, tax exempt, educational organization. The Paisano is operated by members of the Student Newspaper Association, a registered student organization. The Paisano is NOT sponsored, financed or endorsed by UTSA. New issues are published every Tuesday during the fall and spring semesters, excluding holi-days and exam periods. The Paisano is distributed on all three UTSA campus-es — Main, Downtown and the Institute of Texan Cul-tures. Additionally, Paisano publications are distributed at a variety of off-campus locations, including Tri-point and a variety of apartment complexes near the UTSA Main Campus. All revenues are gener-ated through advertising and donations. Advertis-ing inquiries and donations should be directed to:
14526 Roadrunner Way
Suite 101
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: (210)-690-9301
{Letters to the Editor}Letters must be fewer than 400 words and include the writer’s name, classification or title and telephone num-ber. The Paisano reserves the right to edit all submis-sions.Send letters to:[email protected]
A Mi-ami City Commis-sioner who worked his way up the Florida po-
litical ladder, Senator Marco Rubio, is a fine choice for the GOP 2016 candidacy.
Senator Rubio has con-stantly championed limited government, a principle that the country was founded and prospered on. Rubio will help return the country to this foundation. Curbing govern-ment involvement in people’s lives and the private sector has positive effects on the economy, such as job growth and lower taxes.
Senator Rubio will take those conservative values to Washington. He believes that one of the best ways to promote job growth is by in-definitely extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which have
significantly lowered tax rates for millions of tax payers. On top of that, he would push to reform the Alternative Mini-mum Tax (AMT) and repeal the federal estate tax. Rubio’s focus on these two particular issues is crucial due to AMT’s capacity for abuse as it is a measure that ensures wealth-ier Americans don’t receive too many tax incentives. Ad-ditionally, the federal estate tax siphons money from pri-vate citizens who attempt to sell real estate of any kind.
One of Senator Rubio’s primary concerns in office would be to repeal and re-place Obamacare. Although Obamacare sounds nice, it is extremely difficult to un-derstand and it is ineffective. Its design has led to many insurance companies going out of business. This is be-cause millions of Americans had health insurance through their employers and it was
not long before many, if not all of them, were informed that their coverage would soon be cancelled in accor-dance with the “new govern-ment plan.”
A product of the American Dream, Rubio’s family history is a testament to the relevance of the American Dream. Ru-bio’s parents risked their lives coming to America from Cuba and worked hard to build a future for their son; their story gives Americans hope. The American Dream may not be the same “a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot” dream that it was generations ago, but the idea behind it hasn’t changed. The American Dream is about anyone having the capacity to be happy and to forge his or her own destiny.
Daniel ShawStaff Writer
Exam week will take a new direction beginning this spring. A new UTSA directive allows professors to choose whether or not to administer final exams dur-ing the pre-determined finals week. The refreshing change will shorten many students’ semesters from 16 weeks to 15 weeks as well as provide students with a more struc-tured study period.
Although intended to allow
students more time to study, dead days have become days dedicated to cramming mate-rial taught during the months leading to finals week. Allow-ing finals to be completed the week prior to their dedicated week restricts the amount of time available for procrasti-nation, thus creating a health-ier amount of time to devote to wrapping up each class.
Some classes require a final presentation or paper in lieu
of a multiple choice exam, while other professors ad-minister their exams online. A presentation will take some time, but turning in a pa-per, especially if it’s through Blackboard, and taking a test online doesn’t really require students to physically show up on the predetermined exam date.
In addition to the academic benefits, the positive out-comes also carry over to life
outside of school. If students have to move, prepare for graduation or start a job ear-lier, getting finals out of the way can mean having an extra week to do so. After getting used to a semester so jam-packed with school, work and extra-curricular activities, a few days to regroup in the midst of the busiest time of the year is a welcomed time to take a breath.
The new directive is a
smart move for students and professors, so long as the week before finals doesn’t become the new finals week. Professors who keep to their assigned final exam day are just as helpful as the profes-sors who choose to give theirs early. It’s about balancing, and the focus needs to re-main on alleviating stress on professors crunched for time and students running low on steam.
Finals begin next week, which for students means a steady flow of late-night cramming in the JPL to prepare for the most heav-ily graded exams of the semester. During this time, students’ hard work, effort and progress all semester can be assured or destroyed by a single exam. Finals week is often the most difficult time of the year when many stu-dents struggle to overcome issues of loss of focus and sleep deprivation. To combat this and to better help stu-dents prepare for their finals, UTSA has elected to turn the McKinney Humanities build-ing (MH) into a Starbucks.
To accommodate the overwhelming student need, the MH will be cleared out and each room will serve as its own, fully functioning Starbucks franchise. Stu-dents will be able to get their coffee 2-3 minutes quicker than usual and will be able to order stronger drinks than were previously available. “Each drink will contain the maximum amount of caf-feine legally consumable by the adult human body,” ex-plained M.H 3.021 franchise owner Xavier Spresso. To minimize the risk of cardiac arrest, it is recommended that students do not drink more than one cup every six hours.
The new addition comes after complaints of the low number of Starbucks on campus. “There are only two Starbucks on campus,” explained student Cara Mel. “I had to wait in line for more than thirty minutes during midterms. That is unaccept-able.” The long wait times ac-companied by an emergency shortage of whipped cream, sparked many students to complain of a low coffee supply during mid-terms despite coffee being available for purchase at the univer-sity bookstore, the JPL food court, Einstein’s, the univer-sity convenience store, in
over 100 vending machines on campus and passed out for free by organizations un-der the Sombrilla. Students, however, cited these sources as “not as good” or “not the same” and elected to wait in lines often extending outside of buildings instead.
Student response to the added Starbucks has been overwhelming positive. “Coffee helps me stay awake when studying for finals,” explained geometry major Venticent Grande, crediting the future tier-one university on its new caffeine addition. “I also take prescription Adderall which keeps me focused,” he added. “I mean, it’s not my prescription, but my buddy’s girlfriend’s room-mate. It really helps when I need to stay up like 4-6 days in a row.”
Recent studies have shown that cramming three to four days in advance for a final is often the best way for stu-dents to retain and process over four months of material. The study suggests that with the addition of the Starbucks building and subtraction of normal sleeping hours, students should be far better prepared for final exams than a consistent study schedule and full nights rest. The study did not go into detail about adverse health effects.
Starting this week, the 24 hour building will be available until the last day of finals. Exams that were pre-viously scheduled in the MH will still meet in the building, but students are required to keep quiet and accommo-date paying customers. To consolidate the costs of the building, coffee pricing will increase 12 to 14 times its normal rate and the num-ber of therapy puppies on campus will be reduced from 37 canines to two Pugs and a Beagle.
Robert AvilaStaff Writer
Editorial
CommentaryRubio, the right Republican
As UTSA students gear up for final exams, the af-fordability and accessibility of higher education remains at stake in Washington. Too many of our students en-counter financial barriers to higher education, and too many others leave college with a mountain of debt. The level of student debt nation-wide now totals more than $1 trillion – surpassing credit card debt. It is imperative that we pursue policies to reduce the student debt that burdens so many. San Antonio was re-cently recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the top five cities in the nation in increases in Free Application for Federal Stu-dent Aid (FAFSA) comple-tion rates. More than half of San Antonio students gradu-ating from high school now apply for federal financial aid to help assist with the high
costs of college.We need to make applying
for financial aid less of a bur-den on you and your families. Talented students should not find the FAFSA process to complicated and difficult to complete—there are steps we can take to simplify the pro-cess. I am looking forward to working on this issue this Congress.
However, we continue to face big challenges from those in Congress who do not believe in federal aid to education and who oppose adequate funding for student aid. In their budget this year, Republicans tried to limit Pell Grants, which would make college unobtainable for many students of limited means across this country. Unfortunately, attacks like these are not unusual. The top Republican on the Subcom-mittee that oversees Higher
Education policy in the U.S. House of Representatives has told her colleagues that “it is not the role of the Congress to make college affordable and accessible.”
Despite challenges, I con-tinue to work to help ensure that all Roadrunners are able to achieve their full God-giv-en potential. In the past year, I have supported legislation to avoid the doubling of in-terest rates on federal loans and to continue adequate funding for Pell Grants and other types of federal student financial assistance. I suc-cessfully authored the “More Education” tax credit to en-courage those seeking edu-cation beyond high school. Also known as the Ameri-can Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), this law provides a tax cut to students or their families by up to $10,000 over four years as reimbursement
for tuition, textbooks, and other higher education ex-penses. This $2,500 annual credit can go a long way in making ends meet.
Even those attending school and working part time, who do not have as much as a $2,500 tax liability, can still claim up to $1,000 in a refundable tax credit for eligible educational expenses, which is similar to the re-fundable Earned Income Tax Credit. I have introduced a bill again this year to make this tax credit permanent at UTSA and to make it work better for students who also receive Pell Grants.
During my visits with stu-dents at UTSA, I have heard time and time again about the difficulty students face when trying to finance their educa-tion. It is important that stu-dents and families affected by the cost of higher education
contact their elected officials at the local, state, and federal level to express their sup-port for programs that help students afford college and reduce the level of debt that burdens so many. I believe that an investment in our students is an investment in the future of America, but to maintain that investment, it is essential that UTSA families continue to make their voices heard.
I have been happy to have many Roadrunners serve as interns in my San Antonio and Washington, DC offices. If you would like to apply for an internship or if I can be of assistance on any federal is-sues, please contact my office by calling 704-1080.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd DoggettSenior member of the House Ways & Means Committee
Satire
ARTS & LIFE 5April 28 - May 25, 2015
UTSA Underground: Art for the 99%Beth MarshallArts Editor@[email protected]
South by Southwest? Check. San Antonio Book Festival? Check. Fiesta Fes-tivities? Check.
UTSA Underground? Consider adding this one to the list. Featuring a wide range of artistic abilities, this free event was cre-ated by UTSA students for UTSA students and will literally take place in the tunnels under the Multi-disciplinary Studies Build-ing. Don’t miss the debut of UTSA Underground this Tuesday, April 28 from 9:30 p.m. – midnight.
The idea was born in Dr. Steve Parker’s Music Mar-keting classroom, where senior Jesus Villanueva and six of his classmates were tasked with getting a feel for what business people in the music industry do on a daily basis. From there, they were given total control of what their final project would be, and now they’re witnessing their work coming to frui-tion.
“After some brain storm-ing, we decided to make it an all-around artistic event in a unique location that nobody would think to use as a venue,” Villanueva said. “The phrase ‘Art for the 99 percent,’ stemmed from our final decision.”
While the event is coming together in its final stages, it hasn’t been without diffi-culty. From getting approval from the university to host the event, to obtaining pub-
lic safety permits, UTSA Underground came with its fair share of hurdles. Villan-ueva’s exact words were that the planning stages were “tedious and difficult.”
“After hashing out several ideas, we settled on UTSA Underground,” Villanueva said of the event’s name. “It not only stood for the ven-ue, but for the hidden talent within the university.”
The group’s goal is to give non-music majors with ar-tistic talent an outlet for, not only music, but also vi-
sual art, poetry and dance. By doing this, they hope to bring more attention to all that the music department at UTSA has to offer stu-dents of any classification or major.
“We decided to not only make ourselves known, but to make other students within different depart-ments known as well,” Vil-lanueva said.
While everyone in the group is classically trained, some of them also like ex-perimenting with other
styles and genres. Jesus spends a lot of time com-posing classical guitar music, and he plays in the worship band for CRU, a Christian student organiza-tion that meets on campus. Despite their talents, how-ever, the team will not be performing.
“We planned on having others take the stage for the first time,” Villanueva said. “We will be working in and around our individual stag-es to make sure everything is running smoothly.”
Assuming everything goes as planned for UTSA Underground’s first go-round, the group hopes to see this become an annual event that future music marketing students take on themselves.
“The audience should expect all of this and more since this event is for them to become more immersed within the community of UTSA by seeing their fellow colleagues perform,” Villan-ueva explained. “Perhaps they would become inter-ested in performing in the next Underground event as well.”
Take a study break and wander down to the tunnels for some free entertain-ment. Your brain will thank you, and you can always head right back to the JPL afterward, conveniently lo-cated directly above ground.
“It not only stood for the venue, but for the hidden talent within the university.”Jesus VillanuevaUTSA Underground showrunner
“We decided to not only make our-selves known, but to make other students within differ-ent depart-ments known as well.”Jesus VillanuevaUTSA Underground showrunner
Black has escaped its somber stigma and is now a symbol of style, a way to be effortlessly chic.
Over the years, trends have changed. What was once considered risqué
or tacky is now being em-braced. Wearing fishnets, a crop top and black lipstick is stylish. Stars like Rihanna and Cara Delevigne have helped demonstrate how liberating it can be to dress however you choose.
In Michel Pastoureau’s book “The History of Col-or,” the author notes that it was common for people
of a higher class to wear bright colors up until the 14th century. After, it was customary that dukes and counts dressed in black. Eu-ropeans saw it as the color of power, dignity, humility and temperance. By the end of the 16th century, it was the color worn by almost all monarchs in Europe. Now, black is back.
Black may symbolize mystery, but lately it has been seen as more of an ex-pressive color that shows an edgier side.
Fashion is considered a form of expression, but the way a person dresses should not define who they are. Wearing all black does not mean that you are morbid or listen to punk rock all
day. Culturally, there has
been a notion that black is reserved for funerals and rock-n-roll, but that simply is not the case anymore. With this shift in opinion on fashion, black has grown to be more than just a drab color worn in mourning; it is a way to stand out.
The color black has be-
come so popular that people are choosing to wear black wedding dresses instead of the typical white or crème colors.
“Do these blacks match?” has become a joke on so-cial media that represents the color’s comeback. Even though it is a joke, I find myself checking my black shirt against my faded black jeans to ensure that it doesn’t clash.
The all black trend can be seen on celebrities, mod-els and even their children. North West, Kim Kardashi-an’s daughter, has been spotted rocking black on black on black.
Considering how fre-quently trends change, it is hard to say what is going to stay or what is going to leave. However, with celeb-rities like Rihanna, Rita Ora and many others donning mesh and a bralette on a regular basis, it is easy to say that many people will con-tinue to follow the risqué black trends. The clothes may change, but the color never will.
The color black is ex-pected to be incorporated into the spring and sum-mer trends. There are some people who believe that black is a dreary color, while others feel it is a color that promotes power. But for those who love the all black trend, continue to embrace it, because black is the new black.
I expect to see more black incorporated into summer styles. Even if it attracts the heat, you will stay looking cool. Wearing black crop tops, shorts and bathing suits is a way to keep cool in this color year round.
GET YOUR FIRST
MONTH’S RENT
FOR $1!Ask us for details!
11788 IH 10W | 210-696-397013651 IH 10 W | 210-694-41999610 W. Loop 1604 N. | 210-688-6655
a-aaakey.com
Instead of hauling everything home, store it all at A-AAA Key Mini Storage. We’ll make sure everything is safe and secure and waiting for you in the Fall. Your first month’s rent is just a buck. So make your trip home a little easier, make the smart move with A-AAA Key Mini Storage.
You crammed a lot of living into the last year.
Why cram it all in your car when you can leave it with us?
UTSA Summer Law School Preparation Academy
Applications are still being accepted! Earn 12 credit hours in coursework
modeled after law school courses and designed to hone students’ reading,
writing, and reasoning skills.
SLSPA Benefits Intensive writing skills development ▪ Prelaw
Advising ▪ Interactions with admissions professionals, law school faculty, and legal
Black is back in style! Some of the hottest stars in fashion and pop culture, from Rihanna to the Jenner sisters, are rocking the shade as the newest fashion trend. Restock your closet with black for this summer – if you can stand the heat.
Recently formed UTSA organization Rowdy Radio is making waves in the San Antonio community. On Saturday, April 11th, Rowdy Radio held their first annual music festival, Sol Fest, at Josabi’s Bar in Helotes. The festival ran from 3 p.m. – 1 a.m. and featured local artists, bands and rappers alike.
If you haven’t heard of Rowdy Radio, they are the organization on cam-pus bringing you music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Just six months old, the student-run organiza-tion already has an app for Android and iPhone up and running.
Rowdy Radio also has a live online stream that is open for music submissions from the public. The sta-tion plays different genres at different times of the day. Eight different radio shows have been airing this se-mester, including shows for news, sports and the night-shift hours.
Despite some challenges
the group faced, Rowdy Ra-dio members all took part in the event, helping out with sound checks, parking and any maintenance necessary to ensure the event would run smoothly.
Despite concerns about the rainy weather that hit the surrounding areas, Sol Fest managed to have a good turnout. Rowdy Radio made sure to book musi-cians that would result in a well-rounded line-up, with truly something for every-one.
Distinguished blues art-ists, Dos Blues, succeeded in bringing the crowd to their feet. The hip-hop art-ist Peanut Gallery hyped listeners with an energetic set, captivating lights and a fog machine. San Anto-nio natives Parallelephants brought the funk during an impressive performance later on in the night that earned them an encore. Lis-teners experienced a wide variety of music styles and some pretty incredible voic-es like soul singers Amea and Coco.
Sol Fest not only included music in the festivities, but also incorporated visual el-ements with San Antonio College students Austin
Farar and Aaron Snyder making live art. The artists had some remarkable per-sonalized prints for sale, again showcasing more of the talented people in the San Antonio community.
Josabi’s bar provided re-freshments, while Gilbo’s Grill, a food truck parked outside, supplied the festi-val with food. Rowdy Radio had their own merchandise table that sold trendy Sol Fest items and signed post-ers of the night’s lineup.
Excitement was buzzing backstage with interviews
and camera flashes between each of the featured artists’ sets. For those that didn’t get a chance to attend – the lineup, as well as the talent-ed artists that performed – is on Rowdy Radio’s web-site. Many of the artists per-form locally, making it easy to see them play live around San Antonio.
Videos to recap the event are available on the Sol Fest website, but the festival is not something to miss out on next year. Each year is predicted to getbigger and better, with new San Anto-
nio artists and more specta-tors to join the fun.
Rowdy Radio will be working hard over the sum-mer to plan more events, and next fall you’ll be able to catch them tailgating at UTSA football games. With their music library and fan-base constantly growing, Rowdy Radio expects new shows and new music.
Rowdy Radio has made a sudden appearance on cam-pus, but they will remain on the airwaves for semesters to come.
ARTS & LIFE 7Arts & Life Events Calendar:Tuesday 4/28 9:30 p.m.Music marketing students are taking over UTSA from underground at a concert event aptly named UTSA Under-ground. The six-stage, multi-artist lineup will kick off at 9:30 p.m. and wrap up around midnight. Step away from the study-ing for an hour or two and head to the tunnel system running under-neath the Multidisciplinary Sciences building, or just follow the bass – which-ever comes first.
Thursday 4/306 p.m. Stop by Terminal 136 in the Blue Star complex (136 Blue Star St.) to support UTSA graduate student Jenna Wright. Jenna’s Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, titled “Surface Trending” will open on April 30 at 6 p.m. and will run until May 16.
Thursday 4/30All DayThe UC North will be open for 24 hours through May 7, to accommodate studying for finals. The HEB University Center will have regular hours, but the UC Starbucks and Taco Cabana will be open until 2 a.m. each night. Snack delivery and massage chairs will also be available. Snack delivery. Enough said.
Saturday 5/27 p.m. Texas Country music fans rejoice! Kacey Musgraves is stopping by Floore’s Country Store (14492 Old Bandera Rd.) as part of the “Same Tour Different Trailer” series. Give your ears a break from the pop country on the radio and take in hits like “Blowin’ Smoke” and “Merry Go Round.” Tickets for general admis-sion are $23, the show starts at 9 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m.
Sunday 5/38 a.m. - 2 a.m.Stop by Halcyon (1414 S. Alamo St.) for great deals on brunch. Most menu items are under $8 and mimosas are only $1. After that, take a look at what the flea market next door has to offer. Vendors will be selling items from handmade coasters to custom teas. There is even a psychic on-site who will reveal your future. What’s in your cards?
Rowdy Radio makes sound waves in San AntonioApril 28 - May 25, 2015
Attendees were treated to a variety of activities on the Sol Festival grounds. A festival-goer checks out some of the custom pieces that SAC students Austin Farar and Aaron Snyder have drawn up at their Live Art table.
Photo Courtesy of Victoria Ramos
The first annual Sol Fest was held this Saturday at Josabi’s Bar in Helotes. The festival, put on by Rowdy Radio, showcased some of San Antonio’s best and brightest new talents. Whether it was for music or visual art, crowds were present and pumped.
The UTSA baseball team hosts Baylor in a one game showdown at Roadrunner Field.
Friday, May 1
7:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions baseball
The San Antonio Missions continue their homestand against the Midland Rockhounds at Wolff Stadium. The first 1,500 fans at the ballpark will recieve a Missions replica home jersey.
Saturday, May 2
1 p.m. UTSA softball
The UTSA softball team kicks off their weekend with game one of their doubleheader against conference rivals Louisiana Tech at Roadrunner Field.
3:15 p.m. UTSA softball
The softball team continues with game two against the visiting Louisiana Tech at Roadrunner Field.
Sunday, May 3
1 p.m. UTSA softball
The softball team ends their series with Louisiana Tech before gearing up for the Conference USA tournament this weekend in Miami, Fl.
The UTSA Triathlon Club was invited to the 2015 USAT Collegiate Nationals at Clemson University in South Carolina on April, 25, despite being an established club for just three years.
Juan Pablo — an already experienced triathlete — started the Triathlon club at UTSA in the fall of 2012.
“When I came to UTSA, I wanted to train with more people instead of training with myself,” Pablo said. “We were five people in the beginning.”
At the UTSA Club Sports Banquet, the Tri-Club re-ceived the 2014-2015 Club Sport of the Year. The club now has 21 registered mem-bers, 10 of which competed in Clemson.
The club has made sever-al strides since gaining the direction of Head Coach Mark Saroni.
“I think it’s really cool be-cause when we started I was also kind of training every-one” said Pablo. “Compar-ing my training to (Saroni) is not the same thing be-cause I also wanted to do the workouts. Right now, looking at how everybody has improved with Mark… it really makes a difference,”
Saroni and Pablo were teammates growing up.
“J.P. (Juan Pablo) and I, we’ve known each other since 2007. We did some Triathlon camps here in San Antonio, we use to have the
same coach,” said Saroni. When asked about his
first encounter with the clubs current President Garrett Kneese and Vice President Leah Taylor, Sa-roni couldn’t help but smile.
“I saw Garrett (Kneese) and Leah (Taylor) at the pool trying to swim. I was like ‘Hey do you guys want some help?’,” Saroni said with a laugh.
Kneese was happy to have Coach Saroni hang-ing around the team’s swim practice.
“Not many of us were very experienced swim-mers,” said Knesse. “After that and seeing how well ev-eryone improved just off of the swimming, we decided to just hire him full-time, (the process) was absolutely phenomenal,”
After initially working with the team part-time, the Club officially named Saroni as head coach in the fall of 2014. Saroni has been thrilled with the teams overall progress this season.
“This is the first year we’re taking an actual squad to Nationals,” said Saroni. “The majority of the people going to Nationals could not have done an Olympic distance triathlon six months ago; they were not physically ca-pable. So to see how hard they’ve worked to get where they are, to be able to go there and compete is really exciting.”
To read more, visit us online at www.paisano-online.com
This semester, one of the most decorated softball players to ever play in the program is graduating. As told by her many honors, Megan Low’s hard-hitting has propelled her from be-ing a high school and col-lege four-year starter to be-ing drafted to the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).
On Wednesday, April 1, Low was selected with the fourth pick in the sixth round (30th overall) of the NPF draft. Drafted by the Akron Racers in Ohio, Low is the first UTSA student to be drafted to the NPF in program history.
“I knew I had the po-tential to be drafted, but I didn’t think it would actu-ally happen,” stated Low. “If I did, I thought I would go
to a Texas team and stay a Texas girl. When they called my name, I got all excited. I was with some of the (soft-ball) girls at Buffalo Wild Wings watching it. The whole place went crazy; it was really cool.”
Low came to UTSA as a little-known recruit from Spring, Texas. At Spring High School, Low was a First-Team All-District honoree her sophomore, junior and senior years and received Second-Team hon-ors her freshman year. She was named as the District 13-5A MVP and received an All-State honorable mention recognition in her senior year. Despite Low’s many accolades throughout high school, nearly every big time program in the na-tion overlooked her.
“I didn’t really get recruit-ed (in high school), and I didn’t really have any plans to go to any big schools,”
Low stated. “I was supposed to go to a junior college, so ending up at UTSA was the best it could have been.”
Low immediately became an impact player for UTSA upon her arrival. Initially slotted as a catcher, Low started all 52 games her freshman year and earned Southland Conference Freshman of the Year. She also received First-Team All-Conference honors af-ter hitting .375 with 28 RBIs while leading the team in eight offensive categories.
Since her freshman year, Low has led the softball team in nearly every major offensive statistic. In her junior year, she earned sec-ond-team NFCA All-South Region honors and a First-Team All-Conference USA selection.
In her ongoing senior campaign, the Akron-bound Texas native is bat-ting .363. With 15 home
runs Low is tied for first in Conference USA with team-mate Randee Crawford.
Low currently owns the school record for walks with 102 free passes. Addition-ally, Low is ranked among the program’s all-time leaders in batting average (3rd/.364), RBIs (3rd/139), homers (4th/43), doubles (4th/41) and extra-base hits (5th/86).
When asked about her progression since freshman year, Low said, “I think the main thing that I’ve grown in is my mentality and men-tal game. My stats have kind of always stayed the same, but my mental strength I think has grown the most.”
After she graduates, Low has plans to continue her academic and softball ca-reers.
“I’ll be in Akron for the summer — the NPF is just a summer league — and then I’ll be going to A&M for
grad school for sports man-agement in the fall.”
As for Akron, Low says, “I know there’s people bet-ter than me defensively, but I try to be the best of-fensive hitter in the nation. (I will) definitely (bring) my offense. My hitting, that’s what I kind of push myself to be the best at.”
Over the last four years, Low has been an integral part of the softball team’s success. Once she is gone, she will truly be missed.
“Being at UTSA is prob-ably the best experience I could have asked for,” said Low. “My coaches, I’ve had a couple coaches in the past years and they’ve been great. I couldn’t have asked for a better coaching staff or any better teammates.”
The UTSA Roadrunners (26-18, 12-9 C-USA) stole the weekend series over the visiting Southern Miss Golden Eagles (23-16-1, 10-10 C-USA), winning game one 7-2, game two 11-7 but dropping game three 7-10.
Interim manager Jim Blair handled the manage-rial duties over the weekend after UTSA Head Coach, Jason Marshall, earned a four game suspension for disputing a call during the series against Rice.
During Friday’s contest, UTSA right-handed pitcher Brock Hartson dazzled in his 11th start of the season. The junior pitched eight strong innings while strik-ing-out seven and allowing two earned runs in his third win on the season.
Hartson was provided with some early run sup-port, as the UTSA bats brought in four runs in the second inning. UTSA main-tained the lead, coasting to a 7-2 victory in game one.
“This victory is a huge momentum booster for us because that’s a team that’s right behind us in the stand-ings,” Hartson said. “They’re a good hitting team and when you make a mistake, they’re going to take advan-tage of it. I just had to get back up there and continue to shove my stuff into the zone and rely on my defense to make plays. When I did that, good things started to happen.”
Junior second base-man Jesse Baker collected three hits over five at bats on the night, smacking his 12th homerun of the year all while batting out of the leadoff spot.
In game three, the Gold-en Eagles assigned Kirk Mc-Carty the starting duties. The freshman southpaw gave up six earned runs on
eight hits over 3.1 innings. Southern Miss also drilled two solo homeruns in the contest.
Currently fourth in C-USA, the Roadrunners face a highly contested race for the division lead as the baseball season dwindles to an end.
“If we can get a couple victories in the series, then it’s just going to continue to build momentum. These are the last few weeks of the season, and if we keep playing good baseball, then good things will keep hap-pening,” Hartson said.
Next, the Roadrunners host conference rivals Mid-dle Tennessee in a three game series starting on Fri-day, May 8, at 6 p.m.
“If we can get a couple victories in the series, then it’s just going to con-tinue to build momentum.” Brock HartsonJunior UTSA pitcher
U T S A w i n s s e r i e s over Southern MissUTSA BASEBALL
UTSA triathlongoes to nationalsUTSA CLUB SPORTS
Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
April 28 - May 25, 2015
SPORTS 9
“I’m focusing on improving myself and competing in college” Dusan MakevicJunior UTSA distance runner
Free with UTSACard
Opens May 15, 2015Encounters between Spanish, Mexican and indigenous peoples created a mestizo, or mixed
population we call Tejanos. Overcoming struggles, adapting to the environment and melding with other cultures, Tejanos created new identities and endured, forever shaping the cultural
landscape of Texas. �is exhibit is a glimpse into the story of the Tejano legacy from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Serbian-born UTSA dis-tance runner and junior computer science major, Dusan Makevic, wants nothing more than to im-prove himself everyday. Despite starting his run-ning career later than most, Makevic has transformed himself into one of the fin-est athletes on the UTSA track & field team.
“I started running really late, my junior year in high school,” admitted Makevic. “Before that, I was playing soccer for five years.”
The majority of Serbian youth athletes play soc-cer at some point; it is the most popular sport in the country by a large margin. For Makevic, the progres-sion from soccer to running competitively was natural, and in some ways, coinci-dental.
“Over there (Serbia), there are no (official) high school sports, but all the high schools in the town compete against each oth-er,” began Makevic. “So my professor asked me, ‘Hey can you run one kilometer? I know you play soccer, so you might run fast.’ It was a Friday so I wanted an ex-cuse to not go to school that day. I went to the race with-out any practice and I won there. That’s how I started.”
Despite having no official training in running cross-country, Makevic’s natural
abilities gained the interest of a local coach by the name of Milisav Stanojcic. Under the tutelage of Stanojcic, Makevic quit playing soccer and began to focus on com-petitve running.
“(My first race) was in November 2009, and in February (2010) I ran at the (U19) State Cross Country Championships and I won in Serbia,” asserted Makevic confidently.
“In 2011, I competed in Europe for the (European Cross Country Champion-ships) and I was 23rd out of 109,” said Makevic. “That’s when I started getting offers from colleges in the USA to come (to America) and compete in the NCAA.”
Makevic received offers from multiple schools but ultimately decided between Iowa State University and the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM). Electing to live in a warmer climate, Makevic selected ULM to begin his collegiate career.
Makevic was an impact athlete at ULM immedi-ately after arriving. In his freshman year, he received All-Conference Third-Team honors in the Sun Belt Con-ference (SBC) for cross-country. He also received All-Louisiana First-Team
and All-Louisiana Fresh-man of the Year, for cross-country.
As a competitor on ULM’s track team, Makevic was on the 2013 Indoor All-Conference Second-Team. He set a school-record in 2014 for the 3000m, clock-ing in a time of 8:15.27 — a record that still stands — which gained him a spot on the 2014 All-Louisiana First-Team.
Despite his decorated stint at ULM, Makevic grew unhappy with the condi-tions at the school, prompt-ing him to seek a transfer.
“I went down to Louisi-ana (Monroe) and it was not what I expected,” said Makevic. “The coach that was there (Karoly Varga), left and took a job in Cali-fornia. The team became worse, so I wanted to find another school, another team to help me improve my results. I tried to find a few schools around here (southern USA) and (UTSA assistant coach David Hart-man) was interested in me and said, ‘Yeah, we need you here’, and that’s how I got here.”
Since his arrival at UTSA, Makevic has been a produc-tive member of the track team. He currently holds
team-best times in five dif-ferent events.
“I like it,” said Makevic when asked about UTSA. “I’m in computer science, the professors are good that I’ve had so far, and plus, we have a new track (Park West). It’s a good facility, so I have all the things I need to improve myself.”
After his time as a Road-runner, Makevic would like to continue working on his craft as a runner.
“(After I graduate) I’d like to find a job in that field (computer science) but I’ll probably continue run-ning for myself, and maybe compete just for fun,” said Makevic. “To compete in the European Champion-ships or the World Cham-pionships for Serbia, you have to run the Olympic standard. So who knows? Right now, I’m focusing on improving myself and com-peting in college.”
Makevic and the UTSA track & field team have a busy month of May ahead of them. The team’s next event is on May 2, in Austin, TX, for the Longhorns Invi-tational. After the event, the team will compete in the Conference USA Champi-onships beginning on May 14, then the NCAA Cham-pionships beginning on May 28.
From Serbia, with love: Dusan MakevicPLAYER PROFILE
