Alejandra Barazza Staff Writer [email protected]UTSA is preparing to imple- ment a new program that will not require students to have so many different advisors. e proposal for this pro- gram was released on Aug. 6 and is currently in preparation. is change has the potential to improve the advising process to benefit students. e new pro- gram primarily focuses on the change in assigning advisors to a student. It aims to pair stu- dents with an advisor that will remain constant all throughout that student’s journey to a de- gree. Currently, freshmen advisors are completely separate from department advisors. When students change majors or sim- ply transition from freshman to sophomore year, their advisors change, which can cause confu- sion. is is being planned through a research-based system that clusters majors into categories, according to UTSA’s Academic Advising Restructuring Pro- posal. As research has shown, stu- dents who declare a major upon entry are likely to change it throughout their college ca- reer. erefore, this new pro- gram has prepared secondary majors depending on their popularity at the university and their popularity as second ma- jors based on the first declared major. For example, according to the Office of Institutional Research (OIR), numbers show that students who initially ma- jor in the social sciences tend to change their major into areas such as interdisciplinary stud- ies, marketing or kinesiology. By expanding an advisor’s knowledge on a broad variety of majors along with their pop- ular secondary majors, advisors can target a wide population of students and thus the relation- ship between the advisor and student is maintained even if changes in their majors are made. Academic advising will be organized into clusters for Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio Volume 48 Issue 26 {WWW.PAISANO-ONLINE.COM} {SINCE 1981} } { UTSA is Friday Nov. 15, from 6-8 p.m. in the Lui Auditorium, For the Kids (FTK) char- ity will be hosting their annual “Holly- wood Fashion Show” to raise money for pediatric cancer. San Antonio Over the weekend, San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro married fiancee Anna Flores in a private ceremony. e two are expect- ing their first child in December. Texas Monday, Oct. 4, Planned Parenthood asked the Supreme Court to restrict HB2 from going into effect, claiming a third of abortion clinics will be closed as a result. U.S. e Senate voted 61-30 to advance legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. House Republicans re- sponding saying they will not consider it. World Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi went on trial for inciting murder Monday, Oct. 4, but rejected the court’s authority. Sports Roadrunner Foot- ball hosts the Tu- lane Green Wave Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Alamodome and features Military Ap- preciation Night UTSA men’s and women’s basketball returns to the court page 9 Rec demo kitchen brings healthful cooking to students page 7 November 5, 2013 UTSA ARTS Randy Lopez Staff Writer [email protected]e battle has just begun over House Bill 2 (HB 2), a bill that increases regulations on abortion procedures, providers and facilities in the state of Tex- as. e bill has provisions that could potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state and effectively restrict Texas women’s access to abortion fa- cilities. e bill was challenged by Planned Parenthood in U.S. District Court Monday, Oct. 28, reaching a ruling that deemed one of the bill’s main provisions unconstitutional and an ob- struction of due process. HB 2 was passed in June of 2013 by a second special ses- sion of the Texas Legislature called by Governor Rick Perry after the vote during the first special session was successfully filibustered by Texas Senator Wendy Davis. What is being regarded as a wide-spread anti- abortion bill by its critics has rekindled the emotional debate on abortion nationwide. One provision of the bill lim- its an elective abortion to 20 weeks after fertilization. e bill states, “substantial medical evidence recognizes that an un- born child is capable of experi- encing pain” after 20 weeks and that the state has a “compel- ling interest” in protecting the life of an unborn child that can feel pain. e more controver- sial provisions in the bill, if en- forced, would potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state that cannot update facilities to the bill’s regulation. Proponents of HB 2 argue that provisions in the bill will help increase the quality of women’s healthcare. A repre- sentative from Students for the Right to Life (SRL) at UTSA gave their thoughts on the bill saying, “e ultimate goal of this law is to improve the con- ditions of largely unregulated facilities providing abortions. Women who choose to have an abortion deserve the same level of care when undergoing an abortion as they would receive with any other surgical proce- dure.” Many of the changes concern building code enforcements and increased state regulations similar to that of an ambulatory Luxury student housing “It just seems like an overreaction to something that may or may not be that big of a deal. ” Anonymous UTSA Advisor See CHANGING, Page 3 HB 2: the debate continues Advising overhaul: a new system UTSA “(This) will not stop our ongoing ef- forts to protect the life and ensure the women of our state aren’t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill horror stories... ” Rick Perry Governor of Texas See HB2, Page 5 Day of the Dead Nov. 1 marks the traditional Mexican holiday “Dia de los muertos,” or Day of the Dead. Deceased family members are remembered by their relatives by displaying elaborate altars. To read more about this cultural festival, see page 8 In 2013 and 2014, UTSA students will have eight new housing op- tions to choose from, including UTSA’s new dorm San Saba Hall. The new housing complexes will be located near the Main and Downtown Cam- puses and will be easily accessible to students. The new communities are intended to house UTSA’s growing student community as it transitions away from being a commuter campus and are being labelled as “luxury student living.” Lindsay Smith/ The Paisano Courtesy of Christina Acosta
UTSA is preparing to imple-ment a new program that will not require students to have so many different advisors.
The proposal for this pro-gram was released on Aug. 6 and is currently in preparation. This change has the potential to improve the advising process to benefit students. The new pro-gram primarily focuses on the change in assigning advisors to a student. It aims to pair stu-dents with an advisor that will remain constant all throughout that student’s journey to a de-gree.
Currently, freshmen advisors are completely separate from department advisors. When students change majors or sim-ply transition from freshman to sophomore year, their advisors change, which can cause confu-sion.
This is being planned through a research-based system that clusters majors into categories, according to UTSA’s Academic Advising Restructuring Pro-posal.
As research has shown, stu-dents who declare a major upon entry are likely to change it throughout their college ca-reer. Therefore, this new pro-gram has prepared secondary majors depending on their popularity at the university and their popularity as second ma-jors based on the first declared major. For example, according to the Office of Institutional Research (OIR), numbers show that students who initially ma-jor in the social sciences tend to change their major into areas such as interdisciplinary stud-ies, marketing or kinesiology. By expanding an advisor’s knowledge on a broad variety of majors along with their pop-ular secondary majors, advisors can target a wide population of students and thus the relation-ship between the advisor and student is maintained even if changes in their majors are made.
Academic advising will be organized into clusters for
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The battle has just begun over House Bill 2 (HB 2), a bill that increases regulations on abortion procedures, providers and facilities in the state of Tex-as. The bill has provisions that could potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state and effectively restrict Texas women’s access to abortion fa-cilities.
The bill was challenged by Planned Parenthood in U.S. District Court Monday, Oct. 28, reaching a ruling that deemed one of the bill’s main provisions unconstitutional and an ob-struction of due process.
HB 2 was passed in June of 2013 by a second special ses-sion of the Texas Legislature called by Governor Rick Perry after the vote during the first special session was successfully
filibustered by Texas Senator Wendy Davis. What is being regarded as a wide-spread anti-abortion bill by its critics has rekindled the emotional debate on abortion nationwide.
One provision of the bill lim-its an elective abortion to 20 weeks after fertilization. The bill states, “substantial medical evidence recognizes that an un-born child is capable of experi-
encing pain” after 20 weeks and that the state has a “compel-ling interest” in protecting the life of an unborn child that can feel pain. The more controver-sial provisions in the bill, if en-
forced, would potentially shut down abortion clinics across the state that cannot update facilities to the bill’s regulation.
Proponents of HB 2 argue that provisions in the bill will help increase the quality of women’s healthcare. A repre-sentative from Students for the Right to Life (SRL) at UTSA gave their thoughts on the bill saying, “The ultimate goal of this law is to improve the con-ditions of largely unregulated facilities providing abortions. Women who choose to have an abortion deserve the same level of care when undergoing an abortion as they would receive with any other surgical proce-dure.”
Many of the changes concern building code enforcements and increased state regulations similar to that of an ambulatory
Luxury student housing
“It just seems like an overreaction to something that may or may not be that big of a deal.” Anonymous UTSA Advisor
See CHANGING, Page 3
HB 2: the debate continues
Advising overhaul: a new system
UTSA
“(This) will not stop our ongoing ef-forts to protect the life and ensure the women of our state aren’t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill horror stories...” Rick Perry Governor of Texas
See HB2, Page 5
Day of the DeadNov. 1 marks the traditional Mexican holiday “Dia de los muertos,” or Day of the Dead. Deceased family members are remembered by their relatives by displaying elaborate altars. To read more about this cultural festival, see page 8
In 2013 and 2014, UTSA students will have eight new housing op-tions to choose from, including UTSA’s new dorm San Saba Hall. The new housing complexes will be located near the Main and Downtown Cam-puses and will be easily accessible to students. The new communities are intended to house UTSA’s growing student community as it transitions away from being a commuter campus and are being labelled as “luxury student living.”
The 2013 election is the first statewide election where the Texas photo ID requirement for in-person voting has taken effect. In 2011 the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), which created new re-quirements for voters to show photo identification when vot-ing in person. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Texas Secretary of State John Steen addressed a San An-tonio audience to discuss the new photo ID voting laws and how they will be implemented.
One of the issues brought forth regarding photo identifica-tion requirements was a possible discrepancy between the name on an ID and the name used to register. According to Steen, “as long as the names are substan-tially similar, all a voter will have to do is initial to affirm he or she is the same person who is reg-istered. Poll workers have been trained to account for names that might be substantially simi-lar but not an exact match due to a number of circumstances, including the use of nicknames, suffixes and changes of name due to marriage or divorce.”
According to a website set up by the Texas Secretary of State, there are four different excep-
tions to the rule: the name on the ID is slightly different from one or more of the name fields on the official list of registered voters, the name on the voter’s ID or on the list of registered voters is a customary varia-tion of the voter’s formal name (for example, Bill for William, or Beto for Alberto), the voter’s name contains an initial, middle name, or former name that is not on the official list of regis-tered voters or on the voter’s ID and if a first name, middle name, former name or initial of the voter’s name occupies a dif-ferent field on the presented ID document than it does on the list of registered voters.
Steen stressed that no one will be turned away from the polling place. Voters without identifica-tion may use a provisional bal-lot.
The acceptable forms of iden-tification are a Texas driver li-cense, Texas Election Identifica-tion Certificate, Texas personal identification card, Texas con-cealed handgun license, United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph, United States citi-zenship certificate containing the person’s photograph and a United States passport.
Students may not vote using their university sanctioned IDs.
At the polling location, voters must present one of the seven acceptable forms of photo ID. The election official will check
the name on the ID and com-pare it to the list of registered voters. If both names match, the voter will follow the normal vot-ing procedures. If the name does not match but is “substantially similar” the voter will have to sign an affidavit stating that he or she is in fact the same person on the list of registered voters. If a voter does not have an ac-ceptable form of photo identifi-cation, then he or she may still vote by provisional ballot but must provide a valid ID to the county voter registrar within six
days.According to Steen, “They
(elections department) have not heard any reports of any voter being turned away because the ID name and the registration name did not exactly match. In fact, the numbers so far indicate the state is on track to beat turn-out numbers from the last elec-tion of this kind in 2011.”
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downtown, arts and humanities, social sciences, interdisciplin-ary education, business stud-ies, engineering, life and health sciences and mathematical and physical sciences. Additionally, there will be clusters for the law institute, health professions, the Honors College and Athletics.
The expectations for this pro-gram are that, with a stronger relationship between student and advisor, the students will be more likely to succeed in com-pleting their degrees.
Another major improvement to the advising program will be record keeping. Advisors will be able to access the advice that was previously given to their students in case the student changes their major and doesn’t fall under the advisor’s cluster of secondary majors. The new
advisor will be able to pull up that student’s information on the computer and see the advice that has been given to that stu-dent. This helps with consisten-cy and avoids confusion for both the student and the advisor.
One UTSA advisor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is skeptical that this change in structure will work, saying, “A huge advising shake-up for the sake of increasing advisor-stu-dent continuity ranges some-where between counter-intui-tive and self-defeating.”
The proposed changes are contingent upon advisors re-maining at UTSA and will also require current students to ad-here to the new system.
“It just seems like an overre-action to something that may or may not be that big of a deal,” said the advisor.
The new plan looks toward advisor expertise in a certain field to optimize student oppor-tunity. Advisors are expected to connect students to the right majors, concentrations, minors and classes, as well as the right extracurricular activities, faculty mentors, graduate programs, career ideas and internships. Some advisors feel that it is more valuable for them to have a strong rapport with a student, rather than know a student’s specific field of study.
“Thus, the benefit from in-creasing the continuity between advisors and students will be far outweighed by decreasing the advisor continuity with all these other things,” said the ad-visor. “It’s as if knowing catalog requirements is all the provost thinks advising consists of.”
Changing: students receive new advisors
Voter ID Laws:Changing the system
“(We) have not heard any reports of any voter being turned away be-cause of ID...” John Steen Texas Secretary of State
The Student Government As-sociation’s resolution, “End Par-ticipation with the Coordinated Admission Program Resolution” passed unanimously last Thurs-day, Oct. 31. The Coordinated Admissions Program, or CAP, was on track to be eliminated before it was blocked by the University of Texas Board of Re-gents.
The purpose of SGA’s reso-lution was to formally request
that the Board of Regents allow UTSA to end CAP. The resolu-tion was sponsored by 35 out of the 45 SGA senators, but faced no opposition during its vote.
SGA cited several justifica-tions for their decisions to for-mally remove support from the program, one of which was the responsibility of SGA to “review, discuss, consider and take any necessary action through legis-lation on all issues which con-cern the campus or students…” according to the legislative doc-ument.
Improving graduation rates was also heavily emphasized as part of the argument to end the program.
In order to be more com-petitive in achieving Tier One status, UTSA must improve its graduation rates. Out of UTSA’s freshman class, 20 percent are enrolled in the CAP program, and of those 20 percent, 70 per-cent will leave UTSA. This arti-ficially lowers graduation rates from eight to 10 percent.
Now that the proposal has been passed, it will be sent to President Romo’s office so that the administration is aware of student opinion.
Boyd Garriot, who co-au-thored the bill, stated, “I felt great when the resolution passed; it meant a step forward for the university.”
Nine Amendments to the Texas Con-stitution are up for a statewide vote on Nov. 5.
They include property tax cuts for the spouses of diseased veterans, elimination of a non-operational State Medical Educa-tion Board, extension of tax exemption of
stored aircraft parts, authorization for re-verse mortgage loans when purchasing a homestead property, creation of the State Water Implementation Fund, giving local elected officials the ability to appoint an alternate to finish their term, repealing a restriction on Hidalgo County which pre-vents it from creating a hospital district, and expanding sanctions assessed against judges.
Registered voters can cast their ballot at their district’s polling place provided they have a valid photo I.D. More information can be found at http://www.bexar.org.
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surgical center. Planned Parent-hood filed a suit against Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott shortly after the bill’s passage in Sept. 2013 claiming certain pro-visions to be unconstitutional.
District Judge Lee Yeakel pre-sided over the case and ruled against a provision of the bill that required the physician per-forming an abortion to have admitting privileges at a hospi-tal no more than 30 miles away from where the procedure takes place. The bill argued that a pro-vider with admitting privileges to a local hospital could more effectively manage patient com-plications by providing conti-nuity of care. Requiring admit-ting privileges was also meant to decrease the likelihood of medical errors due to poor phy-sician communication during a patient handoff.
The state could not, however, provide any statistical evidence to support its theory of a corre-
lation between admitting privi-leges and improved physician communication in court. The state also failed to provide any proof as to whether an actual communication problem ex-ists between abortion provid-ers and emergency room phy-sicians. Accordingly, since the state could not provide any evi-dence that the hospital-admit-ting privilege actually furthered or promoted better medical care to women, the state failed to show a “rational basis” for the provision and the court deemed it unconstitutional.
Furthermore, the court stat-ed that implicit results of clinic shutdowns would cause an “un-due burden” for women seeking an abortion. Throughout the Rio Grande Valley, 24 counties would be left with no physician. Women seeking the procedure would be forced to travel longer distances to an operating facil-ity located in San Antonio, Aus-tin, Dallas or Houston.
Another provision of HB 2 that was challenged during Monday’s court hearing dealt with a restriction on abortions induced with medication, re-quiring them to be conducted in medical centers. The provi-sion limiting abortion to 20 weeks was also upheld.
UTSA student and interim president for the National Or-ganization for Women Mat-thew Chandler commented: “The National Organization for Women (NOW) at UTSA is against HB 2 because it is highly detrimental to the rights of women in Texas. The bill will result in the closing of 13 clin-ics, leaving the rest located in more central/urban parts of Texas. People who don’t live near one of the remaining clin-ics would have to travel hours to get there and not everyone is able to take time out of their lives to do that.”
There is also a 24-hour wait-ing period that imposes an
added burden for women with financial difficulties.
Chandler is joined by 80 per-cent of Texans that voiced their opposition to the bill in a bi-partisan poll conducted in June 2013 by the Greenberg Quin-lan Rosner Research (GQRR) group. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked a federal appeals court to grant an emer-gency ruling allowing the state to enforce the law and filed an appeal within an hour of the court’s ruling.
Gov. Rick Perry released a statement on Oct. 28 saying that the court’s ruling “will not stop our ongoing efforts to pro-tect life and ensure the women of our state aren’t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill horror stories that have made headlines recently.”
The UTSA Muslim Student Association (MSA) recently participated in Islamic Aware-ness Week, an event that aimed to bring forth interfaith dialogue, understanding and to clear commonly held miscon-ceptions regarding Islam.
Each day had a theme that was presented to UTSA stu-dents. Topics included Science in Islam, Jesus in the Qur’an, Muhammad, Current Events, Art and History in Islam and
Women in Islam. There was even an area where students could receive Henna tattoos.
“The main purpose of Islamic Awareness Week is to encour-age dialogue between people of all sorts of faiths. It’s really breathtaking to hear everyone’s opinions, and despite the dif-ferences, we really just need to work together for a common goal,” said MSA’s President Ah-mad Kaki. “We aim to create friendships over religion or over non-religion. Whether you’re Muslim or not, MSA’s aim is to create bonding between Athe-ists, Muslims, Christians, Jews or any other faith”
Students had the opportunity to visit the MSA booth, located
at the intersection between McKinney Humanities and the Multidisciplinary Studies Building.
“I’m happy people got to ask me questions about my faith. I feel like we really informed people about what Islam was really about.” said Anab At-tayeb, who wears a headscarf mostly worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty. “I’m really glad that they’re here and I’m glad that they’re debunking all the stereotypes that are held by the general public,” said Chris Campos, after talking with a group of Muslim students at their booth.
There are over 2.6 million Muslims in the United States.
421,000 of them live in Tex-as—more than any other state. UTSA hosts over 1,000 Mus-lims, 500 of which are inter-national students from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, India, In-donesia and Kuwait.
The role of MSA on campus does not only serve as a place of meeting for UTSA’s growing Muslim population, but also as the organization hosts rooms for three of the five daily prayers Muslims are required to fulfill.
They also host a weekly Fri-day Prayer, or Jumma Prayer, with a short sermon. For More information about MSA visit http://utsa-msa.org.
Muslim Student Association
HB 2: continuing fight over abortion
Members of the Muslim Student Association speak to students at UTSA’s Main Campus about Islam. Their goal was to foster dialogue among students and discourage stereotypes.
Long walks from shuttle stops to the classroom may soon be a thing of the past.
A bike-sharing program for UTSA is currently under con-sideration and, if implemented, would give students an addi-tional option for getting around campus.
A group of student organiza-tions is working with the Green Fund to gauge student interest in a program that would allow students to check out bicycles temporarily, similar to the B-Cycle program that can be found downtown.
The Green Fund, which is supported by student tuition and fees, would likely be re-sponsible for paying for the project.
In a bike sharing system us-ers can check out a bicycle at one station and return it to a different station, allowing for a host of users to share a small-er number of bicycles and at a significantly lower cost than if they each bought their own bicycles. Bicycles can only be used where there are stations to return them to, but this effi-cient system can make it easier for individuals to get from place to place without the hassle and wait of walking or taking a shut-tle.
The push for a bike share program is being spearheaded by “green” student organiza-tions on campus, such as The Movement, the Green Society and Roadrunners for Renew-able Resources. Members from these groups and the Green Fund will be around campus conducting surveys to gauge how interested students are in such a program.
“Bicycling is definitely the
quickest and most efficient way to get around campus,” said Christopher Perkes, who is working with the Green Society to survey students. “You don’t have to wait around, you don’t have to find parking, it’s just so much quicker and efficient.”
There are over 30 universities across the country that current-ly implement bike share pro-grams, including Texas A&M, which began its program this year with 10,000 bikes and six stations around campus where students can check out and re-turn bicycles.
Perkes is hopeful that stu-dents will be supportive of a bike share program on campus: “I actually haven’t gotten a sin-gle negative response yet — it’s very encouraging.”
The City of San Antonio be-gan its own bike share partner-ship in 2011 with B-Cycle, a company based in Wisconsin that operates bike sharing sys-tems in more than 25 cities, including Houston, Salt Lake City and Madison. Since open-ing with 14 stations downtown, San Antonio’s program has expanded to more than 50 sta-tions that stretch from Brack-enridge Park near Trinity Uni-versity and the University of the Incarnate Word to the Mission Reach of the Riverwalk south of Loop 410.
“We are very proud to be the first city in Texas to adopt this sort of bike share program,” said San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who also wants to see the Alamo City become the most bike-friendly city in the US.
UTSA’s downtown campus is currently served by one of the first B-Cycle stations in San Antonio.
However, implementing a bike share program on UTSA’s main campus is not without its challenges. Not only must the surveys determine that there is indeed interest for the pro-gram, but implementing a bike share system carries a host of logistical hurdles.
“The next challenge would probably be in getting through Transportation Services to get a system like this up and running as well as maintenance of the bicycles,” said Perkes. Perkes also warned that it could likely be “two to three semesters at the earliest” before the system could be put in place, based on other Green Fund projects.
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Drawing the lineA l i -
cia Ann Lynch, a 22-year-old from Michigan, dressed as a Boston Marathon
bombing victim for Halloween and posted a picture of herself on Twit-ter.
She and her family received death threats. Some responses to her picture on Twitter included an-gry responses hoping she would get cancer or die. While Lynch didn’t directly commit any sort of ille-gal action — her first amendment rights guarantee her freedom to wear whatever costume she choos-es — she received backlash from an online community that was unwar-ranted.
Caitlin Cimeno similarly received negative backlash after posting a picture mocking the Trayvon Mar-tin, Andrew Zimmerman case. The picture featured one white man in black face wearing a blood stained shirt, and another white man with a shirt labeled “neighborhood watch” pointing a gun at the first man.
Cimeno faced backlash similar to that of Lynch. In addition, she was fired from her job.
Philosopher John Morreall be-lieved that laughter evolved as a gesture of shared relief at the pass-ing of danger. He believed this is why people laugh when someone trips and is ok. But should we laugh at Halloween costumes of victims
of bombings or murder? Comedians are known for push-
ing boundaries. Many take on is-sues of race, religious intolerance and abuse, presenting them in the humorous form so that audiences can laugh. At some point, how-ever, the audience has to question whether a joke is harmless fun or exploitation.
Of course there is “a line” some-where but when do we cross it? Is it crossed when one person is of-fended? Or is it crossed when a joke is offensive to an entire community?
Placing this line is subjective; no absolute will ever be resolved to rule what boundaries may be pushed and what boundaries are off limits to everyone. It is this sub-jectivity that places responsibility on the shoulders of the audience to determine how they will handle insensitivity.
People are going to be offensive. We rightly value the freedom to express ourselves as we choose and therefore it is inevitable that some-one will say something offensive.
How we respond to the images that we find offensive makes the difference between perpetuating a spirit of negativity and having pro-ductive dialogue. Whether or not you agree with the actions of Lynch and Cimeno is a matter of personal opinion, but the way to engage in ignorance is not with more igno-rance.
Sarah GibbensNews Editor
Commentary
Editorial
If you believe student-ath-letes are not being properly compensated for playing sports you have never gone to col-lege. This debate has grown in the last decade from a few complaints and suggestions, to a philosophical argument that has grown legs and is threaten-ing to run away. But the simple fact remains — student-athletes are participating in the ultimate college internship and do not need to be “paid to play.”
Internships are coveted by college students who want to begin working in their degree field or who want to network with people who can give them access to quality jobs. Essen-tially, these internships will provide the real-life work ex-perience students like to put on their resumes when hitting the job market after college.
That is where companies and organizations with internship opportunities come in. They are seeking talented and dedi-cated students to work for them — at no cost. This means stu-dents are expected to produce and provide high quality work for free. As a result, the major-ity of student interns work in hopes of finding employment with that same company after they graduate.
The career center website for UTSA proves these cases of in-ternships are the life-blood of job employment after college. According to the 2012 National Association of College Employ-ers (NACE), college graduates who took in a paid internship were 60 percent more likely to receive a job offer. Yes, there are some internships willing to pay for a student’s services, but
those are few and far between. The survey does show that stu-dents who had an unpaid in-ternship actually fared better, if only marginally, than the paid interns.
Now apply this entire culture and process to playing college sports. Student-athletes es-sentially will have a four-year internship at their university, gaining the same benefits and making the same sacrifices as other college students. The only difference is the craft.
College athletes sacrifice so-cial and personal time in order to practice, study and at times provide community service. That leaves few moments to spend with family, friends or at other curricular activities at college. However, they are do-ing so with the knowledge that there is a payoff when college is over — the potential high-pay-ing career so many seek.
Internships are all about re-sume building and network-ing, and who has it better that the student-athlete in these two areas? Here is what a resume of a college athlete might read: Dedicated four years to work-ing on individual and group projects (mainly preparing and participating in athletic events), learned and developed leader-ship qualities and sharpened communication and time man-agement skills. Not to mention the abundance of access to ref-erence letters that employers look for in job applications.
In addition, college athletes will meet professionals in vari-ous career fields during their time. It’s not uncommon for students to gain employment thanks to what they did on the
field or on the court. There is statistical and sci-
entific proof as well that col-lege athletes are better suited for life after college than non-athlete students. The University Learning Outcomes Assess-ment (UNILOA) measures col-lege student’s behaviors beyond academics. A 2011 UNILOA study by Dr. Will Barratt and Dr. Mark Frederick at Indiana State University researched the academic and personal growth of student-athletes compared to non-athlete students. The idea was not to focus on GPA’s, but rather on seven character-istics — critical thinking, self-awareness, communication, diversity, citizenship, member-ship and leadership, and rela-tionships — that better define a student’s chances at success in the real world outside of col-lege.
In summary, Barratt and Frederick indicated through their research that student-ath-letes had twice as much growth in learning and development than non-athlete students.
The NCAA student-benefits website also identifies a mul-titude of assistance programs, grants and scholarships avail-able, while every university has tutors designed specifically for college athletes. UTSA, for ex-ample, has five people on their academic staff that are available for each specific sport.
The real disconnect is the difference between scholar-ship student-athletes and non-scholarship student-athletes.
The UTSA athletic schol-arship website outlines what scholarship athletes can receive for attending college as a stu-
dent-athlete. It includes hous-ing (both on and off-campus), the highest meal plan available (you can choose the smaller one and receive the remainder in a cash grant to pay for off-campus eating) and paid-for textbooks.
Yet not every student athlete will receive a full scholarship. Some have to try out and work their way onto a team. But if a non-scholarship student-athlete walks-on to a team and outplays the scholarship ath-lete, would they get to negoti-ate a new contract the follow-ing semester? No. They may get a scholarship though, and then they are in the same boat and now have a paddle for them-selves.
There is a handful of college athletes who draw in ratings and increase attendances for their universities. Those are the few that proponents of paying college athletes are really argu-ing for. That does not take into account the lesser-appreciated sports that account for a small-er percentage of revenue.
That is why paying college athletes would be uneven for each athlete and sport. Egos of athletes and parents inevitably will lead to complaints about unfair monetary compensa-tion in comparison to other students. The star athlete will feel underpaid after realizing their teammate, who walked on and plays sparingly, has a check worth the same amount.
The rhetoric on this argu-ment has also stemmed from some major college storylines this year have focused on two issues: player licensing and im-age use.
Ed O’Bannon, a former standout basketball player at UCLA, filed a class action law-suit in 2009 against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Com-pany. The case specifically dealt with the EA Sports popular franchise of video games that subtly used player’s images in their games without permis-sion or compensation.
In August of this year, NCAA President Mark Emmert called the selling of player jerseys “a mistake” and said there would be an “exit to that kind of busi-ness immediately.”
These incidents also deal more directly with major col-lege sports stars. The NCAA may try to find a common ground but it does show the biggest conception of exploit-ing college athletes. If you were to become the most talked about intern at Google and they made profit off of a t-shirt with your image it seems fair to be upset over that.
Still, it’s important to re-member that universities are not non-profit organizations supporting a cause. They are businesses working in a capital-ist environment and athletics is just another way to create rev-enue.
There will never be one spe-cific way to satisfy this dis-agreement. What system could satisfy every Division I, II and III college? What system could pay every scholarship and non-scholarship athlete fairly and without dispute?
If college athletes are paid then it’s not college athletics anymore – it’s a profession.
College is a place of contra-dictions for some. This is the time and place to learn, but it is also the time to take on more responsibility, which could
conflict with studying.We have all had to do things
out of our comfort zone, but talking to people professionally can be an unnecessarily chal-lenging task. Emailing a profes-sor or going to his or her office sounds simple, but doing those things can be difficult for many
students. Whether you are approach-
ing a professor to discuss a course or to ask for permission to enter a class, everything lies in how you present yourself. Though it may feel like you are not being yourself, try not to think of it as putting on an act.
If you find yourself wracked with anxiety and unsure of what to say, remember that keeping it simple is always best. Whoever you are speaking to will appreciate your efforts as well as the fact that you took time out of your day to meet with him or her.
Reminding yourself that pro-fessors meet with students all the time can be helpful as well. Though it may feel like you are interrupting their busy sched-ules, coming to them outside of class will show a willingness to learn and improve.
Similarly, sending emails can be an all too complicated both-er for some students. It may be
difficult to get the right point across to a professor through simple text. Even if you do not know what to say or how to ad-dress the person you are email-ing, remember that the route of sincerity is always best.
The inboxes of professors, advisors and counselors are flooded with unprofessional emails on a daily basis. Stu-dents often forget to include important information such as which course they are in and even their name in emails.
If you provide the person you are emailing with all the in-formation they need to identify you, they will appreciate your efforts all the more. Presenting yourself as serious and open to their many different responses will give them a platform to get back to you in a quick and help-ful way.
Speaking to professionals that are not professors can also be daunting in a differ-ent way. You may have to
speak to people on the phone for a job or work closely with someone you don’t necessar-ily get along with for a group project.
In these instances, it is im-portant to address your nerves and anxieties head on and try your best to keep them at bay. Learning the art of faking con-fidence can certainly help in this department.
Issues with talking to people in higher positions may stem from anxiety, but I believe a lot of it may come from natural levels of stress we are met with on a daily basis. With all the things we have to do each day, something as simple as setting up an advising appointment can be burdensome.
In school, it is easy to find yourself living in a self-imposed cocoon. You may find that you
study more effectively alone rather than in a group. You may eat alone and come home only to sleep or watch TV alone.
Doing things on your own is by no means negative. Ev-eryone needs his or her own personal time, but learning to ask for help can be beneficial. It is vital to become comfort-able talking to people who will help you throughout your time in college.
Though school is a collab-orative learning environment, we are often met with difficul-ties that we can conquer only on our own. If you find yourself struggling with simple tasks, try to think of it as being in training. Yesterday’s work will always help you with today.
ARTS&LIFE
Tuesday, November 58 p.m. Comedy: Open Mic Night Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club (618 NW Loop 410) hosts an open mic night each Tuesday for those brave enough to show off their comedic skills. LOL Comedy Club gives local comedians a stage to improve their act and make a full room laugh. Open Mic Nights are 18 and up. For more information, visit lolsanantonio.com
Wednesday, November 67 p.m. Film Screening: Frankenstein Santikos Bijou Theatre (4522 Fredericksburg Rd.) is featuring Danny Boyle’s 2011 broadcast of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein as part of London’s National Theatre’s 50th Anniversary. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate roles as the monster and his creator, Victor Frankenstein. Admission is $20.
Thursday, November 75 p.m. Event: Wurstfest College Night Landa Park (120 Landa St.) in New Braunfels, Texas, hosts the most unique celebration of German and Texas culture. Enjoy food, music, dancing, German beer, Texas beer, carnival rides and games. Admission starts at $10
Friday, November 88 p.m. Theatre: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jack-son” will be at the Woodlawn Theatre (1920 Fredericksburg Rd.) through December 1. The show is a comedic Wild West rock musical about the founding of the Democratic Party. Andrew Jackson is redefined as a rock star with focuses on populism and the Indian Removal Act. Student admission is $15.
Saturday, November 912:20 a.m. Stand-up Comedy: Midnight MadnessRivercenter Comedy (849 E Commerce) will be hosting an ad-ditional open mic night featuring local comedians and comedic acts.The “after hours” show will begin after the. scheduled 10:30 p.m. show. Admission is $5. For more information, visit rivercenter-comedyclub.com.
It’s no secret that the Rec Center has something to offer everyone. What has uninten-tionally been under the radar, however, is the Demonstration Kitchen that the Fitness and Wellness program offers.
Located on the second floor of the Rec Center in a back room are shiny silver tables facing an ordinary kitchen. It comes equipped with a large island in the center surrounded by a refrigerator, a dishwasher and sink, two ovens and plenty of countertop space.
This place is home to the Demonstration Kitchen, which offers free cooking classes to students.
Steve Kudika, the assistant director of fitness and wellness at Campus Recreation, was the
instructor of the class held on Sept. 26. Although it has not always been in this format, Campus Recreation has offered Demonstration Kitchen since 1996.
In 2007 the program moved to the space it occupies now, which is actually a renovated office. At that time, UTSA was one of three campuses that of-fered this type of facility.
When the recipes are created many health factors are taken into consideration; anything from allergies to diabetes is re-viewed. In addition, a college student’s budget is considered.
“The mission of the program is to be healthy, cheaper and utilize reusable ingredients. We’re not trying to have people spend money on something they’ll only use once,” said Ku-dika.
While demonstrating valu-able cooking techniques, the
Demonstration Kitchen classes aim to promote healthy eating habits for college students. It’s so easy to microwave ramen noodles or drive through a fast food restaurant on a daily basis, but these classes are designed to provide easy meals that last as viable options.
“I really like to do sessions with folks that incorporate healthy meals that you can make on Sunday and will sus-tain you and another person for the week,” says Kudika.
The class offered on Sept. 26 featured zucchini lasagna. Al-though this may sound strange or unappetizing, rest assured that the finished product tastes delicious.
“I don’t even like most of the ingredients, but I really like the outcome,” said freshman engi-neering major Danielle Daven-port. “It actually gets me to eat vegetables.”
First, the class of about 20 people huddles around the stove located on top of the is-land and listens to the recipe’s nutritional facts. Then the hands-on work begins. Gradu-ate student Gisele Alvarez has the task of slicing the zucchini into long, lasagna-noodle-shaped strips. “I don’t enjoy the pasta part in lasagna so (it’s) a very good option for me,” said Alvarez.
The drawback to the class is that there are not enough ingredients for everyone to make his or her own meal, so the work has to be distributed among the group of attendees. Kudika remarked that “unfor-tunately, the lower number (of participants) is actually better so we get more people involved and it’s a little bit more engag-ing.” Although this may be true, anyone can benefit simply from watching, and being able to
take a copy of the recipe home makes it easy to duplicate.
Making zucchini lasagna is considered a second level class. What constitutes the differ-ences between levels one and two are the types of techniques involved and the amount of time it takes to get the finished product. “For this one in par-ticular, as a level two, we were sautéing some things. Instead of grilling, we actually baked a couple things; we browned the ground beef,” said Kudika of the process.
The Rec Center hosts rough-ly seven cooking demonstra-tions per semester with around 20 available spots per class. To sign up for a class send an email to [email protected].
For more information, ex-plore the Fitness and Wellness tab at utsa.edu/recreation.
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The Tuition and Fee Proposal is a biennial process for setting deregulated tuition and fees. The Tuition and Fee Committee consists of students and faculty and is tasked with reviewing and discussing the tuition and fee rates proposed for Academic Years 2015 and 2016. The meetings are open to the public.
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The samurai were the most infamous armed force in Ja-pan from the fifth century un-til they were disbanded in the mid-late nineteenth century in favor of a more westernized Japan. Since their disbandment the samurai’s heritage has been safely conserved.
Now through January 5, 2014, the San Antonio Mu-seum of Art is hosting “Lethal Beauty,” an exhibit that cel-ebrates the history and artistic craftsmanship of the ancient samurai as well as the evolu-tion of the samurai. The exhibit is a journey through the eras of primitive armor, the rise of sword combat and the end of one of Japan’s most influential individuals.
Upon entering the exhibit, wakizashi (short swords) are on display. These short, steel blades are mounted on wood-en handles wrapped in silk and ray skin and embossed with gold. They range between 12 and 24 inches and were used as auxiliary weapons; they served as backup in an instance when a samurai’s main weapon was not an option.
Wakizashi were also used to perform hara-kiri — ritual suicide performed by samurai to avoid being captured and tortured by the enemy or when shame had been brought upon them.
Along with the wakizashi, other samurai weapons like the naginata, flail staffs (tatsu chi-giriki) and long and short dag-gers, in various conditions, are set out. Ancient crowd control weapons like the sodegarami, tsukubo and sasumata (sleeve entangler, push pole and spear fork, respectively) that were used to break up riots and ap-prehend criminals are featured in the exhibit as well.
Matchlock guns, which were used during the Edo period in Japan (seventeenth century), are also shown. Similar to the musket, the matchlock gun used gunpowder packed tight-
ly into the barrel along with a pellet and had a range of al-most 200 meters.
The katana, the quintessen-tial weapon of the samurai, sits at the center of the exhibit. The hilt of the sword, detailed with intricate leather and ray skin wraps and silver and shakudo (a fusion of gold and copper) fittings, meets with the black and yellow speckled sheath, exposing very little of the Japanese steel blade. These long swords, handcrafted and stamped, symbolize an era of Japan that is long past, but has yet to be forgotten.
Ancient weapons are not the only subjects of the exhibit. Full suits of armor from different eras are also featured. On dis-play is armor, both ceremonial and functional, ranging from the early fifth century when ar-mor was strictly functional for warfare through the later years of the samurai when masks with expressions and facial hair made of boar bristle.
Separate pieces of the ar-mor — including full and half masks, throat guards, padding used to protect arms and legs
— are deconstructed and pre-sented along with non-lethal devices the samurai used.
Ancient artwork relevant to the exhibit includes wood block prints of ancient war-riors and tall foldable screens depicting great battles. These pieces give insight to just how important the samurai were to Japan.
Items like water droppers and flower baskets made from discarded weaponry like ar-rows and sword fittings dem-onstrate a new Japan; after be-ing disbanded and restricted from carrying weapons the samurai and their utilities were repurposed with Japan’s west-ernization.
Other events in the exhibit include the SAMA Screens: Kurosawa Film Series — wherein Japanese director Aki-ra Kurosawa’s 1961 film “Yo-jimbo” will be screened — and the Symposium Great Books Institute’s Great Books Semi-nars featuring literature from the eras covered in the exhibit.
For more information and a full list of events related to the exhibit visit www.samuseum.
On Nov. 1, the Ezper-anza Peace and Justice Cen-ter opened their doors to the public for a viewing of altars in memory of those who have passed away.
The Day of the Dead, or “Dia de los Muertos,” is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and within many other cul-tures. The celebration lasts for two days Nov. 1, “Dia de los In-nocents y Angelitos,” or Day of the Children to honor the lives of children who have died.
On Nov. 2, “Dia de Los Muertos” is celebrated to hon-or the lives of adults who have passed away.
Patrons signed in and had a piece of “Pan De Muerto,” or dead bread, in hand as a ticket for the event. Inside, were-handcrafted altars that include clothing, memorabilia, freshly made food, scented candles and marigold flowers as a symbol of the holiday. Family members create the altars to celebrate the
loved ones they lost. Debbie Cifuentes, a volun-
teer at the Ezperanza Center, created one altar dedicated to many members of her family. In honor of her grandfather, Miguel Acosta, who worked for Schlitz Beer Company, she added his business card and a can of Schlitz beer. Her grand-mother was a Spurs fan and collected memorabilia, adding a Spurs cheerleader teddy bear.
Cifuentes also drew atten-tion to the everyday necessi-ties that are just as important to add. These items include soap, towels, a toothbrush and toothpaste to freshen up upon arrival of their journey.
Coins are also left out, as there is a toll to cross. A mirror is set out so the departed loved ones can view themselves and realize they are from the other side and will need to return af-ter the celebration.
Water is left out as they have traveled and will be thirsty. A dog (a picture, stuffed animal, glass figurine) will be their guard while they are visiting. Salt symbolizes the salt of the earth.
In the second part of the Ezperanza center are less tra-ditional pieces honoring those who have died. Inside were drawings, sketches and slide-shows. Virginia Foley, a volun-teer, created a less traditional altar in memory of her mother, Ann Cortez. Foley’s alter told the story about a woman who lived in a Minnesota farm and enjoyed her job as a teacher.
Foley recalls a picture of her mother with “her head thrown back from laughing.” Foley re-members her mother as “or-ganized, kept things running, loved to cook, clean and en-joyed spending time with fam-ily.” In this part of the center, the theme was simplicity.
The exhibit illustrated that although a loved one has died, they will never be forgotten whether it is their characteris-tics, their clothes, their favorite basketball team or significant memories that live on for gen-erations to pass on.
Dia De Los muertos is not a day to dwell, but to celebrate a life that was meaningful.
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SPORTS{Sports Events}
Friday, November 8All Day UTSA Women’s Tennis The Roadrunners compete in the Longhorns Invitational at the UT Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, through Sunday, Nov. 10.
7 p.m. UTSA Volleyball The Roadrunners host the UAB Blazers at the Convocation Cen-ter in San Antonio, Texas.
8 p.m. SpursThe Spurs host the Golden State Warriors at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Saturday, November 91 p.m. UTSA FootballThe Roadrunners host the Tulane Green Wave at the Alamodome In San Antonio, Texas.
7 p.m. UTSA Men’s BasketballThe Roadrunners host the North-ern Arizona Lumberjacks at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.
7 p.m. RampageThe Rampage host the Okla-homa City Barons at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Sunday, November 1011 a.m. SpursThe Spurs compete against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.
2 p.m. UTSA Women’s BasketballThe Roadrunners compete against the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
4 p.m. RampageThe Rampage host the Mil-waukee Admirals at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The UTSA Roadrunners men’s basketball team defeated the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm 80-60 in their only exhibition game of the season Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Convocation Center.
UTSA senior forward Jordan Sims led the Roadrunners with 16 points, three rebounds, two steals and two assists. Senior center Edrico McGregor added 12 points and five rebounds as a starter, while senior guard Hyjii Thomas and junior guard Keon Lewis contributed 14 points each off the bench.
“It was a good game for us. They (Southeastern Oklahoma) changed defenses on us, but our two new point guards (Thomas and Lewis) did a good job con-trolling the game,” said UTSA head coach Brooks Thompson immediately after the game.
UTSA’s stellar point guard play was the notable difference throughout the game, as they dictated the pace and flow in the second half. The grouping of senior guard Devon Agusi, sophomore guards James Wil-liams and George Matthews, Thomas and Lewis combined to score 44 points in the victory.
The first half of the game was not so stellar, as the Road-runners got off to a slow start, shooting a meager 35.5 percent from the field.
“Some halves you miss shots and some games you miss shots,” Thompson said about his team’s slow shooting start. “I was just glad to start seeing some go in.”
Despite the low shooting per-centage the Roadrunners ended the first half with a 37-30 lead.
But the Roadrunners came out firing on all cylinders in the second half.
UTSA shot a blistering 58.3 percent from the 3-point line, going 7-for-12 in the second half after shooting 3-for-11 in the first half. Thompson was noticeably pleased after the game.
“I hope we can do it every night,” said a smiling Coach Thompson after the game. “We came out and took a couple quick three’s early on, but we weren’t ready to play yet cause of the jitters. I think we settled
in. We got guys that can make shots, and we just got to con-tinue to do that.”
Lewis, who played 19 min-utes off the bench while shoot-ing 10-for-14 from the free throw line, touched on the early season jitters that were evident
in the first half. “It’s the first game. Everybody
was a little anxious coming out, and we were all pumped up,” Lewis said after the game. “In the second half we just sort of mellowed down a little bit, found the open man and knocked the shots down.”
Lewis played last season for North Idaho Junior College and was one of four players to sign with UTSA in July along with Williams, junior seven foot cen-ter Kaj Sherman and freshman guard Larry Lewis.
“We did alright,” Lewis said. “A 20-plus win is alright, but we need to get a lot better and fix some things up.”
Part of early season play is figuring out the rotation of the squad. UTSA had 12 different players participate in the exhi-bition win against the Savage Storm.
“We’ll have to toy with the ro-tation for a little while,” Thomp-son said about the squad’s rota-tion after the game.
“Nobody’s job is settled in for sure, aside from Jordan Sims’, but we’re going to compete and see where we go from there.”
After the game, Thompson spoke about his team going for-ward and what to expect from his players.
“There are some bright spots and some positives to take away from this game. There’s also some glaring things we need to work on,” said Thompson.
“I’m happy with our team; our new guys had the oppor-tunity to get their feet wet, and they’ll start to understand what to expect from division one basketball.”
With a few days until the sea-son tips off, Thompson is reas-
suring his team that they will be prepared to get those last few tweaks in before the season opener next week.
“We’re going to need all of those days. There’s no doubt about it. We’re going to utilize
them as much as we can,” said Thompson.
UTSA takes on the North-ern Arizona Lumberjacks at the Convocation Center for the home opener on Saturday, Nov. 9 with tipoff set for 7 p.m.
UTSA BASKETBALLUTSA dominates in warm up against Southeastern Oklahoma State, ready for first season in Conference USA
The Roadrunners open the 2013-14 season at home against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.
“I’m happy with our team, our new guys had the op-portunity to get their feet weet and they’ll start to un-derstand what to expect from divi-sion one basket-ball.”
The UTSA Roadrunners women’s basketball team grabbed a win in their exhibi-tion game on Friday, Nov. 1, beating the East Central Uni-versity Tigers (ECU) 76-50 at the Convocation Center.
The second half was physical as ECU and UTSA racked up 24 team fouls combined; however, the Roadrunners scored 23 of their 35 second half points from the free throw line. Up 41-24 at the half, UTSA outscored ECU 13-10 in the first 10 minutes of the game, pushing their lead to 20 points.
The Tigers could only get as close as 18 points as UTSA dominated buzzer-to-buzzer for the 26-point win.
UTSA senior guard Miki Turner led the team with 16 points and five rebounds, building on her success from last season. Turner averaged 6.1 points per game in the WAC, and she was one of the Road-runners’ top-six scorers. Turner will be relied upon to increase her scoring load heading into UTSA’s first season in Confer-ence USA (C-USA).
“Overall, I think the game was pretty good,” Turner said after the win. “We did a lot of good things and some bad things, but I think as a team, we improved. That’s the only thing you can hope for each day.”
The Roadrunners also had an impressive debut from fresh-man center Tesha Smith, who collected 15 rebounds, while junior guard Kamra King added 13 points.
King, who played in all 30 games last season, led the team in scoring at 9.8 points per game and 2.1 steals per game.
Although the win was a great start, UTSA players and coach-es felt there is much that could have been done in the second half to improve.
“We were up at half time, but the second half we should have killed them and we didn’t,” King said. “We just lost focus at the end of the game.”
The current UTSA roster has seven freshmen on the team, which may why the team got comfortable in the second half.
“I thought we got a little com-placent in the second half, and that’s indicative of a young team, when they’re ahead and they kind of take their foot off the gas,” UTSA head coach Lubo-myr Lichonczak said. “You can’t
do that in college basketball, so we’ll get them to understand that and keep them going.”
The Roadrunners are coming off a 16-win season, including 10 wins in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) last year. UTSA finished fourth in the conference when the team was projected to finish in eighth. The Roadrunners hope to prove people wrong in C-USA as well.
“It’s a good start, but it’s only a start,” Lichonczak said. “We have a ways to go.”
The Roadrunners begin the 2013-14 regular season on Sun-day, Nov. 10, against The Texas Longhorns at 2 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center. UTSA fol-lows up with their home open-er on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Convocation Center playing the Lamar Cardinals. Kamra King led UTSA last season in scoring with 9.3 points per game.
Exhibition game first victory for UTSA with Lichonczak as head coach UTSA BASKETBALL
UTSA GOLF
Men’s golf team learns hard lessons in the fall seasonChaney Shadrock Staff Writer [email protected]
The UTSA men’s golf team ended their fall season with a 14th place finish at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate Tour-nament on Oct. 21 at the New Mexico State University Golf Course in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The tournament was the last of four fall events.
Freshman Bryce Alley led the way with a nine-over-par (71, 79, 72) 222-stroke perfor-mance. Just a spot behind him was senior team captain Ryan Werre who shot a 71 on the fi-nal day to help the Roadrunners
move up two spots. Werre is now heading into his
final spring season with UTSA,
and his teammates will need to improve on the putting greens if they want to finish in the top 10 in the spring tournaments.
“As a team, if we just putt well, that would equalize all the other mistakes,” Werre said. “You will see guys after the round and think, ‘Wow, I can’t believe this guy beat me by four shots. I hit it as good as him, but he is mak-ing every putt.’”
UTSA head coach John Knauer concurred with the team captain and will do every-thing to help his team improve.
“It wasn’t that we were hit-ting it out-of-bounds or that we were hitting it into the water. It was that we didn’t make those
birdie putts,” Knauer said. “We didn’t get birdies when we had those chances. So, it all comes back into the short game.”
The fall season saw an influx of new talent and the team is still finding their rhythm.
Sophomore Brett Hogan and freshman Bryce Allen will use the fall season as motivation to do better in the spring.
“There were equal amounts of good things and not so good things, so we are kind of right in the middle,” Knauer said. “We are a very young team. Just like in any sport, if you have a bunch of freshmen and sopho-mores playing you’re going to see some mistakes. I think we
set ourselves up pretty well for the spring.”
Now that the fall season has ended, the UTSA men’s golf team must move on. Their spring season is just three months away, and there is still hope to win the C-USA Cham-pionship in April. A solid per-formance there will also help in the NCAA Regional and Cham-pionship tournaments.
“This off season is huge for us,” Werre said. “We can firm up those little mistakes or flaws that we have.”
The golf off-season is much like an individual season for NCAA golfers. Players are al-lotted only eight hours to work
with their coaches. Much of their time will be spent outside of the coaches control.
“This group really seems to be more committed in every as-pect. I have been here six years and this is the first year we went the whole semester without having one guy miss anytime in study hall,” Knauer said. “We didn’t have one person miss it, and that goes to show that it’s the little things, even off the course, that they are taking care of their business.”
The spring season begins on Monday, Feb. 10 with the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational Tournament at Briggs Ranch Golf Course in San Antonio.
