According to a report re-leased by the San Antonio Police Department, the body of a 21-year-old male was found in an apart-ment complex located on UTSA Blvd on Jan. 9, 2016. The man was discovered lying face up on his bed

showing signs he had been deceased for sometime. The report states there were no obvious signs of trauma and ruled the cause apparent sudden death. SAPD reported that the victims friend attempted to contact him for three days. When the friend re-ceived no response, he went to the victims apartment where he was found dead.

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UTSAOn Feb. 3, the Secular Student Alliance will host a lecture by David Silverman, president of the national organiza-tion American Atheists. The event will be held in the University Room of the Business Build-ing at 7 p.m. Silvermans views are not represen-tative of the Secular Student Alliances mem-bers or officers.

S.A. Aramark is likely to lose its $105 million food con-tract with the Alamodome as the venue hopes to add more local selections to its concessions menu beginning in March.

U.S. In Puerto Rico, the on-going $9 billion debt crisis of the government-owned utility company PREPA may leave the islands 3 million resi-dents without power. The blackouts are just one fi-nancial problem among many for the U.S. terri-tory whose governemnt agencies have amassed a debt of $72 billion.

WorldAccording to President Enrique Pena Nieto, the Mexican government is expediting its efforts to ex-tradite the notorious car-tel boss Joaquin El Cha-po Guzman to the U.S. after his recapture earlier this month. Guzman had spent the last six months on the run following an incredible prison break using a tunnel in his floor cell; his lawyers are trying to block his extradition.

Science While many U.S. re-searchers have posited that a childs race and ethi-nicity alone can put him or her at greater risk of becoming obese, Kim Ea-gle, a professor of internal medicine and health man-agement and policy at the University of Michigan published a study link-ing childhood obesity to poverty. Eagle and his col-leagues looked at data col-lected on race and body mass index from 112,000 students and then com-pared that data to the stu-dents eligibility for free school lunch programs (an indicator of poverty). The researchers conclud-ed that obesity in chil-dren is not determined by race, but by resources.

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The 21-year-old deceased persons permanent address is listed in the Woodlands, a suburb of Houston.

UTSA has been a tobacco-free campus since June 2014. While tobacco use is currently prohibited on campus, cigarette butts can be seen scat-tered on the ground directly outside the McKiney Humanities building and other spots on campus.

The U.S. Department of Education has recently awarded UTSA and Alamo Colleges a five-year $3.2 million grant to initiate PIVOT, an academic suc-cess program to increase student involvement, reten-tion and graduation rates. The PIVOT program will focus primarily on low socioeconomic students, first-time, full-time His-panic students and first-generation students. Ac-cording to the UTSA Office of Institutional Research, which measured students six-year graduation rates, first- generation students

at UTSA make up 47 per-cent of the student body, yet only 32 percent gradu-ate in six years. The His-panic population at UTSA is 51 percent while only 36 percent graduate in six years and the economically disadvantaged population is 44 percent while 38 per-cent graduate in six years. The PIVOT program aims to boost UTSAs low gradu-ation rates by creating sup-port communities that will improve students overall success through the fol-lowing four sub-programs. The Alamo Runners pro-gram will help students en-rolled in one of the Alamo colleges while they were admitted into UTSA. This program will appoint a peer mentor who will lead

students into a dual enroll-ment where 12 credit hours will be taken at an Alamo college and the other three credit hours taken at UTSA. Through this initiative, students will become ac-customed to a four-year university and its resourc-es. The goal for the Alamo Runners program is for students to first gradu-ate from an Alamo Col-lege and then transfer and graduate from UTSA. The First to Go and Grad-uate program (F2G&G) aims to help first-genera-tion students, which make up almost half of UTSAs freshman class, by creat-ing a coaching program made up of first-genera-tion faculty and students. The program will have a

program manager as well as peer mentors. UTSA will also initiate F2G&G Coun-cil, which will propose solu-tions for any practices with-in the institution that may hinder students success. The Math Matters initia-tive will enable UTSA to redesign the pre-requisite algebra course for engi-neering and science ma-jors, MAT 1073. The rede-sign of the course will use the National Center for Academic Transformation emporium model, which will promote an active use of mathematics with-in the classroom setting. The program intends to improve the passing rate of MAT 1073, which in turn will increase the retention rates of engineer and sci-

ence majors. Students who are dually enrolled at an Alamo College and UTSA will also able to take the course when it is in effect. The Roadrunner Transi-tion Experience program (RTE) will appoint peer mentors and a program manager to provide help and support for UTSA transfer students. RTE also intends to create events, programs and addition-al resources to increase transfer student gradua-tion and retention rates.The PIVOT program sees that the appointment of fac-ulty that resonate with stu-dents is crucial to the suc-cess of the program. One of UTSAs faculty members,

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learning about services they were not aware of before. This column

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at UTSA.

Did You Know:Each semester, an automat-ic credit of $12 is added to each full-time students Rowdy Card. The credit can be applied to printing services on campus at any of the print spot locations.

The CCRs mission is to pro-vide an environment where students in or interested in pursuing a sober lifestyle can receive encouragement and establish relationships with similar students. Every Friday, an AA Meeting is held at 7 p.m. on the main campus (RWC 1.806) Every Wednesday, Open Recovery meeting is held at 5 p.m. in the same loca-tion.

Fiscal Services will refund any money lost due to vend-ing machine malfunction.Remember the amount of money you lost, as well as the location and the type of machine. Fiscal Services is located on the Main Campus at the John Peace Library (JPL), 1.03.06 and on the downtown campus at the Frio Street Building, 1.508.

According to UTSA Police Department Captain Dan Kiley, UTSA police do not issue citations for smoking on campus, but students can still face punishment for violating the tobacco policy. Verbal warnings are given to violators, and if the prob-lem persists students may receive a behavioral refer-ral form requiring them to report to Student Conduct and Community Standards. When asked his opinion on the current policy, senior multidisciplinary studies major Kevin Hijazi said he likes the idea of the policy, but thinks They should have spots for [smoking]. Hijazi went on to say that the tobacco ban is great for UTSAs prestige, but be-lieves that UTSA fails to en-force the policy effectively. I havent had campus police come up to me, but Ive had people come up to me, senior history and political science major Jus-

tin Johnston described be-ing confronted on campus. Johnston explained one of his confrontations on campus, I was sitting in my truck inside the garage, and I was having a cigarette and this lady came up and started knocking on my window and started tell-ing me I am not allowed to smoke on campus and have to leave campus. Pena also said that stu-dents, faculty and police are responsible to in-form individuals of the campus policy when it is actively being violated. I have had two teachers and a maintenance worker tell me to stop smoking, but not here [outside the McKinney Humanities]. Here, Ive never had the cops talk to me, en-trepreneurship junior John Whitaker said. Prior to the current pol-icy, tobacco usage was al-lowed on campus. During

the one year transitional pe-riod to the total ban, smok-ing and tobacco usage was allowed in designated areas. I do remember seeing a lot more little smok-ing areas, and it was more sparse, so I think now in-stead of a bunch of little spots, you get just one big one, Whitaker said. Cigarettes are not the only form of tobacco used in violation of the campus tobacco-free policy. UTSAs policy prohibits tobacco in all forms, including the use of electronic cigarettes. The anti-smoking/to-bacco policy has limited most people, but I think most people still dont care, sophomore business major Mark Rodkey said. Smok-ing is a habit because the chemicals inside are ad-dictive. People who smoke a lot a day cant really de-cide when its appropriate to go smoke or not, so I dont think it is necessar-

ily right to impose a ban. Rodkey also addressed vaping on campus. Some people are not respect-ful about it and will blow smoke in someone elses face or not make any at-tempt to conceal [vapor-izers] and may not adhere to another persons wish that he or she put [vapor-izers] away, but for the most part it is not like that. According to Title 25 of the Texas Adminis-trative Code, UTSA is a CPRIT-funded entity. As part of being a mem-ber of this entity, institu-tions are required to Pro-hibit the use of all tobacco products by all employees and visitors to the property owned, operated, leased, occupied, or controlled by the CPRIT-funded entity. UTSA has received $1,471,121 from the Can-cer Prevention and Re-search Institute of Texas (CPRIT) after adjusting the

tobacco policy to its cur-rent rules and regulations to meet CPRIT standards. UTSA is one of many schools across the na-tion that has adopted a tobacco-free policy. CPRIT has also pro-vided grants to other Texas universities includ-ing other UT branches. More than 600 college and university campus-es in the United States have smoke-free or to-bacco-free campuses. In the UT System, Ar-lington, Brownsville, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Southwestern and Aus-tin are tobacco-free. Texas State University, Austin Community College and all San Antonio Alamo Col-leges also are tobacco-free.

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tion and retention rates. The PIVOT program sees that the appointment of fac-ulty that resonate with stu-dents is crucial to the suc-cess of the program. One of UTSAs faculty members, Associate Professor of His-tory Rhonda Gonzales, will serve as director of the PIVOT program. Gon-zales is a first-generation student who was in the

American Council on Edu-cations Fellows Program. During her fellowship she visited about 30 universi-ties in the U.S. to study the best methods for student success. With her findings and her research on UTSA transfer students and cur-rent students, she developed a proposal along with her colleagues to implement the PIVOT program at UTSA.

The four initiatives pro-vided by the PIVOT pro-gram will address a va-riety of situations many students encounter and will provide help for stu-dents who may need ad-ditional support through their college experience. Jos Santos, a first genera-tion freshman kinesiology major, says that although his parents were always very

encouraging and support-ive of his desire to attend college, he would like for there to be more common knowledge of programs and other support systems that aim to help first-gen-eration Hispanic students. Ive heard of some schol-arships that help Hispanic or first-generation stu-dents, but I havent heard very much about programs

that advise or support those students, Santos said. Although PIVOT is in its initial stage, it is an impor-tant goal for students to be aware of their services. wThe program will serve as an additional support system for students in their pursuit of graduation.

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According to UTSAs Tobacco-Free Campus webpage, there are no designated areas for tobacco use on campus. However, anyone who has walked in between the McKinney Humanities building and the Business Building on UTSAs Main Campus knows that there is in fact an undesignated area where clusters of students can be found daily, enjoying their cigarettes.

The policy states that effective June 1, 2014, smoking and tobacco use are not permitted on the UTSA campuses including parking lots and parking garages.

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resource also states that voluntary compliance with the law is expected and it is the shared responsibility of all members of the campus community to respect and abide by this policy.

Obviously, the huddle of smokers outside of the MH are not compliant with the law as they subject their peers to second-hand smoke.

The Tobacco Free Campus page touts that the policy was implemented out of a sense of social responsibility and to promote the health, well-being and safety of all university students, faculty, staff and visitors, after President Romo heard the requests from the

UTSA Staff Council and faculty members. This is a nice sentiment, but it is a farce.

Since 2010, UTSA has received $1,471,121 in the form of three separate grants from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

Under CPRITs guidelines, an institution, organization or company that receives grant funding from CPRIT equal to or more than $25,000 during the applicable fiscal year must be tobacco-free.

Of course, researching cancer is a noble endeavor and most students would agree that they appreciate a tobacco-free campus, but for the university

to present the policy under the guise of caring for students health and listening to facultys concerns is misleading, especially because the policy goes largely unenforced.

If the motivation was to truly respond to student and faculty concerns, why then, were similar measures not taken in designating classrooms as gun-free zones?

A survey conducted amongst UTSA students, faculty and staff portrayed an overwhelming support for this action, yet it fell on deaf ears when the Campus Carry Task Force submitted its recommendations.

To truly care for the wellness

and healthfulness of the student body, the university should protect students from second-hand smoke while offering healthful food options. As it stands, there is an utter disregard for vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free students. The one relatively healthy choice, Pita Pit, was replaced with a burger and taco joint.

The tobacco-free policy was implemented to appease the CPRIT and as it goes unenforced, it undermines the credibility of UTSA PD.

If they cannot enforce their own rules, how will they enforce that of the gun-free zones?

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Photo PollDid you make any New Years

resolutions? Have you been able to stick with

your resolutions so far?

My goal for this year is to get as many As as I can in my classes. Im still working on this, but so far its been good.

Destiny SmithSophomore, nursing

My New Years resolutions are to not slack off in class, to walk more and to eat healthier. Theyre all going pretty well. Ive been keeping up with class readings and staying on top of my work. Id be letting myself down if I dont keep these resolutions.

Joy RoseJunior, public health

This year Im going to get more organized. The year just started, but so far so good: I just got a new binder to organize.

Miguel VargasFreshman, business

My New Years resolutions are to be more selfless and give more. I have no complaints on how its going so far.

Tyler HoughlandFreshman, business

This year I decided to start working out, and it has been going well.

Blake CanisFreshman, fine arts

Read the Bible. I read it everyday, which is nice. I wanted to do better in school overall, so its good because Im gong to classes and making sure I do my work.

Haven CochranFreshman, public health

UTSAs policy on skate-boards aims to promote the overall safety of students by preventing accidents on campus. Although skate-boarders can collide with pedestrians and cars on campus, such incidents have been isolated, according to UTSA PD.

UTSAs policy states that skateboards are prohib-ited on all campus prop-erty. According to Assistant Chief of UTSA Police Dan Pea, skateboarders can be stopped by campus officers and referred to the Student Conduct and Community Standards office where their sanction will be determined.

However, because many students are not complying with the current policy and accidents seem to be very rare, it may be best to just allow the use of skateboards on campus. There are ben-efits to students using them.

For example, some stu-dents use their skateboards as transportation to get to UTSA from nearby apart-ments. These students indi-rectly contribute to having less crowded shuttles and provide less competition for other students trying to

find a parking spot at UTSA. Skateboards also provide a quicker way to get to class and give riders an oppor-tunity enjoy their hobby. Skateboards really arent all that bad.

Still, skateboard use should be limited with rules for conduct. Skateboard-ers should be courteous to pedestrians and allow them enough space to walk comfortably. Skateboarders should also stay away from large crowds and should refrain from using skate-boards inside buildings. If they do not comply, they should face penalties.

How does UTSAs policy on skateboards compare to UTSAs policy on hover-boards?

Hoverboards are a new al-ternative to skateboards on U.S. college campuses that have become a very popu-lar item in the past couple of months. However, hover-boards have caused unease with many consumers, and have caused a fire in a mall in Washington state and a house fire in Louisiana.

According to a Carnegie Mellon University research-er of material science and engineering, the fires and explosions are likely due to the quality of the lithium-ion batteries used to power hoverboards, many of these batteries are mass-produced in China at a very low cost and are of low quality. These lithium-ion batteries prove to be especially dangerous when used to power hover-boards, which are a high im-

pact toy that endures many halts and jolts.

Due to these dangers, there have been over 30 uni-versities across the nation that have banned the use of hoverboards on their cam-puses. UTSA should follow their lead.

Currently, UTSA pro-hibits the use, storage and charging of hoverboards in and around the universitys housing complexes. Unfor-tunately, there is no official written policy on their use on campus grounds outside of student housing.

In order to prevent the tragedies that have oc-curred, its important for UTSA to implement a hov-erboard ban on all campus grounds and not just in stu-dent living areas. After all, there is a safer alternative to using a hoverboard.

Why not just use a skate-board?

Both hoverboards and skateboards in that they are a means of short-distance transportation, but a key dif-ference is that skateboards dont suddenly combust while someone is riding them.

Skateboards are certainly the better option for cam-pus navigation when hover-boards undoubtedly pose a greater danger than skate-boards do.

When it comes to short-distance- on-campus trans-portation, skateboards are a much better alternative than the hazardous fad that is the hoverboard.

Skateboards, yes; hoverboards, no

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Board watching TV? Play a game

Most of the time as in the case of working, sleeping, or waiting in lineones freedom is limited by necessity. The ex-ception to this is leisure time, the time during which you are free to act according to your will, that is, to do whatever you want. And that comes with a great deal of responsibility.

Unfortunately, television has become the cornerstone of leisure activity in our soci-ety. According to the US Bu-reau of Labor Statistics, the average American spent more than half of his or her leisure time watching television. For the college-aged group, ages 20 to 24 years old, the next most common activity was the com-bined category of video games and Internet browsing, which occupied three-fourths of an hour on the average weekday. These two categories, video games-plus- Internet brows-ing and television, occupy well

over half of the five hours of leisure time that mythical av-erage 20 to 24 years old had on weekdays.

Electronic media dominates the average persons leisure time to such an extent that some really great pastimes are being neglected: newspaper reading for instance, and per-haps the most tragically under-utilized leisure activity is the tabletop role playing game, in my opinion. More people should be playing Dungeons and Dragons.

For the uninitiated, tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are simulated adventures wherein players take on the roles of vil-lains, heroes or morally neu-tral Uber-mensches. These games can be played with or without an actual table, in most cases you can even find a forum where you can play online. Think of it like being five years old and playing with your imagination, but having clear rules and well established tropes and settings.

The players narrate their re-actions to situations generated by the Game Master that con-trols everything in the game except for the player charac-ters. These games use dice to introduce an element of chance into the narrative, most recog-nizably the 20-sided die used

by Dungeons and Dragons, and many, many others to de-termine the success or failure of in game actions.

And its not just Dungeons and Dragons; there is an abun-dance of great science fic-tion, fantasy and comic book-themed tabletop, role-playing games. Moreover, in this great Internet era of ours, many game makers publish free starter-rule sets online, and free dice simulators are acces-sible in both mobile app and browser form.

You dont have to pay to use your imagination.

Watching TV, on the other hand, is a static activity in which participants are pas-sive and have little to no say in their experience. This creates a dangerous possibility for TV towithout the consent, and often without the knowledge of the viewermodify a viewers world view and belief system by presenting realistic but ul-timately fictional experiences and by limiting and modifying perspectives and frameworks for those experiences. For more on this, see Noam Chomskys The Manufacturing of Con-sent, an analysis of the subtle ways in which American me-dia institutions shape and rein-force ideology.

Tabletop, role-playing games

also come with a built in ideol-ogy, but players, not producers are in control of the outcome; these games are active experi-ences built on collaborative storytelling. The participants are responsible for everything involved, ideas evolve naturally through interaction as players choose the themes and con-flicts to suit their tastes. Table-top roleplaying games pres-ent an obviously fictional but surprisingly real experience in which the only limits are those set by yourself.

If what you do determines who you are, then role-playing games are among the best choices for leisure activity and TV is among the worst. Infi-nite possibilities and freedom of tabletop RPGs from external limits offer complete players autonomy and imaginary free-dom.

Now, will you actually be-come a wizard or a space pi-rate? No, thats impossible. But surely a player character acting as your avatar in a world that exists for you and only you is superior to characters and set-tings crafted to appeal to the broadest audience possible and interrupted every few minutes by someone trying to sell you something you dont want.

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The style hallmarks of auteur Charlie Kaufman, writer and director of Eter-nal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkov-ich and Synecdoche, New York, are all over his latest film, Anomalisa, co-direct-ed with Duke Johnson.

Self-conscious and ecen-tric, Anomalisa is a stop-motion animated film about aging self-help writer Mi-chael Stone (voiced by Da-vid Thewlis), whose monot-onous life has rendered him numb and depersonalized.

To Stone, every voice is literally the same until he comes across Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a young wom-

an staying at the same Cin-cinnati hotel where Stone is to attend his promotional lecture. The movie takes place over the course of a 24-hour span, following Stone through his attempts to socially and emotionally connect with others.

Released in US theaters on Dec. 30, 2015, Anomali-sa had a fairly dismal per-formance at the box office, earning less than 12 percent of its production budget.

Though the movie had a much warmer reception from critics, the commer-cial failure of Anomalisa is a better evaluation of the film.

Despite the superficial Kaufman-isms, Anomalisa is too obsessed with its in-herent noveltya ponder-ous, thoughtful, mature film

in stop-motion!to have the same pulse of life as Kaufmans best work.

In the first two acts of the movie, flat, lifeless visuals accompany scenes that drag on too long. The film offers its meandering pace as a form of realism, and intends to jarringly offset this real-ism with the movies anima-tion.

Once it is clear that the figures on screen arent hu-man, however, it simply be-comes tedious.

The movies interminable feel is, to some degree, de-liberate. The primary theme of Anomalisa is monotony, after all.

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You know them when you see them: long, color-ful shirts, white Converse, possibly drinking a Diet Coke or another coffee beverage in a tumbler.

The stereotypes are well known, but how much do you really know about the inner-workings of sorority life?

Obtaining leadership experiences, service op-portunities and the unique bond of a sisterhood are why hundreds of women choose to rush each year.

Alpha Delta Pi will be the newest sorority in the UTSA Greek system. Amanda Ramon (AR), UTSAs Program Advisor for Fraternity and Sorority Life, and Anna Kate Sum-ler (AKS), Alpha Delta Pis new chapter special-ist, know what to expect from the sorority and its place on campus.

Q: What is the his-tory of the Alpha Del-ta Pi sorority?

AKS: For more than 164 years, extraordinary women have called Alpha Delta Pi home. Originally called the Adelphean Society, Alpha Delta Pi was the first secret society for women in the world and forged the way for women in the fraternity system.

Our founding took place on May 15, 1851 at Wesley-an Female College in Ma-con, Georgiathe first col-lege in the world chartered to grant degrees to women.

Since then, over 250,000 women at more than 200 universities across the Unit-ed States and Canada have found their home in Alpha Delta Pi.

Q: Who decides if a new sorority chapter will be added to cam-pus?

AR: Panhellenic sorori-ties go through about a year or so long process to bring a new sorority onto campus.

The first step to bring-ing a new sorority to cam-pus is to vote and form an exploratory committee.

This committee was formed and met for about 3 months last spring.

The purpose of this committee was to gather data and statistics about the campus, Panhellenic recruitment and chapter retention trends to de-termine if there is a need to bring another group to campus.

They decided there was a need and recommend-ed to the Panhellenic Council to move forward and officially open for ex-tension.

Once the council voted yes to open for exten-sion, a memo was sent out to NPC alerting the 26 NPC groups that UTSA was open for ex-tension.

Then the 20 sororities that are not here had ap-proximately 2 months to submit a packet for review to the extension committee.

Once the deadline was passed and we received all the packets from the organizations that were

interested in coming to UTSA, the extension committee utilized a ru-bric to narrow it down to two on-campus visits.

Once the two groups who were invited to pres-ent on campus finished the extension committee utilized another rubric to narrow it down to one to present to the Panhel-lenic council to officially vote on.

The council followed to extension commit-tees recommendation and voted to bring Alpha Delta Pi Sorority onto campus.

Q: What makes the Alpha Delta Pi so-rority different from other organizations/sororities on campus?

AKS: Being a coloniz-ing member of a sorority is truly a once in a lifetime op-portunity.

Founding members of Alpha Delta Pi will forge the path for our legacy on campus at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sis-ters will leave after gradu-ation with the knowledge

that theyve been an integral part of creating a sorority that will serve as a home to future generations of wom-en at UTSA.

Q: Where can some-one sign up to join the sorority?

AKS: Alpha Delta Pi will recruit women to become founding members during the week of Jan. 31.

Were seeking women of all class yearsfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniorsto join our sister-hood.

You can learn more by visiting www.comehome-toadpi.com. Through this site you can sign up for a Tell Us About You session (required for consideration of membership in ADPi).

Q: What is the over-all goal of the sorority for the foreseeable fu-ture of the organiza-tion?

AKS: The values that formed Alpha Delta Pi in 1851 are as important to our members in 2016 as they were at our founding.

Our members strive to become well-balanced women through a commit-ment to service, upholding high academic standards, campus and community in-volvement, leadership and building lasting friendships.

Our open motto has al-ways been We Live for Each Other, and we care for one another as sisters not just for four years of college, but for life.

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ARTS & LIFE 7January 26 - February 2, 2016

Elizabeth DavisContributing Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

Upon visiting the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum this winter, one may notice that the winter exhibitions seem dissimilar and dense at first glance.

Guests are greeted upon arrival with a black clothes-line that drapes the further-most wall of the museums Main Gallery and in another area, a display that features a basketball propped up by a seven-foot wooden pole.

Blue Stars winter exhibi-tions highlight a compila-tion of work by Texas art-ists, Charlie Morris and Liz Rodda, an inquisitive film by Bodil Furu and a col-lection of artwork, entitled Gift: An Exquisite Exhibi-tion, which was curated by the likes of many San Anto-nio museums, institutions and foundations.

While analyzing the first vast expanse of art, entitled Turn Your Face Toward The Sun, the density and intangibility one may feel all but disappears.

Darkness, curiosity and violence harmonize to form Charlie Morris con-tribution to the exhibition, imploring his audience to question both the familiar and the unknown.

In one of his most dis-tinct pieces, Belt, Mor-ris presents a continuous

video loop of policemen reaching for their duty belts. Although the video has no sound, desperation and anxiety can be heard throughout the projections duration.

The cops consistent-lyalmost incessantlyreached for their most lethal ammunition: guns. Belt silently intimates at the severity of authoritys need for power, dominance and control.

Other elements of Morris exhibit include his use of re-cycled objects presented in rectangular, glass displays.

The objects, ranging from an orange Ouija board planchette, a wolf mask, and a black and white photo of a surveillance camera, evoke the haunting and sinister realities of this world (and the world beyond).

In stark contrast to the tone of Morris pieces, Liz Roddas contribution to the exhibit elicits a sense of wonder and inspiration.

In Turn Your Face To-ward The Sun, a six-minute video loop, everyday ob-jects and smooth, panning transitions constitute a vi-sual masterpiece.

Meanwhile, a whispering voice can be discerned in the background of the video telling the story of Ashley, her lollipop and her favorite quotes.

Ashleys words are calm-ing and fantastical. She relays to her listeners that

Your journey has molded you for the greater good, and that, (When) you turn your face toward the sun, the shadows will fall behind you.

Morris and Roddas ex-hibit embodies simultane-ous reactions to modern existence.

While the violent, of-ten times chaotic reality of the world rages on around you, you can move past the shadows and regard your-self as a beacon of light and guidance.

Moving through the mu-seum, you will next encoun-ter Norwegian filmmaker Bodil Furus Landscapes By The Book.

The film is shown in Gal-lery 4, an enclosed space of the museum, and explores the concept of a changing identity.

Furu interviews the di-verse inhabitants of Fron, Norway, and their experi-ences with the urbanization that is occurring in their town.

For the individuals in-

volved in the construction process, the reverence of the approach is everything. One worker even uses the term humility to describe her method to the transfor-mation of the landscape in Fron.

Such changes can seem formidable and destructive to the natural magnificence of the mountains, valleys and waterfalls of the area.

However, the driving rea-son behind the construction of the highways is a social responsibility to its grow-ing number of residents.

Landscapes By The Book also incorporates musical elements from local violinists, examining cul-ture, history and the impli-cations urbanization poses upon such elements. The very roots upon which Fron was built are evolving, and the repercussions of such transitions can be incon-ceivable.

Finally, in Blue Stars Project Space, Gift: An Ex-

quisite Exhibition unfolds in a beautiful and generous manner. The entire exhibit was curated through dona-tions, and such is the men-tality and theme of the art-work involved.

From Mark Floods color-ful and bold The Things, to Gary Sweeneys satirical and vindictive Post Card, each piece represents a giv-ing, selfless nature toward the world of art.

The best way to describe this gift exchanging pro-cess is through the concep-tual art written on the fur-thermost wall of the room: BROKEN OFF.

The idea is that once art is produced and displayed, each patron will take home a different meaning behind the artistic experience of the work; the artists original idea will live on in the form of various articulations and sentiments. A truly exqui-site concept indeed.

Gift: An Exquisite Ex-hibition will be available to view until Feb. 5, while Turn Your Face Toward The Sun and Landscapes By The Book will be shown until Feb. 7.

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum is open every Thursday from 12-8 p.m., and Friday to Sunday from 12-6 p.m.

Museum entry is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and bicyclists, and free for all military, veterans and stu-dents with school IDs.

Blue Star exhibits open downtownThree n ew a r t exh i b i t i o n s d i s p l ay i n t ima t e emo t i o n s , wonde rmen t

Fabian DeSoto, The Paisano

Arts & LifeEvents

Calendar:Thursday 1/28

9:30 p.m.Comedy AF!

Enjoy a little laughter this Thursday, courtesy of Comedy AF! presented by Paper Tiger. Some of the stand-up comedians include Avery Moore, Raul Sanchez, Travis Reyes, and Kenny Van. Tickets are sold at the door, which opens at 9 p.m. The event is open to all ages and tickets are $5 for minors and free for 21 and up.

Saturday 1/308:30 a.m.

River City RunEver wanted to tour the city but never got around to it? River City Run is a guided 5K tour with 15 stops along the route where the guides share bits of historical and inter-esting information. Tours take place every Satur-day morning and have a cost of $30 that includes a t-shirt, water and action photos. Runners of all abilities are encouraged to come out and partici-pate. Groups meet up at the Alamo (300 Alamo Plaza San Antonio, TX 78205).

Saturday 1/3010 a.m.Krisers

Natural Pet Grand OpeningPet owners, this event is for you! Krisers Natural Pet (427 N Loop 1604 W San Antonio, TX 78232) is hosting its Grand Opening this Saturday morning. The store will provide free ID tags and travel water bowls while supplies last. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., free pet photography and nail trimming will also be provided. A portion of all sales will go to Cressie Animal Refuge & Enrich-ment. Get there early, as one of the first people in line will win a $200 shopping trip on the spot!

Saturday 1/303 p.m.

Rachel PodgerRachel Podger, honor-ary member of the Royal Academy of Music and founder of the Brecon Paroque Festival, will be performing a solo violin recital Saturday afternoon. Podger, an internationally renowned interpreter of Baroque music, will interpret music by Purcell, Bach, Teleman and Vivaldi. The recital will conclude Podgers week as a guest resident in the UTSA Deparment of Music. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Recital Hall in the Arts building.

Winter at Blue Star Blue Contemporary Art brings three exciting new exhibitions on view through Feb. 7. The three new exhibits, entitled Turn Your Face Toward the Sun, Landscapes by the Book and Gift: An Exquisite Exhibition, display a broad range of emotional topics like anxiety, depression and wonderment.

Charlie Morris objects that he keeps in a glass display, including an orange Ouija board planchette, a wolf mask and a black and white photo of a surveillance camera, evoke haunting sentiments of loss and despair.

Fabian DeSoto, The Paisano

Your journey has molded you for the greater good... (When) you turn your face toward the sun, the shad-ows will fall behind you.Story of AshleyLiz Roddas Turn Your Face Toward The Sun

8 SPORTSJanuary 26 - February 2, 2016

Mens basketball team drops two C-USA games at home UTSA MENS BASKETBALL

Roadrunners fall twice to Florida teamsChris Herbert andBrady T. PhelpsContributing Writer andSports Editor@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

After a comeback victory over Conference USA (C-USA) opponent UTEP last weekend, UTSA mens bas-ketball Head Coach Brooks Thompson said that the vic-tory could supply the team with some much-needed confidence.

However, the Roadrun-ners were unable to capi-talize on this confidence as they were squarely defeated 72-56 by Florida Interna-tional University (FIU) on Thursday and 86-71 by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on Saturday.

Junior guard Donte Mc-Gills team-leading 23 points and forward Daviyon Drapers double-double led FIU to a 72-56 win over the Roadrunners on Thursday, Jan. 21 at UTSA.

In a team-high 36 min-utes, Draper led FIU with 12 rebounds and three steals, tied for the team lead in as-sists with three, recorded a

block and scored 11 points.McGill shot 50 percent

from the field and was per-fect from the free-throw line in 33 minutes.

Starting guard Chris-tian Wilson led UTSA in scoring with 12 points and four assists. He also led all Roadrunners with seven re-bounds, all in the defensive zone.

The other starting guards, Ryan Bowie and J.R. Har-ris barely trailed Wilson in scoring, with 11 and 12 points, respectively. Bowie earned four rebounds to Harriss two, and both play-ers contributed two assists each.

Lucas OBrien played 32 minutes, fourth most on the team behind the three start-ing guards. In that time, he made 4-of-7 from the field and snagged six rebounds second most among Road-runners.

FIUs defense stifled the Roadrunners, limiting them to 32.8 percent success shooting from the field and 15 percent from beyond the 3-point line.

In spite of the Roadun-ners struggles from the

field, they were down by only five at halftime and held FIU Star center Adrian Diaz off the court with three early fouls.

But UTSA struggled to handle FIUs size and ex-perience. In the second half, the Roadrunners were out-rebounded by nine and earned only two points off second-chance attempts.

Theyre an excellent re-bounding team, comment-ed Associate Head Coach Dan ODowd post-game. Theyve got some long, athletic dudes out there. Weve got some freshmen, sophomores out there who arent as physically devel-oped, and to be honest with you, maybe not as athletic.

In Saturdays afternoon game against FAU, the Roadrunners again kept it close until halftime, when they trailed by only four points (38-34).

Christian Wilson was ag-gressive early, scoring 18 of his 28 points in the first half. Throughout the game, he continued to show the leadership he displayed last week against UTEP.

Last game I played a bit

Jose Santos, The Paisano

Patrick MartinezDistribution Manager@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

The Rampages 13-game home losing streak came to an end this weekend with a pair of wins at the AT&T Center.

Following nine losses in the last 11 games, the San Antonio Rampage (18-18-7-0) may have gained some confidence by dispatching the Bakersfield Condors (16-16-2-2) in consecutive routs with scores of 6-1 and 5-2.

On Friday, the Rampage capitalized on many scoring opportunities in a 6-1 vic-tory over the Condors. The six-goal night, a Rampage season high, ended a two-

month, 13-game home los-ing streak.

Left wing Reid Petryk scored two goals to earn the First Star of the Game. Cen-ter Colin Smith and defen-semen Maxim Noreau also had two assists each.

After a scoreless first pe-riod, San Antonio scored on a power play to take a 1-0 lead 7:23 into the sec-ond. Finnish rookie forward Mikko Rantanens wrap-around shot was scooped up by Smith, who passed to winger Dennis Everberg for the goal.

Fellow winger Alex Bel-zile notched his second goal of the season late in the period, giving San Antonio a 2-0 lead heading into the second intermission.

The third period was

flooded with scoring. Half-way through the final pe-riod, left wing Garrett Thompson pushed the lead to three with a shot from the left circle.

Tallies from wingers Reid Petryk and Michael Schum-acher put the game out of reach for the Condors, whose lone goal was scored by defenseman Joey LaLeg-gia.

The Rampages four goals in the third period tied their season-high for the most in a single period.

On Saturday, Rantanen treated fans to his first hat trick on North American soil.

The first period started out lax and kept the same mood throughout until a brush with intensity glim-mered as a hard foul turned

violent. Rampage winger Patrick Bordeleau was given a five-minute major for a hit behind the Bakersfield net.

With 6:10 left in the first, Condors center Nick Dra-zenovic scored first by beat-ing Rampage goalie Roman Will on a breakaway. The Rampage failed to capital-ize on a power play and the Condors led by one at the end of the period.

A goal from Rampage de-fenseman Maxim Noreau tied the game at one apiece 14:09 into the second frame.

Just over two minutes lat-er, Rantanen put the Ram-page up 2-1, swinging the momentum San Antonios way to end the second.

The first two periods were pretty tough, said Rantanen. But we played better and got the win.

The last period ended with a fury of goals. With 7:41 left in the game, Ran-tanen stole the puck from Condors goaltender Lau-rent Brossoit and buried it as Brossoit struggled to get back to his crease.

Two minutes later, a Ran-tanen backhander went top-shelf to complete the natural hat trick and extend the Rampage lead to three.

Less than a minute later, the Condors struck back with their second goal of the night scored by center Jujhar Khaira to cut the Rampage lead to two.

An empty-net goal by Colin Smith with 2:25 left sealed the game for the Rampage. The goal gave Smith his fourth point in the two games against Ba-kersfield.

Christian Wilson tries to shake the FAU defense as A.J. Cockrell sets a pick.

Brady T. PhelpsSports Editor@bradytphelpssports@paisano-online.com

In reference to a question about the process of hiring assistant coaches during his introductory press confer-ence, Head Coach Frank Wilson said, we will take it step by step and do it right, not fast.

Before Signing Day, we may have some guys on the staff, but not necessarily all of them. Were going to take our time, identify, assess where we are right now and put ourselves in position to get the best fit for what we need to have success.

Roadrunner football fans are now hoping that those qualities are not mutually exclusive, because Wilson and the UTSA football brain trust wasted no time in filling the vacancies left after the exodus of coaching staff this winter.

The first positions filled were those closest to the line of scrimmage: offensive line, defensive line and wide receivers coaches.

Eric Henderson, the new defensive line coach, has worked as both a graduate assistant and quality control coach at Oklahoma State University for the past three seasons.

Ryan Pugh, offensive line coach, worked alongside Wilson at Louisiana State University (LSU) last year.

According to Wilson in a press release from UTSA Athletics, Pugh, set all the blocking schemes for Heis-man Trophy winner Cam Newton. Pugh was a cen-ter for the 2010 Auburn team that went undefeated and won the BCS National Championship.

In addition to his experi-ence at Auburn and LSU, Pugh also spent time at Vir-ginia Tech and Cincinnati.

Wide Receievers Coach Jeff Kastl also spent the 2015 season working with Wilson at LSU. Kastl, a for-mer Michigan quarterback, has coached at Central Michigan, Ashland, Auburn and Michigan University.

The next hire announced was new Defensive Coordi-nator Pete Golding.

Golding spent the past

two years as an assistant coach and safeties coach at Southern Miss, a Confer-ence USA rival.

Special Teams Coor-dinator Ricky Brumfield impressed Wilson when he interviewed for a posi-tion at LSU during Wilsons tenure. His most recent experience was at Western Kentucky, where he was a special teams coordinator and cornerback coach for three years.

Associate Head Coach and Defensive Backs Coach Jason Rollins previously worked at Tulane Univer-sity for nine years, mostly as a secondary coach. He also worked as a co-defensive coordinator last season and as a special teams coordi-nator the year prior. Rol-lins previous experience includes stints at North-western State and McNeese State.

Frank Scelfo, UTSAs new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, spent last year as the senior offen-sive assistant for the Jack-sonville Jaguars and was the Jaguars quarterbacks coach for two years prior.

Before working in Jack-sonville, Scelfo served stints at the University of Arizo-na (where he worked with Philadelphia Eagles draft pick Nick Foles), Louisiana Tech and Tulane. Prior to that, he coached at various high schools across Louisi-ana, Texas and North Caro-lina.

On Monday, Jan. 25, Wil-son hired Ryan Filo as the head football strength and conditioning coach and Spencer Ross as the assis-tant football strength and conditioning coach.

Filo worked for LSU from 2009 until being hired at UTSA. At LSU, he worked with the womens soccer, football, baseball, and mens basketball programs. He also served as internship coordinator and academ-ic liaison for the football strength and conditioning staff.

Ross was an intern with LSUs strength and condi-tioning program last year. Before working at LSU, he coached and taught at the high school and prepara-tory school levels for more than 20 years.

Wilson quickly hires coaches

too passively, said Wilson, so I got out of my game, which is penetrating and getting to the line. And in this game, I got back to it.

Through the second half, the Roadunners were un-able to keep pace with FAU, who shot 48 percent from the field and made 7-of-12 from the 3-point line.

To their credit, they made some tough shots and were able to use the clock to their advantage, said coach Thompson, commenting on the Panthers offense.

UTSA struggled to pro-vide their top players with scoring support, as forward Lucas OBrien and guard J.R Harris were the only other two players who scored in double figures.

I feel like a couple guys should have stepped up, Wilson said of the teams performance, being that the coaches have high ex-pectations. But unfortu-nately, they gotta want to do it themselves.

The Roadrunners success at the free-throw line has been perhaps the most pos-itive aspect of their game. In the last three games, the

Roadunners have made 76 percent of their free throws a strong number for a young team.

The two conference loss-es dropped the Roadun-ners (4-16, 2-5 C-USA) to second-last place in C-USA ahead of only Rice (6-14,

1-6 C-USA).UTSA will continue to

work through their struggles as they travel to play fifth-place Louisiana Tech (14-5, 3-3 C-USA) on Thursday, Jan. 28 and Southern Mis-sissippi (5-12, 2-4 C-USA) on Saturday, Jan. 30.

Rantanens three goals earned him the First Star honor on Saturday.

(Rantanen) does every-thing so well, said Chyn-oweth. You get a guy like that in your lineuphe makes the people around him better. Its good to see him get rewarded like that tonight.

After recording an assist on Sunday, Rantanen boasts an eight-game points streak, dating back to Dec. 13, dur-ing which he has recorded five goals and five assists.

The Rampage lost the last game of their three-in-three to the rival Texas Stars on Sunday, Jan. 24. The team has three more home games before they hit the road again on Saturday, Feb. 6, when they travel to Cedar Park to play the Texas Stars.

Rampage end 13-game home loss streak

UTSA FOOTBALL

Photo courtesy of Tulane AthleticsAssociate Head Coach Jason Rollins

Photo courtesy of Southern Miss AthleticsDefensive Coordinator Pete Golding

Photo courtesy of LSU AthleticsWide Receivers Coach Jeff Kastl

Pe t r yk , Ran tanen l i f t San An ton io pas t Bakers f i e ldRAMPAGE HOCKEY

Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State AthleticsDefensive Line Coach E. Henderson

Photo courtesy of Western Kentucky AthleticsSpecial Teams Coach R. Brumfield

Photo courtesy of LSU AthleticsOffensive Line Coach Ryan Pugh

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