Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

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Hillary Clinton could be Biden’s ‘Dick Cheney’

Taylor Edwards, Contributing Writer April 24, 2020

As of April 8, Bernie Sanders is officially out of the presidential race, and the path to power for Joe Biden has never been more clear. Only two things exist that can prevent a future President Biden:...

Clinton craves relevance

Clinton craves relevance

Geoffrey Okolo, Staff Writer January 28, 2020

In a recent interview publicizing her Hulu docuseries, Hillary Clinton characterized surging presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as an unlikeable career politician who gets nothing done because no one...

The art of being Nasty Women (COMMENTARY)

The art of being Nasty Women (COMMENTARY)

Samantha Ceballos March 7, 2017

Unfortunately we live in a time of hostility toward minorities. As a Mexican-American woman in a world that attempts to quiet me, I was glad to have witnessed the Nasty Women art exhibit. The history of...

The new feminist battlecry is painted on AP Art Lab gallery wall. Photos by Raquel E. Alonzo

Nasty Women: art coming out of their ‘wherever’

Raquel E. Alonzo January 25, 2017

During the third presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Donald Trump said, “such a nasty woman,” while Hillary Clinton used her turn to speak at the podium about social security and taxes. The comment...

Commentary: Third parties are not the problem

Riley Metcalfe November 16, 2016

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Hillary Clinton failed in her presidency bid, and as is tradition, the Democratic Party's supporters, leadership, and media surrogates are searching for anything and anyone to blame....

Oh, the Humanities! #6

Adriene Goodwin October 5, 2016

Let’s get right to the point: we, as a society, have a problem with ambitious women. Specifically, we have a problem with praising women who are ambitious in the same manner that we praise ambitious...

Oh, the Humanities! #5

Adriene Goodwin September 27, 2016

Friends, readers, Roadrunners, lend me your ears (eyes?). Something is rotten in the states of America. The 2016 presidential election has been more underwhelming than “Suicide Squad” but, unfortunately,...

“Hillary Clinton, the big photo ” by tvol is licensed under CC BY 2.0

We’ve come a long way, maybe

Matthew Chandler September 14, 2016

“I really do have great empathy for what Mrs. Clinton is going through, because the hill that she has to climb on — appearance — it’s just a different hill than men have to climb,” said former...

Oh, the Humanities! #1

Adriene Goodwin August 31, 2016

When proto-feminist English writer Mary Wollstonecraft declared, “I am then going to be the first of a new genus,” she certainly could not have foreseen the likes of Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Schlafly,...

I am #WithHer, but not who you’re thinking

Dylan Verdi August 31, 2016

I want to be excited at the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman president of the United States. As a woman and as a feminist, I wish I could feel the thrill of shattering the proverbial...

Choosing the ‘lesser evil’ is voting for a lesser democracy

Choosing the ‘lesser evil’ is voting for a lesser democracy

Alex Birnel March 29, 2016

  The partisan politics of a presidential election year have many people in a state of unsurprising fervor and mania. Mainstream establishment candidates and populist insurgent candidates have...

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