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

Curb Russian colonialism

Curb Russian colonialism

Ahavah Kirwan, Contributor April 25, 2023

The Russian Federation’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine spotlighted much attention from individuals all over the world and brought to light Ukraine’s past as a victim of Russian colonialism. However,...

War crimes lack global scrutiny

War crimes lack global scrutiny

Ahavah Kirwan, Contributor April 18, 2023

In the past week, Russia has been facing new accusations of war crimes committed in the invasion of Ukraine after two videos surfaced online of Russian soldiers beheading Ukrainian prisoners of war. The...

Strengthen peace, not defenses

Strengthen peace, not defenses

Maya Moreno, Contributing Writer April 5, 2022

Should the U.S. strengthen its military hold in Ukraine? Absolutely not. It is a tale as old as time. It is the story of the underdog, the doctor and his creation, the beauty and the beast. They are...

Mourning the death of truth

Mourning the death of truth

Editorial Board March 22, 2022

During crises, it can be easy to become desensitized and even permissive of the deaths making the headlines, but how do we mourn the people who write them? For decades, we have watched foreign correspondents...

Russia’s attack on truth

Russia’s attack on truth

Sofia Garcia and Bella Nieto February 28, 2022

We have watched Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and merciless attack on Ukraine persist for five days Millions of Americans are seeing live broadcasts of the war from major social media platforms like Facebook,...

Russia and Ukraine crisis explained

Russia and Ukraine crisis explained

Bella Nieto, Managing Editor February 15, 2022

Currently, Russia has focused close to 130,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, and on Friday, Jack Sullivan, United States National Security Advisor, said a Russian-led attack is imminent. As Russia...

The Mueller Report is bigger than politics

The Mueller Report is bigger than politics

Josh Peck April 2, 2019

On March 24, the summary of the long-awaited Mueller Report was released to Congress and the public, and the response has been heavily politicized. No matter where you fall on (or off) the political spectrum,...

Photo Courtesy of Martha Christiansen

U.S. State Department chooses UTSA professor for language project in Russia

Heather Montoya April 10, 2018

Dr. Martha Sidury Christiansen, UTSA assistant professor in the department of bicultural-bilingual studies, will be traveling to Russia on April 13 for a two-week English Language Specialist project. Christiansen...

Shining a ‘Bright’ light from San Antonio to Russia UTSA alumnus discusses transitioning from Texas

April 14, 2015

Photo Courtesy of Anthony Bright Anthony Bright, a UTSA alumnus who majored in Modern Languages Studies and minored in Linguistics, has taken what he learned to the other side of the...

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