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

Florida man denies climate change

Florida man denies climate change

Jasmine Williams, Contributor April 16, 2024

On June 23, 1988, James Hansen — former head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies — warned the U.S. of the dangers of climate change on national television. At the same time, the Intergovernmental...

The coffers are already empty, UTSA

The coffers are already empty, UTSA

Marcela Montufar Soria, Multimedia Editor April 9, 2024

Tuesday, April 9, is UTSA Giving Day, a day in which the university turns into a charity and asks all members of the UTSA community for donations to help finance its operations. They try to make it a fun...

Texas, play your hand at the table

Texas, play your hand at the table

Nicholas Kingman, Assistant Opinion Editor March 26, 2024

Anything can happen during March Madness. Collegiate basketball is the best spectacle for the upset fiend. In this year’s tournament, the sporting world has seen the seeds planted for iconic Cinderella...

San Antonio’s got the blues and a list of problems to peruse

San Antonio’s got the blues and a list of problems to peruse

Marcela Montufar Soria, Multimedia Editor March 26, 2024

Recently, San Antonio was dubbed the “Unhappiest City in Texas” by the finance company WalletHub and it was the 18th saddest overall city in the United States. Considering the unhappiest city was Detroit,...

Southern hospitality? Bless your heart

Southern hospitality? Bless your heart

Marcela Montufar Soria, Multimedia Editor March 19, 2024

The Texas Homeless Network reports that as of Feb. 15, an estimated 77,723 people experienced homelessness in 2023, an increase of over 12% from 2022. As of Jan. 2024, over 26,000 people in Texas were...

Another round of political animosity

Another round of political animosity

Nicholas Kingman, Assistant Opinion Editor March 19, 2024

Have you enjoyed this election cycle’s political ads? Do Zoomers even watch regular television? That premium service offered by streaming services is a godsend from the crude political programming. Let...

RACE to fund athletics

RACE to fund athletics

Selasie Gifa-Johnson, Contributor March 19, 2024

On Feb. 28, UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos announced that UTSA would be spending $57 million on new athletic facilities; the first of which would be for basketball and volleyball....

Step off sports, care for culture

Step off sports, care for culture

Laynie Clark, Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2024

Yet again, the UT system puts athletic development over everything else. After the disheartening announcement about the demolition of one of Austin’s most historic buildings, the thought of it getting...

Bullets to blue pills

Bullets to blue pills

Kara Lee, Graphic Editor March 5, 2024

In July 2023, Congress geared up to vote on yet another massive American defense package. Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) put Department of Defense (DOD) Director of Contracting, John Tenaglia, in the...

Getting advised should not be this hard

Getting advised should not be this hard

Marcela Montufar Soria, Multimedia Editor March 5, 2024

When students are in need of academic guidance, it is essential that they have access to efficient, comprehensive resources from the university to counsel them. In theory, the most helpful of these resources...

Fiction before fact

Fiction before fact

Marcela Montufar Soria, Multimedia Editor February 27, 2024

It was recently announced that four Beatles biopics would be released in the near future, each focusing on one member of the band, creating a Beatles cinematic universe. The films are noted for being the...

Legal knowledge should be a core subject

Legal knowledge should be a core subject

Andrew Dotson, Staff Writer February 13, 2024

Every day, there are thousands of civil and criminal cases filed in courts throughout the country. From 1998 to 2017, in federal civil suits, plaintiffs who represented themselves only got a judgment in...

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