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Policymakers and indus-try leaders from across the state gathered at UTSA’s Downtown Campus for a Texas Tribune sponsored symposium on Oct. 31 to discuss the shale boom that has brought thousands of jobs and millions of dollars to Texas.
“We need to frack,” said Texas commissioner Barry Smitherman on fracking’s positive impacts on Texas. “If we don’t frack, then we go back to importing.”
The Eagle Ford region alone has brought $87 bil-lion in production revenue, 155,000 jobs and $2.2 bil-lion in local and state gov-ernment funds to the Lone Star state.
The Center for Commu-nity and Business Research, part of UTSA’s Institute for Economic Development, re-ported that Bexar County’s economic benefit from the Eagle Ford area was over $3 billion. Additionally, nearly 14,000 jobs related to the shale boom provide full-time employment to Bexar County citizens.
However, this newfound prosperity is not without shortcomings.
“Everything that happens in Eagle Ford results in a tradeoff for another prob-lem,” said Don Tymrak, city manager of Karnes City. “We look at the prosperity
“If we can see a problem, we can fix it,” said Kyogo “Kurt” Onoue, the corpo-rate adviser of Toyota Mo-tor Manufacturing Tex-as, Inc. Onoue, who has worked at Toyota for 29 years, gave a lecture on the Toyota Production System (TPS) on Oct. 30.
UTSA’s East Asia Insti-tute, Center for Profession-al Excellence, Center for Student Professional De-velopment and the Office of International Business Pro-
grams hosted the event.Onoue’s lecture focused
on how TPS visualizes technological and manu-facturing problems and fixes them as soon as pos-sible.
Some of these problems are referred to as “MUDA,” or waste. Toyota has seven types of MUDA including inventory, motion and over-production.
To eliminate MUDA, Toyota implements “Jidoka” and “Just-in-time,” two pil-lars of work ethic and lon-gevity that support TPS. Onoue explained “Jidoka” as “automation with a hu-man touch,” the concept of producing “goods without defects with a small num-
ber of staff.” “Just-in-time,” Onoue said, refers to how Toyota only produces “the amount needed when need-ed.”
Onoue showed a 15-min-ute video that explained how Toyota executes princi-ples using methods such as Kanban cards, which allow employees to show when a part is needed. Employees
fill out the cards each time they use a part. The cards are then collected, and new parts are created for each part that was used. Com-menting on the informative quality of the video, Onoue joked, “Maybe I don’t have to talk anymore.”
The National Associa-tion of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) has chosen
UTSA Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey as the organi-zation’s new executive com-mittee member.
Founded in 1979, the NACWAA is a long-stand-ing leadership organization dedicated to empowering, developing and advancing the success of women in
The close-knit commu-nity at Avalon Place apart-ments was shaken after the Oct. 29 alleged assault and kidnapping at the complex.
Two female UTSA stu-dents were victims of bur-glary, aggravated kidnap-ping and aggravated sexual
assault at Avalon Place in the 6600 block of UTSA Boulevard near the UTSA Main Campus.
“It makes you feel that you can’t even live where you are supposed to be liv-ing,” said Victoria Zerda, a senior anthropology major
and neighbor of the victims. “It’s a small complex, so
whatever goes on, every-body hears about it,” added Dylan Mars, a freshman en-gineering major and Avalon resident. “When the inci-dent happened, everybody was kind of concerned for
everyone’s well-being.” The San Antonio Fire
Department responded to what they believed to be a garbage fire during the early hours of Wednesday morning, Oct. 29.
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Toyota executive Kyogo Onoue waits patiently during his video presentation.
UTSA Director of Athletics, Lynn Hickey, works at her desk.
East Asia Institute fuses cars and efficient design models
Lynn Hickey to advocate for female athletes as head of national athletics committee
UTSA Engineering celebrates Halloween by smashing pumpkins
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Shale growth proves to be a true Texas two-step
AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING AT AVALON
Various teams from UTSA’s college of engineering competed Saturday, Nov. 1 in the Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash event. Each team was responsible for a trebuchet that launched pumpkins across the east campus parking lot, competing for distance and accuracy. Along with trebuchets launching pumpkins, the College of Engineering had several Halloween themed booths set up, handing out various candies and goodies to those who came to watch the pumpkins being launched.
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collegiate athletics. It cur-rently has over 2,500 mem-bers from across the coun-try.
“It’s a real honor,” Hickey said. “Over 800 women at-tended this year’s conven-tion, which shows how big the organization’s grown. So to be given the respon-sibility of being a leader for them and helping to guide them, it’s just amazing.”
Her three-year term be-gan on Oct. 13 when the candidates were announced at NACWAA’s National Convention in Louisville, Ky. As president-elect, Hickey will spend her first year serving beneath the current president before ad-vancing and then spending a year in the position her-self. She will then spend her third and final year as the past president, working as an adviser to her successor.
Hickey explained that her new responsibilities as the president-elect include various tasks such as help-ing with fundraising, rep-resenting the organization at conventions, managing its current programs and
preparing for next year’s national conference.
“They have a strategic plan, and my role as presi-dent-elect is very much one of service to the current president,” Hickey said. “I’ll be in a sort of learn-ing mode this year, so right now it’s really about being as helpful as I can.”
Hickey maintained that her new NACWAA respon-sibilities will not negatively affect her work with the university.
“If anything, my new po-sition can only help what we’re doing here,” Hickey said. “I think that any time you gain a role of national visibility, it will always be beneficial to your own pro-grams. It will definitely be some extra work, but I can handle it.”
Hickey is no stranger to juggling multiple projects. Over the past 15 years she has overseen numerous im-provements to UTSA’s ath-letics department, includ-ing the addition of three new sports: women’s golf, women’s soccer and foot-ball.
“When I first came in we had a budget of $1.2 mil-lion a year for 14 sports, and our coaches were not on 12-month contracts,” Hick-ey said. “Now we’re at a $25 million budget, have added two women’s sports, are fully staffed and we’ve also added football, which has not only changed our per-sona and our visibility here in San Antonio but has also given us the opportunity to be aligned with a complete-ly different peer group.”
Out of all of her achieve-ments at UTSA, Hickey is
most proud of the addition of the UTSA football pro-gram.
“(Football) made the change. It changed how people look at us. It changed our value to them,” said Hickey. “It’s a little unfair because we’re still the same program we were before we added that one team, but everybody looks at us com-pletely different because of it,” she continued.
“I know not everyone’s crazy about it, but for the most part, it’s just been so well-received by our cam-pus and by the community that I know we made the right decision. And it’s one I’m very, very proud of.”
In the future, Hickey hopes to increase her de-partment’s financial re-sources, revitalize its infra-structure and create more opportunities for women.
“I’m at a point in my ca-reer now where I really want to try and give back and help other women to have the chance to be suc-cessful in this business,” Hickey said. “When I first started, there weren’t re-ally a lot of female men-tors available just because there wasn’t that many women available, period. But now there’s some amaz-ing women in sports today, so helping them continue to flourish and opening up doors for those looking to get started is something that’s very important to me. I’m hoping that, during the rest of my tenure, I can make some major progress toward this.”
(and) it’s sort of a vicious cycle. We take that step, but it’s a cautious step.”
The rapid development of oil and gas production facilities requires rural Texas towns to match the infrastructure demands of heavy industry. Some of these concerns include bet-ter roads, increases in water availability for hydraulic fracking, new housing and adequate educational facili-ties.
However, constant au-tomotive traffic related to shale oil and gas production destroys roads and puts a strain on community living as small towns try to main-tain a hospitable environ-ment.
Jerry Morales, the mayor of Midland, explained that the oil and shale boom has created a surge in construc-tion that has increased the cost of living in Midland. Having experienced a shale boom, Midland serves as a model for rapid oil and gas related economic growth.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2008-2012 median household in-comes in Midland ($59,391) rests above the state aver-age. Further, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Midland’s unemployment rate as of Aug. 2014 is 2.8 percent, over 2 percentage points less than the state unemployment rate.
Morales reported that last year Midland built 899 homes, and it will continue to build while the cost of living remains above the state average. The cost of a one-bedroom apartment in
Midland ranges from $1100 to $2000 per month.
Although Midland seems prosperous, Morales stipu-lated that not every indi-vidual in Midland profits from the lucrative oil busi-ness. Thus, many citizens must adapt to increased living costs while the city allocates its resources to ac-commodate the oil and gas industry, which leaves citi-zens’ needs as a subsidiary concern.
“It’s disappointing,” said Morales. “Although Mid-land is doing well we are still strapped because we are building roads and helping the community. We cannot rely on the state or federal government to help.”
Morales and Tymrak both stressed the impor-tance of government assis-tance to preserve roads and highways so each city can focus on maintaining an environment favorable to citizens. Morales explained that the shale boom offers high pay rates that surpass the salaries of teachers and other local workers.
This incentive for more money has resulted in peo-ple leaving their jobs and ultimately has caused oil and gas employers to com-pete for personnel. Because a bulk of city funds main-tains roads, Midland’s long-term employers struggle to match the high wages of oil field work. Consequently, high school graduates tend to choose lucrative oil-field work over continuing their education.
“We (need to) look be-yond the job, focus on qual-ity of life and take a holis-
tic approach to education,” said State Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo). “We (need to) ensure that we prepare the young people for a better future and rec-ognize what else they need to learn besides to hold a job.”
Zaffirini proposed offer-ing high school students an oil and gas curriculum so that, upon graduation, stu-dents are prepared for the workforce and can work to-ward establishing a career rather than a job.
State Representative Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) suggested utiliz-ing House Bill 5, which al-lows flexibility in school curricula at the local level to create pathways for students to higher educa-tion. The bill would shift the schools’ accountability standards from focusing on standardized testing scores to focusing on the schools’ graduation rates and their abilities to send students to college. Employing House Bill 5 would give students routes into related oil and gas fields such as petroleum engineering.
The shale boom will con-tinue to generate revenue and expected to last into 2023. However, the longev-ity of shale is uncertain.
When asked what mes-sage should be sent to state legislators, Tymrak responded, “(It’s the) same message we have been car-rying for years: there’s a golden goose in Eagle Ford Shale, and the state is not doing anything about it. You can’t expect this golden goose to keep laying.”
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As explained by the vid-eo, “Traditionally, parts were made whether they were needed or not.” How-ever, with Toyota’s system, the company saves money by not producing excess parts.
Toyota first began prac-ticing these concepts in the early days of the company, Onoue explained, since the company had no spare money to waste on extra parts.
At that time, according to the video, the “U.S. was
eight times more produc-tive,” and Toyota, along with most of Japan, had limited resources.
The lecture, which Onoue said was condensed from a 4-hour lecture he usu-ally gives to Toyota employ-ees, lasted a little less than an hour and ended with a question-and-answer ses-sion.
The event was marketed mainly to business and engineering students who were offered extra credit for some of their classes.
However, some, like members of the Japanese
speaking club and Guy Ciancia, a junior political science student, came to “learn about Japanese cul-ture.” According to Erina Romanowich, the program coordinator of the East Asia Institute, this was the en-tire purpose of the event.
“Our office wanted to invite someone who could talk about Japanese culture or something about Japan. We looked around the In-ternet, but we couldn’t find anyone to meet our needs,” said Romanowich. “Then, we thought, ‘Wait - we have Toyota in town, so why don’t we ask them to have a lecture at UTSA?’”
Toyota Motor Manufac-turing Texas, Inc., which is based in San Antonio, was founded in 2003.
According to Onoue, it produces about 239,000 Tacoma and Tundra trucks every year - one truck every 62 seconds.
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“The fire alarms went off around 12:30 or 12:45 while I was in bed,” said Mars. “It’s actually a common oc-currence — the fire alarms go off a lot around here; they are really sensitive to the smoke alarms. I didn’t really think anything of it.”
When they arrived at the apartment complex, the firefighters put out the gar-bage fire and saw a woman pleading for help.
“She had a gun in her hand, and the police ini-tially thought that she was the threat,” said Zerda. After calming herself, the young woman told the fire-fighters that she had just escaped a kidnapping from her apartment and that an-other woman — her room-mate — was being held hos-tage.
SAPD arrived shortly af-ter and apprehended the alleged perpetrator — who surrendered on the apart-ment’s balcony holding a bloody knife in his hand.
The other woman held hostage was found in her apartment’s bathroom by the SAPD.
Since the incident, the police have identified the alleged perpetrator as Bo Jett Littleton. He has been charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of aggravated
kidnapping and two counts of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony.
A similarly violent situ-ation involving the SAPD SWAT team occurred at the Outpost apartment com-plex in the summer of 2012.
Management at both Avalon Place and The Out-post declined to comment on the recent incident.
In 2013, the UTSA main campus experienced 12 burglaries and seven cases of sexual assault. Howev-er, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 60 per-cent of sexual assaults are never reported to police.
Additionally, RAINN claims that one of every six women in America has been the victim of rape or attempted rape in her life-time.
“It makes you feel uncom-fortable in your own home,” said Zerda, who lives alone at Avalon. “I’m sure this isn’t going to happen every other day from now on, but it’s just a really uncomfort-able feeling knowing that
you’re so exposed and vul-nerable.”
University statistics and the College News and Edu-cation website report that approximately 12 percent of UTSA students live in college-owned, operated or affiliated housing while 88 percent of students live off-campus.
“It’s disturbing that you can move in and out of these complexes so easily,” said Zerda on the safety of the complex. “Especially one without gates. I know off-campus student hous-ing isn’t on campus, but it should still be a priority for student safety.”
According to RAIDS On-line — a regional analysis and information sharing website for crime within the region — 51 residential burglaries and six sexual assaults have occurred in the past year within a five-mile radius of the UTSA Main Campus.
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“The fire alarms went off around 12:30 or 12:45 while I was in bed. It’s actually a common occurrence.”Dylan MarsAvalon resident and UTSA student
“I’m sure this isn’t going to happen every other day from now on, but it’s just a really uncomfortable feeling knowing that you’re so exposed and vulnerable.”Victoria ZerdaAvalon resident and UTSA student
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One of San Antonio’s most valued resources is being flushed down toilets, show-ered down drains and sprayed over lawns.
San Antonio and the great-er Bexar County metro area are no strangers to water scarcity.
As the city’s population continues to rise, develop-ment and higher numbers of individual consumers are placing a strain on the already depleted water supply.
San Antonio receives the majority of its water from the Edwards Aquifer, which not only provides city customers with water, but also services residents of New Braunfels, San Marcos and Uvalde.
The Edwards Aquifer is one of the nation’s most pro-ductive aquifers, but that may not be enough to assuage San Antonio’s thirst.
To supplement the dwin-dling aquifer, the San Antonio City Council unanimously voted on Oct. 30 in favor of a controversial pipeline. The
Vista Ridge Pipeline, as it is called, will pipe groundwater into Bexar County from Bur-leson County’s Carrizo Aqui-fer, which lies 142 miles to the Northeast. The project will cost an estimated $3.4 billion and is expected to pump 16 billion gallons of water into San Antonio annually.
While the council was unanimously in favor of the pipeline, the public was sharply divided. Before the vote was taken, the council listened to almost two hours of public testimony. Local en-vironmental groups argued that the expected increase in water rates will harm low-income residents, and sev-eral Central Texas residents voiced concerns that the pipeline’s construction could damage their own resources.
However, the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) and local business leaders argued that the pipeline is the only long-term solution to ensure job growth and maintain a consistent water supply.
Councilman Ron Niren-berg, who represents UTSA’s Main Campus, voted in favor of the pipeline, citing popu-lation growth and a need to diversify water supply as his primary reasons for approv-ing Vista Ridge.
“With this region’s reliance on the Edwards Aquifer, in-evitable population growth, extended drought conditions and Texas law that treats ground water as private prop-erty of the landowner, the clock began ticking on San Antonio’s water security long ago,” Nirenberg said in a press release.
The Vista Ridge Pipeline is not only significant for San Antonio, but also represents a global demand for water that struggles to be met.
A 2012 study by the Uni-versity of Florida outlined U.S. cities in danger of run-ning out of water. San Anto-nio was named the number one at-risk city ahead of other major Texas cities such as El Paso and Houston, which
were also high on the list. While environmentalists
raised valid objections to the pipeline’s construction, it may be too late to search for alternatives. San Antonio currently has a population of almost 1.4 million, which is expected to grow by 10 per-cent by 2018. When factoring in neighboring San Antonio suburbs, this growth rate jumps to 15 percent.
San Antonio needs a long-term solution to meet the needs of its residents.
And the needs of its resi-dents aren’t small.
A report by SAWS estimat-ed that in 2012, households used on average 11,000 gal-lons of water per month. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the av-erage person uses 80-100 gal-lons of water daily.
However, the largest con-sumer of water comes from the agricultural industry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that irrigation accounts for 80
percent of the nation’s water consumption and 90 per-cent in western states. While it’s still important to moni-tor personal water usage, it only makes a dent in overall consumption. Rather than protesting Vista Ridge, envi-ronmentalists need to call on lawmakers to rethink nation-al water usage.
The Vista Ridge Pipeline is unfair to some but unavoid-able for all. Low-income resi-dents will be disproportion-ately affected by higher water rates. According to SAWS, residents could see their wa-ter fees rise by 16 percent be-cause of the project, but San Antonio is a rapidly growing city with a big thirst.
While the pipeline may not be the best plan to meet wa-ter needs, it is the best plan available. San Antonio’s water crisis is a crisis at a local, state, national and global level and demands policy solutions be-yond San Antonio.
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S a n A n t o -nio is f o r t u -nate to have an a b u n -
dance of progressive and social justice-oriented orga-nizations. From pro-labor groups to leftist groups, to women empowerment groups, to LGBT empower-ment groups, to progressive news organizations, to im-migrant justice groups — San Antonio seems to have every-thing for progressive-minded people.
Unfortunately, finding a safe space to create a com-munity can be difficult.
The reason for this difficul-ty is that for a true progres-sive community to become a reality, we as a people must unlearn problematic social conditioning that creates so-cial barriers and prejudice and then apply what we have learned in all facets of our lives and, most importantly, our interactions with others.
However, based on per-sonal experience, I’ve no-ticed that people claim to be knowledgeable about is-sues but then disregard that knowledge when communi-cating with people in public or private spaces.
This inconsistency creates a situation in which a mem-ber of a progressive group will give an eloquent speech on misogyny, sexism and vio-lence against women when discussing politics, but will later disregard the roles these systems play in our day-to-day lives.
They will do this by casu-ally telling a rape joke, com-plaining about being “friend-zoned,” commenting on a woman’s choice to not shave, or in cases of liberal politi-cians, pay women within their political group a lower wage than their male coun-terparts.
Another example is when a member of a progressive group is outspoken about the rights of LGBT people in regards to marriage equality,
work discrimination and ac-cess to lifesaving health care, but will casually say “that’s so gay” to dismiss a person’s humanity. They will use slurs like “dyke” or “faggot” in a conversation or ask belittling and dehumanizing questions about a person’s sexual orien-tation or gender identity.
I’m not saying conserva-tives are any better. I’m saying I have noticed that progres-sive groups (and people) are quick to point out problems within conservative groups, but fail to address manifesta-tions of the same problems in their own groups (and in their own lives).
Actions like the aforemen-tioned not only hurt people, but also hurt the develop-ment of these groups. When a group markets itself as in-clusive to a certain commu-nity, but has people in posi-tions of authority who are not conscious of how their actions can be alienating to-ward the people for which they claim to advocate, that cognitive dissonance can
push away people who would have brought a new perspec-tive to the table and helped find solutions to improve the group.
Additionally, the contra-dictions within these groups can hurt their ability to bring about real change that posi-tively affects San Antonio residents. How can progres-sives fix a problem they are a part it?
Although San Antonio has the potential to be a great city, full of innovation and growth, we would achieve that more quickly if we began working on ourselves and applying our knowledge of social justice to our personal lives and interactions.
I’m not perfect either. I have said and done things consciously and uncon-sciously that have contrib-uted to someone feeling ex-cluded or belittled. I have to work constantly to hold my-self accountable and to own up, apologize, and work hard to not repeat those actions when I am called out.
However, it is one thing for a person (usually some-one who is a member of a marginalized group) to make mistakes or not fully take a person’s experience into con-sideration and another thing for a person of authority and privilege to purposefully rep-licate harmful structures of dominance over another hu-man being while claiming to have reached nirvana on pro-gressivism.
As Spectra from Spec-tra Speaks eloquently said, “Dear Activists, you can-not bring about any kind of change in the world if you haven’t learned to embrace the self-awareness, vulner-ability, courage and humility required to bring about the change in yourself.”
“Bottom line: Stop using all that’s wrong with the world as a distraction from facing all that can be made better within yourself.”
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Calories don’t count on Halloween.
“I’ll take another beer, too,” says the 20-year-old panda to the underage Su-perman reaching into the ice chest.
“Might as well have cake instead – these beers have about the same number of calories,” superman grum-bles.
Stumbling on her sixth drink, panda’s friend, a Mexican piñata, looks both-ered, but she continues to sneak candy and chips-and-salsa trips outside.
The non-clinical term “drunkorexia” refers to a person’s attempt to manipu-late his or her caloric intake in order to consume alcohol effectively – restricting day-time calories to have more expendable party calories.
According to the Eat-ing Disorder Center of San Antonio (EDCASA), 30 percent of 18- to 23-years-olds forgo food to drink more alcohol. The Univer-sity of Texas’ health module, Healthy Horns, cites this statistic as well. Additional-ly, college-aged adults who reported dieting and exer-cising for weight loss were over 20 percent more likely to have over five drinks in one sitting – an amount that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifies as a drink-ing binge.
Neither a diagnosis nor a disease, Drunkorexia is
simply a symptom; the fad’s prevalence among young adults indicates a disor-dered relationship with food and alcohol consump-tion. Propelled by getting drunk as soon as possible, drunkorexic behavior dif-fers from its namesake an-orexia, a psychological and bona-fide eating disorder.
“Drunkorexia is a recog-nized trend in the (medical) field,” said EDCASA direc-tor and founder Kay Watts. EDCASA offers partial hos-pitalization and intensive outpatient care for anorex-ia, bulimia and binge eating disorders.
“In a culture obsessed with thinness and dieting,
combined with diet-focused alcohol advertising targeted at young people, college stu-dents are constantly on the receiving end of messages encouraging drinking and being ‘thin,’” said Watts, ex-plaining the rising instance of drunkorexia among col-lege students.
Dr. Ethan Emmons serves as one of EDCASA’s two on-site attending physicians. “It’s a social habit – you don’t eat, so you get drunk faster,” said Emmons about the trend. “Drunkorexia is not an eating disorder, but it is still a problem.”
The circumstances for caloric restriction before heavy drinking vary; moti-
vations include preventing weight gain, getting drunk faster and saving money that would be spent on meals for alcohol and eve-ning munching.
Is drunkorexia simply the habit of binge drink-ing on an empty stomach? “I don’t see it as an issue,” said UTSA junior Hunter Wood about drunkorexic behavior. “It’s saving money. If I ate before hand, it would take longer to get drunk be-cause I’d have food in my stomach,” he explained.
“It’s like this,” continued Wood, “I’m watching col-lege football all day on Sat-urday and the last game ends at like 10 p.m. If I’m
going out at like 11 p.m., why am I going to eat then and then eat again later?”
Wood shrugged, “It’s not intentional – I get distract-ed. I feel like it’s only a thing if you already don’t eat any-way.”
“I don’t think that ‘drun-korexia’ is a fair term for college kids,” said Erica, a UTSA freshman who asked for her last name not to be disclosed. “We [college stu-dents] have really different schedules. Our Mondays are different from our Tues-days… plus college is a good time to party.”
“I’m a freshman, so of course I want to go to all these parties and have all
this fun,” laughed Erica, who exercises and cooks at home to stay in shape. “It’s kinda like a rite of passage – you go to college, you drink!”
Watts views the issue of restricting food before a night of drinking as both a social and a mental health concern. “In many circles it is a socially normalized be-havior that can have severe consequences. It is a mental health issue as it involves choosing a behavior that can have negative impacts physically and mentally,” Watts stated.
Whether the driving in-tention of drunkorexic be-havior is to get drunk faster, get drunk for less money or get drunk without gain-ing weight, forgoing regular meals for alcohol presents immediate and long-term concerns.
In addition to immedi-ate and long-term cogni-tive complications, students might also experience dif-ficultly studying, focus-ing and making decisions. Clinicians cite long-term effects of drunkorexia as gastritis, liver disease, de-mentia, ulcers and malnu-trition – risks parallel to the health risks of excessive drinking habits.
Watts cautioned, “A problem with a drunkore-xia trend on college cam-puses is that it can become a widespread and accepted practice. Students see no problem with practicing drunkorexia, nor realize the implications can be severe.”
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San Antonio’s art en-thusiasts are in for a treat. Through Nov. 21, San An-tonio will be hosting the bi-annual Mid-American College Art Association (MACAA) Conference as well as their juried exhibi-tion, MASH-UP, which is currently being showcased in the Main Campus art gal-lery.
The conference will be held downtown and will highlight art throughout San Antonio with visits to venues such as Artpace, public murals and the Southwest School of Art. There will also be art talks from key speakers and San Antonio artists. The confer-ence is only open to individ-
uals with MACAA mem-berships, but the MACAA juried exhibit, MASH-UP, is free, open to the public and conveniently located on campus.
MASH-UP shows the wide variety of artistic styles, media and aesthetics that represent the diverse cultural and social realities of mid-America’s contem-porary art scene. This gal-lery will display work from artists around the nation, which were chosen from a large group of online sub-missions by the president of the Southwest School of Art, Paula Owen.
Picking art pieces to rep-resent all of mid-America might have been intimidat-ing for some, but Owen felt the choices came naturally. After many years in the field of contemporary art and as a frequent curator, Owen
has seen her fair share of art. Her criteria were sim-ple, but led her to success-fully choose visually appeal-ing and thought provoking art for this gallery.
“It is not as difficult to select the top pieces as one might think,” Owen stated.
“I’m looking for original-ity, a fresh vision, unique-ness, works that make me want to examine them further for formal quali-ties. I also look at the way it’s painted, put together or presented, and the subject matter or a combination of the two.”
Owen also stressed the importance of acknowledg-ing the different perspec-tives and cultural histories that shape mid-America – something she keeps in mind as a juror for MASH-UP. Visual art of all kinds including sculpture, mixed
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Luis AlanisAlexander MorovitzContributing [email protected]
The people of San Anto-nio were in for a treat as the McNay Art Museum hosted its first ever “Have No Fear of Art: Halloween at the McNay.”
The sold-out event took place on Oct. 30 and had a schedule that suited all ages. From 5:30 - 7 p.m., families took their kids trick-or-treating across the beautiful Halloween-inspired land-scapes.
On top of delicious treats, several food trucks, includ-ing Duke’s Seafood and Grill and Stout’s Pizza, were also present from 5:30 - 10:00 p.m.
At 7 p.m., the mood be-came spooky when “The Creature from the Black La-goon” began playing on the lawn projector. The clas-sic black-and-white horror film was the perfect crowd pleaser for both children and adults.
At 7:30 p.m. the real party started. The line tailed out-side the doors of the McNay on the chilly night, but that wasn’t enough to spook people away. Inside, ev-
ery costume, from witches and monsters to Bob and Louise from the TV show Bob’s Burgers, was repre-sented. The event was held in an atrium that had been decorated just for the occa-sion. Every wall projected a different Halloween image ranging from pumpkin fac-es and witches on brooms to ghosts and ghouls.
Tables filled with com-plimentary cocktails, beer and snacks lined the outside of the atrium. Quick and friendly bartenders served three delicious cocktails: cucumber vodka, tequila with orange juice and a unique and flavorful cock-tail with tequila, mango and a splash of Tabasco sauce.
The beer supply was lim-itless and included Bud Light, Bud-Light Lime, Miller Light and Miller Light Select.
The McNay Halloween party featured a DJ and even a palm reader for those brave enough to have their future told. People mingled, complimenting and comparing costumes, taking pictures and having a spooky, wonderful time.
A professional photogra-pher sponsored by the Mc-Nay took complimentary
photos for everyone at the event. The pictures will be available on the McNay’s Facebook page within two weeks.
To cap off the wonder-ful evening, the winners of the costume contest were announced. Most artistic was awarded to a Vincent van Gough inspired Starry Night costume. Meanwhile, the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood took the prize of the cutest couple’s costume. Lastly, a steam-punk rabbit wardrobe took home the best costume award.
The night was a success and every child, parent and adult left with smiles on their faces. Whether it was trick-or-treating, “The Creature of the Black La-goon” or the 21+ after-par-ty, there was something for everyone.
The inaugural McNay “Have no Fear of Art: Hal-loween” event was an un-paralleled success.
For those interested in visiting the McNay Art Mu-seum, on Friday Nov. 21 it is hosting a free college night mixer from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Look at the bright lights and that mural over there! Do you hear that music playing? Where is it coming from?
It’s Luminaria! And don’t worry, you haven’t missed out yet. This year, for the first time, Luminaria will take place in the fall on Nov. 7-8 as opposed to its usual springtime celebration.
Luminaria 2014 will be held in the River North area, expanding up to Au-gusta Street and down to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with St. Mary’s Street running right through the center. This two-night event will feature visual and performing art from San Antonio artists as well as artists from Latin America.
Since the first Luminaria celebration in 2008, more than 3,000 artists have been exhibited and more than 1 million people have at-tended. Over 1,200 visual art pieces and 900 perfor-mances have been featured.
This year, the range of tal-ent from painters to sculp-
tors and from musicians to dancers looks promising. Featured Luminaria art-ists include Albert Reyes (painter), Hector Zamora (sculptor) and Hugo Navar-ro (sound artist) along with many more.
From 6 p.m. to midnight on both nights, the festival grounds will be buzzing with music and art.
More than 40 artists will be set up around the desig-nated Luminaria area. Some artists will be situated along the river level of the River Walk, while others will be on the street level of the River Walk for enjoyment at your leisure.
There will be eight stages on the outskirts of the fes-tival grounds. The three River Duets stages will be staggered along the River Walk. The Main, South-west School DJ and Library stages will be located on the north side of the festival grounds near the South-west School of Art. Last but not least, the El Tropicano Stage and the Havana Stage will be set up on the street level of the River Walk.
In addition to the music and art showcases, a new daytime event called Lu-
minaria Convergence will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Panelists will host different discussions throughout the day.
The first discussion will be Generosity or Philan-thropy: A Conversation on Hispanic Giving, followed by Luminaria Artists Con-nection: Linking San An-tonio Performing Artists to the Country. Both will take place at Cafe Commerce at the San Antonio Central Li-brary. The itinerary for the second half of the day in-cludes Comida de la Calle: Culinary Crossroads, tak-ing place at Pearl Studio, and finally, back at Cafe Commerce, a debate – Cre-ative Placemaking: Building Community or Displacing It?
Food trucks and beer stands will be scattered around the area, so bring your appetite. Enjoy the food and the live music while viewing the visual and performing arts. All of your senses will thank you.
To purchase tickets, view the artist lineup and more, visit luminariasa.org.
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1.Russian Twists: Begin in a “sit-up” position with your knees bent and your feet to-gether flat on the floor. Your body should be aligned at about a 45-degree angle. Maintain a straight back and keep your gaze to the ceiling. Stretch your arms out keeping your hands flat. Squeeze your core and angle your shoulders to the opposite sides of the room. Return to the beginning position and rotate to the opposite side. Complete 20 reps. Intensity Alert: The slower your motion, the higher the intensity. It takes more control of the body to move slowly.
2.Toe Touches: Lay flat on your back with your legs extended up towards the ceiling. Stretch your arms and reach for your toes or ankles – depending on your flexibility – as you bring your shoulders off the floor.
Make sure you squeeze those abdominals to fold at the waist. Complete 20 reps.
3.V-up: This move is similar to the toe touch. The differ-ence here, is that you begin by laying with your back flat on the floor. Arms and legs are extended in oppo-site directions. Keep your feet together and point your toes toward the ceiling as you squeeze the core to bring your upper body off the floor to meet your toes. After your hands and toes meet, return to the starting position with your body flat on the floor. Complete 20 reps. Intensity Alert: To make the exercise more difficult, don’t let your hands or your feet touch the floor. Instead keep your arms and legs no less than six inches of the floor.
4.Side plank: Lie on your side in a straight line, your shoulder stacked on top of the elbow with the elbow on the floor. Your feet should also be stacked on top of each other. Engage your core to lift the hip from the floor. Pretend there is a rope that ties the hip to the ceil-
ing to maintain form. Keep your hips square and your neck should stay in line with your spine. Hold for 20-40 seconds. Repeat on the op-posite side. Modification Alert: If stack-ing the feet on top of each other is a bit challenging, try extending only the top leg, and bend the bottom leg keping the knee on the floor.
5.Ballerina Twists: Begin in the side plank position and extend your free arm up toward the ceiling. Look at your palm then fold that arm down under your body. Complete 20 reps. Repeat on the opposite side.
6.Oblique Crunches: Begin this exercise also in the side plank position. Place your hand lightly on your ear and engage your core to help lift your legs. Bring your elbow to meet the knees. Be sure to only use your bottom arm for stability. Do not use your arm to push into the floor to lift the legs. Modification Alert:If lifting both legs is a bit of a chal-lenge, lift only a single leg.
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Trick-or-treaters and other party-goers in costume wait on the lawn for the screening of “The Creature of the Black Lagoon” to begin at the Halloween at the McNay party.
The landscapes at the McNay Art Museum transformed into a festive and Halloween-themed party hotspot. Guests dressed in a wide variety of costumes line up outside to gain entrance to the 21+ after-party.
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You may have seen them.Every Friday, they gather
across from the rushing Sombrilla Fountain, they tape down a piece of card-board and they let the music flow through their bodies.
The members of You Don’t Even Know (UDEK) have been freestyle dancing in the Sombrilla for around five years now.
UDEK first formed in the Fall of 2009, and shortly afterward began Freestyle Friday as a way to recruit members. Initially, they danced during Late Night at the Rec, but when the lo-cation and times changed, the group decided to move their freestyle dancing to the Sombrilla.
“Let’s one day get a mat and a boom box – even if we have to put some batter-ies in the boom box – and
let’s just find a spot on cam-pus and do our thing,” said Robert Sam, a senior public relations major and one of the founding members of UDEK, describing how the idea for Freestyle Fridays was born.
Originally, the events were supposed to be every other Friday, but they are usually held weekly since members just can’t wait to show off their moves.
“It’s all about expression, showcasing what you’ve learned throughout the week,” said Sam. “It’s about having a good time.”
Even students who have no dancing experience whatsoever are welcome to come and dance to their heart’s content. In fact, UDEK welcomes members who have no experience as long as they have a genuine interest in dance.
Another founding mem-ber, Quinton “Icebreaker” Winston, admitted that he was only a novice dancer
when he helped found UDEK.
“The original idea was to create a group of people with similar interests – with a passion for dancing,” said Sam.
Winston, who has now graduated and works as a professional dancer in Cali-fornia, also formed sister organizations to UDEK. Those organizations include Phree Motion in Dallas and Green Eggs and Ham in California.
“If (members) go some-where else, I want them to have a family,” said Winston. “It’s all about networking.”
Winston still talks to many UDEK members. “Dance is what brought us together,” said Winston, “but it isn’t what keeps us together.”
Both he and Sam said that many members have joined because of Freestyle Fridays.
They have had organiza-tions come to dance with
them during Freestyle Fri-days and even teachers. “When they see you danc-ing, they just want to join in because it’s contagious,” said Winston.
“For Freestyle Fridays, you do whatever your heart desires,” said Sam. “Just go out there and express your-self, whether it be through lyrical movement, poppin’ and lockin’, break-dancing (or) busting a rhyme.”
According to Winston, expression is the most im-portant aspect of dance. “We can be taught any-
thing,” he said, “but with art, you have the power of free-dom. You have the power of just being you.”
Besides Freestyle Fridays, UDEK also participates in charity work, especially in-volving children. They have partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio and have performed for children at the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hos-pital.
“Eventually, we’re gonna graduate. Eventually, we’re gonna move on and this is going to be the next up-and-
coming generation,” said Winston on the importance of working with children.
Currently, UDEK has practice every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at Laurel Village. They are usually in building 11 or 12.
If you are interested in joining, you can attend their practices or join them in front of JPL on Fridays from 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for Freestyle Fridays.
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Dr. Patricia Graham did not think she would stay with UTSA for four de-cades. The hundreds of framed memories, wooden plaques on her dustless shelves and symbolic quilt
of prints and quotes from former Ambassadors all speak otherwise.
“You don’t think that you would do anything for 40 years,” said Graham. “But I am stimulated by the uni-versity environment. There is just so much going on.”
Before UTSA, Graham taught at St. Mary’s Univer-sity, where her relationship with the dean of students was crucial for her career at UTSA.
“We were very good friends — it was just us two with another woman teach-ing,” said Graham. “When UTSA opened, they asked her to be in charge of stu-
dent activities. She asked me to come, too, and I’ve been here ever since.”
Graham started at UTSA in October 1974, a time when the university was located at the Koger Cen-ter on 410 and Babcock, then she transitioned to the Main Campus in 1975. Hav-ing earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruc-tion through the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, Graham worked as the director of testing.
“Back then, we had only graduate students, no un-dergraduates,” recalled Gra-ham. “Only the MH build-
ing and a PE building were built. We had a bookstore but no books. That’s how we started, but we have grown and grown.”
In 1988, the Registrar’s Office formed an organi-zation that would later be called UTSA Ambassadors.
“The registrar needed some people to give tours,” recalled Graham. “They got 10 or 12, but these students didn’t do as much touring as they did filing documents in the office.”
Following the entrance of Samuel Kirkpatrick as the new UTSA President in 1990, the UTSA Ambassa-dors grew.
“Along with the presi-dent, we also got a new VP of student affairs, who had worked in other schools where the concept of am-bassadors existed,” remem-bered Graham. “She went to the president and said ‘I want to take over the (UTSA) Ambassadors,’ and he said, ‘OK.’ She called me and asked if I wanted to be the adviser – here I am to-day.”
Graham has served for 25 years as the adviser of the UTSA Ambassadors. As the current executive direc-tor for student activities, Graham claimed she has “much contact with many students.”
UTSA Ambassadors consist of over 60 student leaders who host campus events, university-spon-sored conferences and com-munity and alumni func-tions. They provide more than 7,000 service hours to the university annually.
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Thursday 11/6The toe-tapping classic Dirty Dancing is hitting the stage at San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on Thurs-day, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at around $64. Can’t make it dur-ing the week? The touring company will be putting on 5 more shows through the weekend. Check out majesticempire.com for more info.
Friday 11/7Celebrate over 300 years of cultural diversity in San Antonio at Lumi-naria 2014. This two-night art festival will go on from 6 to midnight on Friday, Nov. 7 and Satur-day, Nov. 8 and includes art, music and live perfor-mances from all over. Al-though it is free to the pub-lic, special tickets can be purchased to access spe-cial events and to support Luminaria. The Luminaria Patron Pass is $200 and
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Saturday 11/8Ever wondered how that pesky rabbit appears from the hat out of no-where? Join JCR Magic Shop in learning how to perform seven simple yet effective magic tricks. This awesome experience happens every Saturday in November from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. with tickets at $25. Don’t miss out on this magical opportunity!
Sunday 11/9Take a tour of the under-world with Natural Bridge Caverns in the Hidden Passages Tour. See the rare formations 180 feet below earth’s surface. Tours go on every week-end starting at 9 a.m., and new tours start every 40 minutes. Tickets are $19.99 for adults and $11.99 for children 3 – 11. The tour lasts about 70 minutes, so wear your best non-slip shoes and prepare to be awed!
Monday 11/10Attention country music fans! Merle Haggard will be at the Majestic Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Join one of country music’s biggest legends as he brings about clas-sics like “The Fugitive,” “Okie from Muskogee,” and “Mama Tried.” Tick-ets range from $45 to $75 on ticketmaster.com. Be sure to get your tickets soon so you don’t miss this amazing opportunity.
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Happy Orere-Amadu’s life thus far has been just that – happy.
After completing the final soccer game of her collegiate career, the Nigerian native had nothing to offer but smiles and hope for a promising future.
“This feels so awesome,” Orere-Amadu said of her final game. “Awesome, but bitter-sweet. I’m really going to miss playing with these girls.”
Orere-Amadu has been play-ing with her current teammates at UTSA for the past two years. Last year, Orere-Amadu tied for goals with her teammate, senior Anissa Munson. All three of the goals she scored were game-winning goals.
Before her years in the Alamo City, Orere-Amadu was mak-ing headlines in The Big Apple, playing for Monroe College in New York City. While playing for the Monroe College Mus-
tangs, Orere-Amadu emerged as a breakout star. She earned all-region and all-district hon-ors in both of her years attend-
ing Monroe. Although she loved playing in New York, Orere-Amadu dreamed of play-ing Division I soccer and had the opportunity to fulfill that dream by coming to San Antonio.
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coaching.“Just being
able to wake up
and kick the soccer ball in the morning is a blessing,” Orere-Amadu said. “I just love playing. I have been playing since I was inside of my mom’s womb. I love everything about the sport, but I think I get most of my passion from see-ing the smile on kids’ faces. It’s exciting to see them, knowing that you just being on the field motivates them. It makes them want to play the sport, and it keeps me passionate.”
If her bright personality and passion on and off the field are any indicators, Orere-Amadu will be great at whatever she chooses to do.
November 4 - November 11, 2014
SPORTS
Player ends on a happy noteUTSA SOCCER
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Robert AllenSports [email protected]
The UTSA women’s soccer team ended its season with a bang, on Oct. 30 by defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 5-0 at Park West Ath-letics Complex.
After suffering six straight losses and then tying against Florida Atlantic University, the decisive win by the Road-runners was more than wel-come. The five goals put up by the Roadrunners is the most they have ever scored in a Conference USA (C-USA) match up.
Five different Roadrunners
joined the scoring party, two of them seniors — forwards Anissa Munson and Happy Orere-Amadu.
“Everybody was just so excited for senior night,” ex-plained Orere-Amadu after the game. “We wanted to come out here and give our all tonight, not just for the seniors, but for the fans too, and that’s what we did.”
The action started off in the 22nd minute of the con-test when senior forward Tay-lor Wingerden assisted on a pass to teammate Munson who knocked in the goal for the Roadrunners. The second goal came in the 30th minute when Munson set up a head-
er for sophomore Brianna Levecchi, who found the back
of the net just before the half.The Roadrunners contin-
ued their dominating play in the second half by taking a 3-0 lead when freshman mid-fielder Gracie Knight scored during the 53rd minute. Knight’s goal was the first of her collegiate career.
The offensive onslaught from UTSA continued six minutes later when freshman Kaja Skare knocked in a head-er from a corner kick, bring-ing the score to 4-0.
Orere-Amadu sealed the rout for the Runners by scor-ing in the 69th minute off another assist from Munson. Munson played her way into the UTSA record books in the
final game of her collegiate career by racking up eight as-sists on the season.
UTSA’s defense, led by sophomore goalkeeper Kath-erine Tesno, shut out the Golden Eagles for the entire game, only allowing 13 to-tal shots and racking up four saves.
The Roadrunners ended their season with a 6-10-2 record overall and a 2-7-1 record in C-USA play. The Roadrunners have six gradu-ating seniors this season and look to improve the squad during the offseason.
In case you missed it...
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
The Conference USA Cross Country Cham-pionships took place on, Nov. 2 at the Uni-versity of North Texas, in Denton. The UTSA men’s team placed seventh out of the 11 teams overall with 117 points. Senior Mike Medrano led the men, completing the course in 25:05.8 and finishing in 16th place overall. The UTSA women’s team also placed seventh out of the 11 teams, scoring 168 points. Senior Stepha-nie Wangui was the top finisher for the wom-en’s team, placing tenth with a time of 17:20.7. The Birds will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 14 in Fayetteville, Ark. at the NCAA South Central Regional.
Women’s Volleyball
The UTSA volleyball team stayed perfect in Conference USA play over the weekend as they swept Southern Miss University, 3-0 with scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-13. The win brings the Roadrunners’ win streak to 13 games – now the third-longest win streak in school history. The Roadrunners look to continue their Conference USA dominance against the University of Alabama at Birming-ham (UAB) Blazers on Friday, Nov. 7.
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Thursday, Nov. 6
7:00 pm UTSA Men’s BaskebtallThe Roadrunners take on theSoutheastern Oklahoma StateSavage Storm at theConvocation Center in exhibition play.
Friday, Nov. 7
3:00 pm UTSA SoftballThe UTSA Softball team takes on the Alvin CommunityCollege Dolphins in their season opener.
7:00 pm UTSA VolleyballThe Roadrunners look to continue their winning waysagainst the UAB Blazers at the Convocation Center.
Saturday, Nov. 8
11:00 am UTSA FootballFootball looks to get backon track when they take on theRice Owls at Rice Stadium inHouston, Texas.
1:00 pm UTSA VolleyballVolleyball takes on the FloridaInternational University Panthers at the Convocation Center.
2:00 pm UTSA Women’sBasketballThe Runners compete againstHoward Payne in their finalexhibition game before theregular season opener at theConvocation Center.
C-USA Football
STANDINGS
East DivisionC-USA/Overall
1. Marshall (4-0) (8-0)
2. Middle Tennessee (4-1) (5-4)
3. UAB (3-2) (5-4)
4. Florida Atlantic (2-3) (3-6)
5. Florida International (2-3) (3-6)
6. Western Kentucky (1-4) (3-5)
7. Old Dominion (1-4) (3-6)
West DivisionC-USA/Overall
1. Louisiana Tech (5-0) (6-3)
2. Rice (3-1) (5-3)
3. UTEP (3-1) (5-3)
4. UTSA (1-3) (2-6)
5. Southern Miss (1-4) (3-6)
6. North Texas (0-4) (2-6)
“We wanted to come out here and give our all tonight, not just for the seniors, but for the fans too, and thats what we did.”Happy Orere-AmaduUTSA senior foward
UTSA SOCCER
Soccer cruises past Southern Miss
The Roadrunner defense fights to win back possession. UTSA women’s soccer played their last home game of the season, ending with a 6-10-2 record overall and a 2-7-1 record in C-USA play.
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“I just love playing. I have been play-ing since I was inside my mom’s womb. I love everything about the sport...”Happy Orere-Amadu UTSA senior forward
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