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While the neces-sary contracts

and legal docu-ments are still

being processed, the proposal to

sell alcohol at on-campus sporting events has been

approved. The de-tails have yet to be

determined, but of-age students can expect the

sale of alcohol at games in the next academic school

year.

TexasThe Lone Star State will soon

become the home of resettled refu-gees as the U.S. prepares to take in 10,000 Syrians fleeing their war-

stricken coun-try. Alhough the exact number of

people is unclear, Texas has been

the home of about 10 percent of the 70,000 refugees

per year admitted by the U.S. So far, more Syrian refu-gees have reset-

tled in Texas than any other state.

U.S.

The Obama ad-ministration has

announced plans to simplify the FAFSA application process. The new plan will release its forms

in October rather than January and

will include an IRS-retrieval tool, which

will let students and parents logging

into FAFSA pre-populate much of the form. Starting

Oct. 2016, the form will require parent’s information from the “prior-prior” year, allowing the

IRS to fill out much of the form for the

student.

Science Anthropologist Lee Berger and a team funded by the Na-tional Geographic Society discovered fossilized remains

deep within the Dinaledi Cham-ber of the Rising

Star cave in South Africa. The remains of fifteen individu-als of all ages were

excavated, revealing a new species of

pre- human beings now named Homo

naledi. Naledi’s brain was no larger

than an orange . The species stood at about 5 feet tall and had humanlike feet,

suggesting their ability to walk long

distances.

Trending on campus: “ I don’t want to say people fight for them, but there’s always a line. They say it’s more of a workout than the treadmill, so they’re always busy.”

— Senior kinesiology major, Marlene Calderon on the two new Stairmasters at the Rec

Volume 52 Issue 5 September 15 - September 22, 2015

Rough start, Roadrunners

Quentin HemphillStaff Writer @QuentinHemphillnews@paisano-online.com

Texting while driving is an epi-demic that is quickly becoming one of the country’s top killers. Driv-ers assume they can handle texting while driving and remain safe, but the numbers say otherwise. Ac-cording to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National High-way Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), texting while driving is about six times more likely to cause an accident than driving while in-toxicated.

In 2012, 421,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver – a 9

percent increase from the 387,000 people injured in 2011, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

With the rise of social media on college campuses in conjunction with students’ decreasing attention spans, texting while driving, even for those individuals who believe they are skilled in the act, is ex-tremely dangerous.

UTSA senior Joseph Cortinas admits that he does text and drive, but only when he is at a red light. “I used to text while driving, even though I knew it was bad, but now I only do it when I’m stopped at a red light.”

Even though Cortinas knows that it is against the law in San Antonio, he believes that red lights are the

safest places to text when he is on the road.

“I feel like I can’t wait until I get home to text, so whenever I’m at a red light, I sneak and use my phone,” he explained.

The CDC explains that there are three main types of distractions while operating a vehicle: visual, which involves taking your eyes off the road; manual, taking your hands off the wheel; and cognitive, your mental state or lack thereof while driving.

Texting while driving incorpo-rates all three types of distractions. It is already risky to briefly take your eyes off of the road, but to do so while also taking your hands off the wheel to type and taking your mind off of driving to compose your

message can lead to a disastrous in-cident.

Many states and municipalities have begun to take action to pre-vent texting while driving. On Jan. 1 of this year, the San Antonio ordi-nance went into effect that prohib-its drivers from hands-on cellphone use while behind the wheel.

Originally, San Antonio police officers observed a grace period where they only gave violators of the new law a written warning. However, on Feb. 1, when the grace period ended, police officers began writing tickets that carried fines up to $200. According to the San An-tonio Police Department (SAPD), between the end of the grace period on Feb. 1 and Mar. 16, officers had issued about 1,609 tickets to viola-

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Driving while in’text’icated

Darryl SherrodStaff Writer @paisanosports1sports@paisano-online.com

The UTSA Football team held

its home opener this past Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Alamodome.

The team came out strong and fought hard, but

ultimately they were handed their second loss in a row to start the season — this time crumbling at the hands of the Kan-

sas State Wildcats, by a score of 30-3. With the program now in its fifth season and expec-tations rising each season, the team

hoped for much better outcome.

Head Coach Larry Coker, hav-ing over 40 years of coaching expe-rience under his

belt, pinpointed exactly what led to the loss, saying, “We can’t beat ourselves. We had some drops, had way too

many penalties.” He continued by saying, “You have penalties like that, you’re not going to win. And then we missed some

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NEWSDangerous Driving

Caroline Traylor News Editor @CarolineTraylor news@paisano-online.com

Bookworms rejoice: ad-ditional space to snooze and study is coming to a library near you.

The Student Government Association (SGA), collabo-rated with the John Peace Library (JPL) to bring stu-dents new study carrels with outlets in the east commons area and another 30 in the space behind the front desk on the second floor.

The new carrels will be available for use before mid-October according to Interim Dean of Libraries and Assistant Dean for Fac-ulty Services Mary Dixson.

Additionally, the large seminar room, once desig-nated for training purposes only, is currently available for students to reserve as a study room. Students can also expect a major make-over to the fourth floor atri-um before the spring 2016 semester.

Lindsey Revel Contributing Writer @ThePaisanonews@paisano-online.com

As of Sept. 1, veterans and their spouses will be waived of application and examination fees for oc-cupational licenses. A new grant program will sup-port community-based mental health programs for veterans and their fam-ilies with a $10,000,000 per year price tag. A pilot preventative services pro-gram will be established for vets considered to be at high risk of domestic violence as well as both a rural and women’s men-tal health initiative and increasing accessibility to counseling – both peer-to-peer and with licensed professionals.

The most notable bill, HB 867, established the first permanent state pro-gram for women veter-ans in Texas – The Texas Women’s Veterans Pro-gram.

The program has been functioning under The Texas Veterans Commis-sion as the Women Vet-erans Initiative – started in 2012 with four employ-ees. Advocates have since fought to make the pro-gram permanent.

The bill faced opposi-tion – the Commission was not convinced of the necessity for a specific pro-gram serving women vets. Upon hearing testimony from women veterans in House and Senate com-mittees, that emphasized their higher risk of sexual assault, the need for pre-natal care and the fact that the program would run on existing funds and grants – the bill passed.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one in four veteran women has experienced military sexual trauma – exclusively female spaces may help women feel more secure in a safe environ-ment. Female-only spaces can better cater to the

needs of veterans who are also single mothers and of-ten need as much help with childcare and schooling as well as assistance with employment and housing. When women return from the service, they do not face different challenges, but potentially face more than their male counterparts. The permanent title will al-low the program to expand while increasing grant and donation funding.

“The program will con-tinue to connect women with the benefits and ser-vices they have earned,” said Edith Disler, manager of the Women Veterans Initiative.

Through conferences, seminars and training workshops the program will provide guidance and di-rection to women vets who apply for grants, benefits or services as well as perform outreach functions to in-form these vets of their eli-gibility.

Disler also hopes to work with local entities to target the needs of women student vets.

“Women student veterans feel completely isolated,” Disler said. “We want to fa-cilitate some sort of campus meeting.”

Junior business major Bethany Grant said, “It’s not that I’ve felt isolated, it’s just I haven’t always had help.”

Grant continued, “If this was already out there, I missed it. I mean, I know basically what’s out there, but I had a hard time when the semester started, work-ing out daycare. I’ll defi-nitely be checking in next semester.”

Alma Salazar, sophomore computer science major weighed in. “I came home and wanted to keep going, get my education, a house – that’s hard to do on your own,” she said.

“There’s a lot of us here but we’re all busy. I’d like someone to make sure I’m getting the benefits I’m en-titled to. Transitioning back to civilian life isn’t a breeze. If this can make that easier I’m all for it.”

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tors of the new law. “There’s still a

segment of the popula-tion that’s not getting the hint,” said Sgt. Javi-er Salazar, a spokesman for SAPD. “They’re still not following the law, and that’s fine. Our of-ficers are out enforcing it.”

The new ordinance is also being enforced on and around campus by UTSAPD. Citations issued by UTSA Police Officers may be a cam-pus fine or a munici-palfine. Municipal cita-tions are subject up to a $200 fine, while campus citations are subject up to $45.

Rebecca Doll, a se-nior at UTSA, no lon-ger uses her phone while driving because one of her friends was involved in a horrible wreck caused by his texting while driving.

“My friend Enzo got into a very bad accident and injured his back because he was texting behind the wheel,” stat-ed Doll.

“I don’t want to lose my life over a silly text.”

Popular companies are changing the con-versation by promoting “Don’t Talk & Text” ads. AT&T’s “#ItCanWait” campaign encourages people to take a pledge to keep their eyes on the road and not on their phones.

AT&T’s app, Drive-Mode, silences mes-sage alerts and auto-replies when driving to let friends and fam-ily know you can’t re-spond.

There are also vehi-cles that have technol-ogy to prevent texting and driving.

For example, Ford’s SYNC operating sys-tem sends texts dic-tated by the driver and reads incoming texts aloud.

BMW has also un-veiled plans for gesture controls that will al-low drivers to point at the vehicle’s navigation screen to take a call.

Though some peo-ple see built-in vehicle technology as a distrac-tion, if statistics show them to be safe, these features could become standard in a few years, leading to a decrease in accidents due to texting and driving. Fewer ac-cidents means more UTSA students out of harms way.

Mia Cabello, Matt Frost and Bryant Andrade Meza@ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com

Immigration from Mex-ico to the United States — a focus always present in the national political arena — has decreased nearly 60 percent in the last decade, according to the research of Dr. Rogelio Sáenz, dean of UTSA College of Public Policy and Peter T. Flawn, professor of demography.

Examining data from the American Community Survey (ACS) Five-Year Es-timates Public Use Files, Sáenz observed that the vol-ume of migration, legal and illegal, has declined.

Between 2005 and 2007, 1.9 million migrants im-migrated to the U.S. from Mexico. In the following five years, only 819,000 mi-grants entered the U.S. from Mexico.

The researchers attribute the curb in immigration partially to fluctuation in the American economy.

“In the last 6-7 years we have really seen a decline in Mexican immigration,” said

Sáenz. “One of these fac-tors is the worsening U.S. economy, so we know there were so many job loses, particularly in the area of construction that depends heavily on laborers,” Sáenz continued.

Research also points to increases in border security

as a contributor to a decline in immigration. Increases in border security along the United States-Mexico border has proportionately affected the price of hiring coyotes — persons paid to assist undocumented per-sons cross the border.

Economic and political variables have also influ-

enced the demographics of immigrants.

According to Sáenz, re-cent Mexican migrants are of a higher socioeconomic status than the migrants in the past, and “are [some] of the hardest workers in the country, that are trying to improve their lives.”

“Migrants are some of the hard-est workers in the country, that are trying to improve their lives.”

Dr. Rogelio Sáenz

Dean of UTSA College of Public Policy

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Marina Vences Contributing Writer @ThePaisano news@paisano-online.com

Childhood obesity is in-creasingly becoming a pub-lic health concern, yet many parents are either unaware that their child is over-weight, or do not want to take the necessary action to work against it.

A team of dedicated re-searchers on campus have partnered with professors from the University of Nue-vo Leon in Mexico to pro-vide instruction on how to try to prevent this problem before it worsens.

As of 2013, Mexico was declared the most obese

country in the world, barely surpassing the U.S. Accord-ing to a study done by the United Nations, Ameri-can children aged 6-11 in-creased in obesity from 7 to 18 percent from 1980 to 2012. Mexico faces a simi-lar issue with the same age group – Mexican children are facing obesity rates of 25 percent, and they only increase with age.

These numbers can be attributed to many differ-ent factors. According to the head researcher on this project from the University of Nuevo Leon, Dr. Yolanda Flores Peña, Mexico con-sumes the most soda per household than any other country; these unhealthy habits combined with the

decreasing amount of phys-ical activity that Mexican citizens participate in cre-ate a very dangerous health situation. Mexican children often do not get the recom-mended amount of exercise.

According to a study by Pediatrics magazine, nearly 2.5 percent of immigrant Hispanic children, 17.2 percent of U.S.-born His-panic kids with immigrant parents and 14.5 percent of U.S.-born Hispanic kids are not getting the recom-mended 60 minutes a day or more.

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4 OPINION September 15 - September 22 , 2015

Guns do not deter campus violence

Campus carry laws have yet to affirm their objective of improving campus environ-ment, and, if anything, have only made universities more dangerous.

The maligned law has two major, conflicting positions: legally allowing guns on cam-pus will deter crime and legal-ly allowing guns on university

property will make universi-ties more dangerous.

In 2011, the state of Mis-sissippi passed a concealed carry law, declaring that col-leges and universities could no longer prohibit concealed weapons for those who have completed voluntary “en-hanced” training programs for concealed carry licenses.

While the passing of this Mississippi law may have ap-peased gun right advocates, it has not made Mississippi’s colleges and universities safer.

A history professor was fatally shot in his office on Monday, Sept. 14 at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. The shooter is alleged not to be a current student at

the university.The incident challenges

the supposition that guns can augment the safety in an edu-cational environment.

This occurrence — this loss of life — is a harbinger that things may soon turn ugly in the Lone Star State, consid-ering the recent passage and upcoming implementation of

the state’s campus carry law. As university presidents

in the UT System work with their students and faculty members to designate gun free zones, these leaders should keep in mind previous reminders of gun violence that have weighted academic communities throughout the United States.

Editorial

Students who purchase garage-parking permits should be exempt from the transportation fees lev-ied each semester during the 12-month period that parking permit is valid.

Garage parking permits, purchased from UTSA Business Auxiliary Servic-es, authorize the holder to select one of three garages on Main Campus that he or she wishes to park in for a calendar year.

UTSA imposes a man-datory $20 transportation fee per semester on its stu-dents. The amount spent on the fee would likely ex-ist uncontested, but not for the soaring price of parking passes.

The price of garage park-ing permits has increased 60 percent over the last four years. For measure, a Tobin Ave. Garage Student Per-mit cost $450 in Fall 2012,

$500 in Fall 2013, $650 in Fall 2014 and a brazen $805 this fall. While not subject to trans-portation or other student fees, university employees who wish to buy a daytime garage park-ing pass pay the same charge as students: $805, which cannot be paid in peanut butter.

For some students, parking costs more than a semester’s in-state tuition. It should not cost more to park than to learn.

Despite the surge in permit pricing — an operative gentri-fication of university parking garages — new amenities or improvements that would ex-plain substantial price increas-es have neither been added to nor advertised in Main Cam-pus garages: no coffee kiosks with healthy snacks and school supplies, no bathrooms and no valet.

Garage parking offers its subscribers a more convenient than surface-parking experi-ence as well as truncate treks to class. Simply put, students with garage permits do not re-quire campus transportation.

All Main Campus parking garages are either adjacent to or adjoining a building on UT-SA’s Main Campus — a cov-ered walkway links the Bauerle Rd. Garage to the Main Build-ing and both the North Paseo and the Plaza de Norte build-ing are within 100 steps of To-bin Ave. Garage’s pedestrian exits.

Garage parking negates the practicality of the campus shuttles, designed to transport students to-and-from external surface garages and the cam-pus’ buildings.

Purchasing garage parking from UTSA should release students from — or at the least allow students to opt out of — the otherwise required transportation fees, which will possibly increase over the next two years as the university seeks to expand its shuttle sys-tem, according to the Student Government Association and the Parking and Traffic Com-mittee.

Better yet, the transporta-tion mulct should instead act as a ‘shuttle fee’ — pay the fee, ride the shuttle. Credit would be transferred to student’s ac-count for the semester and redeemed through students’ UTSA Student IDs, which they would swipe upon entry and exit of the shuttles — a practice beneficial to student and cam-pus safety.

The Student ID credit sys-tem already exists; UTSA students swipe to redeem PrintSpot credit and Rowdy Dollars, which also falls under Business Auxiliary’s purview. How else would the university explain the “ID Card fee” owed every semester?

Mia CabelloManaging Editor

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Officials say Freshé Mann, the 19-year-old student who disappeared on Saturday during UTSA’s football game, was found safe a mile away from the stadium.

Mann’s fraternity brothers reported him missing when they discovered Mann’s plas-tic flask and a vomit-stained backpack in an empty lot aaf-ter the game.

“When I asked him where he was, he kept saying that he couldn’t make it to the game,” said fraternity brother Craig Stand who had attempted to call the missing Mann. “The game had already been over for an hour.”

Earlier that evening Mann had been seen drinking heav-ily during a tailgate party as well as enjoying a hotdog with mustard. The hotdog, which had been cooked over

a grill, was never recovered.Stadium witnesses report

that Mann spent the major-ity of the game slumped over in his seat, yelling “UT” — to no audible “SA.” After ruin-ing his whitewash jeans and boots, the freshman went to use the bathroom.

“He was sitting in the gar-bage can as I exited the bath-room,” said a female witness. “He popped out, yelling ‘Get Rowdy!’ and asked for my number.”

Mann was found approxi-mately 12 hours later. He ap-pears unscathed with only minor issues of memory loss sustained in a construction lot port-a-potty.

Robert AvilaStaff Writer

The Internet, social media, news and campus gossip have all caught strands of presiden-tial election banter, even with well over a year until election time. Before we know it, Elec-tion Day will be upon us. But will we all cast our ballots?

Low voter-turnout is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue among Amer-ican politics. This is alarm-ing considering the steadily increasing amount of people registered to vote. Compared to some countries, the U.S. leads in the amount of regis-tered voters, but falls short in those who go to the polls.

According to The Pew Re-search Center, of the 84.3 percent registered voters, only 53.6 percent voted in the 2012 U.S. Presidential elec-tion. Compared to countries

such as Denmark, with 87.7 percent registered voters, and 81.8 percent of them voting in their 2011 Prime Minister election.

Countless amounts of self-proclaimed political scien-tists, major news network

devotees and the like will gladly inform you of why to distrust government and pro-pose solutions to “broken” American politics. So why isn’t this passion prevalent enough to engage society to vote for someone worthy of implementing these solu-tions?

“My vote doesn’t count!” comes to mind as the go-to crutch for those who don’t hold value to presidential elections. Far-fetched, pre-sumably. However, when no more than ten states are chosen as campaign grounds, legitimacy of government continues to weaken. The sovereign no longer retains monopolization of state power; perhaps people los-

ing hope that their voice be-ing heard isn’t such an absurd desire.

Creating a universal system of voting registration will per-haps establish an initiative for those who don’t vote because of registration issues. Incen-

tives such as promotion from pop-culture icons, or receiv-ing discounts and services in return for votes could popu-larize voting for the masses. Rather than focus campaigns on swing and safe states, a na-tionally valued voting popu-lation seen by candidates can promote the value of all votes.

Whether you blame igno-rance or disenchantment, it seems that anyone who holds a position in their ideal mod-el of politics devalues their worth in the polls. It’s an off-putting contrast that has es-tablished a norm throughout eligible voters. If the voting process isn’t utilized, our con-trol of an immersive democ-racy may be lost altogether.

How to make a voice a vote Commentary

“Creating a universal system of voting registration will perhaps establish an initiative for those who don’t vote because of registration issues.“

Transpor tation fees, time to kick or curb

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A tailgate to remember

Gaige Davila Staff Writer

Graphic by Randi Gilmore, The Paisano

“I would kick Moo-Yah and put Whata-burger in its place. I think everyone would like that better.”

Shane Calma Freshman, Life Sciences

What would you change about UTSA’s Main Campus?

“I would add more parking — this would make things better and easier.”

Ashwin Chary Sophmore, Undeclared

“I would put more tables and chairs ar-round the library outside and have more places to study outdoors.”

Leo DupreJunior, Civil Engineering

“I would like more food options with a better variety.”

Madison Burke Freshman, Biology

“I would put more benches out by the trees in the open field behind the Main Building.”

Keith Mecum Senior,Environmental Science

September 15 - September 22, 2015 5OPINION

“Me gustaría que hubiera más aununcios para saber donde todo es y dónde ir.”*

Chantel Castro Post-Graduate, Medical Research

*Translation: I’d like more signs, so I can know where everything is.

I’ll just sit here by Christopher Breakell

Photos and quotes taken by Claudia Jimenez, The Paisano

Cultural appropriation can be de-fined as a sociological concept that views the adoption or use of ele-ments of one culture by members of a different culture as a largely negative phenomenon. On the op-posite end of the spectrum, cultural appreciation adopts other parts of a culture in a positive way to honor and celebrate them. These two defi-nitions are often intermixed— espe-cially in the NFL, by teams that hide behind big lawyers and copyright laws to defend their outdated and bigoted viewpoints.

In 2014, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark

registration on the grounds that the logo and team name were offensive to Native Americans. While this does not force the team to change their name, it does prevent them from blocking outside counterfeit merchandise from entering the country. This decision came after a massive push of support from Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to ask the team to change their name, cit-ing that 1-in-3 Native Americans found the name derogatory, and that as a result, the team should lose their patent.

In response, the owner of the team, Dan Snyder said that the organization understood the ruling but that they, “respectfully believe they (the patent office and the sup-porters of the decision) are mischar-acterizing decades of honor and respect toward America’s Indian heritage that our name represents for generations of Redskin fans and Native Americans alike.”

And because they were so resolute in their stance against this decision, the team was able to fight it in court — and though they (The Redskins)

ultimately failed in regaining their trademark due to its racist connota-tions, this did not prevent the Red-skins’ coaches from continuing to make statements about how much they honored and respected Native Americans and refused to make any

changes to the team. Teams such as the Florida

State Seminoles, Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins and dozens more are all part of the overwhelm-ing cultural appropriation issue. For the Redskins, it takes the form of giant caricatures of the traditional Native American headdresses and clothes— such as their mascot, a bright red smiling Native American with a feather in its cap.

The negative affects of what they deem a “harmless depiction” can be

b e s t f e l t

i n Native

Ameri-can youth, as the im-ages lower self-esteem and mood and facilitate the negative conno-tation of the culture. Suicide rates among Native American people be-low the age of 18 are double that of their white counterparts, and they have the highest suicide rate of any group in the United States. And still, the Redskins’ owners insist that the use of Native American imagery is harmless and vrespectful.

Many universities — with the exception of Florida State — have

banned all offen-

sive imagery or usage of Native

American slurs in any sports teams — it only remains in the realm of professional football — and although steps have been taken in the right direction, the Washing-ton Redskins need to acknowledge that the name is outdated. They need to change the name, mascot and stop the use of caricatures in their merchandise. Though no one would disagree that to honor and respect Native Americans is a noble and necessary cause, naming a team the “Redskins” is simply not the way to do it.

Marina Vences Staff Writer

Commentary

Native Americans:People not props

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“The negative effects of what they deem a “harmless depic-tion” can be best felt in Na-tive American youth, as the images lower self-esteem and mood and facilitate the nega-tive connotation of the culture.”

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Shuck Shack brings ocean flavor to San Antonio

Arts & Life Events Calendar:Thursday 9/177 p.m.Casino NightGot a card under your sleeve? We’ve got the best place for you to use it. The University Center will be turning the UC Ballroom into a casino Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Stop by to test your skills, but be careful. We will not be responsible if you get caught with that card!

Friday 9/18All DayBarco Escape“Maze Runner: Scorch Trials” is premiering this Friday and you do not want to miss it. Palladium IMAX (17703 W IH-10) will allow you to com-pletely immerse yourself in the film. Don’t believe it? Picture a multi-screen panoramic view of the movie on three screens, courtesy of Barco Escape. Tickets are on sale now at santikos.com.

Sunday 9/202 p.m.Something GoodfestFor a music-filled end to the weekend, don’t forget to add “Some-thing Goodfest” to your calendar. Open to all ages, this music and art festival will feature local vendors, good food and drinks, and live music at Viva Tacoland (103 W Grayson St). Local bands Hydra Melody and The Last Nighters are just some of the many acts to make an appearance on stage. Tickets are $12.

September 15 - September 22, 2015

Glennette CastilloContributing Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

The words to describe Halsey, the newest musician blowing up the pop charts, vary depending on whom you ask. Some may dismiss her as overrated, while oth-ers describe her as a revo-lutionary — a goddess with a breath of fresh air for the music industry. One thing is for certain: she can’t and won’t be ignored.

Halsey is the alter-ego of Ashley Frangipane, a twenty year old from New Jersey. Though she sports the sea-foam green hair of millennials like Kylie Jen-ner, the singer has been putting in work at an early age. She started here musi-cal journey by releasing her songs over YouTube and BandCamp, reaching up to 16,000 subscribers on You-Tube by the age of 18.

After the release and

widespread acclaim of her first single “Ghost” in Janu-ary 2014, she signed to her current label Astralwerks, which hoped for a main-stream breakthrough album soon to follow for the singer. Never one to follow orders, the singer released a small EP, “Room 93,” in October that same year.

Since blowing up, Halsey is scheduled to tour with The Weeknd in the “Beauty Behind the Madness” tour. Her sultry voice alone puts her in a league with stars such as Lana Del Rey and Lorde, yet her songwriting is what sets her apart from her peers.

“Badlands,” Halsey’s full-length debut album from this August, is as resilient, sassy and honest as Halsey. Full of electric undertones, her pop style is catchy, emo-tional and raw. She holds nothing back in her music, singing about her mental health in the world of celeb-rities, her chaotic and raw

love life as well as the power struggles between the older generation and the millen-nials.

The album opens with “Castle,” a powerful single that translates feelings of invincibility. Its companion, “Hold Me Down,” is what Halsey explained at a live show earlier this year as in-spired by “meeting a bunch of mean, old men who thought they knew better than I,” and it shows in the lyrics: “I sold my soul to a three-piece/And he told me I was holy...”

The track “New Ameri-cana,” her biggest chart hit thus far, has the energetic flow associated with a new generation of young adults. Halsey reflects on the new trends in the American youth, and the strange di-versity surrounding a wild and unique population of teenagers.

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Halsey:’Badlands’Amer ica’s next a l ternat ive pop s tar?

Sabrina PerezContributing Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

Familiar with classi-cal compositions like “Fur Elise” to “Cello Suite No. 1” playing in orchestras world-wide, many students know why Mozart and Bach are famous. But what about classical guitar? Ask rock junkies and they can tell you every detail of their favorite guitar riffs, but not the mu-sic that paved the way for modern guitar as we know it.

Enter Ariel Alba, a junior guitar performance major at UTSA and self-taught guitarist and musician since the age of 13. Maybe you’ve seen him around campus before class starts or quietly hidden in nooks, letting his music speak for itself.

His passion for guitar didn’t start with mariachi, typical of Hispanic guitar players in his homeland

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. In-stead, Alba was influenced by the metal-heads on the other side of the border such as Megadeth.

Growing up in Mexico, Alba wasn’t provided with access to many formal mu-sic programs, so family and friends were his best resources. “I started with a nylon guitar, just strum-ming cords, playing pop songs,” mused Alba while he plucked his guitar. “At one point I remember playing Backstreet Boys sheet mu-sic, but I didn’t play classical until I started college.”

Eventually his interests drifted to rock and heavy metal, and he formed a band, Grado Zero, with his cous-in. “We played songs from a Mexican band named Coda, which sounds like Bon Jovi,” explained Alba. “They were on the same track as Bon Jovi when he was out, but not everyone (in Mexico) accepted it.”

Once at UTSA, Alba be-

gan to learn about the his-tory of guitar and the in-fluences of modern music. “The guitar as we know it is the new kid in town, compared to the violin and bass,” explained Alba on the differences between the two instruments. “Classical gui-tar is a thing in the U.S., but not as big in other places, like where I came from. So there is a big need for awareness of classical guitar everywhere.”

Even with his newfound discovery, Alba continues to champion the classical genre of music. “I’m re-ally sad that Chopin never wrote for guitar. He was mad!” laughs Alba.

As for future dreams, Juil-liard is on Alba’s radar, but he’s setting his career goals to new heights.

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Brayden BorenArts & Life Editor@ThatBorenGuyarts@paisano-online.com

If it looks like snot, don’t eat it: it’s a common mis-conception about oysters based on their briny ap-pearance and slimy insides. But those that have faced the challenge of trying this by-the-sea dive know the reward is only a shuck and shoot away.

Shuck Shack (520 E Grayson St), San Antonio’s newest oyster and seafood house, is a beach house away from home, offering some of the freshest oysters and eateries in South Texas.

Established by Jason Dady, one of San Antonio’s pioneer chefs and owner of fine-dining establishments including Tre Trattoria and Tre Enoteca, the restaurant provides a taste of the coast from a landlocked position, for the right price.

A small white build-ing only a few blocks away from The Pearl, the Shuck Shack is lightly decorated with wooden picnic tables, a playground for kids and strung-up lights that re-mind one of the laziness and carefree atmosphere of laying by the tide, minus the water.

The inside is much the same — wooden tables that accent the open kitchen and

the ice bar, where the very raw oysters the Shack is known for are preserved.

The wait staff wastes no time helping customers get seated, or making recom-mendations, assuring any doubts you have about the menu.

“No, our oysters don’t make you throw up.”

“Horse radish can add an extra kick of flavor to any seafood.”

“Horse radish is not made out of horses.”

A recommendation from the waiter implied that the Piña Colada and the “Li-monade” cocktails were both best for newcomers, which come out quickly and cold like an oasis in the des-

ert of our mouths.The Piña Colada, served

with Bacardi Rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice, tasted as tropical as the name implies, creamy but never sacrificing the layers of cool ice that hid under the milky exterior.

The “Limonade” was served with Deep Eddy Lemonade, Topo Chico mineral water and a lime paleta — or popsicle, for the uninitiated — dipped into the center of the cool re-freshment. At over $10 for each drink, it’s a bit more expensive than a cheap beer, but the taste buds out-weighed the wallet on this decision.

The main menu, a piece of

paper that patrons are free to mark upon to request any salad, dessert or oyster, keeps things easy and per-sonal between waiters and their guests. With another recommendation, orders were marked down and the Shrimp Roll and “Oystah’ Chowdah’” were on their way to visit these visitors’ stomachs.

The foods had an indi-vidualist streak provided by Dady that can’t be found anywhere else in San Anto-nio. At $16, the Half Shrimp Roll, served in a sea of fries with a hot dog bun acting as a boat for the decadently grilled shrimp, tasted every bit as good as its price point let on.

At $12, the “Oystah’ Chowdah’” contained a warm, white and creamy chowder soup washed over individual salty cloysters, creating a feeling of being at the sea.

Although the visit was cut short by the pleading of a full stomach, ice cream des-serts like local paletas and Klondike bars are offered for those that aren’t satisfied with their meal.

Although for the family, wallet shortages should be advised before heading out for a visit. A meal for two can rack up well over $50, making this more of an oc-casional house on the sea rather than a home away from home.

The customer is always right, of course, and when the seafood is this good, the taste buds drown the pock-etbook.

The Runner’s BeatP lay ing the s t r ings w i th UTSA’s A r ie l A lba

Fabian DeSoto, The Paisano

Seafood in a land-locked city

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The interior of the Shuck Shack, modeled after a fish house complete with a dark wood interior and raw oyster bar, is a quaint eatery that makes visitors feel as if they have grabbed a beachside table right off the dock of the bay. Sit at the bar where you can eye the fresh oysters chilling on ice.

September 15 - September 22, 2015SPORTS 7

KSU rolls UTSA in home-opener{Sports Events}

Friday, Sept. 18

UTSA tennis (away)The men’s tennis team will travel to Houston to compete in the Rice Invitational.

UTSA volleyball (away)The volleyball team will be competing in the SMU Classic. They will open competition against the TCU Horned Frogs and the Clemson Tigers. The following Saturday, the Roadrunners are slated to match-up with the SMU Mustangs.

Saturday, Sept. 19

UTSA golf (away)The women’s golf team will be up in Norman, Okla., competing in the 3rd Annual Schooner Fall Golf Classic to raise funds for country music star Toby Keith’s OK Kids Korral for pediatric cancer patients. Senior Brogan Townend has also been invited to walk in a runway fashion show that will showcase designs from SwingDish during the event.

UTSA football (away)Head Coach Larry Coker and the Roadrunners will travel up to Stillwater, Okla. to compete in a highly-anticipated match-up with the Oklahoma State Cowboys.The game, which will be televised by FOX Sports 1, is set to begin at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 20

UTSA soccer (away)The soccer team will be playing against the TCU Horned Frogs in a match that will be covered by FOX Sports Southwest at 1:00 p.m.

SPORTS COMMENTARYMental mistakes muting momentum

{Recent Results}

Thursday, Sept. 10

UTSA volleyball

L, 1-3 vs. Santa Clara

Friday, Sept. 11

UTSA volleyball

W, 3-0 vs. Iona (Texas Classic)L, 0-3 vs. Texas (Texas Classic)

UTSA soccer

T, 2-2 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (Baylor Tournament)

Sunday, Sept. 13

UTSA soccer

L, vs. Baylor (Baylor Tournament)

Darryl SherrodStaff Writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

UTSA started out val-iantly on their first drive. Led by Jarveon Williams — who paced UTSA with 31 yards rushing — and the run game, the Roadrunners marched down the field to begin the game. UTSA scored first, kicking a field goal, but did not score again for the remainder of the contest.

Kansas State’s offense struggled just the same in the first quarter. The game was 3-0 at the end of the first. Finally, Kansas State began the second quarter with a strong drive to move down the field and score on a one-yard run. Follow-

ing the touchdown, Kansas State scored another 23 points, ending the game with 30 unanswered points.

UTSA threatened to score again late in the first half. A connection between quarterback Blake Bogen-schutz and tight end David Morgan II worked UTSA down to inside the Kansas State five-yard line. UTSA attempted a controversial fourth down conversion, aiming to get in the end-zone rather than opting for a field goal. The pass was

swatted down and UTSA did not enter the red zone again.

Blake Bogenschutz, who passed for 132 yards and complet-ed 20 of his

33 attempts, spoke about the offense’s lack of execu-tion and consistency after the game.

“It’s the lack of execu-tion,” said Bogenschutz. “There was execution here and there, but we weren’t putting that all together to form one good drive.”

The third quarter featured two field goals from Kansas State and a plethora of penalties from both sides.

Senior and defensive

leader Mauricio Sanchez led UTSA’s defense with five solo tackles. UTSA’s defense held Kansas State to 13 points going into the third quarter. The Wildcats went on to more than dou-ble their score in the fourth quarter. Sanchez felt many little mistakes piled up and allowed Kansas State to break the game open.

“Second half, they just went big-ball on us and we gave up a couple penalties and then a couple big-time catches,” admitted Sanchez. “They got in the red zone and that’s where they scored most of their points.”

Kansas State racked up points behind a strong performance from their quarterback, Joe Huebner. In what was his first ever start at the quarterback

position — high school or college — the former wide receiver completed 12-of-23 for 243 yards passing.

UTSA will not have much time to analyze what went wrong as they make a trip to Stillwater, Okla., to face the top-25 ranked Oklahoma State this Satur-day, Oct. 12. The team must rectify the offense and find a way to put points on the board in order to compete.

UTSA’s starting quar-terback and leader, Bo-genschutz, has the right mindset heading into the tough match-up against Oklahoma State. “Win, we need to win,” said the redshirt freshman. The Roadrunners will need to follow suit if they hope to end their two-game losing streak.

“Win, we need to win.” Blake BogenschutzUTSA starting quarterback

Adrian BermudezStaff Writer@bermudezmediasports@paisano-online.com

There have been mo-ments this season where UTSA has looked like a real contender. An efficient running game has opened up big pass plays that have made for an extremely promising offensive attack. Several of these moments, however, have been nulli-fied by what Head Coach Larry Coker calls “foolish” penalties.

UTSA has amassed 22 penalties in their first two games. Only three schools in all the Football Bowl Subdivision have compiled more. That number doesn’t describe the detriment the mistakes have had on the squad. These errors have happened in critical mo-mentum-building moments that can alter the course of a game, but the penalties have only shifted that same momentum back in favor of the opponents.

The Roadrunners opened up against the Kansas State

Wildcats with a 41-yard march into opposing terri-tory before acquiring back-to-back false starts that pushed the offense back to midfield. Two plays later, quarterback Blake Bogen-schutz made a 12-yard run to the first down marker to keep the drive alive, only for it to be brought back by a holding call. UTSA was forced to settle for a field goal.

The following offensive series began with a Jar-veon Williams 13-yard run that was also nullified by a holding penalty — the drive ended up in a three-and-out on what would have been a first down.

The trend continued as holding calls voided first downs and false starts added extra yards to UTSA drives, including one on 2nd-and-goal from the 6-yard line that pushed UTSA back to the 11, on a drive that could have given the Roadunners a 10-7 lead going into halftime.

Instead, UTSA failed to put points on the board after a batted pass on

4th-and-goal. That was the closest they would get to scoring a touchdown in their own home stadium Saturday.

The defensive side of the ball hasn’t been much better off. The 3rd quarter of the Kansas State game saw back-to-back defen-sive penalties that gave the Wildcats a field goal and a personal foul that allowed them to score their second touchdown of the after-noon.

Recalling the Arizona game, an illegal block-in-the-back negated UTSA freshman kick returner Brett Winnegan’s 102-yard kickoff return for a touch-down that would have evened the score 7-7 in the first quarter.

“Those are things that are unacceptable,” Coker re-sponded when asked about the penalty issues.

Any spectator of the first two games knows that these power-conference op-ponents have certainly not outmatched the Roadrun-ners, even though the odds-makers said otherwise.

Instead, UTSA has taken the proverbial shotgun and unloaded it into their own two feet, further delaying the program’s next big step — beating a team from a Power Five conference.

The UTSA coaches be-lieve the time has come to stop giving the team a pass and the benefit of the doubt because they are “young.” The players believe they have more than enough tal-ent to give Big 12 and Pac-12 opponents the business. UTSA has not been over-matched nor outplayed, but they have failed to capital-ize on momentum and they negate their own progress with petty mistakes.

The Roadrunners have done more damage to themselves than their op-ponents have, and there’s just no excuse for the lack of discipline. Three of Sat-urday’s 12 penalties came from tight end David Mor-gan II, a senior offensive force that has to set a better disciplinary example for the rest of the unit if they want to win. “Simple commu-nication stuff… it’s an easy

fix,” Morgan commented at Monday morning’s press conference.

The Roadrunners have got to improve on execut-ing their silent snap counts. If the Alamodome was loud, then Stillwater will be deafening when the Road-unners march into Okla-homa State to take on the Cowboys this Saturday. To help prepare for the noise, UTSA will be implement-ing “CHAOS” into this week’s practices: placing a giant loudspeaker behind the line of scrimmage that deafens all sound, leaving the team to rely on hand signals and body gestures for the snap.

After Monday’s prac-tice, starting running back Jarveon Williams was asked what the team needs to improve on most: “We can’t keep shooting ourselves in the foot — that’s been our downfall for the past two weeks. We can’t keep putting ourselves behind the chains — it limits our playbook.”

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