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Two publicuniversities for one Alamo City
Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
Open Carry coming to Texas?
Caroline TraylorContributing
Writer@[email protected]
Texas has taken another step towards joining the other 44 states
in the coun-try that allow guns to be car-ried openly.
Making good on its prom-ise to prioritize gun legisla-tion, the
Senate State Affairs Committee voted Thursday, February 12 to allow
the open carrying of handguns. The open carry bill passed with a
vote of 7-2 down par-ty lines. Open carry refers to carrying a
handgun in plain view in a holster and without the concealment by a
gar-ment.
The two nay votes cast were by Democratic Sena-tors Rodney
Ellis, D-Hous-
ton, and Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo. When asked why she voted
the way that she did, Zaffirini replied, I vot-ed against open
carry in the Senate State Affairs Com-mittee hearing because I
be-lieve that the bill as crafted will create a less safe
envi-ronment. It is opposed wide-ly by law enforce-m e n t o f f i
cers w h o m I know and re-s p e c t . T h e y t e s t i -fied that
the law w o u l d make it harder for them to respond to critical
incidents and ensure public safety.
If we can have concealed handguns, I think thats suf-ficient and
we shouldnt take it any farther. What good will come of it? said
Fresh-man political science major Christina Hunter. I support the
Constitution and 2nd Amendment rights and if
the ma-jority of Te x a n s w a n t open car-ry then I can
sup-port it.
S u p -port for open car-ry legis-lation has been on
the Texas Republican Partys platform for many years. Re-
MariaCristina MorenoStaff
Writer@[email protected]
Come game day I will wear a UTSA shirt, but the moment Texas
A&M Uni-versity San Antonio (TA-MUSA) gets their own football
team going, Im switching back to my ma-roon and black, said TA-MUSA
graduate Veronica Herrera as she sat next to her husband, UTSA
gradu-ate Michael Herrera.
Michael and Veronica married in 2012, after they both graduated
from col-lege. However, the two start-ed dating when they were just
undergraduates. While there is a respectable rivalry between the
couple, each-had his or her own reason for choosing their
university.
Ironically, Veronica had planned on going to UTSA after she
completed her as-sociates at Northwest Vista, and Michael had plans
for attending A&M in Col-lege Station but enrolled in UTSA
after his high school graduation.
UTSA was closer at the time to where I lived but I still went to
the South Side to go to A&M, stated Ve-ronica as she explained
her reasons for traveling the ex-tra miles. I started looking into
it more, and it was more affordable and the class sizes were way
smaller, so I wasnt going to be in this huge lec-ture hall type of
environ-
ment. It was like a commu-nity college atmosphere at a
university level.
Meanwhile, Michael wanted something more tra-ditional. UTSA was
the best choice in town that wasnt expensive. With UTSA I knew I
was going to get the college experience without having to pay as
much as I would if I went somewhere else in town, explained
Mi-chael. His wife tried to con-vince him to attend TAMU-SA, but he
stood his ground for an obvious reason: They didnt have my degree
pro-gram. Michael graduated with a B.S. in Geology.
Although San Antonio is home to over 110,000 college students,
most are enrolled at one of the citys many community colleges or
more expensive private colleges such as Trinity, Our Lady of the
Lake or St. Marys. UTSA and TAMUSA are the only public, four-year
in-stitutions in the Alamo City and both have actively tried to
make inroads with San Antonios growing popula-tion and a local
economy that increasingly needs more workers with a degree.
Although TAMUSA is more affordable than UTSA, the university
offers signifi-cantly fewer degrees than UTSA. TAMUSA has only
three colleges for under-graduate students to choose from College
of Arts and Sciences, College of Busi-ness and College of Human
If we can have con-cealed handguns, I think thats sufficient and
we shouldnt take it farther. What good will come of it?Christina
HunterFreshman political science student
Report: University president OKd applicants over
objectionsAssociated [email protected]
A select handful of Uni-versity of Texas applicants are approved
each year at the direction of the school president over the
objec-tions of the admissions of-fice, a longtime practice that has
grown in recent years, according to details of an investigation
commissioned by the schools Board of Re-gents and released
Thursday.
The investigation into influence peddling in ad-missions at the
University of Texas Systems flagship campus found applicants
approved by outgoing Presi-dent Bill Powers typically
were recommended by state lawmakers, university do-nors, alumni
and at times by regents themselves.
The report found no evidence applicants were admitted as a
result of inap-propriate promises or ex-changes and said the
prac-tice doesnt violate the law. Powers told investigators his
decisions regarding admis-sions always were made with the best
interests of the uni-versity in mind, according to the report.
But the report criticized Powers and his staff as mis-leading
earlier investiga-tions by failing to disclose the existence of
watch lists and high-level meet-
ings concerning applicants. And it said the practice has caused
increasing tension between the president and admissions staff.
The question of influence peddling in general admis-sions to the
university, as well as to the law and busi-ness schools, was a key
factor in years of tension between Powers, several regents and
state lawmakers. Powers was pressured last year to resign and he
leaves office in June.
I inherited this process, which was well known by lawmakers,
former chancel-lors and regents, Powers said after the report was
issued. He also said the practice
See OPEN CARRY, Page 2
See ADMISSIONS, Page 2
See TAMUSA, Page 2
UTSA and TAMUSA are both affordable options, but offer distinct
experiences.MariaCristina Moreno, The Paisano
Despite its conservative reputation, Texas remains one of the
few states that does not allow firearms to be carried openly in
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2 NEWSFebruary 17 - February 24, 2015
Anthony MendozaStaff
Writer@[email protected]
A cybernetic library that encompasses all academic fields where
an individual checks out virtual laptops rather than books this is
cloud computing.
UTSA and Indiana Uni-versity have collaborated on a $6.6 million
grant from the National Science Foundation to study cloud-based
research systems that allow for easier uni-versal access to
academic resources. The cloud-based system, according to Direc-tor
of Cloud Computing Research at UTSA Paul Rad, will simplify and
in-novate existing practices of gathering and disseminat-ing
academic research to promote academic collabo-ration.
UTSA students and re-searchers are working to-gether to create
an academ-ic pool of inquiry where questions and answers can be
found instantaneously. Rad equates the research to building a
library. In-stead of trying to purchase all the necessary books
required for research proj-ects, UTSA, along with In-diana
University, will create a virtual shared entity an international
library of re-search data.
When we look at a li-brary we look at it as a place where we
just get books, then suddenly you start realizing as a result of so
many people doing the same thing its a col-laboration space cloud
is the same thing, said Rad. (Cloud) is collaborating. While I do
XYZ, someone can do something else. Ba-sically (cloud) makes for
a
more powerful tool, some-one else can grab my work and expand it
and enhance it.
Rad explained that be-fore contemporary cloud use, the
exchanging and sharing of research re-quired fields of servers and
data centers to process aca-demic research. Thousands of computers
stored vari-ous information such as bi-ology and chemistry
com-putations. The problem is that storing fields of servers
requires money and physi-cal space, which is limited. Cloud
computing systems can remedy this problem through a virtual domain
that stores all information on demand for any paying user. The
clouds capacity, although not unlimited, is far more flexible in
terms of available space than a phys-ical geographic location.
With the cloud, the concept is companies can now, in the same
way that we go turn on the light and have electricity, not think
about where the generator is located, said Rad. The same concept
now is a lot of people (and) smaller companies or people that want
research, they can le-verage those huge amounts of computer
capacity that is available by someone else, like the generator so
that they could use it as a util-ity and if they dont need it they
basically turn it off.
Part of the grants pro-posal is to build one mono-lithic entity
that is feder-ated among three cloud centers. Cloud computing,
although innovative, has inherent concerns such as security. Rad
explained that when building a cloud sys-tem, security is embedded
in the systems architectural DNA rather than a separate
element as in the past. Furthermore, design-
ing a massive information system requires the con-sideration of
three com-ponents, scalability, feder-ated systems, and demand, and
user interface. A cloud system, as Rad explained, needs flexibility
to ensure it can meet the demands of users while still main-taining
interface capability among multiple networks. Additionally, the
cloud, in some instances, can make routine activities like driv-ing
easier.
(Cloud) means having access to information and computation, my
great example is the first time I went to Chicago ten to fif-teen
years ago. I used a map when I rented car to go around the city,
said Rad. It was a hassle when youre driving looking at the map in
a new city. Today every-one just pulls their phone and plugs it in
thats cloud system.
Rad feels that the re-search opportunities will bring the
university closer to its tier-one endeavor and strengthen UTSAs
spot as a top academic institution.
There is no leader of the cloud, we are the leader of the cloud
computing, said Rad. Its always good when there is a new trend
com-ing and your kind part of that trend because you can change it,
you can shape it, you can build a brand. So I think some of those
op-portunities are with us. The leadership of universities is to
start identifying that hu-manities is moving towards informatics
age and to start investing and putting atten-tion into this type of
cloud system.
Olivia YbarraContributing
Writer@[email protected]
In 2006, the UTSA Col-lege of Business, in col-laboration with
the College of Engineering, produced a program in which
en-trepreneurs and engineer-ing students could work together on
business and technology ventures.
Since its inception, the Center for Innovation, Technology and
Entre-preneurship (CITE) has provided intercollegiate opportunities
for students in multiple disciplines by offering internships,
proj-ects and competitions to individuals looking to materialize
technological ideas and begin their busi-ness endeavors.
Coordinat-ing with UTSA faculty and the local business com-munity,
students are given the resources and support through CITE to learn
and initiate projects.
Anita Leffel, Director of the Entrepreneurship Program at the
College of Business began, we started with the idea that there was
not a large amount of young entrepreneurs coming into the city and
staying.
Leffel continued, we felt it was important as a University to
help feed that pipeline to young entrepre-neurs so that when they
are educated within the Uni-versity that theyll want to stay (in
San Antonio) and build a business.
As part of the CITE pro-gram, a biannual $100K Student
Technology Ven-ture Competition is held to provide senior
undergradu-ate entrepreneurial and en-gineering students with the
experience of product devel-opment and entrepreneurial
commercialization.
(This collaboration) makes perfect sense for helping the economy
and for moving our city forward, Leffel explained.
The success of the CITE program has sparked the movement of the
College of Business expanding their program to students at other
universities looking to ac-quire a similar curriculum in their
personal education. Offered as an online re-source, the
Entrepreneurs Academy will provide the tools for entrepreneurship
and a similar education of-fered in the CITE program.
My colleague and I wrote (an entrepreneurial) book just for UTSA
students ref-erencing our own library and San Antonio. So were
putting that online and turn-ing it into a program that is a little
more general to the state, says Leffel. Still in its infancy, the
Entrepreneurs Academy will first be made available for faculty
develop-ment and eventually expand to students and classes.
Winners of the CITE competition are awarded with over $100,000
in re-sources and support to con-tinue their winning enter-prise.
Funding is provided by various donors that grant students
provisions such
as free office space and le-gal advice, explained Leffel. Past
winners of the competi-tion include technology that monitors fetal
development, mind controlled wheelchairs and improvements on
pros-thetics.
We just took the idea and ran with it, says Trent Ber-ryman,
senior entrepreneur major and winner of last se-mesters CITE
competition. (Our) project was a medi-cal device that is a mask
that treats sleep apnea without all the inconveniences of a sleep
apnea machine, ex-plained Berryman.
As part of the winnings, Berryman and his group will continue to
receive support executing their product. I think it is so awesome
that UTSA pairs business stu-dents and engineering stu-dents to
collaborate on an idea and build a product and business plan around
it. The CITE competition allows me to learn how to commercial-ize a
product without having to know to design and de-velop one, Berryman
said in a statement earlier in UTSA Today. As of now, Berryman and
his team continue work-ing toward organizing and preparing their
product for the medical supply market.
Our mission is to provide an experience and to give them the
resources neces-sary. Any nascent entrepre-neur who is really
interested in moving forward we want to give them the tools they
need in order to move for-ward with their business idea, says
Leffel.
Developmentand one Masters program. UTSA of-fers seven colleges
for both undergraduate and gradu-ate students as well three
colleges that offer doctoral programs. Additionally and perhaps
most revealing is that TAMUSA accepts only transfer students and
does not consider students di-rectly out of high school.
While the two universities have distinguished names and
credentials, each univer-
sity is unique and comple-ments two separate demo-graphics. Over
the past five years, an average of 82 per-cent of UTSA
undergradu-ates enrolled full-time, while 54 percent of TAMUSAs
students only took classes
part-time. Michael agrees that UTSA
is ideal for someone looking for a more traditional college
experience, with large audi-torium classes, an extensive list of
degrees, on campus living and of course a football team.
Veronica was attracted to the non-traditional atmo-sphere at
TAMUSA.
A&M takes pride for be-ing on the South Side, in a place
where no one thought
hey, lets put a col-lege here, said Ve-ronica, who was impressed
with the universitys vision. The dream was to put a university that
was affordable on the south side so that way the community there
will have a bet-ter opportunity to go to college and not
have to travel to the other side of town or more out of the city
for school, she said.
In the past five years, UTSA accepted on average 73 percent of
applicants, 44 percent of whom went on to enroll. In the same five
years,
TAMUSA accepted on aver-age 87 percent of applicants, 70 percent
of whom en-rolled.
Isaac Salazar, College Ac-cess & Success Advisor at Caf
College, has noticed a trend at the two universities.
For A&M San Antonio, most of their students will be
transferring from the Alamo Colleges to A&M. Right now that is
what they are trying to build their reputation on. UTSA, while they
do have a specific agreement with the Alamo Colleges, they have
more first time freshmen enrolling there than at TA-MUSA, Salazar
said.
For those trying to decide which university to attend, Michael
offers some advice: Dont choose because of hearsay or tradition.
Choose because you feel that school is going to give you the best
opportunity at succeeding and enjoying your college experience.
publican Chairwoman of the Senate State Affairs Com-mittee Joan
Huffman stated, Clearly the Republicans are all very strong
proponents of the Second Amendment well always have that in mind as
we make these de-cisions. But its a balancing act. One proposition
made to achieve this balance was by Houstons Assistant Po-lice
Chief, Dan McKinney, who asks lawmakers to con-sider boosting the
training requirements and holster standards in the open carry
bill.
The bills, which have failed in the past two legisla-tive
sessions, follow Lt. Gov-ernor Dan Patricks recent promise to
champion legis-lation that expands Texans 2nd Amendment rights.
Governor Greg Abbott has
said that he will sign a bill permitting either licensed or
unlicensed open carry if it reaches his desk. Even Senator
Zaffirini, who voted against the bills, believes it will reach his
desk, saying, The Senate is likely to pass the open carry bill.
Thursdays hearing at-tracted a passionate group of people. Among
the dozens who testified were survivors of the mass shootings at UT
Austin in 1966 and Virginia Tech in 2007, who expressed their
opposition to the laws. Countering them were gun rights advocates
who spoke of their God-given rights and the Constitution.
We are talking about law-abiding citizens who want to exercise
their rights, said Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman in an
inter-
view with the Dallas Morn-ing News. Its a matter of letting
people, if they so choose, protect themselves in a legal way, she
contin-ued.
Tensions are high sur-rounding such a contentious issue as gun
rights and the political climate has become increasingly hostile.
Upon reaching out to Represen-tative Roland Gutierrez, whose
district is in San An-tonio, one of his aides, Mar-garet Wallace,
expressed her concerns over the heated atmosphere: It makes a lot
of offices very nervous, my-self included. The gun rights
supporters are very gung-ho and very aggressive. We have all had to
be more alert because its a very emotional issue. Someone was
arrested and taken out in handcuffs.
should not stop.It is my observation that
some similar process exists at virtually every selective
university in America, and it does so because it serves the best
interests of the institu-tions, Powers said.
Powers also noted the re-port cited 73 applicants who normally
would not have been admitted, a rate of few-er than one in 1,000
over the time covered by the report. Powers has been school
president since 2006.
Board of Regents Chair-man Paul Foster and new Chancellor
William McRa-ven said they do not want to punish Powers or
university employees.
There are a lot of things we can do better, McRaven said. But I
saw no willful
misconduct, no criminal ac-tivity and I intend to take no
disciplinary action.
Regent Wallace Hall, Pow-ers most vocal critic who had pushed
for the investi-gation, declined to comment Thursday. Hall also has
been the subject of a legislative and an ongoing criminal
in-vestigation into his efforts to force Powers out of his job.
Powers told investigators that letters or recommen-dations from
lawmakers on behalf of applicants were afforded more weight
be-cause legislative oversight impacts the university. The report
did not name specific lawmakers who tried to in-fluence admissions
for fam-ily, friends or constituents.
It also noted several in-stances when regents con-
tacted the university on be-half of relatives.
In one instance, an un-named regent asked for a meeting with the
director of admissions while a rela-tives appeal of a denial was
pending. The regent said the request was unrelated to the pending
appeal but system lawyers ultimately didnt al-low the meeting.
On another occasion, a re-gent asked Powers assistant Nancy
Brazzil who an ap-plicant would need to talk with.
Brazzil replied, Dont worry Ill take care of it and the
applicant was admitted, the report said.
A university spokesman said Brazzil would not com-ment on the
report.
Dont choose because of hearsay or tradition choose because you
feel that school is going to give you the best opportunity.Michael
HerreraUTSA Alumnus
TAMUSA: schools cater to students with different goals
ADMISSIONS: less than one in 1,000 applicants affected
OPEN CARRY: Lt. Gov. has made open carry top priority
Marcus Connolly, The PaisanoGovernor Greg Abbott has already
expressed a desire to sign an open carry bill into law.
UTSA to share $6.6 million grant to help cloud computing reach
academia
CITE program reaching new entrepreneurs
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4 OPINION
Editorial
Investing in the future of higher education
Ill just sit here by Christopher Breakell
Gun rights and Second Amendment issues have thus far been in the
spotlight as the legislature meets in Austin, but one order of
business still sits in political limbo.
Traditionally, the legis-lature passes a new tuition revenue
bond bill every four years; yet no such bill has been signed into
law since 2006.
Historically, tuition rev-enue bonds (TRBs) have been a vital
avenue for Texas universities to acquire the funding for new
on-campus construction projects. The state provides the schools
with money up front, and the universities pay off the loan in the
following years when the bonds are sold to the public.
Many lawmakers complain
that these bills are too expen-sive for the state to continue
footing the bill. However, the benefits that these projects bring
to Texas college cam-puses more than justify the investment.
Many schools particu-larly ones like UTSA that lack a consistent
revenue stream outside of tuition and fees find it particularly
difficult to secure new sources of rev-enue without raising tuition
prices or fees for students. For this reason, TRBs have played an
integral role in keeping fa-cilities up-to-date and ensur-ing that
non-flagships have sufficient resources to meet the demands of
students.
As anyone who has ever spoken to President Romo for more than a
few seconds
is aware, UTSA is an emerg-ing Tier One university. This means
that, although UTSA does not have the same tier one distinction as
UT Austin or Rice University, it is doing everything it can to
achieve the merit.
However, sometimes doing all it can is simply not enough. The
Flawn Science Building is 39 years old and its labs are far behind
where they should be, but UTSA does not cur-rently have the capital
to re-place them.
This year, UTSA is asking the legislature for $95 mil-lion to
build a more modern science building and an ad-ditional $40 million
to reno-vate the aging Flawn Science Building. If the legislature
is serious about bringing
more research and jobs to the Lone Star State, it should see
through on its promise to help UTSA and other emerg-ing Tier One
institutions at-tract not only the brightest students, but also
foster the most cutting-edge research.
This is not a money issue. A recent report conducted by Economic
Modeling Special-ists International and com-missioned by the
Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors found that
for every dollar spent on higher education in Texas, the state
gains $6.40 in tax revenues and other benefits, and society as a
whole gains more than $14.
Higher education should not have to be something that is fought
over, but thanks to
political fumbling tuition revenue bonds have died in the halls
of the capitol every session for almost a decade. UTSA along with
every other emerging Tier One school needs these funds to be
competitive and to continue to attract top tal-ent from across the
state and across the country.
The Texas Legislature should pass a bill authorizing new tuition
revenue bonds this session, not just because UTSA will finally be
able to update its aging research fa-cilities, but also because the
investment will pay dividends for the states students and
economy.
O n e of the m o s t impor-t a n t q u e s -t i o n s to ask a
po-tent i a l
romantic partner is, Whats your sign?
Although this may seem like a cheesy pick-up line, astrology is
a great tool to discover your compatibil-ity with others. The body
and the universe are connected. Recognizing this connection can
help us develop mean-ingful, lasting romantic re-lationships.
Astrology is all about the study of patterns, movements and
positions of celestial bodies that influence humans from the time
that we are born.
Our astrological signs tre-mendously affect our person-alities,
our worldviews, our feelings and most important-ly our
communication styles.
Our success in love de-pends on becoming our own astrology guru.
We must not only know the characteristics of our own signs, but
also we must be aware of our poten-tial romantic partners signs and
the characteristics asso-ciated with those signs. There are 12
zodiac signs, and four elements: water, earth, air and fire.
In order to have success at being your own matchmaker, I
recommend memorizing what zodiac sign is apart of what element.
This will be the most important tool in deter-mining compatibility,
and is also easy to remember. As-trology encompasses so much more
such as specific degrees called decanates, ascendant and rising
signs, moon signs and sun signs, as well as the different houses
each sign be-longs in. Astrology may seem
complicated, but by focusing specifically on the elements will
prove to be simple and all the information you really need to
prosper.
I like to give the example of a Cancer and an Aries -- a water
sign and a fire sign. The old adage is that opposites attract and I
cant deny that fact. This relationship may start hot and heavy, but
will shortly fizzle out.
So why didnt it work? Lets remember the natural behav-iors of
these elements. Water extinguishes fire; therefore this does not
make a life-long romantic match. Trust me, I am a water sign that
has had to break up with a fire sign.
The personalities and communication styles are so clashing
between the Cancer and the Aires that the chance of romantic
relationship sur-vival is slim. The best and most fulfilling
romantic re-lationships are relationships between signs of
comple-menting elements, such as fire and air. Any element that
matches your element ex-actly will work as well, such as Earth and
Earth.
If you are wondering why your last several relationships havent
worked out, learn from the past and look up their signs. If the
signs didnt have complementing ele-ments, you can finally know why
it didnt last. You can learn a lot from the experi-ences you have
had to make a more positive change in the future.
Never leave love to luck. The universe is old and wise, and it
is a perfect resource in finding an impeccable love match for
yourself.
Brittany BrinkStaff writer
Photo Poll
I think it would depend on maturity level. Teachers for sure
could have guns. Rachelle LockwoodSenior pyschology major
Do you think the passage of campus carry or open carry would
affect the level of community violence?
I think that students 25 years or older are mature enough to
carry guns. Anna RamirezSenior pyschology major
It would change the community because people may be scared or
uncomfortable. Claudia SimaniungkalitSophomore education major
I think in general guns may make people nervous, which may make
things worse. Nervous people dont act rationally. Adriana
SolorzanoSenior education major
I dont agree with the laws, and I would feel very uncomfortable.
Natalie Hernandez Sophomore education major
CommentaryChasing Signs
Photos by Mia Cabello, The Paisano
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Alysha GallagherStaff
Writer@[email protected]
Developed by the Smith-sonian and sponsored by the Sikh Heritage
Founda-tion, the Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) will begin
hosting the Sikhs: Legend of the Punjab exhibit Feb. 21 - Jan. 3
2016.
Sikhism is the fifth most practiced religion in the world. Since
the terrorist events of 9/11, Sikhs have experienced
discrimina-tion and stereotyping as-sociated with their wearing of
turbans and other non-
Western articles of religious clothing.
In an effort to further ed-ucation about their culture and
values, Sikh community members and leaders have worked closely with
the museum to draw attention to the religions core beliefs.
During an interview with CBS News, Columbia Uni-versity Religion
Doctoral Candidate and native San Antonian Simran Jeet Singh
described the ideals of Sikh culture, For us, salvation is not the
endpointour goal is to achieve absolute love within this lifetime
and that love is achieved through recognizing oneness, all
throughout the world in every interaction.
Originating 500 years ago in the Punjab region of northwest
India, the tra-ditional garb of Sikh faith includes five Ks: Kakar,
a kachhera undergarment; Kanga, a wooden comb; Kirpan, a ceremonial
short sword; Kara, a bracelet and Kes, uncut hair.
While providing a tour of the Sikh exhibit during its
installation phase, ITC Senior Communications Specialist James
Benavides shared his thoughts on its potential impact.
This is going to be fan-tastic; this is a community
that has never had its story told, Benavides said.
Dr. Bryan P. Howard, ITCs Director of Research, Exhibits and
Collections, provided further back-ground information on the Sikh
culture in Texas.
The earliest Sikh Ive seen in records so far ap-pears by 1910 in
Dallas. By the 1970s, the number of Sikhs in Texas was rising, but
its really been only in the last 20 years or so the numbers have
increased more dramatically, Howard shared. Today, San Anto-nio has
about 1,000 Sikh
residents and Texas an es-timated 50,000 to 100,000
individuals.
Those who attend on Feb. 21 can expect an exhibit fea-turing
religious articles, art, armor, ceremonial swords, a model of the
sacred golden temple and background in-formation on religious
be-liefs and culture. Members of the Sikh community will serve as
gallery hosts to an-swer questions about the exhibit.
This is a religion that transcends borders, Bena-vides concluded
at the end of the tour. Its a religion
that is also a culture that describes and defines the
people.
The Institute of Texan Cultures is located at 801 East Csar E.
Chvez Blvd. Doors for the opening of the Sikh exhibit open on Feb.
21 from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Admission for adults (13 or older) is $10 at
the gate and $8 in advance, chil-dren (6-12) $5 and for chil-dren
under five admission is free. For more information please visit
texancultures.com.
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ARTS & LIFE 5February 17 - February 24, 2015
Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab Exhibit sheds light on religion,
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Photo Courtesy of The Smithsonian InstitutionCheck out this Sikh
exhibit currently featured at the Smithsonian Institution. Discover
what the culture stands for and what values and beliefs go along
with the worlds fifth most practiced religion.
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Emily VarvelContributing
Writer@[email protected]
Louden Swain is a rock-in band who just released their fifth
full-length album Sky Alive. This record in-cludes a wide variety
of indie, rock-styled music infused with punk, alterna-tive and
reggae. The band is composed of four members: Rob Benedict (lead
singer), Stephen Nortan (drum-mer) and Mike Borja (bass-ist).
Louden Swain formed in 1997, but the group was not complete until
2005 when Billy Moran (guitar-ist) joined as the fourth and final
member.
What started as a three-person garage band trying to make it in
a dog-eat-dog world turned out to be a successful rock quartet.
Their perseverance has paid off because they are now the house band
for the Super-natural traveling television series convention Salute
to Supernatural.
Eskimo, released in 2012, is another great al-bum by this band
and fea-tures rock music paired with their quirky ability to create
a compelling story enclosed in catchy rhythms. Like most
captivating sto-ries, you will want to hear it again and again.
For all of the Supernatural fans out there, Rob Benedict is
actually an actor on the show who portrays Chuck, a prophet of the
Lord. Not
only is Rob Benedicts act-ing impressive, but his vo-cals also
set him apart. His sweet tone is counteracted by a rough sound that
cre-ates a very interesting and intriguing combination.
In person, these guys are a down-to-earth bunch; com-plete
sweethearts in fact. Upon falling down on stage during the Houston
Satur-day Night Special Louden
Swain concert, the audience immediately asked Rob Benedict if he
was hurt. The singer burst out laughing and replied, This is what
every rock singer wants to happen, to fall on stage and have the
audience ask if he is okay.
Louden Swain is a band that cares about its fans and supporters.
Following the two-hour concert, all of
the members signed com-plimentary autographs for audience
members.
Experience has melded this band into a single unit while they
perform, prov-ing that Louden Swains live music is as moving as the
iTunes version. I pre-dict that Louden Swain will continue to
increase in mo-mentum. Soon, everyone will know their name.
Louden Swains next al-bum is a re-release of their EP
Overachiever that will now include five nev-er-heard-before songs.
Be sure to check out this gem of a band as they continue up their
steady incline on the music industry roller-coaster.
6February 17 - February 24, 2015
ARTS & LIFEArts & LifeEvents CalendarTuesday 2/177:30
p.m.Jekyll & Hyde - A Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse
MusicalBased off of Robert Louis Stevensons novella, this wicked
retelling of the classic tale revolves around the double life of
one Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde, and the other double life of
two women - one, beautiful and trusting; the other, beautiful and
filled with doubt. Featuring the hit This Is The Moment from Grammy
winning artists Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, this thrilling
musical is sure to please both newcomers and fans of the original
worldwide. For more info and to buy tickets visit the Tobin Center
for the Performing Arts (100 Auditorium Cir) tobincen-ter.org.
Thursday 2/197:00 p.m.With over 12 million albums sold, three
Grammy Awards, and a member of the Grand Ole Opry, country icon
Brad Paisley is stopping by the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo at
the AT&T Center (723 AT&T Center Parkway). Paisley has been
one of countrys most cherished singers for the past 15 years, with
hits like We Danced interspersed with new material from his num-ber
one Country album Moonshine In the Trunk. To purchase tickets and
for info on other artists visit sarodeo.com.
Friday 2/206 p.m.Ever been interested in getting into art, yet
didnt want to sit through an-other boring lecture? Try one of the
new monthly lectures on the history of art at the San Antonio
Museum of Art (200 W. Jones St), hosted by UTSAs own Dr. Annie
LaBatt, a professor of art history & criticism. To find more
about this exciting new series visit samu-seum.org.
Saturday 2/21All DayHead over to the Guada-lupe Cultural Arts
Center for the 37th Annual CineFestival. Enjoy films that have been
chosen as the best in the Contempo-rary U.S and International
Latino categroies. For tickets and more info, visit
cine.guadalupecultur-alarts.org.
Sunday 2/227:00 p.m.So Valentines Day is over, big deal! Fall in
love with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere all over again in the
clas-sic chick-flick Pretty Woman, for Girlie Night at the Stone
Oak Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday (22806 US Hwy 281 North).
Celebrate the films 25th anniversary while drinking cocktails and
singing along to Princes Kiss, all while quoting the film along
with dozens of other fans. For more info and to buy tickets, go to
drafthouse.com/san_antonio.
Louden Swain celebrates successColumn Co r ne r
Whats with all the cats on campus?Cat Coalition helps felines
find their purr-manent homes
Beth MarshallArts
Editor@[email protected]
Inevitably, after attend-ing UTSA for a semester or more, you
will cross paths with one of the cats on campus. They avoid you if
you avoid them, but they never pose a threat while you make the
trek to class. There might be a brief mo-ment of eye contact before
you both continue with your busy day, but after-wards neither gives
the oth-er much thought.
All these felines must get fed somehow. Why else would they
stick around? Since 2005, faculty mem-bers of the Roadrunner Cat
Coalition (RRCC) have been working behind the scenes taking care of
and feeding the cats that wander onto campus.
Our job is to take any
cats that come on campus and do something for them, said Karen
Williams, a founding member and cur-rent treasurer of the RRCC.
The RRCC is a registered faculty volunteer organi-zation that
operates com-pletely on donations. While the group technically is
not affiliated with the universi-ty, the efforts they put forth to
keep the cat population at bay is monumental. The members pay for
the cats food out of their own pock-ets and save donation mon-ey
for vet bills and humane Tru Catch traps.
We have two or three (student) feeders at Chap-arral Village,
RRCC Vice President Kathy Hope said.
Williams added, They cant officially be members, but they
certainly can be volunteers for us particu-larly the ones that live
in the dorms.
The groups goal is to keep track of the old and new kit-
ties on campus. If an unfa-miliar feline finds its way to UTSA,
the RRCC makes sure to have them spayed or neutered, if they havent
al-ready been, and then do all they can to find them a new
permanent home. In the meantime, the group keeps a feeding schedule
to ensure all the campus cats are well-nourished.
Everybody here has a shelter for heat and cold, Hope said.
Theyre very well hidden; you wont see them.
While some cats prefer to stay off the grid, others have no
problem interacting with students. In fact, one cat, which goes by
the name of Harry, has become so no-torious for hanging around the
Roadrunner Caf that a student decided to make him his very own
Insta-gram. Follow Harrys trail by searching the username @chap_cat
on the app.
I think everyone in our group has a cat from here. Hope said, We
all have a number of our own, and several of them weve taken from
UTSA.
The RRCC has come a long way since its forma-tion, and while the
system now is equal parts caring and efficient, starting out was
not without its hard-ships.
A professor that used to be here about ten years agowould feed
the cats, Pope said.
Williams added, but it was sort of haphazard and they didnt get
the cats fixed.
While this professors acts were likely filled with good
intentions, the effects were a bit of an issue. Feed-ing the
original feline resi-dents attracted more kitties and even some
hungry crit-ters of the more wild vari-ety. This led to a feline
fren-zy because many of the cats had not been fixed. Every spring,
multiple litters were born, but few were adopted.
A couple of us started feeding, and then we real-ized someone
else was feed-ing, Williams explained. Thats when we decided we
better get organized, and started trapping and neutering and
identifying where the spots that we would see the cats (were).
One of the oldest cats, Princess, who has her share of stories,
has roamed cam-pus grounds for at least a decade. Princess
mean-dered her way down to the mail delivery area, and, out of
curiosity, made her way through a gate that shut be-
hind her. She was there for at least
a week; we finally heard her meowing and she told us I need
help, Williams said.
Hope added, We put a trap in there, and every day we had to go
in there and she wouldnt let us touch her.
Princess lived to tell the tale, but not without injury. One of
her eyes was punc-tured in the process and had to be removed. While
she still likes to keep to her-self and has an eye for ad-venture,
Princess has by no means used all of her nine lives.
There are about 25 cats that currently live on cam-pus and could
use a per-manent home. Learn more about the RRCC, how to do-nate,
how to adopt and how to volunteer at utsacats.com. Like their
Facebook page as well to stay updated.
Photo Courtesy of Emily Varvel
Photo Courtest of RRCC membersA lot of the campus cats can be
found around the universitys convocation center. The above ground
drains around the premises provide the perfect escape when they
need to get out of the rain, heat or cold.
Dozens of stray cats roam the campus grounds and are looking for
a place to call home. The members of the Roadrunner Cat Coalition
put their lives on paws to make sure the cats always have enough
food and water.
Photo Courtest of RRCC members
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February 17 - February 24, 2015
SPORTS 7
{Sports Events}Wednesday, Feb. 18
6:00 p.m. UTSA softballThe softball team takes on Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi in their first home game of the season.
Friday, Feb. 20
5:30 p.m. UTSA softballThe softball team faces off against Iowa
State as part of the UTSA Classic.
6:00 p.m. UTSA baseballThe baseball team takes on Bryant at
Roadrunner field.
Saturday, Feb. 21
11:00 a.m. UTSA tennisThe mens team takes on Lamar on the tennis
courts
12:30 p.m. UTSA softballThe softball team goes against UIW as
part of the UTSA Classic
2:00 p.m. UTSA basketballThe womens team faces UTEP in the
Convocation Center.
2:00 p.m. UTSA baseballThe baseball team plays Bryant at
Roadrunner Field.
3:00 p.m. UTSA softballThe softball team takes on Southeastern
Louisiana as part of the UTSA Classic.
Sunday, Feb. 22
10:00 a.m. UTSA softballThe softball team goes against
Southeastern Louisiana as part of the UTSA Classic.
11:00 a.m. UTSA tennisThe womens team faces Northwestern State
on the UTSA tennis courts.
12:00 p.m. UTSA baseballThe baseball team plays Bryant on
Roadrunner Field.
12:30 p.m. UTSA softballThe softball team takes on UIW as part
of the UTSA Classic.
{Recent Results}
Thursday, Feb. 12
UTSA Womens basketball
W, 52-51 at Old Dominion
Friday, Feb. 13
UTSA softball
W, 10-0 vs. Grand Canyon
L, 5-9 vs. Texas Tech
UTSA womens tennis
L, 2-5 vs. South Alabama
Saturday, Feb. 14
UTSA softball
W, 10-1 vs. Grand Canyon
W, 6-3 vs. Texas State
UTSA womens Basketball
L, 54-74 at Charlotte
Sunday, Feb. 15
UTSA softball
L, 2-7 vs Texas Tech
UTSA womens tennis
game vs. UT-Arlington postponed
Julian GonzalesContributing
Writer@[email protected]
On Friday, Feb. 13, the UTSA Roadrunners (2-1) were led
offensively by un-familiar faces freshmen-Trent Bowles and Skyler
Valentine in the 8-5 season opening victory against the
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns (1-2). Five new Road-runners saw
ac-tion in Friday nights ballgame, with Bowles, Valentine and first
baseman Ben Brook-over getting their first col-legiate starts.
Junior college transfers Kevin Markham and Tyler Straub were
pen-ciled into the starting line-up as well.
It was fun to watch to-night and finally settle into the game.
We were playing a lot of young kids tonight and everybodys going to
be nervous, especially in their first college game, said UTSA Head
Coach Jason Marshall.
Junior ace Brock Hartson got the opening pitching assignment,
giving up three earned runs and seven hits over 4.2 innings.
I think Brock Hartson is living Pepto Bismol for the entire
dugout because he
keeps you in the game and settles you in and allows our hitters
to get past the nerves, Marshall said.
Senior captain John Bor-mann powered the Runners offense, going
3-for-4 with four RBIs.
I feel g r e a t and I have a lot o f
confidence up there, Bor-mann said.
The two teams exchanged the lead a total of four times
throughout the contest.
We made some errors on the right side, which is where all of our
freshmen are. So I just called them to the mound and told them take
a deep breath because we got a lot of ball game left... The
freshman ended up having a really good
night, said Bormann.Bouncing back from an
8-2 loss on Saturday to the Ragin Cajuns, the Runners won the
series finale against them on Sunday afternoon 11-5.
Senior pitcher Cody Brannon was on the bump for UTSA, scattering
three runs on five hits over 3.1 innings. However, UTSA junior
pitcher Patrick Her-
belin earned the win, hurling 4.1 strong in-
nings to complete the ballgame.
(Herbelin) was the MVP of the week-
end, no doubt. He throws lots
of strikes and can really spin that break-
ing ball, said Marshall.Markham belted his sec-
ond homerun of the season to start off the contest while batting
out of the leadoff spot. The Road-runners offense hit a
grand total of six during the three-game stretch.
I guess it was the break-fast they gave us, said Markham with a
laugh speaking about his early success.
The UTSA Roadrun-ners travel up to Austin for a date against the
Texas Longhorns on Tuesday, February 17, at 6 p.m.
UTSA opens season with series winUTSA BASEBALL
UTSA GOLF
Shabazz I. DawkinsSports
Editor@[email protected]
On Tuesday Feb. 10, the UTSA mens golf team tied for their best
placement of the season by finishing sec-ond in the UTSA Oak Hills
Invitational.
Of the 15 teams in the tournament, UTSA out-played all but
Baylor Uni-versity who finished with a total score of 850. UT-SAs
score of 866 was good enough to place them above powerhouse club
and top-25 ranked Oklahoma Uni-versity who finished in third with
871.
(Finishing second) was big for us, especially beating Oklahoma,
that was pretty cool, said UTSA sopho-more Bryce Alley.
Alley was one of two UTSA players to end the tournament with an
indi-vidual top five finish. On the strength of his performance at
the invitational, Alley re-ceived Player of the Week honors.
I didnt play well in quali-fying but I just stayed with it,
stayed patient and tried to play the best I could and it worked out
this week, Alley said about his perfor-mance.
Until recently Alleys sophomore campaign has been fairly
inconsistent. He finished tied for 36th (T-36th) in the first
tour-nament of the season and T-22nd in the second. Al-leys
placements have been trending up since his lowest finish in
October, where he got T-50th in the Jerry Pate National
Invitational. His T-5th finish is his best of the season to this
point.
(Alley) always finds a way to come back and fight to the end. He
definitely deserves that recognition, said Kyle Collins, UTSA
as-sistant coach.
The other Roadrunner to finish T-5th in the tour-nament was team
captain Brett Hogan.
Hogan started the sea-son with an abysmal T-71st placement in
the first
tournament of the season (Sam Hall Intercollegiate), despite
that, he has shined in his junior campaign for UTSA.
I went into (the Sam Hall Intercollegiate) mentally the wrong
way. I feel like I put a lot of pressure on myself to start well,
Hogan said of his initial struggles.
Since his first outing, Ho-gan has scored five top-15 finishes.
His best perfor-mance came in the Mira-mont Invitational where he
finished T-3rd.
Mentally, I feel like Im a lot more mature and I can handle a
lot more now, Hogan said explaining his progression through the
season.
Just like Hogan, the team has progressed consistently throughout
the season. The Roadrunners finished eighth, seventh and T-10th in
their first three tourna-ments respectively. In their last three
outings the team finished second, fifth and most recently
second.
(The team has) grown a lot. Weve worked really hard to get where
weve got-ten, said UTSA senior Gar-rison Lackey.
As a team, I dont think weve had that defining moment yet. I
think well have one in the next couple of tournaments, thats for
sure, added UTSA fresh-man Zander Lozano.
We beat a top-20 team in Oklahoma. We beat every team that was
in our con-ference there, but its nice to know that my guys are
hungry, and they werent satisfied with just finishing second. Thats
a good thing for this group, said UTSA Head Coach John Knauer on
the recent success of his team. They believe in themselves and they
believe theyre one of the top teams in the country, Knauer
fin-ished.
Next the mens golf team heads to Humble, Texas, to compete in
the Bayou City Collegiate Championship from Friday, Feb. 20 to
Sun-day, Feb. 22.
18 holes with the mens golf team: amidseason review
Baseline bios:PLAYER PROFILE
Brayden BorenStaff
Writer@[email protected]
As an out-of-state recruit from Louisi-ana, freshman Christian
Wilson must not only adjust his game from a high school level to
the college game, but also break out of the mold of the souths low
recognition from top schools around the country.
Its just an adjustment. Everybody wants to be the Guy, but good
players under-stand the game, said Wilson. Being the sixth man,
coming off the bench, I just step up and play my role the best I
can, he con-tinued.
Wilson is not the only newcomer on the squad as over half of
UTSAs roster is made up of freshmen.
One of these freshmen Larry Lewis is experiencing a different
start to the new year on the court than his other teammates after a
shortened season due to an injury sustained last year. Lewis was
given a medi-cal redshirt, or granted a hardship waiver
that would void his benched season and keep him eligible for the
next four years of his college career.
Despite the setback, Lew-is, also an out-of-state recruit from
Arizona, isnt troubled by the loss of p l a y t i m e . When I s u
f f e r e d
from that medical redshirt, I just sat back and observed the
position that I would be taking on for the upcoming year. I just
try to do everything the coach wants me to do, perfect it as much
as I can and do it to the best of my ability, explained Lewis.
The key ingredient for UTSA to win C-USA lies within the ability
for the team to lock-in and be ready to play every single game.
I think we can win if we all continue to buy in and sell out and
play every single possession, defense and offense, at 120 per-cent,
said Lewis.
Theres a high chance for us (to win C-USA), we just have to come
out and play ball, stop having these moments where we come out slow
and sluggish, added Wilson.
Ultimately, both of these young players want their legacies as
Roadrunners to be re-membered as hard-working individuals and
teammates.
I just want people to remember me as one of those hard-working
players with a great attitude and who was fun to be around, Lewis
stated. Said Wilson of his plans beyond college basketball, I want
to graduate and become an alumni here at the Roadrunner Nation, as
well as further my career into profes-sional basketball.
Wilson, Lewis and the Roadrunners go on the road for their next
bout against the UTEP Min-ers on Thurs-day Feb. 21, in El Paso,
Texas.
Photo courtesy of UTSA AthleticsPhoto courtesy of UTSA
AthleticsLarry Lewis (34) and Christian Wilson (10) have combined
this season for 10.3 points per game. The two are the only freshmen
on the entire roster to notch more than four points per game.
UTSA freshman Zander Lozano (pictured) finished the Oak Hills
Invitational placing T-17th. Lozano is one of four Roadrunners to
finish in the top-20 for the tournament.
Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
The freshman experience fromtwo different perspectives
Robert Pistocchi, The Paisano
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8 SPORTSFebruary 17 - February 24, 2015
Mia Cabello, The Paisano
Colleen AdamsContributing
Writer@[email protected]
On Thursday, Feb. 12, the UTSA Roadrun-ners notched a riveting
72-67 comeback win against conference rival Old Dominion
Univer-sity (ODU) Monarchs.
The Roadrunners comeback was led by se-nior guard Keon Lewis,
who scored 14 of his team-high 21 points in the second half,
notch-ing his sixth 20-point performance of the sea-son. Lewis also
shot 5-of-7 from the field, 2-of-3 from the three-point line, and
flawlessly sunk 9-of-9 opportunities from the foul line.
Junior guard Ryan Bowie, scoring 16 points and nabbing 6 boards
for the Roadrunners, supported Lewis. Senior center Kaj-Bjrn
Sherman and senior forward Jeromie Hill con-tributed 11 points a
piece. As a team, the Road-runners shot a staggering 61.1% from the
field in the second half.
We just stayed in the game the whole game.(ODU was) killing us
on the rebounds, but I just kept telling the guys to stay in it
because well beat them at the end. Were coming together at the
right time and starting to have that poise that we need, Lewis said
commenting on the balanced team contributions.
The Roadrunners looked sluggish in the first half and the
Monarchs began turning offensive rebounds into second chance
points. Despite their initial struggle, UTSA took the court in the
second-half with an improved defensive performance. The Roadrunners
instituted a full-court zone pressure that unnerved the Monarchs,
allowing the Roadrunners to pull ahead of ODU.
We started zoning more, mixing it up, and just keeping them on
their heels. We had to play harder than the other team to win, said
UTSA Head Coach Brooks Thompson proudly as he reflected on his
teams defensive efforts.
On the following Saturday, the Roadrunners suffered a painful
89-81 loss to the Charlotte 49ers.
UTSA remained neck-and-neck with the Niners in the first half,
trading the lead back and forth several times. The 49ers scored
four of the last five field goals in the first half to pull ahead
42-39 at half.
Charlotte came into the second-half strong, opening the half
with a 12-5 run and expanding their lead to 16 points with eight
minutes left in the game.
UTSA attempted a comeback, cutting Char-lottes lead down to four
points with 51 seconds left in the game thanks to a layup from
soph-omore forward Phillip Jones, but Charlotte clenched the win,
sinking four free throws in the final 44 seconds of the game.
Charlottes all around strength from the field, paced by freshman
guard Torin Dorns 22 points and a career high 21 points from senior
guard Terrence Williams, along with 15 points from Mike Thorne was
hard for the Roadrun-ners to counter. While its more difficult to
prepare for a team with so many weapons, you still have to play
harder and tougher than them, and we just didnt do that today,
admit-ted Thompson as he commented on Charlottes multi-faceted
offense.
There were bright spots for the Roadrun-ners in the loss. Senior
Keon Lewis recorded 25 points, junior guard Ryan Bowie notched his
second double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds
and freshman guard Larry Lewis showed poise with 10 important
points off the bench.
The next home game for the UTSA Roadrun-ners will be on
Thursday, March 5, when the team faces off with conference rival
Rice in the Convocation Center at 7:00 p.m.
UTSA splits two-game home stintUTSA BASKETBALL
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