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UTSA has expanded its myUT-SA Apps to allow students access to some applications without hav-ing to log onto Air Rowdy, which also went through a few changes this semester.

All currently enrolled students have access to Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe Master Collec-tion CS3 (Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Ac-robat 8 Professional, Illustrator and Flash Professional).

This list is not exhaustive and The Office of Information Tech-nology (OIT) can add more appli-cations at any time.

Polls show Perry 6 points ahead of

White

Two separate polls conducted this month all have current Gov-ernor Rick Perry six points ahead of gubernatorial hopeful Bill White.

In a joint poll conducted by The University of Texas at Aus-tin (UT) and the Texas Tribune, 39 percent of voters said they would vote for Perry compared to 33 percent who would vote for White.

When asked to rate the job Rick Perry has done as governor, the same poll revealed that of the 800 expected voters polled, 28 percent “approve somewhat” and 25 percent “disapprove strongly” to the job Perry has done.

The UT poll also shows Repub-lican nominee David Dewhurst (41 percent) beating Democratic nominee Linda Chavez-Thomp-son (26 percent) for Texas Lieu-tenant Governor.

Thalso reveals that of voters of those polled 43 percent will vote for Republican Greg Abbot, 26 percent will vote for Democratic nominee Barbara Ann Radnof-sky, 26 percent are undecided and five percent will vote for Libertarian nominee Jon Roland. The other poll is Rasmussen Re-ports (Texas Survey of 500 likely voters).

Early Voting UTSA has recently been

named an early voting site for the upcoming Nov. 2 elections. Early voting will take place Oct. 18 - 29 on the bottom floor of the University Center Phase III (1604 campus). Visit paisano-online.com for information about a voter registration contest.

Sources: UTSA and UT Austin/Texas Tribune Poll

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Texas Education Board fears Islam influenceAssociated Press

The Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE) adopted a resolution Sept. 24 that seeks to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social conservative board members warned of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation’s pub-lishing industry.

The board approved the one-page nonbinding resolution, by

a 7-5 vote, which urges text-book publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books.Critics say it’s another example

of the ideological board trying to politicize public education in the Lone Star State. Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, which ad-vocates for religious freedom, questioned why the resolution

came at a time when “anti-Muslim rhetoric in this country has reached fever pitch.’’“It’s hard not to conclude that

the misleading claims in this resolution are either based on ignorance of what’s in the textbooks or, on the other hand, are an example of fear-mongering and playing politics,’’ Miller said.

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College-age women are four times more likely to be sexu-ally assaulted, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). Education may be the easiest way to help prevent sexual violence on campus.“We want people to be aware

of the issue, and what consti-tutes violence—what sexual violence is,” assistant director of Counseling Services Melissa Hernandez said. “Secondly, not to be a passive bystander—if you see something happen at a party, if a friend comes and tells you they have been a victim of rape, know what steps to take.”In observation of Rape Abuse

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Future boards that will choose the state’s next generation of social studies texts will not be bound by the resolution.“This is an expression of the

board’s opinion, so it does not have an effect on any particular textbook,’’ David Anderson, the general counsel for the Texas Education Agency, said. “So this is a cosmetic exer-

cise?’’ asked Dallas Democratic Party board member Mavis Knight.The resolution cites world

history books no longer used in Texas schools that it says devoted more lines of text to Islamic beliefs and practices than Christian ones. Chairwoman Gail Lowe said

the resolution cites old books because board rules prohibit them from discussing current books more than 90 days after their adoption.“I believe that it’s happening

in the current (social studies books) even though we can’t cover that in the resolution,’’ said board member Terri Leo, a Republican from Spring. The resolution sends a “clear mes-sage to publishers that it should not happen in the future.’’The resolution also claims

“more such discriminatory treat-ment of religion may occur as Middle Easterners buy into the U.S. public school textbook oli-gopoly, as they are doing now.’’Two Republicans broke from

their party to vote with the Democratic Party. Two Demo-cratic members –Mary Helen

Berlanga of Corpus Christi and Rene Nunez of El Paso – were absent for the vote. The initial vote on the resolution was 7-6, but the board later reconsid-ered the measure. The second vote was 7-5 after a Democratic board member left the meeting.The measure was suggested

to the board this summer by Odessa businessman Randy Rives, who lost his Republican primary bid for a seat on the panel earlier this year. Members of a social conservative bloc of the board then asked Lowe to put the resolution on this week’s agenda.During public testimony, Jona-

than Saenz, a lobbyist for the conservative Liberty Institute, argued that the board was “do-ing the right thing to prevent any type of religious discrimina-tion or treat any religion in a way that’s incomplete.’’Several times during the

testimony, Lowe intervened, attempting to calm flaring tempers.“The Board’s mission, and

Texas’ future, is ill-served when the board chooses to use its limited meeting time to discuss and vote on discriminatory and politically motivated measures, such as this proposed resolu-tion,’’ Frank Knaack, of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said.The resolution concludes by

warning publishers the “State Board of Education will look to reject future prejudicial so-cial studies submissions that

continue to offend Texas law with respect to treatment of the world’s major religious groups by significant inequalities of coverage space-wise and by demonizing or lionizing one or more of them over others.’’Social conservatives control

the 15-member board for now, although the landscape is set to change after one member of the bloc lost his primary elec-tion bid and another chose not to seek re-election. Muslim UTSA student Barrack

Alsubaie, freshman mechanical engineer major, said he thinks that Islam is like every other religion. “In the Middle East, our history

books contain a lot of refer-ences to Christianity,” Alsubaie said.Political Science Chair Dr. Man-

sour el-Kikhia, faculty advisor to Muslim Student Organization, said that they (TSBOE) don’t care about us or First Amend-ment rights of Muslims.“Some say (President) Obama

is a Muslim. I say so what if he’s a Muslim. If people truely believe that this is the land of the free, then it shouldn’t mat-ter,” el-Kikhia said.Some students agree with the

board’s decision.“This is a nation that was not

founded on Islam, and we don’t need to be saturating our text-books with other cultures when we should be creating our own,” Charlee Shero, senior communi-cation major said.

Christopher Connell contributed to this story.

stander intervention.RAINN offers two avenues to

help victims: telephone and on-line hotlines. The hotline num-ber is 800.656.HOPE, and the online hotline is accessible via a link from the RAINN website.“Just because someone might

be under the influence doesn’t mean they deserve to have any-thing like that happen to them,” Hernandez said. “Sometimes we get into blaming the victim—‘they shouldn’t have been at that party,’ ‘they shouldn’t have been wearing that,’ ‘they shouldn’t have been drunk’—none of those things makes someone deserve to have rape happen to them.”Students wanting to get further

involved may volunteer at the Women’s Resource Center, the San Antonio Rape Crisis Center, or volunteer at RAINN itself.“We’re not asking people to get

in between a fight,” Hernandez said. “We’re not asking them to put themselves at risk.”Shea Selby, undeclared fresh-

man, tries to come up with a plan before she goes out alone at night, and that includes knowing lighted areas and the location of emergency call boxes.“During the day I feel safe, but

at night I feel scared because this campus is so open,” Selby said. “Just in case, I keep mace with me and try to pay atten-tion.”In 2008, two forcible sex of-

fenses were reported to the UTSA police department.“Anecdotally, I think all those

types of violence are very under-reported,” Hernandez said. “However, we hear of inci-dents—people coming in saying they have experienced these things but haven’t reported it to the police. It’s hard to quantify these issues when they’re not being reported.”The movement to allow Chili’s

Too to serve alcohol on cam-pus could affect the number

of sexual assaults, but at the University of Texas at Dallas, where alcohol is already served on campus, the hours are re-stricted from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and there is a two drink per person limit. “I think abuse of alcohol can

lead to a lot of bad things hap-pening; sexual assault is one of them,” Hernandez said. “I would want people to be aware that it can put someone more at risk because people under the influ-ence might make choices that they wouldn’t ordinarily make.”A person under the influence is

not legally able to give consent. RAINN recommends never leav-ing a drink unattended, creat-ing buddy systems and calling emergency services immediately if a person has been drugged.“[Alcohol consumption] could

contribute to the assaults, depending on how much they drink and personal history,” Selby said.Though a typical nightmare

might involve a victim being at-tacked in a poorly lit parking lot, Hernandez said that more often the victim knows the attacker. That could account for sexual violence crimes going unreport-ed, and could also decrease the chances of a bystander inter-vening in the assault.“I would be more likely to say

something, but I think they would be less likely to act on it,” Selby said. “It changes when you know somebody—it’s less personal confronting a stranger.”Victims seeking help at Coun-

seling Services are not pres-sured into reporting the inci-dent. Hernandez said that those seeking help are given all their options while the counselors stay as impartial as possible.“It is not a crime of sex, but

a crime of power and control,” Hernandez said. “The last thing we want to do to a victim is take away their control. We want to empower them to make their own choices.”

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Adriel OzvnaSophomore/ Chemistry“I’m down for alcohol on campus.”

Arturo MoralesFreshman/ Undeclared“I’m down for alcohol with limits on how much you can drink.”

Andrea BrownFreshman/ Undeclared“I’m fine with it as long as there are restrictions and if people aren’t getting too drunk.”

Jennifer Swisher Senior/ Architecture“We shouldn’t mix our study-ing with drinking.”

Christian PhosartinSophomore/ Business“I’m agaianst it. I feel it would undermind the school in reaching its goals of be-coming Tier 1.”

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September 28, 2010 P3 The Paisano OPINION

The alcohol survey that the Stu-dent Government Association (SGA) held brought to light a re-occurring issue that UTSA students face each year - apathy.

Now, it’s easy to blame the lack of student involvement in campus activities on the commuter students who have families and jobs. One would think the last thing on their minds is a survey about alcohol at Chili’s Too.

This blame then becomes a defense mechanism for SGA to use when students complain after the fact. What can we do when people don’t vote or participate in the process?

The current shuttle crisis happen-ing was created when less than 10 percent of students voted not to increase the transportation fee by $10.

While the SGA was partially responsible for not illuminating the consequences for not increasing the fee, the student population also needed to take responsibility to stay informed about upcoming surveys.

UTSA had to fight very hard to re-main a voting site for the November midterm election campaign, and, in order to remain a site, students will need to demonstrate to politi-cal officials that a site on campus is important.

It wouldn’t be improbable if the students didn’t take the initiative and just allowed for UTSA to lose its voting site privileges. Students just don’t seem to care and it shows in the polls.

“SGA is here to help but if there is no input from students then there is not a lot that the student govern-ment can do to help them. We are

helpless without their voice,” said SGA president Derek Trimm.

It’s interesting to observe how quickly students run to complain once a problem affects them. Students have no alternatives other than to walk to class or wait extremely long for new shuttles to arrive only to then sit in stinky, overly crowded vehicles.

“If we had increased the fee $10 more, we would have gotten at least three new shuttles this semes-ter,” said Trimm.

The Paisano, SGA, Campus Activi-ties Board, etc. try to make UTSA a more informed, inclusive campus.

UTSA students are creating a culture that promotes inactivity. Students need to break this habit and make their voices heard.

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EditorialBreak the cycle and make a difference

Letter to the Editor

UTSA hosted a sexual assault seminar. The recent alcohol controversey brought new concerns about sexual as-saults on campus.

I applaud the Faculty Senate for rejecting the creation of a General Studies Degree.

At an institution that is hoping to achieve Tier-1 status as a research institution, this program does noth-ing to further that cause. We are a university. Our mission is to educate and create an environment and foster research that helps expand our knowledge and understanding of the world around us.

This degree looks, at first glance, tailored specifically for athletes who

for one reason or another can-not gain admission to any of the numerous other degrees offered by the University.

The statistics from the Univer-sity of Michigan are astounding how three percent of the student population can find themselves in a degree that offers little hope for future employment. Texas A&M does a similar thing by steering their athletes to Ag Science degrees that are as easily tailored to ensure NCAA compliance for satisfactory

progress to avoid sanctions but offer little in terms of appeal in the current job market.

Instead of trying to foist this de-gree on our institution, we should be focusing upon the expansion of our PhD programs so that we can elevate our standing in the academ-ic community rather than a degree to allow us to keep athletes on our football and other athletic teams.

Steven ThomasGraduate Student

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If you are looking for free housing, free meals during workdays, or a fun, interactive, paid-job that revolves around professional networking, then the office of Orientation and Family Programs is looking for you.

Orientation leaders (OLs) are a key component to UTSA’s growth, guiding incoming students and family members through summer orientation.

OLs are not only the face of UTSA, they are an investment of UTSA, that receive comprehensive training and leadership skills.

It is often said that public speaking is one vital skill graduates need to improve when

they step into the real world. Public speaking sets the

foundation of networking and job interviewing, which are important for job success. Orientation leaders are given the opportunity to improve their public speaking daily, and only get better and better.

“Not only does it help you grow as a student, you learn a lot of life’s important lessons,” said April Felan, senior communication major.

“Whether you’re on the job or in the classroom you find yourself taking more initiative. We make those lasting impressions and people take notice of that; they can see that you stand out above the rest.”

Not only do orientation leaders

build a community of friends with staff and coworkers, they create their own community with the students they lead. Every summer the Orientation and Family program incorporates a new theme. Themes have ranged from music to candy, building teams and creating fun-filled memories that mark the start of freshmen and transfer college careers.

University 101, campus tours, and socio-drama make up the core of UTSA’s orientation program. A socio-drama consists of an intensive three-day training program led by professional actors, which helps a selected group of OLs learn a skit.

The socio-drama educates students about potential college-

life situations and encourages them to make wise decisions.

“Once students go through the program they are always amazed at how many people they come to know,” said Tori Carrillo, student coordinator and treasurer of the Orientation Leader Association.

OLs assist other offices and make connections along the way. Orientation Leaders expand their knowledge of UTSA and give campus tours directing students to locations and offering valuable information.

To be eligible, students must meet the following criteria:

• Must be currently registered for a minimum of nine credit hours at UTSA

• Must have at least a 2.0 cumulative UTSA GPA for

Fall 2010 and Spring 2010 • Must not be on academic

disciplinary probation • Must be registered for Fall

2011 classes by May 2011Juniors and seniors interested

in becoming an orientation leader to gain leadership skills and campus benefits are encouraged to apply online at www.utsa.edu/orientation/olsignup. Applications will be available Oct. 4.

Keep an eye out starting Oct. 5 and the following two weeks, (Tues. and Thurs). A booth will be set up on campus for students to ask questions and get more information about becoming an orientation leader. Applications are due at 4:00 p.m., Oct 21.

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I walk to the Aspen Heights clubhouse to pick up my new shoes that had just arrived. The girl who normally works at the front desk is nowhere to be found so I walk upstairs to the property manager’s office.

The property manager is talking to one girl about her rent payments so I wait in line for my turn to see him. I notice another girl leaning against the wall with a scowl on her face. Feeling bored and annoyed with how the person ahead of me is discussing personal matters rather than quickly finishing her meeting, I walk outside and check the mail. When I return to the office area the girl ahead of me is still talking. Finally after what seems like hours, the girl finishes and leaves.

I start to walk in and ask the location of where the girl who works downstairs but I am immediately interrupted by the scowling girl. She says, “Excuse me but I was next.” I act polite and let her have her turn with the property manager. Little does he know there is a volcano that is about to blow.

“I don’t know who you think you are acting so unprofessionally in your emails to my boyfriend,” she says teeth clenched, fangs visible. The girl argues with the manager about how her boyfriend’s car was towed. The car was parked in a fire lane for days before the manager finally called the tow truck to pick it up.

It’s interesting to see how selfish college students are. They believe the law doesn’t apply to them. Fire lanes are not parking spaces for a reason. They are there to allow for fire trucks to maneuver through parking lots easily.

The girl isn’t even a resident at the complex. She is just a complaining girlfriend who feels entitled to her own idea of what is fair. Aspen Heights already has issues with excessive trash and dog feces on the grounds.

People at housing complexes need to take responsibility for their home. Instead of taking advantage of the law and basic moral decencies, students need to respect their living environment.

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Locally known to the San Antonio music scene, Ghost Lapse opened the 1011 to a vibrant night on Saturday Sept. 25. Their surf rock sound, inspired by an array of artists from every genre, including Prince to Harlem, set Ghost Lapse to be the only band of their kind on Saturday night. Out of their five song set, no other number had the crowd as in-volved and enthused as “Strong Guys”, which was performed flawlessly compared to “Water Balloonz” and “CB4”, which they had written earlier that day and daringly enough played that night. As the only band to perform entirely off the stage and on the floor, they were a great first number to the five band line up. New material can be expected from Ghost Lapse soon in the San Antonio and Austin area. This band is not to be missed or go unrecognized. Videos of their previous perfor-mances at the White Rabbit and 1011 can be viewed at http://www.myspace.com/ghostlapse.

Upcoming events at the 1011:Saturday October 2ndDonnybrookLionheartDoors open at 8

To quote Phillip K. Dick, any suffi-ciently advanced technology is indis-tinguishable from magic. We have seen in the past decade alone how the internet has evolved from a flea market of gimmicky electric func-tions to the cornerstone of modern social interaction. We’ve seen video game consoles turn from simple toy-like machines to micro-pantheons of virtual interaction. And now we’re witnessing the film industry have a three third-dimensional revolution.

And it seems to be irritating ev-eryone: three-dollar upcharge, post-conversion that makes a 2-D film look worse in 3-D, oversaturation with a slew of unappealing features and those blasted glasses. Despite the fact that “Avatar” became the most successful film of all time just a few months ago, people have al-ready started to turn against the 3-D movement, believing it to be nothing more than a weakening industry’s desperate ploy to get people into theaters and take even more money from them in the tail-end of a reces-sion.

Recent films haven’t helped. “Resi-dent Evil: Afterlife,” “Alpha & Omega,” and “Legend of the Guardians” didn’t exactly set the box office on fire and having so many 3-D films in such close proximity to one another takes away the uniqueness of the technol-ogy. Unfortunately, this oversatura-tion will only get worse: the holiday season is looking at seven total 3-D films and 2011 currently has 34 films scheduled.

Here’s my defense of 3-D though; as with any technology, it must go through a developmental period before it finally becomes a superior product. The days of having mul-tiple shovelware video game systems have long since past and even the in-ternet has evolved since the dotcom crash in 2001.

The industry is indeed overreact-ing to the success of “Avatar” and the like, but this is only encourag-ing companies to create some really exciting technology. Before Avatar came out, I thought we were still at least twenty years from having ho-lograms.

Now, companies like Samsung and Toshiba have already created “au-tostereoscopic” television sets that can project an image without the need for glasses that’s viewable from 108 different angles.

It’s entirely possible now that we could be watching Avatar 2 in 3-D without glasses; that’s quite a crazy possibility that people seem almost hesitant about. Isn’t this what we always dreamed that films would become: an actual fourth dimen-sion and an immersion into another world? We’re so close to technology that truly resembles magic…and peo-ple aren’t expecting much because of some silly glasses.

Yes, something like “Saw 3-D” or a 3-D Justin Bieber film doesn’t make one think of a technological revolu-tion, but just wait a few years. The movie theater is going to be a place of magic once more and the possibili-ties are limitless.

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University officials broke ground Sept. 23 for a regula-tions-sized sports court.

Construction on the blue- and orange-trimmed court began on Sept. 27 with an anticipated com-pletion date sometime in January, possibly sooner.

The sports court is going to be a way for the campus recreation to help students engage in and be more active with exercising and fun activities.

The demand for a sports court by students has been high. “The sports court was in need after ob-serving students playing basket-ball and volleyball in the Bill Miller plaza, [so] we needed to provide a better facility for them to play on,” said Rudy Mendez, program

coordinator for campus recre-ation at the Downtown Campus.

Jesse Kent, junior architecture major said, “I think it will be ex-citing. I have almost a three-hour gap between classes, so this will give me something to do.” The court will be available for open recreation during the day at scheduled times when no or-ganized teams are scheduled to play.

“Students have shown interest in the downtown sports we offer, and they have played in the 3-on-3 basketball tournaments we have offered for them here,” said Mendez. “With the new sports court they will be able to play in leagues and tournaments in a number of different sports, which includes basketball, volleyball, soccer and dodgeball.”

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Saturday, Sept. 25, the Roadrun-ners were defeated by their I-35 rivals, the Texas State Bobctats (25-22, 22-25, 25-15, 25-16).

The Bobcats scored in the first set, but the Roadrunners immediately responded with a kill by senior Bri-ana Mason. In a set that contained 17 ties it seemed that either team could take the win. However, the Bobcats were able to pull away to 24-21 late in the set, and eventually take the set 25-22.

After being tied at four in the sec-ond set, the Bobcats pulled ahead and led the Roadrunners 7-5, but the Roadrunners answered with kills from Mason and junior Elise Huskey to tie the score at eight a piece.

At 21 all the Bobcats committed three errors that put the score 24-21, and the Roadrunners one point away from victory. A service error by Middleton gave the Roadrunners the point they needed to take the set 25-22.

The third set was the turning point in the match. The Bobcats started the set by pulling ahead to a 9-4 lead. However, the Roadrunners weren’t about to let the Bobcats pull too far ahead and got the lead down to 10-8. Just as quickly as the Roadrunners had shrunk the lead, the Bobcats were able to mount the lead to seven points. The Roadrun-ners were able to get within four points of the Bobcats, but 12 attack errors by the Runners allowed the Bobcats to take the set 25-15.

Going into the fourth set the Road-runners were down a set and needed a win to force a set five. Though the

Roadrunners started the set falling behind 5-1, they were able to claw their way back to within two points to put the score 6-4. However, ev-ery time the Roadrunners scored a point, the Bobcats were immediately there to answer with a kill. Despite their efforts, the Roadrunners fell into a 10-point hole. At 22-10 the

Bobcats were poised to take the set. Senior Kendra Rowland was able to get in four kills late in the set to put the score 24-16. A final kill by Mid-dleton handed them the 25-16 win and the overall victory.

The Roadrunners’ next game will be Sept. 30 against Stephen F. Aus-tin in Nacogdoches at 7p.m.

Senior Kendra Rowland led the team with 13 kills in Saturday’s loss against Texas State.

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Junior libero Kelsey Jewasko earned her second consecutive Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week award, the league office announced on Mon-day.

Jewasko posted a total of 46 digs (5.75 dps), including 27 in a four-set loss to I-35 rival Texas State on Sat-urday, in a pair of Southland match-es. She opened the week with 19 digs against UT Arlington in Thurs-day conference opener and helped anchor a back row that limited the Mavericks to a .165 hitting percent-age. The San Antonio native com-mitted just three reception errors in 49 attempts in the two matches.

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