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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio
Volume 47 Issue 24November 6, 2012
Joyous excess of music and fun at FFF Fest: Online Record-tying performance in exhibition win: Page 7
Jonathan [email protected]
As UTSA pushes toward Tier One status, the university has been re-eval-uating and reshaping its core curricu-lum in an effort to make courses more efficient and more relevant to all new students.
The Freshman Experience Task Force, which consists of professors and administrators from around the cam-pus, has reviewed the core curriculum and recommendations for new core courses have been considered. Pending the approval of the Texas Higher Edu-cation Coordinating Board, UTSA has determined which changes it will make to its core curriculum in fall of 2014.
“All public institutions are in the pro-cess of revising their core curriculum. It
will be implemented statewide in 2014,” said UTSA Assistant Vice Provost Nan-cy Martin.
The Freshman Experience Task Force was charged with the task of determining which classes are abso-lutely fundamental to student success in college, regardless of their major. The main courses the task force iden-tified included Freshman Composition classes, Math, Academic Inquiry and courses from the new Quantitative Lit-eracy Program (QLP). The number of required hours in the core curriculum will remain at 42, but the core require-ments will get a makeover.
“One difference is that, in the cur-rent catalogue, we have the World So-ciety and Issues component, and that’s gone away,” said Martin. “Right now, everyone is required to take an eco-nomics course. Economics would be an option in the core. We will also have a
new component called Language, Phi-losophy and Culture. We will have, the plan is, a new course called Academic Inquiry and Scholarship.”
According to Martin, the new Aca-demic Inquiry and Scholarship course is designed to introduce students to col-lege and show them how a university is different from high school. Academic Inquiry and Scholarship will go far be-yond a simple study-skills course, giv-ing students an understanding of how knowledge is dispersed and created at UTSA and how different disciplines conduct research.
“The Academic Inquiry and Schol-arship course is intended to introduce students to how it is that various disci-plines conduct research: how do they approach it, how do they think about it?” said Martin.
In order to ease a student’s transi-
Natalie FrelsNews [email protected]
Last week, San Antonio Police re-sponded to two armed robberies in three days at the Outpost Apartments on UTSA Blvd.
Police reported that at 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, three men broke into a unit where a party was taking place at the Outpost apartments. Investigators said three men were pistol-whipped be-fore the robbers collected wallets and cell phones.
The suspects were seen in a gold Ford Tau-rus.
This incident followed another report of armed robbery a few days earlier.
On the morning of Oct. 30, the San Antonio Police Department searched the Outpost apartments property for both of the armed robbers.
Investigators reported that around 11 p.m. Oct. 29, two suspects broke into an apartment and held two UTSA students at gunpoint while the robbers ransacked the apartment. One suspect, armed with a shotgun, forced the young couple into another room while the suspects stole a number of items.
A concerned neighbor told investiga-tors that he responded to the noise and
encountered the two robbers as they exited the apartment. One robber at-tempted to hit him over the head with the shotgun, but the neighbor was able to escape the blow, according to KENS5 News.
SAPD stated that two of the three suspects involved in the incident on Wednesday match the description of the suspects in the robbery on Monday. However, investigators said that it is too early to determine if they are the same men.
On Thursday, following the two incidents, Outpost residents received an email from Gen-eral Manager Daniel Switter addressing the additional secu-rity measures that will be implement-
ed, including the installation of a fence and a gate, an increase in the number of security guards and the extension of patrolled hours.
These armed robberies follow the Oct. 17 shooting at the Outpost apart-ment complex. Charles Duoto was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition after he was robbed and shot in the chest while walking to his apart-ment.
“We will not tolerate the increased crime in the area,” stated Switter.
No arrests have been made in the case.
Bridget GaskillStaff [email protected]
Due to recent bomb threats made to several universities within the state of Texas including the University of Texas at Austin, Texas State and Texas A&M, there has been a refocus on collegiate emergency response procedures.
UT Austin received a phone call early on Sep. 14 that suggested there was a bomb on campus, triggering a massive evacuation. The campus reopened later that day and student activities for the evening were uninterrupted.
Shortly after, on Thursday Oct. 18, Texas State received an email from Brittany Henderson, a former student, threatening to “blow Texas State up to small little pieces.” Henderson was also connected to a bomb threat the next day at Texas A&M, where students were evacuated but no threat was found on the College Station campus. Henderson was arrested the following Tuesday.
The UTSA Office of Business Con-tinuity & Emergency Management (BCEM), in cooperation with the UTSA Campus Police Department, is
“committed to openly engaging the uni-versity community to prepare, respond, and recover from local emergencies through an all-hazards approach,” and maintains emergency evacuation pro-cedures for situations ranging from natural disasters to security threats, ac-cording to the BCEM website.
There are multiple systems that “the university utilizes to be able to keep people updated on emergencies,” said Director of BCEM Lorenzo Sanchez.
UTSA operates two systems to keep the campus informed. The first is an emergency notification system that students, faculty and staff can register with to receive a voicemail, email, text message or a combination of these to stay informed during emergency situ-ations. The second, the “Giant Voice Mass Notification System,” is a network of indoor and outdoor fire alarm panels as well as five outdoor siren towers that will sound during an emergency.
Although several buildings on cam-pus are considerably older than others, Director Sanchez reassures that “all evacuation routes fall under National Fire Protection Association codes, fed-erally regulated mandates that state there has to be so much space to evacu-
ate from a building.” Thus, some of the older buildings have been renovated to accommodate a growing university population.
“We do the best that we can with the available resources to make sure that we have a secure and safe environment for people to go to school, to work, and to come visit and take preparedness very seriously on multiple levels,” said San-chez.
UTSA has been fortunate in the sense that there have not been any major in-cidents. Captain Sonego mentioned that there have been a couple of fires and instances of hazardous material, but mostly false alarms and that “a lot of students, faculty and staff have pre-pared just from practicing” the evacua-tions. Should there ever be an emergen-cy situation, however, Captain Sonego said that contacting the police is always the safest option.
To become better informed, there are flip guides that can be found in every classroom, meeting space and hallway that display different procedures for dif-ferent types of emergencies. For more information about these procedures, visit: www.alerts.utsa.edu.
Lorilee [email protected]
In many parts of Texas, school districts are in the throes of a heated debate concerning the state’s “constitu-tional obligation to provide an adequate and efficient public education,” accord-ing to the Texas Tribune.
Six lawsuits were filed on behalf of about two-thirds of the state’s school districts that educate about 75 percent of the state’s roughly three and a half million students. They have been rolled into a single case, which opened on Oct. 22 before State District Judge John Dietz in Austin.
The lawsuit was filed after the state Legislature cut $4 billion dollars in state funding to schools, along with a 1.4 billion dollar cut to grant programs in 2011. This case has been reopened after the 2005 ruling that mandated, “the ex-isting system was an impending crisis, but not a present crisis.”
Attorneys representing children across Texas claimed, “Texas’s school fi-nancing system is so hopelessly broken that it violates the Constitution while keeping students from being prepared for the well-paying jobs of tomorrow.”
David Thompson, a partner at the Thompson & Horton law firm out of Houston, referred to Article VII, Sec-tion 1 of the Texas Constitution which states, “Support and maintenance of system of public free schools: A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to estab-lish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient
system of public free schools.” Section 2 of Article VII calls for a permanent school fund from the state. Thompson said, “Our group of plaintiffs represent all parts of the state. The system wants the state to support high standards, if you are to meet those standards, you need equitable and adequate systems for schools and students to meet those standards.”
Funding for these demands is an on-going problem. “Our districts [in San Antonio] have to use their available taxing capacity just to try to meet state requirements, and therefore, lack any real control over setting their local tax rates. The result is a de facto property tax,” said Mark Trachtenberg, attorney with Hayes & Boone LLP.
Texas school districts argue that students are at a disadvantage when it comes to their education. Allegedly, there is not enough funding for well-qualified teachers, needed programs or small class sizes where students could benefit from one-on-one attention from their teachers.
According to the plaintiffs, these de-ficiencies are making it harder for stu-dents to do well on more difficult test-ing standards imposed on them by the state. Recently, the Legislature imple-mented the Texas Assessment of Aca-demic Readiness (STARR) to replace the former standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).
Weissert stated, “Texas has imposed increasingly more difficult standard-ized tests that high school students must pass to graduate. The districts claim that funding cuts have forced them to lay off teachers, increase class
See TRIAL, Page 2
See CURRICULUM, Page 2
New curriculum on the horizon
School districts suing state over funding, standards
Violence at the Outpost continues
UTSA staying prepared for UT Austin-style bomb threat
UTSA PD has coordinated with the Office of Business Community and Emergency Management to stay ready for a possible bomb threat.
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“We will not tolerate the increased crime in the area.”Daniel Switter Outpost General Manager
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Lictor PriantiStaff [email protected]
Illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children have been hoping for Congress to pass the DREAM Act since it was first drafted over 10 years ago. DREAMers, who name themselves af-ter the bill, are now trying to get votes from Congress to pass the DREAM Act. This movement has been led by campaigns such as the “I am a DREAM Voter” movement by United We Dream
and “Dream Act Now,” which is active at UTSA. In addition to Congress, the groups also reach out to students to in-form them on the issue.
The DREAM Act (Development, Re-lief, and Education for Alien Minors) was first introduced to the Senate in 2001. Its purpose is to give illegal immi-grants who were younger than 35 years old, have no criminal background, and have lived in the country for five years before passage of the bill conditional permanent residency if they graduate from U.S. high schools; or complete two years in the military or two years at
a four-year institution of higher learn-ing. If they meet the requirements, they would obtain temporary residency for a six-year period. Within this six-year period, they may qualify for permanent residency, giving them a path to be-come U.S. citizens.
Even though the DREAM Act has yet to pass in Congress, President Obama made a “Deferred Action” policy in June that authorizes a non-U.S. citizen to temporarily remain in the U.S. “It is an amnesty to those immigrants, but does not change current immigration law,” said Maquel Marquez of UTSA’s
Sociology Department.With this Deferred Action, illegal
aliens are able to apply for a two-year renewable work permit. The require-ments for this deferred action are simi-lar to the DREAM Act requirements, but even if the immigrant meets all of the requirements, the applicant must wait for approval from the Department of Homeland Security.
In San Antonio, where there is a large community of Latinos, the effect has impacted school administration offices in particular. Transcripts requests for foreign students in Northside, North-
east and Edgewood ISD have all dra-matically increased in 2012. In North-side ISD alone, officials received 642 transcript requests in August from graduates, whereas only 413 were re-quested in the same month in 2011, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
However, Marquez does not see Obama’s executive order as a perma-nent solution. “This Deferred Action is a band aid for current immigration policy,” she said.
tion to UTSA, undergraduate student advisors will be assigned to each Aca-demic Inquiry class. These advisors will be available to sophomores or above and will serve as mentors to incoming freshmen, assisting them with any tran-sitional problems they may encounter at UTSA.
Martin noted that the Quantitative Literacy Program is a separate initiative from the Freshman Experience Task Force. Designed to increase student quantitative skills by reshaping existing courses to incorporate more quantita-tive research and analysis, “Q” courses will be incorporated into revamped core curriculum.
“All students must meet a ‘Q’ require-ment and take a ‘Q’ course in order to graduate,” said Martin. “So we’re try-ing to grow the number of courses that have that ‘Q’ designation.”
Many of the existing core courses are being redesigned as “Q” courses, so students do not have to take an extra course in order to meet their “Q” re-quirement.
“Students still have a lot of questions about ‘where do I go to pay my parking ticket?’ and all of the things they need to
have tended to,” said Martin. “We care about our freshmen and we need to do something—I think we have an ethical responsibility to do something to help them to fit in and to make this their new home.”
UTSA plans to link the new core courses in blocks, where groups of stu-dents are assigned to common courses much like the learning communities UTSA has now. Rather than register-ing for courses individually, students would sign up for a certain group of linked courses. This means that stu-dents would see the same peers in each of their classes, fostering a community spirit.
“We’re linking students and trying to cohort students a little bit so that they’re more likely to be able to get to know people in their classes, more like-ly to get to know their professors and develop relationships and friendships with their peers,” said Martin.
Although these changes have been approved at the campus level, the final word goes to the Texas Higher Educa-tion Coordinating Board (THECB). Changes may also occur during the implementation process.
sizes and cut back on education pro-grams—all steps that ultimately leave their students less prepared for tougher exams.”
Assistant Attorney General Shelley Dahlberg said, “the lawsuits, inspired by school districts…are sore because they have to do more with less.” Dahlberg, howev-er, dismissed the complaints “about the more rigorous STARR as prema-ture because stu-dents will steadily improve, she says, just as they did years ago when the tougher Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) ar-rived.”
David Hino-josa, counsel for Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), represents the poor-property school districts—which col-lect significantly lower revenues from property taxes—such as Edgewood ISD in San Antonio. “The state raised the standards on everyone. Things
can’t happen just because you wish it to…it doesn’t happen that way,” Hino-josa said. “Virtually everything costs money. I’m not fighting against higher standards; I just want equity to meet those standards.”
Hinojosa believes that students at-tending poor-property districts like
Edgewood ISD suffer because the funding stands at “less than $1,000 dol-lars per child, yet they are all forced to play on a level playing field.” MALDEF emphasized the disparity for the Eng-lish-language-learners (ELL) who “suf-fer the most from less equity because
they have to compete with wealthy district children and the funding is just not there.” This case, Hinojosa said, is “about fairness and giving vulnerable children a voice.”
Judge Dietz questioned the districts’ priorities and whether schools really need “big football stadiums.” Dahlberg
urged Judge Dietz to “grill school officials on their spending habits. Are they of-fering curriculum and classes not re-quired by the state? How about extracur-ricular activities in-cluding sports?”
Attorney Rick Gray, however, stat-ed, “It is [the fund-ing system] not only inadequate, it is irra-tional, it’s unfair and, most importantly, it’s unconstitutional.” Hinojosa agreed and claimed, “The
finance system is the worst it’s been since 1993.”
The trial will run through mid Janu-ary and is expected to go to the Texas Supreme Court. If the ruling favors the districts, the legislature may have to call a special session in 2014.
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CURRICULUM: New degree, freshman core among changes
TRIAL: Lawyers claim state has neglected its constitutional obligation
Lawyers in the school finance case stated their cases at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on September 22.
DREAM Act hits close to home for many San Antonians
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Working for the drug industry“In the U.S., 17 states plus the District of Columbia have laws on the books permit-ting the use of medical marijuana.”
Marijuana Policy Project
Read: Busted: drugs on campus
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“Marijuana advo-cates have placed mea-sures on ballots in six states dealing with the recreational or medical use of the drug...”Alison VekshinBusinessWeek
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Desperate situations can often lead to drastic measures. With college expenses adding up to thousands of dollars a semester, funding an edu-cation can become an enormous pressure for students already preoc-cupied with schoolwork. While fi-nancial aid provides some assistance to struggling students, many choose to supplement their income in cre-ative ways.
The Paisano sat down with one UTSA student who chose to finance his education through an illegal job, drug dealing. To protect the privacy of this student, his name has been changed to John.
“To the public, I’m a criminal… I’m a marijuana supplier to a lot of peo-ple in this area,” says John. However, John sees himself differently. “I’m not a criminal. I’m not making a career out of this; I’m just trying to go to school.”
Marijuana is more accepted than it has been in the past. As a dealer, John sees the legalization of marijuana as a double-edged sword. “I’m honestly for it, but it would run me out of busi-ness; I would have to get a new job, but I’d rather marijuana be legal.”
Within the UTSA area, John has come to dominate a market for a product in high demand. “I don’t necessarily like to describe myself as a drug dealer,” says John. “What I do takes up a lot of my time and really is a job. It’s really sporadic, but I could spend about 30 hours a week. It’s a lot of driving; it takes up a lot of time.”
Operating at night, John must be ready at a mo-ment’s notice to take a call from a cus-tomer. “A lot of people in this business, they want it right then and there. If you can’t get it to them, they’re going to go somewhere else, and that’s two or three hundred dol-lars that you’re missing.” Of his market, John states, “My main focus is the UTSA area.”
H o w e v e r , John does not sell his product to just anyone. “A lot of times I meet customers through a friend of a friend, but they don’t even know my real name,” John
explains. When it comes to finding people to buy his product, John does not advertise in any way, but instead relies on word of mouth.
“In the beginning, you have to find people, but once you set up what you’ve created, you just sit back… I’ve been working so hard for the last two years in this area. I’m now at the point where if you don’t want to do business with me, I don’t need your business.”
How did he first came into the busi-ness of selling marijuana? “I started at an early age, maybe around 15, but I didn’t just start out with weed. Now I focus strictly on weed; it’s a lot easier. With harder drugs, you work with people who are a lot harder to deal with; they’re more willing to cause violence.”
John continues to sell marijuana as a way to support his lifestyle and pay his college tuition. “It pays for my life; it pays for my college. I don’t have any other money to pay for these things. A job won’t cut it.” John believes he would not be able to maintain the same privileged lifestyle if he stopped dealing drugs.
He also worries about having debts in his name post-graduation. “I don’t want to risk debt. It’s more important to get out of college debt free.”
According to John, the drug in-dustry can be seen as an extensive network with many independent sellers operating on a chain within this network. The process of getting marijuana to sell can be difficult and dangerous.
“Starting out at the bottom, you just have to scrounge around. I was fortunate when I moved to this area that I met the right person. I had a mentor, someone who was ready to have things flowing in an appropri-ate and safe way that he thought was manageable.”
John describes the structure of the drug network in San Antonio. “It’s coming from everywhere, from out of state, out of the country, locally. There is not just one central place. There are multiple types of people on the same chain and there are mul-tiple chains competing. That’s why you want to get to the people as fast as possible with the best quality and the best price.”
John also explains that the majority of marijuana that comes to San An-tonio comes primarily from Califor-nia and occasionally from Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal.
While Mexico neighbors the south Texas border, rarely will the dealers he interacts with have product from Mexico. “It has a lot of chemicals, and it’s just not a good environment,” John says of doing business with sell-ers from Mexico. “You’re messing with a drug cartel. They will kill you, and it’s not good weed. People are looking for hydroponic weed coming from California.”
“I can say that my weed comes spe-
cifically from California, but it takes a lot of effort to get it here. The logis-tics are crazy. People are paid to live in certain areas just so that there’s an address to ship (marijuana) to.”
He explains that transporting marijuana is often so dangerous, that he would rather pay more money to have someone transport it for him than run the operation himself.
So where is his place on this chain of drug dealers? “I’m really fortunate; I only have one person above me.” How many people are below him in this drug chain? “I could count them on my hand. Less than five.” Each of these people in turn have others working below them.
In a state where possessing mari-juana is a crime, being convicted of trafficking drugs comes with heavy consequences. John is careful to take safety precautions so that he can-not be easily tracked. “I try to never bring it up,” John says. “To be hon-est, sometimes it’s hard. You want to talk about it. You want to get it off your chest. Sometimes you just can’t help it. I never do business out of my house. A lot of people don’t know my identity; they don’t know where I live, my number, or even my name. I want to do whatever it takes to be safe.”
To John, protection means devel-oping a completely different persona so that his personal life and work life don’t ever cross paths. “I’ve been in situations where one person says my real name, and another person says my fake name. I’ve been doing it for two years now, and it takes a toll on you.”
The dangers in drug dealing extend beyond fear of the law. Because the drug industry cannot be protected by law enforcement or insurance, deal-ers must take matters in to their own hands. Over the summer, John was set up and attacked when he went to deliver his product. “I went to drop something off… someone came up behind me and beat me up and took my backpack.”
With all the dangers associated with dealing drugs, John hopes to deal only during his college career. “I want to be done before I graduate. I want to be able to make savings and be more mature and maintain those savings. I do not want to be selling marijuana past my graduating col-lege,” says John.
“I am a college student. I have above a 3.0 GPA. I’m going to make something of myself, and I’m going to contribute to society,” says John. As a struggling college student, John does not consider himself a criminal.
However, the Texas criminal justice system would view John differently. If his business practices are discovered and he is tried in the criminal court system, John can be charged with a third-degree felony, a fine of no more than $10,000, or two to 10 years in a state prison.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Disney announced its newest $4 bil-lion acquisition: Lucasfilm L.T.D. This purchase gives Disney control over all
Lucasfilm subsidiaries, such as Indus-trial Light and Magic (ILM), and all intellectual properties, including the Star Wars franchise. Disney wasted no time announcing its plans to release Star Wars: Episode VII in 2015.
This announcement has been met with mixed feelings by the hardcore fans. The fanboy inside us is excited for more Star Wars, but the critic in us does not want to suffer another disappointment. After considering all the information at hand, however, this change of ownership may be the best thing to happen to Star Wars in a long time.
Disney has already demonstrated its ability to handle large franchises such as Marvel, creating the blockbuster hit “Marvel’s the Avengers,” which they worked on closely with ILM. They were also successful with “Tron: Legacy” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. These movies were well re-
ceived by audiences without compro-mising Disney’s commitment to fam-ily-friendly entertainment, something Lucas wanted keep in the Star Wars franchise.
Also, Lucas himself has announced his retirement, meaning he will not be calling the shots when it comes to fu-ture Star Wars film, which should com-fort fans who felt he really dropped the ball on the prequel trilogy. Lucas will still be working with Disney as a cre-ative consultant, however, contribut-ing insights and ideas. Kathleen Ken-nedy, Lucas’s long time collaborator, will be left in charge of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise. Lucas is hap-py with this arrangement and has said, “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmak-ers.” This move may bring the creator of Star Wars some redemption in the eyes of his fans.
Having new, younger artists in charge will help the franchise stay fresh and relevant so future genera-tions can enjoy the franchise, which means more money for Disney but also more quality entertainment for fans. The prequels were bad because Lucas was trying to do everything, and he just was not good enough at it all. Now, with a new director, and a lot
more accountability, there is no reason that Disney won’t create something fans could be proud of. I will admit though, there will most likely be com-plications to the franchise.
Although little information has been released about the upcoming film, the internet is buzzing with rumors and message boards about what the new story will be and who will be cast. The problem is that Star Wars’ Expanded Universe (EU) already has novels, comics, and games covering the events after “Return of the Jedi” (RotJ), all of which are considered canon, though film canon always overwrites the EU. So any story will come with major ret-cons for EU, possibly even throwing half of EU into an alternate universe, which many fans will likely take issue with.
Some fans are advocating casting the original actors in a story set several decades after the events of RotJ, with younger actors playing the roles of the EU children of the Episodes IV, V and VI heroes. This story would be set in what fans call the “New Jedi Order” era, after Luke Skywalker rebuilds the Jedi Order.
Others think the events of the new film should occur very soon after RotJ, where new actors will play just slightly older versions of the original trilogy characters. A favorite for this
story arc is Tom Veitch’s Dark Empire comic book series, which includes the resurrection of the Emperor thought dead at the end of RotJ. Some fans are intrigued by the possibility of casting Nathan Fillion as Han Solo or Ryan Gossling as Luke Skywalker, but others feel it just wouldn’t be the same.
The director has either not yet been chosen or not yet announced, but big names in sci-fi like Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams are bound to be thrown around. Whedon’s sequel to “The Avengers” is due out that same year, so he is probably off the table.
For those concerned about other Star Wars projects, like the anticipated “Star Wars: 1313” video game, Disney has said they are leaving most in-de-velopment projects alone for the time being, which seems a wise decision. It is also possible that, to make more money, Disney may re-release the much demanded original cuts of Epi-sodes IV-VI, and the world will finally get to see Han shoot first once again. Unfortunately, only time will tell what they have in store for the franchise, but you have to ask, “could it be any worse than when Lucas was in control?” This fan says to Disney, “congratulations, and may the Force be with you.”
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Is a college degree really worth the investment?Editorial
When did Texas become the unfriendly state?On Oct. 23,
Texas Attorney General Greg Ab-bott caused an international stir when he posted on his twitter ac-count, “UN poll watchers can’t in-terfere w/ Texas
elections. I’ll bring criminal charges if needed. Official letter posted soon.” Abbot ended the tweet with the hash tag “come and take it” — a reference to the flag that the Texan rebels flew at the Battle of Gonzales in Oct. 1835, the opening battle of the Texas Revo-lution.
The United Nations poll group that he was referring to is the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-rope (OSCE). The OSCE was created with the help of the United States, first as a forum of conversation between east and west during the Cold War and later to promote freedom and democ-racy around the world. It has moni-tored elections in the U.S. since 2002. Abbott’s tweet was based on a fear that the OSCE was a liberal group trying to influence the election. This is the guy
who is in charge of upholding the law in Texas? Where are the Texas heroes when you need them?
A day later, on Oct. 24, Abbott tweeted a quote from Sam Houston, the man who led Texas to indepen-dence in 1836 and served two terms as President of the Republic of Texas. The tweet said, “Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
What would General Sam think of his Texas if he saw it today? I don’t think he would like that Abbott is try-ing to disenfranchise an entire group of Texans with his proposed voter ID law. Nor do I think Houston would have supported Abbott’s stance against the OSCE.
The biggest issue is that Abbott is disgracing the state of Texas on an international stage during one of the most heated presidential campaigns in recent memory. I say he is disgracing Texas because he is threatening to use law enforcement if the members of the OSCE get “within 100 feet of polling places.”
Abbott is also using the history of Texas to support his position. I do not think the men who defended the can-
non at Gonzales in 1835 had any idea that their battle cry would be used by future Texans to keep people from ob-serving the very process they lost their lives to implement.
Abbott’s decision to prohibit a group interested in learning about the democratic process gives the wrong impression, not just about Texas, but also about the United States. We are the land of the free, but if more peo-ple like Abbott hold public office, we might not be for much longer.
At this point, I would like to let it be known that I have no political alle-giance; I pledge allegiance only to the United States and the state of Texas. That said, things are not going well for our state.
Since rejoining the union after the Civil War, Texas has traditionally held allegiance to one party; first, it was the Democrats from the end of Recon-struction in the 1870s until Texas’ own President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. From that point, the Republican Party began to make gains in Texas, culminating to the present age in which a Democrat has not held a statewide office since 1994.
Abbott’s statement against the voter group sends a bad message that Tex-ans are backward and territorial. In some ways, maybe we are, but we are also the Friendship State. Someone needs to remind Greg Abbott of that. We should be willing to let people who want to learn about our process get close enough to learn about democ-racy without scaring them away with our guns. It is hard to learn about our system when one is not allowed within 100 feet of a polling place.
Perhaps Abbott should have listened to another of Sam Houston’s words of wisdom: “Texas, to be respected must be polite.” Abbott is not advocating the Texan thing to do. Heck, it is an un-American move. I cannot think of any state in the union that would be as unfriendly as Texas, represented by Abbott, in this situation.
Rather than pushing the OSCE away, perhaps Abbott should have said, “Y’all come back and see us again.”
Stephen WhitakerManaging Editor
Commentary
Last year, graduating college seniors who took out loans to fund their col-lege education owed an average of $25,250. The graduating class of 2009 owed five percent less, according to the Institute for College Access & Suc-cess. This fuels the on-going debate that poses the question: Is a college de-gree really worth the investment?
Many graduates can attest to the fact that a degree does not equate to a “dream job.” But, it is absolutely a foot in the door. According to a poll by the Pew Research Center, 55 percent of
graduates think that college prepares them for a job.
College prepares graduates not only for the first job, but for the last job —the rewarding career.
So many wide-eyed graduates en-ter into the “real world” (haven’t we exhausted this term already?), the workforce, with thousands of dollars of debt. But, as Peter Coy of Business-week so eloquently stated, “You can lose your house to foreclosure, but never your education.”
Students borrow what they need be-
cause college is more than a degree – it is an experience.
Part of the experience is owed to the various resources available to young scholars on campus. A student has un-limited access to libraries, online data-bases and career centers. These faucets of the college experience caused 74 percent of graduates to feel that they have grown intellectually, according to the same Pew Research Center poll.
Amenities aside, students have one resource that high school graduates do not: professors.
Networking with professionals in a student’s field of study is crucial to post-graduate success. Professors pro-vide pragmatic “real world” advice. The hard work put toward the degree pays off well-past graduation. Profes-sors notice outstanding students. The reward: An excellent letter of recom-mendation that can set one applicant apart from a large pool of college grad-uates.
The college debt may be monumen-tal, but the degree is still worth it.
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Thick clouds of aromatic smoke fill bars and cafes around San An-tonio as students relax and chat around large water pipes. Hoo-kah may have recently become both a much-loved pastime and a hobby for American students, but the hoo-kah itself has a history stretching back over a thousand years.
The hookah be-gan in India and ancient Persia. Hoo-kah, also known as a “water pipe,” was a favored activity for nobles in the court of the Mughal em-peror, Ackbar (a.k.a. Ackbar the Great), in Persia. It soon became popular among the affluent members of neighboring areas as a status symbol, and it quickly spread across the Middle East.
Around 50 years ago, Middle East-ern immigrants popularized water-pipe smoking in Europe and opened the first hookah cafes there. It has been only in the last decade that hookah cafes have gained popularity in the U.S., mostly with young adults.
In 2004, Marwan Qashou, owner of Hookah Café (14543 Roadrunner Way), opened one of San Antonio’s first hookah cafes Thousand Oaks.
After a few unsuccessful attempts with other business ventures, Qa-shou says, “I was trying to come up with something new in San Anto-nio.” He explains that his business spread through word of mouth and that soon, hookah cafes were open-ing up all over San Antonio.
“It’s the kind of thing where people are get-ting together—getting to know each other,” Qashou explains. In this way, hookah cafes are much like regular cafes or coffee shops. Cafes gener-ally have pretty relaxed atmospheres. Qashou says it is not uncommon for students to come to his cafe, order some coffee and just study.
Most cafes sell specialty drinks such as coffees, teas, bubble teas, and many also serve food, often Mediterranean style.
The operation of the hookah is a bit different from most tobacco-based products. Hookahs burn a fla-vored molasses and tobacco mixture called mu’assel, which is more com-monly known as “shisha.”
At the top of the hookah, the shi-sha mixture is placed into a bowl covered in foil with coals placed on top.
There is usually a tray under the
bowl to catch ash from the coals.The smoke runs from
the burning bowl, down a pipe and into a water jar. The smoke then es-capes through a valve and runs up a hose then
out of the mouthpiece. The water cools the
smoke so that it is not as harsh on
the throat as other forms
of tobacco smoke and also helps
to filter out h a r m f u l c h e m i -cals.
Shisha comes in
many flavors and brands, even some tobacco-free ones. Many shishas are fruit flavored, but flavors like chocolate, mint and bubble gum are also popular. Some people have even mixed in actual pieces of fresh fruits with the to-bacco and molasses. Mixing several flavors at once is a common practice. Some smokers even experiment by using other liquids in place of water: Kool-Aid, milk and even wine.
It is not hard to find a hookah afi-cionado or guru on campus. Many devote time to perfecting hookah-prepping techniques and creating tricks surrounding hookah, such as hookah smoke bubbles or smoke rings. Although it is of an ancient and foreign origin, this pastime is a local favorite for UTSA students of any background.
Tuesday, Nov. 68 p.m. Concert: “The Sound of San Antonio Concert Series”The Arneson River Theatre (418 Villita St) will feature “The Sound of San Antonio Concert Series,” a presentation of San Antonio area musicians, educators and artists. This concert will be performed every Tuesday from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. through Dec. 25. Parking and admission are free.
Wednesday, Nov. 74 p.m. Special Event: “Rackspace Mid-Week Farmers Market”The Rackspace (5000 Walzem Rd.) invites the local community every Wednesday through Nov.7 for their “Mid-Week Farmers Market.” This event features local vendors, live music, cook offs and various forms of entertainment. Most farmers accept cash only, and there is no charge for admission into the market.
Thursday, Nov. 88 p.m. Theater: “End Days”
The Gregg Barrios Theater at the Overtime (1203 Camden) presents the Proxy Theatre Company’s “End Days.” This offbeat comedy is about a dysfunctional family, the Steins, who left New York for the suburbs in the wake of 9/11. The family is composed of a nonfunction-ing insomniac, an evangelical convert (who literally has Jesus Christ by her side) and their pot-smoking Goth child who begins receiving therapeutic visits from Stephen Hawking after an enamored 16-year-old Elvis impersonator gives her one of Hawking’s books. The winner of the 2008 American Theatre Critics Association Steinber Citation, “End Days” will be performed through Nov. 17. Tickets range from $10 - $15. For more information, visit <proxytheatreon-line.com>.
Friday, Nov. 98 p.m. Theatre: “La Tempesta”Trinity University (Trinity Theatre) is hosting the play “La Tempesta,” directed by Roberto Prestigia-como. In this play, the work of William Shakespeare is depicted through puppets, marionettes and shadow theatre. The play will run from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11 and will continue from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. Tickets are $6 - $10. For more information, visit <tutheater.com>.
Saturday, Nov. 108 p.m. Theatre: “It’s a Wonderful Life”The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start (108 Blue Star) brings “It’s a Wonderful Life” onto the stage in the form of a live 1940s radio broadcast. In this American classic, George Bailey contemplates ending his life on Christmas Eve, but he is given a second chance when an angel shows him the consequences of his actions. Tickets are $15 - $25.
Sunday, Nov. 1112 p.m. Gallery: “Repetition & Ritual” and “Life Is an Electric Whip”UTSA grad Student Julie Ledet brings her exhibition to the UTSA Satellite Space (115 Blue Star) with photographs, videos and an installation on obsessive compulsive tendencies. The exhibit follows the sacred rituals of Southern Louisianan culture. Another UTSA grad student, Ivan Sal-cido also brings his work to the UTSA Satellite Space with his installation based on discarded items and their purpose. Admission is free. For more information, visit <art.utsa.edu>.
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America’s fast food culture may have a tendency of trapping college students in a “burger-rut.” However, Chris and Mike Behrend, co-owners of Green Vegetarian Cuisine, are working hard to provide fresh and flavorful op-tions for those interested in healthful dining.
“We’re serving 100 percent vegetar-ian comfort food to assist people in pursuing healthy vegetarian lifestyles,” Mike says. He explained that he and his brother are both vegetarians. They noticed a glaring lack of vegetarian-friendly restaurants in San Antonio, so in 2006, they opened the city’s first completely vegetarian restaurant.
“We promote vegetarian dining for environmental and ethical reasons,” Mike says. “Following a vegetarian-based lifestyle is better for the animals, the environment and the people them-selves.”
Green Cuisine’s original downtown location enjoyed so much success that the brothers were able to open a new location at the Alon shopping center on N.W. Military Drive in 2011.
“Our new restaurant has been a great success,” Mike says. “We’ve at least doubled our business.” Green Cuisine’s new location serves the same high-quality food as their restaurant downtown and is more accessible to UTSA students living near the main campus.
Green Cuisine serves vegetarian renditions of several classic American comfort foods, substituting meat with
textured vegetable protein (TVP). Their signature “Neatloaf” is a novel
recreation of the classic meatloaf and is composed of TVP, breadcrumbs, onions and bell peppers and topped with a tangy tomato sauce. The tex-ture of the veggie-loaf is surprisingly similar to that of an actual meatloaf; it is dense, filling and served next to a mound of mashed potatoes.
Be advised that meat substitutes are not for everyone. Green Cuisine suc-ceeds in building complex flavor pro-files with their vegetable products, but one simply cannot recreate the flavor and texture of real meat.
The Neatloaf, however, is savory in its own right: the entrée is rich and nutty, and the mixture of different veg-etables lends a powerful savory flavor to the dish. The dish’s only real down-fall is an excessive use of tomato sauce, which has the tendency to mask the loaf ’s subtler flavors.
For those who are wary of meat sub-stitutes, Green Cuisine offers a variety of other meatless alternatives, includ-ing grain salads, fruit salads, quesadil-las and several entrees featuring egg-plant and mushrooms. These foods are packed with essential vitamins, proteins and, most importantly, flavor.
In the eggplant parmesan (a delec-table fried eggplant served over spa-ghetti with fresh tomato sauce and parmesan cheese), one would not miss the meat; it is the perfect dish for any first timer at Green Cuisine. The huge slices of hearty eggplant are seasoned and pan-fried to perfection, and they work with a deep and zesty tomato sauce to create a perfect harmony of flavor.
The falafel plate, unfortunately, is an uninspiring dish to say the least. It’s a shame that Green Cuisine of-fers a rather bland and disappointing rendition of the classic fried chickpea patty—a staple of vegetarian cuisine. The falafel was seemingly unseasoned and had no flavor, except for the fried breading.
Try ordering their raw pecan hum-mus along with the falafel, which can restore some flavor into the chickpea patties. The hummus is complex and delicious, though a bit under-sea-
soned. Raw pecans give it a distinctive taste and texture.
Green Vegetarian Cuisine offers a welcome change from monotonous, meat-based menus at affordable pric-es.
The original Green Cuisine is locat-ed downtown, at 1017 N. Flores. The new location is in the Alon shopping center, at 10003 N.W. Military. For menus or additional information, visit <greensanantonio.com>.
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The UTSA women’s basketball team recently took the first step to redeem-ing last year’s 8-21 overall record, one of the worst seasons in program histo-ry on Saturday, Nov. 3. UTSA beat the McMurry War Hawks 64 – 36 in front of 532 fans, including the San Antonio Spurs’ point guard, Tony Parker.
“They were very nervous. They missed some easy layups and free throws, but my biggest concern right now is the rebounding,” Head Coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair said of her team.
During the first-half, the lady ‘Run-ners had to play through some first game jitters. The lady ‘Runners com-mitted 13 turnovers and were out rebounded 29–25. But, the Roadrun-ners’ defense forced the War Hawks to commit 19 turnovers. The ‘Runners held McMurry to 23.5 percent from field making only eight of 34 attempt-ed shots. The War Hawks missed all six of their three point attempts in the first half.
UTSA shot a meager 30.6 percent from field on 11 of 36, and a horrible 23.1 percent from three-point land on making three of thirteen three-point shots.
“Even Simone Young told me, ‘Coach we’re just nervous,’’’ said Rippetoe-Blair.
If the rest of the team was playing through first game jitters, senior guard Simone Young looked like she was in mid-season form. She scored 10 first-half points and also contributed two assists and two steals.
“With me being a senior, I want it; I want it bad. I want my teammates to want it. This is our only opportunity to be in the WAC,” said Young.
The first-half ended with UTSA ahead of McMurry 30–19. The second
half would prove to be more fruitful for the Roadrunners.
“We settled in. We were relaxed more; we were more so anxious ‘cause this is our first game,” said Young.
UTSA’s lockdown defense played a significant role in Saturday’s victory. UTSA forced 19 first-half turnovers with an additional 10 second-half turnovers. Also, the lady ‘Runners held the War Hawks scoreless from three point land on 0-7 shots and a stagger-ingly low 13.8 percent from the field on 4 – 29 shooting.
The Roadrunners out scored the War Hawks in the paint, 30 – 14; points off of turnovers, 30 – 6; second chance points, 12 – 11; fast break points, 13 – 2; and bench points, 30 – 20.
With the exception of sophomore forward Jenny Menz (broken nose), all members of the team contributed, with 11 of the 14 players on this season’s ros-ter scoring in the game. Young led all players in scoring with 13 points and also registered five assists, and three steals. Sophomore guard Karma King was just behind Young with 11 points and two steals.
Among the new players on the Lady ‘Runners, freshman guard Ni-aga Mitchell-Cole had an impact on UTSA’s offense and defense recording nine points, four assists, three blocks, and one steal.
UTSA already looks like a drastically improved team compared to last sea-son’s team at this point.
The Lady ‘Runners will be back in action when they host Texas Pan-American on Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
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As the final horn echoed its last sound, the sensation of defeat settled upon the UTSA men’s basketball team on March 7, 2012. It would be the final Southland Conference Tournament the ‘Runners would ever play in, and it was ended in an overtime defeat to the McNeese State Cowboys, 78-74.
Nine months later, with the bit-ter taste of loss still lingering in the mouths of the UTSA men’s basketball team, the Roadrunners took out all of their offseason frustrations on the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm by beating them 71 - 43 on Nov. 1, 2012 at the Convocation Center.
“I was excited about the way they played for the most part, but there’s a lot we need to work on,” said Head Coach Brooks Thompson.
Thompson was referring to the first-half of the game, the Savage Storm out rebounded UTSA 22 – 16. The Sav-age Storm also led the Roadrunners in points in the paint, 20 – 8; fast break points, 4 – 2; and they tied UTSA for bench points 6 – 6.
The Roadrunners were taking the majority of their shots late in the shot clock, which was another cause for concern because it forced UTSA into bad shots.
“I was more concerned with getting clean rebounds. We were playing with it too much out there, and when we get clean rebounds it allows us to get into our transition much smoother,” Coach Thompson remarked.
The Savage Storm, in addition, shot 53 percent on 14 – 26 shooting from the field while the Roadrunners shot only 33.3 percent on 11 – 33 from the field. However, senior point guard Mi-chael Hale III and junior forward Je-romie Hill were two bright spots in an otherwise dim first-half for the Road-runners.
“He’s a sparkplug…he’s your ulti-
mate leader and your ulti-mate winner. And I expect a bunch more out of him,” T h o m p s o n said of Hale.
In the first half, Hale led the team in scoring with eight points, and he con-tributed two assists, three steals, and two rebounds in 15 minutes of play.
“I’m a lead-er. I’m a senior, so I have to do what I have to do to win,” said Hale.
UTSA had trouble contain-ing the Savage Storm’s senior forward Urald King. King finished the first-half with an explosive 12 points, one block, and one steal in 18 minutes of play. King made his presence known with plenty of dunks in the opening half.
If the first half of the game was about getting all the first game jitters out, the second half would prove to be more productive for the Roadrunners. The Roadrunners had six additional turnovers, but aside from that, UTSA played like a cohesive unit.
In the second-half, the ‘Runners im-proved their shooting by scoring 16 of 36 field goals. UTSA’s shooting per-centage increased from 33.3 percent to 44.4 percent. As the field goal per-centage went up, so did the free throw percentage.
In the first-half, UTSA shot a horri-ble 27.3 percent on 3 of 11 makes. The second-half, the Roadrunners settled their nerves down at the charity stripe by making nine of 13 free throws for a
69. 2 free throw percentage.Other than points in the paint, the
Roadrunners led the Savage Storm in points off of turnovers, 29 – 11; second chance points, 11 – 6; fast break points, 12 – 6; and bench points 20 – 5.
Hale finished the game with 22 points, five assists, eight steals, three rebounds and only one turnover. Hale’s eight steals tied the UTSA record for steals in one game. Hill finished with a solid performance recording 14 points and eight rebounds.
One of the newest players, junior forward Edrico McGregor, had an im-pressive UTSA debut with 10 points, two steals, and one rebound.
UTSA hits the road for their next game on Nov. 9, against Morgan State in the Liberty Tax Classic in Norfolk, Va. UTSA’s next home game will be played on Saturday, Nov. 17, against University of South Carolina (USC) Upstate at the Convocation Center at 7 p.m.
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