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UTSA’s dining vendor, Aramark, is under pressure from The Humane League (THL), a nonprofit that aims to end animal suffering and adopt progressive welfare standards for the chicken they source. “Stop Abusing Chickens,” a THL petition directed at Aramark, has garnered nearly 90,000 signatures on its change.org petition.

THL is campaigning at UTSA to engage with stu-dents about humane factory conditions. Its “Agony at Aramark” campaign is ac-tive at over 50 universities.

“(Chickens) are bred to grow unnaturally fast and often suffer from painful crippling, organ failure and heart attacks,” THL stated in an open letter to Aramark. “At the slaughterhouse, they are violently handled,

painfully shocked and cut open at the throat—often while still alive and able to feel pain.”

The petition’s attached letter states that the chick-ens raised to be sold as meat to Aramark deserve better than “the filthy, windowless sheds they live in.” THL asks for the birds to be raised in reasonable conditions in-stead of “being forced to live in their own waste and toxic ammonia fumes due to lack of space.”

Additionally, THL admonishes the current breeding and slaughter-ing practices of Aramark’s poultry providers.

THL calls for an end to the current practices and suggests less cruel practices like Controlled Atmosphere Stunning, in which oxygen from the chickens’ environ-ment is removed and slowly replaced with a nonpoison-ous gas that puts the birds to sleep while they are still in their transport crates.

Aramark has managed UTSA’s dining services since 2008. The company was selected by a food service evaluation team comprised of students, faculty and staff.

Aramark partners with

approximately 500 col-leges and universities across North America including UT-Austin, Baylor and Texas Woman’s University.

Karen Cutler, Aramark’s vice president of corporate

communications, assured concerned clients and customers that Aramark is committed to animal wel-fare. She cited their current

UTSAA fall 2016 undergraduate architecture studio course at UTSA has been accepted into the 2030 Curriculum Project, a national pilot recognizing innovative teaching efforts that focus on energy use, emissions and resiliency. “San Antonio 2040: New Housing Models for the Flat City II,” led by assistant professor Ian Caine and assistant professor Rahman Azari of the UTSA College of Architecture, Construction and Planning. The 2030 Curriculum Project is an initiative of Architecture 2030, a non-profit think tank that seeks solutions to climate change problems.

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This is the first installment in a series on COLFA’s budget situation.

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) and Faculty Senate are voting on a resolution containing recommendations for handling dramatic budget cuts within the College of Liberal and Fine Arts.

The proposal comes after COLFA non-tenure track (NTT) faculty were notified that department-wide cuts were to be made on their course loads for the spring 2017 semester.

The resolution, which came out of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, cites a number of concerns that have risen from the budget constraints, including the loss of health care benefits for some faculty members, the possibility of successful instructors to seek full-time employment at other institutions, the undermining of research and teaching relationships between tenure/tenure-track (T/

TT) and NTT faculty, and the disproportionate effect of the budget shortfall on NTT faculty.

A tenure-track faculty member is hired on the possibility of gaining tenure—a permanent position within the university—within a set amount of years based on evaluation. Non-tenure track faculty members are hired on contract to teach certain courses and are not offered the possibility of tenure.

According to a memorandum sent to COLFA faculty by COLFA Dean Daniel J. Gelo, the college incurred an overage that was, in past semesters, offset by other available sources of funding. These sources, or any other college or university funds, are no longer available.

In the memo, Dean Gelo takes full accountability for the decision to reduce courses across COLFA departments (approximately 50 percent for NTT faculty without contracts) and to suspend six out of nine planned tenure and tenure-track faculty searches.

“No one saw it coming,” classics lecturer Dr. William Duffy said. “My

department had hired several more NTT’s, both full and part-time, and a lot of them aren’t going to have classes at all.”

Duffy originally was scheduled to teach five classes for the spring 2017 semester; his course load has now been reduced to two. Duffy suffered a pay cut and his health insurance benefits went from fully paid for to only half.

“It’s exceedingly unusual to have this sort of change happen between semesters,” Duffy said. “Very few of us would’ve had the chance to apply for other jobs or make financial preparations.”

In the memorandum, Gelo stated that “no courses taught by full-time faculty, either tenure/tenure-track or non-tenure track, will be removed.”

Duffy, who is on a one-year contract with the university, believed he would not be affected by the cuts due to his full-time position.

“One of the real surprises for me was that the memo said that full-time NTT’s weren’t going to be affected. But when I went to check (if my courses were cut), I found that only

full-time NTT’s on three-year contracts were not affected.

“People who think they’re in the clear now might be in for a surprise in the next week or so.”

Duffy plans to teach at other institutions next semester to offset the losses he faces from the course cuts. He warned that because other affected faculty are likely to do the same, this may impact an instructor’s dedication to students.

“Be prepared that a lot of your faculty have a lot more jobs now and might not be able to give you the time and attention you’re used to,” Duffy said.

Another COLFA professor, who asked to remain anonymous, expressed similar concern.

“If faculty are forced to find other teaching jobs or other forms of employment outside of UTSA, our time is going to be spread, and we’re not going to be able to be here offering advice for graduate programs, writing letters of recommendation, or helping students with their applications for study abroad programs,” said the faculty member.

This professor, who also

experienced a reduction in courses, pay, and benefits, continued, “Students come to my office to ask about their careers, about applying for graduate school--and if I’m thinking that I need to go teach this class at another college--then I’m not going to be here to do that.”

The resolution suggests the allocation of funds or a loan to offset the budget deficits for the time being until faculty can make long-term financial or employment plans. The resolution also calls for the creation of a short-term task force consisting of faculty senators who will meet with the Provost, Dean, and department chairs to discuss plans to reduce or avoid the course reductions entirely. A long-term task force consisting faculty, administrators, students, and other stakeholders within COLFA and every other college to ensure everyone is operating within budget is also proposed.

The resolution will be presented to Dean Gelo and Interim Provost C. Mauli Agrawal if it reaches a majority approval vote by at least half of the Faculty Senate.

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COLFA loses faculty, courses to budget constraints

The Humane League condemns AramarkUTSA food provider petitioned to end abuse against chickens

Courses were cut across COLFA’s departments, resulting in decreased pay, loss of benefits, or letting go of faculty.

Zoey Wright, the Human League, holds a photo of a chicken bred to grow unnaturally fast.

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cage-free egg policy and states the company is work-ing with growers.

“Aramark is working to correct issues with genetic selection for fast growth of broiler chickens (chickens bred and raised specifically for meat production) and support eliminating slaugh-tering systems using live dumping and shackling.”

Cutler explained that just one to two percent of all the broiler chickens grown in the U.S. are raised in a manner that meets the new farming conditions.

“Only one small food service company— that uses a fraction of the amount of chicken that large food ser-vice companies buy— has indicated its intent to source chickens raised differently,” Cutler said.

No major food company has made a commitment due to minimal supplies available.

“We are currently figuring out how Aramark’s large purchasing volumes can be met and developing a real-istic timeline for large-scale implementation. We will share our plan as quickly as possible when it is finalized.”

Whole Foods Market is the only recorded company that has pledged to imple-ment new broiler-chicken welfare standards and move away from fast-growth breeds of chicken by 2024.

“This is a false, mislead-ing campaign being driven by The Humane League,” Cutler said in response to the Agony at Aramark campaign. “The sole reason for the campaign is that we are working with respected groups like the Humane So-ciety of the U.S. and Com-passion in World Farming and not them.”

The two organizations have clashed in the past. In 2015, prior to Aramark’s adoption of cage-free egg policies, THL peti-tioned Aramark to adopt such practices. THL used grassroot organizing tactics similar to its Agony at Aramark campaign and garnered 75,000 signatures,

many from students at universities.

Student coordinators, such as Zoey Wright, THL student activist at UT Aus-tin, are leading campaigns to raise student awareness.

“The campaign is try-ing to get people to care by revealing alarming and upsetting facts about Aramark,” Wright said. “The startling imagery of the posters around campus will hopefully draw attention to the inhumane and atrocious practices of the industrial chicken industry.”

Wright was approached by The Humane League to be the “face” of their petition at UT.

“Along with the petition, I have been doing a lot of outreach on campus to help raise awareness and gain support from the UT student body.”

Aramark responded to the campaign by stating that they partnered with the Humane Society of the US to expand its cage-free com-mitment by 2020.

Aramark was awarded the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award from The Humane Society as well as the Good Egg Award by Compassion in World Farming for the adopting cage-free egg policies and following their commitment.

“Aramark is misleading their clients into thinking that they are committed to correcting this problem when, in reality, they do not have a meaningful public policy or timeline,” Aaron Ross, THL’s Campaign Director, said. “Instead they are humane-washing this important issue to students… even the testi-monials from their partner organizations admit that Aramark has yet to address the issue.”

Campaigns have been effective in urging compa-nies like Aramark to adopt humane animal welfare policies.

During Wright’s sum-mer internship with The Humane League, she spent time pressuring other companies, including Buf-

falo Wild Wings, to adopt similar policies.

“The tactics of the (Buf-falo Wild Wings) cam-paign were very similar to (Agony at Aramark),” Wright said. “We were tak-ing photos of us handing informative leaflets to the customers who were walk-ing into the restaurant and then sending them to their corporate offices to show what we were doing.”

These same tactics were carried out at Buffalo Wild Wings locations around the country by employees of THL. The “Agony at Aramark” campaign hopes to reach the same national popularity of the Buffalo Wild Wings campaign.

“The Aramark campaign is similar because The Hu-mane League is also using its employees and resources around the country to work towards the goal of chang-ing their welfare policies. It is very strategic because it magnifies the campaign on a national level and makes it so much more powerful,” Wright said.

THL succeeded when cage-free egg policies were adopted by Aramark, PepsiCo, Sodex and other large companies, but suc-cess in their next fight is entirely dependant on the demand of those who dine at Aramark.

“Animal welfare policies do drive my thought of consumption to an extent,” Audrey Castor, junior human resources manage-ment major, said. “Yes, I’m aware of the animal cruelty involved to keep up with the demand for our consumption, but it doesn’t make me not want to eat chicken at all.”

For students like Castor, awareness of animal treat-ment during production doesn’t imply they’ll seek other options.

“I do agree with the (THL) petition and their call to action,” Cas-tor said. “It helps me be more aware of the produc-tion of chicken.”

“Although it may not be ethically right, I can’t say that I won’t ever eat in the

cafeteria again,” Castor added.

Despite some students’ lack of concern, THL believes that on-campus efforts can make their

goal achievable.“College students have

a right to know where their food comes from; they pay a lot of money to eat in the dining halls,”

Zoe Wright concluded. “Hopefully, students will recognize the power of their voice because they deserve to have ethically sourced food.”

Isaac SenaStaff Writer@ThePaisanonews@paisano-online.com

A line of students wearing Rowdy orange t-shirts filled the Bexar Room to cast their early votes for the upcoming Nov. 8th election.“This is the College of

Public Policy shirt; we’re public administration majors, and I’d call this our voter shirt,” Christian Perez, senior public administration major, said about his orange tee. “We printed these out so we can all come as a class to show support to getting the vote out.”Dr. Francine Romero and

her foundations of civic engagement class hosted

what they have described as a voting ceremony.“It’s so neat that we’re

doing the class at the same time that we’re having the election,” Romero said. “We all decided we wanted to vote as a class; we invited the councilman, and we invited Dr. Romo and also SGA President Andrew Hubbard.”All of the invitees

accepted their invitations. President Ricardo Romo, District 8 councilman Ron Nirenberg and SGA president Andrew Hubbard were among those who casted votes on campus“We wanted to organize a

ceremonial vote because, for a lot of students here, it’s their first opportunity

to cast a ballot in a major election,” Nirenberg said. “It felt right to do it with them.”The foundation of civic

engagement students met their guests at the foot of the H-E-B University Center stairs. From there, they walked in procession and lined up to cast their ballots.“This is a visualization

of civic engagement in action, and I think that UTSA and the College of Public Policy should be really proud,” Drew Galloway, executive director of MOVE San Antonio and UTSA alumnus, said. “I think it symbolizes a much bigger movement around the millennial generation to get involved and to make a

difference.”Many of the students

are public administration majors. Additionally, a large number of the students are the first to register for the UTSA College of Public Policy’s newest minor, civic engagement.“Right now we’re

trying to learn about the Constitution and current events,” Diego Lopez, sophomore political science major, said. “We apply what we learn to events like this and try to make a difference.”For SGA president

Andrew Hubbard, increasing voter turnout on campus is the ultimate difference.“We had 800 students

registered to vote. That’s something that’s never happened here on this campus, and the reason is because we all came together,” Hubbard recounted.Targeting first-time

voters has been an effective strategy to boost voter turnout on college campuses.“The student leaders of

this campus remembered that we have one goal in this and that we are all going to work together to attain it, and that goal was

to get as many students registered to vote,” Hubbard said. “That same effort is being transferred to get students mobilized at the polls.”Jakelyn Valdez, a

sophomore bilingual education major, casted her first vote and described the experience as enjoyable and simple.“The staff were very

helpful and friendly,” Valdez said. Valdez was directed

by UTSA’s affiliated Facebook and Instagram pages on where to vote. It was there that she discovered at which location she could cast her ballot on campus, but the student government employed other means to get out information, as well.“We’ve been very smart

at UTSA by partnering with student organizations that are passionate about getting students to the polls,” Hubbard said. “The organizations that came together were SGA, TFN, MOVE San Antonio, Green Society, Secular Student Alliance and some others.”The city government is

also trying to raise voter turnout.“We’re using all of our

communication channels to remind people that early voting is lasting two weeks and that they need to get their ballots cast by Nov. 8,” Nirenberg said. “You know, casting a vote is probably one of the most critical things we can do for our country right now, so we’re just reminding people that it’s happening this week.”

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UTSA civics class hosts local leaders to discuss voting

Peering into deep spacewith Dr. Chris Packham

Ray HagimotoStaff Writer@ThePaisanonews@paisano-online.com

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a black hole was forming at the center of that galaxy. Now, Professor Chris Packham of UTSA and a team of international astronomers have received a $387,214 research grant from the National Science Foundation to observe such phenomena in “real time.”

As a child, Packham enjoyed stargazing with his grandfather and uncle in the South of England. Today, he continues observing astronomical events using cutting-edge instruments. His research focuses on understanding how galaxies form, and the role supermassive black

holes play in the formation of galaxies by studying data from light rays that have traveled unfathomable distances.

Over the past few decades, astronomers have discovered supermassive black holes at the center of almost every galaxy and have learned that the mass of these black holes is intimately related to the mass and size of the galaxy. Those discoveries beg the question of how the two affect one another.

To answer this question, Packham and others hope to use the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which set for launch in October 2018, to look further back in time—literally. Because light travels at a finite speed, when observers

look at something really far away, the light that reaches them actually left the stars and galaxies millions of years ago. Indeed, by the time light reaches us, we see events that have already happened, perhaps millennia ago. Using this idea, the JWST will enable astronomers to peer further back in time than they ever have before, observe younger galaxies and hopefully gain more insight into how galaxies evolve.

Packham argues that such research is important because any advancement in scientific understanding always results in technological advancements, some of which may never have been predicted, such as the role of gravitational time dilation in ensuring the accuracy of global positioning systems. For one of his other research areas, Packham is hoping to play a role in detecting life on planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, which could have implications on how mankind manages its resources toward intergalactic space travel.

Though there is still much work to be done, in the meantime imagining the possibilities of what humans could achieve in the not-so-distant future is exhilarating. With the accelerating rate at which scientific progress is being made, it is certainly an exciting time to be alive.

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Petiton calls on Aramark to adopt humane practices

Students wait in line to cast early ballots in the Bexar Room.

Dr. Packham hopes to play a part in finding life on other planets.Photo Courtesy Chris Packham

Annette BarrazaArts & Life Editor@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

In a recent article published by Refinery29, data that Plan B shared with the site revealed that “sales for emergency contracep-tion tend to spike during Hallow-een. (It) was the seventh-highest sales day for morning-after pills in 2015.”

Rather than throw caution to the wind, Student Health Services is actively working to equip students with contracep-tion and empower them through knowledge with events like Sex in the Dark.

Students were asked to sign in, play a guessing game (how many condoms in the jar?), write any questions they might have and pick up some glow sticks and flyers.

Students relaxed in the dim lighting and soft music (some even started singing “I hate you I love you” by Gnash) and immediately cracked their glow sticks and placed them on wrists, around their heads and necks. The room was full to capacity,

some students even sat in the aisles due to the lack of chairs.

Students relaxed in the ambi-ance of anonymity. The Q&A event asked students to submit questions ahead of time. Addi-tionally, glow sticks were provided as a discreet way to ask a question during the event.

It kicked off with a classic con-dom demo (male, female, finger) and then went straight into the Q&A portion.

Topics covered were STIs and their treatments, contraceptives (hormonal and barrier) and their side effects, relationships, consent and even absti-nence.

Afterward, students had a chance to speak to the health educa-tors and received free t-shirts.

Lauren Woodword, a health

educator with Student Health Services, urged students to take advantage of the services avail-able such as STI and pregnancy testing and free condoms at the Student Health Services center located across from the Rec center. Student Health Services has also partnered with SA AIDS foundation to provide free HIV testing or syphilis testing once a month for two days.

The next event of this kind will be Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. in the UC Willow Room.

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Madison ChiltonStaff Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

Rejoice, 8 a.m. students! With “fall back” just days away, your wake-up call will come an hour later than usual on Sunday, Nov. 6. For, with the end of daylight savings time comes a much needed extra hour of sleep.

As you begin the second half of the fall semester, use this addi-tional rest time to propel yourself to academic greatness, catch up on sleep-debt or squeeze in one last Netflix episode. No matter how you decide to spend this ad-ditional hour, be sure to set your clocks and alarms back an hour next Sunday.

For many UTSA students with wake-up times much earlier or later than the standard 7:30 a.m., this extra hour of sleep either does little to remedy the chronic lack of sleep or gives them license to sleep in even longer than usual.

“For the most part, I wake up at 10 a.m., which is really nice,” said UTSA sophomore Sarah Pearose. Taking advantage of a luxury not afforded to grade-school students and members of the working class, Pearose strategically crafted a schedule this semester that was conducive to her preferred sleep schedule by enrolling in afternoon classes only.

“I coordinated because I knew I needed my sleep, because my freshman year I had taken 7 a.m. classes, and I suffered,” said Pearose.

This preference for later classes and wake-up times is a familiar theme among college students. Students are reluctant to take courses that start earlier than 10 a.m. While in a perfect world all students would have the luxury of an alarm clock set for 10 a.m. or later, this scenario is nothing more than an unrealistic dream for many students—a dream that is abruptly interrupted by the sound of a 6 a.m. alarm.

Take the triathlon club, for example. The organization’s Tuesday and Thursday workouts ( which consist of a run to the Drury Inn) begin at a daunting 6:15 a.m. .

At the Rec, 7 a.m. morning

yoga and cycle classes are filled to capacity, with bright-eyed stu-dents looking for an early start to their day. But, of course, waking up early comes at a cost.

Notoriously associated with student life, sleep deprivation is something that most students combat at some point in their college careers. So how do stu-dents arm themselves against the onslaught of lethargy that creeps into lecture halls and classrooms the day after a poor night’s sleep? Strategies vary depending on the student.

For those who can afford to ef-fortlessly slip into sleep for a quick snooze and have ample time to do so, power naps are the answer.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, 20-30 minutes is the ideal nap time for improv-ing alertness and performance without leaving feeling lethargic.

For students without the luxury of time, caffeine is the answer. The consistently endless line at Starbucks is a testament to the integral role that highly caffeinated beverages play in the college student’s diet.

As UTSA sophomore Kiana Witcher puts it, “chugging caf-feine” is sometimes the only defense against exhaustion when tackling a busy work schedule; however, there still exists among us some brave souls who rely on willpower to propel themselves through a sleepy day.

“I know with my studies that I have to get it done no matter what mood I’m in. My mom didn’t send me here to sleep through school,” said Blessing Korie.

“I have to push through it; I’m too busy!” said Desiré Walker, explaining how she copes with the effects of exhaustion. Walker rises (at 7:30 a.m., hours before her first class each day) to make sure she has time for extracur-ricular activities — an impressive

feat considering she also reports falling asleep around 2 or 3 a.m. each night.

Witcher also wakes up hours before class, but for a different reason. She is forced to rise two and a half hours before her first class starts in order to catch a shuttle and beat San Antonio traffic. For the many commuter students who live off campus, Witcher’s story rings a familiar bell — or alarm — to be more precise.

Yet despite the many obstacles students face in catching a good night’s sleep, students continue to persevere in the classroom by employing various strategies to fight the effect sleep deprivation can have on academic perfor-mance.

“While studying is obviously important, so is sleep. A con-tinual lack of sleep can actually hurt your grades and decrease your ability to learn informa-tion,” warned UTSA sophomore Bharath Ram, an honors student majoring in biomedical engineer-ing. “I would recommend stu-dents take advantage of the many different tutoring services offered on campus, such as the Tomás Rivera Center or SI sessions.”

Based on the students’ responses, it is clear that they are veterans in handling the struggles associated with lack of sleep. Using the sleep deprivation remedies discussed in this article as your guide, consider experi-menting this semester to find a strategy that works well for you. You just might find a tactic that emboldens you with the courage to brave those dreaded 8 a.m. classes in semesters to come.

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If you were in the downtown area of San Antonio and saw superheroes walk-ing around, no need to worry — it was just the Alamo City Comic Con (ACCC).

At ACCC people from all walks of life get to dress up as their favorite fictional characters, meet celebrities and even see artists showcase their work. Visi-tors come from all over the country to meet their celebrity idols and fellow fans. Comic book culture has grown in popularity in the last few years, causing the event to be very popular and exciting for local fans.

Some of the actors who attended this year were Jon Bernthal, who portrays “The Punisher” from the Netflix show Daredevil; Ralph Macchio from the 1984 hit iconic movie “The Karate Kid,”; Jason David Frank, who is known by Power Rangers fans as “Tommy”; and many more.

ACCC provides celebrities the chance to meet and talk to fans who have fol-lowed their careers. It also provides exposure for actors who are currently

making a name for themselves — such as Gotham actor Benedict Samuel. Samuel made his debut through The Walking Dead and continues his career as “The Mad-Hatter” from the hit show Gotham.

“I always enjoy these cons to speak to fans and travel,” said Samuel.

Organizations both local and interna-tional also came to interact with fans. One, the 501 Legion, is a worldwide organization of dedicated Star Wars fans who contribute to their local communi-ties. The San Antonio chapter, Rebel Legion: 501st Legion, volunteer at events to take pictures with fans for free and attend Star Wars-related events in the area.

“It is a blessing to be able to dress up and see the smiles on the children who love these characters,” one of the 501st members stated.

Each organization has volunteers who dress up as their favorite characters and take pictures with fans of the genre, giving all donations to a charity of their choosing. ACCC is an experience for people to come together and indulge in their imaginations (some costumes looked as if they could be from an actual Hollywood film set). This event is for all ages and is to be shared with family and friends.

Alamo City Comic Con cultivates culture

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Students helped organize the Sex in the Dark event.A UTSA flag (above) waves over the estatic audience that turned out for the innagural festival.AOKI (below) perfomred during the first day of the Mala Luna music festival.

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Casey LunaStaff Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

On Oct. 29 and 30, the inaugural Mala Luna music festival exploded onto the San Antonio music scene and brought with it the first music festival in San Antonio to truly compete with the Austin festival circuit.

The sold-out crowd embraced Mala Luna with open arms and came in full force with a constant stream of dancing, moshing and chanting. In the spirit of Halloween, audience members dressed as superheroes and pop-culture icons such as Pikachu and Mr. Peanut. Even UTSA was represented at the festival, with members of the audience waving giant Roadrunner flags and friendly UTSA alumni sharing the experience at every turn.

The festival seemed homegrown and tailormade for San Antonio, featuring several local musicians such as Greg G and VI$ION. The festival grounds were covered with cultural items from our city such as posters by local artist Cruz Ortiz, murals painted over the course of festival that looked as though they were taken straight from downtown and a shrine dedicated to fallen artists like Tupac and Selina that looked like something you would find on the Southside.

The first day of Mala Luna was the most exciting as it had the highest intensity performances from the likes of Lil Yachty, Torey Lanez, Travis Scott and Steve Aoki.

November 1 - November 8, 2016 ARTS & LIFEMala Luna makes a great first impression

All photos by Tristan Ipock, The Paisano

Ashlee MoralesStaff Writer@ashleemeganarts@paisano-online.com

“It’s safe to say there’s no event like this in the country,” Executive Director Kathy Armstrong said of Luminaria, San Antonio’s contempo-rary arts festival. The festival returns on Wednesday, Nov. 9 with four days of food, drinks and art.

Every year, Luminaria takes place in a different location within San Antonio, and

this year it will be centered around the Carver Commu-nity Cultural Center and the surrounding neighborhood. The festival is a notable source of excitement throughout the San Antonio art com-munity. Whether you’re an artist or simply an admirer of art, Luminaria is an event you shouldn’t miss.

Armstrong describes the unique festival as “a meet-up for artists and audi-ences.” With over 3,000 artists contributing to the festival through various mediums, this event has something for every

art lover to enjoy and discover.“When you cross-pollinate

the audiences, you know, you’ll have someone who’s com-ing (to Luminaria) because they’re really interested in dance, but then they become exposed to other artists who work with different mediums,” Armstrong explained. “Really, this event is a showcase piece both for San Antonio and for the arts.”

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Alamo City Bhangra (ACB), UTSA’s most competitive dance organi-zation, will perform at the Diwali San Antonio Festival of Lights’ (Diwali SA) eighth annual city-wide celebra-tion.

Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights showcasing Indian culture and tradition. It will be celebrated in San Antonio on Saturday, Nov. 5

at the La Villita from 5 p.m.

to 11 p.m.“Diwali festival is a won-

derful event that showcases all of the various states of India and their cultures,” said Ampal Kaur, president of ACB and senior biology ma-jor. “We love how each state has their own style of dance and how the festival shows their individuality.”

“It’s actually very difficult to explain what Diwali is because it means so many different things to different people,” said Kausi Subra-maniam, president of Anuja San Antonio and an UTSA Engineering alumnus.

“Although the holiday

originated from a religious or mythological background, many people of all religious backgrounds celebrate the holiday in a more secular manner. In general, Diwali signifies the victory of good over evil.”

Diwali SA is organized by the non-profit Anuja San Antonio and is presented by the Indian Association of San Antonio (IASA) as well as the City of San Antonio Depart-ment of Art and Culture.

San Antonio is an ideal location for the organization to host a Diwali celebration because it has been the sister city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu,

India since 2008.“One of our most well

known sister city programs related to Chennai is the annual Diwali ‘Festival of Lights’ in San Antonio,” The City of San Antonio Interna-tional Relations office stated.

The sister city initiative was attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower shortly afterWorld War II, and its goal is to foster community relationships through global partnerships.

Alamo City Bhangra to perform at Diwali SA Festival of Lights

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(Top) Travis $cott and Rae Sremmurd (bottom) took to the stage.

(Left) Mike Farquhar’s Art Gives exhibit. (Right) Aerial Horizon by Kevin Saunders.Courtesy of Kathy Armstrong, Director of Luminaria

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Jesse EsparzaPublic health junior

“I feel that both presidential candidates have been very passionate about their views, but a lot of the focus has been on attacking each other rather than each other’s ideals. I just wish there were better candidates, but we get what we get.”

Danial KarmoutBiology senior

“I think it’s a ridiculous election. The FBI just opened new investigations because of Anthony Weiner into Hillary Clinton’s emails again. This is all 9 days before an election, I think it is putting a real damper on both sides.”

Ashley DavalosPublic health senior

“It is a little bit hectic. The candidates are fighting very hard to try and create confusion among the public. Overall, I am siding with the Democratic Party. I think it is crazy, it seems more like entertainment, but I feel like I can relate more to this election than I could in previous elections. I’d like to add that when I was watching the SNL skits, they reminded me of the debates.”

Marisa BlancoPsychology freshman

“It’s crazy! I don’t know how it got to this point! It seems as though it is not even real.”

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In 2008, a food services evaluation team comprised of UTSA students, faculty and staff selected the food service provider Aramark to manage the university’s dining services.

Within that eight years, disturbing, abject accounts have surfaced about the meals offered by the Philadelphia-based private company.

Contracted by a diverse set of institutions ranging from universities to prisons, the list of complaints levied against the company varies in severity that seems to pivot on the public visibility of the client.

A simple Google search paring together the terms “Aramark university petitions” turns up numerous examples of students from universities such as Clarkson University in New York, UChicago, UT, and the University of Tennessee filing petitions directed toward their campus administrators calling on them to break ties with Aramark.

The grievances cited across the petitions are virtually identical: forced

Aramark meal plans, limited options, and low-quality ingredients.

While these problems are perfectly valid ones to raise, it’s myopic to punctuate indignation with Aramark there.

On Sept. 9th, the anniversary of the 1971 Attica prison riot, prisoners in 24 states across 40 to 50 correctional facilities stopped working.

The mass strike was the largest coordinated action of its kind in U.S. history. Conditions like the long term inhumane treatment of inmates in living in neglected facilities and the forced exploitative labor they endure drove them to rise up and #shutitdown.

Among the miseries that gradually poured out from journalists’ correspondence with prisoners on the inside were stories of wretched food being served from unsanitary kitchens.

Aramark, the same bane of college students across the country, repeatedly popped up as the culprit being reproached.

In Michigan, evidence was found that prisoners at

the Saginaw Correctional Facility were served cake by Aramark employees that had been thrown in the trash and chewed on by rats.

Also in Michigan, maggots and fly larvae were found on a serving line at the Parnall Correctional Facility in June 2014, and again in the kitchen at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in June 2015.

By July, the evidence of Aramark’s malpractice couldn’t be shoved under the rug any longer and Michigan cancelled the company’s three-year, $145 million contract.

Aside from coming under fire thanks to its track record of feeding rotten food to prisoners, Aramark has also been accused of starving the inmates they’re contracted to service to lower operating costs, thereby increasing corporate profits. Journalist Tom Perkins reported in VICE that last year, the Southern Center for Human

Rights considered suing the company for allegedly starving Georgia’s Calhoun County Jail prisoners after inmates who contacted the center reported eating toothpaste to stave off hunger.

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“One need not be a chamber to be haunted,/One need not be a house,” wrote American poet Emily Dickinson. “The brain has corridors surpassing/Material place.”

Dickinson lived almost completely in isolation, and so much time alone with her own thoughts no doubt made way for ghostly whispers and whimpers clamoring through cerebral corridors.

I think October used to be my favorite month because Halloween gave me permission to be someone else, or be

the best version of myself, depending on the year. It felt like the most refreshing and honest time of year for me and the little trick-or-treater within. This October has been the most challenging of all my Octobers, dear readers, and I haven’t enough chairs to set around a table for the ghosts that follow me now.

Halloween, Samhain and Dia de Los Muertos are all holidays that occur this week, and each provides its own traditions for honoring the dead and spirits of loved ones lost. A unique custom is the Dumb Supper, or a dinner with the dead. The ancient Celtic ritual calls for including seats and plates for the deceased.

The “dumb” means silent, and the whole event occurs without a word spoken. While this might seem difficult or even dull, the silence gives way

for reflection and remembrance.

These supernatural holidays take place during a time of year where the veil between the living and the dead is thin. Communication is considered possible but not completely absolute. But could an annual commune with the dead truly satisfy the spirit? Does it help heal a hollow heart, or merely tear at sutures?

How can we learn to say goodbye if we hold our breath for a return? This, perhaps, is my greatest challenge this Halloween. I must learn to reconcile what has passed with what soon may come.

I never truly realized how much the Harry Potter book series quelled my depression while growing up. I’ve always known it to be an incredibly important and impactful series for my own identity, but its role as a life preserver

wasn’t as clear to me then as it is now.

With grief present in my life this Hallowmas, I think of Luna Lovegood and the aftermath of events in The Order of the Phoenix:

“You heard them, just behind the veil, didn’t you?” wrote JK Rowling. “In that room with the archway. They were just lurking out of sight, that’s all. You heard them.”

Luna senses those who have passed through the ominous veil in the Department of Mysteries. She believes in what her senses relay to her while Harry isn’t quite there yet, but he does indeed hear the voices. Luna embraces faith. Harry wrestles with it, and with the loss of a future that faith now asks him to accept.

Sometimes we feel like Harry, standing in disbelief before the

void of the veil. And sometimes, like Harry, we lose ourselves in mirrors, straining to see something that isn’t really there. Sometimes, like Harry, we feel haunted by what could have been.

Sometimes, then, we have to remember what Albus Dumbledore said in The Prisoner of Azkaban: “Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

As winter approaches, the world will get colder and darker, even here in San Antonio. We cannot lose ourselves

in darkness or loss. We cannot waste

away in front of the Mirror of Erised, for as Dumbledore said, “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

We each have to find our own way to not sit at a dumb supper and wait for something that might never come. We have to get up and turn on the light, even if that means going to HEB this week and purchasing Halloween candy that’s 90 percent off. Or attempting to go to the gym. Again. Or writing. Or re-reading Harry Potter and remembering that one is never alone in loss.

I am haunted by ghosts, but I hope they will not stay beyond supper.

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Every day for the past week polling places have opened their doors to long lines of voters, made longer by large flocks of sheep.

The sheep were present in small numbers from the first day of early voting and a few even voted in the primaries; however, their numbers have grown dramatically with each passing day.

While well behaved for the most part — now and then two rams will butt heads — the sheep in their orderly lines have made some voters uncomfortable.

"At first I thought they were just bleating," said Tom Voterman, a junior political science major, "but it turned out they were

mumbling things, like 'first woman president,' 'legalize it' and 'make America great again'. I think I even heard one chanting 'green new deal'."

Interestingly, exit polls show that the sheep are primarily concerned with national elections, not recognizing names like Wayne Christian or Rebecca Bell Metereau, though these candidates could have just as much of an impact. In fact, by and large the sheep seem to be voting for the party ticket without even looking at the rest of the ballot.

Exit polls further reveal that the ignorance of the sheep in regard to local politics is balanced out by a remarkable depth of knowledge of the minutiae of the presidential campaigns.

"I was worried about the sheep," said Shep Manard, a decidedly curly haired undeclared junior, "but once I started talking to them, I saw the sheep knew as much as I did. They'd watched the debates, and

they knew what Hillary said in her emails and what Trump said on that tape. They knew the issues and were qualified to vote."

Em Eta, critic and sheep behavior expert, had this to say about the phenomenon: "It seems strange to most folks, but it's pretty normal. Any time something political's going on it's like the sheep get anthropomorphized or something. It might seem funny but really it's just patronizing; comparing sheep to people isn't helpful–they have to be understood in their own context."

The sheep have been observed at polling places in Texas and across the country.

Reports of other animal species behaving strangely have also cropped up throughout the country, many migratory species leaving the country with no regard for their normal schedule.

So far though, voting behaviors have only been attributed to sheep.

Voters incapable of sayingpreferred candidates' names

In a recent survey conducted by VOTE, a student political awareness group, researchers sought to examine the political climate of UTSA. Over 400 students were asked for whom they were voting and why their candidate would be receiving their vote. VOTE discovered that the majority of students claimed to have found a clear candidate to endorse in the upcoming presidential election but were completely unwilling to divulge which candidate they had chosen.

Pollsters found that students had extremely strong feelings regarding the upcoming election, well informed students making declarative statements such as,

“Between the two candidates, I kind of know what mine sort of stands for. Maybe.”

When asked why they supported their chosen candidate, students lauded them with exasperated praise.

“Better than nothing,” said freshman finance major Richard Million.

“Well, at least they aren’t the other one,” said Forrest Green, a sophomore communication student.

“What am I going to do, vote third party? Ha, good one,” chuckled junior political science major Ferris Wheeler.

A majority of students

defended their choice by attacking the opposition’s track record, believing they are untrustworthy, unreliable and insincere toward the issues for which they claimed to stand.

The surveyors found students on both sides showed great concern over the opponent’s track record, believing that they would say or do anything to get their vote.

“I went to Washington D.C. for vacation this summer and attended one of the candidate’s rallies,” stated senior business major Rick Shaw. “They made some decent points about changes needed in our country. I was very surprised to wake up the very next day to find that they took the exact opposite stance on Twitter less than three hours later, and said that they could never support everything stated the night before as it would be absolutely devastating to the country. My candidate wouldn’t do that. Right?”

Students displayed distrust in the opposition candidate in light of recent scandals, with about 35 percent of the students surveyed expressing that they couldn’t trust a candidate with such a seedy past.

“How can I trust a candidate who’s had that many scandals?” asked freshman Fake Name. “The president is supposed to represent our entire country. I don’t even understand how they could get this far into the election with a record like that.”

The political divide at UTSA is only going to get more heated as passionate students defend their candidates as the 2016 election draws near. With whom will UTSA students settle?

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This season UTSA foot-ball has shown promise. Considering how young the

program is, there is still the potential for growth to take place.

However, Frank Wilson and Roadrunners have hit the ground running. The Roadrunners, coming off a redeeming 31-17 win against North Texas on Sat-urday Oct. 29, have fought hard in conference play this year. The Roadrunners are

currently 4-4 with four more games still left to play for the season. They have had big wins against conference opponents Rice and Southern Miss. On average, the Road-runners are scoring 29.50 points per a game while their op-ponents are scoring 26.88 points per a game.

The Roadrunners have a stable quar-

terback situation. At the beginning of the season, there was a toss up about who would be UTSA’s starting quarterback; however, junior Dalton Sturm has proved himself to be the man for the job. He is currently holding a 60.94 percent pass comple-tion and has thrown 15 touchdowns to a low four

interceptions. On the defen-

sive side, there has been an emer-gence of new tal-ent with freshman linebacker Josiah Tauefa. Tauefa leads the defense in total tackles (79) and sacks (4).

Head Coach Frank Wilson has done a good job binging some toughness and energy to the football program.The Roadrun-ners, even though only 4-4 thus far, are making some noise in Confer-ence USA.

With four games left and a potential bowl game, there is still much to see in the arena of UTSA football.

Abby SharpStaff Writer@AbbySharp15sports@paisano-online.com

Living a healthy lifestyle is working out each day, eating nutritious food and seeing results. But to achieve each of these aspects of fitness, you must first start with your mental-ity.

A healthy lifestyle is about positivity and having a proactive mindset.

Positivity grows where you plant it. Encourage yourself throughout the day and not just during

your workout. As soon as you think about it, tell yourself how excited you are to work out after class or work.

The more hyped you are before your workout, the better it will be. Positive reminders will help main-tain that motivation. Tell yourself, “I want to get to this goal, and now I’m one day closer.”

Finding a mantra or phrase that reminds you why you’re working hard will prevent you from slacking off. No days off.

At some point in your routine, you’re bound to feel like you want to take a day off or even give up. Don’t. Your mentality is what’s going to get you out of whatever slump you may fall into.

If you let the negativity overcome you, you won’t be able to pull out of it. You’d have to start all over at some point, so why not avoid that obstacle and keep up the progress?

Keeping a positive mind-set can take some time,

but the more you practice positive thinking, the more natural it’ll become.

When challenges arise, there is an inclination to think negatively, but that’s when you need to recall the reasons why you want to be healthy and fit.

With every healthful meal and workout, you are making progress. We don’t give ourselves this remind-er enough.

As long as you’re taking steps towards your goal, you are making progress. Stay positive as you take these steps, and you will begin to see more progress.

The physical pursuit of fitness can’t begin without the right mental attitude. If you are struggling, the best way to help yourself is to be your own number-one fan.

Encouraging words will get you where you need to be–whether that means toning down, bulking up or anything in between.

Your habits are driven by your mindset, so stay inspired and don’t forget your goals.

Patrick MartinezStaff Writer@Paisanosports1sports@paisano-online.com

Come playoffs or even a regular season game, nothing gets the fans more pumped than a good ol’ fashioned rivalry. Through-out the decades of sports play, one of the most thrill-ing things to spectate is the intensity of sports rivalries. In the NFL, you have the Cowboys and the Redskins (among many others); col-lege, you have UT Long-horns and A&M Aggies; baseball has the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.

Rivalries can be brought up by two teams in the same division playing for division titles, teams within a state competing to be the best of that state, teams battling over interstate highways (such as the I-10 rivalry in the NBA consist-ing of Los Angeles, Phoe-nix, San Antonio, New Or-leans and Houston) or just two certain teams meeting in the playoffs several years in a row.

One of my favorite rivalries in basketball is the one between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Los Angeles Lakers have been in the league since the BAA and NBL merger in 1948, known then as the Minne-apolis Lakers. The Lakers were the first dynasty to win five championships in

six years (1949-1954) and again in 1972, finally as the Los Angeles Lakers.

The San Antonio Spurs started in the ABA and came to the NBA with the 1976 merger that brought a total of four former ABA teams to the NBA: Indiana, New York (soon to be New Jersey), San Antonio and Denver.

The rivalry started in the 1980s, but lacked real com-petition as the legendary “showtime” Lakers would beat George Gervin and the Spurs four out of four times in the playoffs en route to five championships and eight finals appearances in the 1980s. It’s hard to con-sider something a rivalry when it’s one-sided. The Lakers won those series 4-0, 4-2, 3-0 and 3-0.

As the Lakers got older and started to rebuild, the Spurs added David Rob-inson in the 1989-1990 season after drafting him first overall in 1987. The Spurs began to dominate and even defeated the Lak-ers two out of two times in the 1990s. However, the Spurs always lacked some-thing and did not reach the NBA finals until 1999 after receiving arguably the best Spur in history–Tim Duncan from the 1997 NBA draft.

The rivalry really took off in 2001. In 1999, Tim Dun-can, Sean Elliot and David Robinson embarrassed future champs Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal by sweeping them 4-0, leading to San Antonio’s first ever NBA championship.

The following playoffs in 2000 saw an injured Spurs dethroned in the first

round by the Phoenix Suns (another Spurs rival). In 2001, the Lakers got their revenge by sweeping the Spurs 4-0 in the Western Conference finals on the way to a second consecu-tive championship.

The Spurs were once again swept the following year in 2002, so the Lakers would go on to win a third consecutive championship. In 2003, the Spurs finally beat the Lakers again 4-2 thanks to a missed buzzer-beater by Laker forward “Big Shot” Robert Horry in game five.

The Spurs went on to win their second championship

that season, the last cham-pionship for hall-of-famer David Robinson.

In 2004, the Spurs were set up to win a consecu-tive championship, but Los Angeles once again stood in their way. With each team winning two games at their home courts, the Spurs found themselves down by 16.

After a comeback led by their bench, the Spurs ended up fighting back and took the lead. With 11 seconds left, Kobe Bryant took a jumper that sunk the bottom of the net, giving the Lakers the lead. After a well-guarded Tim Duncan

hit a fadeaway jumper with 0.4 seconds remaining, Laker guard Derek Fisher hit a turnaround jumper at the buzzer and smashed the Spurs dreams of a second consecutive championship.

The Lakers, now with Gary Payton and Karl Malone along with Shaq and Kobe, made it to the finals but lost.

The two teams played each other again in 2008. Between 2004 and 2008, the Spurs won two cham-pionships and the Miami Heat won their first.

The rivalry cooled down a bit, but this new Lakers team without Shaq and

with Pau Gasol beat the Spurs once again on the way to a finals appear-ance. The last time these two teams played ended in a Spurs sweep of the first round in 2013. But by then there wasn’t much of a rivalry. However, when these two teams meet in the playoffs, the players know it, the fans know it, and it’s on!

These types of rivalries are interesting because (in this case) whoever wins the playoff series most likely goes on to win the champi-onship, so the competition is fierce. It makes for great sports games and great sports memories.

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The Spurs, Lakers rivalry has been one for the books. Both teams are considered top franchises in the NBA.

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Remembering the I-10 rivalry: Spurs vs. Lakers

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