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UTSA is currently competing against more than 100 universities in Recycle Mania, an 8-week, nationwide competition intended to raise awareness to-wards waste reduc-tion and recycling.

Participating col-leges compete for the title of “grand champion of Re-cycle Mania”.

Competing schools must re-port their weekly recycling and waste amounts to the Recycle Ma-nia Program. Each competing school is responsible for track-ing the weight of its weekly recycling and waste amounts.

The waste and recy-cling amounts for each school are ranked based on the school’s recycling per-centage compared to its to-tal waste generated. The grand champion school

will receive national rec-ognition by being featured in a national press release.

The UTSA Office of En-vironmental Health,

Safety and Risk Management spon-

sors the annual

competition and encour-ages students to recycle on and around campus. This will be UTSA’s eighth

time participating in the annual Recycle Mania tour-nament; its goal is to place in the top 10 percent of par-

ticipating colleges and uni-

versities. In 2015, UTSA placed 22nd out of the 232 participating schools. This year 187 universities are participating in the chal-lenge. So far, with a re-cycling rate of 50.75 per-cent, UTSA ranks 36th. In order for UTSA to rank higher, the univer-

sity community must value the impor-tance of recycling and ensure that the university will do its part to help

recycling efforts and spread aware-ness of the issue.

Roadrunners can contribute to the efforts of waste re-duction by throwing away paper, card-

board, plastic, alumi-num and glass in the

designated recycling bins around campus. Students can also help by spread-ing the word to faculty, staff and other students. The underlying pur-

pose of the event is to build habits that will con-tinue even after the con-test concludes, on April 2.

UTSANew student organi-zation Undergraduate Political Science As-sociation and UTSA’s Department of Political Science and Geography will host a panel featur-ing Congressman Joa-quin Castro on March 10 at 5:30 p.m. in MB 0.106. The event is ti-tled “The Road to Suc-cess: Civic Engagement and Career Advice”. Texas The Supreme Court is hearing the case “Whole Women’s Health vs. Hellerstedt” regarding H.B. 2, the controversial Texas law that became national news since former state Senator Wendy Davis’ (D) famous filibuster. Associate Justice An-thony Kennedy is the focus of attention as the Supreme Court’s swing voter. Thus far, court opinion is ex-ploring definitions of the “undue burden” test, regarding TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws.

U.S. According to data re-leased by the CDC in 2015, heroin usage has spiked. Opioids, the drug classification of heroin, were involved in 28,647 deaths in 2014, and opioid over-doses have quadrupled since 2000. The rising number of users who need a constant fix has lead to more arrests and overdoses, many of which occur in public places. These episodes take place mostly in lo-cations with available restrooms such as city libraries and fast food restaurants. This new visibility is prompt-ing officials across the country to consider more direct policy so-lutions aimed at the amelioration of addic-tion, rather than pursu-ing policies that crimi-nalize drug use without considering the role of public health.

ScienceAfter years of decline, monarch butterflies appear to be on the re-bound. During their yearly 2,500 mile mi-gration from Canada to Mexico, they have faced herbicides and habitat loss. Scientists attribute the monarchs’ revival to climatic conditions and the higher pres-ence of milkweed along the migratory route.

Recycle Mania is an eight week competition with 187 participating universities.

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Physiology professor researches new method for treating cancerous tumors

UTSA competes in nationwide recycling contest

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UTSA professor of physi-ology Dr. Matthew Gd-ovin and a team of re-searchers have developed a new method for treat-ing cancerous tumors. In Gdovin’s method, pa-

tients are injected with a certain concentration of a drug. Following the injec-tion, the patients sit for an hour to allow the drug to diffuse into the tumor cells. A small fiber optic laser is then stuck into the tumor to activate the compound. Once the compound is activated, the tumors be-come acidic, shrinks a little and stops growing.Gdovin stated, “We’re try-

ing to develop stuff that addresses the greatest hu-man need…a lot of can-cers can be removed with surgery and be relatively cured… we’re looking at

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Many former football players suffer from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. UTSA Athletics Director Lynn Hickey points out that concussions are not exclusive to football, and occur in athletes playing every sport. “It’s not just concussions in football, it’s concussions in athletics. There’s more focus on football because of the number of concussions in football,” Hickey said.

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In 2000, Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cow-boys franchise, told ESPN that he would persuade Troy Aikman to ignore his concussion symptoms dur-ing playoff season “since all data that we have so far don’t point to any last-ing, long-term effects from the head trauma.”

Dave Duerson, who played for the Arizona Car-dinals in the last leg of his professional football career, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, hours after texting his family to have his brain donated to science. When researchers examined his donated brain at Boston University, they discov-ered that Duerson suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a brain injury that many former football players suffer from.

Most recently, former UTSA’s quarterback Blake Bogenschutz announced that he will no longer con-tinue to play (football) because of “lingering con-cussion-like symptoms.”

“Despite my strong love and passion for (football), I have come to peace and the realization that my health is more impor-

tant than a game,” Bogen-schutz said at press con-ference in early February.

“Concussions are a se-rious deal in this day and age, and I have learned that first-hand. My mind and heart are on good terms with walking away from it all knowing that it could’ve easily gotten worse,” Bo-genschutz explained.

The scientific community has made numerous con-cussion-related discoveries in the past 15 years. As a result, the National Colle-giate Athletic Association (NCAA) has encouraged every school to enforce a strict concussion protocol.

UTSA has adopted a con-cussion protocol of its own.

Associate Athletics Di-rector (AD) Jerry Greeson helped draft the protocol, which is under revision.

“Not long ago, if a per-son had a concussion you would put him or her in a dark room, because the brain doesn’t get very much stimulus that way. Now, once an athlete shows symptoms, he or she under-goes memory, balance and neurological testing and is pulled from all activity for the day,” Greeson said.

“The athlete is then given

a baseline neurocognitive test in which they are test-ed on response time and memory recognition on the computer. Then that athlete is retested 24 hours after he or she is symptom free.”

Concussions affect ath-letes on many levels. Gree-son explains how concus-sions impact athletes off the field and why easing an athlete back into an every-day routine is important.

“Texting, professors talking in class and chang-ing slides can aggravate the athlete and make the concussion symptoms worse. It can really af-fect their academic per-formance,” Greeson said.

“After the brain is given a rest, the athlete moves to light walking, cy-cling and exercising, as long as it doesn’t make the symptoms worse.”

However, concussions do not occur solely from head-to-head contact. Assistant AD for Equip-ment Operations Mike Villa states that proper strength, conditioning, nutrition, hydration and tackling techniques are key to preventing concussions.

“Every athlete is re-quired to take the baseline

test because dehydration and concussion symptoms are incredibly similar. Ev-ery coach on the field has a student trainer that is ready to hydrate players.”

Villa states that there are designated water breaks, hydration sta-tions, tents and cooling fans to help promote hy-dration and keep the play-ers from getting fatigued.

“I think that this is im-portant because it helps the players’ form stay in cue and keep them from getting sloppy, which helps reduce the risk of someone getting a concussion,” Villa said.

Despite the attention directed at football con-cussions, concussions oc-cur in every contact sport.

Greeson and Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey both stress that women soccer players experi-ence more concussions than do football athletes.

“It’s not just concussions in football; it’s concussions in athletics. There’s more

focus on football because of the number of con-cussions in football, but there is protocol for ev-ery athlete in every sport on campus,” Hickey said.

She looks forward to the advances in technology to protect athletes’ heads.

“Twenty years ago we just didn’t know any bet-ter. It’ll be very interesting to see what type of helmet technology sports have.”

In order to further under-stand concussions, former professional soccer player Brandi Chastain has agreed to donate her brain to the Concussion Legacy Foun-dation and to researchers at Boston University. Known for scoring the winning shootout goal in the 1999 World Cup final against China, Chastain hopes that her brain will help researchers delve deeper into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, concus-sions and female athletics.

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‘Beaks up. Speak up’: initiative encourages bystander intervention

UTSA professor researches cancerous tumors

UNIVERSITIES ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT CONCUSSIONS

According to Lynn Hickey, Bogenschutz sustained several concussions before attending UTSA. He is “exactly the kind of man you want on your team, and it’s very sad he’s been denied the option to play,” said Hickey. His leaving the team will not affect his scholarship eligibilty.

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UTSA orientation leaders have been trained in by-stander intervention — identifying a potentially dangerous situation, such as seeing someone slip drugs into someone else’s drink, and responding in a way that will positively af-fect the outcome.

The Associate Director of Student Affairs, Jarvis Clark, stated that the UT System gave a three-year grant to all of the UT schools to encourage their campus communities to be active bystanders. This initiative, called “Beaks up. Speak up.,” is focused on encour-aging students, faculty and

staff to “RECOGNIZE po-tential harm, CHOOSE to respond, and take ACTion.”

Its signature program “Beaks up. Speak up.’—Bringing in the Bystander—trains students in bystander intervention. In the 90-min-ute program that focuses on preventing sexual vio-lence, students are taught which barriers prevent people from intervening in harmful situations, how to intervene in harmful situa-tions themselves, and how to empathize with victims.

Associate Director of Counseling Services, Melis-sa F. Hernandez, said, “the purpose behind the initia-tive is to create a culture of responsibility and citi-zenship and create a safer campus.” Along with orien-tation leaders, all Student Affairs student workers

and other students in the UTSA community are be-ing trained in this program.

Clark believes that the “Beaks up. Speak up.” ini-tiative will benefit students and the entire UTSA com-munity by raising awareness about harmful situations that may require inter-vening for someone else.

“UTSA, through vari-ous departments and stu-dent organizations, offer resources, support and programming around risk education and how to help one another. ‘Beaks up. Speak up.’ is a way to bring all of those existing resources together and re-inforce the idea that UTSA cares about its community and the safety of all who are within it,” said Clark.

Sophomore Isabella Bel-tri, a psychology major with

a minor in general busi-ness administration, was an orientation leader last year and will be returning as a team leader this year. She was one of the stu-dents trained in the “Beaks up. Speak up.” initiative.

“We just recently had a session over bystander intervention and I re-ally think the Orienta-tion Leader Class, both old and new, benefit-ted from it,” Beltri said.

Beltri also stated that orientation leaders will be required to talk about by-stander intervention during their team times and will also put on a skit for new students featuring different scenarios that happen in college, many of which have content about bystander in-tervention. After the skit, a panel of professionals will

be available to the students to ask questions about by-stander intervention and other content from the skit.

“Even though it’s for a brief moment,” Beltri said, “we hope that the mes-sage gets through to them.”

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“The purpose behind the initiative is to create a culture of responsibility and citizenship,” said Melissa F. Hernandez, associate director of counsel-ing services at UTSA.

“It’s not concussions in football; it’s concussions in athletics.”Lynn HickeyDirector of Athletics

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UTSA’s women soccer team played the UT- El Paso Miners. Former UTSA quarterback Blake Bogenschutz can no longer play for the team because of “lingering concussion-like symptoms”.

aggressive cancers…we’re looking at cancers growing in difficult-to-treat places.”Cancerous tumors cause

a great deal of physical and emotional harm to patients. Not only are the symptoms of cancer harsh, but the side effects from excessive treatments can be pains-taking as well. Some of the side effects attributed to chemotherapy are hair loss, fatigue, pain, vomit-ing and loss of appetite. This new method is

groundbreaking for a sci-entific field that is desper-ately seeking to learn more on the biology of cancer. Dr. Gdovin and his team

have been successful thus far and have followed through on their mission to explore cancers that are more ag-gressive and harder to treat.“We’ve got three cancer-

ous cells that we’ve tried so far. Every one we’ve tried so far, it’s killed them in the petri dish model, two forms of breast cancer and one form of prostate cancer,” said Dr. Gdovin.Gdovin discussed that

when they were first be-ginning the trials to test their new method of wip-ing out cancerous cells they had to come into the lab 90 days straight, includ-ing Christmas and New Year’s Day. The team had to collect various kinds of data, such as the rate of the subject’s tumor growth.When they performed the

first animal study, at least two members of the lab team were present each day. Dr. Gdovin was in the labo-ratory every day so that he could be there to teach the members of the laboratory.Zachary Jordan, a research

assistant and M.S in Bio-technology, said that hear-ing from cancer patients motivates his research. “You can hear it in

their voices. How much they need something new. Somebody’s life de-pends on it,” said Jordan.Dr. Gdovin is amazed

at where his research has led, and he doesn’t plan on taking any vaca-tion days anytime soon.

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OPINION March 8 - March 22 , 2016

The logic behind the look

Produced entirely by UTSA

students for the UTSA community, The Paisano has

published dynamic content of premier journalists since 1981.

The Paisano is more than words, stories and paper — it is the home of a diverse group of students who col-laborate to produce a product worth talking,

and reading, about.Every week, The Pai-

sano's staff produces an edgy objective rendition of

campus news.It’s time that the visual brand of

The Paisano mirrors its progres-sive quality and its content.

Branding is necessary when so-lidifying any type of identity.

A successful, cohesive, com-municative brand conveys to au-diences what even the most lucid of words cannot.

The Paisano’s flag (the name of the newspaper on page one) was redesigned to visually commu-nicate that this publication is the only publication made for and by students of the UTSA community.

The lettermark to the left was created to accompany the paper and marketing artifacts as well as to compliment the newly designed paisano-online.com, a project (a brain child) that began with the editorial board in the summer of 2015 that will officially launch on Saturday, March 12.

March 12 is also the official cel-ebration of The Paisano's 35th an-niversary. The event will be held at The Block and The Paisano Media Arts Center.

Over the last 35 years, The Pai-

sano has undergone many chang-es. With the evolution of print journalism, college newspapers have had to adapt their looks to the style and preferences of their audiences.

The visual feel of a company re-lays immediate insight and mes-sage. Additionally, brand unity al-lows for an audience to recognize a entity with ease.

These exciting changes have been incorporated in this issue. What you are reading is a part of history.

The Paisano — albeit indepen-dent, unfunded and uncensored by the university — is, in the best ways, UTSA.

Aidan Watson Morris UTSA freshman

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Twenty-eight billion bottles and jars thrown away, every year; 14 billion pounds of gar-bage in the world’s oceans, every year; 100,000 marine animals killed by plastic bags, every year; one move-ment towards environmental change, with a message that’s repeated to a passive audi-ence; every year. Recycling bins can now be

found next to any trashcan, meaning that recycling has now become culturally in-grained for its utility. How-ever, these bins have blended into the background of a now generally passive movement. Growing up on South Padre

Island, Texas, I witnessed re-cyclable materials being lit-tered daily. From the beach to the streets, litter became synonymous with the image of SPI. However, large resi-dential advocacy saw the rise of recycling initiatives. Thou-sands of recycling bins were placed throughout the two mile stretch of urbanized beach, and fines for littering went from $50, to over $2000 per piece of trash. These aggressive tactics cut

down litter and increased recycling numbers expo-nentially, with the “Keep SPI Beautiful” slogan ringing through resident and tour-ist’s ears alike.

San Antonio realizes re-cycling’s importance as well, being littered (pun unintended) with recycling depots and environmental advocacy events. A progres-sive initiative on San Anto-nio’s part, sure, but a stark contrast from my under-standing of the goal behind recycling. Perhaps it’s a matter of

location. Advocacy in cit-ies are inclined to match the gritty lore of movies, where the occasional place-ment of a recycling bin is suffice enough. Beaches, in an effort to retain an image of untouched paradise, are met with massive recycling movements. Being a resident of San Antonio for over two years now, I can say that the Alamo City’s recycling ad-vocacy doesn’t measure to South Padre’s. But this isn’t limited to the

two places I call home, cur-rent nationwide recycling programs and events have increased the intake of re-cycled materials. Many of these events offer incentives for contributors to be recog-nized for their efforts. This has established more ac-tive roles in larger recycling goals, but it’s done so almost always for the chance to gain recognition. Recycling needs a stronger

backbone, with an advocacy that changes the culture it’s being utilized in. Just because these initiatives are visible, does not mean they’ve become the norm. The current spread of recy-cling bins is nothing more than the establishment of monuments celebrating past accomplishments.

When Jay-Z first launched TIDAL, it was advertised as an enhanced music experience and better alternative to other streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music. But charging $10 per month for music access on TIDAL is hard to justify when Spotify offers its music for free.

In TIDAL’s defense, its premium service does offer a bit more than other streaming services such as certain exclusive content, better music quality, music videos, and a social media tab for all of your favorite artists.

Until now, I’ve used Spotify

as my main source of music, but I decided to try the free trial of TIDAL premium to see if it’s worth the money.

After downloading the app, I noticed the layout and design were similar to Spotify, though TIDAL’s design was more aesthetically pleasing. The app was easy to navigate, but would often pause when playing music. Because TIDAL streams at 1.4mbps for better sound quality while Spotify caps out at 320kbps, I suggest having a strong 4G network if you plan on using TIDAL.

With that being said, the music does actually sound better if you’re in a very quiet place with decent headphones. After a few listens, you can tell the music is much fuller and the bass is a little deeper, however, it was hard to notice the upgrade in quality anywhere in public for example on campus, at the gym, or even driving.

Initially, I was con-cerned about TIDAL’s content, however, I

found a lot of interesting and obscure music in its expansive library of art-ists. Although I don’t use the feature all that of-ten, TIDAL also streams music videos, which is a nice additional source of entertainment.

Ultimately, TIDAL does everything Spotify does and a little bit more. TIDAL also pays more royalties to the artists, so at least some of your money is going to the artist. Another selling point is the fact that it’s ad free, which is probably a better incentive than the higher sound quality.

If all this interests you, I recommend using the free trial. If nothing else, you can use it to listen to TIDAL’s exclusive content like Kanye West’s new album, Taylor Swift and some classic Jay-Z. After that, if you’re cheap like me, you can cancel the membership and go crawling back to Spotify.

Commentary

One can't help but note the irony of the Twitter handle that immediately preceded Justice Lovin's “Mankind's quest to know their selfies” published last issue.

Lovin argues that the artifice of social media is necessarily a forfeit of control because moments are removed from individual experience and repackaged as parts of a narrative over which we do not have real control. He argues further that what we are really doing

when curating our online persona is selling ourselves to exploitative corporations.

It is certainly true that corporate and personal interests rarely coincide, and social media is rooted in the former concern. But Lovin ignores the democratized platform offered by the internet.

The recent phenomenon of “going viral” has exposed a litany of racial violence and police abuse that would have continued to go relatively

unnoticed outside of affected areas without the aid of social media platforms. You may have to sit through a targeted commercial to watch the latest video of an unarmed black teenager being shot by a police officer, but the video is there for public consumption.

As for the personal concession of a social media presence, Lovin's commentary is unclear in the distinctions it draws.

Would simply telling

multiple people about an event you witnessed be equal to the “philosophical suicide” Lovin claims is the MO of social media? There is no control over how they understand your story.

Is the effect of a pretty sunset lost on us when someone likes it on Instagram? If there is value in the visceral, surely it is not bankrupted by the interface of social media. The shallow validation offered by social media does not cripple other,

more substantial forms of validation.

What Lovin refers to as the ideology of the selfie is in fact the basis of all interaction, that of recognition. Identity is a meaningless concept without others.

Letter to the EditorThe commentary "Mankind's Quest..." published the week of March 1, 2016 was an examination of the ontological consequences of social media profiles. The author condemns virtual representation as an outsourcing of the job of validating identity that ultimately comes between the individual and their experiences.

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Specie-sism is a term that was coined by 1970’s

animal rights move-ments and popularized by the Australian utili-tarian philosopher Pe-ter Singer in his book “Animal Liberation.”

In the context of ethical philoso-phy, speciesism re-fers to the practice

of one giving a moral preference

to the interests of one spe-cies over other species, while believing that

the practice is justified. These

beliefs are analo-gous to racism or sexism, which embody the same prejudice on the

grounds of race or sex.

Singer ar-gues that because ani-mals have the capac-ity to expe-rience pain

they must also have an interest in

avoiding it; and that among spe-cies the interest in avoiding pain is of equal moral weight. He uses this premise to condemn car-nivorism and animal experi-mentation and

to advocate vegan and

v e g e t a r i a n lifestyles.

One might extend

the idea of speciesism beyond Singer’s utili-tarian arguments. Take, for example, from the philosophy of John Locke, the

argument that no one “ought to harm another in his life, health, liber-ty, or possessions,” be-cause these things are guaranteed to anyone born into the “State of Nature” and thus sub-ject the sovereignty of the environment over living things.

Locke was talking about people; but aren’t animals also born in nature with life, health, liberty, and, while not possessions, a par-ticular habitat which serves as the materials of their home?

When any of those rights are deprived of animals the con-sequences are not abstract matters of argument, but real and observable. Yet the growth of human civilization — the ex-pansion of cities and towns, the consump-tion of nonrenewable resources — continues to encroach upon the habitats and the rights of other species, con-sequentially pushing them to endangerment and eventually extinc-tion.

Overfishing in ocean ecosystems has placed the Bluefin tuna and other fish species on the endangered species list. Melting of the po-lar ice caps has placed the polar bear on the endangered species list. And logging in Su-matran rain forests has placed species of rhino, elephant and tiger on the critically endan-gered species list.

As tragic as the ex-tinction of a species is, it is only a symptom of a larger problem.

Life on earth is main-

tained by a number of interrelated cycles and systems, of which each species is a part. The complex-ity of these systems is what has allowed and continues to allow them to adapt to changes but with each species that becomes extinct, the balance of the global system becomes more frag-ile. Worse, as popula-tion size decreases so too does genetic diver-sity, resulting in an in-creased sensitivity to disease and impeding the evolutionary pro-cess.

In causing this to happen, we unpar-donably put our own state of un-precedented afflu-ence before the most basic needs and rights of morally equivalent beings — not just animals, but underrepre-sented peoples too.

Though many deny it, we threaten our own survival. In doing so, we violate not just common sense, but also the fundamental prin-ciple of our civiliza-tion: the natural rights upon which society is supposed to improve.

While there is no single convenient so-lution to the problems of environmental deg-radation and animal rights abuse, there is a way to make progress on both fronts that also con-tributes to living in a rational and ethically consistent way — eat less meat. Better yet, eat no meat; go vegan. It really isn’t that diffi-cult of a life-style change and can often be healthier, cheaper and more sustainable.

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OPINION March 8 - March 22, 2016

Do you think student athletes should be paid? Why or why not?

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“No, I don't think student athletes should be paid because they usually get the benefit of having a scholar-ship.”

Caleb HaeusslerFreshman, biomedical engineering

“No, they shouldn't be paid since a lot of athletes get scholarships to play and the school also sponsors the programs.”

David ReidSenior, kinesiology

“Yeah, I think they should get paid because they put in more hours than people who have jobs and they have to balance that on top of being a good student. They work hard.”

Jahnae RanklinJunior, criminology

“Yes, because if the school profits from them playing then the student athlete should profit too.”

Richard ValdezSenior, business management

Love and justice for all animals

“No I don't think that student athletes should be paid because they're still in school.”

Jennifer KellerFreshman, psychology

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Student Government Association elections begin today, March 8th, and will extend until to-morrow. Signs posted around campus ask stu-dents to make their voice heard, show that their vote matters and elect the right candidate for the position. To help students make

this important decision, candidates are using in-creasingly vague cam-paign posters and vid-eos to get their message across, providing little to no information on what positions are being voted for or who will be run-ning for the position. Hoping to break their

record-low of being vot-

ed in by less than 5% of the 30,000 student pop-ulation, the SGA looks to continue its tradition of being elected by mem-bers of their organiza-tion, their own friends, and the smallest minor-ity of student voters.Students will be able to

vote tomorrow on ASAP using any computer, cell-phone, or tablet available to them. UTSA has provided this

to allow students to vote anywhere they choose. A student may vote on campus, or in their un-derwear at home, so long as they have Wi-Fi or cellphone service. With how easy it is to

vote, SGA rises to the challenge by making stu-dents as frustrated and disinterested in elec-tions as possible. It is no easy task to make 30,000 individuals choose not participate in a vital part of campus life, but this year’s election cam-paigns look to be the most successfully bleak in UTSA history. SGA

has done an excellent job providing students with virtually no infor-mation on candidates or what positions are open for election and has strengthened its contin-ued goal of making sure the peers they serve have no idea what their orga-nization really does for the campus.The key to the success

of this year’s election is the vague and uncertain campaign posters and videos featuring only two students, one run-ning for president and one running for vice president. The posters serve to make sure stu-dents know at least two positions are available for election, and that these students will most likely win, being elected by their organizational peers. With obscure poster

messages like “ Fixing AIS – You’re Welcome Freshman” and “Improv-ing Academic Advising – I believe waiting for one month isn’t okay”

these type of generaliza-tions most people would agree with lack the promise of any real ac-tion, and make sure the candidates will be elect-ed simply by being the only ones running that actually made a poster. "Wheeeeee,” states the overly formal VP candi-date, pushing the presi-dential candidate on a swing in their campaign video, with the slogan “Pushing for UTSA.”

Ending their final campaign video on the Donald Trump inspired “Make UTSA Great Again” the sure win can-didates hope to continue making SGA as alien-ated and unavailable as possible to the 30,000 students they serve, and look to continue going about whatever it is that they do.

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March 8 - March 22, 2016 ARTS & LIFE6Arts & Life

Events Calendar:Thursday 3/10

7:30 p.m.Symphonic Band and

Wind Ensemble

This Thursday is the last opportunity to enjoy performances of UTSA’s current concert series highlighting the college’s Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and original compositions by UTSA faculty member James Styler and guest composer James Bonney. The free recital will take place in the Arts Recital Hall (2.03.02) and is open to the general public.

Friday 3/116 p.m.

“Honoring Women”

With Contemporary Arts Month and Women’s History Month fully un-derway, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center pres-ents “Honoring Women,” a display which features 49 portraits of women discovered throughout the ages. The portraits depict female figures from realms of mythology, arts, religion, family and more, and the reception for the exhibit will be held on March 11 at the GAGA (723 S.Brazos).

Tuesday 3/147 p.m.

Imagine FestCome out and support San Antonio’s own Imag-ine Books and Records (8373 Culebra Rd.) for its first ever Imagine Fest going down this spring break, March 13-19. For 7 nights, Imagine will be hosting 7 shows, each starting at 7 p.m. for $7 (per night), and the lineup is stacked with bands like The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Femina-X and 16 Psyche. On Monday, March 14, catch tuxedo-clad indie rockers The Blind Owls.

Wednesday 3/15

7:30 p.m.“Drag Me To

Fame”Under a disco ball-lit dance floor, HEAT Nightclub (1500 N. Main Ave) is hosting your favorite San Antonio queens in “Drag Me to Fame” each Wednesday beginning March 7. The competition kicks off every week at midnight, and winners are crowned based upon text message votes cast throughout the evening. Cover charge is $4 for attendees 21+ and $13 for minors 18+, so bring your friends and your dollar bills, because these ladies are going to ‘werk.

Aidan Watson-MorrisContributing Writer@m_d_reviewsarts@paisano-online.com

Is there a genre more re-pugnant than holocaust kitsch? The commercial ex-ploitation of the atrocities committed under the Third Reich rarely offers fresh po-litical or moral insight.

It is a cheap means of circumventing creativity or controversy, for who needs creativity when the stories can be endlessly recycled from pop history, and what could spark controversy when it comes to the con-demnation of genocide?

Nazi-era Germany is fer-tile ground for the artisti-cally bankrupt. One of the most horrifying historical events is, somewhat ironi-cally, safe.

The directorial debut of László Nemes is the oppo-site of safe. It is a brutal film, aggressively unpleasant and unsettling.

“Son of Saul” follows Saul,

a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando (groups of Nazi prisoners who were forced to work at concen-tration camps), as he tries to bury the body of a young boy which was set aside for an autopsy.

Handheld tracking shots employ suffocatingly ex-treme close-ups and long takes which force the view-er into the perspective of the eponymous Saul as he is made to kill other Jewish prisoners. Each shot uses basically the same tech-nique, a visual tedium often interrupted by nauseating images of death and human cruelty.

The visceral effect of these images is mitigated only by their being slightly out of focus. It’s easy to imagine cinematographer Mátyás Erdély daring the audience to blink at the horror on screen.

The oblique filming style is most effective at the very beginning of the film, when all is confusion and the

audience is forced to pay attention to the glimpses of peripheral horror in or-der to understand what is happening. It is not until around the 15 minute mark that Nemes starts to put his cards on the table.

Moral uncertainty is at the heart of “Son of Saul.” Saul’s determination to bury the boy imperils many of his colleagues. Yet the concept of priorities seems

ludicrous in Auschwitz.Nemes is obviously a

talented director and the ambition of his debut is praiseworthy. However, it is difficult to recommend watching “Son of Saul.” Al-though the film is much more honest than most movies of its subject matter, it is violently unpleasant to watch.

If there is a distinction to be made between objec-

tively good art and merely unenjoyable art, watching “Son of Saul” pushes that distinction to the brink. It is a well-made film which fea-tures competent storytell-ing, and the pain it inflicts on the viewer is neither un-intentional nor shallow.

But how much pain does an audience have to endure before “well done” is not well?

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Time to pull out that jean jacket and call your mother to sew on that patch you bought at the record store months ago: Burger Hangover Festival is back for it’s fourth go- around in San Antonio on March 20.

Burger Records, the California label that is home to one of the larg-est rosters of garage and weirdo rock, is teaming up with local promoter Fuzzland to provide the Alamo city with some of it’s best bands, as well as a couple of hometown heroes.

To prepare for this “hangover,” we talked to Nicholas Ivarra, drummer for San Antonio band The Rich Hands and lo-cal promoter for Burger Hangover festival, to bet-ter understand the festival and how to survive it.

Q: Where does the name ‘Burger

Records’ come from, and how did it catch on into something as big as having its own

festival?

NI: I’m not too sure where the name originated from. That would be an excellent question for our buds at Burger Records, but I can tell you how we started something like this in San Antonio.

Before I go on, they do many festivals throughout the year at random cities! We’re just lucky to be able to have one in our city.

In short, my band, The Rich Hands, are associated with the guys from Burger Records. They’ve released both of our records on cassette and have supported us since the beginning.

We built a relationship years back when we were on tour and played their record shop. Sean, co-owner of Burger Records, and I decided to put something together the last day of SXSW here in San Antonio.

It makes sense to bring bands an hour down to play our city so we decided to do so.

Q: For those that don’t know, Burger

Records is based out of Fullerton, Califor-

nia. Why bring the label’s festival here to

San Antonio?

NI: Mainly to bring bands to San Antonio.

Like I stated, we’re a part of the Burger family and love these dudes, so why wouldn’t we want to bring everything they do here?

Everything they do is unique and fun. There’s no horse play to them. They’re some of the nicest most sin-cere beings we know.

On top of that, they’re helping out so may artists. I love everything they stand by.

Q: Burger Records is also one of the pio-neers of the cassette tape revival, which

kind of has a basis in

the DIY/garage-rock ethos that the label

is known for putting out. Is there a sort of mindset or archetype

going into how the label signs artists or how the label wants people to see them?

NI: I don’t think so. These guys do what they

want when they want. Nothing holds them back and nothing can hold them back. They have a vision to put out everything they like so why not?

They are true pioneers. Nothing but love and respect for what they do.

Q: The line-up this year looks more

stacked than ever before: skate-punk legends The Spits, rising power-punk

bands like Bleached and White Lung, and even SA local main-stays like The Rich

Hands and The Bolos.

Do the artists come to you guys or vice

versa, or is it all one big lucky thing?

NI: All of the above. My partner, Rosita (who

plays in The Bolos), and I have a huge appreciation for music. We really love music and want to share that same passion to everyone.

In short, it’s a mix of it all. Since this is our fourth fest we’ve built up a name for ourselves. Bands want to come down and play here!

It is also us going out there and searching for bands we want. The whole thing about this fest is to bring as many bands as pos-sible to San Antonio and have a good time.

Q: For newcomers to the Hangover Fest,

what’s the perfect hangover cure?

NI: Rock N Roll. Spe-cifically on March 20, 2016. And tacos.

Photo Courtesy of Nadia Lee Cohen

Photo Courtesy of Nicole Anne Robbins

Photo Courtesy of Rick Rodney

‘Son of Saul’ tackles the Holocaust at a new angleReview

ARTS & LIFE 7March 8 - March 22, 2016

March marks the start of Women’s Histor y Month, a celebration of the figures who helped challenge—and those who continue to challenge—sexist institutions throughout histor y. Each of the following works exemplifies female accomplishment in the arts .

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ALBUMS Mitski’s “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” (2014)Mitski confronts identity, self-depre-cating romance and isolation on “Bury Me At Makeout Creek.” A static hum can be discerned throughout the en-tirety of the album, alongside distorted guitar chords and occasional drumming as the artist weaves in and out of her fractured, yet accessible human experi-ence. “Drunk Walk Home” is perhaps one of Mistki’s most blatant references to her own haunted reality, in which she concedes to the external pressures of adulthood and patriarchy, “I’m starting to learn I may never be free” and later screams unnervingly until the song’s cut. Mitski faces challenges regarding her desire to love as well, and openly pleads to an unmentioned lover during “I Don’t Smoke,” “if your hands need to break more than trinkets in your room, you can lean on my arm as you break my heart.” “Bury Me At Makeout Creek” conveys a disturbing truth in any young woman’s attempts to determine her own value and self.

Janelle Monae’s “The Electric Lady” (2013)Janelle Monáe’s second studio album “The Electric Lady” is studded with the talents of Solange, Miguel, Erykah Badu and Prince – but the artist’s own creativ-ity is not in any sense muddled by the likes of her features. The album serves a continuation of Monáe’s dystopian Metropolis concept introduced during her first release “The ArchAndroid,” and fuses R&B with ukulele ragtime, radio voiceovers and even symphonic elements as Monáe describes of her futuristic space travels and Earthly unrest. During “Electric Lady,” the artist’s imaginative lyrics cascade along soulful, funky beats and the complements of a brass section, while “Primetime” relays intimate, ab-sorbed romance in an amorously guitar laden ballad. Monáe addresses feminism too in one particularly memorable verse from “Givin Em What They Love,” she choruses, “I ain’t never been afraid to die, look a man in the eye.” The Electric Lady abides by no rules and feels like an alien celebration of life and womanhood.

The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922)Sometimes credited as the first feminist film, Germaine Dulac’s portrait of a wom-an trapped in a miserable marriage with a manipulative husband offers critiques of sexist phenomena that in some cases didn’t even have a name yet, like gaslight-ing. Dulac’s highly stylized approach was one of the first examples of film impres-sionism and traces of its influence can still be found in today’s cinema.

Mustang (2015)Snubbed at the Oscars in favor of the less deserving “Son of Saul,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s debut explores the struggles of a group of sisters denied humanity by the culture they live in. Ergüven’s film is both social critique and a celebration of it’s characters, whose rich personalities shine in the face of repressive conditions.

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Maya Deren’s surrealist masterpiece is how much it is able to do with so little. The rhythm of images more closely resembles music than traditional film and Deren’s distortion of time and space remains unparalleled. Feminist interpre-tations of the enigmatic “Meshes of the Afternoon” read a gendered anxiety in its striking imagery.

Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975)Martha Rosler’s experimental short film was born out of frustration with a lan-guage which reified female oppression. Her goal with “Semiotics of the Kitchen” was to “(replace) the domesticated ‘mean-ing’ of tools with a lexicon of rage and frustration.”

ADMIT ONE MOVIES

BOOKS“The Pumpkin Eater” by Penelope MortimerBest known for the 1964 film adaptation, Mortimer’s semi-autobiographical novel is dryly funny, moving, and utterly unique. Its depiction of a woman alienated from her own home has since inspired countless other feminist writers.

“Selected Poems” by Gwendolyn BrooksWhile she was the first African-American author to win the Pulitzer Prize, Brooks is under-read outside of academic circles today. “‘Dream’ makes a giddy sound, not strong,” she writes in the powerfully subdued portrait of poverty “kitchenette building.” “Like ‘rent,’ ‘feeding a wife’ and ‘satisfying a man.’”

“Dark Spring” by Unica ZürnZürn is most remembered for her sur-realist artwork and the more famous male artists she bumped elbows with, but her autobiographical novel offers a more vis-ceral experience than most of what can be found in a gallery. Drawing from experi-ence, Zürn forces her readers to confront the violence directed at the female body.

The Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorIn recent years, Lispector has enjoyed something of a renaissance among certain literary circles, but for anyone unfamiliar with her work this slim novella is a good place to start. Lispector investigates female identity and male perception with her characteristic insight.

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Underdogs prevail in UFC 196

8 SPORTSMarch 8 - March 22, 2016

UFC RECAPRicardo RodriguezStaff Writer@robssatiresports@paisano-online.com

UFC 196 was a prime ex-ample of how dynamic and unpredictable mixed mar-tial arts can be.

The sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas was electric, with roughly 15,000 fans watching one of the most highly anticipated events in UFC history.

Nate Diaz dethroned “The Notorious” Conor McGregor with a second round submission in the main event. In the co-main

event, Miesha Tate won the Bantamweight title by choking out Holly Holm.

Conor McGregor became the aggressor early, and clearly wanted to connect with his powerful left hand in the first round. Nate Diaz stayed outside of Conor’s range, popping a few jabs. The relentless McGregor pressed on and connected with multiple left punches to Diaz’ right eye, leaving a cut at the end of round one. McGregor looked confident going into the second.

McGregor picked up where he left off busting up the face of Diaz, but the

Stockton fighter remained unfazed and answered back with stiff jabs that disrupted the Irish champion. Diaz turned the direction of the fight by connecting with a huge one-two combination that clearly rocked his op-ponent. Sensing the victory, Diaz swung for the fences against a clearly stifled Conor McGregor.

McGregor shot for a take-down in a last-ditch effort to survive but was quickly swept and mounted by the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. Nate Diaz quickly took the back of McGregor and sunk in the rear-naked choke

earning him the victory by submission.

In the co-main event, Miesha Tate began cau-tiously – respecting the kickboxing of the undefeat-ed Bantamweight champion – and attempted a few un-successful takedowns.

The second round fared better for Tate, who landed a takedown very early and ground and pounded from inside half-guard for most of the round. Miesha Tate almost stopped the fight with a rear naked choke, but Holm defended well and was saved by the clock.

In the third and fourth

round, Holm kept it on the feet and started to counter when Miesha chased for a takedown. Miesha Tate con-tinued cautiously, changing levels but not pushing the action to win the rounds.

Behind on the scorecards, Miesha Tate came out ag-gressive in the last round. Initially, Holm countered and stuffed Tate’s take-downs, but the bantam-weight contender contin-ued to press and scored a takedown in the last two minutes. Again, Miesha Tate sunk in the choke, but with plenty of time put Hol-ly Holm to sleep.

Who could have expected both underdogs winning by rear-naked choke? The out-comes leave some interest-ing match-ups to consider.

After defeating Holly Holm, Miesha Tate may face Ronda Rousey later this year to solidify her title in their fourth match in the UFC. Nate Diaz proved he can defeat the UFC’s best and may get the opportuni-ty to avenge his loss against Rafael Dos Anjos. Only time will tell how this plays out, but UFC fans can look for-ward to excellent rematches for the two winners of UFC 196.

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– as well as “any post-termi-nation benefits applicable to regular employees of the University.”

Section 7.A of the con-tract, titled “Suspension or Termination by the Univer-sity for Cause,” lists a num-ber of cases in which the University could rightfully terminate Coker without owing him a buyout.

“In the event this Agree-ment is terminated for cause,” the contract stipu-lates, “all obligations of the University to make further payment or provide any other consideration here-under shall cease as of the date of termination.”

One possible scenario is that Coker violated one of the terms of his contract, and that UTSA Football has kept quiet about the contract violation out of re-spect for Coker’s character.

It is equally possible that UTSA Athletics and its representatives have been untruthful concerning the nature of Coker’s departure.

Why would Hickey and other UTSA representatives lie about firing Coker?

First, admitting that Cok-er needed to be replaced only a year and a half after signing a five-year contract

could be perceived as ques-tionable decision-making by an untried braintrust.

Perhaps more important-ly, UTSA Athletics admit-ting to firing Coker without cause or for a reason not mentioned in Section 7.A, would also put UTSA on the hook for the full amount of the buyout, as opposed to whatever settlement could be reached if Coker files suit for breach of contract.

Another possible sce-nario could have left Coker with the impression that he

Coker claims he is owed buyoutUTSA Athletics denies obligation to pay remainder of contract

had been terminated with-out reason, while also jus-tifying Hickey’s claim that Coker decided to leave on his own.

Section 4.E, titled “Reas-signment of Duties,” states, “at the discretion of the Athletic Director, Coach may be removed from the duties and responsibilities as Head Football Coach and reassigned…within the Ath-letic Department.”

And, “In the event of such reassignment…compensa-tion for the performance of such reassigned duties and responsibilities shall be the Base Salary in effect at the date of reassignment.”

However, “If the Univer-sity exercises its right to re-assign Coach and the coach refuses to accept such reas-signment, the University may terminate this Agree-ment pursuant to Section 7.A (Suspension or Termi-nation by the University for Cause).”

Essentially, Coker’s con-tract stipulated that Hickey had the option to remove Coker from the head coach-ing position and reassign him within UTSA Athlet-ics at any time during the length of the contract.

If Coker were to accept

this hypothetical reassign-ment, he would remain on staff and be paid the base salary at the time of the re-assignment – in this case, a salary of $425,000. If Coker were to reject reassignment, the university would have the right to terminate the contract without further compensation.

If Hickey gave Coker the option to remain on staff in a different capacity, and he refused, then the university is in the right to let Coker walk without compensa-tion. If this were the case, Hickey’s claim that Coker left on his own accord would be more genuine than Coker’s recent com-ments suggest.

These are only a few pos-sible scenarios, and not much is known about this situation yet. It is quite pos-sible that this dispute will be settled before it reaches a court, so the details of the departure may take a long time to reach the public.

But there is one thing to glean from what little we know about this situation so far. UTSA Football, despite being in its infancy, is still a Division 1 FBS program. Transparency is not to be expected.

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The more Larry Coker speaks publicly about his departure from UTSA Football, the more likely it seems that his “stepping down” was not completely of his own volition.

“We are here today be-cause we’ve had a very good man and coach make a de-cision to step away as the leader of our football pro-gram,” Lynn Hickey said to open the press conference that officially announced Larry Coker’s resignation.

When questioned if Cok-er was asked to leave, Hick-ey responded, “This was a decision that Coach Coker made that he felt was best for the program.”

“They let me go,” Coker said in a candid interview last week, reported by Jerry Briggs of the San Antonio Express-News. “I had a buy-out. They had to pay me to make a change. Just what-ever my contract said, that’s what they had to pay me. It was only fair. They knew that when they let me go.”

Briggs also reported that the buyout would cost UTSA $1.56 million over the next three years, but those numbers have since been disputed by UTSA As-sociate Vice President for Communications and Mar-keting and Chief Communi-cations Officer Joe Izbrand.

Izbrand, Hickey and UTSA Athletics have re-fused to reveal specific numbers or comment on whether Coker is eligible to receive buyout payments.

“Lynn never did give me a reason,” Coker told the Express-News, “and I didn’t ask. If they don’t want you, they don’t have to give you a reason, I guess.”

Section 7.B of Coker’s contract – signed and ap-proved by the UT System Board of Regents in 2014 – outlines what happens in the event that Coker was terminated by the Univer-sity without cause, which Coker claims is the case.

If Coker was terminated without cause, he would be owed the base salary (not including bonuses) for the remainder of his contract – to be paid in monthly pay-ments until August 31, 2019

Roadrunners capitalize on Miner miscues

Freshman guard Sara Anastasieska holds up the universal 3-point symbol as she makes a basket.

Rampage goaltender Roman Will assumed starting duties when the Colorado Avalanche decided to hold onto Calvin PIckard instead of Reto Berra. Will is 10-11 with a .900 save percentage in 26 games this year.

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After going 4-6-1 on their annual rodeo road trip, the Rampage returned to the AT&T Center this weekend, only to be outscored 8-1 over two games on Friday and Sunday.

In the first game back on Friday, the Rampage failed to score, losing 3-0 against the Manitoba Moose. The loss came in front of a crowd of 10,245. Veterans were honored, new recruits took their Air Force oaths and the Rampage donned cam-ouflage sweaters for Mili-tary Appreciation Night.

The first period was laced with heavy hitting and physical play in both ends. The first goal was scored by Manitoba right wing Aus-ten Brassard with just under 4:30 left in the period. As-

sists were awarded to center Patrice Cormier and defen-seman Jan Kostalek.

“I thought they were a step ahead of us,” Head Coach Dean Chynoweth stated after the game. “We turned the pucks over too many times.”

In the second period,

right wing Scott Kosmachuk scored his thirteenth goal of the season on a power play, elevating Manitoba to a 2-0 lead over San Antonio. The assists were credited to de-fenseman Brenden Kichton and center Nic Petan.

“I thought we were slow moving the puck, our ex-ecution wasn’t good and we’re not spending enough

UTSA WOMEN’S BASKETBALLBryan De LeonContributing Writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

The UTEP Miners sat atop Conference USA (C-USA) with an impressive 25-2 record heading into the final regular season game when the Roadrun-ners pulled off a 69-64 upset on Thursday, March 3 in the Convocation Center.

The heavy favorite UTEP Miners’ (25-3, 16-2 C-USA) fall to UTSA (10-18, 6-12 C-USA) is likely to be remem-bered as UTSA’s grittiest performance of the year.

Behind a heroic 37 bench points, the Roadrunners overcame deficits as large as 12 points in the victory. Sara Anastasieska led all scorers with 14 points, Mathilde Hergott dropped 11 in the first half, and Crystal Chi-domere chimed in with 12 points – 10 of which were scored in the second half. Alana Heard scored six and

grabbed 10 boards.At times, the Miners tried

to pull away. Without lead-ing scorer and rebounder Tesha Smith for the second consecutive game, UTSA gave up 15 offensive re-bounds and struggled to score in the paint, but they rallied in the second half by driving and attacking. At one time, the difference in points in the paint was 14, but by the end of the game, it narrowed to only four.

When asked about Smith’s status for the up-coming C-USA tourna-ment, UTSA Head Coach Lubomyr “Luby” Lichon-czak had “no comment on Tesha at all.” Smith missed both the Senior Day game against Old Dominion and the season finale against UTEP, and is expected to miss at least part of the conference tournament, al-though the reason has not yet been disclosed.

Despite reaching the bo-nus with over three minutes

remaining, the Miners were only able to draw two fouls and went just 1-for-4 from the line. UTSA caused three Miners to foul out, leaving the second unit to try and close out the game.

After the game, Chido-mere spoke of the team’s “animosity and hate” to-wards the Miners, which drove her stellar second-half performance.

At the C-USA tourna-ment in Birmingham, UTSA will begin tourna-ment play ranked 11 out of 14. The Roadrunners face FIU at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, and the winner of that game will face Marshall the following evening.

When asked how the UTEP win will affect the team, coach Lichonczak firmly stated that the Road-runners “are capable of playing with and beating anybody.” Over the next few days, they will have the chance to prove their coach right.

UTSA ends regular season play with upset over UTEP

Houston already on par with UTSA’s bestMiles BoyleStaff Writer@SMilesboylesports@paisano-online.com

Freshman Julie Houston has made UTSA golf histo-ry and isn’t stopping there. Houston is the first player in program history to win two consecutive tournaments, and the second to win two titles in one season.

Her first win came in New Braunfels at the “All There August Challenge” going one-over-par 214. The sec-ond came in Corpus Christi at the “Islanders Classic” going one-under-par 215.

Because of her excel-lent play, Julie has been recognized twice as the C-USA women’s golfer of the week. Despite the indi-vidual heights Houston has already achieved, her goal is to help the team win the conference tournament and hopefully nationals some-day.

The team is certainly on track to accomplish her

conference goal, a feat that UTSA has not achieved since w i n n i n g t h e S o u t h -l a n d Confer- ence Champi- onship in 2012.

Houston attributes this success to the positive at-titude the team has helped her cultivate during her time here.

“I try to have a good out-look on things, because this game can bring you down,” said Houston.

“Confidence is the big-gest key; confidence will help you come back from bad breaks. When you win, you’re just playing your game not trying to make anything happen. That’s when you play your best.”

This positive energy the team has imparted on Houston is one of the things that brought her to UTSA.

Houston received offers from colleges far and wide, but claims she “knew [she] was in the right place be-cause of the support net-

work.” She explained that being on a team like this one sparks everyone’s com-

petitiveness and

helps each member’s development.

“The positive outlook in golf carries over into life,” said Houston. “It makes me more confident and positive every day.”

While Julie views golf as the main portion of her life, she balances a busy tourna-ment schedule with the rig-ors of college classes.

In addition to her golf obligations, she is pursuing a Business degree, taking fifteen hours a semester. Through this difficult tran-sition from high school to college competition, Julie points to her parents as a source of support.

“My parents are 100% be-hind my playing golf. They are the best supporters I could have.”

Houston stumbled into golf after being a competi-tive gymnast for years. Her brother introduced her to

the sport while working at a golf course in her home-town of Allen, Texas.

Julie soon realized her natural

t a l -ent and fell in love with the game.

Between back-to-back tour-nament titles, Houston’s love of the game has been put to the test in a couple of crucial moments. The first was in her initial outing for the team, where she was competing as an indi-vidual.

“I wanted to help the team and that lit a fire to prove myself to the team and coaches,” stated Houston. “The last day I didn’t play well and only won by one shot. The mistakes helped me regain focus and play really well in the sec-

ond tournament.”Her next crucial moment

came in the second round of that second tourna-ment. Houston opened the day four-under-par, and by

the last hole, she needed a birdie

to make it one-under-

par.As her

run at the to u r n a -

m e n t c a m e down to the l a s t putt, s h e

sank the p u t t to clinch her second title victory.

“In the second round, I was not making birdies as conditions got harder,”

Houston explained. “It’s a huge mental game in these moments and I just had to stay calm.”

time the offensive zone to generate chances,” said Chynoweth. “We were try-ing to play too much one-on-one instead of pushing the puck up the rink.”

The third period went scoreless until Manitoba hit an empty net with about two minutes left in the game. The Moose won 3-0 and now lead the season se-ries 3-0 with one more game scheduled for April 15.

Goaltender Connor Hel-lebuyck – who played a sea-son of junior hockey for the Jackalopes in Odessa, Texas – recorded a 26-save shut-out for the Moose.

On Sunday, the Rampage surrendered a goal to the Ontario Reign 10 seconds into the game. Starting goaltender Roman Will sur-rendered three goals on six shots and was replaced by Reto Berra.

Berra gave up two goals on 23 shots for a .913 save percentage. Defenseman Cody Corbett scored the

lone goal of the weekend for San Antonio at 16:37 of the third period. Assists came from wingers Reid Petryk and Daniel Everberg.

Rampage winger Daniel Maggio finished the game with 27 penalty minutes after getting ejected for in-stigating a fight with fewer than five minutes remain-ing in the game. Maggio, a known pugilist, leads the Rampage with 107 penalty minutes in 32 games. Mag-gio has recorded nine fights this season – rather tame compared to the 23 scraps in which he participated in 48 games last season.

Chynoweth was more impressed with his team’s performance on Sunday, al-though the score was even more lopsided than in Fri-day’s game.

“I thought our effort was better; we did a lot of things better…the bench was bet-ter,” said Chynoweth of Sun-day’s game. “The result is what it is.”

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Photo courtesy of Jeff Huehn, UTSA Athletics

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Sophomore guard Crystal Chidomere eludes the UTEP defense to wind down the clock late in the game.

Senior Niaga Mitchell-Cole (bottom center) is unphased as the coaching staff sprays the team with silly string.

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