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Construction along UTSA Bou-levard continues to slow traffic and increases travel times. However, once the $9 million road expansion project is complete, travel to and from the university, surrounding businesses and homes will be con-siderably easier.

The expansion between IH10 and Edward Ximenes Road is scheduled for completion in 2017.

The Texas Department of Trans-portation’s (TxDOT) website touts the project as crucial to keeping up with the area’s growth, mostly through apartment complexes try-ing to accommodate UTSA’s in-creasing enrollment.

The upcoming development en-tails expanding UTSA Boulevard from two lanes to five lanes (two new lanes in each direction with a center left turn lane); adding gut-ters and drainage to the storm sewer; raising existing medians and adding curbs creating a 10-foot path on both sides of the roadway for pedestrians and cyclists.

In addition to these improve-ments, the two-lane bridge over Leon Creek will be widened to four lanes with a center turn lane, bike lanes and a sidewalk. The speed limit will remain at 45 miles per hour.

During a public hearing held on March 17, 2014, Jonathan Bean, director of the transportation plan-

ning and development for the San Antonio district of TxDOT, ex-plained the importance of the proj-ect.

The proposed project is needed due to congestion along Spur 53 (UTSA Boulevard) and the increas-ing growth of UTSA.

Traffic within the project area is expected to increase approximate-ly 54.5 percent within the next 20 years from approximately 18,700 vehicles per day in 2013 to 28,900 vehicles per day in 2033.

Although the construction is es-sential for a better commute, not everyone is pleased with all of the elements of the proposed plan.

Assistant Vice President of Fa-cilities of University Oaks Housing Partnership Jim Penberthy, has se-rious concerns.

“We believe (the new plan) will have a detrimental impact on our business as we believe future oc-cupancy at University Oaks will be negatively affected,” Penberthy stat-ed in a comment after the hearing.

The local fire department re-sponds from Babcock Road which puts them in the east bound lane for emergency response situations at University Oaks.

If this design is built according to present plans, emergency response traffic will only be able to access en-trances…by making a U-turn.

This obviously poses serious safety concerns for our residents, guests and employees,” Penberthy continued.

Although Penberthy requested a consideration to redesign the plan, it is unclear if designs were changed.

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A petition with over 9,000 signa-tures of support calling for the re-naming of Robert E. Lee High School

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Mia Cabello Managing Editor @miacab_manager@paisano-online.com

The Class of 2019 is special. Expect this Class to be buzzing with excitement, cheering loud — perhaps louder and rowdier than their academic elders — at athletic events, connecting with student organizations, leading in classroom discus-sions and embracing campus

life with cutting-edge gusto characteristic of the cohort.

“The UTSA Class of 2019 is expected to be very engaged in its college experience and take advantage of every opportunity that UTSA has to offer,” said UTSA Associate Vice president of Admissions, Orientation and Family Programming Dr. George Norton.

Many of members of the incoming freshmen class par-ticipated in campus activities

before even graduating high school, attending UTSA re-cruitment events in the 2014-2015 Academic Year in, what Norton describes as, “record numbers.”

Said Norton, “The thing we find about students who are very engaged in their college decision and experiences is that they also tend to be suc-cessful academically; as such, we expect them to set records for staying in school and gradu-

ating on time.” Considering the local, re-

gional and national emphasis placed on on-time graduation as well as performance-based funds awarded to public uni-versities, a cohort with favor-able academic qualities is a boon to UTSA, contributing to the development of its campus culture in more ways than one.

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“We believe (the new plan) will have a detrimental

impact on our business as we believe future occupan-

cy at University Oaks will be negatively affected, we

can get a couple victories in the series, then it’s just

going to continue to build momentum.”

Jim Pemberthy Assistant Vice President of University Housing

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The Board of Regents consists of nine members, appointed by the Gover-nor, and confirmed by the Senate. Terms for Regents are scheduled for six years, and staggered so that three members’ terms will usu-ally expire on the first of

February in odd-numbered years. In addition, the Gov-ernor appoints a Student Regent for a one-year term.

The award recognizes faculty who deliver excel-lence to undergraduate instruction and prioritize innovation in their teach-ing approach. Candidates must have an accom-plished background in aca-demia, as well as a promis-ing future.

“The Regents’ Awards program is extremely competitive, and I want to congratulate this year’s re-cipients on their success. Moreover, I want to thank them for the enthusiasm they bring to their work every day. These educators represent diverse disci-plines and use a variety of teaching methods in their classrooms. But what they all do have in common is

an abiding commitment to the success of their stu-dents, and with that, ear-nestness about being life-long learners themselves,” says UTSA Provost John H. Frederick.

Fellow educators, stu-dents, and reviewers out-side of the UT System, evaluate ROTA recipients before the award is grant-ed. Their performance, classroom environment, curriculum quality, inno-vation, and student learn-ing outcomes are factors taken into consideration.

The seven UTSA recipi-ents also will be inducted into the university’s Acad-emy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars later this fall and will be hon-ored August 19, 2015, at UT Austin.

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ful students and great col-leagues who made this possible. This is a wonder-ful honor to receive as one nears the end his career. I thrive on being able to convey what I know to oth-ers. The two greatest indi-vidual inspirations were

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Loading: Google Fiber, San Antonio’s better, faster Internet Anelia Gomez CordovaStaff Writer@ThePaisanonews@paisano-online.com

After years of waiting, San Antonio will finally join the list of cities to have gigabit Internet connection. Five years since the original application, the announce-ment of Google Fiber’s ar-rival to the Alamo City came Wednesday, August 5, from Mayor Ivy R. Taylor.

“The city has worked diligently with Google Fi-

ber leadership over the past two years to help

establish better policies and practices to become a true Gigabit community,” said Hugh Miller, the City’s

Chief Technology Officer. The arrival of Google Fi-

ber will greatly improve both broadband speed; In comparison to the 11.9 Megabits per second of av-erage American broadband speed, San Antonio resi-dents will soon be able to enjoy up to 1,000 Megabits per second.

“This commitment [to bringing fiber-optic net-works to its residents], coupled with the city’s lively startup scene and commu-nity-based tech initiatives, played a huge role in our decision to bring Google Fiber to the city,” said Mark Strama, Head of Google Fi-ber Texas. “We are incred-ibly excited to begin our next phase of Google Fiber in Alamo City and witness the amazing things that San Antonians do with gigabit Internet.”

Next on its agenda, Google will be working alongside Mayor Taylor and

city leaders to build an en-tirely new fiber-optic net-work capable of delivering the gigabit speeds all over San Antonio. The next stage will be devoted to designing and planning the fiber-optic network on a very detailed level which, according to a blog post (googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/san-antonio-fiber.html) by Stra-ma, will comprise a layout of over 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cables across the met-ro area. After this month long process, Google Fiber will then begin the con-struction of the network.

The arrival of the fiber-optic network means the potential to create more jobs for San Antonians as the city continues to grow, establishing itself as one of the leading cities in the U.S.

“Google Fiber will pro-vide San Antonio with the competitive business and entrepreneurial edge need-ed in this era of continuous-

ly evolving high-speed tech-nology,” said Mayor Taylor. “Our residents, neighbor-hoods and businesses will benefit greatly from having access to ultra high-speed Internet and our becoming a Goggle Fiber community brings us a giant step closer to becoming a community where all our residents are connected to opportunity.”

Digital advancement of this sort means that more startups and local initia-tives like Bexar Bibliotech, the first completely digital library in the country, will establish roots in the city becoming part of its tech landscape.

“Above all, it signifies that San Antonio is on the cut-ting edge,” said Miller. “One of the ‘it’ cities in an increas-ingly urban country that is racing toward the future.”

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Anelia Gomez CordovaStaff Writer@ThePaisanonews@paisano-online.com

After a year of contempla-tion, an anonymous student group took initiative and voiced their opinion about Aramark’s food quality at the UTSA Roadrunner Cafe. In February, the students began a petition which aimed to remove Aramark food services from UTSA.

Aramark supplies food, not only for the Roadrun-ner Café, but also for all of the food establishments on campus, and they cater the majority of banquets and

events held on campus. Consequently, Aramark’s central control on campus food affects students on campus dining and housing decisions.

Originally these stu-dents – who chose to re-main anonymous – planned to email President Romo himself, however afraid of not being taken seriously, they decided to appeal to the student body with the hope that there was power in numbers. With hopes of Although UTSA president Dr. Ricardo Romo’s office is filled with books, the library branch that now bears his name is completely book-less.

This summer, the Dr. Romo Bibliotech was brought online. The city of San Antonio’s second book-less library branch not only provides a service to the community but also stands as a pillar on West Side San Antonio, where many prom-inent San Antonians grew up including Romo.

“We feel that naming the library for Dr. Romo will serve as an inspiration to the young people of the West Side,” said LauraCole, BiblioTech administrator.

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Figuring out the freshmen

Although this special co-hort of freshmen faced the same admission standards as last year’s freshmen class — a more selective admission criterion set in place in 2013 as part of UTSA’s Gradua-tion Rate Improvement Plan (GRIP) — a higher number of the students who matriculated to the university this fall grad-uated at the top of their high school class.

“The trend is clear,” said

Norton. “This incoming class includes the largest number of students who graduated in the Top 10 and Top 25 percent of their high school class that we have ever seen at UTSA.” Last fall, the university boasted that in its freshmen, the Class of 2018, over 70 percent of graduated in the top quartile of their high school class. Said Norton, “A good observation is that UTSA is a regional uni-versity well on its way to be-

coming a strong draw across the state, country and even internationally.” UTSA will publish its official about the cohort after the Census Date, Sept. 2.

The week of August 17, the Class of 2019 will officially join its colleagues in shaping the present and future of UTSA.

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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is expanding UTSA Boulevard — and headaches too.

TxDOT is currently wid-ening UTSA Blvd from two lanes to five and slowing traf-fic and increasing travel time in the process.

With enrollment at UTSA’s Main Campus at an all-time high — Fall 2014 witnessed the highest percentage of students within the last five years (81.1 percent) enrolled at the Main Campus — the highly touted $9 million proj-ect comes at the wrong time

for UTSA students and local businesses.

According to US News and Education, 95 percent of UTSA students currently live off campus, which translates to an absurd amount of traf-fic along UTSA Blvd during peak rush-hour times in the mornings and in the after-noons.

So why begin building now? Considering the high volume of traffic to and from campus, shouldn’t TxDOT have started sooner?

Because of the duration of the project, beginning in

the summer would not have curbed the impact to cam-pus. With the project slated to be completed in 2017, traf-fic from construction was al-ways in view. And prolonged construction leaves UTSA students to deal with the ad-verse consequences — like safety for pedestrians, motor-ists and cyclists.

Additionally, the emer-gency response time for the more than dozen off-campus apartments located along UTSA Blvd will be adversely affected; for example, about half of college students con-

sume alcohol through binge drinking, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Local business will be af-fected as well.

The popular hangout spot, The Block — which houses ecletic food truck choices — will undoubtedly see its at-tendance affected.

But, at least there is a silver lining.

The project, expected to be completed in 2017, will fully equip UTSA Blvd with bike lanes and desirable traffic flow. And if that isn’t enough,

according to TxDOT, the cur-rent 18,700 vehicles that fre-quent UTSA Blvd now, will increase to more than 28,000 within the next 20 years.

With UTSA expanding at its current rate, headaches and hindrances, such as traf-fic flow, detours and com-mute, time are to be expected.

The University is on the right track to expand its sur-rounding area.

Soon all roads, prover-bial and concrete, will lead to campus.

But will they reach Tier One status as well?

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I’ll just sit here by Christopher Breakell

CommentaryO n c e

freshmen year of col-lege starts, everything changes.

A f t e r spending

four long years in high school, working your way up — and spending senior year at the top of the mountain— what you did in high school no lon-ger matters. Who you were and whether or not you were in the popular crowd is irrel-evant. Starting college is es-sentially starting the first part of your new, adult life.

While new can, and should, be great, it can often be scary as well. Although the demographic from college-to-college changes, students often face a significantly larg-er campus and more diverse student body than in high school.

Before academics start, simply arriving at school re-quires major adjustment. One could be forgiven for feeling as if this adjustment is done alone. The high school safety net is gone, parents are likely far away and aren’t around for their first time. According to the Higher Research Institute at UCLA, in 2013 only 38 per-cent of all students attend col-lege within 50 miles of their home. Proper introductions and class attendance is vital during the first few weeks; if not professors may not even know your name. In college you quickly find out whether or not you show up to class, pass your exams or get in-

volved is all up to you. The first week comes at

you hard: Every organiza-tion swears you would be the perfect fit— should you join? Where is your dorm? Who are your roommates? Are they crazy? Is there anything due tomorrow? Some teach-ers will wait at least a week to give out assignments; others will assign work on day one. Books must be bought — good luck with the mile long bookstore line. If you plan on working, and don’t already have a job, good luck with the hunt. And by the way, don’t forget to buy groceries and toiletries.

Guys will need a new bar-ber and girls may need a new salon. The socially active stu-dents will need to know the hot hangout spots.

First week of freshman year can be compared to be-ing pushed into the deep end of the pool. Keep your head above water in any way pos-sible. Some students are great swimmers while others tread slowly before getting the hang of it. And then there are the few, that for whatever reason, don’t make it at all.

The first week of freshman year is difficult, and the truth is, from there it will only get more difficult. But if you take it all in slowly, stay positive and think of the great possi-bilities ahead, you’ll enjoy the first week and the many more to come.

Darryl SherrodStaff Writer

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A u g u s t 6, 2015 marked the end of a sa-tirical era, as 3.5 mil-lion view-ers tuned

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During its sixteen year tenure, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart — a “fake news”” broadcast on Comedy Cen-tral — shaped the way a gen-eration consumed news.

According to the Pew Re-search Center, The Daily Show (along with the Colbert Report) had the youngest audience of the top 24 major news sources, with 39 per-cent of its viewers being un-der the age of 30.

By poking fun at the absur-dity of the nation’s contem-porary political landscape with his “Moment of Zen,” Stewart drew in apathetic millennial viewers, enticing them with his quick wit and irreverence. Through com-edy, Stewart persuaded a demographic notorious for its indifference to engage in the political process, in a way

that no other news source — much less a comedian — had been able to accomplish.

For evidence of Stewart’s cultural impact, look no fur-ther than the success of the show’s previous correspon-dents, several of whom have TV shows of their own now, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Steve Carrell, Ed Helms and Jessica Williams to name a few. He brought up a cohort of young talent, fur-ther shaping the media young people consume by using his no-nonsense, straightforward approach to make viewers laugh but to also make them angry about politician’s hy-pocrisy.

Stewart fearlessly called out both Republicans and Democrats with righteous indignation; no politician or topic — from climate change, to banks to anti-vaccers and “legitimate rape” — were safe from his roasts.

In a particularly bold epi-sode, Stewart faced off with Judith Miller, the New York Times journalist who relied on faulty sources, linking Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass de-

struction.“I believe that you helped

the administration take us to like, the most devastat-ing mistake in foreign policy that we’ve made in like, 100 years… but you seem lovely,“ he asserted.

In another memorable in-terview with longtime nem-esis Bill O’Reilly, the inter-viewee described Stewart’s viewers as “dopey kids” and “stoned slackers,” dismissing young people in a way that his generation tends to do. As is his trademark, Stewart was armed with a joke. “This election is going to rely on the undecided,” he replied. “And who is more undecided than stoned slackers?”

Stewart used comedy to make politics interesting again, and through that, he made a generation better and sharper.

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Dare to study abroad: A student’s journey across Asia

T h i s summer I was lucky enough to participate in UTSA’s three week s e m e s te r

immersion program at Kyoto University of Foreign Stud-ies in Kyoto, Japan. I spent almost a month studying, sightseeing and experiencing what it’s like to live in an en-tirely different culture. How do you describe the greatest experience of your life so far? What do you tell those who ask? It is difficult to do. What I can say is, as someone who has never traveled outside of the country, it was an eye opening, life-changing expe-rience.

Many people believe study abroad is expensive – but I don’t think so. For me it was affordable, but it may depend on the program. Financially, without a scholarship, it can be difficult to pay out of pocket, but the expenses, at least for me, were very simi-lar to that of taking classes at UTSA. The study abroad

program at UTSA does an ex-cellent job of awarding appli-cants with scholarships. The only real difficulty I would say can be competition for the select amount of students that can be taken. All pro-grams require a 2.5 minimum grade-point average and the rest is selection based. If you are lucky like me, you can be a replacement for a better stu-dent that couldn’t go.

No matter what seminar or discussion UTSA had to prepare me, there is nothing like the first day waking up in a new country. To wake up alone in a new place is dif-ficult, especially when you don’t know anyone well. But, after a few days, it’s not. The people with you are students just like you, some from other countries, all with the same fears and doubts. But, you’re all here, all open-minded, intelligent and here for the experience. You take classes with these people, spend ev-ery day with them and get to know all of them.

When I moved from the student hotel the third week to homestay, it was just as wel-

coming. Homestay is where you live with and experience life with a resident family that resides in the city. My host family was kind, loving and easy to be around. You find things in common – baseball, PlayStation, girls, laughing and soon the language bar-rier becomes no issue at all. These people become family and friends you always keep regardless of distance.

Whatever I was told about Japanese people being shy and quite, what I experienced were people who were po-lite, friendly and helpful. It is something I would not have believed if I had not experi-enced it myself. Anywhere I went, I could ask for direc-tions, in Japanese or English, and even if they had no idea what I was saying they would politely stop to help. For ex-ample – I lost my cellphone in Japan three times. Once on a bus, once in my own room and once in a pub. The first two times ,my Japanese as-sistant Kodai helped me call, track and have my phone back to me within the hour. The last time my assistant,

the police and finally a Japa-nese girl found my phone after two weeks; it is being mailed to Texas as I write this. I understand this is a silly example, but consider how much effort was put into finding my dumb cellphone and how it was found every time. It is a culture of being respectful and polite. I cannot recommend Japan enough to anyone looking to visit Asia, especially Americans. I can-not tell you how many times I heard a Japanese person say, “I love America.” There is a loving relationship between our countries that I did not know existed.

Living in Japan was a par-ticularly nice experience. Kyoto is the exemplary ar-chitectural and cultural view of traditional Japan. There are shrines all over the city with famous tourist destina-tions as far as thirty minutes away by train. It is hard to de-scribe the affect some of these places have on people who haven’t seen them. Fushimi Inari felt otherworldly. It is a popular shine known for the thousands of red arches,

or Torii, that stretched miles with a massive shrine visited by hundreds daily. During July there is a month long festival called Gion Matsuri, which hosts a centerpiece parade in which massive tra-ditional floats are built and carried through the streets by the people. To see old women and children, men in business suits and teenagers work to-gether to pull a rope carrying these floats to set up across the street, made me openly weep. It is a place of unwav-ering tradition that everyone respects – something I never knew existed.

There are things I cannot explain simply by writing. I could explain how Canadian students can drink almost as much as Texans or that British students are so sarcastic they often forget what the truth is, but I cannot relay to you what it’s like to find this out. If I told you that I and another abroad UTSA student Mathieu made so many mistakes in Japan, it would be hard explain how much of a good thing it prob-ably was. There is nothing like the experience. To have the

knowledge that you can go anywhere in the world with anyone and find a way to en-joy life is amazing. It’s an in-ner confidence I never knew I could have. You can never truly judge another culture until you have gone and seen it for yourself. To know what it is to travel, to meet people, to see and experience some-thing different than you know has to be done. Study abroad, challenge yourself, take the risks and put your fear aside, because it is worth it.

Robert Avila Staff Writer

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Anelia Gomez-CordovaStaff Writer@AneGomez94arts@paisano-online.com

College students have a tight budget — tight enough to be on the hunt for frugal dates or free events to attend on the weekend. To facilitate things a bit, here are a few events to keep in mind as you make plans with your friends or significant other.

Play Tourist: When out of options, consider being a tourist for a night. Downtown nightlife is always bustling with activity and you might even run into a few happy ac-cidents. Drive or take a bus downtown and enjoy walk-ing down the Riverwalk in the late afternoon, and you might stumble across one or two things to do while you’re downtown. Stop by the San Fernando Cathedral to get a few photographs and enjoy a unique experience. Every Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. the church is brought to life by a light show called “San Antonio | The Saga.” Created by French artist Xavier de Richemont, the light show narrates the story of San An-tonio with vibrant images over the church’s façade. The best part? The show is entirely free of charge, so feel free to buy a shaved ice from any of the nearby vendors before sit-ting down to enjoy the show.

Scout for movies and mu-seums: If you’re a Napoleon Dynamite fan, then you’re in luck. The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is show-ing the movie for free. Come by The River Walk Plaza this

Friday, August 14th at 8:00 p.m. to enjoy the show. Visit the Tobin Center’s website (https://www.tobincenter.org/) to check out future movie showings like Hair-spray on Friday, September 11th at 8:00 p.m.

Be one with yourself: For a relaxing start to your week-end, think about stopping by the San Antonio Museum of Art on Saturday, August 15th from 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Un-til Saturday, December 12th, you can enjoy a guided medi-tation session in the Japanese Gallery on comfortable stools and cushions. Cost of admis-sion to the museum is $10 and there is no extra fee for the meditation session. Make sure to check out their web-site for more information on exhibits and events (https://www.samuseum.org/).

Get jazzy with it: Jazz’SAlive is coming to San Antonio on Tuesday, Sep-tember 19th and Wednesday, September 20th. The week-end will be filled with amaz-ing artists playing on different stages in Travis Park and will begin each day around noon. If you’re interested, check out the lineup of artists on the website: http://www.saparks-foundation.org/_jazzsalive. To close the night on the 19th, check out Jazz’SAlive After Dark at the Rooftop Terrace of the St. Anthony Hotel. This jam session will begin at 11:00 p.m. and, being after hours, you never know what artists might show up.

On campus: Don’t forget to check for events taking place on campus as well. Most — if not all — are free and are great alternatives to heading elsewhere in search of some-

thing fun to do. For example, forget paying movie theater prices! Instead enjoy a film for free during one of the UCine-ma Nights at the UC Retama. There’s a chance to win prizes like movie posters or candy if you arrive early enough to participate in the raffle before the film starts. All you need to do is bring a student ID and arrive early to get some of the complementary popcorn. The movie showings are dif-ferent every week, so check the UC Programs website (http://www.utsa.edu/uctr/programs/index.html) for the list so you can plan in ad-vance. On queue to play this month are Avengers: Age of Ultron (August 16th at 7:15 p.m.), Mad Max: Fury Road (August 21st at 9:00 p.m.or August 22nd at 7:00 p.m.) and Jurassic World (August 28th at 9:00 p.m. and August 29th at 7:00 p.m.)

Other upcoming events on campus include Live on the Lawn on August 21st at 8:00 p.m. in the UC Lawn which features live bands; it’s a fan-tastic way to kick off the se-mester. Although no bands have been announced as of yet, be sure to grab a couple friends, or get ready to meet new people, because it’s not every day you get to enjoy a free concert.

For those looking to have a more active hand in an event, head over to the Roost and enjoy some healthy competi-tion by participating in the Roost Olympics. The Olym-pics will take place every eve-ning at 7:00 p.m. from August 25th – 27th with competi-tions in pool, ping pong, air hockey and Mariokart.

Inexpensive evenings for classy dates

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Man’s best study buddyMichael TurniniWeb Editor@michaelturniniarts@paisano-online.com

The term “study buddy” can be defined as someone who, or something that, helps one study or complete his or her schoolwork. Throughout a stu-dent’s academic life, they be-come an essential part of their lives. Today, study buddies can be found in a close friend, a fel-low classmate or even ones pet.

Siblings also come with a variety of pros and cons. Pros being love and support, while cons including fights and sib-ling rivalry. One pair of sisters have found a way to use both to their advantage.

Katie Sanchez, a junior at UTSA striving for a degree in English, has found a study bud-dy in her sister, Sandi Sanchez, a senior at UTSA finishing up her degree in math. Katie ex-plains that despite their dif-ference in studies, the sisters are able to help one another in their course work.

“We would make study sheets and then make a game of ‘who knows more.’ It was mainly a contest between sib-lings but in the end, it helped a lot,” Katie says.

Location can also play an important role when study-ing with a study buddy. Katie explained how studying in the JPL provided the best results from her and Sandi’s study buddy sessions. “The library would help Sandi get orga-

nized and stay on top of things, which in turn made me get organized and stay on top of things. When we had tests on the same day, we would get a study room and get on the ball.”

Though most students do not have the convenience and ease of having their own sibling as a study buddy, these tips from Katie can help those that find a study buddy in the classroom. Studying with a classmate in the library, rather than an open area filled with noise, can help improve concentration and or-ganization.

Some great locations that may provide positive results for you and your study buddy include the third floor of the JPL, the area behind the Arts building, open classrooms throughout the day and the second floor of the main build-ing. Also, making a game out of your study material for you and your study buddy will make learning the material fun and easier to retain.

Not all study buddies have to be human. Eric Garza, a senior UTSA English major, found his study buddy when he ad-opted Elephant, his one-year-old mixed Grey Hound and Chihuahua puppy. Garza says that Elephant aids in taking away some of the stress that is packaged with studying for his classes.

“I’ll be at home and start stressing while I’m studying at the table. She’ll come up and want to sit on my lap and that just puts me in a better mood. It’s cute.”

The mood boost allows Gar-za on his studies and get better grades overall. Though having a pet as a study buddy has its benefits, he also explained one of the troubles he encounters. “The only con is wanting to play with her for hours. I’ve got it down pretty good over the time I’ve had her. I established a cycle: study time, Elephant time and then back to study time.”

The choice of having a pet as a study buddy may not be the right choice for every student. Those living in UTSA housing face the strict pet policy that states only fish or assistance animals are allowed. Other-wise, students will be charged $100 a day until the animal is removed. Another reason, as Garza pointed out, is that one needs to have their time man-agement skills sharp in decid-ing when to take a break and when to focus. Without time management skills, a study buddy may be more distracting than helpful.

Some may find it hard to get motivated to study when they’re alone, making study buddies a great opportunity to benefit a college student’s aca-demic career. Having someone to study with can help improve concentration and overall study habits. Though an animal can’t possibly help you make flashcards and quiz you, it can help improve students’ mood and encourage success.

Looks like the next goal here is to find a classmate with a dog.

Michael Turnini, The Paisano

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For many UTSA students that get their nourishment from the variety of places of-fered across Main Campus, Taco Cabana has become a staple of their weekly col-lege diet. Cheap, familiar and quick fuel for the day, the lines for the Tex-Mex chain showed no signs of unpopu-larity.

Recently, however, a trip to the UC Center Cafe yields a new option for Mexican cuisine: Taco Taco Cafe. This locally-owned and critically-acclaimed restaurant right in the heart of San Antonio has slowly started to expand from its small original loca-tion off Hildebrand Avenue near downtown.

Created by owner Helen Velesiotis, Taco Taco Cafe first opened nearly 15 years ago, and has received steady accolades nearly every year since. Coming from Greek descent, Velesiotis knows that the best way to make food matters not on your bloodline, but on where your heart is.

Declared the “Best Tacos in America” by Bon Appetit magazine, a recipient of a glowing write-up in South-ern Living magazine and had a visit from Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” TV personality Guy Fieri, the restaurant is well-known among those who know their Mexican food.

Talking to Velesiotis, you immediately understand how she has become the fig-urehead behind some of the

best eats in San Antonio, exuding a warmth not un-like that of a close friend or relative.

“I’ve always been in the food business; barbeque, seafood and so on. Mexican food is the right thing for San Antonio,” stated Velesiotis. “I was here, my husband was next door; this was the per-fect place, and it’s been going great ever since.”

With a menu that is purely Mexican, the tacos are what keeps the customers com-ing in and packing out the small location. The most fa-mous, the Norteño, packs an oversized flour tortilla with steamy beef or chicken fajita meat, refried beans, avoca-do, bell peppers and melted white cheese.

But why the sudden change? The transition from Taco Cabana to Taco Taco is the culmination of accli-mating San Antonio’s wide breadth of local and unique restaurants with the UTSA student body.

“UTSA made a choice to have fresher, homemade food, and I think young stu-dents like those choices,” Ve-lesiotis says. “Everything is made in-house at UTSA; the meat, the bowls, the fresh beans, even the picadillo. Isn’t that amazing?”

This same attitude to-wards better meals goes to-ward easing students whose displeasure is growing with the Aramark Corporation, whose food services populate the UTSA campus and have been a source of complaint to those who have been pro-testing against the limited food options that have been presented to them. When asked about her experience

with Aramark, Velesiotis has nothing but kind words about her interactions with the food service.

“Such good people!” ex-claimed Velesiotis. “It’s the easiest life that I could have ever asked for to work with Aramark. They are the best company I’ve ever met.”

Taco Taco’s first foray into college campuses at Trinity University was a success, so when UTSA came calling, Velesiotis was already pre-pared for the expansion.

“I’m just happy to be there. My daughter and son-in-law are both alumni of UTSA, so it’s almost part of the fam-ily,” Velesiotis explains. “Dr. Ricardo Romo and his wife are just amazing people, so I’m good to go into the fam-ily over there.”

Beyond making great food, Velesiotis knows the impor-tance of pursuing a degree, as well as supporting various local organizations. Organi-zations such as August Heart — dedicated to preventing sudden cardiac death by pro-viding free heart screenings to students and athletes — and American Sunrise — a non-profit that helps create communities where work-ing families find housing, economic and educational opportunities in their neigh-borhoods — are a couple to name.

Though Taco Taco will be there to fuel students throughout the day, Ve-lesiotis always praises the students of UTSA for be-ing open to higher educa-tion. “The students look like young people that want to get ahead in their life,” Vele-siotis says with a smile, “and I want to be a part of that.”

ARTS & LIFE 11Events Calendar:Thursday 8/138:45 p.m.For an unusual movie experience don’t miss out on tomorrow’s showing of Ghost-busters at the Cycle-In Cinema. Ride over to the Main Plaza and volunteer some of your cycling prow-ess to help power the projector. Bring snacks, good friends and be there at dusk or close to 8:45 p.m.

Sunday 8/165 p.m. No need to go anywhere far, UC Programs is bringing the fun to you. Stop by the University Cen-ter at 5:00 p.m. for music, food and cold drinks. The event is free, making it perfect for a student’s budget without sacrificing any fun.

Tuesday 8/188 p.m.Enjoy a music-filled night to kick-off the se-mester with a concert at Jack’s Patio Bar. The CRY, a Portland native band, will be stopping by San Antonio during their “The CRY! Dangerous Game U.S. Tour.” The concert will get start-ed at 8:00 p.m. but make sure to get there early, you definitely want a great view of the stage. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

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A taco transition

Owner of Taco Taco, Helen Velesiotis (pictured above), has a passion and excitement for bringing fresh, quality food to the UTSA community.

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Thursday, Aug. 13

6:00 p.m. UTSA soccerThe soccer team will host a meet-and-greet at the Park West Athletics Complex from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Picture and autograph opportunities will be available.

Friday, Aug. 14

7:00 p.m. UTSA soccerThe soccer team will take on Incarnate Word in an exhibition match to open the season. The game will be played at UIW.

6:30 p.m. UTSA footballThe football team will host a Fan Appreciation Day from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Campus Practice Facility. The event will consist of a two-hour open workout with a meet-and-greet to follow.

Sunday, Aug. 16

7:00 p.m. UTSA soccerThe soccer team has its home opener against Texas State. The exhibition match will be played at the Park West Athletics Complex.

Sunday, Aug. 23

7:00 p.m. UTSA soccerThe soccer team takes on Sam Houston State in their first non-exhibition match of the season. The match will be played at the Park West Athletics Complex.

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Did you know that Title IX also protects all students who are victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual violence?

UTSA is committed to providing an educational and working environment that offers equal opportunity to all members of the university community, including students, faculty, staff and visitors. UTSA also supports a learning and working environment that is diverse, inclusive and free of illegal discrimination and harassment.

UTSA’s Office of Equal Opportunity Services (EOS) is responsible for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual violence. EOS also implements policies, procedures and training related to sexual violence and intimate partner violence as required by the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE), incorporated into VAWA.

UTSA has designated Leonard Flaum, Director, Equal Opportunity Services, as its Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for monitoring the implementation of Title IX, coordinating compliance with Title IX and investigating complaints of discrimination under Title IX.

Students, faculty, staff or visitors who have experienced or witnessed discrimination, acts of possible sexual harassment, sexual violence, or intimate partner violence should contact the Title IX Coordinator or EOS for guidance. For more information on Title IX and UTSA’s nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policy, visit the EOS website at utsa.edu/eos.

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Phelps dominates Phillips 66 NationalsJulian GonzalesStaff Writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

Michael Phelps, the most highly decorated Olympian in history, added another feat to his monumental career on Friday, Aug. 7: he clocked the fastest 200-me-ter butterfly time in the world in 2015 during The Phillips 66 National Cham-pionships in San Antonio. The event spanned five days and welcomed swimmers from across the globe as a tune-up meet in prepara-tion for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“It’s good to do it on my own shore, in the country that I represent,” Phelps

said. “I think it just shows you that anything is pos-sible if you want something bad enough. I went through a lot, and to be able to train like I did to get ready for this and do that, I can do whatever I put my mind to.”

Just one day after shat-tering the record in the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps broke another world record time when he swam 50.45 seconds in the 100-me-ter butterfly, claiming his second national title in as many days.

“Two pretty good swims in the 100 and 200 — I haven’t been that fast in a really long time,” Phelps said. “I think that was exactly where I want to be right now.”

Phelps won his third national title on the third day of competition in the 200-meter individual medley (IM) with his time of 1:54.75. Astonishingly, Phelps’ 200-meter IM time beat the previous world re-cord time that was set just three days prior by fellow American Olympian, Ryan Lochte. Phelps concluded his time in San Antonio with three national titles and just as many world record times.

“I’m very happy,” Phelps said. “This is a great foundation, a place where I’ve never really been in a long time leading up to an Olympics. I definitely wasn’t like this leading up to ’12, so it’s probably been

since 2007 that I’ve been like this.”

Caeleb Dressel, 18, and Clair adams, 17, both earned their second 2015 national titles on Sunday, Aug. 9. Dressel won the 100-meter freestyle after taking gold in the 50-me-ter freestyle on Friday and Adams won both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke.

21 year old Jordan Wilimovsky wrapped up The Phillips 66 National Championships on Mon-day evening when he took home the gold medal in the 10-kilometer open water event by swimming a time of 14 minutes and 57.05 seconds, beating the run-ner-up by over 12 seconds.

Wilimovsky’s victory earns him a spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team and is the first swimmer to qualify for the team.

“I didn’t really know how fast I was going. I was try-ing to swim my own race, stay in my own lane and I was happy I was under 15,” Wilimovsky said.

NBC will broadcast exclusive television cover-age from San Antonio on Sunday, Aug. 16 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

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Darryl E. Sherrod IIStaff Writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

The UTSA football team begins their 2015-16 season in just over three weeks at Arizona on Sept. 3. After taking time off for the summer break, the team re-cently reconvened to start preparing for the tough schedule ahead. After hav-ing their first intra-squad scrimmage of the fall, the team took off their helmets and pads, replacing them with nice smiles for photos and media day.

Junior running back Jarveon Williams — the projected running back starter — was asked about his mindset at this point in the season and responded: “It’s just another year. I’m more focused and ready to win.”

Head Coach Larry Coker — who has a decade of head coaching under his belt — felt that media day offers something different for the team.

“It’s a good change up — guys like it,” Coker said. “It’s cool conditions, not out in the hot sun. It’s an exciting time for us.”

The team is preparing for a hectic first few weeks that feature two of the nation’s top programs in Arizona and Oklahoma State. The rough start, along with a poor season in 2014, has many projecting much of

the same for this year. As one would expect of

a man with his resume, Coker isn’t too worried. “We lost a lot of players and we have a lot of young play-ers,” Coker said. “I think we can be better than what they (the critics) think.”

One player whose perfor-mance will have a big say in how the team performs this year is redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Bogen-schutz.

The offense is running a new up-tempo aerial system and a lot will be expected of the quarter-back. Williams is confident in the young quarterback and believes Bogenschutz is preparing well for the challenge.

“He’s looking great,” Wil-liams said. “Bogey (Bogen-schutz) never loses a step. He’s getting sharper; he’s more commanding and be-ing more vocal. He’s really taking charge in that lead-ership role,” he finished.

Coker believes Bogen-schutz will have plenty of help from his backfield. When asked about the running back committee, Coker gushed.

“I like this group a lot,”

Coker said. “They’re very electric. When I’ve been a good coach, I’ve had some good running backs. They’re young kids and very exciting.”

The defense has also been working on new changes, and has been benefitting from the offenses’ change.

“It’s good for our defense because they’re going to be in great condition,” Coker said. “They have to be able to keep up with the offense. It’s a different look for us, but I like it a lot. They like it too.”

The team is experienc-ing a time of transition, but Coker is staying confident and positive. The National Championship winning coach admits to nerves but likes what he sees and expects a good season.

“I know the players and coaches pretty well,” Coker said. “I feel really excited about our staff; we have such a great staff. Also, the players we have I really like. The butterflies aren’t there, but the anxiety is. We’ve got a tough schedule, and we’ve got to come a long way and a long way fast,” he finished.

UTSA hosts first media day of the seasonUTSA FOOTBALL

“I think we can be better than what they (the critics) think.” Larry CokerUTSA football head coach

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Shabazz I. DawkinsSports Editor@shabazzvssports@paisano-online.com

UTSA volleyball is primed for yet another great season behind the leadership of 2014 Confer-ence USA Coach of the Year, Head Coach Laura Groff.

The team is well into their fall practice regimen as they prepare for the season opener on Aug. 28 against Montana Univer-sity.

“I feel like we’re in a re-ally good spot,” Groff said about the team’s develop-ment to this point. “Our goal is to three-peat. We don’t talk about wins and losses, we talk about reach-ing our goals.”

Despite coming off of two con-secutive regular season titles, the Roadrun-ners were pegged to finish sec-

ond in the most recent Conference USA preseason poll. Western Kentucky — whom UTSA shared the regular season title with last fall — earned the top spot in the same poll.

“I felt like maybe we could have been tied for first (in the poll), but I’m okay with the ranking,” Groff said. “Those things are really irrelevant to me. Maybe it will give our girls more of an incentive.”

UTSA returns a core of very talented and decorated players from last year’s club. Leading the charge for this year’s squad will likely be junior all-conference standouts Dajana Boskovic and Jessica Waldrip.

Although Boskovic has been unable to practice due to a minor injury, Waldrip

has already begun prov-ing that she’s ready

to take on a leader-ship role with this

team. “Jessica is a si-

lent leader,” Groff said. “We’re challenging her to push her team

more. I see the growth

— she’s out there, she’s more vocal and she’s just taking

charge.”Seniors Annie Kunes and

Kylie Schott — who were both awarded second-team all-conference honors last season — add strength to the core of talented veter-ans. Although the upper-classmen will likely lead the way for this year’s team, the incoming freshmen have shown promise.

“Our freshmen are just unbelievable,” Groff said. “They’re pushing everyday and they’re not going to accept the fact that we have a veteran squad. They’re battling.”

In addition to dominant performances on the court, the UTSA volleyball team has continued to capture headlines off the court with their excellent academic performance. The Road-runners were the recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Award for the second consecutive year.

“The atmosphere that we form here is of taking responsibility on and off the court,” Groff said. “I pride myself in being the role model that I am.”

The team will begin play on Friday, Aug. 28 at the Bearkats Invitational in Huntsville, Texas.

C-USA Volleyball

STANDINGS

C-USA Preseason Poll

1. Western Kentucky

2. UTSA

3. Rice

4. North Texas

5. Florida Atlantic

6. Southern Miss

7. Marshall

8. Middle Tennessee

9. FIU

10. Charlotte

11. UTEP

12. UAB

13. Louisiana Tech

Groff: ‘Our goal is to three-peat’UTSA VOLLEYBALL

Laura Groff is entering her 14th season as the head coach for the UTSA volleyball program. With 233 victories, she is the winningest coach in the history of the program. Her legacy of impact on volleyball in San Antonio gained her an induction to the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jeff Huehn, UTSA Athletics

Dajana Boskovic (left, spiking) hails from Bileca, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has gained All-Conference USA honors in every season since her fresh-man campaign of 2013.

Marcus Connolly, The Paisano

Jeff Huehn, UTSA Athletics

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