The Paisano Vol.46 Issue 10

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Five Moroccan-French men were caught breaking into the San Antonio Courthouse while intoxicated on Oct. 19 2011. Surveillance cameras caught them running down the halls wear-ing sombreros (taken from the court-house law library) and playing with a judge’s gavel.

The men, who are French citizens touring various locations in the United States, had been drinking excessively before they decided to break into the courthouse for amusement.

While doing so, they set off a silent alarm that alerted the San Antonio Po-lice Department.

When the police caught them at 1:30 a.m., the courthouse horseplay turned into rumors of a terrorist attack. The five men arrived at John F. Kennedy

Airport in New York on Sept. 10 and spent the next day in the city, which sparked suspicion from police officers according to the San Antonio Express-News.

They rented an RV in New Jersey

and drove it to Miami before arriving in San Antonio.

The San Antonio officials also as-sumed that the five men were attempt-ing to steal private documents from the courthouse.

Popular food truck battles city officials

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NUMBER OF CAMPUS THEFTS STAY THE SAME;CRIME RATE REMAINS STAGNANT BUT LOWER THAN CITY’S

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Hispanic Business ranked UTSA third in the nation for graduate busi-ness schools for Hispanics this Sep-tember.

Only the University of Texas at El Paso, which ranked first, and the University of Texas at Austin, which ranked No. 2, surpassed UTSA’s school.

This however, is not the first rec-ognition for UTSA’s College of Business. In fact, this is the fourth consecutive year that it has been recognized and ranked by Hispanic Business.

“This ranking speaks to the quality of our academic programming and the services we provide to our MBA students,” Lynda de la Viña, dean of the UTSA College of Business (COB) said. “It elevates the college into the

upper echelon of business schools in the nation. Our goal was to obtain national recognition in five years. We accomplished that goal in three.”

The college follows the motto, “We transform business students into business professionals.”

Bloomberg Businesweek also ranked UTSA’s graduate business program No. 28 in the nation and No. 4 in the Southwest. Further, the Princeton Review ranked the COB among the top 10 graduate business programs nationwide for minority students this year for the sixth con-secutive year.

When asked what makes UTSA’s College of Business so successful, De la Viña’s answer was simple. “The college is successful due to the dedi-cation of our faculty, staff and stu-dents,” de la Viña said.

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The little red taco trailer known as Chela’s Tacos is not going anywhere. Recently, Chela’s was told by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that they had to move off of their location at UTSA Blvd. and Utex Blvd. because they were allegedly in violation of TxDOT’s right of way, but Chela’s owner, Marty Davis, did his homework, and found that he was not violating any laws.

TxDOT has a policy of buying up all of the land ad-jacent to Texas’s roads and highways. This extra land is known as the right of way. TxDOT defines the right of way as:

“A general term denoting land, property or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to a highway for the construction of the roadway. Right of way is the entire width of land between the public boundaries or property lines of a highway. This may include purchase for drainage.”

Chela’s is located just outside the right of way of UTSA Blvd. and Utex Blvd. Chela’s customers park in TxDOT’s right of way when ordering food from Chela’s, which TxDOT claims causes safety issues.

Davis claims that the right of way is used by drivers all over Texas to stop temporarily and repair broken down vehicles, to rest after a long trip, or just to get out and take a break from driving. He says that his customers are using the right of way in this manner in that they are temporarily stopping to purchase food and then be on their way.

Chela’s Tacos is one of the most popular mobile restaurants in San Antonio, and it attracts taco afi-cionados from all over the state; Chela’s was named by the Express News as the 2011 Readers Choice Best Food Truck/Mobile Dining Restaurant.

A year ago, Chela’s became aware of the right of way problem by TxDOT. Davis negotiated with Tx-DOT to move just outside the right of way boundary so that he was not in violation of this rule. Unfortu-nately, a new TxDOT official decided that this was still not good enough because of the parking situa-tion with Chela’s customers. This is where the cur-rent battle started.

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Since July 2011, close to 50 theft incidents have occurred on the University of Texas at San Antonio. Considering that the number is spread over four months, it is right on target with 2010 statistics.

“UTSA averages around 160 thefts a year,” Chief of Police Steve Barrera said. “The city of San Antonio has 80,000-90,000 thefts (per year)”

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, requires the publication of the number of incidents for the seven major categories of crimes on campus.

Those seven categories, as determined by the Clery Act, are: 1) criminal homicide, fur-ther defined by a) murder and non-negligent manslaughter and b) negligent manslaughter; 2) sex offenses, further defined by a) forcible sex offenses (including rape) and b) non-forc-ible sex offenses; 3) robbery; 4) aggravated as-

sault; 5) burglary; 6) motor vehicle theft; and 7) arson.

According to Barrera, there are three types of stealing: theft, burglary and robbery.

Theft is stolen property that was out in the open, in public and is often a crime of oppor-tunity; a laptop left at a table in the library, a phone left in the bathroom stall or a bike left unsecured. Burglary occurs when someone enters a habitation or building, or breaks into a vehicle to steal something. Robbery occurs any time something is forcibly stolen from another person.

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“The innovative spirit that our faculty bring

into the classroom and the entrepreneurial processes that we employ to provide students with the best educational experi-ence possible,” de la Viña said.

In the future, the college hopes to continue moving forward on the path to success. This academic year, the COB is undergoing the re-accreditation process with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) with the expectation of keeping up the tradition of excellence. The COB has been regularly ac-credited since 1980.

This honor, along with the accreditation of the accounting department since 1997, places the college in the top five percent of business schools not only in the nation, but also around the world. UTSA’s College of Business is also striving to reach two more goals. They hope to become the very first business school in Texas to receive European accredita-

tion and later Accelerated Masters in Business Administration accredi-tation. These honors would make them “one of the few ‘triple crown’ schools in the U.S. and Latin America,” according to De la Viña.

“I have led the college on a path to achieve an ambitious goal, to raise the academic profile of UTSA’s College of Business to become one of the nation’s best business schools,” De la Viña said. The school’s work towards reaching these goals continues, De la Viña considers achieving them as a crucial first step towards becoming one of the most successful programs in the country.

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Incident: Possession of Marijuana Location: Main Campus: University OaksDate/Time Reported: 10/23 2:53 AMDisposition: Cleared by arrest

Incident: Consumption of alcohol Location: Main Campus: Parking Lots 10Date/Time Reported: 10/23 2:03 AMDisposition: Cleared by arrest

Incident: Minor D.U.ILocation: Main Campus: Lot 10Date/Time Reported: 10/23 2:03 AMDisposition: Cleared by arrest

Incident: Reckless Damage Location: Main Campus: Rec. CenterDate/Time Reported: 10/19 10:23 AMDisposition: Active

Incident: TheftLocation: Main Campus: University OaksDate/Time Reported: 10/20 3:51 p.m.Disposition: Active

Incident: Criminal Mischief Location: Main Campus: Rec. CenterDate/Time Reported: 10/19 10:23 p.m.Disposition: Active

Incident: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Location: Main Campus: Chaparral VillageDate/Time Reported: 10/17 6:45 p.m.Disposition: Cleared by arrest

Incident: Theft Personal PropertyLocation: DT Campus: Buena Vista Building Date/Time Reported: 10/17 6:00 PMDisposition: Active

Incident: Theft Location: Main Campus: Roadrunner Cafe Date/Time Reported: 10/17 11:56 AMDisposition: Closed by exceptional means

Incident: Reckless Driving Location: Main Campus: Parking Lot 5Date/Time Reported: 10/16 4:44 PMDisposition: Unknown

Incident: TheftLocation: Main Campus: Convocation C.Date/Time Reported: 10/16 2:59Disposition: Active

Incident: Consumption of alcohol by a mi-nor

Location: Main Campus: Chaparral VillageDate/Time Reported: 10/16 1:52 AM

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Libya’s transitional leader declared his country’s liberation on Sunday, three days after the hated dictator Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed.

He called on Libyans to show “patience, honesty and tolerance” and eschew hatred as they embark on rebuilding the country at the end of an 8-month civil war.

The transitional gov-ernment leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil set out a vi-sion for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the “basic source” of legisla-tion in the country and that existing laws that

contradict the teachings of Islam would be nul-lified. In a gesture that showed his own piety, he urged Libyans not to express their joy by firing in the air, but rather to chant “Allahu Akbar,’’ or God is Great. He then stepped aside and knelt to offer a brief prayer of thanks.

“This revolution was looked after by God to achieve victory,” he told the crowd at the declara-tion ceremony in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Gadhafi began. He thanked those who fell in the fight against Gad-hafi’s forces. “This revolution began peacefully to demand the minimum of legitimate rights, but it was met by excessive violence.”

Abdul-Jalil said new banks would be set up to follow the Islamic banking system, which bans charging interest. For the time being, he said in-terest would be canceled from any personal loans already taken out less than 10,000 Libyan dinars (about $7,500).

He also announced that all military person-nel and civilians who have taken part in the fight against Gadhafi would be promoted to the rank above their existing one. He said a package of perks would later be announced for all fighters.

“Thank You, thank you to the fighters who achieved victory, both civilians and military,” he said. He also paid tribute to the Gulf Cooperation Council, a six-nation alliance led by Saudi Ara-bia, The Arab League and the European Union. NATO, which aided the anti-Gadhafi fighters with airstrikes, performed its task with “efficiency and professionalism.”

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theFt: Laptops, bicycles and small electronics are the top items stolen on campus

Theft is not one of the categories required in the annual security report published by the UTSA Police Depart-ment, but it is listed on the Clery Act Public Crime Log, also known as the police blotter, which can be found on the UTSA police department website, http://utsa.edu/utsapd.

The UTSA Police Department has 52 officers and 37 security guards that pa-trol the campus on foot, in cars, on bi-cycles and motorcycles. “There are also hundreds of security cameras on cam-pus, which help us solve a lot of crimes,” Barrera said.

UTSA has an anti-theft campaign called “Secure It, Keep It.” Sergeant Geoffrey L. Merritt, who heads up the Crime Prevention Unit said.

“Twice a year we run a month long awareness blitz to remind people that theft is a crime of opportunity and that if people lock it, take it with them, hide it, (and) secure it then they get to keep it.”

Many students understand their role in preventing theft. “There’s a sense of responsibility. You should take with you anything you don’t want stolen,” Moni-ka Coronado, UTSA student said.

“You can’t rely on just one element of security,” Merritt said. “We also have community members that help us too.”

Merritt explained that as part of the Emergency Management program, “We have floor captains, and they are a visible, dynamic part of keeping this campus safe. Each building and each floor has its own floor captains.”

The top three items stolen at UTSA are laptops, bicycles and small elec-tronics, such as iPods, cameras and phones. Barrera strongly recommends students, faculty and staff participate in Operation Identification, which involves engraving property with an identifying number, such as a driver’s license.

“The driver’s license alone is the best thing to put on there, because if we re-cover it we can run that driver’s license and find out who it belongs to,” Barrera said. “We do not recommend using a social security number.”

A would-be thief is often deterred by seeing that the item is easily identifi-able, which would make it difficult to resell.

“The risk is minimal as far as identity theft is concerned by using the driver’s license,” Merritt said. “The benefit is far outweighed either by being able to re-cover it or to deter the theft.”

Another option for recovery of a sto-len laptop is subscribing to a laptop lo-cator service. LoJack, Prey and Tometa Software are a few companies that pro-vide software that can track and locate a stolen laptop.

At the beginning and end of each semester, textbooks are also at the top of the list of items stolen. UTSA po-lice and area bookstores are working together to prevent the resale of stolen books.

One way they are accomplishing that task is through Operation Bookmark, which involves marking the textbook with an identifying number, such as the owner’s driver’s license. A log can be kept that lists the name of the book and the page number that is marked.

Dominique Reyes, freshman resid-ing at Laurel Village said she feels fairly comfortable leaving her books in the library, but “I always take my purse and phone with me,” said Reyes. By mark-ing her book, Reyes could potentially recover her books, should they be sto-len—and retrieved.

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“This is just another example of big government wasting the tax dollars of the people of San Antonio,” Marty Da-vis said.

“TxDOT does not have the right to make us move because we are not vio-lating the right of way rule. We made an agreement with them a year ago and now it just seems like the new manage-ment has a personal vendetta against us.”

“We haven’t had any accidents, com-plaints or fights, the entire time we’ve been here.“

Davis said that TxDOT has been ha-rassing him ever since. They even went so far as to try and get other govern-ment agencies, such as the San Antonio Police Department and the Department of Health, to try and put increased pres-sure on Davis to move Chela’s.

Even if they are forced to move, Davis would not move very far.

“If they make us move, we will just move up one telephone pole,“ Davis said.

Chela’s fall back location is just a few hundred feet away up Utex Blvd. where TxDOT does not own the right of way.

TxDOT did not return The Paisano’s phone calls.

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There were even reports stating that at least two of the five men were on an FBI watch list.

First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg told the L.A. Times, “Why would a bunch of tourists choose a courthouse to break into? That is the part that’s very hard to reconcile.” This feeling of uncertainty is what prompted the assumptions of ulterior motives for terrorist attacks as police officers began gathering evi-dence.

Officers searched the building for explosive material.

“We’re still trying to determine whether these individuals had a plot or were just on a little vacation trek,” Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Dale Bennett said to the L.A. Times.

No weapons were found on the five men and there were beer bottles in the courthouse, indicating their intoxica-tion. Both pieces of information failed to fully convince police officers.

CBS News reported Bexar County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz saying, “Be-cause they are foreign nationals, and because of everything that has hap-pened in the United States recently, we can’t take anything like this as a prank.”

County Judge Nelson Wolff further

commented during the investigation, “It’s just so very strange. It’s either some guys on a prank of some sort, or it could be terrorists,” the judge said to CBS News. As the foreign men were being questioned, investigators start-ed to realize that the break-in present-ed no intended threat.

The men spoke little English and cooperated with the officers while be-ing asked questions with the help of a translator. Investigators then searched the RV that the men were traveling in and found pictures of them around landmarks and cities across the United States. And after much investigation, police officers concluded that this was nothing more than a prank and they found no clear terrorist motive in their break-in.

“They were clowning around in the courtroom. They put on Mexi-can hats, they grabbed the gavel. That gave us an indication they weren’t up to anything other than a prank,” Ortiz told CBS News.

All five men were arrested and are charged with burglary. But reports stating that two of the men were on federal watch lists were argued against by Ortiz and the FBI. The gavel that had been taken belongs to District Judge Victor Negrón, who now calls it, “the Moroccan hammer.”

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“There’s a sense of responsibility. You should take with you anything you don’t want stolen.”Monika CoronadoUndergraduate Student

It’s almost half-way through the semester and I still feel like a clown perform-ing cheap par-lor tricks every Wednesday at noon as I pass out papers to stu-

dents. The Paisano began tabling, or rath-

er handing out papers, in the spring of 2010. We couldn’t think of any other way to increase readership except lit-erally placing newspapers in student hands. The Paisano, with the help of a dedicated staff, decided to start tabling which is similar to what fra-ternities and sororities do during re-cruitment periods.

One of the best aspects of tabling is that The Paisano is able to increase its presence on campus and meet with students face to face. It is also a way

to attract new writers and even sell advertising.

However, student response to ac-tually taking a paper is quite mixed. While some students say they have already read the paper, one response we have gotten while tabling is, “I don’t read the paper. I don’t think the articles are appropriate for col-lege students.” Hopefully, that student was just sarcastic but his response has been made by other students.

The Paisano can’t force students to read the newspaper. We can only pro-vide the product and make ourselves visible enough so that students know that a student-run newspaper exists.

Students who read The Paisano should encourage others to read it. We need to create an environment where everyone wants to stay in-formed. Do you dislike a story? Then send us a letter to the editor. It’s a fast way to get involved in the paper as a concerned student of UTSA. Bet-

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Opinion 5October 25, 2011

On the morning of Oct. 19 five French-Moroccan men were detained for breaking in to the Bexar County Courthouse.

During the day of the arrest, News WOAI tweeted, “Sheriff tries to downplay terror link in courthouse break-in” along with a link to the cor-responding arrticle. According to the article, the detainees were found to be intoxicated, and due to the odd na-ture of thier break-in, they were ques-tioned by FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Sheriff ’s Office.

To the unsuspecting readers who just happen to glance at this infor-mation on their phone, they might immediately think that there was a terrorist threat in San Antonio. How-ever, the investigation of the incident would point to a different conclusion.

The investigaion, which involved a search of the foregin nationals’ RV, yielded no information that could lead to the conclusion that these tourists were terrorists or that their actions had a terrorist motive.

What the investigation did deter-mine was that the detainees were in-

toxicated when they decided to break into the courthouse. If anything, this break-in was a dumb joke preformed by a couple of drunk guys.

Is it understandable that those are the type of assumptions we make in a post 9/11 United States, maybe.

However, it’s been over decade since 9/11 and we must understand that basing terrorist threats on physi-cal appearance is not only discrimina-tory but also dangerous. We disguise racism in fear.

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The Paisano introduces a new segment called Cheap Date, were we suggest new restaurants to take a date when you’re on a budget.

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With a weak economy, no wonder everyone wants to save money. Affordable and great tasting food can be hard to come by, but one restaurant has both. Checkers, located at 13835 block of Nacogdoches is a 50’s style diner that offers a variety of affordable menu items.

The restaurant’s décor of black and white photos, checkered floor tile and 50’s style furniture will transport you back in time. Checkers is definitely the place to go.

Everything offered is cooked to order. Checkers of-fers lunch and dinner, Mon-day-Saturday, 11a.m. to 9p.m. and Sunday 11a.m. to 8p.m. Menu items vary from sea-food, beef and steak to sand-wiches and salads. But the best part of Checkers is the price. Checkers offers great lunch specials. Two people can order a complete meal for under $20.

A meal of chicken fried steak covered with coun-try gravy with two sides of mashed potatoes and broc-coli along with some corn-bread. Side orders vary from vegetables to salads. Another delicious meal is their bacon cheeseburger topped with your choice of vegetables. Cooked to order, this burger will definitely fill you up.

A lunch special such as the chicken fried steak is priced at $7.50 and a classic bacon cheeseburger at $7.65, which totals $15.15 for two people. This is definitely a bargain meal.

So your next meal for two could be affordable and tasty. Stop by Checkers and check out what they offer. For more information, visit www.theo-riginalcheckersdiner.com

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UTSA biology senior Kim Kang was stressed out. Armed with an iPod filled with her favorite tunes, Kang tackled her stress with music, creativ-ity and a whole lot of cake frosting.

What started out as a way to relieve stress quickly turned into a hobby that has led to new creations and a spot on San Antonio Living. Here’s what she said about relieving stress.

(MG): What was the stress that drove you to bake?

(KK): The stress of taking 18 hours of biology courses. I’m studying to be an optometrist. I’m also minoring in business.

(MG): What previous experience with baking did you have?

(KK): Very little. (MG): What was the toughest thing

to learn about baking? (KK): The most challenging part

about baking is decorating [the cup-cakes]. I have an image in my head of what I want my cupcakes to look like. I always think that they can look bet-ter, or I get new ideas to make it look better. Being a perfectionist doesn’t help me much because I always end up starting over or adding or replacing different parts of the decorations until I am satisfied with the way they look. Sometimes that can take hours!

(MG): What inspires you? (KK): It’s not too challenging to

come up with ideas because I start by getting a few ideas from books and magazines. I implement my own ideas with theirs and try to come up with something that I think will look good! Also, the seasons, holidays or special events inspire me. I like to bake things that go along with the seasons. I baked

the hamburger cupcakes for a compa-ny picnic.

(MG): What are your favorite cre-ations?

(KK): The hamburger cupcakes. They really do look like little hamburg-ers.

(MG): With the holidays approach-ing, do you have any specialty cakes in the works?

(KK): My family will get together in Houston for Thanksgiving, so I’ll be baking the turkey cupcakes.

(MG): What do you think stands out in your creations?

(KK): I think the detail of the decora-tions stand out in my cupcakes. If I am going to decorate the cupcake to make it look like a certain animal, I try my best to make sure that I get the texture right. For example, I wanted to make the baby chick cupcake look fuzzy and found that using coconut shavings did the trick.

(MG): Do you eat the treats you bake?

(KK): I have a huge sweet tooth, so I always give away what I bake; other-wise, I would eat them all.

(MG): Do you sell your treats? (KK): I haven’t sold any, but after my

appearance on San Antonio Living last summer, I received a few orders! I re-ally just bake for family and friends. My co-workers are my biggest sup-porters. They’re also my guinea pigs. I try out new recipes on them.

(MG): Do you see baking these treats as a long term endeavor?

(KK): Maybe someday in the future. My best friend loves to bake too, and we decided that someday we’d like to give this a try. My family is really sup-portive too. But for now, I’m focus-ing on getting my biology degree to become an optometrist. Right now,

baking is a fun hobby. It might be too much pressure to do this as a business right now.

(MG): Where do you think your cre-ativity comes from?

(KK): My mom. We’re very close. She’s creative too. I remember watch-ing my mom decorate my Valentine’s Day box in elementary school. She also made horses out of yarn and cardboard for one of my school proj-ects. She always came up with proj-ects for us to work on together on her days off. I also like the arts and crafts.

(MG): What kinds of arts and crafts are you interested in?

(KK): I enjoy scrapbooking, painting posters and banners for birthdays and coloring in coloring books - which is

what I do during my study breaks. I also love to sew, but I don’t consider myself that good at it. I also love deco-rating my room, picture frames and jewelry.

(MG): What is your mom’s favorite cupcake?

(KK): My mom’s favorite cupcakes are the Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes. Thanksgiving is her favorite time of year because it’s one of the few times that the entire family gets together.

(MG): Are you still stressed out? (KK): Not so much anymore. Bak-

ing allows me to be creative and dis-tracts me from the pressures of study-ing. I wear my iPod while I’m baking and just focus on that.

Bio and business major Kim Kang prepares a cupcake tin for the oven. Kang began baking to ease stress.

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Thursday, Oct. 277 p.m. BijouFree movie night at the Bijou will be screening the western “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” Friday, Oct. 28

11 a.m. Best Fest(*editors choice)

UTSA’s clubs and organizations will be selling goods underneath the Sombrilla. It’s a great oppurtunity to hang out on campus and see what the university has to offer.

8 p.m. Institute of Texan CultureJoin the Institute of Texan Cultures for a Dance of the Dead. Dress up as your favorite deceased Texan and join the ITC for food, dance and spooky stories.

7 p.m. UTSARobert Bonazzi will lecture and present a documentary on the life of John Howard Griffin.

Saturday, Oct. 29

11 a.m. The McNay(*editor’s choice)

The McNay wll be continuing it’s Wake up with Tim Burton every Saturday in Oc-tober series. Come in your pajamas, and enjoy this weeks screening of “Corpse Bride.”

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Jonathan Penning looks into his wardrobe and pulls out a corset, fish-net stockings and high heels.

“Give yourself over to being true to yourself and true to who you are”, says Pennington, an artistic director, producer and actor at the Woodlawn Theatre. Being yourself is an underly-ing message of the “The Rocky Horror Show”.

Pennington is the lead role of Dr. Frank N. Furter at the Woodlawn The-atre‘s production of “The Rocky Hor-ror Show”. He earned his music degree at UTSA and has since been expand-ing his career in musical endeavors in-cluding “The Rocky Horror Show.”

He had no difficulty finding his in-ner Frank N. Furter considering he has been a long-time fan of Tim Curry, the actor who played the role in the origi-nal production of the show. Penning-ton has also played the role of Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar” and compares the two lead roles.

“[Frank N. Furter] came natural to me because he is a lot like other lead-ers, Pennington said. “They’re both leaders and they’re both in control, and that’s a really weird comparison but it’s true”

Dr. Frank N. Furter is at the end phase of his creation of a perfect man. During a transvestite convention held to reveal his new creation, couple Brad

and Janet stumble upon Frank N. Furt-er’s peculiar mansion. Brad and Janet meet the doctor’s assistants, Riff Raff, Magenta and Columbia among other characters. Dr. Frank N. Furter’s new creation is born and his name is Rocky. He is a beautiful, blond, muscular man. Chaos begins once Rocky is let loose on the premises. “The Rocky Horror Show” premiered as a London stage musical in 1973 and transformed to film soon after in 1975 as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

This is only the second year the Woodlawn Theatre has shown “The Rocky Horror Show” but it has been a major success. Avid “Rocky Horror” fans and newcomers alike can expect an interactive experience where the audience can become a part of the show. Do not be surprised of you hear

a few shouts in the middle of a musical number. Another element that make “The Rocky Horror Show” stand out amongst other shows is that it is com-prised of a live band and actual singing for the musical numbers. Everything is

performed live.“The Rocky Horror Show” is a very

controversial show and has been banned in other cities for its content. Although the Woodlawn Theatre has a family oriented environment, “The Rocky Horror Show” is definitely not for kids and differs from other shows at the theatre because of its late-night schedule. The theme of sexual libera-tion is prevalent in the show but Pen-nington says “the overall message of the show is for people to accept each individual how they are no matter what they look like or what their sex-ual orientation is.” “The Rocky Horror Show” gives people a chance to come as they are and appreciate great per-formances in a relaxed setting.

As for playing Frank N. Furter, Pen-nington admires the way the writer, Richard O’Brien, wrote the charac-ter’s satire. He goes on to say that “The Rocky Horror Show” is usually “por-trayed as a campy, crazy show but is a musical that is written very well.” The lead role of Frank N. Furter is essen-tial for creating an atmosphere that is beneficial for the entire cast. Penning-ton chose the role in order to bring the positive energy needed to make a great show for the cast and audience. Play-ing Dr. Frank N. Furter has helped him improve overall as a performer and leader for his theater company, Pen-nington Productions.

“The Rocky Horror Show” is now playing until Nov. 5. Catch perfor-mances on Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fri-days and Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. and a Halloween showing at 8 p.m. Audi-ence members are encouraged to dress up in true “Rocky Horror” fashion. According to the film, this show will “thrill you, chill you and fulfill you.”

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East Asia Institute’s inaugural “Kimchi Festival” brought Korean culture, history and tradition to UTSA on Oct. 22 in a fun-filled and family-friendly environment.

The festival is held in honor of kimchi, the national dish of Korea. Kimchi is a Korean staple created from cabbage, spices, shrimp, and oils.

Fourteen booths in the University Center containing numerous activities ranging from arts and crafts, to trivia games surrounded the entrance area of the festival providing people of all ages with entertainment. Each booth fully captured a particular corner of Korean culture. At one booth, there were trivia games with questions ranging from geographical to historical facts. A few booths over, children received the opportunity to craft colorful Korean folding paper, creating

cute bow ties, fun little animals and oriental folding fan. The next booth over presented information on two programs that are open to college students world-wide: Talk and Epik. Each program’s purpose is to increase the number of bilingual students by opening more doors for them in the future through educating them in the skill of speaking Ko-rean.

Not only was the event fun for the entire family, it also served an educational purpose with demonstrations and presentations on Korea’s current economy, social stand and future opportunities. Prestigious speakers such as Consul Young-Ho Son, consulate general of the Republic of Korea in Houston, and Jai Hun Yang M.D., president of the Ko-rean American Association of S.A., all gave their welcoming remarks to jump start a line of lively performances on traditional dances and songs.

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First to perform was a group of mid-dle school students, each equipped with their own Korean drum, reen-acting Korea’s Harvest Dance, also known as, the Changgo Dance. Fol-lowing their charming performance was a more professional Korean Dance Team from the Korean American Cul-tural Center of S.A., with their upbeat Mondumbuk Korean Drum routine. No Korean performance is complete without a sing-along with the audience and performers of Korea’s classic- A Ri Rang, led by B.J. Yang of the Korean American Association of S.A.

The diverse audience enjoyed them-selves; especially when it came time to taste all 17 delectable Korean dishes and kimchis. After interviewing two UTSA students with full plates, they both gave the food ‘two-thumbs up’.

Even though the event was made for 200 people, there were 400 plus in attendance. Wondering how San Antonio matched up against Hous-ton, I asked Consulate Son from the Republic of Korea in Houston how he thought San Antonio did. Defending his city he smiled and said, “Houston and Dallas have a bigger Korean com-munity beating San Antonio by 20,000.

So naturally, events in Houston are ca-tered to a much larger audience. Size-wise, San Antonio can’t compete with Houston’s Asian community; however, this event was well organized and next year it needs to be bigger, so come sup-port, share our role!”

Professor Mimi Yu, president of UTSA’s East Asia Institute, stressed the importance and educational value of this event by stating that, “multilin-gual students will have more opportu-nities in, not only the political arena, but also in the business world. And I think we need to train our students to be global… to know more about countries outside the United States, particularly in Asia.” According to Yu, the purpose of the Kimchi Festival is to “help promote understanding and appreciation of the Korean language and cultural, but also to help stimulate interest among our students and the community to really pay more atten-tion to what Asia is like.”

Informative, fun, creative, lively and educational, UTSA’s first inaugu-ral “Kimchi Festival” was a big step in bringing Korean culture to San Anto-nio.

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An artist at the Kimchi Festival writes an attendees name in Korean calligraphy.

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In attempt to crown San Antonio’s top taco, The Paisano staff nominated 12 unique taco eateries. We have in-vited the residents of San Antonio to vote with us from the following res-taurants. Vote each week and support your favorite taco, in hopes that it makes it to the top.

Chela’s- Chela’s tacos have an ex-tensive menu of top quality tacos. They have a variety of “Chela’s only” tacos including favorites like “el Dia-blo” and “la costra del guero.”

Los Perejil- Los Perejil is a popular taco truck that makes its home at the corner of bandera Road and Gilbeau road. This late-night eatery has many specialty plates of their own creation.

Ricky’s Tacos – Ricky’s Tacos is a taco truck just outside the popular UTSA dive, The Cantina. Lines form outside Ricky’s most weekends as hun-gry patrons wait to order their deli-cious mini tacos.

The Cove – One of the few San Antonio restaurants to be featured in The Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-In’s and Dives”. The Cove is known for their very savory fish taco.

Taco Haven – Taco Haven offers a different variety taco from a simple

egg taco for breakfast to their Carne Guisada tacos. Their specials are a must.

La Gloria -The phrase “No hace falta morir palla llegar a la Gloria,” (You don’t have to die to go to heaven) adorns the menus of La Gloria and no statement could be truer. La Glo-ria specializes in recreating authentic Mexican Street food.

Rolando’s- Home to one of the larg-est tacos in San Antonio. Rolando’s Su-per Taco boasts a variety of tacos.

Garcia’s- Garcia’s has been serving up excellent Mexican food in San An-

tonio for 48 years. The restaurant is known for it’s au-thentic Mexican feel.

Rosarios- Al-though Rosario’s might be a little pricey, its bold and vibrant flavors are well worth the price. Rosario’s has won countless awards and honors for its food, making it a top contender for San Antonio’s top taco.

Taqueria data-point- Taqueria datapoint could be considered San An-

tonio’s hidden gem. Datapoint, as it is commonly known, is the epitome of the little hole in the wall restaurant.

Mama Margie’s –If you don’t get to Mama Margie’s before 1:30 a.m. you may not ever have the opportunity. This taco joint is a San Antonio favor-ite. Mama Margie’s serves delicious ta-cos all day and night.

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“At Gemini Ink we believe human story in all its diverse and complicated forms and genres — from poetry and fiction to memoir and oral tradition — is essential to developing compassion and richness in both individual and community life.” This is but one por-tion of Gemini Ink’s Vision statement located on their website, but their list of aspirations for writing and reading goes on and on.

Located in downtown, Gemini Ink stands as a place of refuge and growth for readers and writers alike. This lo-cal non-profit literary arts center of-fers many outreach programs to the community in hopes of promoting an overall growth and understanding of literature, theatre, film and other re-lated art forms.

One of the outreach programs is Writers in Communities (WIC). Through WIC, published writers are sent out into the community to schools and other institutions to in-spire and educate students about writ-ing. The writers teach students about literary topics, such as creative writing and storytelling. According to Gemini Ink’s website, the success of this pro-gram has brought about recognition from various news outlets, most nota-bly, The New York Times and San An-tonio Express-News.

Gemini Ink also offers the Dramat-ic Readers Theatre (DRT) program, where performers dramatically read literature aloud, often complimented with music. This program offers audi-ences a chance to really see the litera-ture of local authors come to life. DRT’s next event will be a collaboration with San Antonio Museum of Art entitled

“Writers Respond to Art,” which will feature San Antonio writers Norma Cantú, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez and Derek Delgado. These writers will per-form original pieces responding to the museum’s Latin American Art collec-tions. This free event is Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 9:30 p.m. at the San Antonio Mu-seum of Art.

University Without Walls (UWW) stands as Gemini Ink’s broadest pro-grams. UWW offers classes and work-shops about craft and creativity from a highly qualified faculty. Students and educators are allotted a five percent discount upon enrollment. Some up-coming classes include The History in Poetry and Young Adult 101. Both of these classes have a registration dead-line of Wednesday, Nov. 2 and will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5.

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Three years after their latest allbum, Coldplay is back and as lively as ever. “Mylo Xyloto”, the bands fifth studio album, is bursting with an electrifying variance of beats and Chris Martin’s invigorating vocals drive the album. This may be Coldplay’s boldest album yet and Chris Martin made sure these songs would pack phenomenal live performances.

This album is the culmination of over a decade of work from Chris Mar-tin (Lead Vocals), Jonny Buckland (gui-tarist), Guy Berryman (Bass) and Will Champion (drums). It was creatively constructed so that each song plays off of one another and the albums under-lying tale is one of love between Mylo and Xyloto. One second there is burst-ing colorful anthems, the next quiet intimate moments with Martin that help progress the narrative.

The first song on the album is “Mylo

Xyloto”, a slow prelude to “Hurts Like Heaven” which sets the tone for the whole album. It’s a very vibrant song that immediately exuberates the direc-tion in which Coldplay took the album. The album is very flamboyant and dis-play the intoxicating beats that Mylo Xyloto has to offer.

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Work in Progress: This university needs a museum/hall of fameStephen [email protected]

On the second floor of the Convo-cation Center just behind the conces-sion stand at the north end there is an area where one can sit and enjoy a concession purchase while still being able to hear the action below. The area is decorated with team pho-tos honoring those teams that have brought home conference champi-onships in recent years.

There is something missing, though. Nowhere on the photos does it say who was on the team or how they did that season. The photos are there, but there is no information about the teams in the photo. The only way one can identify the team is by the backdrop or the uniforms.

While that works for giving people something to look at while they eat their way through nachos or pop-corn, it leaves something to be de-sired for someone who might want to know more about the history of UTSA athletics.

There is only one way to properly honor UTSA’s history, and that is with a museum/hall of fame.

The museum could be a place where people could look at the foot-ball that was used to kick off the first Roadrunner game. The museum would also be a place where the tro-phies and awards that UTSA has re-ceived for its great moments in sports could be displayed.

You would be able to see the uni-form that the men’s basketball team wore when they won their first con-ference title in 1999, the one they wore last season when they won the first NCAA tournament game in school history.

Some of these artifacts that have

shaped our university could be found in a UTSA museum.

The museum would not just be a sports museum; it would also hold important pieces of the UTSA story. The first catalog of classes could be on display right next to a copy of the legislation that gave UTSA life in the 60s.

In addition to a museum there should also be a UTSA Hall of Fame where the people who put the better-ment of the university ahead of them-selves could be honored and remem-bered. UTSA has had enough people who have left noticeable impacts to warrant a hall of fame inclusion for their tireless work.

The Hall of Fame could be subdi-vided either by decade or by depart-ment, but the number one goal of the hall would be to celebrate the people who made the biggest impact in shaping our university.

The first step in having a museum at UTSA would be finding a loca-tion. One option could be to turn the lower floor of the Institute of Texan Cultures into the UTSA museum/hall of fame. Or perhaps instead of another Starbucks, the university could place the museum in the new parking garage being built next to the Main Building.

Wherever it is placed, the museum will grow as the story of UTSA grows. That means it may need a building of its own, which could be where the community comes in.

A UTSA museum/hall of fame would be a place where people could gather to look at artifacts that have shaped this university as well as a place where the story of UTSA could be told to future generations of Road-runners.

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The Roadrunners continued their domination of Southland Conference opponents with a home sweep of the Lamar Cardinals (25-15, 25-14, 25-18), Saturday, Oct. 22, in the Convocation Center.

The victory was the Roadrunners’ tenth consecutive sweep against con-ference opponents, adding to their conference record streak and tying the school record for most consecutive sweeps, set back in 1987.

“It’s always nice to break records and be in the record books, but we want to remain on our goal which is to go 16-0 and win the conference,” Head Coach Laura Neugebauer-Groff said. “I am impressed by the team’s growth as a unit and their chemistry.”

The Roadrunners established their presence early in the opening set. Sophomore McKenzie Adams contin-ued her impressive performance this season with five kills in set one. Junior Kelsey Schwirtlich kept the team’s of-fense running smoothly with two kills of her own and 10 assists.

The second set showcased how many skilled players the Roadrunners have this year. Freshman Dempsey Thornton gave her offensive contribu-tion with five kills in the set and juniors Brittney Malloy and Whitney Walls added three kills each. Schwirtlich out did her first set performance with 11 assists in the second set.

Set three was the most competitive of the match. The Cardinals came out determined to push the Roadrunners to a fourth set, but senior Elise Hus-key had other plans. Huskey powered the Roadrunners’ offense with six of her seven kills in the final set for the complete sweep of another Southland Conference opponent. Schwirtlich tal-lied an impressive 36 assists for the match. UTSA’s second all-time digs leader, Kelsey Jewasko, was a constant

defensive presence with 16 digs in the match.

“You can’t ask for a better first touch with Jewasko and a better second touch with Schwirtlich; we have a great bat-tery going with those two,” Groff said. Schwirtlich is averaging 10.6 assists per set, a constant contributor to the smooth and effective Roadrunners’ of-fense.

Some of the players attribute their team chemistry and trust in each oth-

er as key factors to this year’s success. “We don’t have to talk, and we know where everyone is on the court just because we feel so comfortable with each other,” Schwirtlich said. “As for the assists, if I didn’t have such a great defense behind me, I would never have that, so I would have to thank them for that.”

A big factor of that great defense has been the extraordinary performance of San Antonio native and team cap-tain Jewasko. Jewasko leads the Road-runners in digs, 442, and digs per set, 5.46. “I can’t even tell you how much fun I’m having this season. The team is everything you want, everything you hope for and more,” Jewasko said.

The Roadrunners will go on a long four-match road trip before returning to the Convocation Center on Nov. 11 to face conference rival Texas State.

Volleyball ties school record with 10th straight sweep

“It’s always nice to break records, but we want to remain on our goal and win the con-ference.”Laura Neugebauer-GroffHead Volleyball Coach

Roadrunner outside hitter Elise Huskey spikes the ball past a Lamar defender during Southland Conference action Saturday.

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(Through 10 games)*1. UTSA....................................10-0*2. Texas State...................................9-1*T3. Sam Houston............................7-3*T3. Central Arkansas.....................7-3*T5. Stephen F. Austin....................5-5*T5 Lamar...........................................5-5*T7 A&M Corpus Christi..............4-6*T7 UT-Arlington............................4-6T7 Northwestern State...................4-6Top eight teams make the Southland Conference Tournament Nov. 18-20 at Conway, Ark.

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