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February 10 - February 17, 2015

UTSAConference USA released its 2015 football schedule,

which will fea-ture UTSA home

games against Lousianna Tech

and Rice.

San AntonioUber has stated

the company will shut down opera-tions in San An-tonio March 1st if regulations for transportation-network compa-nies are not “sig-

nificantly relaxed.”

TexasWhataburger and H.E.B. are part-

nering once again, this time to bring the restaurant’s Honey BBQ and Bold BBQ sauces

to grocery shelves.

LegislatureA proposed Sen-

ate bill would give courts power to

grant DNA testing on evidence that has a “reasonable

likelihood” of having biological

material.

SportsUTSA baseball

opens the season at home, against the UL-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns at

Roadrunner Field in a 3-game series from February 13-

February 15.

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A recent ruling by a fed-eral judge could turn a state program that waives college tuition and fees for military veterans into one of the most expensive in Texas history.

State lawmakers six years ago expanded the program to allow veterans at pub-lic universities to pass any unused tuition exemptions to their children, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Lawmakers gave little consideration to the cost since the schools were required to pick up the tab.

But a U.S. District Court judge last month struck down a provision of the so-called Hazlewood Act that says veterans and their families may receive tuition benefits only if they enlisted while living in Texas. The ruling creates the possibility that more and more veter-ans who enlisted elsewhere could move to Texas to claim free tuition after tak-ing a year to establish resi-dency.

The Texas attorney gen-eral’s office has indicated that it intends to appeal the ruling.

In the meantime, law-makers are contending with an estimate from the Texas Veterans Commission that says the program could swell from $169 million to $750 million, and could eventually surge into the billions.

“This has got to be fixed. We’ve created a monster,’’ said state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.

While campaigning last year, Gov. Greg Abbott called for the state to pick up the entire tab for Hazle-wood, describing it as an “unfunded mandate’’ for colleges and universities, according to the Statesman.

University of Texas Sys-tem Chancellor William McRaven this week de-scribed the program as “phenomenal,’’ but said he hopes the state will fund it to lift the burden on univer-sities.

In 2008, the annual cost of the program was $24.7 million for 9,882 students, according to the Legislative Budget Board. By 2013, it had grown to nearly $170 million, with about 39,000 students participating.

Cost ofeducation program for vets could risedramatically

Matthew DuarteNews Editor@matthew_duartenews@paisano-online.com

Last month, UTSA an-nounced that it received a prestigious Carnegie Award, given to schools that dem-onstrate significant engage-ment in the community.

The designation, which is awarded every five years, is the culmination of years of work by the university.

“The Carnegie award is essentially a designation for an award that is made by the Carnegie Foundation to recognize universities that are significantly involved in community service,” ex-plained Jude Valdez, UTSA’s vice president for commu-nity services.

The Carnegie Foundation defines community engage-ment as “collaboration be-tween a university and the community that enriches scholarship and research, spurs creativity, addresses pressing social issues and prepares students to be edu-cated, engaged citizens who value civic responsibility,” according to UTSA Today.

“The Carnegie designation speaks to our commitment to community outreach and

our drive to make a differ-ence in the lives of our stu-dents and our community,” said UTSA President Ricar-do Romo in a statement. “It is a remarkable milestone for the university and another advancement in our journey to Tier One recognition.”

This was UTSA’s first time receiving the Carnegie des-ignation. Among the other schools earning the recog-nition this year were the U n i v e r s i t y of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech and the University of Houston.

“These are campuses that are improv-ing teaching and learn-ing, produc-ing research that makes a difference in communities and revitaliz-ing their civic and academic m i s s i o n s ,” said John Salt-marsh, direc-tor of the New England Re-sources Cen-ter for Higher

Education (NERCHE). The NERCHE is the administra-tive partner of the Carnegie Foundation with the pur-pose of managing and ad-ministering the classification process.

“I think our work within the District 8 community within my office has been benefited by UTSA, not just in terms of an institution, but its students, its faculty, its staff,” said City Council-

man Ron Niremberg, who represents UTSA’s Main Campus. “We know that the growth of UTSA and the ac-tivities that UTSA engages in are rich and important for the greater San Antonio community.”

“We are an engaged uni-versity,” Valdez said. “Since UTSA was first established, we have been deeply con-nected to our region and our

OPINION - The New Album ReleaseThe surprise album is chang-ing the way artists release music in 2015.page 4

UTSA earns Carnegie designation for community involvement

UTSA is responsible for over 16,000 jobs and $1.2 billion each year in and around San Antonio.Marcus Connolly, The Paisano

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

On Wednesday, Feb 4,

Larry Coker and the UTSA Athletics Department announced that a 37-man recruiting class will be coming to play for UTSA in the 2015 season. This class will change UTSA

football as we know it.28 high school seniors,

eight junior college trans-fers and one Football Bowl Subdivision transfer make up the largest class in the history of the football pro-

gram. Coming on the heels of a season that graduated more than 25 seniors and was below .500, this monu-mental class came at the perfect time for the pro-gram.

37 prospects committed to UTSA’s football team, the largest recruiting class in the program’s history.Marcus Connolly, The Paisano

See RECRUITING, Page 8

See CARNEGIE, Page 2

Anthony MendozaStaff Writer@dAnthonyMendozanews@paisano-online.com

The Department of Homeland Security has adopted the Deferred Ac-tion for Childhood Arriv-als (DACA) program, giv-ing undocumented parents a means to stay in the U.S. This comes as immigration reform legislation remains stalled in Congress.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009-2013 American Com-munity Survey (ACS) es-timated 40,342,000 immi-grants are currently living in the United States with 4,188,000 immigrants living in Texas.

Bexar County houses 230,500 immigrants, while UTSA’s spring 2015 enroll-ment statistics report 1,582 enrolled international stu-dents. Despite a large im-migrant population, policy makers’ continued efforts toward a unified consensus on immigration reform re-mains stagnant.

DACA a key contributor in immigration reform, al-lows undocumented indi-viduals and undocumented individuals who were in the process of being deported the opportunity to apply for “deferred action,” temporar-ily delaying their deporta-tion. Beginning in 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted in-dividuals who met DACA requirements deferred ac-tion status, which allowed undocumented persons to apply for a 2-year workers’ permit that afforded them

employment opportunities within the U.S.

“The situations for many of our young people who are struggling are without the official documents who are here on campus and our community and our coun-try. So it’s to try and dispel some of the anti-immigrant that classifies everybody the same way and stigmatize them as evil people,” said Dr. Harriet Romo. “They’re committed people and many of them have been here a long time. Their children have grown up here and gone to our k-12 schools so it’s informational and just to get people involved and aware of the issues.”

Previous DACA guide-lines required individuals to be under 31 years of age as of June 15, 2012, have arrived in the U.S. below age 16, have lived continuously in the U.S. since June 15, 2007 and been enrolled in school or have graduated from high school. The DACA program, however, did not extend to parents, causing some con-cern for undocumented youth. If an individual quali-fied for DACA but was still in need of parental support, having their parents de-ported would create issues, such as safety and living ar-rangements. Furthermore, natural born citizens to un-documented parents faced a similar risk of having their parents deported leaving youth with no financial sup-port system.

Late last November, Presi-dent Obama, in attempts to remedy this potential prob-lem, stated the U.S. Depart-

ment of Homeland Security (DHS) would cease depor-tation of undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and parents of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) in attempts to further immigration re-form. Among Obama’s ex-ecutive actions were plans to increase citizenship educa-tion and public awareness of lawful permanent residents, improve modernization of immigrant and nonimmi-grant visa programs, and ex-pand the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals.

“DAPA is huge because it will benefit millions of peo-ple — parents in particu-lar — who have been living in fear,” said UTSA student Diego Mancha. “I think that it’s a really big victory, but I don’t think it’s nearly done. It’s not comprehensive or large enough to cover every-one — there’s still room for improvements to be made.”

DACA’s expansion, the Deferred Action for Par-ents of Americans and Law-ful Permanent Residents (DAPA), would allow par-ents to stay within the U.S. under similar requirements as DACA. The revised pro-gram would eliminate the age requirement, making anyone born before or after June 16, 1981 an e l i g i b l e c a n d i -date for D A P A . A d d i -tionally, individu-als must h a v e been liv-

ing continuously in the U.S. since January 1, 2010 and be a parent of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and neither committed any felony nor some specific misdemeanors. Obama’s expanded program would also increase workers’ per-mits from two years to three years.

Still, an immigrant prob-lem persists as obtaining birth documents and gen-erating the money required to obtain the permits is difficult. Although prob-lems may arise, President Obama’s executive orders addressing immigration pol-icy are designed to focus on deporting felons and keep-ing families intact rather than deporting all illegal aliens.

“At least to have people sit down and rationally talk about what kinds of pro-grams work, what kinds of changes in the law would be effective — there are a lot of things on the table,” said Dr. Romo. “(Immigration reform) is very complex and it’s hard to figure out what reforms will be most effec-tive. We’ve had efforts in the past, we just need people to come together and talk and act.”

community.” The Carnegie founda-

tion also reflected upon UTSA’s work with veterans, Hispanics and underserved communities when con-sidering the designation. Additionally, over 15,000 UTSA faculty, students and staff volunteered their time, combining for over 400,000 hours of outreach.

“I know that stu-dents at UTSA have been on the forefront of civic engagement, of get-ting involved with their communities,” Niremberg said.

UTSA’s work in the community has earned the praise of local officials and business lead-ers. Mayor Ivy Taylor, who is also a lecturer in UTSA’s College of Public Policy, said that “UTSA students and graduates have been critical to San Antonio’s economic and community develop-ment.”

Chief among these eco-nomic impacts are the 16,000 jobs supported by UTSA and the $1.2 billion impact the university con-tributes to the local econ-omy each year. About 70 percent of UTSA’s gradu-ates stay in San Antonio and continue to contribute to the local economy.

Additionally, UTSA spends around $50 million each year on research, much of which stays within the re-

gional economy and helps San Antonio grow into a more modern city as well.

And the money has been flowing both ways: of the over $100 million UTSA raised as part of its Capital Campaign, very little of it has come from UTSA alum-ni. Instead, an overwhelm-ing majority of the money

raised has been donated by members of the San Anto-nio business community, indicating a strong desire for UTSA to be a major source of change and growth in San Antonio in the future.

In addition to work in the local community, Valdez said, the designation also took into consideration UT-SA’s work with regional and global outreach. “The Col-lege of Business does a lot of work in China, the College of Education does a lot of stuff in Africa,” Valdez said. “So our involvement (with the global community) has really grown.”

“UTSA is an outstanding model for how educational institutions can engage with their communities,” said Taylor.

2 NEWSFebruary 10 - February 17, 2015

Over 1500 international students currently enroll at UTSA.Marcus Connolly, The Paisano

“UTSA students and graduates have been critical to San Antonio’s economic and commu-nity development.”Ivy TaylorMayor of San Antonio

CARNEGIE : UTSA, San An-tonio helping each other toward top- t ier s tatus

Obama gives undocumented parents temporary rel ief

State representative Ja-son Villalba (R-Dallas) an-nounced that he would soon introduce a bill in Legislature to discontinue “conscientious exemptions,” a current Texas policy that allows parents whose children attend pub-lic school to opt out of stan-dard vaccinations because of their religious preferences. But what about when parents choose not to vaccinate their children for scientific or bio-ethical reasons?

The recent emphasis on vaccinations accompanies a push for mandatory im-

munizations; both follow an alarming increase in measles cases. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported an 18.9 percent in-crease in the number of U.S. measles cases in the past week alone. The CDC attributes 85 percent of the measles cases in January and February — more than 100 people across 17 states — to an outbreak that began in Southern Cali-fornia last December.

Though not universally fa-tal, measles is a highly conta-gious disease. However, some parents have chosen not to

vaccinate their children be-cause of a suspected correla-tion between immunizations and autism. Although this theory has not been verified as scientific fact, it merits thorough investigation.

Skepticism is healthy. Hasty solutions to exagger-ated problems often inspire problems of their own.

Science and medicine are not static. Eight generations ago, many of our grandpar-ents considered bloodletting to be a state-of-the-art medi-cine procedure. The character and face of medicine change

constantly — usually through responsible trial-and-error (i.e. prescription dosages, sur-gical procedures) and by ac-cident (i.e. virology, genetics).

Capital, profit and hu-man interests drive modern medical, pharmaceutical and scientific developments; however, scientific associa-tion often bears a tacit social connotation tantamount to veneration.

We should approach cur-rent scientific theory and medical knowledge with a healthy degree of skepticism.

Medicine and its agents are

not always right. Neither are parents.

Medical professionals and parents must keep abreast of developments in the scientific field, apart from the rhetoric of pharmaceuticals. Only through objective consider-ation of both the risks and benefits, which are inextrica-ble from science, can parents make the educated decisions that affect their children and the community.

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3OPINION

Editorial

Vaccinations, with a shot of skepticism

I be-lieve that in order to truly a c h i e v e g e n d e r equality, our defi-

nition of masculinity must change.

Many men are finding themselves at a crossroads: continue to honor the mas-culine identity put forth to them by generations past or embrace gender equality. For men, like myself, who have chosen the latter option, the question is, what does it mean to be a man?

Like many males in Texas, I learned most of what I know about sex and women in the locker room. In the locker room, teenagers — barely through puberty — would boast about their conquests, their crushes and how much weight they bench-pressed the day before. Most of the boasting was done by al-pha males, the guys who ran the fastest, scored the most

touchdowns and in turn at-tracted the most female at-tention.

Initially, my idea of man-liness was defined by the amount of female attention I received. As a result, I be-came guilty of the objectifica-tion of women without even recognizing it. It wasn’t that I treated girls badly — my female friends would com-pliment my chivalrousness. However, I considered chiv-alry as the work that it took to make a girl mine. This caused the eventual unraveling of some of my most serious re-lationships. All I wanted from girls was sexual attention be-cause that’s what I believed affirmed that I was a man.

A man’s primal instinct, after all, is toward physicality rather than intimacy. How-ever, this inclination does not excuse the misogynistic remarks spoken in the locker room.

Many men look at a crude comment about a woman’s figure as a badge of honor. The honorable path is to stop

looking at women as con-quests. Every time we make a comment about a woman’s body, we deny ourselves a society free of abuse for both men and women.

Fortunately, I have found a way to treat women as in-dividuals. Chivalry is not the antidote to misogyny; pretending that men must protect women implies that women are weaker than men. They are not. In fact, most women are probably smarter and tougher than some of their male counterparts will ever be.

Acknowledging the worth of women does not make a man any less masculine.

Being a man is ignoring what you were taught in the locker room and acknowl-edging the fact that women can do whatever they please.

Nate ArcherContributing writer

Licensed swordsCommentary

Manliness needs to changeSatire

A new law passed last week by Texas Legislature will allow licensed and trained swords-men to bring their swords on campus. The previous state law banned blades over 5.5 inches. Following California’s law, Texas law now permits Texans to carry swords on college campuses, as long as they are sheathed. The bill was passed unanimously af-ter the representative viewed the 38th episode of Game of Thrones.

Licensed swordsmen must be 21 years old, pass a back-ground check and complete a training class that includes state laws and a multiple choice test on the warrior’s code. Participants must score at least 70 percent to pass, meaning that they slice at least 20 of the bananas, or-anges and melons that are thrown in the accuracy test.

Students for Sheathed Swords believes that students have a right to defend them-selves from the dangers on college campuses. “Dragon attacks have increased the past few years,” said president of the SSS and UTSA medi-eval weapons professor Lance

Lot. “They begin pillaging and setting fire to classrooms and no one has the ability to stop them.” Lot’s comment followed a fire a month ago where two student-dragons at the University of Houston set fire to their chemistry professor, their geology lab and the small village of the Woodlands in Houston. The students, who had been pre-viously cited for aggressive behavior, are now being held in the Harris county dungeon awaiting their trials.

Addressing concerns of safety, Lot relates the non-issue with swords compared to more dangerous weapons. “There is virtually no danger with swords,” said Lot. “They are not like crossbows, which can fire multiple bolts or be set off accidently; anyone can just point and shoot one of those. Swords require serious technique to be deadly…and there is a code.”

Some students had con-cerns about swords being brought to campus. Sam Murai, whose roommate was recently sent to Azkaban af-ter an incident at Texas State, said, “My roommate was that wizard last year, the one that cast spells on and charmed all those people. He had a license for his wand and a wizardry code too.”

The Texas State incident and fire, along with other at-tacks, is one of the main deci-sions for the sheathed-sword bill being passed. Proponents for the bill believe carrying a long, broad, two-handed, ra-pier, pirate, Viking, and other swords is a right that others share around the state and should not be any different on college campuses.

“Students are rational, well-balanced and stable,” stated the Lt. Governor in an open letter addressed to Texas uni-versities. “I understand that many of them come to school with no experience with al-cohol, sex, societal pressure, as well as the enormous debt from student loans.” The Lt. Governor continued, “But these kids are tough now from stuff like 20 page essays, five 3-hour long finals that count for 50 percent of their grades, and one of worst job markets in history. Swords, in comparison, are very easy for these young adults to handle.”

Robert AvilaStaff writer

I’ll just sit here by Christopher Breakell

State Representative Al-len Fletcher (R-Tomball) and State Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury), along with 19 other senators, have in-troduced house Bill 937 and Senate Bill 11 respectively; these bills would allow law- abiding, licensed individuals to carry their concealed fire-arms on to college campuses. The bills have wide support among the safety-conscience public.

This will be the fourth time our state Legislature takes up the matter. It will be hotly contested and ban-tered about, and it is gener-ally not popular with school administrators, in particular UT Chancellor William H. McRaven. I have been an ad-junct professor at UTSA for five years, and I have taught at other universities for more than 18 years; however, I break with conventional thinking and lend my full support to passing this legis-

lation.Here is why: Perception is

not knowledge. The percep-tion that guns are evil, dan-gerous and harmful does not square with the facts. Gary Kleck, Sociology Professor at the University of Florida, published data that claims guns are used as many as 2.5 million times per year in the U.S. to defend lives and pro-tect property. Another fact, 1 in 8 adult Americans has a concealed carry permit and safely, respectfully carries his or her firearms today. Did you know this? Probably not, as the common narrative re-garding firearms always fo-cuses on negative.

Further, allowing concealed carry by trained licensees im-plies a willingness within the campus to confront an active shooter, and such preemp-tion will be viewed as a strong deterrence. Conversely, an unwillingness to allow con-cealed carry implies weak-

ness and serves only to be an invitation for an attack.

Gun-free zones should not exist. Sandy Hook and the theater in Aurora Colorado were gun free zones. Gun-free zones serve the interests of the school administra-tors and others who make the easy short term, popular decisions. Seeing campus concealed carry as the best long-term decision requires examining the facts, con-fronting hard decisions and recognizing that there are no perfect solutions.

All of us will benefit from campus carry, an umbrella of safety that protects us all — students and staff alike.

Michael D. NollAdjunct ProfessorCollege of BusinessReal Estate Finance and Development Program

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Dear Editor of The Paisano,

I was astonished to read last week’s lead story about the spontaneous resignation of Dr. Douglas Brode — a dis-tinguished film scholar and filmmaker. I was astonished, principally that this profes-sor, whom I do not know personally, would not at least attempt to accommodate this blind student in his silent film class.

I speak from experience. Several years ago, a blind graduate student in the Span-ish M.A. program enrolled in my Spanish Civilization class. In the class, my students were responsible for knowing the content of 800 PowerPoint slides, dates, periods, styles and movements. Students had to identify 10 images on each of three exams.

Initially, I was stymied: How could I accommodate this student given the multi-media format (with written textbook)?

I called Disability Services, and I got the same advice as Dr. Brode did.

I wracked my brain. Then, I invited the student to my office to ask her what her ex-pectations were. That helped a lot.

Here was our solution: The student attended class and took notes on her keying ap-paratus. (Yes, blind students can do that!) A friend of hers, who had taken my class al-

ready, volunteered to work with her on the slides outside of class. As part of the class, I also played a significant num-ber of musical pieces from across history.

Therefore, I substituted the music for the images for her to identify on the exams. She kept the maps by identifying north, south, east, west, ver-bally.

She took the other parts of the exams via Blackboard as the other students did be-cause she had special soft-ware that could read Micro-soft Word documents to her. It worked.

I was very satisfied with her progress. It took extra effort on my part, but I didn’t feel I had to compromise my stan-dards.

That wasn’t all. She enrolled in another Spanish culture class of mine on Contempo-rary Spain — another course with 800 PowerPoint slides.

We used the same format, and it worked. Writing the course paper proved more difficult for her; however, that’s on her, not me.

In Spring 2012, the student then signed up for a class that involved filming a Chilean play.

The students in the class made up the cast and crew. When they were not needed in the studio, the students worked in small crews to pro-duce a one-minute film of a well-known poem of their

choosing. I wondered how the blind student could possi-bly benefit from the class and how she could collaborate.

It turned out the student had acting experience and was able to play one of the secondary roles quite well.

We just had to make sure there were no obstacles in her way, to keep her safe. She wore stylish Lady Gaga sun-glasses. For her video project, the student carried equip-ment to locations, did voice-over narration, and helped edit the soundtrack with her crew. She used her strengths.

In all three cases, the blind student’s experience of the material was different but not inferior to her classmates’. And she pulled her own weight.

Accommodation was chal-lenging but, as I hope to have shown, not impossible.

It’s a shame Dr. Brode didn’t stick around long enough to find that out. What he failed to grasp was that it wasn’t about him; it was about her. She should decide what are her limits are.

Sincerely, Nancy MembrezUTSA AssociateProfessor of Spanish Literature, Culture, and Film, andDigital FilmmakingModern Languages andLiteratures

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The death of the rollout album: the new music standard

The al-bum roll-out is dead. Months of ant ic ipa-tion over an artist’s upcoming work, the

overwhelming amount of singles that trickle out little by little, week after week, and the endless amount of pop culture critiques is over-whelming.

Over the past year, we’ve seen high profile artists strug-gle to maintain their edge and remain dominating cultural forces.

Pop-stars like Nicki Minaj have seen decreases in album sales that follow the tradi-tional album rollout of press tours, singles and interviews. Minaj’s newest album “The

Pinkprint” sold 244,000 al-bums in its first week, with 628,000 sold by February 2015. In comparison, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” Minaj’s previous album, sold 253,000 in its first week, with over a million sold and go-ing certified platinum in the same two-month span of time as “Pinkprint.”

Even Katy Perry — the 2015 halftime show diva herself — has felt a similar decline be-tween her last two albums. 2013’s “Prism,” while outsell-ing Perry’s previous album “Teenage Dream” in its first week 286,000 to 192,000, has had a harder time selling the performer now than when she was rising in 2010, with “Prism” taking seven weeks longer than “Teenage Dream” to reach 1.5 million sold.

Artists have even had

struggles just releasing their albums. Lil Wayne, a 5-time platinum artist, is suing his label Cash Money for $51 million for refusing to release his 11th studio album “Tha Carter V.” A singles rollout has been existent, but even those have faltered compared to mega-hit singles like “A Milli” and “6 Foot 7 Foot.”

Countering these recent decreases in album sales, tri-ple-A musicians have started releasing their albums from seemingly nowhere; some released as measures taken against leaking these albums online and others to put ad-vanced buzz to rest and put both critics and the listener on an equal playing field. It’s raised the stakes in the mu-sic industry by adding some-thing that has been tangibly absent for years: surprise.

The movement truly be-came visible when R&B art-ist Beyoncé Knowles released her eponymous fifth studio album, “Beyoncé,” unex-pectedly in 2013 on iTunes with no promotion or prior announcement, taking the world by storm with it’s nov-el idea of songs and visuals combined to make the album a completely new experience for the listener.

Three days after its release, Apple announced that “Be-yoncé” was the fastest sell-ing album in the history of the iTunes store in the U.S. and worldwide, selling over 828,000 digital copies in its first three days on the market. Since February 2015, it has sold over 2.2 million copies in the U.S., a huge increase over her previous album “4” and its 1.4 million copies sold to

date.The year 2014 was the mu-

sic industry’s turn to catch up. Established artists like Kid Cudi and J. Cole both re-leased albums in 2014 with little warning nor promo-tion and no lead singles, with Cole eclipsing his previous album’s first week’s sales by over 74,000 units. Even leg-ends like Björk and D’Angelo came out of hiatus to release their own surprise albums in the last two months. Björk’s newest surprise digital-only album “Vulnicura” has al-ready sold over 8,000 more copies than “Biophilia,” her traditionally released album from 2011.

Album rollouts are still necessary to reach the largest audience possible. Accord-ing to a recent Nielsen report done in December 2014, 90

percent of Americans still listen to the radio each week, hence the steady singles re-lease to familiarize the av-erage American with what they want to hear. Artists like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber don’t need to surprise release their albums, since their fan base is so large and estab-lished it’s unnecessary.

But imagine a world of sur-prise releases, where buying an album was a mystery of what you would find when you hit play, to not know what you would find as you put on your ear-buds, where music is new again. This is the album now.

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“As long as the students and professors aren’t in the same class.”Anna EdgeSenior environmental science major

“That’s a tough question. It depends on how old they both are.”Sean SodermanSenior computer science major

“Yes, they should. Relationships would promote unfairness in the classroom.”Mitchell HerradorSenior mechanical engineering major

“Professors and students can be in-volved if it doesn’t interfere with the aca-demic environment and these students don’t recieve special treatment.”Will TrimbleSenior public relations major

“I dont think it’s an issue, as long as everyone is happy.”Jennifer TomalenasSophomore pre-biology major

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Helix, 2014 If you’re no longer

freaked out by the 2014 Eb-ola outbreak, try watching Helix, a sci-fi thriller series released in early 2014. Cen-tering around a mysterious viral outbreak on an Arctic research base, it is equally creepy and compelling, with cheery, almost trop-

ical-sounding music play-ing over its most disturbing scenes. Though only the first season is available on Netflix, the TV series’ sec-ond season just began air-ing in mid-January. Each episode clocks in at just under 40 minutes, so there’s plenty of time to catch up. Warning: not for the faint of stomach.

Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002 In the early 1900s, the

Australian government initiated the abduction of aboriginal children from

their homes, to be institu-tionalized and often forced into lives of servitude af-terwards. The practice con-tinued well into the 1960s, and its victims are now referred to as the Stolen Generations. Rabbit-Proof Fence presents the heart-wrenching story of three girls taken from their fami-lies and placed in an intern-ment camp, only to escape, evade trackers and make their journey home across the Australian continent on foot. Have tissues on hand.

Casa de mi Padre, 2012 Billed as “an overly-

dramatic telenovela,” Casa de mi Padre is every bit as ridiculous as one would imagine a Spanish-language Will Ferrell movie might be. This movie is more dramat-ic than any of my grandma’s favorite soaps. Characters include ranchers, drug lords, DEA agents, and a very fake stuffed white tiger, and while the movie may not be a cinematic master-piece, it’s a good choice if you’re in the mood to laugh.

Phoebe in Wonderland, 2008

At first glance, Phoebe in Wonderland’s movie poster

may make it look like a kids’ movie, but don’t be de-ceived. In her first lead role, actress Elle Fanning plays the titular Phoebe, a nine-year-old with OCD and Tourette Syndrome who finds a sense of purpose when she is cast as Alice in her school’s production of Alice in Wonderland. However, the play also en-ables her to slip deeply into a fantasy world. Not only is this a visually beautiful and emotionally stirring film, but it also depicts Tourette Syndrome in a very sympa-thetic and realistic way, as it avoids using the trope of the individual whose only symptom is coprolalia, or uncontrollable swearing.

Bottle Shock¸ 2008Though a movie center-

ing around wine and wine-tasting may come off as a little too highbrow for a casual Netflix binge, Bottle Shock is more than enjoy-able enough to watch any-time. Set in 1970s Napa Valley, the movie portrays more than just the rela-tionship between a bottle of wine and a professional critic. There are relation-ships between fathers and sons, men and women, and

friends and coworkers, all written in a very relatable way. Chiefly, the movie charts the often rocky dy-namic between a hardwork-ing winery owner and his slacker hippie son (played by a long-haired Chris Pine) as they struggle to keep their winery open and their reputation for quality wine intact. Still not sold? Alan Rickman (of Severus Snape fame) plays a British, Francophilic wine snob to comedic perfection. Seeing his character’s horror at his exposure to popular Ameri-can foods like fried chicken in a bucket and guacamole provides reason enough to give this movie a try.

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, 1985

You may have seen this movie as a kid, but it’s just as entertaining if not more so as an adult. Directed by Tim Burton, it features a man who is basically the human version of Sponge-bob Squarepants with a cross-country quest to find his missing bike. Bonus: his journey even brings him to San Antonio, where he gets to explore the Alamo, but tragically, not the Alamo’s basement.

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Netflix gems: Treasures worth digging for

Fitness for those who don’t even liftChristopher BreakellStaff Writer@ThePaisanoarts@paisano-online.com

For a lot of college stu-dents, working out and eat-ing right are the last things that they worry about. And why should they? As a col-lege student, you look good, you feel good and you ac-complish both of these things while eating what-ever you want.

To put it simply, time catches up with you. Look at a picture of your par-ents from when they were in their twenties, and com-pare it to what they look like now. If you notice some change in their shape, then you might have found your motivation.

Some habits are just too good to give up, like Sat-urday night drinks with friends, but others things, such as those milkshakes we call Frappuccinos, can be traded for healthier al-ternatives. A little self-re-straint may come into play too. Passing up the compli-mentary piece of candy af-ter taking someone’s survey outside the JPL might just seem illogical, but it could pay off down the road, espe-cially when you just bought a donut from the fundrais-ing club a table over.

Staying in shape does not need to be a life chang-ing experience, nor a time-consuming one. Find ways to sneak a little exercise into your daily routine. For

example, instead of waiting ten minutes for the shuttle after you park, walk from the parking lot to your class and then from your class to the parking lot. Instead of hanging out under the Som-brilla between classes, go to the rec with your friends and play basketball or table tennis.

Many people choose to stick to a rigorous workout schedule, which is great if you do not feel over-whelmed. However, a strict workout schedule can be-come daunting and, instead of acting like a release, working out can become a chore.

One way to counteract this feeling is by not plan-ning out your workout schedule so precisely. Have a goal of how often you want to work out each week, but switch up which days of the week and which times of the day you work out. This way, you are not just going through the motions.

Working out does not have to mean pumping iron and running laps either. This semester, UTSA Cam-pus Recreation offers sev-enteen different intramural sports, either in a league, tournament or single con-test format. The types of sports offered vary from 4-on-4 flag football to table tennis. UTSA students can get involved with an intra-mural sport by registering on the UTSA Campus Rec-reation website.

Additionally, the Rec Center offers group exercise

classes that cater to every student, from yoga enthusi-asts to kickboxing fanatics. Groups even wander away from the gym for group hikes. The schedule for these classes can be found on the campus recreation website as well.

If the gym is not really your scene, grab a friend and go for a hike at one of the parks around UTSA. Some parks nearby include O.P. Schnabel Park, Bam-berger Nature Park, Eisen-hower Park and Friedrich Wilderness Park. They all have great hiking trails and Eisenhower and Friedrich both have over five miles of cleared trails and enough el-evation to make your calves burn. Each of these parks is within a fifteen-minute drive from UTSA’s main campus.

Starting good workout habits now is much easier than playing catch-up later. Some people love to work out, but the rest of us have to find alternative ways to feel motivated.

Arts & LifeEvents Calendar:

Thursday 2/127 p.m.Joe NicholsEmbrace your inner Texan and kick off the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo the right way with Joe Nichols at the AT&T Center (723 AT&T Center Parkway). Known for country hits like “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off,” and “Sunny and 75,” Nichols will take the stage to play song selections both old and new. To purchase tickets and to stay in the loop for all things Rodeo, visit sarodeo.com.

Friday 2/137 p.m.Valentine’s DayDinner and Ghost TourSo maybe a ghost tour isn’t the first idea you had in mind when coming up with this year’s Valentine’s Day plans, but consider spending the evening at the allegedly haunted Menger Hotel (204 Alamo Plaza). Enjoy dinner, a tour of the hotel and stories about San Antonio’s other haunted locations. For ticket prices and other information, visit sistersgrimmghosttour.com.

Saturday 2/148 a.m.Cupid’s Chase 5kIf ghosts aren’t your forte, then you can practice running away from them at the annual Cupid’s Chase 5k. McAllister Park (13102 Jones Malts-berger Rd.) will be San Antonio’s race headquar-ters. The race costs $30 before Feb. 13 and $50 on race day. For more information, visit comop.org/cupidschase.

Sunday 2/153 p.m.The Addams Family MusicalStop by Woodlawn Theatre (1920 Freder-icksburg Rd.) for opening weekend of The Addams Family Musical. See the classic movie come to life through song and enjoy a few laughs from the creepy and kooky family themselves. Ticket prices range from $17 - $26 and can be purchased via woodlawntheatre.org.

There are countless ways to work towards being physically fit without stepping foot inside a gym. This student takes to the lawn near the Sombrilla to work on flexibility and balance.

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In his Edgar Award-win-ning novel “Paper Towns,” John Green gives his read-ers a darker side of teenage love. A dangerous game of a boy seeking answers about the love of his life will have readers questioning, not only their internal dialogue with themselves, but also the connections they share with the other individuals in their lives.

“Paper Towns” is set in Orlando, Florida and begins with the classic story of a boy falling in love with the girl who has lived next door since they both were in dia-pers. However, when they were both nine years old, the boy, Quentin Jacobsen (or Q for short) and the girl, Margo Roth Spiegelman, discovered a man in a park with a bullet in his head and blood spouting from his mouth. By page eight, the horrific event ends the what-would-have-been love story between Q and Mar-go – but the love Q has for Margo lingers.

Both are now high school seniors. Q is every parents’ dream come true. He is too responsible for his own age and is best friends with so-cially awkward Ben Starling and computer genius Mar-cus ‘Radar’ Lincoln. Margo is every teenage boy’s fan-tasy. She is notorious for her spontaneous cavalier adventures and her strong influence on those around her.

After ten years of not speaking more than two words to each other, Margo crawls through Q’s bed-room in the middle of a school night and beckons him on a meticulous, venge-ful escapade that involves three whole catfish, shaving cream, Vaseline, Mt. Dew, one dozen tulips and a can of blue spray paint. After breaking a few laws, ruining a few of their classmates’ night, and coming home one hour before sunrise, Q imagines their relationship will finally pick up where they left off a decade before.

However, Q is disap-pointed the next morning when Margo is a no-show at school. When word gets out that she has run away, no one is surprised or wor-ried – not even her parents. It’s just typical Margo. After a week without a word from her, it becomes evident that Margo is not coming back. Margo’s parents have thrown in the towel, and the police have claimed her as a lost cause. But Q refuses to give up.

Margo has been known to leave clues of her locations in the past, but no one has been able to solve her mys-terious disappearance. This time the clues are for Q and he is confident that no one knows her better than he does. However, during his quest of finding the girl of his dreams, Margo quick-ly becomes the girl of his nightmares.

Unsure if he is searching for her corpse, Margo her-self or the Margo he dreams of, he knows he cannot let her go. His obsession has

put school, his friendships and lives on the line, includ-ing his own.

Like his first novel, “Look-ing for Alaska,” John Green uses the example of the awkward, somewhat nerdy guy falling in love with a beautiful disaster. However, if Green had written “Paper Towns” first, he may have titled it “Looking for Mar-go.” Throughout the novel, Q is looking for a Margo who may not even want to be found. In his search, he finds more questions than answers about Margo, life and himself.

Although John Green is famous for pulling at read-er’s heartstrings, it’s safe to say tissues are not needed for “Paper Towns.” By us-ing Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” Green has shown that people are like poetry. We might think we un-derstand someone at first glance, but after much scru-tiny, some illusions dissolve.

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Viking recreation comes to life

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The Vinland Texas Viking Recreation group gathered between the McKinney Humanities and Business buildings to reenact viking-style battles. While the swords and shields look like accurate replicas, rest assured that no vikings were harmed in the making of these reenactments.

Two opponents face off near a row of bike racks and anticipate their next strategic move. Onlookers stand in shock and occasionally gasp at the brutal ‘hits.’

The sturdy metal helmets act as one of the many impor-tant pieces of armor. Though the swords are extremely dull, no one wants to get hit in the head with one.

In the midst of an attack, the modern-day vikings put up their defenses and keep their weapons ready for whatever move comes next. Can you handle the viking lifestyle?

Robert Pistocchi, The Paisano

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C-USA

W. Basketball STANDINGS

C-USA/Overall

T-1. Western Kentucky (9-2) (20-4)

T-1. Middle Tennessee (9-2) (15-6)

3. Southern Miss (8-3) (15-7)

4. Old Dominion (6-4) (13-8)

T-5. Marshall (6-5) (14-8)

T-5. UAB (6-5) (12-10)

T-5. Louisiana Tech (6-5) (11-11)

T-5. UTSA (6-5) (11-12)

T-5. Florida Atlantic (5-5) (11-12)

10. Charlotte (5-5) (11-10)

11. UTEP (4-7) (9-11)

T-12. Rice (2-8) (7-14)

T-12. North Texas (2-8) (3-18)

14. Florida Int’l (0-10) (3-18)

{Sports Events}

Thursday, Feb. 12

7:00 pm UTSA basketballThe men’s team takes on ODU in the Convocation Center.

Friday, Feb. 13

11:00 am UTSA tennisThe women’s team takes on South Alabama on the UTSA tennis courts.

4:00 pm UTSA tennisThe men’s team takes on UT Arlington on the UTSA tennis courts

6:00 pm UTSA baseballThe baseball team takes on Louisiana-Lafayette at Roadrunner field.

Saturday, Feb. 14

2:00 pm UTSA basketballThe men’s team takes on Charlotte in the Convocation Center

{Recent Results}Thursday, Feb. 5

UTSA Men’s basketball

W, 74-63 at FIU

Friday, Feb. 6

UTSA Women’s tennis

W, 5-2 at Sam Houston State

UTSA Men’s tennis

L, 0-7 at Wichita State

UTSA Softball

W, 13-7 vs. Texas Tech

W, 12-4 vs. Montana

Saturday, Feb. 7

UTSA Softball

W, 7-6 vs. Colorado State

W, 8-7 vs. New Mexico State

UTSA Men’s Basketball

W, 74-59 at Florida Atlantic

Sunday, Feb. 8

UTSA Softball

L, 7-11 vs Nebraska

UTSA announces 37-player recruiting classSPORTS COMMENTARY

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

“This class overall… you’ll see more size and speed than we’ve had,” said UTSA Head Coach Larry Coker at the press conference to an-nounce latest recruitment class. The players in this class make up an average height of 6’2” and an average weight of 223 pounds. Nine of the players received a three star rating from CBS Sports and ESPN and the

class was ranked 8th in Conference-USA (C-USA) by CBS Sports.

“We feel like we ad-dressed offense and de-fense; (we) got some quality in both areas,” said Coker.

With 19 offensive players and 18 defensive players, the 2015 class is very bal-anced.

UTSA’s number one recruit per ESPN is center Clayton Woods from Dal-las, Texas. Woods is ranked number nine in the nation at the center position and is the only player in the entire class to be ranked in the top ten at his position.

“Clayton Woods (is an) offensive center from High-land Park (which is a) great program… Clayton is here with us now and is going to be a terrific prospect,”

The class boasts players from seven different states

including: Texas, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Mis-souri, Mississippi and Cali-fornia, with the majority of the recruits hailing from Texas.

“We want to recruit Texas, and we have 27 play-ers from the state of Texas. We’re pleased about that,” Coker explained.

Of the 27 Texas recruits, three are San Antonio na-tives.

Overall, the biggest strength of this class is the depth. The 37 recruits make up the biggest sign-ing class in the nation and no other team in C-USA has signed more than 27 players.

The striking thing about this class is the emphasis on offensive lineman; in ad-dition to Woods, offensive tackle Shane Block and offensive guard Alex Snow received three star ratings from ESPN. Coker coached teams have historically done well when the offen-sive line was strong. On Coker’s 2001 championship Miami team, four offensive lineman from the class received All-Conference honors.

Three star recruit Jess Anders will be a welcomed edition to the running back stable which struggled in the 2014-2015 season. Anders is the highest rated recruit in the class that plays a skill position.

UTSA football fans should definitely be excited about this class. With one

class, Coker was able to lessen the blow of the exodus of seniors, add size and speed, address holes in the roster while adding depth and, most im-portantly, bring relevance to a very young program.

I don’t expect this class to produce immediately, however I do expect that this stellar group of freshman will help UTSA to compete for a C-USA title down the line. Offensive line is typically a position that transitions well from one level to the next, so I fully anticipate the stud freshman line-men to make an impact as early as next year.

I really like that Coker put an emphasis on recruit-ing Texas. The NFL census revealed that Texas is third behind California and Flor-ida in terms of NFL player’s birth state, so being able to tap into the wealth of high school talent in Texas will

be important to compete with other powerhouse programs in the state.

The first chance to see the class in action will be at the UTSA Football Fiesta Spring Game, April 18 in the Alamodome at 1 p.m.

“We needed to win this one.” Mathilde HergottUTSA forward

UTSA dominates in back-to-back games

Colleen Adams and Patrick MartinezContributing writer and staff writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

Bouncing back from consecutive road losses, the UTSA Roadrunners (11-12, 6-5 C-USA) rebounded with decisive wins over conference rivals Florida International University Panthers (3-18, 0-10 C-USA) and Florida Atlantic University Owls (11-10, 5-5 C-USA).

On Thursday February 5, the Roadrunners surged past the FIU Panthers in a second half comeback to win 74-56. Florida Inter-national—desperate to snap an eight game losing streak—established an early lead with a 9-0 run in which FIU leading scorer

Kiandre’A Pound sunk two three pointers and a three point play. However, the Roadrunners stayed in the game thanks to an aggres-sive defense maintained by junior guard Mathilde Her-gott and sophomore guard Alana Heard, who com-bined for seven steals.

UTSA Head Coach Lubomyr Lichonczak explained the Roadrunners slow start saying, “I thought the first half was the residu-al effects from being on the road, but I’m glad we woke up in the second half.”

FIU, winless on the road, attempted to gain the game’s momentum as Destini Feagin hit a three pointer, but the second half belonged to the Roadrun-ners. A 10-0 run sparked by a layup from senior guard Kamra King was just the beginning of a dominating

offensive performance from the Roadrunners, as later in the second period, a torrent of field goals from Hergott contributed to UTSA’s 44 point second half perfor-mance.

“We started getting stops and kept running with fast-breaks,” said Hergott, who notched a season best 15 points. “We needed to win this one. Winning tonight was great after coming from (a loss in) Alabama. That was hard.”

On Sunday morning, February 8, the Roadrun-ners returned to the Con-vocation Center to soundly defeat the Florida Atlantic University Owls in a 68-45 win.

The Roadrunners were led by junior forward Man-nasha Bell, who not only set a career high with 17 points and 7 field goals, but tied her career high for assists and notched her fourth double-double of the

season with a total of 11 boards. After the game, Bell credited her spectacular performance to the Road-runners’ desire for a power-ful start to the game. Bell said, “before the game they [the coaching staff] talked about the need to come out

with a lot of energy to help the team, so that’s what I focused on”.

The Roadrunners made good on their goal to hit the court strong, staking a 16-2 lead before Florida At-lantic narrowed the UTSA lead to seven points. Senior guard Ashley Spaletta then hit crucial back-to-back three pointers to regain momentum for the Road-runners with 8:21 left in the first half. Bell and sopho-more guard Tesha Smith, who finished the game with 14 points, rebuilt a com-manding 12-point lead for the Roadrunners by the end of the first half.

The Roadrunners also opened with an assertive, head-on physicality, scor-ing 24 of their 34 first-half points in the lane. Lichonc-zak was proud of his team’s aggressive play, stating that

“we like to attack the paint, whether it’s a perimeter player driving in or feeding the ball to our posts, the paint is a point of focus for us in every game”.

The Roadrunners main-tained their imposing lead through the second half with a combination of ag-gressive offensive rebound-ing, with 21 offensive boards, and an uncompro-mising defense maintained by Bell, senior guard Kamra King, and junior forward Akunna Elonu, who com-bined for over half of the Roadrunners’ total of 27 defensive rebounds and nine steals.

The UTSA Roadrun-ners will next face the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in a conference game on Thursday, February 12th in Norfolk, Virginia.

UTSA BASKETBALL

Marcus Connolly, The PaisanoGuard Crystal Chidomere puts in a basket over an FIU defender. She was one of nine players to log a score on the night. UTSA’s balanced scoring attack is critical to their offensive gameplan.

Inside Coker’s biggest UTSA class

Photo Courtesy of Steven Huehn, UTSA Athletics

Marcus Connolly, The PaisanoLarry Coker at the press conference announcing his record breaking class. The 2015-2016 season will mark his eleventh year as the head coach of a Division-1 program and his fifth year as UTSA’s head coach.

Marcus Connolly, The PaisanoMannasha Bell goes for one of her 11 rebounds giving her a seventh career double-double. Of Bell’s 11 boards, eight came as offensive rebounds add-ing to the 21 total for the Roadrunners against FAU.

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Rampage rally in big winRAMPAGE HOCKEY

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

On Saturday Feb. 7, the San Antonio Rampage (27-15-4) rallied to defeat rival Oklahoma City Barons (30-11-3) 5-3.

13,125 fans were in attendance for the win which came on Pink in the Rink Night, presented by the Cancer Therapy and Research Center. Pink in the Rink Night was the capstone event for Ram-page Hockey’s annual Pink Week – a week of events dedicated to breast cancer awareness.

“We want to win every night but you know (to-night is different because) it’s a big night for women that have breast cancer,” said Rampage Head Coach Tom Rowe on the big win.

“It’s a great cause and we’re glad we won; it just

kind of adds to the great night.”

After being down early to the Barons, the Rampage scored three goals over a 1:32 span in the third period, setting a franchise record for the fastest three goals scored in a period. The Rampage’s five goals

on the night were scored by five different players: Brad Hunt, Vincent Trocheck, Brett Olsen, Shane O’Brien and Bobby Butler, whose goal marked his 100th goal of his professional career.

“We came out and played Rampage hockey. The puck started going our way and

we got a big win,” said But-ler when asked what went right for the Rampage on the night.

“For the guys to go out and battle like they did in the third period, it was im-pressive,” said Rowe on the record-breaking display.

The game was the last contest ever between the Oklahoma City Barons and the San Antonio Rampage in the Alamo city, as the Barons will be leaving Oklahoma City at the sea-son’s end and will head to Bakersfield, California.

With the win, the Rampage are three games behind the Barons who lead the West Division of the Western Conference.

The Rampage begin the Rodeo Road Trip with a contest against the Texas Stars on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The Rampage’s next home game comes on March 7 against the Iowa Wild at the AT&T Center.

In the life of an international athlete

Nathaniel ArcherContributing writer@PaisanoSports1sports@paisano-online.com

Junior communication major and member of the UTSA women’s tennis team, Alena Shichkova, is defined by her persever-ance. Every day she wakes up early to go to class at 8 a.m. Immediately after class, she goes to tennis practice for three hours a day, four times a week. She has more classes to attend until late afternoon, after which she helps the men’s tennis Head Coach Jeff Kader with his tennis clinics.

“I’m almost never home,” said Shichkova, remarking on her busy schedule.

Shichkova was born in Russia in 1993 before mov-ing to Ecuador at the age of six. As a young child, Shichkova dreamed of be-ing a dancer or ice skater, however her father signed her up for tennis camp at the age of nine.

Even with Shichkova’s initial apprehension, ten-nis became her life. In her teenage years, she was on the court for eight hours a day on weekdays while being home schooled on weekends. Eventually, she became so good against her Ecuadorian competition that she started to dream of taking her game to the next level.

She began to look into other possibilities for her life until finally, she found one.

“I heard that one of my peers had received a schol-arship to go to university in America,” she explained. With her skills as a player, Alena was able to receive a full scholarship to play ten-nis at UTSA.

During her first year in America, Alena was forced to make several adjustments, not just to

assimilate into American culture, but also to change the techniques she had learned on the clay tennis courts of Ecuador. The high altitude of Ecuador meant that players play farther from the baseline in order to allow themselves more time to prepare a shot. In the United States however, most matches are played on hard concrete courts where the ball moves faster, mak-ing players move closer to the baseline.

When asked what the hardest thing to adjust to when moving to America, Shihkova replied, “The food. It’s hard and expen-sive to shop for fresh and healthy food here.”

The UTSA women’s tennis team is currently 3-1 this year. Shihkova is excited about the team’s prospects this year, though she wishes that more students at UTSA would come to matches to sup-port the team. The team’s next match against South Alabama on Feb. 13

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Photo courtesy of Darren Abate, AHLPhoto courtesy of UTSA Athletics

“For the guys to go out and battle like they did... it was impressive” Tom RoweRampage Head Coach

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