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UT System Board of Regents approve an increase of nine percent over two years

On March 3, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved tuition and fee increases for the next two years for nine UT system institutions, including UTSA. Tuition will increase 4.5 percent, or $366 a year for full-time students. The increase will be effective beginning Fall 2010.

Right now, students taking 12 hours pay $3,208.70 in tuition and fees. With the increase, those same students will pay $3,574.70 by Fall 2010 and about $4,400 by Fall 2011.
The University of Texas System regents have voted to increase tuition at the flagship Austin campus by 5.4 percent this fall.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, in-state undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin will pay an average of $4,709 per semester for tuition and fees in 2010-11 and $4,892 the following academic year. The present tuition and fees total averages $4,468 per semester.

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Fat Chance

Weight loss challenge comes to campus

Want to lose weight and make some money in the process? Fat Chance, a weight-loss contest modeled after The Biggest Loser, will hold a campus-wide competition with a chance to win $500 for UTSA students.

Fat Chance was created by students Chance Lunsford, Mikael Cantu and Joe Salmon as a part of a project for their Social Entrepreneurship course.

“We have to use our managerial and entrepreneurial skills creatively and appropriately to help solve social problems,” Salmon said.

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UTSA women’s basketball loses to familiar foe in first game of SLC tournament

In the 50th meeting in the history between UTSA and UT-Arlington, the Roadrunners and the Mavericks entered the Southland Conference (SLC) tournament aiming to settle the rivalry, at least for this season. The orange and blue entered as the defending back-to-back tournament champion.

In the end, the ‘Runners would forfeit their two-year hold on the SLC tournament losing to the Mavericks, 68-63. Full story

News / Features

News

Transportation Fee vote is March 9-10

Students will have the opportunity to vote on a proposed fee increase of $10 to improve shuttle services.

If the transportation fee referendum does not pass, reductions will continue to occur in shuttle transportation services.

Even if the fee increase is approved, surrounding apartment complexes will still be required to pay a fee, although Business Auxiliary Services Transportation Services Manager James Strahan said that the fee may be less than the $10,000 currently required. Off-campus complexes that elect not to pay will continue to not receive shuttle services at their location.

Senator awarded Women’s Advocate of the Year award

Senator Leticia Van de Putte was presented with the Women’s Advocate of the Year Award, March 1, at the kickoff ceremony celebrating Women’s History Month. Van De Putte was selected for the award by the Women’s Studies Institute for her continual efforts to “write women back into history.” The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Elena Gutierrez, who stressed the importance of women and the vital roles they serve.

Van De Putte complimented UTSA and the Women’s Institute. She pointed out that UTSA has recognized the power of a woman as evident with the university’s female athletic director and dean of the college of business—positions strongly dominated by males.
Van De Putte continued by addressing the increasing responsibility of the modern woman in the “sandwich generation,” which describes the task of caring for the grandparents of a family as well as the children.

Features

Black and Gold Glory

The Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosts Black and Gold pageant.

Most of you have seen them around campus going to and from class, attending parties or even participating in a community service event. No matter where, you have seen the guys in the black and gold.

“Alpha Phi Alpha is the first black intercollegiate organization in the world,” senior mechanical engineering major Ayodeji “DJ” Daramola said. Daramola is the current president of the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc.

The fraternity was the first multiracial chapter founded in 1964 at St. Mary’s University, while the original chapter was founded in 1906 at Cornell University.

Fat Chance

Weight loss challenge comes to campus

Fat Chance was created by students Chance Lunsford, Mikael Cantu and Joe Salmon as a part of a project for their Social Entrepreneurship course.

“We have to use our managerial and entrepreneurial skills creatively and appropriately to help solve social problems,” Salmon said.

Sports/A&E

Sports

SLC season underway for UTSA softball

In fourteen games of non-conference action- Hotel Encanto Invitational (Las Cruces, N.M.), Marriot Houston Invitational (Houston, TX), UTSA Invitational (San Antonio, TX)-the UTSA softball team compiled a disappointing record of four wins and 10 losses. Although not all was lost, playing the likes of No. 13 Texas, No. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette, Nebraska, Purdue, Penn State and other comparable programs, the Roadrunners gained valuable and hard-earned experience that will guide them through Southland Conference (SLC) play.

Women’s basketball team disappoints on senior night

The UTSA women’s basketball team was dealt a 77-61 loss by Stephen F. Austin (SFA) this past Saturday on Senior Night at the Convocation Center.

The Roadrunners finished the regular season going 16-13, and 10-6 in Southland Conference (SLC) play- UTSA will be the No. 4 seed in next week’s SLC tournament.
In their victory, the Ladyjacks guaranteed themselves a share of the SLC regular season title- SFA will enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed.

Although the Roadrunners struggled offensively in the first half, shooting 7-24 from the floor, they headed into the break down only nine, 31-22. UTSA was outrebounded 26-16 while committing 16 first half turnovers.

A&E

Romance and drugs make good mix

1930's opera explores drugs and romance

Marking its 75th anniversary, the one night performance of George Gershwin’s folk opera “Porgy and Bess” at the Municipal Auditorium was stunning visually as well as musically enchanting.

The opera, first performed in 1935 with a classically trained all black cast, was deemed controversial for its subject matter as well as the racist portrayal of African Americans. The story revolves around Porgy, a crippled man living in the slums, and his attempt to rescue his love Bess from the virile Crown and drug dealing Sportin’ Life.

Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and conducted by Samuel Bill, this timeless piece kept the audience melodiously engaged.

Water Cooler

Anit-gay senator is in fact...super-gay

It’s a story as familiar as a fairy tale..minus the romance and love.

California state Senator Roy Ashburn received a DUI, Wednesday, March 3, and was seen leaving the gay nightclub Faces in Sacramento’s popular midtown. The catch? The senator is a father of four, a Conservative, and extremely anti-homosexual.

He was arrested before 2 AM in a state-issued California vehicle. The officer said that Ashburn was extremely cooperative throughout the entire process. The senator was arrested and charged with driving under the influence with a blood alcohol count of .08 or higher.