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Lyanne Rodriguez

My work at The Paisano

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Table of ContentsInternship Responsibilities & General Experience................................................................pg. 3

Commentaries Hoverboards vs. Skateboards.................................................................................pg. 4 Public Breastfeeding..................................................................................................pg. 5 Veganism........................................................................................................................pg. 6

News Articles PIVOT Program.............................................................................................................pg. 7 Neuroscience Grant....................................................................................................pg. 8 Campus Carry...............................................................................................................pg. 9 Recycle Mania...............................................................................................................pg. 10 3D Bioprinter.................................................................................................................pg. 11 Summer Courses & Summer Salaries...................................................................pg. 12 Special Edition: Graduation.....................................................................................pg. 13

Responsibilities &My General Experience

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My responsibilities at the Paisano included writing articles for at least two sections of the paper, interviewing individuals for my articles and distributing the newspaper on campus.

My experience at the Paisano was a great one. The environment was both inviting and challenging. I was expected to work hard, but I also had fun interacting with my peers and discussing current issues and article topics. I felt like I was surrounded with like-minded individuals at the Paisano.

The professionalism displayed by my peers was great and it made me feel like it was not even a student-run paper. I am proud to say I worked at the Paisano. I would recommend anyone who is interested in writing, advertising, graphic design or illustration to participate.

I have included all of the articles I have written, which are a total of 12. The articles were on both the News section and the Opinion section of the Paisano.

* The Summer article counts as 2 articles since it was considered a longer-than-average article.

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Hoverboards vs. SkateboardsCommentary

Link to article

Published Jan. 26, 2016

This was my very first article. The topic was assigned to me by my managing editor Mia. I interviewed UTSA PD for this article, and I gave my opinion on the rules and regulations of skateboards, as well as my view on hoverboards.

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Public BreastfeedingCommentary

Link to article

I especially enjoyed writing this article. My research on this topic created a lot of positive and negative emotions, and I feel like it is a topic that garners a lot of interest. I had classmates come up to me to discuss both their agreements and disagreements on this article.

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VeganismCommentary

Link to article

Published March 29, 2016

This article required a lot of contradicting research findings, but in the end, I decided that a vegan diet is a good diet if it is done well. Writing this story made me seriously consider adopting a vegan diet due to health benefits, but I think my love for meat, cheese and eggs is too powerful to convert me.

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PIVOT Program

News

Link to article

Published Jan. 26, 2016

PIVOT is a program that will be coming to UTSA in the near future. Although there is not set date as to when it will begin, I was assigned the story because of its potential to benefit first generation and Latino students.

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Neuroscience GrantNews

Link to article

Published Feb. 16, 2016

For this article, I interviewed UTSA neuroscientist Dr. Paladini. I’m interested in psychology and the research that goes into it.

I also found this story to be a potential as a ray of hope for those who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, depression and drug addiction since there is an incentive to create new treatments and cures for dopamine-related illnesses.

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Campus Carry Survey News

Link to article

Published Feb. 23, 2016

This article was based on faculty survey results on the campus carry law. It was interesting to see how truly concerned faculty were with the new law and how they believed it would affect their teaching abilities. This article resulted in a heated argument with a friend who was pro-gun, and I must admit, it was fun to lay him down with some logic.

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Recycle Mania News

Link to article

Published Mar. 8, 2016

This was a short article on Recycle Mania, a yearly event and competi-tion that aims to get universities and colleges nationwide to recycle. Un-fortunately, I cannot find a spread in the newspaper.

*This article was already finished and edited by April 26, but it was saved to go into the Paisano’s Special Edition.

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3-D BioprinterNews

Link to article

Published April 5, 2016

For this article, I interviewed Dr. Teja Guda, a biomedical engineering professor, who has the bioprinter in his laboratory. The 3-D bioprinter is pretty special since it can potentially print out organs and tissue in the future. UTSA is the only Texas university with this type of technology.

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Summer Courses &Summer Salaries

News

Link to article

Published April 26, 2016

This article was intended to be two separate articles, but at the last second my editor decided to combine them to make one long article on the upcoming summer. The first part of the article talks about the new ad campaign to get more students to apply for summer, and the second part talks about faculty pay during the summer. The pay cuts faculty gets in the summer are awful.

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Special Issue: GraduationNews

Link to article

Published May 3, 2016

This was my last article and it takes a look behind the scenes of the commencement ceremonies. For this story I interviewed Pat Graham, the Special Events Coordinator. She gives great insight into past ceremonies and how the ceremonies are organized and carried out.