Roadrunners on the rampage
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Hey, Hey, Hey! My school made the top 20!
UTSA does it again! My school was recently reported as being #19 of 20 in sugar babies. And the term sugar baby indicates a young adult willing to become a compensated protege of an older patron in exchange for unspecified (but easily imagined) personal services. Somehow I suspect this new ranking for UTSA will not Read more
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Art Meets Science
On a day that I’m overbooked, running around campus doing minor, but essential chores, and feeling a bit grumpy about the whole academic enterprise, I stumble upon a jewel like this: Not in a gallery or the administration building, but in a hallway between classrooms. Where thousands of students, and the odd faculty member, can Read more
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Dang! Shut Out
I was disappointed that my alma mater and employer, UT at San Antonio, didn’t make the Texas Top 30 list, but then I followed up on the College Choice and found that UTSA didn’t make their Top 50 list either. Maybe this has something to do with it. Read more
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Look out, custodians!
UTSA’s University Center is starting a demonstration of a new SMS-based feedback system, so clients (mainly students) can report on the quality of meeting rooms and restrooms. I suspect the restrooms will quickly become a lot tidier. I hope the system is not so successful that it gets cancelled… Read more
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Roadrunners bounce back
After two disappointing losses, the UTSA Roadrunners bounced back with an overwhelming victory over the Bacone Warriors, 54-7. Better yet, they unveiled yet another creative tactic to prevent fans from rushing the field after the game: run the score up so high that most folks left during the third quarter. For those of us who Read more
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Hobbit Rings! Oh goody! I gots a Hobbit Ring!
UTSA has just implemented a common-password system for all university online services. In the comment section of this post on Bruce Schneier’s security blog, I learn that these are called Hobbit Rings. I especially like this comment by Paul Dittrich: Years ago, a colleague asked “Why do I need to have so many passwords?” Rather Read more
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Undefeated no more
Just like last week, fans at today’s UTSA-McMurry game were admonished to stay off the field after the game. UTSA’s football team discovered a way to make that happen: they lost 24-21. Lots of “Monday morning” quarterbacking going on already, but from my seat (in the north end zone) it appeared that a game UTSA Read more
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What to do with the Rowdy Ryans?
In yesterday’s post about UTSA’s inaugural football game, I failed to mention the student fans rushing the field after the game. Roughly what happened was Before the final play of the game, there was a clear announcement over the PA system to refrain from running onto the field, with a warning that you could be Read more
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Roadrunners pull off a miracle
UTSA’s inaugural football game was nothing short of spectacular. After years of hard work and a solid year of publicity build-up, the University delivered a game day that fans will be talking about for decades. The pre-game activities were as big as anything I’ve seen in Austin, even though we Roadrunners are a bit inexperienced Read more
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Day of the Dead at UTSA
Best Fest, UTSA’s annual fall festival–where student organizations do the bulk of their fundraising–is a sort of hit-or-miss event. This year the Campus Activity Board picked a winner with the Day of the Dead. Another free slideshow by Smilebox Read more
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