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UTSA Speaks

obtaining an interactive audience

Alexander Arellano

Jan 09, 2017

University of Texas at San Antonio

Alex Arellano

I've been thinking of ways to engage an audience more actively recently. I want an audience that will engage with me. I like spinning off of ideas and even having collaboration occasionally. Many of the main topics from my articles simply came from normal intellectual conversations I have had with friends. I like that and I want more of it. Putting more minds to work on something is better than one. In correlation to that, I feel like everyone has heard a lot of my opinions so I want to go out and hear other perspective on things.

I finally conjured up an idea to get a more active audience and this spring 2017 semester I will be putting it to the test. My idea is going to be through video and will be posted on here as well as on the Youtube account I founded called Beyond Productions.

Basically this is just going to be a segment called "UTSA Speaks". Myself along with some helpers will be posted up outside by the MH and the MS buildings where everyone else table tops at. We are gong to be out there with a camera, tripod, mic, and a sign that says "Let me ask you questions"; and we will do just that.

Our questions are going to start off pretty simple; just basically opinion questions on current events and we will see what we will do with it from there. What better way to represent the voice of UTSA than hearing from opinions of various students on the campus itself? Granted we can not ask EVERYONE on campus these questions but it will give some insight as to what some of the opinions and thoughts circulating around UTSA are. This is also a way for others to use their voice and speak out against things, like I have been doing. There will also be freebies to those who go out and participate with us.

I am not expecting too much from this project, I'm simply going to go out there and have fun with it and see what will come from it.

There is not a set day that we will be doing this but more than likely it will be on Mondays that we will be out there. So, if you see myself and/or my helpers out there stop by and we will put you on camera and make you famous.

I'll have retrospective article about this project at the end of the semester to see how everything turned out. Stay tuned people.

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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