Our Mission is online for easy reference. Computer users on Internet, the worldwide network, can read articles from issues dating back to 1993, when the Mission became one of the first university magazines available in the network. To find us, point your gopher to gopher.uthscsa.edu . Issues on the gopher may be searched by keyword. Defense against 'in your face' sports injuries Face it.
Basketball is a contact sport.
And players' faces are on the line. That's why Jaime Garza, MD, DDS, assistant professor of surgery, has designed his Gameface mask. Last season, Michael Cole, a guard for the UT San Antonio Roadrunners, wore it while his broken nose healed. Cast of high-strength polycarbonate, the mask contains soft polymer that acts as a shock absorber. Cole, a pre-dental student, wore the mask during the eight weeks it took his nose to heal.