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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Hits, misses as the semester begins

September 7, 2009

Campus comes back to life during the fall after a slow summer semester, and this year the sense of heightened activity is compounded by construction, renovation and change. The following is a collection...

Albert Ramirez|Staff
Pianist Truc Do, biochemistry freshman, and trumpeter Phillip Campbell, electrical engineering freshman, aim to make Comet Conservatory a hub for musical talent and collaboration on campus.

Freshmen collaborate on conservatory group

September 7, 2009

After just three days at UTD, Pianist Truc Do, biochemistry freshman, and trumpeter Phillip Campbell, l felt UTD was missing something. The musicians announced their plan to begin Comet Conservatory two...

Money can’t buy you spirit

August 24, 2009

UTD comet spirit, like a comet, tends to come close to campus at times, but aside from a few blazing meteorites that break off, never makes an impact. This academic year marks UTD’s 40th anniversary....

Emily Bryant|Staff
Craig Scotland, UTD staff member Emily Bryant and Jason Huntley comprise the not-so-traditional irish band, Shift.  Shift’s next performance is from 9-10 p.m. Sept. 26 at Trinity Hall.

Band ‘shifts’ traditional tunes

August 24, 2009

Sweet Celtic melodies drift from Emily Bryant’s guitar when she is not working in the Engineering and Computer Science dean’s suite as communications associate. Bryant created the three-person Irish...

Eric Prince|Staff
The new AH1 building was completed on Aug. 14. This and two other buildings were added to relieve crowding from Arts & Humanities courses. Classes will be held there beginning this semester.

Stitching space for A&H

August 24, 2009

Overcrowding for Arts & Humanities students will ease this fall with the opening of three new modular buildings that finished construction on Aug. 14, as a temporary solution. Two of the buildings...

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