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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Mercury Morning News 10/14

October 14, 2015

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Mercury Morning News 09/23/15

September 23, 2015

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Activism and cynicism

September 7, 2015

The Labor Day weekend is one of those perfect long weekends when the gas prices are down and the weight of the semester hasn't started yet. Fall isn't quite here in Dallas and there is still that sweet...

Immigration is the new anti-imperialism

Immigration is the new anti-imperialism

September 1, 2015

It's your second week back Comets and you've been to the luau and the ethnic breakfasts. The Korean Student Association had its mixer last week, you're going to watch "India's Daughter" tomorrow, and then...

Don't be like Greece...

Don’t be like Greece…

August 24, 2015

Some of you are excited for a new life, some of you are happy to be back and some of you just want to get done with UTD already. And so begins the first day of school. I'm not a very ritual-oriented person....

UTD struggles to meet demand for housing

UTD struggles to meet demand for housing

August 24, 2015

Students deal with delayed signals, steep prices, strict regulations in attempt to find a place to live both on, off campus There are more than 4,500 spaces to live on campus. Yet, every year, the race...

I'd rather just die ...

I’d rather just die …

August 9, 2015

It's been a while since we've talked, you and I. Almost all of summer has gone by and the fall term is just around the corner. The problem is, Dallas summers are wonderfully carefree and warm, so news...

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Fiona Robberson as Juliet and Ricco Fajardo as Romeo in a scene from Shakespeare Dallas' "Romeo and Juliet" production.

Fun in the sun with Shakespeare

July 8, 2015

Summers and picnics go hand-in-hand, and if you are culturally inclined then you can enjoy the outdoor evenings with Shakespeare in the Park at the Samuell Grand Amphitheatre.The 2015 season runs through...

Legislature passes concealed carry bill

Legislature passes concealed carry bill

June 8, 2015

After three sessions of repeated debates in the Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 11, the controversial concealed carry on campus bill, passed the Texas House 98-47 on May 31. The bill currently awaits Gov....

Alum sentenced to life in Silk Road case

Alum sentenced to life in Silk Road case

May 30, 2015

A judge in the Federal District Court in Manhattan sentenced Silk Road founder and UTD alumnus Ross Ulbricht to life in prison on Friday, May 29. Following a three-week trial, Ulbricht was found guilty...

A journalist's oath

A journalist’s oath

May 22, 2015

I've been a student reporter for five years now, yet as I read through Neil Henry's "American Carnival: Journalism under siege in the age of new media" a humbling realization dawned upon me. For someone...

Anwesha Bhattacharjee| Staff Marcos Ronquillo speaks to a group of students at No Labels UTD's event May 4. Ronquillo is running for Dallas Mayor.

Dallas mayoral candidate swings by campus

May 6, 2015

No Labels UTD, a nonpartisan organization on campus, invited Dallas mayoral candidate Marcos Ronquillo to speak with students May 4. Ronquillo, who is running against current mayor Mike Rawlings, spoke...

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