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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

DeRay McKesson rose to national prominence after using social media to document the 2014 Ferguson protests. Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House.

Activist’s latest book interweaves stories of protest, hope

October 1, 2018

In his book, “On The Other Side of Freedom,” Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson compiles a compelling collection of experiences from the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri that impart a lasting...

Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick

Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick

November 29, 2016

In this modern world that feels overrun with spoiled rotten Kardashians, there is hope for raw talent to be held high again: Anna Kendrick. Kendrick, child actor and star of, “Into the Woods”, “Pitch...

Modern Bookworm Blog

From Drunk Cooking to “Hartening” Writing

November 3, 2016

Every college student uses YouTube for something or another. Seriously everyone. Whether the website be used for makeup tutorials, gaming, vlogs, shopping hauls, or “How-To” videos, there are videos...

Modern Bookworm Blog

Predictable Sparks Grows Within New Unpredictable Novel, Two by Two.

October 18, 2016

I’ll be frank, anybody who has not heard of author Nicholas Sparks is fully and absolutely unaccustomed to the romance section of their local bookstore or library. That’s probably acceptable for some...

Modern Bookworm Blog

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children…Burton success or fail?

October 5, 2016

Goth favorite and master of dark comedy and sporadic ideologies, Tim Burton announced in early 2012 that he would be directing the adaptation for the first of the three novels by Ransom Riggs titled Miss...

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