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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

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UTD alumna Brooke Lopez founded the nonprofit Lone Star Parity Project to help give women resources relevant to succeding in Texas government. Photo by Yang Xi | Mercury Staff.

Graduate helps create nonprofit

July 30, 2018

At 18 years old, Brooke Lopez was the youngest individual ever to run for Wylie City Council. Inspired to run by the murder of her high school friend and a desire to affect change in her community, she...

Sophomore first from UTD to get spot in conference

Sophomore first from UTD to get spot in conference

January 25, 2016

Only 55 out of 450 applicants accepted to Harvard program Next month, UTD will have its first-ever attendee at Harvard’s Public Policy and Leadership Conference. On Feb. 18, Brooke Lopez, a public affairs...

Yang Xi| Staff
Eighteen-year-old Brooke Lopez, who is also an SG senator, first got involved in politics when her friend was murdered with a firearm in 2012. Since then, she has campaigned to pass a law that will make it more difficult for minors who commit a crime with a firearm to have their records expunged.

Ballot Bound

February 9, 2015

Public affairs sophomore Brooke Lopez runs for Wylie City Council The Saturday morning of March 31, 2012 dawned bright for Brooke Lopez and her family, as they prepared for their weekly fishing trip. They...

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