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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Editor’s Desk: “Business decisions”

September 3, 2024

The Mercury takes pride in its reporting and journalism and constantly seeks out new opportunities to develop its skills. We collaborate with and learn from local journalists, including everyone from...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Comets for Better Transit trains sight on potential DART budget cuts 

August 19, 2024

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, the light rail transit system used by many Comets to get around DFW, faces threats of decreased funding from Plano and other Dallas cities.   Plano’s city council,...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Green Fee Referendum passes with 61% support

April 29, 2024

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff The Green Fee Referendum passed April 26. Of the 1,032 Comets who voted in the referendum, held from April 24 to 26, 628 students voted in favor of the environmental service...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

A Comet’s guide to summertime film fun

April 29, 2024

While some movies are year-round favorites, the arrival of sweltering weather and mosquito hordes evokes a desire for media that can provide an escape from arguably the worst season of the year, filled...

Surjaditya Sarkar | Mercury Staff

No Comet left inside

April 29, 2024

Comets on campus found themselves in the direct path of a total solar eclipse on April 8 — This sighting brought thousands of spectators and experts to DFW for a phenomenon that will not return to the...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

‘Heartstopper’ makes minorities tokens

April 29, 2024

To justify queerness to heterosexual audiences, queer media loses its nuance and limits exploration of other topics besides sexuality. This stems from new queer media treating queerness as a political...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff & Maria Shaikh | Opinion Editor

The Case of FAFSA

April 29, 2024

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Trains over towers: Why DFW desperately needs the high-speed rail plan

April 1, 2024

If demolishing the Reunion Tower is necessary for implementing intercity high-speed rail in Texas, then it is critical we do it to help combat congestion while improving local communities. Comets should...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Dallas native explores trauma and religion in new thriller

March 18, 2024

“The Magdalenes” by Jeanne Skartsiaris takes readers along a roller coaster of secrets and a quest for justice. Beyond the thriller element, the book encourages readers to reflect on the darkness...

Photos Courtesy of candidates. Illustration by Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Women in politics: local politicians connect with Comets

February 26, 2024

Texas House Representatives Cassandra Hernandez, Victoria Neave Criado, Mihaela Plesa and Averie Bishop led a women running for office panel on campus on Feb. 12 to connect with college students before...

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