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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

The CitySquare Café serves breakfast and lunch on the campus of CitySquare Opportunity Center in Dallas. CitySquare is a nonprofit organization that works to combat poverty and homelessness. Photo by Noah Whitehead | Photo Editor.

Homeless serve hope to community

October 15, 2018

A Dallas cafe is providing the community with food, drinks and job opportunities for the homeless. CitySquare Cafe opened April 23 as an extension of the nonprofit organization CitySquare, which works...

Professor Jonathan Palant directs the UTD University Choir during rehearsal on Feb. 13. Palant also directs a Dallas Street Choir for homeless people which he started three years ago. Last year, the street choir sang at Carnegie Hall. Photo by Michael Stout | Mercury Staff.

Professor directs choir for homeless people

February 19, 2018

A UTD professor provides an opportunity for the underprivileged to hone their creative abilities through the choir he teaches every week. Choir Director and professor of vocal music Jonathan Palant started...

Mobile home

Mobile home

April 25, 2016

Cash strapped student lives out of car for months Editor’s note: The source’s name has been changed to protect his identity. His car was outfitted with two Coleman coolers filled with non-perishable...

UTD hosts week-long camp for underprivileged children

July 7, 2014

A crowd of kids, chattering and giggling, hold on to white balloons with the words “Let Go” scrawled on them. They wait for the go-ahead and, then, release the fear and self-doubt filling the balloon....

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