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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

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...

Mia Nguyen | Mercury Staff

Australian duo Royel Otis reps indie rock

April 29, 2024

Royel Otis’ addictive vocals and electrifying instrumentals quickly made their way onto the playlists of indie and alternative rock fans with their viral cover of “Murder on the Dancefloor.” ...

Yiyi Ding | Mercury Staff

‘Masters of the Air’ flies flat

April 29, 2024

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks share a passion for exposing viewers to authentic and carefully crafted war stories, and both Hollywood icons came together in 2024 to produce their third World War II miniseries,...

Rory Moore | Mercury Staff
Hazel Zhu | Mercury Staff

Comic creators draw in panel audience at Comet Con

April 1, 2024

The early 2000s were a time of cheesy toy infomercials, colorful comic pages and afterschool cartoons blaring on TV. This nostalgia is revitalized today through the amusing work of David DeGrand, Hector...

Photo Courtesy of Lionsgate

Sandwalking into a new generation of sci-fi

April 1, 2024

Thump, Thump, Thump. The rhythmic beats of a thumper draws Shai-Hulad through the spice-covered hills of Arrakis towards an exiled duke burdened by prophecy, his hooks ready to sink into the coarse skin...

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

In the wake of death

March 18, 2024

In the past few weeks, you have probably heard about the deaths of fellow students and grappled with the shock at losing classmates and friends. We at The Mercury have felt the heaviness too, especially...

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‘Society of the Snow’ portrays pure realism

January 29, 2024

It’s old news that Hollywood likes to butcher true stories to make genres like true crime more marketable, substituting reality with sensationalized scenes made to garner shock over anything else. Director...

Photo Courtesy of A24

‘The Iron Claw’ rips hearts apart

January 16, 2024

Children and their families would plop down in front of their television in the ’80s to watch the Von Erich brothers wrestle in an extravagant display of rippling muscle and showmanship. Decades later,...

Mia Nguyen | Mercury Staff

Laufey Puts On Dreamy, ‘From The Start’

December 4, 2023

Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey made the Dallas stop of her Bewitched tour on Nov. 11, singing infectious jazz tunes in a coquettish cowboy hat adorned with red bows. Laufey began her career with...

Photos Courtesy of A24. Graphic By Jarin Priyosha | Mercury Staff

Sofia Coppola Puts a Bow on Female Isolation In the Heart of Graceland

November 13, 2023

A bold, jet black cat eye, a full set of false lashes and a comically voluminous bouffant hairdo is how the world came to know Priscilla Presley. Queen of female isolation, director Sophia Coppola dissects...

Graphic By Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

Red Light: UTD Sexual Harassment Policies Threaten Comets’ Liberties

November 13, 2023

UTD should amend its Student Grievances policy to match the definition of sexual harassment in its Sexual Misconduct Policy. While firm anti-harassment policies are important and necessary, inconsistent...

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