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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

Rory Moore | Mercury Staff

Comets honor late coach with on-field ceremony

April 29, 2024

Although assistant softball coach Abby Sterling passed away last November, her presence is still felt across the UTD softball team, who have dedicated the season to her memory.   On April...

Rory Moore | Mercury Staff

Comets blast through softball opponents

April 1, 2024

While a home sweep against an ASC rival gives the Comets confidence heading into April, the season remains about more than just softball.   This week, UTD’s softball team crossed the halfway...

Hridiya Dhulipala | Mercury Staff

UTD baseball team sweeps ASC opponent for second consecutive series

April 1, 2024

With three hard-fought victories this week, UTD baseball improved, moving to second place in the ASC divisional standings and overtaking rival Mary Hardin-Baylor.   On March 28, when UTD...

Hridya Dhulipala | Mercury Staff

Break out the brooms

February 26, 2024

The Comets outscored the Bulldogs 33-10 on across the three-game opening series. After two strong games on Friday, Feb. 16, including a 15-run performance in the series opener and a comeback win in...

Alexia Mullen (left) and Olivia Reed (right). Photos courtesy of UTD Athletics

Softball seniors exemplify elite performance

February 12, 2024

Alexia Mullen and Olivia Reed discuss how they balance a rigorous academic and athletic schedules Seniors Alexia Mullen (CITS) and Olivia Reed (biochemistry) are entering their fourth season of softball...

Hridya Dhulipala | Mercury Staff

Baseball season opens with a crack of a bat

February 12, 2024

Coach Shewmake remarks on stellar team chemistry as ASC polls predict that UTD will secure second place in upcoming season Coming off a 25-19 season that ended with a third-place finish in the division...

Shreya Ravi | Mercury Staff

Softball teams up for final ASC run

January 29, 2024

In their last season as a Division III program, the UTD softball team sports high expectations and a close-knit identity. While they are not the top-ranked team in the ASC, Head Coach Kelly Archer...

Senior Spotlight: Comet Baseball

December 4, 2023

Senior baseball players Ryan Vera (left) and Dylan Hughley (right). Photos courtesy of UTD Athletics At first glance, there is little similarity between Dylan Hughley and Ryan Vera: one...

Photo Illustration by Jarin Priyosha | Mercury Staff. Photo Courtesy of UTD Athletics

Remembering Abby Sterling

December 4, 2023

UTD Assistant Softball Coach Abby Sterling was hired in September 2022 and quickly made her mark both on the field and within the department. Tragically, just two weeks before Thanksgiving, Sterling passed...

Participate in student orgs, campus events

April 25, 2022

Where did the year go? The pages of our academic calendars have flown by at a breakneck pace, propelled as if by an occult hand, and now we’re within a month of summer. It’s a good reminder to those...

The Athenaeum is being designed by the architecture firm
Morphosis, designers of the iconic Perot Museum (above). Photo courtesy of Perot Museum

Athenaeum approved

March 28, 2022

After receiving approval from the University of Texas System Board of Regents, UTD is looking to move forward with construction on the Athenaeum project. Projected to be built in three phases, the...

Butterfield addresses the basketball team during a Dec. 4 victory over Sul Ross State. | Photo courtesy of UTD Athletics

Comets looking to turn passion into execution in final stretch of the basketball season

February 7, 2022

UTD Men’s Basketball is entering a make-or-break stretch of the semester, coming off of several days of no practice due to inclement weather. I sat down with Head Coach Terry Butterfield to talk about...

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