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Students in Residence Hall Northwest were trapped in a study room on Sept. 18 after they were unable to open the door. A maintenance crew entered the room through the ceiling and dismantled the door to allow the students to leave. Photo courtesy of Colton Mikeska.

Students trapped in study room for 3 hours

October 1, 2018

Three students in Residence Hall Northwest were trapped in a study room for nearly three hours after the doorknob malfunctioned, forcing maintenance staff to break through a wall in order to safely extract...

Students moved into campus housing during the week of Aug. 13.  Earlier this year, University Housing officials announced that UTD would take over management of all on-campus housing properties. Photo by Madeline Ambrose | Mercury Staff.

Payment change causes concern

August 19, 2018

University Housing has begun preparing for the transfer of management of certain on-campus housing properties from American Campus Communities to the university. But while university officials attempt...

Apogee, the new internet service provider  in University Housing, requires users to register devices for internet access. Photo by Madeline Ambrose | Mercury Staff.

Housing switches internet provider

July 30, 2018

For the third time in two years, campus housing has changed internet providers. The most recent transition, from UTD-sponsored internet – CometNet and TemocNet – to Apogee, began in May and ended...

Graphic by Sam Lopez | Mercury Staff.

Power outages cause UV’s reversion to TWC

August 21, 2017

Two different providers will deliver internet services to UTD’s  residential areas. Canyon Creek Heights and University Commons will continue to provide CometNet/TemocNet, but University Village will...

Graphic by Chiamaka Mgboji | Mercury Staff.

TemocNet replaces Time Warner on campus

July 3, 2017

In preparation for fall move-in, the Office of Information Technology is addressing any issues concerning the new residential internet plan, TemocNet. After the university’s contract with Time Warner...

All 384 beds in Res Hall North will be exclusively open to incoming freshmen next semester. Photo by Stichandrakiran Gottipati | Mercury Staff.

Res Hall North closed to all upperclassmen

April 24, 2017

Starting next semester, Residence Hall North will be open exclusively to freshmen. As one of five residence halls on campus, North was the only one to offer beds to older students. Currently, upperclassmen...

Mary Jane Partain, director of University Housing LLCs, said the program will offer 28 females a slot for fall 2017. Photo by Srikar Baskara | Mercury Staff.

New LLC to focus on women in STEAM

April 11, 2017

To advance female representation in the STEAM fields and help foster connections among those female students, University Housing is piloting a program in fall 2017 called Women in STEAM, which will be...

Samuel Price (second from left), an ATEC freshman, and Akira Lear (third from left), an ATEC junior, are slated to be roommates next year. Both made use of the gender-inclusive housing option offered. Photo by Ruth Varghese | Mercury Staff.

Housing adds gender-inclusive application option

March 27, 2017

Beginning fall 2017, UTD will be the first school in the UT System to formally adopt a procedure for gender-inclusive housing and one of the first institutions in Texas to address the issue. Catherine...

Kaushik found a bug in her lettuce while eating at Dining Hall West, a campus dining service run by Chartwells Higher Education. Photo by Mithra Kaushik | Mercury Staff.

Dining hall needs better food, sanitation

February 6, 2017

This story has been corrected since its original publication. Eating at Dining Hall West has not been a positive experience for every student, especially for freshmen such as myself living in University...

Time Warner wiring will be replaced and new hardware will be installed in the next few months to support the shift. Graphic by Anthony McNair | Mercury Staff.

Internet speed to rise in UV

January 23, 2017

Residents of University Commons and University Village can look forward to faster Internet speeds and more reliable network support, thanks to an initiative by the Office of Information Technology and...

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