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Solidarity: letters in response to May 1 encampment arrests
The following are letters, emails and petitions that were written in response to law enforcement’s raid of UTD’s “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment, where...
Collin County Jail releases detained protesters, families rejoice
As of 4:30 p.m. May 2, all 21 individuals arrested and detained at Collin County Jail during Texas law enforcement’s May 1 raid...
Comets, community members demand return of 21 individuals detained overnight at Collin County Jail
Nine students, three professors, one alum, and eight community members, were arrested after state troopers and local police stormed UTD’s “Gaza Liberation Plaza”...
Law enforcement raids pro-Palestine encampment, arrests students and faculty
Less than 12 hours after pro-Palestine student activists formed the “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment in UTD’s Chess Plaza, local police and state troopers...
Comets create encampment in solidarity with Gaza
Students established a solidarity encampment with Gaza at the Chess Plaza, surrounded by walls made of cardboard, plywood and tires with a sign...
Student Government’s ‘Take Back the Night’ honors sexual assault survivors
A crowd gathered around flickering candles arranged next to the Reflection Pool the night of April 23 as representatives from rape crisis centers...
Pro-Palestine Comets reject meeting conditions with President Benson after week of protests
At the climax of a nearly 10-hour long demonstration April 23, representatives from Students for Justice in Palestine and UTD’s Cabinet of the...
Green Fee Referendum passes with 61% support
The Green Fee Referendum passed April 26. Of the 1,032 Comets who voted in the referendum, held from April 24 to 26, 628...
In memoriam: professor and Director of Guitar Studies remembered
Enric Madriguera, UTD’s Director of Guitar Studies and first Russell Cleveland Professor in Guitar Studies died April 14. Madriguera was one of the...
In memoriam: founder, former director of ATEC dies
Thomas Linehan, founder of the Arts and Technology program and the former director of the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at UTD,...