Day: March 27, 2004

by Clarisse Profilet Mercury Life & Arts Editor SUAAB is giving UTD students yet another reason to stay on campus after classes have ended for the day – the March 25 Big Concert, featuring Blue October and Bowling for Soup. ?Student Union Activities and Advisory Board (SUAAB) Advisor Stella Mulberry said Blue October was chosen…

Clarisse Profilet Mostly Duos featured the collaborative efforts of accomplished musicians Arkady Fomin, Barbara Thiem and David Korevaar, who performed an eclectic blend of classical treats on March 1 in the University Theater. Korevaar kicked off the show with “Variations on an original Theme, Opus 21 #1” by Johannes Brahms. This piece was an unusual…

by Johnathan Lane Mercury Contributor Strong pitching and good hitting have propelled the UTD baseball team to an impressive 13-2 record to open the 2004 season.?Head coach Shane Shewmake noted his pitching staff’s 2.39 ERA and his team’s combined batting average of .338 as the main factors to the Comet’s early success.?”We haven’t been giving…

Aidan Skoyles Last week BBC commentator, 95-year-old Alistair Cooke, ended his weekly radio program and I, for one, will surely miss him. Though you may have never heard it, each week nestled in the post 10 p.m. realm of Dallas’ public radio 90.1 KERA, Cooke doled out 10 minutes of heartfelt commentary, sometimes on politics,…