Day: April 23, 2004

Despite last semester’s tuition hike, UTD’s $106 million budget for the 2005 fiscal year is a “scrimp and save” budget – that will require the reallocating funds from administrative sectors to academic departments. Dubbing it the “keep hope alive” budget, Hobson Wildenthal, executive vice president for academic affairs, says the financial situation is grim, adding…

Engaging, dynamic and passionate are the three most frequently used words to describe Paul Tracy, UTD’s teacher of the year. “Dr. Tracy is a great teacher because he takes the time to listen to you and he acts more like an advisor than a teacher,” said one of his students, Lauren Kopplin, freshman criminal justice…

They’re bringing new, hip movies to viewers like you, at a location near you. It’s the movie theater on campus – the Meteor Theater. The grand opening April 8-9 featured “The School of Rock.” “We figured that college students go to movies anyway. What if we could get them to stay on campus and still…

VALPARAISO, CHILE – Estimados Amigos, What you see in the picture is “The Jewel of the Pacific”- the city of Valparaiso, nestled on the Chilean coast between the coastal mountain range and the Pacific Ocean. This city was one stop in a journey that has taken me through the Latin nations of Argentina, Chile, Peru…

Ryan Davidson and I, SGA President and Vice-President for the 2003-2004 year, would like to thank you for a rewarding, though often difficult year. We’ve tried our best to offer strong government, and we wanted to end our term by letting you know where Student Government stands on some issues and projects that are close…

Mud caked his face and oozed between his fingers. His shoes were invisible beneath a layer of brown slime. His clothes were stained beyond recognition. But undeclared junior Justin George was just getting started. George – one of almost 200 students and faculty who played in the Oozeball tournament April 8 – was covered after…