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UTD’s next president may not be named until October or November after the June 17 search committee meeting was postponed until July 29. Teresa Sullivan, UT System executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and committee chairman, said the search committee did not meet because she and other members were visiting...

<strong>Inspiration for song lyrics should have come from within</strong> I find it appalling that the university would pay $10,000 for someone outside of the school to come up with an Alma Mater. That should have been something reserved for those within the school. If those responsible had been able to...

Video game adaptations of movies have a long and glorious history of being astoundingly terrible. Most are quickly produced for the sole purpose of riding a hype wave on a movie’s release. Thankfully, “The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay” is not one of them. It not only manages...

If six people read this column, that will be five more than there were in the basketball gym one recent Saturday evening. And because of the Activity Center’s restrictive entrance policy, I’m not surprised it was so empty. I took a full load of classes last semester, but I can’t...

After almost a semester with dilapidated emergency phones, the university is preparing to install seven new call boxes with cell phone technology. Virgil Robinson, crime prevention coordinator, said the call boxes should be installed by the end of July. Exact placements will be known after a planning meeting with the...

<strong>Waterview death ruled an overdose</strong> The death of a 25-year-old male in Phase 7 Waterview Park apartment April 5 was the result of a prescription drug overdose, according to Collin County medial examiner William Rohr. Shawn Sultemeier, a resident of Dripping Springs, Texas, died as a result of toxic amounts...