Day: August 19, 2004

Waterview’s construction of Phase VIII B aims to accommodate UTD’s growing freshman class before it bursts at the seams. Robert Lovitt, vice-president for business affairs, said the construction is scheduled for completion in early August 2004. The cost is estimated at $4 million and will increase Phase VIII’s capacity by 216 beds bringing the total…

Tension mounted outside of the Jonsson Performance Hall on Feb. 20 as music enthusiasts were turned away from a rapidly sold out performance by award winning guitarist Aliéksey Vianna. Vianna was warmly introduced by Dennis Kratz, dean of the School of Arts & Humanities, to an adoring crowd that included UTD students, members of the…

Spring Break, that wonderful waste of a week, is not an opportunity to take lightly. The decision in front of you (or behind you for those over-achievers) is a freedom most Americans take for granted. Many people in the world do not have the week of paradise you are about to experience. Coincidentally, a majority…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion more than 31 years ago. Now that same Roe, alias Norma McCorvey, is fighting to reopen the case in light of evidence that abortion may harm women. But the heated political debate regarding abortion is not really about which side is correct. It concerns…

Spring Break Ski Trip: For the snow bunnies among you, take advantage of the newfound warmth and drive at least 12 hours to where it’s really cold! Your intrepid editors are themselves doing something of the sort. Having diligently published newspapers all year, we’re taking a week off to head for the highlands. Stay away…

A .500 start (6-6) has the UTD men’s basketball team primed to make a challenge for the American Southwest Conference post-season as Eastern Division play resumes in mid-January. The Comets, who are 1-0 in divisional play after winning their only ASC East game to date (82-67 over UT-Tyler), opened a 13-game stretch against division foes…

When I saw a sign with arrows pointing to the poster-bearer’s nether regions inviting opposing players to “Chocktaw this,” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cock my head in sheer bewilderment. Ok, so maybe cock isn’t the best word choice here, but all the same. For the men’s basketball showdown against the Mississippi College…

Visiting UTD on the day after the debut of Mel Gibson’s controversial “Passion of the Christ,” one religious author with a unique perspective on the Jewish and Christian faiths said she was opting not to see the film. Mary Blye Howe, who grew up as a fundamentalist Baptist before converting to Judaism and author of…

Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, visited UTD on Feb. 7, attracting a diverse crowd of approximately 300 people to hear his proposal to overhaul the state’s method of funding public education. Shapleigh presented a series of arguments that ultimately amounted to a proposed 5 percent flat income tax, two-thirds of which will go towards cutting…

As one of UTD’s representatives in the Bill Archer fellowship program, senior Thomas Tracy is living in D.C. and working with environmental issues. The Archer fellowship is for UT-System students, however; only five of the universities currently send students to the two-year-old program. Tracy lives with 20 other fellowship recipients in Arlington, VA from where…