Day: August 24, 2009
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Internet broadcasts channel freedom
I love internet television. I love the providers: Fox, NBC, the CW, Hulu and others who have tapped into the seldom acknowledged truth that only one person can use a remote at a time, and it will never be me. I don’t watch their shows religiously, and never will, but I refuse to miss what…
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Money can’t buy you spirit
UTD comet spirit, like a comet, tends to come close to campus at times, but aside from a few blazing meteorites that break off, never makes an impact. This academic year marks UTD’s 40th anniversary. The university started with the stroke of the governor’s pen in June 1969. Until 1990, enrolling freshmen and sophomores at…
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Physics creates trial HD
“It’s Monday, Monday, Monday!” The announcer’s voice booms throughout the arena as I start revving my motorbike’s engine, waiting for the starting light. An entire host of ramps, jumps and obstacles stand between me and the finish line, and I’m determined to make it past them. When the light turns green, I immediately set out…
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Band ‘shifts’ traditional tunes
Sweet Celtic melodies drift from Emily Bryant’s guitar when she is not working in the Engineering and Computer Science dean’s suite as communications associate. Bryant created the three-person Irish band three years ago when fiddle player Jason Huntley arrived in Texas for work at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Craig Scotland, drummer, and Bryant met Huntley…
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Stitching space for A&H
Overcrowding for Arts & Humanities students will ease this fall with the opening of three new modular buildings that finished construction on Aug. 14, as a temporary solution. Two of the buildings (AH1 and AH2) are for use by Arts & Humanities. The third building offers extra classroom space with two priority classrooms for the…