Day: March 28, 2016
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Editor’s Desk: Student apathy for SG part of sad trend
Lack of votes leaves new leaders, students in difficult position On March 22, Student Government hosted a debate between Adam Richards, the “Progress UTD” candidate for SG president and Akshitha Padigela, the “United as One” candidate, along with her VP candidate, Joey Campain. For a number of reasons, the debate was moved to the bottom…
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Star’s rise to prominence ushers in new era
Steph Curry’s new fame is beneficial to development of basketball despite criticism, hate thrown upon his playing style Big men dominated the game of basketball for a majority of its existence. A forceful, physical style of play was the norm during the mid to late 20th century. Now a new fad has taken the league…
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Homebody
Student from homeschool uses unique circumstance to succeed in academics, sports Public K-12 schools typically have a fixed start and stop time. There’s always lunch, classes and homework. For junior infielder Cody Duplechin, school days looked a little different. Duplechin was homeschooled from kindergarten all the way to his senior year of high school. “When…
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Pinpossible: Upcycled Wine Bottle Vases
In preparation for graduation, I’ve been looking at motar board cap decoration ideas, and one of the ideas I’ve seen fairly often is a cap that has the quote, “I wine’d a lot, but I did it.” And it made me wonder how many wine bottles are currently sitting empty on people’s fridges, lining rooms…
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Junior reflects on big screen acting credits
Arts, performance major Sean Hennigan left Hollywood industry to get teaching credentials, give back to acting community When a simple Google search is done on Sean Hennigan, an arts and performance junior, the result page reveals acting credits in movies that have starred big names such as Kate Winslet, Kevin Spacey, Tommy Lee Jones and…
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Q&A: Demetri Martin
On March 24, comedian Demetri Martin came to campus to perform his standup for SUAAB’S Big Bad Comedy Show. The Mercury had the chance to talk to Martin about his beginnings, his big break and his hopes for the future. How did you get into doing standup? I started in New York. I was in…