Day: January 24, 2022

Life & Arts

Retrograde Reads: War Dogs By Greg Bear

Interviewing Vietnam veterans was certainly one of my more formative high school experiences. I remember long nights in garages among folding chairs and...

Life & Arts

SGA restoring student art initiative to campus

Walking past the Student Union Market to grab a bite to eat, you might’ve noticed the “Blank Space Project” – a 14’ x...

Life & Arts

Screaming for stronger finale

There is an expectation among moviegoers that sequels must be original while maintaining iconic aspects of the previous films; that is especially true...

Opinion

UTD should impose seven-day quarantine for students

Given research suggesting that the coronavirus is most highly transmissible for seven days after contraction, UTD should adopt a seven-day isolation period as...

Opinion

NFTs provide nothing of value to the games industry

Gaming NFTs are an inherently ridiculous idea, needlessly reinventing the wheel while spinning tall tales of impossible cross-platform items and skins, ultimately providing...

Opinion

‘Beneath the Dead Oak Tree’ thrills like no other comic

Filled with beautifully-illustrated and poetically-written horrors, this story is short – but not sweet. And being short doesn’t mean it’s any less complex:...

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