Day: October 2, 2023
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Kate Crowe, soccer star
Kate Crowe has skyrocketed to success in her senior year, leading the Comets as a consistent American Southwest Conference, or ASC, game leader in overall goals, game winning goals and points scored. Immersed in soccer culture since the age of three in Edmond, Oklahoma, Crowe found early success in athletics. By her sophomore year at…
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UTD’s greatest goalkeeper in the making
In her junior year, Jade Press reigns as the best ASC goalkeeper for shutouts, preventing a single score against her team for eight games and continuing the streak of an undefeated season. In Lago Vista, Texas, a star rose in Lago Vista High School’s club soccer. A standout Viking would become a Comet in 2021,…
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Comets cede to the Cowgirls
The women’s tennis team participated in the 2023 ITA Division III Women’s Southwest Regional Championship held at Hardon-Simmons University Sept. 21 to Sept. 24, losing during their singles and doubles semifinal matches. The tournament marked the end of the short fall season as they set the rankings for the main season in spring. As five-time…
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Chess team comes up short in Collegiate Super Finals
The UTD Chess Team flatlined in the 2023 Texas Collegiate Super Finals, placing fourth and fifth amongst six teams on the Sept. 16 and 17 competitions in Brownsville, Texas. The Texas Collegiate Super Finals is one of the biggest collegiate tournaments in Texas; this year’s tournament was an extension of the Feb. 25, 2023 Southwest…
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You Shouldn’t Care About Nika Nikoubin
Infamous UTD felon Nika Nikoubin’s new autobiography “Who is Nika Nikoubin? A Bloody Las Vegas Hotel Story” is larger than life, dramatically illustrating the high-profile March 2022 attempted murder for which Nikoubin was recently sentenced to probation. Despite its theatrics and tell-all detail, however, this book sports flaw after crippling flaw. Unless you like atrociously…
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Support Maui natives instead of vacationing
The Hawaiian firestorm on the island of Maui on Aug. 8 is one of the worst disasters in the archipelagos since the 1944 West Loch explosion, and as corporations take over the indigenous land of thousands and tourism reopens Oct. 8, natives need help now more than ever. The Maui disaster was the deadliest American…
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Letter to the Editor
For an article that landed itself on the front page, “McDermott library ramps up security” says very little. Ten paragraphs. Twenty sentences. A front page article, and those were the words given to discuss the library’s new policy. I certainly understand if The Mercury chooses not to focus on investigative journalism — it takes time,…