August 19, 2024 – Page 2

News

Safety tips from UTDPD

The start of the fall semester coincides with the return of over 30,000 students and faculty to UTD’s sprawling campus, including many first-time...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Featured Life & Arts

From game console to big screen: the chaotic journey of ‘Borderlands’

Three massive spotlights sliced through the Dallas night, casting a crimson glow over the Texas Theatre as cosplayers and cinephiles alike gathered beneath...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Opinion

Embrace the Glen-aissance

If you asked anyone, including myself, who Glen Powell is, they probably couldn’t give you a direct answer. Save from an overshadowed role...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Art, identity and outrage — Olympic artistry or affront?

A black roof, slick with rain, sheltered a figure cloaked in dark robes, its head veiled by white mesh over a black mask....

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Featured Opinion

Opinion: “Kneecap” curb stomps Anglo Saxon supremacy through Irish-language art

Aggressive beats and snares à la N.W. A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” or Eazy-E’s “Boyz-N-The-Hood” blare from the theater’s speakers – except instead of...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Danger at the door of Student Government

Our government has, in recent years, become increasingly dysfunctional as obstructionism — the political strategy of preventing work from getting done — brought...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Opinion

Opinion: TeaCo is a boba addict’s dream

UTD finally killed the on-campus Smoothie King. Great! Going to Smoothie King meant reserving at least 40 minutes of your day just to...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024

Featured ICYMI News

Students arrested May 1 face denial of degree, deferred suspension, continued legal charges

The nine students arrested at UTD’s May 1 “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment face academic and post-graduate challenges as UTD pursues denial of degree,...

By The MercuryAugust 19, 2024