Day: August 19, 2024
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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 Comets. Safety measures at UTD, largely managed by UTDPD, have been set in place to help keep Comets comfortable and secure if they ever run into problems during the upcoming academic year. …
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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 the twinkling marquee for a cinematic trip to Pandora. As the lights dimmed and the film began, the crowd settled in for the promised chaotic, colorful ride through the wastelands of Pandora…
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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 in “Top Gun: Maverick” – courtesy of Miles Teller and his show-stealing performance in the volleyball scene, – Powell has remained an actor known only to “Scream Queens” superfans and modern rom-com…
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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. As this figure soared across the Seine on a zipline, it became a symbol of wonder, marking the beginning of the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony that sent shockwaves through the night. …
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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 English lyrics, the unexpected Irish Gaelic sounds throughout the theater. The lyrical rap of “Kneecap,” a comedy drama released Aug. 2 and first Irish-language winner of the NEXT Audience award, transcends language…
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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 about by partisan warfare in both houses has rendered Congress unable to govern effectively. I worry that many patterns of obstruction such as the filibuster that prevent representatives of both parties from…
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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 wait and hope that your smoothie gets made today. With the 2024 fall semester now beginning, students are met with a delectable replacement to smoothies: the first-ever boba shop on campus. I…
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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, deferred suspension procedures and academic and disciplinary hearings, which endanger the academic careers of the arrested students. On Aug. 6, three months after the arrests, UTD’s Students for Justice in Palestine and…
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Racing to the finish line
The drivers only have three minutes to swap places. Emotions run high. Anxiety rushes through the team as they pray this year won’t be like the last, hoping nothing goes wrong with their car so they can finally complete the course that has bested them until now. As the car crosses the finish line, the…
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Letter to the Editor: Campus antisemitism
Disclaimer: The information presented within this letter to the editor is the opinion of the author and should not be treated as news. On June 12, a UN commission found Israel guilty of “crimes against humanity of extermination, gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys, murder, forcible transfer, and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment.”…
