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No Comet left inside

Comets on campus found themselves in the direct path of a total solar eclipse on April 8 — This sighting brought thousands of...

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Comets: Upcoming vote on ‘green’ service fee

All tuition-paying Comets will be able to vote on a fee referendum to support sustainable development and green projects on campus from April...

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Empower: ticket of the hour

With the end of voting on April 5, Devin Schwartz and Debopreeta Bhattacharya were elected as Student Government president and vice president respectively.  ...

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UTD to eliminate Office of Campus Resources and Support, 20 employee positions

After reevaluating its compliance with Texas’ DEI higher education ban, UTD will eliminate the newly-formed Office of Campus Resources and Support and 20...

FeaturedNews

Comets: Upcoming vote on ‘green’ service fee

All tuition-paying Comets will be able to vote on a fee referendum to support sustainable development and green projects on campus from April...

FeaturedNews

Empower: ticket of the hour

With the end of voting on April 5, Devin Schwartz and Debopreeta Bhattacharya were elected as Student Government president and vice president respectively.  ...

News

Hassle of a hackathon

UTD has hosted HackUTD every year since 2015; it is the largest hackathon in the state of Texas with around 1,000 attendees in...

Sports

Comets still first in ASC despite ending streak

The UTD women’s tennis team crushed Ozarks 9-0 on March 29 before falling to Utah Tech 6-1 on April 2. They bounced back...

Sports

Comets finish last at President’s Cup

The UTD Chess team organized the President’s Cup on March 30 and 31 in the JSOM building through a bidding process with the...

Sports

Comets rebound from loss, secure conference dominance

The UTD men’s tennis team took down Ozarks 6-3 on March 29 and Howard Payne 9-0 on April 4 before falling to SMU...

Life & Arts

Marco Frescas: the DJ king of campus

Computer science junior Marco Frescas aims to transform the social landscape of UTD through his passion for music and DJing which brings vibrant...

Life & Arts

‘Masters of the Air’ flies flat

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks share a passion for exposing viewers to authentic and carefully crafted war stories, and both Hollywood icons came...

Life & Arts

Deep Vellum expands literary and translation options in North Texas

The smell of coffee welcomes guests into Deep Vellum, a small bookstore where a curated selection of translated books from every corner of...

Opinion

Entitled students: No one owes you a degree

Imagine this: you’re in a core class, past the withdrawal deadline, and suddenly a few choice classmates start to complain about the level...

Opinion

‘Heartstopper’ makes minorities tokens

To justify queerness to heterosexual audiences, queer media loses its nuance and limits exploration of other topics besides sexuality. This stems from new...

Opinion

Flooding in UV: UTD needs to do better

Any resident of UV knows that after a rainstorm, it’s best to take the long way around and avoid the sidewalks. Whenever there...

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