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  • Senior Launches Ledger Tech Start-up

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    Student is second in school history to join entrepreneurial program UTD computer science senior Pablo Peillard founded a startup, Hashing Systems, as a platform for innovators and enterprises to manage and create projects using decentralized ledger technologies. Ledgers are essentially a record-keeping system for an organization’s transactions.  Peillard’s company helps developers build applications and focuses…

  • Billiards Team Joins UREC as Club Sport

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    After transitioning from club to UREC team, Comet Billiards took home a first-place win at a recent UT Arlington tournament. The team was recognized as a club last spring, and was registered as an official UREC team this semester. On Feb. 22, the team competed at the Mavsconi Cup VI hosted by UT Arlington, and…

  • Comet Love

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    Inside romantic life at UTD A  recent survey found that over 70% of UTD students want to be in relationships, but get held back by school, their personal lives and other commitments. While this may seem to prove the stereotype that there’s little to no love at UTD, students have figured out how to make…

  • For Your Ignorance Ep. 4 – 2/24/20

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  • More (super)power to You

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    Why ‘Birds of Prey’ revolutionizes the female superhero “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” received an audience and critic rating of almost 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and was deemed “the funniest comic book film since the first ‘Deadpool’ from 2016” by New York Post film critic Johnny Oleksinski. The new…

  • Ready Player One

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    Single-player games are becoming an endangered species The last decade has arguably been marked by the explosion of online gaming among gamers. With streaming, esports, content creation and plenty of multiplayer video games, it can seem like the single-player games of yore have fallen by the wayside despite various triple A and indie successes. But…

  • Big Comet is Watching You

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    Why surveillance technology on college campuses is counterproductive Imagine if UTD administrators tracked your every move while on campus. From collecting your location data when attending class or logging how long you are in your room, how would you feel if university officials could access this data to conduct risk assessments on your behavior? Clearly,…

  • Exercise HIITS the Spot

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    Short workouts are key to a healthy college lifestyle Between going to class, completing assignments and participating in clubs, college students have a lot on their plates. With so little time, spending hours at the gym to keep tabs on our health simply isn’t possible. But before you decide to quit exercising altogether  to save…

  • Defending Champions

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    Women’s tennis to play against ASC East competitors Ozarks in March The UTD women’s tennis team season is only a small part into their season and has many games ahead of them, but with the prospect of being repeat conference champs, the end of the season couldn’t come sooner enough. The team played against Southeastern…

  • Stepping Up

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    Softball team sets sights on championship, welcomes new players The UTD softball season is in full swing after the team’s first conference match against Hardin-Simmons. With three conference games under their belt and six more in the near future, the players have their sights set on the ASC Championship Tournament. The Comets trained for three…