Author: The UTD Mercury
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Powerlifting promotes self-improvement
Members of UTD’s Powerlifting Club participated in a national competition in San Antonio on April 6. Austin Li, a biology junior and one of the founders of the club, always had an interest in physical fitness. He began bodybuilding after his senior year of high school. When he started using the facilities at UTD, he…
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Mansionz disappoints with debut
Mansionz is a collaborative duo composed of Mike Posner and Blackbear. Their debut album, also titled “mansionz,” explores themes of love, non-conformity and depression. They have worked together twice before on individual songs, but this is the first album released as a team. Although the album contains a few interesting songs, most of them are…
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Lost in translation
“Ghost in the Shell,” directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger, turns a successful manga and film series into a somewhat bland science fiction & action movie. Though filled with stunning visual effects and based on an intriguing concept, the film lacks character development and has a generic,…