Author: The UTD Mercury
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Student bikes for gun awareness
Group of 26 riders travel from Connecticut to Washington D.C. to bring lawmakers gun control petitions Arts and Humanities Ph.D. candidate Julie Gavran was held at gunpoint one night by a male freshman in her dorm hallway when she was a senior at Ohio Dominican University. He then pulled the trigger. “It didn’t go off.…
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Humans of Arts and Humanities
A&H students, faculty look to find their place in university known for STEM fields UTD is known for its cutting-edge programs focusing on science, business and technology. Tucked away within the Johnson Building, however, one program has managed to thrive outside of the spotlight. The Student Perspective Peter Hunt, a junior double major in literature…
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TedxUTD holds fourth-annual conference
This fourth-annual TEDxUTD conference featured a lineup of students and faculty discussing topics in this year’s main themes: growth and development. Computer science graduate student Braden Herndon hosted the event, which took place on April 3 in the Jonsson Performance Hall. Biology senior Shan Su kicked off the conference with a talk entitled “When Music…
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Editor’s Desk: Student apathy for SG part of sad trend
Lack of votes leaves new leaders, students in difficult position On March 22, Student Government hosted a debate between Adam Richards, the “Progress UTD” candidate for SG president and Akshitha Padigela, the “United as One” candidate, along with her VP candidate, Joey Campain. For a number of reasons, the debate was moved to the bottom…
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Star’s rise to prominence ushers in new era
Steph Curry’s new fame is beneficial to development of basketball despite criticism, hate thrown upon his playing style Big men dominated the game of basketball for a majority of its existence. A forceful, physical style of play was the norm during the mid to late 20th century. Now a new fad has taken the league…