Author: The UTD Mercury
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Fall Playoff Preview: Women’s Soccer
Women’s team looks to shake up ASC tourney after year of learning, rebuilding After graduating nine seniors and losing all 11 starters from last season, the women’s soccer program has entered a rebuilding phase. Despite this, the team (13-7, 6-4) is still right in the middle of the ASC play-off picture. They finished fourth in…
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Fall Playoff Preview: Men’s Soccer
Men’s squad looks to bounce back from late season slump in first rounds An unassisted shot from the left side zipped past LeTourneau’s keeper, finding the back of the net. The lone goal of the evening secured a Comets victory on Oct. 17, extending the team’s shutout streak to five in a row and making…
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Fall Playoff Preview: Volleyball
Volleyball team clinches ASC East title, set to host conference tournament With a 3-0 victory against East Texas Baptist University on Oct. 20, the volleyball team secured the ASC East division title — the eighth in program history. The Comets (27-2, 11-0) will now get to host the ASC tournament, which is scheduled to take…
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A Dance to Remember
Comet Swing Society helps create lasting friendships, fun Faint music and laughter fills the Galaxy rooms most Friday nights as students dance swing jazz. From experienced movers to novice ones, all of them are brought together by the Comet Swing Society. The club meets every two weeks and is open to everyone, from beginner to…
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A Survivor’s Tale: Freedom
This is the third and final part of a multi-part series on Ozsvath. Once again, Ozsvath’s family was in the difficult position of deciding whether or not to leave Hungary. Everything in their apartment had survived the Nazi occupation. Ozsvath remembers her family thinking everything would be fine. Then the Communists came. Her father wanted…
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UTD funds Polycraft scholarship
Scholarship given to students for proficiency in video games Current and prospective students can now be awarded a $5,000 scholarship for excelling at playing a video game made by students and professors at UTD. Polycraft is a modification of the popular game Minecraft. It was developed by a team of students and professors with the…
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New brain facility coming soon
Brain performance institute makes research topic of interest The groundbreaking of the Brain Performance Institute, a facility that will serve as the extension of the Center for Brain Health, took place on Oct.14. The $33 million, 62,000-square-foot construction project will be finished in about two years and will be housed next to the Center’s current headquarters on…
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Website’s shutdown mirrors industry trend
Loss of site that mixed sports with pop culture just example of struggle journalists face in modern era of corporate control When ESPN announced that Grantland — their groundbreaking sports and pop culture website — was being shut down, another blow was dealt against journalists everywhere who struggle to balance integrity with corporate interests. The…
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Up in Smoke
Marijuana users create growing drug culture on campus, risk arrest for lifestyle Names of some sources have been changed to protect their identities Casey, Jeff and Arjun, three students at UTD, live in an unassuming, off-campus apartment. Nothing seems out of place, except for the unmistakable smell of marijuana. A small coffee table is surrounded…
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School mourns loss of longtime dean
Psychologist remembered for expanding, improving BBS Members of the UTD community are mourning the loss of Bert Moore, the longtime dean of the School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences. Moore died in his home in Dallas from pancreatic cancer on Oct. 20. Moore came to UTD in 1980 as the head of the psychology department.…