Author: The UTD Mercury
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Production Problems
The relocation of musical theater performances from the University Theatre to the Jonsson Performance Hall has left class members expressing frustration due to the lack of accommodations. The group consists of 15 to 20 students who take a musical theatre class and put on two shows every year: “The Best of Broadway,” a large-scale show…
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McDermott Scholar rattled by quake
Arden Wells was sitting in a teahouse in the small village of Sete, Nepal, playing cards with fellow students when the first earthquake hit on April 25. Even though she was 80 miles northeast of the earthquake’s epicenter, she could feel the tremors shake the teahouse. “What was so crazy about it was that it…
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Golf coach retires
After 40 years of coaching at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels, head golf coach Ed Bull retired on May 31. Bull, who took control of the men’s and women’s golf programs in 2007, said it was time to move on to something new after being in the profession for so long. “It’s…
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The Final Serve
Senior Casey Johnson fell in the round of 32 in the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Individual Championship, which took place on May 21- 23. The tournament was held at the Linder Family Tennis Center at Ohio Northern University and drew 32 student-athletes from across the nation. This was Johnson’s third consecutive trip to the…
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Charges levied against Jindal
The Indian Central Bureau for Invesitigation charged the School of Management’s namesake on April 29 with criminal conspiracy in connection with the allocation of a coal block in 2008. Naveen Jindal, who received his MBA from UTD in 1992 and had the School of Management named in his honor after he donated $30 million in…
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Legislature passes concealed carry bill
After three sessions of repeated debates in the Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 11, the controversial concealed carry on campus bill, passed the Texas House 98-47 on May 31. The bill currently awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval. Both sides went back and forth, adding and deleting amendments to the bill in the week before it passed.…
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What it’s like to be Muslim in America
Nour Sharaf was on Facebook when she saw a link about the shooting in Garland. Immediately, her heart filled with dread. On May 3, two gunmen opened fire outside an art exhibit held at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland that displayed cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. Participants had the opportunity to win a…