Author: The UTD Mercury
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Baseball team heads to ASC tourney
The baseball team will begin postseason play Wednesday, May 7, against the Sul Ross State Lobos at Concordia University in Austin. Concordia, who has the No. 1 seed in the tournament, will host the tournament as a reward for clinching the ASC’s regular season championship. The Comets, who finished the season with a 19-13 conference…
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“Cherub” a big electro-anthem party
Electropop duo Cherub stopped by Dallas at the House of Blues on Thursday, May 1 as part of their Blow’d Tour promoting the upcoming release of their debut album. The show was late to start and with good reason as already-drunken teens came stumbling into the Music Hall well into the first opening act. Chicago-based…
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“Beyond Right or Wrong” tells a tale of forgiveness
A young man walks up to a woman in a Rwandan village and confesses to killing her children, and then, he asks for forgiveness. The woman, Beata, had lost her five children to a mass genocide in 1994, and the film “Beyond Right or Wrong” traces the journey of people like her in war-torn areas…
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Mass email alarms Chinese community
Severe charges leveled against TA An anonymous person sent out a mass email to UTD’s Chinese network on April 15, accusing a male international graduate TA of severe crimes, including assault, attempted rape and sexual misconduct toward students. The allegations were not reported to the police, and could not be confirmed or denied at the…
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UTDPD Blotter
April 8 • An unaffiliated female was arrested on two outstanding Richardson city warrants for speeding and no insurance on Waterview Parkway around 10:30 a.m. April 9 • A student reported having money stolen from his apartment while he was at work at Phase 3 around 8 p.m. April 10 •A students wallet was taken…
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SG Report
Senator Janani Sundaresan presented a proposal to create school councils in each of the six UTD schools at the April 15 Student Government meeting. SG has looked at other school councils from other universities, such as UT, as well as the School of Management’s Dean’s Council, to serve as models. The councils would exist to…
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Comet Comments
“Do you think the Art Barn should be maintained and renovated so it can have a long-term presence on campus?”
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Campus needs larger performing arts venue
For a campus that’s growing by 4 percent a year, it is a matter of embarrassment that we don’t have a performance venue on campus that seats more than 500. Larger student organizations like the Indian Student Association, Bangladesh Student Organization and even the International Student Services Office are having to move their cultural events…