Author: The UTD Mercury
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Spikes in western racism are affecting everyone, even UTD students
As anti-immigration and anti-Muslim riots erupted in the UK and hate against Black and Arab individuals escalate in the U.S., UTD students speak about their experience with marginalization. ABC reported that after false information about the suspect in a stabbing spree being an “Islamist migrant” spread online and resulted in anti-immigration riots, Nura, a mother…
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Benson announces resignation
President Richard Benson sent out a schoolwide email Aug. 26 announcing the UT System has accepted his resignation and is beginning to look for a new president. Benson, who became UTD’s fifth president in 2016, said in the email he expects the search to take “the better part of the 2025 academic year.” He will…
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Esports’ biggest championships come to Dallas
The Rocket League World Championship and Fortnite Battle Royale Global Championship will bring the best players in the world to the DFW metroplex to compete for millions of dollars. The Fortnite championship — also known as FNCS – and Rocket League championship will be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth from for two weekends…
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Lunar rover to the moon
Correction, Sept. 6: A previous version of the article incorrectly spelled an instance of “Comet Aerobotics.” Comet Aerobotics, a new branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at UTD, became the first UTD team to compete in NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Competition by building a lunar rover that could help advance NASA’s Artemis moon…
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Letter to the Editor: In response to the editor’s disclaimer on Aug. 19 LTTE
Disclaimer: Mercury policy prohibits censorship as a requirement for publication. Editors provide suggestions on opinion editorials and letters to the editor, which the author can choose to implement. The onus falls upon the author to provide evidence and sourcing for all claims made within an opinion. Opinions with insufficient facts or sourcing can implicate The…
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Here comes ‘Big Momma’
UTD celebrated the groundbreaking for its student success center and student union complex Aug. 12. Members of UTD administration, state and local government and the local community gathered in the Founders Atrium to celebrate UTD’s most ambitious construction project to date. In spring 2024, UTD demolished the Green Center, Calvin Jamison, vice president for Facilities…
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Smoothie King deposed, boba shop takes throne
Aug. 12 marked the soft launch of TeaCo in the Student Union. The newest addition to UTD’s dining facilities will provide students with boba tea on campus for the first time in UTD history. TeaCo Royal is a family-owned and operated tea shop that offers milk tea, smoothies, coffee and fresh tea with seven different…
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ATEEZ blazes with theatrical performance
The rising K-pop boy group ATEEZ set a new standard for K-pop concerts with a theatrical and thrilling show July 28, bringing over 30,000 fans together with a performance rivaling the best of Broadway. The eight members of the group — Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho — were just coming off their…