Category: Archives
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Landscaping project to support dwindling butterfly population
Thousands of monarch butterflies may soon come to campus as part of an ongoing project to cultivate the university’s open fields with their food and shelter supply. Craig Lewis, the greenhouse landscape coordinator for Facilities Management, has been working in the greenhouses planting more than 800 seeds of two different varieties of milkweed that he…
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Student affairs VP to retire
Vice President for Student Affairs Darrelene Rachavong announced on March 27 that she will retire from her position in June. Rachavong, who turned 69 in February, said she originally planned to retire in 2016 but decided to retire sooner after her latest birthday. “I thought, ‘You know, I really shouldn’t wait until 2016,’” she said.…
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Mediterranean eatery upgrades
Alumni teams up with restaurant owner to revamp struggling business with new look but same menu It was a dimly lit restaurant, encircled with heavy curtains and an aloof air, but for former city council member and alumni Amir Omar, Dean’s Restaurant showed great promise. Omar said the food at Dean’s, a Persian locale in…
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A game of thrones
A definitive history of UTD’s greatest sport, how it got there If prospective students were to take a tour of campus but had no guide to tell them about the culture of the school as they walked, there is at least one thing they would be able to pick up on. Perhaps, they’d see some…
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Cricket team wins nat’l tourney, plans to expand
Team plans to upgrade playing field, cultivate interest in sport among American students The cricket club was crowned as national champions at the national collegiate cricket championship held in Miami, on March 11-15. After being formed earlier in the year, the cricket club has had a surprisingly strong start to its career. Over spring break,…
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#Consciouscapitalism
If you haven’t already heard of this, conscious capitalism is a thing. For almost a decade, companies have been throwing around corporate social responsibility as a way to justify retreats and charity fundraisers while simultaneously running sweatshops in other parts of the world. Now corporations are moving one step forward to say donating money isn’t…
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Top 5 Dallas Foodie Instagrams to Follow
As everyone knows, Instagram is taking over how brands promote their image to consumers, how people market themselves, and how people feed their interests and hobbies. As a result, there has been a noticeable boom within the foodie community on instagram as restaurants use it as a way to give people a behind the scenes…
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Dresses and Spring Weather
One of the most wonderful things about spring weather is that it’s dress weather. There’s just something about wearing a cute dress and shoes that makes going to class or work that much better. My friends are never afraid to tease me about my never-shrinking closet of clothes. I actually had a conversation with some…
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Liver damage
At its very basic, food is for survival. Then, if your wallet’s thick enough, you could argue that food can be a delicacy. The perennial debate on vegetarian versus meat eaters will never end: both arguments are valid. Yes, killing animals for pleasure is cruel, but sometimes, meat eaters don’t adjust very well to vegetarianism and…