Category: Archives
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As The Year Wraps Up
When I first walked into the Baylor Lariat’s newsroom my sophomore year, I was worried because I didn’t know what I was doing. I think I spent a good portion of my first semester wondering if someone had made a mistake, if it was a fluke that I was hired, if there were more deserving…
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Baseball team falls short in wild ASC tourney
The baseball team fell 5-6 to conference rival UT Tyler in the ASC tournament championship game on May 9 to cap off its series of post-season close finishes. The Comets started off their tournament run with a 7-8 loss to East Texas Baptist University on May 6. This put the team in a position where it…
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Daniel tapped as UT System Deputy Chancellor
UT System Chancellor William McRaven announced on May 6 that current UTD President David E. Daniel has been hired to be the deputy chancellor and chief operating officer for the UT System. Daniel, who started at UTD in 2005, will assume his new positions on July 1. Executive Vice President and Provost Hobson Wildenthal will serve as…
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Opinion: Pitching crucial for Comets success in playoffs
The baseball began the 2015 ASC Championship today against East Texas Baptist University in Austin. For the second straight season, the tournament will be played at Tornado Field on Concordia’s campus. The Comets, who finished the season with a 19-18 conference record (25-15 overall), will be seeded third in the tournament. This will be the teams twelfth…
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Dallas mayoral candidate swings by campus
No Labels UTD, a nonpartisan organization on campus, invited Dallas mayoral candidate Marcos Ronquillo to speak with students May 4. Ronquillo, who is running against current mayor Mike Rawlings, spoke about his focal issues of concern — connectivity and neighborhood development. Elections are May 9. Listen to his talk at the event here: Q: What…
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Police, press converge on shooting in Garland
Police lights painted the night blue and red as reporters squeezed into a small sidewalk to try and get a glimpse of the scene where two men opened fire outside of an art exhibition in Garland on May 3. The exhibition, hosted at the Curtis Culwell Center, was titled the “First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit…
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University changes policy on student demonstrators in response to video
A video showing a UTD police officer telling students they can’t pass out flyers on campus without written permission has caused the university to change it’s policy on student demonstrations. The video, posted below, shows Officer Ted Palmer meeting with students who were members of the UTD chapter of Network of Enlightened Women, a conservative women’s…
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Gunmen open fire outside art exhibit in Garland
Two gunmen were confirmed dead Sunday evening after they opened fire at an art exhibit at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland ISD. According to the City of Garland Facebook page, two males drove up to the front of the Culwell Center building and began shooting at a Garland ISD security officer. “Both males were…
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Hundreds gather at vigil for Nepal
Corrections: The title of the father of a victim of the earthquake was incorrect. He was a teacher of Bikash Manandhar. The name of the organization members of NSA went to to get registered was incorrectly stated in an earlier version of this article. The organization was the Student Organization Center. The Mercury regrets these…
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SG adopts LGBT/GSRM resolution
Student Government unanimously passed a resolution opposing efforts by the Texas legislature to curb the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and gender, sexual and romantic minorities at the senate meeting April 28. The resolution supports gay and lesbian marriages, the right of transgender individuals to use restrooms and locker rooms of the…