Category: Between the Lines
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Between the Lines: What they can’t have
Today, I don’t want to be happy. Like so many of my colleagues and friends, I’ve been up for the better part of 24 hours, covering what was supposed to be a major victory, if not a landslide, for Hillary Clinton. This article should be about the challenges that the first female president will face…
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Between the Lines: A play-by-play of the first debate
Disclaimer: The views expressed on this post are solely those of the author and do not reflect The Mercury, Student Media or UT Dallas. Last night was the first presidential debate, America’s equivalent of watching the two people we’re choosing between to be the leader of the whole free world get into a name-calling hissy…
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Between the Lines: The Problem with “Not All Men”
The trial of Enrique Arochi, the man a Collin County jury found guilty of the aggravated kidnapping of UTD alumna Christina Morris, captured the attention of the DFW area for the better part of two weeks. Images of Morris have flashed across TV and phone screens throughout the metroplex since 2014 as her family begged for…
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Between the Lines: The Talk
The recent wave of protests from professional athletes during the playing of the national anthem reminds me of the first time I ever had a one-on-one interaction with a police officer in a dark hallway of an empty high school where I was technically trespassing. The summer before I started at UTD, my friend and…
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Between the Lines: Why Chance the Rapper had the best song of the summer
Something about summer brings out the best music from artists. Every year, a new rat race begins to see who will have the season’s best tune. This year, artists like Frank Ocean, Drake, YG, ScHoolboy Q and Beyoncé gifted mankind with endless melodies that soundtracked endless days and nights that never seemed to end. Out…
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Between the Lines: Homecoming
Note: Sorry if I haven’t posted over the past two months, I’ve been kind of busy. There may not be a stronger word in the English language than home. The word stirs up youthful memories, from Thanksgivings surrounded by obnoxious families to warm embraces from mothers that can heal any wound. Going home is the…
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Between the Lines: The Washington Redskins and the art of misplaced justice
In the grand scheme of things, professional sports are pretty worthless. People put balls through a hoop or run up and down fields for a certain amount of time until whoever scores the most points is declared the winner, and then everyone goes home. On the surface, athletes just aren’t doing a whole lot of good…
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Between the Lines: Have race issues gotten better or worse under Obama?
As the year rounds out and the nation gets closer and closer to November, the idea of living in a country where Barack Obama is not president is becoming more of a reality. For a large portion of young people, his rise to the highest office in the nation in 2008 coincided with their journeys into…
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Between the Lines: Superhero movies and the death of escapism
Editor’s note: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for several movies that have come out this year. Movies are a place where we go to forget our problems. When the lights go down and the projector illuminates the silver screen, you can’t help but feel at ease. Most films do a good job at giving us a…