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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

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Art Barn classes relocated to new building

August 21, 2017

After the demolition of the Art Barn, students were concerned about the existence and location of the printmaking and sculpture classes. Art students need the university to continue to offer these two...

Psychology junior Emmett Orton discusses his experience at UTD while reflecting on the Campus Pride Index score and what it means to him. Photo illustration by Chad Austin | Graphics Editor.

Acknowledging the problem, recognizing the progress

August 20, 2017

The tension in Emmett Orton’s voice heightened as he explained his experiences as an LGBT student at UTD. One evening, Orton, a psychology junior, was in the parking lot behind Hoblitzelle Hall when...

Art Barn Demolition

Art Barn Demolition

July 31, 2017

Alumna Lauren Featherstone broke the previous record of the arcade game Tapper with a total of 14 million points and won a total of $2,900. She was awake for 32 hours by the end of the 24-hour livestream. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Photo Editor.

Alum breaks world record

July 31, 2017

A UTD alumna broke the Tapper world record at Free Play Arcade in Arlington, scoring 14,000,600 points and making her the first woman to hold the record-breaking title for the game. Lauren Featherstone...

 Alumna Jessica Chester holds her six-week-old daughter Ava in her arms as she recalls her time on campus while raising two children. Chester entered UTD with a four-month-old baby boy, unaware she was pregnant with her second child. Photo by Ruth Varghese | News Editor.

Mastering motherhood

July 31, 2017

As Jessica Chester entered her freshman year of college, she was already four months into motherhood with her first child. Balancing college and taking care of her baby would be difficult, but Chester...

Students build 150 pound fidget spinner at UTDesign Makerspace

Students build 150 pound fidget spinner at UTDesign Makerspace

July 19, 2017

Three students gained publicity all over the Metroplex by building a 150 pound fidget spinner that they have also submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records. Pratik Bhosale, a mechanical engineering...

Photo by Saher Aqeel | Mercury Staff

CentralTrak’s Last Show

July 3, 2017

Home of UTD’s master's of fine arts students for nine years, CentralTrak is permanently closing its living space to all current and future artists. The closure was announced in December 2016 when the...

Photo courtesy of UT Dallas Alumni Relations.

UTD revises emergency policies after bomb hoax

July 3, 2017

Following a campus-wide evacuation for a bomb threat later determined to be a hoax, UTD is reviewing its emergency notification and communication policies to help reduce confusion in future evacuations. Chief...

Photo by Saher Aqeel | Photo Editor.

Caught in dreamSpace

June 5, 2017

An audiovisual exhibition, “dreamSpace,” was performed as part of Dallas’ annual Soluna Festival outside the Meyerson Symphony Center. It was the brainchild of Agence 5970, a Dallas-based art laboratory...

Concentrating on the canvas, alumnus Desmond Blair pursues his passion for art. Even though Blair was born without hands, he challenged himself and was later accepted to the ATEC program at UTD. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Photo Editor.

Drawn to art

June 5, 2017

A little boy stares into the face of his grandma. She smiles wide, the wrinkles outlining her mouth bowing in further. In the little boy’s hands, a beautifully drawn picture of a dog, the same one he...

Calvin Jamison, vice president for administration, speaks at the Breathe Easy event to kick off  the tobacco-free policy. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Photo Editor.

UTD enacts campus-wide tobacco-free policy

June 5, 2017

After the initial announcement in January, UTD is now officially a tobacco-free campus. Calvin Jamison, vice president of administration, said before the policy’s implementation, the university worked...

Photo by Saher Aqeel | Photo Editor.

Perceptions about Muslim-Americans

June 5, 2017

After conducting a study on attitudes towards Muslim students on campus, an alumna found evidence that the majority of UTD students view Muslims in a positive light. The study, conducted by alumna Faraha...

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