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Campus teeming with ‘Pokemon Go’ players

Lately, it’s become common to see students hurry by in small groups, fixated on their dimly lit phone screens. It may be well...

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Game Corner: E3 2016 Highlights

Highlights from the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 video game conference.

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Q&A: Comedians Paul Varghese & Chris Castles

On June 30, comedians Paul Varghese and Chris Castles performed in SUAAB’s Double Trouble Comedy Show. The Mercury sat down with the two...

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Debut novel reinvents genre

Emma Cline’s thoughtful and penetrating debut novel, The Girls, is partially inspired by the Manson family exploits of the 1960s, but the majority...

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Film enthralls with bizarre plot

“Swiss Army Man,” written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, shines shamelessly in the bizarre and awkward and delivers a truly...

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Course of Nature

John Geissman awoke in his tent at 3:05 a.m. to the excited snarls of an animal near his campsite in the Beartooth Mountains....

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Game Corner: Overwatch

Overwatch is a team-based shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

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“Coloring Book” could be album of Summer 2016

Chance the Rapper’s latest album features catchy tunes, religious themes Each summer, music fans anxiously await a sound that will define those three...

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“X-Men” disappoints with thin plot, poor visual effects

Newest film in franchise suffers from clichés despite efforts of young cast “X-Men: Apocalypse” is a surprising step backwards from the series’ last...

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New skate shop opens in McKinney

UTD junior-owned specialty store to offer full-sized skateboarding ramp, individualized lessons for patrons of all ages Skaters across North Texas now have a...

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