Summer animation class rushes to finish two shorts in 11 weeks
ATEC’s first summer Animation Studios class completed and screened two short films created under the guidance of Dallas-area animation company,...
Professor recounts experience during Nazi occupation of Hungary
This is the second part of a multi-part series on Ozsvath. Read the next issue of The Mercury for the next installment of the story.
Zsuzsanna...
When I was a child, my cousin and I used to pretend to be spies. We would hide notes to each other in books and spend too much money on spy equipment toys. Too many pens that doubled as hiding places and...
Holocaust victim recounts family’s time in Hungary before Nazi occupation
Zsuzsanna Ozsvath sits before a weathered, black photo album. She runs her hands lightly over the stained cover. They are the...
Until a couple weeks ago, I had never been thrifting. My experience buying from second-hand stores was limited to running to Goodwill to pick up clothes for a costume and working at the Habitat ReStore...
40 hot-air balloons, live performances kick-off Plano Balloon Festival
Hot-air balloons filled the sky as a 35-year-old annual celebration took place once again at Oak Point Park in Plano from Sept. 18-20.
The...
Retta brought her stand-up act to campus on Aug. 26 in the ATEC performance hall as a part of SUAAB's Big Bad Comedy Show.
Q: Can you tell me how you got into stand-up?
A: I just started doing open mics....
A line of students snaked up and down inside the ATEC building to see comedienne Retta’s stand up act on Aug. 26.
Retta—best known for her role as Donna Meagle on “Parks and Recreation”—watched...
Three summers ago, I did an internship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. I enjoyed doing research, spending time working on my tan and meeting with the faculty and students at the...
