THE UTD MERCURY

Category: Life & Arts

  • Q&A: Malcon Pierce

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    On Oct. 25, one of Disney’s animation supervisors Malcon Pierce gave a presentation on his upcoming film “Moana.” The Mercury sat down with him to discuss his origins, influences and work in “Moana.” How did you get your start in animation? When I was little, I knew I wanted to do animation. So I was…

  • Sophomore spins to success

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    Jason Cohn glides out onto the ice in one fluid movement. With the wind fanning against his face, he gains enough momentum on his skates to fly into the air. The crowd swells in an uproar, but to Cohn everything is silent. In a dizzying blur, he lands his spin just as the crowd’s cheers…

  • All that jazz

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    Editor’s note: This is the third part of a three-part series on full-time students who are working to enter the music industry. “Zoom! He flies.” Macs Reynolds began his performance. It was from a book of poetry on jazz musicians. Reynolds chose one about Dizzy Gillespie. He was in a high school poetry competition. Among…

  • ‘The Birth of a Nation’ remembered for controversy not content

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    Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” aimed to start a discussion on race relations in the United States, but instead is weighed down by its director’s ghosts from the past. On Feb. 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” released in cinemas. At over two hours long, the black and white silent…

  • Food blog comes to campus

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    Thanks to over 300 signatures on a petition, a chapter of a variation of a food blog has opened at UTD. “Spoon University,” offering a number of recipes, restaurant reviews and cooking advice, aims to be a food repository. According to the its webpage, “Spoon University” is an online food publication written by college students…

  • Play readings honor Orlando victims

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    In the first effort of its kind in Texas, two departments on campus partnered up to present stage plays to spread awareness and support the LGBT community at UTD and around the nation. The theater department in the School of Arts and Humanities and Galerstein Women’s Center came together to organize a reading of 15…

  • Pedal to the metal

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    Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series on full-time studetnts who are working to enter the music industry. Three-year-old Justin Ybarra stood backstage, peeking between amps and curtains and sound equipment. Wires ran underneath his feet like snakes. It was the early ’90s. Onstage was famous Tejano singer Selena, performing for…

  • PS4 Pro: Is it really worth it?

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    Sony released information regarding the hardware specs of their new version of the Playstation 4, the Playstation 4 Pro, which is being marketed for its ability to display games in 4K resolutions. Even if you are a die-hard Sony fan, or just someone who always buys a new console on release day, it may be…

  • Q&A: One O’ Clock Lab Band

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    The One O’Clock Lab Band, a Grammy-nominated jazz ensemble from the University of North Texas, performed at UTD on Sept. 23. The Mercury had a chance to sit down with Alan Baylock, the recently appointed director and an alumnus of the band, to talk about his experience so far and the group’s upcoming projects. What…

  • Juniors place first in nat’l game design competition

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    Foofaraw is defined as a great deal of fuss or attention to a minor matter. ATEC juniors David McCullough and Brandon Blakemore had never used the word before Sept. 23, but they had to learn it on the fly to win first place at this year’s “Chillenium,” a game jam held at Texas A&M University…