Category: Life & Arts
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Pinpossible: Burlap Garland
There’s an ongoing joke with my friends that my apartment looks like it could’ve come right out of a Pinterest board. I have self-painted canvas art and a variety of other decorative odds and ends sitting in my apartment — some haven’t even been hung up yet. However, since I moved in at the beginning…
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Brave New World
Gamers on campus find community, deeper meaning in realm of videogames Amorine — or Amo for short — is a Destruction Warlock in “World of Warcraft,” the popular massively multiplayer online roleplaying game by Blizzard. Amo can summon demons, cast fire and perform a slew of other nefarious deeds. To the people on the outside of…
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Club fights cancer with sweet beverages
Members with, without history of disease show compassion A group of students is using an out-of-the-box method to help the fight against cancer — lemonade. Usman Hyder, molecular biology sophomore, became interested in taking part in that fight last year. “I wanted to be an oncologist, so that’s where my interest came from,” Hyder said. “I…
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Pinpossible: Apple Cider
This winter has been an abnormally warm one, but we have seen our share of colder weather, and my inner romantic loves the idea of settling in for cold weather with a book and a hot drink. Unfortunately, I don’t have a fireplace, so I just have to settle for curling up in my chair…
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Getting Exposure
Club works with web show to spread word on tech innovations The User Experience Club at UTD is on the path to national recognition due to a partnership with a new web-based show called Expose UX. The show, which had origins a web-based comedy, brings innovators and user experience (UX) judges together to help startups…
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Pinpossible: Bath Bombs
In the midst of finals, the excuse to take a break and relax can seem like something out of a dream. I’m going to be honest — up until I attempted this project, I had never looked at Lush Cosmetic’s Instagram and I have never stepped foot into a store. I’m not a huge bath…
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A New Hope
Fans share their theories, expectations for latest “Star Wars” flick I could speculate at length about plot elements in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Has Luke Skywalker turned to the Dark side? Is Rey a child of Han and Leia? Is Jar Jar Binks secretly Kylo Ren? These things are minute, however, when compared to…
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Breathe in, breathe out
YES club helps students find inner peace through meditation Editor’s note: Jake’s name has been changed to protect his identity A club on campus is using a 5000-year-old practice to help students reduce stress and become more self-aware. The Youth Empowerment Service club, a program offered by the Art of Living, promotes stress management tools…