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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

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Forced ‘Rio’ sequel lacks vision

April 14, 2014

Musical comedy film features pleasant animation but pushes unnecessary subplots, weak characters The experience of watching the animated family film “Rio 2” is like eating a second candy bar. The...

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Slideshow: Spring Blowout Bash with Anamanaguchi & Nite

April 10, 2014

On Thursday, April 17, the Visual Arts Building, or Art Barn, was host to Denton-based Nite and New York-based Anamanaguchi for Radio UTD's Spring Blowout Bash. The event was also sponsored by The Mercury,...

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Donal Rumsfeld is the evasive, Machiavellian subject of this Errol Morris documentary.

‘The Unknown Known’ unentertaining with evasive subject

April 4, 2014

Donald Rumsfeld is a true politician — charming, witty and incredibly smart. Probably best known for being both the youngest and oldest person to be Secretary of Defense with a Machiavellian rise,...

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Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Javier Gullón, “Enemy” is based on Nobel-winning author Jose Saramago’s novel, “The Double.”

‘Enemy’ confuses with sex, spiders

April 1, 2014

In a dimly lit room in front of an audience of stern men, a woman disrobes and walks down a black, slick runway placing her high heel on top of a crawling tarantula. So begins “Enemy,” an erotic...

African org brings together community, culture

African org brings together community, culture

March 31, 2014

Juliette Ugirumurera left Rwanda with nine other people to a country far from home. She came to the United States six years ago with a scholarship to attend Oklahoma Christian University. She is pursuing...

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Graduate student Val Curry explains the environmental themes he’s incorporated into “Universe,” his art installation currently showing at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary. The exhibit will run until May 3, and Curry will hold a discussion on the work April 2 at 6 p.m.

‘Universe’ exhibit debuts at gallery

March 31, 2014

MFA student uses rust, recycled materials to make asteroid-like installations Visitors to the McKinney Avenue Contemporary were led through a small hallway into a white room that flowed with rust-colored...

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Oman Kaminsky took first place, from a pool of 60 players, in the finals round of the International Guitarist Competition on Feb. 28.

Guitar fest attracts int’l talent

March 18, 2014

13th annual Texas Guitar Festival features performances from Grammy-winning musicians, entrants from Mexico, the Netherlands The sounds of classical guitar strummed by local and international players...

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K-Pop music acts like Girls’ Generation, MBLAQ and Psy (pictured above) continue to grow in popularity in the United States and globally as attested by the presence of the fanclub and discussion forum, Hallyu UTD, riding the K-Pop music wave.

K-Pop enthusiasts band together

March 18, 2014

Growing student interest group Hallyu UTD focuses on Korean pop culture, expresses avid fascination The existence of Hallyu UTD, a new K-Pop club, might be just as much a surprise as the astronomical...

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'Crisis' is set to premiere March 16

‘Crisis’ to premiere March 16

March 16, 2014

Despite potential intrigues and twists, show may fail due to poor dramatization NBC is currently going through quite the rebuilding process. Once the epitome of television, the network is failing to...

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Gaming growth

Gamers — a growing group on campus

February 26, 2014

ATEC Building’s gaming library notable part of flourishing video game community Deep in the halls of the third floor of the Arts and Technology Building on campus is an archive of video games that...

Films fighting for the Oscars

And the Oscar goes to …

February 26, 2014

Mercury film critics predict who will take home the gold for primary categories at 86th Academy Awards airing March 2. Best Picture - Shyam Vedantam Nominations: American Hustle, Captain Phillips,...

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Michelangelo’s Madonna of Bruges is one of the artworks salvaged by the Monuments Men

In Search of Monuments: author Robert Edsel advocates protecting culture during war

February 11, 2014

In 1938, Nazi Germany had stolen Harry Ettlinger’s home and forced his family to flee to the U.S. Six years later, he returned as an American private ready to take back his home country and became part...

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