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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

Craving diversity, less is more when studying overseas

August 22, 2011

Culture shock in the United States provided opportunity for self-discovery It’s that time of year again when the campus is filling back up, freshmen are moving in and bus loads of international students...

Laura-Jane Cunningham| Managing Editor
Arts and technology freshman Cameron Ayers (left) and social science PhD student Jeffery Ayers carry a fridge to Cameron’s new home in the res. hall.

Moving on in

August 24, 2009

Cameron and Jeffery Ayers make going to college a family affair After only an hour of moving, Art & Technology freshman Cameron Ayers stretched across his new bed. “I need to get a pillow from home,”...

Laura-Jane Cunningham|Managing Editor

Watching weight minus mom

August 24, 2009

Flab can be frustrating, but fighting it can be fun. Amanda Smith, UTD health education coordinator, is organizing a freshman 15 club designed to educate students on how to maintain their health and weight...

Illustration:Laura-Jane Cunningham

Internet broadcasts channel freedom

August 24, 2009

I love internet television. I love the providers: Fox, NBC, the CW, Hulu and others who have tapped into the seldom acknowledged truth that only one person can use a remote at a time, and it will never...

Money can’t buy you spirit

August 24, 2009

UTD comet spirit, like a comet, tends to come close to campus at times, but aside from a few blazing meteorites that break off, never makes an impact. This academic year marks UTD’s 40th anniversary....

RedLynx|Courtesy

Physics creates trial HD

August 24, 2009

“It’s Monday, Monday, Monday!” The announcer’s voice booms throughout the arena as I start revving my motorbike’s engine, waiting for the starting light. An entire host of ramps, jumps and obstacles...

Emily Bryant|Staff
Craig Scotland, UTD staff member Emily Bryant and Jason Huntley comprise the not-so-traditional irish band, Shift.  Shift’s next performance is from 9-10 p.m. Sept. 26 at Trinity Hall.

Band ‘shifts’ traditional tunes

August 24, 2009

Sweet Celtic melodies drift from Emily Bryant’s guitar when she is not working in the Engineering and Computer Science dean’s suite as communications associate. Bryant created the three-person Irish...

Eric Prince|Staff
The new AH1 building was completed on Aug. 14. This and two other buildings were added to relieve crowding from Arts & Humanities courses. Classes will be held there beginning this semester.

Stitching space for A&H

August 24, 2009

Overcrowding for Arts & Humanities students will ease this fall with the opening of three new modular buildings that finished construction on Aug. 14, as a temporary solution. Two of the buildings...

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