Category: Campus News
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UTD goes mobile
A UTD app, with features designed to improve the campus experience, is now available to students. Student Government and the Office of Information Technology launched UTD Mobile on Oct. 27. The app contains a variety of functions for students and visitors to the campus. It includes features such as Comet Calendar, EZPay Mobile and a…
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Could a white student association exist on campus?
A Redditor posted a thread on the UTD sub-reddit, calling for the creation of a White Students Association, and triggered a hundred comments and replies from other users on whether the organization could exist on campus. UTD has over 300 registered student organizations and around 30 cultural organizations, none of which are exclusively white associations.…
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Diversity through liberal arts
A new honors cohort launched this semester for students majoring in the liberal arts. Edward Harpham, dean of the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College, led the project to form a Liberal Arts Honors cohort at UTD. Students in either the School of Arts and Humanities or the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences are eligible…
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Conservative comedian asked to leave campus by UTD Officials
Steven Crowder, a conservative political commentator, was asked to leave campus after he conducted a series of interviews with UTD students without permission from the university. The YouTube video of the interviews has since garnered over 1 million views. The video, “I’m Pro-Gun: Change My Mind,” features Crowder talking with two students about the Second…
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Comets win homecoming game 56 – 32 against Rams
The women’s basketball team entered the season strong with their first win, 56 – 32 over the Huston–Tillotson Rams in the homecoming game. Afternoon festivities attracted a crowd of 690 people for the 5 p.m. game against the Rams. By the end of the first period, the Comets gained a large lead of 10 points.…
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Clogged toilet disrupts classes
A sewage overflow in a Hoblitzelle Hall bathroom disrupted classes and forced several faculty and staff to temporarily relocate offices. On Oct. 28, the Facilities Management office received a call alerting them to what was described as standing water in the women’s restrooms at Hoblitzelle Hall. When they arrived at HH, they discovered that the…
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Starbucks coming to campus
A fully-licensed Starbucks cafe will open on the second floor of the Student Union before the end of the semester. The store will open on Nov. 20 and occupies the roughly 3,200 square foot space that was formerly a study area on the second floor of the Student Union. On weekdays, excluding Friday, the Starbucks…
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“Culture is not a costume” posters spark debate
On the third floor of Canyon Creek Apartments North, a poster labelled “Culture is Not a Costume” was displayed in the common area, sparking a conversation between students on the UTD subreddit. A cultural diversity-awareness pledge was written on the poster, with the promise that those who signed it will be entered in a raffle.…
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Cheating on the rise — is technology to blame?
In an era of technology that puts the world at one’s fingertips, cheating has not remained within the realm of simply looking at a friend’s paper. A report from last year revealed a higher number of UTD students referred for Academic Dishonesty than before. The last four years averaged between 300 and 400 referrals, but…
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Bringing art to the people
Walking down the corridors, one can notice that this is not a regular hallway in the Administrative Building. Adorning the walls are art works by nine high-profile UTD Master of Fine Arts program alumni. The level-three corridor of the Administrative Building is home to the Derive Art exhibition, with digital, canvas, wood and fabric art…