THE UTD MERCURY

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  • Studying with a purpose

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    Behavioral brain sciences professor breaks down the science, study methods that make students most successful With a new year, comes a new semester and a new challenge for students to make those coveted A’s in their classes. As students, studying is a natural part of the lifestyle, but the reaction many students have to the…

  • Road construction starts

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    UTD, Richardson begin expanding Loop Road, plan to finish by 2016 The city of Richardson, in partnership with the university, has started expanding Loop Road through lots A, B, C and D. Construction, which is being done by North Texas Contracting, is slated to be completed by the end of this year. The project will…

  • Admiral appointed UT System chancellor

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    Correction: The starting date for McRaven’s term was incorrectly labeled as his appointment date in a previous version of this article. The Mercury regret this error. Bill McRaven, the replacement for Francisco Cigarroa as the chancellor of the UT System, started his term on Jan. 5. As chancellor, McRaven, along with the Board of Regents,…

  • Library hours expanded

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    Correction: Brooke Knudtson’s name was misspelled in a previous version of this article. In that same version, Darrelene Rachavong’s name was also misspelled. Also, in that same version, Andrew Blanchard’s title was incorrect. The Mercury regrets these errors. Student Government details spring initiatives including student discounts on toll tags, improvements in Wi-Fi, new flyer kiosks…

  • Still DREAMing

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    UTD siblings reflect on living as undocumented immigrants in United States It was Election Day in 2008 and Abigail Cortes and her mom were watching the election results. Both were upset that Cortes’ brother, Elio Zapote, had wanted to visit a friend at UTD that night instead of watching the results with them. Sometime that…

  • Veterans’ wall visits campus

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    Public pays tribute to Vietnam vets at traveling memorial replica, mobile center A half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. was on display from Nov. 19-22 in front of the McDermott Library. The 250-foot exhibit, called The Wall That Heals, includes both the wall inscribed with more than 58,000 names and a…

  • Men’s soccer falls in NCAA second round

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    For the first time in program history, the men’s soccer team hosted the NCAA tournament from Nov. 15-16. Even though it hosted, the team wouldn’t have entered into the tournament if it were not for some very beneficial circumstances. After losing in the ASC tournament final to Hardin-Simmons on Nov. 9, it looked like the…

  • Mayor: Sharing info key to handling Ebola outbreak

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    Transparency in communication was crucial to confronting the public fear after the first Ebola case in Dallas caught the city’s health officials and providers by surprise, said several renowned panelists at The Dallas Morning News forum on Nov. 5 at UTD. The panel discussion titled “Vital Lessons: How Dallas Confronted the Ebola Challenge” brought together…

  • Sticky Situations

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    ATEC students have produced “Sticky,” a 107-second animated short film that expresses the circle of life through a young chameleon, a fly and a flower. “Sticky” is the second animated short film from the animation studio course. A team of 30 students, from the graduate and undergraduate levels, worked on the project. The original story…

  • Galactic Gaming

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    A plane flies by overhead, ducking and twisting through mysterious alien ruins on an unknown mission of exploration. The horizon is infinite, as are the mysteries to uncover in the strange, inside-out world of “InnerSpace.” A group of arts and technology students first conceived the video game when they formed an indie game company, PolyKnight…