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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Just the facts

Just the facts

January 12, 2015

UTDPD Blotter

UTDPD Blotter

January 12, 2015

Dec. 14 • A staff member reported finding grafitti inside a restroom in the Founders Building around 1 p.m. Dec. 16 • A student reported that she had been sexually assaulted by an unaffiliated male...

Miguel Perez|Editor-in-chief

Road construction starts

January 12, 2015

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,...

Admiral appointed UT System chancellor

Admiral appointed UT System chancellor

January 12, 2015

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...

Yang Xi | Mercury Staff

Library hours expanded

January 12, 2015

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...

UTD PD Blotter

UTD PD Blotter

December 3, 2014

Nov. 20 •A theft was reported at the Jindal School of Management around 4 p.m. • A student reported that his or her bike had been taken from the Science Learning Center around 7 p.m. Nov. 21 • A...

Auxiliary Services holds bike sale

December 1, 2014

Auxiliary Services sells items to the public three times year: a furniture sale in September and January, as well as a bike sale, which was organized for the first time ever this year on Nov. 19 at the...

Response to immigrant reform tepid

December 1, 2014

Immigrant rights groups believe President's executive order weak, might not last President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform announced on Nov. 20 has received mixed reactions from members...

Yang Xi
UTD alumna and employee Abigail Cortes (left) and her brother Elio Zapote (right) went from undocumented immigrants to DREAMers, leaving many worries behind as they continue forging their paths in the country they've lived in for nearly two decades.

Still DREAMing

December 1, 2014

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’...

Chris Lin
Observers stood in still silence as the honor guard from a local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter performed the gun salute.

Veterans’ wall visits campus

December 1, 2014

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...

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