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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Kel Seliger came to UTD as part of his committment to reach out to university students across the state. Seliger recently authored a letter to the presidents of Texas universities, criticizing their tuition hikes. Photo by Ankith Averineni | Mercury Staff.

Q&A: State Sen. Kel Seliger

October 17, 2016

Kel Seliger is a Texas state senator representing District 31. He has served as the chairman of the higher education committee since 2012. Recently, Seliger led a drive to hold universities accountable...

Every weekend, various friends and family members of Christina Morris show up to search for the missing alumna. Sometimes total strangers, touched by the family’s plight, join in. Morris’ father, Mark, said he was tired of never finding anything over the two years he and his family have been looking. The dragonfly has been the symbol of the search effort. Photo by Esteban Bustillos | Mercury Staff.

Still searching

October 17, 2016

Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication. As another day of searching for Christina Morris, the UTD alumna missing since 2014, comes to a close, her father, Mark Morris,...

UTD Police arrested a graduate student on three counts of theft on Oct. 12, after security footage showed him removing cash from lockers in the AC. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Assistant Photo Editor.

Student arrested on theft charges

October 17, 2016

UTD police arrested a student in the Activity Center on multiple charges of theft on Oct. 12. Aditya Arolkar, an information technology and management graduate student, was caught on security footage...

Harris Chowdhary, an international political economy sophomore, speaks on behalf of No Labels, a nonpartisan political organization at UTD, at SG and SUAAB’s mock debate held at the Plinth on Oct. 11. Photo by Sid Patel | Mercury Staff.

SG, SUAAB help 1,200 students register to vote

October 17, 2016

Student Government and SUAAB registered 1,200 students to vote with the intention of encouraging students to become more politically excited and active. With the presidential election coming up in November,...

Matt Johns, the new assistant director of LGBT+ programming at the Galerstein Women’s Center, attends the National Coming Out Day celebration on the Plinth on Oct. 11. Photo courtesy of UTD TV.

Women’s Center adds first LGBT+ coordinator

October 17, 2016

Correction: In a previous version of this story, the creation of Matt Johns’ role as Assistant Director of LGBT Programs and Zack Gentry’s involvement in the GWC’s name change were misrepresented....

The ATEC Games and Media Library was shut down on Oct. 4. Originally used as a place for students to relax and play video games, the GML is undergoing policy changes to accomodate students who want to use the space for research. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Assistant Photo Editor.

Game library shut down temporarily

October 17, 2016

The ATEC Games and Media Library is shut down for the remainder of the semester for renovations. The GML was commonly used by dozens of students a day as a hangout spot to play video games and meet others...

Anusha Bhattacharya, a mechanical engineering senior, fell victim to an employment scam that requested she transfer money overseas to get a job. Senior Public Safety Officer David Spigelmyer recommends students be sure to do background research on online job postings as a precautionary measure. Graphic by Hamid Shah | Graphics Editor.

Student loses $2,000 in recent swindling scams

October 17, 2016

A UTD student fell victim to a job scam and lost roughly $2000 in an employment ruse. UTD Police Lieutenant Ken Mackenzie said there are, per semester, at least three to four victims of identity theft...

Accounting and Finance Junior Flor Morales. Photo by Chris Lin | Mercury Staff.

Hispanic Representation: Is it enough?

October 17, 2016

Despite Texas having the second largest Hispanic population in the country, UTD’s Hispanic student enrollment this fall continues the university’s trend from last year of being the lowest ranked among...

Chiamaka Mgboji

Assailant knocks out campus internet

October 15, 2016

Two weeks ago an unknown assailant disrupted campus internet networks and the UTD website for unknown reasons, causing campus-wide intermittent internet outages. The Distributed Denial of Service attacks...

Richard Benson (center), the university president, was joined by UTD officials and members of Student Government, such as SG President Akshitha Padigela (second from right) and SG Vice President Joey Campain (third from left) at the groundbreaking of the new engineering building on Oct. 6. The 200,000 square-foot project is set to be complete in the summer of 2018 and will cost $110 million. Photo by Chris Lin | Mercury Staff.

Construction begins on new engineering building

October 8, 2016

UTD officials and faculty commemorated the groundbreaking of a new building on campus on Oct. 6. The latest addition, which will primarily host the mechanical engineering department, is scheduled to be...

Amy Troutman (left) sits down with Kristina Kieu, an accounting senior, in the Professional Program in Accounting lounge. Troutman is the director of the PPA and founded the organization in 2007 as a service for students to gain real-world experience in accounting firms. Photo by Yash Musalgaonkar | Mercury Staff.

Accounting program celebrates 10 years

October 4, 2016

The Professional Program in Accounting hosted an alumni event to celebrate its tenth anniversary at UTD and its overall 90 percent acceptance rate for PPA students into public accounting internships and...

Alumna Tessa McGlynn went block walking in neighborhoods on Oct. 1 to encourage people to vote for Jim Burke. Photo by Chris Lin | Mercury Staff.

Local politician enlists UTD students, alums on campaign trail

October 4, 2016

In this election season, Texas’ district 114 is brewing an interesting matchup with Republican Rep. Jason Villalba facing Jim Burke of the Dallas County Democratic Party in the Texas House of Representatives...

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