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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

SG Report: 10/16/17

SG Report: 10/16/17

October 16, 2017

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article erroneously reported that on-campus residents would no longer be able to purchase commuter parking passes next year. The Mercury regrets this error. Community...

SG Report: 10/2/2017

SG Report: 10/2/2017

October 2, 2017

UTD App OIT’s Manager of Mobile Applications Wayne Peterson, is spearheading the creation of the UTD app. SG’s role in the development of the app is to provide feedback and ensure that there is continuous...

SG Report: 9/18/17

SG Report: 9/18/17

September 18, 2017

UTD App After multiple years of development, the university’s in-house app developer created the UTD app that entered the beta-testing phase toward the beginning of the summer. Student Government President...

SG Report: April 24th

SG Report: April 24th

April 24, 2017

Foreign Affairs Leader of the Academic Affairs Committee Jonathan Schueler is continuing to work with his committee on evaluating the need for more foreign language courses. He is waiting on feedback...

SG Report: April 10th

SG Report: April 10th

April 11, 2017

UTD App Joey Campain, SG vice president, is continuing to oversee the production process of a new UTD app structured to track the Comet Cabs and Comet Cruisers. The app will also have links to important...

SG Report: March 27th

SG Report: March 27th

March 27, 2017

Comets Remember President Akshitha Padigela’s proposal to engrave the rocks in the reflection pools with the names of Comets who’ve passed while attending or after being accepted to UTD was approved....

SG Report: March 6th

SG Report: March 6th

March 7, 2017

Core Classes Jonathan Schueler, leader of the academic affairs committee, informed the senate that the UTD Core Curriculum Committee approved 14 new classes for the School of Arts and Humanities. The...

SG Report: February 20th

SG Report: February 20th

February 20, 2017

Net ID System SG senator Rahul Sonwalkar of the Technology Committee has finalized the creation of a new Net ID system. Passwords will expire every year instead of every six months. The new password will...

SG Report: February 6th

SG Report: February 6th

February 6, 2017

Meet Your Senators In the effort to make themselves more available to the student body, senators will meet with the leadership of student organizations, offering the officers an opportunity to voice their...

SG Report: January 23rd

January 23, 2017

ELECTIONS AND TAO COUNSELING Elections for Student Government senators will be the week after spring break. Those who are interested must sign up by Feb. 20. “Contact someone from Student Government...

SG Report: January 9th

SG Report: January 9th

January 9, 2017

During the last senate meeting of the fall semester, Student Government  members addressed new proposals and projects that are now complete. SG President Akshitha Padigela spoke with John Ferguson, associate...

SG Report: December 5th

SG Report: December 5th

December 5, 2016

Comet Discount Program Student Government is planning to update the Comet Discount Program, which provides various deals on goods and services found within a 10-mile radius of UTD. A full list of businesses...

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