Category: Opinion
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Opinion: Olympics cyber harassment underscores misogyny
What happens when an athlete is so good at a sport that they are accused of lying about their sex? Algerian boxer Imane Khelif faced accusations of being a man after her win against Italian boxer Angela Carini in the 2024 Summer Olympics, because she wasn’t a conventionally attractive, white woman. Following her gold medal…
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Letter to the Editor: In response to the editor’s disclaimer on Aug. 19 LTTE
Disclaimer: Mercury policy prohibits censorship as a requirement for publication. Editors provide suggestions on opinion editorials and letters to the editor, which the author can choose to implement. The onus falls upon the author to provide evidence and sourcing for all claims made within an opinion. Opinions with insufficient facts or sourcing can implicate The…
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Editor’s Desk: new semester, new Mercury
Welcome — or welcome back — to campus. For many, this will be your first year at UTD, so you have the great pleasure of learning how to navigate this labyrinthine compound of a university. Our returning students also have the pleasure of charting new paths around campus as parking shifts around because of the…
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Opinion: TeaCo is a boba addict’s dream
UTD finally killed the on-campus Smoothie King. Great! Going to Smoothie King meant reserving at least 40 minutes of your day just to wait and hope that your smoothie gets made today. With the 2024 fall semester now beginning, students are met with a delectable replacement to smoothies: the first-ever boba shop on campus. I…
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Opinion: Danger at the door of Student Government
Our government has, in recent years, become increasingly dysfunctional as obstructionism — the political strategy of preventing work from getting done — brought about by partisan warfare in both houses has rendered Congress unable to govern effectively. I worry that many patterns of obstruction such as the filibuster that prevent representatives of both parties from…
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Opinion: “Kneecap” curb stomps Anglo Saxon supremacy through Irish-language art
Aggressive beats and snares à la N.W. A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” or Eazy-E’s “Boyz-N-The-Hood” blare from the theater’s speakers – except instead of English lyrics, the unexpected Irish Gaelic sounds throughout the theater. The lyrical rap of “Kneecap,” a comedy drama released Aug. 2 and first Irish-language winner of the NEXT Audience award, transcends language…
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Opinion: Art, identity and outrage — Olympic artistry or affront?
A black roof, slick with rain, sheltered a figure cloaked in dark robes, its head veiled by white mesh over a black mask. As this figure soared across the Seine on a zipline, it became a symbol of wonder, marking the beginning of the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony that sent shockwaves through the night. …
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Embrace the Glen-aissance
If you asked anyone, including myself, who Glen Powell is, they probably couldn’t give you a direct answer. Save from an overshadowed role in “Top Gun: Maverick” – courtesy of Miles Teller and his show-stealing performance in the volleyball scene, – Powell has remained an actor known only to “Scream Queens” superfans and modern rom-com…
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Letter to the Editor: Campus antisemitism
Disclaimer: The information presented within this letter to the editor is the opinion of the author and should not be treated as news. On June 12, a UN commission found Israel guilty of “crimes against humanity of extermination, gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys, murder, forcible transfer, and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment.”…
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Opinion: Sanctions, reflections
Editor’s Note: Student X is one of nine students of the “UTD 21,” the 21 students, faculty and community members arrested at the May 1 encampment. Student X is currently facing both academic and legal litigation because of their arrest. Due to the exceptional circumstances they face, The Mercury has granted their request for anonymity…