Opinion

Opinion

Food for Late-night Thoughts

Campus nightlife can be improved by longer restaurant hours A couple of weeks ago, I was dropped back to my dorm a little...

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Socialism: Critiqued

Chances are you have running water, clean clothes, a phone and plans for a decent lunch. By the standards of the first 95%...

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Socialism: Supported

Throughout the span of world history, we have both observed and learned from the rise and ultimate demise of global powers that once...

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Subpar Chainsaw Massacre

Why slasher films don’t do the horror genre justice Horror films are exactly as the name suggests. They do what most other genres...

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A Bug, Not a Feature

Public relations disasters continue to plague the video game industry It’s 2020! And with the new year and new decade, it has come...

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Diversity, Naturally

Tokenism isn’t representation Greta Gerwig’s 2019 movie adaptation of “Little Women” is the newest take on the 1868 classic by Louisa May Alcott....

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Charged for Change

Change of major fee ineffective, not always necessary I entered UTD as a visual and performing arts major with a theatre concentration. Over...

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Resolve to not Resolve

Why New Year’s resolutions accomplish nothing As 2020 approaches and electro swing hopefully becomes vogue for the Roaring 20’s reboot, some people might...

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Publishing Truth

Editor’s Note: This article addresses previous coverage from The Mercury, available here. On Nov. 19, 2019, members of the World Mission Society Church...

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Unsafe Custody

When you are arrested, your life is in a stranger’s hands. But what happens when that stranger, a trained authority figure, doesn’t care...

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