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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

Graphic By Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

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November 13, 2023

Graphic By Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

Red Light: UTD Sexual Harassment Policies Threaten Comets’ Liberties

November 13, 2023

UTD should amend its Student Grievances policy to match the definition of sexual harassment in its Sexual Misconduct Policy. While firm anti-harassment policies are important and necessary, inconsistent...

Graphic By Yiyi Ding | Mercury Staff

Antisocial Campus? Try Sports

November 13, 2023

Embracing sports culture at UTD will bring Comets together and invigorate campus UTD’s lack of a sports culture is a direct culprit for the school’s lack of a social scene. Luckily, this is something...

Graphic By Shubham ShekharJha | Mercury Staff

Abbott’s failures unmask the facade of “school choice”

November 13, 2023

School voucher programs siphon money away from public education, and UTD could become collateral damage The Texas Legislature’s fourth special session is underway, with the House committee advancing...

Margaret Moore and Christy Lopez Aguilar as Homecoming King and Queen. Photo By Gregory Binu | Mercury Staff

Homecoming crowning a win for LGBT+ Comets

October 30, 2023

In a true embodiment of a comet, the UTD student body has fabulously soared above the standards of the Texas government by electing Margaret Belford and Cristy Lopez Aguilar as homecoming King and Queen...

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

‘Disappointed to be a UTD student’: Benson’s Israel-Hamas statement disrespects grieving Comets

October 20, 2023

Not only does UTD president Richard Benson’s latest message about the Israel-Hamas war disrespect grieving students, it successfully alienates students with ties to Palestine at a time where Palestinian...

Graphic By Oluwaseun Adeyemi | Mercury Staff

Subreddit drama endangers students

October 16, 2023

At the end of the spring 2023 semester, UTD subreddit moderators clashed, causing the removal of one of its most helpful moderators, u/WillieCubed. With r/utdallas now unsafe to use, students should pay...

Drag performances and the LGBTQ+ community are inextricably tied together. Protections for drag allow gender noncomforming people to exist
without restrictions on their expression, and preserve the unique creative art form born from the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Graphic By Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff

Drag wins are LGBTQ+ wins

October 16, 2023

All LGBTQ+ Texans, especially college-age students, should celebrate the Sept. 26 overturning of Texas’s “drag show ban.” A victory for the drag community sets a precedent for gender and sexual...

Graphic By Rainier Pederson | Mercury Staff

Climate Corps won’t save us

October 16, 2023

President Joe Biden’s new American Climate Corps program, announced Sept. 20, plans to put thousands of young Americans to work in the “clean energy economy” to combat climate change. But despite...

Graphic By Erin Gutschke | Mercury Staff

Attention, students: unionize

October 16, 2023

The 2022–2023 HarperCollins strike, the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and the ongoing 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike are shaking the foundations of industries, proving that united voices can move mountains....

You Shouldn't Care About Nika Nikoubin

You Shouldn’t Care About Nika Nikoubin

October 2, 2023

Infamous UTD felon Nika Nikoubin’s new autobiography “Who is Nika Nikoubin? A Bloody Las Vegas Hotel Story” is larger than life, dramatically illustrating the high-profile March 2022 attempted murder...

Instead of starting up tourism again after a series of deadly firestorms, Maui locals need time and resources to recover from the devestating natural disaster. However, the government enables tourists to continue exploiting natives' land — as a result, it is up to common citizens like us to provide economic aid and empathy where we can. Graphic By Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

Support Maui natives instead of vacationing

October 2, 2023

The Hawaiian firestorm on the island of Maui on Aug. 8 is one of the worst disasters in the archipelagos since the 1944 West Loch explosion, and as corporations take over the indigenous land of thousands...

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