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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Graphic Rachel Woon | Mercury Staff

Creativity is for STEM students too

March 20, 2023

With UTD’s many efforts to expand the arts on campus, now is the perfect time for STEM-oriented students to take on a creative project. At UTD, over 60% of the student body — more than 19,000 students...

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UTD needs better social life

February 27, 2023

Comets often complain that UTD is largely a commuter school and lacks a social life compared to other Texas universities. However, both the administration and students are to blame for the antisocial...

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Free resources for students

February 27, 2023

Students should be more aware of free campus resources to help with — and potentially prevent — midterm burnout. By the time you’re reading this, it’s already week seven or eight of the spring...

Graphic by Rainer Pederson | Mercury Staff

More students need to learn CPR and AED

February 27, 2023

Not enough students are actively learning basic life support, or BLS, which is easy to learn and has immense positive potential. People may require resuscitation when they go unconscious due to a variety...

Graphic by Rainer Pederson | Mercury Staff

Dear Boomers: please stop writing Gen Z characters

February 27, 2023

As newer TV shows like “Euphoria” and “Never Have I Ever” air on popular streaming platforms, young people are constantly seeing how characters our age are portrayed inaccurately, and, frankly,...

Graphic by Juhi Karnalkar | Mercury Staff

We are Asian Americans. We are not a foreign threat. We are not the enemy.

February 27, 2023

One out of five Asian Americans will experience a hate-related incident, and with rising tensions between China and the United States, we will not be silenced when the next round of Asian scapegoating...

Graphic by Anushka Chakravarthi | Mercury Staff

‘MILF Manor’ — dystopia or reality?

February 13, 2023

Disturbing as it is, TLC’s “MILF Manor” should surprise no one, as it follows logically from the problematic themes that viewers have long supported by watching reality shows. “MILF Manor”...

Graphic by Rachel Woon | Mercury Staff

Microaesthetics dangerous for young adults, not liberating

February 13, 2023

The trendy micro aesthetic lifestyles cluttering the internet might seem appealing and harmless, but they are actually obstacles to true individualism. We live in a society where it seems like a necessity...

Graphic by Rachel Woon | Mercury Staff

Soft launches the opposite of romantic

February 13, 2023

Posting a picture of your partner’s side profile on your Instagram isn’t a “soft launch,” you’re just media obsessed.   Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day and its capitalistic...

Graphic by André Averion | Mercury Staff

We’re not Russian, We’re Ukrainian

January 30, 2023

Ukrainians have suffered greatly at the hands of Russians, in part due to the international community’s insufficient response to Russian imperialism. I wear many different labels. I'm a Comet, a...

Graphic by Casey Rubio | Mercury Staff

Automatic Mickey D’s has an OverArching Plot

January 30, 2023

The new automated fast food workflow is a dangerous sign of corporate greed amidst a cost-of-living crisis. Working people and college students alike have long subsisted on customer service, whether...

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