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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

Baseball team falls short in wild ASC tourney

Baseball team falls short in wild ASC tourney

May 14, 2015

The baseball team fell 5-6 to conference rival UT Tyler in the ASC tournament championship game on May 9 to cap off its series of post-season close finishes. The Comets started off their tournament run...

Hundreds gather at vigil for Nepal

Hundreds gather at vigil for Nepal

May 1, 2015

Corrections: The title of the father of a victim of the earthquake was incorrect. He was a teacher of Bikash Manandhar.  The name of the organization members of NSA went to to get registered was incorrectly...

Dean of Students to replace Rachavong as VP Student Affairs

Dean of Students to replace Rachavong as VP Student Affairs

April 21, 2015

Correction: Gene Fitch is the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. The Mercury regrets this error. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Gene Fitch has been named...

Arun Prasath|Staff

Club advocates camping rentals for all students

April 13, 2015

Students may soon have the option to check out tents and sleeping bags pending an agreement between the Outdoor Adventure Club and Recreational Sports. Lauren O’Neal, president of the club and a biology...

Chancellor McRaven lays out plans to student journalists

March 31, 2015

UT System Chancellor William McRaven outlined his plans for the system in a conference with student journalists on March 31. McRaven, who started his tenure in January after retiring as four-star admiral...

Woodley saves second chapter in "Divergent" trilogy

Woodley saves second chapter in “Divergent” trilogy

March 20, 2015

The second installment of the “Divergent” trilogy struggles to break away from a slew of current teen fare exploring dystopian worlds, despite a strong performance from rising star Shailene Woodley. Directed...

Senior guard Madi Hess was one assist away from the program's first ever triple-double

Women triumph, men fall in ASC tourney

March 2, 2015

Women take home ASC crown  The women’s basketball team entered the ASC tournament with one of the best records in program history, going 21-4 in the regular season. After beating Concordia to close...

Ex-husband arrested, charged with murder in Anna Moses case

Ex-husband arrested, charged with murder in Anna Moses case

February 27, 2015

Frisco Police arrested and charged 63-year-old Robert Moses with the murder of his ex-wife Anna Moses, a UTD employee, on Feb. 26 a little after 2 p.m. Robert Moses, who has been charged with first degree...

20 Shades of Hot Chocolate

20 Shades of Hot Chocolate

February 24, 2015

Alright so you’re iced in. Now what? You can pretend to be using these days off to do homework but we all know you’re binge watching some Netflix show and staring into your pantry hoping food will...

Local music is thriving in the Dallas area.

Dallas music scene emerges

February 24, 2015

Take a drive through Deep Ellum on any given weekend and you’ll likely hear local music echoing among the old buildings covered in buffed out graffiti behind the massive highways and the canyon of downtown...

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Regents approve new ATEC school

February 13, 2015

The UT System Board of Regents approved the proposal on Feb. 12 to create a separate Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication school starting fall 2015. The new school will offer six degree programs...

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