Watch, Read, Listen
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Kashmir conflict explored through ‘BExchanged’
Three UTD artists will combine dance, music, movies, voice and culture in an attempt to shine light on a dark issue. The conflict over Kashmir, a strategic strip of land between India and Pakistan, has…
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UTD Police Scanner
<strong>Sept. 2</strong> A non-affiliated person was arrested at Waterview Park (WP) for three outstanding warrants from the Plano Police Department. UTD Police responded to a fire alarm pull station in WP. Investigation revealed it to…
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BrainHealth Center lecture delves into teenage brain
Contrary to popular belief, teenagers aren’t aliens from other planets. They’re not possessed, they’re not mutants and they’re not diseased. Such was the perspective presented at “The Teen Brain: Excitement and Exasperation,” the first installment…
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Cartoon Corner
<strong>Black & White</strong> by Luke McKenzie… <strong>”Pickles Count as Vegetables”</strong> by Leslie Dixon…
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Sports Briefs 09/20/04
<strong>Taylor named top offensive player</strong> Every American Southwest Conference East offensive soccer player of the week in 2004 has worn a Comets jersey. Okay, so there’s only been one, but with her dominating performance in…
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Artists’ obsessions show in ‘Excessive’
While words such as “excessive” or “obsessive” might sometimes be used to describe persons with psychological or emotional issues, John Pomara, artist and assistant professor for Arts & Performance, thinks these qualities can be good…
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SGA’s online voting still out-of-line
<em>Editor’s Note: Following is an editorial of The Mercury’s editorial board. The Editorial Board consists of the newspaper’s management team (editor-in-chief, managing editor, section editors, advertising manager and copy editor). The editorial board will discuss,…
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1,100 chime in on SlashDot posting
UTD garnered the national attention of the technological community Sept. 9, when computer science sophomore Chris Skalenda posted news of Information Resources (IR) new wireless access policy on the popular web forum SlashDot.org. Within 12…
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Power cables replaced
Eighteen-hundred pounds of cable later, feeder lines one and two have been replaced, restoring perpetual power to campus. The administration reached its goal of having the power lines replaced by the end of the month…
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Truce declared in wireless war
UTD Information Resources officials said Sept. 10 they are reversing their previous decision to ban private wireless access points in Waterview Park after the discovery of an FCC ruling prohibiting such a move. In a…