Despite power outages and Texas heat, UTD’s first full week of classes witnessed a campus overflowing with activities. Welcome Week 2004, sponsored by a number of departments within Student Life, featured events to help students…

For students in need of visual and intellectual entertainment, “BetaTest.2” promises to stimulate with its mixture of technological, theatrical and other visually experimental work. The second annual festival dedicated to showcasing experimental student work, “BetaTest.2”…

The School of Arts & Humanities is without a permanent graduate dean, but Associate Professor Gerald Soliday has agreed to step in and save the day, or rather the academic year. A professor of historical…

If Cartoon Network can’t satiate your desire for full 3D anime, then you’d better pick up a copy of Namco’s “Tales of Symphonia,” released this July for Nintendo GameCube. In typical role-playing game (RPG) fashion,…

<strong>Power Dancers to hold tryouts Sept. 14</strong> The UTD Power Dancers have announced the dates for their audition of new members for the upcoming year. The first audition information session will be at 8:30 p.m.,…

Is your apartment dull? Is your couch missing legs and cushions? Only four walls to call your own? Never fear, Trading Waterview Spaces returns to help spruce up two lackluster apartments. Co-sponsored by The Mercury,…

Artist and author Laray Polk, whose work is currently on display in the Visual Arts building, has finally received the last element that she says makes her art complete-people. On Aug. 27, she watched and…

Few books deserve acknowledgment as “one in a million,” but as of Sept. 10, any volume at the McDermott Library would fit that billing. With the addition of “Flora Londinenis,” a pioneering volume in English…

Janie Johnson from the Office of Enrollment Services spoke at the Potter’s House Convention this summer encouraging young students to consider college. This session served as a culmination for a year that saw Johnson working…

UT Austin has the Student Orange Bloods. Duke has the Cameron Crazies. Now, UTD has the Comet Crush. The Crush, UTD’s brand new sports fan club, invaded the gym Sept. 1, cheering for the UTD…