Early this summer, residency requirements for the Waterview Park Apartments changed drastically in a move by the management to boost occupancy. The policy adjustment opened up the apartments to a greater number of students by…

Stretching, planning and practicing, hopefuls joked around with one another, while waiting to prove their skills at the first meeting of UTD’s Comet Cheerleaders. The 12 hopefuls were approximately the same number the squad had…

<em>Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.</em> <em>- Bill Shankly</em> This is not a time…

The <em>Mercury</em> asks, “What will you do to commemorate the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks?” “The UTD Police Department is planning to start the Community Emergency Response Team Sept. 11th, and I’ve signed…

ESPN has deemed poker a sport. Now, too, has UTD. Texas Hold ‘Em, the betting card game popularized by the televised World Series of Poker, joins the slate of intramural sports scheduled for this year.…

<strong>’Basically Baroque’ tunes up classics</strong> Music goes Baroque with a talented ensemble of instruments and Senior Lecturer Kathryn Evans’ vocals. Favorite Baroque pieces including “O holder Tag,” “erwünschte Zeit” and three movements from “French Suite…

Vision and perception are explored in the Self Study Group Portfolio now on display in the Visual Arts Building. The project, part of the advanced photography course, was completed last spring. Associate professor Dr. Marilyn…

Repeatedly raped by an uncle when a child, Jaron Benjamin copes by telling his story. Benjamin spoke to 154 students, staff and faculty in the Student Union Galaxy Room as part of Date Rape Awareness…

While many UTD students take on multiple roles in addition to being a student, common sense tells them their lives will be stressful. But for some students like Adrian Cook, the stresses of school and…

<strong>UTD No. 1 for CS degrees awarded</strong> According to a recent survey by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), UTD confers more computer science degrees than any other institution in the country. The survey…