Tag: Paola Martinez
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Visiting Big Tex: Tips on how to make the best of your trip to the annual State Fair of Texas
Paola Martinez | Life & Arts Editor Big Tex smiles, welcoming visitors with open arms in his full cowboy get up — boots, hat, ascot. “Howdy, folks!” he says in his characteristic Texan drawl. The State Fair of Texas at Fair Park, an unmissable cultural landmark in Dallas, will open its doors from Sept. 27…
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From the back of a truck to a UTD dining venue, two UTD alums’ food journey
Paola Martinez | Life & Arts Editor When two UTD alumni and a few Dallas-area volunteers packed an Indian buffet restaurant into the back of a pickup truck to start selling lunches on UTD’s campus, they did not expect to garner booming interest — or ultimately, for those alumni to turn the to-go box meals…
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Editorial: Benson’s resignation leaves bitter legacy
Richard Benson announced his departure from his position as UTD’s fifth president Aug. 26, saying in his resignation letter that, “Reflecting on all that has been accomplished over the last eight years, and all that has been set in motion, I feel that this is a good time to pass the leadership of UT Dallas…
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Lunar rover to the moon
Correction, Sept. 6: A previous version of the article incorrectly spelled an instance of “Comet Aerobotics.” Comet Aerobotics, a new branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at UTD, became the first UTD team to compete in NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Competition by building a lunar rover that could help advance NASA’s Artemis moon…
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50 shades of “PINK!”
Fuchsia, coral, peach, bubblegum, magenta, blush — countless different shades of pink can be found in the SP/N Gallery’s “PINK!” exhibition, which debuted Aug. 23. “PINK!” presents viewers with a dizzying array of pink artwork and performance, encouraging viewers to reconsider their feelings and presuppositions about the color by presenting new perspectives. “PINK!” was curated…
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Opinion: “Alien: Romulus” on AI: protector or enemy?
Discussions about artificial intelligence’s role in our society are becoming inescapable as we grow more accustomed to its presence. The AI doomers, what I like to call those who fear the death of humanity thanks to highly intelligent and superior computerized robots, always make the same points about the harm that AI can do. However,…
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Opinion: “Kneecap” curb stomps Anglo Saxon supremacy through Irish-language art
Aggressive beats and snares à la N.W. A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” or Eazy-E’s “Boyz-N-The-Hood” blare from the theater’s speakers – except instead of English lyrics, the unexpected Irish Gaelic sounds throughout the theater. The lyrical rap of “Kneecap,” a comedy drama released Aug. 2 and first Irish-language winner of the NEXT Audience award, transcends language…
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The Paisleys: from breakup to breakout
Correction, Aug. 20: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Sasha Kaplan’s first electric guitar. It is a Les Paul by Epiphone. An earlier version also had a typo in the headline. Children’s music classes are wrapping up for the day — a final musical scale floats through their air, lights are turned off,…
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Racing to the finish line
The drivers only have three minutes to swap places. Emotions run high. Anxiety rushes through the team as they pray this year won’t be like the last, hoping nothing goes wrong with their car so they can finally complete the course that has bested them until now. As the car crosses the finish line, the…
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73 Questions with your SG executives
As the newly elected 2024-2025 executive officers of Student Government, president and philosophy-computer science double major Devin Schwartz and vice president and sociology senior Debopreeta Bhattacharya sat down with The Mercury to shed light on who they are outside of their lofty titles, in the viral interview style of Vogue’s “73 Questions.” Q: How long…