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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

Senior guard Nolan Harvey cheers on his team from the sidelines during the Senior Day game against Concordia on Feb. 21.

Senior captain battles with injury

February 24, 2015

As the pile of bodies continued to grow on top of him, he thought he was going to die. Nolan Harvey, a point guard for the men’s basketball team, had just hit a game-winning, three-point shot with less...

Arun Prasatth| Staff

Black History Month

February 9, 2015

Black leaders on campus discuss community, success When the late historian Carter G. Woodson started the Association for The Study of Afro-American Life and History in 1915, his aim was to document the...

Connie Cheng | Photo Editor
Nesquik Snack Attack

Coming out of hibernation

February 2, 2015

Jan. 14, 2015 Nesquik Snack Attack — As a part of the Winter Welcome Back, the Nesquik Bunny stopped by the Chess Plaza on Jan. 14 to dance battle with students such as Tou-Te Tsai, an accounting graduate...

Arun Prasath| Staff
Husband and wife duo, Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães, began playing together in 1999 after meeting in Dallas. They played in the Jonsson Performance Hall on Jan. 22

TwoPianists perform

January 26, 2015

Husband and wife duo travel world, master art of piano She slightly rose in place, like she was hearing her own music for the first time. Her head and body rotated in a circular motion, following the range...

Arun Prasath
Carruthers is now in his eighth year as an assistant coach for UTD. Prior to that, he played his collegiate career as a Comet,  leaving his mark as the program’s all-time leader in assists.

Sideline Stories 1: UTD all-time leader in assists takes role as second-in-command after solid career, aims to be a head coach one day

December 1, 2014

It was the start of the 2007 basketball season, and the men’s basketball team had traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., to play in a tournament. Assistant coach Travis Carruthers, on the sidelines for the first...

Arun Prasath|Staff Photographer
The women’s team is returning several key players from last year’s squad, including senior guards Madi Hess (top) and Amber Brown (bottom). The team beat Texas Lutheran 58-55 on Nov. 15.

Women look to build on teamwork to take on tough ASC

November 17, 2014

The women’s basketball team is looking to rebound it it’s quest to claim the ASC title after it’s season ended abruptly in last year’s conference semifinals. The team, which went 21-6 last year,...

Parthasarathy S.K. | Staff Photographer

Ravishankar Karunanithi, Supply Chain Management graduate student, is a certified tattoo artist who got his training from Chennai, India's leading tattoo parlor Talisman tattoo Boutique.

The tattoo depicts the major three religious symbols in India—the Om, cross, and crescent. The quote, in his regional language Tamil, means "As you sow, so shall you reap."

Behind the Ink

September 24, 2014

UTD students share the tales behind their tattoos—and insights into their experiences—with the Mercury. "I think more people have tattoos than other people realize. And I think a lot of people are...

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