Tag: Ben Nguyen
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Multiple students bring Farage’s classroom conduct to light
When Samuel Button walked into his discrete math course one autumn day in 2016, he was expecting a math lesson. Instead, he recalls, his instructor Timothy Farage opened the lecture of the day with a spiel about Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black boy who had been shot and killed by White officers in Cleveland in…
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Farage needs to be removed from the classroom
Students, alumni, members of the LGBTQ community nationwide and many allies are clamoring for UTD to cut ties with computer science instructor Timothy Farage following his hurtful and backward-minded tweet on July 15 in which he called for researchers to “find a cure for homosexuality.” Farage’s termination might be justified, but we shouldn’t hold our…
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CS professor calls for ‘cure for homosexuality’
Editor’s note: This story, first published on July 15th, is developing and will continue to be updated. The original article will be listed below the latest updates. A senior CS graduate adviser and lecturer said, “Can we at least try to find a cure for homosexuality, especially among men?” in a tweet commenting about the…
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UTD Esports program to add VALORANT team and new academy teams
UTD Esports added a “VALORANT” team and a new “academy” system for supporting more organized esports play for more students. The latest game to be added to the varsity esports program is “VALORANT”, Riot Games’ first person 5v5 tactical shooter released in 2020. While the game is relatively new in comparison to longer-running titles such…
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Dunn Brothers Coffee
Yet another northern coffee chain has transplanted itself into DFW in the last few years, but our particular local branch of Dunn Brothers Coffee arrived with some unique circumstances. Just down the road from the Walmart on Coit Road, Dunn Brothers looks an awful lot like an upscale Starbucks at first glance. Take a few…
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SG? Never heard of ’em
Students have long stopped caring about Student Government, and with the conclusion of this spring’s elections, it doesn’t look like student government cares about themselves either. Oh, haven’t you heard? The Student Government elections took place about a month ago, from March 28 to March 30. You can be forgiven for potentially missing out on…
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SG election Winners’ agendas
Student government elections have concluded, and next term’s executive officers have been decided. The Mercury sat down with cognitive science sophomore Kruthi Kanduri and public policy sophomore Margaret Moore to discuss SG’s future. (Interviews edited for concision) President-elect Kruthi Kanduri: What are your plans for the next academic year? “I think one thing that Margaret…
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‘Overwatch’ team finishes top eight in dying esport
The “Overwatch” team finished the top eight in the last Overwatch Collegiate Championship of “Overwatch 1,” with the team facing the unique situation of trying to stay competitive in a game that is soon to die. After matching up against University of California-Irvine in the first round, the team had to start in the loser’s…
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Dutch Bros Coffee
Not many restaurants, let alone coffee chains, claim to have a highly sociable drive through experience, but Dutch Bros Coffee provides a quick fix of energy – in more ways than one. Located about five minutes out from campus on Arapaho and West Shore is the closest chain location of Dutch Bros Coffee. It is…
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Overwatch team prepares for playoffs in the game’s last season
After finishing the Swiss stage of the Overwatch Collegiate Championship 7-1, the Comets have their sights set on the last “Overwatch” trophy there will ever be. The spring 2021 semester is expected to be the last semester of competitive collegiate “Overwatch” play as its sequel, “Overwatch 2,” is anticipated to come by the end of…