Tag: Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez
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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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Editor’s Desk: “Business decisions”
The Mercury takes pride in its reporting and journalism and constantly seeks out new opportunities to develop its skills. We collaborate with and learn from local journalists, including everyone from independent reporters to groups like the Dallas Morning News, and regularly attend student journalism conferences to connect with other student publications, advisors and mentors. But…
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Benson announces resignation
President Richard Benson sent out a schoolwide email Aug. 26 announcing the UT System has accepted his resignation and is beginning to look for a new president. Benson, who became UTD’s fifth president in 2016, said in the email he expects the search to take “the better part of the 2025 academic year.” He will…
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Here comes ‘Big Momma’
UTD celebrated the groundbreaking for its student success center and student union complex Aug. 12. Members of UTD administration, state and local government and the local community gathered in the Founders Atrium to celebrate UTD’s most ambitious construction project to date. In spring 2024, UTD demolished the Green Center, Calvin Jamison, vice president for Facilities…
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Smoothie King deposed, boba shop takes throne
Aug. 12 marked the soft launch of TeaCo in the Student Union. The newest addition to UTD’s dining facilities will provide students with boba tea on campus for the first time in UTD history. TeaCo Royal is a family-owned and operated tea shop that offers milk tea, smoothies, coffee and fresh tea with seven different…
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Editor’s Desk: new semester, new Mercury
Welcome — or welcome back — to campus. For many, this will be your first year at UTD, so you have the great pleasure of learning how to navigate this labyrinthine compound of a university. Our returning students also have the pleasure of charting new paths around campus as parking shifts around because of the…
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Students arrested May 1 face denial of degree, deferred suspension, continued legal charges
The nine students arrested at UTD’s May 1 “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment face academic and post-graduate challenges as UTD pursues denial of degree, deferred suspension procedures and academic and disciplinary hearings, which endanger the academic careers of the arrested students. On Aug. 6, three months after the arrests, UTD’s Students for Justice in Palestine and…
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Opinion: TeaCo is a boba addict’s dream
UTD finally killed the on-campus Smoothie King. Great! Going to Smoothie King meant reserving at least 40 minutes of your day just to wait and hope that your smoothie gets made today. With the 2024 fall semester now beginning, students are met with a delectable replacement to smoothies: the first-ever boba shop on campus. I…
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New BBS dean appointed
UTD selected Adam Woods as the next dean for the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Woods’ term as Dean begins Aug. 15, 2024. Since fall 2023, BBS has operated without a dean, with Margaret Owen overseeing BBS as an interim dean. She will return to her position as faculty beginning fall 2024. Before coming…
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The Mercury faces over $8,500 fee
At 4:30 a.m. May 1, student organizers created the “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment to protest UTD’s policy toward Palestine. Less than twelve hours later, UTDPD, Texas DPS officers and other local departments raided the encampment and arrested 21 students, faculty, alumni and community members. The Mercury has extensively investigated the aftermath of these arrests, covering…