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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

Yiyi ding | Mercury Staff

Know your enemy: Comets should direct DEI ban anger at legislators, not just admin

April 29, 2024

On April 9, UTD President Richard Benson sent a schoolwide email stating that the Office of Campus Resources and Support — created in the wake of Senate Bill 17, which would have continued some of ODEI’s...

Grace Cowger | Mercury Staff & Maria Shaikh | Opinion Editor

The Case of FAFSA

April 29, 2024

Rory Moore | Mercury Staff

Furry Fiesta is fur-ocious fun

April 29, 2024

Art stalls overflowed with merchandise and countless colorful, larger-than-life animal costumes greeted guests at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, which hosted 2024’s Texas Furry Fiesta convention from March...

Photo Courtesy of TIPA

The Mercury wins 19 press awards

April 15, 2024

The Mercury brought home 19 press awards at the 2024 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference in San Marcos, including 13 awards for pre-published work and six awards for live contests. TIPA...

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

In the wake of death

March 18, 2024

In the past few weeks, you have probably heard about the deaths of fellow students and grappled with the shock at losing classmates and friends. We at The Mercury have felt the heaviness too, especially...

Rainier Pederson | Mercury Staff

Riccio: playing with fire

March 18, 2024

Between iWeek, Biryani Night and Lunar New Year, UTD is well-acquainted with beautiful and thoughtful events highlighting diverse traditions. Unfortunately, not every cultural event can be a success,...

Law and letters: Literature degree to debut pre-law concentration

February 12, 2024

After two years of program development, the legal field is coming to Literature students through a new pre-law concentration debuting in fall 2024. Joining four other concentrations already available...

FIRE gives UTD a red light, demands Spirit Rocks return

February 12, 2024

FIRE's rating follows their Dec. 1 letter to UTD demanding the Spirit Rocks be reinstated and their Jan. 16 blog post urging for the Spirit Rocks’ restoration, after Student Affairs’ Nov. 20 decision...

Shreya Ravi | Mercury Staff

What’s that orange pod in the Student Union?

February 12, 2024

The Office for Campus Resources and Support introduced a LilyPad lactation pod to the Student Union’s first floor in the beginning of the spring 2024 semester, providing a convenient space for pumping...

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

Hating furries proves you’re uneducated

February 12, 2024

Everyone knows furries are embarrassing, creepy perverts – but how much of that belief stems from miseducation? Whether uploading illustrations of their humanoid animal personas — better known as...

Yiyi Ding | Mercury Staff

Green Day saves their fading reputation with ‘SAVIORS ’

January 29, 2024

Although most casual listeners have only heard tracks from “American Idiot,” Green Day and their furious, political, deliciously all-American pop punk has remained a household name for fans of alternative...

Rainier Pederson | Web Editor

Biased Spirit Rocks reporting misrepresents Comets

January 29, 2024

“We are winning.” “Love them both.” “No peace on stolen land.” Chances are, you remember reading those words on the Spirit Rocks last semester. But the story of UTD’s infamous “rock wars”...

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