Maria Shaikh

Opinion

Riccio: playing with fire

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

By The MercuryMarch 18, 2024

News

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

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

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

News

FIRE gives UTD a red light, demands Spirit Rocks return

FIRE’s rating follows their Dec. 1 letter to UTD demanding the Spirit Rocks be reinstated and their Jan. 16 blog post urging for...

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

News

What’s that orange pod in the Student Union?

The Office for Campus Resources and Support introduced a LilyPad lactation pod to the Student Union’s first floor in the beginning of the...

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

Opinion

Hating furries proves you’re uneducated

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

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

Life & Arts

Green Day saves their fading reputation with ‘SAVIORS ’

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

By The MercuryJanuary 29, 2024

Opinion

Biased Spirit Rocks reporting misrepresents Comets

“We are winning.” “Love them both.” “No peace on stolen land.” Chances are, you remember reading those words on the Spirit Rocks last...

By The MercuryJanuary 29, 2024

Opinion

Bring our rocks back!

“Censorship.” “Cowardly.” “Bring our rocks back.” These were the sentiments expressed by students the morning of Nov. 20, when UTD administration removed the...

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

News

Student Affairs removes Spirit Rocks for platforming ‘extended political discourse’

The Spirit Rocks, UTD’s preeminent platform for student expression, were removed from campus Nov. 20 after “extended political discourse” about the conflict in...

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

News

A week of protests for Spirit Rocks

Hundreds of impassioned Comets participated in a week of events protesting the Spirit Rocks’ Nov. 20 removal, organized by the Progressive Student Coalition....

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

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