Tag: Miguel Perez
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The Race for Texas
Highlights from the Sept. 30 gubernatorial debate ABBOTT • Abbott said Texas needs a block grant. • He supports increased spending on women and veteran health care and mental health care. • He doesn’t want to impose the Affordable Care Act as an additional cost to Texans. DAVIS • Texans are writing harder tax…
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Library schedule extending to 24 hrs
Following a push from Student Government, the university administration has approved a proposal that will extend library hours. The hours have not been finalized, but the library is expected to be open 24 hours on some days, said Provost Hobson Wildenthal. Since the beginning of her term, SG Vice President Nancy Fairbank has been working…
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Living in Recovery
New center opens, aims to help students recovering from addictions Students seeking help with substance use disorders or any addictive behavior can look to the new Center for Students in Recovery, or CSR. Zachary Ramsey heads the program as collegiate recovery manager and said the center’s services and programming will be fully functional when the…
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‘Sin’ sequel offers nothing new
Stunning monochrome visuals fail to supersede shallow female roles, lack of novelty in ‘A Dame to Kill For’ If presented as a shameless satire, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” would have been a smashing success. The darker-than-dark noir oozes with brooding figures, melodrama and gorgeous monotone imagery that slaps you right in the…
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First freshman class faced unprepared administration
Unforeseen challenges marred Class of 1994 experience Every year, campus lights up around the end of August as students return for the fall semester and freshmen step into the new realm that is UTD. For the inaugural freshmen class of 1990, that same step was new and unfamiliar for everyone involved. Eighteen year olds roamed…
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Student moonlights as stripper
Updated: A previous version of this article was printed in error. The Mercury regrets this error. At the start of his shift, he comes in, flirts with potential customers and changes into nothing but a pair of tight underwear. For the rest of the night, he woos patrons with his dancing and pole tricks amidst…
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Miyazaki 101
Anime aficionados, professors to speak at Forth Worth film series focused on Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki Acclaimed animator Hayao Miyazaki’s films will be the star attraction at Fort Worth’s Modern Art Museum, and two faculty members will lead discussions around the Japanese artist’s most-recognized characters and stories as part of the film series. Although Marc…
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Pinpointing Dallas poverty
Drive-by survey from the Institute of Urban Policy Research shows economic disparity between North, South Dallas neighborhoods While UTD is well-known for its established science and technology research, it’s in a little building across campus where The Institute for Urban Policy Research is an emerging force in investigating the economic distress around Dallas. In 2009,…