Paola Martinez | Life & Arts Editor
Big Tex smiles, welcoming visitors with open arms in his full cowboy get up --- boots, hat, ascot. “Howdy, folks!” he says in his characteristic Texan drawl....
Paola Martinez | Life & Arts Editor
When two UTD alumni and a few Dallas-area volunteers packed an Indian buffet restaurant into the back of a pickup truck to start selling lunches on UTD’s campus,...
Discussions about artificial intelligence’s role in our society are becoming inescapable as we grow more accustomed to its presence. The AI doomers, what I like to call those who fear the death of humanity...
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...
Correction, Sept. 6: A previous version of the article incorrectly spelled an instance of "Comet Aerobotics."
Comet Aerobotics, a new branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...
Aggressive beats and snares à la N.W. A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” or Eazy-E's “Boyz-N-The-Hood" blare from the theater's speakers - except instead of English lyrics, the unexpected...
Correction, Aug. 20: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Sasha Kaplan's first electric guitar. It is a Les Paul by Epiphone. An earlier version also had a typo in the headline.
Children’s...
The drivers only have three minutes to swap places. Emotions run high. Anxiety rushes through the team as they pray this year won’t be like the last, hoping nothing goes wrong with their car so they...
As the newly elected 2024-2025 executive officers of Student Government, president and philosophy-computer science double major Devin Schwartz and vice president and sociology senior Debopreeta Bhattacharya...
UPDATE: As of July 22, The Mercury has raised $3,015 — enough to cover the $2,905 fee for reviewing the public records we requested as well as GoFundMe’s transaction fee. UTD’s Office of Legal Affairs...
In a historic first, UTD administration called in law enforcement with riot gear to destroy the “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment while arresting 21 students, faculty, alumni and community members....
State troopers slammed our own students and faculty into the ground, aiming to destroy not just their encampment but their spirit. The administration’s response to the “Gaza Liberation Plaza” on...
