‘NEWS’ Archives
Common Cents
JARED PICKENS and JULIE YOON Senior Lecturer, Finance and Intern As college students reach the end of their undergraduate education, many begin to wonder if graduate school is worth the costs and the possible student loan debt they will have to pay off after graduating. Although students can learn more and gain knowledge beyond the [...]
The SG Report
Lauren FeatherStone, Mercury Staff Senators give their support for a student veteran center and reveal details on the Founders Fountain renovations at the Feb. 7 Student Government meeting. Matthew Melton and Mike Rials, both veteran students at UTD, presented a proposal for the creation of an on-campus veteran center. Currently there [...]
UTD student orgs reach record high
Philip Johnston Mercury Staff This year the number of registered student organizations rose from 160 to 186. This increase of more than 16 percent reflects how rapidly UTD is growing, both in numbers and in student involvement. “You definitely have to account for the increase in enrollment,” said Tineil Lewis, assistant director of [...]
Geography to go off the map
Sheila Dang, Mercury Staff Due to an overall lack of interest, the geography program is slated to be combined with geospatial information science, or GIS, starting 2015. James Marquart, Dean of the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences said the decision was made by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board which sets the [...]
Comets watch their waste lines
Sheila Dang, Mercury Staff UTD launched its participation in RecycleMania 2012 with the display of Mount Trashmore, an exhibition of one day’s worth of trash produced on campus at the Chess Plaza on Feb. 8. This is UTD’s fifth year as part of RecycleMania, a recycling competition that takes place Feb.5- April 6 among more than 550 [...]
Student inspires refugees to study human rights
Anwesha Bhattacharjee, Features Editor A project on documenting work conditions in the rubber plantations of south-west Thailand landed political science senior Brittany Ellenberg at the forefront of a human rights campaign for Myanmar’s refugees last fall. An internal political conflict within Myanmar has resulted in more than 140,000 [...]
Provost reflects on 20 years at UTD
ANWESHA BHATTACHARJEE, Features Editor It looked and felt the same as any other office — formal brown couches, classical music playing in the background, papers spread out on tables in disarrayed organization and bookshelves — until one cared to peruse the titles on them from quantum physics to history. It was an easy observation: this [...]
Soaring: On-campus initiatives aim to academically aid students
Like many students, James Russell’s first and worst semester were one in the same. The physics major came to UTD with the Academic Excellence Scholarship and a 3.71 GPA from his high school in Tyler. He was used to going to school every weekday, but having time to do whatever he wanted after the last bell rang at 3 p.m. Once he got to college, [...]
The SG Report
LAUREN FEATHERSTONE Mercury Staff Possible student fee increases were revealed and senate moves to online surveys to promote saving money and staying green at the Jan. 24 Student Government meeting. At the end of March, students will be able to vote on student fee increases for the new school year, said Sharkey Andrews, SG president and Arts [...]
Moot court teams rank among top 32 in nation
KYLE REYNOLDS Mercury Staff Two UTD Moot Court teams finished among the top 32 teams at this year’s American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament, hosted Jan. 13 and 14 at Chapman University in Orange, California. The teams – one comprised of Richard Stees and Michelle Nirumandrad, the other of Faith Boyle and Irene Morse [...]
