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Culinary Cruisers: Vehicles of Change
Food trucks are delicious, extremely diverse and rapidly becoming a part of Dallas’s culinary scene. If we are just a little bit lucky, and more than a little bit persistent, they will become a part of UT Dallas’s too.
Student outcry for food options has felt so long ignored that it is easy to be incredulous of change, but trucks of artisanal delicacy are only a hop, skip, and email of interest away from an on-campus reality. This year, while planning for Oozeball, the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Dr. Piñeres, intimated that the University is considering bringing food trucks onto campus. As I began to seek details, Brittany Sharkey, Student Government President, revealed that the plans were far more advanced than I could have known.
She explained that the university already had...
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Summer Cinema Smackdown
This summer, like every summer, features week after week of blockbuster releases. However, this year is special.
By September, we will have seen the end of Christopher Nolan’s epic trilogy (The Dark Knight Rises), the culmination of five seemingly unrelated Marvel superhero films (The Avengers), the revitalization of arguably the greatest horror franchise ever (Prometheus) and the movie version of everyone’s favorite mock historical fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). Oh, I almost forgot, The Amazing Spider-Man also adds to the superhero centric summer blockbuster lineup.
The Avengers (May 4) ties together the story lines of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk (the Ed Norton one, not the Eric Bana one), Thor and Captain America. The Avengers are the superhero equivalent...
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Golden Rule
If a friend gives you some food when you’re hungry, what would you say?
After any inherent displays of delight, the proper answer would be “thank you.”
Why should the response be any different when the person is a waitress at The Pub?
A trip to the Dining Hall, Comet Cafe, or The Pub reveals a disappointing lack of gratitude towards the workers. For some reason, the fact that serving patrons is in their job description means that they don’t deserve common acts of courtesy.
As the golden rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If you expect to get thanks for something, then you should give thanks as well. And if, for some reason, the cashier at the Comet Cafe looks less than enthused to greet you, that doesn’t mean that she’s not deserving of some kind...
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No Vacancy
Any student government officer can tell you the hottest topic of the 2012 UTD election: housing. Many upperclassmen have found themselves essentially homeless following the massive housing shortage for Fall 2012. Considering the sheer size of University Village, the massive ResidenceHalls being built (which seem to be multiplying every semester), and the acres of Waterview Park apartments available, how could there possibly be a housing shortage? One answer: Freshmen.
UTD’s Assistant VP for Student Affairs, Matt Grief said, “We have always prioritized our freshman and second year students.” The reason for this prioritization stems from the belief that freshmen who stay on campus their first year are more likely to continue on at that school and subsequently performs better...
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