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The Official Student Opinion and Satire Magazine of UTD
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Hamsters and Fish: Not-So-Easy Beginner Pets
Many people see hamsters and fish as great beginner pets, especially for children. How hard can it be? All you need for a hamster is a small, colorful, plastic cage and some packaged food, right? What could a small betta fish need more than a bowl, water, and some cheap fish flakes? But these small […]
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Defending Yourself in the Metaverse
How would you imagine the average living room in the 21st century? Would you think of automatic, voice controlled appliances, and immersive, virtual reality video games? That’s how the future is envisioned in one of Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom’s attractions, Carousel of Progress. The last scene, created in the 90’s and meant to depict a home […]
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The Lesser of Two Weevils: How insects and algae are the future of food
Sustainability and food insecurity are two issues that often go hand in hand. As our climate changes, the farming methods we use today will become harder and harder to maintain, especially livestock farming. Two food sources that are both sustainable and nutrient dense are insects and algae. Although these food sources are considered largely unconventional […]
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Local Eats
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UTD Eats: Coffee Date Edition
I Love U A-Latte – Ally Duong I Love U A-Latte is a local family-owned cafe that’s not only a great study spot, but also a nice date location for this Valentine’s Day season. The coffee shop is a quick four minute drive or a thirteen minute walk from campus. Like the name suggests, they […]
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Satire
Evidence Against Seatbelt Mandates
Much of the world has accepted compulsory seatbelts. If you are caught without one on, you would be fined in most places. But how fair is it to mandate something that may be near useless, or downright unsafe? Most of us have not questioned our daily use of seatbelts, or how effective it really is […]
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The Perfect Pet: Cockroaches (Yes, Really)
Many of us begged our parents for a certain pet, growing up. Personally, I asked my parents for it all. I wanted a dog one week, a cat another, maybe even a hedgehog a few months later. Like many other parents, most of the time my mom refused to get me a living being I […]
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