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The Official Student Opinion and Satire Magazine of UTD
Opinion
American Mythology: The “Self-Made” Billionaire
Americans are obsessed with the fairy tale of the “self-made” billionaire. Once upon a time, the uber-wealthy were lowly working people like me and you, but through a little elbow grease and hard work, they were magically transformed! News outlets love to spin stories of so-called “self-made” tech billionaires as inspiration porn- Microsoft Founded by […]
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Pokemon: Stagnation is Their Foundation
So far, three new Pokémon games have been announced for the Nintendo Switch, all set to release sometime either this year or next. New Pokémon Snap is set to release April 30, 2021, Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon: Shining Pearl are slotted for some time this year, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus will come out in […]
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WandaVision’s Lack of Vision
Wanda Maximoff has had her life torn apart repeatedly by the writers of the MCU. First, her parents died (apparently in front of her eyes as WandaVision retconned) to a bomb made by Stark Industries, then her brother was brutally gunned down by a beast of Stark’s creation, and then she had to kill the […]
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Summer Fun During COVID
Do you want to do fun summer activities but still want to take the global pandemic seriously (unlike our wonderful Governor Abbott who might want to actually kill us all)? Cause I do. Below is a list of fun things to do for the sweltering Texas summer of 2021— all while being as safe as […]
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My Relationship With Anime Can’t Be This Complicated
I’ve been a casual fan of anime and manga from a young age. I read the manga adaptations of games like Legend of Zelda and Kingdom Hearts. I loved Pokemon, but more so the game than the animation. It seemed that most of my entry points into anime and manga were from video games. However, […]
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Whooshing Red
The Winter, The Blackouts, and The Apocalypse
In Houston, a suburban family finds their three children dead in a house fire. In Harris County, at least 300 were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. In the same city, a 60-year-old unhoused man is found dead, having frozen to death. Per the Washington Post, at least 58 people died in this month’s winter storms […]
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There Is An Escape
To say that the release of Cyberpunk 2077 was a disaster would be an understatement. From the moment the game launched on December 10th of last year, it was abundantly clear that the game was so buggy, it was nearly unplayable. Some glitches were only cosmetic problems, like NPCs randomly T-posing or trying to put […]
Opinion
Embrace The Meme
UT Dallas probably wasn’t a school you thought very much about when you were applying to colleges – you probably didn’t really know much about the university until you first arrived on campus for your initiation as a Comet. That’s because we’re new, and typically when people think of a “UT School,” they think of […]
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Black Women and the Short Men Who Won’t Leave Them Alone
I know what you’re probably thinking: here comes another think piece about racism and inequality. To put it simply, you’re absolutely right; but today we’re going to be more introspective. I’m talking about looking at problems within the black community that are promoting the cycle of inequality. The day colonizers stepped foot on African soil […]
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Where Did All The School Shootings Go?
If Anything Happens I Love You is a 12-minute short film on Netflix that will shatter your heart, throw it out the window, run over it with a truck, and set it on fire. Directed by Michael Govier and Will McCormack and produced by Laura Dern, the film succeeds in making you experience all the […]
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Web Exclusives
Media in the Time of COVID-19
When channel surfing on major networks nowadays, you’ll see that current seasons of prime time television have acknowledged the overgrown elephant in every room: we are all living in the midst of a global pandemic. The networks flood our eyes with The Conners, Superstore, essentially any show written by Shonda Rhimes… yet, instead of providing […]
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Reproductive Coercion
It’s happened to all of us. We’ve all driven down a rural, Texas highway and passed a billboard that reads: “Pregnant? Need help? Give us a call.” Advertisements like that belong to crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), non-profit organizations that focus on persuading pregnant people to not have abortions. Such centers have mastered the art of […]