Basketball tips off season

University of Dallas Men’s and Women’s Basketball opened their respective seasons with mixed results and opportunities for improvement. With the first week of games complete, the men’s and women’s teams are working...

Americanism and the Amazon

On Nov. 6, a sharply critical article ran in the University News surrounding both the person of Pope Francis and the recent Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, more commonly known...

Password health

On Sept. 27, the announcement of a partnership between the Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library and The Dallas Morning News (DMN) to provide students accounts for the DMN was emailed to the student body....

Student develops machine to aid pain research in flies

This past summer, Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Drew Steneson’s fly research lab teamed up with Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer from the physics department, to design a machine that could poke Drosophila melanogaster,...

Halloween and Catholicism: a defense

Growing up, I thought Halloween was a celebration of my birthday. As a 7-year-old with a birthday on October 31, that was an understandable misconception. I learned the hard way that my...

Open Studio Night

On Oct. 4, the Haggerty Art Village opened its doors to the public, including the student body and returning alumni participating in Alumni Weekend.  This event, known simply as...

A hard hitting tradition: the student-alumni rugby game

After a tremendous effort and very physical, rough and tumble rugby game against Angelo State University, UD Hoggies took part in the age-old tradition of the student/alumni game on Saturday.

Conference season starts strong for Volleyball

The University of Dallas volleyball team won its first conference games of the season 3-2 against Austin College during a home game on Sept. 17.  Austin came out with...

Tumultuous weekend for Men’s soccer

On Sept. 20, the University of Dallas Men’s Soccer team accomplished a solid 4-1 win in a home game against Schreiner University.  Dallas offense kept the Schreiner goalkeeper busy...

Clearing the smoke around Senate Bill 21

On June 7, 2019, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a new bill, known as Senate Bill 21, which raised the purchasing and consumption age of tobacco and nicotine products...

To the class of 2023:

To the Class of 2023, and to each new student — once more, welcome. By now, you’ve likely eaten in the Café and studied in the Cap Bar or Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library....

Returning to campus can be scary, and that’s a good thing

It’s here again.  That time of the year has come once more — when herds of freshmen can be seen dutifully following their orientation schedules, when student leaders and...

Cross Country season starts with a bang against Austin College

The University of Dallas Cross Country team delivered an impressive first performance at the CROOsader Dual meet on August 31 at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Both men’s and women’s squads had...

What’s in a game: The insatiable pursuit

A Nike commercial once urged viewers: “Listen, if you can run a mile, run a race. You know what, run a marathon. Outrun a movie star. If you can play table tennis,...

Men’s soccer crushes Howard Payne and suffers two losses

On Aug. 30, University of Dallas men’s soccer defeated Howard Payne University 5-1 to open their 2019 season. The victory was followed by losses to University of Wisconsin-Superior on September 1 (3-1)...