The loss of etiquette in the new age of concerts

Looking at Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour and now most recently Olivia Rodrigo’s sold out Guts Tour, one might look at these major events and call this year the...

UD outsources maintenance functions to WFF Facility Services

On July 1, the University of Dallas transferred internal maintenance functions to WFF Facility Services. This change was implemented due to UD’s restructuring plan and will save $200,000, 30% of non-academic business...

UD Women’s softball hits off a new season

Due to delays from COVID-19, the University of Dallas women's softball team had a late but promising start to their season.  When asked about the challenges COVID-19 has posed...

UD Men’s baseball optimistic about conference fortunes

Despite COVID-19 complications, the University of Dallas baseball team’s season kicked off only two weeks late on Feb. 13, with the entirety of its schedule set throughout the rest of spring. The...

[The half dozen]

1. Dallas miniFEST At 5:45 p.m. on March 19, attend the DALLAS miniFEST for an evening of music, art, and community in a festival-styled―yet socially-distanced―atmosphere! Ages 21 and up...

Board of Trustees accelerates presidential transition; Sanford to take office March 8th

On March 5, the University of Dallas’ Board of Trustees Chairman, Richard Husseini (BS, ‘88), announced in an email that Provost Jonathan J. Sanford will assume presidential office on March 8, almost...

Recycling saves the planet, but only with our help

Some people doubt that human action has propagated climate change. I disagree with those people, probably on many fronts, but recycling is one thing almost everyone can agree on. Everyone would rather...

UD alumnus establishes print company in Irving

When COVID struck, classics alumnus Taylor Posey made a financially strategic retreat from Irving, Texas to Asheville, North Carolina, he had no idea that he was about to take the first concrete...

Men’s and Women’s soccer succeeds as season opens

After over a year without conference play and the cancellation of fall NCAA sports, Crusader Soccer has kicked off their spring season.  Men’s Soccer began Feb. 25 playing Texas...

Volleyball springs into action against Colorado College

On Feb. 27, the University of Dallas women’s volleyball team played their first home games of the season, facing Colorado College twice in one day in the Maher Athletic Center. 

Students’ snow day shenanigans photographed

Hannah Wilmes immediately grabbed her camera when she saw the snow. The sophomore business major, a Missouri native, is no stranger to snowfall. However, many of her friends had...

Family Traditions: Manigong Bagong Taon

TALON! MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!” my mom screams in Tagalog as the ball drops and the clock hits twelve. I jumped as high as my little legs would allow.  My...

UD men’s and women’s basketball bounce back

Despite the difficulty the COVID-19 pandemic has created for sports over the past year, the University of Dallas men’s and women’s basketball teams are well into their 2020-2021 season, each with eight...

Who’s the NBA’s greatest of all-time?

With the question of LeBron James’ retirement somewhat imminent, the debate for the greatest basketball player of all time has commenced once again. Other contestants in this unsettled debate include Michael Jordan,...