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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

“The Leftovers” paints a visceral picture of the world, post-tragedy

April 19, 2015

In the spring of 2011, a man named Harold Camping made national news by predicting the exact date of the rapture: May 21, 2011. Camping was an evangelical preacher who taught that on May 21, the righteous...

Social Work Dean Retires After More Than a Decade

April 19, 2015

After 15 years, Jannah Mather, dean of the College of Social Work, will be leaving the U. Since 2000, Mather has brought important changes to the program, including raising money for an addition to the...

(Photo by Dane Goodwin)

Crimson Nights Ends the Year in Hollywood-Style

April 19, 2015

The last Crimson Nights of the year wasn’t the blockbuster hit it was expected to be. The theme on Friday night was Hollywood, and venues consisted of a photo booth, an oxygen bar, karaoke, a dance...

(Pictured is Dianne Harris. photo courtesy of Caitlyn Harris)

College of Humanities Names New Dean

April 19, 2015

Dianne Harris has officially been named the new dean of the College of Humanities. Currently the director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,...

SNAP tax payer money should not fund soda industry

April 19, 2015

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the federal government’s gargantuan food stamp program. While the program is touted as “America’s first line of defense against hunger”...

U needs to make sexual assault prevention part of curriculum, not just a pledge

April 19, 2015

Signing a pledge to prevent women and men from being victims of sexual assault is one helpful step in the right direction, but what are we really going to do about it? On Sept. 19, 2014, President Obama...

World leaders need to acknowledge Armenian Genocide, demand justice

By Aaron Clark April 19, 2015

April 24 of this year is a day of great importance. It marks a century since unthinkable crimes against humanity were committed, since men were systematically murdered and women were brutally raped, since...

Softball: Utes come out on top in match-ups with other Pac-12 teams

April 19, 2015

The Utah softball team continues to turn heads. The most recent instance came over the weekend as the Utes took their series against No. 16 Arizona, two games to one. The series concluded with a 4-2 Utah...

Gymnastics: Georgia Dabritz wins first national championship

Gymnastics: Georgia Dabritz wins first national championship

April 19, 2015

All weekend long at the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth Texas, Utah senior Georgia Dabritz dominated the uneven bars, and on Sunday she was crowned champion. Dabritz scored a 9.625...