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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

(Photo Courtesy of the Hinckley Insitute of Politics)

Jowers Set to Leave Hinckley Institute After a Decade of Work

By Courtney Tanner April 20, 2015

On his first day as director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics in 2005, Kirk Jowers got an angry phone call. It wasn’t exactly in tune with the welcome banners and congratulatory notes he had...

(Photo by Chris Samuels)

U Students Beg for Environmental Change

April 20, 2015

Six U students will be panhandling this week, but they won’t be asking for money. The Art, Action and Environment class is using their final project to raise awareness about environmental issues....

(Photo Courtesy of Lori Kim Baird)

Excellence in Education Award Goes to Ingebretsen

By Mary Royal April 20, 2015

Richard Ingebretsen was awarded an Excellence in Education award by the Latter-day Saint Student Association. Each year, the LDSSA honors an outstanding educator at the U who demonstrates “superior...

Adams: Poeltl should have taken the potenttial draft money and run

Adams: Poeltl should have taken the potenttial draft money and run

By Griffin Adams and Griffin Adams April 20, 2015

Upon first hearing the news that Utah freshman Jakob Poeltl was returning to school for his sophomore year, I was ecstatic (hey, I’m a student at this school, too). Poeltl coming back means Utah...

Miller: Poeltl made the right call to stay with the Runnin’ Utes

April 20, 2015

Ever since Jakob Poeltl’s big showing in the NCAA tournament, I have been leading the charge that he should head to the NBA. My big reason: Take the money. The Austrian center was going to be a first-round...

Treatments for PTSD need to change

April 20, 2015

Despite our efforts to provide peace and goodwill to the people around us, trauma will always be a part of our world. According to the National Center for PTSD, 60 percent of men and 50 percent...

Corporations need to produce electronics that last in order to combat e-waste

April 20, 2015

We live in a world that is more concerned with replacing things that are broken than fixing them. Our society is obsessed with the never-ending “upgrade,” whether that be of phones, computers...

Softball notes: Utes among top team in Pac-12 standings

April 20, 2015

Over the weekend the Utes struck again, winning another series where the rankings and numbers pegged them as underdogs. But make no mistake, this Utah squad is anything but an underdog at this point. After...

Baseball notes: Rose shines again as Utes prepare to battle Cougars

Baseball notes: Rose shines again as Utes prepare to battle Cougars

April 20, 2015

Freshman pitcher Jayson Rose has made quite an impact since joining the team this season, with several strong performances in a row. The best part about it for Utah is that he doesn’t look to be...

Gymnastics: After 40 years Greg Marsden announces his retirement

April 20, 2015

The Red Rocks may have been stunned by Florida in the Super Six on Saturday, but nothing could have prepared them, or their fans, for what came just two days later. After 40 years and 10 national championships,...