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U student Kristin Thompson poses for photograph. (Photo by Hailey Danielson | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Soter: Masks Are Saving Lives but Killing the Environment

By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor November 4, 2021

  I know you don’t want to, but we’ve got to talk about masks. Much to everyone’s dismay, the COVID-19 pandemic is not going away anytime soon. This is especially true in Utah where case...

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Utah’s Fossil Fuel Industry: Is Divestment Possible?

By Kailey Gilbert, News Writer November 3, 2021

  Despite the nation's dependence on electricity generation from coal decreasing from 60% to 33% in the past two decades, Utah still gets 76% of its electricity from coal, according to the Healthy...

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Utah Football Retires Number 22 in Honor of Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe

By Chase Mullin, Assistant Sports Editor November 3, 2021

  Saturday night’s University of Utah football game will be remembered for years, and not just because the Utes drubbed UCLA 44-24 to clearly put themselves in the driver’s seat in the Pac-12...

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National Parks and the U’s Campus: Respecting Native Land

By Devin Oldroyd, News Writer November 3, 2021

  “We acknowledge that this land, which is named for the Ute Tribe, is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute Tribes. The University of Utah...

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Cushman: Trial by Jury Isn’t Always Just

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer November 3, 2021

  The sixth amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to trial by an unbiased jury of their peers. Trial by jury’s place in our constitution comes...

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Personal and Objective Truth as Explored by ‘The Last Duel’

By Luke Jackson November 3, 2021

  “The truth does not matter. There is only the power of men.” The above line is spoken by Nicole de Buchard (Harriet Walter) in the early minutes of Ridley Scott’s latest film, "The Last...

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Salt Lake’s Air Quality and Its Impact on Outdoor Athletes

By Chase Mullin, Assistant Sports Editor November 2, 2021

  Salt Lake City’s air quality is often, quite frankly, atrocious. This is especially true during the winter when inversion plagues the Salt Lake Valley, as well as this past summer...

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Squeezing in a Gen Ed Over Break with FLEXU

By Haley Utendorfer, News Writer November 2, 2021

  When fall break 2021 commenced, students booked airline tickets home, slept in and road-tripped across the country. However, for those who decided to register for intensive classes during the...

The block U on campus on Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

College Enrollment: Gender Disparities and the U

By Chandler Joost, News Writer November 2, 2021

  In a recent article published by the Wall Street Journal titled "A Generation of American Men Give up On College: I Just Feel Lost," a trend was uncovered, a trend that has been happening in...

(Graphic by Sydney Stam | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Smog and the City: The Worsening Air Pollution in SLC

By Haley Utendorfer, News Writer November 2, 2021

  On Aug. 6, Salt Lake City recorded the worst air quality in the world according to IQAir, a Swiss-based air quality technology company. The very next week, Salt Lake topped the list again,...