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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

Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Must Go

Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Must Go

January 26, 2017

During my move to my new apartment, I stumbled across something interesting: my abstinence pledge from junior high. Yes, you read that right. In my junior high health class, everyone was encouraged to...

A woman shouts in front of the Utah State Capitol during the Say No to Trumps Agenda rally and protest in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Protests Aren’t Enough

January 19, 2017

With Trump’s approaching presidency, protests are becoming more frequent not only in Salt Lake City but across the country. (It's almost as if the majority of the country didn't want him elected.) While...

Why Living Off Campus is Better

January 19, 2017

When school first started back in August, I was laying in bed in my dorm, thinking to myself, “Maybe I'm just dreaming. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow in my bedroom at home.” Unfortunately, I was not...

Friends combine their efforts to build a giant snowman during a snow storm Friday on Stilwell Field near student housing at the University of Utah.

The Snow Never Bothered Me Anyway

January 18, 2017

Jack Frost has arrived, and he has been bringing us presents. He’s clearly still in the giving spirit. Yet every winter people complain about the inconveniences that snow brings, and no one really takes...

The Importance of Cooking

January 16, 2017

Food is one of the biggest aspects of a culture. Food has even made its way into pop culture. I mean, the only reason anyone gets on Facebook is to watch “Tasty” videos, and the cooking show “Chopped”...

Remove Identifiers from Applications

January 11, 2017

Questions regarding gender, religion and race/ethnicity should be taken off of job applications and college applications. They aren’t significant when it comes to a person’s work ethic or prospects...

Kids Rights to a Santa Claus

Kids’ Rights to a Santa Claus

December 22, 2016

There’s a picture floating around Facebook that says “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.” This led me to the question: what if one day, no one searches the skies...

Eliminate the Electoral College

November 30, 2016

  The Electoral College (EC) has recently come to the forefront of United States political discussions due to the victory of president-elect Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote by two million...

The Nexus mural inside the University of Utahs Heritage Center November 22, 2016. Adam Fondren, The Utah Chronicle.

Art — The Most Valuable Form of Protest

November 28, 2016

Protests are rampant here in the United States. They’ve come in forms of marches, assemblies and flag burnings. But a picture is worth a thousand words. So is a dance, a movie, a song, a poem and a mural....

The Real History of Thanksgiving

November 21, 2016

Everyone knows the story of the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims came to the New World on the Mayflower and struggled to survive in a land they were unfamiliar with so they turned to the Native Americans...