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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

Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

By Connor Richards February 6, 2018

Vicky Chavez, a Utah mother of two that fled Honduras to come to the United States in 2014, is facing deportation from federal officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In an interview...

Richards: Challenging Monolithic Media

Richards: Challenging Monolithic Media

By Connor Richards January 23, 2018

If you are a media critic, you have likely asked yourself this question at some point: How much of the media we consume is a reflection of ourselves, and how much of ourselves is a reflection of the media...

A man holds a Build Bridges Not Walls sign during President Trumps Inauguration Day protests in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Immigrants Have a Place, Despite What the President Thinks

By Connor Richards January 23, 2018

It would be difficult to argue that any group has suffered under Donald Trump’s presidency more than immigrants. In the speech at Trump Tower that launched his presidential campaign, Trump vowed...

Thousands of Utahns protest Trumps administration with the proposal of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 | Chronicle archive.

Richards: National Monument Shrinking Undermines Native Voices

By Connor Richards December 16, 2017

On Dec. 4, eyes all across the nation were on Utah as Donald Trump arrived at the State Capitol. People waited anxiously for the President’s highly anticipated announcement regarding the Bears Ears National...

Richards: Invest In All Students

Richards: Invest In All Students

By Connor Richards December 8, 2017

It appears the University of Utah cares more about some students than others. An investigation by The Utah Chronicle found the Performance Arts Building (PAB) is one of the least cared for buildings...

Richards: Perishing in Prison

Richards: Perishing in Prison

By Connor Richards December 8, 2017

On Nov. 28, 2016, 21-year-old Madison Jensen was booked into Duchesne County Jail after her parents reported their daughter was suicidal and acting erratically. She told police she had done heroin days...

Protesters gather outside of a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Utah on September 27, 2017. Chronicle archives.

Richards: Looking Back at Fall 2017

By Connor Richards December 6, 2017

A lot happened this semester. Fall 2017 was exciting from the beginning. On Aug. 21, the first day of the semester, hundreds of students met outside the J. Willard Marriott Library and stared up at...

Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

By Connor Richards November 17, 2017

Too often music is dismissed as being all about entertainment, consumption and monetary gain. The idea that any musicians may have a creative or political intent when putting together a song or album is...

Signs at the Utah Against Police Brutality rally and march for Abdi Mohamed in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Feb.29th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Different Shootings, Same Ruling

By Connor Richards November 6, 2017

Quietly from the audience, “Read their names.” “I have names for Patrick Harmon, Corey Kanosh, Eric Chief, Nicolas Sanchez, James Barker, Dillon Taylor, Danielle Willard and Darrien Hunt.” This...

Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

By Connor Richards November 5, 2017

On Oct. 30, University of Utah student ChenWei Guo was killed in what police describe as a random act of violence. Around 8:30 p.m., university police received a domestic violence call from a woman...