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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

Students Leave Their Mark On U Handprint Mural

Students Leave Their Mark On U Handprint Mural

April 4, 2016

Thousands of U students will graduate in fewer than five weeks and participate in grand ceremonies celebrating their achievements. But when the pomp and circumstance fade away and the Huntsman Center...

Jon Krakauers Book On Rape In Missoula Provides Harrowing Insight To Rape Culture

Jon Krakauer’s Book On Rape In Missoula Provides Harrowing Insight To Rape Culture

March 31, 2016

The national “It’s On Us” campaign, which looks to raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses by combating victim blaming and other rape myths on a national level, is coming to the U next...

Weekly Arts Calendar March 31—April 6

Weekly Arts Calendar March 31—April 6

March 31, 2016

SPOTLIGHT EVENTS: Garden Poetry Walk Red Butte Garden is celebrating National Poetry Month by scattering poems throughout the garden. Those with a valid UCard can visit for free and take an audio tour...

Alt. Media Monday: Rediscover the Pleasure of Learning with How Stuff Works

Alt. Media Monday: Rediscover the Pleasure of Learning with “How Stuff Works”

March 28, 2016

After four or more years of late-night studying, tests, rushing to get assignments finished on time and hours upon hours of time spent in the library, learning seems to be the exact antithesis of relaxing. But...

FanX Brings Fans Together To Celebrate Geekdom, Meet Celebrities

FanX Brings Fans Together To Celebrate Geekdom, Meet Celebrities

March 28, 2016

Hundreds of Jedi, Disney princesses and video game characters descended on downtown Salt Lake City this weekend for the third annual FanXperience, the spring incarnation of Salt Lake City Comic Con. This...

U EAE Student Works to Bring out the Best in Gaming Culture

U EAE Student Works to Bring out the Best in Gaming Culture

March 24, 2016

Video games have a bit of a bad rap in modern society. They are often seen as time-wasters at best and dangerous motivators to violence at worst. Greg Bayles, a student in the Entertainment, Arts and...

UMFA Curator Wins Museum Educator Awards

March 22, 2016

Annie Burbidge Ream, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ (UMFA) assistant curator of education, started her position in 2010 with the simple mantra, “art is for everyone.” Since then, she has spearheaded...

Womens Week Promotes Awareness with The Hunting Ground and No Más Bebés

Women’s Week Promotes Awareness with “The Hunting Ground” and “No Más Bebés”

March 20, 2016

There are few things scarier than not being in charge of one’s own body. It is one the most poignant examples of loss of autonomy and identity, an unwilling relinquishment of self that can lead to trauma...

Alt. Media Monday: Podcast Alice Isnt Dead Fills Welcome To Night Vale Niche

Alt. Media Monday: Podcast “Alice Isn’t Dead” Fills “Welcome To Night Vale” Niche

March 14, 2016

When “Welcome to Night Vale” entered the podcasting scene in 2012, it changed how people thought of the medium. Long dominated by nonfiction pieces such as “This American Life” and “Stuff You...

Spring Break Staycations: Stroll Down Ogdens Historic 25th Street

Spring Break Staycations: Stroll Down Ogden’s Historic 25th Street

March 10, 2016

Historic 25th Street was once the hub of Ogden’s seedy underbelly, with urban legend claiming that Al Capone said the place was “too wild” for his tastes. While this three-block street in the heart...