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Senior Airman Daniel Burkhardt and Staff Sgt. Christopher Bevins, both Air Force broadcast journalists currently supporting Joint Task Force – National Capital Region, a task force of Department of Defense military and civilian personnel stood up in support of the 57th Presidential Inauguration, put the finishing touches on a cellphone application Jan. 14 that they designed from the ground up to provide real time information on the historic event. Burkhardt and Bevins have come from 11th Wing Public Affairs on their home station, Joint Base Andrews, Md. Their app, called “Inauguration,” was released by Apple Inc. Jan. 14 and is currently available through the corporation’s App Store. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher M. Gaylord, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Take A Break From Tech And Increase Your Health

April 4, 2016

Over the last 200 years or so, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, unprecedented technological progress has occurred, which some argue has led to a better quality of life for all people. While we...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives a speech on the state of the Republican nomination for president at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March, 3, 2016. (Tara Lincoln, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Attack on Trump Could be Mitt Romney’s First Step Back into Position of Power

March 11, 2016

Last Thursday, Mitt Romney, a Republican Presidential candidate in the 2012 race, voiced his profound concern for the future of our nation if Donald Trump were to be chosen as the Republican nominee for...

Salt Lake City Should Be Considered One Of The Nations Up And Coming Cities

Salt Lake City Should Be Considered One Of The Nation’s “Up And Coming” Cities

March 4, 2016

James Fallows’ piece in the March issue of The Atlantic covered his travels to up-and-coming cities in the United States, where he measured them against eleven characteristics that show promise for success....

James Fallows Unfairly Excluded SLC From Article on Innovative American Cities

James Fallows Unfairly Excluded SLC From Article on Innovative American Cities

February 25, 2016

James Fallows, a long-time contributor to The Atlantic, recently dedicated himself to a three-year travel spree to investigate more off-the-grid, up-and-coming cities in our nation in order to prove that...

Adopting a Puppy Requires as Much Time and Commitment as Parenting

Adopting a Puppy Requires as Much Time and Commitment as Parenting

February 18, 2016

Three years ago our yellow lab, Abby, passed away due to old age. I was about six years old when we brought her home in a cardboard box. At such a young age, I was able to enjoy her playfulness and slobbery...

Head to Head: To Bern or Not to Bern

Head to Head: To Bern or Not to Bern

February 16, 2016

Sanders' Free Higher Education Would Hinder the Economy by Emma Tanner Last week when I was walking to my car on campus I noticed a political sign in someone’s window that said something along the...

Changing Times Mean Changes in Traditional Parenting

Changing Times Mean Changes in Traditional Parenting

February 4, 2016

For years, the model for raising a family has revolved around the idea that the man would go to work and his wife would stay home to watch, tend to and raise the children while also covering household...

LDS Church Changes Policies on Social Whims

LDS Church Changes Policies on Social Whims

February 1, 2016

Last week I wrote an article on the LDS Church’s new policy on gay marriage, and my belief that the Church’s persistence in condemning gays and forbidding their children from receiving the same rights...

Photo credit: Madeline Rencher

LDS Church’s Stance on Gay Marriage Reveals How Out-of-Touch the Religion Is

January 21, 2016

Just when things seemed to be dying down, the LDS Church made another embarrassing lunge at our nation’s gay community by reemphasizing the Church’s November 2015 ruling and backing it up with increasingly...

The Social Perks of Casual Vulgarity

The Social Perks of Casual Vulgarity

January 14, 2016

I grew up in a household where my dad swore like a chronically injured sailor who couldn’t afford to retire. On the other hand, my mom was anti- “crap,” “freaking” and whatever other pseudo swear...

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