The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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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

Swanson: Diversity Is More Than Identity

Swanson: Diversity Is More Than Identity

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 22, 2017

“Diversity is the human experience.” These were the words said at the One Young World Summit in Bogota, Columbia by Apple’s Denise Young Smith. If it were just this that was said, the controversy...

Swanson: The Benefits of the Staycation: Say Yes to Salt Lake City!

Swanson: The Benefits of the Staycation: Say Yes to Salt Lake City!

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 16, 2017

This past week we’ve all been able to enjoy our time off from school. For nine days we don’t have to worry about our labs, essays or exams. Many have taken this opportunity to travel, whether that’s...

Swanson: Spain’s Strategy of Occupying and Ignoring Catalonia is Not Going to Work Out

Swanson: Spain’s Strategy of Occupying and Ignoring Catalonia is Not Going to Work Out

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 9, 2017

On this upcoming Monday, Catalonia will declare itself as an independent state separate from the Kingdom of Spain. After an unofficial vote in 2014 where 80 percent of Catalan voters chose secession, on...

Swanson: Safe and Responsible Drinking Starts at Home

Swanson: Safe and Responsible Drinking Starts at Home

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 1, 2017

For many of us, college will be (or has been) the setting for our first drinking experience. After going through roughly the first 20 years of our lives sober, we’re suddenly thrust into an environment...

Swanson: It’s Time People Started Caring About What’s Going On In Myanmar

Swanson: It’s Time People Started Caring About What’s Going On In Myanmar

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 29, 2017

The news cycle this past week has been pretty vapid. If it’s not about one of the Kardashian/Jenner sisters being pregnant, it’s about President Trump calling for boycotts of NFL games over players...

Swanson: Pershing Handled the Shapiro Controversy Perfectly

Swanson: Pershing Handled the Shapiro Controversy Perfectly

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 24, 2017

If you’re like me, you learned about Ben Shapiro's Sept. 27 campus speech from all of the flyers on campus in opposition of it. College campuses nationwide have spoken out against far-right speakers...

Swanson: Why Video Games Will Be the Next Great Art Form

Swanson: Why Video Games Will Be the Next Great Art Form

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 14, 2017

To some of us it may be obvious, and to others it may seem ludicrous, but video games are rapidly climbing the ladder to become one of the next great art forms. As paintings, photographs, music and films...

Swanson: Dont Conflate White Supremacy with All White People

Swanson: Don’t Conflate White Supremacy with All White People

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 7, 2017

L’Oréal Paris has recently received some controversy over the firing of their first transgender model, Munroe Bergdorf, for her comments pertaining to race on a Facebook post back in August. The rant...

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 30, 2017

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you've heard about what happened in Charlottesville, VA on the night of August 11. Protesters armed with tiki torches and clad in polo shirts...

Threat of Nuclear War is Self-defeating Prophecy

Threat of Nuclear War is Self-defeating Prophecy

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 30, 2017

No citizen should ever feel comfortable when their government is openly considering nuclear warfare, but in the case of the United States and North Korea, it’s moderately safe to assume that no such...