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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

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

Brown: Media Portrays Campus Speech as Suppressed, but It’s Different at the U

By Jacob Brown May 15, 2019

  Disingenuous reporting around stories related to college campuses is a staple of the American news cycle. The sensationalization of university life is a clickbait gold mine aimed to terrify baby...

BYU students celebrate after a BYU touchdown vs. The University of Utah Utes in an NCAA football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Brown: BYU Nepotism and University of Utah Bias in Utah’s Top Tech Companies

By Jacob Brown May 6, 2019

  It is no secret that the student cultures of the University of Utah and Brigham Young University are at odds with one another. A commonly held sentiment at BYU is the belief that the U is a second-rate...

Isaac Reese says that universal basic income could have lessened the economic and public health crises of COVID-19. (Photo by Justin Prather | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Brown: Private Benefactors Should Have No Say in University Research or Academia

By Jacob Brown April 22, 2019

  In 2017, the Charles Koch Foundation one-to-one matched a $10 million donation made by the Eccles Foundation to establish the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis....

(Photo by Hailey Danielson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Brown: The Contract We Have With ‘University of Utah Dining Services’ is a Rotten Deal

By Jacob Brown March 31, 2019

  The University of Utah has been radically growing as an institution. It shows in the U's total net position (assets minus liabilities) having increased by over $1.4 billion (35 percent growth)...

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Brown: Persecuted Mormon Pioneers Would Be Critical of Their Modern Day Progeny

By Jacob Brown March 24, 2019

  Much of what the early Mormon settlers endured during the early 19th century can be serialized as a relentless campaign of brutal displacement orchestrated by various pro-slavery state governments...

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Brown: Race Relations and the LDS Church: A Problematic History of Revisionism

By Jacob Brown February 5, 2019

  The Book of Mormon is a product of the century it was written in and the doctrinal policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were shaped by an America which structured its society...

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Brown: Nuclear Energy Is the Answer to Climate Challenges, Environmentalists Need to Get the Memo

By Jacob Brown January 24, 2019

  All across the country, nuclear power plants struggle to stay profitable. Nuclear energy is currently the largest source of low-carbon power in America, but due to recent advances in natural...

(Photo by: Cara MacDonald | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Brown: Studying Abroad Helped Me Confront My American Identity for the Better

By Jacob Brown November 16, 2018

  An ideological tug-of-war is being waged over those who hold the power to define what it means to be American and to have an American identity in the 21st century. Feeling dismayed and unsettled,...

An official voter registration form for the Midterm Elections 2018 at the Salt Lake County Building in Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday October 23, 2018.

(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Brown: The Blue Wave?

By Jacob Brown November 6, 2018

  Nearly two years have gone by since Donald Trump took control of the White House in the 2016 presidential election. Starting from the night of that election until now, hundreds of analyses have...

People trying out virtual reality presented by C1 VR during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, Janurary 22, 2017. Chris Ayers Daily Utah Chronicle.

The Virtual Reality Industry is Stuck in Gimmick Mode

By Jacob Brown October 24, 2018

The concept of virtual reality is as big an element in science fiction as hover cars and galactic spaceships. The science fiction tropes often allow escape from the torment of post-industrial society to...