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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

Valentines Candy in January Showcases Corporate Advertising Techniques

Valentine’s Candy in January Showcases Corporate Advertising Techniques

January 25, 2016

Holidays like Halloween and Christmas have been turned into month-long events with goods in stores up to two months in advance. That’s fine, I get it. What I don’t get is why I found an entire section...

Gaming Companies Release Episodic Games to Squeeze Money Out of Fans

Gaming Companies Release Episodic Games to Squeeze Money Out of Fans

January 19, 2016

Square Enix recently announced that two of its new games are going to be episodic. “Final Fantasy VII” and “Hitman” will both be released in separate chunks over time. However, the process is very...

SATIRE: New Study Finds Most English Majors Are Actually Illiterate

SATIRE: New Study Finds Most English Majors Are Actually Illiterate

January 19, 2016

In an effort to test whether students pursuing English majors had noticeably higher reading comprehension skills compared to other majors, a group of psychologists developed a small group test that was...

Nuclear Power Provides Safe Alternative Energy Resource, Despite Publics Fears

Nuclear Power Provides Safe Alternative Energy Resource, Despite Public’s Fears

January 15, 2016

In the very near future we’re going to start relying on alternative forms of energy production. Tesla’s Gigafactory is slated to start producing batteries by 2017 with the goal of achieving net 0 energy...

American Education System Needs to Emphasize Essentials to Improve National Health, Success

American Education System Needs to Emphasize Essentials to Improve National Health, Success

January 13, 2016

Cooking is more important than calculus. How heavily stressed are essential life skills in our schools? Many of us know that sexual education in the United States is laughable, and in states like Utah...

Crowdfunding Allows Niche Audiences to Invest in Products They Want

Crowdfunding Allows Niche Audiences to Invest in Products They Want

December 27, 2015

Crowdfunding has really taken off in the past few years. Websites like Kickstarter, GoFundMe and Indiegogo have had a lot of success in helping to fund small development teams. But what's really amazing...

Paris Conference Copes With Climate Change

Paris Conference Copes With Climate Change

December 10, 2015

The objectives of the Paris Climate Summit are far from simple. The governments of more than 190 nations have come together in Paris to attempt to work out a new global agreement addressing climate change....

Republican Candidates Hype ISIS Threat to Gain Upper Hand Over Democratic Opponents

Republican Candidates Hype ISIS Threat to Gain Upper Hand Over Democratic Opponents

December 9, 2015

Last week we were plagued with another mass shooting. However, this particular tragedy stands out from the other 352 mass shootings that took place this year, in that shortly after Tashfeen Malik and Syed...

Paid Sick Leave Should be a Standard Practice in the Business World

Paid Sick Leave Should be a Standard Practice in the Business World

December 7, 2015

As Americans we pride ourselves on being hardworking people. The standard work week is 40 hours, with Gallup clocking 46.7 hours as the national average for full time employees. This is standard for most...

U Grads Produce New App “Limnu,” Made for Digital Collaboration in the Workplace

November 30, 2015

From Google Docs to Slack, we find ourselves in the midst of a transformative era in communication. The days of phone calls and email are gradually giving way to chat rooms and video calls. Programs once...