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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

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Barron: An Open Letter to Senator Mitt Romney on Public Lands

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer November 22, 2018

  Dear Senator-Elect Mitt Romney, Congratulations on your campaign win. I can only imagine the excitement, anxiety and pressure you must feel as you prepare for your first true debut in Washington....

Students, staff, family and friends attend a vigil on the steps of the Park Building for Lauren McCluskey who was tragically killed on campus at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: Remaining Hopeful in the Face of Tragedy

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer November 14, 2018

  One website told me to be kind, to treat each day as a precious gift, to practice random acts of kindness and to curtail my intake of media. Another told me I had untapped potential, that I needed...

Barron: Missing Indigenous Women

Barron: Missing Indigenous Women

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer November 1, 2018

  Trigger warning: This article discusses sensitive topics, including acts of violence and rape made towards indigenous people. On Feb. 7, 1967, the Salt Lake Tribune ran a small piece buried...

Barron: Tuition Hikes Must be Met With Increased Financial Aid

Barron: Tuition Hikes Must be Met With Increased Financial Aid

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 31, 2018

  Since the beginning of my academic career in the fall of 2016, my tuition has increased by $600 as non-resident students experienced nearly a $2,000 tuition hike in those same two years. If...

Barron: Breastfeeding: Drawing Controversy From Necessity

Barron: Breastfeeding: Drawing Controversy From Necessity

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 21, 2018

  During the World Health Assembly the first week of July, the American delegation tried to use President Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick diplomacy” in efforts to declaw a resolution that...

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Barron: Utah Needs to do More to Protect Vulnerable Inmates

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 30, 2018

Management and Training Corporation, a private prison contractor which operates an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, called Davis County police officers this past July to have family...

The front gate of the Utah State Prison in Draper. (Photo by Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Barron: Releasing One of Utah’s “Boogeymen”

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 25, 2018

In 2002, the "boogeyman" entered a Salt Lake home at night and took a teenage girl from her bedroom. The response to the kidnapping from the seemingly quiet community was deafening. People wore holes into...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints temple in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: What to Keep in Mind as You Vote on Proposition 2

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 24, 2018

You might’ve seen it immediately. Perhaps your phone chirped on your way home from class, alerting you to a new email. You may have looked at it later, while you cleaned out your inbox for the day...

Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, UT on Monday July 09, 2018.

(Photo by Curtis Lin/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: The Promise of Exoneration is not Enough

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer August 26, 2018

A little more than a year ago, the University of Utah hosted a lecture with Barry Scheck, one of the co-founders of a nonprofit, The Innocence Project, which works nationwide to overturn wrongful convictions....

Barron: Increase Mental Health Resources to Protect Utahs Youth

Barron: Increase Mental Health Resources to Protect Utah’s Youth

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer August 23, 2018

1 in 10 high school students will attempt suicide this year, 1 in 3 will need serious medical attention, and 5,000 young Americans (15 to 25 years old) will die from self-inflicted injuries. While statistics...