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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

Braden: Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege

Braden: Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege

By Paul Braden January 18, 2018

According to our current president, “No one knew healthcare could be so complicated.” He’s partially correct. Health insurance and the way Americans, or anyone around the globe for that matter,...

Braden: Tuition Costs Should Focus on Education Quality

Braden: Tuition Costs Should Focus on Education Quality

By Paul Braden January 16, 2018

Students attending public universities are well aware of the series of certain hard-to-swallow realities that simply come with attending one. Along with the rigor involved with the actual course work and...

Braden: Politicians Lie Because We Let Them

Braden: Politicians Lie Because We Let Them

By Paul Braden December 12, 2017

The word of a politician has seemingly always been synonymous with falsehood. Telling lies and making empty promises while in office, and especially while on the campaign trail have come to be the expected...

Braden: Goodbye Fall, Hello Spring: How to Form Healthy Habits Now

Braden: Goodbye Fall, Hello Spring: How to Form Healthy Habits Now

By Paul Braden December 7, 2017

With the impending arrival of January 1, 2018, students everywhere are evaluating their shortcomings of the fall semester and making plans to make spring just a little better. For most students, these...

Braden: Millennials Make Old Jobs New

Braden: Millennials Make Old Jobs New

By Paul Braden December 1, 2017

Whether it’s the result of lower earnings for recent college grads, a desire to disassociate from impersonal aspects of the digital age or a rejection of the lifestyle the boomers forced upon us, one...

Braden: Doomsday Clock Ticks 30 Seconds Down to Nuclear War

Braden: Doomsday Clock Ticks 30 Seconds Down to Nuclear War

By Paul Braden November 27, 2017

Measures that increase national defense capabilities have evolved in both strength and scale since the birth of borders and the wars that aim to maintain them. The power of a country’s people...

Braden: Test Preparation For GRE

Braden: Test Preparation For GRE

By Paul Braden November 26, 2017

As if the GPA requirements for remaining a competitive applicant for graduate school were not rigorous enough, most programs require applicants take an entrance exam as well. While the GRE, a standardized...

Braden: SLCs Dirty Little Secret

Braden: SLC’s Dirty Little Secret

By Paul Braden November 20, 2017

Salt Lake City has been described by visitors as a medium-sized, exceptionally clean and perhaps suspiciously friendly city. It offers a lower than national-median cost of living, and it provides unparalleled...

Braden: Why Trade Schools are a Good Idea

Braden: Why Trade Schools are a Good Idea

By Paul Braden November 18, 2017

For those who aspire to find success in life, achieving at least an undergraduate degree at an accredited university tops the list of challenges. The idea that our desired endeavors of the future are contingent...

Braden: Concealed Carry: A Solution to Gun Violence?

Braden: Concealed Carry: A Solution to Gun Violence?

By Paul Braden November 13, 2017

Few conversation topics in this country have the same power to both enrage and isolate opposing participants, like the subject of gun control and gun-related deaths does. While one side argues that a lack...