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A bee collects nectar from a Rocky Mountain bee plant (Cleome Serrulata) at Red Butte Garden on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Brooklyn Critchley | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Buening: Protect our Pollinators

By Sarah Buening, Assistant Opinion Editor August 7, 2021

  Pollinators are some of the world’s most beautiful and essential species, and their continuing endangerment should alarm everyone. Although not everyone can be a pollinator expert, everyone...

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Thoughts From Camp Kyle: Week One

By Cole Bagley, Sports Editor August 7, 2021

  After nearly two years, and the most interesting season the sports world has ever seen, a full schedule of Utah Football is on the horizon. But before the first kickoff in September, the program...

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Brown: America Isn’t All That Bad

By Jackson Brown, Opinion Writer August 7, 2021

  As the American body politic becomes more polarized, disdain for America grows. According to a YouGov poll, patriotism has unsurprisingly declined significantly in recent years. The country has...

University of Utah Football player Britain Covey (18) runs the ball to the endzone in the Utes comeback win against Washington State University on Dec. 18, 2020 in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Running Back Jaylon Glover Commits to Utah

By Ethan Pearce, Sports Editor August 7, 2021

  The University of Utah football team got a nice boost during the start of fall camp with the commitment of Jaylon Glover for the class of 2022. Glover is a running back out of Florida, and is...

Boats pulled out of the marina at the Great Salt Lake State Park due to low water levels in Magna, Utah on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Gwen Christopherson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Shadley: We Must Adapt to Save the Great Salt Lake

By Will Shadley, Opinion Writer August 6, 2021

  Salt Lake City’s namesake faces an existential threat. The expansive, briny lake already reached its historic low earlier this summer, on July 26. Most years, the Great Salt Lake doesn’t...

A portrait of Taylor Randall on the David Eccles School of Business website.

Taylor R. Randall Named Next President of the U

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer August 5, 2021

  On Aug. 5, 2021 — eight months after former President Ruth Watkins announced her intended resignation from her position — the Utah System of Higher Education announced the University of Utah’s...

Poma & Soter: Who Will Fill the Shoes of Ruth Watkins?

Poma & Soter: Who Will Fill the Shoes of Ruth Watkins?

By Theadora Soter and Sasha Poma August 5, 2021

  President Ruth Watkins left the University of Utah in April 2021. Her resignation, while unsurprising, still was a shock to the campus community. While Watkins did positive things during her...

The block U on campus on Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Three Finalists Selected in Search for New U President

By Jack O'Leary, News Writer August 3, 2021

  On July 21, the University of Utah Presidential Search Committee announced the top three finalists in its search for a new President to replace Ruth Watkins, who resigned in April 2021. The three...

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Kincart: The Perils of Spreading Mormon Extremism

By Sydney Kincart, Print Chief, Opinion Writer August 3, 2021

  I constantly grapple with my religious identity as someone who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love parts of the church since it gave me the framework to understand...