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A sign showing the U farmers market Students pass at Tanner Plaza.

Keeping It Fresh: Eat Local Week

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer September 6, 2018

As college students, it can often be hard to eat healthy. Those fruits, veggies and whole grains take time, energy and resources. It becomes much easier to drive through some fast food chain and grab your...

S.J. Quinney Law School on the University of Utah's campus. (Chronicle archives)

U Law Professor Files Amicus Brief in Capital Punishment Case

By Christina Giardinelli September 1, 2018

On Aug. 23, University of Utah law professor, Paul Cassell, and Allyson Ho of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The...

A screenshot of the Weapons Policy included in the graduate assistant's syllabus sent by a student in the course.

Graduate Student Reassigned After Syllabus Required Students with Concealed Weapons to Sit in a ‘Second Amendment Zone’

By Rachelle Fernandez August 26, 2018

During the first week of classes, a University of Utah graduate assistant was reassigned, given additional training and is no longer teaching this semester over a firearm policy the graduate assistant...

Comedian Causes Twitter Outrage Leading up to University of Utah Performance

Comedian Causes Twitter Outrage Leading up to University of Utah Performance

By Hayden Taylor and Mackenzie McDermott August 18, 2018

"Arrested Development" star and comedian David Cross received backlash Saturday afternoon for a tweet he made advertising his show at the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall. “Hey #SaltLakeCity!...

Carly Nelson (00) punts the ball during the Utes Women's soccer tied game versus the University of Southern California at Ute Soccer Field in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday, September 23, 2017.

(Photo by Cassandra Palor/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

Utah Opens Season with Win against Idaho

By Zach Janis August 12, 2018

The sprinklers are on. The mowers are running. The Gatorade is out. The goal lines are drawn. You can stop waiting, for the time has come — Utah sports are in the air. The University of Utah’s women’s...

Brown: Silicon Valley Has Deliberately Designed Habitually Addictive Platforms

Brown: Silicon Valley Has Deliberately Designed Habitually Addictive Platforms

By Jacob Brown August 12, 2018

In 2014, the viral mobile game Flappy Bird was suddenly taken off Apple's App Store by its creator. Intended only to be played casually, the creator had accidentally implemented what he considered "addictive"...

Fringe Festival Brings Great Live Theatre to Salt Lake

Fringe Festival Brings Great Live Theatre to Salt Lake

By Marshall Falkner July 28, 2018

Theater: a universal constant through most of human history. From morality plays to kabuki, and William Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, almost all cultures have some form of theater. We have several...

Brown: Utah's Notorious Alcohol Laws Are Keeping You Safe

Brown: Utah’s Notorious Alcohol Laws Are Keeping You Safe

By Jacob Brown July 25, 2018

A state-oriented regulatory liberalization effort has begun to form between the Utah state government and the alcoholic beverage industry. Last year, approximately $178.9 million dollars in sales tax were...

Barron: What You Can Do To Help Undocumented Immigrants

Barron: What You Can Do To Help Undocumented Immigrants

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer July 17, 2018

  "Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe?" These haunting words, first spoken in 1801 by President Thomas Jefferson in the face of fresh xenophobia gripping our nation, continue...

Kevin Saurer of EDM duo Hippie Sabotage thanks the crowd before walking of stage at the Bonanza Campout Saturday June 23, 2018. 

(Photo by: Justin Prather / Daily Utah Chronicle).

Self Love: the Message at This Year’s Bonanza

By Palak Jayswal and Adelina Whitten July 14, 2018

Music lovers have swarmed to Heber City for an experience unlike any other for the past two years. What’s not to love about sublime music, thought-provoking art and tasty food trucks? Ever since...