Letters to the Editor Archives – The Daily Utah Chronicle

Letter to the Editor: The ASUU Assembly Voted for the Increase of Police Presence at the Union, So I Resigned

By Letter to the Editor

March 6, 2020

The views expressed in this letter are not from a writer at the Daily Utah Chronicle and do not express the views of the opinion desk or the Chronicle as a whole. My name is Ermiya Fanaeian, and I am a former elected student body official. I recently decided to resign from my el...

Letter to the Editor: I Experienced Sorority Recruitment and Rejection as a Trans Woman of Color

By Guest Opinion

October 1, 2019

I'm Ermiya Fanaeian, a University of Utah student. Like many people in marginalized communities, I didn’t have the best notions of sorority life when I started my college journey. I believed Greek Row was excluding those in marginalized communities — a mindset that was established not just from media repr...

Letter to the Editor: President Trump’s Campus Free Speech Executive Order is Needed

By Guest Opinion

August 26, 2019

Earlier this year, President Trump signed a free speech executive order calling colleges and universities to improve free speech on college campuses or risk losing federal funding. I am usually against executive orders — no matter who is the president — but I believe this one is needed. Unive...

Letter: This is Not the First Time a Female Student Leader Has Been Called a B – – – – , and It Will Not Be the Last

By Guest Opinion

April 18, 2019

This is a letter to the editor written by a student at the University of Utah. To submit a letter to the editor, email [email protected] Student engagement is a wonderful opportunity for leaders across academic disciplines to unite in the collective advancement of the University...

Letter: The State of Student Government at the U

By Guest Opinion

April 16, 2019

This is a letter to the editor written by a student at the University of Utah. To submit a letter to the editor, email [email protected] The Associated Students at the University of Utah are one of the lesser-known student organizations here on campus, which I do find odd, with i...

Letter: Please, Stop Talking About the Size of my Body

By Guest Opinion

April 12, 2019

This is a letter to the editor written by a student at the University of Utah. To submit a letter to the editor, email [email protected] Health takes many forms and cannot be predicted by body size. On April 4, the University of Utah hosted the "Body of Evidence" workshop creat...

Letter to the Editor: Utah Reps Should Support Citizens with Disabilities, Not Restrict Women

By The Daily

February 24, 2018

Representative Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, has proposed a bill representing legislation at its worst. HB 205, “The Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act” is a proposed ban on abortion for women seeking to terminate a pregnancy affected by Down Syndrome. This asserts an astonishing level of int...

Letter to the Editor: Best Way to Protest Shapiro is to Ignore Him

By The Daily

September 27, 2017

Ben Shapiro’s planned appearance sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom Chapter has been the worthy subject of ire. He regularly uses his pulpit to marginalize LGBTQ+ and racial minorities and is clearly deserving of the scorn he receives. His appearance begs the question: How do we shut hi...

Letter to the Editor: U Deserve a Better Welcome

By The Daily

August 23, 2017

To the Editor, As I cycled through campus Tuesday morning on my way to my first classes of the semester, I was surprised to be met outside the bookstore by a large Victoria’s Secret “Pink” bus. I have since learned that its presence on campus is supported by the Campus Store. I...

Letter to the Editor: Response from The Hershey Company

By The Daily

March 24, 2017

I saw Alisa Patience's recent letter titled, "Boycott Hershey's and Child Slavery." I wanted to share a broader perspective about the issue and what we at Hershey are doing about it. First, Alisa's statement that "Hershey's has children as young as five working for them" is simply not true. We do...