By Kayleigh Silverstein, Assistant News Editor

April 22, 2021

    On Earth Day 2021, Divest U, a student organization aimed at divesting the University of Utah’s endowment in fossil fuels, led a protest to demand the U fund students, not big oil.  About 50 people, both representatives of various organizations and U students, gathered outside the Union building to shout chants such as “people over profit” and listen to speeches.  The protest began with a land acknowledgment and prayer from Carl Moore, the co-founder of Salt Lake City Air Protectors.  “So we are all visitors here. If you're not Ute, Shoshone, Goshute, you’re visitors here, and it is your moral responsibility to look for guidance and also just see what their struggles are,” Moore said.  Ephraim Kum, the former student body president of the U, began his speech by acknowledging how beautiful this Earth Day was, with the valley not completely...