Protests Continue for Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, Exposing “Killer Cops” and Painting Streets Red
By Ivana Martinez and Natalie Colby
June 28, 2020
Too much blood has been spilled. The people of Salt Lake are chanting, “Not One More.” As protests continue for almost a month, they have honed in on securing justice for Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal who was shot over 20 times in the back by the Salt Lake City Police Department on May 23, 2020. On ...
Juneteenth, SLC: A Photo Series
By Mark Draper and Gwen Christopherson
June 20, 2020
Performers & Speakers Around the Park Celebration
Failures in Iowa Caucus Spread “Fake News” and Misinformation
By Natalie Colby and Kayleigh Silverstein
April 7, 2020
On Feb. 3, 2020, the Iowa Caucus started and set out to give voters a glimpse into how the rest of the Democratic primary would go. However, misinformation caused confusion for some voters. The official results of the caucus did not come out until Feb. 9 due to various missteps that many b...
DACA and the DREAM: What U Should Know
By Ivana Martinez, Assistant News Editor
April 7, 2020
In September 2017, the Trump administration announced it would be terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA. Since then there have been several lawsuits filed against the motion. According to the New York Times, in 2019 the Supreme Court was determining if the dismissal ...
Utah Goes to Bernie, Yet the Democratic Nomination Remains Up in the Air
By Ivana Martinez, Assistant News Editor
March 12, 2020
Since Super Tuesday, several Democratic candidates have left the 2020 presidential race. Pete Buttigieg, who garnered several endorsements from Utah politicians, withdrew from the 2020 presidential race a few days prior to Super Tuesday. Mike Bloomberg dropped out 12 hours after the polls...
Candidate for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District Devin Thorpe Talks on His Main Issues
By Natalie Colby, News Editor
March 11, 2020
On March 3, Devin Thorpe announced his run for the 3rd Congressional District of Utah against Republican incumbent John Curtis. Thorpe will run as a Democrat. Thorpe said he decided to run because he has spent several years writing about issues such as global health, extreme poverty and ...
Utah Democratic Representatives Rally for Pete: What Do Students Think?
By Ivana Martinez and Jacqueline Mumford
February 29, 2020
Over the past few weeks, Utah’s Democratic politicians, from city mayors to Congresspeople, have been throwing their support behind different presidential candidates. As of Feb. 19, 2020, there are eight Democratic candidates still in the race — Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg,...
Four Candidates Announce Runs for ASUU Presidential Elections
By Natalie Colby, News Editor
February 10, 2020
Update: The Madson ticket has been disqualified from this election cycle for failing to complete "the orientation for all Executive candidates" and "the mandatory diversity education" requirements by their respective deadlines as outlined in the Executive 2019-2020 Candidate Packet. As the university prepares for a new school year, the Associated Students of the University of Utah, the student government at...
No April Fools — April 1 Will Be National Census Day
By Barbara Pace, News Writer
December 28, 2019
The U.S. Constitution requires everyone living in the United States to be counted every ten years. The first census was in 1790, and since 1902 the U.S. Census Bureau has owned the daunting task of documenting individuals living in each American dwelling — now over 300 million people. In...
Students for Bernie Pushing Forward During Democratic Primary
By Natalie Colby, News Editor
December 23, 2019
There are 15 candidates left in the 2020 democratic primary for the presidential race, with four clear frontrunners — Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg — and only a handful of months until the democratic candidate is decided. These campaigns stretch across ...
Utah Athletics Adds Two New Assistant Coaches In June
July 2, 2020
UnsafeU Changes Demands, Calls for Defunding and Dissolving UUPD in Wake of Current Protests
July 1, 2020
Utah Football’s Morgan Scalley Reinstated After Investigation
July 1, 2020
Protests Continue for Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, Exposing “Killer Cops” and Painting Streets Red
June 28, 2020