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Sonnenberg: Religious Studies Program Offers Value for Every Student

Sonnenberg: Religious Studies Program Offers Value for Every Student

By Kristiane Sonnenberg October 2, 2018

The University of Utah is often framed as the go-to Utah school for students wanting to get away from religion. Some students who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints want a change...

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Error 404: Ethics Not Found

By Jacob Brown September 4, 2018

Sometime between the development of ARPANET and the Senate hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, the tech industry transformed from an industry offering consumers a new world of personal freedom and productivity...

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Petersen: Utah Should Address Shrinking Public Schools

By Josh Petersen July 26, 2018

According to the cliché catchphrase, everything is bigger in Texas, but in one key area, Utah has the Lone Star state beat. Utah has the second largest average class size for elementary schools. As many...

Linda Brown in 1964

Petersen: School Segregation Is Not a Problem of the Past

By Josh Petersen June 6, 2018

In March, Linda Brown, the center of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, died at age 76. After Brown was denied access to a whites-only school in Topeka, Kansas, her...

Students, faculty and administrators gather to discuss recent increases in tuition at the Gould Auditorium on March 13, 2018.

Coleman: Increased Tuition, Stagnant Transparency

By Nicholas Coleman April 10, 2018

Following an established tradition, the Utah State Board of Regents approved a tuition increase of 1.5 percent for the entire Utah System of Higher Education on March 31, 2018. The decision was made following...

Patience: Canvas Makes Classes Manageable

Patience: Canvas Makes Classes Manageable

By Alisa Patience March 26, 2018

One of the biggest advantages college has over high school is Canvas. It took me a while to learn how to use it properly, but when I did, school became much more manageable. Have you ever had multiple...

Parkin: Education May Be Robbing Creativity

Parkin: Education May Be Robbing Creativity

By Natalie Parkin March 18, 2018

In the award-winning short film, “How Society Crush Dreams and Kill Creativity,” a father and a child go about their daily lives of education and employment — a life we all know well. Their backpacks...

Barron: Science Fairs Are Fundamental

Barron: Science Fairs Are Fundamental

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer March 17, 2018

Disclaimer: The author of this story works for the University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair.  Science fair projects rarely go viral, and most people struggle to get through titles like “Nature-Based...

At the top of the new pedestrian walkway connecting the Rio Tinto Kennecott Mechanical Engineering Building to the west side of north Campus Drive, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle.

One Last Test, Finding a Job After College

By Paul Braden February 22, 2018

We are fortunate as college students. We have the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and acquire important life skills that will shape our futures and ultimately determine the strength of our communities. There...

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Parkin: What College Graduates Wish They Had Known

By Natalie Parkin February 19, 2018

“College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?” This quote by David...