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H2H: How Should the U Respond to Planned Ben Shapiro Event

H2H: How Should the U Respond to Planned Ben Shapiro Event

By Nicholas Coleman and Connor Richards September 19, 2017

The U Should Protect Free Speech Nicholas Coleman The nation is focused on the University of Utah, as Ben Shapiro will soon appear on campus. Hosted by the University’s Young Americans for Freedom...

Coleman: CIS Redesign: Oversimplification Gone Awry

Coleman: CIS Redesign: Oversimplification Gone Awry

By Nicholas Coleman September 12, 2017

Similar to boiling water that is so hot it actually feels cold, the University of Utah’s CIS portal redesign oversimplified the layout beyond the comprehensible limit. Instead of orderly links that could...

Parkin: Limiting Students Creativity Will Destroy Their Chances of Success

Parkin: Limiting Students’ Creativity Will Destroy Their Chances of Success

By Natalie Parkin September 11, 2017

Children are introduced to the the arts in many different ways. Whether it be dancing to classical music in the living room, hand painting on the kitchen counter or playing pretend in the back yard, all...

Tanner: Football Season Isnt All Sunshine and Touchdowns

Tanner: Football Season Isn’t All Sunshine and Touchdowns

By Emma Tanner September 8, 2017

Anticipation looms over campus as summer transitions into fall. Students and fans have waited months, not for colder weather, or new classes and exams, but for football season —the perfect start to the...

Genes Dont Determine Success

Genes Don’t Determine Success

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 7, 2017

This August, former Google engineer James Damore wrote an objectively sexist and uninformed anti-diversity memo. His argument that women do not have the biological disposition to succeed in the tech industry...

Patience: Textbooks Should Not Be An Additional Cost to Tuition

Patience: Textbooks Should Not Be An Additional Cost to Tuition

By Alisa Patience September 1, 2017

As school starts up our wallets begin to empty once again. The most stressful part about college for me isn't driving 45 minutes every day to commute or writing final essays. It's getting textbooks. It's...

Sterrett: Students Grades Should Be Determined by Performance, Not Attendance

Sterrett: Students’ Grades Should Be Determined by Performance, Not Attendance

By Broderick Sterrett August 24, 2017

Course syllabi lay out the specifics of the class: quizzes, required readings, supplemental materials, etc. Failing to understand the syllabus is very much equivalent to failing the course. Yet there is...

Books on Phiulosophy inside the stacks of the J. Willard Marriott  Library on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

An Existentialist’s Guide to Your First Year of College

By Connor Richards August 19, 2017

There you are, sitting on the first day of your first class ever in college. It might be Gen. Chem I, Intermediate Writing, Survey of Jazz, Analysis of Argument, Philosophy and Human Nature or a dreaded...

School for Cultural and Social Transformation Challenges Views

By Broderick Sterrett August 15, 2017

This upcoming Fall semester will signify the first full year of the newly instituted School for Cultural and Social Transformation — a joint effort of the Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies program. The...

The Student Services Building on the University of Utah Campus, where many advising appointments are held. Chronicle archives.

How I Learned To Love the Requirements

By Alex Judd August 15, 2017

The path to a medical or law degree is different in most parts of the world compared to the United States. Rather than requiring an undergraduate degree, many international professional degree programs...