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Coleman: Amazon HQ2: Fall for Utah, Bezos

Coleman: Amazon HQ2: Fall for Utah, Bezos

By Nicholas Coleman November 9, 2017

Utahns love Amazon, but will Amazon love Utah? This is the question many are wondering as the online retailer narrows its search for a city to host its second headquarters — termed ‘HQ2.’ Nearly...

Barron: Preserving Bears Ears Means Protecting Native Voices

Barron: Preserving Bears Ears Means Protecting Native Voices

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer November 7, 2017

I have seen signs supporting the designation; some are stuck in parking strips, others are propped up in bay windows and, once, I saw one taped to the back of a beat-up Toyota Corolla. Printed in bold,...

Patience: Plastic Is Worse Than a Group of Mean Girls

Patience: Plastic Is Worse Than a Group of Mean Girls

By Alisa Patience November 6, 2017

Drive down any road: the freeway, your neighborhood street or through the city, through the canyon. Some of the sights awaiting you include trees, flower beds, grass, bus stops, interesting statues —...

Patience: Frogs are Friends, Not Science Experiments

Patience: Frogs are Friends, Not Science Experiments

By Alisa Patience October 31, 2017

Imagine you’re back in high school, sitting in math class and you are suddenly surrounded by the smell of death. You think the zombie apocalypse is upon you, but you realize the smell is emanating from...

Foglesong: A Great Moment Can Be Spent Doing Nothing

Foglesong: A Great Moment Can Be Spent Doing Nothing

By Samuel Foglesong October 16, 2017

Fear of missing out is the reason you stayed late at the party, the reason you skipped studying to go the football game. Our desperation to cram as many fun experiences into our lives often prevents us...

The Nibley Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

A Good Walk Spoiled

By Alisa Patience August 14, 2017

Okay, athletes. I'm going to say something that will probably make you hate me. I don't think golf is a real sport. Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of sports in general, and I've only played golf once,...

Red Shuttle at the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Reevaluating the U’s Shuttle System

By Alisa Patience August 13, 2017

Students of the University of Utah all know the struggle of walking from class to class in the murderous heat of late August or the unmerciful frigidness of January. After all, our campus is huge, and...

White Mesa, Utah, a reservation in southeast Utah that is home to the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Ute Tribe in Southern Utah Struggles Against America’s Last Uranium Mill

By Connor Richards July 27, 2017

In the Southeastern corner of Utah, just off Highway 191, tucked tightly in the middle of San Juan County, there is a small community of between 250 and 300 Ute Indians known as the White Mesa Ute Mountain...

Ag-Gag Ruling is a Moral Victory for Utah

Ag-Gag Ruling is a Moral Victory for Utah

By Connor Richards July 14, 2017

Amy Meyer, a Utah resident and animal rights activist, had heard that struggling cows at a Draper slaughterhouse could be observed while standing from public property. So, Meyer took her cell phone and...

An Omnivore Hero

An Omnivore Hero

By Lydia Morley May 2, 2017

Vegetarianism, or worse, veganism, has become extremely popular recently. Often associated with a more moral or benevolent lifestyle, vegetarianism has also become a feasible diet option for many in the...