The state of Utah needed to be more unified in its approach to reopening public schools. The only way to provide for social distancing, the proven method for keeping COVID-19 prevalence to a...
Kwaku El finally struck a nerve large enough to, at least temporarily, rocket his name into Utah politics. El is a co-creator of Young/Dumb, a local event business that has thrown several parties...
By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
• September 29, 2020
The novel coronavirus continues to bring out the best and worst in our political leadership. With a surge in outbreaks and the anticipation of a second wave of the virus, US citizens are becoming...
By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor
• September 28, 2020
My parents’ house is close to the freeway, and in the last several months the homeless population that inhabits the viaduct beneath that exact freeway entrance has increased dramatically. While...
Universities all over the nation — from Alabama to New York to Iowa — have experienced dramatic spikes in COVID-19 cases since fall semester began. According to a New York Times survey, colleges...
By Paige Nelson, Opinion Writer
• September 20, 2020
In colleges across the country, freshmen are not receiving a proper college experience. First-year students are coming off an abrupt ending to their senior years and don’t get to live on a...
By Sydney Kincart, Print Chief, Opinion Writer
• September 18, 2020
College dining halls are doing things differently this year in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. At the University of Utah, dining halls on campus are only offering takeout as an option.
During...
By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor
• September 16, 2020
Patients at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute are split into four age groups. When I was 15, I was admitted to the institute and placed in the 12-14 group because my appropriate...
In October of 2018, University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey was killed on campus, only one year after the on-campus murder of another student, ChenWei Guo. Both of these deaths shook students,...
By Paige Nelson, Opinion Writer
• September 11, 2020
As students return to campus, confirmed COVID-19 case numbers have risen in college towns all over the country. Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama, just exceeded 2,000 positive cases...
