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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: Living in the Present

Foglesong: Living in the Present

By Samuel Foglesong October 23, 2017

I fondly remember road trips as a child, sitting in the sunny backseat of my mom’s car, daydreaming of alternate worlds and fantastical adventures. As I’ve grown older, my daydreams have become increasingly...

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...

Patience: Why America Needs to Embrace Marijuana

Patience: Why America Needs to Embrace Marijuana

By Alisa Patience October 9, 2017

Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's good, and just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's bad. After all, divorce was illegal for most of our history. And people argue about guns...

Parkin: Falling in Love With Fall this Season

Parkin: Falling in Love With Fall this Season

By Natalie Parkin October 1, 2017

Many hearts skipped a beat when Sept. 22 winked at them from its place on the calendar. “First Day of Fall," it said. Bring out the fuzzy socks, pumpkin goodies and colorful leaves that decorate the...

Groesbeck: Horrendous Outcomes Grow In Flint, Michigan

Groesbeck: Horrendous Outcomes Grow In Flint, Michigan

By Ren Groesbeck October 1, 2017

Too many people have lived through terrible tragedies due to human rights abuses committed by government officials and other important public figures in charge. In 2014, Flint, Michigan's financial...

The Block U on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Barber: The U Needs an Amnesty Policy

By Shaelyn Barber September 25, 2017

Drinking is a big part of modern college culture. Whether you yourself are someone who chooses to partake, you’re surrounded by elements of it. When over 80 percent of college students consume alcohol in...

Professor Richard Dorsky, from the department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, shows the inside of a research laboratory where he isolates various genes of zebrafish to look at the behavioral effects in the comparative medicine building on campus on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Researchers Link Gene to Anxiety Level

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 18, 2017

Genes may be a factor dictating levels of anxiety, according to a study on the brains of mice and zebrafish conducted by researchers at the University of Utah. Yuanyuan Xie, who previously attended...

Williams: We Should Decriminalize All Drugs in the U.S.

Williams: We Should Decriminalize All Drugs in the U.S.

By Brook Williams August 29, 2017

Many people are highly supportive of legalizing marijuana. It is a topic highly stressed on college campuses, and if all teachers and professors aren’t for the legalization by now, it shouldn't take...

Parkin: Iceland’s Abortion Rates for Down Syndrome Show Lack of Compassion

Parkin: Iceland’s Abortion Rates for Down Syndrome Show Lack of Compassion

By Natalie Parkin August 21, 2017

Prenatal screening tests are rising across the countries of Europe and America and, as a result, fewer babies with Down syndrome are being born. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects a child's...