During adolescence, we’re taught that becoming a great parent and spouse is the ultimate goal of life. This cultural norm in a time of post-pandemic isolation is partly to blame for recent...
For the 2023-24 academic year, the University of Utah raised the prices of parking, making U parking permits for students who live off campus $172.50 per semester — the highest of all Utah’s...
With each popular local market I attend in Salt Lake City, I become more aware that virtually all the vendors are white men.
The Urban Flea Market in July was more diverse than many markets...
Following the recent affirmative action turnover by the Supreme Court, I’ve had the same questions on my mind. What does this mean for BIPOC students? What about BIPOC involvement in academics?...
As a University of Utah Alumnus and twenty-five-year Central City local, I winced at a recent invitation from The Office of Orientation and Transition to attend a Parent & Family Welcome...
We want people to take accountability for their mistakes. This requires recognition of the harm they enact and a commitment to improving. We should be asking the same thing of the Church of Jesus...
Emily Dickinson wrote, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all.” This quote has recently perched in my...
I’m not from Utah originally. Even before I moved, rumors spread abound about the religiosity of the place. I heard that people were shameless with their worship, often pushing it onto others....
Recently, I visited the Spiral Jetty for the first time. I walked along the path, trudging through loose dirt. It looked as though the sand was in the process of burying the jetty. Large black...
Utah harbors a radical working-class history that white-washed Mormon narratives of colonialism overshadow. Immigrants and nonwhite union organizers largely fostered Utah’s labor movement....
