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The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Opinion

Yoga: an ancient practice lost within pop culture

September 8, 2014

Last Labor Day weekend marked the 2014 Great Salt Lake Yoga Fest, three days filled to the brim with yoga classes taught by a range of instructors from both in and out of state. This isn’t the first...

Saving Wasatch: what the ski industry intends for the mountains, and why we need to stop it

September 8, 2014

Utahns living in and around the Wasatch Range understand that the beautiful mountain range they call home is priceless. Marketing firm Ski Utah’s “One Wasatch” concept entails a gimmick...

Plasma banks need to improve outreach

September 8, 2014

If you frequent the campus community, you have probably seen advertisements reaching out to students for something that is much-needed within our community — plasma donation. For a while I ignored...

Proposed Calif. bill redefines consensual sex

Proposed Calif. bill redefines consensual sex

September 3, 2014

Times are changing as quickly as summer’s descent into fall. A “Utah Man” is now a “Utah Fan,” and co-eds at the U are apparently no longer the “fairest,” having been relegated to being part...

Economic elites control education

‘Economic elites’ control education

September 1, 2014

According to statistics from The College Board, the average (inflation-adjusted) cost of tuition and fees at private, non-profit, four-year colleges has essentially tripled over the last four decades....

The proof is in the pudding (not always)

The proof is in the pudding (not always)

September 1, 2014

We all have our own reasons for higher education. Some people go to college because they believe getting a degree will get them a job; others go because “that’s just what you’re supposed do” after...

Suffering from the single story

Suffering from the ‘single story’

September 1, 2014

When one hears of the plight of starving children or those who battle homelessness and unemployment, our imagined solutions are simple. Feed them. Give them jobs and a place to stay. But assuming that...

Supervolcano: The odds are in your favor

August 25, 2014

Talk to anyone who has heard news of Yellowstone’s supervolcano, and you’ll hear a cacophony of cautionary remarks. “Don’t visit! I heard it’s expected to go off anytime,...

Prevention over punishment

Prevention over punishment

August 25, 2014

Many recent reforms in the policies surrounding criminal convictions have attempted to increase the efficiency of the penal system through the means of stricter penalties and more vigorous judicial proceedings....

Dive in to learning a second language

Dive in to learning a second language

August 25, 2014

Time and time again the world has proven that language acquisition benefits its users in more ways than one. Socially, it allows us to communicate with others when we wouldn’t have the means otherwise....