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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

Nick Ketterer

Current generation must reclaim their power

February 9, 2014

It’s impossible to ignore the pictures of the current uprising in Kiev, Ukraine — blazing barricades constructed of tires and stone-faced youth roaming the city square with Molotov cocktails. As a...

Luigi Ghersi

Animals shouldn’t be human entertainment

February 6, 2014

A friend recently sent me a photo of Jerry, the horse that collapsed while harnessed to a carriage in Salt Lake City on a hot day in August 2013. The attached message said, “Tell me this isn’t true!”...

Nick Ketterer

‘Healthy,’ ‘skinny’ are not synonymous

February 5, 2014

Season 15 of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” ended Tuesday night with more than enough happy endings and joyful tears to go around. Since this was the first season I had watched from start to finish, I...

Letter to the Editor: UTA not to blame for travel troubles

February 5, 2014

Editor: I can write pages and pages on Katherine Ellis’s piece published on Jan. 9 (“UTA needs to improve its services”), but I’ll leave it to these few points: First and foremost, UTA can’t...

Arash Tadjiki

Diversity essential to America

February 4, 2014

The English language has become prevalent, not just throughout the nation but across the globe. Being American has devolved into being white, speaking English and perceiving the United States as superior...

Grey Leman

Religion should focus on faith and ecology

February 4, 2014

Pope Francis has done it again. This time he announced he will be publishing a document on the environment. This will be the first Vatican document on the environment in decades and sheds light on an area...

Arash Tadjiki

Obama should do things like Rep. Grimm

February 3, 2014

In last week’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama gave a signature speech filled with hope, emotion and a call to action. It was also a rather sensual affair, according to GOP strategist...

Sally Yoo

Congress should find answers instead of arguing

February 3, 2014

The Imperial President — it’s been coming for quite a while now, most conservatives might tell you. President Barack Obama is ignoring the laws and foundations of American government in his unilateral...

Lindsay Schuring

Minimum wage increase not the answer

February 2, 2014

My other boss presented a brilliant idea that we should decrease inflation rather than increase wages, so we don’t lose monetary value. It appears on inflationdata.com that inflation rates have been...

Arash Tadjiki

Two-year phone contracts trap customers

January 29, 2014

I’ve had my smartphone for one week, and I don’t know how I lived without it before. Yes, you read right. Before last week, I was barely functioning with a LG Cosmos 2, a phone that cannot even be...