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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

U.S. needs to let kids fail for success

September 24, 2013

Ask any American and they’ll tell you educating young people is extremely important. So why is our current educational system failing in so many respects? People have pointed to a number of causes,...

Gaming doesn’t make killers

September 23, 2013

In the wake of a mass shooting, we can often find the lives of the shooters dissected on national television. One of the most common links between mass shooters such as the perpetrators of the Columbine...

Privacy the price to pay for kids’ protection

September 23, 2013

Would you disclose the inner confines of your mind to the world — tell your every thought and emotion, desire and wish — to save just one child from the desolation of rape and murder? What about 10...

American justice system skewed by racial prejudice

September 22, 2013

The August 2013 trials of two ranking U.S. military officers, Sgt. Robert Bales and Maj. Nidal Hasan, spotlight the human factor lost in the United States, and the bias and distortion within the media...

Paying college athletes a bad idea

September 22, 2013

Sports Illustrated recently broke a story called “The Dirty Game” on the Oklahoma State football program. The story raises several major questions about college football and whether or not the current...

Great Debate: Lowering LDS mission age: good or bad?

September 18, 2013

The Great Debate Lowering LDS mission age: good or bad? LDS missions better prepare future students Universities suffer financial loss When it was announced last October by the leadership...

Campus student groups deserve tuition cut

September 18, 2013

School started just a couple of weeks ago, and the big talk has been about tuition rates. One thing that the U has not done but should consider doing is offering a tuition reduction for students who are...

Letter to the Editor: AP credits benefit students

September 17, 2013

Editor: I am writing in response to Patrick Bergin’s article “U Should no longer accept AP credit” published on Sept. 15, because it contains inaccuracies throughout. Bergin appears unaware of the...

New tech an invasion of privacy

September 17, 2013

Last week Apple announced their newest iPhone and its features. The most interesting feature is the new fingerprint scanner. This means you will not have to type in a password to access your phone —...

Bribery, not free speech

September 17, 2013

In 1998 Bill Cosby hosted a television show called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” Throughout, he would ask children a question, and they would invariably respond with something cute or funny. I remember...