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Local Mormon church near Foothill Drive on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Cowley: LDS Plastic Surgery Craze is Hypocritical

By Elle Cowley, Multimedia Managing Editor December 30, 2022

  Up until recently, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not allow their members to get tattoos or any piercings other than a single lobe piercing. Still, there remains a heavy...

(Graphic by Brenda Payan Medina | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Arts x Opinion: The Entanglement of Marginalized Identities and Horror

By Angela Lezaic, Kayla Lien, and Whit Fuller December 30, 2022

  The horror genre carries a complicated history and certain magnetism for marginalized identities. Horror frightens audiences by showing them the unacceptable and undesirable — things that go...

Students of Introduction to Design Thinking in class in the Gardner Commons building at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.

Mendenhall: Group Projects Aren’t Fair to Students

By Addison Mendenhall December 22, 2022

  Universities are considered “higher education” institutions. This means we hold them to higher expectations than middle or high schools. Group projects have become commonplace in many different...

Guest Opinion: Utah's Role in School-to-Prison Pipeline

Guest Opinion: Utah’s Role in School-to-Prison Pipeline

By Emily Ladd December 20, 2022

  Utah schools are disciplining students of color at disproportionately high rates compared to white students. During the 2020-21 school year, only 2.8% of white students were involved in an incident...

Local Mormon church near Foothill Drive on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Lien: Voluntourism is a Double-Edged Sword

By Kayla Lien, Opinion Writer December 16, 2022

  Every year, my social media gets flooded with photos of peers posing with children of color, talking about how they had the experience of a lifetime. Voluntourism has persisted for years and...

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Lien: The Church’s Cruel Stance on Queerness

By Kayla Lien, Opinion Writer December 7, 2022

  The Church of Latter-Day Saints recently came out in support of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify same-sex and interracial marriage. This statement garnered much attention and...

(Graphic by Madelyn Foulger | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Mendenhall: College Coursework Influences Seasonal Depression

By Addison Mendenhall December 5, 2022

  We’ve entered yet another cold winter. With temperatures dropping and daylight savings time, seasonal depression is right around the corner. Students and staff are all impacted by these environmental...

(Graphic by Claire Peterson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barney: Forget Donald Trump

By Sebastian Barney, Opinion Writer December 1, 2022

  Thanks to the efforts of Elon Musk, Donald Trump is now allowed to return to Twitter — but so far he’s refrained from coming back, citing he sees no reason to return. One thing is clear:...

Members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community gather for the Pride Rally at Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 6, 2021.

Petters: LGBTQ+ Spaces Under Attack — Again

By Keegan Petters, Opinion Writer, Copy Editor November 30, 2022

  Mere days after the horrific shooting at Colorado gay bar Club Q, Tucker Carlson went on air to continue his grotesque rhetoric against LGBTQ+ communities. Claiming the shooter was only mentally...