The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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

Drivers need to give cyclists room, not road rage

By By James Sewell October 3, 2008

Bikers will treat car traffic with respect, with the understanding that drivers will reciprocate. Look for us, and we will look for you looking for us.

Proposed Wall Street bailout needs clarity, explanation

By By Aaron Shaddy October 3, 2008

No one has looked the American people in the eye and told us, in understandable terms, just what the hell is going on, and one gets the feeling that's because no one knows.

National crisis has local effect

By By Liz Carlston October 2, 2008

People making only minimum wage can budget all they want, but if prices continue to rise there is no way they can survive without acquiring debt.

Student cheaters devalue degrees

By By Alicia Williams October 2, 2008

What does the fact that 82 percent of students admit to cheating have do with the value of degrees granted in the United States?

Youth, online sites can tip election

By By Benjamin Dailey October 2, 2008

This online phenomenon of viral marketing might just make the difference in this year's election.

Young voters are mobilized

By By Heather Berg October 1, 2008

Many young people are apprehensive about trying to mobilize people. They are worried about bugging people or receiving rejection. But for those who are genuinely concerned about elections and what happens in the political sphere, it is a fear to overcome.

Language requirement inadequate

By By Jeffrey Jenkins October 1, 2008

The U should expand the current language requirement by offering a hybrid course with not only the language component of a given culture, but also immersing students in other facets of a foreign lifestyle.

Doctor’s shouldn’t let morals affect patients’ right to birth control

By By James Sewell October 1, 2008

Access to contraception is the least we can do to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Maybe we could also offer people some compassion when they make mistakes and decide to put their development as adult members of society ahead of the fate of a couple of cells.

Judges don’t have right to decide meaning of the Constitution

By By Steve Warrick October 1, 2008

When people have been deprived of their voice in deciding such controversial moral questions by a non-elected group of pseudo-experts, it is only natural that they should like to make their own preferences felt by engineering the selection of new pseudo-experts of their own philosophical bent. While this might be satisfactory to a given side in the short run, it hinders the judicial independence that is important to all of us in the long run.

Ball field project provides activities for disabled people

By By Alicia Williams October 1, 2008

The U's Center for Disability Services reports that about 1,000 disabled students attend the U during any given semester. The field will provide them with a safe, accessible ballpark and an ability to get in the game. The new field and program is a great example of a community coming together to accomplish something great.