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Look Look Tattoo in Salt Lake City on Saturday Jan. 14, 2023. (Photo by Sophie Felici | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Mendenhall: Get Over the Stigma of Body Modifications

By Addison Mendenhall January 18, 2023

  Body modifications include, but are not limited to, tattoos, piercings and plastic surgery. Many people turn to them for reasons of self-esteem, trauma response and overall enjoyment, just to...

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Lezaic: Utah Needs Harm Reduction

By Angela Lezaic, Opinion Writer January 16, 2023

  Political debates have weaponized drug use as a talking point for a long time, more often harming than helping those who use drugs. Solutions, such as harm reduction, come from within affected...

The front gate of the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah on Sept. 19, 2018.

Lezaic: You Need to Know About Prison Gerrymandering

By Angela Lezaic, Opinion Writer January 12, 2023

  The results of the midterm elections, while disappointing, were utterly unsurprising. As a seemingly immovable red state, the powers that be in Utah have many tricks up their sleeves to maintain...

Van Wagenen: Watch Your Language

Van Wagenen: Watch Your Language

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Editor January 5, 2023

  I grew up in Utah’s Dual Language Immersion Program, a language-learning program for elementary school students. In this program, I spent half of each day learning in English and the other...

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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...

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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Langley: Leftist Student Organizations Need Better Organization

By Jeffrey Langley Jr., Opinion Writer November 23, 2022

  The University of Utah houses over 600 clubs and student organizations that range in focus from community service and advocacy to plain fun. However, with groups like Turning Point USA entering...

Bathroom doors in the Joseph F. Merrill Engineering Building at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

Barney: Everyone Needs to go to the Bathroom

By Sebastian Barney, Opinion Writer November 21, 2022

  Everybody needs to use the bathroom. The University of Utah isn’t necessarily bad in terms of offering gender-neutral and inclusive bathrooms. Other universities aren’t as accommodating....

Cowley: Drag is not Harmful

Cowley: Drag is not Harmful

By Elle Cowley, Multimedia Managing Editor November 18, 2022

  A couple of years ago, I had my first experience with a vehemently anti-drag person. From ages 15 to 18, I lifeguarded for my hometown’s public pool. During one of my shifts, a coworker got...

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Cushman: Caring About Comfort Will Create Safer, More Compassionate Workspaces

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer November 15, 2022

  Today’s young adults experience high levels of stress and distrust. Gen-Z scored higher in levels of depression, loneliness and other mental health struggles than other age groups in the American...

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