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Bringhurst: Choose Patience Over Prime

By Maggie Bringhurst, Opinion Writer December 23, 2021

  In today’s fast-paced world, we often forget the virtue of patience. We expect overnight shipping, fast food, binge-watchable TV and ripe produce in the middle of winter. The average attention...

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Alexander: Protect Young Girls in the Entertainment Industry

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor December 11, 2021

  We’ve all heard of the iconic pop star Taylor Swift and her incredibly popular songs. Following issues with her record label, the artist decided to re-record her work to regain the rights to...

The King's English Bookstore in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sat. Dec 4, 2021. (Photo by Xiangyao "Axe" Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Kincart & Soter: Canyons School District Must Reconsider Their Book Ban

By Sydney Kincart and Theadora Soter December 10, 2021

  As students, literature has always been a great influence on our lives. Our K-12 education gave us the foundation for this love of reading. Reading challenged the ideas our child brains had of...

Bringhurst: Facebook’s 'Metaverse' Poses a Threat to Reality 

Bringhurst: Facebook’s ‘Metaverse’ Poses a Threat to Reality 

By Maggie Bringhurst, Opinion Writer December 2, 2021

  As a young person living in an era of rapid technological advancement, I’m always astounded by society’s progress. Screenless displays and self-driving cars no longer exist solely in science...

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Bringhurst: Find Creativity in the Chaos of Capitalism

By Maggie Bringhurst, Opinion Writer December 2, 2021

  Capitalism is exhausting. Young people today talk about how working a mind-numbing corporate position or food service job stifles their creativity and prevents their personal growth. Millennials...

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Kincart: Taylor Swift’s Re-Recordings Highlight Inequality in the Music Industry

By Sydney Kincart, Print Chief, Opinion Writer December 1, 2021

  I was in fifth grade when Taylor Swift’s “Red” album came out. I remember using an iTunes gift card to download the album onto my iPod Touch. As an 11-year-old, I had never experienced...

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Soter: Shop Local this Holiday Season

By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor November 25, 2021

  I love the holidays. Everything about them. I know that’s a controversial statement considering Thanksgiving celebrates colonization, Christmas celebrates capitalism and New Year’s celebrates...

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Buening: Toxic Communication Equals a Toxic Political Environment

By Sarah Buening, Assistant Opinion Editor November 19, 2021

  I’m an opinionated person. If you are too, you understand the uncomfortable situations being opinionated can land you in. Maybe you also anticipate a loaded Thanksgiving dinner debate with...

The sun rises over mountains in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 13, 2021. (Photo by Brooklyn Critchley | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Shadley: The Times Are Changing, so Let’s Stop Changing Them Twice a Year

By Will Shadley, Opinion Writer November 18, 2021

  Earlier this month we all participated in the archaic tradition of setting our clocks back an hour. We spend a few days joking about the time change, venting about how “it gets dark so early...

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Alexander: Ahmaud Arbery’s Case Feels Hopeless

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor November 18, 2021

  Trying the killers of Ahmaud Arbery is officially underway, more than a year after the horrifying incident. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out jogging when Gregory McMichael and his son,...