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Barber: Sign Tampon Allies Petition for Free Menstrual Products

Barber: Sign Tampon Allies Petition for Free Menstrual Products

By Shaelyn Barber February 7, 2018

For those of you who do not have periods, let me paint you a picture: for two to seven days every month you gush blood out of your nether regions, experience abdominal cramps so severe that you can barely...

Coleman: Prison Reform a Conservative Effort

Coleman: Prison Reform a Conservative Effort

By Nicholas Coleman February 6, 2018

Most people do not associate conservatism with prison reform. Mandatory sentencing policies have not been a mainstream issue for several years. Nonetheless, amending the justice system to compensate for...

Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

By Connor Richards February 6, 2018

Vicky Chavez, a Utah mother of two that fled Honduras to come to the United States in 2014, is facing deportation from federal officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In an interview...

Barber: White People Can't Speak for the Experiences of People of Color

Barber: White People Can’t Speak for the Experiences of People of Color

By Shaelyn Barber January 29, 2018

Let’s be honest, white people don’t face many issues in the U.S. We have the upper hand in just about everything: we have an easier time getting jobs, we have better access to higher education, we...

Parkin: Technology As Harmful As It Is Helpful

Parkin: Technology As Harmful As It Is Helpful

By Natalie Parkin January 28, 2018

Cell phones, over the last couple of years, have taken over our lives. They are by our side 24/7. If we ever leave them in the room next to us, we feel bare and connectionally lost. This constant need...

Patience: Happiness is a Goal, Not a Requirement

Patience: Happiness is a Goal, Not a Requirement

By Alisa Patience January 24, 2018

The general consensus on the meaning of life is to find happiness — to do good things that make others and ourselves feel happy. Unfortunately, achieving happiness is a great struggle for many. A person...

Barber: Criticize Trump Without Fat-shaming

Barber: Criticize Trump Without Fat-shaming

By Shaelyn Barber January 23, 2018

I am doing something I never thought, in a million years, I would: I am defending Donald Trump. Trump recently underwent a medical exam assessing both his physical and mental state. While he was declared...

A man holds a Build Bridges Not Walls sign during President Trump's Inauguration Day protests in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Immigrants Have a Place, Despite What the President Thinks

By Connor Richards January 23, 2018

It would be difficult to argue that any group has suffered under Donald Trump’s presidency more than immigrants. In the speech at Trump Tower that launched his presidential campaign, Trump vowed...

Patience: Prioritize Healthy Eating Over Dieting

Patience: Prioritize Healthy Eating Over Dieting

By Alisa Patience January 16, 2018

One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions people make is to lose weight. People do this by working out, going to the gym, but most often by going on diets. Unfortunately, most people don’t...

Entertainer Oprah Winfrey (L) and producer Harvey Weinstein laugh before receiving W.E.B. Du Bois Medals at the Hutchins Center Honors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 30, 2014.

Golden Globes 2018: Bravery or Blithering Stupidity?

By Nicholas Coleman January 15, 2018

Sexual harassment and assault are unequivocally awful crimes and deserve the full severity of the law as punishment. Those who take advantage of young women and men (specifically boys, as the Daily Beast...