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

Social Issues

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Patience: There Aren’t “Many Sides” When it Comes to White Supremacy

By Alisa Patience September 7, 2017

I know it's hard to believe, but "Donald McRonald" has struck again, putting his enormous clown feet back into his mouth. During the KKK and Neo-Nazi gatherings in Charlottesville, Donald Trump addressed...

Genes Dont Determine Success

Genes Don’t Determine Success

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 7, 2017

This August, former Google engineer James Damore wrote an objectively sexist and uninformed anti-diversity memo. His argument that women do not have the biological disposition to succeed in the tech industry...

David Sacharny, a PhD student in Computing Robotics, codes artificial intelligence software for robots on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Will Artificial Intelligence Be the Last Human Invention?

By Connor Richards September 5, 2017

In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates tells the legend of King Thamus who is given the gift of writing from Theuth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. Writing, Theuth persuades, will act as a mass remedy for...

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

By Ren Groesbeck and Natalie Parkin September 4, 2017

Feminism is Targeting the Wrong Enemy: Men Natalie Parkin The fight for the rights of women is becoming more intense than ever before. Laws and politics push to keep women underpaid in the workforce,...

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

By Connor Richards September 3, 2017

City and state officials have been quick to condemn Salt Lake police for the arrest of nurse Wubbels. But their support for Operation Rio Grande leaves room for questions. It’s a video that has been...

The Family Promise Salt Lake Shelter for the homeless on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Shifting the Narrative on Homelessness

By Connor Richards August 31, 2017

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams received wide attention and praise when he revealed he spent three days and two nights posing as a homeless man in the Rio Grande downtown area earlier this year. The...

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 30, 2017

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you've heard about what happened in Charlottesville, VA on the night of August 11. Protesters armed with tiki torches and clad in polo shirts...

Williams: We Should Decriminalize All Drugs in the U.S.

Williams: We Should Decriminalize All Drugs in the U.S.

By Brook Williams August 29, 2017

Many people are highly supportive of legalizing marijuana. It is a topic highly stressed on college campuses, and if all teachers and professors aren’t for the legalization by now, it shouldn't take...

Williams: “To the Bone” Tells Truth of Anorexic Lifestyle

By Brook Williams August 27, 2017

The Netflix movie “To the Bone” reveals the realities behind eating disorders. Its light hearted attitude, dark humor and idiosyncratic characters make this film unique. Some say it’s brutally honest....

The crowd claps during the Solidarity Rally against racism at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Keep White Nationalism Out of the U

By Connor Richards August 25, 2017

An editorial from the opinion desk. They didn’t even wear cloaks. No masks, no capes, no concealment of identity. Although they hold the same torches and share the same degenerate, primitive ideology...