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Your Holiday Survival Guide

Your Holiday Survival Guide

December 5, 2016

If you’re anything like me, you understand that November is the official beginning of the “holiday season.” People seem to love going home for Thanksgiving. Maybe even more than Christmas, since...

H2H: Flag Burning, Righteous Indignation or Disrespectful Act?

H2H: Flag Burning, Righteous Indignation or Disrespectful Act?

November 29, 2016

Flag Burning Is the Ultimate Expression of Free Speech Connor Richards Following the shocking and unforgettable result of the 2016 presidential election, thousands throughout the country were moved...

Dont Give in to Fear, Respect Refugees

Don’t Give in to Fear, Respect Refugees

November 29, 2016

Since 2015, I have worked with refugees here in Salt Lake City. It has been one of the most rewarding causes I have been a part of. In November 2015, the tragic bombings occurred in Paris and the conversation...

The Nexus mural inside the University of Utahs Heritage Center November 22, 2016. Adam Fondren, The Utah Chronicle.

Art — The Most Valuable Form of Protest

November 28, 2016

Protests are rampant here in the United States. They’ve come in forms of marches, assemblies and flag burnings. But a picture is worth a thousand words. So is a dance, a movie, a song, a poem and a mural....

The Real History of Thanksgiving

November 21, 2016

Everyone knows the story of the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims came to the New World on the Mayflower and struggled to survive in a land they were unfamiliar with so they turned to the Native Americans...

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

November 14, 2016

Medical school is expensive. Of course, I knew that when I applied. I ended up enrolling in the cheapest medical school that accepted me: the U. Still, nothing prepared me for the hidden costs and innumerable...

A Response to Recent On-Campus Assault

November 13, 2016

TW: Rape, sexual violence. On Halloween, a student was raped on campus. The assault occurred in a full parking lot in the middle of the day. As students and as a community, we should be horrified. We...

LDS Church Should Apologize for Indian Placement Program

LDS Church Should Apologize for Indian Placement Program

November 8, 2016

The Book of Mormon. You’ve probably heard of it. A holy book that contains the official beliefs and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is ultimately a narrative of an intense...

Criticizing Pumpkin Spice is Tasteless, let People Enjoy Fall

November 6, 2016

October, November and December herald my favorite time of the year. I'm all about Halloween, comfort food, sweater weather, rain, cozy blankets, hot chocolate and pumpkin spice everything. I, not only...

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Election Rules and Biases in the United States

November 5, 2016

In the current 2016 election, Navajo voters in San Juan County are having their voting rights violated. Prior to 2014 there were nine different polling locations all across northern Utah for Navajo voters...