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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

Turn Off Your Ad Blockers

Turn Off Your Ad Blockers

By Kyle Ruscigno September 29, 2016

The $40 you pay every month for data isn’t the cost of a free and open internet; that’s just what it takes to beam the information to you. Netflix costs $8 a month. If every website charged that much...

Self-Imposed Limitations, Microagressions on College Campuses

Self-Imposed Limitations, Microagressions on College Campuses

By Nicholas Coleman September 25, 2016

Since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, the U has clearly exhibited a juxtaposition of the 20th century and the modern era. Near ubiquitous construction has spread across campus like wildfire, resulting in gleaming...

Theres no Excuse for Boredom at College

There’s no Excuse for Boredom at College

By Alisa Patience September 25, 2016

You know how sometimes when you go to a party at a friend’s house, and there’s nothing much to do but stand around awkwardly and eat chips? Yet somehow by the end of the night you’re either sad,...

Millenials See Beyond the American Dream

Millenials See Beyond the “American Dream”

By Kyle Ruscigno September 19, 2016

If the news is to be believed, millennials are responsible for the death of the American Dream. They don’t want to own a house, they don’t want to get married, and they don’t have the same expectations...

A Response to Stuart C. Reid

By Connor Richards September 14, 2016

In a blistering op-ed published by The Salt Lake Tribune, former Utah senator and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bishop Stuart C. Reid spoke out against what he sees as a serious problem...

Women Should Have to Sign Up for Draft

Women Should Have to Sign Up for Draft

By Autumn Barney September 12, 2016

The debate regarding if women should be required to register with Selective Service for the draft has been in full motion since last year. When I first heard about the conversation I was against the idea,...

Longtime Student, First-Time Adult

Longtime Student, First-Time Adult

By Nicholas Coleman September 11, 2016

When I played in my living room as a young child, imaginary lava flowing viscously between the floor boards, I didn't have a grasp of what adulthood truly signified. This blissful period insulated my conceptions...

Who is labor day for?

Labor Day for Whom?

By Kyle Ruscigno September 5, 2016

Americans work pretty hard. A full time work week for a typical American is now roughly 47 hours.While the entire point of Labor Day is to celebrate the contributions that these workers make every day,...

To Address the Suicide Epidemic, Utah Needs Cultural Change

To Address the Suicide Epidemic, Utah Needs Cultural Change

By Connor Richards September 5, 2016

Utah has a problem. In the past decade, teen suicide rates have tripled in the state. A report released in July found that suicide is now the leading cause of death among youth ages 10 to 17 -- higher...

The Red Line TRAX train heading up to the hospital passing underneath Rice-Eccles Stadium on Aug. 30, 2016 | Adam Fondren, The Daily Utah Chronicle

UTA Needs to Step up Safety Measures

By Connor Richards September 4, 2016

Near the end of July, a pregnant woman was killed in an accident involving a FrontRunner train and a car of which she was a passenger. Kaipa ‘Ofa Ki’Uiha Kinikini was survived by her immediate family—...