Conversion therapy is attempting change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Also known as “reparative” therapy, conversion therapy employs a variety of techniques to “correct”...
This past weekend, I took my younger sister to the Hogle Zoo. We watched the polar bear play with a big floaty toy, learned about the zoo's research into a fungus affecting Utah’s boreal toad population...
A survey in 2015 ranked Salt Lake City is as the seventh-gayest city in the United States. Around 4.7% of Salt Lake City residents identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Utah is the youngest state...
When the Constitution was drafted and ratified by the Founders, they decided that direct taxation and each state’s number of representatives would be determined by population. The apportionment procedure...
I'm Ermiya Fanaeian, a University of Utah student.
Like many people in marginalized communities, I didn’t have the best notions of sorority life when I started my college journey. I believed Greek Row...
So much gun violence occurs in the United States each year that it is compiled into the Gun Violence Archive. The home page displays roughly a dozen major statistics that are updated each day: total number...
By Paij Chavez, Opinion Writer
• September 30, 2019
Studying the impact of climate science communication — the language people use to describe climate-related issues — may lead to more productive conversations about climate change. There is a scientific...
By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer
• September 30, 2019
When University of Utah students hear ASUU, they often think of its different boards, the events they host and the student body president. While this is indeed the public face of ASUU, it only constitutes...
By Nathan Dalley, Opinion Writer
• September 29, 2019
In a recent address to a crowd at Brigham Young University, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stated that, “The truth is, however, that in the beginning — in the beginning...
Public art is vital to community development. Dr. Ruth Fazakerley, of the University of South Australia, has written that public art has an ability to provide culture in the public realm, "generating employment...
