By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• September 30, 2018
Management and Training Corporation, a private prison contractor which operates an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, called Davis County police officers this past July to have family...
Recently, the corporate giant Starbucks stated they would completely eliminate their plastic straw use by 2020. They’re joining a trend that aims to save the environment by banning plastic straws that...
In early September, Salt Lake City hosted the newly rebranded FanX® Salt Lake Comic-Convention™ (formerly Salt Lake Comic-Con, or SLCC). According to the co-founder Bryan Brandenburg’s estimate (as...
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• September 25, 2018
In 2002, the "boogeyman" entered a Salt Lake home at night and took a teenage girl from her bedroom. The response to the kidnapping from the seemingly quiet community was deafening. People wore holes into...
In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency and the Democrats won a commanding majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Millions of Americans, especially young people, first-time voters...
The concept of patriotism has always been foreign to me. My relationship with my country of birth is not based on unconditional love and pride, it is closer to a mutual indifference. I have never been...
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• September 24, 2018
You might’ve seen it immediately. Perhaps your phone chirped on your way home from class, alerting you to a new email. You may have looked at it later, while you cleaned out your inbox for the day...
By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer
• September 20, 2018
Utah is often touted for its upward mobility, a claim that may be a little more nuanced than at first blush. Ironically, another thing Utah has been acclaimed for is being the second most sexist state...
Since the election of Donald Trump, it appears as if CNN has acquired the nation's title of “Public Enemy No. 1.” Although the news channel did not portray Trump in a favorable light during his presidential...
The latest installment of the nation's endless debate on gun control recently surfaced on the University of Utah campus. A graduate student instructing a class included a detailed weapons policy on their...
