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Cho: North Korea isn’t Criminal

Cho: North Korea isn’t Criminal

By Joon Cho May 24, 2018

On April 27th, 2018, the Inter-Korean Summit was held between North and South Korea, rekindling negotiations between the two countries in the peninsula. This also marked the first time since the end of...

Photos of the Bennion Center of the University of Utah on April 10, 2018.
Matt Gubler

Jensen-Coon: Volunteering is All About Love

By Kelcy Jensen- May 24, 2018

We often hear that doing something more for others is important and can help you feel better. I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. While researching the psychological effects of volunteering, however,...

Swanson: Another Day, Another Campus Event

Swanson: Another Day, Another Campus Event

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer May 22, 2018

It starts with orientation. It’s your first actual campus event as admitted students of the U. It can be scary and a bit of a shift and it can potentially turn people off the idea of attending future...

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Petersen: Mitt Romney and the GOP’s Working Class Failures

By Josh Petersen May 20, 2018

In a recent Washington Examiner profile that got attention for all the wrong reasons, Mitt Romney randomly announced: “My favorite meat is a hot dog, by the way. That is my favorite meat.” The awkward...

Sonnenberg: Cry it Out: A Response to Tucker Carlson

Sonnenberg: Cry it Out: A Response to Tucker Carlson

By Kristiane Sonnenberg May 15, 2018

Before it was taken down on May 2, Nemo Miller’s “cry closet” at the Marriott Library went viral on social media and drew the attention of national media outlets like CBS and Business Insider. Reactions...

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Patience: What I’m Going to Miss About Utah

By Alisa Patience May 5, 2018

For many, this semester is their final semester at the University of Utah. There are several things those students will undoubtedly miss. I’ll be spending a semester in Florida for an internship, so...

Graphic by Ashlyn Cary

Swanson: College Friends Aren’t Forever

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer May 2, 2018

Nothing lasts forever, and as I’m sure many of you have experienced by now, that includes the relationships you have with your closest friends. It’s a fact of nature we like to ignore and that catches...

Graphic by Paul Stevens

Park: Korea Needs More Teachers Like Keating

By Chan Kyu April 30, 2018

In the film “Dead Poets Society,” Welton Academy is an elite conservative boarding school. At school, English teacher John Keating greets his students with a surprising teaching method. He expresses...

Lifting Hands International (LHI) with Helping Hand for Relief & Development (HHRD) loads donated supplies into a trailer bound for Jordan  on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
Adam Fondren

Braden: U.S. Should Do Its Part to Help Refugees

By Paul Braden April 27, 2018

The enduring consequences of conflicts abroad have a pesky way of reaching our shores irrespective of American involvement. No product of war, like the people it displaces, has a more tangible impact on...

Photos of the Bennion Center of the University of Utah on April 10, 2018.
Matt Gubler

Patience: Volunteering is About More Than Just Building Your Resume

By Alisa Patience April 26, 2018

A wise man once said, “There’s no such thing as a selfless good deed.” That man was Joey Tribbiani, a beloved fictional character from the sitcom “Friends.” Throughout high school, students...