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Braden: Concealed Carry: A Solution to Gun Violence?

Braden: Concealed Carry: A Solution to Gun Violence?

By Paul Braden November 13, 2017

Few conversation topics in this country have the same power to both enrage and isolate opposing participants, like the subject of gun control and gun-related deaths does. While one side argues that a lack...

Barron: How to Get A Job, Other Important Things I Didn't Learn In Class

Barron: How to Get A Job, Other Important Things I Didn’t Learn In Class

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer November 13, 2017

There is a meme which reads in part, “Things I never learned in high school: how to do taxes or how to apply for a job… but thank goodness I can use the Pythagorean Theorem.”  While I can argue...

Barber: How Soon Is Too Soon to Talk About Gun Control?

Barber: How Soon Is Too Soon to Talk About Gun Control?

By Shaelyn Barber November 13, 2017

Gun violence has been an unfortunate theme in recent events. University of Utah student ChenWei Guo was murdered in a senseless and random act of violence. In Texas, a recent shooting at a church left...

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H2H: Is Technology Ruining People’s Writing Skills

By Alisa Patience and Natalie Parkin November 13, 2017

Parkin: Proper Writing is a Forgotten Skill Writing haz been a big part of our lives for generations. No matter if u r writing 4 a class paper, a resume, texting bffs or sending emails 2 professors, writing...

Swanson: Donna Brazile Has Revealed the Corrupt State of the DNC in 2016 and We Should All Be Furious

Swanson: Donna Brazile Has Revealed the Corrupt State of the DNC in 2016 and We Should All Be Furious

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer November 13, 2017

On Nov. 2, former head of the Democratic National Party Donna Brazile wrote an article in advance of her upcoming book “Hacks” for Politico. Both the book and the article focus on the state of the...

Williams: A Mood Worth Fighting For

Williams: A Mood Worth Fighting For

By Brook Williams November 13, 2017

Two weeks ago, I listened to only Disney music for seven straight days to see how it affected my mood. This led to me trying to convince the DJs at each Halloween party I attended to play a few Disney...

Parkin: Musicians Invest In Their Craft

Parkin: Musicians Invest In Their Craft

By Natalie Parkin November 13, 2017

When someone has the privilege to view a symphonic orchestra, the audience only sees the tip of the iceberg of what musicians do. What the audience does not see are the years of hard work, months of practicing...

Braden: Nation's Worst Driving: Utah Crashes Into Top Spot

Braden: Nation’s Worst Driving: Utah Crashes Into Top Spot

By Paul Braden November 13, 2017

A routine commute through Salt Lake City's residential streets and freeways, never ceases to supply a healthy dose of construction zones, salt corroded potholes and scenes of traffic accidents — both...

Patience: There Shouldn't Be A Planet B

Patience: There Shouldn’t Be A Planet B

By Alisa Patience November 13, 2017

There are many movies featuring alien life forms — specifically ones where an alien race comes to Earth — either to take it over, use it for recourses or to punish human beings. This includes films...

Braden: Climate Change: Another Testament of Science

Braden: Climate Change: Another Testament of Science

By Paul Braden November 13, 2017

Among voting-eligible Americans, there seems to be an increasing rate of skepticism or even disgust towards the scientific community. Skepticism has always been and always should be a vital part of the...