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Day care center on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barney: Take a Tech Timeout

By Autumn Barney September 4, 2017

There’s no question that technology rules the world. Nowadays you can locate anyone, anytime, anywhere — which is extremely creepy. It does not, however, stop me from using my iPhone. I loved when...

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

By Ren Groesbeck and Natalie Parkin September 4, 2017

Feminism is Targeting the Wrong Enemy: Men Natalie Parkin The fight for the rights of women is becoming more intense than ever before. Laws and politics push to keep women underpaid in the workforce,...

Victor: The False Narrative of the LDS Church as represented in the 2017 Love Loud Festival

Victor: The False Narrative of the LDS Church as represented in the 2017 Love Loud Festival

By Taylor Anderson September 3, 2017

On Aug. 2, the Love Loud music festival was held in Orem, Utah. The brainchild of Dan Reynolds, singer of the Grammy award-winning band Imagine Dragons, this festival was intended to raise funds for several...

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

By Connor Richards September 3, 2017

City and state officials have been quick to condemn Salt Lake police for the arrest of nurse Wubbels. But their support for Operation Rio Grande leaves room for questions. It’s a video that has been...

Barron: Return to Basics and Write Your Senator

Barron: Return to Basics and Write Your Senator

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 2, 2017

During high school, I interned at Mia Love’s Utah office. When I received my assignment, Constituent Correspondent, I thought I was to be a C.J. Cregg type, but I was soon reminded I was in West Valley...

Patience: Textbooks Should Not Be An Additional Cost to Tuition

Patience: Textbooks Should Not Be An Additional Cost to Tuition

By Alisa Patience September 1, 2017

As school starts up our wallets begin to empty once again. The most stressful part about college for me isn't driving 45 minutes every day to commute or writing final essays. It's getting textbooks. It's...

The Family Promise Salt Lake Shelter for the homeless on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Shifting the Narrative on Homelessness

By Connor Richards August 31, 2017

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams received wide attention and praise when he revealed he spent three days and two nights posing as a homeless man in the Rio Grande downtown area earlier this year. The...

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

Swanson: Stop Calling Trump a White Supremacist, It’s Not Helping

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 30, 2017

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you've heard about what happened in Charlottesville, VA on the night of August 11. Protesters armed with tiki torches and clad in polo shirts...

Threat of Nuclear War is Self-defeating Prophecy

Threat of Nuclear War is Self-defeating Prophecy

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 30, 2017

No citizen should ever feel comfortable when their government is openly considering nuclear warfare, but in the case of the United States and North Korea, it’s moderately safe to assume that no such...

Groesbeck: Response to Christopher Mead's Letter to the Editor "U Deserve a Better Welcome"

Groesbeck: Response to Christopher Mead’s Letter to the Editor “U Deserve a Better Welcome”

By Ren Groesbeck August 29, 2017

There were Jesus landmines all over campus distastefully shoving “FIND JESUS” into our digestive systems on the first days of fall semester and some pretentious cyclist was mad enough to write about...