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Groesbeck: Contrary to Local Billboard, Cosmopolitan is not Porn

Groesbeck: Contrary to Local Billboard, Cosmopolitan is not Porn

By Ren Groesbeck August 21, 2017

It’s hard to miss the billboard on I-15 that reads, “Cosmopolitan magazine contains porn.” It shines directly at us, on a bright pink sign with a link to CosmoHurtsKids.com. Only in Utah are we not...

Books on Phiulosophy inside the stacks of the J. Willard Marriott  Library on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

An Existentialist’s Guide to Your First Year of College

By Connor Richards August 19, 2017

There you are, sitting on the first day of your first class ever in college. It might be Gen. Chem I, Intermediate Writing, Survey of Jazz, Analysis of Argument, Philosophy and Human Nature or a dreaded...

James Alex Fields Jr., left, marches in a white nationalist rally on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 wearing apparel and holding a shield associated with the "American fascism" group Vanguard America. Fields is charged with driving a car into a group of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring 19.

Richards: Reveal Could Show Link Between Charlottesville Driver, Racist Posters on U Campus

By Connor Richards August 19, 2017

It is a troubling look for the University of Utah, and Utah as a whole. James Alex Fields Jr., 20, marched on Saturday afternoon with hundreds of white nationalists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville,...

School for Cultural and Social Transformation Challenges Views

By Broderick Sterrett August 15, 2017

This upcoming Fall semester will signify the first full year of the newly instituted School for Cultural and Social Transformation — a joint effort of the Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies program. The...

The Student Services Building on the University of Utah Campus, where many advising appointments are held. Chronicle archives.

How I Learned To Love the Requirements

By Alex Judd August 15, 2017

The path to a medical or law degree is different in most parts of the world compared to the United States. Rather than requiring an undergraduate degree, many international professional degree programs...

Why You Should Parent Without Screaming

Why You Should Parent Without Screaming

By Autumn Barney August 14, 2017

This is one of the most sensitive articles I’ve ever written. I would never want to tell anyone how to be a parent. I’m definitely not the perfect mother. But I think there’s a big difference in...

The Nibley Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

A Good Walk Spoiled

By Alisa Patience August 14, 2017

Okay, athletes. I'm going to say something that will probably make you hate me. I don't think golf is a real sport. Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of sports in general, and I've only played golf once,...

Combatting the Freshman 15

Combatting the Freshman 15

By Brook Williams August 14, 2017

The freshman 15 — a well-known title for the fresh students entering the world of late nights, tight budgets, a demanding social life and plenty of cheap, greasy food. If you are unfamiliar with the...

Red Shuttle at the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Reevaluating the U’s Shuttle System

By Alisa Patience August 13, 2017

Students of the University of Utah all know the struggle of walking from class to class in the murderous heat of late August or the unmerciful frigidness of January. After all, our campus is huge, and...

From left to right Anna Thomas, Simon Greenhalgh, Amy Tetreault and Justin Rein man the help desk for the new student orientation session in the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Engage Yourself In U’s Student Organizations

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer August 13, 2017

If you were much like me, you’ve been looking forward to university for a very long time. I grew up in a small town where I never connected with anybody, and I always longed for a new and fresh start...