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The Nexus mural inside the University of Utah's Heritage Center November 22, 2016. Adam Fondren, The Utah Chronicle.

Art — The Most Valuable Form of Protest

November 28, 2016

Protests are rampant here in the United States. They’ve come in forms of marches, assemblies and flag burnings. But a picture is worth a thousand words. So is a dance, a movie, a song, a poem and a mural....

Utah Football senior running back Joe Williams (28) runs the ball into the endzone for a touchdown during the game vs. the Washington Huskies at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday, October 29, 2016

Lose with Grace

November 26, 2016

Following Utah’s loss to Oregon, and with it the hopes of playing in the Pac-12 Championship Game, the players and coaches were visibly disappointed, discouraged even. It was a bit reminiscent of the...

The Real History of Thanksgiving

November 21, 2016

Everyone knows the story of the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims came to the New World on the Mayflower and struggled to survive in a land they were unfamiliar with so they turned to the Native Americans...

The Benefits of Meal Plans

The Benefits of Meal Plans

November 21, 2016

Meal plans are a reality of campus life, albeit one that most students seem to hate. I’ve known people who have faked allergies and chronic medical conditions just to get out of them (an easy thing to...

Dear Colin Kaepernick…

November 21, 2016

Hopefully you’re familiar with the Tyra Banks meme of her yelling, “I was rooting for you. We were all rooting for you,” right? Well, I was rooting for you and I had plenty of friends who were on...

Daylight Savings Time Needs To Go

Daylight Savings Time Needs To Go

November 15, 2016

I love having an extra hour of sleep in the fall. What I don’t love, however, is losing that hour of sleep in the spring time. Benjamin Franklin came up with daylight saving time to conserve candles...

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr

Chris Christie’s Salvation

November 15, 2016

Once considered the next Republican it-boy, Governor Chris Christie has certainly seen better days in his political career. Prior to announcing his bid for the presidency in 2015, the outspoken New Jersey...

Biologists at the U Follow Birds on 10,000 Kilometer Migration

Biologists at the U Follow Birds on 10,000 Kilometer Migration

November 15, 2016

Biologists from the U followed a species of songbird known as Great Reed Warblers from the Middle East to sub-Sahara Africa using lightweight geolocation technology. The team from the U along with Turkish...

We Need to Move Beyond the "Political Correctness" Debate

We Need to Move Beyond the “Political Correctness” Debate

November 14, 2016

As in most cultural debates today, those who fight over political correctness seem to disagree about basically everything — including the words used. Political correctness, often disparagingly dubbed...

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

November 14, 2016

Medical school is expensive. Of course, I knew that when I applied. I ended up enrolling in the cheapest medical school that accepted me: the U. Still, nothing prepared me for the hidden costs and innumerable...