Skip to Main Content
The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Opinion

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...

A student sita in the Marriott library to work on her online class, Monday, August 31, 2015.

Head to head: Are Online Classes the Easy Way Out?

November 14, 2016

[row cols_nr="2"] [col size="6"] A Realistic Route for Non-traditional Students Elyse Jost Online classes are in many ways, like the vegan option on a menu. Everyone knows that it serves the same purpose...

A Response to Recent On-Campus Assault

November 13, 2016

TW: Rape, sexual violence. On Halloween, a student was raped on campus. The assault occurred in a full parking lot in the middle of the day. As students and as a community, we should be horrified. We...

Online Classes are Not Ideal for Real Engagement

Online Classes are Not Ideal for Real Engagement

November 10, 2016

The internet has certainly made many aspects of our lives easier. Here in the 21st century we can watch movies, shop, interact with friends and even apply for jobs right from our living rooms. Naturally,...