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Student-Run K-UTE Could Fill Niche in Utah Radio

Student-Run K-UTE Could Fill Niche in Utah Radio

February 3, 2016

Does K-UTE need its own FM station? It’s a tricky question. Utah radio is a dry climate. There aren't a lot of stations between country and whatever’s currently trending. Unless you’re listening...

It's Time to Step Away from the Virtual War

It’s Time to Step Away from the Virtual War

February 1, 2016

We have all been a part of or at least witnessed the new social media trend of hashtag activism. With recent atrocities such as school shootings, police brutality and terrorist attacks unfortunately becoming...

Head to Head: Is Macklemore's New Song a Positive Contribution to Race Conversation?

Head to Head: Is Macklemore’s New Song a Positive Contribution to Race Conversation?

February 1, 2016

Macklemore Checks His Privilege Effectively With New Song by Justin Adams Macklemore recently released the third single, titled "White Privilege II," of his upcoming album. In it, he asks questions about...

LDS Church Changes Policies on Social Whims

LDS Church Changes Policies on Social Whims

February 1, 2016

Last week I wrote an article on the LDS Church’s new policy on gay marriage, and my belief that the Church’s persistence in condemning gays and forbidding their children from receiving the same rights...

Watch What You Eat: Diet Can Effect Your Genetic Bequeathment

Watch What You Eat: Diet Can Effect Your Genetic Bequeathment

January 31, 2016

In an evolution class last year, we collectively made Lamarck a recurring joke. Lamarck, the biologist preceding Darwin in the progression of evolutionary thought, theorized that animals evolve in correlation...

GOP Pres. Candidates Need to Realize Climate Change Threatens National Security

January 31, 2016

I watched the Republican Debate last Thursday, but I'm not sure why. With "ringleader" Trump's refusal to attend the debate, I figured it would be less theatrical, less circus-y and centered more around...

Letter to the Editor: US Visa Waiver Program

January 30, 2016
OP-ED WRITTEN BY: Hamid Ghandehari
Winter Storm Jonas Reveals Aspects of Millennial Culture

Winter Storm Jonas Reveals Aspects of Millennial Culture

January 28, 2016

Millennials are known for our lack of interpersonal communication skills and our inability to keep information private and personal, which is owed largely to our shortened attention spans and the exponential...

Visa Restrictions Place Unnecessary Burden on Travelers, Deter Diplomacy

Visa Restrictions Place Unnecessary Burden on Travelers, Deter Diplomacy

January 28, 2016

An article I read recently in The New Yorker criticized the Ammon Bundy-led militia standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for being behind the times. Bundy and a host of other Westerners made a...

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

January 28, 2016

Flint, Mich. is a town where 40 percent of the people live below the poverty line, 73 percent of the population is not white and the residents have been drinking toxic water for the past year because...