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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

Nationwide solar panels present a step in the renewable direction, should be mandatory

March 25, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the break I had the good fortune of visiting my grandparents in New Hampshire. Towards the end of my visit, my grandmother asked if I would like to see a dairy farm...

The bar exam tests law students on details, should focus on the practical

March 25, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Students in fields such as law or medicine know their fates will eventually be sealed by an ominous and inescapable exam. Tests like these decide who will enter the workforce...

LDS church follows reasonable business model in treatment of dissenting members

March 17, 2015

Picture this: if I worked for Microsoft and you were my boss, and for whatever reason I became disillusioned with the Windows operating system and became enamored with the Apple Mac operating system, you...

Honor killings a tragedy that must be stopped at home and abroad

March 17, 2015

In the midst of various women’s rights debates and the “He for She” campaign promoting feminism as equality between both sexes, a very serious problem has been overlooked by our society....

Humanities professors need to stop focusing on Freud already

March 17, 2015

Students majoring in the humanities are over-exposed to Freudian theory. English course syllabi are littered with free association activities, while art courses perpetuate Sigmund’s ideas about sexual...

To conserve water, Utahns need to realize they live in a desert

March 17, 2015

According to separate research studies conducted by USU and BYU, the 20th century featured historically anomalous wet periods in our state. The researchers, whose data is based on tree ring and lake sediment...

College expenses defeat the purpose of higher education

March 12, 2015

Has anyone else noticed that the U is totally fleecing us? If you saw the latest email about the proposed tuition increase, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I was not at all relieved to...

Companies could reap benefits by bridging the age gap

March 10, 2015

We often think of stereotypes as being centered around controversial issues such as race, gender and religion. However, one very harmful class of stereotype that affects more than one subset of society...

Women have the same opportunities as men in the workforce – they choose not to take them

March 9, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The idea of a so-called gender wage gap was introduced to me early in high school by a female teacher of mine. She was highly passionate, even bitter, about the matter,...

Social stereotypes relegate women to second-class positions, lower pay

By Aaron Clark March 9, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are more CEOs named John than there are female CEOs. John? Really? Glass ceilings eventually have to crack, right? Wrong. Countless studies and articles disclosing...