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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

Teachers’ “tangents” can impart a wealth of wisdom

March 9, 2015

As college students, we all evaluate the efficient use of our time in order to balance class, homework, projects, and more. I wonder, however, if students in general fail to understand what true education...

Doctors should be socially educated

March 9, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the time for a physical or routine check-up comes around, we often find ourselves trapped in a blur of frenzied moments: a urine sample here, two coughs there, and...

Society’s ignorance hinders current cultural reformation

March 8, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Minority groups are constantly battling to champion their causes. It is a movement that is changing our culture and our country as a contemporary reformation. However,...

Corporal punishment presents a better alternative to incarceration

March 8, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When we hear the phrase “corporal punishment,” the first images we may think of are of men being flogged as a form of punishment. Corporal punishment was used widely...

Marijuana poses less of a threat than alcohol

By Aaron Clark March 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Imagine: the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream blended with the refreshing taste of … marijuana? In a recent interview, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the masterminds...

Marijuana does more harm than good – despite what you may have heard

March 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is extremely bad for you. I cannot count the number of times I have heard a pot-head friend explain to fellow smokers or non-smokers...

Google poised to dethrone Apple as top mobile company

March 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Google is more than just a massive tech company that dominates the world of Internet searches. Google has been slowly but surely expanding its influence past mobile searches...

Students need to take advantage of financial resources on campus

March 3, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As romantic and idealist as we’d like to be, we simply can’t deny that our lives revolve around money. Few things are free in this world, and though some pursue monetary...

Having a healthy diet doesn’t need to mean breaking the bank

March 3, 2015

People, especially college students, often claim they don’t eat healthy because good food is just too expensive. I would argue that this excuse is simply the product of laziness and poor accounting....

Get moving and reap the benefits

March 3, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In his book Spark, Dr. John Ratey draws on evolutionary biology, psychology and neuroscience to make the case the point of exercise is to build and condition the brain...