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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

Sentient animals deserve legal “personhood”

December 8, 2014

While I do not always abide by it, I truly love the law. In this tumultuous, shadowy world, the law is designed to be humanity’s guiding light. At its heart, it is a projection of our intangible...

Consumers should take ethics of forced labor in China into consideration

December 8, 2014

Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times journalist and author of the influential globalization treatise “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of The Twenty-first Century,” wrote in 2004, “When...

Degrees need value beyond “a purchased résumé item”

December 4, 2014

According to a 2011 Harvard study, only 56 percent of students who begin a bachelor’s degree program in America finish within six years. Why do so many college students drop out? A Pew Research...

Police officers should be required to wear body cameras to protect themselves and public

December 1, 2014

The big story in America recently has been Ferguson, Mo., where in August, Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson. In the following months, protests and civil unrest have been captured...

U.S. gov’t needs to make breast cancer screenings mandatory, save lives

December 1, 2014

The stigma that surrounds mental health disorders is familiar to many Americans — in 2012 there were 9.6 million adults with a serious mental illness in the United States, and that number has been...

Earth cannot rely on last-ditch geoengineering efforts to save climate

December 1, 2014

This weekend, I finally saw “Interstellar.” It was an enthralling, imaginative and thought-provoking film with eye-popping cinematography and tear-jerking examinations of love and relationships....

White people do not experience reverse racism but the result of institutional racism

November 29, 2014

“Black people can’t be racist — racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race,” said character Samantha White in “Dear White People,” the smart indie comedy...

A living wall in Marriott Library would improve study sessions

November 29, 2014

Every winter, as Salt Lake’s notorious inversion sets in, blanketing our beautiful valley in a thick, toxic haze, air quality becomes a common topic of conversation. You start to see people wearing...

Meditation can be a successful tool to relieve stress

November 29, 2014

I don’t mean to alarm you, but finals are only a few weeks away. It’s that final stretch of the semester, and it can be pretty stressful. There are a lot of ways to alleviate stress, but one...

Thanksgiving celebrations need to remember historical origins of the holiday

November 29, 2014

We tend to have selective memories. This may explain why we frequently overlook the injustices faced by American Indians and the role they played in the historic charade known as Thanksgiving. The idea...