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Opinion: The Threat of Expanded Presidential Immunity

By Lexi Hall, Assistant Opinion Editor September 17, 2024

This article was originally published in the Welcome Home print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on August 25, 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out of...

The Block U on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. (Courtesy of the University of Utah)

Opinion: Democracy Dies Under Misinformation

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer September 15, 2024

  This story is published as part of U.S. Democracy Day and the Utah College Media Collaborative, a cross-campus project bringing together emerging journalists from Salt Lake Community College,...

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Opinion: SLC Keeps Third Places Alive

By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer September 11, 2024

  Third places are places other than work or home where people gather and interact. They can be coffee shops, libraries, parks, bars or shopping centers, to name a few. Across the country,...

The Salt Lake Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. (Chronicle archive)

Opinion: Do Not Forsake Us

By Morgan Champine, Opinion Editor September 8, 2024

  Galatians 5:22-23 reads, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”   This verse was written on my...

Student looking for parking at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 (Photo by David Chenoweth | The Daily Utah Chronicle

Opinion: The U’s ‘College Town Magic’ Is Just a Parking Crisis in Disguise

By Emma Thompson, Opinion Writer September 7, 2024

  As part of an attempt to make the University of Utah a residential campus, the Kahlert Village parking lot has closed to begin construction on new student housing. Despite the attempt to create...

Some of the clothing and decor at Vantage Thrift Store on Dec. 1, 2022.

Opinion: Preserve Thrifting’s Purpose

By Emma Smith, Opinion Writer September 6, 2024

  Secondhand stores were originally created to alleviate poverty and help low-income individuals afford low-priced clothes, furniture, toys and other goods. Today’s cost of living is significantly...

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Opinion: Center Men’s Mental Health

By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer September 5, 2024

  Young adults are suffering. As a result, young men are becoming more conservative. In fact, they are the only U.S. population group to do so in the last decade. Over a quarter of men under 30...

The Kappa Sigma fraternity house in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Opinion: Kappa Sigma is Irredeemable

By Elizabeth Griffee, Opinion Writer September 3, 2024

  In December 2022, the University of Utah terminated its recognition of its branch of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. However, Baylor Biedermann, the fraternity's president, told the Salt Lake Tribune...

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Opinion: Choose Community, Not Capitalism

By Elizabeth Griffee, Opinion Writer August 31, 2024

The favor economy is a sociological concept best described as transactions between community members that are unpaid and instead reciprocated by future transactions. This economy is formed by the informal...

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Opinion: Student Debt Relief is a Necessary Evil

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer August 29, 2024

  Stepping into office in 2020, one of Biden’s most substantial promises was reducing student loan debt. Four years later, it is difficult to say whether Biden was able to create a substantial...