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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

Arash Tadjiki

Universities need to do more to alleviate student debt

February 13, 2014

It is not often that old news grabs my attention, but an article published by The Salt Lake Tribune in July caught my eye this week. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) stood side by side with 17 Senate Democrats in...

Internet should be equal opportunity

Internet should be equal opportunity

February 11, 2014

The debate over net neutrality or whether Internet service providers should give preferential treatment to certain websites — giving more bandwidth to some websites to make them faster while others remain...

Grey Leman

Death penalty cruel, impractical, archaic

February 11, 2014

It took 26 minutes to kill Dennis McGuire, using an untested lethal injection. Considering the Eighth Amendment clause against cruel and unusual punishment, the state of Ohio doesn’t have much of a defense...

Arash Tadjiki

Insincere apologies perpetuate dishonesty

February 11, 2014

It’s been almost two decades since I was busted for stealing Skittles from my kindergarten teacher’s desk. The rainbow-colored, sugar-coated candy of the gods had been taunting me all day, and naturally,...

Lindsay Schuring

Higher education is about more than just acquiring job-skills

February 10, 2014

The U requires 12 general education classes, not including the five required for a bachelor’s degree. The administration states that their goal “is to fulfill the requirements of the State of Utah’s...

Nick Ketterer

Current generation must reclaim their power

February 9, 2014

It’s impossible to ignore the pictures of the current uprising in Kiev, Ukraine — blazing barricades constructed of tires and stone-faced youth roaming the city square with Molotov cocktails. As a...

Luigi Ghersi

Animals shouldn’t be human entertainment

February 6, 2014

A friend recently sent me a photo of Jerry, the horse that collapsed while harnessed to a carriage in Salt Lake City on a hot day in August 2013. The attached message said, “Tell me this isn’t true!”...

Nick Ketterer

‘Healthy,’ ‘skinny’ are not synonymous

February 5, 2014

Season 15 of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” ended Tuesday night with more than enough happy endings and joyful tears to go around. Since this was the first season I had watched from start to finish, I...

Letter to the Editor: UTA not to blame for travel troubles

February 5, 2014

Editor: I can write pages and pages on Katherine Ellis’s piece published on Jan. 9 (“UTA needs to improve its services”), but I’ll leave it to these few points: First and foremost, UTA can’t...

Arash Tadjiki

Diversity essential to America

February 4, 2014

The English language has become prevalent, not just throughout the nation but across the globe. Being American has devolved into being white, speaking English and perceiving the United States as superior...