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The Daily Utah Chronicle

Opinion

Life should be treated as exciting, not mundane

April 11, 2013

GRANADA ADVENTURE Chronicle copy editor Niki Harris juxtaposes American and Euro Springtime has finally arrived in Granada, and I’ve never been busier. The weather is finally warming up, I’m spending...

Americans must drop anti-science ideals

April 10, 2013

Recently, the United States has been at the heart of one of the most fascinating conflicts in modern history. This conflict has revolved around our willingness to accept a scientific worldview as the...

North Korean threats cannot be overlooked

April 10, 2013

There is an old saying that goes, “When you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to fear.” If the U.N. Security Council’s brutal sanctions have shoved North Korea to the bottom of the economic...

DEA misrepresents iMessage’s safety

April 9, 2013

This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration released a document to CNET that read, “iMessages between two Apple devices are considered encrypted communication and cannot be intercepted, regardless...

Same-sex families experience prejudice in Utah

April 9, 2013

In 1998, my son was 7 years old. His favorite aunts were my ex-husband’s sister and her lesbian partner, both of whom lived in California with their daughter Angie. But we lived in West Jordan, in one...

Social Security needs immediate reform

April 8, 2013

President Barack Obama claims he will be cutting Social Security, but he is actually defending a proposal to adjust the formula for calculating the yearly increase Social Security recipients receive based...

Military cuts should be made before NASA

April 8, 2013

An instrument aboard the International Space Station detected the possible presence of dark matter in outer space this week, which could prove illuminating — pun intended — in regard to current theories...

The lives of late bloomers might console graduates

April 7, 2013

Hey graduating seniors, bleak job market got you down? Don’t lose heart: read the obituaries. ‘Tis the season for graduating seniors to get that most obnoxious of all questions, “What’s next?” Any...

Government should prioritize research

April 7, 2013

As a matter of public policy — of finally taking a stand for what kind of government spending should remain immune to the whims of politicians — President Barack Obama’s $100 million brain research...

Religious ceremony creates opportunities for human connection

April 5, 2013

GRANADA ADVENTURE copy editor Niki Harris juxtaposes American and European life as she studies abroad I have always been an observer when it comes to religion. I grew up in the middle of a neighborhood...