Skip to Main Content
The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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

Uncategorized

Utah State of the State address, Wednesday January 27, 2016. (Mike Sheehan, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Gov. Herbert Addresses Education in Annual “State of the State” Address

By Mike Sheehan January 28, 2016

Utah Governor Gary Herbert gave his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 27. After touching on many other topics, Gov. Herbert made a remark particularly relevant to students: “If you...

High school students from around Salt Lake City engage in a Q&A after viewing "Life, Animated" during the Sundance Film Festival, Wednesday January 27, 2016 (Mike Sheehan, Daily Utah Chronicle).

“Life, Animated” Smashes Stereotypes Surrounding Autism Spectrum

January 28, 2016

It’s a common stereotype in films and television that people on the autism spectrum remain perpetually child-like, innocent and completely incapable of having any kind of autonomous life. The Sundance...

Photo credit: Dane Goodwin

U to Petition Capitol Hill for New Medical Building

January 28, 2016

The U's School of Medicine may soon be demolished to make room for a new facility. The U hopes to build a new medical building, and Vivian Lee, dean of U Health Care, will lobby the Utah Legislature in...

Visa Restrictions Place Unnecessary Burden on Travelers, Deter Diplomacy

Visa Restrictions Place Unnecessary Burden on Travelers, Deter Diplomacy

January 28, 2016

An article I read recently in The New Yorker criticized the Ammon Bundy-led militia standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for being behind the times. Bundy and a host of other Westerners made a...

The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Peter Creveling, Daily Utah Chronicle

Student Volunteers Get a Behind-the-Scenes Sundance Experience

By Casey Koldewyn January 28, 2016

Lights, camera, action! The 2016 Sundance Film festival has come to town, along with all of the excitement and drama that accompanies it. Many people from Utah and beyond pay the big bucks for the opportunity...

Gymnastics: Red Rocks Looking to Improve on Floor, sans Kari Lee

Gymnastics: Red Rocks Looking to Improve on Floor, sans Kari Lee

January 28, 2016

Being the No. 7 team in the country and having a perfect 3-0 record to start the season is much better than where many of the young Utah gymnasts thought they would be. However, the Red Rocks' history...

Lassonde Studios Sends Out Four Hundred Acceptance Letters to Prospective Students

Lassonde Studios Sends Out Four Hundred Acceptance Letters to Prospective Students

January 28, 2016

The Lassonde Institute sent out acceptance letters to 400 students this month to live in its in-the-works Lassonde Studios dorm building this coming Fall Semester. The accepted students come from more...

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

January 28, 2016

Flint, Mich. is a town where 40 percent of the people live below the poverty line, 73 percent of the population is not white and the residents have been drinking toxic water for the past year because...

The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Peter Creveling, Daily Utah Chronicle

How Even Starving Students Can Experience the Joys of Sundance

January 28, 2016

Here’s the thing — not everyone can afford to have the full Sundance celebrity experience, least of all students. But just because you’re up to your neck in student loans doesn’t mean you can’t...

Midterm Report Card: Head Coach Roberts Gives Utes a 'Solid B'

Midterm Report Card: Head Coach Roberts Gives Utes a ‘Solid B’

January 28, 2016

Just as most students are settling into the beginning of a new semester — adjusting their alarm clocks for dreaded morning classes, scrounging up money for books, navigating the quickest paths to their...