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Opinion: Friendships Can’t Survive Polarized Morals
By Emma Thompson, Opinion Writer • November 30, 2024

  Friendship is valuable. Many people seek friends to be there for them through life's best and worst parts. During a heated political season, many people feel they have no choice but to cut contact with family and friends. Friendships and relationships wither away for countless...

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...

A ballot drop box for the 2018 midterm elections at the Salt Lake County Building in Salt Lake City on Oct. 23, 2018.
Opinion: Your Voice Matters
By Lexi Hall, Assistant Opinion Editor • August 27, 2024

  All eyes inevitably fixate on the presidential race in the frenzy of election season. This intense focus on who will occupy the Oval...

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Opinion: Don’t Weaponize Feminism Against Trans Women
By Elizabeth Griffee, Opinion Writer • November 7, 2024

  There has been a recent national wave of transphobia. In 2024 alone, a record 661 anti-trans bills were proposed at local and national...

Lights are illuminated inside the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Jan 23, 2023 in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Head to Head: Abolishing Fraternities
By Matthew Timpa and Elizabeth Griffee October 15, 2024

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Opinion: Destigmatize Sexual Health
By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer • October 11, 2024

  Since 2000, Utah has seen a 291% increase in STDs, the second-highest rate in the country. Utah is one of only three states with an...

Eric Robertson teaches his honors research class outside at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday Aug. 26, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Opinion: Bring Life to Learning
By Emma Smith, Opinion Writer • October 21, 2024

  This article was originally published in the Outdoors print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on September 23,...

The Great Salt Lake seen from above at Corinne, Utah on Aug. 19, 2023. (Photo by Xiangyao "Axe" Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Opinion: Save Great Salt Lake Before the 2034 Olympics
By Emma Thompson, Opinion Writer • October 17, 2024

  The 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are being held in Salt Lake City. This news was met with excitement to all living in Utah....

Utah Asia Campus
Jang: The UAC Lacks Mental Health Support
By Eseudel Jang, Opinion Writer • August 20, 2024

  Mental illness in South Korea consistently reaches alarming levels. The latest Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...

A man stands outside of Randy's Records Shop on 900 S and 157 E in Salt Lake City on National Record Store Day, April 22, 2023.
Cowley: Get Off Campus and Explore
By Elle Cowley, Multimedia Managing Editor • May 30, 2023

  Going from high school to college is a massive shift. For many students, it's their first time living away from home. For me, not only...

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Editorial: Gov. Cox’s Pandora’s Box
By The Spring 2024 Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board February 14, 2024

  According to Greek mythology, Pandora was a woman who had in her possession a box containing all misery and evil. Though warned not...

Pro-Palestine demonstrators organize in front of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City during the Stand for Palestine Rally on Oct. 21, 2023. (Photo by Luke Larsen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Editorial: Stand with Palestine, Now and Forever
By The Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board November 15, 2023

  A little over a month ago, global media doubled down on its coverage of Israel and Palestine. The biased coverage of Hamas’ retaliation...

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Editorial: 2023 Legislative Session Brings Fresh Attacks on Trans Youth
By The Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board January 17, 2023

  Today is the first day of what is sure to be a tumultuous 45 days amid Utah’s 2023 General Legislative Session. There are plenty...

Members of Phi Sigma Pi National Fraternity at a meeting. (Courtesy of Phi Sigma Pi National Fraternity)
Editorial: Give Yourself Space to Grow
By The Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board July 14, 2022

  A hard lesson to learn upon arriving at college is that life doesn’t care about your plans. But nothing is set in stone —  it’s...

The MUSS in the game versus the UC Irvine Anteaters at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (Photo by Xiangyao “Axe” Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Letter to the Editor: Huntsman Center Sponsorship Policies
By Charles Wentworth April 5, 2024
University of Utah's Brant Kuithe (#80) gets tackled during the game versus the BYU Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT on Sept 11, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Guest Opinion: A Call for a New Era of BYU-Utah Rivalry
By Matthew K. Hyde, Guest Opinion • November 5, 2024
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Opinion: The U Must Provide Research Transparency
By Avery Ichimura November 12, 2024

  One of the University of Utah’s strengths is its "world-class research." U Health boasts 949 faculty members and 36 research departments....

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Column: Seek Rational Conservatives in the Era of Trump
By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer • November 10, 2024

  Love it or hate it, we need the news. Now more than ever, examining where we’re getting is essential.   Too many of us fall into...

The Delta Gamma sorority house decorated for sorority recruitment. (Chronicle archives)
Opinion: Sororities Can’t Preach Sisterhood While Excluding Minority Women
By Avery Ichimura November 9, 2024

  Women of different cultures, races and religions have more qualities in common than they might think. They can have similar experiences...

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Opinion: Citizens United v. FEC Remains the Hidden Threat
By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer • November 7, 2024

  In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the conservative political action committee (PAC), Citizens United, in the landmark...

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Opinion: Don’t Weaponize Feminism Against Trans Women
By Elizabeth Griffee, Opinion Writer • November 7, 2024

  There has been a recent national wave of transphobia. In 2024 alone, a record 661 anti-trans bills were proposed at local and national...

University of Utah's Brant Kuithe (#80) gets tackled during the game versus the BYU Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT on Sept 11, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Guest Opinion: A Call for a New Era of BYU-Utah Rivalry
By Matthew K. Hyde, Guest Opinion • November 5, 2024

  Early into my freshman year, I sat in the Mighty Utah Student Section ready to watch an anticipated match against our rival and neighboring...

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Point of View: Dreaming of Better Grades?
By Estella Weeks, Point of View Host • October 31, 2024

Intro: [music] Welcome back to The Daily Utah Chronicle’s opinion podcast. I’m your host, Estella Weeks, and you’re listening...

UQFF 2024 Lineup
UQFF 2024: A Conversation With Cat Palmer
By Laney Hansen, Arts Writer • October 30, 2024

  “I think queer space is sacred space and we need more of it in the state of Utah.” Cat Palmer grew up in Orange County, California...

The ASUU Boyden ticket talks about their platform during the ASUU-Chronicle debate at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Joseph Boyden’s Goals for his ASUU Presidency
By Kate Keith, News Writer • October 22, 2024

  Joseph Boyden, ASUU's student body president, described ASUU as "a vessel for whatever students want it to be." Boyden was elected...

Eric Robertson teaches his honors research class outside at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday Aug. 26, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Opinion: Bring Life to Learning
By Emma Smith, Opinion Writer • October 21, 2024

  This article was originally published in the Outdoors print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on September 23,...

The Great Salt Lake seen from above at Corinne, Utah on Aug. 19, 2023. (Photo by Xiangyao "Axe" Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Opinion: Save Great Salt Lake Before the 2034 Olympics
By Emma Thompson, Opinion Writer • October 17, 2024

  The 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are being held in Salt Lake City. This news was met with excitement to all living in Utah....

Lights are illuminated inside the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Jan 23, 2023 in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Head to Head: Abolishing Fraternities
By Matthew Timpa and Elizabeth Griffee October 15, 2024

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Opinion: No One Needs To Take Your Gun
By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer • October 14, 2024

  In recent years, America has become synonymous with one unique tragedy: gun deaths.  In many ways, the right to bear arms is a...

Skiing at Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon just outside Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kiffer Creveling)
Opinion: Make Skiing Accessible
By Elizabeth Griffee, Opinion Writer • October 14, 2024

  This article was originally published in the Outdoors print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on September 23,...

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Opinion: Destigmatize Sexual Health
By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer • October 11, 2024

  Since 2000, Utah has seen a 291% increase in STDs, the second-highest rate in the country. Utah is one of only three states with an...

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