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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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All content by Connor Richards
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Saying Goodbye

By Megan Hulse, Connor Richards, Kim Brenneisen, Emma Tanner, Justin Adams, and Dakota Grossman
April 25, 2018
A pet goat on the White Mesa Ute Indian reservation.

Richards: Covering White Mesa

By Connor Richards
April 19, 2018
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra

H2H: What Language Should the LDS Church Use to Address Rape Culture?

By Connor Richards and Kelcy Jensen-
April 15, 2018
Barbary Macaque Monkeys

Richards: Animal Experimentation Concern at the U

By Connor Richards
April 12, 2018
An estimated 8,000 people attended the March for Our Lives rally on March 24 at the Utah State Capitol. (Chronicle archives)

Richards: Utah Students Take a Stand Against Gun Violence

By Connor Richards
March 28, 2018
Greek Row along 1st South just north of the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

Hazing, Sexual Assault and the Future of Fraternities

By Connor Richards
March 20, 2018
Richards: Sinclair Broadcast Group Targets Local Media

Richards: Sinclair Broadcast Group Targets Local Media

By Connor Richards
March 14, 2018
Legislative meeting at the Utah Capital building in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Doing Away with the Death Penalty

By Connor Richards
March 12, 2018
Richards: No More Massive Tax Cuts Without Public Knowledge

Richards: No More Massive Tax Cuts Without Public Knowledge

By Connor Richards
February 22, 2018
Ruth Watkins was selected as the new president of the University of Utah on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018.

Richards: Ruth Watkins is the Right Selection for U President

By Connor Richards
February 14, 2018
Old Chronicle articles that show a racist anti-black perspective at the Daily Utah Chronicle and on campus in Salt Lake, UT on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 (Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

How The Chronicle Covered the Civil Rights Era

By Connor Richards
February 12, 2018
Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

Richards: Utah Mother Facing Deportation Should Be Granted Asylum

By Connor Richards
February 6, 2018
Richards: Challenging Monolithic Media

Richards: Challenging Monolithic Media

By Connor Richards
January 23, 2018
A man holds a Build Bridges Not Walls sign during President Trump's Inauguration Day protests in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Immigrants Have a Place, Despite What the President Thinks

By Connor Richards
January 23, 2018
Thousands of Utahn's protest Trump's administration with the proposal of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 | Chronicle archive.

Richards: National Monument Shrinking Undermines Native Voices

By Connor Richards
December 16, 2017
Richards: Invest In All Students

Richards: Invest In All Students

By Connor Richards
December 8, 2017
Richards: Perishing in Prison

Richards: Perishing in Prison

By Connor Richards
December 8, 2017
Protesters gather outside of a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Utah on September 27, 2017. Chronicle archives.

Richards: Looking Back at Fall 2017

By Connor Richards
December 6, 2017
Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

By Connor Richards
November 17, 2017
Signs at the Utah Against Police Brutality rally and march for Abdi Mohamed in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Feb.29th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Different Shootings, Same Ruling

By Connor Richards
November 6, 2017
Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

By Connor Richards
November 5, 2017
Titian: Europa and the Bull

Richards: The Inherent Value of Humanities

By Connor Richards
October 18, 2017
Richards: "American Vandal" Accurately Portrays the High School Mindset

Richards: “American Vandal” Accurately Portrays the High School Mindset

By Connor Richards
October 13, 2017
Richards: Appreciation or Appropriation?

Richards: Appreciation or Appropriation?

By Connor Richards
October 4, 2017
Protesters gather outside of a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Utah on September 27, 2017.

Richards: What I Saw at the Ben Shapiro Protest

By Connor Richards
October 2, 2017
Opinion Desk: Drinking Safe and Sound

Opinion Desk: Drinking Safe and Sound

By Autumn Barney, Connor Richards, and Emma Tanner
October 1, 2017
H2H: How Should the U Respond to Planned Ben Shapiro Event

H2H: How Should the U Respond to Planned Ben Shapiro Event

By Nicholas Coleman and Connor Richards
September 19, 2017
Photo Courtesy of Chronicle archives.

Richards: Utah Schools Need to Stand Up For Students

By Connor Richards
September 12, 2017
H2H: Is U.S. Military Involvement Necessary

H2H: Is U.S. Military Involvement Necessary

By Nicholas Coleman and Connor Richards
September 11, 2017
David Sacharny, a PhD student in Computing Robotics, codes artificial intelligence software for robots on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 (Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Will Artificial Intelligence Be the Last Human Invention?

By Connor Richards
September 5, 2017
Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

By Connor Richards
September 3, 2017
The Family Promise Salt Lake Shelter for the homeless on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Richards: Shifting the Narrative on Homelessness

By Connor Richards
August 31, 2017
The crowd claps during the Solidarity Rally against racism at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Keep White Nationalism Out of the U

By Connor Richards
August 25, 2017
Books on Phiulosophy inside the stacks of the J. Willard Marriott Library on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017 (Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

An Existentialist’s Guide to Your First Year of College

By Connor Richards
August 19, 2017
James Alex Fields Jr., left, marches in a white nationalist rally on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 wearing apparel and holding a shield associated with the "American fascism" group Vanguard America. Fields is charged with driving a car into a group of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring 19.

Richards: Reveal Could Show Link Between Charlottesville Driver, Racist Posters on U Campus

By Connor Richards
August 19, 2017
White Mesa, Utah, a reservation in southeast Utah that is home to the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Ute Tribe in Southern Utah Struggles Against America’s Last Uranium Mill

By Connor Richards
July 27, 2017
A dirt road facing north, just south of the White Mesa uranium mill.

U.S. Route 191 running north through White Mesa, Utah.

Ag-Gag Ruling is a Moral Victory for Utah

Ag-Gag Ruling is a Moral Victory for Utah

By Connor Richards
July 14, 2017
Erik Wayne Hughes, 51, who was arrested in June on allegations of abusing young boys while serving as an bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

When Privilege Protects Atrocity

By Connor Richards
June 29, 2017
Arrests of Non-Criminal Immigrants is a Human Rights Crisis

Arrests of Non-Criminal Immigrants is a Human Rights Crisis

By Connor Richards
May 31, 2017
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert gives the State of the State address in front of state legislators at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. (Mike Sheehan, Daily Utah Chronicle)

H2H: Should Utah Implement PREA?

By Connor Richards and Broderick Sterrett
May 31, 2017
The Hunstman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 5/14/17.

In the Aftermath of the Huntsman Cancer Institute Debacle, It’s Clear Money Talks at the U

By Connor Richards
May 22, 2017
Young Men's Leadership Program Should Welcome Gay and Transgender Members

Young Men’s Leadership Program Should Welcome Gay and Transgender Members

By Connor Richards
May 18, 2017
Jessica Patterson, Matt Miller and Jack Bender pose in-front of 'U' at the University of Utah. Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

ASUU’s First “University Gift” Going Toward University Child Care Fund

By Connor Richards
May 6, 2017
Sandra Cisneros at Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning Center meeting with Mountain View duel-immersion fifth graders. Photo - Tanner Humanities Center

Cisneros Describes the “Power of Art” to Dual Immersion Fifth Graders

By Connor Richards
May 6, 2017
Scott Schear, a custodian for the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library.

Custodian Finds Cure to Wanderlust at the U

By Connor Richards
April 26, 2017
Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

By Connor Richards
April 21, 2017
Conrad Anker geared up and climbing out near the team's highest portaledge camp at over 20,000ft.

Students, Sustainability and Activism: Conrad Anker’s Perspective

By Connor Richards
April 20, 2017
(Model Released), Jack Bender jbender@asuu.utah.edu, University of Utah students pose for various lifestyle photos and portraits for marketing collateral at various location on the campus of The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

Outgoing ASUU President Reflects on Long, “Consistent” Year

By Connor Richards
April 17, 2017
College Classes in Maximum Security: "The only thing I needed"

College Classes in Maximum Security: “The only thing I needed”

By Connor Richards
April 6, 2017
SlutWalk Planned Outside Marriott Library

SlutWalk Planned Outside Marriott Library

By Connor Richards
April 3, 2017
Photo: Adam Fondren

U Tuition Expected to Increase 3.9 Percent Next Year

By Connor Richards
March 22, 2017
'Follow Your Dreams,' Humans of New York Creator Tells U Students

‘Follow Your Dreams,’ Humans of New York Creator Tells U Students

By Connor Richards
March 20, 2017
Utah State Capitol | Chronicle archives.

U Students Assist Lawmakers in Fights for Women’s Rights

By Connor Richards
March 9, 2017
Displaced persons wait in line outside the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen on Jan. 8, 2017.

Sugar House Residents Clash With City Leadership Over Shelter Relocation

By Connor Richards
January 26, 2017
People cheer inside the Utah State Capitol during Women's March on the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday Jan. 23, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

‘Welcome to Your First Day’: Students Join Thousands in March to State Capitol

By Connor Richards
January 25, 2017
Sexual Assault

Nowhere to Turn: One U Student’s Experience with Sexual Assault

By Connor Richards, Elise Vandersteen Bailey, and Julie Hirschi
December 8, 2016
By Christiaan Triebert - Flickr: Azaz, Syria, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30976487

War and the Hypocrisy of American Exceptionalism

By Connor Richards
September 27, 2016
Dakota Pipeline Protests and America's Ugly Past

Dakota Pipeline Protests and America’s Ugly Past

By Connor Richards
September 22, 2016
Leave Colin Kaepernick Alone

Leave Colin Kaepernick Alone

By Connor Richards
September 18, 2016

A Response to Stuart C. Reid

By Connor Richards
September 14, 2016
In Defense of Trigger Warnings

In Defense of Trigger Warnings

By Connor Richards
September 12, 2016
To Address the Suicide Epidemic, Utah Needs Cultural Change

To Address the Suicide Epidemic, Utah Needs Cultural Change

By Connor Richards
September 5, 2016
The Red Line TRAX train heading up to the hospital passing underneath Rice-Eccles Stadium on Aug. 30, 2016 | Adam Fondren, The Daily Utah Chronicle

UTA Needs to Step up Safety Measures

By Connor Richards
September 4, 2016