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Natalie Colby, News Editor

Natalie Colby is a proud Texan, an extreme extrovert and the news desk editor at The Daily Utah Chronicle. She is majoring in “whatever gets her to law school” and is desperately hoping she didn’t peak in high school. Natalie is passionate about being kind, writing well, and listening to One Direction and Taylor Swift.

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Sisilia Kaufusi speaks at the AAPI Heritage Month Celebration Rally at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City on May 22, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Student Sisilia Kaufusi Takes on Miss Utah Competition as Only Competitor of Color

June 11, 2021
Members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community gather for the Pride Rally at Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 6, 2021 (Photo by Brooklyn Critchley | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pride Returns to Salt Lake, Filling City Streets with Rainbows

June 6, 2021
Protesters fill the streets waving Palestinian flags and Colombian Flags chanting as they march from the Wallace F. Federal building to the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City on May 22, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

[Photo] ‘Resistance is Justified, When People are Occupied’: Protesters Gather in Support of Colombia and Palestine

May 22, 2021
SLC Ballet Classical Chinese dancers perform at the AAPI Heritage Month Celebration Rally at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City on May 22, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

[Photo] AAPI Heritage Month Rally Promotes Unity, Community and Celebration

May 22, 2021
Zahra Saifee holds a sign at a climate protest held by Divest U at the Union Plaza on April 22, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

[Photo] ‘Fund Students, Not Big Oil’: Divest U Holds Protest on Earth Day

April 22, 2021
Rae Duckworth speaks about the guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin at the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building on April 20, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Protesters Take to the Streets to Celebrate and Continue the Fight after Derek Chauvin is Found Guilty

April 21, 2021
Ermiya Fanaeian speaks at the Salt Lake Encircle house on April 3, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

[Photo] Local LGBTQ Community Members Protest $8 million Encircle Project

April 3, 2021
Protesters hold signs in support of Asian Americans at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City on April 3, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

[Photo] Two U Students Organize Protest in Support of Asian Americans

April 3, 2021
Amanda Lee holds up poster. During the Trump Adminstration there was political rhethoric linking the COVID-19 virus to Asian Americans communities. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Salt Lake City Joins National Day of Action Against Asian Hate

March 27, 2021
Protesters listen to speakers at the Utah State capitol on March 19, 2020 in Salt Lake City as part of the global climate strike. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Youth Activists in Utah Join Global Climate Strike

March 19, 2021
University of Utah 'Tik-Toking' Professor Ruth Hackford-Peer demobnstrates a selflie video in front of her house in the Sugar House area, SLC, on January 29th, 2020. (Photo by Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Law Professor and Student Work to Confront Barriers Head On

March 5, 2021
Tiffany Chan (left), Jess Wojciechowski (middle), Maryan Shale (right). (Photo courtesy of Wojciechowski ticket)

Wojciechowski Ticket Wins ASUU Presidential Election, Many Legislative Seats Remain Open

February 26, 2021
Angela Davis and Ermiya Fanaeian on Feb. 25, 2021 for the ASUU CODE conference. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

CODE Conference Hosts Revolutionary Activist Angela Davis

February 25, 2021

U Healthcare Workers Among First to Get COVID Vaccine, the U Prepares for the Rest

January 27, 2021
University of Utah President Ruth Watkins (Courtesy of Communications Department)

U President Ruth Watkins Announces Plans to Resign in April 2021

January 12, 2021
Students at the University of Utah are following the COVID-19 guidelines by wearing masks while working on campus (Photo by Abu Asib | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

New Utah State of Emergency Impacts U Campus

November 9, 2020
Jill and Mathew McCluskey, Lauren McCluskey's parents, stand and watch the McCarthey Family Track at the memorial walk on Oct. 22, 2020. (Photo by Alexis Perno | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Students and Campus Organizations Move Forward After McCluskey Lawsuit Settlement

October 28, 2020
Rebecca Hardenbrook takes a moment to honor at Lauren McCluskey’s vigil on the two year anniversary of McCluskey’s death on Oct. 22, 2020 at the District Attorney’s office in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Students and McCluskey Family Remember Lauren McCluskey with Walk and Vigil

October 23, 2020
Lauren's parents, Jill and Matthew McCluskey, students, staff, family and friends attend a vigil on the steps of the Park Building for Lauren McCluskey who was tragically killed on campus at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The U Announces Lawsuit Settlement with Lauren McCluskey’s Parents

October 22, 2020
TikTok creating a place for the creator and consumer. (Photo by Hailey Danielson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Content Culture: How TikTok Fostered A Space For Both Creator and Consumer

October 15, 2020
A ticket to the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7, 2020 in Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City.

Behind the Scenes of the VP Debate with Student Viewers, Volunteers

October 9, 2020
The vice presidential debate on Oct. 7, 2020 at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Natalie Colby | Daily Utah Chronicle.)

VP Candidates Harris and Pence Come to the U to Debate

October 8, 2020
Advertisement for the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate on the Marriott Library at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on September 28th 2020. (Photo by Camille Rousculp | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Prepares for Upcoming VP Debate with Hosting Hinckley Forum and Announcing Ticket Winners

October 5, 2020
President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden face off in Cleveland, OH on Sept. 29, 2020.

U Students Express Frustration After Watching First Presidential Debate

September 30, 2020
Photo by Jack O'Leary.

Wildfire Starts Behind the U

September 14, 2020
Demonstrators head back to the Utah State Capitol on Aug. 22, 2020 after marching the streets to demand charges be dropped for the protesters facing felonies from a July 9 protest.

Protesters Demand Protest Charges Be Dropped and for Sim Gill to Resign

August 23, 2020
Vice presidential debate logo. (Courtesy of vice presidential debate style guide).

Administration Plans Opportunities to Include Students in the Vice Presidential Debate Across the U’s Campus

August 18, 2020
Protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement confront National Guard on 500 S. 200 East in Salt Lake City chanting

An American Summer of Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and Justice for Bernardo

August 14, 2020
Jose Chacon, a junior in political science, asks a question while attending the University of Utah Prison Education Project talk in the Student Union Ballroom on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Voting in 2020, An Unprecedented Election Year

August 14, 2020
UnSafe U protesters gather at the Public Safety Building on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City to protest the actions of officers involved in the Lauren McCluskey case on Aug. 6, 2020. (Chronicle archives)

University of Utah Police Department Releases Investigation Report on the Former Officer Miguel Deras, Unsafe U Shows Up to Protest

August 6, 2020
Demonstrators attend Say Her Name Protest at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City on July 31, 2020.

Protesters ‘Say Her Name’ in Demonstration Centering Women’s Issues, Local Politicians

August 1, 2020
Salt Lake police officers in riot gear charge at protesters in the streets of Salt Lake City on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Officers Involved in Killing Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal Will Not Face Charges, Family and Protesters Respond

July 10, 2020
International Students Face Uncertain Future as the Pandemic Surges, U Hopes to Address Individual Situations

International Students Face Uncertain Future as the Pandemic Surges, U Hopes to Address Individual Situations

July 9, 2020

Protestors Gather Once Again to Demand Justice for Chad Breinholt and Bryan Valencia

July 9, 2020
Protesters paint the streets red, to illustrates all the blood that has been spilled by the police at the District Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City on June 27, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Protests Continue for Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, Exposing “Killer Cops” and Painting Streets Red

June 28, 2020
Sofia Alcala leads protesters downtown Salt Lake City to block intersection Main St. and 400 South on June 24, 2020 to demand murder charges against the police officers who killed Bernardo Palacios. (Photo by Ivana Martinez| Daily Utah Chronicle)

“Mayor, What Happened to His Fingers?” Protesters Head to SLC DA Office to Demand Justice for Bernardo Palacios

June 25, 2020
An attendee to Equality Utah's 'Pride for Black Lives Matter' event holds a Black Lives Matter poster at Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, on June 14th 2020. (Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pride for Black Lives Matter: A Celebration of Intersectionality

June 15, 2020
Protestors at Pioneer park listening to speakers talk at the protest against police brutality on June 13, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

UAPB Hosts Protest in Solidarity with National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

June 15, 2020
Grace Cunningham and Ammon Roberts take a knee with fellow protestors after marching from the state capitol to the Wallace Bennett Federal Building in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

As Protestors Demand the Defunding of SLCPD, Salt Lake City Council Reviews Demands in Virtual Meeting

June 10, 2020
Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal's mom, Lucy Carbajal, mourns her son at his vigil on June 6, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Candle Light Vigil Held in the Rain for Victim of Police Brutality Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal

June 7, 2020
Right, Alumni Xenia Maritsa, Natalie Griswold, Jessica Arthurs and Tara Arthurs sit on their jeep while listening to speaker at the caravan protest in Salt Lake City on June 6, 2020.

University of Utah SDS Hold Car Caravan to Demand the Defunding of Campus Police

June 6, 2020

Black Lives Matter Protests Continue for the Fourth Consecutive Day

June 5, 2020
(Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle) Salt Lake City police officers look at protesters gather at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 1, 2020.

SLC Residents Voice Concerns to Council Regarding Proposed $84M Police Budget

June 3, 2020
(Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle) Demonstrators put their hands up chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” at SLCPD for the Black Lives Matter protest at the downtown Salt Lake City on Monday, June 1, 2020.

Protests continue in Salt Lake City Highlighting Black Voices

June 2, 2020
(Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle) Black Lives Matters protesters march for George Floyd in downtown Salt Lake City on May 30, 2020.

As #BlackLivesMatter Protests Reach Salt Lake City, Protestors Surround SLCPD and Utah State Capitol

May 30, 2020
On Nov. 4, 2019, president Ruth Watkins announced a $150 million commitment from the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman family to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah. (Courtesy of the University of Utah)

Reaching Out: Mental Health Resources on Campus

May 9, 2020
Etzli Cortez-Trujillo, 22, went missing on April 23. (Photo courtesy of Stephany Cortez)

Family of Missing Person Etzli Cortes-Trujillo Calls for Action from SLC Police Department

May 9, 2020
The Marriott Honors Community with the South Campus Housing & Dining project construction behind it (Photo by Delaney Manson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

On-Campus Housing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

May 7, 2020
Madison Korous, left, a freshman in architecture, pets Mr. Happy as part of a visit by Therapy Animals of Utah at the social work building, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

The Freshman Experience at the U

May 4, 2020
(Courtesy Pikrepo)

Students react to the University of Utah’s connection with the Banjo scandal

April 30, 2020
President Circle at the University of Utah | Chronicle archives.

For Utah scholarship ensures four years’ tuition for 900+ incoming students

April 24, 2020
Students out and about on the University of Utah campus | Daily Utah Chronicle

The fall semester is up in the air amidst COVID-19 pandemic

April 20, 2020
Senate representatives meet over Zoom to discuss Joint Bill 18. | Screenshot by Natalie Colby and Ivana Martinez

ASUU Changes Budget Requirement for Campus Events Board Over Zoom

April 17, 2020
(Cartoon by Isabelle Schlegel | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Love in the Time of Corona

April 15, 2020
An empty studio at the Marriott Center for Dance at the University of Utah | Chronicle archives

Fine Arts Students Get Creative Amidst Online Class Shift

April 12, 2020
Can students get benefits from the new coronavirus stimulus package? It's complicated. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | Daily Utah Chronicle)

What Does the COVID-19 Stimulus Package Look Like for College Students?

April 10, 2020
(Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Failures in Iowa Caucus Spread “Fake News” and Misinformation

April 7, 2020
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saint's temple in Salt Lake City | Chronicle archives.

Students Race to Get Married and Change Church Plans amid COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020
The Marriott Honors Community dorms at the U | Chronicle archives.

New HRE Announcement Forces Most Students Out of On-Campus Housing

March 24, 2020
Students know have the option to either choose a letter grade or a pass/fail option | Chronicle archives

The U Grants Students the Option to Opt for Credit/No-Credit Courses

March 20, 2020
Chronicle archives.

U Students Petition for Pass/Fail Grades During ‘Extenuating Circumstances’

March 18, 2020
President Watkins speaks at the press conference in the Emergency Operations Center at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on March 12, 2020.

State of UT Holds Press Conference in Conjunction with the U on COVID-19: Online Courses, Drive-Thru Testing and New Cases Announced

March 12, 2020
As Fear of COVID-19 Grows, U Departments Preemptively Announce Transition to Online Classes

As Fear of COVID-19 Grows, U Departments Preemptively Announce Transition to Online Classes

March 11, 2020
Devin Thorpe in his promotional campaign photo. (Courtesy Devin Thorpe's campaign)

Candidate for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District Devin Thorpe Talks on His Main Issues

March 11, 2020
Audrey Stegman, elections registrar, reads the election results in front of the A. Ray Olin Union on Feb. 28, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Losing ASUU Presidential Tickets Plan for the 2020-21 Year

March 10, 2020
Assembly discusses vote of no confidence. Photo courtesy Natalie colby

ASUU Assembly Addresses Controversy Over Bill Increasing Police Presence in the Union

March 4, 2020

Sexual Assault Reported on Campus: Here’s What We Know

February 29, 2020
Keynote speaker Tan France talks about his experiences at the annual C.O.D.E conference at A. Ray Olpin Union Center in Salt Lake on Feb. 28, 2020. (Photo by Savannah Vance | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Tan France on Diversity and ‘Being that B—-‘

February 29, 2020
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