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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Dalley: Media Forces Independent Women To Take a Back Seat

Dalley: Media Forces Independent Women To Take a Back Seat

By Nathan Dalley, Opinion Writer September 25, 2019

Women who are intelligent and independent have always been spoken about in degrading ways that don’t constitute an equitable society. Often, women are treated as if they can do no right, and...

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Scott: Teach children LGBTQ rights by turning on the TV

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer June 17, 2019

  It can be difficult to imagine a teacher having a personal life outside of school — especially when they are a tall, ageless, anthropomorphic rat. For 23 years, Mr. Ratburn, the eternal third-grade...

(Photo by Hailey Danielson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Starting From the Bottom: Improving Women’s Equality in Utah

By Amy Loret February 18, 2019

  Utah made history in 1896 as the first state in the country to elect a woman to a state Senate. It was also one of the first states to give women the right to vote nearly 150 years ago — decades...

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor January 20, 2019

  On Jan. 19, people from across the state of Utah met at Washington Square Park to participate in the 2019 Salt Lake City Women’s March on Utah. Women and their allies marched nearly a mile...

Girl Scouts visit the Senate Chamber in the Utah State Capitol

Scott: This Is the Place, but perhaps not for women

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer September 20, 2018

Utah is often touted for its upward mobility, a claim that may be a little more nuanced than at first blush. Ironically, another thing Utah has been acclaimed for is being the second most sexist state...

Parkin: Equal Pay in the Workforce: Iceland Sets Example

Parkin: Equal Pay in the Workforce: Iceland Sets Example

By Natalie Parkin November 8, 2017

The fight for equal pay in the work force is ongoing. People, specifically women, are at war with the government and its employers in an effort to create a pay system that is equal and fair to both the...

Children are not Negatively Affected by Homosexual Parents

Children are not Negatively Affected by Homosexual Parents

By Aaron Clark July 2, 2015

Here it is: another article on the recent Supreme Court decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges, which determined that states are no longer permitted to ban same-sex marriage. Everyone in the United States knows...

(Photo by Brent Uberty)

SLC Library Symposium to Explore Equality and Religion

By Julianne Skrivan March 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The U, in partnership with the Salt Lake Public Library, will host a symposium this Saturday entitled “Reimagining Inclusive Religious Spaces: Gender and Sexualities”...

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Social Justice Becomes More Than a Buzzword at the U

January 21, 2015

  Amongst the protests, petitions and demands for equality across campus and around the world, the term “social justice” has become something of a buzzword. In the broadest sense, social justice...

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Office of Equity and Diversity Works to Collaborate After Disruption Last Year

December 9, 2014

  After the resignation of Octavio Villalpando last Spring Semester, the U’s Office for Equity and Diversity is landing back on its feet under the leadership of Kathryn Stockton. Last spring there...