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The Inexorable Link Between the Arts and Surviving a Pandemic

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor November 11, 2020

  As we enter into the winter months and the United States continues to set new records for the number of new COVID-19 cases in a day, it is easy to feel disheartened or depressed at the state...

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Burton: Memorials Have Complicated Histories – Don’t Jump the Gun Determining Their Fate

By Logan Burton, Opinion Writer August 26, 2020

  Following the egregious and tragic killing of George Floyd, protests throughout the world have sparked critical dialogues not only on police reform, racial income disparities and other contemporary...

Police in riot gear surround and block in protesters in the streets of Salt Lake City on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Letter to the Editor: America: The Great Radicalizer

By Damon Ngô July 16, 2020

  Over 130,000 Americans are dead because of COVID-19. Over 40,000,000 Americans are out of work. In 2019, 999 Americans were killed by police. As protests occur all across the country, in all...

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College of Humanities Takes Steps to Address Racism and Diversify Curriculum

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer July 16, 2020

  On June 8, 2020, Stuart K. Culver, the Dean of the College of Humanities, sent an email to students addressing the changes to the humanities as a result of current protests surrounding police...

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A Landmark of Utah Women’s History is Competing for Grant Money

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor October 23, 2019

From the outside, the Clubhouse on South Temple looks unassuming — an old prairie-style building with few distinguishing features, save one Historic Register plaque boasting its significance. Though...

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Festa Italiana Celebrates Love for Italian Culture

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor September 10, 2019

  Students from every department at the University of Utah study Italian for many reasons ⁠— for creating films, understanding history, pursuing a minor or wanting to study abroad. In a small...

Inside of the LNCO, where most humanities courses at the University of Utah are located. Chronicle archives.

Best Humanities Classes To Take as A Freshman

By Yixin Song May 15, 2019

  The first few months of college can be daunting, but not because it has a stricter regulation on academics and lifestyle. On the contrary, it's because you'll find that nobody will tell you what...

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Gaming Corner: ‘Metro Exodus’

By Yixin Song and Ray H. March 7, 2019

  Synopsis: “There is no justice among men,” said Nicholas II returning from the front line to his palace near Petrograd, after abdicating as the emperor of Russia. The “Metro” series, both...

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Legacy of the LDS Church at the U

By Connor Applegate January 22, 2019

  In the fall semester of 2018, the Institute of Religion at the University of Utah, (which is referred to as the institute for the remainder of this article), had an enrollment of 4,000 students...

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Corruption is Fun in ‘The Lion in Winter’

By Josh Petersen January 9, 2019

  Even if you think that your family is hard to deal with over the holidays, you probably didn’t have to reunite with an evil mom who was locked in a tower by a maybe even more evil dad. (If...