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Can of Worms — Episode 4: Evermore

In this special episode of Can of Worms, producer Elle Cowley and opinion desk writer KC Ellen Cushman join our regular hosts to discuss the troubled history of Utah’s Disneyland, Evermore. Inspired...

KC Ellen Cushman, opinion writer at the Daily Utah Chronicle, poses on Friday, March 31, 2023 at her favorite place on campus, Presidents Circle at The University of Utah.

Cushman: We Can’t Live Only in Pursuit of Our Futures

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer May 4, 2023

  I’ve always been an overachiever, at least academically, collecting resume builders the way children collect Pokémon cards. Also like Pokémon cards, I aimed to trade my experiences for better...

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Cushman: It’s Up to Us to Combat News Monopolization

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer April 13, 2023

  On Last Week Tonight in 2017, John Oliver described the Sinclair Broadcast Group as “the most influential media company you’ve never heard of.” That’s because they operate television...

The University of Utah admissions office in the Student Services Building on campus in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

Cushman: In-State Tuition for DACA Recipients is Great — But Not Enough

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer March 15, 2023

  Utah’s 2023 General Legislative Session brought a number of disappointments, with many bad bills passing and good bills getting buried. However, we saw one passed bill that will make a meaningful...

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Cushman: Young Men are Struggling — Grass-Roots Community Building is the Answer

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer March 12, 2023

  The growth of the manosphere has prompted concern across the globe. The manosphere is an online community that promotes traditional masculinity, along with misogyny and violence against women....

A view of the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City on Aug. 21, 2021.

Cushman: Our Legislators Consistently Fail Sexual Assault Survivors

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer March 2, 2023

  This legislative session, Rep. Carol Moss sponsored H.B. 334. If passed, it would teach middle and high school students about sexual coercion, grooming and resources for survivors. However, this...

Local Mormon church near Foothill Drive on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Cushman: Stop Child Abuse by Making Clergy Mandatory Reporters

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 16, 2023

  In August 2022, AP News released a story detailing how a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knew about child sexual abuse and didn’t report it to authorities. The child...

A tip jar in Salt Lake City, Utah on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.

Cushman: Ending Tip Culture is Part of #MeToo

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 14, 2023

  Kiernan Dunn was formerly a contributor for Wasatch Magazine. She is speaking in her capacity as a barista and not a member of U student Media, of which the Chronicle is a part of.   The...

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Cushman: H.B. 18 Isn’t Enough to Make Online Dating Safer

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 2, 2023

  Journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales has long criticized dating apps for making people feel worse through gamification of relationships. Sales argued that dating apps make users feel disposable,...

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Cushman: I Want to Believe in a Safer Campus — But I Don’t

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer November 16, 2022

  University of Utah interim police chief Jason Hinojosa recently announced changes to how University police will talk to victims. He wants his officers to stop saying three phrases: “There...