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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Custodian RC Randall in the A. Ray Olpin Student Union at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Jan. 30, 2023.

Van Wagenen: Your Spilled Coffee Doesn’t Clean Itself Up

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Writer March 13, 2023

  Think back to your days in elementary school. Do you remember when your teacher would ask students to pick up trash off the floor? I remember it being a competition: who could find the biggest...

A police officer enters the Salt Lake Metro Jail in South Salt Lake City on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.

Van Wagenen: With Liberty and Justice for All

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Writer March 10, 2023

  On Aug. 18, 2022, Gov. Spencer Cox pleaded with Utahns to do their part for suicide prevention. He discussed personal battles with suicidal ideation and begged those facing self-harm and suicidal...

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Van Wagenen: Your Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Writer February 14, 2023

  Living in the United States feels like reliving the same headline over and over again. Every new day comes with a breaking news story of another gun violence tragedy. The 2023 Utah Legislative...

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Van Wagenen: Lipstick on a Pig: Utah’s Abortion Amendments Still Fail Women

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Writer February 3, 2023

  In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned the original verdict of Roe v. Wade, citing that the U.S. Constitution makes no references to abortion, therefore making Roe’s original...

Van Wagenen: Watch Your Language

Van Wagenen: Watch Your Language

By Madeline Van Wagenen, Opinion Writer January 5, 2023

  I grew up in Utah’s Dual Language Immersion Program, a language-learning program for elementary school students. In this program, I spent half of each day learning in English and the other...