There is a meme which reads in part, “Things I never learned in high school: how to do taxes or how to apply for a job… but thank goodness I can use the Pythagorean Theorem.”  While I can argue...

I have seen signs supporting the designation; some are stuck in parking strips, others are propped up in bay windows and, once, I saw one taped to the back of a beat-up Toyota Corolla. Printed in bold,...

Patrick Soon-Shiong was hailed as a patron of scientific discovery when he visited the University of Utah in the fall of 2014 after donating $12 million to research on campus. But now, almost three...

I was in first grade when my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I can remember watching from the doorway as my uncle took the razor and shaved my grandmother’s head. Often in movies, this...

How much time do you spend on social media a day? Do you spend 10 minutes scrolling through Instagram while you are lying in bed in the morning?  Do you open your browser during a particularly boring...

Civility is defined as politeness in speech and behavior; the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. The concept is not difficult, as we have all grown up on platitudes like Disney’s ‘if you...

Controversy in Utah often looks like the designation of Bears Ears National Monument, the arrest of Alex Wubbles or the replacement of Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott; however, It can also look like...

My first time on campus was more than a decade before I enrolled as a student. I was seven years old, dressed in the chestnut brown uniform of a Girl Scout Brownie and was an attendee of the Society of...

This past weekend, President Trump took issue with NFL players like Colin Kaepernick who choose to protest racial inequality in our country by kneeling during the national anthem. He claimed these players...

It began with Dylan. He is a 9-year-old kid who goes by the nickname Pickle, lives in California and had a Donald Trump themed birthday party. He wrote a letter to the president explaining how much he...