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Edwards & Christopherson: Don’t Ask People to Change Their Minds and Then Punish Them For It

By Sheely Edwards and Nain Christopherson August 14, 2020

  This might seem like a hot take coming from the school paper’s resident opinion “experts,” but it’s actually good to change your opinion.  It sounds obvious, but we have a tendency...

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Pop-Cultured: The Expansive Experiments of Thom Yorke

By Weston Wood, Arts Writer November 17, 2019

Thom Yorke’s angelic voice blasted alongside experimental guitars and synthesizers for six straight hours. Our car shook from the music and from 40 mph winds as we crossed the Arizona-Nevada border. I...

College Sports Are Back. Lets Enjoy Them

College Sports Are Back. Let’s Enjoy Them

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer September 12, 2019

  Sports are emotional affairs. This is true for everyone involved. Players, coaches and even fans dedicate themselves to the team, to the game. This fact is often lost on those involved, but most...

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Sonnenberg: Declare Before It’s Too Late

By Kristiane Sonnenberg May 30, 2019

  For those of us who are far along in our majors, registration is a relatively simple process of identifying which gen-ed and major-specific courses we need to graduate, figuring out which classes...

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Barron: Barbie #LooksLikeAnEngineer

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 23, 2019

  “And why should we believe Engineering Barbie?” He spit the words across the table as I concluded my presentation, recommending to me the use of a more expensive metal to manufacture a critical...

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Barron: Undergraduate Research Programs Help U

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 22, 2019

  “Second place and $10,000 goes to…” The presenter paused, allowing the tension to build. A whopping 153 student businesses had applied for the 2019 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, and the...

University of Utah Softball team celebrate after a homer by sophomore infielder Ryley Ball (9) during an NCAA Softball game vs the BYU Cougars at Dumke Family Softball Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday April 18, 2018.

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Overfield: What is Holding Women Back From Coaching Male Sports?

By Casey Overfield, Sports Editor April 16, 2019

  When we watch our favorite sports on television, whether it's the Utah Jazz in the NBA, the San Francisco Giants in the MLB or the Pittsburgh Steelers from the NFL, there is one commonality between...

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Are Protests Productive?

By Josh Petersen January 27, 2019

In Defense of Public Protest By Josh Petersen Whether it’s colonists dumping tea in the Boston Harbor or Black Lives Matter protesters marching in the streets of Ferguson, protesting has always been...

University of Colorado junior inside linebacker Rick Gamboa (32) celebrates a recovered fumble before the call was overturned by the referee during an NCAA Football game vs. The University of Utah Utes at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017

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Kar: Want to Make the NFL Better? Take the Refs Out

By Tony Kar January 17, 2019

  In the National Football League (NFL), every game is umpired by a group of referees. They are all trained and well-prepared to make the correct calls in the correct situations since just one...

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Petersen: Speculating Over Sexuality Only Adds to Toxic Masculinity

By Josh Petersen December 7, 2018

If you spend enough time on some of the trashier corners of gay Twitter gossip (I am, ahem, guilty), you have been privy to a shocking secret for some time now. You might have seen it in the hand movements,...