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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Protesters gather at Guardsman Way to demand justice for victims of police brutality in Salt Lake City on June 6, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

UnsafeU Changes Demands, Calls for Defunding and Dissolving UUPD in Wake of Current Protests

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer July 1, 2020

  Amid worldwide protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and heightened media coverage of systemic racism and police brutality, university students are calling on their institutions...

Protesters gather at Guardsman Way to demand justice for victims of police brutality in Salt Lake City on June 6, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: Defund, Not Abolish, the UUPD

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer June 15, 2020

  Following nationwide calls to defund the police and reallocate resources to invest in community services, UnsafeU, a student safety organization that has championed police reform at the U, has...

University of Utah Police Cars, Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday,Sept.19, 2017 (Photo by Ben Mccleery/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: Holding U Accountable

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer May 26, 2020

  For the past 18 months, I have been angry with the Watkins' administration and the campus police, but on the morning of May 17, I reached a new level of irate. The Salt Lake Tribune reported...

H.B. 104 seeks to unnecessarily enshrine common human decency into law and may cause more issues than it could solve. (Chronicle archives)

Moran: Utah Should Not Force People to Call 911

By Serena Moran February 20, 2020

  Utah State Representative Brian King has proposed H.B. 104, 911 Responsibilities in an Emergency, which seeks to make it a Class B misdemeanor if someone fails to contact emergency services in...

Headshot of Chief of Police Rodney Chatman. (Courtesy University of Utah)

Get to Know the New University of Utah Police Chief

By Marshall Foster, News Writer February 17, 2020

  Today, Rodney Chatman starts at the University of Utah's new chief of police. On Jan. 9, 2020, the U announced that Chatman had been named the new Chief of Police of the U's Department of...

A UPD car parked on campus. Chronicle archives.

As UUPS Seeks Accreditation, Students Consider the Value of the Safety Recommendations

By Joseph A. Moss September 22, 2019

After the murder of Lauren McCluskey ignited intense debates about campus safety, the University of Utah has taken several steps to find solutions. The U published a list of 3o recommendations made...

University of Utah President Ruth Watkins and University Police Chief Dale Brophy spoke at a press conference on the investigation into the death of student Lauren McCluskey on Oct. 25, 2018 | Chronicle archives.

U Police Chief Dale Brophy Suddenly Announces Retirement

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 16, 2019

  In a statement Tuesday afternoon, University of Utah officials announced that U Police Chief Dale Brophy will retire on Oct. 15 of this year. Brophy has worked with the department since 2013,...

Students, staff, family and friends attend a vigil on the steps of the Park Building for Lauren McCluskey who was tragically killed on campus at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Reese: The University of Utah Failed Lauren McCluskey

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer July 4, 2019

  Lauren McCluskey’s death was preventable. While the University of Utah has claimed that there was no action it could've taken to prevent this, their assertions are obviously untrue — so much...

(Daily Utah Chronicle archive photo)

The U Used to Have a Flashing Problem

April 7, 2015

Flashing used to be a major concern for students at the U. No, seriously. According to a 1983 archived article of The Daily Utah Chronicle, when a female student notified a librarian that she had just...

(Graphic by Ivy Smith)

Police Investigating Alleged Rape at U Dorms

By Courtney Tanner February 17, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] U Police are investigating an alleged rape that occurred on upper campus this week. The incident, classified as a forced sexual assault by the department’s public...