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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

Plaque inside the A. Ray Olpin University Union at the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 4, 2023.

The 66-Year History of the A. Ray Olpin Student Union

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor February 11, 2023

  In 1947, the University of Utah had a problem. The number of students on campus was nearing 10,000, and the student union — then located in Gardner Hall — was being outgrown. An article...

Salt Lake Tribune sign outside of Tribunes news department in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Dec. 5, 2022.

Local Journalists on the Importance of Their Work

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor February 10, 2023

  Tim Vandenack, a reporter for the Standard-Examiner, began his tour of the Ogden-based newspaper’s office building not with the newsroom, but with a dimly lit storage room, cluttered with unorganized...

D&D club members show mixed reactions after a failed attack during a raid at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb. 3 2023. (Photo by Sarah Karr | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

D&D Club Offers Community For Students to Be Themselves and Embody Characters

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor February 6, 2023

  Dungeons & Dragons is a wildly popular tabletop roleplaying game complete with goblins, wizards and of course, dragons. More than 50 million people worldwide have “interacted” with D&D...

(Photo by Tom Denton | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Hires Sarah Shreeves To Take Over as New Dean of Libraries

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor January 27, 2023

  Following a national search, the University of Utah has selected a new dean of libraries. Sarah Shreeves, currently vice dean of libraries at the University of Arizona, will replace current Dean...

Custom made jewelry and bags on display at the Off The Rack Flea Market held in the University of Utah Union Ballroom, Salt Lake City, on Wednesday Jan. 18, 2023.

Student-Owned Business Brings the Flea Market to U Campus

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor January 22, 2023

  Starting in the Spring 2022 semester, students at the University of Utah may have noticed monthly pop-up flea markets going on around campus. These events, which give student and non-student...

(Graphic by Mason Orr | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

How to Handle Finals Burnout

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor December 11, 2022

  Finals season is here, and for many students, this means staying up late and waking up early to study and do homework. Though this is a current staple of the university experience, the constant...

Panelist Jen Rosio prepares for the virtual event “Making it Accessible: Actions for Accessible Events, Presentations, Social Media, and Basic Web Design” in the Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion office on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

U Celebrates Inaugural Day of Disability and Neurodiversity

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor December 8, 2022

  The University of Utah celebrated its first annual Day of Disability and Neurodiversity this year, in an effort to help foster accessibility and support students with disabilities on campus. “The...

Dancers in Bringing Down the Light choreographed by Samuel Johnson. (Photo by Todd Collins Photography | @toddcollinsphotos)

‘Next Phase’ Presented by Ballet Showcase

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer December 6, 2022

  All around campus you can tell that the end of the Fall semester is finally here. The sun is setting at 5 p.m., temperatures are dropping below freezing and more and more students skip class...

A service project organized by the Asian American Student Association (AASA) at their panel discussion on Nov. 17, 2022.

Amplify Event Discusses Serving Communities of Color on Campus

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor November 18, 2022

  When Rome Aguilar, second-year political science and economics major, began in his role as the associate director for the Union Programming Council's Community Service Board, he realized that...

The Block U on the University of Utah Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 12, 2017.

U Reckons With Recent National Rise in Antisemitism

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor November 18, 2022

  In recent weeks, comments made by public figures such as Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, Kyrie Irving and Dave Chappelle have brought attention to the issue of antisemitism in the...