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Author, Comics Writer and Tarot Expert Rachel Pollack Nears the End of Her Life

By Arlo Marler, Arts Writer April 13, 2023

  Many may have not heard of the name Rachel Pollack. I know I hadn’t up until around a week and a half ago. But even discovering her from a post made by Neil Gaiman about her declining health...

Photo of cast members in the original production of Morgan Champines play Corralis at Murray High School in 2022. Costumes by Morgan Champine.

Creativity in Academia: How Creative Pursuits Make Us Better Students

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer February 6, 2023

  Academia is often seen as the most important part of a student's day. Morgan Champine, an artist, writer and costume designer majoring in English at the U, believes that creativity makes us better...

J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT on May  14, 2017. (Photo by Adam Fondren | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Writing Center Works to Improve Student Writing

By Allison Stuart, News Writer February 5, 2022

  The University of Utah Writing Center is a free resource that students of any level at the U can utilize for their various writing needs. Whether students are looking for general feedback...

Opinion writer Camden Alexander stands in front of the Utah State Capitol on Dec. 10, 2021, in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Opinion Writing Changed Me for the Better

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor February 4, 2022

  This marks my 51st op-ed, which blows my mind considering I never saw myself writing for The Daily Utah Chronicle. But I’m incredibly grateful to my supportive editors and peers for teaching...

Edible Campus Gardens at the University of Utah. (Chronicle archives)

Environmental Humanities Program Hosts Writing Workshop and Author Talk Series

By Brooke Williams, News Writer April 17, 2021

  The University of Utah’s Environmental Humanities Program is hosting a new six-part writing workshop series this spring, focusing on the intersection of gardening, ecology and social justice. The...

Christopherson: General Education Classes Don’t Have to Be a Waste of Time

Christopherson: General Education Classes Don’t Have to Be a Waste of Time

March 30, 2021

There are a million reasons for new students at the U to look forward to their freshman year. It’s a time full of contradictions as we struggle to balance work and play, new and old friendships, failure...

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Barron: STEM Majors, Join the Opinion Desk

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer December 16, 2020

  I joined the Daily Utah Chronicle’s opinion desk during my sophomore year at the University of Utah. It was a non-obvious extracurricular for a mechanical engineering student like myself, but...

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National Arts and Humanities Month: the Role of the U Humanities in Dealing with Social Issues

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer October 23, 2020

  October is National Arts and Humanities Month, and the College of Humanities at the University of Utah is celebrating in many ways. In an Instagram post from Oct. 8, the official U Humanities...

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Letter to the Editor: The AP Stylebook is Purposefully and Rightfully Prescriptivist

By Samuel Judd July 18, 2020

  On June 27, the Daily Utah Chronicle published an op-ed by the Chronicle’s copy desk on how AP Style disadvantages Black language. While this issue is certainly worthy of discussion, the AP...

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Copy Desk: The AP Stylebook Harms Black Language

By The Copy Desk June 27, 2020

  On June 19, the Associated Press Stylebook announced that it will now become customary style to capitalize Black when referring to it “in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense.” Individual publications...