Stevie Shaughnessey

Transcript: Estella Weeks: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Point of View, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s opinion podcast. My name is Estella Weeks, your host for today’s episode, and I’m joined by Elizabeth Griffee. Elizabeth is an opinion writer here at the Chrony, and she recently wrote an article called “[Griffee:] The Misleading Language of...

Transcript: Stevie Shaughnessey: Hi, and welcome back to Home Stretch, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s sports podcast. My name is Stevie and I’ll be your host. Today, we have sports writer Luke Skinner joining us to talk about how and NIL affects athletes here at the U. Hi Luke, and welcome to the podcast.  Luke Skinner:...

In this episode, Podcast Producer Stevie Shaughnessey interviews Opinion Writer Morgan Champine about their thoughts on how wedding vendors can show their support for the queer community in Utah, and local vendors that are already doing so.

Eric Peterson, a communications professor at the University of Utah started out his college career jumping between different majors, unable to figure out what he wanted to focus on professionally. Now he is working to contribute to the community through the power of investigative journalism. Peterson first started his career in journalism while in

During the most recent Utah state legislative session, the University of Utah was granted $100 million to relocate the army reserves at Fort Douglas to Camp Williams, a National Guard training site located in Bluffdale. Talk of relocating Fort Douglas has been taking place for some time, and the U has been working with

Every year since 2013, the University of Utah has held a Women’s Week, and this year’s theme was “Making Public Policy Personal.” Throughout the week, the events held by the U focused on what happens when public policy becomes personal, and how people can support each other when policy has an intense impact on the...

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Utah was recently awarded over $100,000 in grants by the NBA Foundation and PepsiCo. The NBA Foundation awarded $50,000 to be split between the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Partnership and the Black Cultural Center, and PepsiCo’s grant of $50,000 was devoted solely to supporting the...

Utah has been the fastest-growing state since 2010 with nearly 24% growth in the last 13 years, according to the World Population Review. In 2022 alone, there was a 1.25% growth, with the state population totaling just over 3.4 million. According to Steve Bannister, an associate professor of economics at the University of Utah,...

  Over the course of February 2023, the Black Cultural Center will have several events each week to honor Black History Month and celebrate Black students at the University of Utah. These events will focus on commemorating the past while celebrating the future of Black communities, according to Ephraim Kojo Kum, the program coordinator at...

A team of University of Utah students, with the help of Milad Mozari, assistant professor in the college of architecture, have been working to tackle resettlement barriers refugees face through the use of VR. The project, called Bridging the Gap, provides VR training that teaches refugees how to perform basic everyday tasks out in...

Despite the fact that 44% of businesses are in the market for interns in 2022, according to a survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, a large amount of these positions are unpaid: 39.2% of intern positions in the U.S. still lack some form of compensation, according to Zippia. Many majors

  Looking around campus, students will now be able to see posters with the word “YOU” in bold red letters. These posters detail different ways students at the University of Utah may be causing harm to their partners in sexual situations. These advertisements are part of a new campaign put on by the McCluskey Center...

  On the Karabegovic ticket are Sven Karabegovic as the presidential candidate, Alicia Baker as vice president of student relations candidate and Abukar Hassan as VP of university relations candidate.  Karabegovic, who is studying political science and international studies, is passionate about creating a safe, welcoming and inclusive learning environment for all students at the...

Maddie Hair is a junior majoring in psychology, economics, political science, and health, society and policy, and is running alongside Jasmine Aguilar-Lopez and Hailee Fell. Hair has wanted to run for student body president since her freshman year at the University of Utah and sees things within the U that she wants to change....

As of Oct. 24, over five months after Utah passed H.B. 374, a bill requiring schools to remove any books with “pornographic” material, the Utah Board of Education has tracked 280 complaints from members of the district — 83% of which have been from parents. Most books were removed from shelves or restricted, with

Two University of Utah Law alumni, Diana Hagen and Jill Pohlman, were recently appointed to serve as justices on the Utah Supreme Court, marking the first time in history that the state’s top court has had a female majority. The Utah Supreme Court is the highest court in Utah, with 5 justices serving for...

The Department of Public Safety at the University of Utah has been making major modifications to its division, from the language used by officers to culture changes within the department. One of their most recent changes has been to rebrand the U Campus Police officers to “Peace” Officers. Many of…

When his girlfriend snapped one day about two years ago, Salt Lake City man Josh Murray was physically abused. He told Fox 13 news that the way he saw “the woman he knew and loved for [over 10] years changed in an instant.” Murray, because of his personal experience and goal of eliminating some...

  With the deadline for next year’s ASUU applications coming up, ASUU held an event to promote student government and connect more with students. Taylor VanderToolen, ASUU president, said they wanted the event to be open to students who were interested and tried a different layout to make this possible. “We decided to change the...

For the majority of the 20th century, many segregation laws that targeted marginalized communities still existed. While much of this legislation has been reversed, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, one practice has undoubtedly had a long-lasting effect on the residents of Salt Lake City: redlining. The New York Times defines redlining as the...