Opinion
From the Hill: Week two of the Legislative session
When every week feels like 10, here’s what happened this week at the Utah State Capitol.This week started (and ended) with protests against President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban. Governor He...Read More
Why the Westminster community needs to care about the Muslim ban and everything that comes after
This past week has been an emotional rollercoaster for me as a Muslim, a Hijabi, a refugee and an Iraqi. The weekend started off with Trump signing an executive order to temporarily ban refugees ...Read More
Westminster community addresses President Trump’s executive orders on immigration
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending entry of all refugees into the United States for 120 days, Syrian refugees indefinitely and citizens from seven Muslim-majority popula...Read More
From the Hill: Week one of the legislative session
Ryan LaRe is a senior political science major and former intern in the House Democratic caucus.The session started with over 6,000 folks braving a blizzard on Jan. 23 to fill the Capitol for the Wome...Read More
Limousines on fire, warm fuzzies, pussyhats and a dash of white feminism
No protest is perfect. I mean, hell yeah to the millions of people who showed up to the Women’s March. It was empowering, important and incredible, and the world needs more warm, fuzzy feelings right ...Read More
The art of being alone
It’s 4:51 a.m. (to be precise), and I can’t sleep. Underneath a mound of blankets and facing away from the sounds of 1300 East, I feel relatively content. The faces of my family, friends and attr...Read More
Campus leaders across the state pledge to create safe communities during Trump Presidency
Campus leaders at Westminster College, the University of Utah, Dixie State University and Salt Lake Community College came together to write a letter of support for safe communities and diverse popula...Read More
Post-election reflections on my trip to Afghanistan
In the summer of 2015, a few days before May Term classes ended, I decided it was time to visit my home country. Born and raised in Afghanistan, it had been four years since I’d last visited my hometo...Read More
Thanksgiving 2016: Mixed family, mixed feelings
With only a few weeks left in the semester, I’m sure I’m not the only one who needed a vacation —but then I had to fly to California to deal with Thanksgiving in a mixed family.Coming from a “mixed fa...Read More
Finding complexity
It wasn’t my parents I feared most but rather the things I knew they couldn’t protect me from. They never asked me to define myself in any certain way and never pushed it to happen sooner than I was r...Read More