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Looking for winter activities? Try these recommendations

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Utah is ripe with options for outdoor wintertime activities, which can help residents stay in shape until spring rolls around.
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With a lack of diversity in tech, SLCC shows signs of progress

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Despite the size and scale of the tech industry, several minority groups face challenging obstacles in STEM education and employment.
SLCC students and staff walking in the Pride Parade

Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center hopes to add its services to orientation

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Several SLCC students and staff members support the idea of including the Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center in the college's orientation material.
Drag queen Trey McEuen dressed as Hysteria while inside a bar

Decoding anti-drag sentiment, locally and in the US

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The recent surge in public threats toward all-ages drag events is most concerning to drag performers, allies and the wider LGBTQ+ community.
Dr. Richard Ferguson poses in front of a photo of Henrietta Lacks

SLCC event remembers Henrietta Lacks, tells the importance of owning one’s story

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SLCC hosted an event to commemorate the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cancer cells were the source of the “HeLa” cell line, on Dec. 5.
Title screen for "Diverted" student documentary film

Students tackle Salt Lake imperative with a documentary – and the focus is Indigenous...

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The 30-minute cut of “Diverted: Indigenous Stewardship and Saving the Great Salt Lake” is set to premiere Friday, Dec. 8, at Salt Lake Community College’s South City campus.
Five people stand together for a group photo in front of Taylor Swift movie art

Students chime in on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ movie

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SLCC students are among Taylor Swift’s legion of fans -- known as Swifties -- who have enjoyed the pop star’s concert movie, “The Eras Tour.”
Multiple people standing outside Provo Library with pro-Palestinian signs

Rally in Provo expresses support for Palestine amid ongoing conflict

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A pro-Palestinian demonstration took place outside the Provo Library on Nov. 4.
People holding cloth banners with handwritten messages and lit candles on a sidewalk

Salt Lake residents gather for 5th annual Harvey Milk vigil

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SLCC students and Salt Lake City residents gathered Monday to honor and remember pioneering gay leader Harvey Milk on the anniversary of his assassination.
HeLa cells showing microtubules (green), mitochondria (yellow), nucleoli (red) and nuclear DNA (purple)

SLCC to celebrate Henrietta Lacks’ contribution to science on Dec. 5

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Salt Lake Community College will celebrate the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks, the source of the "HeLa" cell line, on Dec. 5 at Taylorsville Redwood Campus.
Two students standing beside a stone monument in South City Campus courtyard

SLCC celebrates Transgender Day of Remembrance with unveiling of stone monument

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Salt Lake Community College unveiled a permanent stone monument honoring the transgender community during the International Day of Remembrance celebration at South City Campus.
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SLCC’s 2023 Round Dance celebrates the college’s Native community

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Friends and members of the Native American community celebrated Indigenous heritage and welcomed blessings of peace for the coming winter during the Round Dance on Nov. 18.