The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Committee created to recognize Andrew Harris

April 5, 2014

In response to recent student and faculty activism the UVM administration has come up with a plan to recognize the University's first African American graduate. A committee will be formed that will determine...

SGA confirms legitimacy of presidential petitions

April 3, 2014

Many UVM students may be familiar with the breaking news and gossip website, known as UVM Little Bird. Recently anonymous allegations were made on the website which stated that

UVM Falls to Union in NCAA Tournament

Ben Parsons March 29, 2014

In their first game since being named the best team in the nation, the Union Dutchmen lived up to their no. 1 ranking, defeating Vermont by a score of 5-2 on Friday in the first game of the Division I...

Sophomore Derek Doran dies unexpectedly

Hannah Kearns March 28, 2014

Sophomore Derek Doran passed away unexpectedly March 23, according to a release by Annie Stevens, Vice Provost for Student Affairs. Doran was from Castleton, Vt. and was in the School of Business Administration,...

Free speech counts

February 18, 2014

The right to free speech and media is a testament of American democracy. The Cynic's 130th anniversary as a student voice marks not only the tradition of speech, but also the commitment of the University...

Events further diversity awareness

February 18, 2014

Last week, UVM celebrated diversity all across campus.   SGA and the Inter-Residence Association worked together to host Equity Week, an event to raise diversity awareness.  "I think it was...

Cynic celebrates 130 years

February 18, 2014

The Vermont Cynic is turning 130! Started in 1883 under the name the University Cynic, our paper is the oldest continuously published non-daily college newspaper in the country. This means the Cynic...

Vermont Law Partnership

February 18, 2014

Vermont Law has decided to partner with several historically black colleges in order to expand racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession, according to a press release put out by Vermont Law...

Legislation demands labels on food goods

Joe Tomlinson February 18, 2014

Vermonters may be familiar with staring down bumper stickers that read something like, "No Farms, No Food," or perhaps, "Eat Local." Now some citizens of the food-system-pioneering Green Mountain State...

Dangers of the slopes

February 18, 2014

After the death of sophomore Kendra Bowers while skiing at Sugarbush Resort, it poses the question of how dangerous skiing might be.  "Skiing is dangerous if you go too far out of your known limits,"...

Group urges Sullivan to divest

February 18, 2014

A letter to President Tom Sullivan is the Student Climate Culture club's newest effort to make UVM a fossil free campus.  The letter urged the Investment Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees to...

Thief dies due to probable suicide

Hannah Kearns February 18, 2014

The man accused of attempting to sell a stolen document to Bailey-Howe was found dead in his Main Street apartment Feb. 11. Fifty-five year-old Patrick Rooney's  death is being considered a suicide....

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