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

Audio experience provides world of sounds

Anna Gibson April 7, 2017

To be handed a plastic-wrapped eyemask at the door of a Saturday night show might seem unusual to some. During the performances of Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett, however, handouts like this are just another...

Student band ‘Jeddy’ to release first album

Kim Henry April 6, 2017

After over a year of recruitment, songwriting and promotion, a UVM band is ready to take the next step. Jeddy will release its first studio album, “I’ll Do It Anyway,” April 8. Jeddy has been...

What have students been wearing at UVM?

Healy Fallon April 6, 2017

Each morning of our often hectic, crammed lives, we always wake up and contemplate the question of what we are going to wear. As snows melts away and the temperature rises, students across campus are...

Space Jam lets everyone in on the Madness

Kim Henry April 1, 2017

The last relentless days of winter can be so joyless, it is no wonder colleges across the country chose March as the month to inject with a little madness. For some, the excitement of the college basketball...

Local singer-songwriter pursues musical dream

Anna Gibson March 31, 2017

Life as a 20-something can be blindsiding: it seems to throw curveballs which can completely alter one’s perception of his/her future. For ivamae, local musician and New York native, this moment arrived...

Students transform trash to clothing

Addie Beach March 30, 2017

Tables loaded with sewing machines, outfits inspired by coral reefs and containers full of free tea were just a few of the sights at Patagonia’s Worn Wear tour. Patagonia teamed up with the Outing...

Radio show offers a voice to the native community

Maddy Pimentel March 30, 2017

One woman discovered the power of community radio in 2009, when the indigenous people of Vermont were still not recognized at a state level. Some tribes of the Abenaki nation, the people native to...

Student band to open at SpringFest

Bridget Higdon, Assistant Arts Editor March 30, 2017

Under colored lights, the sound of instruments reverberated off brick walls as four bands dueled in front of a lively and spirited crowd. The finale of UVM’s Battle of the Bands took place March 25...

UPB announces SpringFest headliner

Staff Report March 29, 2017

This year’s SpringFest will feature exclusively international artists, with the exception of one local band. UVM Program Board announced the headliner for this year’s SpringFest, Irish indie-rock...

Springtime Carnivore brings color to Flynn

Anna Gibson March 26, 2017

All bands have to start somewhere, and touring with a well-known group can often mark a turning point in a musician’s career. This may very well be the case of singer-songwriter Greta Morgan, aka...

UVM students create art collective

Isabella Alessandrini March 25, 2017

A group of students have created their own unofficial art club out of necessity. When first-year Jess Molinaro, a studio art major, came to UVM last fall, she was disappointed she couldn’t find an...

Rock and roll legend is remembered at 90

Ben Elfland, Arts Editor March 24, 2017

Chuck Berry, pioneer of American rock and roll died of natural causes in his home March 18 at the age of 90. Berry was born in 1926 and raised by a middle-class family in the then deeply segregated...

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