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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

Government shutdown halts research

Lauren Drasler October 15, 2013

In a college town, it can often be too easy to forget about the outside world. But one event that caught the attention of students and faculty at UVM was the government shutdown. On Oct. 1 the federal...

On The Record: 16th Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Abigail R. Kimbell, UVM ’74

February 2, 2009

The Vermont Cynic: How did you become interested in forestry?Abigail Kimbell: As a teenager, I was a junior counselor for a day camp and had an opportunity to hear a guy talking about how trees grow and...

Alyson Kennedy is fighting to get her party on the U.S. presidential ballot

September 15, 2008

Alyson Kennedy, the vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party dropped by the The Cynic office during her campaign to be the next vice president of the United States.What does the party...

Illustrious Alumni

September 2, 2008

John McGillYear of graduation: 1978 John McGill is a native of Burlington. He received his undergraduate degree from Williams College. After traveling around the world, he attended medical school at the...

Taking the Kake

March 8, 2007

The Feb. 27 presentation, "Blackface in the Past and in the Present," by Wanda Heading-Grant and graduate as-sistant Jean Pak concluded a month widely known for its pronounced celebration of Black History,...

Left – Right – Left

February 27, 2007

Living in a culture crammed with so many "conservatives," "liberals" and everything in be-tween, taking black and white stances can be easy-especially when barraged with information related to the agendas...

The most vicious circle

September 26, 2006

World War III was the buzzword this summer. What a time to be alive; the threat of apocalypse itself being kicked around by CNN, Fox News and MSNBC like a hacky-sack. Stephen Colbert updated America nightly...

Alvin: A True Account with a New York City Street Musician

February 28, 2006

It was the part of the night in New York City when all the outsiders jump back on the Path Train to the quiet of the suburbs. City dwellers were making their final rounds and poets were just beginning...

Messing With the Market: Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You

Justin Irving December 8, 2005

Finding affordable housing in Burlington has been a challenge for many, especially in recent years. UVM students have been feeling the squeeze too. Chris Dubois a second year commuter student lamented,...

Sudan: Shameful Absence of Action

December 6, 2005

"We must never forget our collective failure to protect at least eight hundred thousand defenseless men, women and children who perished in Rwanda ten years ago. Such crimes cannot be reversed. Such failures...

Master Planning and the Future of UVM

December 6, 2005

Master Planning began at UVM during the 1966-1967 school year with the guidance of world renowned landscape architect Dan Kiley. Brought in as a consultant, Kiley proposed development according to five...

The Wage Gap Debate Continues

November 29, 2005

The Wage Gap does exist. The problem of pay inequality between the sexes persists. Full time women workers average $30,724 in annual earnings compared to men's $40,668, or about 75.5 cents on the male...

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