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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Renderings of the new Cambrian Rise project pictured. The new community is planned to be built just south of Burlington High School.

New Burlington development to ease housing pressure

Greta Brown, Staff Writer March 2, 2017

Burlington may be on a path to creating both affordable and eco-friendly places to live. The Cambrian Rise Project on North Avenue, a housing development project to revitalize the North End, was...

Members of the UVM Black Student Union walk at the annual Black Fashion Show Feb. 25. 
Phil Carruthers | The Vermont Cynic

Black Student Union celebrates blackness in annual fashion show

Anna Power, Healy Fallon, and Chloe Chaobal March 2, 2017

Lights, camera, fashion: black pride hits the stage at UVM to top off celebrating Black History Month. During a night full of fashion, music and spoken word, the Black Student Union Fashion show topped...

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UVM Medicine to build Connecticut campus

Colin Bushweller, Senior Staff Writer March 2, 2017

The Western Connecticut Health Network announced its partnership with UVM’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine to establish an accredited branch campus Feb. 5. The campus will be located...

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UVM faculty rallies for higher wages

JP Riedel, Senior Staff Reporter March 1, 2017

Faculty members stood outside the room where their contracts were being negotiated, holding signs and rallying for higher wages. Negotiations began Feb. 6 between the University and United Academics,...

Faculty pushes for strong statement from President Sullivan on Trump’s muslim ban

Faculty pushes for strong statement from President Sullivan on Trump’s muslim ban

Chloe Chaobal, Senior Staff Reporter March 1, 2017

Some want the University to take a stand against one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. More than 100 faculty members sent a letter to University President Tom Sullivan urging him to...

UVM announces gendered bathroom changes

Olivia Bowman, News Editor March 1, 2017

The University announced a plan to update existing plans for gendered bathroom usage. Plans for the future will include “larger multi-use restrooms” and working to “improve the access to access...

SGA updates

Craig Pelsor, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

New medical club There is a new UVM pre-physician assistant club. SGA recognized the club Feb. 22.   Students need 6,000 hours of experience and must take a different set of tests which this club...

Senior Brett Cohen, pictured above, died on Feb. 14. He was found about 60 ft. off the ski trail at Stowe Mountain Resort on the evening of Feb. 13. | PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK

Senior dies, friends remember him as positive spirit

Olivia Bowman, News Editor February 23, 2017

Voices in a College Street apartment chimed over one another while talking about their friend Brett Cohen and his passion for adventure.   Hailing from Needham, Mass., Cohen was a senior at...

Data from UVM police

Community programs decrease crime

Lauren Schnepf, Senior Staff Writer February 18, 2017

Crime on some streets densely populated by UVM students has decreased over the past three years, a report from Burlington Police Department stated.   Students and other members of the University...

Graph from Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont, a report by economics professor Stephanie Seguino.

Professor completes study on policing

Chloe Chaobal, Senior Staff Writer February 17, 2017

  Black drivers in Vermont are four times more likely to be searched after being stopped by police, according to a recent report by a UVM professor.   The findings in the report, conducted...

Gov. Phil Scott discusses his past at UVM and his path to the Vermont Statehouse in 2017.

The Governor and UVM

Erika B. Lewy, Assistant News Editor February 15, 2017

Gov. Phil Scott sat back in a wood chair in his large, fifth floor Montpelier office. He spoke quietly and slowly, pausing between thoughts, and leaned forward each time he told a story. He looked...

Senior Brett Cohen, pictured above, died on Feb. 14. He was found about 60 ft. off the ski trail at Stowe Mountain Resort on the evening of Feb. 13. | PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK

UVM student dies after snowboarding incident

Olivia Bowman, News Editor February 15, 2017

  Senior Brett Cohen of Needham, Mass. died at the University of Vermont Medical Center Feb. 14. Annie Stevens, the vice provost for student affairs, announced Cohen’s death in a campus-wide...

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