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Tracking COVID-19 at UVM
SGA council members socially distance in their first in person meeting of the year, Sept. 8.
SGA raises concerns over new student safety app's reliance on police
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor • October 14, 2020

UVM’s Student Government Association raised concerns about a new University app’s reliance on police services, intended to help students...

Former UVM seniors watch a virtual graduation May 17. Two months after UVM was supposed to release students’ graduation plans, the University has refused to say when the ceremony will occur.
Class of 2020 left in the dark over postponed commencement ceremony
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter • October 14, 2020
Sophomore Sam Joyner posted a video on TikTok for his second day in isolation after going to his sister
UVM student looks to quell quarantine concerns through TikTok
Paige Fisher, Cynic News Reporter • October 14, 2020
Junior Kendall Ware stands in her Vermont Swimming and Diving shirt in front of the Patrick Gym, Oct. 9. Ware will be graduating this year to enter a Speech Pathology grad program at UVM.
Students demand change amid claims that UVM Athletics mishandled sexual assault investigation
Hayley Rosen and Emma Pinezich • October 13, 2020
Tiktok needs to stop romanticizing eating disorders
Tiktok needs to stop romanticizing eating disorders
Emily Johnston, Assisstant Opinion Editor • October 16, 2020

Picture Cassie Ainsworth, the character from “Skins,” not eating for 3 days for an arbitrary reason and teaching her classmates how not to...

How to prevent a repeat of the first debate
How to prevent a repeat of the first debate
Jordan Spindel, Opinion Columnist • October 15, 2020
UVM needs to help us keep our promise
UVM needs to help us keep our promise
Sophie Oehler, Opinion Columnist • October 14, 2020
Fill these pages with your words
Fill these pages with your words
Staff Editorial • October 14, 2020
Junior Kendall Ware stands in her Vermont Swimming and Diving shirt in front of the Patrick Gym, Oct. 9. Ware will be graduating this year to enter a Speech Pathology grad program at UVM.
Students demand change amid claims that UVM Athletics mishandled sexual assault investigation
Hayley Rosen and Emma Pinezich • October 13, 2020

Nearly two weeks after UVM Junior Kendall Ware came forward about UVM Athletic Department’s gross mishandling of her sexual assault investigation,...

Head Coach Todd Woodcroft stands with Assistant Coach Stephen Wielder on the UVM ice rink holding hockey sticks.
UVM Hockey hires new coach despite University-wide hiring freeze
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor • October 7, 2020
The UVM swimming pool lays empty and still in the Patrick Gym, Sept. 17.
Club sports cleared to start practicing with restrictions
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor • September 25, 2020
UVM Student-Athletes of Color Affinity Group raised the Black Lives Matter flag without permission outside Patrick Gym Sept. 12, rejecting the University
Student-athletes raise BLM flag without permission, demanding racial justice reform from UVM
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor • September 22, 2020
Protecting Vermont Reproductive Rights
Protecting Vermont Reproductive Rights
Tulley Hescock, Staff Writer • October 14, 2020

Currently, Vermont has some of the most unrestricted abortion laws in the country.  After Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died...

Sweater Weather
Sweater Weather
Kyle Elms, Assistant Photo Editor • October 9, 2020
The wheels keep turning on CAT Busses
The wheels keep turning on CAT Busses
Elizabeth Roote, Staff Writer • October 5, 2020
As the sun rises in the eastern sky illuminating the Green Mountains, a hiker begins their descent down from the peak of Camel’s Hump Sept. 20.
6:37 a.m., 4,081 feet
Greta Rohrer, Features Editor • September 25, 2020
'Punisher' offers emotional and existential reflection
Anna Kolosky, Staff Writer • October 17, 2020

In the midst of pandemic panic and a world turned upside, Phoebe Bridgers gave us a slight salve for our stress on June 18: her sophomore album,...

Dance showcase marks 10th anniversary of first performance
Dance showcase marks 10th anniversary of first performance
Laura Meyer, Staff Writer • October 16, 2020
Students react to a unique first presidential debate
Students react to a unique first presidential debate
Cyrus Oswald, Staff Writer • October 15, 2020
Juniors Tasha Kalra and Sophie Tom stand in front of Rowell Hall, Oct. 9. Kalra and Tom are both a part of the nursing program at UVM.
Nursing students, senior citizens and Zoom
Emma Adams, Staff Writer • October 15, 2020
Fill these pages with your words
Fill these pages with your words
Staff Editorial • October 14, 2020

At its core, the Cynic editorial pages have always meant to serve as the voice of the students and the surrounding UVM community.  Each week...

Put the damn flag back up UVM
Put the damn flag back up UVM
Staff Editorial • September 29, 2020
Let
Let's be honest, testing works
Alek Fleury, Managing Editor • September 22, 2020
Testing questions go unanswered
Testing questions go unanswered
Staff Editorial • September 8, 2020
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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883
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