Every semester, students’ bags get a little heavier and their wallets get a lot lighter.High textbook prices have been a burden on students for far too long and it’s time to do something about it.The...
Soon, the administration and the teachers union will sign their new contracts.This year has been marked by slow progress and protests decrying the model of the “corporate university” and the overpaid...
A panel of student leaders will soon pick a new fellow student to serve on the board of trustees.The next student trustee must be equally wary and hopeful.UVM is making large strides.There’s a new push...
There aren’t enough Vermonters in the UVM administration.Our college is comprised of a variety of members. We have both in-state and out-of-state students, and it is great to hear from different perspectives...
Last week The Cynic published an article about the University's lack of recognition for its first black graduate in 1838. Since then, President Sullivan has sent an email to the University acknowledging...
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...
Crime on campus seems to be on the rise in the past few weeks. Attempted armed robberies, theft and "peeping toms" are just a few of the crimes that have been reported at UVM lately. The Cynic has found...
We might be freezing, but life is great. Last week the Cynic reported that UVM was ranked as one of the top 20 coldest colleges in the country by College Prowler. Winter in Vermont has been especially...
The provost of UVM has a Twitter for the first time. Dr. David Rosowsky took the office of provost and senior vice president of the University last August. He began tweeting during his first day on the...
Most colleges that are known as "sports schools" have a varsity football program. Students at UVM, however, don shirts that say varsity foot- ball has been "undefeated since 1974." That's because...
Sodexo's policy change, one that redefines a full-time employee, is a possible violation of federal law and most certainly a breach of moral code. UVM professor and Vermont Sen. Phil Baruth and Vermont...
Sometimes itÕs hard to be an American.We have created so many divisions in our society, ranging from politics to religion to sports teams, that make it hard and often saddening to wake up each day and...
