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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

The Zestapellas perform acapella in the Interfaith Center, Nov 6

Wig-tastic a cappella show

Mackenzie Bender November 18, 2025

On Nov. 6, Zest A Cappella hosted a lively and entertaining wig-themed concert.  At 7:00 p.m., audience members lined up at the doors of the Interfaith Center adorned in colorful wigs. By 7:05 p.m....

Let’s spill the Tea app

Let’s spill the Tea app

Maxine Thornton, Alexa Gaskill, and Avery McDowell November 17, 2025

Tea Dating Advice, colloquially referred to as the Tea app, was removed from the Apple App Store on Oct. 21.  The Tea app, as well as its unaffiliated counterpart, TeaOnHer, failed to meet Apple’s...

Dating on Strava and Spotify as social media: hobby-tracking and self surveillance

Dating on Strava and Spotify as social media: hobby-tracking and self surveillance

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff November 12, 2025

As soon as November rolls around, social media is inundated with talks of Spotify Wrapped. The questionable relationships that people have with this release of self-quantifying data also become abundantly...

Limón addresses a full Ira Allen Chapel, Nov. 4.

Morning and evening with Ada Limón

Maya Surrenti, Culture Editor November 11, 2025

Fresh off being the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States and the publishing of her new book “Startlement,” Ada Limón brought several people to tears while also craving churros at her reading on...

Macha and Lyra as an astronaut and a martian.

“When I’m out walking, I strut my stuff.”

Katrina Secinaro, Culture Writer November 10, 2025

At noon on Oct. 25, the Violent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” rang out on Church Street as brightly colored leaves rustled in the crisp breeze. A crowd gathered – both human and canine – eagerly...

Copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos

How women “ought to be” in art and why it matters to you

Snejanna Ostrerov, Culture Writer October 29, 2025

It’s not surprising to see naked women in Classical art. If anything, it’s expected. However, female bodies and nudity are deemed taboo in modern society, according to an April 3, 2023 article from...

The life of a millennial

The life of a millennial

Mackenzie Bender, Culture Writer October 28, 2025

On Oct. 3, Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”  To say that I and many other fans were disappointed is an understatement. From her lackluster and overused electronic...

Matthew Tevnan and Harry Missing share their love of tandem biking, Oct.15.

“Never tandem alone”

Maggie O’Shea, Assistant Culture Editor October 27, 2025

Two boys on a tandem bike have taken campus by storm. Matthew Tevnan and Harry Missing, both seniors on the UVM men’s rugby team, met in their first year when they lived on the same floor in Central...

Horror-fest: the good, the bad and the terrifying

Horror-fest: the good, the bad and the terrifying

Kendall Evans, Culture Writer October 27, 2025

It’s finally cold, the leaves are falling, and I’ve challenged myself to watch as many horror movies as I can before autumn’s end. Body horror, psychological horror, slasher — I’m diving headfirst...

Students look at the photographs in the gallery, Oct. 22.

Dona Ann McAdams: “Black Box”

Max Handelman, Culture Writer October 23, 2025

The Francis Colburn Gallery in Williams Hall was adorned with 39 stories of the past on Oct. 9 — from schizophrenia patients on Coney Island to gay rights protestors in San Francisco. Each scene was...

Boys will be…?

Boys will be…?

Alexa Gaskill, Culture Writer October 22, 2025

At 15 years old, my brother Jake came into my room one night and confessed through tears, “I don’t want to be like dad.”  Toxic masculinity became a tangible force for me in that moment.  As...

Grundlemunchers posed with their meal from Harris Millis Dining hall, Oct. 15.

The grundlemunchers

Paisley Chambers and Alexa Davis October 20, 2025

UVM’s newest campus celebrities are all over most students’ Instagram explore pages, and — if you’re lucky — can even be seen in the flesh. Anyone who is anyone has at least heard of them. That's...

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