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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

Poster for Catamount Film Festival hangs in Williams Hall April 13.

The Catamount Film Festival: sharing UVM’s film work with the Burlington community

Maggie O’Shea, Culture Staff Writer April 14, 2025

The student-organized Catamount Film Festival aims to create something that will continue for years to come.  This festival was organized by two senior film and television studies majors, Catherine...

People participating in the UVM Contra Club’s glow-themed dance in Mann Hall March 22.

UVM Contra: spreading the love for folk dancing on campus

Max Handelman, Culture Staff Writer April 1, 2025

Mann Hall shined as rainbow strobe lights bounced off the equally colorful attire of the people filling the room.  Adorned with glitter and glow-in-the-dark face paint, many attendees left their shoes...

Hissy Fit plays March 4.

Battle of the Bands: Skrom goes to SpringFest

Erika Tally, Culture Editor March 31, 2025

Brennan’s Pub became unrecognizable as groups of music-loving students crowded into the makeshift concert venue to support the candidates for this year’s Battle of the Bands. The competition can...

Waterman’s doors are made of bronze and cast iron Feb. 13.

Why are the Waterman doors SO heavy?

Paige Bencken, Culture Staff Writer February 21, 2025

The Waterman Building, at 118,385 square feet, is the largest academic building on UVM’s campus, with hundreds of students passing through its doors daily.  Anyone who’s had a class there is well...

What UVM students miss about 2016

What UVM students miss about 2016

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer February 20, 2025

From the premiere of “Stranger Things” to #OscarsSoWhite, 2016 was a wild ride, but the feeling the year conjured hasn’t occurred since.  2016 is spoken about with a particular nostalgia within...

Dirty talk: “meaningless” and its implications

Dirty talk: “meaningless” and its implications

Maya Surrenti, Assistant Culture Editor December 12, 2024

Perhaps it’s the English major in me that needs to know a word’s whispered implications, but recently I’ve been fascinated by the categorization of casual sex as “meaningless.”  College cultures...

Winner of the Noah Kahan look-alike contest, Sam Spanierman, Dec. 5.

Bring life to “Stick Season”

Grace Wang, Co-Editor-In-Chief December 6, 2024

“If you’re wearing a flannel, have your hair in French braids or can sing, even a little, get on stage, now,” rang out from a megaphone outside the Davis Center.  A crowd gathered on the Andrew...

Election night: X’s version

Election night: X’s version

Mackenzie Bender, Culture Staff Writer November 13, 2024

On Nov. 6., Donald Trump was announced as the 47th president of the United States. During the days leading up to the election, many people turned to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share opinions and...

Overlooked mental illnesses: eating disorder recovery at UVM

Overlooked mental illnesses: eating disorder recovery at UVM

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer November 1, 2024

At the end of my first year at UVM in 2023, I found myself sitting on my much too uncomfortable and insatiably loud plastic mattress with tears rolling down my face.  The housing accommodations my...

Spooky Tinder messages

Spooky Tinder messages

Paige Bencken, Culture Staff Writer October 29, 2024

Anyone who has downloaded a dating app knows all too well the absolute tomfoolery and reprehensible behavior that notoriously circulates the DMs.  There’s just something about being given the green...

Staff recommends: costumes that should and shouldn’t be sexy

Staff recommends: costumes that should and shouldn’t be sexy

Culture staff October 23, 2024

There are spider webs in the aisles of Target, jack-o-lanterns on our front porches and ghost-shaped Reese’s melting in our backpacks. Something big is coming.  As Halloween falls into our weekend...

UPRAWR hosts events in Living Well on Fridays for students to interact with a service dog in-training Oct. 15.

Puppy kisses: a homesickness cure

Addison Butcher, Culture Staff Writer October 18, 2024

The middle of the semester can be a challenge: workloads are increasing, the weather is getting cooler, but mostly, students are experiencing homesickness. A large part of missing home for college students...

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