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 University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Student Legal Services Helps Keep Students in School

January 31, 2006

This is not your parent's UVM. For many years, UVM was one of the premier party schools in the nation, but the days of "Groovy UV" are fast approaching their end. President Fogel's vision for the future...

Detox, Sexual Assault and Vandalism on Campus

Eric Freedman November 1, 2005

Slow down everyone, we're drinking too much. Recent statistics taken by UVM Police Services indicate that we are off to a fast start with detox and alcohol problems. Compare the 32 detoxes we had by...

Where to Get Your Grub On

September 13, 2005

It is extremely difficult to sit through an entire class and pay full attention to the professor when you have a slight suspicion that your intestine has begun to digest your stomach. It's a safe...

Does Your Long Distance Need Assistance?

September 7, 2005

Walking around campus as classes commence, it is hard not to pick up on the presence of new freshmen. As they hustle from class to class, desperately trying to maintain their cool, but failing to disguise...

Master Debaters at UVM

February 21, 2005

The University of Vermont has many excellent programs but one of the most successful is often ignored by the students as well as the administrators and professors. For instance, if one were to ask you:...

Video Game Voodoo

February 17, 2005

Let's play a game: if you love spending precious moments with our roommate, clap your hands. SILENCE. So a lot of college kids have roommate issues. So what? At one juncture of student life or another,...

Who are Students for Peace and Global Justice Anyway?

February 17, 2005

Chances are that if you have ever been to the library or Cook Commons or anywhere else on campus for that matter, you have probably bumped into or seen an SFPGJ'er . They come in all shapes and sizes,...

Stronger Bodies, Stronger Minds

February 17, 2005

Back when I was in high school, athletes were not smart. The football players were the classic 'dumb jocks' that you see in movies, and brains were the only thing that the non-athletic kids could lord...

WANTED: Non-Northeasterners

February 3, 2005

You might ask yourself why someone from New Jersey is writing about not being from the Northeast. Well, the truth of the matter is I never identified myself with the surf culture of the Jersey shore,...

LATINOS HAVE A COMUNIDAD AT UVM: Nuestra Historia

October 16, 2004

In 1988, a small group of Latinos started to meet in a supportive social setting and began inviting others to join them. They were lead by Cesar Murillo (deceased in the September 11th attacks) and Philip...

Making the Grade: Tutors Wanted

April 5, 2004

Does your course material lack clarity? As a veteran math tutor, I would have to say Subject-Area Tutoring has been a success for both tutors and tutees at the University of Vermont. The Learning Cooperative...

Climate Change and UVM

February 23, 2004

There is a growing political consensus that global climate change is one of the most significant environmental issues facing the world today, and that carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" from the...

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