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

Hello, How Are You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name?

Evan Lang March 3, 2003

A few days ago, I was in the library when I made eye contact with a face that was not foreign to my memory. Well, over a year ago we had engaged in a short conversation pertaining to an interest that...

Go West, Young Man

February 24, 2003

I felt like Father Winter was sending me a message. It was a nasty but to the point message in the form of harsh negative temperatures and back wrenching snow shoveling. "Go West. Goooo West. San Diego..."...

High Concert Ticket Prices Common Gripe

February 24, 2003

Claypool? Rock on! J-5? Rock on! Lou Reed? Rock on! Anywhere from between twenty-five to fifty dollars for a show at your school? It would seem this does not rock nearly as hard. "We should be...

Don’t Mess Wit’ Da Bes’

February 24, 2003

This is a joke. Don't take it seriously. A'ight, ya'll. For real, there are some chumps walkin' amongst us, trying to be like me. Every day, one of my boys comes up to me like, "Yo, I just seen this...

Open Letters to Celebrities

February 24, 2003

Dear Master Selleck, It's not often that I have the opportunity to address a thespian of your grade. Usually I would have to suffer celebrities of a far lesser caliber (I'm pointing in your direction Nicholas...

Eating Disorder Awareness Week To Be Marked With Events And Activities On Campus

February 24, 2003

UVM Center for Health & Wellbeing's HOPE Team (Help Overcome Problem Eating) is pleased to offer a variety of programs for Eating Disorder Awareness Week from Monday, February 24th through Monday, March...

What’s Happening in SGA

February 18, 2003

The Student Action Committee of the SGA has been continuing their work with a variety of issues. Advocating against the proposed Burlington noise ordinance, that would increase fees and indirect accountability...

Why You Wanna Give Me a Run-Around?

Alison Murray February 3, 2003

"Hi, I was wondering who I could talk to about studying abroad in Ireland?" I ask a shorthaired woman sitting behind a side desk at the Study Abroad Office in Living and Learning section B. "Have you...

Open Letters To Celebrities

Nicholas Green February 3, 2003

Dear Steve (is it okay if I call you Steve?), How's it going? Now that the small talk is out of the way, let's get serious. I'd like to learn karate, but I can't afford the classes, this is where you...

Pro Anorexia Websites

November 15, 2002

I guess this should be addressed to everyone at UVM. Being the boyfriend of an anorexic-bulimic girl, I have found a new enemy to my efforts to help her overcome these illnesses. This enemy comes in...

UVM Continues to Diversify Student Body with Partnership Programs

November 11, 2002

Three years ago, UVM began a partnership with Christopher Columbus high school in the Bronx. The aim of this program was to build diversity on UVM's mostly white campus and to encourage Columbus seniors...

Course Registration For Geniuses

November 4, 2002

With another semester coming to a close we are all asking the same questions: Can professors be bought, or do they have the uncompromising convictions/morals of Steven Segall in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory?...

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