We all have our guilty secrets, like the celebrity we quietly crush on or an opinion that might receive some backlash. However, the culture and editorial staff are daring enough to expose themselves for...
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...
Culture Staff, Culture Staff Writer
• September 25, 2024
Friday nights are increasingly monotonous with the repetition of boring party themes. The Culture section is saying out with “Champagne and Shackles,” out with “Anything but a Cup” and in with...
Staff Recommends: 2024 ins and outs — editor’s edition
The Cynic editors have their fingers on the pulse of the trends, or at least we like to think we do. Here is our list of what should be incorporated...
Culture Staff, Culture Staff Writer
• January 31, 2024
New year. New culture section.
We’re giving it to you straight. Here is what’s going to be in and what’s going to be out in 2024.
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Playfulness - Clare Yesilonis
Whether you’re...
If you’ve walked through the first floor of the Davis Center, you may have noticed that its four pool tables are usually buzzing with people.
As one of the many pulls of the Davis Center, these...
Grace Wang, Culture Staff Writer
• October 21, 2022
On any given fall day on UVM’s lovely campus, you can swim in the sea of beige, black, white, brown and forest green fits adorning students. Alongside falling leaves and hot cider, the toned-down palette...
Ashna Hille is a sophomore from Natick, Mass. She recently transferred to UVM and is double majoring in music technology and business, and health and society.
THE CYNIC: How would you describe...
Junior Miles McCallum is originally from Cleveland and moved to Burlington in 2019 to attend UVM. He majors in global studies and serves as president of the Black Student Union.
THE CYNIC: Describe your...
Avery Delisle, Culture Staff Writer
• October 5, 2021
Seemingly overnight, the once popular social media app Yik Yak came roaring back to life.
Popular in early 2014 — in the era of mustaches, washi tape and Vine — Yik Yak was among one of the more...
Shayla Blair, Culture Staff Writer
• September 23, 2021
There are certain movies that society deems timeless classics. “Twilight” is neither timeless nor classic, but that might be why we love it so much.
The first installment in the four-book series...
