A recurring microaggression I have faced is being called “whitewashed.”
Mocking me by calling me a byproduct of a white environment due to the circumstances that I am forced to adapt to because...
Lilly Page, Features Staff Writer
• September 28, 2021
Holstein cows line up at milking machines at the Miller Research Center barn while students attentively assist the process.
These students are part of the Cooperate for Real Education in Agricultural...
Every Friday, Huntington residents gather at the Brush Brook Community Farm to enjoy free soup made with vegetables from their own land.
Farmer and baker Adam Wilson doesn’t own any of his own land....
Elizabeth Roote, Assistant Features Editor
• September 14, 2021
There is now a tranquil scene of sailboats floating across the water on the underpass on the corner of Farrell and Swift Street in South Burlington.
The 12 by 50-foot mural, completed last month,...
Liz Chadwick, Features Staff Writer
• September 10, 2021
For students and faculty, art is both visual and abstract, and all forms are seen and experienced on campus every day.
Over the past 10 years, UVM’s campus has grown its collection of art such as...
Pockets of cool, shady pools pepper Vermont’s rivers, creating an oasis for UVM students plunging in for a refreshing dip.
Some students prefer the secluded Vermont forest rivers in Richmond and...
The Cynic found five random seniors. We reached out to them to get to know them through five thought provoking questions. The list of students includes writers, cooks, activists and musicians. Each has...
Tiffany Wilbur picked up her kids at Leicester Elementary, a school located a town over from their home in Whiting, VT. This is a new normal since the closure of Whiting elementary in 2018.
Vermont’s...
Ali Gordon sits at her desk in the Central Campus Residence Hall to make a ring for a customer who found her through her Etsy shop, NRG Designs.
Gordon, a first year at UVM, runs her business from...
Rebecca Holt, Features Staff Writer
• April 23, 2021
UVM students renting in Burlington feel dissatisfied with housing conditions and relations with their landlords, however, one city councilwoman is working to make the overall renting power dynamics more...
Sabrina Fiore, Feature Staff Writer
• April 16, 2021
In December 2020, the UVM Libraries made the decision to end their contract with Elsevier, a publishing company whose online database, ScienceDirect, contains many important medical and scientific journals.
The...
Lilly Page, Features Staff Writer
• March 31, 2021
“I see you! Come on up to the sugar barn,” Donald Schroeder said over the phone on a warm but brisk Saturday morning at Poor Farm Sugar Works in Colchester, VT.
The farm is an incredible sight....