On Aug. 20th, the City of Burlington instituted new policies limiting gathering sizes and alcohol sales to prevent the spread of COVID-19, right before University of Vermont students flooded back into...
Kate Vanni, Layout and Illustrations Editor
• September 4, 2020
A smile crept over Noel Riby-Williams’ face as the three kids she nannies tapped on the window and peeked through the blinds, watching her throughout the interview.
Sitting on the porch, Riby-Williams,...
This year, neighbors, opponents and close friends, Gabrielle Stebbins and Tiff Bluemle join 36 other Emerge Vermont alums on the upcoming ballot for state representative.
The democratic women running...
Around the age of 14 Alex Escaja-Heiss boarded a plane, when he got off, he had been changed by a single moment during the flight.
On the flight, he had watched a film called “My Prairie Home”,...
Around halfway through writing her book “Old Canaan in a New World: Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel,” Professor Fenton said she struggled to answer the perennial question for people...
Weeks have passed since students skied down the Green Mountains, skateboarded on Athletic campus, walked to class and dominated Burlington's terrain.
Wherever students find themselves now, we hope they...
Between the potted plants to the vibrant art covering the walls, it’s hard not to feel at home at Onyx Ink Tattoo Studio.
Onyx Ink’s owner, Alisha Dykema, opened the studio in 2018. Locate on the...
At around 5:00 a.m. March 4, a white van pulled into the parking lot of Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Junior Finn Brokaw, a group leader of Power through Powder, got out of the van and opened the back, revealing...
Vermont State Rep. Rebecca White ‘15 stood behind the podium at the UVM debate house, reminiscing over the hours she spent practicing public speaking, used now in committee.
White grew up in Wilder,...
In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Cynic searched its archives for stories that reported on how the movement took shape at UVM.
We found...
A class of nearly 240 students leaned intently towards the muffled rhythmic beating of a radio telescope recording, a radio used to
detect frequencies from extraterrestrial life.
Geochemistry...
In 1896, 43 years after the last fire in Old Mill, UVM decided it was time to build the first fireproof building on a college campus in the U.S.
The result: Williams Science Hall.
The building...
