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

Comic of the week

Comic of the week

Cole Fekert, Staff Illustrator April 16, 2021

Illustration of the week

Illustration of the week

Sofia Gratton, Staff Illustrator April 15, 2021

A Look At Proctorio

Jacob Goodwin, Multimedia Reporter April 14, 2021

A dive into the world of Proctorio, a proctoring software that's been the face of a few complaints internationally. We look into how it's used, what're the complaints, and what has been done to improve.

Comic of the week

Comic of the week

Cole Fekert, Staff Illustrator April 7, 2021

Freshman Elene Karlberg, known as UVM Condom Kid, poses surrounded by over 100 Trojan condoms March 31.

Photo of the week

Mary McLellan, Staff Photographer April 6, 2021

Hennessey removed her sock to show her rainbow “this is temporary tattoo March 16. This tattoo is her own handwriting. All of her tattoos are her original designs and sketches.

Students and their ink: the stories behind student tattoos

Kate Vanni, Assistant Managing Editor April 6, 2021

The beauty of a tattoo is that it can simply be anything. Whether or not a tattoo has a meaning, they are markers we put on our bodies and carry with us forever.  I’m reminded of a past Cynic...

Comic of the week

Comic of the week

Juli Badics, Staff Illustrator April 2, 2021

Students wait to be picked up after their last class of the day gets out March 16.

Burlington High School students thrive in a new home — an old Macy’s

Kate Vanni, Assistant Managing Editor April 1, 2021

The escalators inside the once-abandoned Macys are up and running again, but instead of transporting shoppers, they are helping students get to their classes on time. In August of 2020, Burlington High...

A man works at Poor Farm Sugar Works, Colchester, VT March 27. The smell of maple was in the air even when they had not started boiling yet.

Photo of the week

Eric Scharf, Staff Photographer March 30, 2021

 Members of Vermonters Against Unconstitutional Lockdowns and Tyranny, also known as VAULT, gather on Church street for an anti-mask flash mob that began at 5:30 p.m. March 20. The flashmob met at 1 Church street and proceeded to walk down towards City Hall.

Anti-mask Vermonters walk down Church street as part of an organized ‘flash mob’

Staff Report March 23, 2021

Roughly 30 anti-mask protestors gathered on Church street March 20 to protest the state’s guidelines regarding masking. The group paraded up and down Church street as pedestrians backed up to the walls...

Wanda Heading-Grant, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, sits in her office in the Waterman building holding up a story written about her by Seven Days. Grant says she is extremely proud of this story.

Photo of the week

Elaina Sepede, Staff Photographer March 23, 2021

A car drives by the old UVM medical center March 3.

A tour of UVM after dark

Kyle Elms, Staff Photographer March 17, 2021

TTo me, there are two different types of nights on campus at UVM. There are the midweek nights when you rarely run into a stranger and you both, especially since COVID, try to keep your distance. Then...

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