ResLife dismisses RAs’ plea for hazard pay and more COVID-19 protection
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
September 18, 2020
Frustrated with the lack of protection and guidelines for COVID-19 situations, a group of anonymous RAs sent a list of demands to the director of ResLife. Three days later, they received a response that was “vague and frustrating,” according to one RA, that made no commitments to change any ResLife ru...
Proposed Spring calendar pushes back start date to Feb. 1, eliminates Spring break
Ella Ruehsen and Emma Pinezich
September 18, 2020
Students may not have spring break and classes could start as late as Feb. 1, according to a proposed Spring calendar approved by the academic branch of UVM’s coronavirus task force. UVMStrong’s Faculty and Academic Affairs working group unanimously endorsed a proposed resolution for the Sprin...
Weekly COVID testing to continue through November, UVM President says
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
September 17, 2020
UVM will continue mandatory COVID-19 testing for students through the beginning of November, the University announced just days before student testing was set to expire. Before UVM President Suresh Garimella announced the extension in a Sept. 16 email, weekly testing was slated to end Friday, Sept. 18...
COVID-19 at UVM: Despite new cases among students, overall positivity rate remains low
September 17, 2020
!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");t&&(t.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-heig...
Dr. Fauci applauds Vermont’s response to pandemic, calls on nation to follow its lead
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
September 16, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading expert on infectious disease, called Vermont’s handling of COVID-19 some of the best in the country, at a press briefing with Vermont reporters Sept. 15. Fauci joined Governor Phil Scott’s biweekly press briefing remotely for 30 minutes Tuesday to s...
‘You can’t put reins on kids’: Hundreds gather on Redstone Green as cops watch, unsure how to act
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
September 16, 2020
As the midnight moon cast down on the Redstone Green Sept. 6, two UVM police officers watched as a group of 150 students openly violated the University’s strict COVID-19 social conduct policy. Despite UVM’s Green and Gold Promise which mandates 6-foot social distancing and caps outdoor gathe...
In first meeting of the year, SGA considers BLM demands for police reform
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
September 15, 2020
In the Student Government Association’s first meeting of the semester, several members pressed leadership on what the group is doing to address demands for racial justice reform from the campus community. The group met on the fourth floor of the Davis Center at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 for their first soc...
Protesters remain committed to demands despite inaction from City
Meredith Rathburn, Cynic News Reporter
September 15, 2020
As community members marched in black attire down Battery Street on their fifteenth consecutive day of protest last week, the mayor of Burlington spoke at an emergency meeting, unable to take action on protesters’ demands. At 6 p.m. Sept. 8, Mayor Miro Weinberger, City Attorney Eileen Blackwood,...
UVM alum chosen to serve as first VT woman of color in electoral college
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
September 15, 2020
The UVM alum set to be the first woman of color in the Vermont State Senate will also serve as one of three Vermont electors for the 2020 presidential election. Kesha Ram, a democratic congressional candidate from Chittenden County, is slated to be the first woman of color in the Vermont State Senate...
“I see it as an environment for student change:” UVM’s new SGA president talks about her role and goals for the year
Maryann Makosiej, Cynic News Reporter
September 10, 2020
After a rollercoaster of an SGA presidential election this past March, Iraqi-American and first generation college student Lana Al-Namee has started her tenure as president of the organization. As Al-Namee has taken her seat at the head of SGA, she entered into a school year marked by a global ...
Despite promise of daily test results, UVM, city and state cannot produce numbers
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
September 9, 2020
The University of Vermont will not release comprehensive data each day about the deadly virus’ spread throughout the UVM community, despite claims that they are committed to a 24-hour test result turn around. And contrary to reassurance that the University is delivering on this front, neither t...
Students stage die-in on Waterman Green in protest of UVM admin
Anna Morrill, Cynic News Reporter
September 8, 2020
As students shuffled between classes on UVM’s Central Campus Sept. 3, a line of students dressed in black, carrying tombstones and a coffin began their somber march to the site of their “death.” Late Thursday, the students along with other members of the UVM community including professors and...
