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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Students study in the Bailey/Howe Library.

SGA reopens discussion of reading days

Jacob Ide, Staff Writer March 12, 2017

Readings days are back on the table. SGA requests to reopen conversations around reading days reinstatement led to a discussion with campus-wide representation on March 6. “The conversation was...

SGA President Jason Maulucci addresses the attendees of the SGA meeting April 5, 2016. SGA is planning to be carbon neutral by 2025.

SGA to minimize emissions

John Riedel, Senior Staff Writer March 12, 2017

SGA is looking to greatly minimize UVM’s impact on the environment by 2025. In 2010, UVM committed to being carbon neutral by 2025 as part of a nationwide effort by universities across the country. “I...

UVM hosts human trafficking conference

Chris Dillon and Kassondra Little March 12, 2017

In February, UVM brought together an FBI agent, doctors and community service workers to address human trafficking in Vermont. The Department of Family Medicine and the Larner College of Medicine hosts...

Craig Pelsor, Staff Writer March 12, 2017

New App seeks to improve student voter participation Lachlan Francis presented a proposal for the use of an app called Voatz in the upcoming SGA elections. Voatz is an app that uses fingerprints  to...

Medical lecturer discusses in-class death

Colin Bushweller, Senior Staff Writer March 12, 2017

In the Spring of 2013, while giving a presentation on infant CPR, lecturer Pat Malone collapsed and fell to the ground. Malone was having a heart attack and was pronounced medically dead. The students...

Members of the UVM Black Student Union walk at the annual Black Fashion Show Feb. 25. 
Phil Carruthers | The Vermont Cynic

Black Student Union celebrates blackness in annual fashion show

Anna Power, Healy Fallon, and Chloe Chaobal March 2, 2017

Lights, camera, fashion: black pride hits the stage at UVM to top off celebrating Black History Month. During a night full of fashion, music and spoken word, the Black Student Union Fashion show topped...

Phil Carruthers | The Vermont Cynic

UVM Medicine to build Connecticut campus

Colin Bushweller, Senior Staff Writer March 2, 2017

The Western Connecticut Health Network announced its partnership with UVM’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine to establish an accredited branch campus Feb. 5. The campus will be located...

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UVM faculty rallies for higher wages

JP Riedel, Senior Staff Reporter March 1, 2017

Faculty members stood outside the room where their contracts were being negotiated, holding signs and rallying for higher wages. Negotiations began Feb. 6 between the University and United Academics,...

Faculty pushes for strong statement from President Sullivan on Trump’s muslim ban

Faculty pushes for strong statement from President Sullivan on Trump’s muslim ban

Chloe Chaobal, Senior Staff Reporter March 1, 2017

Some want the University to take a stand against one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. More than 100 faculty members sent a letter to University President Tom Sullivan urging him to...

UVM announces gendered bathroom changes

Olivia Bowman, News Editor March 1, 2017

The University announced a plan to update existing plans for gendered bathroom usage. Plans for the future will include “larger multi-use restrooms” and working to “improve the access to access...

SGA updates

Craig Pelsor, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

New medical club There is a new UVM pre-physician assistant club. SGA recognized the club Feb. 22.   Students need 6,000 hours of experience and must take a different set of tests which this club...

Senior Brett Cohen, pictured above, died on Feb. 14. He was found about 60 ft. off the ski trail at Stowe Mountain Resort on the evening of Feb. 13. | PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK

Senior dies, friends remember him as positive spirit

Olivia Bowman, News Editor February 23, 2017

Voices in a College Street apartment chimed over one another while talking about their friend Brett Cohen and his passion for adventure.   Hailing from Needham, Mass., Cohen was a senior at...

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