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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

Vermonters favor GMO labeling

Vermonters favor GMO labeling

April 21, 2016

Products containing Genetically Modified Organisms will be labeled in Vermont starting this July, according to a Vermont bill passed in 2014. Companies were given two years to begin the labeling process...

SpringFest receives a change in venue

Bryan O'Keefe April 20, 2016

Construction has forced SpringFest to relocate to a more concrete area of campus.   This year’s artist of choice, The Head and the Heart, will perform in the Jeffords Hall parking lot April...

Food Systems Initiative gets renewed

Food Systems Initiative gets renewed

April 20, 2016

The UVM Food Systems Initiative is getting revamped after six years. The initiative began in 2010 as a five-year transdisciplinary research initiative and UVM was one of the first universities in...

Tuition protest held

April 20, 2016

Students protesting college debt marched from the Davis Center to Waterman, chanting in front of the administrative building. UVM students organized a “Million student march” April 13 to demand...

Crime log

Crime log

Bryan O'Keefe April 19, 2016

April 6 10:39 A.M.   Horses got out of a fenced-in area of UVM’s Morgan Horse Farm. The area was secure before police arrived.   April 6 10:10 P.M.   Police received...

Hillel sign recovered

Hillel sign recovered

Kelsey Neubauer, Assistant News Editor April 19, 2016

For three days the sign in front of UVM Hillel was missing. The sign went missing early morning April 15 and was found April 18, said Matt Vogel, executive director of UVM Hillel. “I called the...

Students caught having sex in classroom

Bryan O'Keefe April 15, 2016

Two people were witnessed engaging in a sexual act in a Lafayette Hall classroom Friday afternoon. Students reportedly saw the act prior to the 1:10 p.m. class period. It is unclear whether the two...

President Tom Sullivan(Right) and Frederick Morin, Dean of the College of Medicine(Center), announce a $19.7 million donation to the College of Medicine. Photo by Cole Wangsness

$19.7 million donated to College of Medicine: “Largest one-time donation in UVM history”

April 15, 2016

A $19.7 million donation, the largest in UVM’s history, was given to the College of Medicine by an alumnus.Dr. Robert Larner ‘39 donated a piece of property worth $18.7 million in Los Angelesand a...

The Invention 2 Venture conference is pictured April 7. The conference focused on turning ideas and
inventions into marketable products.

Experts meet at 11th invention conference

Craig Pelsor April 15, 2016

Entrepreneurs and business experts from across New England flocked to the University April 7 for an annual conference. The 11th annual Invention 2 Venture Conference was held in the Davis Center’s...

Police investigate Greene Street threat

Police investigate Greene Street threat

Bryan O'Keefe April 14, 2016

Greene Street was blocked off for about five hours on Thursday night while police investigated a possible threat. Burlington Police received a call from a third party expressing concern for a resident...

Librarian,city council member and Vermont House of Represen-
tatives candidate Selene Colburn is pictured April 8.

Librarian running for state rep.

Caroline Alkire April 14, 2016

A librarian from Bailey/Howe will be running for a seat recently vacated by a UVM alumna. Selene Colburn, a librarian at Bailey/Howe and Burlington City Council Member, said she made the decision to...

Residents protest oil pipeline

Residents protest oil pipeline

April 14, 2016

Despite protests, a Vermont gas company and Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration are pushing forward on building a 41-mile natural gas pipeline through Addison County from Colchester to Middlebury.The...

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