April 25, 2022 was UVM Rescue Day in Vermont, according to an April 21 executive proclamation from Vermont Governor Phil Scott.
The day seeks to honor UVM’s volunteer student-run ambulance service,...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• April 26, 2022
UVM has no plans to provide COVID-19 isolation housing for the 2022-23 school year, according to an April 19 email from Gary Derr, vice president for operations and public safety.
Jeanne Mance Residence...
Over a thousand students gathered on the Redstone green at 4:20 p.m. April 20 in celebration of the longstanding tradition of smoking cannabis on 4/20, said UVM Police Chief Tim Bilodeau.
The turnout...
A $50,000 Cottrell Postbac Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement will fund a UVM student’s research fellowship, according to a press release from Strategic Communications.
Award...
Editor’s note: The name of one recovering student interviewed for this piece has been changed to a first-name pseudonym for privacy.
The Catamount Recovery Program helps students in recovery from...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• April 19, 2022
Most respondents to an April 11 Cynic survey don’t regularly smoke cannabis themselves, though they feel their peers regularly do.
In 2019, the Princeton Review ranked UVM as the No. 1 university for...
UVM’s newly-recognized Psychedelic Science Club offers students a space to learn about the different effects of substances in a judgment-free zone, said Zach Grinspoon, club co-founder and sophomore.
Grinspoon...
Instead of promised mandatory ClubSigner sexual violence training, SGA will offer smaller trainings this semester, according to junior Ann Wong, chair of the SGA club affairs committee.
These changes...
Halsey McLaen, Assistant News Editor
• April 12, 2022
Three Vermont legislators spoke at a press conference held by UVM’s staff union, UVM Staff United, in support of the union’s continued efforts to negotiate a fair contract April 11.
The conference...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• April 12, 2022
Two SGA committee chairs run unopposed for SGA President and Vice President as the first female duo since 2006, according to the department of Student Life webpage.
Junior Maddie Henson, chair of...
Flooding from a pipe caused by student damage displaced 40-50 students on the second floor of Tower 2 in University Heights South March 27, said Kevin Hytten, interim director of Residential Life.
UHS...
Four students’ plan for this year’s Sexual Violence Awareness Month focuses on healing for survivors of sexual violence, junior Maeve Forbes said.
Forbes, alongside sophomores Olivia Eisenburg,...
