Dear Editor, And so this is college. No matter what first years' expectations were and the collective fears they may have are, as UVM ends its first week and enters the next, something weighs heavily...

Hello to you, bittersweet summer's end. Goodbye summertime adventures.  The beginning of school is all about getting back into the swing of things: learning how to read a college text again, how...

It has been a rocky year for Dan Fogel. After announcing in March that he would resign as president in 2012, Fogel resigned abruptly in July when reports surfaced that his wife, Rachel Kahn-Fogel, was...

UVM has been officially pigeonholed.   Well, it depends on how official you believe The Princeton Review's lists to be.  According to the rankings, we all party, smoke weed and wear Birkenstocks. Every...

Dear trustees, I am the tuition-paying parent of a new student at UVM and completely aghast at the decision by the Board of Trustees to throw money at a non-legal, moral issue. Grow up. Office romances...

Dear editor, It was a low-key night at the bar. New friends I didn't know that well. A couple of rounds. Casual conversation. "Don't worry, I already roofied your drinks," Bill joked innocently to the...

The Cynic staff is trying to get to the office but there's a group of wide-eyed high schoolers with UVM tote bags blocking the corridor outside WRUV.It's hard to hate on admitted students, for we were...

Dear Editor, When I transferred to UVM late last spring to start summer classes, I was delighted to discover that I could collect all the furniture I required from the class of 2010—for free. How...

In last week's article "Burlington considers going smoke-free," Brent Summers wrote about the Burlington City Council's proposed resolution to ban smoking downtown.  As a nonsmoker, this resolution...

Last week, president Obama released his long-form certificate of live birth to the public, in the hope that it would end years of speculation about his birthplace, telling the White House Press Corps...

What's the difference between an English degree and a box of pizza? A box of pizza can feed a family of four. Never heard that one before? Make sure you add it to your repertoire. I hear it's a big hit...

People read memoirs for a variety of reasons – curiosity, enlightenment, inspiration. However, the positive benefits of reading a memoir mostly rely upon the fact that the stories, events and characters...