The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

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

Free stuff is never free

February 28, 2011

When was the last time someone told you that free stuff was bad? What's that? No one ever has? Well, sit back and take this in. I am sure that you all think you love free stuff – I know I sure do....

Egypt’s valuable lessons

February 28, 2011

So Mubarak has stepped down.  Now, of course, that's more or less old news.             But the fever for democracy that was spawned in Egypt...

Seniors get it right this time

February 28, 2011

You are sitting in the library cramming for your biology final, and all of that coffee starts to kick in. Not in the waking-you-up kind of way — you have to pee. Do you go relieve that stabbing...

Cynic power rankings of the week

February 21, 2011

NBA1. Boston Celtics (40-14)In their highly anticipated game against the Miami Heat on Feb. 13, Paul Pierce suffered the second worst shooting performance of his career, going 0-10 from the floor with...

New Hampshire Law Would Disenfranchise Thousands

February 21, 2011

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has introduced a bill, HB 176, that would change the definition of "domicile" in a way that would prevent college students from registering to vote in the state,...

Montpelier’s migrant abuse

February 21, 2011

The United States has long been considered the world's leading haven for immigrants and a beacon of promised opportunity. However, under the current visa system allowing entrance into the country, corruption...

Transfer Student Woes

February 21, 2011

As any transfer student will tell you, transferring from one four-year university to another is an enormous headache, although the National Association for College Admission Counseling reports that one...

Mystery of our money

February 21, 2011

With a potential 5.8 percent tuition increase looming, The Cynic would like some more information.  Specifically, where does our money go?   We assume it goes to professors' salaries, building...

LCD Soundsystem: when something great is gone

February 21, 2011

On Feb. 5, electro-rockers LCD Soundsystem announced that they were calling it quits for good, following a final performance at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York City. Never heard of...

This just in: American hypocrisy doesn’t count

February 21, 2011

Lately, almost everyone on the global political scene has had his or her own take on the political riots that have erupted in other Middle Eastern countries after the fall of Egypt's totalitarian regime. According...

Letter to the editor: For the love of thinking

February 7, 2011

The slew of reasons why Valentine's Day is a nauseating holiday is as endless as the line of the self-pitying masses moaning that they are alone. Aside from these sorry singletons wasting everyone's time...

Students are sick and tired

February 7, 2011

It is that time of year again. A quarter of your two-hundred person lecture are out sick and half of those remaining compose a wheezing symphony of sniffles and coughs.   The Cynic staff has been...

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