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

I’m slightly perturbed, and I’ll do something about it if I get a chance

September 27, 2010

Many of you caught Jon Stewart's self-proclaimed big announcement last week on "The Daily Show": a Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. To regular viewers of "The Daily Show,"...

Mountain Day

September 27, 2010

Here at the University of Vermont, students are surrounded by the natural beauty of the Green Mountains. Sadly, most of us have absolutely no time to go anywhere near them. During autumn, the best time...

K is for Kosovo

September 27, 2010

It's time to play "where are they now" with the youngest country in the world — well sort of. The tiny country has made news a variety of times throughout our lives and attracted its fair share...

Dining hall frustration

September 27, 2010

Walking by the Harris Millis dining hall at 7 p.m., passers-by will be greeted by a symphony of gurgling, grumbling and groaning. The main instrument of these sounds — hungry stomachs. With the...

Of cars, longboards and bikes. Oh my!

September 27, 2010

Let's talk about driving. Don't drive? OK, we'll talk about longboarding and biking, too. And while we're at it, tossing walking into the ring won't hurt either, because most people can't seem to handle...

Police increase weekend pestilence

September 27, 2010

I hate Sublime. Let me rephrase that: I hate what they have come to represent. Having opened for Badfish on various occasions, the most difficult part of any such performance is not vomiting all over...

End of combat phase does not end problems

September 20, 2010

  Start making the welcome banners, prepare the victory parade and start baking those red, white and blue cookies because, as of Aug. 31, the combat phase in Iraq is over! There's only one catch:...

Experiments outside the classroom

September 20, 2010

Experimentation with drugs and alcohol happens on every college campus no matter where you go to school. The problem starts when those experiments change from being on the outskirts of academic society...

Hands off my burqa, Big Bro.

September 20, 2010

  In Burlington, you can step outside of your house completely naked without a hassle. Even in France, you can walk outside of your house in the buff and be scot-free in the law books; getting off,...

Turn the other cheek

September 20, 2010

The library steps seem to be a popular place to speak your mind. We hear a student talking about a terrible class, a new club promoting their organization with loud — and often hilarious —...

The death of equality

September 13, 2010

All Jefferson Thomas wanted was his own frog in biology class. So at 15 years old, he and eight other black students entered the segregated, white-dominated Little Rock school system to do just that. The...

Freedom, unity and democracy

September 13, 2010

Vermont is championed across the nation for its preservation of small-town direct democracy in the form of Town Meeting Day, held the first Tuesday in March. But few focus on the Vermont General Assembly,...

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