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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

How to see beyond our differences

April 20, 2009

I can't imagine a year that won't start in the fall or end in the spring. Nor can I imagine what I plan to do with myself a year from now when I will be staring graduation in the face.It makes me wonder...

Opinion: Conservatives bring diversity to campus life

April 20, 2009

Some may question why we chose to write a conservative Op-Ed piece on an overwhelmingly liberal campus.Despite some criticism, we have succeeded if only a handful of people have been able to open their...

Letter to the Editor: Go Vegan

April 20, 2009

Dear Editor,In response to your article "Animal rights group seeks to widen circle of compassion" on April 14, it was wonderful to see that members of Students for True Animal Rights (STAR) are promoting...

Letter to Editor: Dean clarifies new global s??tudies major

April 20, 2009

Dear Editor,The April 14 editorial is filled with errors and erroneous assumptions.The  that errors I would like to focus on concern the implementation of a new major in the College of Arts and Sciences,...

History in the making

April 20, 2009

And in the eighth month, the media pleaded to God: "We have exhausted all the gossip on this election. We have scoured their personal histories. We are running out of stuff to talk about!"So God created...

Letter to the Editor: The State of the news Media

April 20, 2009

Dear Editor, "Sex offender who posed as boy gets 70.5 years. Rare mega-mouth shark caught, then eaten. Newsweek: Is a global economic free-for-all looming?"Such are today's news headlines —...

Making tough energy decisions

April 13, 2009

On April 2, Greenpeace appeared on campus to rouse support for the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.Last week, a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica broke free from the Antarctic mainland...

Same-sex marriage: long time coming

April 13, 2009

From one perspective, the Vermont legislature's historic veto-override vote for marriage equality happened very quickly.  From the democratic leadership's early March announcement that they would...

Money speaks louder than students

April 13, 2009

"First they came for the English majors, but I didn't speak up.Then they came for my major, but by that time, there was no one left to speak up for me."These are the modified words of author and theoligian...

How we are spending our budget money

April 13, 2009

With a $28 million deficit, it is illogical for the University to create a new major in a department that serves a small minority of students.Recently, the University approved the addition of the global...

Opinion: Walk-out shifts student opinion

April 13, 2009

Since the beginning, I have been more skeptical of Students Stand Up and all of the students protesting University President Daniel Mark Fogel than anyone on campus. As of last Thursday, that has changed.I...

Lost sense of home on campus

April 13, 2009

Burlington's decision to require that UVM house 70 percent of its students on campus is a blow to students, but the University can be faulted for expanding beyond the means of the community.UVM administrators...

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