Engage in democracy and vote
October 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
The polls open for many of our state and local midterms Nov. 6. As we enter this election season, people all over the country are starting to feel the pressures of voter turnout. But because news media covers presidential elections extensively, there is a general tendency for people to feel disintereste...
Sullivan’s duty to the community
October 14, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor, Opinion
Dear President Sullivan, I hope that you can see fit to address the University as to where we stand as a community concerning the current state of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States. There is a palpable sense of hurt and foreboding among our female students and...
Increasing wage will help local businesses
October 13, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor, Opinion
Want to hear something obvious? Raising the minimum wage increases the take-home pay for low-income workers without hurting job growth. A study released this month from the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at University of California, Berkeley shows that minimum wage increases are working as ...
Faculty members defend Ford
October 12, 2018
Filed under Letter to the Editor, Opinion
We, the undersigned University of Vermont faculty, write in support of Christine Blasey Ford and all survivors of sexual assault. We also write against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and against the toxic conditions of gender, sexual and racial inequality and violence that ha...
Expanding student access to birth control
October 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Women’s reproductive health is underrepresented in mainstream health care, forcing women to do more research, spend more money and face more difficulty in accessing birth control than they would in other health care endeavors. Women’s birth control needs are often not fully addressed, marginaliz...
Food insecurity needs solutions
October 10, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
College life is often hectic and stressful. Between studying, a social life, work and extracurriculars, students shouldn’t have to worry about their next meal. An April 2018 study from the Wisconsin Hope Lab found that 36 percent of university students in the U.S. were food insecure. Hunger ...
How ResLife is violating our human rights
October 4, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Warning: This piece is satire! This year, I was assigned to a triple on Redstone campus. It was all that was left by the time I had a chance to select my room, and I was immediately disappointed by the outcome. Having lived in Davis hall for approximately a month, I can now conclude that living in...
Disagreements need discussion
October 3, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
This past week, the Cynic published an editorial piece by a columnist who argued in favor of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. We try and represent all viewpoints on campus; however, publishing an article does not, in any way, mean we condone or support the viewpoint being ...
Kavanaugh is not worthy of a seat on the Supreme Court
October 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion
If you’ve been reading the news the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen Brett Kavanaugh’s name mentioned a few times. He was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. His court decisions have recently been overshadowed by the sexual assault accusations of three different...
Kavanaugh should be confirmed to Supreme Court
September 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The news has been dominated for the past few weeks by two sexual misconduct allegations brought against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Democrats have seized on these allegations in the hopes of either stopping or delaying Kavanaugh’s confirmation. However, these...
Dialogues come from openness, not anger
September 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion
It’s a typical day during a typical week. Someone opens Twitter and does what many have done before: sends an offensive tweet. Everyone’s seen it while mindlessly scrolling through various social media apps. A post that triggers an alarm inside, blaring “this is not right.” For many, this v...
Students need helpful advisers
September 26, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
For some students, their advisers are the most valuable resource of their UVM experience. They’re open for office hours and let their advisees in on internship opportunities. For far too many students, however, an adviser is inaccessible and unconcerned with each student’s personal experience. It is an u...
