New schedules, free coffee, blank notebooks and well-rested students: all signs of a new semester at UVM. It’s that time of year again; everyone is return- ing to the beautiful campus we call home. Welcome,...
Every Friday night in Burlington, hundreds of people buy booze for their friends and acquaintances who aren’t yet 21.How do I know this? Observation. Experience. Common sense.If I buy three 30-racks,...
It all started July 9, 2010. It was innocent enough: finally, Steve Carrell was going to do some voice acting in a children’s movie — he had a silly enough voice for it, good for him.
He...
The U.S. economy is adding jobs rapidly. March was another strong month for the labor market and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 215,000 jobs being added to the economy.April’s job report is...
In response to professor Felicia Kornbluh’s letter published last week: Kornbluh’s assertion that agency fees are used solely for collective bargaining and policy proposal — and, therefore,...
Finals week. It’s the time of every semester that students fear.Final papers, exams and ever-so-dreaded group projects pile up and it seems like we will never get out of what can accurately be described...
The University of Vermont has over 170 student-run clubs, and each of them needs some money to help them get off the ground. That's where SGA Sen. Jake Guarino, a junior, comes in. Guarino sits on the...
The heat of the Jerusalem summer day was finally starting to fade as our small group of Chicago-based Birthright participants found a shady spot in the park to sit. We were about to begin an activity which...
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Imagine: you’re a lady needing to get across town. The bus routes are too meandering, the cabs are too expensive,...
Skinny Pancake, Henderson’s, Nectar’s: the list goes on. UVM students, staff and faculty alike all have their favorites when it comes to places where they eat, drink and live.The Cynic is in the midst...
There’s an old saying: “Americans will cross an ocean to spread democ- racy, but they won’t cross the street to vote.”That might be because our voting system has become outdated. I’m not even...
Last year was the warmest on record. December 2015 was the first month to ever be 2 degrees Fahrenheit above the month’s historical average. In fact, 15 of the 16 hottest years in recorded history have...
