Complaints from a graduating senior
May 3, 2018
Filed under Opinion
As I finish out my super-senior year, I’d like to take a minute to look back at some of my general gripes and grievances about UVM. It’s backed up by haphazardly constructed strawpolls with leading questions that support my agenda, so you can’t dispute that I’m right. Tour groups; they clog ...
Education for drug safety
May 2, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
College is often depicted as one big party in movies and TV shows. Drugs and alcohol are often glamorized — we’re rarely shown the passing out, blackouts or the overdoses. But, substance use is not always a fun thing to take part in. When party drugs become more than just a carefree experience...
Janelle Monae’s new song empowers women
April 29, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Janelle Monae’s new music video, “PYNK,” paints a radically queer and black sci-fi landscape. And the way things are going right now, I want to jump in the painting with her. For many black, femme oddballs out there, Monae has long been the android queen of our dreams, bopping and singing as her r...
Guilt tripping to save the earth
April 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion
We live in a world where environmental negligence is commonplace. Just look at what we’ve done. Disasters like the Sanchi oil spill this January or the Keystone Pipeline leak in November 2017 seem more grave than past disasters. Infrastructure, including building construction, transportation and electr...
Technology is changing cognition
April 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The negative effects of technology are widely known, yet we refuse to acknowledge them. Instead of just relying on research to understand the effects of technology, such as addiction to our devices and decreased face-to-face interaction, we must also use our own wits to identify these effects in ou...
Learning from a long history of revolutionary action
April 26, 2018
Filed under Opinion
There have been times in my life where everything seemed like a hopeless waste of time, and during these times there has been one comforting thought that makes it all OK: the hope of a year as revolutionary as 1968. 1968 served as the most important social turning point during the Cold War, setting up...
Mandated reporting issue
April 25, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
For some people it’s a friend, others a family member, sometimes a professor. We all have someone we trust in our lives who we can turn to with issues or concerns. But when is that person legally obligated to share those conversations with law enforcement? As mandated reporters, all faculty, s...
Students & Government – Part 2
Khalid Almubarak, Multimedia Reporter
April 23, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Opinion, Podcasts
In this episode of Students & Government, we meet Luke and student senator Nicole. We get a sample perspective on the SGA, and what possibly motivates a student to vote. Luke shares his insights, and Nicole talks about the great load of issues that the SGA committees have to deal with, and gives...
New S.55 bill infringes on rights
April 20, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Going back on a campaign promise made to his supporters, Gov. Phil Scott has signed an egregious piece of gun control legislation, S.55, into law. Contained in this law are mandatory background checks for private gun sales and a ban on the sale of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds for rifles ...
SGA needs to represent all students
April 19, 2018
Filed under Opinion
To build a truly representative students’ union, we can use the government body we already have. I began looking into this with a great degree of skepticism toward SGA. The students’ unions that I witnessed abroad were far more activist-oriented and more representative of their constituents. To solv...
Call out gender bias issue
April 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
This week, a discrimination lawsuit four years in the making is finally going to trial. Cindy Ruescher, former UVM Enterprise Technology Services employee, accused the University of gender discrimination, creating a hostile workplace and firing her for complaining of discrimination issues. The cou...
Marriage is not the only option
April 13, 2018
Filed under Opinion
A few weeks back, Toys R Us announced that it was closing all of its stores. Rather than blame internet retailers for stealing business in their 2017 annual report, Toys R Us blamed millennials for not having enough kids. While I don’t think the dropping birth rates are the sole reason for Toys R Us clo...
