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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

This week’s brand-new trend (Sponsored by Bloom Nutrition)

This week’s brand-new trend (Sponsored by Bloom Nutrition)

Jaya Connor, Opinion columnist April 9, 2024

I just updated TikTok for the first time in six months. All of a sudden, it seems like all my content is sponsored and there’s an unavoidable TikTok Shop section in between my For You and my Following...

Fake IDs are a consequence of American policy failure

Fake IDs are a consequence of American policy failure

Lucas Martineau, Opinion columnist April 8, 2024

Last Wednesday was my 21st birthday. Given that I had two exams the following day, I opted for a calm night out with my friend to celebrate. We got to the bar at 11:57 p.m. on the eve of my birthday,...

Total eclipse 2024 Survival Guide

Total eclipse 2024 Survival Guide

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion editor April 4, 2024

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s this silly little astronomical phenomenon happening next week.  I think they’re calling it a “total eclipse.” Bonnie Tyler fans, I guess.  And...

Mini opinions: what UVM should have done with the money they spent on the new logo

Mini opinions: what UVM should have done with the money they spent on the new logo

Opinion Staff April 1, 2024

By now, everyone’s heard about UVM’s new logo change.  Goodbye Old Mill tower, hello “V.” Might not seem like a big deal, but the University did shell out $145,650 big bucks for it.  While...

A lesbian’s college survival guide

A lesbian’s college survival guide

Luna Tibbals, Opinion columnist March 29, 2024

So you’re interested in becoming one of Alison Bechdel’s “Dykes to Watch Out For.”  You’ve cut a mullet, clipped your forest green carabiner onto your thrifted oversized wranglers, and are...

You should talk to strangers, actually

You should talk to strangers, actually

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion Editor March 25, 2024

We all grew up constantly hearing about the danger of talking to strangers, which is typically a good warning to heed.  Stranger danger is especially important when you’re barely four feet tall,...

We need new concert etiquette rules

We need new concert etiquette rules

Sarah Koegler, Opinion columnist March 21, 2024

Nowadays, going to concerts is a whole process: people sit in a long awaited Ticketmaster queue to maybe get the tickets they want and go to the venue sometimes days early to save their spot in line. Once...

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Issy Timberlake, Opinion columnist March 19, 2024

It seems like nobody wants to be the age they are.  Little kids can’t wait to grow up, retirees fantasize about their college days and now 20-year-olds are getting preventative plastic surgery. When...

LTE: Pardon my Southern inhospitality—confronting “Northern bigotry” in climate discourse 

LTE: Pardon my Southern inhospitality—confronting “Northern bigotry” in climate discourse 

Casey Barbier March 19, 2024

Editor's Note: This story was updated March 19 at 12:15 p.m. to correct the name of a course mentioned. Stepping into an Uber at Burlington International Airport my first year of college, I found myself...

There’s nothing wrong with moving back to your hometown

There’s nothing wrong with moving back to your hometown

Emma Dinsmore, Digital Media Editor March 7, 2024

I used to think I wanted to move to Boston or a cute coastal town as soon as I could after high school. However, now that I’m getting older, I think I want to stay at home for a few extra years. I...

Stop discrediting the study of history.

Stop discrediting the study of history.

Scott Kent, Opinion Columnist March 6, 2024

As a history major, I have been told countless times by relatives and hometown friends that I shouldn’t be pursuing it.  The common rhetoric thrown at me is that the subject is dead and that I should...

Living in Jeanne Mance ruined my first semester

Living in Jeanne Mance ruined my first semester

Katerina Jerine, Opinion Columnist March 5, 2024

It’s no secret that UVM does not have the best housing.  It’s also no secret that some dorms are worse than others.  When I first got my housing assignment—Jeanne Mance, “the Gaming Collective”—I...

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