First turns of the season are made at Dawn of the Shred
Kate Vanni, Layout and Illustrations Editor
October 29, 2020
“All of the Lights” blasted from speakers as skiers and riders snapped their bindings in and hit the rails for the first time in six months. UVM’s Ski and Snowboard Club set up their makeshift park on the outside of University Heights South. The crew prepared the hill by shoveling snow out of a...
UVM varsity sports to resume play starting next month
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor
October 27, 2020
UVM fall and winter sports teams will soon return to gameplay after season resumption plans were announced by America East, ending indefinite season delays due to the pandemic. America East, which consists of eight schools across the Northeast including UVM, announced the conference’s resumption p...
Students demand change amid claims that UVM Athletics mishandled sexual assault investigation
Hayley Rosen and Emma Pinezich
October 13, 2020
Nearly two weeks after UVM Junior Kendall Ware came forward about UVM Athletic Department’s gross mishandling of her sexual assault investigation, students are calling for systemic change, asking for the director of athletics to resign. Ware and seven other female athletes from other universities are...
UVM Hockey hires new coach despite University-wide hiring freeze
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor
October 7, 2020
Despite budgetary shortfalls and dozens of unfilled job openings across the University due to a hiring freeze, UVM Men’s Hockey has added two new coaches onto payroll with a combined yearly salary well over $150,000. UVM Athletics and UVM finance said the decision to override the hiring freeze was ba...
Club sports cleared to start practicing with restrictions
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor
September 25, 2020
COVID-19 restrictions have brought one unexpected win to UVM students: club sports seem to be functioning better than many of the athletes could have expected, and for some even more than they’d experienced in past seasons. Club sports teams were cleared to start practicing mid-last week, marking a...
Student-athletes raise BLM flag without permission, demanding racial justice reform from UVM
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor
September 22, 2020
A group of UVM student-athletes raised the Black Lives Matter flag without permission last week and demanded the administration implement a list of University-wide racial justice reforms. UVM Student-Athletes of Color Affinity Group raised the flag outside UVM's Patrick Gym Saturday, Sept. 12 fol...
First-year athletes confront semester of unknowns as they await first week of practice
Hayley Rosen, Assistant Sports Editor
September 10, 2020
Under normal circumstances, first-year soccer player Jake Vitale and his team would have been practicing and conditioning for weeks, and have already played at least a few games. But, Vitale said he hasn’t even met all his team members yet and workouts, for a season already supposed to be in ...
Patrick gym now requires reservations for students to use facilities, among other COVID-19 changes
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
September 3, 2020
The University of Vermont athletic complex will be open for students this semester, but will now require reservations, in addition to social distancing and masks at all times. Campus Recreation has updated the rules for all fitness areas on campus to comply with Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s set of ...
COVID changes how club sports will operate this fall
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
August 11, 2020
Club sports cannot travel to compete based on new Vermont state regulations regarding travel restrictions and social distancing requirements effective through December 15, 2020. According to the UVM Clubs website, there are on average 60 club sports teams present on campus each year with 1,800 pa...
UVM Athletics confirms multiple positive COVID-19 tests and at least one active case
Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief
August 4, 2020
Two unidentified members of UVM Athletics have tested positive for COVID-19 and one case remains active, according to an Aug. 4 UVM Athletics press release. Although UVM Athletics did not provide further detail on who has tested positive, only two teams can currently practice— Men's and Women's...
Roughly 141 student-athletes are stripped of their normal seasons due to COVID-19
Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief
July 18, 2020
America East announced the postponement of fall sports for the fall semester on July 17 affecting roughly 141 UVM fall student-athletes. The league has postponed competition and championship events for fall sports which at UVM includes soccer, cross country and field hockey. The conference states...
Economist, lecturer, Ironman
Alek Fleury, Managing Editor
April 27, 2020
With 2.4 miles of swimming and 112 miles of biking behind him and a 26.22 mile run in front of him, CDAE lecturer Kevin Stapleton, in his first Ironman Triathlon at Lake Placid, laced up his running shoes and took off. As a former swimmer, he likes that leg of the race and as someone whose weekend-lo...
