It’s everyone’s favorite time of year: the sun is shining, flowers are blooming and campus feels alive again. But you can’t relax just yet.  A spectre is haunting campus — the spectre of finals.  Whether...

From Kake Walking to sexual assault allegations and chapter suspensions, the reputation of fraternity and sorority life at UVM, comprising only 8% of the student population, is complex.  In recent...

Get the degree. Build the résumé. Network. Intern. Graduate early if you can and move on. For a generation obsessed with maximizing productivity, college has become just another step on the grand...

I have been writing for the Cynic’s opinion section since I first got to college. When I joined, I was a scared first-year who was looking to continue to build my passion for writing and find a space...

On September 21, 2000, the Vermont Cynic headlined a story titled "A new artist whose music is something you need to hear." The artist in question: Britney Spears.  Pop stars aren’t the only thing...

Last fall, to help cover UVM’s hefty tuition, I took a work-study job — rookie mistake.   The University of Vermont is known to be one of the most expensive public universities in the country,...

On Feb. 11, the executive order implementing President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative began a mass restructuring of the federal government’s workforce.  The...

Glue-on rhinestones from Michael’s and iron-on Catamount patches from the UVM Bookstore make the Ice Cats’ green dresses glimmer as they skate across the stark white Gutterson Fieldhouse rink.  Even...

Burlingtonians rallied against recent federal action at the “Hands Off!” protest outside City Hall on Saturday, April 5.  The protest was one of 1,400 happening simultaneously across the United...

The basement of the Waterman building used to house a four-lane bowling alley. Billings Library used to hold a dining hall. And there was, in fact, a Taco Bell near the tunnel under Main Street, albeit...

For the third time in the last year, a UVM administrator is leaving Burlington for Tucson, Ariz. On Tuesday, the University of Arizona announced that UVM’s Interim President Patricia Prelock had been...

The student-organized Catamount Film Festival aims to create something that will continue for years to come.  This festival was organized by two senior film and television studies majors, Catherine...