Women’s March calls for change and unity
Anna Kolosky, Staff Writer
11 hours ago
Filed under Headliners, News
On a frigid Saturday morning, a crowd of over 700 braved the 7 degree cold to protest in Vermont’s capital. The front lawn of the State House in Montpelier was packed with crowds who stood in support of women and marginalized communities for the Jan. 19 Women’s March. Ben & Jerry’s employees asked pa...
Opioids on campus: with no consensus, a problem goes unchecked
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
6 days ago
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Sarah came to UVM ready to start the next chapter of her life. As the daughter of a heroin addict, she knew the dangers of the drug. But to her surprise, opioids followed her to campus. The scope of the opioid problem is not clear at UVM, but the experts are in agreement that substances like heroi...
New federal changes could force UVM to change sexual assault policies
Brandon Arcari and Sawyer Loftus
January 2, 2019
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Updates to federal rules on sexual assault investigations by the Department of Education could soon force UVM to change its policies. The newly-published updates, originally leaked in September, would alter the way colleges are expected to handle Title IX investigations. Title IX is the federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimi...
Student campaign inspires state senator to champion assault law
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
December 12, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
Legislation that would force UVM and other universities to disclose if a student was dismissed for sexual misconduct will soon be proposed in the Vermont Statehouse. Philip Baruth, a UVM English professor and the chair of the Vermont Senate Education Committee, said that he will be championing that leg...
Head in the clouds: an inside look at Juul use on campus
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
The first time Zoe Silverman, a first-year, hit a Juul, she was 16. When it was offered to her, she didn’t think twice. Two years later, Silverman abandoned her own Juul before coming to UVM because it was a waste of money, she said. Students on UVM’s campus have mixed feelings over vaping,...
SGA takes steps to end food insecurity
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
November 27, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
To help fix food insecurity at UVM, a food pantry and meal swipe bank program will soon come to campus. Two surveys given to the UVM community found that 17 to 25 percent of undergraduate students at UVM don’t have access to enough food. SGA President Ethan Foley, a junior, has been working on a food...
Dining hall bug leads to contract suspension
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
After videos of bugs in dining hall food circulated on social media, UVM suspended a portion of its food order from a local agricultural nonprofit. Barstool UVM, affiliate of pop culture blog Barstool Sports, posted an Instagram video of a cabbage worm, which they described as a “maggot,” in a salad S...
Flag raises concerns among students
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
A petition that no one has claimed responsibility for, but first appeared on a Jewish student group Facebook page, has been the source of controversy for groups on campus. Following the raising of the Israeli flag outside the Davis Center Nov. 5, UVM’s chapter of J Street U, a Jewish student grou...
Donations from Zionist group intensifies Israel-Palestine debate on campus
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
November 6, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
A $100,000 grant offered to UVM Hillel has student groups on campus concerned about the money’s ties. UVM Hillel, a chapter of the Jewish student group Hillel International, has been offered a grant by the Maccabee Task Force, a pro-Israel group created to combat the Boycott, Divestment and...
Millions in renovations approved
Julianne Lesch, Staff Writer
October 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Over the next three years UVM is expected to spend roughly $107.1 million on a variety of on-campus construction projects. The board of trustees, the University’s decision-making body, met Oct. 26 and 27 to discuss topics such as the renovations to McAuley Hall and the construction of a new ps...
“It’s okay to be white” posters return to campus
Meg Trogolo, Staff Writer
October 28, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Two unsigned posters printed with the words “It’s Okay To Be White” were found along the driveway between Harris-Millis and the Gutterson field house Sunday afternoon. Both sheets of paper were pasted to the backs of street signs and one had been partially torn down by 3:30 p.m. Posters featuring...
UVM graduate killed in Washington DC
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
October 26, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
A 2018 UVM graduate was killed while sitting in traffic on the way home from work in Washington DC. Twenty-two-year-old Tom Marmet, a May 2018 graduate, was shot in a black Jeep Liberty, according to an Oct. 25 NBC Washington article. Officers responded to calls of a shooting 5:57 p.m. Oct. 24 ...
