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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

A love letter to opinion

A love letter to opinion

Emma Dinsmore, Digital Media Editor April 17, 2025

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...

Robin Allen with friends on Church Street.

The Millennial class: UVM 25 years ago

Kennedy Connors, Features Staff Writer April 17, 2025

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...

How UVM work-study jobs are impacting our students 

How UVM work-study jobs are impacting our students 

Sam Hansen, Contributing Columnist April 16, 2025

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,...

Stark’s Nest at Mad River Glen October 23, 2022.

How DOGE is changing the forestry landscape at UVM

Grace Wang, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 16, 2025

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...

Ice Cats practicing routines in Gutterson Fieldhouse February 6.

Spirit Teams: the Ice Cats

Busy Anderson, Sports Writer April 15, 2025

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...

Protester's handmade signs at the “Hands Off!” protest outside of Burlington City Hall April 5.

Burlington protestors tell Trump, Musk “Hands Off!”

Evan Witt, Cynic News Reporter April 15, 2025

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...

Two guys sit outside of Billings Library smoking a cigarette 1974.

Former student centers reveal a history of third spaces on UVM’s campus

Sophia Balunek, Guest Features Writer April 15, 2025

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...

UVM Interim President Patricia Prelock selected to be the new U of A provost and senior vice president of academic affairs.

Prelock follows Garimella, Cate to University of Arizona for provost job

Noah Diedrich, News Editor April 14, 2025

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...

Poster for Catamount Film Festival hangs in Williams Hall April 13.

The Catamount Film Festival: sharing UVM’s film work with the Burlington community

Maggie O’Shea, Culture Staff Writer April 14, 2025

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...

Kennedy Connors and Merrick Modun the new SGA President and Vice President for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Connors, Modun win SGA election

Jacklyn Giles, Cynic News Reporter April 14, 2025

Sophomores Kennedy Connors and Merrick Modun were elected SGA President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2025-2026 academic year after votes were counted on Saturday, April 5.  Voting for...

All kinds of uniforms get washed, including Rally Cat March 30.

Inside the Catamounts’ Laundry Room

Sophie Rummler, Sports Writer April 13, 2025

For UVM’s varsity teams, the difference between seamless play and game-time disaster is an underground operation in the maze of campus’ athletic facilities. The equipment and laundry rooms mean...

Don’t look down on effective protest

Don’t look down on effective protest

Max Akom, Opinion Columnist April 11, 2025

Protests have always been a struggle with a table heavily tipped in favor of people in power. Given that I wish to even this field, and you probably do too, we should stop policing the methods that...

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