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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Members of SGA take notes during a public forum in the Livak Ballroom Feb. 22.

SGA lacks diversity, looks to find solutions

Halsey McLaen, Assistant News Editor March 3, 2022

SGA faces a significant lack of diversity due to UVM’s campus climate and additional entry barriers for students of color, said Lina Balcom, interim director of Student Life. Students of color are unlikely...

Board of trustees re-elects chair, appoints new members

Board of trustees re-elects chair, appoints new members

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor March 2, 2022

Editor's note: This story was updated March 3 at 1:55 p.m. to correct new members' start dates.  UVM’s board of trustees re-elected Ron Lumbra as its chair and welcomed three recently-elected members...

Nursing students on their way home after a lab in the Given medical building Feb. 25.

Nursing enrollment sees slight increase

Paige Fisher, Podcast Editor March 2, 2022

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences experienced a 1.5% increase in applications for the class of 2026, said Jay Jacobs, vice provost for Enrollment Management. CNHS received a total of 2,184 applicants...

Junior Casey Pope, senior Nick Corsini and first-year Emmett MacGregor (left to right) review their work in Cohen Hall’s digital lab Feb. 25.

Light Weight Media takes over men’s lax Instagram

Alicia Wolfram, Culture Staff Writer March 1, 2022

@uvmmlax’s following grew from 7,500 followers to 10,500 followers in five months due to the work of senior Nick Corsini, junior Casey Pope and first-year Emmett MacGregor. These three students run...

UVM research partner faces backlash

UVM research partner faces backlash

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor March 1, 2022

Environmentalists stand in opposition to UVM’s research partner, GlobalFoundries, over perceived attempts to dodge state climate laws, according to an Oct. 27 VTDigger article. The outrage comes in...

Behind the scenes of the BSU fashion show

Behind the scenes of the BSU fashion show

Paige Fisher, Podcast Editor February 28, 2022

For the past six weeks the Black Student Union has been working to prepare for its annual fashion show, said senior and BSU Student Adviser Zyakkiriah Rhoden. The preparations began just before winter...

Members of SGA take notes during a public forum in the Livak Ballroom Feb. 22.

UVM works towards updated curriculum

Audrie Caruso, Cynic News Reporter February 28, 2022

UVM’s committee on general education requirements plans to update degree requirements for fall 2023 in response to accreditation demands, said Jennifer Dickinson, vice provost for academic affairs and...

Crystal Malones impact on FSL at UVM

Crystal Malone’s impact on FSL at UVM

Delaney Roy, Features Staff Writer February 25, 2022

Crystal Malone ’47 made national headlines after pledging Alpha Xi Delta, according to a 1946 Burlington Free Press article. When Malone’s friends invited her to join Alpha Xi Delta as the sorority’s...

Professors should provide remote lecture options

Professors should provide remote lecture options

Jordan Spindel, Opinion Columnist February 25, 2022

Clicking play on a lecture, a cup of coffee in hand, from the comfort of one’s own living room is an underrated comfort lost to in-person lectures. Online courses are accessible and should be available...

UVM Black student enrollment drops 16.2%

UVM Black student enrollment drops 16.2%

Halsey McLaen, Assistant News Editor February 24, 2022

Enrollment of Black students at UVM dropped by 16.2% from fall 2020 to fall 2021, according to the Office of Institutional Research’s Catamount Data. One hundred eighty-six Black students enrolled in...

UVM apologizes for Instagram post

UVM apologizes for Instagram post

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor February 24, 2022

Patricia Prelock, provost and senior vice president, apologized to the UVM community for the University’s Feb. 17 Instagram post about sexual violence, according to a Feb. 23 email.  “[The Instagram...

The UVM admissions building is found on South Prospect street Sunday April 10.

AdvoCats halt tours on Admitted Students Visit Day, both in support of survivors, and to avoid being targeted by protestors

Halsey McLaen, Assistant News Editor February 23, 2022

UVM’s student tour guides, known as AdvoCats, stood in support of survivors at Friday’s protest but denounced its methods, according to a Feb. 21 Instagram post on @uvmadvocats.  AdvoCats stand...

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