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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

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

2023-2024 Staff

Grace Visco
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Grace Visco

(She/her) Grace Visco is a senior double majoring in secondary education and Spanish with a minor in dance. She got her start at the Cynic as an opinion staff writer when she was a first-year and later served as assistant o...

Eamon Dunn
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Eamon Dunn

(He/him) Eamon Dunn is a senior English major with a studio art minor. He joined the Cynic his sophomore year as a culture staff writer and was the culture section editor during his junior year. He also works as a peer tutor i...

Allison McDonald
Operations Manager

Allison McDonald

(She/her) Allison McDonald is a senior business administration major and environmental studies minor and serves as the Cynic's operations manager. Prior to her role at the Cynic, Allison was a features editor for the Garden...

Zoe Bertsch
Copy Chief

Zoe Bertsch

(She/her)  Zoe Bertsch is a senior political science major from Portland, Maine with minors in public communication and statistics. Zoe started at the Cynic in the web design section before moving into copy editing. When ...

Andrew Gould
News Editor

Andrew Gould

(He/him) Andrew Gould is a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Springfield, VT. He started at the Cynic as a news reporter. In high school, Andrew worked for and later ran his school’s audio/visual production team. ...

Maxine Thornton
Features Editor

Maxine Thornton

(She/her) Maxine Thornton is a sophomore English major and writing minor from Nyack, N.Y. She started at the Cynic as a features staff writer before becoming features editor in the spring of 2023. In her free time, Maxine enjoys...

Ayelet Kaminski
Opinion Editor

Ayelet Kaminski

(She/Her) Ayelet Kaminski is a sophomore microbiology major and psychology minor from New Haven, CT. She started at the Cynic as a columnist in the fall of 2022 and quickly fell in love with the opinion section. In her free...

Grace Wang
Culture Editor

Grace Wang

(She/her)  Grace Wang is a sophomore environmental science major with a minor in reporting & documentary storytelling from Ann Arbor, MI. Throughout her time with the Cynic, she has been a culture staff writer and photo...

Annalisa Madonia
Co-Photo Editor

Annalisa Madonia

(She/her)  Annalisa Madonia is a sophomore majoring in public communication with minors in food systems and nutrition and food sciences. She joined the Cynic as a staff photographer before taking on the role of photo edito...

Nick Anderson
Sports Editor

Nick Anderson

(He/him) Nick Anderson is a sophomore with a dual major in English and public communication. He really enjoys baseball, collecting posters, playing bass and skiing. Email cynicsportseditor@gmail.com to get in contact wit...

Molly Parker
Illustrations Editor

Molly Parker

(She/her) Molly Parker is a senior studio art and anthropology double major from Hopedale, Mass. She had been a member of the illustrations team since the spring of 2020 before becoming editor of the section in the spring of ...

Mia Gardner
Digital Media Editor

Mia Gardner

Mia Gardner, Digital Media Editor (She/her) Mia Gardner is a junior public communications major with a minor in consumer advertising from Virginia Beach, VA. She joined the Cynic as a staff photographer her sophomore year...

Piper Lightwood
Copy Chief

Piper Lightwood

(She/her) Piper Lightwood is a junior English major from Anchorage, Alaska with minors in political science and reporting and documentary storytelling. She joined the Cynic as a copy editor in her sophomore year before becoming...

Charlotte Burns
Podcast Editor

Charlotte Burns

Charlotte Burns, Podcast Editor (She/her) Charlotte Burns is a junior from Seattle, Wash., studying public communication, writing and history. She joined the Cynic in the spring of 2023 as the voice and writer of the Cynic...

Emily Kobus
Co-Photo Editor

Emily Kobus

Emily Kobus is a sophomore public communication major, concentrating in community media and journalism and minoring in political science. She began her work at the Cynic as a staff photographer before taking on the role of photo...

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