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
Sophia Venturo

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor

Sophia Venturo is a senior Political Science major with minors in Public Communication and Reporting & Documentary Storytelling. Sophia has been Culture Editor since fall 2020, previously working as Assistant Culture Editor and a Culture and News reporter. In her free time, Sophia enjoys reading, live music and spending time with family.

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Junior Miles McCallum poses outside the Howe Library wearing clothes that resemble a retro-adjacent style.

Cynic Fit Check: Miles McCallum

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
November 3, 2021
Signs advertise apartments for rent on College Street.

Rising rent costs put students’ health at risk

Sophia Venturo and Quinn Johnson
October 12, 2021
Featured image for Liz Cooper Story

Liz Cooper brings “Hot Sass” home to Burlington

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
October 4, 2021
Senior Liv Marshall stands on the steps of the Howe Library Sept. 1.

Cynic Fit Check: Back to school edition

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
September 6, 2021
Four students reflect on pandemic era campus

Four students reflect on pandemic era campus

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
September 1, 2021
Mask on? Mask off?: Navigating unclear cultural expectations post-pandemic

Mask on? Mask off?: Navigating unclear cultural expectations post-pandemic

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
May 20, 2021
Senior Cole Thorton poses inside the Cosmic Grind on Church street April 24.

Cynic Fit Check: Cole Thorton

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
May 7, 2021
Senior Brooke Katz sits on the porch of their apartment on Colchester street March 3.

Cynic Fit Check: Brooke Katz

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
March 22, 2021
Senior Eddie Travieso holds up his fist in Fruition’s Black Lives Matter bomber jacket Feb. 27.

From the Bronx to Burlington: BSU lights up the stage with ‘In the Streets’

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
March 10, 2021
Notes on coolness

Notes on coolness

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
February 19, 2021
UVM Senior Anna Shea holds her cat Pesto in her off-campus apartment Jan. 30.

Cynic Fit Check: Anna Shea

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
February 5, 2021
Hannah Rose poses in Roosevelt Park, Nov. 8.

Cynic Fit Check: Hannah Rose

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
November 20, 2020
Cynic Fit Check: John Zambarano

Cynic Fit Check: John Zambarano

Sophia Venturo, Culture Editor
November 20, 2020
'Folklore' is market motivated 'queerbaiting'

‘Folklore’ is market motivated ‘queerbaiting’

Sophia Venturo, Assistant Culture Editor
October 9, 2020
Alianza Latinx raises Hispanic Heritage Month Flag

Alianza Latinx raises Hispanic Heritage Month Flag

Sophia Venturo, Assistant Culture Editor
September 22, 2020
Recent grad lands BTV artist residency

Recent grad lands BTV artist residency

Sophia Venturo, Assistant Culture Editor
September 11, 2020
100 gecs brings tasteful anarchy to pop music

100 gecs brings tasteful anarchy to pop music

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
April 9, 2020
Gordon Clark tells jokes during his set at Death Talks, Jan. 28. Clark was one of a number of performers at the event, which took place at Light Club Lamp Shop.

Comedians talk death and perform live

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
February 8, 2020
Dance department to present annual showcase

Dance department to present annual showcase

Sophia Venturo, Staff writer
January 21, 2020
Mona Haydar speaks in front of an assembled crowd, Nov. 4. Haydar was invited to speak by the Muslim Student Association.

Rapper sheds light on decolonization

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
Comedian Steven Wright to perform at the Flynn

Comedian Steven Wright to perform at the Flynn

Sophia Venturo
November 13, 2019
Kroll's nostalgic comedy deserves hype

Kroll’s nostalgic comedy deserves hype

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
October 4, 2019
"Norman Fucking Rockwell" sets this autumn's mood

“Norman Fucking Rockwell” sets this autumn’s mood

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
September 19, 2019
President Tom Sullivan addresses incoming first-years at this year's convocation Aug. 26 in the Patrick Gymnasium. A tram from the New England Commission on Higher Education will be holding three public forums with the UVM community 4 p.m. Match 25 to assess the quality of the University as an institution over the last 10 years.

Regional accreditation council to evaluate the University’s status

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
March 29, 2019
A broken treadmill has a sign in the Fitness Center Feb. 21. "I think that there are slightly more broken machines this semester," first-year Nick Koleszar said. "The digital bikes often have 'out of order' signs and then they don't, they make clinking noises."

Students notice gym shortages

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
This year's commencement speaker will be Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, and first openly gay speaker since 2011. Walker has been featured in Time's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and Rolling Stone's 25 People Shaping the Future.

Views diverge on graduation speaker

Cullen Paradis and Sophia Venturo
February 15, 2019
Sophomore Anna Porter is UVM's representative for The Campus Hunger Project, an advocacy campaign for Challah for Hunger. Challah for Hunger and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger were among organizations that lobbied for a study on student food insecurity by the Government Accountability Office.

Food insecurity: a local issue with national attention

Sophia Venturo and Cullen Paradis
January 29, 2019
A worker at the Vermont Consumer Assistance Program takes a call Jan. 18. Students can work for CAP by mediating disputes between businesses and consumers, spreading information about scams in the Vermont area, for class credit.

Vermont attorney general helps lead hands-on class

Cullen Paradis and Sophia Venturo
January 25, 2019
The Tarrant Event Center, named after the project's leading donors, is set to begin construction in early 2019. Richard and Deb Tarrant donated $15 million to the new multipurpose facility.

New event center will be named after major donors

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
January 17, 2019
On Thursday afternoons in the Living Well office, sexuality exert Jenna Emerson holds personalized walk-in sex-ed lessons where students can discuss anything from quirting and masturbation to refining Tinder profiles or professing love. Emerson started these office hours last spring when she noticed a high demand for one-on-one meetings to discuss students' love and sex lives.

Not as stressful as ‘the talk:’ Living Well office hours

Sophia Venturo, Staff Writer
December 14, 2018
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