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

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Issy Timberlake, Opinion columnist March 19, 2024

It seems like nobody wants to be the age they are.  Little kids can’t wait to grow up, retirees fantasize about their college days and now 20-year-olds are getting preventative plastic surgery. When...

Stop sending parents to nursing homes

Stop sending parents to nursing homes

Chloe Moskowitz, Opinion Columnist February 13, 2023

Sixty-four percent of nursing home staff in the U.S. admitted to committing some sort of abuse or neglect to their patients in the past year, according to a February 2019 PubMed study.  This statistic...

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