Amid mounting tension, SGA calls on UVM to change controversial flag policy
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
September 24, 2020
SGA called on UVM to allow identity groups on campus to fly their flag for longer than the current five day limitation, following mounting tension between student groups and the administration. The resolution, which passed unanimously at the SGA meeting Sept. 22, centered around changing UVM’s flag pol...
Alianza Latinx raises Hispanic Heritage Month Flag
Sophia Venturo, Assistant Culture Editor
September 22, 2020
Students and staff convened in the Davis Center circle, chatting excitedly behind face masks and dancing with colorful sheaths of fabric. UVM’s Latinx and Hispanic identity group Alianza Latinx kicked off Hispanic Heritage month with a flag raising ceremony at the Davis Center Sept. 17. Before t...
Alianza Latinx kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with flag raising ceremony
Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor
September 16, 2019
Latin music echoed across the Davis Center circle as a group of students and staff danced and chatted. Alianza Latinx, an identity group for Latinx and Hispanic students, held a flag-raising event outside the Davis Center Sept. 13. In total, over forty students and faculty members gathered in t...
Club seeks representation with flag raising
Mateo Cardenas-Clarimon, Staff Writer
September 27, 2018
A breeze blew across the oval as a crowd slowly gathered outside of the Davis Center. Students and Alianza Latinx members stood in the shade as they waited for the event to begin. Alianza Latinx, a Latin and Hispanic identity group, raised a flag displaying a collage of flags from different Lat...
Top Cats sanctioned by SGA
Lee Hughes and Lindsay Freed
May 9, 2018
SGA voted May 9 to sanction Top Cats, an a capella group, for promotional material depicting three members as a mariachi band, which SGA referred to as cultural appropriation. The group will be required to undergo social justice training at the beginning of the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters t...
UVM students organize racial justice forum
Alex Verret, Cynic Correspondent
October 13, 2017
Following a march lead by student leaders accompanied by a list of demands and emails from the president’s office, UVM students held a racial injustice forum. A group of students who presented a list of demands to President Tom Sullivan Sept. 27 hosted the forum Sept. 30. The Student Forum ...
Students present list of demands to President Sullivan
Brandon Arcari, Assistant Breaking News Editor
September 26, 2017
UVM students led by student diversity organizations presented a list of demands to UVM administration Monday, citing racial injustice on multiple levels at the University. The list, addressed to President Tom Sullivan and University administration, was posted to Facebook and later presented in person t...
