November 9, 2018
Protests for racial equality were present at UVM Nov. 4, but this time at Patrick Gymnasium.
Seven...
Brandon Del Pozo, Burlington Police Chief
February 23, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Vermont
RECENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN BURLINGTON
Last night, a group of approximately one hundred UVM students blocked traffic on Main Street during rush hour. The Burlington Police Department made the decision to allow the protests to continue. Protesters were otherwise highly cooperative and respectful. The protest concluded...
Chloe Chaobal
November 9, 2016
Filed under News, Vermont
Over a hundred people congregated in a chapel at Middlebury College to address recent racial tensions.
UVM’s Black Student Union took 22 students to listen to Shaun King, nationally renowned civil rights activist and senior justice writer for the New York Daily News, speak Nov. 1.
“I think it’s really an honor t...
October 19, 2016
In one week, UVM received media attention from FOX News, the Huffington Post, Breitbart News Network an...
October 13, 2016
Filed under Opinion
The slogan “All Lives Matter,” at face value, claims to advocate for the equal value of lives; this turn of phrase has troubling connotations and seemingly ignores the problem that Black Lives Matter seeks to address.
To understand ALM we must first understand BLM, which is based on dismantling the systematic r...
Camilla Broccolo
October 5, 2016
Filed under Life
Sophomore Akilah Ho-Young never thought her Facebook post of the “Black Lives Matter” flag flying outside the Davis Center would become as viral as it did.
Her post was shared over 14,000 times from people across the nation.
The response to the flag left her “shocked, extremely happy and lost for words.”
Ho-Young said ...
Olivia Bowman and Kelsey Neubauer
October 5, 2016
Filed under Campus, News
Although the Black Lives Matter flag is no longer flying in front of the Davis Center, the discussion is far from over.
The Student Life faculty hosted a “Blackout 2.0: Creating Space to Reflect and Heal” Oct. 3 in the Davis Center as an event centered around reflection, action and healing.
Bl...
September 28, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
This week, UVM students stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement at an organized “Black Out.”
At the event, participants dressed in all black to pose for a picture under a “Black Lives Matter” flag.
This particular flag, first raised Sept. 22, was later stolen and a new one was rai...
Kelsey Neubauer, Assistant News Editor
September 26, 2016
Filed under Campus, News
At the University of Vermont, blackout is no longer just a hashtag.
Over 100 students, staff and community membe...
Kelsey Neubauer, Assistant News Editor
September 25, 2016
Filed under Campus, News
The Black Lives Matter flag was removed by an unknown person Saturday night, according to an email from Beverly Colston, director of the ALANA Student Center.
The disappearance of the flag is being investigated by police as an act of vandalism, Colston said in the email.
“Please know that UVM leader...
