In win for protesters, one Burlington Police officer agrees to resign
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
September 25, 2020
One police officer involved in a controversial use of force incident will leave his post at Burlington Police Department after 29 days of relentless protest by activists demanding his firing outside Battery Park. Sergeant Jason Bellavance, who was involved in a Sept. 2018 use of force incident, ...
Leader, activist and caregiver: Meet Noel Riby-Williams
Kate Vanni, Layout and Illustrations Editor
September 4, 2020
A smile crept over Noel Riby-Williams’ face as the three kids she nannies tapped on the window and peeked through the blinds, watching her throughout the interview. Sitting on the porch, Riby-Williams, a UVM junior, relayed her past experiences that detail the impact she has had on Montpelier, Ver...
Black Lives Matter flag will be permanently displayed in center for Students of Color, says UVM President
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
August 28, 2020
The Black Lives Matter flag will be permanently displayed in UVM’s Mosaic Center for Students of Color after it was taken down from a Davis Center flagpole in mid-August. UVM President Suresh Garimella made this announcement in an email Friday morning at 7:42 a.m. The email also announced a new...
Hundreds protest police brutality in Burlington as part of nation-wide outcry
Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief
May 31, 2020
As cities across the nation protest racial injustice, hundreds gathered in Burlington to speak out against the city’s Police Department and its treatment of black people. The protesters gathered at 6 p.m. May 30 in Battery Park to support the Black Lives Matter movement in wake of the murder of Ge...
St. Michael’s players kneel in protest
Nickie Morris, Assistant Sports Editor
November 9, 2018
Protests for racial equality were present at UVM Nov. 4, but this time at Patrick Gymnasium. Seven players on the St. Michael’s College men’s basketball team kneeled during the National Anthem in support of Black Lives Matter. This is one year after they were booed for kneeling during the Nationa...
Press Release: Burlington Police Chief on Student Racial Justice Protests
Brandon Del Pozo, Burlington Police Chief
February 23, 2018
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 pr...
Equal treatment for organizations
April 26, 2017
First, let’s be clear: the action of the individual who stole the Black Lives Matter flag was hateful and racist. In our editorial last week, we were not nearly clear enough about this. In fact, race and racism are not explicitly mentioned until the 12th paragraph. Yes, we speak abou...
We must carry the flag on our backs and in our hearts
April 18, 2017
The Black Lives Matter flag became an emblem whose impact radiated beyond UVM’s campus and across Vermont state boundaries. It was a symbol: the student body of a predominantly white university stood behind a movement to end slayings of black men and women in America. The flag that was s...
Middlebury hosts civil rights activist
November 9, 2016
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’...
SGA reflects on Black Lives Matter
October 19, 2016
In one week, UVM received media attention from FOX News, the Huffington Post, Breitbart News Network and the Washington Post, just to name a few. The decision by SGA to put the Black Lives Matter flag next to the American flag outside the Davis Center sparked national conversation, and also promp...
All Live Matter roots in racism
October 13, 2016
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 t...
The story behind UVM Black Out
Camilla Broccolo
October 5, 2016
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 an...
