Students and faculty protest Kavanaugh
October 4, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
UVM students walked out of class to protest the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Oct. 4. Students and community members gathered for a “Cancel Kavanaugh” rally outside the Davis Center after walking out of class at noon. The rally was hosted by student leaders from UVM...
UVM Police issues warning
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
September 28, 2018
Filed under Campus, Crime Log, Headliners, News
UVM police has warned the UVM community to be on the lookout for an individual who made threats of violence against a Davis Center employee. UVM police released an alert to the UVM community Sept. 28 via email seeking information about Jeffrey A. Stratton, a 48-year-old man. UVM police wanted to ale...
Downtown Burlington shows off its pride at the LGBTQA parade!
Shiyan Hong, Multimedia Reporter
September 20, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Videos
On September 8th, people from all over the country paraded on Church Street, showing off their LGBTQA+ pride. This annual event is a time for people to come together and let their rainbow flags fly. In this video, the Cynic gets to know some of the members participating in the parade. ...
Nurses and Medical Center reach tentative agreement
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
September 19, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
Updated 9/20/18 at 12:04 AM to include a statement from UVM Medical Center. After months of bargaining, UVM Medical Center nurses and administration have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, according to a Sept. 20 press release. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professio...
Counseling interns pulled from Burlington High School
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
September 18, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News
Alek Fleury This story updated at 3:59 p.m. Sept. 19 to correct a statement that a practicum student at Burlington High School worked with Macias despite requesting not to. The student was working on a practicum and was invited back for an internship the next year at the high school, which she decli...
Intervale offers fresh produce and strong community
Bridget Higdon, Culture Editor
September 5, 2018
Filed under Culture, Headliners
Sweet bell peppers, leafy green arugula, and papery yellow onion create a rainbow at the end of an otherwise dusty and gray Vermont road. All this produce was grown by local farmers at the Intervale Community Farm, a 58-acre farm in Burlington that includes seven sections of the Winooski River’...
Learning to embrace a city as a home
Kian Deshler, Feature Writer
August 30, 2018
Filed under Features
Holly Coughlan Fog nestled into the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. The wind whispered over the bay, causing the slightest of ripples. Conifer trees colored the landscape a deep green. My family and I paddled across the bay near my cabin. At that moment, there was nowhere else I would rather b...
Multiple collisions reported on Carrigan Drive
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
August 27, 2018
Update: This story was updated at 9:30 am 8/29/18 to include additional comment and details from UVM Police. A pedestrian was injured in an accident involving a UVM CATS bus, according to UVM Police. A CatAlert was sent out to the UVM community Aug, 27 at 11:45 am, advising pedestrians and...
Nurses to picket UVMMC budget hearing
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 21, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
The Green Mountain Care Board will continue to approve the University of Vermont Medical Center’s annual budget as the UVMMC Nurses stage protest. The nurse’s union called on the board last week to delay approving the budget until a new contract could be ratified between nurses and the medical ...
Burlington City Council to decide fate of mural
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 14, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
The Burlington City Council has promised action following the approval of a report that called for the removal of a mural on Leahy Way by August 29, 2022. The report from the Mural Task Force recommends the "Everyone Loves a Parade" mural be removed and put up somewhere else inside Burlington among oth...
UVM President to resign
Lindsay Freed and Sawyer Loftus
August 6, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
University President Tom Sullivan will be stepping down after this year, according to an Aug. 6 email to the UVM community. This will be his seventh and final year as president after his 2012 selection by the board of trustees. Sullivan will be taking a research leave to write a book before joining the UVM fac...
