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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Budget system approved

Budget system approved

Aidan Breen February 24, 2015

UVM has recently approved a new budget model which has left many students confused, they say. After a year-long discussion, the final report of the Incentive-Based Budget Model Steering Committee has...

Improving the Humanities Center

Improving the Humanities Center

Caroline Alkire February 24, 2015

Students majoring in the humanities are used to the jokes about the apparent impracticality of their chosen degrees. The Humanities Center co-directors Luis Vivanco and David Jenemann are trying to put...

Conducting a jazz revolution

Conducting a jazz revolution

David Dubrul February 24, 2015

A practicing jazz trumpeter and senior lecturer for the UVM music department is orchestrating a jazz revolution within the UVM music community. The product of a fusion of jazz and salsa culture in the...

Arraignment held for suspect of burglaries

Jill Vaglica February 24, 2015

Students are upset after not being reimbursed for items that were stolen from their rooms this semester. These students said they have not even have been informed that the suspected burglar had been arrested. The...

Record number of admitted students

Record number of admitted students

Allie Osorno February 24, 2015

As many admitted students roam campus throughout the semester, it is clear that their numbers are higher than ever. The acceptance rate for the University is 71 percent, the highest in recent years, Beth...

Town hall focuses on student concerns

February 20, 2015

A U.S. senator hosted the Burlington town hall meeting at UVM Feb. 17.Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to students in a student town hall meeting set up by the SGA. Senior Aya AL-Namee, president of SGA, introduced...

Time off trouble for election

Time off trouble for election

February 17, 2015

For the Ward 1 and Ward 8 elections, absentee ballots may provide the majority of the votes March 3.Eugene Bergman, senior assistant to the Burlington city attorney, said that Town Meeting Day, or Burlington’s...

Crime Log

Jill Vaglica February 17, 2015

Feb. 3 2:07 p.m. A laptop was reported stolen from an unlocked office in Waterman. It’s believed to have been taken between Jan. 30 and Feb. 3. There are no suspects yet. Feb. 4 10:16 a.m. A staff...

Dean resigns, says ‘I cannot be who I’m not’

Dean resigns, says ‘I cannot be who I’m not’

Hannah Kearns February 17, 2015

After three years, the College of Arts and Sciences will need a new Dean. Antonio Cepeda-Benito stepped down as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Feb. 13. “This was not an easy decision or one...

Flu causes empty classes

Flu causes empty classes

February 17, 2015

Empty seats in class and full ones in health centers seem to be due to a new strain of the Flu, said Meryl St. John, the operations director at UVM’s Health Services.“It’s the strain H3N2, which...

UVM hosts senator for Town Hall

UVM hosts senator for Town Hall

Hannah Kearns February 17, 2015

One Vermont Senator returned to Burlington to talk about important issues for young people. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came to UVM Feb.17 for a town hall meeting. SGA President Aya AL-Namee worked with...

City Council candidates show no ‘clear difference yet’ in platforms

John Riedel, Staff Writer February 17, 2015

With election day fast approaching, candidates said they have been busy registering as many voters as possible. For the Ward 8 seat, UVM alumnus Adam Roof is running against student Brock Gibian, who...

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