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Martha's illustration for Mary's article about meal plans.

Stop requiring meal plans for on-campus students

Mary Kueser, Opinion Columnist April 4, 2022

I pay thousands of dollars for a meal plan I know I don’t need. Unfortunately, I don’t have a choice. UVM requires all on-campus students to purchase a meal plan, according to the 2021-22 ResLife...

Open dining halls for longer hours

Open dining halls for longer hours

Grace Visco, Assistant Opinion Editor March 18, 2022

UVM’s dining hall hours complicate students’ abilities to eat on campus. UVM has four dining halls: Central Campus Dining on Central campus, Redstone Dining on Redstone campus, Harris-Millis Dining...

UVM's dining halls need a rebrand

UVM’s dining halls need a rebrand

Layout Staff September 16, 2021

UVM dining halls lack unique and recognizable branding. They need marketable imagery that fits the vibe created while you chow down with your friends.  The Layout staff designed logos for each dining...

Mini Opinions: Our UVM Dining hall takes

Mini Opinions: Our UVM Dining hall takes

Opinion Staff, Staff writers August 31, 2021

Jude: The Unlimited Access plan is the way to go Up until Sept. 13 at 4:00 p.m. on-campus students have the opportunity to switch their meal plan, according to UVM Dinings Frequently Asked Questions page. They...

A UVM student in quarantine leaves the dining hall during the breakfast hours with copious amounts of food Aug 20.

Fact check: This is what UVM is feeding students for dinner, and all other meals, in quarantine

Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief August 20, 2020

A UVM Union of Students’ Instagram post of a half-eaten sandwich, six french fries and a spoonful of vegetables, was removed after students called out the group for presenting “misinformation.”  The...

Ask Cat: answers for your UVM questions

Ask Cat: answers for your UVM questions

Ask Cat May 10, 2019

Ask Cat: The Vermont Cynic's advice column. Q: Best study spot on campus? During my second semester at UVM, I got more acquainted with campus, and wandered into the newly restored Billings Library one...

Extending dining hall hours is harmful to employees

Extending dining hall hours is harmful to employees

Chris Harrell April 13, 2019

We’ve all been there: hungry and tired, facing a closed dining hall. It’s easy to say that the dining halls should close later. But there’s more to the picture than simply keeping the lights on for...

Central campus dining hall offers new meal options

Central campus dining hall offers new meal options

Kassondra Little, Staff Writer September 11, 2017

In its first week open on campus, the line to the Central Campus Residence and Dining Hall was out of the door, passing over onto the Central green. At lunchtime on a weekday, students swarmed both...

Survivor story of the UVM meal plans

Survivor story of the UVM meal plans

Ariana Arden October 26, 2016

I’ve been living off-campus this yeahttps://vtcynic.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=34969&action=editr as a junior, which has been both a blessing and a curse. I have to walk further to classes,...

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