Editor's note: A correction was made to the misspelling of FIRE's name at 3:05 p.m. on September 30.
Recent protests on campus have spotlighted UVM’s guidelines on free speech, underscoring tensions...
Editor's note: This piece was written in collaboration with Dania Anabtawi from The Student Life. Though the content remains largely unchanged, some minor edits have been made to reflect both papers’...
Over the past month, the Cynic has struggled to obtain interviews with several UVM employees. We’ve hit roadblock after roadblock in our efforts to tell the truth.
For our Oct. 8 edition, the Cynic...
An evangelical preacher stands in a high-traffic area of campus, spewing homophobic language and surrounded by angry students.
Sadly, this is not an unexpected sight at UVM.
Evangelicals have set up...
Preacher Keith Darrell stood, Bible in hand, just after noon, Sept. 30, in the middle of Andrew Harris Commons.
As students passed by, a small group stopped to listen.
“Binary thinking is inescapable,...
If the last SGA elections taught us anything, it’s that UVM students are all about democracy.
Seeing how widespread political involvement is on campus, UVM’s rigid policies on political activity are...
Administrators seek to discipline me and eight other students for speaking during a protest at Waterman.
Their actions are baseless, hypocritical and an assault to freedom of speech.
Administrators claim...
Scene: Person One overhears anguish from Person Two and investigates the source
Person Two has read the headline of a New York Times op-ed titled “The Curse of Affirmative Action” and appears to be...
This past week, the Cynic published an editorial piece by a columnist who argued in favor of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
We try and represent all viewpoints on campus; however,...
Although relatively new, the Wellness Environment has made a name for itself on campus.
It’s known for its focus on health and wellbeing and its new residence hall, but also infamous for the contract...
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After a continuing education student, Wesley Richter, was charged with disorderly conduct after being accused of using racist and threatening language, the debate of free speech versus hate speech...
Recently, it has seemed that higher education is just a way to delay adulthood. In resident adviser training, we were told to take Trump signs down because of their potential impacts.
This is...
