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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Stop drinking energy drinks

Stop drinking energy drinks

Elias Galligan, Contributing Columnist February 26, 2026

The sharp crack of an energy drink opening became an everyday ritual for me in the first semester of my sophomore year.  Juggling 18 credit hours, a part-time job and a social life, I could not get...

Reclaiming the love for your sport

Reclaiming the love for your sport

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Columnist February 16, 2023

For so long, my entire identity was centered around being a runner, and now I love to run even more than I did before. It started with a few laps around the community track and soon I was hooked. From...

Prescription drugs aren’t a miracle cure

Prescription drugs aren’t a miracle cure

Christophe Meunier, Opinion Columnist September 13, 2022

I don’t have feelings anymore. I can’t remember the last time I truly felt happy, the last time I truly felt sad, the last time I truly felt bothered by something.  My life now is just an unending...

What health means to me

What health means to me

Tori Scala, staff writer April 28, 2021

The warped notion of what society says “being healthy” is, is a toxic idea that diet culture has forever ruined.  Social media has created a body image monster. I often come across diet culture...

Juul, but use common sense

Juul, but use common sense

Staff Editorial December 5, 2018

Growing up, we were all told not to smoke. It would make us wheeze, turn our lungs black, give us cancer. Cigarettes were a relic of the past. Now, few of us can be caught flicking a lighter during a...

Why does cleanliness matter?

October 12, 2016

Cleanliness in an apartment and dorm is so hard to maintain with such busy schedules — rising early for 8:30 a.m. classes, late night study sessions and parties. But I am going to walk you through...

Rec classes teach women to lift

Rec classes teach women to lift

October 6, 2016

Believe it or not, as you struggle through midterms, some students even have time to go to the gym. And yes, they do even lift. But, mysteriously, any casual venture into the weight room reveals...

A souvenir you won’t want

September 1, 2016

Your summer was fabulous, filled with friends, sunny days and a killer tan. And while many people will ask you, “What did you do this summer?” the question you should be asking yourself is, “Who...

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