Burlington City Council ward debate: UVM’s role in BTV housing
February 27, 2020
My main takeaway from the Feb. 21 Burlington Tenants Union City Council debate was that all candidates at the debate agree there is a housing crisis and they all agree UVM plays a role in this crisis. I think UVM students and the campus itself play a large role in the politics of Burlington. I ofte...
Housing and local employment for refugees
Gabriella Marchesi and Sarang Murthy
April 13, 2017
Housing The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program handles all refugees’ housing needs from the time they arrive in Vermont. A housing manager secures an affordable apartment for the family, assists in setting up the apartment and utilities and supplies basic household furnishings. To ensure...
Struggle to sublet hinder studying abroad
December 6, 2016
For some students, the ability to sublet may be just as important a factor as rent and location are while searching for off-campus leases for next year. Students struggle to find subletters to take over their off-campus leases while they study abroad, and it’s causing emotional and financial s...
Phil Scott: the right choice for Governor to move our state forward
Jason Maulucci
November 4, 2016
Disclaimer: Jason Maulucci is both the President of the UVM College Republicans and a staffer on Phil Scott's election campaign. During an election cycle in which the two major party nominees for president are as unpopular as they are, it is easy for voters to become disengaged and turned o...
ResLife announces dorm space for upperclassmen
October 20, 2016
Upperclassmen may soon have an easier time finding housing. ResLife announced there will be more room for upperclassmen to live on-campus in the 2017-2018 academic year due to the completed construction of the first-year residence hall in August 2017, an Oct. 12 email to students stated. Additiona...
Mayor seeks students’ support in downtown project
October 18, 2016
Burlington’s mayor is seeking support from UVM students for renovations to downtown Burlington. Mayor Miro Weinberger addressed SGA Oct. 11 at its weekly meeting. Weinberger came to discuss this year’s referendum questions three and four, which concern the Burlington Town Center development proje...
New housing reserved for Champlain College
May 5, 2016
Changes downtown will bring hundreds of new housing units to Burlington. As a part of the redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall, at least 270 residential housing units will be constructed, according to the Predevelopment Agreement between the city and property owner BTC Mall ...
First-years to live in program houses
April 13, 2016
UVM’s programmed housing communities will soon expand to include all incoming students.Although the decision will not be implemented before fall of 2017, every student will be part of a learning community, Living/Learning Director Dr. John Sama said. There will be some way for students to express i...
UVM to offer new first-year program
April 6, 2016
The first-year experience will soon include programmed housing, tutoring services and college transition courses.Provost David Rosowsky announced in both a March 23 faculty email and a January memo sent to faculty that changes will be made in order “to create a positive, seamless academic andco-curr...
Officials reject housing in the South End
November 16, 2015
The construction of new housing in the South End has been delayed due to a resolution the Burlington City Council passed Oct. 26. The new housing was going to go into the Enterprise Zone, a small portion of the South End that currently doesn't allow for housing to be built in it. The decision to hol...
The experience of living in the dorms
November 5, 2015
Undergraduates are required to live on campus for their first two years, but this requirement seems to have a mixed reaction from students.Both upperclassmen and underclassmen shared pros and cons regarding life in residence halls.“Living on campus is great because of how close I am to everything,” first-ye...
Study abroad: housing in England versus in America
Hunter Colvin
November 5, 2015
One of my biggest concerns about coming to Newcastle, England was housing. It’s only three months, but three months can feel like three years if you have the wrong roommate. Plus, living in University Heights for the past two years has left me kind of spoiled. No other dorms on campus are that...
