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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

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Our strings attached: turning over new leaves

Our strings attached: turning over new leaves

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor September 25, 2025

New year, new me.  Being in college means constantly repeating the same script: I’m a senior nursing student. No, I won’t be staying in Vermont after graduation. I’ll move to a city; I’m ready...

Our strings attached: senior scaries

Our strings attached: senior scaries

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor September 2, 2025

Our strings attached is a recurring column written by me, Opinion Co-Editor Olivia Langlan. Last semester, I created this column to unveil common ground in the college experience. I explored one of the...

Our strings attached: from a distance

Our strings attached: from a distance

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor April 3, 2025

In Vermont, family conflict is a remote haze. But when I visit home, all the structures and ideologies I left behind come crashing back into view.  The dynamics that college removes me from become...

Our strings attached: comfortably collegiate

Our strings attached: comfortably collegiate

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor March 20, 2025

One snowy Sunday evening, my roommates and I went out to dinner because, despite living together, we barely crossed paths that weekend.  Our friendship began during our first-year Orientation. I connected...

Our strings attached: transactional humanity

Our strings attached: transactional humanity

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor February 21, 2025

A few weeks ago, I met up with my endlessly kind friend for a post-winter break catch-up over coffee.  With our noses runny from the cold, our brains in need of some caffeine and our stomachs rumbling...

Our strings attached: the cultural click

Our strings attached: the cultural click

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Co-Editor February 5, 2025

One busy Sunday at Trader Joe’s, my usual love for customer service was slowly diminishing and small talk lacked its typically lively luster. Disengaged from conversations and attempting to reel my...

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