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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

UVM students targeted in housing scam

UVM students targeted in housing scam

Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer July 20, 2018

UVM students and the greater Burlington area have been targeted in a string of recent rental scams. UVM Police posted an alert about the scam on their Facebook page Wednesday July 17 to UVM students...

Be skeptical of ResLife changes

Be skeptical of ResLife changes

Isabella Abraham March 22, 2018

Living/Learning Communities seem like the way to maximize a residence hall experience, especially for first-year students — that’s definitely what ResLife wants incoming first-year students to think. There...

The Photo Co-op in the Living/Learning Center gives students access to the facility for $90 a semester. The Co-op offers a fully equipped darkroom and individual instruction in film photography.

Co-op educates photographers

Alec Collins, Staff Writer February 22, 2018

We may be living in the digital age, but some members of the UVM community are throwing it back to analog days by learning and practicing black-and-white film photography. The Photo Co-op in the Living/Learning...

Mumps outbreak alarms students

Mumps outbreak alarms students

Lindsay Freed, Senior Staff Writer February 19, 2018

A mumps outbreak at UVM was confirmed by the Vermont Department of Health last week. One student tested positive for the mumps, and two other students are highly likely to be positive as well, University...

New ResLife plan fails students

New ResLife plan fails students

Mills Sparkman February 15, 2018

Complaints about rooming situations are common on college campuses, but students are especially disgruntled this spring. This year, ResLife required students to select their learning community preferences...

WE residents circulate petition to re-hire RA

WE residents circulate petition to re-hire RA

Emma Jarnagin, Staff Writer November 16, 2017

Central Campus Residence Hall residents have started a petition to have their RA reinstated after her dismissal. Sophomore Carter Bradshaw has been relocated to Wellness Environment housing in Christie...

Programmed housing for the arts to move to Trinity campus

Programmed housing for the arts to move to Trinity campus

Ellyn Lapointe, Staff Writer November 8, 2017

Residential Life will house a new Arts and Creativity community on Trinity campus beginning the fall semester of 2018. Arts Initiative staff and students have been working with ResLife to develop...

Converse will be converted to WE housing next year

Converse will be converted to WE housing next year

Alex Verret, Staff Writer November 7, 2017

Construction on Converse Hall has been underway since summer 2017. Starting next fall, Wellness Environment residents will live in the hall after repairs on the building have been completed. Converse...

Beds open in WE residence halls

Beds open in WE residence halls

Emma Jarnagin, Staff Writer November 6, 2017

Spots in Wellness Environment dorms across campus are opening as students are removed for violating their housing contracts. There are five empty WE beds, according to WE director Jim Hudziak. Eleven...

New plans announced for Jeanne Mance

New plans announced for Jeanne Mance

Greta Bjornson, News Editor November 3, 2017

Jeanne Mance is becoming housing for UVM juniors and seniors. Journey to Independence, a new residential experience, will be housed in Jeanne Mance Hall starting in fall 2018. Students in the program...

UVM does not reach programmed housing goal

UVM does not reach programmed housing goal

Ellyn LaPointe, Staff Writer October 4, 2017

Last year, UVM set a goal to have 100 percent of incoming first-years enrolled in programmed housing. Reslife offers a number of programmed housing options, centered around a theme that seeks to create...

The importance of multiple truths

The importance of multiple truths

Staff Editorial May 3, 2017

Everyone at UVM– from residents all the way up through administrators in Student Affairs– needs to be talking more about what does and does not work in Residential Life. These conversations...

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