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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

The UVM Medical Center Emergency Department Entrance lights the night of Feb. 17.

Roofies reported, investigation underway

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor February 22, 2022

UVM Police Services received an anonymous report of multiple Rohypnol druggings by an unknown perpetrator at an off-campus party over the weekend, according to a Feb. 14 CatAlert. No known reports exist...

An admitted student and parent walk past the protest, Feb. 18.

Hundreds protest sexual violence at UVM on Admitted Students Visit Day

Ella Ruehsen and Halsey McLaen February 21, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 22 at 9:00 p.m. to correct the spelling of a source's last name and to correct the year used in one of the timeline points.  Hundreds gathered on Feb. 18,...

Junior Syd Partin sits on the steps of the Howe Library with her sign the morning of Sept. 16.

Student carries sign in solidarity with other survivors of sexual violence

Eliza Barker, Cynic News Reporter September 22, 2021

Editor's note: This story was updated at 10:29 p.m. Sept. 22.  A UVM student can be seen holding a handmade cardboard sign on campus – a statement piece she said she carries to demonstrate the constant...

Thousands of student protestors filled the steps of Waterman building and flooded out past South Prospect Street and onto the Waterman Green May 3.

Thousands call on UVM to reform handling of sexual violence

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor May 4, 2021

Thousands gathered yesterday to protest a widely-perceived repeated administrative mishandling of sexual assault cases at UVM, following a week of rapidly mounting outrage that has overtaken the campus...

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