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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

Sophomore Joey Henrikson stands in the parking lot of the Army ROTC building, Jan. 16. Army ROTC has scholarships available for both college-bound highschool students and currently enrolled college students.

UVM ROTC program instills community and leadership in students

Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter January 30, 2020

On any given Wednesday, as students shuffle from class to class, a group of students stand out.  Clad in camouflage fatigues, these students make up UVM’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.  While...

ROTC shouldn't serve as scholarship money

ROTC shouldn’t serve as scholarship money

Chris Harrell February 22, 2019

It’s impossible to walk around campus and not notice the partnership between the University and the U.S. Army. They have their own building in the middle of campus, and their posters and logos dot the...

Drone warfare is unprincipled

Drone warfare is unprincipled

Simon Bupp-Chickering February 2, 2018

At 10:45 a.m. March 17, 2011 in North Waziristan, a northern region of Pakistan, the first of at least two drone missiles struck the target location, instantly killing everyone within it and sending their...

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