Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: The killing of independent student media at UVM
Sawyer Loftus, Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2020
“It’s a dangerous thing to start a paper.” As I read these words etched across a March 1883 edition of the Burlington Clipper, a weekly newspaper that used to run in the Queen City, the words echoed throughout my head. This line comes at the end of a bit of news. Students at the Universi...
UVM Dining by Day, Culture by Night
Mike Gasparrini, Feature Writer
May 12, 2018
I could barely believe it. After the story I had just received, my perception of the man standing before me had changed completely. Although I had known Bidur Rai for months as the cashier at Simpson Dining Hall, I had never asked him anything beyond, “How’s it going?” After ...
Grooving with the Mountain Goats
Caroline Slack, Features Editor
April 29, 2018
Four men in suits ran on stage, looking like a band of dads hurrying from a business meeting to this gig. For a second I wondered what I was getting myself into. Then I felt the pulse of the bass and heard the hearty strums of a guitar. On Wednesday, April 18, the Mountain Goats grac...
Reclaiming Identities of Addiction
Kian Deshler, Staff Writer
April 12, 2018
Language is a powerful form of representation, and one that is largely absent on this campus for our students in recovery. Professors banter about the consumption of alcoholic beverages in class, students openly recount drunken evenings on the bus and people jokingly self-identify as “alcoholics.” Comments...
Eggplants: Cooking and Connecting with the Old World
Brigitte Riordan, Staff Writer
March 13, 2018
Food is culture. I am a first-generation Romanian-American, but I don’t know much about Romanian food. My father fled the country in the height of Ceausescu’s dictatorship, and once he moved to the United States, he was dedicated to being an American. He won’t speak Romanian around my brother...
After the Kake Walk: A history of UVM’s racial climate from Lattie Coor’s presidency to the present
Bryan O'Keefe and Sarah Olsen
March 2, 2016
Student activism was common at UVM throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, resulting in the creation of some of the first African-American, Chicano/a and women’s studies departments in the U.S., English professor Nancy Welch said. “At UVM, these actions — and the establishment of courses in women’s...
Exploring Race at UVM
Bryan O'Keefe, Kelsey Neubauer, and Sarah Olsen
February 25, 2016
Go to Kakewalk
Kake Walk: Alumni, faculty and students reflect on 73-year tradition
Bryan O'Keefe, Kelsey Neubauer, and Sarah Olsen
February 24, 2016
For 73 years, UVM fraternity members danced in blackface and satin tuxedos during the longest running winter carnival in the country. At its peak in the 1960s, this event, known as the Kake Walk, was held twice over a February weekend in the Patrick Gym in order to fit all 8,000 spectators, according...
Junior goalie secures the net
October 13, 2015
Starting the season, the goalie situation for the men’s hockey team was still up in the air.In the last two seasons, men’s hockey team had back-to-back 20-wins for the first time since 1996. They reached the Hockey East semifinals last year, due in part to their defensive play and goaltending. Junior ...
Finding a safe ride home
September 15, 2015
Finding a ride home from downtown Burlington late at night may become a little easier. Junior Tyler Davis, SGA vice president, is planning a program that would provide students and other Burlington residents with free transportation on weekend evenings. Expanding upon the late-night safety shuttle provided by UV...
