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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

UVM, bring Arabic back

Khalid AlMubarak March 30, 2018

UVM hardly has a diverse student demographic by any measure, and that is why teaching non-European languages is critical to widen students’ perspective. There is a great deficiency of languages being...

We can rename buildings

We can rename buildings

Staff Editorial March 28, 2018

Two weeks ago, the board of trustees created a committee to discuss renaming buildings on campus. For over a year, students have called for the renaming of Perkins Hall and Bailey/Howe library. The committee...

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...

Illistrations: Egg Plant

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...

The kids are all right: why student movements will save us all

Mills Sparkman March 5, 2018

This past week has been contentious, to say the least. NoNames for Justice and other student groups have rallied to support students and faculty of color on campus, and their voices have been heard. UVM...

Democratize UVM

Democratize UVM

Khalid AlMubarak March 4, 2018

We need a student’s union; a comprehensive and representative body that is elected by the students to serve the students. While organizations like the Black Student Union and the Asian Student Union...

Stay apprised, seek understanding

Staff Editorial February 28, 2018

We have dedicated this issue to covering the protests, calls for resignation and administrative responses of the past week. In the reporting of activist group NoNames for Justice’s actions, it has become...

So you want to be an activist....

So you want to be an activist….

Staff Editorial February 21, 2018

When we heard about the work that several departments and students are doing to address food insecurity in the UVM community, our hearts swelled. Their work, which is rooted in action, is more meaningful...

LTE: Reflections on Blue Penis Gate and the WE Program at UVM

February 20, 2018

Reflections on Blue Penis Gate and the WE Program at UVM As a faculty member who taught human health and disease at UVM for two decades I was both amused and horrified by the saga of Blue Penis Gate at...

LTE: Responding to the latest UA articles

Letter to the Editor February 16, 2018

Dear Cynic editors, Thank you for supporting “faculty efforts to raise salaries” and for the two pieces in this week’s Cynic related to United Academics. Both pieces try to summarize UA’s position...

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...

Faculty union ad deceives students

Faculty union ad deceives students

Staff Editorial February 7, 2018

Let’s get one thing straight: for what they do, some of the best professors at UVM make nowhere near enough money. Take Rubenstein professor Trish O’Kane, who developed a program that connects young...

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