RESULTS: City Council race 2020
March 3, 2020
As the polls throughout Burlington close, the Vermont Cynic has reporters inside City Hall waiting for the Wards 1-8 races to be called. Check back on this post as we update it with more results. Here are the unofficial results from City Hall: Ward 1: According to poll workers at Ward 1, Progr...
Sounds from the polling places: what Ward 1 voters had to say
Zoe Stern, Assistant News Editor
March 3, 2020
In Ward 1 voters not only had to decide who to vote for in the presidential primaries but also who out of three candidates would represent them on Burlington’s city council. Incumbent and Independent candidate Sharon Bushor was facing off against Progressive Zoraya Hightower and Democrat Jillian Scanne...
UVM upgrades campus clock
Irene Choi, Cynic News Reporter
March 3, 2020
Since April 2019, all four faces of the Ira Allen Clock Tower displayed incorrect times. After a renovation of the clock mechanics, almost a year later, the clock now displays the correct time on every side. Though the project to renovate the Ira Allen Clock Tower began in October, the internal mechan...
Senior reflects on her time on the ice
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
March 3, 2020
Senior forward Abby Cleary said she began playing hockey around the age of four or five. Now, with the little time she and the other seniors on UVM’s women’s hockey team have left, Cleary is bringing that passion to the kids of UVM’s Campus Children’s School. “We’ve been showing them around th...
BOT selects new chair and discusses sustainability
Sawyer Loftus, News and Sports Editor
March 2, 2020
UVM’s board of trustees have selected a new chair and agreed to form a new working group to study sustainability, at its March 2 meeting. Ron Lumbra was selected to steer the board. He previously served as vice chair of the board under David Daigle who stepped down as chair last month. Lumbra was...
Speidel to play in first game
Sawyer Loftus, News & Sports Editor
March 2, 2020
Five years after a car accident left senior Josh Speidel with a traumatic brain injury, he’s slated to take the court during UVM men’s basketball ‘s senior night. In 2015, before coming to UVM, Speidel was in a serious car accident in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana, which left him in a coma for we...
Burlington City Council ward debate: UVM’s role in BTV housing
February 27, 2020
My main takeaway from the Feb. 21 Burlington Tenants Union City Council debate was that all candidates at the debate agree there is a housing crisis and they all agree UVM plays a role in this crisis. I think UVM students and the campus itself play a large role in the politics of Burlington. I ofte...
“A gerrymandered student ward.” How Burlington’s Ward 8 got its shape
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
February 26, 2020
Five years after the city of Burlington redrew its voting districts, a city councilor who helped make that decision said she’s left with regret. “It felt gross to be a part of it,” said Rachel Siegel, who was a city councilor for Ward 3 at the time. “It was one of the worst experiences of...
Student food pantry opens its doors to all UVM students
Zoe Stern, Assistant News Editor
February 25, 2020
A low barrier, on-campus food pantry for UVM students has opened its doors after nearly two years in the making. Rally Cat’s Cupboard, an on-campus food pantry, opened Feb. 24 in the Hills Agricultural building. The project was started by former SGA President Ethan Foley, a senior, after a study...
Environmental lobbying group sets up chapter on campus
Zoe Stern, Assistant News Editor
February 25, 2020
With the help of SGA, a statewide environmental lobbying group has established a branch on UVM’s campus. Vermont Public Interest Research Group, a self-described environmental advocacy group, will set up camp on UVM’s campus as an SGA recognized club, following its approval at SGA’s Feb. 11 m...
COLUMN: What’s the Men’s b-ball playoff picture looking like?
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 25, 2020
The UVM men’s basketball team’s prospects are shaky after the shattering of their 12-game win streak Feb. 22. Despite their No. 1 seeding, the Cats lost 66-64 to No. 4 seeded University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In many ways, the Catamounts seem like a clear contender for winning the America Ea...
Men’s lax seals home opener with a win
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 24, 2020
Parents of UVM’s men’s lacrosse team filled the stands, with lanyards of their son’s lacrosse stats around their necks, to cheer on the team in their first home game. The Catamounts faced Quinnipiac University Feb. 22 in their first home game of the 2020 season and came out with a 16-7 win. ...
