THE VERMONT
CYNIC Feb. 26, 2019
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President confirmed, salary announced
Students with regrettable tatoos
His salary, which will be higher than the current president’s, has recieved attention on campus.
The decision to get tattooed as a college kid is often quick, but the results are lifelong.
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BSU FASHION SHOW Keely Lyons
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UVM’s Black Student Union held its annual fashion show Feb. 23 in the Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom. This year’s theme was “Paint it Black,” and it defied tradition in many ways. Typically, clothing is the centerpiece of the show, but this year, the models were front and center as they interacted with the crowd. Liv Numa, a program coordinator for Residential Life, said the best part was seeing how supportive people were. “My favorite part as an employee here was seeing students I advise just rock it on stage. It’s really cool to see them in a different light,” Numa said.
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The host of the Black Student Union Fashion show, Young Prince, poses for the runway in a gray suit Feb. 23. This year’s theme was “Paint it Black.”
Cigarette ambassador role created Zoe Stern zstern@uvm.edu
The Center for Health and Wellbeing plans to hire student ambassadors to remind students of UVM’s tobacco-free campus policy. A grant, which was just approved, will help pay the students, said Dr. Harry Chen, executive director for the Center for Health and Wellbeing. “Two student ambassadors [will be] walking around campus, around different residence halls or the different hot spots we’ve identified where we found a lot of litter,” said Parker Holloway, program support coordinator for Living Well. The Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community, an organization devoted to raising awareness of drug addiction, approved the grant and funds will be provided by the Vermont Department of Health, Chen said. The students will be in pairs and with the help of Holloway or
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A sign indicating UVM’s tobacco-free policy on campus in front of University Heights Feb. 24. The Center for Health and Wellbeing is hiring two students for paid ambassador positions to enforce the tobacco-free policy. a Residential Life staff member will be given a script on how to approach students, Holloway said. They will also be able to provide resources for students who might want to quit. SGA has also created a resolution in support of cigarette
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butt receptacles. Their goal is a decrease in litter from the cigarette butts, while the Center for Health and Wellbeing has targeted the issue of on-campus smoking, said SGA Vice President Gillian Natanagara, a junior.
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Natanagara and sophomore Jacob Weinstein, senator on the Committee on the Environment, have been pushing for more receptacles around campus. The resolution, created in hopes of reducing waste being sent into Lake Champlain, introduces the idea of cigarette butt receptacles around campus, Natanagara said. “We want cigarette butt receptacles on campus and we’re using that language because we don’t want it to be limited to trash cans,” Weinstein said. “It could be these compactors called BigBelly that are on Church Street.” UVM hasn’t had outdoor trash cans since 2005, according to a February 2019 Cynic article. BigBelly is a solar powered waste and recycling bin that compacts waste in high traffic areas, according to its website.
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Sex assault on campus Lee Hughes ehughes7@uvm.edu
The alleged perpetrator of a Feb. 23 sexual assault and theft on campus has been arrested and is being held on $100,000 bail. Tyson Cyphers, 37, was identified as a suspect for the crime in a Feb. 23 Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations press release, which notes that he is on the Vermont Sex Offender Registry. After the alleged sexual assault, Cyphers stole several items and fled, according to the press release. Cyphers was known by the victim, the press release stated. Cyphers will have his initial hearing Feb. 25. UVM issued a press release Feb. 24 regarding the incident. “UVM is deeply concerned about this sexual assault and grand larceny incident,” the release stated.
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