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Sodexo pays bill for utensil theft John Riedel

Car accident kills one UVM student

Emma Trainor Three UVM students were involved in a car accident April 4.

First-year Christina L. Menke from Essex, Vermont, a student in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences died in the accident, according to an email from Annie Stevens, vice pro-

Plates, cups, cookware, utensils and other items are broken and stolen on a daily basis in UVM’s dining halls, Sodexo employees said.

“It creates a dark cloud over the whole dining experience,” Sodexo supervisor Michael Stabach said, explaining the theft he observes daily at the Marché.

UVM is required to provide an initial inventory of smallwares for Sodexo, according to the contract between UVM and Sodexo.

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It’s not like it’s a million dollars a year, but it’s enough to increase the cost of food Ron Chasse UVM Dining Operations director

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Sodexo is required to pay for replacement smallwares each month, according to the agreement.

Ron Chasse, operations director of UVM Dining Services, said that the biggest item lost by Sodexo is silverware, which can break, be thrown away or stolen.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY STU LAPERLE Students are stealing utensils from on-campus dining halls, causing a shortage in the available amount offered. The contract between UVM and Sodexo, highligted above, requires Sodexo to pay for utensils.

“It’s not like it’s a million dollars a year, but it’s enough to increase the cost of food,” Chasse said.

Four times a year, a manager replaces a case of 600 utensils in the Davis Center. In dining halls it is replaced twice a year, Chasse said. “[It’s] low end silverware, so it’s not too expensive. Mediumweight silverware, forks, knives prices, but about $25 a dozen,” Chasse said. ure on the whole china thing on campus, because I typically am the person who orders it, I would say about $20,000 a year, if we add it all together,”

Chasse said.

Students on campus have also noticed smallwares being taken from the dining halls.

“Whenever I go to people’s dorms they always have cups ognize from the dining halls,” junior Dylan Languth said.

“Personally, I haven’t stolen anything, but it’s something Alex Brannon said. “I haven’t seen it, but I think it’s a common occurrence.”

Chasse said the meal plan is based on what estimated overhead costs will be and that students are not charged a single fee for stolen utensils.

The housing contract for

students does not have any such fee either, Director of ResLife Stacey Miller said.

“I think what you’re hearing is rumors and myth basically,” Miller said. “These stories are the same I heard when I was in college. There are operating costs associated with loss of equipment, but there probably isn’t one per student charge.”

The money that Sodexo gets each year from the University is determined by the meal plan tween Sodexo and the University, said Vice Provost of Student

Two other UVM students were involved in the accident, the email stated. First-years Jake Dahreddine and Julia Rickner both sustained multiple injuries and are currently being treated at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

“The cause of the accident is currently under investigation, however, police initially have stated that it does not appear that speed or alcohol were factors in the crash,” the email from Annie Stevens stated.

All three people were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, police said. The weather was clear and sunny at the time of the crash and the road was dry.

The students were driving along I-89 in Colchester just after 5 p.m. April 4 when the car backyard, according to a April 5 WPTZ article.

“People going to colleges across the country called me today distraught over Christina,” “She was an amazing girl. She was kind and hilarious and absolutely brilliant.”

Web service, UVM clash over cash for NCAA athletes A new website with a mission to fund NCAA athletes was asked by UVM athletics to stop funding their athletes.

FanPay, which has raised about $1,300 since its launch, is designed so that fans can donate money to college athletes. The athletes will receive these funds when they graduate.

The NCAA rules prohibit any form of compensation for student-athletes beyond academic scholarships. No college athlete may compete if he or she has “taken pay, or the promise of pay, for competing in that sport.” This includes accepting

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pay for any activity that is related to that athlete’s skill.

The company FanPay was launched Dec. 25 2014 in response to this ruling. FanPay hasn’t removed any names from their site per UVM’s request.

“We recognized that there was a kind of huge economic and social problem in sports today,” co-founder Tony Klausing said.

“The software that we were building, we thought, was particularly suited to help college athletes because we could hold on to the money in an escrow account until they graduate, he said. “That way, we aren’t breaking any rules. It’s just a straight

person gift.”

Despite the high revenue that the NCAA will make during March Madness — last year

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Forbes — its players are 29 percent less likely to graduate than their non-athlete peers.

These statistics are what

The NCAA, they’re the ones with the rules, and they’re the ones with the power, at least for right now

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“I think it’s really important for us to convey that our top priority is the well being of student athletes. Over time, incentive has been mixed up, and I don’t think that they’re looking out for the student-athletes,” Klausing said. “We are interested in changing college sports for the better.”

The FanPay website went live in August 2014, but the company had to delay their launch until December due to over 100 cease and desist letters from colleges.

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By Jill Vaglica

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The students had known each other and had been calling each other names.

The incident has been referred to the Center for Student Ethics & Standards.

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through Ready Hall noticed a marijuana odor coming from a room. some marijuana and a bong.

A report has been sent to the Center for Student Ethics & Standards.

March 27, 1:55 p.m. Police received a re-

port of trespassing that had occurred during the night in the Living/Learning E building.

At some point during the night, someone entered a person’s suite, took some clothing out of a student’s closet and sprayed water all over the clothes.

Nothing had been taken from the room, and nothing else had been touched.

The person whose clothes were sprayed initially didn’t know if this had been a joke or not, but there has been no indication as to who is responsible.

March 28, 2:03 a.m. Someone called po-

lice reporting a passed-out, intoxicated student lying in the middle of the road at Summit streets.

brought the student down to cation center.

Because the student refused to cooperate at ACT1, the student spent the night in the “drunk tank” at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.

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We have constructed this process around the search for the interim that we think allows us to gather important input from faculty and staff, and also to be able to identify one swiftly

David Rosowsky Provost

Benito said his successor will be chosen by a committee of facdents and alumni with the task

PHOTO COURTESY OF SALLY MCKAY Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Antonio Cepedo-Benito is pictured. Cepeda-Benito resigned from his position. An interim dean will be chosen by a committee of faculty, staff, administrators and students. to gather important input from “The new dean needs to have “That committee, in cola wide background, because laboration with the Provost and able to identify one swiftly.” we’re dealing with arts and sciPresident, will draft a job deOver the past two weeks, ences as these are two separated scription and a list of the quali- Rosowsky has met with around ties they are looking for in the 75 faculty members to ask what ogy major, Chris Keim. next Dean of CAS in accordance they would like to see in the new He also believes that the with the wishes of the faculty,” dean. dean needs to have a more vishe said in an email.

They want to see a leader ible presence on campus.

“The process is pretty clearly that understands the current “I had no idea who our dean prescribed,” said Provost David challenges higher education is was, or what he did,” Keim said.

Rosowsky, who will help oversee facing, is committed to diverThe new dean will serve the the selection of the new dean. sity and inclusiveness and is students as well as the faculty, “We have constructed this pro- able to lead, motivate and make and as such should make stucess around the search for the decisions, according to a memo dent interaction and motivation interim that we think allows us a priority as well, he said.

STEM complex to integrate campus Natalie Williams All the upcoming construction on Central campus poses ished product will look like.

With the STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — complex, the goal will be accessibility and collaboration.

Right now, the facilities in Cook Physical Sciences and Votey Hall are dated and the construction of the complex aims to improve them, Provost David Rosowsky said.

Students, especially those in STEM majors, notice the old “Well, I guess they work, proved,” senior Zach Merriam a little small.”

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I guess [Cook labs] work, but they definitely could be improved

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during an argument about body weight. One student pushed the other.

The College of Arts and Sciences is due for a change in leadership after the resignation of its dean.

Dean Antonio Cepeda-Benito, who has led the college since July of 2012, is stepping down, placed by an interim dean before a new permanent dean is selected.

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March 26, noon Two male students broke out

March p.m.

begins for new CAS dean

Zach Merriam Senior All of the construction kicks Robert Vaughan, director of capital planning and management.

The construction will be done primarily in two phases, Vaughan said.

First, Angell Lecture Hall will be demolished and a new laboratory building will be constructed in its place by 2017,

SGA Updates

By Alexandra Shannon Legalization of marijuana

Sen. David Zuckerman dis-

it would have on Vermont.

International education

Kim Howards and Emma national Education described international students’ lives and how domestic students can support them.

Fiscal year budget for 2016 was approved.

LUCI LOBE The Vermont Cynic Pictured above is a classroom in Cook Physical Science Building April 4.

The new building being built will have better labs for students. then Cook Physical Sciences will be torn down and replaced classrooms by 2019; meanwhile, Votey Hall will be renovated all along, he said.

The two new buildings, named Innovation and Discovery, will be connected by an atrium and Votey will be connected by a bridge, Rosowsky said.

“Essentially [the] STEM project is sort of three entities, so it’s Innovation, Discovery and Votey,” he said.

The complex’s location in the heart of campus is intentional and aims to involve a variety of students, Rosowsky said.

“I think of this complex as being a real integrator for campus and that’s why we wanted it in the center of campus and engineering schools are kind of built,” he said.

Rosowsky also hopes the complex will become a “STEM magnet” for the entire state of

Vermont.

“When I talk about this building, I can’t imagine a weekend day when there aren’t big yellow school buses in front of this building because I think student classes and summer camps,” he said. “No such facility exists in Vermont like this.”

The completion of the STEM complex is also on the radar of admitted students and their families, Rosowsky said.

“It’s not aimed at facilitating enrollment changes per se,” he said. “I will say that the students and their families that are considering UVM are keenly aware of this project and I beon our yield.”

Merriam said he feels these the students at UVM.” “A lot of research in Votey is not really obvious or transparent,” he said. “Better equipment will allow for a cooler experience for students.”

Fundraising progress

60 percent of student organizations have met their fundraising requirements for the May 1 deadline.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Assault Awareness month will be a free yoga class April 6.

Interfaith center establish an interfaith center on campus.

Quarry Hill

Steps are being taken to better equip residents of Quarry Hill with amenities such as better transportation, lofted beds, residence directors and better laundry facilities.

Roommates

Actions are being taken to make it easier for people to switch roommates, as well as adding questions to the roommate survey.

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tops list Panel of food writers talk culture UVM of schools to Alexandra Shannon

study health

A panel of three award-winning food writers discussed the importance of food, the cultural value it holds, and how it is changing American society.

The event called “Cooking, Writing and American Culture: A Conversation” took place in the Davis Center March 31. The UVM food systems graduate program and the Humanities Center sponsored the event.

The panelists were Laura Shapiro, a culinary historian, and culinary authors Rowan Jacobsen and Molly Stevens.

All of the panelists are recipients of awards from the James Beard Foundation, which

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linary programs.

OLIVER POMAZI The Vermont Cynic John Gennari, an associate (From left to right) Rowan Jacobsen, Molly Stevens, Laura Shapiro and John Gennari discuss the issue of professor of English at UVM, food and the American food culture. The panel discussed the relationship between people and food. moderated the discussion.

All of the panelists’ work empowers people to learn more that the act of simply buying portant because it draws people varied in content and format; about ingredients and their food and cooking is a powerful in and connects them to more preparation mechanism. information. however, a common theme dur- preferences.”

The panelists were asked Toward the end of the event, “In terms of social media, it ing the conversation was the role cooking has in the relation- questions about the transforma- panelists were asked what they is much deeper than people give tion of food culture and the role think of the high volume of so- them credit for. There’s so much ship between people and food.

“For me it’s always about the it has played in class, gender cial media use in the culinary information,” Cowan said.

A book signing followed the angle and what this food story and racial equality movements world and if they use it.

All three panelists have a tells us about our relationship in America.

“Now you have a guy schlep- limited social media presence “I thought the panel was rewith the natural world,” Jacobping through the kitchen mak- and agreed that it is not a main ally fascinating and humorous,” sen said. audience member and univerStevens focused on the rela- ing an ordinary, boring meal of concern for them.

“I pretty much bailed on it,” sity admissions employee Sara tionship between people and the macaroni and cheese, and that is huge. This is a major culture Jacobsen said.

Wool said. “It makes me want to individual ingredients.

However, local artist Liza go home and open a cookbook.”

“If people cook for them- change,” Shapiro said. “It’s not selves it will make them care a disgrace to make lunch for Cowan, who attended the event, said that she thinks a presence about ingredients,” Stevens your kids, it’s a part of life.”

The panelists emphasized on social media is extremely imsaid. “The ‘ingredient approach’

App developed to help gather bike path data without a car.

The app is called UVM Path Project and was released with the goal of gathering data on the routes that the UVM community uses to get to, from and around campus without vehicles, according to the app’s website.

The idea for this app came from Doug Connelly, who is the crew coach on campus and ability. Connelly was inspired

by V-Trans, an interactive map for the entire state of Vermont, said junior Will Ryan Schroder, a student who helped develop the app.

WikiMapping is a survey tool for public input in which users are able to share data on a map, according to the WikiMapping website.

The purpose of the UVM ways to get around campus without a car.

It is used to gather informafor walking and biking in order to contribute to the campus master plan, Schroder said.

“The UVM Path Project is a good opportunity to give some input to the master plan, to tell them what it is we need,” he said. framework” that can be changed to accommodate new environments, attitudes and technologies and directly addresses the growth of campus, according to UVM’s website.

usually don’t have any trouble getting to and from class but I see how this will be helpful for bike riders and people who don’t take the bus, especially as the weather gets warmer.”

Only 27 people have posted

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The UVM Path Project is a good opportunity to give some input to the master plan, to tell them what it is we need Will Ryan Schroder Junior

on the website to record trouble spots and construction, however the developers of the app are hoping that number will rise to at least 200 or more, Schroder said.

To access the app, go to the UVM Walks and Bikes website.

PHOTO COURTESY OF STAMP STAMPEDE A twenty-dollar bill stamped with the Stamp Stampede’s message.

Stamp Stampede visits UVM Bryan O’Keefe

of spring brought both free Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and a call to amend the U.S. Constitution to campus last week.

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Corporations are not people and money is not speech

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A new app might soon help

One aspect of the plan is a 14-foot wide pathway called the Green Mountain Walkway that will connect Redstone to Trinity, Schroder said.

“I haven’t heard of this app but it sounds like a good idea,”

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Onnika Gullickson

stampstampede.org

Thursday afternoon, repreganization the Stamp Stampede made an appearance in front of the Davis Center. Among the representatives was founder and “Head Stamper” Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry’s.

The Stamp Stampede calls for the physical stamping of American currency with political

messages asking that the dollars not be used to bribe politicians ing to pamphlets given out at the event.

The stamping of dollars is a widespread petition, and the Stamp Stampede wants to use their ink to say “corporations are not people and money is not speech,” according to the Stamp Stampede’s website.

A large crowd formed around the Stamp Stampede’s setup, which included an opportunity to get free Ben and Jerry’s ice cream samples, stamp your own bills with political messages, purchase stamps and other gear in support of the Stamp Stampede and a large truck with a mechanical, diorama-like contraption called the “Amend-oRama.”

The Amend-o-Rama showed the process of corporation monimportant politicians in Washington DC. Students were given the opportunity to enjoy ice cream in the warm, breezy weather, meet Vermont’s famous Ben Cohen and hear about a political call to action.

Students with a passion for science and health should look no further than UVM, according to a recent report by USA Today.

ReLast week, the report that placed UVM among institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and the University of Southern California as one of the top 10 schools to study health professions.

With programs like nursing, communication sciences and disorders, medical laboratory and radiation sciences, rehabilitation and movement science, and rural emergency medical services training, UVM health profession majors are “centered on research and patient care,” according to USA Today.

The UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences is focused on prevention and providing students with the tools to prevent illness and inspire health, said Patricia Prelock, the CNHS dean.

“We have a vision for interprofessional education and really working together as more than one discipline,” Prelock said. “We recognize that the value that each of us brings to the table is only added by the value that we bring to everybody else’s skill.”

Prelock, a speech-language pathologist, said that even while handling the administrative needs of the CNHS, she is still able to practice her passion and do research that she feels is important to the future of science.

Health profession majors at Vermont Medical Center, Prelock said.

“Having a College of Nursing and Health Sciences that is highly connected to a College of Medicine and the University of Vermont Medical Center just enriches the whole experience,” she said.

“Students have access to faculty, several of our courses are taught with our colleagues at the College of Medicine and having a medical center so close geographically really facilitates engagement,” she said.

Students in CNHS are also able to pursue their passions at with world-class faculty. lecture, my professor taught with such passion and knowledge and he didn’t even glance at the PowerPoint,” said sophomore Victoria Chebishev, a medical laboratory science major.

“They challenge us and push us to our limits in hopes that we’ll have the science as a skill endeavors, whatever they may be,” she said.

Graduates of CNHS also appreciate the unique opportunities available to them at UVM. “In such a big university, you don’t typically get small classes and hands-on learning through clinicals and internships like you do in this college,” said Maegan Hall, a graduate with a degree in radiation therapy from CNHS.

Life

Lecturer promotes social change Kristina Samulewski Cynic Correspondent When meeting Mary Burke, lecturer in both the sociology and gender, sexu-

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Mary Burke, lecturer of sociology, gender sexuality and women’s studies, teaches during a class held in Lafayette Hall April 6. rigid even when we think way of thinking by encouraging them to think more critically around issues of gender and sexuality.

“We tend to be actually fairly rigid about our think-

Stout’s so thick you’ll think it is a milkshake Tommy Gambino Beer Columnist

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This unbelievable stout when poured, is so thick and solid in color, it almost could be confused for a chocolate malt This high-grade beer comes in four-packs and does some damage to the wallet.

general acceptance around issues of gender and sexual diversity,” she said.

At roughly $15 per four beers, I recommend this beer only to those who are true fans of the stout. beer must be drank out of a glass and poured to ensure a nice head of foam.

With stouts and porters, the general rule of thumb is to pour into a glass that is concave and has a big mouth.

This unbelievable stout when poured, is so thick and solid in color, it almost could be confused for a chocolate malt heavy on the chocolate syrup. hides the 98 this beer scores on the International Bitterness Unit scale.

At a whopping 10.5 percent alcohol by volume, on an empty stomach you will feel one of these.

The good news about these adult milkshakes is that they are indeed quite set with just one or two.

Drink more than two of a few extra reps in the gym Thomas Gambino is a senior English major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2014.

said.

Burke wants people to realize how important social change is and how cultural contexts shape the way society thinks.

“Things change because

of invigorating about being

rating, junior Rachel Fireman said.

She’s super approachable, really nice and is clearly passionate about what she does Rachel Fireman Junior

Although

She studies politics around same-sex marriage, sociology of medicine, transgender issues and social movements.

Currently, Burke said she is interested in the ways medical perspectives shape our understandings about identities and the validity of those identities.

With all of the work Burke does in sociology and gender, sexuality and wom-

campus a safe and accepting environment for the LGBTQA community. tioned the policy allowing students to choose their preferred pronoun.

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one may notice is her laidback personality.

Even her appearance — short, minimal haircut, jeans and black Converse —speaks to her relaxed demeanor.

When it comes to her work, Burke is the opposite of laid-back. stand what spare time is,” Burke said. “I work a lot.”

and she always knows exact-

is an exciting place to be.

Burke

said

room to do more work.”

Burke said there is still work to do, especially with educating faculty and students about why these pronouns exist.

Despite the amount of progress that still needs to be made surrounding the LGBTQA community, “stuseem genuinely to care about these topics,” Burke said. ling her workload or encouraging her students to be brave, Burke said that UVM

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people change,” Burke said.

She has seen this change happen here at UVM

able, really nice and is clearly passionate about what she does,” Fireman said.

Burke said that bravery is the willingness “to voice ideas or perspectives even in the midst of opposition.” ery here at UVM through her students.

“I think there are a lot of students on this campus who are really, in both small and large ways, putting themselves out there, trying to make their communities better places,” Burke said.

Tips to avoid spring sniffles Allison Carey Weekly Health Columnist

1. Shower before bed.

Allergens (hello, pollen) that have collected in your hair and on your body should be washed out before you jump between your sheets

Spring has – kind of –sprung, and for a lot of us, this means allergy season. Trees, grass and weeds are to blame, and if you need to beat the

4. Eat some Since bees use pollen to make this sweet treat, you may be able to gradually build up a tolerance to its irritating everyday.

night. much better.

up this claim, it is worth a try.

Illustration by Marissa Lanoff

2. Steam, steam, steam. out mucus and moisten dry nasal passages,” according to Health.com. Try breathing the steam from boiling water.

windows.

You may want to let in all winter, but with this air comes pollen.

shoes.

work in a

Leave them by the door so through your house. If you their coat when they come in and out.

Illustration by Alyssa Handelman

Chili peppers, wasabi, mustard and garlic may all help clear your sinuses.

Allison Carey is a senior English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

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Feminist teaches history of the ‘F-word’ Jackie Morris

UVM welcomed an internet celebrity to discuss feminism and sex education March 31.

Members of the UVM and Burlington community gathered in the Grand Maple Ballroom to hear feminist and sex education activist Laci Green.

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when we stop calling women sluts, when one in four wom-

introduced Green. ing,” she said.

women take up space in meaningful, prominent ways,” Warrington said.

Center, said she is familiar since I can remember,” she

I’ve been a feminist my entire life, even if I didn’t always know I was

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Laci Green “I thought it was aweding said. “I think it proved wrong a lot of the negative stigmas toward feminism and presented what it really is — equality.”

Green is best known for hosting and creating the internet sex education show “Sex Plus,” according to the UVM Bored website.

“People want to know when feminists will ‘shut the

Congressional proclamation establishing the month-long event.

Sarah Warrington, direc-

said. “I think everything she talks about is pertinent to my life right now.”

Word: The Legacy and Power of Feminism,” came Month.

Herstory Month focuses on American women of every race, class and ethnicity and the historic contributions they have made to our nation, according to the 1987

history of feminism, its social prominence and divisions within the movement. always know I was,” Green said.

Due to her strong web presence, Green said she has the opportunity to spread awareness about her beliefs and ideas regarding feminism.

“The Internet is democratic, accessible and shareable,” Green said. “We need to give these issues our energy and not settle for inequality.”

Senior Megan Herring “My roommate is actually the one that proposed the initial idea that she come and talk at UVM,” Herring said.

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Center, Student Life and Living Well.

ONE chapter seeking SGA approval The SGA is about to be presented with a new oncampus organization that is erty.

The ONE Campaign, founded in 2004 by U2 frontman Bono, is an inseeks to prevent poverty and preventable diseases, like HIV and AIDS, throughout the globe, according to ONE. org.

The programs actions are “directed at local and national politicians to urge them to support legislation that could increase foreign aid to these countries,” said senior Hannah Heintz, a campus leader for UVM ONE. On-campus chapters are set up across colleges all over the country to get as many people involved as possible to raise awareness, according to the website.

Heintz and sophomore Zoe Kupper, who are attempting to establish a campus chapter at UVM, went to a ONE power summit in Washington, D.C. this past spring.

While there, they said they learned about the different programs and ONE bills they could bring back to campus.

They learned from other global organizations such as the Global Fund, Gavi and the Vaccine Alliance.

Private donors also contribute funding.

Heintz and Kupper had the chance to speak with

ANABEL SOSA The Vermont Cynic

Hannah Heintz (left) and Zoe Kupper discuss their organization, ONE. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy na Rohling said. “Students about working to pass their should be aware of these current mission: the Electriglobal issues and get infy Africa Act, a bill that will provide electricity to 50 milIf the SGA approves ONE lion Africans. chapter, general meetings Electrify Africa Act that ONE will be held roughly every at UVM is trying to pass. month.

Whenever a new global issue concerning poverty ent issues will be presented or disease arises, an email and student will then be sent concerning the issue is automatically sent to ONE chapcians and increase activism ters, Heintz said. via social media, Kupper “There is no incentive to said. get students to raise money, “Our government is exjust to be educated on the istremely accessible,” she sue and raise awareness in said. any way possible,” Heintz “Politicians take ONE said. bills very seriously,” Kupper Students interested in said. “They really apprecigetting involved can help ate receiving letters from pass bills by writing letters, students about these issues, calling local politicians or even posting to social media. students to get involved in humanitarian work and get their voices heard.”

Laci Green, feminist activist, performs for students in the Grand Maple Ballroom March 31. She hosts a sex education show called “Sex Plus.”

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Beloved blonde lawyer debuts in Burlington New England’s largest community theater company is going pink this spring.

Lyric Theatre Company will be performing “Legally Blonde: The Musical” April on the main stage at the Flynn Center for Performing Arts.

Lyric was founded in Burlington 1973, according to their website.

Since then, they have attracted many UVM actors, singers and dancers.

Promotions and Special Events Director Wendy Mays said seven of the 40 cast members in “Legally Blonde” are UVM students.

Lyric is completely volunteer-based, aside from the professional orchestra, junior Kyla Paul said.

“Everyone is a volunteer,” she said. “Crew, artistic team, cast, everyone.”

Even the show’s director, Andrea Cronan, is a volunteer.

Cronan said she has been involved with Lyric since 1995.

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Everyone is a volunteer, crew, artistic team, cast, everyone

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Lyric show was “The Music Man.” “From there I became a die-hard Lyric member,” she said.

Cronan said she wanted to put on “Legally Blonde” partly because the show has many roles for women, and not just frivolous ones.

Kyla Paul

Hannah Marshall, who plays the lead role of Elle Woods, said Elle isn’t ever just the “dumb blonde.”

“She’s never the dumb blonde, even in the very beginning,” Marshall said.

“She’s smart, smart enough to get into Harvard Law School, and she’s really

throughout the show.” “[Elle] is just somebody who wants to be taken seriously,” senior Emily Evans said.

“She’s somebody who proves that she’s more than how she looks and I think a lot of people can relate to that,” she said.

The show features many archetypes alongside the “dumb blonde.”

Junior Kaitie Bessette plays a stereotypical nerd in the show.

“That’s what the show is about — putting a stereotype on someone and then working past it and realizing it doesn’t matter,” she said.

Cronan said she took cause being in a production is a big time commitment, mitting even more time as the director.

“It’s hard because I do have a full-time job and a 16-year-old and a husband, but you love it, you know, and that’s what community theater is about,” she said.

Graduate student Sabrina Sydnor said it can be because it is such a big time

Artist captures campus in watercolor Josh Holz Cynic Correspondant A local painter has given UVM’s snowy campus some color.

Peter Huntoon painted UVM in watercolors as a part of his “A Day in Vermont” project.

“What pops out to me is the green in the trees,” senior Kelly Ramos said, commenting on the painting. “I like the contrast a lot.”

“I think he’s getting the essence of UVM’s campus,” said senior Anna Hill. “It represents a local art scene.”

The project lets him share Vermont’s beauty with a wider audience, Huntoon said.

“You need a fresh breath of Vermont air to remember you live in a beautiful place,” he said. “It lets me share that experience.”

Huntoon said he gets to share that experience of Vermont every week, painting different locations. He said he has wanted to paint UVM for a long time.

“I love architecture and Vermont, so it was a no brainer,” he said.

In his twenties, Huntoon began painting at watercolor workshops in Rutland, Vermont.

Painting has allowed him to work with color at an emotional level, he said.

“Color hits you in the heart Huntoon said.

Being in the right mood allows you to paint sincerely, and Huntoon said he loved the energetic mood he got from UVM students.

MOLLY DUFF The Vermont Cynic Leading lady Hannah Marshall (left) and her costar rehearse at the Lyric Theatre warehouse March 30. “Legally Blonde: The Musical”, which will be performed at the Flynn, will be Marshall’s second show with Lyric Theatre.

commitment, especially for a student.

“Sometimes I’m reading journal articles in between scenes,” Sydnor said.

“I just try to get my

“Strange Trails” rating:

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DAYNA WYCKOFF The Vermont Cynic Peter Huntoon, a local Vermont artist, poses above with a painting of the University of Vermont campus at Uncommon Grounds March 31.

“I got a sense of optimism from the students,” Huntoon He said he uses that same optimism when painting.

“I paint best when I’m happy,” Huntoon said.

He said he loves painting with watercolor for its spontaneous quality.

“I’ll start with a big splotch of color on the canvas,” he said.

“You invite chaos, and then impose order when you’re painting.”

Ten-thousand hours of painting has helped shape this process, he said. He paints in his studio in Middletown, Vermont and continues to work locally.

He shares his paintings of Vermont every Monday on his website, peterhuntoon.com.

homework done whenever I can,” she said.

Thanks to the hard work, Cronan said the only thing missing is an audience.

When an album takes you to the very edge of the world and back, it’s worth a listen.

“Strange Trails” weaves tales of lost love, brushes with death and journeys into the unknown.

A Los Angeles-based foursome has revived the indie-folk style they’ve been crafting since 2010 to greet old and new fans alike.

The foursome, Lord Huron, is named after Lake Huron, where lead singer Ben Schneider spent his summers.

Following up the 2012 release of “Lonesome Dreams,” Lord Huron’s album “Strange Trails” does what most sophomore albums fail to do: blow their heavily lauded predecessor out of the water.

The listener is indeed taken down strange trails with dreamlike Americana tracks dealing with mortality and life on the road, such as “Meet Me in the Woods,” “Way Out There,” “The Yawning Grave” and “Dead Man’s Hand.”

The LPs opener “Love Like Ghosts” is a driving, atmospheric proclamation by frontman Ben Schneider.

“There ain’t a language for the things I feel,” Schneider sings, which ultimately feels like a straight-faced lie given the highly poetic nature of his

lyrics.

Diverging from Lord Huron’s classic alt-country sound, “Meet Me in the Woods” unexpectedly channels a dark ‘80s Springsteen.

It is most memorable for its reverberating vocals and medley of instrumentals that seem to have been collected on their journeys near and far.

“Darkness brings evil things, oh the reckoning begins” is mournfully sung in compliment to tittering bells in the standout “The Yawning Grave.”

The bells build a seamless bridge into “Frozen Pines” that on the Shore” into “She Lit a Fire” on their debut album.

The album closes with a yearning question mark rather than a conclusive period.

“The Night We Met” is subtly the most intoxicating track on the album.

Schneider confesses “I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you” over instrumentals and vocals that can only be compared to howling prairie winds.

A clear creative energy lingers over “Strange Trails.”

It isn’t a stand-alone album, but rather a single piece in the thematic puzzle of Lord Huron’s vision.

Listeners should anticipate follow-up comic books, interactive phone lines and a short

Erin Lucey is a junior anthropology and English major and has been the photo editor for The Cynic since fall 2014.

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Burlington is welcoming a self-proclaimed “child freak.”

Terry Galloway will be in Burlington for a book reading and a play performance.

Both works are based on her life experiences, with a focus on her homosexuality and losing her hearing as a child and regaining it as an adult.

She will be reading from and talking about her memoir, “Mean Little Deaf Queer,” Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at Phoenix Books.

The title is self-explanatory for the memoir; it is about how we determine why people like me matter, Galloway said. By sharing her experiences, the author provides a voice for disabilities.

“I like the way Galloway isn’t afraid to tell her story,” sophomore Nicole Dulac said.

“Memoir writing is a part of the great explosion of democratic energy,” she said.

Galloway will also be performing “You Are My Sunshine,” a play about her experience in losing, then regaining her hearing ability. The performance will be held 8 p.m. April 11 at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.

hockey team’s confliction Colin Kamphuis Arts Columnist

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALAN POGUE Terry Galloway, an award-winning writer, pictured above. She recently wrote a memoir titled “Mean Little Deaf Queer” and will be doing a reading of it April 9. Galloway is a deaf, queer writer and performer.

Galloway’s work centers on sharing her life experiences with others.

“I have found that people who have a yearning often have an equally powerful sense of shame about their own stories,” Galloway said. “That’s why it’s good

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Deborah Reger spins under the name DJ Deb Reger Tuesdays from noon to 2 p.m.

She regularly plays Native American musicians from all genres and com-

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to write with others, so they ten believe your story more than you.”

There is a $3 entry fee for the reading of Galloway’s memoir, which includes a oir.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in proxy wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and the world of international ice hockey.

At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union was in shambles.

There were more than 24 million casualties during the war, the economy was sluggish and infrastructure was obliterated in many cities. The communist regime needed a way to prove that their society was superior to the West.

Sports in many ways were a form of warfare for the Soviet Union. Boxing, and ice hockey were a way to demonstrate superiority to rival nations.

In the documentary, “Red Army,” members of the USSR hockey team became heroes in the Soviet Union and represented the socialist triumph over the self-centered Western world.

The documentary delves

into the history of the Soviet hockey team to better understand the men caught in the struggle between nations and economic systems.

Interviews with players and coaches illustrate the pressures put on these young athletes to honor their country.

Recounts of KGB interference in the team’s daily lives reveal the crushing inthe athletes.

After a loss to the United States in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, the Soviet team began training with renewed vigor in pursuit of redemption.

However, cruel coaches NHL forced many players to question their commitment to the Soviet system.

One does not need to be a hockey fan or even care about sports to appreciate this historical documentary.

While the hockey serves message about individuals caught between superpowers presents a fascinating narrative.

Colin Kamphuis is a sophomore political science and economics major and has been writing for The Cynic since fall 2014.

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STAFF EDITORIAL This week, students will be making big decisions about their future — they’ll be deciding what classes to take next semester.

This series of decisions is never easy. And, with so many factors at play, it shouldn’t be.

Not only do students have to navigate academic requirements, but, increasingly, parttime jobs, internships and club commitments, as well.

As the requirements for a successful life after graduation pile on and become progressively more complicated, the need for smart and consistent advising grows. Unfortunately, this need has not been met.

The current advising system has a number of key pitfalls, according to a report last year by the faculty senate.

One of the major issues is a lack of advising standards.

Many students have assessed their adviser in some way — assessments of advisers, like course evaluations, aren’t standard across the colleges. However, these ratings aren’t nearly as useful as they could be without knowing what good advising actually looks like.

Experiential learning — jobs, internships, clubs and volunteer work — was also identiarea needing improvement for UVM advising.

The one, glaring exception is the creation of an advising center. The faculty senate emphasized this need; however it was absent from the provost’s directions and the development of a catch-all advising center is on Installing an advising center Davis Center is would provide small cost.

It’s hard to believe that we’re so strapped for cash, during the largest capital campaign in the University’s history, that we can’t simply relocate the CAT— they don’t need to occupy the

Illustration by Alussa Handelman Successful advising would connect students to these opportunities.

to the deans in a September letter.

He’s asked the deans to

As the requirements for a successful life after graduation pile on and become progressively more complicated, the need for smart and consistent advising grows.

The provost has taken some real, concrete steps to improve work and the directions he gave

standardize the responsibilities of their advisers, involve older students as mentors to younger students, cater to the needs of

campus.

The Career Center has been a success. Its location, openness the minds of students when they need career advice and counseling.

When they need help, they know where to go. That opportunity clearly does not exist when it comes to academic advising.

The worst part is that the groundwork has already been laid and the University knows what it needs to do.

So let’s do it.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Rape jokes are not humorous

The article “Rape Jokes Reveal Injustice” [Mar. 18] is a perfect example of why we need more education regarding rape culture and sexual violence.

Joe Vautrin contends that comedian Hannibal Buress “helped bring a serial rapist [Bill Cosby] to justice … with a rape joke,” which just shows that Vautrin is uneducated about the nature of rape jokes.

Not only are rape jokes offensive, but they are part of rape culture that condones sexual violence and belittles the seriousness of rape. Therefore, regardless of whether Buress’s comments resulted in punishment for Cosby or not, he was still contributing to a culture where rape is not taken seriously and people feel they can laugh at someone else’s trauma.

We do not laugh at army veterans who come home with

PTSD because they experience traumatic situations.

Survivors of rape also can experience PTSD, so why do we feel that rape is a trauma we can laugh at? The aftermath of sexual violence is often dismissed when it is no less important or real than the PTSD of army vets.

Vautrin concludes his piece saying, “We must put up with opinions and comments that we fensive, because one day such opinions could be the only thing that bring truth to an injustice society is unwilling to face.”

We agree that people need to be able to have and discuss different opinions. However, there ing a sincere conversation and making a real issue the butt of a joke.

This is why, according to Vautrin, “Comedians and feminists have almost always been at odds.”

Feminists are not opposed to comedy. Feminists are opposed to language that normalizes rape and diminishes the seriousness of sexual assault.

Further demonstrating the need for increased education about sexual violence is the article that the Cynic published

Sexual violence is one of the most underreported crimes.

The fact that there are more reports now does not mean that sexual violence is necessarily increasing on campus. It means it is a problem we have always had that has simply gone unnoticed and underreported.

Increased reporting indi-

Feminists are not opposed to comedy. Feminists are opposed to language that normalizes rape and diminishes the seriousness of sexual assault

of crimes on campus is more

in March, “Reports of Sexual Assault Unusually High” [Mar. 18].

occurring in our community.

If you would like to help in our educational peer programing and our work to dismantle rape culture on campus, SASA meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Rosa Parks Room.

Stand with us as we work to make our campus a safer and healthier community.

Sincerely, The Coalition of Students Against Sexual Violence

ADVISING Faculty Adviser Chris Evans crevans@uvm.edu

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Why religion should be discussed hashtags and protests around the country and on our campus

Joe Oteng In new company, the rules of etiquette most often dictate that there are three topics inappropriate for polite discourse – religion, politics and money.

Access news coverage from any reputable source and stories are dominated by all three. If we are to remain vigilant about speaking with well-formed opinions, we must gain the background necessary to process the information the media delivers us productively.

Arguably the most taboo of the prohibitions remains religion. I argue that religion may be the most important to have educated knowledge about.

Religion is often thought to be an individual concern, but news sources, outraged

Religion is more than just the genocidal mass murders of Nigerians by the principles of Boko Haram, the practice of voodoo in the Caribbean islands or the independent Baptist patriarchal family dynamics of the Duggar’s of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting.”

Religion is also a Passover seder hosted by Hillel, your friend quietly praying before eating a meal in Cook Commons and the student arguing the irrefutability of science through atheism.

We should want to study religion because it is all around us.

Daily rituals as simple of rolling over every morning to check your phone, to mindful practices of yoga or even the culturally appropriated Hindu spring festival of Holi repurposed as secular color runs.

In studying religion we can both understand and combat the prejudice that still prevails with post-9/11 Islamophobia,

analyze pagan and Wiccan practices and deconstruct the rhetoric sometimes used in Christianity to justify heterosexism and homophobia.

We can problematize how the civil rights movement is

It aids in the nuances between the thoughts of those calling for action from the pulpits and those responding from the pews written in history books as secular, when in fact it was a religiously driven endeavor.

Whether or not you believe religion is a problem or a solution, it is a medium through which people are interacting

with one another and the world around them on a daily basis.

It shows up when Pentecostal Christians speak in tongues, in court to keep tourists out of their ancestral grounds and when people debate whether prayer helps those undergoing medical procedures.

The study of religion is that of people, cultures and histories.

It aids in the nuances between the thoughts of those calling for action from pulpits and those responding from the pews.

It highlights how “Westerners” are incorrect in disregarding the acts of the violence by ISIS as an invalid form of Islam.

It underscores the ways in which religion may be a social construct, but is still nonetheless potent for those that it does real work for.

Our University has a strong religion department interested in breaking down what religion is, what it does for its participants and how it can be usefully applicable to understanding peoples, places and realities.

Whether you want to know why Japanese Shinto practitioners are concerned with cleanliness, how nationalists rallied behind the image of mother India to form a coherent post-colonial nation-state or how biblical narratives were used both to justify slavery and emancipation, religion at UVM seeks to work through it.

Religion is being taught, debated and lived all around us.

Even our Constitution ensures the liberty to believe whatever you would like, but not necessarily embody those beliefs in practice.

With Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law, the killings of Muslim students at UNC over an alleged parking dispute and even Star Wars fans living by the ways of the force – religion is being discussed.

Join the conversation.

Joseph Oteng is a senior religion major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2015.

Racism can be subtle, too Gary Derr, revealed Gaetano Martello

Many people are aware of the recent scandal at University of Oklahoma, where members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were secretly videotaped singing racist chants.

This caused a lot of controversy, but more importantly, people seemed to remove themselves from their own internalized racism and ended up dumping it all on those guilty at OU. This is a clever move, but when racism comes out in ugly, loud ways like this, we should not be fooled into thinking that racism is more prevalent there than anywhere else, particularly in our very own state of Vermont.

In the short amount of time that I have lived in Vermont, I have encountered something that I did not expect In the short amount of time that I have lived in Vermont, I encountered something that I did not expect. Internalized racism — the unconscious notion in one’s mind that other races are inferior in some way — is something that I knew existed everywhere, but the state’s public image fooled me into think-

ing that it was more progressive than the rest of the country, or indeed the rest of the world.

Contrary to my falsely held presupposition, Vermont is not as done with the business of racism as I had been led to believe.

Veiling racism is an elabotively by those who live in areas that are known for tolerance toward racial minorities.

There are areas, stereotypically in the South, that are known for being more explicitly bigoted, but at least those who live in these areas have the merit of being honest.

In some ways, their liberal counterparts can be considered more detrimental to the cause of racial equality, because when they are told to deal with their response is to deny that it exists Being part of Vermont’s culture entails having an inherent belief that if you’re from here, you’re “one of the good ones.”

Vermonters don’t have to deal with racism; that battle is long gone.

It’s Texas and Alabama that have to deal with their racism.

Vermont has moved on to more current topics, like environmentalism and hockey — or so we’re told.

Therefore, because people here are brought up to believe that they’re incapable of being racist, their bigotry displays itself in less explicit ways, but clear nonetheless to non-whites (which, of course, is why it is never said around them).

It comes out in phrases like “I would never date a black girl, you know, as a personal preference,” or “She is gorgeous for a Mexican,” or “You’re not really black. You’re like an Oreo: black on the outside, white on the in-

side.”

To someone who is used to this behavior, this doesn’t seem like internalized racism.

Veiling racism is an elaborate art, performed most effectively by those who live in areas that are known for tolerance toward racial minorities But that’s exactly what makes it internalized. If these views aren’t addressed directly, harmful perceptions of minorities are unlikely to change.

The actions of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity should not be perceived as isolated. It is only one of the louder, more ugly manifestations of a viewpoint that has existed for a long time, and that manifests itself more often in subtle ways.

As long as this happens, we will still be dealing with racism white people will never see.

This should cause us to this viewpoint as heavily as we can, so that we can live in a truly equal and transparent society, one in which everyone is truly seen as equal and valuable, regardless of their skin color or heritage.

Gaetano Martello is an undeclared sophomore. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

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“Eureka!”

The words resounded harshly against the sterile, eggshell-colored walls of the laboratory.

Gary Derr shoved various half-empty alembics to the side and scribbled feverishly into the scrap ledgers of his UVM brand, recycled, one-subject notebook. After years of research in the sub-basement of the chemical compound to prevent ageing.

“I told those administrators this wasn’t a waste of space,” he mumbled to himself. The area was previously a sort of dungeon used to punish intro chemistry students, but upon the hiring of Erik Ruggles, the chamber felt a tad lacking and redundant.

All at once, visions of fortune and fame inundated his imagination. “I could keep this to myself and become a king, or even better, the next University of Vermont president.”

“But no, I can’t. The students need to know!” He swiveled hastily over to his computer station and brought up the “UVM Announcements and Events” draft. the mouse. The power of the

situation gripped him tightly, yet with tremulous hands he clicked “send.”

The computer howled with strain as it always did. Despite being made of all famously powerful pieces; the CPU of Deep Blue, the motherboard of IBM’s eye of HAL, emailing the entirety of the student population was a borderline Sisyphean task even with the fastest of processers.

As the whirring faded to a soft hum, his brain followed with his forehead smashed into the keyboard.

After years of research in the subbasement of Angell Hall, he’d finally found the chemical compound to prevent ageing Derr awoke suddenly the next afternoon for reasons unknown. A single tear rolled down his cheek as he refreshed his email – what he gazed upon twisted his heart and wrenched his mind.

Zero new messages, zero read messages.

Once again just like every week, not a single student cared to peruse his weekly update.

“Why live forever when you can only live alone?” Derr choked out, ruddy and indented head in his hands.

And with that he crumpled the formula page up and tossed it into the trash bin. Then decidedly removed it and correctly placed it in the recycling.

Sports

Track team begins outdoor season “After having to train in

Fredric Fields Assistant Sports Editor Spring is in the air, and so is another season for the men and

hear at meets what was working for the team,” she said.

teams. indoor competition, the teams

that it carries through to out door.”

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size track and prepare to com pete again in the America East Conference.

This winter has been good

Track athletes don’t always get the credit they deserve.

ished another indoor season, being honored with an America

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the America East Indoor Cham pionships.

Outdoor America East Champi championships our team has

year, which are both the best

past few months indoors.

“It was great to see many

PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICS Senior Martin Kallur competes in the hurdles for the track team. UVM will compete next April 11 in Princeton, NJ.

said.

“Keep supporting each other and keep putting in hard work

ney Durand and junior Dana Gaetani, Roderick praised the success of the team that she at tributes it to their work ethic.

me year to year with their work ethic and desire to get better.

get the credit they deserve. For both teams, the perseverance

take for the teams to have a chance to win the America East Championship this year, Roder

On the women’s team, com

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Jersey.

hard,” she said. “However, both

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UVM says that FanPay puts athletes at risk

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“I understand that the prem ise of the fundraising is that the

mission, and the threat of “the promise of pay.”

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chusetts.

“We were supposed to have and that caused a ton of prob

MARISSA ROSENTHAL The Vermont Cynic UVM track outside the Gutterson Fieldhouse is pictured April 2. Outdoor track

said. “So since the meet got arrange a new meet which was home meets has more to do with the Vermont weather.” what disappointed to not have any home meets this season, they remain focused on compet peting.

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track. the nicer tracks in the confer ence,” DeLuna said. “We hosted the America East tournament Connors echoed DeLuna’s praise of the UVM track.

“We have one of the best tracks I’ve ever run on,” Con nors said. “It was brand new my freshman year. It’s a great track.”

This year, the University East Conference tournament. home meets, it’s nice to race at our track and in front of our fans,” DeLuna said. “It doesn’t

I don’t know if the student ath

to compete for the upcoming spring season. tations, our indoor team did because it jeopardizes student son, everyone is pretty pumped up.”

Connors said he is not wor time that comes with not hav

versy surrounding the group. someone is donating money

We’re going to race hard.” tions for the upcoming season, he said.

Much of this optimism comes from both the success of the indoor track team this past

the outdoor season before the America East Championships

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ing to be an issue. For indoor point we are pretty used to it,” Connors said.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015

Accelerated Summer College At Saint Michael’s College, students can get ahead in their college careers with our on-campus all-inclusive innovative instructional experience.

GET AHEAD smcvt.edu/asc2015

May 18-June 26, 2015 6 Weeks 8 Credits Explore Vermont. Try out St. Mike’s.

Make summer count. Get Ahead.

asc@smcvt.edu

802.654.2721

TAFT CORNERS

62 Merchants Row Ste 101 Williston, VT 05495 802-872-2800 M-F 9–8 | SAT 9–6 | SUN 11–5

THE GATEWAY SHOPPING CENTER

570 Shelburne Rd South Burlington, VT 05403 802-651-1000 M-F 9–8 | SAT 8:30–6 | SUN 9–6

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CLEAN. SHARP. READY.