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Finding a safe ride The SGA vice president is behind a plan to help students find rides home after a late night downtown. The program would provide people with free transportation on weekend evenings.

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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 latenight safety shuttle provided

by UVM’s transportation and parking services, this program would be accessible to all members of the Burlington community and would have fewer route limitations, Davis said.

Some students said there should be more transportation options available for students who live outside of the late night safety shuttle route.

“I live in the North End, and it’s very inconvenient for me to get home late at night, especially when the closest I can get to

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Students walking around late at night in a downtown Burlington neighborhood Sept. 5. OLIVER POMAZI/Vermont Cynic Davis’ ultimate goal is to implement a program that could be used as a safety tool for residents of the city.

“What I was really looking into was not something that’s solely for students, it’s really for

A program like this would not only make my life a lot easier, it would also make me feel a lot safer about living downtown

Lynden Prior Junior

my house is Pearl Street Beverage,” junior Lynden Prior said.

“A program like this would not only make my life a lot easier, it would also make me feel a lot safer about living downtown.”

A similar program at the University of Wyoming served as a model for Davis’ plan.

Davis said he is working with Wendy Koenig, UVM’s federal relations director, to collect data and information from Laramie, Wyoming, and determine the functionality of a late night transportation program in Burlington.

This program is still in its early stages, Davis said.

“It’s not something that’s really going to get a lot of funding for a couple of years until the budget situation changes,” he said.

“It just has to do with the federal government and how much they’re putting constraints on the state,” Davis said.

people in Burlington in general,” Davis said.

He is currently reaching out to the Burlington Police Department to analyze DUI and public intoxication arrests records and understand determine how many of those alcohol-related arrests were students, Davis said.

Sophomore Erin Okrant,

sees an alternate use for the program.

“Transportation in Burlington may seem very accessible to some residents, but we need to take into account residents who work odd hours downtown, such as bartenders or other late-night employees,” Okrant said. “It would be efficient if we could get a later bus schedule to accommodate residents with late night jobs so that they are receiving the same care in our community.”

Though still a work in progress, a program like this could change the face of late-night transportation in Burlington.

“I think this program is a great idea,” student Sandy Halbing said.

“It obviously gets extremely cold here in the winter, and I think that this would not only be good for citizens to get home safe after a night out, but also to combat against walking at night in harsh conditions.”

Editorial Could money spent on policing be spent on something better at keeping students safe?

The Cynic editorial board opines on the messages paying for policing sends, and how we could be keeping our community safer.

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On Saturday night, the streets of Burlington were mobbed by college students returning to school, and to party culture.

One man was confronted for public urination. A white van branded with the Burlington Public Works logo rolled along Buell Street on their patrol route. A Burlington officer confronted the offender, taking his information and ticketing him. At another house on Buell Street, a patrolling unit forced a group of students from their porch.

Subsidized by the University, which has paid for these late night student-area patrols with tuition dollars since July 2012, the BPD are a frequent presence in student-heavy neighborhoods.

To pay for the officers’ extra hours spent conducting these patrols, UVM allocates $100,000 per year from the general fund — 56.2 percent of which is made up of in-state and out-of-state tuition, according to the UVM Sourcebook.

“Obviously a lot of it is tuition money that goes into the budget, but there are a lot of other sources, and it’s just one more expense,” said Richard Cate, vice president for finance and treasurer at UVM. “It’s like paying a light bill.”

The University and Burlington have had an agreement for how much UVM pays the city for services provided each year (story continues on page 5)

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Burlington police patrol student-populated neighborhoods every weekend partly funded by UVM tuition dollars.

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3:40 A.M. A person had fallen from the third floor at a house by Colchester Avenue and Pearl Street.

UVM police services responded to the incident to assist the Burlington Fire Dept. Rescue and the Burlington police.

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They were safely transported to the hospital.

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Sophomore environmental studies student Gina Fiorile stands in the Aiken Center Sept. 4. Fiorile returned to the White House Aug. 20 for a climate education event. RYAN THORNTON/Vermont Cynic

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It’s people like Gina that give me hope we will find ways to improve our communities, deal with the climate challenge and move forward.

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career, she started working with UVM ecological economics professor Jon Erickson on a PBS documentary about the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit called “The Resilient Ones.”

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SEPT. 1 12:27 A.M. McCann Hall staff reported several people outside smoking marijuana by the picnic tables.

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A UVM sophomore visited the White House to share her knowledge and ideas on climate change initiatives

Being invited to the White House is not something many people can claim; however, sophomore environmental studies student Gina Fiorile already had it checked off her bucket list when she went back to the White House Aug. 20.

This summer, the White House hosted a Back-to-School Climate Education Event, inviting members of academic and government organizations to debate and share their knowledge and ideas on climate change, according to a White House blog post.

Fiorile said she began her career in environmental advocacy as a sophomore in high school, joining her school’s environmental club and being involved in the planning of the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit in upstate New York.

“It was there that I learned about how the impacts of climate change would be felt around the world and in the area where I call home,” Fiorile said.

“After my first experience at the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit, I have been dedicated to reducing my personal carbon footprint and encouraging others to do the same,” she said.

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commented on Fiorile’s efforts and accomplishments, saying “It’s people like Gina that give me hope we will find ways to improve our communities, deal with the climate challenge and move forward.”

Fiorile’s first invitation to the White House came this February. Along with seven other students nationwide, Fiorile was honored for her work on climate change education in response to her involvement with the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit.

This summer, she received her second invitation to the White House.

A group of 200 high school students, educators and key leaders in the education community were invited to the event, according to whitehouse. gov.

Fiorile said she participated in interactive discussions and presentations with many senior officials involved in governmental climate action.

“I engaged in a fireside chat on stage with Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, the head of NOAA and first woman [to walk] in space to share more about students’ role in fighting climate change,” Fiorile said.

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SGA Initiatives for the 20152016 School Year PEER ADVISING INITIATIVE The initiative would give all incoming first-year students a peer advisor from their major.

Peer advisors would reach out to first-years as early as orientation to help with academic decisions and transitioning from high school.

A pilot program is planned to launch in the spring by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Sen. Patrick Leahy chats with Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet in the Davis Center Sept.

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“I went to a private boarding school completely free because of the help of the community, so

My motto is, if you have the ability to do it, why don’t you?

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local – that has given to them.

“I lived just above the poverty line and my whole community helped me out,” she said.

whatever I can do to give back and make a difference I do.”

Olivia Harris, a first-year, said that volunteerism is simple.

“My motto is if you have the ability to do it … why don’t you?” she said.

In contrast, Nick Vidal, a sophomore Russian and global studies major, said he believes UVM’s socioeconomic demographics have much to do with the high rates of Peace Corp volunteers.

“Not that going down this path is necessarily a bad thing, but there is a level of wealth and liberally educated mindset that goes along with joining a nonprofit global volunteer organization,” he said.

Professor studies natural disasters

By Jill vaglica

Ten years ago, a UVM professor of sociology went to New Orleans to begin a seven-year research project studying the effects of natural disasters on children, specifically Hurricane Katrina.

Over the course of these years, UVM professor Alice Fothergill and co-author Lori Peek, a sociologist from Colorado State University, conducted research aiming at understanding as much as they could about children’s experience with Hurricane Katrina.

Fothergill and Peek interviewed hundreds of children, but featured seven children in their newly released book, “Children of Katrina,” who are representative of many more affected.

“A couple of things really stand out,” Fothergill said.

“One is that recovery is an incredibly long process; it’s not an endpoint, it’s a process, it goes on and on, and it’s uneven and lengthy and often very difficult for children.”

“It was very clear to us that it was not individual characteristics of the children, so it wasn’t how resilient they were, or industrious, or intelligent,”

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UVM ranks fifth in the nation for number of Peace Corps volunteers produced, and is gaining recognition from Vermont’s senior senator.

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet met with Sen. Patrick Leahy Sept. 2, in order to acknowledge and promote UVM relations with the Peace Corps over the past 50 years, according to the press release.

“Vermont and the University of Vermont are both rock stars in our eyes,” Hessler-Radelet said Leahy said UVM volunteers have allowed the Peace Corps to grow and develop over the past 50 years.

The Peace Corps helps many people make their volunteer dreams come true, according to the Peace Corps Northeast website.

A recent UVM grad and Essex Junction native, Taylor Dorn had put the Peace Corps on her bucket list 10 years ago and is now in Panama as an education volunteer, the website stated.

UVM’s active volunteerism is supported by various programs and student clubs such as the Dewey House for Community and Civic Engagement and the coed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, according to the UVM website Casey Bartlett, a first-year and member of the Dewey

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she said. “It was structural disadvantages that made the most difference in how their lives played out after the disaster. So having social, economic and political resources made the most difference.”

Evaluating all spheres of the children’s lives, their family, housing and neighborhood, physical and mental health, extracurricular activities, recreation, religious involvement,

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“That is something we call cumulative vulnerability, things were building and building and building and they were incredibly vulnerable,” she said.

“The second one we call finding equilibrium, and this smaller group of children, after a short initial decline, they found stability,” Fothergill said. “So this group, their families, by and large, had resources, and for example, the way resources really

It was structural disadvantages that made the most difference in how their lives played out after the disaster.

Professor Alice Fothergill

participation in sports, schools and relationships with peers, Fothergill and Peek found that advantages and disadvantages these heavily influenced the trajectories of the children’s lives.

Fothergill and Peek categorized the children’s lives following the disaster into three distinct trajectories: declining, finding equilibrium and fluctuating.

Children who were declining had severe and simultaneous disruption in their lives, and were most disadvantaged before the disaster, Fothergill said.

played out for them is most of those children were able to leave before the levees broke.”

“The third group of kids, they weren’t as vulnerable as the declining trajectory kids and they weren’t as stable as the finding equilibrium, and their lives continued to go up and down for the seven years that we studied them. So for example, we might have a child who is perhaps doing well in one sphere of their life but not in another,” she said.

“Most Americans are just one disaster away from downward mobility,” Fothergill said.

Sophomore Kieran McBrien lived on Long Beach Island, New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012.

Her father’s construction business initially struggled after the storm, but it also served as a key resource in helping the family recover financially.

Her family lost about $20,000 in damages to their home, she said.

“My dad lost all of his power tools, his business plummeted because he didn’t have any of the materials for work, but after that happened, he was getting like seven to eight calls every day from people who wanted their houses redone,” McBrien said.

“The business was really affected, initially plummeting, but it also skyrocketed,” she said.

“My little sister is terrified, every time it rains now, she asks us if it’s going to flood,” McBrien said. “We didn’t have power for two weeks, or heat, so we couldn’t stay in our house.

She’s super scarred from it, because she was young.”

“Family was a huge resource, family was coming all over the country to help their relatives pick up the mess,” she said.

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Each member would serve until they graduate, attending residential meetings in Burlington to develop and sustain relationships between students and residents of Burlington.

After receiving final support letters, nominations for members of the committee will begin, along with an application and interview process held by COLA. RESPONSIBILITY CENTERED MANAGEMENT This is a tiered system of budgeting for SGA clubs. The more money a club requests, the more money they have to fundraise. The system enables SGA to increase funds to all clubs on campus and help establish more realistic requests from clubs.

Responsibility Centered Management is currently being finalized.

COMBATING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE The Step Up program will take place at the annual senate training retreat.

SGA senators will be trained how to intervene in situations and how to properly advocate for the issue. Senators will also be instructed in how to teach others to be proactive in preventing sexual assault and violence.

A committee of senators and other parties will be dedicated to informing people about reporting sexual violence, what rights they have and holding events. The formation of the committee will be happening as soon as possible.

PROMOTION OF CLUBS Every two weeks SGA will send out an email to the student body to outline what they’ve done and highlighting events other clubs are having.

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UVM sells off housing

BY Kelsey Neubauer Kelsey.Neubauer@uvm.edu

Superintendent will teach course at UVM

By John Riedel

This academic year will be the last year for UVM grad students to enjoy cheap, university housing through the Apartments and Family Housing at Ethan Allen in Colchester.

UVM has stated that it is in the process of selling the graduate housing complex to the Champlain Housing Fund, a nonprofit housing organization in Burlington.

The sale would displace at least 120 students and their families, according to Vermont Public Radio.

In the past year the Champlain Housing Fund has also purchased 26.65 acres of land from Burlington College, according to their website.

The fund is working on developing land that was formerly part of Champlain College in conjunction with Burlington City Housing Community, the city of Burlington and the Vermont Land Trust, according to the website.

Annie Stevens, vice provost for student affairs, said that the driving force of the sale is many of the buildings are in need of repairs and the University would like to house students closer to campus.

“There’s larger issues here around the sale,” she said in an interview with VPR. “Not just trying to make sure the students are doing well, but what other financial benefits might

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The graduate Ethan Allen housing is pictured. The sale of this property will displace at least 120 students.

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the university see in this ­— in the greater scheme of this.”

Gil Tansman, a Ph.D student and AFH resident said the University has not done much to ensure that those displaced will be able to find alternative housing.

Kelsey Sullivan, a second year medical student at UVM and an AFH resident said they apartments provide convenience and comfort for the community.

The prospect of having to find new housing, especially for those with families, is frightening, she said.

Sullivan has created a petition on Change.org called “Save UVM Apartments and Family

Representative talks about cost of college

BY Kelsey Neubauer Kelsey.Neubauer@uvm.edu

Vermont Rep. Peter Welch visited UVM to hold a roundtable discussion about college affordability Sept. 1.

Participants in the discussion included Scott Giles, president of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, various students, recent graduates and parents of students.

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We’ve got to bring the cost [of college] down Representative Peter Welch

Welch said his goal is to make college affordable for everybody, and described the panel as “impressive.”

Cassidy Price of Charlotte, Vermont is in the Early College Program at the Community College of Vermont.

Price said she chose this route because of the amount of money it would save her and her family. It will also help when

applying for colleges at the end of her senior year, she said.

Rachel Henning of Essex, Vermont balances being a mother, working and going to school at CCV. She will be completing her academic program this fall.

Deborah Lesser of Burlington is a parent who has sent five children through the higher education system using dual enrollment and early college programs.

The opportunities for early college and dual enrollment programs are “really exciting,” Welch said.

“We can’t have a [tuition] model with a 3 to 5 percent tuition increase every year,” Welch said.

Welch said there should be a willingness to let students refinance their loans, which would save them a huge amount of money.

Welch said he and Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders will do “everything they can” to keep the cost of higher education as low as possible.

“We’ve got to bring the cost down,” Welch said.

Housing.”

According to the petition’s preamble – UVM has, so far, has not offered grads any housing alternatives.

The petition states that AFH holds a diverse group of graduate students, medical students and alternative students who are both domestic and international.

The petition, addressed to the president of the university and the board of trustees, states that it is calling for access to housing for graduate and medical students.

This year, the Burlington Superintendent will be teaching courses in the College of Education and Social Services.

The course will be “Language, Policy Issues and Race in Learning,” according to University communications.

The Burlington School District released a statement Aug. 26 announcing that Yaw Obeng, a citizen of Canada, obtained an H-1B visa and would fill a faculty position at UVM. An H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that would allow Obeng to work in the U.S., according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website.

Obeng was the Superintendent of the Halton District School Board, located near Toronto, Canada.

Obeng said he hopes to convey his experiences teaching and learning to his students so that they can benefit any community once they are employed.

“I hope that I get a chance to give the students some perspectives, not just from their own jurisdiction but global perspectives because I do have international experience,” Obeng said.

“I have a lot of personal experience with English as a second language students.”

Obeng said his experiences with diversity in the school dis-

trict is part of why he came to teach at UVM. “It made sense in terms of what they wanted me to do, focusing around one of our priorities in the district, English language learners, and looking at issues of equality and diversity.

So it was a natural fit,” Obeng said.

Interim Dean for the College of Education and Social Services Cindy Gerstl-Pepin agreed that Obeng is a natural fit for the position.

She also said he brings significant leadership experience in improving educational organizations.

“He also brings significant knowledge in how to create an environment conducive to English language learners specifically,” Gerstl-Pepin said.

She said the Burlington School District contacted UVM when a teaching position opened up in the summer, and Obeng expressed an interest in the opportunity.

“One of our faculty members decided for personal reasons that she wanted to leave the university July 9,” Gerstl-Pepin said. “She was going to teach a course in the fall and a course in the spring that are part of our new English Language Learner endorsement and this is brand new for us.”

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The debate surrounding the creemee

By Emilee COnroe econroe@uvm.edu

Junior Abigail Howlett said she had no idea what her friends were talking about when they invited her to get a creemee her first-year at UVM. A Massachusetts native, she said always called it soft serve. “creemees are the bomb,” sophomore Mara Carini said.

“The black raspberry twist is pretty stellar.”

Soft serve likely originated as ice cream stored at a slightly higher temperature, but by the 1950s, companies began creat-

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It has a weird sexual connotation if we’re being completely honest Lily Gewirz Sophomore

ing the unique mixes we know as creemees today, according to Seven Days.

“I’ve been told the mix is made with a thicker milk,” said senior Kate Fitzgerald, a server

at Ice Cream Bob’s, located near ECHO museum.

Ice Cream Bob’s has been around for 13 years.

They use chocolate and vanilla mixtures from Saint Alban’s and add in maple syrup and black raspberries to create their flavors, Fitzgerald said.

But not everyone, especially out-of-state students, are comfortable with the unique name.

“It’s stupid,” sophomore Katie Pfefferle said. “I’ve actually never had a creemee here because I want a soft serve.”

Sophomore Lily Gewirz said she likes creemees but finds the name to be odd.

“It has a weird sexual connotation if we’re being completely honest,” Gewirz said. “I think the two ee’s in the spelling are off-putting.”

Junior Ian Danforth said Vermonters should get it right.

“It’s called soft serve,” he said.

Even some native Vermonters appear to be confused.

“I do get people from southern Vermont who don’t know what [a creemee] is,” Fitzgerald said.

But some individuals, like junior Dan Calano, are happy with the creemee name.

Mike Miller, Burlington local and Saint Michael’s College student, prepares a creemee at Ice Cream Bob’s at the waterfront on College St. Sept. 2. JEN RAMIREZ/Vermont Cynic “I grew up calling them creemees, I didn’t know they were called anything else until the seventh grade,” Calano said.

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UVM study brings controversy

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A study conducted by UVM in 2012-2013 on cafeteria food waste in Vermont public schools is raising questions about national school meal regulations.

The study was published Aug. 26 and gained national attention in the media because it found students were wasting fruits and vegetables despite the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

Part of this act included requiring students to pick a serving of fruit or vegetable at lunch, according to a UVM press release dated Aug. 19

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The study took place during the first year following the implementation of the new guideline and was also small in size, looking at two elementary schools in Vermont. The study wasn’t an accurate representation of either the behaviors inside the lunchroom or of the school meal environments, according to a media release dated Aug. 26.

“I’m not saying what the researchers found in the study wasn’t accurate,” said Anore Horton, nutrition initiatives director for Hunger Free Vermont. “But it is not representative of now because it took place during a transition year.”

[The press] played really beautifully into the hands of those in Congress who are interested in cutting funding

Anore Horton Hunger Free Vermont

The act, which was implemented in 2010, authorized both funding and policies for the major USDA child nutrition programs.

One of the included programs was the National School Lunch Program, according to the USDA website.

UVM researchers conducted the study during the 2012-2013 school year, the first year the regulations took place.

But other organizations such as the nonprofit Hunger Free Vermont argue that UVM’s study is “telling an inaccurate story of what is happening in school meal programs,” Alida Duncan wrote in an email, Development and Marketing director for Hunger Free Vermont.

Although UVM’s press release mentioned the dates, Horton said it was not clear to the reader that the results were not representative of the present.

“No one is going to read the [whole] study; if you have that expectation, unfortunately that is pretty naive,” she said.

She said that schools initially struggled implementing the new regulations and convincing children to pick up a fruit or vegetable at lunch.

“We were under no illusions that it was going to be a very dramatic and challenging change, especially for older schoolchildren who were new to the rule,” Horton said.

Horton said that since the study, children have consumed

more fruits and vegetables. Vegetable consumption actually increased by 16.2 percent, according to a more recent 2014 Harvard study.

Although consumption has increased, Horton said there are concerns as to how the UVM study could impact future decisions in Congress about school meal programs. “[The press] played really beautifully into the hands of those in Congress who are interested in cutting funding for critical nutrition safety nets like SNAP and school meal programs,” she said.

Horton said that the new challenge is convincing Congress to keep the regulations from 2010.

“I ultimately believe that nutrition is the most important,” sophomore Sage Ryan said regarding the regulations.

“They’re very impressionable at this age and are learning healthy eating habits for the rest of their lives,” she said.

Hunger Free Vermont is a “state-wide nonprofit,” that is “dedicated to providing nutrition education and expanding access to nutrition programs that nourish Vermont’ children, families, and communities,” according to their website.

The organization has the mission of ending the “injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters,” according to website.

By assisting schools to establish or expand breakfast and lunch programs, they are helping provide school age children with a “reliable source of nutrition,” according to the website.

over whether or not the term is “wrong”, creemees seem to be a popular treat in Vermont, as suggested by their Facebook community page boasting over 9,500 likes dedicated to the

creemee.

“I never have a bad day serving people ice cream,” Fitzgerald said. “No one is ever sad getting ice cream.”

Study Abroad

Study abroad: a new adventure is about to begin Hunter colvin

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n exactly five days I will be boarding a plane headed for England.

For the next three months, I will be in Newcastle, England, studying, exploring, learning, and drinking (hello, drinking age of 18).

It’s a little nerve-wracking.

For three months, I will be in another country, far away from friends, family and from everything that is familiar to me.

I will be honest; I’m definitely a homebody. But going away will make being home that much sweeter.

And besides, I picked Newcastle because it reminded me of home.

Newcastle is home to many colleges, they speak English, and there is so much going on on-campus and in town that I know I will find something to do while I’m there.

“Newcastle’s flashier claim to fame is nightlife,” according to tripadvisor.com. “Throw in a heap of premium restaurants serving foods from all over the world and it’s no wonder young partiers choose to blow their hard-earned (or not-so-hardearned) cash in Newcastle.”

See? It’s almost the British version of Burlington. Except bigger. And older. And a lot closer to Scotland.

Also, the full name of the city is Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. That’s the fanciest city name I’ve ever

heard.

So while I’m worried about how real the packing struggle is, or where I’m going to find shampoo in Newcastle, where my classes are going to be, what classes I’m going to take, I’m

For three months, I will be in another country, far away from friends, family and from everything that is familiar to me ready for this new adventure.

Meanwhile, all of you back at UVM are probably worried about whether or not you can drop that math class and still graduate.

Or you may be wondering how to get across campus with so much construction.

And you are probably adjusting to life living with brand new people.

We are both experiencing new things.

But know that we are about to embark on an amazing adventure, together.

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

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Professor maps children’s course

By Kristina Samulewski ksamulew@uvm.edu

Professor Meghan Cope discusses her love of architecture in her office Sept. 2. As a professor of geography, Cope focuses on urban social attitudes and space. RYAN THORNTON/Vermont Cynic

To know Meghan Cope, professor of geography, is to know her love of spaces and architecture.

That’s why her office, nestled in the historic Old Mill building, seems perfect for her.

“I really love Old Mill and the campus,” Cope said.

Her love of architecture was just a stepping stone to her path of studying geography, she said.

Cope said she first studied sociology as an undergrad, but eventually shifted to geography while exploring graduate programs because it allowed her to pursue her various interests.

“I loved the way that it allowed me to look at society, politics, economics, the environment and architecture — all these different things that I was interested in,” she said.

Cope’s personal interests have heavily influenced her work as an urban social geographer, which is why she is adamant about changing the conversation around her beloved field.

“Geography is a really misunderstood discipline,” Cope said. “People think we sit around memorizing capitals and things like that, and it’s so much more.”

She is currently working on a new project called Mapping American Childhoods, where she studies themes such as geographic mobility and migration in childhood.

“I’m really interested in public space and the ways that kids are either welcomed or not welcomed in public space and how that is enforced,” Cope said.

ProfessorRatings According to ratemyprofessor.com

Helpfulness: 3.8/5 Clarity: 3.8/5 Easiness: 3.5/5 Overall rating: 3.8/5 With all the work she does as an urban social geographer, Cope hopes to change the attitude around children as individuals.

“I would like to heighten awareness of children as an interesting social group worthy of study, worthy of listening to, worthy of paying attention to their interests, needs and desires,” she said.

Although there are many things at UVM that make Cope’s role as professor enjoyable, she said her students are her favorite part of her job.

“I am just amazed and impressed by the quality of the students,” Cope said. “I love their passion and spark.”

Senior Alex Rosenberg said that professor Cope is one of his favorite professors.

“Her classes are incredibly engaging and the content is always interesting and relevant,” he said.

Senior Andrew Fusco said that professor Cope’s interest in the relationships between places and people is shown in her work.

“Many fellow students frequently wonder what geography is all about, and Dr. Cope has taught me to reply with: it is the relationship between space and place...place and people, space and identity,” Fusco said.

Royall Tyler Theatre undergoes renovation

By Jackie Flynn jflynn2@uvm.edu

A year and $215,000 in renovations later, UVM’s Royall Tyler Theatre is ready to start the season.

During last year’s Homecoming and Family Weekend, a fundraising campaign launched to raise funds to renovate the Royall Tyler Theatre.

Gregory Ramos, chair of the UVM Theatre Department, said the Royall Tyler Theatre is a “gem well worth maintaining.”

The kickoff came after a 40year anniversary celebrating the opening of the theater.

The campaign was launched at a luncheon in Billings Hall by UVM President Tom Sullivan.

Sullivan said his office along with the College of Arts and Sciences would start by contributing $90,000. Alumni were asked to contribute the rest, according to the website.

“With the help of many volunteers and $90,000 in grants from UVM, alumni and community members came together to raise nearly $120,000 in support for renovation,” said

Kevin Morgenstein Fuerst, the senior director of Annual Giving from the UVM Foundation.

The $120,000 raised by alumni was a challenge proposed by Sullivan after announcing the initial $90,000 contribution.

New seats could also be purchased in the theater for $500 dollars, as well as larger sections of seats for more additional costs. “[That] led to restoration of seats here, new seats on either side, fresh paint, new carpets, new sound board,” said Wayne Tetrick, marketing and outreach coordinator of the UVM theatre department.

Altogether, the project cost about $215,000.

Morgenstein Fuerst also said that part of the campaign was the opportunity to name seats within the theatre.

“Over 50 seats were named after alumni, professors, friends and loved ones,” he said.

Renovation began during spring semester last year and was completed this past summer, just in time for perfor-

UVM’s Royall Tyler Theatre is pictured. The theatre is re-opening its doors after $215,000 in renovations toward new seats, paint and carpeting, as well as a soundboard. MARISA ROSENTHAL/Vermont Cynic mances by the Vermont Shakespeare Company, according to the UVM website.

However, some UVM students are unaware that the the-

atre had been renovated at all.

“I didn’t know anything [about the renovation],” firstyear Lisa Weigle said.

“But it’s cool that the de-

partment was able to pull off something so big without a lot of people knowing.”

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Lake Street Dive front woman Rachael Price performs during their sold-out Sept. 2 show at Higher Ground. The band, currently based in Brooklyn, formed while the members attended the New England Conservatory of Music. DAYNA WYCKOFF/Vermont Cynic

Jazz band sells out Higher Ground Lake Street Dive, a jazzy rock and roll band, sells out the Higher Ground ballroom and provides for a unique, jaw-dropping performance that lifted the crowd off their feet Will Gotterer

"Lake Street Dive"

WILLIAM.GOTTERER@UVM.EDU

Defying all genres, Lake Street Dive traversed soulful, jazzy ballads to rock and rollcountry-pop tunes that brought the crowd off of their feet and into the air.

Jaw-dropping vocals, tight musical interplay and uplifting enthusiasm from the audience set the scene of Lake Street Dive’s sold out show at Higher Ground Sept. 1.

“This is a horror rock band,” drummer Mike Calabrese said, pointing to the vampire looking heads on his black t-shirt.

“And they suck,” he said.

“This is what happens when you forget laundry day.”

Interludes of dialogue and jokes were prevalent between songs as the band provided an all-encompassing performance, delivering not only music, but wit, dialogue and an entrancing stage presence.

There are only four members, singer Rachael Price, guitarist and trumpeter Mike Olson, upright bassist Bridget Kearney and drummer Mike Calabrese.

Despite the small size of their group they still deliver the sound of a band twice their size.

Each musician, all former students at the New England

Conservatory of Music, not only exercised their mastery of hand held instruments, but also their voice.

The harmonies were exceptional, providing extraordinary depth to the songs.

“

sounded a lot better in person than on recordings,” he said.

“Her voice is still very impressive on recordings, but live it’s just that much better.”

During the ballad “Just Ask”, people of all ages stood captivated by Price’s seemingly effortless ability to throw spine-tingling notes into the air.

The audience was remarkable.

When a band goes into a

Rachael Price’s voice sounded a lot better in person than on recordings. Her voice is still impressive on recordings, but live it’s just that much better Russell Hanson Senior

Although the band’s newest album, “Bad Self Portraits”, is phenomenal, it does not do the live Lake Street Dive justice.

The combination of band chemistry, charisma and Price’s tantalizing features and mannerisms place the experience on another level.

“The band had a great on stage presence,” said senior Russell Hanson.

“What really stuck out to me was that- and I think it’s rare nowadays- Rachael Price’s voice

breakdown, a particular section of a song, or the crowd gets excited, hand clapping occurs.

Most of the time it is on the first, second, third or fourth beat.

The Lake Street Dive audience instead managed to create a syncopated clapping rhythm that, for a brief moment, placed the audience onstage, as part of the performance.

It is hard to come by a receptive and close-listening crowd.

Oftentimes, crowds believe

that a low volume song is an invitation to speak to one another.

Not at this show.

Captivated by impeccable musicians, people gazed at the stage with smiles, both musician and listener basking in a reciprocity of joy.

Before the show started, a few audience members who saw the band in the past spoke skeptically about whether they were going to hear new songs.

Fans acknowledged that Lake Street Dive has only three albums, and therefore has a limited number of songs to vary their set list with.

Their first album was released in 2011 and is called “Lake Street Dive.”

Their following album is titled, “Fun Machine” and was released in 2012 The group’s most recent album came out in 2014 and is titled “Bad Self Portraits.”

The crowd’s skepticism quickly diminished as Lake Street Dive brought to the stage several new numbers.

One of these was only the second time ever being performed for an audience.

They were instantly hits as the crowd jumped in excitement.

“I’ve seen the band three times- twice last year,” said senior Tobias Howe.

“The first two times it seemed like they came out and played their set like the studio

version, whereas this time they took their songs and expanded upon them,” he said.

“They added rifts and put a new spin to everything. It was more than just listening to their album,” Howe said.

“Songs change when we start to play them for people. That determines the stylistic direction more than anything else,” he said.

“When we record a song, that’s just a snapshot of where it was at that moment. And it continues to grow as we perform it,” said Mike Olsen according to the Lake Street Dive biography page on their website.

Lake Street Dive has been playing together since 2004, according to their biography.

“The band was hand picked

by Minneapolis trumpet/guitar player Mike Olson and named after an actual neighborhood of seedy bars in his hometown,” according to their biography.

As the lights turned on, after an encore of Michael Jackson’s “I Want You Back” and original “You Go Down Smooth”, signaling the end of the show, the crowd died out chanting “one more song”.

Once that died out, many stuck around and continued the dance party as Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ “[I’ve Had] The Time of My Life” blasted from the after-show playlist.

Will Gotterer is a senior English major. He has been writing for The Cynic since fall 2014.

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The music was incredible and every artist I saw tried to give their best show.

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There are a wide variety of music festivals that you can go to over the summer to enjoy music and art.

The Cynic conducted a survey to find which festivals most students attended this summer.

The most attended festival this summer was “The Frendly Gathering,” located in Timber Ridge, Vermont, according to the survey.

“Frendly was amazing.

The vibes were so positive all around and people were nice to be around,” senior Bridget Murphy said.

“The music was incredible and every artist I saw tried to give their best show. Twiddle and Nahko were my favorite artists and their shows were great.”

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Bridget Murphy Senior

The second most attended festival was Camp Bisco.

Mad Decent, Osheaga and Bonnaroo tied for the third slot.

Camp Bisco did not take place last year, but made a return this summer in Scranton, Pennsylvania on the Montage Mountain Ski Resort.

The Disco Biscuits and Bassnectar were two of the headlining acts for the festival.

The information above is from an unscientific poll conducted by the Cynic in order to find which festivals students attended over the summer. INFOGRAPHIC BY PABLO MURPHY-TORRES

Burlington prepares for a “Blackout” event

By Katie Lazarus klazarus@uvm.edu

Raves have raised concerns for citizens of Burlington in the past but Friday, Sept. 18 there will be another blackout.

Burlington Blackout will be put on by DJ Reign One and DJ Spags.

The two DJs have a partnership under the company Hypersonic and have played in venues around Burlington, including Higher Ground, Metronome and Zen Lounge.

UVM junior Brittany LeBeau, who said that raves are not her scene, will not be attending

the Burlington Blackout.

“I have friends who have had personal experiences with raves, and they’re dangerous events,” LeBeau said.

“There’s a high rate of drug use and an overuse of alcohol.”

LeBeau said that Higher Ground is as safe as any concert venue can be.

“I’ve gone and seen things that they couldn’t predict or control,” LeBeau said.

“But it’s safer than other choices around Burlington because they’re used to having bigger events.”

The event is similar to the Barstool Blackout held in 2012,

which was also a black light, house music dance rave.

Senior Ben Parnell said he attended the event in 2012 and said it was “ a shit show.”

“It was super fun and kind of ridiculous, pretty much what you would expect it to be,” Parnell said.

Recent UVM graduate Mickey Witham attended a Barstool Blackout event in Massachusetts and said Burlington Blackout won’t be the same intensity.

“It won’t be as crazy as shows in the city,” he said.

“There won’t be as many people. A lot of people do drugs at shows, I’m not one of them.”

“I’ve seen some pretty crazy costumes and some people tripping balls but never anything really out there,” he said.

“Barstool in Worcester, Massachusetts had 6,000 people and this one will be like 500,” Witham said.

“It isn’t like a show with big artists, which I like better.

I think there will be a lot of younger people at this one in comparison,” he said.

“I love the music. A lot of people go to get girls and stuff but that’s stupid I just like to dance,” Witham said.

DJ Reign One who goes by Aaron Goldfield, said he has

seen drug use firsthand, although he does not participate and is sober five years from drinking and doing drug.

“This isn’t just a place to take MDMA,” Goldfield said.

“I know people who go overboard and I know people like me who don’t need anything else to enjoy the music.”

“This event has potential for [over intoxication] but I feel people are going to do that regardless,” he said.

“I’m trying to provide a place at Higher Ground, which has security with people getting padded down.”

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From Compton to the big screen Colin Kamphuis

"Compton" review

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o have a music biopic as controversial and raw as “Straight Outta Compton” is truly a blessing for fans of hiphop.

The fact that it remains powerful for those with little interest in the history of gangsta rap underscores the influential nature of the film.

This hip-hop biopic details the rise and fall of N.W.A (Niggaz Wit Attitudes), the rap group considered by many to have founded the highly influential gangsta rap genre.

In the film Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella formed, and quickly rose, from poverty to international fame.

They become topics of national debate through their controversial lyrics that appear to glorify violent, gangster lifestyles, although they proclaim that their music is only a reflection of their environment.

As the movie progresses, so do the careers of the young artists, and the conflicts that ensue threaten the integrity of the rev-

olutionary group.

Important issues surrounding drug abuse, crime, AIDS, racism and police corruption are addressed in this unapologetic film.

Moving performances and confident directing make this a film a standout and guarantee its place with some of the greatest music biopics of all time.

Surprise appearances and cultural references contribute to the movie without distracting from the overall plot, and the inside look into the lives of the highly admired musicians adds an intimate dimension to the movie.

One notable element of the film is the message that it delivers that remains relevant to this day.

The systemic abuse and racism from law enforcement authorities directed toward the characters helps to illustrate the volatile environment these young men grew up in.

As controversial as it was, their music portrayed a violent, disturbing reality.

Illustration by HALEY CROCKER

The message about prejudice remains relevant today as controversy rages around events surrounding Ferguson, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin.

N.W.A has long been broken

up, but the impact they had on the hip-hop industry and their influence over subsequent generations of artists is well documented in “Straight Outta Compton.”

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

Movie explores teen girl’s sexual awakening Zoe Macdonald

"The Diary of a Teenage Girl"

ZMCDONAL@UVM. EDU

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had sex today,” is the first line in “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.”

This movie is a coming-ofage and teen sexual awaken-

ing story, such as 2012’s “The Perks of Being a Wall Flower” or 2003’s “Thirteen,” that dares to show the darker side of growing up.

The plot follows 15-year-old Mini (Bel Powley) as she loses her virginity to her mom’s 34-year-old boyfriend Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård) in 1970s San Francisco.

“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” does not shy away from the more graphic and “oh no they went there” aspects of growing

up.

Mini navigates insecurities, finding her place in her dysfunctional family and her sexual awakening.

At one point she asks Monroe if he thinks she’s fat. In another scene a friend calls her a slut and later she asks her stepfather for money after her mom

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loses her job.

The relationship between the underage Mini and much older Monroe is controversial both on — and off — screen.

Mini attempts to tell herself, and the audience, that the relationship is okay and she loves him but later it predictably crumbles. “I can’t talk about it ever,” Mini’s mother (Kristen Wiig) says near the end. In the real world the relationship would be statutory rape.

The relationship between Mini and much older Monroe is controversial both on — and off — screen There are moments that are funny because who among us has not worn a terrible outfit, wondered if everyone else thinks about sex as much as we do or been part of a dysfunctional family.

Other moments are heartbreaking and painful to watch, such as the infamous sex scene.

“Diary of a Teenage Girl” shows growing up as what it is — for better or worse.

Zoe MacDonald is an English graduate student and has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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Policing that which cannot be policed The contrast between UVM’s funding of extra police downtown and an SGA policy designed to simply keep students safe is stark — and revealing

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ike the changing leaves, college kids coming back to town in fall, getting drunk, having parties and annoying their neighbors is as predictable as a pattern of nature.

And like nature, it’s constant.

This week, the Cynic published a story highlighting the $100,000 per year UVM allocates from the tuition-supported general fund to support Burlington police patrols in student-heavy areas.

In many ways spending this money is politically motivated: it makes the Burlington residents happy — many of whom feel UVM doesn’t do enough to keep their neighborhoods clean and quiet at night — and the city of Burlington very happy, due to all the extra money they get when police fine our students for breaking the law.

This money doesn’t do much to keep our students safe. Sure, a police visit will disperse a party in a house that’s probably breaking the fire code, and many of the people inside are underage and binge drinking.

But what then? All of those people are now outside, drunk and perhaps in an unfamiliar place without a friend.

and drug use — treating this as a fact of life and not simply a crime to be punished is both realistic and miles safer.

UVM should go even further than SGA’s program. With the $100,000 UVM spends on hiring extra Burlington police officers, they could hire teams of late-night student escort walkers.

No practical amount of policing can effectively curb drinking and drug use — treating this as a fact of life and not simply a crime to be punished is both realistic and miles safer.

UVM’s attitude towards campus safety is otherwise positive — the Medical Amnesty Program, the protocol that dictates a student not face serious repercussions if they are dangerously intoxicated and they or their friend seeks help for them, is a fantastic example of a safety-first approach and can even be lifesaving.

The same attitude that underpins the MAP program is applied to SGA’s new safe ride program, spearheaded by SGA Vice President Tyler Davis.

The attitude is clear-headed: no practical amount of policing can effectively curb drinking

UVM police services offers an escort service, but it’s only on campus and it’s rarely, if ever, used by students who have been drinking and feel unsafe (though there are many). Such a non-judgemental, reliable escort service would not only put money back into the pockets of well-meaning students and get those who feel unsafe to safety, it would provide a deeper sense of community.

Staff editorials officially reflect the views of the Vermont Cynic. All signed opinion pieces and columns do not necessarily do so.

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Big hands responsible for Donald Trump ‘16 cancer, university finds Daltrey Burris

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ast week medical scientists at Johns Hopkins University released the reports of their latest long-term experiment. Through repeated trials it was shown that participants who had a larger hand length than their face, were statistically more likely (p=.0012) to develop some form of cancer in the next five years.

The experimenters did change their measurement techniques early on, but that data was removed. Initially a modified Brannock device was used to measure hand and face sizes, but it proved to be too slow and Footlocker threatened legal action if it wasn’t fixed and returned.

The newer style was much more efficient and although it was qualitative observational data, it was quite effective. Participants were asked to put the heel of their palm on the lowest rostral part of the chin and stretch their fingers vertically as

high as they could.

If the fingertips (not counting nails) surpassed the hairline at the superior region of the noggin bone, they were put in the potential cancer group.

Bald volunteers were asked to leave due to confusion on where their face actually ended,

lignant cell mass, rejecting the null hypothesis. The remaining two had died in a seven car pile-up carpooling to the second check-in.

A post-mortem fondling showed that they had not developed anything within the first year, but it is unclear if their

If the fingertips (not counting nails) surpassed the hairline at the superior region of the noggin bone, they were put in the potential cancer group. accounting for a 4 percent loss of the sample size.

A check up with a re-measuring session was done every year for five years to test for signs of cancer and hand/face size ratio changes.

The cancer was screened for by feeling up the nuts and knockers of the males and females respectively and then scanning them with the Oncology-O-Matic, a non-invasive machine with a 100 percent chance of detecting all cell abnormities and tumors instantly.

As expected, 415 out of the 417 people in the cancer group had developed some sort of ma-

low-risk lifestyles of alcoholism, chain smoking from aluminum cans, hotdogs eating contests and daily finger smashes/bone filings would have made them outliers.

The Cynic implores all of its readers to ask a close friend or roommate to test them as soon as possible, keeping in mind that the unexpected and blinding pain that will follow is all part of the process.

Daltrey Burris writes news satire for the Cynic. He is a junior psychology major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2015.

Sorry, I just can’t contain my excitement any longer. This is the man I have been waiting for all my life, almost like a real Prince Charming.

He has it all, the perfect hair, the wealth, and above all else, the best public relations record of any Republican presidential candidate to date.

Move aside Ronald Regan, there’s a new visual entertainment personality that’s ready to make the obvious next step into the political theater.

I mean just look at his foreign policy. He understands what the greatest threat to this great country is, namely Mexicans. Or is that more domestic?

Fine, the greatest foreign to domestic threat, all those “people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they’re telling us what we’re getting.”

You heard him, people. He got it straight from the gun-toting horse’s mouth.

I mean, come on. What better authority on the character of illegal immigrants than people who volunteer to shoot at any living thing that tries to climb a fence?

Better yet, he has come up with the best solution: Have the Mexicans build a wall along the border.

Simply genius, especially considering how much of our country’s infrastructure has been the handiwork of illegal labor. Kid tested, mother approved.

Trump is misinterpreted far too often. I think this is because he is not only a fantastic businessman (talk about the master of downsizing — “You’re fired!”), but also an intellectual.

A philosopher, if you will.

Just take his stance on gay marriage. He puts it in words we can all understand. Golf terms, to be exact: “You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can’t sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.”

The man just gets it. Size matters, and so does the institution of marriage.

I take it back. The man is a poet.

Just not like Walt Whitman, or Oscar Wilde, or any poet that’s gay. Because they use long putters, and that’s just sickening.

Sincerely, Zachary Byers Class of 2016

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Keeping a low profile on the interwebs Ian Lund

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ow did Mark Zuckerberg get so rich when Facebook is “free and always will be?”

Quick answer, it isn’t. Long answer: A subtle misconception about Facebook, various Google services, and most popular media distribution sites is that they exist for you.

In reality, it may be more prudent to say that their product is of you.

Successful social media companies don’t make money selling ads so much as selling data – your data.

If you’ve been online today, at least one of the companies listed above has almost definitely collected personal information from you.

This includes your demographic, your search history, location, IP address and, if possible, your phone number, among many other things.

And those are only four of literally hundreds of trackers virtually all places around the webosphere, all documenting your actions, all using or selling that information for profit.

Maybe you do not buy into the former assumption, maybe you already know almost every keystroke you strike in Google Chrome is being recorded, quantified, categorized and stored in massive private servers.

You recognize that online Goliaths have their own agenda, and, who cares, right? If I’ve got nothing to hide, won’t it ultimately provide a better online experience for me anyway?

Exactly, and, to be fair, the companies need a way to make money for the services they provide.

This article is by no means a condemnation of data mining.

From a privacy perspective, it is an ethically gray area, but what is more concerning is that it is an area most people are uninformed about.

When it comes to topics such as “data,” people generally aren’t interested.

This disinterest is probably why you’ve never heard of companies such as Aggregate Knowledge, Chartbeat, Doubleclick or AppNexus, but that disinterest is not mutual.

Most likely, through their trackers’ increasingly ubiquitous presence on well-trafficked websites, they have certainly heard about you.

Allow Aggregate Knowledge’s (whose trackers are watching you on most mainstream media sites) own words to paint a picture of what happens to this data: “A centralized marketing solution, [Aggregate Knowledge] gives you a complete, accurate, real-time portrait of your customer — and enables real-time activation of cus-

tomer and media intelligence.

[Aggregate Knowledge] links customer interactions with authoritative datasets so you can identify, verify and segment customers….”

Or take note of a recent press release from DoubleClick’s (the one who took your phone number, details your Netflix habits, knows how often you’re on weather.com and is owned by Google) website, which elucidates clearly what internet companies think the internet is for: “Mobile continues to reshape how consumers engage on digital: they are increasingly turning to the nearest device to act on an immediate need in the moment and then seamlessly shifting their attention from screen to screen to complete their journey.

With the path to purchase becoming increasingly fragmented, it’s essential marketers understand how consumers interact with their brand across all devices.”

A couple things to note: Obviously, both excerpts are clearly marketing to marketers, the ones who create the ads we see.

Both offer up data “immediately” or in “real-time.”

And both sell information about you in order to expose us to things that statistically interest us and, ideally, help us buy stuff.

Illustration by DANA ELLEMAN

This article is by no means a condemnation of data mining. From a privacy perspective, it is an ethically gray area, but what is more concerning is that it is an area most people are uninformed about

The main takeaway though, is that in the eyes of our trusted internet experience curators, our online presence automatically qualifies us as a product.

If all this isn’t cool with you, you can actually go to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Choice Page at aboutads. info/choices to fully opt out of interest-based ads, and show your contempt for the 100 plus trackers planted on the page watching you decide. But here’s why I wouldn’t: Opting out of interest-based advertising, as it’s formally called, won’t necessarily stop advertisements showing up on your websites.

Rather, it will open you up to probably less enticing, potentially more annoying ads, which you are even more statistically unlikely to indulge in anyway.

And while you can flat out remove all ads from your browser by downloading an ad-blocker to superficially detach yourself from the capitalist data-mining scheme, I wouldn’t

be so hasty.

Accompanying the rise of ad-blocking technologies is a rise in “sponsored content,” that is, generally biased media bought by companies, which, though hugely more effective and engaging, are.

These controversial and elaborate advertisements are not as easily ousted as traditional ads because they cohabit websites with the general, expected content.

While sponsored content is about as harmless as ads on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, its increasing prevalence in mainstream news sites, including the New York Times, is troublesome to those who question its merit.

We have more control than we think over how our data gets turned into profit. Websites using advertisements generate revenue based on unique page views and click-through rates, among other things.

By selectively using ad-blocking programs, blocking ads on most websites, but whitelisting sites you like, you

can use the digital influence of your data as a vote to support your favorite websites.

Or if you want to get really crazy, you can — wait for it — actually click on ads that website provides.

Regardless of whether you’re interested in the ad or not, the power of your click, even a single click, will raise that website’s status significantly.

Seriously, if you like a website and what they do for you, click on one of their ads once in a while. It really only takes a

We have more control than we think over how our data gets turned into profit.

Websites using advertisements generate revenue based on unique page views and clickthrough rates, among other things

couple of seconds, and you will have done them a good thing.

If nothing else, be a conscious participant.

If you run a website, unless you’re a staunch not-for-profit

like Wikipedia, sharing viewership with marketers by taking sponsorships and selling ad space play an instrumental role in what you get out of operating.

But how often are you really tempted by banner ads, even good ones?

If your answer is “rarely,” you’re not alone. According to statistics published by Solve Media, an ad provider for CAPTCHAs, you are more likely to survive an airplane crash or become a Navy SEAL than to click on one of their ads.

But far from discouraging marketing companies from serving you ads, if anything, they’ve doubled down on their efforts to increase that infinitesimal statistic.

Zuckerberg is so rich because Facebook (a marketing company) is the king of this.

Having reached its milestone of one billion unique page views last month, and as a function of their sophisticated and unparalleled curation and distribution of ads, Facebook’s viewership, click-rate and, therefore, revenue have never been higher. All thanks to you.

Ian Lund is an undeclared sophomore. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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PLAYER PROFILE

Goalie plays on despite adversity By jACK eSTRIN JACKSON.ESTRIN@uvm.edu

Junior Ally Ramos has been the starting goalie for women’s soccer every season since her first year, despite dealing with injuries and obstacles.

Since her first year, Ramos has been a staple on the backline of the Catamounts’ defense.

“I would say the biggest element of my college career has been resiliency,” Ramos said.

“My sophomore year, I broke my hand the game before conference games started so that put me out for the rest of the season.”

Ramos, a member of the 2012 America East All-Rookie Team, was able to bounce back to reclaim her starting role and return to form one season later.

This isn’t all the adversity Ramos has faced.

Last year Ramos had to deal with a more personal matter when her father died.

Ramos’ ability to deal with all of the challenges that have been thrown at her has shaped her into the leader she is today ,head coach Kristi Lefebvre said.

“She has had to battle through a lot of adversity,” Lefebvre said. “Coupled with her playing experience, she has

Senior goalkeeper Ally Ramos makes a save during a game. Despite dealing with injuries throughout her college career, Ramos has been a starter for women’s soccer each season. PHOTO COURTESY

OF UVM ATHLETICS

learned how to handle herself in tough situations. For the future players coming through, she is definitely someone they can look up to.”

Despite dealing with a major hand injury, several more minor injuries early in her career and

her father’s death, Ramos has remained strong through the years and has performed well in the classroom and on the soccer field.

Last season, Ramos was named to the 2014 America East Commissioner’s Academic Hon-

or Roll.

Through her first three seasons, Ramos has played in 39 games and has a career 1.7 goals against average, according to UVM athletics.

In her time at UVM, Ramos has played over 3,000 minutes,

according to UVM athletics.

Junior Nikki McFarland played with Ramos prior to coming to UVM, when they played club soccer together.

Along with Lefebvre, McFarland was also quick to peg Ramos as the leader of the team.

“Ally is our leader, she is definitely someone we look up to,” McFarland said. “She is the number one goalie; she saves us every game.”

Although Ramos has developed into a leader on the team, Lefebvre said it didn’t happen over night.

“When she first got here, she would admittedly cut corners on little things, like not warming up as well as she could which led to some silly injuries,” Lefebvre said.

“Now we start to see her take those things more seriously. She is also talking a lot more, and even off the field people feel very comfortable talking to her.”

Despite a somewhat disappointing season for the team last year, Ramos said she has just one goal in mind for the team this year: a conference championship.

Ramos and the Cats next game is this afternoon at Siena College at 4 p.m.

SQUARE WHEELS

New Cats adjust to NCAA

By Alex Benoit abenoit@uvm.edu

After losing several key members of the 2014 men’s hockey team, head coach Kevin Sneddon said along with the returning team, this year’s recruiting class will help them compete for the Hockey East title and a national championship, according to UVM athletics.

With the loss of graduates Mike Paliotta and Nick Luukko on defense and former goalie Brody Hoffman to free agency via the Minnesota Wild, the Catamounts are in need of a reload.

In 2015 the Catamounts welcome nine new players to the team in their recruiting class.

First-years Jake Kearley and Patrick Munson are looking forward to playing at Gutterson Fieldhouse as they fill in the roles of former Catamounts.

“The game is definitely a lot faster; the guys are a lot bigger,” Kearley said.

Munson says he also sees a big difference playing college hockey, especially as a goaltender.

“Guys definitely shoot the puck faster and have quicker moves, but with [all the firstyear players] coming in the summer for six weeks, we got better, we got classes done and we’re all just taking it game by game together,” Munson said.

The Cats failed to make the NCAA tournament last year, despite winning 20 games during the regular season.

“Obviously with the losses on defense, hopefully I can be that guy to eat up some minutes and help out,” Kearley said. “I’m really looking forward to it.”

With former Catamount goaltender Brody Hoffman gone, junior Mike Santaguida and sophomore Patrick Feeley will be competing for the starting

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to UVM athletics.

All eyes are set on one thing and one thing only, a national championship.

“I think we have a good squad this year,” Kearley said. We can make a run for it.”

Despite failing to make the NCAA tournament, the Catamounts finished with a 22-15-4 record and seventh in Hockey East.

The Cats lost to UMass Lowell in last season’s Hockey East

Coming in this year, I learned a lot from Santaguida and Feeley. I’m just trying to come in every day and get better Patrick Munson First-year, goalie

position, but Munson said he has been learning from both.

“Coming in this year, I learned a lot from Santaguida and Feeley,” Munson said. “I’m just trying to come in every day and get better and play in as many games as I can to help the team.”

Munson is expected to compete for playing time.

“At 6-foot-3, he replaces some size in the net and will compete with Mike Santaguida and Pat Feeley for playing time this year,” Sneddon said ,according

tournament semifinals to end their season.

Men’s hockey kicks off their pre-season with an exhibition game against Acadia University Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

The regular season will begin for the Cats Oct. 16 at Gutterson Fieldhouse against the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks.

Even the cupcake games matter in college football Joseph Gallant JPGALLANT@UVM.EDU

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all may not have come around yet, but the circus that is the college football season has definitely arrived.

The NCAA season is already underway. These early games will set the tone of the season for some teams, while for others they function essentially as warm-up games.

The beginning of the NCAA season is littered with Power Five teams. The Power Five is the largest five conferences; Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, ACC and PAC 12, matched up against the smaller Division I schools or even FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) teams.

While these games might seem important only to fans of the Power Five teams and the team about to take an inevitable beating, it should be embraced by fans of college football and college sports in general.

“Cupcake games,” “throwaways” or whatever you prefer to call them, have big implications for the schools involved.

When a mid-major, like Western Michigan, or a FCS team like McNeese State, agrees to play games, there is a contract that guarantees a large sum of money to be paid to the

smaller institution. These payments range in size, but are often as high as six figures or even into the millions.

Western Michigan, a mid-major football program in the Mid-Atlantic Conference,for example, was guaranteed a million dollars for just showing up for a game at Ohio State University later this season, according to the contract obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette.

The money that these institutions receive greatly helps support all the sports they have, including the ones that lose money and often leave enough money left over to be used in other ways around the university. These games should not be ignored or passed over, but rather embraced for their role in supporting college athletics across the country.

So in the coming weeks when you see games such as Louisiana State University vs.

McNeese State or Auburn vs.

Jacksonville State, take a second to watch the game and embrace the role of the players on the lesser team.

They are accepting the 48-minute beat-down to support their university and ensure the longevity of their program.

Joseph Gallant is an integrated biology major and a pharmacology masters student. He has been w the Cynic since fall 2015.

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(From left to right): Eric Venezia, junior goalkeeper, Bernard Yeboah, junior forward, Nile Walwyn, senior defenseman, Shane Haley, sophomore forward and Brian Wright, junior forward. PHOTOS COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICS

UVM kicks off new season

By ERIBERT VOLAJ evolaj@uvm.edu

“Train like the pros, play like the pros” is the motto for the men’s soccer team this season, junior Brian Wright said. At least that is what he is focusing on, with the hopes of improving on last year’s semifinal run.

Wright, who led the team with nine goals last season is looking to improve individually and be more consistent as a team.

Jesse Cormier, now in his 12th season as head coach, believes his team has all the talent they need to win their conference this season.

“We want to be the team that wins the league every year, and that is our goal,” Cormier said.

“In the past two years there was a lot of teaching and learning to be done, but there are no more excuses now.”

The team started their season with a win against Sacred Heart University, as senior Nile Walwyn scored after a cross pass was sent to him at the top of the box. Even though they fell 4-0 to Hofstra University two days later, Cormier still has full faith in his team.

This season the team will rely on their experience factor while pushing younger players to make an impact on offense, Cormier said.

Cormier has high expectations from his offensive players, like juniors Wright, Bernard Yeboah and sophomore Shane Haley, to mention a few.

He believes his team will benefit from the experience of players like junior Danny Childs and senior Teddy Gula, combined with the passion of the younger players, like sophomores Jaime Miralles, Stefan Lamanna and junior Elliot Maker.

Another player who believes that this could be the Catamounts’ year is junior backup goalkeeper Eric Venezia.

“We have great chemistry,” Venezia said. “We’re all very good friends, we have a lot of talented players, and our only goal is to win this tough conference.”

Cormier knows his team has all the talent they need, and he is very clear on what they need to improve on.

“We have a lot of talent in the squad, but you can’t maximize the potential of the talent without having a certain understanding,” he said. “We are working on creating an identity where we are dangerous, but also difficult to break down.”

Wright, whose nine goals secured him a spot in the 2014 America East All Championship Team, is on the same page as his coach and teammates.

“Every team hopes to go the NCAA tournament, and I think we have the tools and the pieces to achieve that this year,” he said. “We want to be playing our best soccer by November, and then keep it rolling.”

Wright did not forget to mention the fans, who he said are very important to the team.

One of their most loyal fans is Khym-Alexi Fawcett-Ellis, a sophomore who watched most of the team’s home games last year.

Even though she thinks the team should finish more of their scoring chances, she said she is very excited to go to their games this season.

“I’m excited to watch the more experienced players like Bernard Yeboah in action with the newcomers,” Fawcett-Ellis said. “I heard there were a few promising new international students.”

UVM will host UNC Asheville, UNH and Central Connecticut at the Peter Baldwin Memorial Classic this weekend.

Athletics has new media partner Learfield sports will take on sponsorship and other business duties for athletics

By Shane Town stown@uvm.edu

New school years often start with change - this will surely be the case for UVM’s athletic department as they bring on a new multimedia partner.

UVM Athletic Director Robert Corran and Learfield Sports CEO Greg Brown have recently announced that Learfield Sports will be UVM’s official multimedia rights partner.

The contract will expire in 2025.

This service is a first for the University, as all prior media communication were previously managed by University employees.

“One of the benefits of the relationship is that it allows the athletic department to focus even more on fan and student engagement in order to create an even more energized and exciting atmosphere at all of our games,” Jeffery Schulman, senior associate athletic director said.

Working alongside UVM’s own athletic administration will be Learfield’s “Vermont Sports

Properties” division, which will be in control of UVM’s athletic rights such as sponsorship, marketing and media.

Among the rights that have now shifted to Learfield are event planning, corporate sponsorships and radio play-by-play.

Hockey games and basketball games will continue to broadcast on WVMT - 620 AM and ESPN 101.3 FM respectively.

CatamountTV will remain a running program.

“We are very fortunate to

have developed such a wonderful partnership with Learfield Sports,” Corran said.

“This will allow us to focus greater efforts on promotions, communications and brand building while enabling Learfield staff to bring their considerable organization and experience to sponsorship and multimedia sales,” he said.

Learfield Sports currently represents more than 100 colleges, four of which compete in the Hockey East.

Among them are the Uni-

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for the Catamounts and working to elevate their brand.”

Schulman also commented on the positives of the decision.

“Learfield has a great reputation for enhancing sponsor value and increasing revenue for schools,” Schulman said.

With the commercial reality in which we now inhabit, a move such as this was inevitable for UVM to keep up with competing universities.

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versity of Maine, the University of New Hampshire and UMass Amherst, as well as recent powerhouse Providence College, the defending men’s hockey national champions.

“We’re honored to partner with a first-class university like Vermont, particularly as we extend our reach in the New England states,” Learfield Sports CEO Greg Brown said.

“We look forward to working with Dr. Corran and his administration to provide a new level of sophisticated rights support

In men’s soccers loss to University of Portland sophomore Jaime Miralles and junior Stefan Lamana both scored their first goals of the season.

Through three games, men’s soccer has been outscored by their opponents 3-8.

Men’s and women’s cross country begin their seasons Sept. 12 at UMass Amherst.

After three games first-year Lauren Tucker leads the field hockey team in goals (4) and points (8).

NEXT WEEK September 11 HOME 4 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs UNC Asheville September 11 Ann Arbor, MI 4 p.m.

Field Hockey at University of Michigan September 12 Amherst, MA 11 a.m.

Cross Country at UMass Amherst September 13 Dartmouth, NH 1 p.m.

Women’s Soccer at Dartmouth September 13 HOME 1:30 p.m.

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