BoomBox live

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The Cynic catches up with Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux of BoomBox in anticipation of their SpringFest show.

Rap duo ascends stairs

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LA-based hip-hop duo People Under the Stairs—made up of MCs Thes One and Double K—as been shaking up the underground hip-hop scene for the last 10-plus years now and it doesn’t look like they are going to be packing it in any time soon.  

Behind the Bible Camp Sleepovers

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The Cynic met up with Bible Camp Sleepover members Willoughby, Erin and Tom to discuss the band’s origins as well as what they have in store for SpringFest 2013. 

First-year to play SpringFest

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Will Overman may be a first-year student at UVM, but his background as an artist and a performer is marked by years of experience and dedication. 

Run for Boston

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Students and residents in the Burlington area gathered on the waterfront to run and walk in support of the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy April 20.

Media attacks persist

Student will run to represent peace of Muslims

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With the arrest and capture of attackers Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev—brothers of Russian origin who have been labeled as “radical Muslims” due —following the Boston Marathon bombings April 15, multiple stories surfaced using inflammatory and sensational language to discuss the brothers’ religion and upbringing.

Students propose plan for Moran make-over

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Thanks to two enterprising students, renewable energy, beer brewing, gourmet mushrooms and rooftop gardens may soon be a reality for a languishing coal plant located on Burlington’s waterfront. 

UVM talks tobacco use

Smoking ban on campus is up for conversation

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The possibility of a smoking ban has been a frequent discussion among many students ever since the University Benefits Advisory Council (UBAC) recommended a smoke-free campus in its June 2012 report.

Seniors map local park for Capstone

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Before senior Rebecca Gray and her classmates stepped foot on a 65 acre plot of land donated to the Winooski Valley Park District (WVPD), no one really knew what was there. 

Crime Log

> April 23 5:57 p.m.  A person called 911 stating that one of the campus shuttle bus’s scroll bars was reading: “Emergency, call 911.” The caller noticed the shuttle passing by the Instrumentation and Model Facility (IMF) parking lot. An officer was able to locate the bus, and upon investigation, discovered that there was no emergency and the bus driver had accidentally triggered the switch that operates the scroll bar. Full story

UVM professors track your happiness

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A hedonometer created by UVM students and their professors can track happiness. 

Damn, UVM bares it all

Life Is Good Column

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Life is good at the naked bike ride.

Move out mayhem

Eco-Rep Column

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In the past, move out day has been a total disaster. 

Couches left with mysterious stains on the Redstone green, moldy fridges dumped in dorm hallways and stacks upon stacks of ramen noodle packages abandoned in trash rooms are all too common images.

Sharing a steady stock of stems and stalks

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Consider buying a CSA this summer? Here's a list of the many CSA options in Burlington.

Fans rejoice for late STS9 addition at HG

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To the dismay of Sound Tribe Sector 9 fans, their original spring tour dates did not include Burlington. Then, on Valentine’s Day the members of Sound Tribe—the nickname for instrumental post-rock dance group STS9—announced that they didn’t think they were going to see enough smiling faces on their tour.  

BoomBox live

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The Cynic catches up with Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux of BoomBox in anticipation of their SpringFest show.

Díaz visits UVM

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With the same straight-forward and honest wit recognizable in his writing, author Junot Díaz read from his latest collection of short stories, “This Is How You Lose Her,” and provided unconventional insight to a UVM community of artists and admirers April 22.

Slow Magic: an imaginary show

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With only a handful of people aware of his true identity, Slow Magic performed with El Ten Eleven in Burlington for his first time at Signal Kitchen March 17.

Rap duo ascends stairs

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LA-based hip-hop duo People Under the Stairs—made up of MCs Thes One and Double K—as been shaking up the underground hip-hop scene for the last 10-plus years now and it doesn’t look like they are going to be packing it in any time soon.  

An 'intricate puzzle'

'Mad Men': Ep. 4

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“To Have and To Hold” is a curious thing; it’s one of the most plot oriented episodes of the show in quite some time, pushing storylines forward in a fast and frenzied manner. 

Behind the Bible Camp Sleepovers

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The Cynic met up with Bible Camp Sleepover members Willoughby, Erin and Tom to discuss the band’s origins as well as what they have in store for SpringFest 2013. 

First-year to play SpringFest

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Will Overman may be a first-year student at UVM, but his background as an artist and a performer is marked by years of experience and dedication. 

Cynic 2.0 to see the return of the B-side

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The Cynic is going to look a little different when we come back.

Letter to the editor: Add Lofts to makeover agenda

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While the plan to demolish the shoeboxes is in place (where I lived freshman year in Chittenden) and is very good, why not include the Redstone Lofts and just start over? 

A girl that needs support

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It’s interesting that when we walk, we allow our butts and thighs to jiggle around, our arms swing back and forth, our hair to be blown by the wind and our hips to sway. And yet, we have a $30 billion global industry created to immobilize our breasts and press them up against our bodies.

Altruism's mask

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The real life super hero boom reflects a fundamental instinct of our species – a desire to find order in disorder. Ultimately, it allows its adherents to rationalize the disarray of their respective societies. 

Social networking fuels a passive activist approach

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The ugly truth is that our generation has just enough motivation to post an angry sentence, but not enough to get off the couch and do something meaningful. Instead of finding ways to be active, we are satisfied with a status post and the responses that it generates. 

Letter to the editor: Drinking causes more than fun

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There is an extensive body of evidence that, compared with an MLDA of 18, an MLDA of 21 is a good public health policy.

Uvm rugby displays will

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UVM’s men’s club rugby team hosted the Canadian University of New Brunswick at Centennial Field April 28.

Lisa Champagne Wins

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The UVM athletic community has recently celebrated the major achievement of one of their own: Lisa Champagne, Director of Athletic Communications at UVM has recently been honored with the 2013 Irving T. March Award.

Cats hope new recruits help improve

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UVM’s women’s soccer program prepares for the 2013-2014 season after suffering a loss in the America East semifinals. Head Coach Kristi Lefebvre anticipates that the newly-introduced recruiting class will have an immediate impact.

Four Years Later

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We all, at times, feel helpless against the ever-ticking hands of the clock. The weight of time feels burdensome on our shoulders, even more so now that we approach what is, the most significant milestone in our young lives to date.

Sports Brings Boston Some Relief

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Like most from Boston, when I woke up April 15 I thought about Patriot’s Day and the fact that UVM doesn’t have it off. 

NFL Draft Recap

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This past weekend NFL fans across the country celebrated as they watched their favorite teams draft the best of the best college football players. 

Strong cats lift weight

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Last Friday students and one faculty member competed to reign as “strongest Cat.”

Vacation crossword

by Hope Olszewski

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A crossword all about vacations.

Automobiles answers

Crossword answers

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Answers to the automobiles crossword

Vacation facts

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Fun facts about vacations.