Bo Muller-Moore is tired of playing the waiting game. The man behind the hand-stenciled “Eat More Kale” T-shirts—a Montpelier-based operation—said he never thought it would have taken the U.S. government 14 months to decide whether or not his three famous words would be patented.
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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.
With the arrest and capture of attackers Tamerlan and DzhokarTsarnaev—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.
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.
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.
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.
UVM has come one step closer to finding its next provost this week as the provost and senior vice president search committee narrowed its search down to four finalists.
Despite starting the semester with just $50 to its name, campus literary journal Vantage Point will survive to print another year, thanks in part to contributions from SGA’s Finance Committee, committee leader Andrew Daughtery said.
“I love UVM for the green,” a girl says in the “I’m Shmacked The Movie: University of Vermont- 4/20 Weekend” YouTube video that was filmed throughout campus on 420 last year.
First-year Isabelle Groper had two friends running the Boston Marathon course when two bombs exploded near the finish line Monday afternoon on Boylston Street.
For the second year in a row more than 300 student registrants will participate in the Student Research Conference (SRC), said senior director of research and strategic initiatives Dr. Melody Burkins.
Every year 420 puts Police Services’ efforts to the test as many students at the University engage in different forms of celebration for the unofficial holiday.
Heroin use has been on the rise in Vermont, Sgt. Michael Warren of the Burlington Police Department said.
Due to recent redesign of the highly abused painkiller OxyContin that has made pills more expensive and harder for users to reach a high, consumers are headed toward cheaper and easier means of use, Warren said.
A bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers favored the measure by a 2-1 margin.
When the Inter-Residence Association (IRA) and FeelGood began their partnership, participants from both sides did not expect it to become so successful.
The partners also didn’t expect that the national directors would want to replicate their model across the country.
To prepare students for a career in public healthcare, the University will offer a graduate study certificate online in public health.
According to a news release by UVM, the 18-credit program will become available in summer 2013 to medical and graduate students, health practitioners, public health professionals and healthcare researchers.
Volunteers for Peace (VFP), which keeps its headquarters in Burlington, has been serving as a nonprofit organization that promotes peace among nations for 31 years, according to its website.
Junior JeanelleAchee is one of the 62 students in the nation who have been named a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar, a highly competitive national award that recognizes college juniors who have made a difference in public service.
In order to bridge the gap between administration, faculty and students, President Thomas Sullivan introduced Conversations with the President where he could informally meet and discuss specific topics.
Between giving tours of haunted buildings and hosting group tarot card readings, the Queen City Ghostwalk (QCG) has been Burlington’s guide to the supernatural for 12 years.
The Department of Residential Life has decided to cut television cable on campus starting next fall after a survey administered in February showed that not many students are using it.
In another effort to diversify UVM’s predominantly white student body, the University has given students from some of New York City’s poorest and most multiethnic boroughs the opportunity to expand their college options through the Urban Partnership program.
Following Sigma Phi Epsilon’s removal from campus in fall 2012, a few former brothers created Students Helping Others Respect the Environment (SHORE) that was recognized as an official club this year.
A popular face on campus, 34-year-old Kevin Martin, otherwise known as Kornbread or Kingbread, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of drug sale and possession.
A bill has been introduced to the Vermont House of Representatives that will make the use, sale and growth of marijuana legal within certain regulations.
The University Benefits Advisory Council (UBAC) recommended a proposal to guide the University toward a tobacco-free campus in its yearly recommendation to the president.
Opinions mixed on research initiatives four years later
With the creation of the TRI or “The Spires of Excellence,” the University decided to increase research in three specific areas: Complex Systems, Food Systems, and Neuroscience, Behavior and Health.
UVM is currently in the process of becoming a trimester school. President Thomas Sullivan outlined his ideas for enhancing the quality and affordability of UVM in his Strategic Action Plan.
This semester’s Career Services job fair brought in a large crowd of well-dressed students seeking potential jobs and internships March 20. Director of Career Services Pamela Gardner said that close to 500 students attend the event each semester, filling the fourth floor of the Davis Center with tables offering jobs in fields ranging from business to nonprofit organizations.
March 11 5:29 p.m. A report came in about a person throwing plastic water bottles onto the roadway between University Heights and Main Street. When a police officer arrived on the scene, he/she found one water bottle on the road. After speaking with numerous people in the area no one was found to be causing any more trouble.
This semester’s Career Services job fair brought in a large crowd of well-dressed students seeking potential jobs and internships March 20. Director of Career Services Pamela Gardner said that close to 500 students attend the event each semester, filling the fourth floor of the Davis Center with tables offering jobs in fields ranging from business to nonprofit organizations.
A large majority of UVM’s faculty senate passed a resolution in favor of removing fossil fuel companies from the endowment at its meeting Monday, making it the first faculty senate in the nation to formally support this kind of proposal.
As of mid February, the Vermont Senate approved an amendment to an assisted suicide bill (B S 77) that now protects more patients who qualify for assisted suicide and their physicians.
Jamie Love, a junior who died unexpectedly at his Redstone Loft apartment Feb. 17, died of a cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, according to a death certificate filed Monday.
For the second time in UVM history, the SGA president will be running for a second term. Junior Connor Daley sat down with The Cynic to talk about his decision to run again.
Police are still investigating two separate fires that took place yesterday at Williams Hall and Converse Hall according to a safety advisory sent by Police Services.
From Billings’ outdated heating system to Coolidge Hall’s plumbing problems, some students may wonder where the repair money is going for the buildings that could benefit from renovations.
A recent survey by Orbitz.com’s Travel Pulse blog released a list of the sexiest cities in the U.S. Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans and San Francisco all made the cut for popular Valentine’s Day destinations, but where was Burlington?
UVM will join thousands of people worldwide in the 1 Billion Rising rally where the participants dance as a way to protest violence against women in the Atrium and Davis Center/Bailey Howe Green Feb. 14.
From comments made by students to letters alumni sent to The Cynic, the design of the Redstone Lofts has been a controversial topic since they were built in July.
Custodial services staff members discovered a group of 10 to 15 homeless people dispersed throughout the third floor of the Lafayette building Jan. 12, an email sent by Police Services to administrators who work in the building stated.
An implementation of 1,300 environmentally friendly outdoor lights on campus aims to upgrade outdoor lighting but reduce energy consumption throughout campus.
Jan. 29 10:20 p.m. A call came in to Police Services about a suspicious person at the off-campus apartments at Fort Ethan Allen. The caller described the individual as a female in her mid-twenties, who knocked on his/her apartment door asking for someone.
SGA allotted the Gymnastics Club $5,000 to attend the National Association for Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) held in Minneapolis, Minn. in April. SGA passed Student Climate Culture’s (SCC) resolution to divest the University’s endowment from all fossil fuel companies by February 2017.
The Student Government Association (SGA) passed Student Climate Culture’s (SCC) resolution at their meeting tonight, sending a clear message to the University that they support divestment from fossil fuel companies.
Being raised in both Brazil and the U.S. has given Dr. Debora Teixiera a reason to work toward expanding the UVM Portuguese program since she began teaching at the University four years ago.
Student Climate Culture (SCC) is fighting climate change by campaigning to divest from fossil fuel companies in the University’s endowment, sophomore and member Dan Cmejla said.
Student Climate Culture (SCC) is fighting climate change by campaigning to divest from fossil fuel companies in the University’s endowment, sophomore and member Dan Cmejla said.
A student in the University’s Think College Program will be one of three Vermonters and 157 Americans to participate in the 2013 World Special Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Vermont congressman David Zuckerman said he has seen the new marijuana legislation in Colorado and Washington, passed Nov. 6, and is ready to follow suit.
Center for Health and Wellbeing temporarily runs out vaccine supply
The Center for Health and Wellbeing was forced to cancel its flu vaccine clinic Wednesday after it exhausted its vaccine supply ahead of schedule. Students, faculty and staff received an email from Jon Porter, the director of the center, Tuesday evening stating that while large numbers of students had been vaccinated, the center had temporarily run out of the vaccine.
Professor-turned-Interim Provost Robert Low said he wants to focus on giving students a more enriching kind of education — and this could mean changes to the current semester layout.
Low said that his position, while temporary, would continue work on the efforts already begun by former provost Jane Knodell, faculty and senate members.
Unseasonably quiet activity at Vermont’s mountains last year may have been a warning sign, but recent data has made it official: 2012 was Burlington’s warmest year ever.
The Queen City reached a record-high mean temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit for the year 2012, according to data records released by the National Weather Service based in South Burlington.
A gymnasium serving as a daycare facility by day could potentially house Burlington’s homeless by night at the North Avenue Alliance Church.
The church is Burlington’s last hope for a new emergency homeless shelter, executive director of Spectrum Youth Services Mark Redmond said, but some parents have concerns about how this may affect children enrolled in daycare.
After retiring last year as interim president, John Bramley is back in Burlington.
President Sullivan appointed Bramley to Gov. Peter Shumlin’s advisory panel Nov. 28 in order to implement recommendations that would strengthen the University’s ties to Vermont’s labor force.
A former English professor is returning to UVM in the fall after serving as a chief of staff to Senator Bernie Sanders.
Huck Gutman left UVM in 2007 to pursue a career in politics in Washington and is returning to UVM as a poetry professor instructing Poetic Revolutions and Intro to Poetry.
Traditional Ma and Pa shops were thought to be a thing of the past, but now these small businesses are becoming the new focus of universities across the country, including UVM.
The School of Business held the first-ever case competition dedicated to family enterprise Jan. 9 to Jan. 11, the Cynic reported Dec. 5.
People involved: Four. Hits of acid: 280. CatAlerts sent out: Zero. Two students were stabbed after a robbery involving more than $2,000 worth of acid took place in the Wing parking lot Dec. 3. Aside from the violence of the incident, several students said they were concerned no CatAlert notification was sent out to inform the UVM community, though administrators said the situation was contained and did not warrant it.
While undergraduate enrollment has been on the rise, so has the need for electricity use. Yet despite increased electricity demand, the Office of Sustainability said data has shown it has been able to flat line energy use over the past few years.
Nov. 25 1:31 p.m. A student reported that their bike had been stolen from the bike rack outside of McCann Hall. The cable lock used to secure the bike had been cut and left behind at the bike rack. 7:37 p.m. A student reported his laptop missing from McAuley Hall.
Family businesses create between 70 percent and 90 percent of the global economy, according to the Family Firm Institute. Professor Pramodita Sharma said it was this fact that convinced her to take action. And yet, not a single college case competition — events where business school students compete against each other by finding solutions to case studies— was focused on issues related to family enterprises.
In an effort to strengthen the relationship between UVM and the state of Vermont, Governor Peter Shumlin gathered an advisory group June 22 to develop a plan of action. The group’s 11 initiatives included increasing the number of private trustees on the board, providing more affordable tuition to in-state students, doubling the size of UVM’s engineering programs, and enhancing health education and outreach in Vermont, according to the executive summary report.
The city council took action to curb the spread of “student slums” downtown at its meeting Nov. 26. The council voted 11-2 to extend the citywide zoning limit of four unrelated residents per housing unit to Burlington’s high-density residential zone, home to many upperclassmen.
A woman holding a toy gun in front of a class full of 139 students in Angell Lecture Hall forced an evacuation and police presence Nov. 2. Nakula Legaros, a 34-year-old Burlington resident, entered a chemistry class scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. on a Friday morning, professor Steve Flemer stated in the official UVM police report.
As local farmers watched the price of seed rise exponentially over the past three years, one UVM outreach program decided the time was ripe to try something new.
Green Mountain College officials plan to slaughter their school mascot — and then serve it for dinner. For the past few weeks, the southern Vermont college has been caught in a controversy about the administrators’ decision to slaughter their two oxen, Bill and Lou, and use the meat in the dining hall.
It started with a beer bottle and will end with community service. UVM Cycling Club was sanctioned by SGA Oct. 30, concluding an investigation by the Center for Student Ethics and Standards after a beer bottle was found in a van the team took to a race.
Got a good idea? You may be in the right place to invent it. Vermont was ranked first on CNNMoney’s list of the top 10 most inventive states for 2011. The rankings were based on the number of patents produced per capita in each state, with Vermont having 3.
When it was announced that the Triple Major’s five-year reign would be ending this season, UVM’s skiers and snowboarders were forced to find new ways to hit the slopes. Since 2007, the Triple Major ski pass gave students access to three mountains in Northern Vermont: Bolton Valley, Mad River Glen and Jay Peak Resort.
Democrats should not vote for Obama — or at least this is what UVM debaters must argue. As election day nears, UVM’s Lawrence Debate Union (LDU) and three other debate teams from around the country will argue whether or not Democrats should vote for Obama in a debate at UVM Nov.
Texas and Vermont don’t share a lot of things, but they do have one thing in common: storing nuclear waste. The first shipment of nuclear waste from the University and the Fletcher Allen Hospital was sent to the Texas plant this September. Nearly 20 years ago, legislation designated the Lone Star State as the disposal site for Vermont’s low-level nuclear waste.
For Sen. Bernie Sanders, the main priority of his re-election campaign is representing society’s most vulnerable members. Sanders, who has represented Vermont in the U.S. Senate and is the longest serving Independent in Congress, said his campaign for the Senate seat focused on campaign spending policies, the environment and college affordability.
Students can now contact SGA with their suggestions via email instead of using the online student input form, UVM Voice. A texting service is also being considered. A bill sanctioning the Cycling club will be addressed at the next SGA meeting Oct.
The tremors of multiple earthquakes shook Burlington this October and some experts say more quakes could be on their way to the Green Mountain State. “If you look at the past — which some geologists do as a predictor for the future — we’re guaranteed to get more,” said Keith Klepeis, professor of geology.
Despite the warm weather and festive atmosphere, UVM Police Services officer Robert Bailey said it was a relatively quiet night for him and his partner Dozer, a 6-year-old black lab, on their patrol Oct. 27. This was an unusual Halloween weekend, as Bailey said the Halloween party season tends to see a rise in incidents in and around campus; people become bolder when wearing a mask.
UVM is trying some new ways to get more students jobs after college. Career Services will be getting a makeover in the coming months, focusing on supplying students with more employment opportunities and internships, said Pamela Gardner, director of Career Services.
Politician Randy Brock candidate in upcoming race for governor Nov. 6
Republican Randy Brock is running for governor this election cycle in an attempt to take Vermont’s top spot from Gov. Peter Shumlin. Aside from the fact that a Vermont governor has not been unseated in 50 years, the state’s Republican Party has been on the ropes in the two years since Republican Gov.
Oct. 21 2:52 a.m. Staff in Tupper Hall reported that a student appeared very intoxicated. Police arrived and determined that the student was drinking, but did not need detox. Oct. 22 8:40 p.m. A bong and a pack of rolling papers were confiscated from students in a dorm room in Simpson Hall after hall staff called police services.
The return of the Barstool Blackout Tour last weekend may have been its last. Out of a crowd of more than 2,400, 16 people were detoxed after attending or en-route to the Barstool Blackout Tour, a rave-like dance party hosted by Barstool Sports, Oct.
We are not quite the Jetsons yet, but a small-scale flying robot developed by five students can take videos of anything from weddings to ski jumps. Senior engineering students Julian Tryba, Cyril Brunner, David Bernstein, Nicholai L’Esperance and David Hinckley have turned their senior project into a company called Eleview Technologies to develop, engineer and sell the robot they’ve created.
Campaign asks University to pull endowment money out of oil, energy stock
In the war on climate change, some activists are targeting the way UVM invests. The Student Climate Culture (SCC), a UVM club, has launched a campaign to pressure the University to remove its funds from all fossil fuel companies. “I think this could mobilize a cultural change and set UVM in a solid position to confront one of the most powerful and dangerous industries in the world,” SCC leader James Billman said.
A new scholarship honoring the late professor Carl Reidel will be used to fund student-led environmental projects for students in the Honors College, beginning next school year. As founder of the first university-wide interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environmental studies program in the Honors College, Reidel’s family and friends set up a fund in honor of him after he died in November 2011.
Oct. 17, 8:41 p.m. Hall staff in Coolidge Hall reported seeing fireworks near the Marsh/Austin/Tupper complex. An officer reported to the scene and spoke with students on the basketball courts on Athletic Campus. The students informed the officer that the fireworks appeared to be going off near the Redstone Lofts.
Former SigEps reflect on ‘bittersweet’ end to incident
It was the question that launched a thousand reactions: “If you could rape someone, who would it be and why?” UVM suspended the Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity last December when this survey question surfaced among some members, triggering a media storm and protests by women’s rights activists.
UVM’s Cycling club may need to shift into high gear after two unrelated incidents arose two weeks before a national biking competition. An empty beer bottle was found in a van the club drove to a race Sept. 21, and reported to SGA. SGA made the decision not to sanction the club at their meeting Oct.
Smokers may have to put their cigarettes out for good if one proposal becomes official. The University Benefit Advisory Council released a proposal for a smoke-free campus at the end of last semester, after the Office of Institutional Research conducted a study on the prevalence of smoking tobacco on campus.
Confirmed cases of whooping cough have reached an all-time high in Vermont this fall. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a respiratory disease that targets the lungs and is characterized by severe coughing spells, according to the Vermont Department of Health (VDH).
Two students have found a way to make 3-D printing recyclable. Senior Abby Beck of UVM and Tyler McNaney of Vermont Technical College have created a device called the Filabot that they hope could revolutionize the 3-D printing process. This type of printing creates 3-D solid objects from a digital model, Beck said.
The Clean Energy Fund (CEF) has opened its annual Call for Ideas and is accepting proposals from students, staff and faculty until Nov. 16, a UVM email stated. The Call for Ideas looks for input and proposals of all types, from offering new courses to installing solar panels on campus, according to the CEF website.
First-year Stanislas Stantchev, 20, was arrested and charged with first-degree arson Oct. 13. UVM Police Services responded to an activated fire alarm at Wills Hall at 6:30 a.m. The fire started on the third floor and was caused intentionally, according to the police report.
Oct. 9, 7:34 p.m. A Residential Adviser in Coolidge Hall said they smelled marijuana coming from a dorm room. After searching the room, police took 2.83 grams of marijuana and a pipe from the student. Oct. 10, 5:54 p.m. A wallet was stolen from a student’s car parked in the Harris/Millis lot.
Proposed new arena to hold 6,000 spectators, cost $60 million
They may not be picking out treatments for the window drapes just yet, but administrators say that a new sports arena is on the agenda. The facility has been discussed in broad terms, but a specific construction date has yet to be decided, Director of Athletics Bob Corran said.
Two student entrepreneurs intent on combating poverty hope a caffeine-infused chocolate bar will create a buzz in the candy market while also stimulating the Ecuadorian economy. Senior Varun Gopinath and junior Austin Davis created Napo Natural, an all-natural energy bar made from guayusa tea leaves, sugar and cocoa, after volunteering as medical aid workers in Napo, Ecuador last spring.
The band was playing, the choir was singing and flowers lined the stage. President E. Thomas Sullivan stood in the midst of it all with flowing black robes, an 84-year-old mace and a fist-sized silver medallion engraved with the University seal.
Two Vermont senators’ hopes are high to decriminalize marijuana in the Green Mountain State. Sen. Philip Baruth and Sen. Joe Benning are planning a bill that would revamp the criminal system by changing the degree of offense for possession and how it would be penalized, Baruth said.
Oct. 3, 1:12 p.m. A student reported that his iPhone had been stolen from a duffle bag at Patrick-Gutterson Complex. The student said he had left the iPhone in his bag in the ice skating rink lobby. The person responsible for stealing the phone has not been found.
Chris Lucier’s job is to predict the behavior of 18-year-olds. At least, that’s how he would describe his position as vice president of enrollment. Lucier said he uses current student trends to ensure that UVM hits its student enrollment targets — though the numbers aren’t always a sure bet.
They paved UVM and put up a parking lot. But this lot is designed to help the environment, not harm it. The University’s first porous-surfaced parking lot was established this summer as an environmental endeavor and research tool for students, Director of Transportation and Parking Services Jim Barr said.
Three students hope to change the sport of Nordic skiing by hand. The group, consisting of senior Kyle Weidman, professional skier Skyler Davis and senior Dave Bernstein, is involved in an entrepreneurship project that they said will revolutionize Nordic skiing in North America by innovating and re-engineering the current glove market.
With college debt a concern for many, one Vermont lawmaker has jump-started a campaign to help struggling students and their families. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch announced legislation to curb rising college tuition costs at UVM Sept. 24. Welch described the College Cost Reduction Act as an essential step toward economic recovery during a speech in the John Dewey Lounge on campus.
UVM’s annual Homecoming weekend will take place in areas around campus and the city of Burlington Oct. 5-7. Over the course of the weekend, 3,500 guests are expected to attend, said Sarah Wasilko, assistant director of alumni associations. “All academic units have open houses this year, including the medical program which last year didn’t,” Wasilko said.
Greek Life went under the microscope Sept. 25-27. The Coalition Assessment Project (CAP), a national program that assesses university Greek life organizations, sent four representatives to evaluate UVM’s eight fraternities and five sororities. They assessed areas in which UVM Greek Life is successful, and those where it can improve.
Fear not, sushi lovers: Tsunami Sushi, the newest staple at The Marketplace, has plans to expand to more on-campus dining locations. When The Marketplace’s former sushi partner Sakura Bana was unable to continue working with them this fall, Tsunami Sushi took over for the start of the semester, said Cathleen Barrows, the operations manager for Davis Dining Services.
The president’s residence has been a work in progress, but now the cost for repairs is rising. The improvements to the Englesby House are projected to amount to $1.325 million, officials stated. The project was originally quoted at $875,000. Richard Cate, vice president for finance and administration and University treasurer, cited handicapped access improvements as well as code and safety issues as the primary reasons for the added costs.
The fourth floor of the Davis Center was buzzing Sept. 21 when hundreds of female students met the five sororities for UVM Greek Life’s formal recruitment. Sorority registration is up 29 percent from last year, said Kim Monteaux, UVM’s Greek Life adviser.
If something doesn’t change soon, Vermont legislators say the Green Mountain State could have the climate of Tennessee by the year 2070. Burlington Rep. Chris Pearson co-founded the Climate Caucus, a group of 22 legislators focused on climate change, and is currently working to involve the community to jump-start fixing the damaged climate.
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