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Show your support and fill the student section this weekend when men’s hockey faces the University of Nebraska - Omaha at home Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:05 p.m. Come eat free food before the hockey game at the RallyFest in Gutterson Fieldhouse 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Make sure to get your flu shot! The next flu shot clinic will be in the Davis Center Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Skinny Pancake ofﬁcially opened Oct. 12 next to the Marché, where Alice’s Cafe used to be.

UVM dining hours have changed: Cook Commons will now be open until 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Brennan’s is now open Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Keep in mind that the last day to withdraw from classes is Nov. 2. But don’t take the withdraw on your transcript if you don’t need to!

Housing sold, students upset Graduate student senate president discusses housing issues at board of trustees meeting BY luke mcGrievy lmcgreiv@uvm.edu

“Honestly if I had known this was going to happen I would not have gone to UVM. I would’ve gone somewhere else,” said Shavon Green, a resident at the Ethan Allen Apartments in Colchester, Vermont. The apartments serve as off-campus housing for UVM graduate students. As the deadline for when the University sells the popular housing approaches, current residents are realizing the place they call home will soon be gone. “I know I would never come here if I had knew,” graduate student Asia McClear said. “I only came here because it offered graduate apartments.” When the UVM administration announced the graduate housing complex at the Ethan Allen Apartments would be sold to the Champlain Housing Trust — a nonproﬁt affordable housing developer in Burlington — many community members felt this news was not properly shared. For many, the information came suddenly and

(Top) Graduate student houses at the Ethan Allen Apartments are pictured Oct. 9. (Bottom) The interior of a graduate student house is shown. PATRICK LANGLOIS AND OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic without warning. “It was a bit of a surprise,” graduate student Joseph Fry said. “It seemed like it struck everybody, even the people that worked here, probably by more of a surprise,” he said. Fry, who is on track to graduate at the end of this year, planned to leave the area already and won’t be affected much by the sale. Married and with two children, he is one of the many graduate students currently living with a family.

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Reported rapes increased, records show by jill vaglica & Sydney filler

Reported rapes from 2012-2014

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The number of reported rapes at UVM more than doubled in the last year, according to a report released Sept. 29 by UVM police services. The report is required under the federal Jeanne Clery Act, which requires annual public safety reports for all universities receiving federal funding. In 2014, the report listed 27 reported rapes, compared to 15 in 2013. In 2012, 12 rapes were reported. The report deﬁnes rape as “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or the anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” Kelly Riel, the Clery Act coordinator for UVM police services, drafted the report. Changes in federal law regarding the reporting of rape incidents makes it easier to report, she said.

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Year “We can’t definitively say why the number has increased because the number is determined only by the reports we get,” Riel said. “We had around the same number of direct reports to UVM police services in 2014, but we saw a significant increase in reports coming from campus security authorities.” Campus security authorities include people who are either UVM police, people responsible for security of specified areas or

UVM ofﬁcials responsible for student and campus activities, according to UVM police services’ website. Many of the reports are anonymous, and many instances go unreported, Riel said. “We don’t collect information from every case. If we get an anonymous report, we’re not ever going to push somebody to give us information. It’s important that victims are in control of what happens after the inci-

dent,” she said. “They decide if they want to pursue a Title IX report or a criminal investigation.” UVM police services Lt. Larry Magnant also attributed the amount of information given to police services as being a signiﬁcant factor for investigations.

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UVM sells Bernie T-shirts By alexandra shannon amshanno@uvm.edu

In response to the frenzy on campus for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the UVM bookstore has started selling apparel that allows students to show off their “Bernie fever”. A single T-shirt with an image of Sanders has been added to the collection of UVM and Vermont affiliated items. This shirt was designed and printed by a local Vermont-based printer, said Brendan Andrew, the UVM bookstore apparel buyer. “We’ve seen a huge response at UVM to the Bernie campaign,” Andrews said. “Since Sanders is a Vermonter who has been involved with numerous UVM initiatives, we thought adding this T-shirt would be received positively by students,” he said. Some students said they like the new T-shirt. “As a Bernie supporter I think it’s great to have him added to the bookstore apparel,” junior Kristen Roche said. “He’s a really good representation of values I see here in Vermont and especially at UVM.” As UVM is a large and diverse university, there are still people with conflicting viewpoints that may find the addition in bad taste. “Although Sanders has a lot of support here, I’m sure there are plenty of students who disagree with his initiative, so I could see it being controversial if it seems like UVM is endorsing a specific candidate,” Roche said. However, the Sanders T-shirt has no affiliation with the candidate’s campaign, nor is UVM supporting Sanders and

Riley Barter purchases a Bernie Sanders shirt Oct. 9. These shirts can be purchased at the UVM bookstore for $20. MADELINE GROSH/The Vermont Cynic

his campaign in any way, Andrews said. “No revenue coming in from this T-shirt is going toward the

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in the past, they aren’t connected to the campaign, so they will in no way be beneﬁting from it,” he said.

Since Sanders is a Vermonter who has been involved with numerous UVM initiatives, we thought adding this T-shirt would be received positively by students Brendan Andrews UVM bookstore apparel buyer

Bernie campaign,” he said. “All money made goes to the same place all other apparel sold in the bookstore goes, except for 15 percent which is donated to Vermont-based organizations supporting children, families and veterans,” Andrews said. “Although these charities are ones that Sanders has endorsed

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HOUSING STORY CONTINUED FROM pg. 1 Green said she is a graduate student with children. “I have two children, I’m a single mom,” said Green, who worries about where her and her children will go. The average rent at the Ethan Allen Apartments is $1,200 a month, which includes Internet and other utilities. A similar apartment in a safe Burlington neighborhood could almost double what she is paying, she said. One of the many beneﬁts of the apartments is their location in the Essex school district. Her children, ages 6 and 8, would need to switch schools. “There are other ways they could’ve done this. I’m sure we could’ve ﬁgured something out and given people the opportunity to come up with something,” Green said. “There’s no reason to sell housing that people from out of the state and out of the country rely on.” Finding housing outside of the Apartments may require information international students simply can’t get. “[Landlords in the U.S.] ask you about your credit score, which we international students don’t have. They ask us for our history, our records, which we don’t have here,” said Muhammad Kala, an international student currently living in the Ethan Allen Apartments. “Many graduate students feel that their connections to UVM are being lost due to administrative decisions,” said Senate President Devin Champagne in his address to the board of trustees. “The loss of this resource will negatively affect the graduate student community.” Students created a petition on Change.org requesting that the University provide alternative graduate housing. “The decision to sell would displace over 100 students and their families, and would negatively affect the University as a whole due to potential issues with recruitment, retention and diversity,” according to the petition. A later post states the University responded to them, and despite the petition they will still be selling the apartments. “They saw how many signatures we got … and they didn’t care,” resident Amber Barnett said. Graduate students who teach or do research at UVM receive a base stipend of $24,000, and many spend over 50 percent of this pay on housing costs alone, Champagne said in his address to the trustees. With the sale of the apartments, it will only increase the amount these students need to spend, he said.

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OCT. 2 10:22 A.M. A student in the Votey building called police to report a stolen cell phone. About an hour and a half later, the student called back and said they found the phone. 2:35 A.M. Police noticed someone speeding and weaving down Spear Street, turning onto Quarry Hill Road, and pulled the person over. The person was charged with DUI and has been cited into court. OCT.3 2:12 A.M. A student in Sichel Hall had been vomiting and feeling light headed. When police arrived with UVM rescue to help the student, they saw marijuana and a pipe and took them. 7:27 P.M. Resident advisers in Austin Hall reported a marijuana odor coming from a student’s room. When ofﬁcers arrived, the student told them nothing was there. OCT. 4 6:36 P.M. Someone stole a wallet from a purse in Williams Hall. The purse containing the wallet had been left under a desk unattended. OCT. 6 8:57 A.M. During health and safety checks, RAs took a bong from a student’s room in University Heights South 1 and turned it over to police. “We literally just take a hammer to them,” Lt. Larry Magnant said. “I’ve smashed some right here outside at police services. One whack with a hammer and that’s all it takes.” 10:15 A.M. Someone spotted a moose walking between Quarry Hill Road and the UVM farm on Spear Street. When the ofﬁcer arrived, the moose had been running toward the wooded area on the south side of the farm.

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Incoming first-years will have more academic support under a new SGA advising program starting next year. This initiative will pair groups of 10 first-years with an upperclassman of the same major as early as orientation. SGA and the administration are hoping that the program will also help keep students at UVM, SGA President Jason Maulucci said. “From first year to second year, 14 percent of students who are enrolled as first-years here leave,” Maulucci said. The goal of this program is to raise the university’s retention rate from first to second year to 90 percent. “In the past decade, roughly 84.1 percent to 87.8 percent of entering first-time, first year students enroll for their second year; after two years, about 72.1 percent to 77.7 percent of the class is still enrolled,” according to the UVM Sourcebook. The program is designed to provide new students with valuable information within the first months at UVM, Maulucci said. “I think this is a great idea,” junior Nick Wolf said. “It will allow first-years to gain better insight as to what they will have to go through in the coming years.” As for undecided first-year students, the goal is to pair them with an upperclassman

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Act to give first-years peer advisers The Peer Advising for Learning Success Act was passed. The PALS act was developed by SGA President Jason Maulucci and SGA Sen. David Brandt. The purpose of the act is to give all incoming ﬁrst-year students a peer adviser from their major. A pilot program is planned to launch in the spring by the College of Arts and Sciences.

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who also spent some time without a major, Academic Affairs Committee Chair David Brandt

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meeting. “You’re trying to ﬁnd out what ﬁts for you,” Maulucci

It sounds like it would be mutually beneficial for all of us Sandy Halbing Junior

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year, it will cost $102,000, according to the official bill titled the Peer Advising for Learning Success Act. The money will be used to pay for the salaries of student advisers. “I love it,” junior Jack Ward said. “It can aid first-year students with succeeding more academically, which is not always the easiest task as a new college kid.” Though the program will be focused mostly on academic advising, Maulucci hopes advisers will be able to guide first-year students toward co-curricular activities as well. “Every study has shown that the more that one involves themselves outside the classroom, the better they do in it,” he said. About 250 advisers will receive a $300 per-semester stipend, as well as credit for going through training, he said. SGA will allocate $170,000 per-year through 2020 to fund the program, according to the bill. Peer adviser training will focus not only on how to give appropriate academic advice to new students, but also how to handle the emotional issues which often accompany new settings and difficult classes, said Brian Reed, the associate provost for teaching and learning. “We’re looking for students with good interpersonal skills and who interact well with first-year students to help guide them,” Reed said. In order to provide students with the best possible peer-advising experience, potential upperclassmen will be recommended by faculty members for the position. Recommended students will have the opportunity to begin training for the new initiative in the spring. “It sounds like it would be mutually beneficial for all of us, and the planned incentives would make it super sustainable,” junior Sandy Halbing said. “I would love to be involved next semester.”

Student Activities Fee increases The act increasing the student activities fee was passed. The fee is currently $87, and will be raised to $100 per semester due to inﬂation and other increasing costs in ﬁscal year 2017. The increase is intended to help clubs and organizations achieve more and expanded the commitment to the PALS Act. Constitution Committee created Speaker Lillian Andrews is working to form a Constitution Committee, which will require a senator from each SGA committee. The Constitution Committee will work on amending the SGA Constitution and SGA elections.

CLERY ACT STORY CONTINUED FROM pg. 1 “We can only work with the information we get, it’s not because we don’t know or that we don’t care,” Magnant said. Judy Rickstad, the victim’s advocate at UVM’s Women’s Center, believes the reports are due to an increase in media coverage on sexual assaults and the quality of support UVM provides victims. Victim advocates provide support and services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence, according to federal law. “The investigators are really kind, compassionate people,” Rickstad said. “I think UVM takes sexual assault very seriously and I think that message gets out and I think that could be why we saw an increase in numbers.” In a survey released by the Association of American Universities, less than 28 percent of campus assaults are reported and more than 50 percent of students did not report their assault because they did not believe it was “serious enough” to warrant an investigation. “I would say it’s a high percentage of students assaulted by someone who is part of the UVM community go through the UVM process [of investigation],” Rickstad said. “This university does a really good job of responding to domestic violence and sexual assaults around campus,” she said. “I think that word gets out quickly.”

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Clubs recognized, monitored by SGA Top 10 club budgets at UVM

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UVM recognizes over 150 clubs, all monitored by the SGA Club Affairs Committee. Club Affairs supervises all activities by SGA clubs and organizations. The Club Affairs Committee, formerly the Student Activities Committee, is one of seven senate committees in SGA. All requests for club recognition are ﬁrst reviewed by the Committee before being submitted to the SGA Senate for approval. In order to become SGA recognized, potential clubs must develop a mission statement, a constitution, an ofﬁcer’s list, a schedule of events and the name of the adviser, according to the club recognition packet. The club must also complete a risk assessment form and attend an interview conducted by the Club Affairs Committee. “It’s more like a conversation to see if they have questions and if I can help them out,” junior Nichol Brown, chair of Club Affairs Committee said. “It’s cool people want to be leaders on campus and do great things,” he said. “I try to help them in any way possible to become recognized as a club.” Senior Emily Vayda recently started a club called the Gleaning Crew. Vayda said the Gleaning Crew is an offshoot of Campus Kitchens, an SGA-recognized club that she is pres-

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ident of. However, Vayda is choosing not to seek SGA recognition. “I intentionally did not bring it up to SGA because I really want it be a very low-level, low-key club that people can come join,” she said. “If you don’t need ﬁnancial aid in any way and you just want people to be interested in the thing you’re interested in, I think it’s just better to make a club that doesn’t need a president or treasurer, or a mission statement and things like that.” Once a club is recognized they are obligated to attend a variety of events organized by club affairs. There is a treasurer’s workshop in the fall, which explains

to club signers ways to fundraise and how to handle money, Brown said. Club Affairs also hosts a social justice training in the fall. This is separated into two nights, one for club sports and another for all other clubs. “I think it’s good that they do the social justice trainings,” Vayda said. “It’s really good for clubs. All of the clubs have a social impact, and so based on who you’re letting into your club and how you run your club, you could be inadvertently socially unjust.” Brown, Treasurer Roger DaGama and Finance Committee Chair Jacquelyn Langham will hold a fundraising workshop in the spring. The event is focused on fundraising ideas

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and methods, Brown said. Despite Club Affairs being responsible for overseeing all activities related to SGA clubs and organizations, not all clubs are in close contact with the committee. “Honestly, it’s mostly just Roger [DaGama] that we deal with,” said senior Emma Simmons, president of FeelGood. “Every year we have a meeting with the ﬁnancial committee and we discuss with them the progressions of the future of FeelGood. But there’s never talk with anyone else.” However, this is not unusual, according to DaGama, who maintains the accounts of all SGA organizations. DaGama said that it is typical for clubs to have more interaction with the treasurer than Club Affairs.

Vayda also said interaction with SGA is limited, except for mandatory events. She said the primary reasons for Campus Kitchen to be SGA recognized is for ﬁnancial support and storage. “As a club we don’t really spend a lot of time dealing with SGA people unless they have issues with us or we have mandatory meetings we have to go to” she said. The Club Affairs Committee and the SGA executive team are working to improve the relationship that exists between SGA and the organizations. “This year, our big thing is promoting the clubs, especially the events. I think it’s great to just support the leaders on campus,” Brown said.

Class of 2019 has lowest percent of in-state students

by michelle phillips

ployees that reduces the cost of tuition for them and their family members, according to the National Association of Independent Schools. “When you take the 20 percent out of context it seems alarming,” Wiser said. “It’s still important to us to serve our best and brightest Vermonters.”

and knew she wanted to come to UVM since high school. “I had a teacher who told me UVM had the best program for my major [early childhood education] … it was the only school I applied to,” Eckler said. Other students weren’t as excited to be attending their state school. First-year Michael Daley of

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The class of 2019 has the lowest percentage of in-state students in UVM history. Twenty percent of students in the class of 2019 are Vermonters, Admissions Director Beth Wiser said. That means only 480 of the 2400 students are from Vermont. Wiser attributed the low enrollment to a number of factors including declining high school graduation rates in Vermont and highly academically talented out-of-state applicants. “The pipeline of available Vermont students declines, and more out-of-state students apply than are targeted,” Wiser said. Additionally, the number of college-aged children of faculty and staff who receive tuition remission was low this year. Tuition remission is a beneﬁt that universities give to em-

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I’ve lived in Vermont my whole life; I wanted a change of scene. I wanted to be in a city and I got good financial aid from American Emily Billado Vermont resident attending American University

Wiser said 200 transfer students were accepted this year, most of which are Vermont students transferring from out-ofstate schools. Many in-state ﬁrst-years attribute their attendance at UVM to a combination of wanting to be close to home, good scholarships, ﬁnancial aid and reputable programs for their intended majors. First-year Michaela Eckler is from Fair Haven, Vermont

Johnson, Vermont acknowledged a stigma at his high school, Lamoille Union High School, about staying in-state. “It’s seen as ‘Oh you’re staying local, you’re taking the comfortable option,” Daley said. “Everyone [at my high school] applied, everyone got in, but nobody went. We sent about 10 people.” UVM and the state of Vermont offer scholarships and aid exclusively for students that

Percent of Vermonters in a first-year class Data from the ﬁscal year 2015 UVM Sourcebook.

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stay in state. One of these is the Green and Gold scholarship, which offers tuition-free attendance to the highest academically ranked student at each public Vermont high school. “Green and Gold should be a good incentive to stay in Vermont, but so many valedictorians I know didn’t go to UVM,” said ﬁrst-year Gus Dixon of Westminster, Vermont. One of those valedictorians was Emily Billado of Castleton, Vermont who attends American University in Washington, D.C. “I’d lived in Vermont my whole life; I wanted a change of scene. I wanted to be in a

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city and I got good ﬁnancial aid from American,” Billado said. “Even with the Green and Gold scholarship, there still wasn’t that much difference between paying for UVM housing, food and books and the price of American. Plus UVM didn’t have my major [musical theater] so that was a big factor.” However, some Vermonters at UVM don’t mind the high percentage of out-of-state students. “It’s refreshing to see outof-staters so excited to be here,” Dixon said. “It makes me excited to go to UVM.”

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Lend graduate students your support Graduate students form the foundation of UVM’s research capabilities. We need to show how much we value them

ven the most skilled debater would have a hard time arguing the position that public research universities aren’t vital to the health of society. This is especially true in Vermont, where UVM stands as the only public research university. The professional curiosity here that is cultivated, produced and shared with the world is fundamental to our very identity, and to our mission. Yet if we don’t take action soon and support the graduate students who support this research, we will fail this mission. As undergraduates, it’s easy to overlook the research side of our school, but it’s all around us. Professors are producing research constantly, and with over $120 million in funding for that research, its importance is validated by the American people through $100 million in federal funding. Yet none of this research is possible without the people that

help make it happen — graduate student researchers. At the most recent board of trustees meeting, Devin Champagne, president of the Graduate Student Senate, put the struggles graduate students face squarely on the table. After the recent sale of the Ethan Allen Apartments in Colchester — a popular and affordable option for the older students — many of them will be forced to face the Burlington housing market.

Graduate students are an integral part of professors’ research. Many professors would not be free to teach the 10,000 undergraduates we have as well

Many professors would not be free to teach the 10,000 undergraduates we have as well as they do without curious and able graduate students And it’s not the case that graduate students can necessarily afford housing. The base stipend for master’s and doctoral student teaching assistants is $24,000, well under a living wage for a single adult in Burlington, not to mention the families that some of these students need to help support.

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At the most recent board of trustees meeting, Devin Champagne, president of the Graduate Student Senate, put the struggles graduate students face squarely on the table

as they do without curious and able graduate students working in their labs and in the ﬁeld. It’s hard to be all those things when you’re worried about your housing situation, or if you need to take out yet another loan in order to keep food on the table. Graduate students should be free — more free than undergraduates — to pursue their interests. It’s what they’re here for. These are people who have gone through an undergraduate education and said “let’s do some more of this.” And they’re not simply doing this for the betterment of themselves and their education, but for the betterment of this University and the world beyond. Graduate researchers who publish on behalf of the University should be proud to have their names next to UVM’s, and UVM should recognize the commitment they have to their research, especially when every

paper published raises the proﬁle of the University. The administration should take steps to visibly support graduate students. They can start by raising the teaching assistant stipend. This is not a living wage. These students deserve more and we owe it to ourselves and the greater community to support the excellence for which we so publicly strive.

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he best Columbus Day joke, if you ask any second grader with an appreciation for popsicle stick humor, goes: Q: Where did Columbus ﬁrst land in the new world? A: On his feet! Can’t argue with that logic; but in contemporary culture, Columbus really didn’t land on his feet: Ask the city council of Seattle — which Columbus probably would have thought was located in China, or something — and they’ll probably tell you he was, ethically, somewhere in between a triple Jeffrey Dahmer and a mega-Hitler. For them, the solution was simple. Make a new holiday called Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day. It may be hard to tell which indigenous people we are talking about when we make arguments over historical land ownership, though. Who owns the Black Hills of South Dakota? The Cheyenne, the Kiowa or the Crow? Or is it the Sioux, who conquered it from them, displaced them and sent them West in the 18th century? Talk about genocide — and not just the cultural kind. As I write this, I’m editing

this week’s opinion section and putting the finishing touches on an essay on “Frankenstein” for an English class — you don’t have to commit genocide to be a monster — but I know I’d be sleeping right now if it weren’t for the sanctimonious boycott of a rather innocuous day. To be fair, though, having — as Bill Lumbergh would say — a “case of the Mondays” isn’t sufficient justification to celebrate from the comfort of my bed the name of a man who, admittedly, was a real bastard. But I’ll defend him on a few charges.

Columbian Exchange, received syphilis in return, which went on to kill around five million Europeans, and presumably caused deep discomfort to Ben Franklin.) Columbus’ affinity for slavery and murder was also something to be abhorred — but in our time. It is difficult, if not ignorant, to apply our standards of morality to the actions of people in the late 15th century. Indeed, absolutely nobody on Earth would have criticized Columbus’ behavior as being archaic or backward.

Before the meeting, the board released a massive document — 215 pages this year — filled with details of issues they will have to take action on this coming weekend

First, that he wiped out large segments of the native population with small pox. That’s true, but it wasn’t intentional, because if it were, that would have made Columbus a really, really smart man, having conceived — and implemented through biological warfare — of germ theory, around 100 years or so before the idea was ﬁrst thought up. (It is important to note that the Europeans, as part of the

Mohandas Gandhi was a wife-beater, and Nelson Mandela belonged to a political party that tortured and killed people with necklacing, which entails placing a person in a gasoline ﬁlled tire and setting it ablaze. These men lived in the 20th century, demonstrated some less than seemly behavior of the 15th century and still went on to accomplish some fantastic feats that we should certainly celebrate.

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Columbus’ horriﬁc actions were not commonplace only among European colonial powers, either; they were also particularly popular among the indigenous people whom Seattle would like to celebrate. The Americas were no veritable Garden of Eden (which Columbus thought was a real place at the top of the world). Tribal warfare made up much of Indian daily life, and slaves were often the spoils of war and conquest. Again, how did the Sioux come to obtain the Black Hills for which they still want reparations? Just a little genocide here and there. When we celebrate Colum-

bus Day, we aren’t duly celebrating — nor are we condoning — his extremely reprehensible behavior so common during his time. But we are commemorating how Western society became established here, with its crowning achievements, horrible blemishes and all the rest. Columbus deserves something for his effort and discovery. He may not have landed on his feet in our popular conception; but his legacy did. If you’re reading this, you’re living in one of his largest contributions. Joseph Brown is a senior political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2012.

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There isn’t a man in your shower Hell, with all body scrubs you have, they'd probably smell even better than before, too! No murderer wants to walk around with scents of grapefruit and coconut lightly following them all day

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here’s not a man waiting behind your shower curtain waiting to kill you. Why would there be? That would be a terrible place to murder you in cold blood. If you’re about to shower, you’ll be naked and vulnerable with nothing to defend yourself. You won’t have a pocketknife or a gun or even your absurdly pointy Toyota Tacoma key. Maybe you sharpened your toothbrush to a point like a prison shiv for a situation just like this, but that’s some next level paranoid shit your roommates totally judge you for. So loselose. Psychotic killers don’t like any of that stuff, they absolutely hate when it’s easy. And it would be. They’d just plunge their knife into your chest, twist, and pull it out. Probably about 19 times, give or take a few thrusts depending on how fastidious your killer is. It’s the attention to detail that separates the brutes from those who just love killing. Or maybe you’ve got that blonde/brunette/small/athletic look like their bitch ex-girlfriend or touchy uncle that really boils their blood. Who knows? But you’d be dead around

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If you're about to shower, you'll be naked and vulnerable with nothing to defend yourself. You won't have a pocketknife or a gun or even your absurdly pointy Toyota Tacoma key the time they got to number 12 most likely. Any trauma center doctor will tell you stab wounds are almost always much worse than gunshots, and you’re not even 50 Cent.

Killing someone in a tub is also one of the worst spots I can think of, too. The outside curtains are cloudy and opaque, concealing all but the faintest of shadows. The inner lining is complete-

Stick with the liberal arts Aleah Gatto APGATTO@UVM.EDU

If I had a penny for every time I heard students sharing their concerns about how they will find good paying jobs in the fields of their interests — whether they are joking about it or crying about it — I would have just enough money to pay for my first semester at college. Seriously. We are talking about pennies here. This is a very versatile campus: we come from all over the world and bring with us an ample collection of opinions and views on life based on our experiences, but worries about the future may be the one thing we all have in common. What jobs are out there for philosophy majors? What about those specializing in humanities or sociology? As an English major, people often ask me what job I see myself settling into. Many people assume that I want to become a teacher. Sometimes, when I tell them my major, they respond by laughing and saying, “Would you like fries with that?” They assume that I will end up working at a McDonald’s drive-through window post graduation. I could surrender to these remarks, admit my own defeat, but I know that if I do, then years from now, when I re-

ally am employed at a fast-food chain making $8.25 an hour, I will wish that I had not surrendered to the fear of failure. In a world with an exponentially growing population and an aggressively dwindling job market, how do you become successful with a liberal arts education? I will not try to answer this question because it requires a complex explanation, but I will remark that there are actions we can take now, here at UVM, that can help us get to where we want to be later on. Most of these actions consist of high-impact practices like study abroad programs or scientiﬁc research workshops, but there is another facet to it. This is your own mindset about your life’s ultimate destination.

Do not think of "liberal arts" as a binding death sentence college, my views on the future have not yet been jaded by the “real world.” Anyone who claims this is obviously one of those who is in the midst of giving up. Of course, failure is a possibility. But if you go through your college years with the mentality of someone who has already lost, then failure will be inevitable.

Be ambitious. Go to class, do your work, learn what you can and, most of all, be ambitious throughout every second of the journey. Aleah Gatto is a ﬁrst-year English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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

Decisions on the deadline Sydney Liss-Abraham

only limited to the conﬁnes of your own mind. One could argue that, since I’m only in my ﬁrst semester of

This is a very versatile campus: we come from all over the world and bring with us an ample collection of opinions and views on life based on our experiences, but worries about the future may be the one thing we all have in common Do not think of “liberal arts” as a binding death sentence. Rather, think of it as a vast array of opportunities. Here, you have the convenience of focusing on so many different areas, from molecular biology to gender studies and everything in between. You are

ly waterproof, so it would easily catch all of the umber squirts of life-juice exploding out of your fresh new chest oriﬁce. Tubs drain quickly (depending on your nasty hair situation smothering the drain) and lets them wash all of your evidence off. Hell, with all the body scrubs you have, they’d probably smell even better than ever before, too! No murderer wants to walk around with scents of grapefruit and coconut lightly following them all day. And the police could never catch them after that either. A

cursory wipe with some Lysol and it’s like they were never there brutally rending your thoracic cavity. So tell your roommate to work that long shift till close or spend the night at their signiﬁcant other’s house. It’ll be just ﬁne. You can just relax at your place. Alone. It’s not like you haven’t done it before. Why would tonight be any different? Like I said, there’s not a man behind your shower curtain waiting for you. But Bloody Mary is totally a real thing so don’t even joke about trying that suicidal shit.

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he university system puts us between a rock and a hard place. It encourages switching, dropping and adding classes but only within the first two weeks. In the introductory phases of a course, how are you supposed to establish a decisive position on your academic schedule? You speak to a professor after gaining the balls to do so, only to be reminded that, well obviously you’re not being challenged. We’re still brushing up on old material. A few weeks pass and you’re screwed because nothing has advanced, your peers are sleepy with bloodshot eyes and you find yourself writing out of pure aggravation. I though we progressed societally past intellectual repression and the flawed No Child Left Behind Act. But when your intro philosophy class seems reminiscent of a first grade experience of sharing your stickered desk with a nose-picking, paste-eating, disruptive classmate, you can only conclude that this elementary juxtaposition sheds light on our imperfect higher education system. Imperfection being an understatement, of course. Speaking with a series of upperclassman, I found the

general consensus to be that humanities majors like myself are more or less screwed over by the emphasis on the sciences at UVM. Granted that emphasis is imperative, the school fails to advertise their lack of desirable communications courses.

Speaking with a series of upperclassmen, I found the general consensus to be that humanity majors like myself are more or less screwed over by the emphasis on the sciences at UVM I thought college was supposed to be an enlightening experience, a breadth of knowledge transcending my current understanding of the world; but instead it impedes on intellectuality. Walking out of 20-student, introductory classes, I nearly feel as though I’ve lost knowledge, never to be exchanged for higher thinking. Reading and rereading my options of prospective minors, I feel cheated. Sydney Liss-Abraham is a ﬁrst-year English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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The international student experience Four UVM international students share what education in American is like By katie hickey kahickey@uvm.edu

Different academic cultures, another language and 7,400 miles don’t seem to be enough to stop four UVM students from encouraging others to achieve their academic goals -- in addition to their own. Sophomores Chen Yang, Kaseya Xia, Dave Chik and ﬁrst-year Zhou Shihao’s understand the academic challenges international students face both as Chinese Global Gateway students themselves and as SGA senators. For these students, coming to the U.S. not only meant leaving their home, but also leaving behind their perceptions of the American education system. Before Chik came to the U.S. he and his peers had only imagined how American students learned in college. “[We thought] they liked partying and having fun, or that their math is so easy, but that was not true when we arrived,” Chik said. Chik and other international students said they were surprised when they discovered how much academics relied on interactions in the classroom. “Back in China when a professor asks a question we sit

(Left to right) First-year Zhou Shiao, sophomore Kaseya Xia and sophomore Chen Yang speak in the Davis Center Oct. 6. They participated in the Global Gateway program. TIANA CRISPINO/The Vermont Cynic quietly,” Yang said. “I don’t know why, it’s just culture thing. But here students ask questions in class and they are really engaging.” Global Gateway students take four to 12 months of English as a second language courses before starting their sophomore year. Students then take UVM courses open to all students that are taught in English. Shihao currently takes the ESL courses and said Global Gateway helps those with low English skills improve their grasp of the language.

Yang said for many international students, taking notes, especially in discussion and lecture-intensive liberal arts courses is challenging. In accordance to the Americans with Disabilities Act, UVM also provides Accommodations, Consultation, Collaboration, and Educational Support Services through the ACCESS ofﬁce. “We have difﬁculty with note-taking but ACCESS only provides the service to disabled persons,” Yang said. “But [international students] come here because you

should have the note taking skills and learn,” Yang said. Yang, along with other members of the student government are focusing on getting more academic resources to support international students, like class note-takers, she said. Despite language and academic challenges, Xia said he likes how his classes include skills he needs after college. “Classes are more focused on the practical,” Xia said. “[In China] after we learn, we do not know how to apply [the lessons] to our life, or our career.”

Shihao wants to use his UVM degree to help his family in China. “My family has a company and I want to help them make their company become successful and an international company,” Shihao said. For others like Chik, gaining U.S. citizenship and working in the U.S. is another possibility. “I am interested in research in the U.S. although both [China and the U.S.] have high tech industries,” he said.

Facts about international students at UVM Popular majors for international students COUNTRIES • Animal and Veterinary • Economics REPRESENTED Sciences • Electrical Engineering international • Biology • Mechanical Engineering • Business Administration • Political Science STUDENTS • Civil Engineering • Psychology In tuition and fees

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Fund for student life seemingly unknown by students By Jackie Flynn jflynn@uvm.edu

Part of a fee every student pays is dedicated to improving student life. The only problem is that not enough students are aware of this, said junior Natalia Korpanty, Inter-Residence Association president. “What do they do with it?” junior Abigail Howlett said. “I didn’t know it existed.” The IRA is an on-campus student group that represents students who are living in residence halls at UVM. The organization works to improve of the quality of life for students at UVM, according to

the IRA website. A large section of their budget is used for SGA-afﬁliated clubs, residential adviser income for smaller events, and various other student associations, Korpanty said. IRA also donates funding toward students living off-campus through the Ofﬁce of Student and Community Relations, which provides resources and support for students who live off-campus, according to the UVM website. Korpanty said every student living on-campus is automatically a member upon enrolling at UVM. “The fee is included in tu-

ition and that money goes directly toward [the] hall council within their residence hall,” she said. The only problem is not enough students are aware of

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ety of on-campus events, such as educational programming, De-stress week in collaboration with LivingWell and food festivals. “We are always looking to

What do they do with it? I didn’t know it existed

this huge potential beneﬁt, Korpanty said. Korpanty and vice president Katie Pfefferle said they also use IRA funding to hold a vari-

Abigail Howlett Junior help students in any way that we can and are always here for support,” Pfefferle said. “Our ofﬁce in Wing 150 is always open,” she said. “We also

have an equipment room with a popcorn machine, cotton candy maker, ofﬁce supplies, anything you want.” Pfefferle and Korpanty plan to spread awareness about student funding by holding town meetings, which are open to all students at Brennan’s. “It’ll be a good way for students to put in a personal invoice on what they want IRA to do and what they would like to see happening on-campus,” Pfefferle said. Organizations can request funding online through the IRA website, according to the organization’s website.

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Al Gore on the changing climate Former vice president spoke to the community about climate change and what needs to be done

By Camilla Broccolo & Megan Fahey cbroccol@uvm.edu — mfahey@uvm.edu

“We are counting on you,” said former vice president Al Gore at a sold-out talk in the Ira Allen Chapel Oct. 6. Gore’s lecture, “The Climate Crisis and The Case for Hope,” was a part of UVM’s Energy Action Seminar Series. “When someone as historically and politically relevant as Al Gore is giving a speech on campus, it’s hard to say no when given the chance to go,” sophomore Colin Rugg said. “I’ve always been interested in the topics that he speaks on, and I was excited to hear him discuss it.” Gore was introduced by John Replogle, the CEO of Burlington-based Seventh Generation, a company that creates plantbased house-hold products that are safe for both consumers and the environment, according to their website. Gore focused on the increase of temperatures worldwide and why that has led to unprecedented storms, ﬂooding and drought. Many of the events he spoke about were recent, some even within the past week such as ﬂooding in Portland, Maine and Hurricane Joaquin. “In the last decade, the extremely hot days globally are more numerous than the colder than average days,” Gore said. “The extremely hot days are about 100 times more common

Al Gore speaks before a full house in the Ira Allen chapel Oct. 5. Gore focused his speech on the effects and causes of climate change, and shared some hopeful messages for the future. COLE WANGSNESS/The Vermont Cynic than they were 30 years ago.” “We are at a turning point,” he said. “We need to make a change on a global scale.” Gore proposed a solution to the ever increasing amount of carbon in the atmosphere. “We need to put a price on carbon and in order to put a price on carbon we need to put a price on denial in the political system,” Gore said. Gore also praised Burlington for being on its way to using 100 percent reusable energy before ending his speech with several encouraging examples of success. “We are going to win this

struggle, we are winning, the question is how quickly can we win,” he said. “Every great social movement has had an overrepresentation of young people who have this clear view of what’s at stake and every great moral question, that has ultimately been resolved in a choice between what’s right and what’s wrong has succeeded,” Gore said. “Abolition, women’s suffrage, civil rights, anti-apartheid, LGBTQ rights; whenever it’s down to right and wrong, we win,” he said. Students like ﬁrst-year Sam Spanierman found the lecture

opened his eyes to issues he was unaware of. “Being a Vermont native, I’ve grown up around very liberal, progressive folk who think the environment is a critical issue,” Spanierman said. “I’m familiar with the concepts ... Al Gore did delve deeper than I had previously realized, and I learned much more about the issues and effects of what we as a planet have been doing,” he said. Other students seemed to feel that Gore could have expanded more on the subject. “I wish he had talked more about climate adaptation and

how we are going to have to live, consequential to our abuse to the planet, in a changing climate and what ways we can slow this change but also live with it, and speciﬁcally what kind of new policies we should be thinking about,” sophomore Emily Daroga said. Rugg said that not all of his questions were answered during the lecture. “I wanted to hear more about how students could make a difference,” Rugg said. “It seems so difﬁcult to overcome an establishment that is often slow to accept change.”

Evie's Outlook

The search for a roommate: finding a family that fits The highs and lows that come with finding roommates for the upcoming school year Eva Bartels

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he beginning of sophomore year means thinking about the dreaded junior year living situation. It’s still a year away and you haven’t figured out why you hate your current roommate, but it’s fine. Before roaming the streets of Burlington looking for a new abode, you have to figure out who your housemates are going to be – thankfully, I’ve done just that. The idea of living in a house with this crew is the closest I’ll ever come to living out the plot of a Wes Anderson movie, so I’m happy.

While my characters don’t have the attitude of Margot Tennenbaum or the aquatic skills of Steve Zissou, they still create a scene. There’s Maddy, the sarcastic and cynical member who stoops down to about 5-foot-3-inches. In any given conversation with Maddy, she’s bound to make pop culture references or mention something she read in Chaucer, which no one ever seems to understand. Maddy introduced me to Paul sometime last year. Everyone who knows Paul agrees they hated him when they ﬁrst met him. Somehow over time you realize Paul is sort of cool. He has chosen to whole-heartedly throw himself into the Burlington real estate scene. Since we’ve started looking, he has hated every house with reasons like, “I didn’t like the way I felt like I was slanting while inside.” we literally crossed off a potential house for this reason. While living with Jessa, I expect to ﬁnd her relaying whole-hearted life advice to

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anyone who passes through. She will undoubtedly also be eating Oreos, wearing cheetah print dresses, listening to Fleetwood Mac and laughing at bad jokes on the Internet. There’s Nico, who has been known to accidently take things that are not his. He likes discussing theoretical situations and having “philosophical” conversations until 4 a.m. While he’s not doing that, he works at a guitar shop in Williston.

And then there’s Brent, who was once arrested for selling drugs (but has since stopped) and wears a new trench coat every day. I know I’ll be spending the most time with him for the sake of a well-maintained adrenaline rush and practically non-existent danger. As for me, my roommates will have to be patient while I chuckle over the jokes that I choose to keep to myself as well

as my almost crazy morning attitude. I very much look forward to living with this “Breakfast Club” group of weirdos and creating new memories. Stayed tuned, UVM. It’ll be a wild ride. Note: all names of people involved have been changed. Eva Bartels is a sophomore psychology major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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Noodle shop offers a diverse menu Christopher Leow CLEOW@UVM.EDU

siana Noodle Shop is a warm little restaurant nestled in a basement off of Church Street. Offerings include sushi, curries, various asian entrees and, of course, noodles. This past week, my friends were in the mood for Asian food, so we decided to head down to Asiana for a quick dinner before the homecoming acapella concert. Eating out during homecoming weekend is always risky, but we were quickly accommodated, despite the hectic scene. Dining parties were packed tightly together, most concentrating on their food, only looking up for brief conversation. The sushi chefs were in full view, chopping ﬁsh and vegetables, providing a nice transparency and ambiance. The amount of menu items can be somewhat overwhelming but everything looked delicious. The ﬁrst thing I ordered was the shredded fries appetizer, since a friend had raved about them multiple times. The fries exceeded expectations. The shredded sweet potato combined with the crispy fried tempura batter gave the perfect

texture and rich taste. The sweet chili dipping sauce was the real kicker — a perfect balance of sweet and salty with a little bit of hotness. It was harder to pick an entree. I tend to stick with what I know, but this time I opted to get one of the more complicated sushi platters. I was drawn to the “Sexy Maki” and the waiter proclaimed it as his favorite, so decided to give it a go. According to the menu, the

Sexy Maxi consists of tempura fried maki with shrimp tempura and spicy mayo rolled up inside. The roll is then topped with spicy scallops, avocado and fresh mango salad and slightly torched with teriyaki sauce. My sushi rolls did indeed appear quite sexy. The heaped avocado and mango with sliced vegetable garnishes presented a stylish ﬂare. Each bite was packed with delicious ﬂavors and a little bit of crispness from the fried maki.

The spicy mayo wasn’t overwhelming and paired perfectly with the shrimp tempura and scallops. It was the ﬁrst time sushi left me feeling full. My friends ordered a coconut milk curry, papaya salad and vegetarian sushi rolls and everything was enjoyed thoroughly. Asiana Noodle Shop is the place to go if you’re craving all types of sushi, noodle bowls or other delicious asian entrees.

It’s the perfect restaurant to take a break from exploring or shopping downtown. The owners have also recently opened up a conveyor belt sushi bar in the Burlington Town Center if you’re looking to try out a different kind of dining experience.

Christopher Leow is a senior medical laboratory science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

(Above) Tom Yum noodles with chicken and vegetables. (Top left) The Spicy Tuna Maki sushi is shown. (Bottom left) The Asiana Noodle House sign outside their location on Church Street. RYAN THORNTON/The Vermont Cynic

How a botany class led to a nutrition major By Kristina Samulewski ksamule@uvm.edu

Professor of nutrition and food science Jean Harvey speaks in her ofﬁce Oct. 5. Harvey holds a Ph.D. in epidemiology, prompted by her public health passions. RYAN THORNTON/The Vermont Cynic

One UVM professor is no stranger to the feeling of uncertainty, which she experienced during her undergraduate career and led her to where she is today. Professor of nutrition and food science Jean Harvey originally began studying biology at Pennsylvania State University, but said she hated the major due to the amounts of calculus and physics courses in her schedule. “Then I wound up in the course that killed it all, which was a botany class, drawing flowers and memorizing parts of plants and I thought I would never make it,” she said. “I knew I needed to do something different,” Harvey said. Harvey changed her major in the middle of her junior year. “I was flipping through [the course catalogue] one night looking at all these different things you could major in and I went, ‘Nutrition! I had no idea you could major in nutrition,’” she said. Since Harvey changed her major to nutrition so late in her academic career, she said she decided to pursue a master’s degree to spend time figuring out what she liked in her newfound field. Her studies eventually led her to become a registered dietitian and to work in public health, but her interests began shifting, she said.

“At the time, I was in public health and I think I thought I wanted to stay there,” Harvey said. But instead, Harvey said she decided to pursue her Ph.D. in epidemiology to answer questions she still had in her field. Harvey’s passion for her work has ignited inspiration in her students, like senior Cara D’Anello. “Jean is so knowledgeable and takes her teaching to a more personal level,” D’Anello said. “Her work and interest in public health nutrition has inspired me to take a similar direction towards public health after graduation,” she said. These days, Harvey continues to stay active not only in her field, but in life. When not running, swimming, biking, skiing or kayaking, Harvey is performing her duties as chair of the nutrition and food science department. Harvey also teaches a spring semester study abroad course in Oaxaca, Mexico and is completing work in behavioral weight control and lifestyle modification. Harvey’s work is focused on the concept of “eat less and move more.” “The message is very simple, but how people actually wind up figuring how to do it in their life is really what we work on,” she said. To help people live out her motto of “eat less and move more,” Harvey has done research in and developed weight

management programs to help people lose weight and lead healthier lives. “My challenge to overcome has always been this idea that only very few people get access to these high-quality treatment programs,” Harvey said. This is why she has done much work online to make her programs accessible to a larger population. Harvey’s dedication and passion for her work seems to be evident to many of her students. “Not only is the material that she teaches incredibly important for bringing health awareness to the public and academic eye but, she is generally passionate about the subjects she teaches,” senior Shawn Roberts said. As a mother, wife and woman in leadership roles, Harvey has faced challenges maintaining the balance between work and family life throughout her professional career. “I won’t deny that it is an enormous struggle when you’re working full-time and you have children,” Harvey said. “It was my second shift.” However she said she has the supportive environment of working at an institution that is family-oriented. “If you’re in a leadership position anywhere else but the University of Vermont, which is family focused and family-friendly, you have to stay until 9, 10 o’clock at night and you have to travel a lot,” Harvey said.

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The many faces of seasoned comedian Brian Regan are pictured above. Reagan will perform at the Flynn Theatre Oct. 16. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN REGAN

Hit comedian to perform at the Flynn By Colin Hekimian chekimia@uvm.edu

One comedian has built a career with a clean style of comedy. His special, “Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall,” is the ﬁrst of its kind to be broadcast live on Comedy Central. “Doing stand-up is a rush to begin with,” Regan said. “Being in Radio City Music Hall, which is a venue I’ve never been in, and which is legendary, was an added rush.” “And then knowing that this special was pumping out there live was an even bigger rush,” he said. Regan has recorded two hour-long specials with Comedy

Central. However, Regan said that taping one live was a challenge worth taking on. “There’s something about being out there in the heat of the moment where your brain ﬁgures out a quicker, tighter way to get to something funny,” he said. Regan said there is a tendency for comedians to overthink when they are writing. “At a comedy show, you don’t want people walking out going, ‘man that guy was clever!’ You want people going, ‘that guy was funny,’” he said. Regan revealed that Radio City security was prepared for the possibility of hecklers, but he stressed that if he was really afraid of them, he never would

have ﬁlmed it live in the ﬁrst place. “It’s impossible for anything to be perfect,” Regan said.

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The live aspect of the special gives it a feeling of authenticity that an edited special can’t replicate.

At a comedy show, you don’t want people walking out going, ‘man that guy was clever!’ You want people going, ‘that guy was funny’ Brian Regan Comedian

“You’re going to have little goof-ups here and there,” he said. “It’s sort of like how a golfer can win the U.S. Open, but he’s still going to have a bogey somewhere in his round.”

“You want there to be reality between the jokes,” Regan said about his comedy style. “You want the audience to feel like you know you’re there, and you’re giving them a live

show that you care about,” he said. Regan is often lauded for his clean act, but he spoke of not wanting to be pigeonholed as a clean comedian. “I don’t like to paint myself in a corner and be one thing. I like to feel like I’ve grown over the years as a comedian,” Regan said. Brian Regan has made 28 appearances on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and has been touring the country since the 1980s. Brian Regan will be performing at 8 p.m. at the Flynn Theater Oct. 16.

Wood artisan reveals his prison experience Autumn Benjamin

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Jeremy Mackenzie displays the intricate woodwork he created at the Flynn Center Oct. 6. Mackenzie’s work is inspired by the blueprints he studied in prison. AUTUMN BENJAMIN/The Vermont Cynic

hen you look into Jeremy Mackenzie’s eyes, you would never know he spent eight years in prison. His artwork tells another story, one of victory and hope, of freedom and devotion. It tells his story. “Hidden Blueprints” is a collection of wood carvings, located in the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center. Mackenzie, jailed for drug trafficking and bank robbery, spent his time creating blueprints, reading and learning philosophy. “Time,” he said, “Use it not as an enemy, but an ally.” He cuts out his blueprints on wooden panels, and the stories they tell are mesmerizing. There are no cell bars or depictions of confinement in his pieces. Instead, Mackenzie reflects on moments of triumph or moments where he could connect to the outside world. Having the chance to hear his story juxtaposed with each

piece makes his work compelling. “This is one of my favorite pieces, and the reason is because of that right there,” Mackenzie said while pointing to a praying mantis. “That’s Mikey.” He went on to tell the story of the facility he was at in Ken-

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tucky. When he first arrived there, he found a culture based on fighting these mantises, much like cock fighting. Mikey was a super friendly mantis who won all his fights. Eventually, the other man-

tises stopped fighting Mikey. The more the inmates interacted with the mantis, the more it started to connect and interact. Mikey became a friend. And then there was an uprising against the administration. There was a fire in part of the facility and nobody made it back to their cells. “So in this fucking riot that we have in this facility the only thing killed is our champion fighting mantis, which was ridiculous and sad,” Mackenzie said. Stories like these are where Mackenzie found inspiration for his pieces. “When you are locked up, it’s like there are parts of yourself that are locked away,” Mackenzie said. “It was Mikey whispering to the boy version of myself,” he said, “telling me his story of a captured prisoner who’s taken to the coliseum to fight a bigger opponent, and wins, and goes on to have a life before he dies.” Autumn Benjamin is a junior community entrepreneurship major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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French musician to mix it up in Burly by Marissa lanoff mlanoff@uvm.edu

Hailing from a small town in the north of France and workwing as a radio host in a suburb of Paris, this artist has recently put out three award-winning albums and performed in over 65 countries. Wax Tailor, known to his friends as Jean-Christophe Le Saoût, is a multifaceted musician with several album releases in France.

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His ﬁrst EP, “Lost the Way” was released in 2004. Known ofﬁcially as a triphop music producer, his music is a fusion of sound bites of old movies with smooth jazzy hiphop stylistically fused in. Wax Tailor uses turntables and, at times, a live band to create his music. Wax Tailor will be performing with Emancipator and Yppah at Higher Ground Oct. 14. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Film premieres at local downtown movie theater A new Steve Jobs biopic is coming to Burlington and for UVM students, the tickets are free — but limited by Colin Kamphius ckamphui@uvm.edu

Not that one needs another reason to see “Steve Jobs,” but there will be a private screening for UVM students, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Be sure to stop by the ofﬁce this week and pick up a free ticket for the advanced showing at Burlington’s Roxy Cinema at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, or attend the event early with your CatCard because students attend for free. Starring Michael Fassbend-

er, supported by Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet and Jeff Daniels, “Steve Jobs” tells the intimate story of the man behind Apple, one of the most powerful tech ﬁrms in the world. There is a good chance that anyone reading this owns at least one product of his, and based on the trailer the ﬁlm looks to portray the controversial tech mogul in an unapologetic light. Written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin and directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, “Steve Jobs” is one of the most anticipated and highly discussed movies of 2015. Seats are not guaranteed, so be sure to arrive early and claim your spot.

I have been very well. I feel I am living two lives right now: I am touring and moving from place to place when the people are sleeping; it’s a routine. But I am also working on a documentary.

What is your favorite part of this "routine"? There are two moments that I really love; the ﬁrst is when I am working in the studio, and I can ﬁnd the light. Like, there is the light and that is it. It’s when I am in the moment of the truth. The second is when I am on stage performing and I feel there is nothing between myself and the people who are listening to my music.

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How did you get the idea to mix in samples of old movies into your tracks?

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Wax Tailor poses for a photo. PHOTO COURTESY OF TREVOR SEAMON

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It was a very long time ago, maybe the late ‘80s, when I was very involved in the hip-hop scene. I loved the dialogue in the hip-hop. And then in the early ‘90s, I was a teenager and making my early demos, I started to use dialogue because there is truly a melody within the voice. I like how you can hear a clip from a movie and bend it in a way that changes the meaning of the words. Like in one of my songs, “The Tune,” I was watching an old movie and this actress, she said, “I just can’t get that tune out of my head,” and I loved the way her voice sounded. It had a Bossa Nova sound behind it.

When I was growing up, TV was new, so big and so important. The movies that played then were often very poetic or political about global things like the Cold War. I liked the political messages behind them.

What's your music making process? It comes in a natural way. I know when the music sounds right. People often ask me if I am afraid of the blank sheet, but the answer is no. I know myself so I know my music.

How does knowing yourself help with the music? When you’re growing up in a certain kind of music it brings the generation together and you kind of feel like soldiers of that genre. But, for me, when I make music I assume a different culture [American culture]. You’re so afraid to love the music that your parents love. But in the mornings now, I wake up, and I make my coffee, and I don’t know, there it is – I’m listening to jazz.

What is the message behind your album's art? When I was young I spent so much time in record stores. And when you don’t know an artist the ﬁrst contact you have with them is the artwork on the cover. I want people to pick up my album and have it play on their imagination like, say, what can it be? A mystery.

New movie shoots for Mars Colin Kamphuis

The Martian

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rom renowned director Ridley Scott comes “The Martian,” a futuristic version of Robinson Crusoe. Mark Watney is an American astronaut who is thought to have been killed in a sandstorm during an emergency evacuation of a NASA mission on Mars. However, he lives and must struggle to survive against overwhelming odds in one of the most daunting survival stories ever told. Weeks pass before NASA becomes aware of Watney’s survival, and even then it is clear that it will take years before a

rescue mission can reach him. While Watney is clever enough to extend his food supply by growing crops within his pressure-controlled base, the isolation he is subjected to wears on him. As his supplies begin to dwindle and the movie progresses, the loneliness he experiences clearly deteriorates his physical and emotional health. By the end of the ﬁlm, his gaunt frame highlights the physical strain he was under for more than a year alone on Mars. Matt Damon delivers a predictably spectacular perfor-

mance in his latest ﬁlm. The rest of the star-studded cast includes Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean and Donald Glover. The ﬁlm has incredible cinematography. Watney’s seclusion on Mars is highlighted by a vast and unforgiving landscape, an expansive Martian desert that extends for thousands of miles all around him. Despite the theme of solitude, the uplifting story of the world’s response to a stranded astronaut overcomes the sense of loneliness of seeing a man stranded 33 million miles from home. Colin Kamphuis is a senior Russian major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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Artist delivered usual crude style William Gotterer WGOTTERE@ UVM.EDU

s I watched Dave Chappelle go through the motions of his masturbation routines on the Flynn MainStage, I realized that this was the stroke of a genius. “I don’t know fellas, but after I bust a nut something happens where my thinking gets very clear,” Chappelle said. “I think very rational. That’s why, guys with a social life, you’re not suppose to jerk off between the hours of 6 and 10 p.m. It will fuck yo’ whole night up.” “Your night needs sexual tension … Your buddies be like, ‘Hey, let’s go to a club.’ And you’re like, ‘Hold on let me just jump in the shower.’ Then you rub one off. You get out and you’re like, ‘You know what guys, I think I’m going to stay in.’ It makes you think real clear!” The convoluted ideas that most people unload in the show-

er to refrain from going to Rasputin’s Bar became unearthed as Chappelle exposed the brutal truths of our society. “I heard that 500 factory workers jumped off the roof and killed themselves to protest the horrible conditions that they have to work under [to make the iPhone 6s Plus],” he said. “And I say this because this phone is so dope. I bought one anyway, worth every Chinese man’s life.” It was interesting how Chappelle was able to joke about such dark topics, and quickly slip into another punch line that loos-

Chappelle is seemingly a relaxed and chilled out dude, although he hired extra security to walk up and down the aisles to kick people out for any type of cell phone usage. Sitting in an aisle seat, I had security members continuously standing over me and gazing down the row looking for any signs of light emanating from the audience’s laps. The dynamic was a little strange. Onstage was Chappelle pacing back and forth reveling at his jokes, and offstage were security guards with serious,

It was interesting how Chappelle was able to joke about such dark topics, and quickly slip into another punch line that loosened me up to accept the topic as funny ened me up to accept the topic as funny. While eruptions of laughter ﬂew from the audience, there was a continuous air of tension.

unamused faces pacing up and down the aisles. Chappelle himself even kicked someone out for recording. The extra security was dis-

Comedian Dave Chappelle is pictured. PHOTO FROM LIVENATION tracting as there were times when I became more focused on whom was being kicked out instead of on the show itself. Yet, even with the security competing for attention, Chappelle stole the show with his witty and humorous take on gender. “Transgender people fuck the pronoun game up,” Chappelle said. “Again, I support people to be whoever they feel like they are inside, but my

question is, to what degree am I required to participate in your self image?” “Is it fair for me to change my whole pronoun game up just because of what you’re wearing? If I put on an argyle sweater—‘Hey everybody I feel like a white guy William Gotterer is a senior English major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

Nectar’s to celebrate 40 years in Vermont By Maggie Richardson marichar@uvm.edu

Tar Iguana pulls from their diverse music backgrounds to create an original sound. They are performing with Revibe at the Rusty Nail in Stowe Oct. 16. PHOTO COURTESY OF OWEN RINGWALL

Musicians share the stage by Raf Santos rsantos@uvm.edu

From the dark depths of an off-campus basement five friends got together to form a band. What they created was the “creature” known as Tar Iguana. The members met during their time at UVM and are still around looking to introduce their innovative sound. “The hardest part in being part of a band is that now that we’re not students anymore and we don’t have Friday, Saturday and Sundays off anymore,” said lead guitarist Chris Heres. “We all have different schedules so the hardest part is definitely getting five people in the same room to practice.” Drawing from rock, jam bands, reggae and funk each member of Tar Iguana brings their own flavor of music from each of their own influences. What they each bring allows them to create their own original sound that is Tar Iguana. Working off of each other,

they are able to create their music to their own liking, they said. “Each of us comes from a different genre,” Heres said. “We all like rock and jam bands and reggae, but honestly it changes so much.”

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Each of us comes from a different genre. We all like rock and jam bands, and reggae but honestly it changes so much

Chris Heres Lead guitarist of Tar Iguana “Like our keyboardist Gyasi will be listening to this one band and I’ll be listening to this one band and we’ll try to bring in those vibes that we were listening to,” Heres said. Revibe is another Burlington band. It consists of four mem-

bers creating psychedelic melodies that leave their audiences in a constant state of dancing and jamming. Primarily influenced by rock, funk, jazz and some electronic, Revibe aims to blend each of their influences to create their own sound. “Our music definitely draws on a lot of different influences,” drummer Sam Pratt said. “When we promote shows we say jam fusion I think that defines us well, but the four main genres that really describes us best is funk, jazz, progressive rock and electronic.” Couple things to be on the lookout for is their upcoming Halloween show called “Halloween: Tar Iguana does Ween,” where they will be playing two sets of music — one of their own and another covering the music of Ween Oct. 28. You can also check them out at their upcoming show with Revibe at the Rusty Nail in Stowe Oct. 16.

When walking down Main Street, the Nectar’s retro sign is sure to stand out amongst the red and blue awnings of the venue’s neighbors. Nectar’s, founded in 1975, is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. “We wanted to make our 40th anniversary not just a celebration of Nectar’s, but of the Burlington music scene from the Nectar’s stage,” said Brian Mital, the venue’s talent scout. The celebration has been running since February, and has included tributes to albums recorded in 1975. Nectar’s will welcome Project/Object, the world-renowned Frank Zappa alumni band on Oct. 14. When deciding which acts deﬁne Burlington’s musical spirit, “Zappa came up all the time,” Mital said. The band members aren’t strangers to the Nectar’s stage. “Project/Object has played Nectar’s about half a dozen times,” said Alex Budney, Nectar’s co-owner. “The ﬁrst time I played Higher Ground was in 1995,” said Ike Willis, guitarist of Project/Object, “We can’t wait to get back to Nectar’s, they never let us down.” “I’m all about Nectar’s,” said Denny Walley, the band’s vocalist and rhythm guitarist. The venue has a great reputation among local and national bands alike. “[At Nectar’s] there’s a backof-the-house, family vibe, and I think that’s why bands keep coming back,” Budney said.

Over the years, the venue has welcomed all sorts of acts from the Killers to Ben Howard to local reggae musician Jah9. Nectar’s is most widely known for being the spot Phish made it big. “We have people knocking on the windows after we’re closed just to get a look inside,” Mital said of die-hard Phish fans. The appeal of Nectar’s isn’t limited to fans of Frank Zappa or Phish’s music. “Nectar’s attracts people from all walks of life,” Mital

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We have people knocking on the windows after we’re closed just to get a look inside Brian Mital Nectar’s talent scout

said. “It’s really a catch-all for every type of Burlington resident.” At one of Nectar’s weekly Grateful Dead tribute shows, “you’ll see an 18-year-old-hearing this music for the ﬁrst time dancing as hard as the 70-yearold next to him,” he said. “Anywhere in the world, you can see someone wearing a Nectar’s shirt,” Mital said. “It’s truly a landmark here in Burlington.” And Nectar’s seems to be just that: a landmark.

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Junior goalie secures the net By Shane Town STown@uvm.edu

Starting the season, the goalie situation for the men’s hockey team was still up in the air. In the last two seasons, men’s hockey team had back-to-back 20-wins for the first time since 1996. They reached the Hockey East semifinals last year, due in part to their defensive play and goaltending. Junior Mike Santaguida and former Catamount Brody Hoffman, both goalies, split game time nearly down the middle last season. Santaguida played 25 games with a total of 1296 minutes and Hoffman played 22, tallying 1193 minutes. Save percentages were nearly identical at .923 and .922 respectively. However a starter was never established. Now that Hoffman and two other defensemen, Nick Luukko and Mike Paliotta, have moved on to pursue professional hockey, Santaguida is now the last line of defense. The team has two other goalies on the roster — sophomore Pat Feeley and first-year Patrick Munson. Feeley’s only NCAA game time came in 2013 in an exhibition game against the University of Ottawa. Despite having several goalie options, Santaguida is looking forward to claiming the starting position. “I think the coaches wanted to create some competition between us to push us day-in and day-out and at times it might have gotten in the way of routine, or getting into the flow of things,” Santaguida said. Head coach Kevin Sneddon, despite splitting the time last year and playing Hoffman at the end of the Hockey East play-

Junior Mike Santaguida lines up for the national anthem at Gutterson Fieldhouse Oct. 4. After splitting time last year with Brody Hoffman — who left UVM for the Minnesota Wild after his junior season — Santaguida started the team’s first game of the season Oct. 10 in a 3-0 shutout win in which he earned 24 saves. DAYNA WYCKOFF/The Vermont Cynic offs, sees Santaguida and his two backups as a strength of the team. “We feel very strongly about our goaltenders starting with Michael because of his experience, but our other two guys will certainly keep him honest and push him hard every day,” Sneddon said. “Our goaltending’s not just average, it’s excellent.” Munson echoed Sneddon’s thoughts. “Competition between [goaltenders] is what every team needs,” he said. “Pushing him [Santaguida] every day will make us both better.” Munson comes to UVM after spending two seasons in the North American Hockey League

with the Fairbank Ice Dogs. He had a record of 24-8-2 over 35 games.

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The team played better in front of the big-bodied Hoffman than the smaller Santaguida.

Competition between [goaltenders] is what every team needs. Pushing [Santaguida] every day will make us both better Patrick Munson First-year goalie Men’s hockey

While Hoffman and Santaguida were statistically similar last year, Hoffman had a superior win percentage.

Perhaps less traffic from the UVM bench to the net will result in consistent play from the Cats. Neither of the other two

goalies has logged a single minute of collegiate ice time. For the time being the job belongs to the 5-foot-9-inch 175 pound Santaguida. In the first game of the season, Oct. 10 against the University of Minnesota, Santaguida made 24 saves in a shutout win. Santaguida, having split time with Hoffman last year, already has 44 games under his belt coming into his junior year. “Our strength is in our experience level and having guys who have played in big games,” Sneddon said of his team. “That’s what’s going to drive our team this year.”

Men’s team makes statement in shutout win Catamounts upset No. 8 Minnesota in their season opener By Alex Benoît & Shane town apbenoit@uvm.edu — stown@uvm.edu

Junior Mario Puskarich skates during warmups at Gutterson Fieldhouse Oct. 4 before the team’s exhibition game against Acadia. DAYNA WYCKOFF/The Vermont Cynic

Despite entering the game as underdogs, UVM men’s hockey won its first game of the season against the No. 8 University of Minnesota. Defying the odds on the road and against a team that has won nearly 80 percent of its home games in the years past, Vermont beat Minnesota Saturday night 3-0. Minnesota packed their arena with nearly 10,000 fans to see the Gophers take on the Catamounts in the season opening “Hall of Fame Game.” Junior Mario Puskarich scored two goals, including one with nine seconds remaining in the first. The contested wrist shot trickled past Minnesota firstyear goaltender Eric Schierhorn

and Puskarich beat the defender and buried the rolling puck into the net. He added another goal early in the third period that included sophomore Trey Philip’s first career college hockey point. Senior Jonathan Turk add-

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I thought we got better as the game wore on... We played to win Kevin Sneddon Head coach

ed the final goal — tapping in an empty netter with a minute remaining in the third period. First-year Liam Coughlin got his first college hockey point for assisting Turk. Mike Santaguida got the start in net and did not allow a single goal, attaining his first

shutout of the year and his fifth career shutout. He faced 24 shots, the majority of which came in the first two periods. The third period was Catamount-dominated, allowing only four Minnesota shots on goal, and successfully killing off their fourth penalty of the game. Head coach Kevin Sneddon was pleased with his team’s win. “That’s a good win for the guys,” Sneddon said, according to UVM athletics. “I thought we got better as the game wore on. We played a really smart third period. We played to win.” Following their victory Puskarich was named the TD Bank Student-Athlete of the Week. Santaguida also earned an award when he was named Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week. The Catamounts will face No. 10 University of Nebraska-Omaha at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 16 at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

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UVM to offer a new sports minor By Claire Messersmith cmessers@uvm.edu

UVM offers hundreds of majors and minors, but sports management was never one of them — until now. Last spring, the Curricular Affairs Committee unanimously approved the proposal of a new sports management minor. The minor was officially approved Oct. 2, and will be offered as early as spring 2016. Associate Director of Athletics Krista Balogh was a driving force in the approval of the minor, which she called a “fantastic group effort.” “Higher administration also appreciated the cross-collaboration between multiple schools to put the minor into place. It’s a very unique minor,” Balogh said. In Balogh’s athletics courses, there’s been a demand for years by students interested in learning more about the subject. Lewis Willmuth, a first-year student majoring in business, is particularly excited about the new approval of this minor. “A minor in sports management would not completely limit me,” Willmuth said. “I’d get the broad foundation of everything I would need while still keeping a small focus on the overall goal of entering sports some day,” he said. “I figured a minor like this would be the best approach.” Willmuth came to UVM knowing a minor like this was

not available. Despite that, he’s excited for the minor to be offered the next year. “Sports is one of the only things that keeps me fully engaged,” Willmuth said. “It’s something I’m passionate about, so I figured that a career in sports is the only way to find a path to a job I will love.” Sports management is a field of study focused on the business and management aspect of sports and recreation. This minor was made possible by collaboration between the School of Community Development and Applied Economics,

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Sports is one of the only things that keeps me fully engaged. It’s something I’m passionate about

Lewis Willmuth First-year Business Administration

the College of Education and Social Services, the School of Business Administration and the Rubenstein School.

Club sports coordinator Leon Lifschutz is pictured in his ofﬁce Oct. 12 at Student Life. A new sports management minor was recently approved by the Curricular Affairs Committee. OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic

The new minor will be part of the parks, recreation and tourism program in the Rubenstein School. There are three required core courses: “Sport in Society,” “Intro to Sports Management” and “Outdoor Recreation Planning.” Students will also have to take a management course, a marketing and communications course and an entrepreneurship

course. All courses are three credits and the sports management minor will require a total of 18 credits. Balogh is a future professor for courses within the ﬁeld of sports management as well as David Kaufman, Declan Connolly and Leon Lifschutz, she said. Other instructors will be named as the program is developed.

Balogh currently teaches a “Careers in College Athletics” course, new to UVM this semester. “My ‘Careers in College Athletics’ course was in an effort to have another course put underneath as an elective,” Balogh said. “I could see where different courses that may come to light could be folded in under the minor.”

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Creating a sports related major Nate Frieberg NFRIEBERG@ UVM.EDU

had one problem coming into UVM. There wasn’t a sports management major. Students in Associate Director of Athletics Krista Balogh’s “Event Planning for Athletics” class have expressed frustration with UVM for not offering a sports management program. Luckily there is a way around that. Individually designed majors are a relatively unknown element to UVM’s vast list of majors. An individually designed major allows a student to study a particular topic that is not contained in a typical major at UVM. The catch is that you must create an application and send it into the dean of the school you wish to have your major under. Each school may have their own subtleties to their application process but you will at least need a class list for your proposed four-year plan. Additionally, you’ll need a paper outlining how these classes will prepare you for your career path. The College of Arts and Sciences has their own deﬁnition for the individually designed major. According to their website, “The major must lead to an in-

tensive investigation of some broad area of human knowledge which is not covered by a single departmental discipline. I have designed a major in sports management and am now in my ﬁnal year of completing my degree. The process was very simple as sports management has overlapping qualities and requirements with business courses. UVM also offers many sports-related courses that help provide me with some more indepth knowledge of the sporting world.

rience at UVM for me since I was able to take more classes that will directly impact my future career. Although there will always be those dreaded required classes, by designing my curriculum, I have found that I have genuinely enjoyed the majority of them. One of my biggest concerns when designing my major was that when applying for internships or jobs many people would look down upon me or not see me as qualiﬁed. However, I have found the case to be quite the opposite and many have seen it as a strength

AthleteTweets This segment of the sports section features athlete tweets from the UVM sports community. We look for athletes of all levels, coaching staff, alumni and members of the athletic department. If you would like your tweets to be included here then please tweet @VermontCynic for a chance to be featured. Colby Snyder Women's Soccer Midfielder

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I completely recommend designing your own major to anyone who wants something that UVM doesn't have, especially those looking for a sports management program Jeff Schulman Senior Associate Athletic Director

Now that the minor has been approved I’m sure more classes will be offered pertaining to sports management. The minor’s approval is also an important step on the road to UVM creating a sports management major. By combining these classes with a credit-based internship I was able to create a curriculum plan that was nearly identical to many other school’s sports management programs. This has made a terriﬁc expe-

that shows leadership and initiative. I completely recommend designing your own major to anyone who wants something that UVM doesn’t have, especially those looking for a sports management program.

Nate Frieberg is a senior sports management major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2015.

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First-year looks to impress team By Locria Courtright ccourtright@uvm.edu

One ﬁrst-year on the men’s hockey team has played for many teams throughout his career, and this season he must adapt to a new team again. Despite that, forward Liam Coughlin said he’s used to change. Coughlin spent most of his life in South Boston, affectionately known as “Southie.” “[Growing up in Southie] was amazing,” 21-year-old Coughlin said. “I was around family and friends, and everybody knew each other.” Coughlin started skating at the age of 4, and was playing hockey not long after that. “My dad played hockey, my older brother played hockey. It’s in the family,” he said. Coughlin was captain of his high school team, Catholic Memorial School, for two years. “My coach, coach [Bill] Hanson, was one of the best coaches ever, and to be captain under him was great,” Coughlin said. During his second year, he posted 28 goals and 48 points before electing to leave Boston for junior hockey. Coughlin was drafted into the United States Hockey League by Iowa’s Dubuque Fighting Saints, but decided to play junior hockey in Vernon, British Columbia, with the British Columbia Hockey League’s

Vernon Vipers. “My first year was definitely a little different. I wasn’t comfortable at first, but a couple months in, I was happy,” Coughlin said. ”It’s a great place, a beautiful place, and I’d go back if I could.” During his first season in Vernon, his team hosted the Royal Bank Cup, which is the national championship for Canadian Junior A teams. Vernon was knocked out in the semifinals, but Coughlin,

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ey tournament and it was unforgettable.” After posting 105 regular season points during his time in Vernon, Coughlin’s NHL rights were traded this summer from Edmonton to the Chicago Blackhawks. “It’s deﬁnitely the business of hockey. Chicago’s been wanting me for a few years,” Coughlin said. “I thought they were going to draft me, but Edmonton beat them to it.”

I want to just show the coaches and my teammates that I can play out here, every game, every shift Liam Coughlin First-year forward Men’s hockey

who notched two points, described the tournament as, “one of the best experiences of my life.” After his first season, Coughlin was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. “In Southie, there’s a big street hockey tournament, and everyone goes,” Coughlin said. “It was on the same day as the draft. I’m just waiting around, playing a little street hockey; finally I get the call, and it was amazing. It was announced over the intercom at the street hock-

Coughlin said he is aware about the business of professional hockey. “It’s deﬁnitely the business, but I’m deﬁnitely more motivated and I want to show Chicago that I can be their guy one day,” he said. Coughlin, listed at 6-foot-2inches, according to UVM athletics, describes himself as “a big body who can have a lot of net front presence,” and head coach Kevin Sneddon agrees. “Liam adds size to the wing position, skates very well for his size, and can add offense as

First-year Liam Coughlin is entering his ﬁrst season with the Catamounts. Coughlin is a forward and was drafted in this past year’s NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers. COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICS he has proven during his junior career. We believe Liam will be an impact player right away,” Sneddon said, according to UVM athletics. As for goals this season,

Coughlin just wants to impress Sneddon and his fellow coaches: “I want to just show the coaches and my teammates that I can 75004 play out here, every game, every shift.”

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W E D N E S DAY, O C T O B E R 14 , 2 015

SPORTS

THE VERMONT CYNIC

App rewards students scoreboard •

Little-known app allows students to earn points and prizes for interacting with the athletics department

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By Zach Hawkins

zhawkins@uvm.edu

One UVM club’s app rewards students with various prizes, but few know it exists, students say. The Cat Pride Club has been around for a decade and the app for over two years. The club’s app is a free reward system that allows members to earn redeemable points for attending UVM varsity events, inviting a friend to join or sharing Catamount related content on social media. “I had never heard anything about it, and I’d never heard anyone else talking about it,” ﬁrst-year Gabe Nowicki said. Just by joining, users can earn a couple hundred points by connecting their social media accounts. These points can be exchanged for UVM T-shirts, beanies, bags, license plate frames and gift cards. There are also $50 and $100 gift cards to Nectar’s in contests that are held every two weeks. The points can be redeemed on the app by selecting the “redeem” option. In addition to these prizes,

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Junior Mario Puskarich was awarded the TD Bank Student Athlete of the Week Award. Junior Mike Santaguida of the men’s hockey team was awarded the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Award. First-year ﬁeld hockey player Lauren Tucker leads the team in points with 15. The men and women’s cross country teams competed at the New England championships in Boston Oct. 10. The men’s side placed 27th and the women’s 15th. Junior Brian Wright leads the men’s soccer team with six goals and 15 points.

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OCT. 10 - OCT. 18

W 2-1 Men’s Soccer at Hartford West Hartford, CT Oct. 10 W 3-0 Men’s Hockey at Minnestota Minneanapolis, MN Oct. 10 W 229 - 67 Swimming at Binghamton Vestal, NY Oct. 10 T 1-1 Women’s Soccer at Hartford West Hartford, CT Oct. 11 Illustration by HALEY CROCKER

UVM fan engagement director Katie Dowd said they offer “some rewards that aren’t offered anywhere else.” These include a basketball signed by the UVM team, tickets to sold-out hockey games and the “best seats in the house” promotion, which are comfortable recliner seats right next to the basketball court for home games. While the Cat Pride Club used to be based on a magnetic ID card, it’s now been simpliﬁed so people can access it from a smartphone app. It is called the Cat Pride Club App. Not only does this app act as a check-in for games or access to the club and its points, it also shows all upcoming UVM games in a comprehensive format. UVM students and athletics

staff said the most common reason for not attending games is a lack of awareness. “Most people say that it’s not that they don’t want to come to the games, it’s that they don’t know about them,” Dowd said. With the app, students would no longer have such an excuse. Out of the thousands of spectators who come to UVM games every week, only 900 have the app, according to Dowd. Of these 900, Dowd estimates only about 300 are students. For a school of over 10,000, this is a very low number for a club that offers you free prizes, Dowd said. Download the app from the app store or visit the website at www.catprideclub.com.

L 3-1 Field Hockey vs Maine HOME Oct. 11

NEXT WEEK Women’s Hockey at St. Lawrence Canton, NY Men’s Hockey vs Nebraska-Omaha HOME Women’s Soccer vs Albany HOME

Oct. 15 & 16 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 & 17 7:05 p.m.

Oct. 18 1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY Oct. 18 Field Hockey vs Albany HOME

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