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Police chase ends by UVM dorm by Bryan o’keefe bokeefe@uvm.edu
A destructive high-speed chase involving a stolen car came to a stop near Jeanne Mance after colliding with a Domino’s delivery car. The suspect, 27-year-old Ashley Martin of Colchester, allegedly stole the car from behind the Pine Street Maltex Building just before 9 p.m. Feb 4, before colliding into the Battery Park side of Burlington Police Department headquarters, according to a Burlington Police Department press release. Lt. Paul Glynn then saw the car speeding north on North Avenue, before colliding with two parked cars, totaling both the vehicles, according to the press release. Another vehicle was damaged by debris flying off of the stolen car on the corner of Pearl Street and South Winooski Avenue. The chase came to an end in front of Taft School after the vehicle collided with a privately owned car being used for Domino’s delivery, according to the press release. Jeanne Mance Hall is across the street from where the chase ended, and the scene outside caught the eye of some students.
“The crash happened so suddenly and soon everyone on my floor was alerted to the fact that police were brandishing guns outside,” sophomore Kira Nemeth said. “We were all glued to the windows waiting for whoever crashed into the Domino’s car to get out.” Students scrambled to look out the windows to see what was going on, sophomore Michael Daley said. “There was a sufficient amount of noise as a result of the excitement,” Daley said. “People were shouting and
loudly debating what was occurring across the street as it was happening.” “Once it became apparent that there were firearms involved, the RA on duty began to warn students to avoid the windows in fear of a violent response from the driver,” he said. Junior Clarence Ng is an RA in Jeanne Mance and was working the night of the incident. “Many residents in the building heard the screeching of tires, the sirens of police and, ultimately, the crash,” Ng said.
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“I could see the police with their weapons drawn facing the [car],” he said. “It was scary for sure.” Bruce Bovat, BPD deputy chief of operations, said they received many calls from people thinking that officers drew firearms out of their holsters without knowing what they were facing. “[The officers] did a really good job of slowing the situation down, containing the situation,” Bovat said. Despite police attempts to communicate with her, Martin
was unresponsive and wouldn’t get out of the car, he said. After about five minutes, officers were able to position themselves so they could deploy pepper-balls into the vehicle, Bovat said. “At this point, keep in mind, they have no idea who this person is, why they were eluding [the officers], what condition they’re under, if they have any weapons in the car,” he said. They then decided to use nonlethal beanbags, discharged from a rifle into the suspect’s thighs twice, Bovat said. This caused Martin enough pain that she communicated with the officers, who were able to remove her from the car without further incident, he said. Officers did not suspect Martin was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, which the UVM Medical Center confirmed after she was taken to the emergency room for minor injuries, Bovat said. “We think that the driving force for this person at this time was that they were suffering from some sort of mental health anguish or incapacity,” he said. Domino’s Pizza declined request for comment.
Sullivan requests increase in state funding by Rachel Peck & Claire madden rapeck@uvm.edu/cgmadden@uvm.edu
President Tom Sullivan visited the Statehouse Jan. 27 to ask the House and Senate Committees on Education for more funding for fiscal year 2017. Sullivan asked for a 5.2 percent increase in funding for the University. During his presentation he also said UVM’s out-of-state tuition dollars fund the University, and a goal of the administration is to lower tuition for all students. UVM is “having a hard time recruiting and retaining out-ofstate students because of that price tag,” Sullivan said. UVM is the fourth most expensive public university for out-of-state students, according to a Dec. 2, 2014 article by U.S. News and World Report. Vermont was also ranked 49th for the funding of its state colleges and universities in 2013 and is consistently among the lowest, according to a 2013 report from the State Higher
Education Executive Officers Association. A funding increase would lead directly to a tuition decrease, Sullivan said to the Senate committee. “The greater the support from the state,” he said, “the less [UVM] can hold out on tuition.” State funding has not increased in six to eight years, Wendy Koenig, director of Federal and State Relations at UVM said. Gov. Peter Shumlin has not budgeted an increase for UVM and the University will likely not receive an increase in funding from the state, Koenig said. “The state budget is not in good shape,” she said. Sullivan also asked the committee to repeal the “40 percent rule.” This policy sets a cap on in-state tuition at 40 percent of the out-of-state rate. If this rule were dropped, Sullivan promised to lower out-of-state tuition and not raise in-state. “I can guarantee you it will
not affect Vermonter tuition or enrollment,” he said of the proposed repeal. The 40 percent rule was recently repealed from graduate tuition, though the initiative only passed because lawmakers were told it would not apply to undergraduates, said Sen. Philip Baruth, who teaches English at UVM. Over 1,000 Vermonters graduate from UVM every year and some of the money would be used to help the University’s efforts to attract and graduate more Vermont students, Sullivan said. “I think our goal is to have more Vermonters educated,” he said. “I hope we can educate them in our great institutions here in Vermont.” Thirty-two percent of Vermont students at the University are the first in their families to attend college, and 28 percent of Vermont students are Pell Grant recipients, Sullivan said. Some students see the benefits of an increase in funding.
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“If more funding means more scholarships, then it sounds good to me,” first-year Talia Cohen said. Sullivan also said the University’s goal is keeping graduated students in-state. UVM plays a role in the foundation of Vermont’s current and future economic status, he said. His testimony to the House Education Committee centered around the idea that efforts to
make UVM more affordable for students would provide jobs and resident retention. He said 91 percent of 2014 graduates were employed within one year of graduation, and 44 percent of those students were employed in Vermont. For every dollar the University receives from the state, the University puts $25 back into the local economy, according to Sullivan’s presentation.
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ALANA moves to L/L in fall 2016 by alexandra shannon amshanno@uvm.edu
Students will soon be able to access the ALANA Student Center on Athletic Campus. The Center is moving into the space that the Career Center currently occupies in the Living /Learning Center in fall 2016. The ALANA Student Center is currently located in the Blundell House on South Prospect Street. The Center works to help students of color achieve their goals in academics, personal growth and cultural development, according to their website. Conversations about relocating the ASC have been going on for years, the center’s temporary director, Sarah Childs, said. The relocation process gained momentum when Sen. Angelica Crespo, a junior and member of the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Environmental Ethics, passed a resolution Nov. 17 to move the ASC. Crespo said she created the resolution to get people to care about the ASC by moving to a more centralized location. “I passed a resolution for SGA to relocate the ALANA Student Center to make it more central on campus,” Crespo said, “because it’s almost like feeling like you have to go to the back of the bus, getting to the back of
The Living/Learning Center is pictured Feb. 4. The ALANA Student Center will be moving to the space currently occupied by the Career Center. SABRINA HOOD/The Vermont Cynic the campus, it’s so far away.” Senior Dylan Letendre, chair of CODEEE, said Crespo spearheaded the relocation of the ASC with the resolution. “She took it upon herself to try and make that happen,” Letendre said. Crespo said she believes having the ASC closer to cam-
pus will make it a more effective home away from home for students of color. “By it being in a place where people walk by everyday, we’ll normalize it,” she said. There have been many students over the years that have expressed discontent with the location of the center, SGA Pres-
ident Jason Maulucci said. “So there was a lot of value in bringing that community closer to the center of campus,” Maulucci said. The centralization of the ASC will provide students with an updated facility, additional space for programming, classes and meetings as well as prox-
imity to colleagues and peers, Childs said. The Career Center will be moved into the Hub in the Davis Center. There has been no talks yet of what will fill the vacant space in Blundell House, Maulucci said.
Students go campaigning in New Hampshire by john riedel Jpriedel@uvm.edu
UVM students campaigned in New Hampshire this past weekend, in preparation for the state’s primary. A local student group, UVM Students for Bernie Sanders,
bused students to New Hampshire Feb. 6 to Feb. 9. First-year Adrian Burnett is one student who volunteered for Bernie Sanders. “A couple weeks ago I went door to door and met people who were undecided,” Burnett said.
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volunteered last weekend encouraging people to vote. “I would like to see more people get fired up,” Burnett said. The Vermont College Republicans cannot endorse a candidate until a nominee has been selected, SGA President Jason Maulucci, former president of the group, said. He said they take a pragmatic approach to issues before taking either a Democratic or Republican view, and try “to support candidates who will work to make Vermont more affordable and bring more high-paying jobs into the state.” “The main focus of College Republicans is affordability, and how to get the economy going again,” Maulucci said. “Most of us are socially liberal which might not be the same for nationwide Republicans.” Former UVM student Sam Rostow, now a sophomore at George Mason University, said he campaigned for Jeb Bush this past weekend. “This whole weekend I’ve been campaigning in New Hampshire,” Rostow said. “On Saturday we spent the whole day in Portsmouth going door to door.” He said he was concerned about interactions with campaigners of other parties but described the experience as pos-
itive. “The Bernie Sanders campaigners were really respectful,” Rostow said. “I was very pleased to see the respect between the different party campaigns.” He said he saw other campaigns as well. “There were a lot of Chris Christie’s people out there,” Rostow said. “We also saw Hillary’s people.” Senior David Oppenheimer is the president of the UVM College Democrats. He said they have also been trying to get people involved and ready to vote, but do not support any one particular candidate. “Obviously we recognize this is Burlington and you can end up with a lot of Bernie supporters,” Oppenheimer said. He said they have been hosting voter registration drives as well as debate watching parties to get people politically involved. “Come general election time, we will be going door to door to help people vote,” Oppenheimer said. He said he is happy to see people involved, but noted that not everyone turns up to vote. The New Hampshire primary was Tuesday.
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Over $250 million has been raised for UVM’s Move Mountains campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the University’s history, as announced in the Feb. 5 board of trustees meeting. In 2015, UVM had its best ever October and December in terms of fundraising, said Rich Bundy, president and CEO of the UVM Foundation. Combined, these two months mark the first time in the history of the University where the foundation raised more than $22 million in a quarter, Bundy said. “As a result, at the end of January, new campaign commitments stood at $268.6 million,” he said. This is about 54 percent of the campaign’s total financial goal, with about 56 percent of the campaign duration having passed. When the campaign went public on Oct. 2, $247 million had already been raised, according to an Oct. 6 Cynic article. Bundy said the amounts the foundation is seeing so far are on schedule with their target goal. Bundy said 62 percent of the funds committed in the campaign have already been received by the University, totaling $166.5 million in the last four and a half years.
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Dean of the Rubenstein School visits Student Senate Dean Nancy Matthews of the Rubenstein School spoke on public forum, commending the SGA senate for its leadership and innovation. Matthews said she is proud of UVM for being a sustainable and green campus. She also discussed goals of the Rubenstein School. These include implementing the development of more soft skills in classes such as teamwork and communication.
The board of trustees budget, finance and investment committee discuss monetary issues. The board meets four times a year to discuss University policy. HANNAH KEARNS/The Vermont Cynic The receipts already received by UVM, combined with pending monetary pledges, make up 80 percent of the total campaign funds seen so far, Bundy said. “That is an extraordinarily high number, far outpacing what you might expect in a national average,” he said. Bundy also said that UVM surpassed 100 endowed professorships in Dec. 2015. This is just behind the original goal of doubling the number
of endowed faculty positions from the benchmark of 52 when the campaign was announced, he said. The foundation will be formally announcing the 100th endowed position at the end of the spring— a fully-funded endowed chair position at $3 million. Ron Lumbra, vice chair of the board of trustees, asked if the recent stock market instability has had an effect on campaign donors.
Bundy said he was particularly worried in January when looking at the stock market, but the foundation still saw donors making full payments on their pledges. “As far as I know, we have not had a single [major] donor cancel their pledge or amend the terms of their payment schedule,” he said. The Move Mountains campaign is set to be complete in 2019.
The school’s goals also include building relationships with the community and continuing to support UVM’s sustainability efforts.
Student returns as SGA senator Junior Maya Donoghue was confirmed as an SGA senator, after nomination by Vice President Tyler Davis. Donoghue served previously on the SGA senate finance committee.
Vt. debates legalizing cannabis BY Megan Proulx & Kendell Kamansky mpproulx@uvm.edu/kkamansk@uvm.edu
Vermont is debating becoming the fifth state in the U.S. to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Vermont would be the first state in the union to legalize through legislation - all other states have used a popular vote. The proposed bill, S-241, is currently before the State Senate committee on economic development, housing and government affairs, according to the Vermont legislature’s website. The bill is expected to go through the full Senate by the end of the month, then move to the House, where it is expected to meet more opposition, said Bill Lofy, a member of the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative and former chief of staff to Gov. Peter Shumlin. The Vermont Cannabis Collaborative projected in a 2015 report that 4,000 new jobs relating to cultivation, technology and retail would be created in if recreational marijuana use were legalized in the state. The report also stated Vermont could generate between $20 million and $70 million a year in tax revenue from legalized marijuana. Vermont could also see a rise in tourism, around a 10 percent increase, according to the report. “We need to find our next
Heady Topper,” Lofy said before the Senate committee on economic development, housing and general affairs Feb. 3. Vermonters consumed between 15 and 25 metric tons of marijuana in 2014, according to a 2015 report from the RAND Corporation. Former Sen. Hinda Miller said a regulated cannabis market could create jobs and help communities in Vermont. Not all Vermonters are in support of marijuana legalization. One coalition, Smart Approaches to Marijuana in Vermont, is working to illuminate the potential harms of legaliza-
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We need to find our next Heady Topper BILL LOFY MEMBER OF THE VERMONT CANNABIS COLLABORATIVE tion in the state. SAM-VT is concerned about potential effects on youth, mental illness, addiction, highway safety and workplace safety. Marijuana stays in the system for a long time and affects several key functions such as vision and reaction times, according to the coalition’s website. “None of the research, nor any of the information from Colorado indicates this is the right thing to do,” the website
stated. Dave Malloy from Bellavance Trucking Company expressed similar concerns before the committee. Malloy emphasized that there is currently no accurate test to determine impairment levels due to the use of cannabis. He called upon the committee to “drill down on liability” to ensure workplace safety and suggested the legislature hold off on legalization until an accurate test is developed. A test comparable to Malloy’s suggestion is already in the works at Washington State University. A university team is working to develop a roadside test for marijuana use, similar to that used to detect blood alcohol content, according to the News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington. Senior Hannah Slitzky said she is excited for what legalization might mean for Vermont. “If it passes, I don’t think it will change UVM’s drug and alcohol policy, but it will eliminate the black market and restrict access to youth and students,” Slitzky said. Slitzky said that legalizing cannabis could affect safety on campus. “This would make UVM a safer place, since [cannabis] would be regulated like alcohol,” she said.
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Bring it Back: step up to the plate
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n 2009, UVM cut its varsity baseball and softball programs because of budget cuts. This wasn’t the first time – the same happened in the 1970s, though the program returned after seven years. The numbers just don’t add up for the program’s removal. Since being cut in 2009, UVM’s total athletic budget has grown by 20 percent, according to an athletic administration report. More specifically, salaries have increased by a whopping 117 percent. The budget for salaries is currently $908,456. For comparison, when the baseball program was cut in 2009, its budget was only $585,605. This is only one third of the current budget for the men’s basketball program. Baseball and softball are very cheap to operate in comparison to other varsity programs at UVM. There’s little to no logic in deciding to cut some of the
school’s least expensive sports. Centennial Field, where the team plays, has been in use since 1906. It is the oldest baseball field in the United States used for professional baseball. Having this piece of history in our own backyard is yet another reason to bring back the baseball and softball programs. Ninety Vermont high school graduates were playing college baseball at other schools in 2014, including nine Division I schools, according to a UVM athletic administration. This talent needs to be kept in our state and at our school. If we had a varsity baseball program, these talented players would have more of an incentive to stay in state and play ball in their own backyard here at UVM. The appointment of the new athletic director may increase the chances of bringing back baseball and softball to UVM. Current club baseball coach Jim Carter said he hopes this leadership change brings some
hope for the cut teams. We agree, and call upon whoever takes the helm of UVM athletics to revive this important piece of our heritage. A petition by the Friends of UVM Baseball was signed over 3,000 times in its first week, according to the organization’s website. UVM students and Vermonters alike are clearly on board with the Bring it Back campaign’s efforts to bring the program back to UVM. So are we.
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Asperger’s shocking truth Madison Heughins
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r. Hans Asperger is a godsend for anyone with Asperger’s Syndrome for giving the disorder a name and allowing people to get the help they need. Unfortunately, Asperger’s work has also been marred by apparent connections to Nazism. Rumors have swirled for years that Asperger was a Nazi sympathizer. First, he lived in Austria and worked at the University of Vienna when Germany annexed the country in 1938 and turned the university into a place to study how to achieve their twisted racial vision. However, before this happened, Asperger was studying children teachers thought were not bright. Instead of deeming them less intelligent, like their teachers did, Asperger took the time to figure out what was going on. He found these children had certain disabilities, but also many abilities. He concluded that the disabilities these children showed were inseparable from their abilities. Without the disabilities, they wouldn’t be as bright as they are in certain subjects. Accusations of Nazi sympathies are not without merit, however. He signed papers with “Heil Hitler,” frequently referenced high-functioning children in his talks, signed a paper that sent a young disabled girl to her death and served on a board that decided which children with disabilities lived and which died. Yet there is plenty of infor-
mation to refute these claims. First and foremost, Asperger never joined the Nazi Party, according to Steve Silberman in a Jan. 20 NPR article. Nearly everyone else in his department did, but he never did so. If he was a sympathizer, why wouldn’t he join the party? That would be the easiest way for him to stay out of trouble and out of sight – but he didn’t. Second, signing things “Heil Hitler” was likely a ploy to make it seem like he was on the Nazis’
children’s lives in the process. Signing the order that sent a girl to her death was awful and despicable, no doubt, but that does not make him a Nazi sympathizer; it makes him a person who had to make a horrific decision to save other children. Most importantly, it doesn’t matter whether you believe Asperger was a Nazi or not – his research is what is important. It was Asperger who found that autism was a spectrum, and that with the right support in place, people with this dis-
It needs to be recognized that not everything is clear cut. Dr. Asperger isn't completely evil or completely good — no one is. Certain things that he did were bad – working for the Nazi party, whether he wanted to or not, was definitely one of those things. side. If he wanted to stay out of the camps to continue his research, he needed to act like he was a Hitler supporter. The reason he only talked about high-functioning children was probably because of a Nazi rule that lower functioning children would be put to death had just gone into effect, and he wanted to protect those children. Why would he spend all of his time trying to figure out what was going on with these kids, only for them to be killed? That Asperger served on a board to decide which children lived and died is undoubtedly horrible. However, he may have used this position to save children that otherwise would have been killed. Even though that was a terrible thing for Asperger to have done, he may have saved many
ability can live great lives. It needs to be recognized that not everything is clear cut. Dr. Asperger wasn’t completely evil or completely good – no one is. Certain things that he did were bad- working for the Nazi party, whether he wanted to or not, was definitely one of those things. But he also gave a name to a disorder so people they can get the support they need. Though we need to recognize that Asperger worked with and under a despicable regime, we also need to focus on the benefits of what he studied. We can take the information we learned from these studies to better society and the people in it now. Madison Heughins is a first year neuroscience major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.
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Sanders fans: if Clinton makes it, don’t back down Ariana Arden AARDEN@UVM.EDU
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would like to make a statement that may shock our liberal readers: Hillary Clinton isn’t the devil. Yeah, we’re all “feeling the Bern,” but we have to face the fact that there’s a possibility Sanders won’t win the Democratic nomination. It’s obviously too soon to tell who will pull ahead, but I think it’s pretty fair to say it could go either way – the Iowa caucus saw Clinton and Sanders separated by a mere 0.3 percent. Sanders is the hometown boy and hero of millennials everywhere, and for good reason. His policies address a lot of issues important to young and marginalized people. However, this doesn’t make him the only person worth voting for. Over the past year, I’ve heard many friends remark that they hate Clinton, despise her even, and will never vote for her for president. That seems a bit extreme. While she’s clearly no saint, Clinton is far from the epitome of evil. I mean, have you looked at the Right lately? The clown car of Republican candidates, with Donald Trump as the ringmaster, can’t look more enticing than Clinton. So let’s just imagine for a moment that Sanders doesn’t win the party nomination. Boo hoo, yes we’re all sad, but come November, we are going to have to pick someone for president, and as much as you may not like Clinton, who else are you going to vote for? Donald Trump? Ted Cruz? Marco Rubio? That’s who is winning in the
polls, so we can presume it will be one of them. Do you think you’re just not going to vote? Because that’s a pretty childish way to operate. Hmmph, my candidate didn’t win, so I’m going to cross my arms and refuse to participate. Good luck with that. It just increases the chances of the other party winning. One vote may not decide the election, but by refusing to participate, you take any decision-making completely out of your own hands. If Clinton beats Sanders, you may consider it choosing between the lesser of two evils. But, choosing bad over awful is still better than not choosing at all.
Do you think you're just not going to vote? Because that's a pretty childish way to operate. Now, I would rather see Sanders in the Oval Office than Clinton, but I’m not blind to practical reality. Whoever gets elected into presidential office will hold a lot of influence over the next four, or more, years of my life. They will be shaping the politics of a large portion of our lives, and I would much rather see a Democratic candidate – any Democratic candidate – making legislation than a Republican.
Ariana Arden is a sophomore English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.
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The produce section at City Market is pictured Feb. 4. The grocery store is the closest one to campus.
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he closest supermarket to campus is City Market. It carries all the essentials and also provides a wide variety of delicious produce and artisanal food products from local Vermont farmers. While it’s extremely easy to rack up a large grocery bill at City Market, there are definitely ways to keep excessive spending in check while still stocking up on lots of delectable food.
Become a Member As a co-op, City Market is owned and run by its members. It isn’t trying to make a profit off you like creepy chain supermar-
kets. Members pay $15 a year and work up to a full $200 share. A membership gives you the opportunity to take cooking and nutrition classes and vote on coop development initiatives. City Market works with the community to provide jobs, educational opportunities and food assistance programs for low-income Vermonters. Becoming a member is a great way to vote with your dollar to support an ethical food system. Members also get a share of the co-op’s profit at the end of the year, and received an average refund of $82 last year, according to the City Market website. They also can get seven or 12 percent store discounts for doing member volunteer work in the community.
Make a List With the variety you’ll find at the co-op, it’s easy to spend more than you anticipated. Instead of shopping on the fly, make a list of what you need before you go and estimate the cost. Making a list is the best way to stay within budget and keep yourself from buying extra items on a whim.
Use the Bulk Section City Market’s bulk section is great because you can buy as little or as much of an ingredient as you want. It’s also a lot cheaper than traditional groceries because you’re not paying for any packaging. I bring my own jars and fill up on staples like rice, pasta,
beans and popcorn. You can find spices, sweeteners, coffee and even dog food in bulk.
Shop with the Sales City Market puts out a sales flier every two weeks. It’s best to stock up on nonperishable essentials like toilet paper or olive oil when they go on sale because you’ll be getting the best bang for your buck. Shopping with the flier gets you chain store prices at a community store and can also introduce you to new products you might not have tried on your own. Chris Leow is a junior medical laboratory science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.
New safety device allows for peace of mind BEX ADAMS RLADAMS@UVM.EDU
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uard llamas are known to keep livestock safe from predators. Perhaps we should have a llama on every street corner in Burlington as a safety measure. However, since we are a campus and not a farm, guard llamas now take shape as a pocket-sized device and still provide safety from predators. The Guard Llama is a new hand-held device intended to keep communities safe. It works by sharing your GPS location and discreetly contacting the police “80 percent faster
than if they had made a traditional 911 call,” Cara Narkun, head of marketing at Guard Llama, said. When I toured UVM, my guide presented the blue light system as a way to stay safe on campus, especially at night. However, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if I were unable to reach one in time. This device fills the physical gaps between the blue light locations. “Guard Llama most definitely extends the service... the blue lights are often not in the immediate vicinity of a potential victim, which renders the light useless,” Narkun said. Deputy Chief Tim Bilodeau of UVM police services advised
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students not to depend solely on these devices to stay safe. “Over-reliance on any one tool has to be thought through,” Bilodeau said. “The theme should be resiliency. In an emergency, get help.” People still need to have the skills to deal with danger with or without a Guard Llama or blue
light. That said, Guard Llama is still a valuable tool for staying safe. The device has already saved the lives of four people in different emergency situations, Narkun said. This device is reaching people, from late night runners to real estate agents, creating a safer environment for them to live their daily lives. Guard Llama acknowledges that things can go wrong and that danger does not solely exist on college campuses. Who knows, a llama could save your life too. Bex Adams is a junior gender, sexuality and women’s studies major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.
HEALTH CORNER
The essentials of keeping your immune system healthy MICHAELA PAUL MTPAUL@UVM.EDU
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t’s that time of year again: cold and flu season. People are coughing in lecture halls, sneezing in the Davis Center and buying tissues in CAT Pause. The constant weather changes, stress from new courses and the busy daily rush can all put stress on our immune systems.
Amidst the chaos of a new semester, it’s important to take care of our bodies both physically and mentally. We can use these simple tips to do so:
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Water helps maintain hydration and energy throughout a long day to fight off any bad germs. It can also clear up sinus congestion. The daily recommendation of water intake is roughly eight 8-ounce glasses, or two liters, according to authoritynutrition.com.
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Wash your hands. We are constantly sharing spaces with our peers through living situations, buses and lecture halls. Even door-holding can spread germs. Washing your hands consistently throughout the day will help kill some of those bad germs before they enter your mouth.
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Relieve stress. Activities such as exercising, relaxing with friends and even watching TV allow us to relieve stress. This downtime during the day
cleanses the mind and helps regain necessary energy.
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Plenty of zzz's are crucial when we are busy, since we need energy to maintain a strong, healthy immune system. According to a University of Stanford study, “The average sleep requirement for college students is well over eight hours.” Michaela Paul is a junior biology major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.
It’s fair to say the majority of Vermont is in favor of promoting same-love, as it legalized gay marriage in 2009. However, a dialogue is created when straight celebrities portray homosexuality in a photography movement. French artist Olivier Ciappa’s photo series “Imaginary Couples” has been receiving ample attention online in the past week, but for some unexpected reasons. The photographer shot celebrities like Eva Longoria and Lara Fabian posing as gay couples in an effort to raise awareness of homophobia. Although Ciappa intended for the project to have a positive impact, not everyone agrees that it is the best way to represent the struggles of the LGBTQ community. Editorials tinged with frustration, such as a Jan. 27 Vice article which questioned if “these are the kinds of images that need promoting.” However, students of the UVM community thought otherwise. First-year Dylan Sulat took no offense to the portrayal of gay characters by straight actors. “I do not think that a straight actor or actress portraying a gay character is harmful to the LGBTQ community, as long as they are not portraying the character in a negative way,” Sulat said. Junior Brennan Webb echoed Sulat’s thoughts. “I don’t think it should be taken as offensive because in movies and art there are straight actors playing gay roles,” Webb said. Todd McGowan, associate professor of film and television studies at UVM, explained that gay actors have historically been excluded in the arts. “The primary problem stems from the fact that openly gay and lesbian actors continue to be, for the most part, out of consideration for clearly heterosexual roles,” he said. “As a result, when roles that are defined as gay or lesbian come up, it seems unjust that they go to openly heterosexual actors.” As for the artist, Ciappa said he hopes his photography is perceived as authentic and stressed the need for accuracy in his art above all else, according to an interview with the Huffington Post. “The celebrities that I shot are heterosexual, but it was essential to me that you would believe these imaginary couples and families they portray were real,” Ciappa said to the publication. Webb said that as the photo series is an art form, it’s open to interpretation. “The use of straight actors bridges the gay-straight alliance, but could potentially weaken it because they could be pretending for publicity,” he said.
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Kids color the campus By bettina cataldi bcataldi@uvm.edu
Since last week, new art by young artists has adorned the walls of the Davis Center. The students from the Campus Children’s School in the Living/Learning Center showcased their talents at their second annual art exhibit in the Livak Fireplace Lounge Feb. 2. The artists ranged in age from four months to five years old. Both classes, the Infant East Room and the Toddler Room, focused their artwork on the campus as seen through the eyes of children, according to mentors and teachers, Cecilia Puleio and Chelsea Reynolds. “We as a staff reflected on how we use campus, [mean-
ing] our classrooms around the school, then thought about a way to represent that through various mediums,” Puleio said. Puleio’s class in Infant East consists almost entirely of faculty members’ children. “We go all around campus and visit families,” she said. “That’s our connection on campus, because almost every child in this class has a family member on campus.” The infants painted with watercolors over photographs of some of their favorite buildings on campus. The older children in the Toddler Room, who frequently take walks on campus, worked in small groups to draw maps of campus, Reynolds said. Amittai, a preschooler in the Toddler Room program, drew
multiple parts of one of the maps. “I drew the waterfront, airport and turf-field,” Amittai said. The maps give the children’s view of the grounds UVM students walk every day. “You can see some of the familiar spaces that children identify as spots on campus,” Puleio said. “Zombie House, the Davis Center – some of them are similar to what we as adults call them and some of them are different.” Eiby, the five-year-old behind the name “Zombie House,” briefly detailed his expedition, citing viewings of “real zombies” on campus. Reynolds said she took a different approach with the younger children. Her classroom, con-
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‘Brooklyn’ follows familiar plot siobhan o’flaherty
sisting of preschoolers ages one to two-and-a-half, also goes for walks around campus, she said. “We go to the green house quite a few times, especially in the wintertime,” she said. “So we used that space for exploring things as scientists and also through representational drawings and paintings.” Reynolds said the class used
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separate identity from the one she left behind in Ireland. Although her love for her mother and sister does not waver, she grapples with losing her newfound freedom when she briefly returns home. Eilis must decide between the comfortable and stable Ireland or a fresh start in Brooklyn. The international, Twilight-esque love triangle that develops during her trip home is an unfortunate subplot that is both unoriginal and takes away from the purity of Eilis and Tony’s affection. Although the anguish over her decision is enhanced by this predicament, it is an unnecessary cop-out to make the situation more heart-wrenching. Ronan carries “Brooklyn” and makes Eilis’ transformation from a timid and complacent
girl into an assertive woman a joy to witness. Developing an independent identity from one’s family is a difficult aspect of growing up and Ronan’s honest and graceful depiction of this process is pleasantly relatable. “Brooklyn” is based on a novel of the same name by Colm Toibin, directed by John Crowley and written by the popular author Nick Hornby. The film has three Academy Award nominations: Saoirse Ronan is nominated for best actress in a leading role and the film is nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay. Siobhan O’Flaherty is a senior sociology major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.
watercolors to draw the children’s favorite plants. “We took some photos of those favorite plants in the greenhouse and came back and painted them,” Reynolds said. In addition to refreshments and artwork, the Campus Children’s Second Annual Art Exhibit had a four-piece live band for the children to dance to.
Classical singer crafts a romantic Valentine’s Day By Greta Bjornson
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coming-of-age story is something to which we can all relate. Touching and delicately sweet, “Brooklyn” is the story of a young Irish immigrant named Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) and her journey to become an independent woman and American citizen. The nostalgic tale takes place during the 1950s and is one many Americans are familiar with. Eilis travels through Ellis Island just as millions before her had done, terrified but confident in the “land of opportunity.” Above all, this story highlights the diverse ancestry of the U.S. and reminds us of our identity as a nation of immigrants. The film, although lovely, follows a predictable story arch. Eilis suffers from homesickness at first, but meets the Italian Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen) whose vulnerability and kindness gives Eilis an intimate connection that helps her start a new life in Brooklyn. However, Eilis falls into a pit of guilt as she begins to form a
The Campus Children’s School presents an art exhibit in the Davis Center Feb. 4. JEN RAMIREZ/The Vermont Cynic
The Lane Concert Series has provided a romantic venue for Valentine’s Day dates for the past ten years. On Feb. 13, the Patricia O’Callaghan Trio will play the Valentine’s Day show at the UVM Recital Hall as part of this tradition. O’Callaghan is a classically trained singer from Canada best known for her opera singing and covers of Leonard Cohen’s works. She said she plans to incorporate songs in different languages into her Valentine’s Day set. “There will be some Spanish and some French and German as well,” O’Callaghan said. “I tend to do a bunch of different genres and mix them together.” Her last performance with the Lane Series two seasons ago “just blew everyone away,” Lane Series Director, Natalie Neuert said. “I immediately thought that I would love to bring her back for a concert that featured her beautiful, expressive voice,” Neuert said. During her Valentine’s Day show, O’Callaghan is set to perform songs like “Dance Me to the End of Love,” “Captain Valentine’s Tango” and “The Book of Love.”
O’Callaghan said she looks forward to her show as a new opportunity in her career. “I’ve definitely done shows on or around Valentine’s Day before, but I’ve never actually designed a show specifically for that, so it was nice to choose repertoire focused on that,” she said. Neuert said the Lane concert Series typically aims for a vocal
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To me, live music is always the best option. NATALIE NEUERT LANE SERIES DIRECTOR jazz style for their Valentine’s Day show, which they have been organizing for about 10 years. O’Callaghan is “more of an art song singer than a jazz vocalist,” but her performance is the perfect option for a meaningful Valentine’s Day, she said. “I like the idea of a date night for Valentine’s [Day] evening and, to me, live music is always the best option,” Neuert said. “Everyone goes out to dinner, but to go to a concert or to hear music is really special and memorable.”
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New hope to bring back baseball By eribert volaj evolaj@uvm.edu
In 2009, UVM got rid of itsbaseball and softball programs due to financial cuts and some groups are lobbying to bring it back. With a new athletic director on the horizon, many involved in the process of returning baseball to the University of Vermont are hoping for positive changes in the near future. UVM’s club baseball coach, Jim “Skip” Carter, said he believes the appointment of the new athletic director will rekindle hopes of bringing back baseball and softball to UVM. “Baseball has been played at UVM since 1882,” Carter said. “What I think they should have done is taken a little bit off each sport, maybe 5 percent, for a couple of years.” Since the baseball and softball programs were completely cut in 2009, the total athletic budget has increased by 20 percent, according to the Friends of UVM Baseball. This includes a 79 percent increase in men’s lacrosse and a 69 percent increase in women’s lacrosse. The current athletic administration budget for salaries is $908,846, a 117 percent increase since 2009, according to the same report. UVM’s baseball budget in
2009 was only $585,605, about one-third of the men’s basketball budget today. “The current athletic director has told us that we would have to raise $15 million, and
a completely different experience than the club team,” Connor said. Connor said he, along with Carter and SGA President Jason Maulucci, recently met
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Vermonters deserve to have America’s pastime played at a Division I level at their state’s flagship institution. JASON MAULUCCI SGA PRESIDENT
that goes for softball too,” Carter said. This means that an endowment of $30 million is needed to revive both baseball and softball. No UVM sports are currently endowed, Carter said. This endowment target of $15 million would have to be raised privately, he said. “Playing Division I college baseball is something I dreamed of as a kid,” said senior Jamie Martell, the current president of the UVM baseball club. Junior Ryan Connor, who is the incoming club president, underlined the importance of Division I baseball. “Being on a Division I program, the resources you have, from equipment to coaching to spring training, would make for
with state Sen. Dick Sears and Wendy Koenig, UVM director of federal and state relations, as a part of a series of meetings in an attempt to bring baseball and softball back to UVM. The meeting was also about “the steps that the school could take to potentially bring back baseball and asking why the school would need $30 million to endow baseball while no other sport at UVM is endowed,” Connor said. In addition, they discussed possible ways in which UVM baseball could be built up to a varsity level, including scrimmmages with other college teams, he said. Connor said the process is a “tough and slow” one, but said there is hope. One reason why the players,
along with Carter and Maulucci, say they feel baseball and softball must come back is Centennial Field. “UVM has the privilege of having one of the best baseball fields in the country basically right out of its campus in Centennial Field,” Maulucci said. Carter also discussed the field’s historic value. “It’s the oldest baseball field in the United States that’s used for professional baseball,” he said. “We have a treasure right here on campus.” Carter said it bothers him that talented Vermonters like Martell and Connor are not getting the chance to play Division I baseball in their home state. There were 90 Vermont high school graduates playing college baseball at other schools, in-
cluding nine Division I schools, according to a UVM athletic administration report in 2014. Maulucci signed an SGA res olution supporting the efforts to bring back Division I baseball and softball to UVM Oct. 21, 2014, according to SGA records. “Vermonters deserve to have America’s pastime played at a Division I level at their state’s flagship institution,” Maulucci said.
Oldest
BASEBALL STADIUMS STILL IN USE
Centennial Field 1906 Fenway Park 1912 Wrigley field 1914
Athletic team budgets (in millions) $1.51 $1.41 $0.85
$0.97 $1.05
$0.58 Baseball (2009)
Women’s Lacrosse (2015)
Men’s Lacrosse (2015)
Skiing (2015)
Women’s Men’s Basketball Basketball (2015) (2015)
Data from Friends of UVM Baseball
(LEFT) PHOTO COURTESY UVM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVE, (RIGHT) OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic
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By claire messersmith CMessers@uvm.edu
Although UVM varsity athletic programs all aim to recruit players who will represent UVM well, the paths players follow to get to UVM differ from sport to sport. Different athletic programs have a variety of approaches to reaching players and bringing them home to UVM. “We travel quite a bit,” assistant men’s soccer coach Rob Dowe said. “We also have a database online and host camps so that players come to us.” Beyond athleticism and character, Dowe said he looks for players who offer something his team does not already have. Dowe said he typically begins the recruiting process around the beginning of the player’s junior year in high school. The whole process ends by the time the recruit is in the second semester of their senior year. However, women’s lacrosse coach Remington Steele said the recruiting process “has gotten out of hand,” for women’s lacrosse in particular, but also with many other Division I women’s sports. “We go through [the players’] club coaches most of the time — trying to set up phone calls, see if there’s an interest and answer any questions they may have,” Steele said. “In the case of a top player, we talk about her fitting into our program,” he said.
As for men’s hockey prospective recruits, the decision to play for junior professional leagues and lose their NCAA eligibility comes around the age of 14 or 15, according to Kevin Sneddon, head coach of the men’s ice hockey team. The Major Junior League is in the Canadian Hockey League and is also considered semi-professional.
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school five or so times,” he said. Sneddon said he usually begins tracking a player at about 15 years old, after attending different tournaments all across North America. Younger prospects typically make unofficial visits to universities until the league rules allow for weekly phone calls and meetings. Sophomore forward Conor
At 14 and 15 years old, these players are making life decisions about losing or keeping their eligibility to play in college many years later. KEVIN SNEDDON UVM MEN’S HOCKEY HEAD COACH
Thus, players who play in this league give up college hockey eligibility. “At 14 and 15 years old, these players are making life decisions about losing or keeping their eligibility to play in college many years later,” Sneddon said. Because of this, recruiting has become much more rushed. Most of his players now only take one or two official visits, he said. “A lot of kids are making decisions about sports as sophomores and juniors now, so official visits are becoming less popular because those can’t happen until senior year,” Sneddon said. “It used to be unheard of if you didn’t [officially] visit a
O’Neil was first approached by associate head coach Kyle Wallack during his final junior hockey season with the New Jersey Hitmen. O’Neil played five years of junior hockey until his head coach at the time informed him of an offer to play college hockey for UVM. “But for me, it didn’t take much convincing,” he said. “Having knowledge about such a historic school like UVM already made it a no-brainer.” Different sports bring various players along on each of their different recruiting trails.
W 85-68 L Men's Basketball vs Maine HOME Feb. 3
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Women's Basketball at Maine Orono, ME Feb. 3
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Men’s Hockey vs Notre Dame
Women's Hockey at New Hampshire
HOME Feb. 5
Durham, NH Feb. 5
THIS WEEK Women’s Swim at America East Championships
Alpine Skiing at Dartmouth Hanover, NH Feb. 12 9 a.m.
Worcester, MA Feb. 11-14
Women’s Lacrosse vs Bryant
Men's Hockey at New Hampshire
HOME Feb. 13 12 p.m.
Durham, NH Feb. 13 5 p.m.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK: The University of Vermont women’s hockey team scored two goals in the third period to come from behind to beat UNH Feb. 6. The win ensured a weekend sweep against Vermont’s conference rivals.
RECORDS Men’s Basketball 14-11 Women’s Hockey 8-21-2 Women’s Basketball 7-16
Women’s Swim 6-3 Men’s Hockey 11-16-2
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