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Senior forward Jonathan Turk fights for the puck, Feb. 19, during the Hockey East tournament. The Catamounts lost two out of the three games in the series against BC. PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICS

Hockey loses in close call

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UVM men’s hockey fell to Boston College 4-3 in an overtime match that sent the Eagles to the conference semifinals and ended the Cats’ run at title, March 13.

Sunday’s game was the third of a three-game playoff matchup in the Hockey East conference tournament.

The Catamounts gave top-seeded Boston College all they could handle, taking BC to the decisive third game.

In overtime, UVM junior forward Mario Puskarich came inches away from scoring the winning goal, but it was determined after video review that the puck did not fully cross the

goal line.

At the beginning of the sudden death overtime period, Puskarich’s shot nearly won the series for the Cats.

“In the first period of overtime we were literally millimeters away from winning the game; if you see the replay, it’s so close,” Director of Media Relations and Sports Information Alastair Ingram said.

However, it was BC forward Ryan Fitzgerald’s deflected wrist shot that won the Eagles the third game of the set and ended the Catamounts’ season, according to UVM athletics.

Vermont was led by a pair of younger players in game three.

Sophomore forward Connor O’Neil had the first multi-

goal game of his career with two goals while first-year forward Craig Puffer scored one goal, according to UVM athletics.

“I think a huge part of the Boston College series was the contribution of first-years which is a huge positive for next year,” Ingram said.

First-year goalie Patrick Munson finished the game with 31 saves, according to UVM athletics.

Boston College was heavily favored coming into the series against Vermont, holding a top five national ranking, according to U.S. College Hockey Online.

Vermont, meanwhile, entered the conference tournament with a losing record and was unranked in the national

polls.

Despite the overall series loss, Ingram believes that UVM outplayed the Eagles in the three-game set.

“It was a devastating way to end the season,” Ingram said. “I think we were the better team for most of the series.”

Head coach Kevin Sneddon was proud of the way his team fought the Eagles.

“We played with confidence and poise and made plays. It was a terrific hockey game and one of the best series I’ve been involved in given all the circumstances,” Sneddon said, according to a March 13 UVM athletics article.

“I couldn’t be more proud of how hard they played.”

Greek life protests new tax at rally by kelsey neubauer kaneubau@uvm.edu

Community members assembled at a rally in support of a bill that would prevent the implementation of a property tax on Greek homes.

Students, alumni and legislators gathered in the Grand Maple Ballroom of the Davis Center March 3 to discuss the a bill, that would keep Vermont Greek houses tax exempt.

The ballroom was filled with students from Greek life as speakers took the stage presenting the consequences of

taxing Greek houses.

The rally was attended by nearly 100 students.

Rep. Barbara Rachelson, who introduced the bill, spoke at the event.

“Right now, college students have so much cost and most of them debt, that the thought of this group having to pay more didn’t seem right to me,” she said.

If the Greek students cannot afford the tax, there would be stress placed on the housing market in Burlington, Rachelson said.

SGA President Jason Mau-

lucci and Vice President Tyler Davis also attended the rally.

Maulucci went to Montpelier with members of the Greek community at UVM Feb. 24 in an effort to build legislative support for the bill in the Vermont House and the Senate, he said.

The bill would repeal an act introduced by the Senate Finance Committee that would create the tax to increase state revenue, according to the website.

The votes for the act in the Senate on the bill were “large and bipartisan,” Burlington

Sen. Tim Ashe said.

The benefits of Greek life are more than the government can ever make on the homes, Maulucci said.

“I hope that students and Vermonters alike will support us in our efforts,” said August Siebs, president of the UVM interfraternity council.

Greek life was underestimated when the bill to tax was put in place, said Rachel Hurwitz, president of the Phi Beta Phi sorority.

The UVM community was alerted through the CatAlert system regarding potential violent threats made toward a current student Sunday.

Ronald Reda, a man in his late 40s, reportedly threatened to harm the student, who is his former girlfriend, as well as possibly threatening to commit murder-suicide, according to the email alert from Lianne Tuomey, chief of UVM police services.

Reda has been banned from campus by police, and has a restraining order prohibiting him from PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM POLICE SERVICES being near his ex-girlfriend, according to the email.

The situation is still being investigated, and police are currently unable to determine the legitimacy or severity of the threats, according to the email.

“We are taking this situation very seriously,” Annie Stevens, vice provost for student affairs, said in a March 14 email to the Cynic. “We are doing everything we can to keep the student and the campus community safe.”

Police currently have no evidence suggesting Reda is in the area, Stevens said in the email.

“We will continue to closely monitor the situation, and will provide any updates as appropriate,” she said.

Senior Sandy Halbing said it was an alarming message to receive.

She said she received a text and phone call from UVM and appreciated the effort to keep students informed.

Junior Jordan Leabman said the notification unsettled her and made her feel nervous.

“How could you not with all of the scary stuff that’s been happening?” she said.

“Getting a CatAlert and a phone call wasn’t exactly settling, but UVM didn’t have much of a choice.”

Reda is familiar with both Burlington and the campus, according to the email.

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SGA executive elections begin By alexandra shannon amshanno@uvm.edu

The SGA elections for the next president and vice president are underway.

The process of running for executive positions in SGA began Feb. 29.

Election packets have been available at the SGA office in the Davis Center since then and are due March 18, according to an SGA email sent to the student body.

The election packets contain the rules and regulations for elections, a timeline for the election and blank petition for signatures needed to run, according to the association’s General Senate Overview.

Each candidate must get 500 signatures from students on their petition, current President Jason Maulucci said.

In order to run for an SGA position a candidate must be a full-time student, according to the SGA rules and regulations.

A candidate must also have one full remaining year left at UVM, according to the rules and regulations.

Each year a chair of the elections committee is chosen by the president and vice president,

who administer the elections, Maulucci said.

This year the election committee chair is SGA Speaker Lilly Andrews.

“We picked Lilly Andrews, who is a senior and has no partiality, because we wanted to make [the election] as fair and transparent as possible,” he said.

Maulucci and current Vice President Tyler Davis are running for re-election, and have no opponents yet, Maulucci said.

“We’re hoping that the reason that there hasn’t been a candidate declared yet is that hopefully we’ve done a good enough job where someone wouldn’t feel the need to challenge us,” he said.

Voting will take place March 28 and 29.

Elections must take place five weeks before the last day of classes, according to the organization’s constitution.

Maulucci and Davis were elected as president and vice president March 26, 2015, according to an April 1, 2015 Cynic article.

Maulucci ran against seniors Dylan Letendre, Caroline DeCunzo, and Khalil Lee during the 2015 election, according to

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App introduced to SGA Jean-Pierre Adechi, co-founder of Wheeli, introduced the app to the SGA senate.

Wheeli is an app exclusively for college students that allows users to “search for a ride, connect with students and travel together,” Adechi said.

Adechi said Wheeli’s goal is to make hitchhiking for college students safe, smart and cool.

All members must have a .edu email to sign up, and then they can post and request rides.

Adechi wanted to bring Wheeli to the attention of SGA in order to gain support from the senate.

SGA recognizes DREAM Salmon Run

SGA President Jason Maulucci discusses upcoming executive elections March 1. PHIL CARRUTHERS/The Vermont Cynic a March 24, 2015 Cynic article.

Davis ran against seniors Sam Ghazey and Jonathan Cares.

The president meets with the

UVM board of trustees quarterly to report and represent the student legislation, according to the SGA website.

A bill recognizing DREAM Salmon Run was approved.

DREAM, an organization of college students who mentor children in low-income housing communities, already has an existing program at UVM. DREAM Salmon Run will work specifically in the neighborhoods of Salmon Run and the Riverside area.

UVM to offer new minors Students participate by katherine smith ksmith59@uvm.edu

Three new minors in social justice, writing and Jewish studies may soon be available to students.

The new social justice minor was proposed by the department of social work.

It will consist of 18 credit hours for social work, social work service learning as well as social, economic or environmental justice courses.

“The minor provides students who are really invested in delving deep into issues of social justices, and provides them with a solid foundation and a sense of confidence and understanding,” said associate professor Jane Okech, the interim associate dean for academic affairs and research in the College of Education and Social Services.

The proposal is currently under review, but community reaction has been positive, Oke-

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ch said.

“We contacted various departments on campus to get support, like the ALANA ethnic studies program, and they are excited on a minor focused on social justice and other principles,” she said.

In the Jewish studies minor, students will take 18 hours of electives from a variety of different subjects like language, religion, history and literature.

“It is not confined to a field of study, and there is only one required course in the Jewish studies minor,” professor Daniel Fogel said.

The minor was proposed by a committee lead by Fogel, which was created in the summer of 2014 by former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Antonio Cepeda-Benito, he said.

Fogel highlighted the importance this minor will have for the Jewish community at UVM. “There are a lot of Jewish students who need to see them-

selves in the curriculum … but it is also not just restricted to Jewish students,” he said.

There were also revisions made to the English major as well as a proposal submitted for the creation of an English minor, according to the Oct. 14, proposal.

In the revision, English 086, Literary Theory, would be renumbered as English 100 and will be required for all English majors.

The new English minor requires 18 credits in English courses, with at least nine hours in courses over the 100 level, according to the proposal.

Some students find the proposals to be a positive change.

“I think adding minors is really cool,” junior Alisha Stommel said.

“It’s one of the reasons why I chose UVM, because there’s so many options.”

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Students used a recent day off to participate in local elections on Town Meeting Day. Classes were canceled March 1 for Town Meeting Day because of an amendment to the academic schedule.

The change was proposed last year by Thomas Chittenden, co-chair of the student affairs subcommittee of the faculty senate, by request of the SGA. “We really wanted spring break to be a week later to better align with other universities and we wanted Town Meeting Day off to give students a chance to participate in local government,” SGA President Jason Maulucci said.

The change to the schedule is “locked in” for at least the next five years, Maulucci said.

“I know tons of folks on SGA are voting [downtown] or head-

ing home to Putney or Underhill to vote today,” he said.

First-year Talia Cohen took advantage of the day off to go home to Shelburne and vote.

“I think I would have made time to vote [if we didn’t have the day off] anyway,” Cohen said. “But I was able to do it during the day; if I had classes I would’ve had to wait until night or something to do it.”

Junior Raphael Desautels said he chose to use an absentee ballot instead of driving an hour home to Salisbury, Vermont.

“I had to contact someone and get the ballot mailed to me but it was a lot easier than driving home,” Desautels said.

Sophomore Michael Daley, who resides in Johnson, Vermont, said he decided to register to vote in Burlington instead.

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Looking forward: The future of UVM’s racial climate

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nrolled undergraduate multicultural students have increased by 9 percent from fall 2010 to fall 2015, according to the 2016 UVM Source Book.

However, UVM’s diversity index is still at .22, putting it only 16 schools from the bottom among all other national universities in the U.S., according to the 2015 ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The diversity index rates schools on a scale from zero to one based on the likelihood of a student running into a student of a different ethnicity and culture at their school, according to the ranking.

Annie Stevens, vice provost of student affairs, said diversifying the University is “a constant progression of education and change.”

from UVM in 1987, and said her time at the University has allowed her to see the real progress it has made in the name of diversity.

She said she participated in an info session with University President Sullivan’s senior leadership this past January, which focused on seeing how UVM looks as an institution compared to oth-

UVM tradition that reflects the current values of the University and its students,” Cece said.

The initiative is in its beginning stages, he said. He hopes to make a formal committee involving leaders from other campus organizations in order to facilitate discussion, Cece said.

“I want that to be the

“We don’t want to not acknowledge it,” Cece said.

The weekend would promote values important to the University, he said. Cece said he wants students to run the event and promote social and environmental justice throughout the weekend. He also wants them to demonstrate artistic expression, likely in the form of music.

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oe Oteng ‘15 said that the D1 and D2 classes are a “good start.”

The diversity credits are one of the few things that “unite” the various academic departments and colleges at UVM, Oteng said in a March 10 editorial published in the Cynic.

“The most problematic thing in the diversity courses is that students often leave classes with a seemingly expert knowledge on a culture when, in fact, they have learned only the superficial basics thereof,” he said in the editorial.

Raf Rodriguez, director of Residential Life, said that resident advisers attend weekly staff meetings where discussions range from typical department business to a follow-up discussion about identity and identity development.

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er U.S. universities, like the University of Missouri.

“We had been Missouri during the time of the Waterman takeover, but we’re much further ahead now,” Heading-Grant said.

Heading-Grant said UVM always has work to do.

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meeting of the minds from all of these programming organizations that can make [Winter Carnival] happen,” he said.

Larry Roth ‘65 walked in the Kake Walk while a student at UVM, and is a member of the New York Regional

I want that to be the meeting of the minds from all these programming organizations that can make [winter carnival] happen.

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unior Tim Cece is a cochair of an informal arranged committee dedicated to planning next year’s winter festivities. He is in the process of organizing a revamp of UVM’s 2017 Winter Carnival.

“Our vision is to create a

Board of the UVM Alumni Association. He said this is about “finding that event that can bring together the University in the same way” the Kake Walk did with a new tradition, Roth said.

Cece also wants the new Winter Carnival to help educate the UVM community about the history of Kake Walk, he said.

Cece said he wants to give Greek life the chance to reclaim Winter Carnival as their own.

“I definitely recognize that I personally own a pretty privileged place on campus, whether it’s my personal identities or my affiliations,” he said. “I want to use that to continue this conversation on Kake Walk and to give UVM an opportunity to celebrate itself.”

Cece said he hopes the creation of a new Winter Carnival will give alumni a reason to return to their alma mater, and give current UVM students an event to not only be proud of, but inspired to continue.

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S TA F F E D I T O R I A L

Winter Carnival unites the University The Cynic’s Enterprise section has spent the past three weeks exploring race at UVM. They have reported on the Kake Walk, the current racial climate and the future of diversity at our University.

Though this may come as no surprise to UVM students, our University has the some of the lowest levels of diversity in the country, according to a 2015 ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

This presents a glaring void in the student experience.

Education is more than just what takes place in a classroom and what can be gleaned from a textbook. Rather, students from all walks of life benefit, as both citizens and scholars, from exposure and interaction with those of different backgrounds.

In this issue’s installment, there was mention of creating a Winter Carnival on campus.

It should be noted that this wouldn’t be the first winter weekend to be celebrated at the UVM. Between 1894 and 1969, the University hosted another popular winter celebration that drew visitors from across the state and alumni from across the country. For many, it was seen as a weekend of school pride and tradition.

However, it also included the Kake Walk, a shamefully racist event where members of our University performed and competed in blackface.

No event of that scale ever managed to replace the Winter Weekend of days gone by, which is likely a good thing. The campus needed time to heal, and any event attempting to immediately replace it would inevitably be associated with the Kake Walk.

this regard, nor is there much to brighten up a long, cold winter.

A new Winter Carnival could accomplish just this.

The University Program Board currently hosts WinterFest for students, offering activities ranging from concerts to arts and crafts and other winter activities.

This is the perfect model and jumping off point for a larger community-wide festival.

Junior Tim Cece is part of an informal SGA committee ded-

It's time for a new generation of students to create a tradition that would foster school spirit and pride.

However, with generations separating us from the sins of the past, it’s time for a new generation of students to create a tradition that would foster school spirit and pride, while being welcoming to each and every member of our campus community.

Most schools have events that draw large numbers of alumni back to campus, as well as promoting community and student participation, ranging from sports games to festivals.

Though UVM does have an exciting homecoming weekend in the fall, there is little else in

icated to planning next year’s winter festivities.

“Our vision is to create a UVM tradition that reflects the current values of the University and its students,” Cece said, “and to provide a galvanizing experience where the entire UVM community can learn about our past, have fun and celebrate Catamount pride.”

Though not all of the events proposed seem feasible without some creative fundraising ideas, it’s the perfect move to foster school spirit at the University.

The best event would be one

that involves input and participation from a broad spectrum of groups on campus, ranging from students to alumni and administration.

With a lot of work and cooperation, a new Winter Carnival could be an incredible opportunity to develop a school tradition and community unity that could last for years to come.

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Sanders’ fictitious compassionate socialism Joseph Brown JBROWN33@UVM.EDU

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n the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush made the term “compassionate conservatism” popular, rightly regarded by ideological conservatives as an attack against the rest of the conservative movement.

Were they not, as they must have supposed, compassionate already?

And what does it mean to have a compassionate government? Surely that would be at odds with the conservative philosophy, to disdains extraneous government services in the first place, such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Nevertheless, history tells us Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” was an effective marketing campaign. It polled well, and of course, he went on to win the election.

One should wonder though, would a liberal ever call himself “compassionate?”

Everyone knows the Left is empathetic. Liberals are in sync, or have their chakras lined up, with the needs of the poor. When Republicans receive corporate donations they’re “bought.”

When Democrats benefit from corporations and unions, they’re exercising the will of the

people, even though it may not be the will of an electrical worker forced into a union by a nonright-to-work state and made to pay mandatory dues that are then given to Democrats.

The worker is much too stupid to recognize his own interest, which they might more easily discern with a free college education.

was a mistake.”

You wouldn’t have to put a gun to Sanders’ head to get him to talk about wealth inequality, but Sanders seemed legitimately evasive about Salinas’ question.

He later went on to wish, likely in vain, that Cuba would become democratic, but ultimately declined to open that can of worms, opting instead to praise Cuba’s healthcare sys-

One should wonder though, would a liberal ever call himself "compassionate?"

Enter Bernie Sanders, the epitome of compassion and veritable man of the people (if you believe the collective hivemind on Facebook rendered by your annoying friends with too much time and too many opinions) who needn’t call himself compassionate. He knows he is, mostly because everyone says so.

As a man of compassion, Sanders is duly adept at bestowing sainthood on other men of the revolution.

At the latest Democratic debate, Sanders was asked by Maria Elena Salinas if he regretted bestowing praise on Fidel Castro and the Sandinistas.

Sanders avoided the question, responding with “the key issue here was whether the United States should go around overthrowing small Latin American countries. I think that that

tem.

This was an odd choice given that 41.2 percent of Cuba’s hospital patients were classified as “undernourished” and 11.1 percent “severely undernourished,” according to a 2005 National Center for Biotechnology Information study.

Why should we want universal healthcare when we’re already light years ahead of Cuba, which earned the praise of the compassionate Sanders?

In 1989, when Sanders took a sham tour of Cuba, he returned singing its praises: “I did not see a hungry child.

I did not see any homeless people,” he told the Burlington Free Press. “Cuba today not only has free healthcare but very high quality health care.”

He likely never saw evidence of Cuba’s horrendous treatment of gays in its labor camp system,

designed by college student-favorite Che Guevara, either — but he was visiting a nation whose civil and political rights are as functional as the Burlington housing market.

According to Freedomhouse. org, Cuba is rated as “not free,” receiving a seven out of seven for its political rights, and six out of seven for its civil liberties.

Seven, it should be noted, is the worst score one can receive.

As Hillary Clinton rightly responded to Sanders in that debate, speaking of Cuban political values, “that is not the kind of revolution of values that

Why should we want universal healthcare when we're already light years ahead of Cuba, which has earned the praise of the compassionate Sanders?

I ever want to see anywhere.”

Clinton could have gone further, noting that there is no such thing as a repressive regime that “has made some good advances in health care.”

On poverty, Sanders seems anything but compassionate.

Responding to inquiry regarding his “racial blind spots,” he shared an anecdote about racism.

“So to answer your question, I would say, and I think it’s similar to what the secretary said; when you’re white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto,” he asserted.

“You don’t know what it’s like to be poor,” he continued, which is an odd thing to say when running for president in a country in which 19.7 million of the 46.7 million people in poverty are white, according to the 2014 Census.

But if we can discount white poverty, that’d be news to Sanders, who claimed in September of last year that, “We have more people living in poverty today than almost any time in the history of this country.” Not so.

By proving that whites aren’t acquainted with poverty, Sanders single-handedly lowered the American poverty rate from about 15 percent to about 8 percent, which would make intergalactic travel possible under a Sanders presidency, assuming he could also lower the speed of light.

If that’s not change you can believe in, try compassionate conservatism. It may seem silly, but compassionate socialism is a lie.

Joseph Brown is a senior political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2012.

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An early lesson through sports Daltrey Burris

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’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for origin tales.

While many dislike the movie prequels and delayed TV pilot episodes which showcase why people are certain ways, I feel that they allow a deeper understanding of the characters.

This extends past the fictitious realm of media and lands squarely in reality, where every person is defined by their experiences. Through this theory I posit that I have learned to gloat from my father.

Allow me to unravel some backstory. My father grew up in a different time in an impoverished area of Delaware. In gym class the early bloomers sprout huge and strong, allowing an impossibly easy domination of the undeveloped students in physical bouts.

This was beneficial or terrifying, depending on whose team was comprised of more post-pubescent titans. However, my dad’s ex-marine gym teacher didn’t approve of team games.

Brock Chapman was never known for his compassion and his ideals shone in his variation of dodgeball. There were no sides or teams, just 30 or so preteens and two red rubber balls.

Headshots were not only allowed, but encouraged because they fostered both aim and awareness, respectively.

“Blood! I wanna see blood!”

Mr. Chapman would scream, and the kids would deliver.

Now, some veterans demonstrate a horrible aversion to violence after their tour of duty.

Serving in the Korean War turned boys into men and girls into slightly smaller men, a truly patriotic endeavor.

Unsurprisingly, Mr. Chapman had to “retire early” after he got in a physical altercation

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t’s been a long and harrowing political road, but the Republican candidates have finally dwindled to a manageable number. While I’m glad the clown car has come to an end, we must acknowledge the irresponsibility of the candidates.

Last year they promised the world they would run for president, and yet they’ve dropped out and abandoned their campaigns midway. Didn’t they know potential presidency begins at the campaign announcement? If they were unsure they could handle to trials and responsibilities of presidency, they should have thought of it before running.

Now they have cruelly abandoned - or one might say aborted - their campaigns midway.

They should be pulled back into

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and punched a student in the face.

My father remembered these days fondly because while he was smaller, he was friends with the beastliest boy of the bunch, which granted him some form of protection. With this in mind, he decided to impart the glory of unregulated dodgeball to my twin sister and me at the ripe age of five.

At this point in my life, I had quite recently learned to throw and catch, mostly in an organized fashion. Generally someone would say something along the lines of, “Hey Daltrey, catch!” or, “Heads up!” and then lazily lob the ball for me to fumble and bobble.

This was a solid system in my mind. It allowed both parties the satisfaction of a ball well caught. However, dodgeball requires the learned ability to both anticipate and reliably avoid an unexpected throw. This allowed him, a grown-ass man, to absolutely annihilate the both of us.

In my family, a win was never given—it was earned. My parents eschewed the new-age idea of letting your children win because they thought it would weaken our character. If you go

easy on somebody, it spoils a hard-earned, authentic victory.

As a result, the game was quite one-sided. Our feeble arms couldn’t whip a ball fast enough to blast our father, so we had to resort to low-blows and shoe-shiners, hoping that he couldn’t protect his shins as easily. He combated this by simply jumping.

Conversely, my dad had the finely-tuned muscularity and synaptic connections to effectively toss an object, which he did, with all the precision of a shotput champion. It was a massacre.

After a long while of getting pegged, I decided that the best course of action was to flee the scene. I ran deep into the backyard, with my lungs burning.

For a brief moment I thought I had escaped, that I would disappear into the tree-line of the neighbor’s yard and never stop.

I’d lead a life following the North Star to my next meal and make my way to Canada where nobody had ever heard of a ball — all their sports use flat, rubber cylinders.

I began to convert my weight from pounds to metric units when suddenly, THWONK! I

was propelled face-first into the dirt, the rubber projectile slamming me like artillery.

As I rolled over, still dazed from the blow, I saw my dad with his hands above his head shouting. “WOOO, HEADSHOT! Did you see that Rheannon? Rheannon (my aforementioned twin sister), wasn’t that awesome?”

Right when I began to cry, sanity set in and he apologized profusely. Our elderly neighbor, Ms. Nora, had seen the entire incident through her window and aggressively hobbled outside and gave my father the tutting of a lifetime.

To this day he still recounts that exact throw as one of his greatest athletic achievements, frequently adding in how I “just ran right into it,” with a slight smile.

Although it was a brutal experience at the time, I did come out with two useful lessons: those who show grace in victory are chumps, and keep your eye on the ball.

Daltrey Burris is a senior psychology major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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these campaigns and be forced to carry them until full term. So these anti-abortion preaching Republicans have hypocritically terminated their run for presidency. But let’s imagine another story of someone who couldn’t carry to term.

Envision yourself lying on a hospital table in immense physical and emotional pain. You’ve just had a miscarriage very late into your pregnancy. You and your new husband are trying to cope with the unimaginable loss of your child-to-be, but instead of being given medical and psychiatric care, you’re forced to lay still in the bed, covered in blood, with a stillborn fetus between your legs.

A policeman is staring at you, and you have to wait there for over an hour before the board of health can come and verify you have not had an illegal abortion.

This is the story of Fran Avallone. You won’t find her

name in any history books, but she was one of the many women victimized by anti-abortion laws in the 1960s. She never attempted to abort her fetus. She wanted to have her baby, but she was forced instead to lie in a cold hospital bed and be treated like a criminal because of conservative politics.

Whether you’re pro-choice or pro-life, we should all be able to agree that this cannot happen again. This must have been a horrifying moment in young Avallone’s life, and we cannot have women like her suffering in that way again.

Avallone used this experience to fight for the reproductive rights of women for the rest of her life. She founded Right to Choose, the largest pro-choice organization in New Jersey, and fought for legal abortions, sexual education for teens and abortions funded through state Medicaid for lower-income women. The remaining Repub-

lican candidates all want to ban abortions and undo the hard work that activists like Avallone have done to get us here. That is not an option. Abortions need to be legal and safe for women, and whether you agree with her particular activism or not, Avallone fought a just fight against a system that allowed her to lay in a hospital for over an hour covered in the blood of a baby she wanted to have.

There are many issues at stake during this election cycle, and none should be overlooked.

Importantly, though, we have to make sure that whatever path this country takes in the next four years it is a path forward.

We have struggled and fought hard to get where we are and now isn’t the time to the time to step back into the past.

Ariana Arden is a sophomore English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.

ear Editor,

I’d like to thank the young lady for the well thought-out article, Feb. 10, 2016 on Hans Asperger. As a retired registered nurse, who happened to have a son with Asperger’s Syndrome, I am well aware of it.

There is so much misinformation on the Internet and even in books by alleged “experts,” who have studied all of two or three patients with it! that it was refreshing to read an article from someone that tried to see different sides of a person’s life.

Asperger’s Syndrome, as she most likely knows, is one form of high functioning autism and even within this disorder there can be differences with the people who have it; the same as with not having the same exact symptoms of heart attack — some may have chest pain, others may experience arm pain with nausea instead.

I think this young lady will go far. She has a good head on her shoulders. I hope she never loses her objectivity.

Sincerely, Delores Kirkwood Community member

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Comedian returning to Burly for round two

By Ben elfland belfland@uvm.edu

One comedian is most easily recognized by his voice.

Kyle Kinane has been the voice of Comedy Central for the last five years, doing on-air announcements in addition to frequent appearances on “Bob’s Burgers” and “Drunk History.”

For Kinane, comedy has been a long battle. He began his career in 1999 in his hometown of Chicago with limited success, he said.

Determined to pursue stand-up, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to take comedy more seriously.

“I never thought I was going to be famous,” Kinane said. “I just wanted to give myself the best opportunity to maybe become a professional comedian.”

Following the 2010 release of his debut album, “Death of the Party,” Kinane captured the attention of the industry and was named one of Variety’s 10 comics to watch that year, according to their website.

Fellow Comedy Central star Patton Oswalt, who Kinane has frequently opened for, praised him for being a comfortable and relaxed performer in a 2010 interview with Variety.

Since his first album, Kinane said his relationship with Comedy Central has grown, resulting in stand-up specials like “I Liked His Old Stuff Better” and “Whiskey Icarus.”

Stand up comedian Kyle Kinane performing a set. Kinane will be performing at the Vermont Comedy club March 18 and 19.

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Kinane promised fans they will be getting the same high quality of material they have come to expect on this tour.

“What to expect? The same old stuff,” Kinane said. “I’ve been labeled as a storytelling comedian. This time I’ll be talking about way more weirder stuff, getting into aliens and ghosts and stuff like that. I’m

not going to talk about the presidential race.”

Though longtime fans will certainly enjoy the show, he said he is equally excited to attract a new audience.

Kinane is confident that the show will not just be a showcase of his skill, but a meeting place for people with a similar interest, he said.

“Everyone there is friends,” he said. “A lot of people ask if it’s weird to be getting a single ticket for the show and I tell them, ‘Nope, there’s gonna be a few people doing that.’”

This will be Kinane’s second performance at Vermont Comedy Club. The club is particularly excited to have Kinane for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, ac-

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cording to marketing director, Keilani Lime.

“Kyle is a hilarious, freewheeling Irish storyteller,” Lime said.

Kinane will be performing at the Vermont Comedy Club March 18 and 19. Tickets are $20.

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f anyone likes to show how backward America is, it’s Michael Moore.

Moore, who directed “Bowling for Columbine” and the highest grossing documentary of all time “Fahrenheit 9/11,” is back after a six-year hiatus from filmmaking.

“Where to Invade Next?,” Moore’s latest documentary, was shot in secret and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 2015 with almost no notice.

The film follows Moore as he travels through Europe and Africa attempting to “steal” good policy ideas and bring them back to the United States.

Moore shows how nations such as Tunisia, Germany and France address certain economic and social issues in comparison to the United States.

These issues range from sexual education to mass imprisonment.

He gathers his data through observation and in-depth interviews, including everything from eating a school lunch with French elementary school children to meeting with the president of Slovenia to discuss free higher education.

Through this data, Moore exposes what aspects of Amer-

ican culture should be recalibrated to better benefit its citizens.

“Where to Invade Next?” challenges many American values in an eye-opening way by providing clear alternatives, but is also clearly selective in terms of what countries and policies are discussed.

Moore almost exclusively focuses on small European countries with strong social welfare policies, with the exception of some North African countries.

Although the United States has room for improvement in a variety of ways, Moore’s criticism loses power when you consider the one-sided nature of the film’s argument, specifically its basis in a single type of society.

The film jumps from issue to issue and country to country without thoughtful transitions, which amounts to a scattered and overly ambitious criticism of American culture.

Despite Moore’s bias, the film successfully addresses current societal issues and how to combat them.

Siobhan O’Flaherty is a senior sociology major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.

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New memoir opens up about mental health

By Molly duff meduff@uvm.edu

While mental health is often kept under wraps, artists and writers have been finding new ways to open up the conversation.

First-time author and Vermont native Carol Noyes was able to add to the discourse with her new book, “Coming Full Circle: One Woman’s Journey Through Spiritual Crisis.”

“The book is mostly memoirs about my life leading up to the crisis that I had,” Noyes said. “I also write about the insights that I gained from going through this experience.”

The book focuses on her experience of being diagnosed as bipolar in October 2006 and her subsequent hospitalizations and various treatments over the course of four years, she said.

However, “I don’t consider myself mentally ill now,” Noyes said. “You’re given a label and you believe what you’re told.

The paradigm is to diagnose you and then figure out what drugs to give you.”

Noyes said she now considers her true diagnosis to be that of “spiritual emergency,” a diagnosis that cannot be found in current medical manuals.

Noyes said she went through several different prescriptions, including one for lithium, before she rejected more traditional medicines.

“A big part of what I had to

Vermont native and author Carol Noyes signing books March 9. Noyes debuted the second printing of her book “Coming Full Circle: One Woman’s Journey Through Spiritual Crisis.” MOLLY DUFF/The Vermont Cynic do [to recover] was become assertive enough to say no,” she said.

Noyes said psychotherapy is a major benefit to her recovery, including programs like the Soteria Project, a residential support system for individuals experiencing psychosis, according to their website.

Along with this, writing provided an essential non-drug

support for Noyes.

“The writing process was kind of a catharsis,” she said.

Noyes said she hopes the book will provide an educational experience for readers, particularly adolescents and young adults who are experiencing important transitional periods.

“I think it will be valuable for young people especially,” she said. “Instead of having to

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ne Compton rapper has successfully fused jazz sounds and hip-hop instrumentals with iconic Christian imagery and ideology.

Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, “untitled unmastered.” is the culmination of eight unreleased tracks that Lamar has made over the past three years while recording “To Pimp a Butterfly.”

The new album has the same jazz-heavy influences and moral theme as his last album. “untitled unmastered.” is more of a jam session than a studio album. Jazzy horns, saxophones and drums guide the young Piru gang member as he lyrically crip walks throughout the album.

Lamar uses the same self-righteous narrative voice on this album as he did in “To Pimp a Butterfly.”

The 2015 album ended with a message to his community: “respect” is the solution to black-on-black violence.

The message was idealistic and emerges from a deep Christian influence that Lamar doesn’t shy away from in his music.

If “To Pimp a Butterfly” was meant to send the same message as the Bible, then the track

“untitled 1” is the Book of Revelation stuck right in the beginning as a warning to sinners.

An ominous deep voice opens the album and shifts to a sporadicly rapping Lamar outlining a biblical apocalypse that heats the earth and brings buildings to ruin as a result of man’s sin.

“I made ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ ‘fore you told me to use my vocals to save mankind for you, say I didn’t try for you, say I didn’t ride for you,” Lamar raps in an “I told you so” manner. “untitled 2” still holds a tone of moral superiority, yet brings the listener back to the theme of a good kid stuck in a mad city.

Lamar berates the “jigaboos” with “styrofoam cups,” but still can’t escape the fact that he was born “in the belly of the beast” himself.

This track presents us again with a conflicted Lamar trying to find a positive outlet for his newfound fame, but still has that human lust for decadence.

It is clear that while Lamar tries to be morally superior, he is still filled with sin.

The idea that all mankind is born with sin is perpetuated by the Christian story of Adam and Eve. Morals aside, Lamar’s tem-

po and tone change dramatically throughout the song, giving it that feeling of a true jazz session.

The chatter between “untitled 2” and “untitled 3” furthers the jazz sound of Lamar’s album and connects the two seamlessly, even though the tracks were recorded a year apart.

The album doesn’t list any features, but Jay Rock and Anna Wise’s presence is clear on “untitled 5” and CeeLo Green is featured on “untitled 6.”

To fully understand Lamar’s message, one has to get past the annoying nasal tones that start “untitled 6” and see the connection between it and “Mortal Man,” the last track of his previous album.

Lamar shows us he understands the conflicting nature of his speech, his desire to ball out while still delivering a positive message, and says it is because he is a mortal man: a human that is naturally born with sin.

Lamar’s relationship with his past environment is essential to his identity as a musician.

He wishes to change it, but it is still a part of him and without it he wouldn’t be the same rapper that he is today.

Sandi Omanovic is a senior political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

make all these mistakes, they can just learn younger.”

UVM Counseling and Psychiatric Services are the main resource for mental health on campus, but junior MJ Gallas said health and happiness also require individual strength.

“I love that [Noyes] has opened up about her personal struggle,” Gallas said. “Someone who has had success is not

simply inspiring, but motivating.”

Noyes presented her work to the Burlington community March 9 at Phoenix Books.

The local book chain hosted Noyes through their Local Authors Program, in which Vermont authors can sell and publicize their work at the store, according to their website.

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ecause of the WRUV graveyard shifts, the Davis Center is the UVM facility that never sleeps.

The graveyards, late night shifts reserved for new and training DJ’s, are a mixture of scary and fun, sophomore Ashley Claude said.

Though being in the Davis Center late at night can be a bit daunting, especially for a student who knows how lively and active the place typically is, there is a sense of liberty that comes along with the experience, said junior Wren Tuten, who just recently completed her last graveyard shift.

“You’re alone with the music at an intimate time,” Tuten said.

Claude has been long done with her graveyard requirements, but still has a soft spot for the private, early-morning hours at Davis. “I loved having my own space to blare my own music and be able to dance and sing in the booth without various onlookers,” Claude said.

But there’s no denying the freaky factor. “When you’re incredibly tired, you start thinking you hear or see things,” she said.

First-year Jack Lustig, whose show “How Much Art” airs every Wednesday from midnight to 2 a.m., doesn’t mind the time.

“I get to be more liberal with what I play because I know not a lot of people tune in,” Lustig said. “It also cuts out the stress of having to answer the phone.”

The late night factor, however, doesn’t stop friends and family of the DJs from listening.

“It means more when people tune in at this time, like calls from my mom listening next to my dad snoring in bed,” Tuten said.

Her brother works late nights as a restaurant manager in Key West and often calls in or gives feedback.

“It makes the whole experience much more personal and special,” she said.

Similarly, Claude said her biggest and most dedicated fan is her grandfather, who “usually wakes up in the middle of the night anyway.”

On top of that, Claude’s friends and family in different timezones often listen, sometimes using WRUV’s “Chat the DJ” messaging feature to mess around with her.

Lustig’s friends from his hometown of Washington, D.C. often call in, and it’s not uncommon for him to put them on air to tell a joke. During songs, he’ll even FaceTime with people to fill the silence.

Even if the phone lines are quiet, filling the time isn’t a problem.

“I always dance to the songs I play, with my boyfriend or by myself,” Tuten said.

Looking for facts to share during the on-air segments also keeps her awake. “You know I like the gross facts,” she said to her listeners. The facts Tuten shares range from strange biological nuances to the odds of getting struck by lightning while driving.

“I just love having a conversation with all of Burlington,” Tuten said. Having a show late at night or early in the morning means she can have her conversation without a script or unnecessary stress. This is likely why she said her personality shines through so clearly.

“What can I say? I love to talk!” she said.

Though Lustig chooses to limit his on-air time as

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much as possible, he manages to make the most out of it. On top of sharing local weather and the most recently played songs, Lustig broadcasts a wide variety of news stories, like updates on the baby panda at the National Zoo and information about the latest maple syrup crisis in Vermont.

Because the Davis Center closes at midnight, few souls wander past the studio. But between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m., the cleaning staff passes by while cleaning the floor.

“We wave,” Tuten said.

She also said the building is quiet in an eerie but also peaceful manner.

“It makes me think clearly,” Tuten said.

For some, the late night factor definitely has an influence on what is played.

“My immediate interest was always to play something soft and chill because I was so tired, but I would end up playing more rock heavy stuff to avoid falling asleep,” Claude said.

Lustig’s set gradually turns more hardcore as the night goes on.

“If I aired in the afternoon, I probably would play less metal,” he said.

Tuten said she loves to play dance and sentimental music, but not with the intention of keeping her awake. She said her set will most likely be the same once she plays afternoon slots.

“The music I play depends more on the mood I’m in, not so much time,” Tuten said. But she can’t deny that there will be more stress involved, considering more people will be listening.

DJing late at night affects the whole day leading up to it. Lustig relies on caffeine, whether in the form of coffee or Earl Grey tea.

“Honestly, I’m not sure what percentage of my blood is still blood at this point,” he said.

Tuten and Claude both prefer taking naps before their shifts. “I definitely tried to plan my day around the graveyard a little bit, and usually went to bed sort of early so I could wake up a few hours later,” Claude said.

It can be difficult to imagine who tunes in at such late hours, but Tuten said she imagines it is most likely a combination of truck drivers, insomniacs who turn on the radio as a last resort to fall asleep and her mom.

There are aspects of the graveyard shift Claude misses.

“Although it was very difficult to get out of bed at two in the morning and bike in the rain to the Davis Center, I kind of miss the adventure of it,” she said.

“It was the kind of miserable you could laugh about.”

Although Tuten has only just recently ended her graveyard shifts, she anticipates missing the intimacy. Plus, listeners are more accepting of mistakes at 2 a.m. than 2 p.m., which makes the experience feel “safer and more fun,” Claude said.

But as she is studying to be a nurse during the night shift, Claude said she knows there is no escaping the timeslot, but this is a reality she is okay with.

Frances King is a first-year English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

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Kesha’s story highlights a sad truth

by ANNA POWER & CAMILLA BROCCOLO AMPOWER@uvm.edu / cbroccol@uvm.edu

Many women in our society are subjected to physical, sexual and psychological abuse.

There were 27 reported rapes on campus in 2014. This is the highest that has been recorded in the previous two years, according UVM’s 2015 Annual Security report Women are encouraged to speak up about these traumatic experiences, but their claims are sometimes denied and attributed as false.

Pop star Kesha recently filed a lawsuit against her producer, Dr. Luke. She reported that he drugged, raped and verbally abused her in such a way that it caused a life-threatening eating disorder.

A day before the court ruling, Kesha posted an Instagram picture of tranquil scenery, which was captioned: “I have nothing left to hide,” she wrote. “I did this because the truth was eating away my soul and killing me from the inside. this is not just for me. this is for every woman, every human who has ever been abused. sexually. emotionally. mentally.

“I had to tell the truth. so the outcome will be what it will be.

there’s nothing left I can do. it’s just so scary to have zero control in your fate. but this is my path this life for whatever reason.”

When Kesha said she “physically cannot” continue to work with Dr. Luke and that she doesn’t “feel safe in any way,” the court ruled against her. She was called a liar by Dr. Luke and

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his lawyers.

The court ruled that although Kesha does not have to have direct interaction with Dr. Luke, she will have to fulfill her contract with Sony Music.

Junior Eleanor Maloney said she thought the ruling was unfair.

“I’m not super surprised because this is the way a lot of people think, and that’s really messed up that anyone would ever try to make someone that went through something like that feel guilty or ashamed, as if

they did something wrong,” Maloney said.

“I am horrified by the ruling, but not surprised,” sophomore Emily-Grace Arrivello, a member of College Undergrads Not Tolerating Sexism, said.

“I applaud Kesha for being able to bring this to court because for many victims of sexual assault this can be extremely traumatic,” she said.

Huffington Post’s Feb. 20 article “Confused Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault?

Ask Kesha” explained that Kesha’s fame “[doesn’t] set her apart from other victims of sexual abuse who face a justice system that often doesn’t protect them. Her story sheds light on why rape remains one of the most grossly underreported crimes.”

According to RAINN, just 2 percent of rapists serve jail time.

“Unfortunately, the message here is that people will not believe you. I’ve seen people using Kesha’s ‘party-girl’ image as a way to discredit her claims of sexual assault,” Arrivello said.

“It just shows how deep rape culture and misogyny is ingrained in our consciousness,” she said.

Maloney worried that the

court case ruling will prevent survivors on campus from sharing their stories, she said.

“I really hope it doesn’t keep women or anyone really from coming out about being victims of sexual assault,” she said.

“People shouldn’t have to feel scared about anyone else’s judgment after they’ve been through something like that,” Maloney said.

Kesha’s story is similar to many stories of sexual assault on college campuses.

The UVM’s Women’s Center center hosts “Dismantling Rape Culture Conference” which will looks at the intersectional ways in which rape culture exists and focuses on how we can come together to envision how we can change, shift, alter and heal from its insidious presence in our lives, according to the site.

“I think it all starts with education, especially around consent,” Arrivello said.

However, she believes “there could always be more done to prevent sexual assault.”

Arrivello also questioned whether the people who need to hear this message are the ones actually attending these events.

t’s 2 a.m. after a long Friday night. You just trekked back home from a frat party that got busted by the cops.

You’re tired, slightly intoxicated and most of all, hungry.

And we’re not talking cheese and crackers hungry.

It’s the kind of hungry where you want anything and everything that’s bad for you.

If it’s greasy, great. If it’s cheesy, yes. If it’s sweet, even better.

But you’re stuck in your dorm without cooking equipment.

You could go to the communal kitchen, but it’s probably packed with other drunks making ramen and let’s be real, you want food now.

Pizza, you think? That costs money, something you’re short on.

Enter the “cake-in-a-bowl.”

Here’s what you’ll need:

1. Bowl or mug 2. Cake mix 3. Water 4. Frosting 5. Toppings As an added bonus, all of these ingredients are available on campus, including the Redstone Market, Marche and CatPause.

Author clears up mystery behind job hunt

by GRETA BJORNSON gabjorns@uvm.edu

Undergrads facing competition in the job market is nothing new, but resources to tackle post-grad employment and tips to get ahead are often difficult to find.

That’s where S.A. Eberwein wants his book, “Cash Your Investment: How To Leverage Your College Degree Into a Great First Job,” to come in.

The book serves as a guide to recent college graduates or those finishing up their last year in school embarking on a job search.

Eberwein offers advice on topics ranging from eye contact in interviews to starting off the process with the right mindset.

“I just thought there’s maybe a little bit of a void,” he said.

“You can go online and find a million how-to’s … what I really wanted to do with this book was try to make kind of a catch-

all, original resource where I’m going to try to give some real-world advice and back it up with examples.”

He was partly inspired by his own experience as a student.

Eberwein also cited a visit to Southern Methodist University in Dallas as a reason for writing the book.

He realized the need for such a resource when speaking to a group of business students and received multiple questions after.

“My first year through college, I didn’t really know anything career-wise,” Eberwein said, explaining that the book was created as a sort of “onestop shop” for advice and guidance.

He said one of the biggest obstacles for students is not having the right mindset in the job search.

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Mind.”

“I don’t know how many times I would talk to people and I would hear, ‘oh, I couldn’t get that job, I didn’t have the right major,’ or ‘oh, I didn’t go to Harvard, I couldn’t get that job,’” Eberwein said.

Senior Jess Cohen feels differently about the post college scramble.

“I’m studying how to teach, so for me, it’s pretty clear what

I need to do after senior year,” Cohen said. “This major has given me tons of field experience, I have spent the entire semester in the classroom.”

“The majority of my friends, however, seniors now and those that have since graduated, are more worried about finding jobs related to their major,” she said.

“They have jobs, but not necessarily careers,” Cohen said.

Pour the cake mix (amount of your choosing) into a micro wave-safe bowl and add water until you get a yogurt-like consistency. The more water you add, the spongier your cake will be. Microwave three to five minutes.

Doneness is a personal choice. If you like your cake runny, cook for two to three minutes. If you prefer the cake fully cooked, five minutes.

Then add your own toppings: M&M’s, chocolate chips, peanut butter, sprinkles, powdered sugar or Nutella.

Disclaimer: it is not advised to make this everyday.

Although delicious, save this for special occasions for the sake of your health.

Charlotte Fisher is a junior nutrition and food science major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2013.

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From the parking lot: a history of the 2005 UVM-Syracuse game

By John Suozzo & jake holzman jsuozzo@uvm.edu/jholzman@uvm.edu

In the wake of the men’s basketball team’s March 12 loss, and the subsequent end of their bid for a NCAA tournament title, faculty and a former player looked back at one of the most important moments in UVM athletic history – the 2005 win over the University of Syracuse in the NCAA Division I tournament.

Before the shot: Entering the 2004-2005 season, the University of Vermont men’s basketball team was poised to make another run in the NCAA tournament.

The Catamounts had won the America East conference in the two prior seasons, receiving the conference’s automatic bid into the tournament, according to ESPN. Their first two tournament appearances came with no victories, but prepared the experienced team for the 2004-2005 season, who returned their two leading scorers, senior forward Taylor Coppenrath, and senior guard TJ Sorrentine.

TJ Sorrentine (Catamount guard): “Our expectation was to win; from our team, the coaches and our fans. Get to the tournament and win.”

Robert Corran (UVM athletic director): “The program had evolved to a point where we anticipate they’re going to be in the mix for a conference championship each year.

There are always some factors – injuries, luck – those things influence where a team ends up. We expected the team to be competitive and challenge for a league championship.”

Sorrentine: “Getting there [to the NCAA tournament] was great, but we were there two years in a row, and we had our main guys back. We didn’t just want to get there, we wanted to make noise.”

Sorrentine: “Having played together for four years gave us confidence. We had five seniors on that team. Our core group of guys were together for a long time, and we were a confident group of guys. We believed in each other.”

The Catamounts carried a 24-6 record into the 2005 NCAA tournament after winning the America East conference tournament.

The Cats won all three tournament games by more than 10 points.

On “Selection Sunday,” Vermont received a 13-seed in the tournament, and were matched up against the 4th-seeded Syracuse Orange in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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sons removed from a National Championship victory, according to ESPN. Sorrentine: “Our senior season we played the No. 1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks in our first game of the season. We were up by five with a few minutes left [before ultimately losing]. We played North Carolina that season, and they ended up winning the championship.”

Corran: “It was the third straight year we made it to the tournament, and we really expected to surprise some people.”

Sorrentine: “A lot of people didn’t think we got a great draw, since Syracuse won the Big East tournament that season. I loved it. Syracuse plays zone, and that means a lot of open three-point shots for me. From a personal standpoint, I was fired up.”

Corran: “We had a decent seed, which really makes a huge difference in the outcomes of the first round.

March 18, 2005: The Vermont-Syracuse game tipped off at 7 p.m., and the match got off to a slow start.

Both teams struggled offensively, but the Catamounts were within reach.

The fourth-seeded Orange took a 23-19 lead into halftime.

Sorrentine: “I felt great.

We had a bad offensive first half; we just couldn’t score. To be that close at halftime, I was happy.

They could have been up double digits on us.”

The Catamounts fought their way back in the second half, behind the scoring of senior forward Germain Mopa-Njila.

Vermont fell behind by two points with 1:15 remaining, but forward Taylor Coppenrath tied the score at 51 with less than a minute to go.

A potential game-winning basket was taken off the board when Mopa-Njila stepped out of bounds with three seconds left to play. The game went into overtime, according to ESPN. Vermont held a one-point lead with 90 seconds remaining as Sorrentine dribbled up the court.

Sorrentine: “I felt if we could make it a two-possession game, we could win the game.

They backed up into their zone, and coach called a play from the sidelines. I thought, ‘we’re not running any play here.’ The defenders were creeping up towards me and I wanted to release the shot before they got to me.

That’s why I shot it when I did. I didn’t want to have to pass.”

Sorrentine: “I had no plan of passing at all.”

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the basket.

The biggest shot in Vermont basketball history gave the Catamounts a 59-55 lead with a minute left to play, according to UVM athletics.

Syracuse guard Gerry McNamara missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer, giving Vermont their first NCAA tournament win, 60-57.

After the Shot: Vermont’s run in the 2005 NCAA tournament was upended in their next game, a 72-61 loss to Michigan State.

However, this win gave UVM their first victory on college basketball’s biggest stage, according to ESPN. Alastair Ingram (UVM director of media relations and sports information): “Even if people were neutral fans, they were going to be rooting for UVM.” Corran: “There was a lot of excitement not only on campus, but throughout the whole state as well. It was a very special win.

At that point, people started getting behind the team. It started a run of supporting the program.”

Sorrentine: “The win created excitement, and made a buzz for ourselves in the state and on campus.”

Vermont’s season came to an end with a record of 25-7.

A major turnover took place after the game, as the team lost five key seniors to graduation, and head coach Tom Brennan to retirement, according to ESPN. Corran: “The first thing was that immediately after the season, we had Tom Brennan retire.

The win gave us real credibility going into the coaching search.

The win made the program more appealing to candidates for the head coaching job.”

Ingram: “Vermont has been winning 20 games every year; the game was a springboard for the program. That’s the team that put Vermont on the map for sure.”

Corran: “The win elevated our longterm expectations of the program as a consistently competitive program. UVM has best record of Division I programs in the Northeast except UConn in the last 13 years.”

Ingram: “[The game has] got to be one of the first things they mention in recruiting.”

Corran: “Generally, it elevated the profile and platform of the program in the community and compared to other mid-major programs. We’re seen as a quality mid major program now, which helps with recruiting and nonconference scheduling.”

Sorrentine: “When tournament time comes around, this game is mentioned every year.”

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Stony Brook University’s three-time America East conference player of the year Jameel Warney scored 43 points, helping the Seawolves deny UVM an NCAA Tournament bid.

In the America East Championship, the Catamounts came up short against top-seeded Stony Brook, losing 80-74.

Stony Brook had an early head start in the game, taking a five-point lead with 10 minutes remaining in the first half.

However, the Catamounts stormed back, capitalizing on a steal in the final seconds of the first half.

The steal led to a fast-break layup for junior guard Dre Wills as time expired, with the Catamounts holding a 36-27 lead.

Vermont extended their lead to 15 points five minutes into the second half, 48-33, behind a balanced attack of scoring, silencing Stony Brook’s home crowd.

Stony Brook came alive in the second half, carried by Warney, whose 43 points were a career high, according to Stony Brook athletics.

The game went back and forth in the final minutes after Stony Brook erased the Catamounts’ lead with six minutes left to play.

Warney, who was named the tournament’s most outstanding player, proved to be too much for the Catamounts with senior forward Ethan O’Day and sophomore forward Drew Urquhart

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Warney led the Seawolves to 50 second half points.

The Catamounts were unable to keep up their scorching pace from three-point territory, as they shot only 40 percent from behind the arc in this game, a far cry from their 53 percent rate in their previous victory at Stony Brook Feb. 27, according to UVM athletics.

The loss brought Vermont to 21-13 on the season, and ended their prospects of advancing to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

If Vermont had pulled out the win at Stony Brook, it would have been UVM’s sixth NCAA tournament appearance in school history, according to ESPN. Vermont received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational, a postseason tournament comprised of 16 teams, according to UVM athletics.

The Vermont Catamounts will host the Western Carolina University Catamounts in the first round of the CBI at Patrick Gym March 16 at 7 p.m.

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THIS WEEK Men’s Basketball vs Western Carolina

Women’s Lacrosse at Quinnipiac

HOME March 16 7 p.m.

Hamden, CT March 16 3 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse vs Siena

Men’s Lacrosse at Hofstra

HOME March 19 1 p.m.

Hempstead, NY March 22 7 p.m.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK: Men’s hockey goalie, first-year Patrick Munson, set his career high with 43 saves in the Catamounts’ 4-2 win at Boston College in game two of the Cats’ three game series in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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