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Board of trustees steers UVM toward its future Members reveal new center

Brandon Arcari Senior Staff Writer UVM will be spending millions of dollars for an athletic event center five times the size of the current one.

The UVM board of trustees proposed the construction of two on-campus facilities to be built by 2022, earlier today.

The plan for the center will cost around $80 million, said Tom Gustafson, vice president for university relations. This is a decrease from the original budget of $200.

The change is in efforts to modernize Patrick gym, said Peter Bernhardt, a member of the UVM athletics board of advisers.

Patrick Gym is an old, oversized high school gym that has not changed in years, he said.

One of the centers will be for sporting events, and the other for community and campus events, according to the announcement press release.

The new center will include an improved gym for the basketball teams, classrooms, study spaces and a juice bar, Gustafson said.

The facilities will be “student-centric,” he said.

Patrick Gym is going to be converted into a center for health and wellness, greatly increasing the space available.

From a contractor’s perspective, this project will save

UVM a lot of money, he said.

The project is expected to begin in 2019 and be completed in 2022. The event center will be built first, and the health and wellness center construction will start after.

About 100 parking spaces will be lost as a result of construction, Gustafson said.

Athletic director Jeff Schulman said that while UVM’s aquatic facilities need work, they were not able to be included in this project.

He said that the University wants to keep Gutterson open for “as long as possible,” and that they hope to minimize the disruptions on students.

The finance and investment committee discussed fundraising options for the center Feb. 3.

President Tom Sullivan Sullivan serves as both the head of the University’s academic and financial realms, according to the website of the president’s office.

Board of Trustees The supervisory body of the University. They control all of UVM’s property and affairs, appoint the president and approves policies and budgets.

They meet three times a year.

Multipurpose Center For the first time, the Board announced official plans for a new event center on Athletic Campus on Feb. 3.

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A.D. Jeff Schulman The UVM athletic director, Schulman, announced the new center. He is excited about how it would impact UVM’s sports facilities, he said.

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The committee discussed concerns regarding facilities for gender-neutral bathrooms and changing rooms, in addition to gender-specific facilities in the newly proposed multipurpose center. The committee mentioned the board of trustees is looking for more ways to integrate gender-neutral facilities on campus.

The committee stated that the Outing Club and Ski and Snowboard Club should have spaces in the new multipurpose center, or in another location on campus. They stated

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that the Outing Club Haus is “woeful,” and potentially structurally unsound.

Stevens also mentioned the success of the Wellness Environment, stating that WE has a 94 percent retention rate, as opposed to 84 percent for the rest of campus.

At the committee of the whole meeting, Bob Vaughn, director of capital planning and management, said that both the first-year housing complex and STEM building are on-time and on-budget.

He said they are expected to be completed as sched-

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uled in May, and the project will enter its second phase in time for the 2017 summer session to begin.

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UVM Rescue celebrates 45 years Kassondra Little Senior Staff Writer The phone rang and within seconds, it was answered within seconds by a member of UVM Rescue.

It was a false alarm, the squad was told by Phil Holt, a first-year, and they dispersed.

Established in 1972, UVM Rescue is celebrating its 45th year of operation.

For the past 10-15 years, the squad has been hoping to build a new and bigger station to accommodate the expanding team. The biggest push, however, has been in the last five years, said Marshall Wallace, crew chief and director of operations..

The new station, a $1.6 million project, will finally break ground in April, behind their current East Avenue station.

It will house both ambulances, preserving them from outdoor damage, unlike their current one-ambulance station, which leaves two ambulances outside, unprotected from damage and weather, Wallace said.

The club began as a group of nine men and nine women covering a five-mile radius of campus.

Since then, the squad has outgrown the small station, as it is now comprised of over 20 members, Wallace said.

UVM Rescue responds to the campus area and University Health Center primarily, but it is also responsible for Burlington, South Burlington, North Shelburne and Winooski, he said.

The squad transports patients to UVM Medical Center, but does not respond to calls there, Wallace said.

Photos courtesy of UVM Rescue Marshall Wallace, director of operations for UVM Rescue, pictured at center.

The new station will have eight beds, while the current only has four, he said.

The board of trustees granted an interest free loan to pay for the building, which will be paid back to the University over the next 10 years.

Although UVM Rescue is a part of SGA, it is self-funded, Wallace said.

The UVM Rescue squad bills patients, like a standard ambulance would, to support expenses.

However, after billing through student insurance, UVM Rescue does not pursue

payment, only accepting what the insurance companies provide, Wallace said.

University policy requires all full-time undergraduate, graduate and medical students have health insurance.

“We are against the idea of charging money to our students,” Wallace said. “We are students helping other students.”

All members of the squad have had to complete threeand-a-half months of UVM Rescue training prior to being accepted, he said.

After that, members have

Expert urges UVM to act Greta Brown & Erika Lewy Staff Writer & Assistant News Editor UVM students should be part of the climate change solution for the sake of the well-being of the world, a leader in global health, Jonathan Patz said.

“In a globalized world, increased disease anywhere affects all of us,” Patz said during his Jan. 26 lecture, “Health is a nonpartisan issue,” he said.

Patz is the director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“We need to avoid polarization -- the ‘us against them’ mentality — to become better listeners and look for solutions,” he said.

Many students gathered in the Livak ballroom to hear him speak.

Senior Amanda Silva developed a new perspective on how to tackle the issue of climate change after attending the lecture, she said.

“Maybe if we change the approach and we suggest solutions for the climate in a new way — turning that into

the promotion of human health — people will realize and put more value into climate change efforts,” Silva said.

Challenging climate change and a decreased reliance on carbon would have enormous public health benefits, Patz said.

“A less fossil fuel-dependent society will reap enormous health benefits for all,” he said.

Sustainable energy is the greatest global health opportunity of the century, students should be urged to understand the gravity of the situation, Patz said.

There is the possibility that more people, and those who deny the responsibility of humans for the change in our atmosphere, could be more willing to work in mitigating climate change, he said.

Following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, there is more concern over how the new administration will impact U.S. environmental policies; Patz is looking to promote activism both within the scientific community and in the general public, he said.

“The scientific community is on high alert right now that

to have an EMT certification.

From there, they can complete additional certifications, like an advanced EMT certification, Wallace said.

UVM Rescue responded to approximately 1,500 calls in 2016, Holt said.

Of those, 143 were traumatic injuries, 146 were pain-related and 104 involved intoxication. The rescue squad is on duty 24/7, breaks included.

“I think the work that they do is great,” sophomore Michaela Sterling said. “I think it’s awesome that uvm gives young EMTS Opportunities to work

first hand with patients.”

Members are on duty 20-50 hours a week, including 12-hour night shifts.

Spending so much time together, the squad is a strong

Former undergrad’s trial set for April John Riedel Senior Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is pictured. there is an anti-science feel,” Patz said. “We need to think carefully on how science can inform the priorities of the new administration in another way.”

His visit to UVM was not the first. Last year, Patz spoke on the potential job opportunities that would come from new global climate change treaties, according to the UVM Program Board.

A former UVM student cited for sexual assault is moving closer to a trial.

Andrew Church-Clark, who was cited for Sexual Assault in September, sat in a courtroom on Feb. 3, where his trial date was determined.

Church-Clark’s lawyer Maryanne E. Kampmann proposed an additional status conference take place in April the conference.

These pre-trial meetings are used by judges to set a time frame for all pre-trial work, according to the website.

Judge Nancy Waples agreed to the status conference. The exact date has yet to be determined.

Andrew Church-Clark was cited in court for sexual assault Sept. 20, 2016, according to a Sept. 20 CatAlert. ChurchClarke was a first-year student at UVM at the time of his citation.

According to the court alert, a male acquaintance had invited a female student

Photo courtesy of Facebook Andrew Church-Clark pictured. into his residence hall in the early morning hours of Sept.

10 where she states she was sexually assaulted, according to a Sept. 13 CatAlert.

The two CatAlerts refer to the same case.

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SGA discusses UVM baseball’s return Lauren Schnepf Senior Staff Writer After an 8-year push by students and the community, steps were made to bring back UVM varsity baseball.

SGA President Jason Maulucci met with the Friends of UVM Baseball committee on Jan. 28 to work out a plan to reinstate the team. Varsity baseball was discontinued at UVM in 2009.

Friends of UVM Baseball called the meeting after SGA passed a resolution stating that they supported the effort to bring back Division I baseball and softball to UVM, club baseball coach James Carter said.

SGA and Friends of UVM Baseball, hope to work with big-ticket donors to raise $4-6 million to create a program, Maulucci said.

While SGA has met with the committee on multiple occasions, this is the first time there has been a real step forward, he said.

There has been an ongoing discussion to bring the team back for several years.

The previous athletic director was not receptive to the cause, but the new director, Jeffrey Schulman is, Carter said.

“I understand and respect the passion of the Friends of UVM Baseball, but we are not in a position to add another varsity sport if it was at the expense of any of our existing programs,” Schulman said.

For a long time, the goal of the organization was to get the attention of the athletic director and UVM administration,

Photo courtesy of UVM Athletics Athletic Director Jeff Schulman is pictured.

Carter said.

Now, since it has gotten that attention, the main focus has shifted to fundraising efforts to make baseball at UVM a reality again, he said.

Friends of UVM Baseball plan to be donors in this cause, Carter said.

With this money, the athletic department will be willing to have a serious discussion about when and if a Division I baseball team could return to Centennial Field, he said.

“The return of varsity baseball is contingent on a transformational philanthropic success of the Friends of UVM baseball,” Schulman said.

Some athletes have chosen to go to other schools that offer

Division I baseball because it is not an option at UVM, Carter said.

“Two years ago, I personally spoke to seven players who said that if D1 baseball was an option, they would have attended UVM, but instead were recruited by other schools,” he said.

Centennial Field, which has been in use since 1904 according to UVM’s website, is one of the oldest collegiate baseball fields in the U.S..

The field is major league quality, but goes to waste during most of the year, Carter said.

“Growing up, I always thought it would be awesome play on Centennial Field like the UVM varsity team,” said

senior Ryan Connor, president of UVM club baseball. “Had varsity baseball been an option at UVM, I would have been looking to play at UVM or try out as a walk-on once getting here.”

Some members of the club team feel that UVM would be a more marketable school with the return of varsity baseball.

“There are a lot of kids from Vermont who can really play the sport,” said senior Thomas Roberts, club baseball team captain.

One student, sophomore Miranda Zigler, who works at Chatty Cats, said some alumni are passionate about bringing baseball back, and some refuse to donate to UVM until varsity

baseball is brought back.

“I was warned that sometimes you will call someone and ask for a donation, and they’ll just yell ‘Bring it back!’ and hang up on you,” Zigler said.

Friends of UVM Baseball plans to follow its motto of “collaborate, cooperate, communicate, consummate and hopefully celebrate”.

The cooperation of SGA and the athletic director on this matter is greatly appreciated, Carter said.

“UVM is great about providing opportunities to its students,” Roberts said. “Varsity baseball would be another great one.”

Fire incidents decrease in residence halls The number of fire alarms set off on campus has been decreasing over the past four years.

In the 2016-17 academic year, there has been an average of 20 fire alarms set off every month, according to incident report data on the UVM police website.

This is a decrease of about four alarms per month compared to previous years. There are varying opinions among students about the cause of the decrease.

“I think there are either fewer incidents of people misbehaving in the dorms, or people are just making fewer mistakes,” sophomore CJ Cropper said.

University Fire Marshal John Marcus said he believes that the Wellness Environment might have an impact on this decrease.

“I would like to believe the Wellness Environment is helping and that smoking overall is going down,” Marcus stated in a Feb. 6 email. “There is some evidence of this, the numbers of smoking-related alarms are small but are declining.”

“The Wellness Environment may have an impact because it is so strict about substances, so

students aren’t smoking in WE dorms,” sophomore Isabella Alesandrini said.

Several of the systems on campus have also been upgraded over the last couple of years, leading to less nuisance alarms, Marcus stated.

“Students might just be getting smarter about covering up their smoke detectors while smoking in the rooms,” firstyear Leianna Dolce said.

ResLife has sent emails about the dangers and consequences of covering smoke alarms, increasing student awareness of the problem, the most recent one sent Jan 25.

“We have had issues in recent months with smoke detectors being tampered with by some residents on campus – usually to allow smoke from personal smoking in the room to not set off an alarm,” Deputy Police Chief Tim Bilodeau stated in a Feb. 2 email.

Covering smoke detectors has always been a violation of the ResLife housing contract, but now all incidents will also be referred to the Burlington fire marshal, ResLife stated in a Jan. 25 email.

“Covering detectors may have resulted in a few less fire alarms from smoking in rooms but at a very high potential cost,” Marcus stated.

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Some students, such as sophomore Emma Stephens, said they feel as though covering smoke detectors probably doesn’t account for a decrease.

“I think that there has probably always been issues with students covering the smoke detectors,” Stephens said.

Students said that increased awareness of fire alarm preven-

tion could be the cause of the decrease.

“I noticed that there have been more signs in hallways saying things like ‘learn, don’t burn,’ so awareness could have something to do with it,” Alessandrini said.

Despite the decrease, the main causes of fire alarms being set off around campus

remain the same as in previous years, Marcus stated.

“The main cause continues to be cooking in the residence halls,” he stated, “with about half of these coming from the stovetops in the common areas and about half from microwave popcorn.”

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Press bill to protect students’ speech Colin Bushweller Senior Staff Writer

A new bill could extend free speech protections for public school students across the state.

Sen. Jeanette White (D-Windham) proposed a bill that mandates that high school and college newspapers be ,according to the bill.

UVM supports and recognizes the speech and press freedoms that its student journalists retain under the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution, director of University Communications Enrique Corredera stated in a February email.

“Regardless of whether there is additional state legislation, the University of Vermont will continue to afford the Vermont Cynic the same speech and press freedoms they enjoy today,” he stated.

White introduced the bill a number of years ago at the suggestion of a teacher who was seeing censorship at different schools across the state, White said.

“We are not teaching our students about free speech,” she said.

The ultimate goal of the bill is to encourage free and civil discussion among students in Vermont, White said.

“If we want adults to be

Photos courtesy of Vermont Legislature Left to right: Becca Balint, Jeanette White and Philip Baruth able to engage in civil discourse,” she said, “we must teach students.”

An integral part of the bill’s objective is to help students see the possible consequences of their writing, and then discover a better way to go about their articles, White said.

“The goal is teaching, not censoring,” she said.

Senior Hannah Kearns, former editor-in-chief of the Vermont Cynic, said she supports the bill. She said that at the high school level especially, expanding freedoms for journalists is critical.

“I think [the bill] is a great thing to be brought up,” Kearns said. “Especially in high schools, student journalists

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aren’t given any freedoms to publish what they want to publish without the oversight of administration and faculty.”

If implemented, Kearns said she believes the bill will enable student journalists to do what they do best: ethically report the truth.

“While I was editor-in-chief, we were never really blocked, thankfully,” Kearns said. “I know the University didn’t love every piece that we published, but that’s not our job.”

However, at the high school level, censorship is the norm, Kearns said, recalling her own experience as a student journalist in secondary education.

“In my experience, there

were instances when I had to go to principal’s office, and he would tell me ‘Don’t write this or don’t say that,’” she said.

As a result of the bill, students will learn at an early age what it takes to write, report and conduct oneself like a journalist, Kearns said.

Sen. Philip Baruth (D-Chittenden), who is also an English professor, is co-sponsoring the bill.

“The bill has several goals,” Baruth said. “It should help to reduce the number of times student journalists are shut down, censored or muted.”

First and foremost, it’s the students’ right to report the truth as citizens, he said.

“The bill strengthens high

schools and colleges as proving grounds for actual journalism,” Baruth said.

He hopes students will be willing to take more risks and learn how to hold those in power accountable if the bill is passed, he said.

In light of recent actions by the Trump administration, journalism is a crucial outlet for truth, Baruth said.

“Donald Trump has made the silencing and belittling of journalists his administration’s early hallmark,” he said.

“That’s no accident.”

Nonpartisan journalism is only set to grow in importance under the Trump administration, sophomore Jacob Ide said.

“Fact-checking and holding the White House accountable for their actions is going to be critical in keeping the administration in line,” Ide said.

However, Ide worries that Trump will turn the tables on reporters in regards to stories he will find more critical, he said.

“The media and journalists should be careful not to come off as biased against the president, or he’ll tear them apart for four long years,” he said. “Journalists will lose their legitimacy.”

If passed, the bill will take effect July 1.

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BRANDON ARCARI/The Vermont Cynic Members of the board convene in the Dudley H. Davis Center.

Photos courtesy of UVM Foundation Renderings of the proposed multipurpose center are pictured.

• Wanda Heading-Grant, vice president for human resources, diversity and multicultural affairs, announced the retirement of Dot Brauer, director of the LGBTQA Center, after 25 years with the University.

• • During the annual student affairs report, Annie Stevens, vice provost for student affairs, said that CAPS has seen an increase in students seeking services. CAPS sees about 13,000 students a year; to handle this increase, Stevens said CAPS is seeking approval for two more staff counselors.

• • The committee stated that they are looking to build a more conveniently located student health center, noting the current space is not central to campus. The committee mentioned that finding space for a new building is always a challenge, but they are in the process of searching for a new location.

• • The committee said that there is still $44 million worth of repairs on cam-

pus that needs to be addressed. Earlier Feb. 3, the committee of the whole reviewed the deferred maintenance plan, outlining the buildings requiring attention.

• • The Billings Library chimney is in need of reconstruction and Royall Tyler Theatre needs a roof replacement, window renovation and sidewalk replacement. Fleming Museum, Ira Allen Chapel and Waterman also require maintenance.

• • The committee introduced a potential solution for additional maintenance needs, suggesting that unused campus space be rented out to private sector firms, allowing them to put money into restorations.

• • A board member said though Vermont has a culture of historic preservation, the University should not be forced to preserve “ugly, historic buildings” that are expensive, energy inefficient and not ADA compliant.

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Super Bowl LI mirrors the country Staff Editorial

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n the first Sunday in February, Americans set aside their differences and come together to enjoy the spirit of the game.

Even Democrats and Republicans, the most polarized groups in America, unite for one event: the Super Bowl.

The New England Patriots won in overtime in an astonishing comeback, taking home their fifth Super Bowl ring during the tenure of their coach, Bill Belichick.

This zest of the American people comes in the form of the hard work and spirit. Not only that, but the sportsmanship of two competing teams reminds us that at the end of the day, we all belong to the same league.

As an artist who is so representative of American diversity and uniqueness, it is fitting that halftime showcased the larger-than-life Lady Gaga.

Her spirit of inclusivity aligned perfectly with the United States’ most unifying sporting event of the year.

Still, despite the undoubtable unifying spirit of the event, there is still an underlying inequality apparent — both in the game and in her words.

It can be hidden for those who find it easy to look away, to dance to the music without caring about the lyrics. Pain has allowed for the beautiful performance, recognizing it is essential to understanding

ISABELLA ALESSANDRINI why Gaga is singing.

The sports world is a reflection of what has been going in our country for generations: an inequality that underpins and hinders our American values. Those who are unaffected turn their heads, oblivious to deep-seated oppression.

Black coaches in the NFL are more likely to be fired according to a New York Times article. In addition, they are poorly represented in positions of power within the league.

As we watch the Super Bowl, we are also celebrating Black History Month.

During this month, we

implore readers to seek out information on inequality, but also to seek out the incredible contributions that black americans have had on this country that have often gone overlooked.

Last Sunday, the sports fans cheered, the president tweeted congratulations and the country was energized.

This unity is what makes this country beautiful, but the understanding and constant quest for equality within this country makes it great. In today’s polarized atmosphere, this event reminds the country that at our core we are not a divided nation.

The UVM community ought to continue to embrace an American spirit, one of action and solidarity.

Staff editorials officially reflect the views of the Vermont Cynic. Signed opinion pieces and columns do not necessarily do so.

The Cynic accepts letters in response to anything you see printed as well as any issues of interest in the community.

Please limit letters to 350 words. The Cynic reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. Please send letters to opinion@vtcynic.com.

Articles fail to present holistic perspective Guest Commentary

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wo recent articles in the Cynic, “The Right to Choose in Trump’s America” and “Abortion in Trump’s America,” focus on abortion.

Although the authors of each article effectively deal with this critically important issue, the first article contains information that needs clarification, while the second article contains a statement that is both unfounded and dangerously inflammatory.

In “Right to Choose,” the author details that the failure rate for people who use condoms to prevent pregnancy is 18 percent and birth control pills are “only 91 percent effective.”

It is true that in common usage of male condoms and the pill, unwanted pregnancies occur at “undesirably high” levels. But if standard medical guidelines (“perfect use”) are followed, the combined hormonal contraceptive pill is 99.7 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, and the male condom can be as high as 98 percent effective.

The male condom has the additional advantage of preventing STD transmission, an important aspect not shared by (most) other contraceptive

methods.

Further, if the female diaphragm is used in conjunction with “perfect” usage of the male condom, the 2 percent failure rate of the latter is significantly reduced.

Yes, compromised spontaneity may diminish the intimate experience, but it should be balanced against the possibility of an unwanted pregnancy.

In “Abortion in Trump’s America,” the author states that “Republicans do not care about the unborn.”

I know of no factual basis for such a statement and I think it likely that many Republicans would argue that they care more about the unborn child than those who advocate for abortion without restriction.

But the real danger of this statement lies in the fact that it pours fuel onto the flames of division in America at a time when the level of polarization nationwide is already at epidemic levels.

Respect for alternative viewpoints will never be achieved by adopting the attitude that “my view is 100 percent correct and all other viewpoints are either stupid or naive.”

Although there is no guarantee that trying to find

KIRA NEMETH common ground with those who hold different viewpoints or beliefs will succeed, the wisdom of the respected American novelist James Baldwin is worthy of consideration: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

If UVM students graduate without obtaining a holistic understanding of the great

social, biological and political issues of our times, one of the University’s most fundamental missions will have tragically failed.

Gerry Silverstein was a lecturer of microbiology and molecular genetics at UVM, He is also a former chair of the Faculty Senate and the Student Affairs Committee.

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Gender dynamic affects academic pursuits Katie Lazarus

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as sexism become a legitimate reason for a course change?

Sexism in professionalism exists at UVM and is evident through some reasons that a student had for her choice of professor.

“I’ve got a male professor for a creative writing class, and I’d really like the female professor instead. You know, writing is so personal, it’s just easier to open up about emotions to a woman,” said a female student looking to change out of a class earlier this semester.

There was no indication of this student having a knowledge of either professor’s abilities or credentials, and the student did not ask for the female professor by name, only stressing that she desired to be in the other class that had the female professor.

A preference for a particular person is an acceptable reason to switch classes, however, asserting that someone would be more qualified for a specific area of study because of their sex is, well, sexist.

“You never know what experience she had to cause her to make that decision,” said Julie Gunderson, the English department administrative assistant.

Gunderson helps students with such things as switching classes and spoke with the student in question.

While it may be true in some cases that people have

unique situations, what this girl said only related to her preference for a woman as more emotionally appropriate for a creative writing class.

“What if it were a male student asking for a male professor?” senior Nicole Dulac said.

Would we be more willing to reprimand a male for being sexist than a female student?

The line is more blurred when it comes to knowing when a woman is sexist.

Perhaps our culture is this way because we take women’s opinions less seriously.

Sexism alienates both men and women because it not only suggests that men are not proficient at being sensitive and open, it also perpetuates the myth that women must be this way in order to properly be a woman.

I happen to have had the pleasure of taking two different creative writing classes and have experienced both a male and a female as my professor.

I would like to assert that neither was more or less capable of exploring intense emotions, and I certainly felt equally emotionally validated.

There is a bias at UVM about what sex is matched with what subject, which affects our community in different areas of study.

“In political science, as a female student, there’s more questioning on your interest in material. You have to justify your interests in a way your male classmates don’t,” said a

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female UVM political science major, who preferred to remain anonymous.

However, when a student doesn’t feel comfortable receiving instruction from a certain professor, then that is how that student feels and he or she can be in whatever class

he or she wants.

Of course, these students are missing out, but they are allowed to make their own choices.

This case proves that a university degree does not guarantee an open accepting mind.

However, we can move away from sexism by observing interactions and choices like this and deciding to be different.

Katie Lazarus is a senior English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.

The future in the Trump administration is not good Alexander Collingsworth

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ere are some of my bleak predictions for our country under the Trump regime: Prediction 1: Trump has nominated the extreme right-winger Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Challenges to states’ restrictive abortion laws will backfire, leading perhaps to the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.

Only a handful of states will still have legal abortion clinics, that is until Congress passes federal legislation making abortion illegal.

Prediction 2: Millions of immigrants, undocumented and documented, will be deported.

This will be a radical departure from the previous administration.

Although Obama’s administration deported over 2.5 million people (not including “self-deportations” or people turned away at the border), more than any other presidency, his deportations largely focused on people with a criminal record.

In 2015, 91 percent of people deported had a criminal record, according to an Aug. 29, 2016 report from ABC News.

Prediction 3: If, God forbid, a major terrorist attack were

JACOB STEINBERG to happen, it would serve as grounds for the Trump regime to strip people of their rights.

This is exactly what happened after 9/11, when the executive branch started a massive surveillance program that continues today. Hitler blamed the burning of the Reichstag on communists and used it as a pretext to strip people of their civil liberties.

People will be scared, and the regime will take advantage of that fear. Muslims will be targeted, registered and maybe rounded up.

The regime will look for a scapegoat and perhaps settle for Iran.

Maybe they will say that

they violated the agreement on nuclear development brokered by President Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry.

We will invade Iran and install a friendly government, and we will be bogged down fighting insurgents there for the next 10 years, continuing the state of perpetual warfare.

Prediction 4: The police will continue to kill people with impunity and without sanction. They may indeed be emboldened.

Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, has a history of making racist or at least insensitive comments.

I don’t imagine he will go

out of his way, as President Obama’s second Attorney General Loretta Lynch did, to uphold the law of the land and bring justice for the victims of racist police brutality.

Prediction 5: Trump will keep his promise to uphold “law and order.” There will be a renewed war on drugs, a crackdown on legalized marijuana and a renewed era of mass incarceration.

Those are my predictions.

Sounds pretty bad, right? I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is Trump is still president, and he probably will be for the next four years.

The good news is it seems like the massive protests that have sprung up in response to his immigration ban have actually had the effect of tempering the ban.

Further, the holds that several federal judges have put on Trump’s executive orders show that our government is working in the way it was designed to: the judicial branch is checking executive power.

Unfortunately, the courts have no real power to enforce their orders. There have been several examples so far of agencies under Trump’s command ignoring the courts and proceeding with deportations.

I am skeptical of the power

protestors have. On the one hand, I believe Trump is a creature of the media, and protests are a way of creating media events and therefore perhaps a way of influencing him.

On the other hand, I think protests are very good at accomplishing very little.

But the big protests might serve as a message that says, we’re watching, and we won’t be complacent.

Or maybe the protests are just one last gasp before our resistance collapses. I would not advocate armed resistance in this forum, but it’s something worth thinking about.

If that terrorist attack that I mentioned really does happen, it could serve as grounds to restrict our rights to freedom of speech and expression.

Are those things you think are worth fighting for? Or Women’s Rights? Or the right of every American to be free from police brutality?

I think we should resist “by any means necessary,” and at some point that might mean what it sounds like.

We must fight against our own complacency. We must fight all the harder.

Alexander Collingsworth is a senior English and history double major. He has been writing for the Cynic since 2016.

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A look into Burlington’s creative social network An odyssey through different arts scenes illustrates what makes the Queen City unique.

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t’s no secret that Burlington is a creative community — this much can ues that I’ve ever participated in, mainly because it had such a sense of Max McCurdy be understood by simply looking at jackets and backpacks Burlingtocommunity” she said of her recent installation at BCA: “Airs, Waters, Soils nians have embellished with the Grateful Dead logo.

(Places).”

In an attempt to better understand Burlington’s artistic spirit, I reached out to a The installation displayed a series of jars filled with water, soil, stone and plant number of local artists and creators to get their insights on what makes Burlington’s art samples taken from Lake Champlain and its tributaries in an attempt to explore “issues scene so special. pertaining to clean water in the Lake Champlain Basin,” according to Davis’ website.

Creativity is displayed on every corner of this little city and is home to a thriving, The jars were accompanied by large, expansive paintings that utilized a color paldiverse and constantly evolving artistic community. ette of earth and water tones in order to connect and interact with the water samples.

“What has remained the same over the last 30 years is that there’s always been this “To me, BCA is so effective in connecting artists to the community,” Davis said. naive excitement, artists have been excited to create,” said Christy Mitchell, the south After hearing such a favorable view of BCA, I met with the director and head curator end’s S.P.A.C.E Gallery owner and founder. of the gallery — Heather Ferrell — to see how she views BCA’s place in the Burlington During our interview, I found myself schmoozing with Mitchell in a conversation community. that felt more like a friendly chat over lunch than an interview.

While exhibiting my power of terrible timing, I managed to meet with Ferrell three Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the twelve studio spaces in the gallery; hours before her first ever opening reception for her exhibition. there was a barely-organized cornucopia of brushes, paints, and papers.

Despite having tons of little things to fix before the big opening, she still made time They were scattered around a desk that was surrounded on all sides by massive, to chat about her gallery and its place in Burlington’s tight-knit artistic community. in-progress works of art.

“The art scene is a thriving and vibrant hotbed of Mitchell’s inclusion of artist studios in her gallery activity that’s very impressive for a city this size,” Ferrell was in response to an epidemic of Burlington gallery said, “it’s one of the things that attracted me to this posiclosings in light of financial troubles. tion and relocating my family here to Burlington.”

Her solution to this problem was to use the rent she BCA makes numerous efforts to aid local artists and collected from the studio spaces to cover the overhead the community as a whole, she said.

College Street costs of keeping the gallery open.

“BCA helps artists with presenting exhibitions, “The art scene in Burlington seems positive and insupporting artists financially, helping sell their work, clusive; I think the only problem is people not knowing organizing off-site exhibitions and connecting artists and BCA about things going on,” Michell said. community,” Ferrell said.

With her model, her space is one that can stick Considering she is making so many efforts to help out around regardless of art sales, Mitchell said. other people in the community, it’s no surprise Ferrell Main Street

Local artist and sculptor, Beth Robinson, a said she felt the community feel made the art better. self-proclaimed fan of the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, praised “I don’t see this as a competitive environment, I see it Mitchell’s unique business model. Robinson has been as one that’s environmentally rich,” she said. exhibiting and working at the gallery since its beginUpon arriving at the show that night, I saw just how nings in 2009, she said. tight-knit the Burlington arts community was.

King Street “Christy’s answer to the financial problems of a On the first floor was a photography exhibition on the gallery was brilliant, it means she doesn’t need to disAmerican South by Shane Lavalette entitled “One Sun, play only commercially-viable art which opens up a lot One Shadow.” more possibilities for people to express themselves,” In the corner, I saw Lavalette discussing his work with Robinson said. a group of locals.

Maple Street Mitchell is a macabre, gothic sculptor, Robinson Wylie Sofia Garcia’s “With My Voice, I Am Calling You said. Gothic macabre works have a grim atmosphere Home,” a painting exhibit that focused on themes of and include some grotesque images and ideas. domesticity, meditation, and personal placemaking was Her relationship with the S.P.A.C.E. became more located on the second floor. unique during her second year at the gallery, when she A group of strangers were comparing the use of dibegan to curate an annual Halloween show. verse arrays of color palettes throughout the paintings.

Robinson’s first Halloween show consisted only of In the mixed-media show on the top floor entitled friends who were “dark artists,” a title she gave to oth“The Past Present” by Molly Bosley and Athena Petra TaS.P.A.C.E. ers whose art explored siopoulos, artists sought GALLERY horrific themes. to explore humanity During her secand its relationship with ond year, Robinson history. opened the show up Passionate discusto submissions from the public, and received over 200 sions about certain pieces and their possible meanentries. ings continued, and I ran into Mitchell, a pleasantly The show grew in size and popularity each year, surprising crossing-of-paths that further illustrated and is now consistently one of the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery’s just how tight-knit and interconnected the Burlington most successful and lucrative events. art community is.

“It’s insane how excited people get about it,” Rob After speaking with so many vital and active inson said. members of the Burlington arts community, attend Another huge name in Burlington is the ing a major artistic function and exploring a number Burlington City Arts Center, a central institution in gallery spaces I had never seen before, I can say with the community for artists and exhibitionists alike. some confidence that the Burlington art community To get an insider’s perspective on the world of is truly as warm, inviting, tight-knit, and ambitious as BCA, I sat down with local painter and UVM art proeveryone said. fessor Cami Davis.

Not once did any person I talked to mention ever “The community has exploded since I returned feeling ostracized, intimidated, or unwelcome among from graduate school in the early ‘80s,” Davis said. their fellow artists.

“Once upon a time, all the artists knew each other, it Time and time again, I heard stories of being was such a small community.” welcomed in without question, consistently receiving Davis’s view of the Burlington scene was in consupport from fellow artists, and never sensing the trast to the view of newer Burlingtonians. slightest bit of competitive nature.

They described the community as small, and Our artistic community is not only something tight-knit. While described she said she thought of it Burlingtonians should feel proud of, it’s a community as more of a large, creative, diverse community. we should give back to, a community we should supI then asked Davis about her experience with port, and a community we should all strive to join. exhibiting at BCA, a topic she seemed ecstatic to discuss.

Max McCurdy is a junior political science major who “I found it to be one of the most interesting venMAX MCCURDY/The Vermont Cynic has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2016.

Art studios around Burlington. Bottom left: Christy Mitchell, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery director pictured with her daughter.

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Cast prepares for Spring Awakening Chloe Chaobal Staff Writer Since January, students have been rehearsing from 6 to 11 p.m. every day in the Royall Tyler Theatre for the upcoming production of “Spring Awakening.”

The play centers around sexuality and includes themes like rape and suicide.

“It depicts a dozen young people making their way through the thrilling, complicated and mysterious time of sexual awakening,” according to Playbill.

“When I came to UVM I was thinking the theater would be very mainstream,” sophomore Michaela Eckler said.

“Whenever I saw UVM shows, they tried to flip it and do it in a non-traditional way.”

Although the play is set in Germany in the 1890s and was created during the same time period, it is revived with a modern rock score, senior Michael Lawler said.

Lawler plays Melchoir Gabor, the male lead.

Despite the play being over a century old, “It is still very applicable to today,” he said.

Sophomore Abra Clawson, who plays the character Taya, said she is enthusiastic about the opportunity to be involved in her favorite musical.

“I’ve known this play and been a fan of it since sixth grade,” Clawson said.

“The play has so many

CHLOE CHAOBAL/The Vermont Cynic Members of the UVM theatre department rehearse prior to the opening of “Spring Awakening” Jan. 26. The show will be performed Feb. 23-35 and March 2-4. pressing issues teenagers face today,” said first-year Kristen Brown, who portrays Wendla, the female.

“Spring Awakening” is based on the play by Frank Wedekind, and is written by Steven Sater, with music by Duncan Sheik.

“It touches on a lot of aspects of life that people kind of hide away because they are ashamed of who they are,” Brown said.

The message of the play is to keep moving forward, she said.

Students must balance

classes with the time-consuming schedule of the play, Clawson said.

The actors use the green room, where talent gets ready before a show, to get some rest during the long hours spent on the show, she said.

“I get here at eight and there are students here doing work all throughout the day,” said Wayne Tetrick, marketing and outreach coordinator of the theatre department.

Auditions for the play began before Thanksgiving break and the cast list was released after break.

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The actors showed up two days before the semester officially started to work on the show since rehearsals began after winter break, Clawson said.

Although rehearsals for “Spring Awakening” began second semester, the play was discussed as early as last summer, Tetrick said.

“I personally think it’s a really awesome choice for a UVM production,” Eckler said.

The cast is primarily made up of first-years and sophomores, Clawson said.

The play would not be pos-

sible without the hard work of students involved in costuming, set-designing, lighting, and tech, she said.

“I was really impressed by the work we do here as a department,” Clawson said.

Lawler encouraged people to attend the show for the lessons it offers.

“I really think everyone could get something out of the show — even the person who could be offended by it,” Lawler said. “In fact, that person is the one who should see it the most.”

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Sarah Heft

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hate to admit it, but I have thought about Donald Trump while having sex.

Not because he makes me weak in the knees, but because his anti-women policies can very well put myself and many others in unfortunate situations.

I try to talk myself down from these fears, but all of them are legitimate concerns that could very well become a reality under the Trump administration.

For example, each time my partner puts on a condom, I hope it doesn’t break.

That’s a normal thing to hope for in any situation, but now that little piece of latex is more important than ever, especially with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act on the horizon.

If the ACA is repealed, I could be kicked off my mom’s health insurance, which would make nabbing a Plan B pill much more expensive.

Not a problem, I will just grab one from Planned Parenthood.

But not so fast. If the Republican Party gets its way, Planned Parenthood will be defunded along with the repeal of the ACA. Millions of people would lose access to essential health-

MARISSA LANOFF care services. That also means I wouldn’t have the option to get a free STI test. With an undiagnosed STI, such as chlamydia, I could be left infertile.

Alright, so I don’t grab the Plan B pill. Hopefully things go my way and I do not get pregnant.

If I do become pregnant, and seek out my right to have an abortion, I may be faced with tougher options.

I may have to go through the court, get a permission slip from the father for the abortion or, even worse, seek a black market alternative that could very well lead to infertility or death.

Suddenly, I have gone from relaxed intimacy to thinking

about realities and potential consequences to having consensual, safe sex.

Needless to say, I am not in the mood anymore — a traditionally fun activity has been turned political.

Politics should not have a place in the bedroom.

Under the Trump administration, safe and consensual sex may not feel as safe anymore.

Anxiety free, enjoyable sex is just another reason to support affordable healthcare and Planned Parenthood.

Sarah Heft is a junior gender, sexuality and women’s studies major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.

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W: This article should be read in a John Oliver voice for best effect In the wake of a rather “unpresidented” election, Donald J. Trump – business tycoon, executive producer and host of the celebrity apprentice – became the 45th United States’ commander in chief.

It feels like a scene out of a bad futuristic sci-fi movie: a boy wakes up in the future, turns on the radio, hears Trump is president and finds out everything the administration has done.

Not only America, but the whole world, is in shock.

Leaders all around the globe are publicly showing their disbelief and concern over the Trump administration running the free world.

Global Response ENGLAND: Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly been put in a “difficult position” after Prime Minister Theresa May invited Trump to have an extended stay at the Buckingham Palace, according to the Times.

Peter Ricketts, a retired British diplomat, suggested downgrading the state visit to an official visit to spare Liz of any embarrassment.

Perhaps the Queen is disappointed in the state of her former colonies.

MEXICO: Our southern “hermanos,” as Trump calls them, have been the subject of major controversy following Trump’s plan to actually build a wall separating the two countries.

“A nation without borders is not a nation,” Trump said of the wall proposal Jan. 25.

In response to blatant discrimination and divisiveness, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled his Jan. 26 meeting with Trump, according to a USA Today article of the same day.

Our president thinks he can bully Mexico into paying for a wall that neither country seems to want.

GERMANY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seemingly very critical of Trump’s win, saying she would only work with the president

MARISSA LANOFF if he follows the “values of democracy, freedom and respect for the law and dignity of man,” according to a Nov. 9 Times article.

In his first 10 days, Trump broke those values. He denied people from entering the United States on the basis of religion, deleted the LGBT pages from the White House’s website and threatened to defund groups that work to mitigate violence against women, to name a few of his first actions while in office.

When the leader of Germany tells you to respect others and not discriminate against an entire people, you listen.

Burlington While the world has been vocal about this atrocity, students across the nation and at UVM have also expressed outrage.

One of the ways UVM responded to Trump’s regime in holding the event “Unite and Fight: Solidarity Trumps Hate.”

The International Socialist Organization served as the hosts of the event.

Burlington community members and students alike gathered 7 p.m. Jan. 26 in Lafayette 210.

According to the event poster, it presented “a socialist strategy for defeating Trump’s agenda.”

The event featured a facilitator and three panel members that gave speeches.

It also included an hourlong discussion among the audience.

“In essence, the capitalist system is failing us,” said Scarlett Moore, first-year and panel speaker. “It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat or Republican. If you are all run by the same oligarchic administration.”

One point that I found easy to get behind at the discussion was the message of solidarity.

Sophomore Kelsey Aaron, another panel member, proposed solidarity as a way to overcome obstacles posed to some by the Trump administration.

“What birds do is stick together when a falcon comes to defeat the flock,” Aaron said.

“As they get closer together, obviously the falcon is less likely to succeed, which is a lesson we need to learn.”

Another favorite topic of the night was the unsavory trademark of this election: “lesser of two evils.” The conversation always devolved into Hillary Clinton’s wrongdoings.

I’m not here to defend Clinton, though I wholeheartedly believe she was not just the lesser of two evils, but a fierce and intellectual candidate that we were lucky to have.

I am here to get Clinton out of the conversation completely. This election has spent

such a large amount of time discussing rumours about her instead of the facts of Trump.

Trump is now president and this is no longer about Clinton.

We must stay focused on what Trump is doing, not who he is blaming.

On that note, here is a laundry list of what Trump has been up to since we gave him the keys to the country: 1. Lying about the size of his inauguration crowd. Never trust a man who lies about size, then uses a picture of Obama’s historic inauguration crowd as his twitter banner.

2. Denouncing the Women’s March on Washington via Twitter, which got a far larger crowd than his inauguration, instead promoting the March for Life, which Vice President Mike Pence spoke at.

“Life is winning,” March for Life participants said. But by opposing affordable healthcare and a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion, as well as taking action against refugees, can they really call themselves pro-life?

3. Using the hashtag #neverforget to commemorate the destruction of Apollo 11 on Twitter the day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day without any allusion to the six million Jews who were killed Holocaust.

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4. Announcing the construction of a wall which Mexico — for the 104th time — said that it would not be paying for.

Shocking.

5. Essentially banning Muslims from entering the United States. The ban stopped immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Iran, according to a Jan. 30 CNN article.

Let the record show there have been a total of zero terrorist attacks by immigrants of the countries mentioned above, according to an analysis by the Cato Institute. Give me your tired, your poor, but God forbid your Muslims.

6. Signing a new global gag rule alongside his all-male crew of “swamp dwellers” that forbids doctors from providing safe and legal abortions overseas, according to a Jan. 23 The Hill article. Again, pro-life for the fetus, but not pro-life for the woman. I mean, maybe the baby will be a boy? Fingers crossed!

7. Firing Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to enforce the Muslim ban, according to a Jan. 31 Politico article. More frightening, the White House warned State Department officials that they should leave their jobs if they disagreed with Trump’s agenda, according to a Jan. 31 New York Times article.

A great lesson: if you should have different opinion from your leader, get lost. At what point do we start hanging up framed pictures of Trump in every house, business and church around the country?

But all hope is not lost.

Trump already has reached the highest majority disapproval rating of any president in the shortest amount of time: after just eight days in office, according to a Jan. 31 Boston Globe article.

Yet he would just call himself a “winner.” Republican, Democrat, independent — it doesn’t matter anymore. Just make sure you stay on the right side of history.

Marissa Lanoff is a junior psychology major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

Yoga program reduces stress, anxiety Kailey Bates Staff Writer Students rolled out yoga mats on the floor of the Living Well Studio and sat silently with straight spines and closed eyes, following their breath at the weekly “Yoga for Anxiety” class.

The six-week-long, led by CAPS counselor Jennifer Phillips, was underway.

It was created to offer students experiencing distress an alternative or supplement to the more traditional talk therapy, Phillips said.

“[The class] allows

students to use techniques for breathing and connecting with their bodies to manage challenging emotions, beyond a counseling session or after they leave the yoga studio,” she said.

Anxiety stems from a primitive part of our brain, rendering the logical thinking of just calm down an ineffective method, Phillips said.

“Anxiety is similar to the body having a smoke detector,” she said. “We need one to keep us safe, but it is hard to focus when the smoke detector continues to go off when

there is no real danger in that moment.”

Using breathing techniques to slow the body helps one feel less anxious and more present, Phillips said.

Participants focused on maintaining awareness through breath work, meditation, grounding and balancing yoga positions, and finished with a restorative pose.

Sophomore Lindsay Aldrich, an attendee of the class and a new transfer student to UVM, said she was trying out yoga for the first time.

“I hope, by doing this

program, I can find time for myself and gain a new mentality every once in awhile,” Aldrich said.

Nora Kittell, a member of Living Well’s work study program, said it is important to of create space on campus for students to find peace.

“Our culture doesn’t really talk about stress and anxiety,” Kittel said. “So the fact that UVM has a whole program dedicated to giving the students a place to do yoga and relax is amazing.”

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Muslim girls use spoken word to tell story Bridget Higdon Staff Writer Four girls stand at four microphones. Even though they are only 16 years old, their voices and words reverberate with power.

Hawa Adam, Kiran Waqar, Lena Ginawi and Balkisa Abdikadir make up the poetry group Muslim Girls Making Change.

MGMC was formed in March 2016 when Adam asked her friends to join her in entering the Brave New Voices slam poetry competition.

After winning at Vermont’s Young Writers Project, MGMC was selected to represent the state at Brave New Voices in July, Adam said.

“We wrote our first poem in just one week,” Adam said.

The poem, “Wake Up, America,” asks Americans to change how they see and treat Muslims, she said.

“Wake Up, America” is their trademark piece, their coach Rajnii Eddins said.

As a coach, Eddins helped the group with their choreography, public speaking and writing, he said.

“Their poetry is unifying for all human beings, and especially resonant with today’s political concerns,” he said.

Since Brave New Voices, MGMC has had to balance being full-time high school students and performing their poetry across Vermont, they said.

“Performing was scary at first,” Abdikadir said. “We used to forget our lines, but as time goes on, it’s become easier. It helps to pull out the emotions

Photo courtesy of Muslim Girls Making Change Left to right: Lena Ginawi, Hawa Adam, Kiran Waqar and Balkisa Abdikadir of Muslim Girls Making Change I felt when I first wrote the poem.”

MGMC’s poetry is sometimes written collaboratively, other times individually, Ginawi said.

“I write when I’m emotional,” Ginawi said. “When I’m angry or upset, the words come out in a stream, and I have to go back and organize them later.”

MGMC performed at the

Women’s March in Montpelier Jan. 21.

“All of us agree that it was our favorite performance ever,” Adam said. “It was the exact platform we needed to share our work.”

“We chose not to talk about politics, but rather to share our experiences,” Adam said.

For example, their poem “Hijab 101” challenges the idea that women can only

Migos contribute to the culture Review

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ulture is an elusive term, one that many have seeked to define and understand.

Between the dab and their latest hit “Bad and Boujee,” the role of Migos in pop culture is undeniable.

A staple of the notorious Atlanta trap music scene, the group was first introduced to the mainstream world when Drake hopped on the remix of their breakout single “Versace,” helping it achieve certified gold status.

Since then the group has become a factory of hits and critical acclaim.

Their formula of ad lib heavy flows and simple, yet effective hooks has been attempted by many, but few acts have pulled it off as effortlessly and consistently as the Migos.

Their most second full album, “Culture,” comes off the back end of their first number one hit, “Bad and Boujee” and has garnered quite a bit of hype.

The album opens with a passion-filled, although rather confusing, intro track featuring DJ Khaled yelling, “Culture album coming soon,” but

quickly redeems itself with the album’s singles back to back to back.

While one might assume this would make for poor balance, “Culture” makes it work. These three tracks of colorful and energetic rapping shows off the strengths of each member of the group. They do their job, establish the mood and move on.

From here we see what the album is really all about.

Combining their mastery of the triplet flow with an army of Hip Hop’s most talented producers Migos display a promising level of technical skill. They even branch out into more subdued, borderline somber cuts as the album progresses.

Alas, this departure from hard-hitting trap bangers is all too slight. It is easy to lose track of the album and let the songs blend together.

It succeeds in collecting 13 enjoyable tracks, but fails to hold up entirely as a singular work.

Those who detest the hedonist cliches of gangster rap lyrics will not find anything different here. Pills, booty shaking and getting rich continue to make up a majority of the subject matter,

perform domestic duties, they said.

“The beauty of poetry is that people can’t interrupt or argue with you,” Ginawi said.

“With poetry, people don’t have a choice but to listen.”

“They are strong, compassionate young women,” Susie Merrick, the Healthy Schools Coordinator at South Burlington High School, said. “They have ignited my own activism

Artist sets mood in Burly Review

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Maybe that’s just the lesson to be learned here.

Migos doesn’t need to sing about break ups or flowers to create a mood. Their voices are as good as instruments; clever lyrics and heavy subject matter have been traded in for triplet flows and perfect delivery.

Migos seem to perfectly capture the world they’ve built for themselves on their sophomore album: while its nothing new for long time fans, it serves as a lovely introduction for the larger, uninitiated population.

Ben Elfland is a sophomore public communication major who has been writing for the Cynic since Spring 2016.

and my life is better because they are in it.”

MGMC is performing at 3:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Grand Maple Ballroom of the Davis Center. Admission is free.

“Hear us. Know us,” Adam said. “Learn what we deal with on a daily basis. That’s all we ask.”

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don’t cry at shows, but I cried tonight,” senior James Biddle said after the performance.

Lady Lamb, beloved angel of angst, sang out her soulful blessings to Pine Street music lovers Wednesday evening.

Amidst the frustration many people feel about the current political climate, the evening’s music seemed to meet some sort of collective need among concertgoers for honest human expression.

Swift and smiling, dressed in all white, Lady Lamb hopped up on stage and settled into her simple arrangement: a chair, two microphones, two guitars and a banjo.

Without introduction or fuss, she began singing “Regarding the Ascending Stairs,” a rhythmic banjo song off her 2013 album “Ripely Pine.”

Lady Lamb’s voice fully aligns with her raw, emotion-drenched lyrics -- swelling, shaking, shouting to let out the pulse of music visible on her face and in her body.

With its dimmed, cozy lighting and relatively low stage, the venue felt especially intimate, and Lady Lamb’s

performance style was in perfect harmony with the mellow, adoring crowd for the duration of the show.

Lady Lamb stood up to give a short speech, a stand-out moment of the night, right before she played her final song.

In the context of explaining the title of her new EP, “Tender Warriors Club,” which emerged during an encouraging phone call to a struggling friend, Lady Lamb emphasized the importance of “staying sensitive” facing hard decisions and trying times.

“It can be easy to meet confusion with confusion or anger,” she said, then expressed to her audience the importance of having compassion towards oneself, and of staying soft and open as much as we can.

Amid the crowd’s whoops and hollers, the artist sat back down to sing one of her most upbeat and well-known songs, “Milk Duds,” closing her set with the lyrics: “You can’t remember me for the life of you, but I hope you find joy in all things you do and in these songs we sing that are sung solely for you.”

Anna Gibson is a sophomore English major who has been writing for the Cynic since Spring 2017.

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Fleming reveals Asian art Isabella Alessandrini Staff Writer After more than a century of being hidden away in the private collection of the Fleming, dozens of Asian artworks have been put on display in the Gallery of Asian Art. The product of curator Andrea Rosen’s year long process, the Fleming’s newest addition features works from all over Asia, some of which are thousands of years old and all of which are fascinating.

Despite the great range of time and vast number of countries represented in the gallery, there are several themes that unite the works.

It allows one to witness the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia from India and see each culture’s interpretation and integration of the religion via art, as intended by the curator.

There are Indian depictions of Buddha in schist, in-

tricate Bengalese stone reliefs, elegant Japanese masks used for Noh theater performances and Sri Lankan masks carved from wood, all of which are connected by their devotion to Buddhism, as stated by the labels underneath the artwork.

Artworks celebrating Islam, Hinduism, Daoism and Confucianism are also featured, showing the great religious diversity present in Asia, Rosen said.

Another theme is the influence of the Western world on Asian countries through trade.

One can see the evidence of Europe’s imperialist period.

The West’s demand for Asian products from this period is reflected in many works of ceramics, porcelain and china that appealed specifically to the Europeans’ taste for the “exotic,” Rosen said.

In the right wing of the gallery, there are many ceramic pieces created by the exchange of various glazes and

techniques between Korean, Chinese and Japanese artists.

It also features a piece made by Hideo Okino, the first full-time ceramics professor at UVM. The artwork is complemented by detailed informational placards written by Rosen that allow the viewer to better understand the historical context of each piece.

The placards highlight the artistic traditions unique to each country, and provide insight into the political, social and religious aspects of their cultures as well.

Rosen curated the gallery in the hopes that, “when [the viewer] walks in, they see something unexpected that contradicts and changes what they previously thought about Asian art,” she said.

Fortunately, it is here to stay for at least a few years and will be updated regularly with other pieces from the Fleming’s collections.

MO QUIGG/The Vermont Cynic The new Gallery of Asian Art in the Fleming Museum. The gallery features pieces focusing on China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and others There will be a festive opening reception also celebrating the other current

exhibits from 5:30-7 p.m. Feb 8 in the Fleming.

Celebrity pregnancy delivers joy in very trying times Review Kim Henry

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n a political climate that feels to some like the world is spinning further and further into darkness, Our Lady of Perpetual Flawlessness is here to brighten the day.

Last week, Beyoncé announced that she is pregnant with twins by releasing a maternity photo shoot full of vibrant colors, beds of flowers, and that special shine that can come from only Queen B herself.

Beyoncé’s website featured the maternity photos along with pictures taken throughout the singer’s relationship with Jay-Z and her pregnancy with their first daughter, Blue Ivy. Maternity photos of Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Lawson, and her grandmother also appear in the photo album, as well as short poems addressing the themes of motherhood, nature, and legacy. Hovering over each image is the phrase “I have three hearts.”

The release of this photoshoot - the poetry, the messaging - these are all hallmarks

of Beyoncé’s maturing art style. The interplay between the flower imagery and the phrase “black venus” in one poem, the inclusion of her mother and grandmother and the Renaissance posing of the photoshoot all practically beg for analysis.

But, you know what? I’m tired. I’ve been listening to political analyses of at least three different national and foreign policy developments for the past month.

Beyoncé is pregnant. She’s beautiful. Flowers are also beautiful. Oh look Blue Ivy’s in some pictures too!

Over the past month my brain has shriveled from exertion, my heart has wilted in shade. Forget motifs.

Forget allusion. In the coldest, crappiest month of the year, I will take what little sunshine I can get and bask in Beyoncé’s pregnancy glow.

Congrats Carters! And thanks for giving my Facebook feed a break from politics.

Kim Henry is a sophomore English major who has been writing for the Cynic since Fall 2016.

ALYSSA HANDELMAN

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Cats ready for a new start UVM Scoreboard

Visit vtcynic.com for more coverage and uvmathletics.com for schedules, tickets, score updates and additional information

Locria Courtright Staff Writer A new coach and a new season provide optimism for Catamount women’s lacrosse.

Last season, under head coach Jen Johnson, the Catamounts went 6-10 overall and 2-4 in America East, missing the conference tournament for the first time since 2012.

This year, the Catamounts have been picked to finish fifth in the America East Conference, but they target fourth and a spot in the America East tournament.

New head coach Sarah Dalton, a Vermont native, is in her first role as a head coach and the new responsibilities have taken some getting used to.

“Now I’m the one in charge,” Dalton said, “and now I’m looking to my assistants in the way that my old head coaches looked to me.”

The Catamounts open their season with three consecutive road games at University of Louisville, Ohio State University and Colgate University.

In total, eight of their first 10 games are away from Virtue Field, something Dalton believes will help to foster team chemistry, she said.

“I think any time you’re on the road, you’re spending a lot more time together, you’re eating all your meals together,” Dalton said. “It gets us away from campus, gets us away from school, which is a bonus. We can all be focused

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Photo courtesy of UVM Athletics Senior attacker Alex Bernier fights for a ground ball against a player from Siena College March 19, 2016. on lacrosse.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Kuras said she agrees with Dalton.

“I think it’s going to be huge for us,” Kuras said.

“Being on the road with your teammates is the best experience you can have; you’re together all the time, it’s good for team bonding and good for team chemistry.”

The team is a young one, with only five juniors and seven seniors on the roster of 35 players – something Dalton said she sees as an advantage.

“It’s exciting to know that I’ll have them for three or four years,” she said.

One of those seniors, attacker Alex Bernier, embraces her role as a leader and working with the newcomers.

“It’s been great working

and playing with new girls, and figuring out what their style of play is and how it fits into our team and program as a whole,” Bernier said.

Bernier led the team in scoring last year, posting 46 points, including a team-high 26 assists.

According to Kuras, who started 12 games her first year, constant effort on the training field is crucial going into the season.

“You have to work hard every time you go to the field,” she said. “No spot is safe; you have to work hard every day.”

Vermont opened the season Feb. 4 when they travel to Louisville, Kentucky to take on the Louisville Cardinals.

The team’s home opener is Feb. 21 when the Catamounts host the Marist College at Virtue Field.

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• Men’s basketball vs New Hampshire Home Feb. 9 at 9p.m.

• Men’s ice hockey vs New Hampshire Home Feb. 10 & Feb. 11 at 7:05p.m.

• Track and field at Valentine Invitational

Boston, MA Feb. 10 at 4p.m. & Feb. 11 at 10 a.m.

• Women’s basketball vs UMBC Home Feb. 11 at 1p.m.

RECORDS

Men’s Basketball 21-5 Men’s Hockey 16-9-3 Women’s Basketball 7-16

Women’s Hockey 12-10-8 Women’s Swimming and Diving 6-1

Hockey goaltender is carrying team to new heights Zach Falls Staff Writer Men’s hockey is sitting in third place in the Hockey East standings according to league records.

A centerpiece to the team’s overall success is standout first-year goaltender Stefanos Lekkas.

Lekkas, a native of Elburn, Illinois, came to Vermont from the U.S. Hockey League, a junior hockey league for amateur hockey players.

In the USHL, he played two full seasons with the Sioux Falls Stampede.

In his first season, Lekkas started 42 games and totaled a 2.76 goals against average, according to Elite Hockey Prospects, an online hockey statistics resource.

“I started skating at 5 years old and played forward and goalie,” Lekkas said. “At 10, I picked goalie.”

While playing at Sioux Falls, Lekkas was recruited heavily by UVM head coach Kevin Sneddon and his staff.

Lekkas said he models his play after Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick.

“Quick’s a smaller guy, he plays his angles well and he is a great skater,” he said.

Lekkas committed to UVM after being introduced to the Burlington community, he said.

“Once I came to campus,

OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic First-year goalie Stefanos Lekkas stands for introductions before taking on Dartmouth Nov. 15. Lekkas has 132 saves and a 93 percent save percentage I knew it was a place for me,” Lekkas said. “A mix of that was the program’s tradition. I was eager to get to this level.”

This season, as a first-year, Lekkas has started 20 of the team’s 26 games, according to UVM athletics.

In the 20 games Lekkas started, the team’s record is 145-1, and the goalie has a 2.39 goals against average, according to UVM athletics.

Lekkas was namd a semifinalist for the 65th

Walter Brown Award, which is presented annually to the best American-born collee hockey player in New England, according to UVM athletics.

Teammates and coaches praise the young goaltender for his focus and poise, two qualities that aren’t often seen in first-year athletes at this level.

“He’s really relaxed for a first-year,” senior captain Mario Puskarich said. “He is a huge key to our success.”

Sneddon had nothing but praise for Lekkas with regards to the young star and his work ethic.

“Lekkas is mentally tough and detail oriented. Stef is a huge competitor; every puck matters to him,” he said. “He is very athletic, and is one of college hockey’s best first-year goaltenders.”

That same work ethic praised by Sneddon is seen by his teammates as well.

“He battles whether it’s a

Monday or a Thursday,” Puskarich said. “He is a great kid and great teammate.”

The team as a whole is enjoying great success, holding a record of 16-8-2 according to UVM athletics. Teammates attribute much of their success to the play of their team’s firstyear goalie.

“Lekkas doesn’t get too high or low; he’s really focused,” Puskarich said. “He always makes that one electric, big save.”

With all of the praise being directed at Lekkas, the young goaltender believes the team as a whole should be given credit, he said.

“The team we have here is pretty special, and the rest of college hockey is starting to see it too,” Lekkas said.

Vermont men’s hockey is ranked No. 12 in the nation, according to NCAA records.

With eight games remaining on the schedule before the conference tournament, the first-year goaltender believes the team is going to make a splash this postseason.

“I think everyone in our room knows we can make a run and expects to make a run,” Lekkas said.

The Catamounts will host the University of New Hampshire Feb. 10 and 11, before traveling to No. 1 Boston College Feb. 17 and 18.

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SCORE REPORT First Quarter patriots 0 falcons 0

Second Quarter patriots 3 falcons 21

Third Quarter patriots 6 falcons 7

Fourth Quarter patriots 19 falcons 0

Overtime patriots 6 falcons 0

Final patriots 34 falcons 28

times the Falcons have made it to the Super Bowl in a 51-year period

Pats clinch big win in overtime Views from the Fairway

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John Suozzo Super Bowl LI will go down as one of the greatest NFL games of all time.

The New England Patriots completed the largest comeback in Super Bowl history to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 3428 in overtime at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

The Patriots trailed 28-3 in the third quarter, coming back to tie the game at 28 on a touchdown run with under a minute to play in regulation.

The drive was sparked by a gritty reception by wide receiver Julian Edelman, who hauled in a tipped pass while being surrounded by three Falcons defenders.

Four plays later, the Patriots scored to tie the game.

The 91-yard drive was the longest of the game, and positioned the game to go into overtime for the first time in the 51-year history of the Super Bowl.

The Patriots won the coin toss in overtime and started with the ball, needing a touchdown to end the game and win the fifth Super Bowl title for

FAST FACTS Tom Brady: 43 completed, 62 attempted, 466 yards, 2 touchdowns (NE) Matt Ryan: 17 completed, 23 attempted, 284 yards, 2 touchdowns (ATL)

Photo courtesy of Flickr Tom Brady pictured. the organization.

New England easily marched down the field against the tired Atlanta defense, and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run by running back James White, winning the game for New England and bringing the Lombardi trophy back to Boston for the fifth time in 15 years.

This Super Bowl victory was the fifth for quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick, which put them in a class of their own as the only quarterback and head coach in NFL history to win five championships as a starter.

Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots, said in his postgame interview that this championship was the most

fulfilling of his five victories, due to the looming presence of “Deflate-gate,� which resulted in Brady being suspended for the first four games of the season.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who was responsible for the ban, was relentlessly booed by New England fans in the stadium when he gave the Patriots the Lombardi trophy.

Goodell has been widely criticized for his handling of the situation, especially recently where he refused to attend a Patriots playoff game prior to the Super Bowl.

John Suozzo is a sophomore political science who has been writing for the Cynic since Fall 2015.

Rushing

LeGarrette Blount: 11 carries, 31 yards, 0 touchdowns (NE) Devonta Freeman: 11 carries, 75 years, 1 touchdwon (ATL)

Receiving

James White: 14 receptions, 110 yards, 1 touchdown (NE) Julio Jones: 4 receptions, 87 yards, 0 touchdowns (ATL)

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Students react to Patriots comeback Matt Chimenti-Carmen Staff Writer

Super Bowl LI was one for the ages, sophomore Ivan Davis said.

The New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons, but it did not seem that way early on.

Following a shaky start for both franchises, the Falcons scored the first points of the game early in the second quarter, giving them a 7-0 advantage.

The Atlanta defense then proceeded to pressure Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, forcing sacks and an interception.

Patriots fans around campus were left in shock as the Falcons had erupted for a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter, while the Falcons supporters celebrated.

“I am still nervous about this game,” sophomore Jordan Moskowitz said. “I remember when people said Tom Brady was declining and then he went out and played the best 10 games in NFL history and won the Super Bowl.”

Heading into the locker room at halftime, Atlanta continued to command a dominating 21-3 lead.

As the players and coaches made halftime adjustments, Grammy award-winning artist Lady Gaga entertained fans.

“I thought it was entertaining and she put on a good show, but also really weird,’ sophomore Ashley Branagan said. “The costumes were interesting though.”

The second half began with an eruption of cheers from the

BRYAN O’KEEFE/The Vermont Cynic UVM senior Drew Flaherty sits in anticipation as he watches Super Bowl LI on Feb. 6. crowd, as fans were excited for a potential Patriots’ Super Bowl comeback.

The Falcons offense picked up right where they had left off with a seemingly easy 4 minute 14 second touchdown drive.

Images of Falcons owner

Arthur Blank and his wife flashed on the screen, as they celebrated what seemed to be an eventual Super Bowl victory.

Brady and the Patriots had a different idea, and it was now or never for the team to start capitalizing on offense.

After kicking a field goal to make the score 28-12 midway through the third quarter, Patriots defensive linebacker Dont’a Hightower forced a fumble at the Falcons 25 yard line.

After scoring a touchdown and converting on a 2-point

conversion, the score was 2820 Atlanta with 6 minutes to play in the fourth quarter.

The Patriots’ defense carried the momentum and got a big sack on Matt Ryan, putting Atlanta out of field goal range.

“The sack that put the Falcons out of field goal range saved the game for the Patriots,” Davis said.

Starting on their own 5-yard line, the Patriots marched all the way down field, highlighted by a remarkable catch between two defenders legs by wide receiver Julian Edelman.

“I don’t know why the Falcons challenged the Edelman catch,” junior Matt Borges said. “It was a clearly a catch, and they lost a timeout.”

The Patriots converted the 2-point conversion to send Super Bowl LI to overtime, the first overtime game in Super Bowl history.

Brady led the offense down field targeting James White, Edelman, Danny Amendola and Malcolm Mitchell.

With the ball on the Falcons 2 yard line, Brady shoveled a pass to White, who muscled his way into the end zone to complete the miracle comeback.

The largest previous margin for a Super Bowl champion to come back from was 10 points, by none other than the Patriots back in 2014.

Brady and the Patriots rewrote history in arguably the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.

“That game was legendary,” sophomore Luke Chamberlain said.

Lady Gaga delivers powerful halftime show From the Sports Editor

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Eribert Volaj

he most acrobatic person at Super Bowl LI was not an athlete.

Lady Gaga jumped from the roof, flew in the air, led her dancers in classic Gaga fashion and showed the world that, despite her downtempo album “Joanne,” she’s still as exciting as ever.

Despite most people’s appraisal of Gaga’s performance, some fans were disappointed at her lack of a political message.

Those people weren’t watching closely enough.

“This land is your land, this land is my land, this land was made for you and me,” Gaga sang in the beginning, as about 300 drones formed a spectacular American flag with lights.

Even though Gaga steered away from a clear political message that could have distracted people from her amazing performance, it was obvious that the opening was in response to President Trump’s recent immigration ban.

Later, during her performance of “Million Reasons,” she went up to a Latina woman when she sang the lyric

“why don’t you stay.”

The stadium exploded in cheers.

After her stellar performance of her number-one hit “Poker Face,” Gaga moved on to another chart-topper, “Born This Way.” Through “Born This Way”, she delivered yet another important message to everyone watching. Gaga made sure to sing the bridge of the song, with the lyrics “no matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track baby, I was born to survive”.

From there, things got a little weirder, but in a good way.

She delivered yet another one of her hits, the Beyoncé featured “Telephone,” but frankly, she was so great that Beyoncé was not even missed.

Then came the strangest moment of the night, as she performed “Just Dance,” while a man turned microphone holding into choreography.

But she’s Lady Gaga, so she kind of made that work too.

Then, thousands of people at the NRG Stadium turned their flashlights on as Gaga delivered an emotional performance of her newest single, “Million Reasons.”

After that came the wardrobe change, as she and her

dancers all came out in white for the iconic “Bad Romance.”

Fireworks lit up the stadium, she climbed some stairs, grabbed a football, dropped her microphone and jumped off the stairs to end her performance.

The act was met with a lot of appraisal, but some people weren’t too happy.

A few of Gaga’s fans wanted her to be more political, others did not like the lack of any songs from her album “ARTPOP” and a few thought that the slower-paced “Million Reasons” killed the mood she had set with the rest the performance.

Also, to no one’s surprise, alt-right radio show host Alex Jones deemed the performance a satanic ritual.

Jones said “The Super Bowl’s organizers are deciding to defile America and break our will by having us bow down to this,” according to a Feb. 6 The Independent article.

But to sane people across the world, Lady Gaga delivered a spectacular show on the biggest sports night in America, and that’s all that matters.

Eribert Volaj is a junior business administration major who has been writing for the Cynic since Fall 2015.

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Lady Gaga walks off field after performing National Anthem at Super Bowl L.