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The Vermont Cynic SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

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UVM replaces online career network Lindsay Freed Senior Staff Writer A new online service is available for UVM students and alumni looking for job, internship and career advice.

The Career Center opened Handshake to student Aug. 24. The new program replaced Catamount Job Link, the University’s former online career-planning platform, director Pamela Gardner said.

The Career Center decided

to make the move to the new system in April because the Catamount Job Link was outdated and difficult to use, Gardner said.

Handshake is a program designed by former Michigan Technological University students.

They had been using a similar system to the Catamount Job Link and saw that students were having difficulty making connections, according to Handshake’s website.

The difference between the Catamount Job Link and Handshake is like the d i f f e re n c e between a road atlas and Siri, she said.

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years ago, you would get a road atlas and have to flip from page to page. You would get there, but it would take work and advanced planning,” Gardner said. “Now, I can sit at my phone in my car and I can be driving and say I want to go to a restaurant between here and Syracuse that’s about an hour away, and Siri will give me options.”

The Catamount Job Link was the atlas, providing information about employers and positions but not actively helping students, she said.

Handshake has a layout similar to social networking sites like LinkedIn, allowing students to create a profile and fine-tune what information they’ll receive to increase the likelihood of them finding a position, Gardner said.

“It will learn from you, so if you go and look at several internships and favorite a couple of them, it will begin to forward you other internships that fit that criteria,” she said. “Handshake actually integrates machine learning into the process so it actually becomes more like a personal assistant for you in a job or internship search.”

In addition, employers can see members’ accounts once they’ve been made public, and are able to recruit directly from Ha n d s h a k e, Gardner said.

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400 universities and 8 million students and alumni use Handshake, according to their website.

There are currently 1,909 students who have activated their Handshake accounts and over 2,000 employers who have registered with UVM, Gardner said.

Junior Ian Minearo used the Catamount Job Link to find a work study position, but said he didn’t really have an opinion on it. “I think it’s UVM trying to appeal to the Facebook generation. I think if it was shown by other people to be helpful in getting jobs and internships I would probably use it, but for

now I’m only going to check it out since I know so little about it.”

Junior Rachael LaPolice sits with a Handshake representative outside of the Career Center. Handshake has replaced Catamount Job Link as an online UVM job resource.

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Central campus dining hall offers new meal options Kassondra Little Staff Writer Waiting to get a seat at the new dining hall, which offers grilled fish and leafy green salads, students waited in a line that snaked out of the door, passing over onto the Central green.

At lunchtime on a weekday, students swarmed both outside and inside the Central Campus Residence Hall, which opened to students Aug. 26.

“They made some buttermilk pancakes the other day for breakfast that actually tasted like pancakes, which is unusual for dining hall breakfast,” sophomore Jake Senecal said. “Then they made salmon filets the other day that were phenomenal.”

The new dining spot is located on the ground floor of the brand new residence hall, which is home to students in the Wellness Environment (WE).

Senecal is a returning member of WE and a resident adviser in the new building.

“One of the four pillars of WE is nutrition,” Senecal

said. “It’s critical that we have decent healthy food to eat or we would not be upholding one of the four major Wellness Environment practices that we hold dear.”

Senecal said that the director of the WE, Jim Hudziak, specifically advocated for the new dining hall to have healthier food options than other campus dining halls.

Within the new dining hall, there are also designated stations to provide for students with common allergies and diet preferences; these stations which can be found in other halls on campus, are known as My Zone and Simple Servings, according to UVM Dining.

“We come down here to have meetings,” Senecal said.

“It is nice that they have so many options… We can all eat together and have our own meals depending on people’s diets.”

The new dining hall includes a variety of meal stations: Fireside, which serves oven-baked pizzas, My Zone, which is gluten and allergy free, and Discovery Kitchen.

“The Discovery Kitchen is

Students eat lunch at the new Central Campus Dining Hall Sept. 3. The new dining hall opened for the first time to students Aug. 26.

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focused on engaging students in the three key areas of health, culture and sustainability and answering their questions about where their food comes from and how to prepare it,” said Melissa Zelazny, director of UVM Dining in a University Communications press release.

The Discovery Kitchen will be home to a new campus pro-

gram known as WE Chopped, which is a cooking class that teaches UVM students how to prepare healthy meals, Senecal said.

“Our vision is to transform students into lifelong learners who make informed choices within our complex food system,” Zelazny said.

Senecal said his first-year residents in the new hall have

expressed their satisfaction with the food to him.

The dining hall was designed to serve 5,000 meals per day, taking into consideration Central campus traffic and residents of the building, he said.

According to UVM Dining, the Central dining hall is open 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Dr. Frederick Morin announces a $19.7 million donation to the UVM Medical School last year. Morin will be stepping down from his position of dean of the College of Medicine after 10 years.

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Medical school dean announces departure

Brandon Arcari Breaking News Assistant Editor

The dean of the Robert Larner College of Medicine will be stepping down after 10 years at the head of the graduate medical program.

Dr. Rick Morin announced Aug. 30 that he would be stepping down, according to a UVM press release. Morin said that he will leave after a successor has been named.

“I am proud of what this College has accomplished in

the last 10 years across all of our missions,” Morin said in the press release. He called his time as the dean “the capstone of my career.”

President Tom Sullivan said Morin’s accomplishments at UVM are “truly extraordinary” in an Aug. 31 press release.

“His creativity, persistence, and strong leadership have created a legacy for the Larner College of Medicine that will last for generations,” he said.

“I will be forever grateful for his remarkable leadership of the

College and his many contributions across the University.”

Morin was the dean of the college through a few milestones. These include the College’s renaming in 2016 for late alumnus Dr. Robert Larner ‘42.

Larner gave $100 million in lifetime donations.

During his tenure, Morin hosted former Vice President Joe Biden for the Cancer Moonshot program and helped recruit the most diverse student body of any college at UVM. “I think he had a vision for

the school that was more integrated with the hospital, and I wonder what direction the school will take under new leadership,” said senior biochemistry minor Ethan Yoo. “I want to thank Dean Morin for his leadership in our shared goal of educating healthcare professionals to the highest standards in patient care, education and research,” said Dr. John Brumsted, president and CEO of the UVM Health Network and CEO of the UVM Medical Center. “He has

been an important and steadfast source of support throughout a period of enormous change in healthcare, and we will miss having the benefit of his guidance.”

During Morin’s tenure, the medical school began new programs, saw new funding and underwent physical improvements, such as the the construction of the Larner Learning Commons and Given Courtyard, according to the University website.

Study analyzes link between nicotine and addiction Lauren Schnepf Assistant News Editor New UVM research shows that cigarettes with lower levels of nicotine may reduce smokers chance of addiction and dependency on the drug.

Completed in April 2016, the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health at UVM studied the effects of lower nicotine levels in cigarettes and addiction in vulnerable populations.

The study was run in conjunction with Brown University, the John Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Kansas, according to an Aug. 25 VTDigger.org article.

The research team was led

by Stephen Higgins, director of the Center on Behavior and Health and a psychiatry professor at UVM. Years of research has shown that nicotine is the constituent in cigarettes that causes addiction and repeated use, Higgins said.

“Nicotine’s effects depend on the dose, [so] lowering nicotine content will lower nicotine exposure and associated risk for addiction,” he said.

In one part of the study, participants were asked how often they would smoke cigarettes at different nicotine levels based on the price, according to the article.

The researchers found that

while participants had little interest in purchasing the lower-dose cigarettes, they also were less likely to want to purchase the higher dose cigarettes when they were associated with higher prices.

“The price has a lot to do with the type of cigarettes I buy,” said a UVM student who prefers to remain anonymous.

The student said they were more likely to avoid cigarettes priced at a higher rate even if they did contain higher nicotine levels. “[The implication is] that these biases and preferences people have for the higher-dose cigarette is malleable depending on what the price is,” Higgins said.

The second and third parts of the study had participants choose from a variety of cigarettes with varying nicotine levels while a computer recorded their preferences and whether they wanted to continue smoking after two puffs, the article stated.

The results showed that while participants preferred cigarettes with higher nicotine levels, lower-dose cigarettes were less likely to be addictive.

Cigarette butts litter the ground outside the Living/Learning complex. A new UVM study showed that cigarettes with less nicotine may lead to reduced addiction and dependency on the drug.

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Healthcare certificate program introduced

Brandon Arcari Breaking News Assistant Editor

UVM has launched a new program offering a certificate in healthcare management and leadership for health and human services professionals.

The program, which falls under Continuing and Distance Education, is not intended for undergraduates. It is open to those without a bachelor’s degree, but is primarily for professionals in the field.

The program’s seminars are intended to provide guidance to students on topics such as strategy and management, data-driven decision making and leadership skills, according to the program website.

“Informed, innovative leaders are needed more than ever to help identify ways to promote healthcare affordability and ensure that Americans have access to needed care,” said Catherine Hamilton, the instructor for the program.

“Strong health care managers are essential in shaping a better future for all the stakeholders of the health care system in the U.S.” Hamilton, who holds a Ph.D from the Robert Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, is the director of the health care management program. She is also a parttime lecturer for the master of public health online graduate program and the vice president of consumer services and planning at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont.

“Management and leader-

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Photos courtesy of UVM and TrekEarth. education has generally been overlooked in medical school,” program director Abigail Trutor-Mead said in a 2017 online statement to the University of Vermont Medical Center. “Often, physicians are asked to run a division, department or service line and not provided with resources to build skills in management and leadership.”

The seminars will last from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Students must attend five seminars to earn the certification. The first course series will be held from mid-October to early December 2017 at the DoubleTree Ho-

in South Burlington with a cost to students of $1,995.

“While I don’t know much about the specifics of the program, the topics it covers are definitely essential both inside and outside of school,” sophomore Will Kelleher said.

This course is No. 48 to be added to the list of programs offered by the department of continuing and distance education, which also offers certificates in online health care management and policy, and graduate degrees in medical science and medical laboratory science.

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We don’t want your programmed dorms Staff Editorial

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hile new construction on campus is making our school more aesthetically pleasing, these new buildings designed around programmed housing carry a whole new set of issues.

Over the summer, new buildings popped up on campus. One of them was the Central Campus Residence Hall, a dorm built for first-years who choose to live in the Wellness Environment.

The building marks a step in a new direction for UVM: more beds for WE and more beds for programmed housing.

Without sourcing input on what the general student population wants and needs in their living environments, administration is interpreting WE’s high demand as a call for more programmed housing.

In reality, students often choose programmed housing simply to get into a newer, nicer hall.

Though we commend the administration for implementing a university-wide wellness initiative, they simply outsized the interest and neglected to address general student needs.

It’s a disservice to the incoming class. Required programmed housing forces unnecessary training wheels on

first-year students. It obstructs the main objective of achieving the well-rounded college experience.

The University fundamentally prevents students from bursting their social bubbles: first-years, whether they live in WE or Fiber Arts, spend time with more people similar to them.

They’ll be less likely to find new passions and form relationships with people unlike them.

WE and other programmed housing was originally designed to offer students a built in sub-community within UVM to ensure social stability in the chaos of the firstyear experience. Making these programs required dismantles their original point.

They want to “change the type of person who comes to UVM.” Realistically this will change the UVM student– but not for the better.

One key objective of college is to “find yourself.” Meet new people, take odd classes, discover your passions.

We call on the administration to answer this question: How can you boil down thousands of unique individuals into a few common interest groups and expect them to grow and change into their best self?

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Construction continues on campus with the demolition of Cook Physical Science Building Sept. 1. Construction continued into this semester after new buildings went up over summer vacation.

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Conflict between religion and the First Amendment James Simpson

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he issue of gay rights is once again before the Supreme Court.

Next month, the justices will hear arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on whether or not those in the wedding service industry may refuse to service samesex weddings on the grounds of religious liberty.

While the desire to ensure equality is a compelling interest, the protection of religious liberty must take precedence.

In this situation, there are two competing rights: the right to live according to one’s religious beliefs and the right to be treated the same as everyone else.

On one hand, denying a same-sex couple a wedding cake is treating a gay couple differently from a heterosexual couple.

On the other hand, requiring a religious baker to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding is forcing them to violate their core principles.

On the grounds of the First Amendment, imposing a law that forces someone to act against his or her religious beliefs is the more serious offense.

In the 2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision, the Supreme Court ruled that business owners could refuse to provide contraceptives to employees, as the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate substantially burdened the

GENEVIEVE WINN right of the plaintiffs to freely practice their religion.

Since applying the mandate to for-profit businesses like Hobby Lobby was not the least restrictive means of furthering the government’s interest, the Court ruled it un-

constitutional.

That case involved a similar situation in which religious liberty was pitted against another compelling interest: access to birth control.

Since the contraceptive mandate forced business own-

ers to act against their religious beliefs, the Court struck it down.

In this case, the Supreme Court may take the stance that a person providing a service for a wedding is participating in the wedding and creating an expression that endorses the marriage. Forcing a devoutly religious person to do that would be an egregious violation of his or her First Amendment rights.

As there is no shortage of businesses that provide wedding services, if someone is turned away from one business, they should take their money to a business that is willing to participate.

While I would personally not agree with turning away a paying customer, under no circumstances should the government have the authority to force anyone to provide a service.

Just as everyone has the right to choose which businesses they wish to patronize, an owner of a private corporation should have the right to refuse service in accordance with his or her conscience.

Remember, the purpose of the First Amendment is to provide a shield from government tyranny. That shield must not be chipped away to spare people from hurt feelings.

James Simpson is a junior political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since 2016.

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JEDDY’S final jam Student band breaks up and moves on after final concert at Nectar’s Jack Carmody Staff Writer Almost an hour past the 11 p.m. end time, Jeddy continued to blast out song after song to the eager crowd. The band brought fans off their feet with their energy level then grounded them again with goofy onstage antics.

Thursday, Aug. 31 marked the band’s final show. Jeddy was a student-made rock and pop-based jam band. They put out an original album in April 2016.

Long before this final show, Jeddy was merely another flier around campus. The poster was a call for any musicians looking to join a band and was put up by senior guitarist Drew Steinberg in his sophomore year.

The response Steinberg got was not what he expected, he said. Many people reached out to him eager to join a band.

He ended up recruiting junior guitarist Elias Levinson and sophomore drummer Tanner Schanzlin.

As the band progressed, they began to grow in size, adding bassist and keyboardist sophomore Ben Schnier and bringing junior Lindsay Ross in on vocals. It was at this time they settled on the name Jeddy, Steinberg said.

“It got to a point where we could be seen around campus and people would know we were associated with Jeddy,” Steinberg said. “We got to see the presence grow and grow and grow.”

After the band started gaining attention, they did a residency at Nectar’s and

were booked at venues in Massachusetts and New York, Steinberg said.

The group attributes this success largely to their stage presence, he said.

“People are going to remember how you act on stage above how you sounded,” Steinberg said. “So if you’re going to sound bad you might as well do it loud and with a smile because that’s what they’re going to remember: that you did it with a smile.”.

Their success carried over to the next academic year, and the band decided to record an album. The process was something they didn’t have much experience with as only Schanzlin and Schnier had recorded music in a studio before, Steinberg said.

Two years of the group’s work culminated into Thursday’s final concert. At the show there were newcomers and day one fans in attendance. Jeddy brought all the solos, energy and carefree goofiness that they have become known for.

“The one thing I’ve told people is that we never fought or argued,” Steinberg said. “There were plenty of times we didn’t see eye to eye and had to talk things out.

Sometimes that took three to four hours, but I don’t think we ever yelled once at each other.”

Steinberg is satisfied with what the group has accomplished and the level of success they have been able to achieve, he said.

“At this point in my life, every so often I’ll get a text from a friend who’s like, oh I know so-and-so from my college that went to a Jeddy show when they were up in Vermont,” Steinberg said.

UVM student band Jeddy performs their last show at Nectar’s Aug. 31. Jeddy originally formed in 2015 and put out an original studio album in April 2016.

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Installations from the last year’s South End Art Hop, a free annual event hosted by the South End Arts and Business Association, are displayed around South Burlington.

This year’s Art Hop will be at venues around the South End Sept. 8-10.

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A ll the Right Things to see at Art Hop

Art Hop celebrates art in many forms Sept. 8-10. Most events are free and open to the public. Here are some of the festival’s highlights.

CREATE ART LIVE: ART HOP CHALLENGE 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday The South End Joinery, 339 Pine St. Over all three days of the festival Art Hop will be celebrating and supporting local artists with a series of live challenges while showcasing the ReSOURCE’s South End Joinery’s capabilities.

25TH SOUTH END ART HOP FOUNDERS EXHIBIT 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday Art’s Alive Gallery at Main Street Landing’s Union Station, 1 Main St. This event celebrates the history of the Art Hop with an exhibit featuring the original artists that set the stage for the Art Hop festival 25 years ago.

VOICES OF HOME OPENING RECEPTION 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday Bobbin Mills Community Center, 234 S. Champlain St. Artists combine audio narratives and painted portraits to tell the story of affordable housing residents and celebrate the work of the Burlington Housing Authority.

BURLINGTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT POWERS THE ARTS 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday 585 Pine St. Enjoy artwork from local sculptors and a food truck dinner to the tune of local folk band The Leatherbound Books.

JIM’S BASEMENT SHOWCASE 5 p.m. Saturday 56 King Street Love a good basement band? As part of the festival, a King Street resident will be opening his basement to music-loving passersby. He’ll be hosting performances by local punk, indie and rock artists.

NORTH COUNTRY ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday ArtsRiot, 400 Pine St. Musicians from the area will be participating in a “live, improvisational and interactive electronic music event” at ArtsRiot, according to the Art Hop website. The show will also feature discussions with the artists.

STRUT FASHION SHOW 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday 431 Pine St., behind the Maltex Building Local designers showcase their creations on over 100 models at the 13th annual STRUT Fashion Show featuring music by DJ Robbie J, according to the event’s webpage.

THE OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS FRINGE 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Dostie Bros. Frame Shop, 308 Pine St. Suite 101 A precursor to the Burlington Fringe Festival celebrating drama in October, Dostie Bros. will be hosting skit performances on their lawn.

STORYTELLING 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, 20 Kilburn St. Suite 120 Hosted by Bird to Branch, attendees are invited to participate in the storytelling workshop by sharing their own story or enjoying those of others at the main yoga studio in Evolution.

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Main Street turns into concert venue Locals enjoy a day of live music and neighborhood food during Madaila on Main, an all-day event on Main Street in Burlington

Madaila, Turkuaz and Caroline Rose perform at the second annual Madaila on Main Sept. 2.

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LCD Soundsystem makes thoughtful return Kelsey Neubauer

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n 2011, America and the rest of the world said goodbye to LCD Soundsystem, a band that played a major role in the indie scene of the 2000s.

Now, LCD Soundsystem is back and examining a nation with a different face - giving a reality check on the complexity of the “American Dream,” as the album is titled.

Founded in Brooklyn in 2002, LCD Soundsystem became an international sensation with the release of “Losing My Edge” off their self-titled album, which won them a Grammy in 2005.

Their initial break up was announced after their 2010 album and commemorated during a 2011 tour and documentary, with extensive explanation by frontman James Murphy on why he was leaving the music scene.

Fans thought they had said a painful goodbye to a decade and the band that encapsulated so much of it.

Flashforward seven years: the new album arrives at what seems to be a near post-apocalyptic moment within the music world, particularly for the New York indie scene.

The year 2016 brought not only political unrest through-

out the nation, but also the death of musical icons David Bowie and Prince, launching what seems to be existential examinations by some prominent artists.

There has emerged a theme throughout subsequent albums released across genres - a double entendre that has bound American music, art and poetry since the revolution - a cynical and haunting look at “the American Dream.”

The title track begins with a dreamy introduction and a snare backdrop that sounds much like a clock - it describes Murphy waking up from a night of sex and drugs, pondering his existence and worth in a mirror.

He examines the eerie rock and roll dream, and identifies himself as the antagonist of his own life. “You suck at self-preservation,” he sings, describing the sadism he has created to escape the reality of his life.

With roots planted more firmly in rock than the band’s past releases, the sound of the album is reminiscent of the production of indie-rock band Arcade Fire’s 2013 Reflektor, co-produced by Murphy.

“American Dream” delves into both themes of a post-Bowie world full of political unrest - with vocals rem-

Photo courtesy of LCD Soundsystem. iniscent of the late Bowie and lyrics that echo a question of what the meaning of American life is.

Filled with nostalgia brought on by age, Murphy

looks back on his own lifetime and wonders if the American Dream is a reality or simply nothing more than a dream.

Kelsey Neubauer is a senior English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2015.

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HOW TO BE YOUR OWN OUTING CLUB Maggie Richardson B-Side Editor As I begin my senior year, more and more often I stop to look around this little college town in that starry-eyed way I did as a first-year: in awe of mountains, water and vast open spaces in every direction. It’s the kind of feeling that draws so many students here and leaves so many missing their once-temporary home in the dog days after graduation.

Living in Burlington and going to UVM, there is an undeniably strong connection between community and the outdoors. This weekend, I saw newly moved in first-years walking out of Outdoor Gear Exchange with new gear for their first fall season, and last week I saw the first TREK groups pouring into the Outing Club house together.

For someone like me who grew up in a city with only the occasional field or rolling hill to romp around, coming to UVM is like entering a vast wonderland of natural beauty unfolding all around you, all the time, waiting to be explored. During my first year at school, though, I found myself shying away from those adventures I had been so excited to embark on when I first came to campus. The new friends, schedules, work and general intimidation by the intensity of outdoor options kept me away from the woods for too long.

A long winter and a summer away from Vermont passed until I decided to take another shot at prioritizing time outside. In the fall of my sophomore year, I tried my luck getting into the Outing Club’s WILD program, which trains you in outdoor leadership and failed, as did many of my close friends. We spent hours complaining about the missed chances and the competition of it all, wondering why we were left behind when the outdoors is supposed to be all-inclusive.

That weekend, we decided to start our own outing club. October had come and a blanket of orange and red confetti stretched out across the Champlain Valley as my two best friends and I drove south to the Green Mountain National Forest, just east of Middlebury. We took our time reveling in the cold fall morning, got coffee and cookies for the road and when we arrived at the trailhead, were greeted with a quiet mountain breeze bringing the season’s first snow.

We marched up through the Breadloaf wilderness for a couple miles until we reached the Long Trail and the Skylight Pond shelter just beyond. Waiting for the heavy snow to stop, we snooped around the shelter, reading old entries from hikes past. One of our favorites was from a Boy Scout group years ago that read: “We came as boys, left as renegades.”

A little soggy and fairly cold, but with high spirits, we tramped down the mountain. Halfway to the end, we ran into the WILD group setting out on their first overnight trek. We said hey to familiar faces, wished them luck and headed back to the car for the drive home and a night with our friends back in Burlington.

Since that day, we’ve left few Saturdays un-hiked, un-skied and un-explored. We’ve tackled a handful of the Adirondacks’ high peaks, revisited Breadloaf many times and driven countless miles of country road in sun, rain and fog just to get that breath of fresh air. I don’t want to be cynical about the clubs, the gear heads and the competition, but the best way to get outside is on your own terms. Don’t wait to make the cut, don’t wait for instructions, just get out there.

The unofficial outing club hikes trails in the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. UVM students began the group after not making it into the UVM Outing Club’s WILD leadership program.

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Local fair gives gifts, games and garlic fries Izzy Siedman Life Editor The No. 2 Chittenden County bus pulled up to the Essex Junction stop and unloaded several gaggles of grinning college students just as the late summer sun fell.

From Aug. 25 to Sept. 3, a Green Mountain Transit bus released UVM students on the outskirts of the Champlain Valley Fair grounds. The fair includes a 130-acre area with a racetrack, grandstand, livestock barns and numerous open fields.

The Champlain Valley Exposition, where the annual fair and other public events are held was first formed in 1922 by a committee determined to create a “true county fair,” according to the CVExpo website.

The fair is advertised in the Week of Welcome guidebook and offers free entry to anyone with a valid student ID on Thursday.

“I’m from Vermont, so I’ve known about the fair and always wanted to go,” first-year Morgan Dexter said. “I finally went this year because I saw that, in the UVM WOW packet, students get in for free.”

Dexter and three of her friends originally followed the packet’s advice and caught a shuttle at the Medical Center, she said.

They were not the only ones looking to use public transit; they found the bus filled to the brim and opted to take a friend’s car instead, Dexter said.

Each day at the fair was slightly different, with races,

livestock shows, demolition derbies, raffles and live performances from groups such as Navytrain, winner of UVM’s Battle of the Bands last spring.

However, classic fair food, neon-colored rides and stuffed animal prizes are daily staples of the Champlain Valley Fair.

Some were there to see the sparkling grounds from atop the Ferris wheel while others took a 50-cent peek at the world’s smallest horse, but everyone was there for the array of fair treats.

Though most food stalls closed around 10 p.m., Dexter said she was lucky to find a tasty option after arriving at the fair late. “I stumbled upon a place selling garlic parmesan fries,” she said.

“My favorite part of the fair was getting a fried Oreo for free,” sophomore Deni Ranguelova said. “The guy was really nice to give it to me, but my tummy also regretted eating fried dough the next morning.”

Despite the chilly temperature of 52 degrees, nostalgia and the smell of kettle corn floated through the Champlain Valley fair grounds as students and locals enjoyed each other’s company with smiles.

“I think it’s a great way to end the week and segue into the first semester,” sophomore Cameron Smith said. “After a week of focusing on learning and what you will need for each class, you can sit back and enjoy a fair.”

Fair goers enjoy a swing carousel at the Champlain Valley Fair Sept. 2. The fair has been running annually since 1922.

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Savoring the last sunshine & sleep in syllabus week The Burlington Bumpkin Katie Brobst

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yllabus week has come and gone.

There was a unique atmosphere on UVM’s campus.

Whether you are dragging your feet to class or are more than ready to finally start the semester, no one expects the first week of classes to be that difficult.

The sweat and mania of move-in weekend has ended, and it’s about time to start the classes our parents are paying for.

The sun was still out, Vermont’s cold weather not quite here yet and still time to drop chemistry and return the expensive textbook if need be.

Students shuffle their schedules around during the add/drop period, seeing what they like and what they don’t want to take on this semester.

Perhaps you’ve come to the realization that an 8:30 a.m. class is not your speed, or maybe there were a few too many pieces of dried gum on the bottom of your chair.

For me, the impression I get from the professor on the first week is the deciding factor for whether I keep a class or drop

it.

Are they confident in their teaching abilities or do they hide behind a monitor? Are they approachable when I have questions or do they leave class faster than some of their students? Most importantly, can they actually work the classroom projector and the iClicker program?

If a professor can remember my name and spend less than two minutes getting their slides up, then we’re going to get along just fine.

Aside from professor first impressions and the shortlived freedom of switching classes, campus has a friendly, open vibe at the beginning of a new academic year.

First-years are seeking out social groups and returning students are welcoming them with open arms and a brochure to their respective club.

Time before class is spent meeting new peers or catching up with friends instead of cramming in that reading you forgot about until 10 minutes ago.

While the weather is still nice, students crowd the steps of the Bailey/Howe Library, peruse the vintage clothing tent outside the Davis Center and

GENEVIEVE WINN hitch up their hammocks behind the Catholic Center.

I know it’s temporary, but I hope you got a chance to stop and enjoy the sunshine during

syllabus week before the inevitable stress of the semester reduces us to sleep-deprived zombie students.

Katie Brobst is a sophomore English and film major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2016.

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By the numbers: class of 2021...

Class of 2021 by the numbers...

FAST FACTS

13% 17% 14% 22%

of the incoming class are students of color of admitted students of color chose to attend UVM

The class of 2021 hails from 47 states...

of the incoming class are first generation college students of the incoming class are Vermonters

2,600

...and 25 countries

approximate size of the incoming class of 2021 Source: the University Communications Website

67%colorful hair dye are dying down Stereotypes about Libby Camp Cynic Correspondent While colored hair is certainly not a new trend, it seems college campuses across the country have been seeing an influx of hued hairstyles.

“It seems like you can’t go anywhere on campus without seeing someone with crazy colored hair,” sophomore Emma King said.

For a long time, dying hair was seen as something that gray-haired women did to conceal their aging process. Even today, statistics regarding hair dye are typically about women wanting to cover up their gray.

Trends changed in the 1970s when Tish and Snooky of punk rock band Blondie began to produce the famous line of hair dyes Manic Panic.

According to the brand’s website, this was the beginning of the era of hair color being used as a fashion and personality piece.

At first, unnatural colors were seen as a marker of being a punk, or someone who wasn’t very respectable.

However, with the increase of ‘90s celebrities with brightly colored hair came an increase of crazy colors in the general public.

“The same people who laughed at the Manic Panic look in the ‘70s began clamoring for it in the ‘90s, as Tish and Snooky watched their hair dye worn proudly by high fashion models and celebrities of all kinds,” the website stated.

Nowadays, a lot of people

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are rocking newly colored ‘dos, especially on campus.

“College is a good time to experiment with your look,” sophomore Noah Schneidman said. He has dyed his hair white, pink and teal because he thought it would look cool and was feeling very impulsive, he said.

However, sometimes hair dye doesn’t go the way some people plan. It turns out having lilac hair like your favorite singer can be much harder than you think.

For sophomore Anna Moore, her hair-dying experiences started in eighth grade when the band Paramore was really big. She idolized Hayley Williams and loved her hair, so that was a big inspiration for her, she said.

“I always have trouble adjusting to new colors because it can be such a shock to see your physical appearance change.”

Moore said. “Most recently, I dyed it purple and didn’t love it at first because it was so different, but I loved it once I got used to it.”

Schneidman attested to some downsides of rocking dyed hair. “Sometimes it looked cool, but it mostly looked silly and made my hair feel like steel wool,” he said.

While there a stigma in dyed hair remains in how employers judge applicants, how the elderly women at the salon look at you and in the speeches some parents give their kids, both Schneidman and Moore said they haven’t had any bad

GENEVIEVE WINN experiences with people because of their hair.

“I didn’t notice anything really from the general public,” Schneidman said, “but I received many ‘Oh Gods’ from friends and family.”

“My friends and family all seem to think it suits my personality and style, and some people just don’t like non-natural colors – and that’s okay – but I don’t think anyone has made a negative comment di-

rectly to me,” Moore said.

Whether or not the stigmas still exist, those two UVM students will continue to show their true colors– in the hair on their head.

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Women’s soccer defeats Brown in overtime Sabrina Hood Sports Writer The UVM women’s soccer team successfully snatched an important win Saturday against Brown University.

“They’ve been working hard and this was their only game this week, so it was nice to have it come out with a win,” said head coach Kristi Lefebvre.

First-year midfielder Ella Bankert scored the winning goal in overtime, which was also her first collegiate goal, junior midfielder Brooke Jenkins said.

“It was great to see a firstyear come out and be big in moments like that; she definitely deserved it,” senior midfielder Sarah Martin said.

The game started with tough defense, with both blocks in the field and consistent deflections by senior goalkeeper Coco Speckmaier.

Coach Lefebvre said Jenkins’ best play of the game was her knowing “when to tackle at the right moment.”

Brown initially blocked Vermont’s attempts for goals at the beginning of the first half, but the Catamounts were first to get on the scoreboard with Martin scoring the first point mid-way during the first half with a penalty kick.

“The goal gave us the motivation and the drive to come out and score another one,” Martin said.

During the first half, the team consistently “minimized

Sophomore Bridgette King fakes out a Brown player Sept. 2. The Catamounts beat out the Bears 2-1 in overtime.

SABRINA HOOD/The Vermont Cynic the chances that the other team had and created some of [their] own,” Lefebvre said.

At the half, UVM had a 1-0 lead. The general mindset was to “come out strong in the second half,” Martin said.

Jenkins was perceptive as she described the start of the second half. “Once we went up a goal, we sat back in when we should’ve been pressing,” she said. “In the second half, there were moments when it was swinging their way.”

This occurred when Brown scored toward the end of the second half, tying up the game.

UVM had possession with a minute left in the game but could not break the tie during regulation, so the game went to overtime.

At this point, the team regrouped and agreed that “going into overtime we need to put this game away,” Jenkins said.

“We all notice what’s happening on the field and come up with a game plan to attack

in the second half,” Martin said.

Lefebvre said the team needs to improve defensively, “which leads to some of the other team’s chances. Tightening up will help us out.”

This win gave the team a 3-0 start at home, which is the first since 2003, according to UVM athletics.

The game allowed “flexibility by playing players in different positions and rotating players through more than usual.”

Lefebvre said.

UVM will be on the road for the next two games. They play Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. at Siena College and Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. at American University.

“This was a big win at home and gave us a lot of momentum moving forward for heading to away games,” Martin said. “I believe we will definitely come out strong in all of these games”.

Men’s soccer team bounces back after home defeat Locria Courtright Assistant Sports Editor The past and present of UVM men’s soccer collided on a chilly Friday night, as UVM welcomed former head coach Jesse Cormier– now with the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles– at Virtue Field.

The past prevailed when the Eagles defeated the Catamounts 4-0 in the Peter Baldwin Memorial Classic.

Florida Gulf Coast opened the scoring early. In the sixth minute, sophomore goalkeeper Aron Runarsson made a save off of Dylan Sacramento, but Robert Ferrer put home the rebound to put the Eagles in front 1-0.

FGCU found their second goal in the 21st minute when Preston Kilwien scored off a corner, beating Runarsson to his left and doubling the Eagles’ lead to 2-0.

Just 21 seconds later, FGCU added a third, as a cross by Sacramento was buried past Runarsson by Dennis Zapata, pushing it to 3-0 Eagles.

The Catamounts did not go down without a fight. In the 39th minute, junior forward Geo Alves looked like he’d scored a goal for the Catamounts, slotting the ball past Eagles goalkeeper Connor Gavigan. However, Alves’s goal was ruled offside, and the Eagles took their 3-0 lead into halftime.

Junior Geo Alves dribbles around a Niagara player Sept. 2. The Catamounts won 2-0 after losing the day before to Florida Gulf Coast.

MAX MCCURDY/The Vermont Cynic FGCU found a fourth early in the second half, as Kilwien scored his second goal of the match from a corner to extend the lead to 4-0 in the 51st minute.

The Cats had another chance to get on the board, as they were rewarded a penalty kick a minute after FGCU’s

fourth goal. However, sophomore midfielder Jón Arnar Barðdal’s penalty was saved by Gavigan.

The Catamounts poured on the pressure late, outshooting the Eagles 11-3 in the second half and earning six second half corners to FGCU’s one, but were unable to get by Gavigan.

The Cats earned 11 corner kicks to FGCU’s three, but while the Eagles scored twice from their limited set piece opportunities, the Catamounts couldn’t muster one from their ample chances.

Head coach Rob Dow put some of the Catamounts’ struggles down to their weakness on

set pieces.

“They scored two goals off their three corners,” Dow said.

“We need to be better in that area, bottom line.”

Dow said the team needs to bounce back quickly, starting with Sunday’s match against the Niagara Purple Eagles.

“We’ve got to lick our wounds and bandage where we were scarred,” Dow said. “We need to be students of the game and come out much quicker than we did tonight [against Niagara].”

Dow did get a response from his team on Sunday, as UVM defeated Niagara 2-0 at Virtue Field behind a Purple Eagles own goal and Geo Alves’s fourth goal of the season. Redshirt first-year goalkeeper Alex Popovich kept a shutout on his UVM debut.

Dow said that the victory was important towards building character, following the defeat just 48 hours ago, according to UVM athletics.

Junior forward Geo Alves, first-year midfielder Dadi Baerings Halldorsson and junior midfielder Mikel Kabala were named in the 2017 Peter Baldwin Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team.

The Catamounts are 2-2 so far this season. They host Yale Sept. 9 at Virtue Field in the Rally Against Cancer game.

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Locria Courtright Assistant Sports Editor Three Vermont women’s hockey alumnae have taken their talents to the professional level this year.

Goaltender Madison Litchfield ‘17 signed with the National Women’s Hockey League’s Boston Pride. Defender Rachael Ade ‘17 also decided to play in New England, joining the NWHL’s Connecticut Whale.

Forward Brittany Zuback ‘15 went north of the border after being drafted in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League by the Toronto Furies.

This trio joined forwards Amanda Pelkey ‘15, Chelsea Furlani ‘10, Sarah Campbell ‘15 and Delia McNally ‘15 in going pro.

Pelkey plays for Boston Pride, while Furlani, Campbell and McNally all play in Europe.

Furlani plays for EV Bozen Eagles in the Elite Women’s Hockey League as well as the Italian national team, while Campbell turns out for DEC Salzburg Eagles and McNally for Neuberg Highlanders in the same league.

Litchfield, who holds the program record for wins with 32, had a sensational senior year, posting a 2.08 goal against average and a .928 save percentage, earning a spot on the

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Rachael Ade ‘17 takes a shot on goal Jan. 20. Ade joined the National Women’s Hockey League team the Connecticut Whale this season.

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She will join fellow Vermont native and UVM alumnus Pelkey on the Pride.

The Pride fell in the Isobel Cup Final last season to the Buffalo Beauts after going 16-1 during the regular season.

Ade posted six points in each of her first three seasons at UVM, but had a successful senior year as a team co-captain, posting 14 points.

The Connecticut Whale finished bottom of the NWHL in

the regular season with a 5-121 record, and were defeated in the Isobel Cup semifinals 8-2 by the Pride.

Zuback last played with the Catamounts in 2014-15 and posted 30 points, including a triple-overtime win against Maine in the Hockey East quarterfinal that ended the longest game in conference history.

She is tied for the second-most points in UVM women’s hockey program history, according to UVM athletics.

Next Week Sept. 4 - Sept. 10 Women’s soccer at Siena Sept. 6 at 5 p.m.

Loudonville, NY Women’s field hockey vs. Cornell Sept. 9 at 1 p.m.

Home Men’s soccer vs. Yale Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.

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