Vermont Cynic Fall 2014 Issue 11

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Fashion faux pas is a flop Hannah Kearns News Editor

MARISA ROSENTHAL The Vermont Cynic

Students protest sexual violence and show support for survivors outside of the Bailey/Howe Library on Carry That Weight Day Oct 29.

Students stand with survivors Angel Yang Staff Writer More than 40 students carrying mattresses and pillows gathered together to join in the national event “Carry That Weight” on campus to show support for victims of rape and sexual assault.

The march began in front of the Royall Tyler Theatre Oct. 29.

Participants then walked across the Davis Center green

toward Bailey/Howe Library where they stood in silence hand-in-hand for five minutes to honor survivors of assault.

“We don’t tolerate sexual assault on campus,” said senior Sammie Ibrahim, one of the group’s founders. “We support survivors on campus.”

Holding signs with slogans such as “UVM Stands with Survivors” and “Stop the Silence,” students like Ibrahim showed their passion for protecting students from sexual assault.

Professor Denise Young-

blood, president United Academics, delivered a speech at the demonstration to address the existing sexual violence and gender inequality phenomena on campus.

“Rape is a crime, not a dirty secret,” Youngblood said.

She spoke out about the problem of sexual assault and proposed ways to deal with it.

“The University is very proactive in its efforts to create an open atmosphere where sexual assault can be talked about, reported and addressed,” said

Jeff Wakefield, associate director of University Communications.

Carry That Weight Day is a national day, founded by Emma Sulkowicz, a rape survivor at Columbia University.

She protests sexual violence by carrying the mattress she was raped on with her every day until her rapist is expelled.

Now more than 130 campuses in more than 30 states and more than five countries take part in the Carry That Weight event.

The Water Tower recently published an article Oct. 21 “Frankenfashion Faux Pas: What Not to Wear.”

Some members of the community found the piece offensive, said Pat Brown, director of Student Life.

The Water Tower declined to comment on the matter.

“We’d prefer if we could hold off on interviews until we have a discussion with the Department of Student Life and the concerned groups of students, and then decide whether the best course of action would be for the Water Tower to cover our own press,” Co-EditorIn-Chief Katja Ritchie said in an email to the Cynic.

The Water Tower has since retracted the piece in their Nov. 4 issue.

The piece was, “satirical in nature,” and intended to “provide completely outlandish reasons as to why clearly offensive costumes were a poor Halloween choice,” the Water Tower said in the retraction.

“Unfortunately, the piece did not succeed in conveying an air of satire, and for this, the Water Tower sincerely apologizes,” the Water Tower said.

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Kalkin and Billings to see renovation projects in future Margaux Rioux Staff Writer Plans to expand Kalkin Hall and renovate Billings Library are on the books for UVM. Board of trustees committee members approved the two privately funded projects Oct. 18.

The Kalkin expansion project will be funded entirely by private donors at an estimated cost of $11 million, said Sanjay Sharma, dean of the School of Business Administration.

The project is scheduled to begin in spring of 2015 and to be completed the following year.

The business school will expand onto the courtyard be-

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tween Kalkin and Votey Halls, Sharma said.

He said he first noticed the need for an expansion when he arrived at UVM in 2011.

“I saw that our students were sitting on the carpets in the hallways and working on their projects,” Sharma said.

“We need more space for our students.”

“The business school is definitely growing,” sophomore Jake Guarino said. “With newer facilities, the business school is going to be a top destination for students.”

The building will be very student-centered, Sharma said.

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University’s final approval.

The committee also approved a second project, the renovation of Billings Library.

The renovated building will house UVM’s Special Collections, the Holocaust Center, the Center for the Humanities and the Center for Research on Vermont, according to meeting notes.

The project is privately funded at an estimated cost of $8.5 million with almost all of the funding in place said Robert Vaughan, director of capital planning and management.

The Billings Library, a “historic architectural achievement” will be renovated in two phases, Vaughan said.

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Kalkin Hall is pictured Oct. 27. The business school will be expanded in upcoming years in order to accomodate for enrollment growth. address the third floor and the mezzanine.

Phase two, May 2017 through January 2018, will address Cook Commons.

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signed by Vaughan promotes Billings as a library.

“The whole idea is to keep it as a library, and this floor plan allows space for that” he said.

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UVM transitions to new budget model Taylor Delehanty Staff Writer The University will make a full transition into using Incentive Based Budgeting (IBB) July 1, 2015.

“There was uniform agreement over the model’s problems: lack of transparency, too much complexity, little flexibility and few incentives,” according to Provost David Rosowsky’s website on IBB. Incentive Based Budgeting was chosen to help make the budgeting process of the University as a whole more clear and transparent, and to put more discretion and power in the hands of the deans and the chairs of the departments, according to the Provost’s website.

Provost Rosowsky, who is also UVM’s Chief Budget Offi-

cer, will lead the charge in developing a new IBB model for the University.

Rosowsky will also be responsible for the steering committee for the program, which will give the final recommendations that will be made to President Tom Sullivan on the design and methodology of an overall incentive-based budget model for UVM. Lane Manning, the president of the graduate student senate, said he is “not exactly sure how it will affect students as of yet.”

The University is running two budget models — the old model and the new IBB model — side-by-side this year to see if major issues arise, Manning said.

“In terms of grad students, the concern that has been raised is that if you only look at

a budget line, funded grad students are expensive,” he said.

“However, most of the population of UVM would agree, I hope, that graduate students are involved in and contribute significantly more to the community of the university than the specific job description we are paid for, for instance TAing experimental labs or classes,” Manning said.

People seem excited about the prospect of the incentive based budgeting as something of a huge step up from what the university had been doing in the past, he said.

“Through IBB, one should theoretically be able to trace every dollar at the University…

Transparency and clarity,” Manning said. “In addition, IBB will hopefully create incentives for academic quality, collaboration in research and

entrepreneurship, and just be more agile, flexibwle and easier to understand.”

The IBB model includes seven algorithms for the budget allocation, according to the official report.

The seven algorithms are split into the two categories of revenue and expense, according to the report.

The algorithms in the revenue category include undergraduate net tuition, graduate net tuition, non-degree and summer tuition, indirect cost recovery and other income, the report stated.

The algorithms in the cost category include facilities and cost pools, according to the report.

The revenue algorithms will be put together into one pool and certain perecentages of each algorithm will be distrib-

uted to the facilities and cost pools, the report stated.

“I agree more with the 60 percent going to the departments with the most students,” sophomore Sarah Bullock said.

“That seems fair because the money is going to the areas most students are passionate about.”

Bullock believes that it is porportional.

The IBB model will be monitored and adjusted by the Steering Commitee during the fiscal year of 2015, Rosowsky said in the report.

“While we are all excited about the opportunities for transformation that IBB affords, I caution that IBB is not the solution to the very real and pressing challenges we face,” he said in the closing statement of the report.

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UVM to assess policies Sarah Olsen Assistant News Editor

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UVM HORTICULTURE CLUB

Horticulture Club President and junior Jacob Suissa (left) and senior Win Piper plant flower beds behind Jeffords Hall. Suissa and Piper were horticulture summer interns in 2013 and maintained the greenhouse and various gardens across campus during the summer months.

Horticulture Club loses funds Krista Cantrell Staff Writer Amid SGA budget cuts, the Horticulture Club struggles to find common ground with the administration.

Starting in fall 2014, SGA changed their policy regarding wages.

The wages and stipends section was completely cut from multiple clubs and organizations, including the Horticulture Club.

This leaves Club President junior Jacob Suissa and adviser Mark Starrett to seek alternative sources of income for their summer internship program.

In past years, SGA would award the club with between $2,500 and $3,750 per year in wages. Employing one intern for the entire summer costs $4,800, Starrett said.

Two interns are employed every summer in order to maintain the gardens outside of Jeffords Hall and the gardens outside of the Medical Library, he said.

This includes the vegetable garden, raised-bed flower garden, arboretum, edibles garden and herb garden, Starrett said.

The two summer interns

are solely responsible for the maintenance of these gardens, he said.

“What the SGA funding for wages did is help support an intern and then other funds could be leveraged against it,” Starrett said.

There is concern over SGA’s decision to cut these wages and feels that the outcome of this decision would have been different had there been more transparency with students and club officers, he said.

Suissa and Starrett said that they did not attend the SGA meeting when this proposed change in policy was presented simply because they did not know it was taking place.

There was no prior notification or polling of students before changing this policy, which poses questions regarding student choice in where and how their SGA fee is applied, Starrett said.

“SGA did not want to be seen as an employer,” former SGA Treasurer Josh Barry said.

“We did not feel it was fair to the undergraduate student body to have their SGA fee be applied to paying students for the work they perform when every day, members of our or-

ganizations work tirelessly for their groups, the only compensation being the results of their labor,” Barry said.

“If [the SGA] feel they speak for all students on campus, perhaps they should get input from those students before they make a decision,” Starrett said.

This decision not only puts the campus gardens in danger of removal, but also places certain species in danger of limited food sources, he said.

The gardens currently provide food for numerous species of birds, chipmunks, squirrels and butterflies. Some of these animals are already threatened, Starrett said.

If the gardens are removed, these areas will be replaced with turf grass, which would not help any of these animals or be ecologically diverse, he said.

The gardens also offer other uses for the UVM community.

The herb garden is used by faculty for culinary classes, Starrett said.

They are also frequently visited by the UVM Daycare Center and are a feature on campus tours for prospective students and their families.

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9,970

Undergraduate students at UVM (as of Fall 2013).

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Run Educational Farm grows food for Campus Kitchen, which then cooks the food for homeless shelters, Starrett said.

Both of these clubs’ wages were cut as well.

“I think if people knew about this, they would be upset. These wages helped provide food and campus beautification. These are two things that are unique to UVM. Our community supports local and homegrown initiatives. Horticulture Club helps in making these initiatives possible,” Suissa said.

Students’ thoughts on the SGA stipend cuts “SGA knows a lot more about the average student.

I would hope that their decision is the best option for everyone.”

“I would like to see where all the budget cuts go to at our campus because truth be told, I don’t see where.”

Tasha Naula Sophomore

Jerry Aviles Sophomore

“I know a lot of people who visit the greenhouse and gardens to de-stress. It’s extremely important to have them on campus not only for educational purposes, but for the sake of being able to have somewhat of an escape.”

Shana Sombolian Junior

UVM will soon evaluate the way it addresses sexual assault and misconduct.

Annie Stevens, vice provost of student affairs, spoke at the Oct. 18 board of trustees meeting about the most recent recommendation from the federal government in keeping up with Title IX policies.

“We often think of athletics [in regard to Title IX],” Stevens said. “It states that the same amount of scholarships go to male and female athletes.”

Title IX has to do with more than just athletic scholarships though, she said.

“Title IX is really gender equity,” Stevens said. “Nobody should be discriminated against based on their gender.”

This evaluation is because of recent proposed legislation and guidelines from the Office of Civil Rights and Department of Justice, which say that, based on student reports, “campuses aren’t doing enough around the issue of sexual misconduct,” she said.

“So if [sexual assault] is impacting women more, then there’s not gender equity there,” Stevens said.

The federal government recommends the evaluation be conducted as a survey, she said.

The survey is in response to one of the recommendations of the federal government for colleges to do an assessment of the “sexual misconduct climate” on their campuses, Stevens said.

The White House Task Force responsible for preventing students from being sexually assaulted released a report in April 2014 titled “Not Alone.”

In the report, the government provided a link to a toolkit that can be used to create this “climate survey.”

“It’s really long and it’s really intrusive,” Stevens said, of the sample survey. “It asks amazingly intrusive questions.”

These questions include asking about unwanted sexual experiences and the nature in which they occurred, she said.

Experts on sexual assault and sexual misconduct were asked to get together with students, faculty and staff and make the sample survey more suitable for UVM, Stevens said.

“I think it’s a pretty good idea,” sophomore Molly Condron said. “If they find flaws in the system using the survey then it will give them an opportunity to improve the system.”

Stevens said there are many ways in which the survey could be conducted. The two ways she thinks might be best are focus groups or an electronic survey with incentives to complete it.

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CRIME LOG Oct. 24 10:27 a.m.

Police services located and arrested a Sodexo employee at Billings.

The Sodexo employee was placed under arrest on a warrant issued by the Vermont State Police, and was transported directly to corrections.

Police would not release the reason for the arrest.

4:18 p.m.

A student called police services after witnessing another student exiting a car in the parking lot carrying a 30-rack of beers.

Police services located the student inside Christie Hall and confiscated the alcohol.

Upon inquiry for the student’s identification, the student presented a fake ID. The student received a ticket for possession of a fake ID and a report has been sent to the Center for Student Ethics and Standards.

Oct. 26 3:06 p.m.

A police services officer arrived at the Gutterson Rink parking lot for a welfare check on a distressed dog who had been barking from inside a car.

Upon arrival, the officer located the car and determined that the dog wasn’t in distress.

However, police did locate the dog’s owner inside the hockey rink and informed the owner that they had been contacted regarding the dog.

Oct. 27 8:39 a.m.

Police services received reports of multiple stolen items from a locked suite in Waterman.

A knife had been found in the doorway, with fresh tool markings on the doorframe.

The burglary occurred some time between 11 p.m. Oct. 25 and 7 a.m. Oct. 27.

After reviewing security footage from within Waterman, probable cause had been established for the arrest of non-UVM affiliate Jesse Howard, 22.

The suspect was arrested and lodged at the Chittenden County Correction Center Oct. 28.

Stay tuned with the Cynic for updates on the developing story.

—Jill Vaglica

Ward includes more students JP Riedel Staff Writer With recent Burlington ward adjustments resulting in the creation of Ward Eight, UVM is preparing ways to get students informed and civically active in the new ward.

Ward Eight will be comprised of roughly 70 percent UVM students, greatly outnumbering permanent residents in the community, said State Representative and alumna Kesha Ram ‘08.

Ram works for the city of Burlington as the Public Engagement Specialist and is a liaison to the planning assemblies.

“When redistricting happens, UVM will be mostly shared by Ward One and Ward Eight,” Ram said.

“When you look at why we needed to redraw the lines, it’s because we have some wards that were highly under-represented, which means they had a big population and one city councilor,” she said.

As the student population has increased over the years, the number of representatives per ward has not.

“The areas that grow the fastest are student neighborhoods,” she said.

There are 1,499 occupied beds on Redstone Campus, and 2,357 occupied beds on Athletic Campus, according to a 2010 census.

This gives a grand total of 3,856 occupied beds on campus in Ward Eight, while Ward One has 1,185 occupied beds.

“The City Council and the mayor worked with volunteers in the community and they had

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Students discuss their concerns regarding the redistricting of Burlington outside of Bailey/Howe Library Oct. 30. The community has conflicting views on the creation of a student-dominated district. to redistrict the city and the plan that emerged, and got the most votes, happens to have this huge student population that would be essentially most of campus,” Ram said.

“The neighbors are not fond of the ward [Ward Eight], generally because there are 40 to 50 of them,” Ram said. “They feel like they are going to have to carry a lot of the continuity of the ward and the students are going to keep turning over.”

Senior Maggie Love, chair of student government alliance’s committee of legislative action, has worked this semester to resolve this issue.

The Committee of Legislative Action is a student link between campus and the local

state and federal communities, and it makes it so that the relationship between both communities is positive, Love said.

“The biggest goal this semester for us, and Ward Eight, and for me has been to get students involved and inform them,” she said. “I think the biggest challenge has been disproving the expectation that students don’t care about the community and Burlington.

That we are only here for four years and then we’re done.”

Love, along with other members of the Student Government Alliance, has been working to improve relations with the local community by organizing different events, such as street clean ups, to show that

Ebola raises concerns Jill Vaglica Staff Writer University-related travel to Ebola affected countries is not permitted until further notice, according to an email to the UVM community from Dr. Jon Porter of the Center for Health and Well-Being and Annie Stevens, vice provost for student affairs.

These countries include but are not limited to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the email stated.

Non-essential personal travel should be postponed until further notice.

The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest in history, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

However, Porter reassured members of the UVM community that the risk is low for Vermont, and the necessary precautions are in effect.

“We don’t think anyone from our community has been exposed,” he said. “We think Ebola is very low risk, but if it comes up, there’s planning going on that allows us to feel like we’re in good shape.”

“Fletcher Allen is a designated hospital for care of Ebola, Porter said.

“Ebola is a serious public health problem that must be dealt with at its course,” professor Edward McMahon said, whose current research focuses on development in Africa.

“It is not realistic to expect complete success in ‘cordoning off’ this epidemic; the fiction that we can build some sort of barrier by completely prohibiting travel to and from the affected countries is very shortsighted,” McMahon said.

Instead of banning travel to affected areas, he encourages the international community to travel to the area to help, specifically individuals who are medical health professionals.

Although the World Health Organization officially declared Senegal and Nigeria free of Ebola virus transmission Oct. 17 and 20, respectively, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the hype is affecting students’ personal travel.

“Because of the ban from the University, and now from my parents, I’m unable to study abroad in Senegal. Hopefully I’ll now be going to Madagascar

instead, which was my second choice,” sophomore Olivia Benjamin said, who has hoped to study abroad in Senegal since 10th grade.

Other students agree that the University should ban travel to affected countries, but aren’t too worried either way.

“I feel that the school has the right to refuse to support travel to affected counties, especially when you consider the legal facto,” sophomore Danny Nielsen said.

“If UVM lets some people go to a place with Ebola and someone catches it and spreads it around campus, the school could be held fiscally responsible for all of the medical attention,” Nielsen said.

However, he is not too worried about it.

“If Ebola came to UVM, I wouldn’t change anything about my life,” Nielsen said.

However, Porter said that a university shut-down would not be necessary if a case came to UVM. Instead, the case would be sent straight to Fletcher Allen.

students at UVM care about Burlington and the local residents who live here.

“We need to respect that we’re living in a family oriented city and they need to respect that they moved into a college town as well, and we need to find a middle ground somewhere,” she said.

UVM could have a voting member from Ward Eight, Love said.

“Ward Eight gave us an opportunity to take that from just doing service and focusing on how we can be community members in that way and focusing on that we could actually have a voting member on city council,” Love said.

NEWSPAPER “Fashion Faux Pas” piece is criticized ...continued from page 1 These types of situations have occurred in the past with all print media, including the Cynic, Brown said.

“Usually when these situations occur the result is a dialogue between those impacted and the writers and editors of the publication,” Brown said.

“We are planning on having such a discussion this week.”

English professor and Interim President of Critical Race and Ethic Studies Emily Bernard said she believes the article was a result of satire gone wrong.

“The editors of the Water Tower appear not to care that they have effectively alienated members of the student body,” Bernard said.

“We thank those who made their opinions heard to us, and we would like to write in...” the Water tower concluded in their retraction.

Life

Health Corner

Tabata fitness Allison Carey Tabata, an interval training exercise, is a dreaded word across many athletic communities.

These include CrossFit, CatFit, personal training or that bikini boot camp you signed up for with your roommate.

A Tabata workout is great because it can be modified to all fitness levels and can be tweaked for any equipment.

These workouts are different but share some commonalities.

They are typically structured by eight sets of movement with 20 seconds of work and finally 10 seconds of rest.

You can do bodyweight movements like pushups, pull-ups, sit-ups or squats.

If you have equipment you could also use kettle bells, barbells or dumbbells.

The unique structure allows for the most effective increase in your anaerobic and aerobic systems, according to Active.com Confused? Let me break it down a bit more.

Here is an example of a four-minute Tabata workout: Begin with push-ups; as many as you can in 20 seconds. Rest for 10 seconds, and then push-ups again.

Do this eight times which ends up as four minutes.

Move on to the next movement.

Add as many movements as you’d like in the time you have.

If you push yourself, it will be one of the hardest workouts you’ve ever done, and best you’ve felt afterward.

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Author Michael Pollan sits before the audience in the Ira Allen Chapel at a talk hosted as a part of the Zellerman Lecture Series Oct. 30.

Author speaks on nutrition Danielle Goglia Senior Staff Writer Local food, sustainability and healthy eating are often popular topics that arise on campus.

This may be a reason Michael Pollan’s book “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation” was selected as the 2014 summer read for first-year students.

Pollan came to UVM for a conversation with Amy Trubek, associate professor of nutrition and food science and director of the food systems graduate program in Ira Allen Chapel Oct. 30.

Trubek asked Pollan questions which were submitted by various undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty mem-

bers the night of the event.

Pollan’s book is broken up into sections based on the four elements which explore the art of cooking with fire, water, air and earth.

The fire section discussed barbecuing, while the water section included braising and boiling.

The air section looked at baking and the earth section discussed fermentation.

“I liked when he described how he came up with the four elements,” first-year Sophia Giovannetti said.

“I thought that was a creative way to structure the book and I was curious how he did that,” Giovannetti said.

During the conversation with Trubek, Pollan discussed the art of cooking from an economical and so-

ciological standpoint including gender roles in and out of the kitchen.

He explained how food connects farmers, plants and animals with the general population and how cooking and food present the opportunity for a healthy life.

“I liked him talking about food systems,” first-year Olivia Paramenter said. “I thought that was really interesting.”

Pollan has authored four other New York Times bestsellers including “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual,” “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals” and “The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World.”

“I’m reading “The Omni-

“I thought that was a creative way to structure the book and I was curious how he did it.”

Sophia Giovannetti First-year vore’s Dilemma” right now and he was talking about some of the agriculture stuff that related to the food systems and I thought that was really cool to hear him talk about while [I’m] reading it,” Paramenter said.

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Alok Vaid-Menon (left) and Janani Balasubramanian, members of the spoken word duo DARKMATTER, perform at the Translating Identity Conference in the Davis Center Nov. 1. DARKMATTER is an artistic effort that addresses gender identity, sexuality and race. The conference featured an array of workshops and guest speakers.

Students talk about identity at event Katie Hickey Assistant Life Editor She/her, he/him, zi and they–all pronouns written on nametags, buttons and t-shirts, started conversation at the Translating Identity Conference in the Davis Center Nov. 1.

The conference focused on a wide array of topics and sought to reach not only the UVM community but the entire Burlington community, according to the group’s Facebook page.

Attendees of the conference included students, parents with trans children, various educators and representatives from other colleges.

The free, student organized conference featured workshops and guest speakers.

It also facilitated discussions “regarding gender and transgender identities, expressions, communities and interaction,” according to the welcome booklet.

“I want to gain a broader understanding about gender identities and how the relation [to] my gender identity affects the rest of the world and queer spaces at UVM,” junior Sophia Hoffacker said.

The conference remains one of the few in the nation structured toward trans college students, according to conference organizers.

Sophomore Abigail Freas, one of the conference’s organizers, said the event is important to the LGBTQA

community. “[Our goal is] to establish a place to express trans identity and efforts toward learning and enforcing LGBTQA dialogue in the community,” she said.

Attendees said trans education resources remain difficult to discuss and access outside the conference.

“It’s difficult because of how personal it is,” first-year Chris Caraballo said.

“You really have to be comfortable to talk about it; it’s not normal in society,” Caraballo said.

Conference attendee Emma Spiese from Castleton State College said she relies on the internet community, which is more anecdotal than educational about trans identities.

“I prefer to be with other people versus Tumblr,” Spiese said.

Groups at the event provided educational resources, but some attendees said that there was more to be done.

“Cisgendered [people whose gender expression and biological sex match] is pervasive on campus and trans conversations get shot down in [cisgender] dominate spaces,” Hoffacker said.

“The university does a lot of great things but could do more including trans people,” she said.

This is the 12th time the event has happened in the last 11 years, according to the Facebook page.

The conference is a “safe place for everyone to come, learn and enjoy themselves,” according to the page.

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Dildos and other objects are displayed at the Rocket Erotic Workshop during the Translating Identity Conference Nov. 1.

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Cettina Costagliola of the Rocket Erotic Workshop speaks to a student during the Translating Identity conference Nov. 1.

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Fraternity hosts ‘car smash’ for charity Heather Rankine Cynic Correspondent A UVM fraternity smashed a car for a good cause.

Phi Gamma Delta hosted a “car smash” to raise money for the United Service Organizations Nov. 1.

The United Service Organizations is Phi Gamma Delta’s official charity, according to the fraternity’s website.

By paying $1, community members were given both a sledge hammer and goggles and allowed to have one hit on the car.

The fraternity raised $280 from the event, which they are going to match for $560, said senior Zach Vaillette, a Phi Gamma Delta member.

This is the first car smash for the UVM chapter, Vaillette said.

“It’s good to hit a car, relieve some stress,” he said.

“The best part was knowing that Fiji [Phi Gamma Delta] was able to run a safe and fun event, while helping out a great cause,” Vaillette said.

“We look forward to making this an annual event and we will be doing a car smash in the spring,” he said.

Participants had to sign a liability waiver to avoid any

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A community member hits a car with a sledgehammer after donating to the United Service Organizations at an event hosted by Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Nov. 1. The chapter raised $280 from the event and plans to match for $560. FIJI plans to make the car smash an annual event. legal responisiblity to the university or fraternity, according to the event’s Facebook page.

That didn’t stop firstyear Stephen Indrisano, who paid for a chance to swing the hammer.

“It was fun as shit,” In-

drisano said.

The United Service Organizations was started in 1941

by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a way to bring together several groups including the Salvation Army, Young Men’s Christian Association and the National

Catholic Community Services among others, according to the organization’s website.

Their mission is to “lift the spirits of America’s troops and their families,” according to the website.

Sophomore Emily Mc-

Donnell also took a whack at the car.

“I’ve never smashed a car before I ate breakfast,” McDonnell said.

The car was donated by Rathe’s Auto Salvage in Colchester, Vermont.

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Studio develops local and foreign acts Sam Heller Staff Writer Vermont Pop occupies the bottom floor and basement of a small apartment building tucked down an alley behind American Flatbread.

From the outside, the pop, rock and hip-hop recording studio is indistinguishable from the other residential buildings that line Lawson Lane.

There is no sign on the door and none of the studio’s several websites or social media accounts list an address.

In order to find Vermont Pop, you’d have to get the address from the label’s owner, musician and producer Jack Chicago.

Getting in touch with Chicago may be easier said than done.

When asked for his birth name and year of graduation, Chicago told the Cynic that he preferred to keep his identity a secret.

“Nope but thanks for asking !! U don’t have to say I am an alumn. Interview is over !! But thanks :-),” he said in a series of text messages.

An internet search however, revealed that Chicago’s birth name is Derek Pinkham.

He studied music at UVM until graduating in 2005, according to his bio on presonus.com.

After graduation, Chicago eventually took a job as a hedge fund manager in Chicago.

In Chicago he made millions of dollars betting against Bear Stearns and Lehman brothers in 2008, according to a bio he wrote on his website.

Chicago declined to verify the claims.

“I don’t talk about my stock trades in public. Or on the record,” he said.

Chicago is an energetic man in his early thirties with a clean shave. He laughed, smiled and joked during most of his interview with the Cynic.

Despite his hesitance to answer questions about his own personal life, Chicago talked readily about his recent work with 18 year-old Swedish singer-songwriter Ida Malou.

“As we got talking, it was all about her prolific songwriting. She writes a lot of songs, fast. Really good,

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Alumni Jack Chicago, also known as Derek Pinkham ’05, works in his Burlington recording studio Friday Pop Café Oct. 30. Chicago is a supporter of artists looking to develop and record their music. honestly,” he said.

“She’s a good writer and a good singer and that’s the best thing you can hope for.

Makes my life easy,” Chicago said.

Malou, a platinum blonde with blue eyes, flew from Sweden to Burlington in order produce her debut album with Chicago.

“I liked the way he thought of music,” she said.

Malou also said that the appeal of traveling abroad was also a major draw.

“It’s more exciting — I think when you’re 18 it sounds very exciting to go to the United States,” she said.

“I’m a proud independent label, and I’m a proud

artist empowerer and artist developer, and whatever Ida wants to do, we’re going to do it,” Chicago said. “That’s what it’s supposed to be about, I think.”

Recent releases by the studio include local artist Katie Garra’s “Take It or Leave It (Too Much)” and Chey Reece’s “Firebirds.”

Adichie packs ballroom Saint’s deeds sung Jacob Holzman Assistant Arts Editor

Jacob Holzman Assistant Arts Editor How often does an English Department-hosted lecture draw attendees three hours early for a shot at the front row?

Well, they did for MacArthur grant-recipient writer, blogger and lecturer Chimamanda Adichie, during her UVM visit Oct. 24 and 25.

The event was organized by professor Emily Bernard, interim director of the Center for Race and Ethnic Studies, along with professors Helen Scott and Sarah Turner.

“There was a certain level of celebrity that Helen, Sarah and I simply weren’t prepared for, so it was this ‘fifth Beatle’ situation,” Bernard said. “There were students I knew, their eyes were just so lit with excitement.”

Three hundred students were turned away from the Grand Maple Ballroom, as the space reached full capacity.

Bernard also organized an “intimate” breakfast at the ALANA center, where students could speak with Adichie on a more personal level about their own experiences with race and gender, she said.

During Adichie’s Grand Maple Ballroom talk, one student asked her about the purpose of the conclusion of her novel, “Americanah,”

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Chimamanda Adichie talks to students in John Dewey Lounge Oct. 28. Adichie, a MacArthur Grant-recipient and esteemed author, spoke about race, gender, sexuality and her book “Americanah.” where there is a happy ending when the main character, Ifemelu gets back together with her former lover, Obinze.

“I have women back in Nigeria ask me, ‘How does she sleep with all these men and then get the man in Nigeria?’” Adichie said. “And I say, ‘why not?’”

At her talk for select classes the next day, Adichie spent an hour speaking to students who had all read the novel in their classes.

A student asked her about how, at the conclusion of the novel, Ifemelu used “aggressive sexuality” to get Obinze, a question which caused loud gasps and groans amongst students.

“Alright let’s talk about that,” Adichie said. “She ag-

gressively used her sexuality?”

“The idea that a woman’s sexuality is one thing that is in some way linked to shame I find to be something that is disturbing,” she said. “So, when a woman wants to show some sort of sexual agency, it becomes something to explain, to have a meaning.”

Bernard said she believed the event “came off without a hitch,” and that she is “deeply and forever satisfied that students got what they needed.”

“This was the biggest gift we should give students here,” she said. “Students were really transformed [by the event], not only as readers and thinkers but as humans.”

St. Francis of Assisi: whether it be as a garden statue, a religious figure or a household name, the Rose Ensemble wants to show that there’s more to this saint than meets the eye.

The Rose Ensemble will perform their program “Il Poverello: The Life and Deeds of St. Francis of Assisi” at the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14.

They perform programs researched, curated and developed by Jordan Sramek, the ensemble’s founder and artistic director.

The idea of making a program focused on the life of St. Francis of Assisi came to Sramek out of a respect for the “humanity” of the saint.

“I’ve always been interested in historical religious figures, and I think that there is a certain fascination I have had with St. Francis as a human being and what he stood for. He’s kind of known as the ‘hippie saint,’” Sramek said.

“It might be a stretch to say he was a rebel but he was definitely a trend-setter, having set his own foundation for what was to become one of the most important monastic legacies in modern history,” he said.

“To think it started with a single human being – I think it deserves a little exploration,” Sramek said.

The research for this

particular program took roughly three years of digging through historical documents and transcribing centuries of music for performance.

During this time Sramek said he was surprised by the “frightful lack” of music written about the saint.

“I found quite a deep affinity for St. Francis as a human being, and because so much of his life has been documented, there is so much accessible knowledge,” Sramek said.

Of all the things he found in his research, Sramek noted the “reoccurring theme” of St. Francis being naked.

“I think it’s a quirky thing but I think it also demonstrates the humanness,” he said.

“I think people in religious worlds see saints as these untouchable, unhuman celestial sacred beings,” Sramek said.

“I think Francis’ nudity and how when he was dressed, he was so in tattered clothing, shows how a vow of poverty can be taken to the extreme, and to last centuries toward his monastic legacy,” he said.

For those who can’t make it to the Nov. 14 show, the Rose Ensemble is holding a special performance at Stowe the following day at the Stowe Community Church at 7 p.m.

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Members of Yonder Mountain String Band pose for a group photo.

String band jams Willie Gotterer Staff Writer Setting new standards for the bluegrass genre, Yonder Mountain String Band, a powerhouse of rocking and rolling energy, will take over Higher Ground Ballroom Nov. 12.

The band will bring along award-winning mandolin player Jake Jolliff and fiddle player Allie Kral.

“It has been a blast playing with Jake and Allie. It is a whole new on and off-stage vibe that is really cool,” said guitarist and vocalist Adam Aijala.

“Both are rippin’ musicians, have a really good work ethic and are into learning new stuff,” Aijala said.

As the stringed quintet enters into their third week of touring, he said that this tour has been really positive and fun.

“We do a different set list every night so we aren’t getting burnt out playing the music,” Aijala said. “The combination of new material, a new set list and new players make it really fresh.”

As the band approaches their 17th year of playing, a new album is due spring 2015.

“We are pretty fired up

about that. It’s been a while since we’ve had a new record,” Aijala said.

Not only is Aijala “fired up” about the new record, he also said he’s “ecstatic” about returning to Higher Ground.

“I love Burlington. It is one of my favorite towns in the country,” he said. “Folks have always been good to us there.”

As Higher Ground veterans who played their first show at the venue in 2000, Yonder Mountain knows how to get the crowd going.

“We put a lot of effort into doing a unique show,” Aijala said. “We never play the same set…ever.”

He stressed the importance of “keeping a good ebb and flow during show.”

The relationship between Yonder Mountain and its fans is an essential part of this. “[It’s] the reciprocation of energy that [the fans] give off and we give back,” Aijala said.

“It is a tangible thing, and we can feel their excitement. This is part of the reason why we are able to keep going over all these years,” he said.

Their show starts at 8 p.m., tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.

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Five phone apps for every student

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WhatsApp Messenger Keep in touch with your friends with this messaging app whether they’re across the hall or studying abroad.

International cell phone rates can be steep, but by using data or Wi-Fi, you can connect with family and friends from all over the world.

“I have a group chat with my whole family who’s back home in Dubai,” first-year Omar Alagouz said.

The app lets users send pictures, videos and voice messages.

It’s free for the first year and $0.99 each year after.

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood Be in control of your own future with this virtual reality game.

Under Kim Kardashian’s guidance, you can rule the Los Angeles social scene by making red-carpet appearances and dating celebrities.

You’ll have access to a Kim-

New Words With Friends What, is it 2010? That’s right, Words With Friends is back.

With this new version, players can play offline, have access to Dictionary.com and compare their performance over time with other players.

Choosing your opponents is now a more social experience with the Tinder-esque “Community Match” feature.

Players have the option of

“matching” with people in their area based on a preference of gender.

Swipe right to start a game or swipe left to skip.

“The old Words With Friends got boring over time, you can only play the same game so many times before getting sick of it,” first-year Aaron Promer said. “I’m excited to try this new update.”

approved wardrobe that will surely be the envy of everyone in the room.

“I’m addicted to this game but loving every stupid minute of it,” junior Mary Carta said.

“Like, when else am I going to have $15,000 to spare? Never ever.”

Circle For those of you who remember Flappy Bird, think of Circle as its chic European cousin.

Made by the same developer that made 2048, this app has the same simple, streamlined look that makes the game seem deceptively relaxing.

A golden hoop encircles a jagged black line and the player must tap the screen to keep the

hoop afloat without touching the line.

“Every time I finish a game, I automatically hit the replay button. I don’t even think about it; it’s ridiculous,” sophomore Ellie Young said.

Phones might be thrown and frustrations felt, but chances are you won’t be able to stop.

Blackboard Mobile Learn Stay on top of your classes with the mobile version of this college essential.

You’ll be notified on your smart phone’s lock screen about postings from your professors and their assignment updates.

Plus, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as checking your

grades as soon as they’re posted.

Blackboard Mobile Learn even lets you color code your classes to help you stay on top of your assignments.

This app especially comes in handy when you’re early to class and realize you haven’t done the reading yet, or when you’re not

sure if the midterm is next week or today.

Yes, there is a small fee, but totally worth the investment.

“It was probably the best $2 I ever spent,” first-year Stefan Keech said. “I don’t think I would have lasted this long in college without it.”

Although it’s not a total replacement for using a computer with a full keyboard, Blackboard Mobile Learn can certainly help students keep up with their schoolwork.

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This is a changing time for capital planning at UVM. There are currently numerous projects on the agenda for the University.

The interesting thing about construction is that it takes a lot of money, alters the geography of the campus and often shows which programs the University values.

These things are all very important elements that impact UVM and the student experience.

Ten years ago the heart of the campus was at Billings, the student center at the time.

Now, many students flood the parts of campus that border Main Street. This is due to the construction of the Davis Center and University Heights.

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With a provost who comes from an engineering background, it is no shock that the largest construction project surrounds STEM. Other relevant projects include the Alumni House, new first-year dorms, a Billings Library remodel, the Taft building for studio art and other elements of the Housing Master Plan.

This falls in line with a desire to improve the student experience as well as develop the more popular and profitable majors.

Although an increased focus on STEM and business school make a lot of our staff members — involved in the humanities — disappointed, we are excited to see how these projects progress.

And students, you should be interested too.

Keep up with the Cynic for progressing news on the topic of campus construction, it’s an exciting time.

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Although these projects take a lot of money, students need to understand that much of the funding comes from private donors through the UVM Foundation and not tuition dollars.

The most recent board of trustees meeting discussed the construction of an additional wing onto Kalkin Hall. The wing would expand into the quad between Kalkin and Votey Halls.

This expansion shows that the administration values the booming business school that has been experiencing enrollment growth.

The STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — project, which has been covered extensively in the Cynic and other local media outlets, is the most expensive project to ever be approved at UVM. It will be a large, state-of-the-art building that will take over much of central campus.

The school of neoclassical economics has built many of their models with the theoretical individual known as the “Economic Man” at its foundation.

The philosophers of the 18th and 19th century defined the Economic Man as a person who acts rationally and out of their self-interest in order to maximize their utility.

Fittingly, the Economic Man represents the perspectives and actions of the economists who helped create him — male, white and privileged.

The Economic Man’s only interaction with society is through the markets, in which the prices of goods are his only concern.

He is also the ideal laborer, as he is independent of household activities and is readily available for work.

He is an autonomous individual who is not restrained by family ties or desires for personal growth. His primary concern is maximizing his profits and utility.

Most of his thoughts are preoccupied with how to utilize his time between working in the market versus enjoying “non-market” activities.

As feminist economists have pointed out, the Economic Man is assumed to be sustained by unpaid labor — presumably a woman — that can cook and clean for him while he generates economic activity in the marketplace.

While her labor goes unmeasured in accounting economic growth. The Economic Man is indeed a man.

To be more exact, a white man, as neoclassical economics has failed to take into account gender, race or ethnicity in their models.

The Economic Man is not someone who would sacrifice himself for the greater good; there is no rationality in that.

He is not a woman, a person of color, an activist or an artist.

The complexities of the

human condition have been stripped down, leaving behind a shell of a person, while disregarding the realities of imperialism, discrimination, access to education or physical ability.

If we were all the Economic Man, we would not be humans, but something slightly more than machines, or in economic terms, capital.

The Economic Man has reduced, simplified and contracted the human condition to fit neoclassical models, but by doing so, it has excluded the majority of the people who make up the economy.

As UMass Amherst economics professor Nancy Folbre notes, by focusing only on monetary reward, the Economic Man has been used as a policy tool that has caused “occupational segregation resulting in unequal pay for women.”

If the foundation of mainstream economics definition of being human is a white man, should we be surprised with the wage gaps for women and racial minorities?

Hence, the entire economic discipline could benefit from broadening the definition of

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the Economic Man, in order to create the Economic Person of the 21st century.

If the very foundation of the field has been built on such an unstable and incomplete foundation, a more inclusive definition of the Economic Person would finally reflect the people that make up the economy.

By breaking the boundaries that the Economic Man has helped build, we would have a discipline that would incorporate the people that have been excluded from economics for far too long — women, people of color and marginalized sexual identities.

I encourage you to create your own definition of the Economic Person.

Here is mine: The Economic Person can be defined as a human that is both rational and emotional, that cares not only about their well-being but, also for the well-being of others, the environment and of future generations.

Kevin Santamaria is a senior economics and political science double major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2011.

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Pardon Mr. Martin Joey Brown and Ty Williams Once again, a few UVM students have been offended, and thus, outrage is due.

Rationally, we should conduct a witch-hunt. What’s the problem this time?

On the surface, presumably blatant racism and rampant social injustice.

More likely, however, is a failure on the part of the English and Theater Departments to appropriately teach satirical comedy.

We’re defending Kerry Martin’s Halloween piece from the Oct. 21 issue of the Water Tower, entitled “Frankenfashion Faux Pas.” As we have seen, it’s too straightforward to say, “Come on, guys. It was a joke!”

Certainly, the piece was politically-loaded — but to assume that Martin harbors equal hatred for Muslims, African Americans, Jews and illegal immigrants is not only ridiculous but dishonest, as well.

More ridiculous, however, is the fact that most critics of Martin’s piece are also not honest or fair in the division of their criticisms.

One has a difficult time believing, sincerely, that any UVMer was overtly offended by the paragraph about Jesus.

More likely than not, Martin’s critics probably laughed at this stint.

Indeed, most criticism of Martin’s piece was focused on

only the racial aspects of his writing, while ignoring any other potentially touchy subject.

For example, it’s unlikely that any charges of anti-Semitism were levied against Martin for his obviously satirical point about why one shouldn’t wear a Nazi uniform.

But putting aside our charges of hypocrisy in dealing with criticism of Martin’s piece, it’s necessary to demonstrate why Martin is innocent of peddling racial prejudices.

The central point of the article, after all, was to intentionally miss the mark on why these costumes are offensive.

You know, for what we call — or what we used to call — comedy.

It is reasonable to assume, given nearly universally agreedupon standards and norms regarding acceptable discourse, of which UVM is never lacking, that Martin is, believe it or not, averse to wearing Nazi uniforms and Klan robes, not because of their impracticality as items of clothing, but due to the connotations that they represent.

If we were lacking in these norms, it would seem advisable to read a piece that addresses why dressing up in black-face is offensive.

In reality, however, we do not need to do this since it is clear to our community exactly what makes black-face inappropriate.

But Martin did not attempt to — nor did he need to, as part of the joke — explain what makes these costumes offensive, a point apparently lost on his critics.

What Martin did — and we hate to admit this, and therefore laud our rival publication — was creatively mock the unoriginality of such pieces.

We’re defending Kerry Martin’s Halloween piece from the Oct. 21 issue of the Water Tower, entitled “Frankenfashion Faux Pas.” Do we as a student body really need a yet another person telling us what is wrong with nature of such costume?

Satire of this nature is the entire point of the Water Tower — to mock the Cynic and, therefore, the by-the-book nature of journalism.

(Also, please don’t assume that mocking the Cynic is in any way acceptable. It isn’t.)

When he wrote about blackface, it was not an attack on African-Americans.

To suppose otherwise is to find demons where none exist.

And this exemplifies every single criticism of Martin’s piece: a wish for there to be heresy when only harmony exists.

We are all aware that racism is an evil ideology, and that our University is particularly — and rightly — averse to it.

But let’s not conduct a witch-hunt, especially if art and humor are going to become the kindling with which we char talented writers.

At an institution of higher education, that has no place.

Please email all responses to uvm.unpopular.opinion@ gmail.com.

We will do our best to publish them.

An immortalized and deified Kanye Do you have a moment to talk about the coming of our Lord and savior Yeezus? I really should go door to door, preaching His Holy Gospel, as I believe he is a misunderstood and lonely god.

Today, I will explain to you why Kanye West is worthy of his self-proclaimed ascension to immortality.

The first thing any Kanyehater will reference is his drunken and disorderly conduct at the 2009 VMAs. This event pretty much guarantees that if you mention Mr. West around any TSwift fan, you’ll be sure to get a highpitched earful of how much of a meanie the bad man is.

And sure, you can let them finish, but Kanye is one of the best at creating publicity of all time.

Kanye’s genius outside of his beats and his lyrics is the way he creates chatter about

himself. He wanted a girlfriend, so he picked the girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.

He doesn’t ever tweet, except when he goes on long Twitter rampages that denounce how he was snubbed by the world of fashion or about things he hates.

One time he tweeted, “not smiling makes me smile.”

He’s a genius because only a genius could think of things that whip people up into such a frenzy the way he does.

Going back to the Kanye/ Taylor Swift debacle, you have to understand where Yeezy is coming from.

The video in question was a Beyoncé song, and apparently Kanye really liked it. You can tell how much he liked it by the way he repeated “of all time.”

That’s a lot of time.

And sure, the video is cringe-worthy, but remember that “the Roc” was in the building, and Jay-Z is the Saint Peter to Kanye’s Jesus.

Water Tower faux-pas Dear Editor, These are the ways in which the Water Tower article, “FrankenFashion Faux Pas” by Kerry Martin, with racist artwork by Ben Berrick, was a racist faux pas: Blackface.

It starts with the word “blackface,” then goes on to stereotype black people, and people with darker skin, as rappers, gangsters, presidents; shoeshine; something weird about chocolate frosting and birds.

Terrorists: That bit sounded really Islamophobic. Shouting incoherently with an accent to impersonate groups of people is racist.

How do you think you, Kerry, sound to them?

The KKK: Wow, just wow.

Why would anyone ever try to look like the KKK? I know Kerry isn’t telling people to dress like this, but it

sounds like he thinks it would be funny if someone did, and that’s messed up.

Printing a picture of the KKK, and photoshopping candy buckets into their hands was nasty, a shock to see.

Illegal Immigrant: It sounds as though Kerry is laughing at people’s suffering. Being alive is not “illegal.”

Nazis: Nazis were terrorists too. Our government helped some of them.

Again, it sounds like Kerry gets a kick out of the thought of this being done. As though he doesn’t take it seriously.

White male: At the end Kerry asks people who are not white males to refrain from pointing out his privileges to him while he’s trying to have a good time. Poor Kerry.

Sincerely, Tyler McFarland Class of 2016

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SGA supports effort to ‘Bring It Back’ Jack Estrin Staff Writer SGA passed a bill Oct. 21 to support the efforts that have been made to bring back Division I baseball and softball to Vermont.

The bill was created by SGA’s Speaker of the Senate, sophomore Jason Maulucci.

The bill states that SGA will “support the efforts to bring back Division I baseball and softball to UVM and will assist interested students, alumni, administrations and the community to achieve this goal.”

Maulucci said that although he heard about interest in bringing back baseball and softball last year, this year the “Bring It Back” campaign really gained momentum.

“When I was a freshman last year, I really heard a lot about the issue,” he said. “But this year I saw a renewed sense of interest in the issue.”

The passing of the bill drew positive reactions from both the baseball and softball communities at UVM. Members of both the club baseball and softball teams

“It makes everyone aware of how much we care and how much effort we put in.”

Maggie Sullivan Club Softball President

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Senior Chris Kenseth waits for a pitch from his coach during batting practice for club baseball practice in the batting cage in Gutterson Fieldhouse Oct. 29. The team is preparing for their next game Nov. 9. were present for the vote on the bill.

“We are all extremely excited,” senior club softball president Maggie Sullivan said. “It makes everyone aware of how much we care and how much

effort we put in.”

The club softball team does not currently have a coach, and instead, Sullivan simultaneously plays and coaches due to a lack of funding in the program, she said.

Although club baseball coach Jim Carter is technically paid by the school, he returns his paycheck every year and works for free according to Maulucci.

Carter was quick to credit

the SGA for their support on the issue, and he saw the bill as a motive for positive momentum going forward.

“I think it was terrific input from Jason, you have to give him credit for doing this. It’s terrific that the SGA would take this vote.” he said.

Carter, Sullivan and Maulucci are expected to meet soon and decide their next move on the issue.

All three acknowledge that money is the biggest obstacle they are faced with in this campaign and efforts to raise money for the two programs are already in the process.

Pelkey stays hungry Shane Town Cynic Correspondent

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Sophomore forward Brendan Bradley carries the puck into the zone and looks for a teammate as sophomore Mario Puskarich hops onto the ice. Bradley has posted three points for the Cats this season.

Winless weekend for Cats Alex Benoît Staff Writer The 20th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish proved to be a tough opponent for 13thranked UVM men’s hockey this past weekend.

Notre Dame took game one of the two game set by a final score of 3-2.

First-year Jarrid Privitera scored his first goal as a Catamount in the second period and senior Kyle Reynolds scored his first of the season and first since injuring his knee last year.

The Fighting Irish’s Thomas DiPauli scored two goals and Mario Lucia added one as Notre Dame held off a late Vermont surge to take game one.

Sophomore Mike Santaguida took his first loss of

the year against the Fighting Irish, making 20 saves on 23 attempts.

“We had a huge second period and made it a ball game again,” head coach Kevin Sneddon said in an interview with UVM Athletics.

“They play very well with the lead so for us to come back from a two-goal deficit definitely was encouraging.” Sneddon said.

Game two of the weekend series saw the Catamounts go down 2-0 with goals by Jake Evans and Mario Lucia against junior goalie Brody Hoffman.

However the Cats stormed back in the third with a goal by sophomore Brady Shaw, who put the puck home when the Notre Dame net minder went out of his crease.

Vermont pulled Hoffman

with 58.7 seconds left in the game for the extra attacker.

“It was kind of a pile at the net and the guys did everything you want them to do with the extra attacker,” Sneddon said according to UVM Athletics.

It all paid off when senior forward Colin Markinson tapped the puck home to tie the game.

The game went to overtime where it ended in a 2-2 tie after five minutes of overtime play.

Despite suffering to make it out of South Bend, Illinois with a win, the Catamounts currently sit at No. 14 in the national standings.

The Catamounts will host the University of Maine at Gutterson Fieldhouse Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 for another Hockey East matchup. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.

The journey for senior captain Amanda Pelkey has been long and arduous, but not without moments of success along the way.

Her childhood career consisted of boys youth hockey in her hometown of Montpelier, Vermont and the neighboring town of Barre.

When asked who her role models were throughout childhood she responded, “My parents, family, friends, but my idol was Cammi Granato, who is arguably the best American female hockey player to ever live.”

Following the path of Granato requires toughness and perseverance, traits which Amanda said she accumulated quickly as a kid.

Pelkey played with the boys in her youth, but remains very positive about the direction that women’s youth hockey is moving in America.

She estimates, “about half,” of her teammates have played only women’s hockey throughout their careers and, but she doesn’t see playing with the boys to be the only way for girls to reach their potential.

“There’s a lot of growing girls programs out there. There are a lot of girls’ programs that can get you there as well,” Pelkey said.

UVM women’s hockey has improved every year that Pelkey has been on the team, described by her as “an upward climb,” recording only four wins in her first year, eight her sophomore season, and 18 last year.

The team is off to a hot start this season boasting a record of 5-2-1.

Pelkey has recorded four goals and four assists in the first eight games, and will undoubtedly continue at this blistering pace once she returns from international play.

Her UVM season will be temporarily interrupted by the upcoming Four Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Colombia.

She will miss three straight Hockey East contests versus the University of Connecticut, the University of New Hampshire and Boston College.

Pelkey describes the break as “bittersweet” saying that she is excited “to put on the jersey again,” but realizes this a crucial time in the season.

Pelkey, despite a very productive career thus far, remains hungry.

With a strong core of six seniors and the good start already alluded to, it seems that this is the year it will all come together.

Pelkey wants to see UVM women’s hockey continue to have “a consistently strong, competitive program,” after her graduation and is confident it will occur.

After graduation, she will most likely be moving on to Boston to play with the women’s professional hockey team the Boston Blades, continuing to work with the U.S. National team, and eventually life after hockey will lead to a job in the field of sports science.

However, a post-hockey life looms in the distance. For now, she hopes to continue to make an impact in her remaining time at UVM.

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Junior faced with charges from state “I could understand the player being pissed, but the helmet was excessive. He could have done some serious damage with that.”

Andrew Schwartz Assistant Sports Editor After being headbutted by a visiting athlete, one UVM student may be faced with his own set of legal charges.

The altercation that caused the issue occurred at club football’s first game Sept. 20.

Prior to the game junior Nate Frieberg was headbutted twice by a helmeted Central Connecticut football player.

The incident, reportedly provoked by fan heckling, occurred near the portable toilets.

Frieberg and other UVM students were heckling the Connecticut player before he entered a portable stall.

When the Connecticut player entered the toilet, a UVM student shook his stall.

“Originally the athletic department at Connecticut was going to cover my medical bills,” Frieberg said.

Weeks after trying to get Central Connecticut on board to pay his medical bills, he said he received an unanticipated knock at his door.

“Three weeks passed and I get word that the State of Vermont is accusing me of assault.

I was confused to say the least and I got a lawyer for this,” Frieberg said.

He went to court on the Oct. 28 for the hearing.

In the end Frieberg said he

Sarah Richardson Senior

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Junior Nate Frieberg talks in his home about his Sept. 20 altercation with a Central Connecticut club football player Oct. 29. Frieberg was recently faced with assault charges from the state of Vermont. chose to do court diversion because otherwise he would have had to pay attorney fees.

“Paying $150.00 and doing diversion seemed to be the best option for me,” Frieberg said.

When asked about his decision to choose diversion rather than taking the Central Connecticut player to court, he

said, “I would have had to take this kid to trial either in Vermont or Connecticut. This kid had two witnesses that were 250 feet away, that’s it.”

“It’s too bad because I was the victim here. I got jumped.

Unfortunately, that’s all I can do at this point,” Frieberg said.

“As I walked out of the por-

table potty, I was grabbed from behind by this player, and head butted twice. The player proceeded to scurry off shortly after that,” he said.

After the two head-butts from the Central Connecticut football player, Frieberg was brought to the hospital by a friend.

Frieberg received a severe concussion and gashes on his nose and forehead, he said.

Some fans were angry overhow the Central Connecticut player handled the situation.

“I could understand the player being pissed, but the helmet was excessive. He could have done some serious damage with that and it was not necessary,” senior Sarah Richardson said.

Junior Rustin Nethercott also witnessed the altercation and gave his account of what occurred.

“When the player grabbed Frieberg, Frieberg showed no interest in fighting this player.

Seconds after, the player gave one to two head-butts directly to Frieberg’s face,” Nethercott said.

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Cameron Panepinto Assistant Sports Editor A UVM athletics coach is one of the highest paid employees at the University.

Men’s hockey head coach Kevin Sneddon’s salary tops hundreds of other staff members.

Sneddon is paid $231,000 per year as base compensation under his current contract.

While his salary may seem large at UVM, it’s on the lower end compared to other Hockey East coaches.

Sneddon’s salary is the “eighth lowest salary out of 12 Hockey East programs,” Athletic Director Robert Corran said.

Normand Bazin, head coach of UMass Lowell’s hockey team makes $289,518 per year, according to masslive.com.

In 2011-2012, head coach at Boston College, Jerry York, made $454,075 as base compensation per year, according to an April 2013 article on BCinterruption.com.

All of these salaries are without the other perks of being a Division I college hockey coach.

For example, Sneddon receives compensation from UVM for travel expenses while working. The University also pays for a car “suitable for his travel needs,” according to his employment agreement.

Additionally, Sneddon has the possibility to earn greater

yearly compensation through incentives.

If the team hosts the Hockey East Quarterfinals he will receive $8,000 in supplemental compensation. If the team receives a bid to the NCAA tournament he will receive $10,000.

If UVM wins the Hockey East playoffs he will receive $15,000. If the team reaches the Frozen Four of the NCAA tournament he will receive $20,000.

Finally, if the Cats wins the national championship he will receive $30,000, all according to the employment agreement between Sneddon and the University.

“It’s very difficult to recruit good coaches when you can’t offer them market level salaries,” Corran said. “As a result, we have to work to sell people on things about UVM and its community other than the money.”

Sneddon took over as head coach in 2003 and has since led the Cats to three NCAA tournaments in 2009, 2010 and 2014 and one Frozen Four tournament appearance in 2009.

“By having success in Hockey East, Coach Sneddon has put UVM hockey on the map after a few lax years,” sophomore Oliver Silverson said. “I think his pay is fair. He has a year-round job.”

Corran said that collegiate hockey has no “off-days” because there is no “off-season” for recruitment.

“The recruitment process takes a great deal of time, more than people think,” he said.

“Kevin is around the country recruiting players while also coaching our team.”

The student athletes at UVM are a great sense of pride to the athletic department, and Sneddon helps breed that pride, Corran said.

“Kevin has been a great fit because his overall philosophy on the role of hockey in his student athletes’ lives is consistent with that of the department and university,” he said. “Our players are students and leaders on campus first and athletics come after.”

Sneddon agreed regarding his role at UVM. “My responsibility at the University of Vermont is to help prepare our student athletes for life’s challenges through the sport of hockey,” he said.

“Parts of my job includes promoting our student athletes in professional opportunities as well as in other endeavors.”

Corran laughed while explaining the “myth” about college athletics income.

“It’s a common misconception that all college sports make money. Some programs do, but the rest don’t,” he said.

“Our mission is to foster our student athletes into leaders, both on campus and in the community. If you want athletics to be a part of the student experience, then it can never be about the money.”

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UVM SURF CLUB

Sophomore Sam Kollmorgen catches a wave during a recent club surfing trip. Junior Tommy Gambino started the club earlier this year and hopes to gain more members.

New club on campus brings students closer to the waves Cameron Panepinto Assistant Sports Editor During winter weekends, students often pile into cars and head to the mountains.

This year, some students are driving to the ocean to surf.

“We’ve surfed while it’s been snowing,” junior Dillon DellaPasqua said.

“The water is actually warmer than the air, so, believe it or not, it’s like a little break to be under the water. When you get out you’ll probably have icicles on your face, but it’s worth it,” DellaPasqua said.

Junior Tommy Gambino is in the midst of starting UVM’s newest club: surfing.

Despite Burlington being miles from the shoreline, Gambino said he is optimistic for the new club.

“There’s a group of people at this school that are willing to travel two to three hours a weekend to go surfing,” Gambino said. “We really want to make a tight-knit group of people that want to surf as much as possible.”

Although the club will be new to campus, he said he hopes to bring in experienced surfers instead of those that are in the learning process.

“We’re going to be taking trips that will take a couple hours,” Gambino said.

Gambino, who will serve as the group’s president, grew up surfing.

“I’m from Long Island, New York, and I’ve been surfing since I was five,” he said. “My dad taught me basically just after I learned how to swim.”

Two of Gambino’s friends, sophomore Tristan Comb and DellaPasqua, round out the rest of the club’s executives as vice president and treasurer respectively.

“We want this club to be ongoing,” DellaPasqua said. “We want to give

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UVM SURF CLUB

Junior Nate Deflavio sits on his surfboard and waits for a wave to surf during his personal surfing trip to Tofo, Mozambique. this club legs now so it can continue to exist after Tommy and I graduate.”

The group said that since coming to UVM, they go surfing several weekends during the year.

The club hopes to travel to several spots throughout the east coast including: York, Maine; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; the North Shore of Massachusetts; Rhode Island; New Jersey and Long Island.

“If we can grow the club enough, we want to even make some international trips,” Comb said.

Before the group can be officially recognized as a club, Gambino said that they must have eight members signed up and a faculty adviser.

“SGA has been really helpful,” he said.

“One day I was just sitting in the Davis Center and I was like ‘I’m gonna do this!’ So I ran upstairs to the SGA office and they gave me all the information that I needed and more,” Gambino said.

In order to become a recognized club on campus, Gambino had to

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Several members of the surf club pose for a group photograph outside of the Bailey/ Howe Library Oct. 29. The new club currently consists of more than 10 members. draft a club constitution, set officers and complete a risk management education session among other matters.

Now the club is in an active search for members and an adviser.

For anyone interested in joining the surfing club or becoming its faculty adviser, please contact Gambino at tgambino@uvm.edu.

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NFL Picks

Week 10: Cynic predictions Zach Giroux Every week, members of the sports section will predict who will be victorious in their NFL match-ups.

In other words, the guy loves to throw the long ball.

I think Brees and the Saints seal the deal in this old-fashioned shootout 31-27.

Saints: Armin, Dave, Freddy, Jack, Stu and Zach 49ers: Alex, Andrew, Cam, Colby and Owen

ploit the Bears secondary.

I have to follow my heart on this one. I predict the Packers squeak it out 28-17.

Packers: Alex, Andrew, Cam, Colby, Jack, Owen, Stu and Zach Bears: Armin, Dave and

Packers vs. Bears

Eagles vs. Panthers

This NFC North classic rivalry dates back to 1921, one of the longest rivalries in the Saints vs. 49ers NFL. The Bears currently lead 93-90-6.

Home field advantage.

Listen up cheeseheads, the The Saints come marching Pack is tough to beat at legendin, undefeated at home. They ary Lambeau Field. are tied for first in the NFC It’s been a bumpy season, South, defending a three game a lot of peaks and valleys, as streak, not to mention they’ve the Packers hope to keep their won the past 11 games at home. head above a .500 season.

49ers fans keep your fin“Da Bears” are currently gers crossed; Colin Kaepernick on the losing side of the ball, goes big or goes home. with a sub .500 record. They His quarterback rating in allowed 38 points in last Sunevery other game this year day’s first half, the most has either been below in the history of their 50 percent or above franchise.

80 percent.

Look for Jay CutExpect Drew ler to rally his troops Brees to perform and make this one a an aerial attack thriller to the end. and pick apart the However, Green 49ers inconsistent Bay is unbeaten on secondary.

NFL PICKS their home turf.

Brees has a 97.4 The Packers passing quarterback rating with more attack will overwhelm and exthan 2,000 passing yards.

Freddy

Emotions have been soaring high in Philadelphia.

Eagles fans have a lot to be excited about after getting off to a hot start and sitting in second place in the NFC East.

The Panthers, on the other hand, have a case of cat scratch fever. Carolina is due for a win, after tying and dropping their last two games.

Cam Newton has got off to a slow start and needs to be more explosive.

I suspect the Eagles to rely on their pass heavy offense, but also mix in the run to catch the Panther’s defense sleeping.

I see the Eagles stalking their prey and sweeping away Carolina, 35-17.

Eagles: Alex, Armin, Andrew, Cam, Colby, Dave, Freddy, Jack, Owen, Stu and Zach Zach Giroux is a junior English major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

Alex- 16-8 Andrew- 14-10 Armin- 17-7 Cam- 14-10 Colby- 13-11 Dave- 15-9 Freddy- 14-12 Jack- 14-10 Owen- 14-10 Stu- 16-8 Zach- 16-8

Senior ready to lead Ben Hakim Cynic Correspondent For the past four years, fans have seen number 21 running up and down the court for nearly every women’s basketball game.

Senior Kayla Burchill is a 6’1” forward on the team. She is a physical education major from Portland, Maine.

Burchill has played on the basketball team since she was a first-year.

She received the America East Academic Honor Roll twice in both 2012 and 2014.

She said hopes to go back to Maine after she graduates in search of a physical education teaching position.

In Burchill’s first year, she started in 16 of 30 games.

She made the sixth most three point shots in a season at UVM (62).

She was also the second leading scorer among rookies in the American East conference and first in three-pointers made per game.

In Burchill’s sophomore year, she did manage to play in 30 games according to UVM Athletics.

Burchill’s junior year stands out as her most successful season.

She missed eight games because of an injury, but she managed to finish the year leading the team in scoring (11.8) and reached double digits 16 times

in 22 games.

She was also able to score a career-high of 27 points against University of Maryland Baltimore County and matched her career-high three-pointers (6) the same day.

Burchill finished off the 2013-14 season strong and plans to continue this kind of play her senior year.

“I think last year was our best. We made a lot of strides and I think that’s going to carry over into this year. I definitely think last year was my best year individually as well,” she said.

The Catamounts’ six point loss to the University of New Hampshire in last year’s America East Championship game was tough for Burchill and her teammates.

“I think the six point loss was very devastating for us. I think that game really proved that we are contenders,” Burchill said.

“There are many people on our team that can score in several different ways. I think that’s really going to show this year on the court,” she said.

Burchill looks to work off last year’s success and capture the America East Championship this season.

Participating in a majority of the team’s games over the past three seasons, Burchill has proved to have an integral role for the team and will look to continue the trend this season.

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