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PHOEBE SHEEHAN The Vermont Cynic
Students look at artwork at the South End Art Hop located on Pine Street Sept. 7. The annual three-day event is presented by the South End Arts and Business Association and features local musicians, artists and performers. Signal Kitchen hosted a night of free live music with performers including A.O. River, and Argonaut and Wasp.
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Alexander Collingsworth Staff Writer In the past year, more people died from heroin overdose in Vermont than car accidents. While heroin has yet to tally large statistics on UVM’s campus, other substances have taken hold. Last semester, the Cynic featured a series on drug use at the University, which featured heroin, cocaine, alcohol and more, which have been on the rise at the University. This year, as the fall semester begins the campus health center is taking strides in the fight against student drug abuse. Now, when visiting the University Health Center, all students will receive a form asking them about their personal drug use, said John Porter, director of the Center for Student Health and Well-Being. The “quick” confidential survey will also screen for depression, Porter said.
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Bob Bick, director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, shows an addict treatment facility in South Burlington Sept. 4. “The idea is to pick up issues that may be developing early, but in a supportive way,” he said. Substance use becomes a disorder when it begins to interfere with some part of life, said Bob Bick, director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. “Alcohol and marijuana are clearly the most frequently used,” Porter said. “Opiates and other drugs are used at
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lower rates but impact the user more. What happens around Burlington happens to our students as well.” About 1 percent of students at UVM use heroin or other opiates illicitly, he said. There are about 10,000 undergraduate students currently enrolled, according to UVM’s website. That is an estimated 100 students at the University that
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As a first-year in college, students sometimes aren’t thinking about the details of their future careers. However, a UVM’s Career and Experience Hub is looking to change this. Senior Cam Kostrya said he believes that integrating career planning early on in a firstyear’s college career is a “great opportunity.” The senior said that it is important to focus on and guide student interests early in their college careers, and hopefully “offer career opportunites later on.” Kostrya said he feels like there’s “not as much” internship support available as there could be. “When it comes down to it, I feel like it’s the one thing every student is looking for,” he said. Kostrya said he “tries to take advantage of any services our school offers,” and hopes that other students will do the same. The Career and Experience Hub is expanding its efforts this year to promote the Four-
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Year Plan for Career Success: an initiative designed to give students a comprehensive outline for their academic careers. From meeting with academic advisers and joining clubs, to senior workshops and career networking; the program aims to prepare students for the transition into the professional world, according to the Career Center’s website. This year, the program has focused specifically on introducing first-years to the program from the very start of their academic careers, according to University Communications. “You go to any college in the country, and they give you a list of the classes you need to take to get your degree,” said Pamela Gardner, director of the Career Center. “But nobody gives you a list of things you need to do to begin to explore career ideas, to get some focus in a direction or to get some experience. There hasn’t really been a curriculum for that,” Gardner said. Students are often reminded about the Four-Year Plan through the Career and Expe-
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