Vermont Cynic Fall 2014 Issue 4

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Prior provost to help local college Jill Vaglica Staff Writer

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic

“Preacher Woman” Angela Cummings takes photos of a Cynic photographer and other staff members while police services escorts her off campus Sept. 12. She was banned from UVM for hitting a student.

‘Hitting him was easy’

‘Preacher Woman’ assaults student on campus Jacob Holzman Assistant Arts Editor “Hitting him was easy,” evangelist and self-proclaimed “Preacher Woman” Angela Cummings said.

Cummings was banned from UVM Sept. 12, after assaulting first-year Jacob Fogel in front of the Davis Center.

Fogel had been “making out” with a girl on the stone block Cummings had been standing on, he said.

During this, she “turned around and hit [him] in the ribs,” Fogel said.

First-year Brian Posner was with Fogel as the event unfolded. Fogel had been waving his hand near Cummings’ leg, and said, “I’m not touching you.”

As his hand moved down, he “accidently grazed her foot.”

Cummings then hit him, Posner said.

First-year Dana Cook walked out of the library as the scene unfolded, and noticed that it was “becoming violent.”

“This brave lad, Jake, and his lady friend, they were right by her feet. They were really going at it,” Cook said.

“He stuck up his middle finger, and I guess she didn’t like that, so she struck him,” she said.

Posner said he had also noted acts of verbal hostility toward students on-campus by Cummings, who told one of his friends “to get the fuck off of campus because you’re a terrorist.”

She also called a man in

ROTC-affiliated clothing a “suicide bomber” on Sept. 11, he said.

Fogel said he had been trying to “get a way to get her off campus” after hearing her say the previous day “explicitly that she was trying to start a riot.”

“I was definitely trying to instigate her, but, like, it worked,” he said.

UVM police services said that the investigation of the incident is ongoing.

For those who would like to see the video of the incident, visit us on Youtube at www. youtube.com/CynicVideo.

Check out the feature about Angela Cummings on page 8

The former provost is helping to get Burlington College back up on its feet following the resignation of its former president.

Earlier this month, student protesters of Burlington College cheered after former President Christine Plunkett announced her resignation.

The college was suffering from serious debt issues, according to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The association also cited a lack of confidence in Plunkett.

Despite the initial cheers, Burlington College quickly went into “crisis mode,” desperately searching for new leadership.

The college is currently relying on a three person transition team to lead.

UVM’s Jane Knodell, professor of economics and the former provost, is one of the three members.

Knodell will remain a fulltime faculty member at UVM, but will advise the new interim President Mike Smith.

Her assistance is an added part of service activity along with David Coates, a member of the Vermont business community.

“Part of our job is to stabilize the college and help the board bring in more leadership.

My role will be more on the academic side; specifically, I’ll be helping to recruit a dean, etc.,” Knodell said.

Professor Jane Knodell

Burlington College is currently under a lot of financial pressure and they need to find a sustainable business model, she said.

“In the short run, they need guest money and breathing room, so some things we’re really working on are finances and budgets,” Knodell said.

Due to her administrative experience at UVM, most recently as provost and senior vice president, Knodell said she felt she “was in a position to help” when she received the call from Burlington College’s board of trustees.

“I didn’t want to leave the staff and students at Burlington College in a lurch,” she said.

“I’m starting to work with the college’s teaching staff and department heads. I’m very impressed with their passion and commitment,” Knodell said.

“I think Knodell stepping in represents UVM’s constant effort to give back to the Burlington community,” first-year Diana Allos said.

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Increases in internship opportunities Emily Sugarman and Angel Yang Cynic Correspondents UVM students now have more internship opportunities than ever.

In the last year, several colleges and departments at the University have worked to open up internship opportunities that cater to every student and their unique interests. “[Internships] were always an important consideration for students, but we’ve put it front and center. This experience is really key to student success, because it’s a great chance to test the waters,” said Mary Beth Barritt, assistant director of the Career Center.

“We wanted to add to our program by creating a group of dedicated, high quality intern-

ships,” said Anna Smiles-Becker, the Rubenstein School’s internship coordinator.

“We usually have more internship openings than we do students looking for internships, so if someone wants to find an internship, we can make that happen,” said Amanda Chase, internship coordinator at the Career Center.

Internships can be paid, for credit or sometimes both.

“They can help people try out different experiences and see what they like and don’t like about different kinds of work. Finding out what’s not a good fit is sometimes just as important as finding out what is,” Chase said.

Senior Chloe Anne Tremper, a double major in wildlife biology and natural resources, received her internship through the Rubenstein School’s Peren-

nial Internship Program.

She worked as the science education intern for the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, off the coast of Maine.

Tremper assisted in the development and execution of their summer programs.

“You might be working for these people later on, so they’re good connections to make.

There really is something for everyone, because there is work for everyone,” Barritt said.

She said that the best time to start looking into summer internships is over winter break.

“We have a very comprehensive website, and often the best internships are ‘create your own,’” Barritt said.

“The earlier you start internships the better, so you can build the skills you need to be competitive for the more so-

WALKER SULTZBACH The Vermont Cynic

The Rubenstein School internship coordinator Anna Smiles-Becker talks about internship opportunities in the Aiken Center Sept. 10. phisticated internships later,” she said.

“My best suggestion for students doing any sort of internship in the future is to

take advantage of every single opportunity that comes your way,” Tremper said.

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SExual Taylor Feuss Managing Editor Sexual assault has been on the rise at UVM. In 2011 there were seven, according to the 2012 Campus Safety Report. In 2012, the number doubled.

Twelve were “forcible rapes.”

Whether it’s due to stigma, shame or something else, campus rape isn’t widely discussed.

A female senior, who wished to remain anonymous due to the intimate nature of the topic matter, shared her experience with the Cynic.

In her sophomore year she was drugged and assaulted by someone she knew, someone who at the time, she was in a relationship with.

“It was a semi-new relationship, I wasn’t ready to have sex with him, apparently he didn’t like that,” she said.

She had gone to a Thursday night party with “a few” friends and the man whom she “was seeing.”

She said she chose not to drink because she had class “early the next morning.”

The person she was seeing offered her “just one” drink. At first she refused, but then “gave in.”

“It was just a beer, I thought I would be fine,” she said. “But it wasn’t just a beer. I found out later was that it was laced with three different drugs. He knew that when he gave it to me.”

She recalled what followed, only in “flashes.”

He took her from the party, separated her from her friends and took her phone, she said.

“I remember sitting hunched over on the bus. I remember calling out for my friends. The next and final thing I remember is him taking my keys, opening my door and pushing me inside my room,” she said.

What happened next she called a mix of “luck” and her “inner fighter.”

“His arms were all around me.

We fought for what seemed like forever. Somehow I managed to fight him off, push him out of my room and lock the door,” she said. “I managed to wake up the next morning for my class, but I was on my floor and my shirt was gone.”

“I still feel so violated,” she said.

“I got lucky, it could have been much worse. I’m so thankful that somehow I was able to pull that final fight out of me and fight him off. I don’t even want to think about what would have happened if I wasn’t able to.”

After, she said she “avoided him like the plague.”

“I was terrified, I didn’t know what to do,” she said. “I felt like it was my fault. I shouldn’t have taken that beer from him. I shouldn’t have even gone out that night.”

However, she said that her avoiding him it just made him “mad.” He began to stalk her, follow her around campus, at the library, in her dorm, “everywhere.”

“He would text and call me multiple times a day, he would even tweet at me,” she said. “He would get drunk and show up to my dorm screaming.

I could hear him throwing things in

Assault the hallway and punching walls. He even tried to break down my door. I lived in constant fear that I was going to run into him when I was alone, or that he would actually break down my door.”

“My mom told me to report it but I didn’t know what to report, he hadn’t actually raped me,” she said.

However, she did report the stalking to her dorm’s Resident Director and RA. “I had to have weekly check-ins with my RA and RD. I had to change my schedule so that I wouldn’t run into him. I had to change my life, because of him,” she said.

This is just one story. Similar ones go untold every year.

“Sexual violence is a major problem on campuses, and very underreported,” said LuAnn Rolley, director of UVM’s Women’s Center.

“Survivors are very hesitant to report, and will tell a friend before telling an authority.”

Sexual assault is the most underreported crime in the U.S., according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

Sixty percent of sexual violence crimes go unreported each year and only three of every 100 rapists end up serving time.

The Women’s Center, which speaks to all genders, works to raise awareness about sexual violence though various educational programs and trainings, Rolley said.

Every April, the Center hosts the Dismantling Rape Culture Conference, a free event to raise awareness about rape culture, she said.

The Center’s newest campaign is called “You Could Be The First To Know: How to support a friend who has experienced violence.”

Their goal for this year is to create a campaign that will raise awareness about the services and support for victims offered around UVM, Rolley said.

One in Four, a national organization for rape prevention and awareness, has a chapter at UVM that aims to support both genders, according to the Center for Health & Wellbeing website.

Since September 2006, an annual march has been held in honor of Laura Kate Winterbottom, who moved to Burlington in 1998 and founded the Outing Club.

In 2005, at the age of 31, Winterbottom was kidnapped from her car near Church Street, raped and murdered by a stranger.

The march is a 5K walk/run to raise funds for organizations that work to help end sexual violence, according to the Laura Kate Winterbottom Fund’s website.

UVM’s One in Four chapter, alongside members of UVM’s Greek community gathered at Oakledge Park Sept. 13 to take part.

Judy Rickstad is UVM’s Campus Victim’s Advocate. She is a free and confidential asset for all students, faulty and staff who have experienced violence.

To learn more or to receive support please visit the Women’s Center at www.uvm.edu/~women/ Contributions from Sarah Olsen.

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New energy partnerships for Vermont Green Mountain Power and NRG are teaming up Caitlin Wilson Staff Writer The “eco-friendly” ideals associated with Vermont have grown stronger after a new partnership that will produce cleaner energy.

Green Mountain Power and NRG, the largest solar power developer in the United States, announced their new partnership Sept. 2.

The partnership will begin with the introduction of NRG’s microgrid technology into the electrical grid of Rutland, Vermont in 2015, according to a University Communications release Sept. 3.

NRG’s microgrid technology, consisting of solar, wind and electric power, will lower the city’s carbon emission rate and will present itself as an “affordable option” for ratepayers, according to University Communications.

The Green Mountain Power/NRG partnership also intends to broaden plans to encompass all of Vermont through the addition of more electric car charging stations and solar panels in many towns and communities, according to the release.

“It’s not just about science

or the technologies of energy transfer,” Provost David Rosowsky said.

“There is also politics, economics, policy, human behavior, education, energy resilience’s, environment, environmental impact and sustainability across the myriad of the disciplines,” Rosowsky said.

“It is a great learning opportunity for virtually anybody at the University.”

The partnership between NRG and Green Mountain Power could potentially expand and strengthen the already existing partnership between Green Mountain Power and UVM, he said.

“It provides opportunities to extend our physical campus as we talk about Vermont being our classroom, and Vermont being our laboratory for our students at the University of Vermont,” Rosowsky said.

Students will have access to opportunities like co-curricular experiences, internships, course projects and co-ops and “possibly have a leg up” in the industries in energy sectors across the state, he said.

Students, faculty and alumni will have access to advanced research and knowledge in the technological field, therefore

“It provides opportunites to extend our physical campus as we talk about Vermont being our classroom...”

Dr. David Rosowsky Provost “shaping the future of technology not only for the United States, but for the entire world,” Rosowsky said.

The partnership between Green Mountain Power and NRG could also help “build new courses” and “new degree opportunities revolving around technology, human behavior, economics and the policy around technology,” he said.

Seen by Rosowsky as a “win-win” situation for all parties involved, the newly formed partnership will provide the entire state of Vermont with rare opportunities to deal with the future of this nation’s electrical industry and sustainable energy resources.

SADEY MIRABILE The Vermont Cynic

Solar panels sit near the NRG headquarters in Hinesburg, Vermont.

Sept. 11. NRG recently partnered with Green Mountain Power.

New MBA program planned Ebola vaccine might

be seen in the future

Taylor Delehanty Staff Writer As UVM’s traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA) program disappears after the last students graduate in the spring of 2015, a new program, Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA), will replace it.

Contrary to the prior twoyear program module, SEMBA will consist of an intensive oneyear executive MBA program with 20 students.

These students have an average of 10 years of professional work experience in a number of different fields.

Professor William CatsBaril designed the program.

Cats-Baril is an associate professor for information and decision sciences in the business school.

The University knew that it needed to become more competitive with regards to other top business schools in the East, and decided that the Sustainable Entrepreneurship program was the way to go, he said.

“It is one of the very few programs that is a program that is built from the ground up on sustainability,” Cats-Baril said.

“This is the first program that in every single course, sustainability is at the center,” he said The program’s unique and intensive one-year format al-

John Riedel Cynic Correspondent

JENNIFER RAMIREZ The Vermont Cynic

Associate professor William Cats-Baril explains how the new Sustainable Entrepreneurship program works in his office Sept. 11. lows for a rigorous curriculum that consists of “students being in the classroom for nine months,” he said.

“For the remaining three months, the students are doing a hands on project; an actual experience with an existing firm, developing a new business either with that firm or from scratch,” Cats-Baril said.

“We felt that more and more students want to spend as little time as possible in school and as quickly as possible back into the workforce,” he said.

Cats-Baril commented on why Vermont is the right place for the SEMBA program.

“Vermont is a state that has a long history of being committed to the environment and the people,” he said.

“Burlington is now one of

the towns that have been identified as a high quality of life, attracting a lot of interest from young entrepreneurs to start business here,” Cats-Baril said.

Students can expect to take a great amount of value from the program and are being set up for great success as the world progresses swiftly through the 21st century, he said.

The most important thing that students can take away from the program is that sustainability is not only the “right thing to do,” but is the “greatest business opportunity,” he said.

Being committed to sustainability doesn’t just make good human sense; it makes “terrifically good business sense,” Cats-Baril said.

Over the course of a year, the deadly Ebola virus has spread through a total of five countries in West Africa, making it the largest outbreak of the disease in recorded history.

The global community has become alarmed at the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

The topic has been trending on social media, with many articles written about it.

This particular outbreak is the “largest outbreak of Ebola we’ve seen,” Kristen Pierce, assistant professor in the College of Medicine said.

Ebola is a viral illness that is characterized by fever, vomiting, intense weakness and muscle pain, according to the World Health Organization.

“One of the reasons why this outbreak is so severe is because Ebola is spread through contact with bodily fluid,” Pierce said.

Due to the fact that Ebola is an “extremely dangerous” virus, this has led to an international search for a vaccine, she said.

When asked if the Vaccine Testing Center might consider running trials, Pierce said, “If we had the opportunity, I think we would want to be a part of that.”

“The vaccine does not contain any infectious strains of

Ebola,” she said. “If someone was tested with the vaccine, they would not be able to infect anybody else.”

“If they are sick we should definitely give it”, first-year Alex Casabant said.

Casabant explained that she would not be concerned about testing going on near campus “as long as [the Vaccine Testing Center] follow proper procedures.”

By using only proteins from the virus and not the whole virus itself, a vaccine would not carry any part of the virus responsible for making the patient contagious or ill, Pierce said.

Although the vaccine is not currently being tested at the Vaccine Testing Center, Pierce said it is still is a viable candidate for such an opportunity.

Junior Marley Baker thinks that UVM should be involved with testing the vaccine, if possible.

“If people are willing to do the trials, I think it’s worth testing,” Baker said.

“In countries where outbreaks are they don’t have the same resources as industrialized nations,” Pierce said.

This lack of resources prevents countries — such as the ones currently infected — to take measures to prevent many diseases from spreading, she said.

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PHOTOS BY OLIVER POMAZI AND VICTORIA CASSAR The Vermont Cynic

Homeless individuals sit and talk on Church Street Sept. 12 (bottom right) and Sept. 14. Rates of homelessness in Burlington have gone up in the past year.

Living on the streets of Burlington Alexander Collingsworth Staff Writer On any given morning, various members of Burlington’s homeless population can be seen walking up and down Church Street.

Last Friday hit 50 degrees and Rheda Chambers said she was “cold.”

Chambers had no coat and wore flipflops. Her head was shaved. She has been homeless for about a year.

Chambers had an apartment for about four years, but someone living with her fell asleep with a lit cigarette and burned it down, she said.

Pathways to Housing, which provides housing alongside support services, often paid for her to spend the night in local motels, but now they focus more on helping others who have never sought help before.

This means that people like her get help last.

“They don’t seem to care,” she said.

Growing up, Chambers lived in a group home but left at age 18 with her sister and “became homeless” soon after that, she said.

Mike Fisher, who is also homeless, was out collecting cans and bottles that morning, trying to make money.

“It takes a while to find them. There are a lot of guys out here doing this because they need the money,” Fisher said.

A lot of these other people spend it on alcohol and drugs, but I just spend it at McDonalds,” he said.

He turns in the bottles and cans at the redemption center on South Winooski

Avenue or Kerry’s Kwik Stop on St. Paul Street.

Fisher said that the management at Pearl Street Beverage is “unaccommodating” and “demands” that he wash the bottles and cans that he collects and put them in boxes.

Homelessness in Burlington is a “big problem,” as the number of homelss individuals has increased over the last decade, said Matt Young, supervisor of the Howard Center’s street outreach team.

Many members of Burlington’s homeless population are from Vermont, Young said.

Others come from various parts of the country, in search of “better prospects,” but then fall back into “old patterns” and remain homeless, he said.

There are dozens of homeless camps in and around the Burlington area, Young said.

These range in size from one tent shared by a few people to groups of tents where a dozen people may live.

Some are set up better than others.

Some camps can get through the winter, but most can’t, he said.

The homeless usually camp out “wherever they can.” By the waterfront, by the Intervale Center, behind the Kmart, Young said.

Sometimes people set up their living spaces at the Burlington Country Club, which borders Athletic Campus, he said.

“It’s a crisis,” Young said. “The question now is whether we need a new homeless strategy or whether we need a new housing strategy.”

“I believe we need a housing strategy,

not a homeless strategy,” he said.

Burlington has a tight housing market with a vacancy rate of about 1 percent, less than the competitive New York City housing market, which has a vacancy rate of 2 percent.

“People become homeless due to bad luck,” Young said. “They lose their jobs, they are priced out of society, priced out of Burlington.”

A lot of homeless people may also have disabilities, mental health problems and substance use disorders, he said.

“People living together in a camp help each other to survive,” Young said.

At least one person in the camp probably receives some sort of social security or disability check from the government, he said.

That money is then divvied up to buy food, toilet paper, clothes and other essentials.

Others at the camp perform duties like cleaning up the camp or panhandling during the day, he said The shelters run by the Committee on Temporary Shelter, and others cannot accommodate all the homeless people in Burlington, Young said.

One must be a “model” homeless person to stay in those shelters.

This means they must be sober and social to stay in one of these shelters, he said.

A lot of individuals also say the only time they feel homeless is when they stay in a shelter, Young said.

Amy Beede has been in and out of prison and state hospitals.

Beede is no longer homeless because

“People become homeless due to bad luck. They lose their jobs, they are priced out of society, priced out of Burlington. ” -Matt Young,

Supervisor of the Howard Center’s street outreach team she gets housing through Pathways.

She attends meetings at Turning Point, a drug and alcohol treatment center on Bank Street.

“I was homeless for seven years. I would have to stay up for two weeks at a time. It really affected my mental health,” Beede said.

“Vermont needs to stop putting in hotels, and they need to put in affordable housing. We need more affordable housing because homelessness affects mental health severely, and people do not realize that,” she said.

“If you are walking around town as a student, as a merchant, as a citizen, if you are going to look at a homeless person and say ‘man, that’s just a series of bad choices, that guy is a bad listener, and he’s a slow learner,’ that does not help anything,” Young said.

What we try to do in social services is take someone the way they are and say ‘what can we do to help?’” he said.

Life Weekly health corner

The best yoga in Burlington Allison Carey OLIVER POMAZI The Vermont Cynic

Students dine together in Cook Commons Sept. 11. Sodexo, UVM’s food service provider, has pledged to buy more locally-produced food.

We’re back at school and whether you’re a first-year or a senior, you’re probably already feeling the stress.

What better way to unwind and focus your energy than by getting your “om” on.

Here are some of my favorite yoga studios around.

1. Yoga Vermont, Burlington. The warm wooden floors will relax you as you practice over the shoppers of Church Street.

2. Sangha Studio, Burlington. This non-profit studio is a great place to go if you want a small, personal practice!

3. Burlington Yoga, Burlington. Whether it’s a vigorous vinyasa class or a candlelight flow, these instructors know what they’re doing.

4. Laughing River Yoga, Winooski. This beautiful studio overlooks the Winooski River.

It’s a great escape from the bustle of Burlington.

5. Moodra Yoga, South Hero. Take a beautiful drive through the islands to my personal favorite studio.

Majken Tranby leads a fun, challenging practice that will leave you sweating!

Allison Carey is a senior English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

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Sodexo puts ‘Vermont First’ Meghan Gessner Cynic Correspondent It’s time to put Vermont first. At least that’s what Sodexo thinks, according to their new pledge.

The UVM food supplier announced its “Vermont First Pledge” on Sept. 4, a plan to buy more locally produced Vermont food.

“I’m happy to hear that Sodexo is adding more local food to their menu,” firstyear Sandra Catinello said.

“It will not only support local farmers, but will also be more healthy for consumers,” Catinello said.

The company serves 34,000 meals a day in Vermont and is pledging to buy local food first in an effort to increase the amount of local food that is grown and sold in the state, according to University Dining Services.

Commitments of the initiative include hiring a local food coordinator, sponsoring annual summits, developing a plan to meet the production needs of farmers and enabling businesses to buy local, said Melissa Zelazny, general manager of dining services.

In addition, Sodexo has made other changes that focus on their Real Food Cam-

paign.

The campaign is a commitment to serve 20 percent “real” food by 2020, according to UVM’s website.

“Real food” is food that is local, organic, Fair Trade or humane, according to UVM’s dining website.

“I absolutely like the fact that Sodexo wants to buy more local food,” sophomore Teresa Dotson said.

Statewide last year, Sodexo spent $16 million on Vermont products, a 15 percent increase from the previous year, Zelazny said.

Fourteen to 16 percent of Sodexo’s budget throughout the state is spent on lo-

cal food, said Caylin McKee, sustainability and social media coordinator for University Dining Services.

For students wondering about pricing, the “hope” is to not increase the price of campus food.

“The goal of this commitment is to use our scale to leverage our purchasing power and build partnerships within the state to provide affordable local food to students in a way that does not increase prices,” Zelazny said.

One big change: Brennan’s menu is now estimated to offer 75 percent “real food,” she said.

Chatting about Falling for pumpkin female orgasms

Tommy’s Column

Marissa Lanoff and Emilie Conroe Cynic Correspondents Forget what you learned, or didn’t learn, in high school sex ed. It’s time to get down and dirty.

“I Heart Female Orgasm” caused students to pour into the Grand Maple Ballroom.

It’s a program “which combines sex education and women’s empowerment with a hearty dose of laughter” to “illuminate the subject of female orgasm,” according to sexualityeducation.com.

“This is the sex education you wish you had in high school,” said Maggie Keenan-Bolger, co-presenter.

“I thought it did a great job of tearing down the stigma surrounding female sexuality,” sophomore Avrie Cowles said. “It created a really fun and comfortable environment to talk about sex.”

Initially an all-women’s event, the program is now inclusive of all genders, gender identities and sexual ori-

entations, according to the website.

“Pleasure can be an amazing thing to learn about,” Keenan-Bolger said.

“Yeah, the penis enters the vagina talk is important, but so is female pleasure and the orgasm.”

Keenan-Bolger and cocreator Marshall Miller put emphasis on individuals making sexual decisions that are right for them.

Keenan-Bolger described these as “wham, bam, thank you… me” decisions.

From first orgasm stories, candid discussions about body image and self-esteem and that famous “When Harry Met Sally” diner scene, nothing was off limits.

Students were encouraged to become fans of the Female Orgasm on Facebook and Instagram.

“Speaking of cuming, we’re glad you came, and we hope you come again,” said junior Melina Maur Mauceri, program board member.

Tommy Gambino An 8 percent beer with a full body and rich flavor?

Yes, please!

We are talking about the Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Long Trail Vermont Brewing Co. I sampled this beer with several of my buds and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

The look on senior Jack Norman’s face when he took a swig was astonishment.

While senior Jon Gonin said a few words I’m unable to write in this article, they were indeed positive.

It is the same great taste and flavor that you get out of your normal delicious Long Trail, only with the addition of a rich, creamy pumpkin flavor.

The beer is from Long Trail so, of course, the flavor of pumpkin is not overdone.

Take note though. This beer is in no way a “drinkable pumpkin pie” for adults, as others may claim it to be.

This wonderfully balanced ale is one that must be poured into a glass.

Doing so allows for the fullness of the flavor to open up.

This is the same process performed with wine because of the complexity of the flavor.

The Imperial Pumpkin Ale comes in a 22-ounce bottle and is available at City Market, Pearl Street Beverage and Winooski Beverage.

Long Trail Vermont Brewing Co. is located in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont.

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Tommy Gambino is a senior English major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2013.

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For most first-year students living on-campus, the transition into collegiate life may take a bit of time and patience.

The Cynic wants to get an up close and personal look into the transitions of incoming first-years as they adjust to life away from home.

For first-years Kaylee Ellis and Jessica Wolfe, that transition has just begun and the Cynic will be there every step of the way.

The Cynic will check in on these students every month to see how they are

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class can be “tiring” after a while due to the uphill hike to Central Campus.

But they said there are some positives to the location.

“When it comes to weekends, however, Jeanne Mancer’s are the closest to off-campus parties,” Ellis said. “ Since we basically live off-campus, going to parties has been pretty easy so far.”

Ellis and Wolfe both agreed that Jeanne Mance has some “drawbacks” in terms of location and convenience, but the benefit of community that brings the students together makes up for it in the long run.

Stay tuned for updates on their college lives!

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adjusting to college life.

The hardest part for Ellis and Wolfe so far? Location.

“We don’t live near the dining halls, but we do live close to Church Street,” Ellis said.

Ellis and Wolfe live in Jeanne Mance Hall.

“There are good and bad things about living in Jeanne Mance,” Wolfe said. “The good is that there’s a really tight knit community here, but location-wise, it’s harder to meet students living on other parts of campus.”

The first-years said “Mance” is far from the gym and lacks space outside for students to hang-out and socialize.

They also said getting to

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“I think on-campus spatial use, even just the green, is important for students, so a lot of students can connect with that value and ethic,” sophomore Erica Gilgore said.

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Drop the car keys and grab your sneakers, it’s time to hit the streets!

Making its premier in Vermont, Open Streets BTV will open up three miles of streets in the Old North End of Burlington for bikers, skateboarders and walkers.

“I definitely want to go!” first-year Dana Cook said.

The majority of time people spend on roads they are driving in cars and are “buttcentered.”

Open Streets BTV will get people off their butts and onto their feet — or bike pedals — Sept. 21, said Katelin Brewer-Colie, Complete Streets project manager for Local Motion.

“The whole idea is to get the people of Burlington to experience the streets in a new way,” Brewer-Colie said.

Local Motion, the brains behind Open Streets, is a non-profit organization that promotes “people-powered” transportation and recreation for a “sustainable” and “healthy” Vermont, according to their website.

“It’s not all the time that you see a whole community come together to shed light

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ing the streets as an inclusive community for bikes and families and creating a healthier, more connected community,” Gilgore said.

Open Streets has been held in more than 100 cities, according to their website.

“It shows the deci-

sion makers of Burlington that people support biking and the culture of creating healthy spaces and that people care about having a smaller carbon footprint and living more sustainably,” Brewer-Colie said.

Men, Stop Sexual Harassment Join “One in Four” Recruiting a Diverse Group of Founders Members What is One in Four?

We are an all-male sexual assault peer education group that educates men about how to support survivors who have experienced sexual assault/rape and how to intervene if it looks like sexual assault might happen.

What Does One in Four Do?

Members of “One in Four” present a program called “How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do” to any group of men who will listen. “One in Four” focuses on treating men as potential helpers, not potential rapists.

How Does One in Four Do It?

We teach men how they can make a difference by helping sexual assault/rape survivors; we don’t blame them for being the problem. Research shows that our program is one of the most effective rape prevention programs for men.

Where Can I Get More Info?

For more information, contact: Keith E. Smith, Men’s Outreach Coordinator, keith.smith@uvm.edu, or 802.656.4428.

Check out our national organization site at www.oneinfourusa.org.

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Traveling preacher Self-proclaimed “street preacher” leaves her mark on University campus

Jacob Holzman Assistant Arts Editor Traveling “street preacher”, Angela Cummings, has been visiting UVM since 2013 to stand in front of the Davis Center and preach to the campus community.

Things changed when Cummings hit first-year Jacob Fogel during one of her “sermons,” Sept. 12, and was then banned from campus.

“They don’t understand why they’re standing there for hours, but I do. It’s because I have the truth,” she said.

Cummings began a career as a traveling evangelist in 2001, after being “saved” by Christianity after living a life of “extreme sinfulness.”

“I was a crack addict, an alcoholic, I had a kid out of wedlock [and] raised him by myself. I was working in bars and sleeping around with different guys, never married, did whatever I wanted,” she said.

Cummings said she began preaching in Chattanooga, Tennessee, then moved to Texas and onto California.

There, she began her full-time career as a traveling street preacher, going to popular cities and college campuses to “preach the Bible.”

As of now, Cummings said that she lives a “simple life.”

“Look at me, I’m wearing a $20 watch.

I’m living out of my car,” she said. “I have to make sure I manage my finances, for God.” Cummings is sponsored by Highways and Hedges Inc., a non-profit charity formed in 2007, according to her website, Ourpreacher.org.

She said that since traveling full-time, UVM has become one of her “favorite” campuses to visit and preach to. She said that this is because she “feels like the first Christian any of you have met.”

Cummings said that she faces a lot of “hostility” from students on campus, but she believes that it is “proof” that she is successful.

“They yell at me and say, ‘we don’t need you, we don’t need you,’” she said. “[But] even if they’re persecuting me, they may never go to church, so I bring the church to them no matter how much they attacked me. It’s the same thing that happened to Jesus.”

First-year Ben Shefner said that he “mooned” Cummings. The next day, she called him out from the crowd that had gathered around her, calling him “The Mooning Jew.” “It was during the point when she was calling us all perverts, sodomites,” Shefner said. “So it seemed like the right thing, a loving way to target the hate.”

He said that he thinks her preaching on campus is a “sad but also violent situation.”

“I feel attacked,” Shefner said. “I feel called out. She did say, ‘here’s The Mooning Jew, come here Jew.’ I feel victimized.”

First-year Brian Posner said that one of his friends that “[may] look Muslim” because of her “darker skin” was verbally attacked that day as well.

“She [Cummings] told her to ‘get the fuck off campus, you Muslim,’” Posner said. “She was like, ‘I’m not even Muslim.’”

Matt Vogel, executive director of UVM Hillel, said Cummings “crossed a line,” and that “100 percent of UVM administration is all for making sure students feel safe and secure.”

“At our Shabbat Dinner that Friday, [she] was one of our main topics of discussion, with everyone wondering how something like this could even happen on our campus,” Vogel said.

There are multiple outlets for students who felt hurt or need help because of Cummings’ presence. These options include the all-inclusive Spiritual and Religious Life Council, he said.

In Cummings’ opinion though, UVM students are the ones that “need help.” She said that she is now writing a book about her story, and that her visits to Vermont will definitely be in there.

“When I describe this campus in my book, I will say all of [what they’ve done], they’re just building a case against themselves” Cummings said, of the “sinners” on campus.

“This is a more wicked campus than some of the other campuses,” she said. “I will say, ‘Please come help Vermont.’”

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Traveling “street preacher” Angela Cummings speaks to students outside the Davis Center Sept. 12. She was banned from campus for hitting a student during her “sermon.”

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Students and residents march as a part of the annual Vermont Pride Parade & Festival on Church Street Sept. 14. The event was organized by Vermont Pride, which supports Vermont’s LBGTQA citizens. Many schools such as UVM, Goddard College and Johnson State College marched in the parade.

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Girl power and grace Grand Point North music festival kicks off with a female-dominated line-up

By Sam Heller Despite cold and drizzly weather, love was in the air during the first day of the Grand Point North festival.

An audience member was proposed to onstage during a performance by the band Lucius.

The band’s two frontwomen, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, claimed that she won a contest and invited her to sing with them. As the young woman turned to face the crowd, her boyfriend surprised her onstage and asked her to marry him.

“Contest my ass, give it up for the newly engaged couple,” Wolfe said.

Laessig laughed and wiped away a few tears as the band launched into an energetic, hookheavy track called “Genevieve.”

Grand Point North is an annual music festival put on by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Higher Ground. While public proposals are exceptional, the festival consistently features performances by local and national bands.

In addition to Potter and her band, the setlist this year included local legends such as Lowell Thompson, Caroline Rose and Swale, as well as nationally touring artists like Lucius, The War on Drugs and Trampled by Turtles.

Potter, the festival’s headliner and founder, fits in both categories; she and the Nocturnals

frequently tour across the country, but the band got its start in Waitsfield, Vermont.

They maintain close ties to the state, where they have a loyal and devoted fanbase.

“She’s the only person I came here to see,” resident Jenny Davis said. “I love Grace Potter. I think she’s amazing. She’s the shit.”

Davis, who was wearing a wedding veil at the time of her interview, was celebrating her bachelorette party at the concert, she said.

“I saw that she was playing in Vermont, and I said ‘That’s what I want for my bachelorette party.’ I didn’t want to go out drinking,” Davis said. “I wanted to see a concert. I wanted to do something cool, and she’s playing, and it’s great.”

Though Grace Potter and the Nocturnals drew the biggest crowd, all of the artists came complete with their own fan bases.

“I’m pretty much here to see Lake Street Dive,” sophomore Lauren Murdock said about the Brooklyn-based indie jazz and soul band.

“I saw them at Bonnaroo and they were amazing.”

Lake Street Dive played a dynamic set Saturday evening, driven by frontwoman Rachael Price’s versatile voice and undeniable charisma.

While Price transitioned effortlessly between soulful ballads and rock n’ roll, upright

Top Left: Musician Grace Potter performs with her band, The Nocturnals, at Grand Point North music festival at the Waterfront Park Sept. 13. Middle: Singer Rachel Price of Lake Street Dive performs at Grand Point North Sept. 13. Top Right: Guitarist Benny Yurco of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals performs during the festival. Bottom Right: Members of Lucius and Lake Street Dive perform during an encore Sept. 13.

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bassist Bridget Kearney carried the set’s momentum by pounding out Motown bass lines.

When Lake Street Dive finished their set, audience members pressed in toward the other stage in an attempt to get a better view of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Continuing education student Langley Bowers said he found himself at an advantage due to his height.

“Concerts are the best,” Bowers said. “The biggest perk about being tall is that you can see in a crowd.”

For 5’2” junior Dana Elleman, the concert experience provided a different set of challenges.

“Well first of all, you can’t see anything,” Elleman said. “You’ve got to use your other senses. You just have to listen and feel the music… You have to stand behind children.”

Bowers denied having any feelings of guilt about blocking the view of shorter concertgoers. “Well, you know, what can I do?” he said.

“I’ve got to stand somewhere. There’s always going to be somebody behind me all the time.”

Shortly after the crowd settled down, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals came onstage.

The headliners played through material from their new album, The Lion the Beast the Beat, as well as older fan favorites from their discography.

Potter took turns singing, dancing, screaming and shredding on a Gibson Flying-V guitar.

Her charisma and energy were contagious.

The audience joined in singing lyrics and clapping along to a number of songs.

The band’s covers were popular during the set.

Potter introduced singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter, and the two sang a duet of “Rocket Man” by Sir Elton John. The crowd sang along as Potter and Baxter alternated verses and harmonized on the chorus.

At the end of the set, Potter invited every artist who had played at Grand Point North that day on the stage for one last song.

As she thanked her sister, her fans and her fellow artists, Potter pointed out that female musicians had a higher representation at this year’s Grand Point North than men.

She was met with cheers and applause from the crowd and her fellow musicians onstage.

Finally, Grace Potter, the Nocturnals and all of the other artists on stage ended the set with a huge, slowed down, cinematic cover of “A Little Help From my Friends” by The Beatles.

“I’m so glad it’s not raining anymore, that would be awful,” Davis said after the set. “But even if it were, I’d still be here, because Grace Potter is my jam.”

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The ‘moe.’ the merrier in Burlington Willie Gotterer Cynic Correspondent The progressive rock quintet moe. will be performing a fusion of improvisational jam band music at Higher Ground Sept. 24.

Vinnie Amico, the drummer of moe., said he is looking forward to playing in Burlington again.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had a crappy experience there,” Amico said. “The venues are great, the people there are great and it’s a big music town as far as fans go.

It is all around awesome.”

He started his drumming career playing the snare drum in fifth grade, which then evolved into “just memorizing songs and playing them” once he received his first drum set.

By college, Amico said he was a “musician slut” and took any gig he could get.

Presently, he is enjoying the last week at home before moe.’s national fall tour.

As for the band’s name, it’s derived from a Louis Jordan song, “Five Guys Named Moe,” Amico said.

The use of lower-case letters and the addition of the period “was done so that when you start a sentence with moe. and it’s all lower case with a period, it just

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Members of the progressive rock band moe. pose for a photograph. They will be performing at Higher Ground in South Burlington Sept. 24.

They claim that the spelling of their band name is intended to “just mess with people.” moe. has performed at Higher Ground in the past. fucks up everybody’s editing,” he said. “It was to just mess with people.”

Sophomore Sean Flynn, a self-proclaimed “avid moe. fan,” said he is excited for the upcoming show.

“If you feel like dancing and hearing music seemingly drawn from every possible musical influence, this is the band to see,” Flynn said.

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Fans like Flynn are an “essential” piece of the puzzle to the moe. concert experience, Amico said.

“It’s a symbiotic relationship,” he said. “You feel the energy and it’s definitely influential on how the show goes. When the crowd gets into it and they’re raging, the band’s raging.”

Junior Andrew Steele said that he enjoys the

band’s originality, particularly their use of extended xylophone solos.

“As far as I know, moe. is the only jam band that does that, and it is definitely worth checking out,” Steele said.

Show-goers will also get to see original set lists.

“We each write set lists, and it’s just traded off between band members in

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alphabetical order night to night,” Amico said. “So each night is a different vibe because we all have different styles of writing a set list and different ideas of how a set flows.”

All things considered, Amico said he encourages fans to make their way out to Higher Ground Sept. 24.

“Come to the show, it will be a lot of fun,” he said.

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‘Roomful’ to bare their teeth Jacob Holzman Assistant Arts Editor

What do you get when you bring together eight voices and singing techniques so ancient that “nobody knows how or when it started?”

Award-winning vocal group Roomful of Teeth is the answer.

They will perform Sept.

26 at the UVM Recital Hall at Southwick Hall as part of the Lane Series, a university program that brings live performances to campus.

The group was founded in 2009 by conductor, singer and composer Brad Wells, who handpicked eight musicians and brought in outside expert vocal trainers, and guest composers, for the ensemble.

All of this was done to aid in achieving Wells’ goal, which he said was, and still is, to expand what people think can be done with the human voice.

“Part of my make-up and my desire with music is to connect with broader audiences to cross, not in a cheap way but in a real way, crudely-drawn lines and categories in music, between [what’s] classical and popular,” Wells said.

In an attempt to expand the range of ideas used in Roomful’s compositions, he enlisted minds outside of classical music to write pieces for the group.

These people include indie-

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Members of the award-wining vocal group Roomful of Teeth pose for a photo. They will be performing at the UVM Recital Hall Sept. 26. Their performance is part of the University-sponsored Lane Series.

pop singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus — of tUnE-yArDs — and, more recently, Sam Amidon, a folk artist from Brattleboro, Vermont.

The group uses both new and “incredibly old” vocal styles that the ordinary person may not have ever had access to, linked heavily to certain cultures and peoples, Wells said.

“A picture of what distinguishes us is that we go into these old styles of singing

around the world and explore and be inspired by what we find there,” he said.

Natalie Neuert, director of the Lane Series, heard of the group from her son, and found them to be “perfect” for bringing to campus.

“We listen to a lot of music where we’ve heard it before, it fits into a context in your head,” Neuert said. “But it’s really rare where you think, ‘oh my god, I’ve never heard anything like

this,’ and that’s what I thought when I heard them for the first time.”

Wells said he is excited to bring something more “varied and visceral” than what people may expect from a vocal group.

“I think the program that we’ll bring to UVM is a wider emotional palette than what you get with a [traditional] choral group,” he said.

New exhibit draws from Civil War Visitors to the Fleming Museum will get a peak inside the minds of one of the country’s most famous Civil War artists starting Sept. 16.

“Civil War Era Drawings From the Becker Collection” takes an inside look at many newspaper sketches by Joseph Becker from the Civil War era.

The exhibit is on loan from Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions in Pasadena, California.

Becker is famous for his depictions of battle and military bases, as well as chronicling key

events of the time period such as the Great Chicago Fire and the construction of railroads.

Born in 1841, Becker began his career as an errand boy for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in 1859.

Without any prior training as an artist, Becker quickly picked up the skill and left for the warfront in 1863.

There he would illustrate such momentous events as the Battle of Gettysburg and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Organized by the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, the Becker Collection contains about 650 drawings

by Joseph Becker.

The majority of which were never publicly exhibited prior to the museum obtaining them.

Because many of the illustrations that were printed in newspapers were turned into engravings, the original artwork has never been published.

The result is an opportunity for Burlington residents to see historical art firsthand.

Museum director Janie Cohen agreed. “It’s a great collection,” she said via the Fleming’s Facebook page.

This exhibit coincides with two other Civil War exhibitions: “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)” and “Civil War

Objects From the University of Vermont Collections.”

An opening reception for the fall exhibitions is also scheduled for Sept. 24, with a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres and live music.

President Tom Sullivan will also be featured as a speaker.

Overall, the Becker Collection contains the work of more than 16 artists and anonymous contributors, who all helped make the Illustrated Newspaper one of the most widely circulated papers of the time.

“Civil War Era Drawings” will run through Dec. 12, the last day of fall semester.

WRUV DJ PICKS WRUV DJ Brad Barratt plays a variety of rock and metal music. His show, “Dissection Theater,” runs Sundays from noon to 2 p.m.

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What happens when a notoriously reclusive band with an affinity for singing about semen-stained mountaintops and two-headed boys comes out of a 15-year retirement to play at Higher Ground?

I grabbed my handy-dandy reporter’s notebook and went to Neutral Milk Hotel’s show Sept. 9 to find out.

Within the indie-rock scene, Neutral Milk Hotel is royalty.

Major artists like Bon Iver, Franz Ferdinand, Bright Eyes and Arcade Fire have all cited them as influences.

Their second album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, is one of only a few records to receive a perfect 10 rating on Pitchfork.com. So, Neutral Milk Hotel is kind of a big deal.

To begin the show, frontman Jeff Mangum took the stage by himself and immediately launched into “I Will Bury You in Time.”

For a crowd full of fans, who have been listening to that distinctive voice on Aeroplane for years, watching Mangum actually produce those sounds was surreal.

The rest of the band joined Mangum onstage and Neutral Milk Hotel demonstrated the creativity and musicality that made them such indie-darlings in the first place.

Most striking was the intimacy of the venue.

The Higher Ground Ballroom isn’t a huge place, and the audience was clearly affected by the sense of closeness. A number of people even spoke to the band or said “thank you” at the end of each song.

The band seemed moved as well. Magnum thanked the audience for their support a number of times, and talked about playing one of his first shows at Higher Ground a “number of years ago.”

At one point between songs, bandmember Julian Koster started crying. He turned away from the audience to wipe tears off his cheeks.

He wasn’t the only crybaby at Higher Ground that night.

When a band shows an audience that much love, I get a little misty eyed myself.

Sam Heller is a sophomore English major. He has been writing for the Cynic since Spring 2014

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STAFF EDITORIAL Sodexo is getting real with their food.

The national dining supplier for UVM has released their “Vermont First Pledge,” a plan to purchase more local food products.

They will also continue their Real Food Challenge, a campaign to serve 20 percent “real food” to the University by the year 2020.

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to always serve local products year-round.

But that’s when the other elements of “real food” come into play.

Brennan’s Pub is now estimated to serve up to 75 percent “real food.”

This is all good progress. Students want to see the University and dining services value food raised or grown through better practices.

The Cynic would like to see UVM reach their “Real Food Challenge” before 2020 and exceed their 20 percent goal.

We are excited to see how these changes progress and look forward to the increases in “real food” on campus.

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fake. “Real food” consists of products that are locally obtained, ecologically sound, humanely produced or Fair Trade.

The Cynic is pleased that University Dining Services plans to continue their efforts to put local products first; something that is so important to Vermont and the UVM community.

Sodexo spent $16 million on Vermont products last year, that’s 15 percent more than the year before.

That change is great, but it’s only the beginning.

Due to the limits of a Vermont winter that seems to never end, it is often difficult

Sammie Ibrahim With the end of the Iraq War in 2011 and the planned withdrawal of U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan, America seemed to have learned its lesson about the consequences of one-sided military action.

But new security threats from the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are leading to renewed calls for military involvement in the Middle East.

Despite the level of cruelty and evil ISIS displays with the beheading of two American

journalists, modern-day crucifixions, kidnappings and threats of genocide, the U.S. cannot and should not confront ISIS with a military intrusion into Iraq or Syria.

The fact that we have already sent more than 1,000 troops into Iraq sets us on a dangerous course for mission creep.

It threatens to bring about a third Iraq War — with all its destruction, expense and wasted American and Iraqi lives.

President Barack Obama must keep in mind that deploying troops — even in a limited fashion – could actually encourage ISIS more.

It could destabilize the security situation in Iraq further and thus demand an even larger military commitment.

This is similar to what unfolded during the U.S. invasion

and occupation of Iraq in 2003.

The Obama Administration has so far taken a careful, measured approach toward Iraq.

They have worked to assemble a new “coalition of the willing” for what will likely be a lengthy effort to combat ISIS over the next several months.

For President Obama, who won office in part on the strength of his promises to end American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, the support of allies, from European to Arab nations, is critical.

Secretary of State John Kerry wrote in recent op-ed for the New York Times on the topic.

“With a united response led by the United States and the broadest possible coalition of nations, the cancer of ISIS will not be allowed to spread to other countries,” Kerry said.

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“The world can confront this scourge, and ultimately defeat it. ISIS is odious, but not omnipotent,” he said.

Hopefully President Obama will continue to follow his deliberative approach towards Iraq and seek broad support from key allies to confront the security challenges posed by ISIS together.

With two failed wars at the cost of $2 trillion, the lessons about the huge cost of military incursions and the limits to what military intervention alone can do to solve complex foreign policy challenges have still not quite sunk in.

Sammie Ibrahim is a senior political science major. She has been writing for the Cynic since 2012.

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The U.S. shouldn’t give up the ship Joey Brown At a White House news conference on July 12, 2007, former President George W. Bush prophetically warned: “To begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we’re ready would be dangerous for Iraq, for the region and for the United States,” Bush said.

“It would mean surrendering the future of Iraq to al-Qae-

da. It would mean that we’d be risking mass killings on a horrific scale,” he said.

And boy, was he right.

When we elected President Barack Obama ­— in part due to his promises to leave Iraq — we were “war weary,” which, properly understood, means that we were bored of the war.

So Obama left Iraq — perplexingly without a status-offorces agreement — to leave in Maliki’s hands.

Moreover, there was no indication that Iraq could remain stable with a Shiite-heavy government with extremist Sunnis to the North.

And those extremists are 50

miles outside of Baghdad.

After almost a decade of the hefty sacrifice of American blood and treasure, we’ve left for a popular campaign promise.

It’s worth noting that I used to be a big supporter of the Iraq War. In hindsight — which, they say, is 20/20 — I’ve come to believe that the costs outweighed any potential benefits.

But this doesn’t mean that total withdrawal was the answer.

“If it was a mistake to go in, we should get out, some argue.

But this is unpersuasive,” said author and columnist, Jonah

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Goldberg, before our withdrawal.

“A doctor will warn that if you see a man stabbed in the chest, you shouldn’t rush to pull the knife out. We are in Iraq for good reasons and for reasons that were well-intentioned but wrong,” Goldberg said.

It’s a peculiar policy, to put it delicately, to abandon all of our progress — the 2007 surge, the conquering of Fallujah, massive steps toward a multifactional, democratic state and, of course, the collapse of Saddam’s genocidal regime — just because the war wasn’t as easy as we originally thought.

Criticism of Obama’s foreign policy aside, we should wonder where our moral compass points. What should we do now?

The first step is to stop the genocide of Christians and Yazidis at the hands of ISIS, a situation caused by the power vacuum created by the Ba’ath Party’s collapse and our subsequent withdrawal.

This genocide, after all, was facilitated by our premature departure.

The next step is to help create a more diverse government of Shia, Sunni and Kurd.

This step is tripartite. It would mean 1. Sending arms and supplying intelligence to the pro-Western Kurdish Workers Party and Peshmerga

in the North.

2. Not allowing Iran any influence in Iraq, as they would only try to tip the scales in Shia favor and, eventually 3. Helping the Iraqi army retake Mosul and Tikrit from ISIS. Lastly, it would mean establishing a status-of-forces agreement with a stable, multifactional Iraqi government.

This would require leaving behind an exceedingly small contingency force in Iraq, at least until the Iraqi military is capable of keeping control of the North.

It should be noted that this plan has its limitations.

ISIS exists in southern Syria, as well, but we should stay our hand from acting in that region.

Obama may believe that the affairs of Syria are our responsibility, but we should now only concern ourselves with Iraq, whose destabilization is the fault of our poor foreign policy.

We cannot allow our major sacrifices to go to waste simply because of our frustrations with complex foreign policy issues.

A stable Iraq will be a difficult goal, but it’s where our moral compass points.

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

Parlor tricks Spotting news bias Joey Brown & Ty Williams This past week, students took to social media outlets expressing their disgust with the rants of Ms. Angela Cummings.

However, some took it a bit further.

While one student’s actions earned him the endearing nickname of “The Mooning Jew” by Ms. Cummings, another two were able to provoke her into allegedly assaulting them by “knocking boots” in front of her.

Thank goodness those

jeans were thick, because that could’ve evolved into an episode of The Maury Show right in front of our eyes.

This piece is intended to draw a distinct line between civility and impropriety.

At a university that considers itself to be overtly respectful, rigorously trail-blazing and socially accepting of all ideologies, we find it ridiculous that students would act in such a lowbrow manner.

It is shameful to degrade our intellectual standards with cheap publicity stunts, designed to score popular points, while lacking any real substance.

To clarify, we are not defending Ms. Cummings and do not share her views. We just expect more from our peers.

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Ty Williams What do Sept. 11, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and #Ferguson all have in common?

They were all covered extensively, and possibly excessively, by the various news outlets that have multiplied across our television and radio airwaves.

No citizen would say that these events haven’t blemished the integrity of the American fabric.

Rather, they would use these crises as perfect examples of how much needs to be done to improve our collective con-

dition.

These events were all covered and catered to the American public by Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and so on.

Many a citizen will openly tell you that these sources are biased and that they do not watch “(un)fair and (un)balanced” outlets.

However, many citizens seem to have forgotten exactly what it means to “watch the news.”

The news, like all other sources of information, is not objectively reported.

Rather, it is covered from a subjective point of view, subject to bias as much as this piece.

It is the responsibility of the viewer to understand this and take the appropriate steps to account for bias, perhaps by watching coverage of the same event on other sources, as op-

posed to merely watching and digesting one source while complaining about bias.

When no other option exists, one must exercise personal responsibility and think critically about issues.

Do I watch “The Factor?”

Yes, I do.

Does it provide a certain perspective that helps to shape my opinion? Yes, it does.

But does it control my opinion and fence in my thoughts?

Of course not.

Complaining about biased news is appropriate in some situations.

Complaining about biased news and doing nothing to correct it is irresponsible.

Ty Williams is a senior history and political science double major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2014.

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Say goodbye to the classic earthtones and pastels of childhood.

Masking the white walls of hundreds of first-year dorms are vibrant, hippie tapestries.

They have become the ultimate dorm decoration for students at UVM. “They add a lot to the room. They make it cozy and more chill,” sophomore Molly O’Brien said.

It’s also easy to buy tapestries, with many different vendors coming to campus.

If you’re in class all day, you can always go downtown to shops such as Northern Lights, Homeport, Tradewinds or Earthbound. You can even buy them online.

Tapestries are a great way to fill a blank dorm room wall, and add lots of color and brightness.

From classic Christmas lights, to the more tasteful mini lanterns, lights can be spotted twinkling in the windows of dorm rooms all across campus.

Despite the exceptionally bright light from the fluorescent bulbs in the dorms, students utilize their new lighting to set the mood — from studying to seducing.

“It’s really nice having gentle light spread out along a room, instead of condensed in one place like it would be with a lamp,” first-year Mattie Friberg said.

In addition, Christmas lights are pretty cheap.

A set of 100 white christmas lights costs only $8.99 at Walmart, and the same number of colored christmas lights costs $10.99.

3. MacBook Nothing says first-year like the pristine, polished shine of a new MacBook.

Bare and unscathed in comparison to those of upperclassmen, the first-year’s MacBooks lack the club stickers and the wear of hardcore, UVM academia.

“When I came to college I wasn’t really sure if I wanted a Macbook,” senior Sierra Zambarano said. “But they’re pretty easy to use, and everyone has one, so it makes it easy to get help or fix it if you need to.”

In fact, the UVM tech team carry-in center is open MondayThursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They fix all sorts of computer problems, and are especially familiar with Macs.

Jumping on the Mac bandwagon has never been easier.

4. Tide Pods In the first year of college, students gain responsibilities they may not have had before.

First-years must learn the ways of dish washing, bathroom cleaning and the always intimidating laundry washing.

In order to simplify this difficult task, students have adopted the strategy of Tide Pods.

These pre-packaged detergents take away the extreme stress of measuring detergent and pouring it into the cap.

“They don’t make a mess,” first-year Robbie Wolfe said.

Although Tide Pods have a nice price mark up, costing almost $15 for a bucket of 47, they may be worth the cost.

Lighter to carry and far less messy than classic detergent, Tide Pods are perfect for the lazy first-year student.

5. Keurig All hail the Keurig.

It’s no secret that caffeine is often a key component of getting work done.

Sporting a variety of colors and sizes, the Keurig is a trendy, efficient way to drink coffee, tea and specialty beverages like the Keurig Vitamin Burst.

The K-Cup makes it simple for students to make a single cup of coffee and head out.

It’s the modern, convenient way to caffeinate.

“The Keurig is amazing. We have three in our suite alone” first-year Erin Smith said.

Boxes of K-Cups can seem expensive, but they are a much cheaper and tastier method than getting coffee on campus.

Conviently single packaged, it’s hard to make a mess with KCups, making a Keurig the perfect addition to any dorm room on campus.

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Spectacle a look through the lens Members of the women’s rugby team play in a game against Smith College on the rugby pitch Sept. 13. The Catamounts won 41-16. The team will play six regular season games and will hold their playoffs Nov. 8.

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Members of UVM men’s soccer challenge the ball during the 2013 America East Tournament against the University of Albany. After falling to the Great Danes 5-1, the Cats have opened up their season with a record of 5-1, the best start for Vermont since 2005. The Catamounts will host Hofstra University at Virtue Field, Sept. 21.

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Sophomore forward Bernard Yeboah sprints past a Great Dane defender Nov. 9, 2013. Yeboah was one of two Catamounts named to the America East All-Rookie Team last season.

Jack Estrin Cynic Correspondent After opening the season with four straight wins, the men’s soccer team is off to their best start since 2005, ranked No. 26 in the country.

Despite this success, head coach Jesse Cormier was quick to downplay these expectations so early in the season.

“I think it’s too early to get excited about those types of things,” Cormier said.

The Cats are led by a trio of new captains, seniors Ryan Bailey, Luke Salmon and Brad Cole, along with the team’s leading scorer, sophomore Brian Wright.

Wright, last year’s America

East Conference Rookie of the Year, has notched five goals in the teams first six games. He said he is looking to build on his success from last year.

“I’m glad that I was able to get the award, but that was last year. It’s a new year now and I’ve moved on, focused on helping the team for this year,” he said.

The team has been strong offensively, scoring at least one goal each game.

“I thought we were going to be good on the attacking side,” Wright said. “What surprised me is defensively we have had a little more chemistry than I thought.”

Vermont’s defense has been strong, posting a 1.5 goal aver-

age through six games according to UVM athletics.

Salmon attributed the team’s overall success to the coaching staff, who changed the team’s identity this off-season.

“The coaches went over to Spain with some of the La Liga teams like Real Madrid [and] Sevilla, which really enhanced their idea of being a possession team and being a technical team,” he said.

UVM suffered their first loss of the year against University of Alabama Birmingham 4-1.

UVM will have a chance to notch their sixth win of the year when they take on Hofstra University at home Sept. 21.

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Popularity of men’s tennis in U.S. is not a lost cause Owen Parr What has happened to men’s tennis in the U.S? As of Aug. 9, there is only one American man among the top 20 world tennis players, John Isner, who comes in at 16th in the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.

His career-high ranking is nine, but that was back in 2012.

Mark McEnroe, brother of former tennis star and 17-time major title champion, John McEnroe addressed the issue.

“American men aren’t a lost cause — despite the current

numbers,” McEnroe said.

He was interviewed on National Public Radio during the U.S. Open last week and was discussed this topic at length.

“It’s not so much that U.S. tennis has fallen behind. It’s that the rest of the world has caught up,” McEnroe said.

Caught up is an understatement.

From 1995 to 2004, Americans held 16 major titles.

Between 1985 and 1994 the U.S. had 12 major title victories.

In the last 10 years, not one American has come away with a major title. Not one.

Now McEnroe may have a point that competition around the world has gotten higher with the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic.

But there’s no denying the drop-off in U.S. men’s tennis.

In 2011 American tennis legend, Andre Agassi told GQ Magazine, “many countries have gone through some years of real successful top-of-theirgame champions, and then we see it kind of shift.”

Between 1995 and 2004, 15 of the 16 American titles won were by Agassi and Sampras with Andy Roddick rounding out that year with his sole major victory I completely get where Agassi is coming from.

Tennis in the U.S. is without a doubt in a slump.

The question is when is the slump going to end?

Owen Parr is a senior business major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2013.

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Men’s club rugby win big in season opener David Brandt Cynic Correspondent With sights set on a “strong performance” at the college rugby nationals, men’s rugby club has returned with an experienced core of upperclassmen leaders who anticipate a winning season.

Yet Catamount rugby faces greater challenges than just opposing squads.

As a club sport, the team relies on financial support from the SGA and student interest to function.

“We’re really treating it like a varsity program,” said senior Matt Potter, one of the captains.

Potter said he believes that the team has a “legitimate chance” of being a national contender for years to come.

With 15 first-years in the program, he said he feels the club has “stronger” numbers than ever.

Despite his optimism, Potter also acknowledged the challenges rugby faces as a program.

He cites “a general ignorance towards rugby in the U.S.” as one of the club’s biggest dilemmas. This “disregard” for the sport can lead to unwanted and incorrect stereotypes, Potter said.

“The rush of the fast-paced match, and the nail-biting close calls, but what keeps the crowd coming is the action and the ca-

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Senior captain Matt Potter passes the ball to sophomore John Hathaway as the club rolled past the University of New Hampshire Wildcats 47-0 in the season opener Sept. 13. Vermont looks to maintain their momentum when they face off against Norwich University Sept. 20. maraderie of the team,” junior Andy Root said.

Head coach Declan Connolly shared the captain’s sentiments. Connolly attributes some of the program’s challenges to its “relatively small” financial base.

He feels that despite its

athletetweets “Whoever thought it was ok to take the goldfish out of the locker room is not ok.”

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growth and success, the rugby club receives insufficient financial support from the SGA. Dealing with the difficulties, Connolly said he is focused on the season.

He hopes to finish the regular season in the top two spots of the division, thereby advanc-

ing to the USA Rugby College National Champions.

The NCAA does not recognize rugby, so since 1980, USA Rugby has been governing collegiate rugby.

For now, Connolly said he is taking the season “one week at a time” — standing by his no-

tion that “winning breeds winning.”

The Cats successfully set the tone for a winning season this past Saturday, Sept. 13.

The club rolled past UNH 47-0 in the highly anticipated season opener.

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NFL Week 3: Cynic predictions Erik Francken Every week, members of the the sports section will be predicting who will be victorious in their NFL match-ups.

Carolina Panthers vs.

Pittsburgh Steelers Cam Newton and the Panthers are going to run up and down the field against the Steelers. Backed by their home crowd, the Panthers’ defense will be a force.

The Steelers’ early season offense has been average to say the least. After his first two games, Ben Roethlisberger tossed two interceptions.

He needs to improve NFL his passing accuracy if he wants to break down the Panthers defense.

Expect to see Newton move the ball with both his arm and his feet and capture the win against my hometown team.

I expect to see Carolina by 15.

Panthers: Stu, Cam, Owen, Jack, Andrew, Zach, Freddy, Armin and Colby.

Steelers: Alex and Dave.

Green Bay Packers vs.

Detroit Lions Aaron Rodgers and the Packer offense have never been comfortable playing at Detroit.

Despite their early pitfalls on offense, I expect to see Rodgers have a big week and give the Lions’ defense a run for their money.

I also anticipate seeing Matthew Stafford connect with “Megatron” Calvin Johnson for some deep plays. Although the Packers’ defense was tested week one against the Seahawks, the Lions will show they have improved with their off-season acquisitions.

The Pack defense will attempt to minimize Johnson as a deep threat and give PICKS Clay Matthews and the Packers’ line time to get to the mistake-prone Stafford.

I think ultimately Green Bay will come out on top 24-13.

Packers: Cam, Alex, Andrew, Freddy, Zach and Dave.

Lions: Stu, Owen, Jack, Armin and Colby.

Seattle Seahawks vs.

Denver Broncos Peyton Manning and the Broncos will look for revenge against the Seahawks, after being crushed by them in Super Bowl XLVIII 43-8.

Beginning the season with three touchdown passes, Manning needs to continue to connect if he plans to penetrate the Seahawk defense.

Russell Wilson will continue to look for Percy Harvin, who has been a serious threat for defenses.

Denver’s defense will also have to strategize a way to cover Harvin while also trying to stop the run. Marshawn Lynch is still showing that he’s a force after putting up 110 rushing yards in his first game.

The Seahawks will come out with the win, but it won’t be easy. A late field goal will be the deciding factor in this Super Bowl rematch.

Scores from last week M/W cross country - UMass Invitational- Amherst, Massachusetts Women’s: Fifth Place Men’s: First Place

Sept. 12: Men’s soccer 4-1 loss vs. UAB Sept. 13: Women’s soccer 1-0 loss vs. Quinnipiac Sept. 14: Men’s soccer 3-2 win vs. Jacksonville University

Upcoming Games Sept. 17: Women’s soccer vs. Siena College, at home.

Sept. 21: Men’s socccer vs. Hofstra University, at home.

Sept. 27: Men’s and women’s cross country, at home in South Burlington

Seahawks: Cam, Owen, Freddy, Jack, Armin and Dave.

Broncos: Stu, Alex, and Andrew and Zach.

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