Issue 10 - Vol. 134

New plans announced for Jeanne Mance

THE VERMONT

Cynic OCTOBER 31, 2017

Greta Bjornson News Editor

VOL. 134 – ISSUE 10

Preachers lose the crowd

UVM students with megaphones calm angry crowd Brandon Arcari Breaking News Assistant Editor When three preachers came to campus last week, a few UVM students worked to steal the crowd’s attention away from the yelling men.

Sophomore Thomas Rattigan kissed the man he loved in front of one of the preachers standing outside the library Oct. 23.

The preacher, Don Karns, looked on with disgust and criticized the two men, Rattigan said.

Another student took off her shirt and walked between the crowd of students and the preaching men.

The preachers spoke through the afternoon from a rock across from Bailey/Howe Library.

A group of students and UVM faculty gathered around them At first, students videotaped Don and responded to his comments.

But by 1 p.m., the crowd started to move towards two students with megaphones.

Sophomores RiRi Stuart-Thompson and Manza Campaz stood on a rock next to the preacher.

“Do not give him your attention,” Stuart-Thompson said into her megaphone, “You have midterms to study for.”

Students walked from a circle around the preacher over to Campaz and Stuart-Thompson.

Campaz led the crowd in call-and-response chants.

“You don’t have control over me; I am free.”

“Be pro-gay; be pro-black; be who you are.”

The crowd of students cheered for Campaz and Stuart-Thompson.

“Disperse; go to class; do not give this man your attention,” Stuart-Thompson said.

UVM police Deputy Chief

Open-air preacher Don Karns speaks outside of Bailey/Howe Library Oct. 23. Karns and other preachers spoke out against homosexuality, pornography and premarital sex before they lost their crowd to sophomores standing on a rock beside them.

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Tim Bilodeau shook Campaz’s hand after the student put down his megaphone.

“Thank you,” Bilodeau said.

The preacher held a sign that read “SELF” on one side and “TRUTH” on the other.

He spoke against homosexuality, pornography, evolution and premarital sex.

Three UVM police officers stood around the crowd. The police put up caution tape around the preacher after students began moving closer to him.

“You will need to meet Jesus,” the preacher said. “Jesus will save the sinners.”

More than 100 people were gathered around the preacher.

“I am gay and God loves me,” one member of the crowd said. Students responded with cheers and applause.

Christopher Vaccaro, a senior lecturer in the English department, walked up to the caution tape to address the preacher.

“Shame, shame, shame,” Vaccaro said, pointing his finger at the preacher.

By 1:15 p.m. fewer than a dozen people remained around Don. At 2 p.m., a second preacher identified only as “Mike”

replaced John. Mike told the crowd that he loved them despite their wickedness.

“He’s speaking of religion,” sophomore Adie Feigenbaum said. “He has some good thoughts, but he keeps coming back to religion.”

Feigenbaum said she felt the preacher was coming from a place of judgement.

“It’s not relatable,” she said.

“No one here is relating.”

By 2:20 p.m., a third preacher identified as “Keith” replaced Mike.

Police began taking caution tape down around 3:40 p.m.

Jeanne Mance will become housing for juniors and seniors next year.

In fall 2018, the residence hall will become a program ResLife is calling Journey to Independence.

Rafael Rodriguez, director of ResLife, said the program is because of student interest.

The program aims to help students build life skills, connect with the community and transition into adulthood, according to the ResLife website.

Student residents can take workshops in managing personal finances and finding a career with the Career Center and the Office of Student and Community Relations.

Rodriguez said the program caters to students invested in their careers who want to live off campus, but aren’t quite ready yet.

Journey to Independence will be open to 150 juniors and seniors. It will be substance-free like all other UVM residence halls.

Instead of resident advisers, it will have community aides and leaders, Rodriguez said.

Junior Rachel Frankenfield said the substance-free component may be an issue with residents who are legally able to drink.

“I anticipate opposition from students over 21 and a higher number of related conduct cases in the coming years,” Frankenfield said.

The program will be open to any students who have lived on campus for four semesters with no more than one conduct incident.

“It’s important that we have appealing housing options for students beyond their sophomore year,” SGA President Chris Petrillo said.

He said he’s curious how marketable on campus housing for junior and seniors will be, given their desire for independence.

Rodriguez said UVM picked Jeanne Mance because of its location.

The hall is close to downtown, but also is an independent space that would not impact other learning communities and is “strategically positioned,” Rodriguez said.

Jeanne Mance has a reputation for being one of the less popular residence halls, junior Sophie Peterson said.

“It has sort of always been known as the shadiest dorm,” she said. “It’s the one that has the atmosphere closest to a crack house.”

No costs have been set for the program.

More information about construction will be available in November, Rodriguez said.

Frankenfield said the new hall fills a void in UVM housing, but thinks there will be a lack of interest because of Jeanne Mance’s reputation.

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The Vermont Cynic

Oct. 31, 2017

A history of hazing: UVM start s new policy Meg Trogolo Staff Writer UVM implemented a revised hazing policy this fall.

The update came after two incidents of hazing last school year.

The board of trustees and President Tom Sullivan approved the policy in May. Most of the changes clarify what defines hazing in relation to a student organization.

The policy outlines the University definition of hazing and the ways in which students can report incidents to authorities.

The policy defines hazing as any act that is connected to joining a UVM-recognized group, committed against a student and meant to, or has the potential to, demean or endanger that student.

The update comes as part of a regular three-year cycle, said Pat Brown, director of Student Life.

“The review process happens all the time with all the policies, and they all happen at different times,” Brown said.

“The information goes out to [staff, faculty and SGA] to say, ‘We’re updating this policy and this is where we’re going, and if you have any feedback, let us know.’ Then it gets finalized and approved by the board of trustees,” he said.

Although the policy changes are routine, UVM organiza-

158 S Willard St., formerly the Phi Gamma Delta house, was closed last year after the University shut it down for hazing-related offenses. In a new hazing policy passed by the board of trustees, hazing is now defined as any act that is connected to joining a UVM-recognized group, committed against a student and meant to, or has the potential to, demean or endanger that student.

MAX MCCURDY/The Vermont Cynic tions have been penalized for hazing in recent months.

In March, UVM leveled sanctions on two fraternities, Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Gamma Rho, for hazing-related offenses.

Alpha Gamma Rho was placed on social and general

probation for making alcohol available to underage students, while Phi Gamma Delta was suspended for four years after members forced first-year students to drink alcohol as part of fraternity events.

According to Brown, the recent instances of hazing raised

City of Burlington requests larger UVM payment for downtown services

ONLINE CONTENT Student charged with library threats appears in court

Lindsay Freed Senior Staff Writer For the first time, the city of Burlington is asking UVM to pay for capital improvements downtown.

In 2017, the University paid the city $3 million for fire and police services, according to the UVM 2017 payment for services agreement report.

The UVM payment is part of an annual agreement between the city and University, stated Tom Gustafson, vice president for University relations, in an Oct. 18 email.

“In the past, the agreement has focused on ‘payments for services’ that the city provides such as fire protection, police, housing inspections, etc.,” Gustafson stated.

The new money requested by the city would go toward capital improvements downtown, he said.

The city is asking UVM and Champlain College to help pay for the restoration of roads, sidewalks and water pipes, said Katie Vane, communications coordinator for the Mayor’s office.

“The Mayor is optimistic negotiations with UVM will be resolved soon and in a way that benefits both parties,” Vane said.

Discussions over the initial agreement began in 2006 and were signed by then-University President Daniel Fogel and

comparisons to those in 1999 and 2006.

They also raised questions about the differences in repercussions for hockey players and fraternity members, which prompted the policy’s clarifications on which groups count as student organizations.

Continuing education student Wesley Richter appeared in court on Oct. 27 for charges of disorderly conduct after another student reported overhearing threatening language.

Senior Colby Thompson reported overhearing a threat of violence targeting African-American students on campus.

SGA President Chris Petrillo talks about his aspirations as president March 30. Petrillo stated that if UVM were to pay more taxes to Burlington, the benefits to students must be clear.

AUTUMN LEE/The Vermont Cynic then-Mayor Bob Kiss in 2007.

The payment for services total for 2017 was $1,395,071, according to the UVM 2017 payment for services agreement report.

This amount is the highest since the agreement was made – nearly four times the original contribution.

The University also paid $1.5 million for additional services, making the total given to the city by UVM $2.9 million.

The agreement began because UVM––which takes up land and capital––is tax-exempt, according to the report.

“The ongoing argument is that students do not pay taxes,” SGA President Chris Petrillo stated in an Oct. 25 email. “I know, to an extent, that we provide resources to Burlington through our business patronage, social lives and rent.”

Students sustain the Burlington economy despite not necessarily having their own incomes, he stated.

“If Burlington would like an additional contribution,” he stated, “it should be made absolutely clear what the benefit to the University and the student body will be.”

“People were saying, ‘This happened to Phi Gamma Delta, how come it didn’t happen to the hockey team?’” Brown said. “The hockey team is not a student organization, and that’s different. A student organization [goes] through the Student Conduct Office.”

According to the UVM policy on student organizations, such groups can include academic honor societies, fraternities, sororities, graduate student organizations and other SGA-recognized groups.

Awareness of such incidents at UVM varies among students.

“I would say [hazing at UVM is] an issue, but it’s not to the extent of some larger universities,” senior Taylor Tackett said.

UVM’s history with hazing includes an incident in 1999 where first-year hockey players reported being hazed. In response, UVM canceled the rest of the hockey season.

In 2006, members of Phi Delta Gamma were issued tickets by UVM police services for using homophobic slurs on pledges and making them wear cowboy outfits, according to a 2006 Fox News article.

“I haven’t witnessed much [hazing], but it’s almost always present wherever you are,” first-year Aaron Evans said.

SGA increased funding to identity-based groups by half The SGA Senate increased funding available to identity-based groups by 50 percent Oct. 24.

Annie Stevens, vice provost for student affairs, and Adam Roof, Ward 8 Burlington city councilperson, spoke to SGA about the new wave of student activism and racial threats on campus.

Full game coverage: UVM men’s soccer beat Binghamton on senior day UVM improved to 10-7 on the season with a 2-0 win against Binghamton and secured their spot in the America East Tournament.

The game was the last regular season game at home for seniors, Zack Evans, Arthur Bacquet, Eamon Kitzen and Tom Cole.

Keeping in touch with families back home It’s hard to admit, but texts from Mom can ease college stress.

As the end of first semester approaches, we ask how students are adjusting to their new life, and how they are managing their life back home.

Get the full story at vtcynic.com

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Oct. 31, 2017

ACTIVITIES

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Staff Editorial

n light of the Richter case, we’re taking a closer look at student rights.

According to the code of student rights and responsibilities, “the University recognizes the right of all students to engage in discussion, to exchange thought and opinion, and to speak, write, or publish freely on any subject, in accordance with the guarantees of the United States and Vermont constitutions.

“This broad principle is the cornerstone of education in a democracy.”

That’s it. Essentially: our student rights are our citizen rights.

While we appreciate UVM’s commitment to not limit our freedom, students are left with an unclear guide to what rights we are afforded in student conduct proceedings.

According to the code, “Prohibited conduct includes physical harm or words or behavior that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or demeaning environment that substantially interferes with another’s ability to participate in or realize the intended benefits of educational or employment opportunities, peaceful enjoyment of residence, or physical security and which is not

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Getting fined by a person in sweats

I Editor-in-Chief Erika B. Lewy editorinchief@vtcynic.com

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GENEVIEVE WINN protected by the First Amendment.”

But who makes these calls?

Who judges these cases on this broad principle of the constitution?

“A professional staff member designated by the Center for Student Ethics and Standards to hear a case or a graduate student who is trained and qualified to adjudicate undergraduate student cases under this Code.”

The hearing officer need not be a lawyer. They need an unstated level of ethics training to punish the accused.

The result: unfair trials adjudicated by some late guy in sweatpants.

It is disturbing; the sweatpants-clad employee runs a trial with real consequences. And we don’t know if we’re being tried fairly or what our rights are.

We acknowledge that college life prepares us for the real world. It has extra boundaries to coax us toward being better people.

We call on UVM administration to evaluate the student code and its real penalties and reconsider if it is realistic in its

process and punishments.

Is this preparing students for the real world?

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

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

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

Silent response to racial threats is no response at all Letter to the Editor

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arly this October, Wes Richter made a threat against black students.

He was quickly reported to authorities at UVM, and our administrators waited one day to send a vague email to students.

Then they waited four days to name Richter.

He has been charged with disorderly conduct but has not been expelled, as far as we know. UVM has not released what Ritcher actually said, but rumors are circulating about hatred and violence that terrifying people on campus.

The UVM administration’s response may be more depressing than Richter’s threat.

We, as students at UVM, are being educated about racism, so we know that violence and threats are parts of racial hatred.

We had faith that our school, our police and our community would protect those who might be hurt for being part of a marginalized group. That was naive of us.

UVM’s response to racism was weak. Wes Richter said something, creating frightening rumors that had students of color scanning crowds of white students for an angry face or a lumpy jacket while UVM deliberated over the proper language to respond with.

This was an act of hatred

that had real consequences.

In one of their emails, our administrators assured us of “effective protocols” that they decided were unnecessary to implement. UVM didn’t do very much besides explain why they weren’t doing very much.

Racism is not a necessary part of life. No one needs to be hated or hurt for their skin color. Racism continues because of people who allow hatred, namely, empowered white people.

Though very few of the students, faculty or staff at UVM are aggressively racist, nearly all of us have sat quietly by while international students are disrespected, or Latino workers exploited, or black lives threatened. Our silence makes us complicit.

These are our friends whom Wes Richter scared – our classmates, students trying to get an education. Skin color should never separate us. If we believe that our skin makes us different people with different responsibilities, we will continue to believe that “black problems” are not “white problems.” We will stay quiet.

And this problem that we all live with will continue unchallenged.

Our school justified its ambiguity by claiming to be “following policies.” If these are the effects of such policies, they are wrong and ought to be changed. Their emails restated their commitment to

“our shared values” of equality and community, but values are cheap without action.

Our administration has let us down through their silence and their excuses for that silence, thereby making space for rumors to frighten our friends and classmates.

To compound that, it is not respecting calls from people of color for real transparency and a meaningful response to hatred. The administration is not listening, especially not to students of color; they are reacting.

That must change if we want to make UVM a school that teaches and protects everyone.

Co-authors from “EC 53 The Political Economy of Race” course: Class of 2018: Folena De Geus Halsey Payne Class of 2019: Andy Creighton Aidan Fenstermacher Sabrena Reek Quinlan Anderson Katie Bedell Laura Hirsch Class of 2020: Mackenzie Rizio Griffin Shaw Kaya Sittinger Tim Heffernan

WHO TO contact to make your voice heard.

Tom Sullivan University President 802.656.3186 thomas.sullivan@uvm.edu

Gary Derr Vice President for Executive Operations 802.656.8937 gary.derr@uvm.edu

Wanda Heading-Grant Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs 802.656.8426 wheading@uvm.edu

Janice Audet-Kraus Executive Assistant 802.656.7878

Sharon Reich Palseu Chief of Staff Senior Counsel 802.656.0333

Dencie Mitchell Assistant of Legal Affairs 802.656.1298

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OPINION

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Respect fallen troops; don’t protest Medicare

for All Act can’t last

Ian Nathan

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ince 2001, 1,645 American soldiers have lost major limbs in combat; another 138,197 American souls have been classified as casualties according to a Congressional Research Service report from Aug. 2015.

These men and women earn $29,380 on average fighting to defend our freedoms.

These heroes are why we are able to say what we believe, pray what we believe and protest for what we believe.

Family, country and our beautiful flag are why these patriots sacrifice so much.

I don’t care what your political views are; kneeling or turning away during the anthem is disgraceful.

Protest all you want but never disrespect the flag that covers the caskets of those brave enough to die for you.

Allow me to clarify. I have no issue with the principle of the protest itself, but with the object being targeted for protest.

To use the flag as a tool is wrong. We raise for our flag because there are some who cannot anymore.

Whether it be because of age, amputation or death, we stand for those people who are unable. To turn your back on the flag is to turn your back on them.

I am not asking you to silence yourself. I am asking you to leave the American flag alone.

LILI TRAVIATO

I encourage you to travel and live in other countries overseas. If you were to protest the government in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. You will be thrown in jail and beaten.

If you cannot see what you are able to do with the freedoms that the American flag waving overhead has provided, then you are a very misguided individual.

One can argue that by asking you not to protest the flag, I am a hypocrite.

I am asking you to stop acting on the opportunities that, as I have pointed out, men and women have died for serving America.

If you decide to protest using Old Glory, I want you to do so with an image in your head.

Picture a woman leaving her child and husband behind to go fight for that flag that you are so hell-bent on disrespecting.

Picture a mother who must watch as her 19-year-old

learns how to live without legs, or a child bent over the stone on which his father’s name resides.

Picture these things next time you protest the flag. It is because of these images that you are able to do so.

Ian Nathan is a junior economics and finance major. He has been writing for the Cynic since 2017.

Bailey/Howe adds gender-free bathrooms Letter to the Editor

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ear Editor,

I’m writing on behalf of the UVM Libraries to provide some clarity about the current state of access to gender-free restrooms in Bailey/ Howe Library.

John Riedel’s Oct. 11 article “Students Call for Gender Inclusive Bathrooms” featured a graphic indicating that the Bailey/Howe Library has one gender-inclusive bathroom.

This was true in Aug. 2016, when a UVM gender-inclusive restroom task force released the report that informs the graphic; it is not the case anymore.

Following student protests described in the article, UVM Libraries joined the task force and worked closely with student feedback to improve restroom access.

In fall 2016, we opened four new gender-free restrooms on Bailey/Howe Library’s second and third floors, including two multi-stall restrooms, each of which accommodates two users at a time.

When we renovated our first floor this fall, we added an additional single-occupancy gender-free restroom.

Bailey/Howe is now home to six gender-free restrooms, accommodating eight simultaneous users, with access on each of the library’s four floors.

We learned a lot from students during this process.

We value the collaboration that led to increased access and are proud of our work to create a more inclusive experience for library users. It is critical to our mission that all UVM students are able to use our services, collections and programs.

We want UVM students to know that they can find a gender-free restroom on every floor of the library. I hope you’ll share this information with your readers, so they have the full story.

Sincerely, Selene Colburn Assistant to the Dean for External Relations and Dance Liaison University of Vermont Libraries Bailey/Howe Library HOLLY COUGHLAN

James Simpson

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ermont’s beloved Sen. Bernie Sanders has once again introduced a Medicare for All Act with the hopes of expanding healthcare access to every American.

While bringing affordable healthcare to all Americans is a noble cause, a single-payer system is not the way to go.

Under a single-payer system, healthcare services are paid for by the government through taxation.

Vermont passed a single-payer healthcare law in 2011, but three years after the governor signed it into law, it was abandoned.

Former Gov. Peter Shumlin ended the initiative in 2014. He said in a public statement in the Statehouse that an 11.5 percent payroll tax and 9.5 percent income tax would “hurt Vermont’s economy.”

“If cobalt blue Vermont couldn’t find a way to make single-payer happen, then it’s very unlikely that any other state will,” said Jack Mozloom of the National Federation of Independent Business.

The California Legislature also abandoned a single-payer bill in May after failing to come up with a way to pay the high costs the bill would impose.

California’s proposed single-payer system would have cost $400 billion per year. To put that into perspective, the entire California state budget for the coming year is $183.25 billion according to an LA Times article from June.

Even considering the $200 billion California gets from the federal government to help pay for health care costs, the state would still need to double its annual budget to pay for the bill.

Universal healthcare would require massive tax hikes on every American, even after the savings in private insurance costs are taken into account.

Putting the monetary costs of universal health care aside, such a plan would dramatically increase wait times for health procedures.

Canadians, who live under a single-payer system, wait 11 weeks on average for an MRI, according to the Fraser Institute.

The average wait time to get an MRI in the U.S. is two weeks.

The healthcare system in the U.S. is not perfect, and there are improvements that can be made. But the costs of single-payer outweigh the benefits.

Enacting such a policy here in the U.S. would be a mistake.

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

ARTS

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Oct. 31, 2017

Acclaimed cartoonist unfolds path to fame Bridget Higdon Assistant Arts Editor In the UVM Recital Hall, the blue light of an e-cigarette glowed against the dark of the stage.

It brightened and diminished, mirroring the cadence of its user’s accent-inflected speech.

Art Spiegelman sat in an armchair with his feet crossed.

The suit vest and dress shirt he was wearing resembled the outfit his character wears in his best-selling graphic novel, “Maus.”

The acclaimed cartoonist visited Vermont Oct. 19.

Spiegelman participated in a public conversation moderated by the chair of the English department, professor Daniel Fogel.

“The questions I asked were pretty much the ones I’d drafted originally, but there were variations and additions on the fly that were part of the ebb and flow of our conversation,” Fogel said.

The recital hall was filled to the brim, with attendees spilling out of the seats, onto the floor of the aisles and into the spaces between door frames.

Everyone there was present to hear Spiegelman share his story.

Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly founded RAW magazine, an underground comics anthology, in the 1970s, he said. Mouly bought a printing press and together they hauled it up four flights of stairs to their loft in New York City.

RAW’s first issue was printed in black and white because that was all they could afford, Spiegelman said. The magazine went on to recharge the

Cartoonist Art Spiegelman discusses his rise as a cartoonist and his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” Oct. 19. Spiegelman hinted his next work would be made using lithographs, where ink is applied to stone and then printed on paper.

ANNIE HUTCHINGS/The Vermont Cynic alternative comics movement once,” Spiegelman said. that had begun with MAD Spiegelman was also the magazine in the 1950s, he said. artist behind 40 covers of New Spiegelman won a specially Yorker. Several of his covers awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1992 were controversial, he said, like for his graphic novel, “Maus.” the which featured a Jewish The book, which tells the stoman and black woman kissing ry of his father’s time in Aus“Cartoons are built on racchwitz, was a 13-year project, ism and stereotypes,” he said, he said. “but it is up to the intelligent “Maus” “I never expected cartoonist to counteract those ‘Maus’ to be a way for people stereotypes.” to learn about the Holocaust,” Spiegelman was unable to Spiegelman said. concretely define cartooning, In fact, his reason for writbut he was able to emphasize ing the novel had more to do the art’s importance. with the craft than the story.

“Cartoons stand still in a “I needed to create somemore and more visual world,” thing that didn’t exist at the he said. “We are able to revisit time: a long comical narrathem, and they help us to untive that would need a bookderstand our world more simmark and to be read more than ply.”

Steampunk expo to examine diversity and rebellion Addie Beach Senior Staff Writer Dust off the old brass goggles and lace up those leather boots––the Vermont Steampunk Expo is coming to Burlington.

The expo, this weekend at the Sheraton in South Burlington, will feature vendors, live music and an array of panels focused on steampunk, a genre of Victorian-inspired science fiction and alternate history.

According to the Steampunk Society of Vermont’s website, steampunk imagines a futuristic Victorian age with steam or gear-powered technology. The movement initially focused on literature, but soon expanded to include fashion, engineering, music and art.

“The ‘punk’ in steampunk comes from engaging in the unconventional through creativity and declaring ones individuality by means of fashion, style, art or attitude,” the website states.

Jeffrey Folb, an event organizer, stressed that the expo will be “a little bit of everything,” including over 37 workshops and panels for guests to choose from.

According to Folb, these workshops range from “Steampunk 101” to constructing intricate steampunk costumes and machinery.

He said the workshops will bring together authors––aspiring and professional––to discuss steampunk literature.

Discussions of multiculturalism will also be at the forefront, Folb said.

“That was 2009.

I’ve been addicted ever since.”

- David Lee, on Steampunk Culture Folb is the owner of Vermont Gatherings, a company that organized the expo, best known for the renaissance fairs it hosts.

Folb said most of Vermont Gatherings’ events and fan conventions tend to focus on vendors and entertainment.

However, because many steampunk fans are artists themselves, they will be given greater priority at the expo through the panels and workshops.

One of these creators is David Lee, principal artist of Hatton Cross Steampunk.

Hatton Cross is an arts col-

lective centered around a love for steampunk, according to their Facebook page.

Lee explained that he first became interested in steampunk after his wife’s dance studio hosted a group that encouraged attendees to come dressed in steampunk attire.

After some research, he became a fan.

“That was 2009,” he said.

“I’ve been addicted ever since.”

Lee feels that steampunk came to him at the “perfect time” of his life, saying that the genre was key to helping him find strong female role models for his young daughter.

To Lee, an important part of this is the influence of interpreting and re-imagining how the Victorians saw the future.

“They envisioned a better world,” Lee said, citing the industrial revolution and the expansion of the women’s rights movements.

Lee noted that this goes along with steampunk’s message of disobedience.

“There’s the punk aspect of it. The almost mandatory rebellion against the way that things are,” he said.

This leaves room for those who are often ignored or mistreated in mainstream litera-

ture, such as women and minorities, to be protagonists, Lee said. He pointed out that it’s a chance to imagine a history where these groups had more freedom and opportunities.

“In steampunk, not only can it happen, but it should happen,” Lee said. “You should be encouraged to rebel.”

First-year Scheids Scheidler enjoys steampunk for the artistic aspects, especially the costuming.

“I like the aesthetic,” they said.

Tickets are $25, and student discounts are available.

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Oct. 31, 2017

ARTS

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Spooky video games to play this Halloween A review of seven games with horrific, scary and dark narratives Allie O’Connor Arts Columnist

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ideo games are one of my favorite pastimes, whether I want to have fun with friends or wind down after a rough exam.

Here’s a Halloween list of games to try out between the spooky parties and candy binges.

Make some popcorn, shut out the lights, put Spooky Scary Skeletons on repeat in the background and pick up one of these games for your hair-raising Halloween pleasure.

MAX GREENWOOD

The Nightjar

The Nightjar is handsdown one of the coolest games I have ever played.

The Nightjar is a video game with no video. You are an unnamed passenger left behind by your crew as your spaceship slowly falls into a dying star. You have to find out how to escape in total darkness before your imminent death. The only tools you have are the ambience of your ship, the echo of your footsteps, and the voice of a stranger, voiced by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

The game uses awesome 3D audio technology to build an eerie atmosphere using sound.

This makes for an intense, immersive environment. The game has multiple endings, each with different narratives, which can change your perspective of the game’s meaning in a heartbeat.

The reason this game is scary is that there are enemies you have to avoid only by your hearing. These monsters sound like they can definitely tear you to shreds. Sometimes the scariest things are the ones you can’t see.

Available for iPhone and iPad.

The Last of Us

The Last of Us brings emotional depth and eerily beautiful settings to the played-out genre of post-apocalyptic survival games.

Playing as Joel, an old smuggler living in a world wrought with cannibalistic humans infected with a mutated fungus, you must escort the young survivor Ellie across the country to a group of rebels.

These rebels, the Fireflies, plan on using Ellie’s immunity to the fungus to develop a cure.

The game was met with critical acclaim for its deep narrative and storytelling, immersive gameplay, beautiful visual and sound design, as well as progressive depictions of female characters.

I loved this game. I felt connected to and invested in every character.

Anything could be hiding around the corner. The game requires skill and stealth, and its pairing of both action-filled and sob-worthy cutscenes were a breath of fresh air in a market flooded with zombie apocalypse content.

This game is perfect for players who aren’t huge fans of jumpscares, as the game uses a suspense-filled atmospheric style of horror instead.

Available for PlayStation 3 and 4.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Anyone who’s remotely video game-savvy knows that any game in the Amnesia Collection is not necessarily a walk in the park.

Actually, this is literally a walk in the park. A terrifying, dark, bad trip in a murder-filled, hallucination-riddled psychological nightmare park.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror game that places you in the role of Daniel, a man who suddenly wakes up in the terrifying halls of Brennenburg Castle with no memory of his identity or past.

All he knows is that someone (or something) is hunting him.

The game throws monster after monster at poor Daniel, and since he has no weapons or any legitimate means of defending himself, he has to avoid, run and hide from any monster he sees.

The player must also manage Daniel’s sanity, as staying in the dark corners of the castle for too long will take a toll on the protagonist, causing him to hallucinate and draw the attention of monsters.

The Amnesia Collection as a whole is riddled with jumpscares, difficult levels, a thick, terrifying environment as well as an interesting narrative just waiting to be unraveled and explained.

This game is not for the faint of heart, not in the slightest. Tread lightly down the castle’s bloodstained halls.

Available for PC/Mac and PlayStation 4.

Hello Neighbor

When I play a game that requires skill and stealth, I usually fall back on the same few tactics that I know will work over and over again.

That doesn’t work with this game.

Hello Neighbor, a stealthbased survival horror, requires you to sneak into your neighbor’s basement to uncover a “horrifying secret,” because isn’t that what good neigh-

bors do?

You also have to break into his house multiple times to gather items necessary to access the basement.

What I’m discovering here is that you’re probably the bad guy, not the neighbor.

However, the game utilizes artificial intelligence to modify the neighbor’s behaviors based on the player’s past actions, such as changing his own route through the house and laying traps on the player’s previous path.

Hello Neighbor is currently available in its beta stage, and

“Make some popcorn, shut out the lights, put Spooky Scary Skeletons on repeat in the background, and pick up one of these games for your hair-raising Halloween pleasure.” will be fully released Dec. 8.

Available for pre-order for PC and Xbox One.

Oxenfree

If you aren’t really a jumpscare person, but want to get just a little spooky this Halloween season, I’ve got just the game for you.

Oxenfree is a single-player, story-driven, supernatural mystery. In the game, players take on the role of Alex as she visits a local island with her friends.

There, she must work to unravel the supernatural secrets of the island and save her friends from the ghosts of sailors long dead who wish to return to their old lives.

The entire game was very aesthetically pleasing, with cool, geometric and minimalist-esque elements.

The dialogue feels natural and genuine; the game gives you options of what to say.

The player’s choices and

relationships with each character determine which of the several possible endings the player experiences––a cool touch.

This game wasn’t terrifying, but the pairing of a cool narrative with wonderous, suspenseful cutscenes made for a really good time.

Available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iPhone/iPad and PC.

PT

PT gets an honorable mention.

You can’t play it anymore unless its been on your hard drive since 2015 when it was removed from the PlayStation Store.

I tried to watch someone else play it, and had to stop watching about halfway. It’s pretty terrifying.

Released in 2014, PT is a first-person psychological nightmare, where you walk down creepy hallways, witness terrifying events, solve cryptic puzzles, walk down the same hallways, witness scarier events, solve different puzzles, open the same doors, and get the pants scared off of you.

Despite a repetitive game type, the game never feels boring. That might be because PT happens to be the brainchild of genius director Guillermo del Toro and beloved game designer, screenwriter, director and producer Hideo Kojima.

Just put those two in the same room and something spooky will happen.

PT was originally created as an interactive trailer for the Silent Hill series, but after the game was suddenly cancelled, Konami, the game’s publishing group, had the trailer removed from the PlayStation store and deactivated player’s abilities to reinstall it.

Rest in peace, PT. Despite its mere year-long lifespan, PT is known as one of the best short-form horror games in the history of the genre.

The atmosphere, psychological tension, quality jumpscares, cryptic narrative and puzzles make for a terrifying experience perfect for Hal-

loweekend.

I highly recommend that you give watching this game a shot for a high-quality, intense scare.

Previously available for Playstation 4.

Bioshock

By the looks of this list, it’s obvious that I am a huge sucker for games with deep narratives.

It doesn’t get much deeper than Bioshock––considering the game takes place 6,877 feet under the ocean.

Sea what I did there?

In the first installment of the Bioshock series, you control Jack as you explore the deep-sea city of Rapture.

Influenced by the Objectivist writing of Ayn Rand, the city, constructed in 1946, was meant to be business tycoon Andrew Ryan’s personal utopia where societal elitists could succeed without government control or oversight.

By 1960, the game’s time period, the city had fallen into instability due to social and political turmoil as well as a sudden rise of addiction to Plasmids––a “super-serum” that gave users fantastical powers, but had devastating physical and mental side effects.

Jack explores the now-dystopic Rapture with the help of Atlas, a local who claims Andrew Ryan has taken Atlas’ wife and child.

There is so much more plot to get into, and because of Bioshock’s deep emotional engagement, fun combat systems and a hugely explorable world, the game received high praise from both gamers and critics alike.

While the game isn’t classified as a horror game, the atmosphere is so immersive and suspenseful that you’ll be on the edge of your seat with excitement and nervousness the entire time.

Available for Mac/PC, Xbox 360/One and PlayStation 3/4.

Allie O’Connor is a first-year.

She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2017.

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The Vermont Cynic

Oct. 31, 2017

Flickering Fluorescence and Forebodings of Fall

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Power loss on campus prefaces month of death and gloom Andy Krupowies Cynic Columnist There was a partial power outage within the University a few weeks ago.

What followed on campus has been strange.

It left buildings on both Athletic and Redstone campuses without power for a couple of hours mid-afternoon.

The lack of power was quickly attributed to an underground electrical fault in Burlington. Boring – but if you ask me, it goes deeper. Well, not literally deeper; this does not have to do with subterranean happenings at all.

More likely, if I may be permitted to divulge the conspiracy swirling amidst my autumnally crisped mind, is that the season’s chilling history––October’s tree-twirling, leaf-swirling mystery––is at fault.

What else could it be besides this hallowed month’s tradition: hollow trees dripping finally dying leaves as the quickly cooling air drops you to your knees.

But God can’t hear your pitying pleas, as neither Christmas nor Yom Kippur is the month of All Hallows’ Eve. Incantations of death whispering in the rising winds; lifeless grins spreading light from behind half-rotten and orange lips. It is a month shrouded in spreading darkness, capped firmly off with its 31st and final day.

At least, therein lies tradition. Slutty cat, angel, devil, superhero, firefighter, nerd, athlete, etc., candy and decorations galore – these may have dulled the innate sense of spookiness intended to be encapsulated by this holiday.

But, this comes as no surprise. A day dwelling on death would be a lot to handle for some people, and so the impact of centuries of tradition is anesthetized by more modern frivolities.

However, the heavy, human and very near holy threat of death has not left us

behind simply because we choose to ignore it.

Prolonging life through medicine, in addition to more constant distractions through modern society’s amenities and abundance of options for entertainment, has led us astray from our race’s historical concern with our looming mortality.

A principle concept in religion, culture, theatre, music, dance, poetry, literature and philosophy alike has been seemingly blunted to us.

But like the power bestowed upon such things as these, the power in the idea itself does not fade because a culture’s attention is shifted from it.

For example, the power in knowledge and in literature is not nullified because a government begins to burn a book. And so the power that ends all life acts much the same. Our Earth is still strewn with the bones of our ancestors and will be strewn with billions more.

From this perspective, maybe the power outage on Oct. 2 does have something to do with what exists below the earth’s surface.

Maybe the echoing, empty, endless winds of death left a hair-raising kiss on the nape of our modern world’s neck, an icy shock to its spine – the CNS of this world: electricity – and winked goodbye to us, for now, with a chilly fall breeze.

Because of the intense chronological proximity of this event and the relevance of themes, I would like to make room to remember of the victims of the Las Vegas shooting, where 58 people were killed and hundreds more were injured.

This happened only 12 hours before the mysterious power outage, as if the loss of power were encouraging a candlelight vigil.

Andy Kurpowies is a sophomore at UVM. He has been writing for the Cynic since 2017.

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Speaking in favor of sexy feminist costumes How women in college juxtapose sexy costumes with self respect Spare Rib Autumn Lee

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omen in leotards, bunny ears and fishnets, probably freezing. Men with legs covered, dressed in something humorous. This is Halloweekend on a college campus.

Halloween is my favorite holiday; I start counting down days way in advance.

What I really like about this holiday is dressing up in costumes. I start planning them usually around the first of November. I’m talking a full year before the next Hallow’s night.

Being in a costume allows me to be someone else, even if it’s just for an evening.

Costumes let you get away with being something out of the ordinary, perhaps even out of the socially acceptable.

Costumes that are sexy are appealing for that reason. It’s a breath of fresh air away from mom jeans and baggy sweaters – not that I don’t love those, too.

Halloween as a kid meant dressing up and going door-todoor begging for candy in your Party City costume with your equally decked-out friends and your parents hovering on the sidewalk.

As young adults, that’s no longer the socially acceptable way to spend your holiday. Yet we still long for that nostalgia and reach for it by putting a more adult spin on our Halloween attire.

Students might not trickor-treat in Disney princess or superhero costumes anymore, but add some alcohol to your candy and remove some fabric from that costume and you’ve got a certified college Halloween.

As a teen girl, I was obsessed with the sexiness of the costumes in the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The movie, made in Britain in 1975, features characters who cross dress, are scantily clad or wear sexy punk outfits.

Going to showings during Halloween allowed me to dress in a way I wouldn’t usually.

My go-to was always Janet, with a white bra, a slip and fishnets.

Though I and others take Halloween and Rocky Horror as an opportunity to pull off that sequin corset top, sexy Halloween costumes have always been a point of controversy.

Many women face the neg-

ative connotations that come with dressing sexy for the holiday.

Even though women are told what they can and can’t wear, nights like Halloween still come with policing of the body from societal norms.

This leaves many women in a dilemma between letting loose on Halloween and choosing modesty just to get respect.

For some, dressing sexy on Halloween allows you to be something you’re not most days of the year. Instead of repressing, it’s about expressing.

Others may dress in sexy costumes because they feel they’ll be kicked to the curb by others or not get any attention.

For some women, being attractive when going out on Halloween isn’t the first thing on their minds.

Sophomore Violet Radoncic prefers funny costumes, she said.

Some might prioritize warmth and comfort over appearance.

According to Weather Underground, Friday and Saturday had nightly temperatures in the low 40s––not perfect weather for short skirts and low-cut tops.

Beyond personal preference and chilly limitations, a big problem at hand is the lack of choices when it comes to buying Halloween costumes.

According to DoSomething. org, 90 percent of costumes in the women’s section can be labeled as sexy.

With more options, women would have more freedom to make the choice they want and really use the opportunity Halloween provides to be something of their dreams.

If big corporate stores don’t fulfill the non-sexy needs of a broader audience, homemade costumes are an alternative.

This year, I’m taking the sexy route.

My boyfriend and I are making Die Antwoord costumes, a bizarre, freaky South African rap duo that we both like.

In a time where my newsfeed is constantly filled with politicians policing my body, I need to forget for one night. I’m excited to dress as my favorite hip-hop group, booty shorts and all.

No matter your choice this Halloween, don’t ridicule other women for their costumes.

If they’re a bloody bride like

Halloween costumes displayed at Party City in Burlington Oct. 26. These costumes leave some women in a dilemma between letting loose on Halloween and choosing modesty to get respect.

AUTUMN LEE/The Vermont Cynic Cady Heron in Mean Girls or a sexy bunny like Regina George, every woman deserves respect, no matter what they are showing.

Autumn Lee is a sophomore art education major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2017.

The truth about Halloween celebrations for witches The Witch Whisperer Brigitte Riordan

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t’s Halloween: some will dress up in pointy black hats and eat candy, while others will be quietly celebrating the beginning of the pagan New Year.

Halloween is the widely celebrated adaptation of the pagan holiday Samhain, which begins Oct. 31.

With countless black hats and black cats used as decorations, I sat down with my friend Raven Charleston to talk about her pagan upbringing and feel-

ings around Halloween.

Wicca is the religion of witchcraft, which falls within the bounds of general paganism.

“Samhain is the time the veil between the worlds is thinnest,” Charleston said. “It is a day to remember those who have passed and are no longer with us.”

Halloween commercializes and simplifies the pagan holiday to include the greater public, but the two have very little to do with each other.

It’s a very happy and spirited holiday where pagans and the public celebrate magic to-

gether, Charleston said.

For witches, the final night of October is not one for partying and trick or treating; it is a time to connect with those who have passed and now occupy the spirit realm.

Charleston describes childhood memories of her family coming together, breaking out the Ouija board and eating a delicious meal.

Both good and bad spirits are present during this time.

Pagans wear costumes and masks to hide their true identities from the bad.

This pagan tradition of wearing costumes on Samhain

has become one of the most commercialized elements of Halloween.

While some witches take offense to the bumpy nose portrayals, most witches think it’s funny, she said.

Charleston’s mother wears a pointy black hat on Halloween to be ironic and jokes around sneering in a cackly voice, she said.

On Samhain, some pagans might share a meal in silence with plates set out for loved ones who have passed.

There are many misconceptions around witches on Halloween.

Witches might perform a ritual on Halloween, she said, but not bad or dark magic.

Wicca is a very nature-based and peaceful religion, Charleston said.

Witches are thought of as creepy, but they are ordinary people celebrating a holiday with their fellow Wiccans.

Instead of performing dark magic on Samhain, witches are more likely to eat squash and share stories with family and friends around a table.

Brigitte Riordan is a senior and has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2017.

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Prioritizing safety on Halloween Burlington holiday happenings with tips on Halloween safety from UVM police services and the Burlington Police Department Katie Brobst Assistant Life Editor Julia Higa Cynic Correspondent Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year, but that’s no deterrent for the spooky festivities of a college campus.

Several events will be happening both on campus and downtown the evening of Oct. 31, so students have their pick of ghostly adventures.

On Trinity campus, the UVM Ski and Snowboard Club will be hosting its eighth annual Dawn of the Shred rail jam.

The club will be setting up a course with snow to ski and snowboard on and some of their members will be showing off their winter sport skills.

The events starts at 7 p.m., but the presenters recommend getting there early to get good seats.

UVM’s LGBTQA Center will also be hosting an event Halloween night at 461 Main St. The center will be screening Queer Ghost Hunters, a documentary series about making supernatural contact with queer ghosts.

The event goes from 6:308:30 p.m. and is open to all students, snacks provided.

When it comes to seeking scary pastimes off campus, Main Street Landing Performing Arts will be showing a free double feature of Evil Dead and Army of Darkness starting at 7 p.m.

This will be the final showing in their OkGOREberfest line-up which included classics such as Poltergeist, Psycho and Motel Hell.

For those looking for a more

GRACE ROMANIA interactive event, Waterworks in Winooski is having a Halloween-themed Trivia Tuesday.

This night’s quizzing will focus on pop culture, popular costumes, movies and television shows. The game starts at 7 p.m.

There are many diverse options for how students wish to spend their Halloweekend and Halloween night.

Some are planning a quieter evening.

“Halloween night itself I will be working on a paper that’s due the next day at 8 a.m.” ju-

nior Tommy Switzgable said.

“Assuming I get enough done, I’ll be able to watch a movie that’s in season,” he said. “Saturday night, I might go to the hockey game and hang with a couple friends downtown.”

Sophomore Samantha Benedetti is also looking at a peaceful Halloween.

“My friends and I were going to go camping in our costumes, but I’m working all weekend,” Benedetti said.

First-year Alex Deligianidis said her plans for Halloweek-

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end will be watching the new season of Stranger Things, a Netflix original series about murder, monsters and psycho-kinetic powers, with her friends.

“Last year I threw a huge bash with my roommates,” senior Julia Torra said. “This year we’re just having an intimate get together Saturday night before heading downtown.”

According to an October 2016 New York Times article, 39 percent of college students have gone binge-drinking at least once in the previous month, while half use illicit drugs.

The drinking culture in college can be very dangerous at times and is amped up around certain holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween, the article stated.

Halloween is more commonly associated with college students getting drunk and in trouble than treats.

“Halloween is, for whatever reason, quite a party weekend,” said Shawn Burke, Burlington deputy police chief. “It’s very likely that we’ll see a real spike in Halloween-themed partygoers Saturday night.”

Not only is the Burlington police department concerned about students’ safety this weekend, they are also worried about the well-being of citizens in the city in general, Burke said.

With everyone walking around in costumes, it will be more difficult to identify the perpetrator of any possible crimes, Burke said.

“We’re generally well staffed [for Halloween],” he said. “It’s an event that’s not dissimilar to New Year’s Eve. It’s a fixed date on the calendar that we can plan for, so it’s helpful in that

regard.”

Officer Sue Roberts of UVM police services suggested a list of ways to stay safe during Halloween.

“Be wary of people whose faces are completely hidden,” Roberts said. “Make sure your phone is fully charged and you have the Find My Phone application on in case you lose it.”

Students should also use the downtown shuttle and go out with a group of trusted friends, not people they have just met and don’t know very well, she said.

Roberts also suggested students hydrate, even if they aren’t planning on drinking, because their might change your mind once they go out.

She advised students to wear shoes they can run in if needed, pay attention to what streets they’re on so they can get back on their own and “if you get separated from your friends, don’t walk back with someone you just met,” Roberts said.

Regardless of the activities happening in celebration of Halloween, it’s important to remember to be safe, not just for Halloween weekend, but for every weekend you go out.

Punishment for drinking and drugs might be the spookiest part of Halloween in college, but safety is paramount, she said.

Burke encourages people to take advantage of medical amnesty. “[If] a person is calling for assistance for themselves or assistance for someone else, they are immune from prosecution for minor offenses related to their status at the time,” he said.

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Basketball to build on last season’s success Sabrina Hood Staff Writer It’s almost that time of year.

Feeding off the success of going to March Madness last season, the hope of another successful season is on the horizon.

“Coming off a perfect conference season last year, expectations are high,” head coach John Becker said. ”We have a lot of guys coming back and we feel good about things, but we have a lot of work to do.”

The first exhibition game Friday, Oct. 27 against Boston University was a 87-66 win for the Catamounts.

“It’s a great game we added against our former America East rival,” Becker said prior to the game. “Our guys are excited to play another division-one team in the exhibition season.”

This exhibition game was added to have all its proceeds support hurricane relief efforts, according to UVM athletics.

Vermont were also winners in their second exhibition game, defeating Concordia University 92-64.

The men’s basketball team will play one more exhibition game before their first regular season game.

The team has been practicing for a month to prepare for the upcoming season. There are eight players returning and seven new players, including four first-years and three redshirts, Becker said.

“The biggest challenge so far has been integrating everyone and getting everyone up to speed,” he said.

Another objective the team

The men’s basketball team huddles together before a game Feb. 2. The Catamounts have high expectations for this year after finishing last season with a perfect conference record.

OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic wants to improve on this sea- lenge this year will be “finding our defensive rhythm and our son is defense.

“We can always get better on intensity.”

Bell-Haynes said that the our defense,” Bell-Haynes said.

“Our rotations also need to be improvement in defense has to come early in the season, bebetter and a lot more crisp.”

Even as a personal goal, cause of the quality of their opBell-Haynes said he strives to ponents.

Two of the perimeter debe “a good defender for the fenders graduated last year, so team.”

Bell-Haynes won the Amer- it will be up to this year’s newica East Player of the Year comers to fill that void.

“Senior forward Samuaward last season and just received America East Preseason el Dingba can help on the defensive end. He’s long, athletic, All-Conference Honors.

Becker said the major chal- can block shots and rebounds

UVM SPORTS BOARD Women’s soccer reaches title game

Men’s soccer wins on Senior Day

Junior midfielder Brooke Jenkins scored two winners in two games to send Vermont to the America East title game.

Vermont defeated No. 3-ranked Albany 2-1 in the quarterfinals before grabbing a 1-0 win over Binghamton University in the semifinals.

This is the first time in program history the Catamounts advance to the America East Championship.

Vermont will travel to Stony Brook to face No. 5-ranked Stony Brook University in the America East title game Nov. 5.

Men’s soccer bounced back from a defeat against Northeastern University with a 2-0 win over Binghamton University.

Junior forward Justin Freitas scored both goals to send his own tally to eight this season.

Seniors Zack Evans, Arthur Bacquet, Tom Cole and Eamon Kizen played their last regular season home games.

The win took Vermont to the top of the America East standings with a 5-1 conference record with one game left to play.

Women’s hockey sweeps Merrimack

UVM hosts cross country event

Women’s hockey came away with two wins from their trip to Merrimack College this weekend.

The Catamounts won 3-0 Friday night with goals from junior defenders Taylor Flaherty and Sammy Kolowrat and senior forward Mackenzie Macneil.

Flaherty was one of the scorers Saturday as well, as senior defender Taylor Willard scored the winner in a 2-1 win.

Sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Scobee made 58 saves over the two games.

UVM hosted the America East Cross Country Championships for the first time in eight years.

Vermont finished in fourth place in both the women’s 5k and the men’s 8k races.

Senior Anna Kaplan finished 14th in the women’s race and picked up Second Team All-Confernece honors.

Sophomore Gavin Schmeck led the men’s team with a 19th place finish.

New Hampshire defended the women’s title, while Stony Brook’s men did the same.

well,” Becker said.

In regards to the new players, “obviously they’re replacing a bunch of really good players, but they are all skilled, ready to go and will add depth to the team,” Bell-Haynes said.

Becker said the team has what it takes to repeat last year’s success, but they will have to work hard for it.

“I think we’re going to be really good offensively again,” Becker said.

“When you achieve what we did last year and to think that

it’s just going to happen again, it’s important to battle complacency to try to keep the guys focused. They’ve done a good job working hard and being ready to go,” he said.

For the last exhibition game, the Catamounts host St. Michael’s College at 7 p.m. Nov. 4.

They will travel to Kentucky to face the University of Kentucky for their regular season opener Nov. 12.

Field hockey ends with defeat Aryanna Ramsaran Staff Writer The women’s field hockey team played their final home game of the season Friday afternoon on Moulton-Winder Field.

The Catamounts lost 1-0 against the University of Maine.

The loss brings their new record to 5-11 with one game left before the start of the America East Tournament.

This game was their Senior Day game. Before the start of the game, seniors Lena Benwood, Tess O’Brien, Taylor Gaines and Kyra Lee were all honored on the field with their families.

Athletic director Jeff Schulman and associate athletic director Cathy Rahill were present in the pre-game ceremony.

“We have our traditions for the seniors, but the preparation for the game is always the same [as every other game],” head coach Kate Pfeifer said.

The game was tied until the 59th minute. Sophomore forward Brittany Smith scored her third goal of the season and the winning goal for Maine.

“I think we really battled,” Pfeifer said. “I don’t think we allowed Maine much and they’re a great attacking team.”

Senior goalie Lena Benwood made seven saves in the

First-year midfielder Claudia Cotter runs downfield against UMass Lowell Oct. 13. The Catamounts are 5-12 this season.

OLIVER POMAZI/The Vermont Cynic game which brought her career and that was much improved total to 459, according to UVM but we need to take more risks in the attacking zone,” Pfeifer athletics.

“I’m really proud with how said.

Vermont had the chance to they shut them down,” Pfeifer tie the game on a penalty corsaid. “They didn’t allow for too ner, but junior fullback Laumany opportunities.”

With time running out and ren Tucker’s shot was saved by the need to score, the Cata- Maine’s goalie Emma Cochran.

“I think we really need to mounts pulled Benwood for the advantage of an extra at- pick our moments to attack and put some shots and some tacker.

“We need more attack going dangerous entries into the cirfor ourselves. We didn’t get into cle earlier in the match,” Pfeifour attacking circle at all [in the er said.

The next field hockey game first half],” Pfeifer said.

However, with just under is Oct. 29 at the University of three minutes left, a green card Massachusetts Lowell. Followwas issued to Vermont and the ing this game, the Catamounts player advantage was taken will begin the America East Tournament Nov. 2. away.

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Men’s hockey grabs last-minute goal to come back from two-goal deficit Locria Courtright Assistant Sports Editor Fans at Gutterson Fieldhouse were treated to a thrilling installment of the hockey rivalry between the University of Vermont and the University of New Hampshire Saturday night.

The Catamounts rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to tie the game in the last minute of regulation and skate away with a 4-4 tie.

The game remained scoreless heading into the second.

Seven minutes into the second period, the visitors opened the scoring on the power play as Michael McNicholas tapped the puck past sophomore goaltender Stefanos Lekkas to put UNH ahead 1-0.

Four minutes later, UVM evened it up as sophomore forward Matt Alvaro beat Tirone right after a faceoff.

UNH went back ahead three minutes later. Ara Nazarian shoveled the puck past Lekkas to put UNH up 2-1.

UVM scored first less than a minute into the thid period. Junior forward Craig Puffer beat Tirone from the left wing for a shorthanded, game-tying goal.

37 seconds later, Nazarian beat Lekkas from close range to put UNH ahead 3-2 with a power play goal.

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Junior forward Derek Lodermeier flies over the goalie for UNH in an attempt to score Oct. 28. The Catamounts would tie the Wildcats 4-4.

PHL CARRUTHERS/The Vermont Cynic ter Lekkas had denied Benton Maass to put UNH ahead 4-2.

UVM cut the lead to one just under three minutes later.

First-year forward Bryce Misley’s shot was saved by Tirone, but sophomore defender Matt O’Donnell pounced on the rebound to make it a 4-3 hockey game.

With just over two minutes to go, UNH’s Marcus Vela took a tripping penalty. UVM pulled Lekkas for an extra attacker, giving them a six-on-four advantage.

With 34 seconds to go, firstyear defender Christian Evers took a shot from the point Tirone saved, but O’Donnell

buried the rebound again to tie the game at 4.

“Evers just took a shot from the point,” O’Donnell said. “We had six men on the ice and they had four, so someone was going to be open, and it happened to be me,” UVM had most of the looks in overtime, but were unable to find a winner.

“I thought we carried momentum, one shift after another, for large stretches of the game,” head coach Kevin Sneddon said. “That was the first time this season that I’d really seen that.”

UVM plays the University of Connecticut Nov. 3-4.

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