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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

City’s safety assessed Alex Collingsworth Staff Writer

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic

Community Justice Coordinator Karen Vastine asks a resident about the level of safety and concern for safety on the streets Oct. 4.

The number of break-ins and burglaries from dorms, sorority houses and off campus houses this semester was enough to cause concern in students and trigger a coalition of community groups to take action. Since the beginning of the semester there have been about 35 cases of larceny and six cases of burglary reported to the UVM Police Services, according to the campus police’s online crime log. Off campus, there were nine burglaries reported to the Burlington police over a four-day period from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29, according to the BPD’s online reports. In addition, two sororities, Delta Delta Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta, were broken into in September. Of the more than 40 cases of larceny and burglary on campus, all but two are still under

the data collected from the survey to create strategies to better improve the safety of Burlington neighborhoods, Ward 2 representative and professor Jane Knodell said. “It is about us all taking responsibility for our own safety by working together,” Knodell said. There is also a list of safety tips the group came up with that can help residents combat these crimes themselves, she said. “Another [goal of the plan] is people connecting with people on the streets [and] looking out for each other,” she said. “A large problem with the student population is locking your windows and doors. By doing this it helps keep yourself and neighbors safe.” The survey is currently available at studentvoice.com/UVM/ safety and will run until the end of the month. The data will then be presented at Neighborhood Planning meetings where strategies for safety services will be discussed.

investigation, according to the reports. “That’s bad,” junior Jillian Brown said of the number of thefts and break-ins on campus. “I think the police should probably devote more time to solving these cases of theft rather than focusing so much on alcohol and drugs. The alcohol is always going to be there. But theft can be prevented.” In order to combat this high number of burglaries and breakins, the Burlington Police Department, Community Justice and Community Relations, the City Council and the Neighborhood Planning Association formed a neighborhood safety partnership and created a safety survey to distribute throughout Burlington in June. The Neighborhood Safety Initiative survey asks residents level of safety and concern for safety on their streets. The BPD and Neighborhood Planning Association will use

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NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic

City Council member and professor Jane Knodell speaks to a resident about the Neighborhood Safety Initiative Survey Oct. 4.

Top world stories Taylor Delehanty Staff Writer

U.S. captures wanted man Saturday in Tripoli, Libya, the U.S. military was able to capture one of the U.S.’s most known as Abu Anas al-Libi, the top Al-Qaeda leader in Libya. This was a major victory for the U.S. forces. The U.S. Navy Seal Team 6 was set to carry out a parallel mission in Somalia to take down al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, also known as Ikrima, the top planner in the Kenyan mall attack. The Seals not able to capture the suspect. (Source: The New York Times, NPR)

Death toll in Cairo grows

Fighting broke out in central Cairo and other parts of Egypt

Sunday between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and the military-backed government. Supporters of the overturned president Mohammed Morsi were arrested for instigating Death tolls have reached 51 and over 200 more were injured. This event took place on the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war with Israel. Since July, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been killed. (Source: NPR)

Nobel Prize split by three Two American researchers, James Rothman and Randy Schekman, and German-born researcher Thomas Südhof will Physiology or Medicine. According to the Nobel Committee, they “solved the es its transport system.” These three researchers will split a NPR)

http://www.uvm.edu/police/?Page=reports/report.php &file=crimelog/2013-09.htm

CRIME LOG Lauren Drasler Staff Writer

9/29 - 139 Bank St

9/28 - 67 Buell St #1 & #2

9/29 - 125 College St

9/28 - 108 Buell St

9/28 - 25 Orchard Ter

9/27 - 384 College St #6

9/28 - 27 Hungerford Ter #1,

12:25 a.m. Three students were reported to Police Services for climbing the Redstone water tower. Apparently the students had

9/26 - 143 S Willard St

ever, there were chairs on the roof which indicated that people had been there prior to the

Sept. 27 9:44 p.m.

a locked gate and proceeded to climb up the tower. All three students got down from

Sept. 29 2:45 p.m.

A student reported that their car was broken into while parked by the cottages on Trinity Campus. A bow and arrow set that was in a case inside the car was taken. No

Sept 28 10:15 p.m.

on the Gutterson Field House underneath the Catamount

this incident.

10:57 p.m. On a nightly patrol, an ofoutside Hunt Hall. When the dents, it was apparent that they were smoking marijuana and 2.5 grams of the drug was

Sept. 28

Hall staff in Marsh-AustinTupper called police services and reported that a student was intoxicated in the building. The student was drunk, No BAC was reported.

Sept. 29 12:29 p.m. A call came in about students sitting on the roof of the Marsh-Austin-Tupper complex. No one was on the roof

of the male anatomy. No one incident.

Sept. 29 6:54 p.m. Two people that are not stuley/Howe library. One individual was criminally charged with simple assault, after he punched another man in the face. There was no clear reason for this person’s actions.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

Tensions soar with F-35 jets proposal Flying Tuesday through Friday with 12 takeoffs per day, the roar of F-16 jets has been a feature of life in the city of Burlington since 1994. Lawmakers proposed the Burlington air base last year, leading to a summer of protests, op-eds and rallies for and against the implementation of the jets. The potential new deployment of F-35 jets has launched outcries of opposition among Burlington area residents, who maintain that the deployment would interfere with local safety, quality of life and environmental integrity. However, proponents of the plan stand by the potential bencreation of over 1,000 local jobs. A website organized in opposition to the F-35, stopthef35. com, argued that the F-35 basing is unjust because the homes of 8,600 working class and moderate income people will be “not suitable for residential use” as a result.

The website also claims that the F-35 will be 400 percent as loud as the current F-16. There have been different numbers circulating regarding this statistic. However, students have said they often hear the roar of jets Burlington air base throughout over athletic campus. “I understand the need for additional F-35 jets, but it’s also concerning since it provides a disturbance for students and citizens sleeping and studying,” Where UVM Students Live Outside of Burlington

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have adjusted to the noise of the loud F-35 jets and understand the necessity, but the noise can be disturbing at times.” Despite the grassroots opposition against the F-35 jets, proponents of the plan believe many are ignoring the potential on the local and national levels. The implementation of the F-35 jets would ensure the retention of 1,100 Vermonters’ jobs as they would replace the F-16’s that will be retired be-

said. “The Air Guard [also] supfor Burlington annually,” Ci$6.2 million a year. They own ings and personnel for those programs; Burlington doesn’t pay for any of that.” If the government decides to use Burlington as the base for the F-35 jets, all concerns and issues from noise to “you name it” will be mitigated, he said. “From and economic standpoint this is about a retention of jobs and saving Burlington The Burlington City Council was scheduled to vote on a resolution to prohibit the basing of the F-35 Oct. 7. However, city council recently postponed the discussion after the city attorney discovered a lack of required insurance for the airport. 7 meeting that the issue will be brought up at the meeting Oct. 28. ROISIN LOW The Vermont Cynic

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Cinha said. It’s not likely to get bigger, and it doesn’t have to.

The members of one grassroots street group are getting their hands dirty— with soil, that is— to show how community gardening can ease tensions between students and Burlington residents. ing and Other Optimistic Doings Neighborhood Group

munity Relations three years ago, however, has expanded the group’s prestige, making it easier to “put pressure on city politicans” to improve the street. “We wanted trees for a long time and spoke with pieces of the city government,” he said. “We got the usual runaround, but once we planted more and

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“Neighbors notice a difsay hi. They’re getting to know each other.” Last month, the hard work paid off when they received an Action grant award of $2,000 to fund a sign including a “Weland a list of the group’s objectives, according to the award statement. the project’s participants and come in the form of a 20-foot tall tree that was planted four years ago. Brian Cinha, a clinical so-

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city began taking notice more.” Now, bumpouts have been put in to expand planting and several trees have grown. GOOD’s success, its mission statement reads, is that stuGOOD activities are signing longer leases on their apartments, and property owners have reciprocated by donating money and more space to garden. student residents who have opting to renew their leases. In addition, less service calls to ment have come from Isham Community Relations has provided about $500 to $1,500 a year for gardening supplies. They have also funded large recycling totes for rentals on the street that has led to a noticeable decrease in trash, a February University Communications article stated. “If people want this to happen, they just need to start gardening in from of their house,” Cinha said.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

Landlords need fixing High vacancies Horror Stories: It’s no secret that students living downtown have been exposed to broken bathrooms, faulty utilities and unsanitary basements. According to Seven Days, students pay from $550 to $750 a month for a single bedroom, yet many landlords decide to pocket the high cost of rent rather than improving the properties. In addition, the vacancy rate of Burlington continues to be lower than two percent, according to the 2011 Allen & Brooks Residential Report. “The increase in enrollment from UVM since the late 1970s has put tremendous pressure on housing in Burlington,” Brian Pine, assistant director for housing and neighborhood revitalization in Burlington’s Community and Economic DeThe production of new housing has just not been able to keep pace, he said. Thus, many students that live downtown face steep rent prices and landlords will only provide the bare minimum when it comes to code enforcement, Pine said. Senior Claire Crismas said she experienced a particularly bad landlord when she was leasing a Hill Gardens apartment, in which rain would

enter the complex in the summers. “There was a layer of water over the carpet that was so fetid you couldn’t breathe,” Crismas said. “It squished when you stepped and you could see patches of mold on the carpet.” The landlord eventually said, but never replaced the carpet.

Supply and Demand: “When there is a lot of demand for apartments downtown and a limited quantity, the landlords have little pressure to improve the buildings,” professor of Community Development and Applied Economics Joshua Farley said. Conventionally, when the price of rent goes up the supply will go up, Farley said. “But for apartments that is and larger buildings but you will never see an increase in the availability of land, since he said. “Hence, landlords can charge higher prices, even though they provide no addiHowever, Farley said there could be a solution. “One thing that the city could do that would be fair is to shift the taxes from buildings to land in a way for it be revenue neutral,” he said. The current tax on buildings penalizes improvements

on the property since it would increase the taxes the landlord pays, Farley said. But if land is taxed instead, the condition of the property wouldn’t matter, since the land would be taxed regardless, he said. “The tax on a piece of vacant land would be the same as the tax on a lot that holds 20 rental units,” he said. “The lot with the 20 rental units would have the income to pay for the land tax. In my view, the value of land is created by society and by nature.”

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for nearby towns Church Street.” Senior Miranda Pace said she agrees with Braun. “The reason I live in Winooski is because I’m from South Carolina and when I looked up places to live, the building I live in now seemed safe,” Pace said. “My mom liked that the building was locked and you needed a key to get in.” Pace added that Winooski is close enough to campus, but it’s out of the way enough for it to be quiet and relaxing. “The only downside of living here is that there’s limited stuff to do,” she said. “There is more to do downtown. Also, there is no parking for visitors.” Though Braun and Pace both live in Winooski, neither live at UVM’s off-campus housing option Spinner Place, a residency owned and operated by Hall Keen management. UVM and Champlain College each

Lauren Drasler Staff Writer With vacancy rates in Burlington hovering around the one percent mark according to a 2011 residential report, stuhousing and sign leases up to a year in advance. Although Burlington housing demand is strong, many surrounding towns like Winooski, Williston, South Burlington and Essex offer more housing options and lower rents. But students appear to imity—not many choose to live outside Burlington’s city limits. In the fall of 2012, 45 students reported that they lived in Winooski, while 127 students reported that they lived in South Burlington, according to data collected by the Regis-

UVM’s offers 40 beds to students in apartments set up as suites with two to four bedrooms in each. The rent is based per bed, and each bed in a suite is $725 a month with all utilities included, compared to the Redstone Lofts which range from $575 to $1225 a bed. Despite there being two

There were also 39 students living in Williston, 60 in Colchester and 70 in Essex and Essex Junction, comparable to the 2,534 living in Burlington. When a survey was offered to students about where they would like more housing, the majority stated that more housing should be offered downtown and on-campus, and not in the surrounding areas, planning relations and communications coordinator ning Services Lisa Kingsbury said. “Downtown is a vibrant and exciting place for students,” she said. “It’s a draw for students and it’s convenient to campus.” Students, like senior Mary Hazen, said they agreed with Kingsbury. “I chose to live in Burlington because it’s close to campus,” Hazen said. “My apartment is also close to downtown.” She said that she would possibly consider living somewhere else, but only if she could get a commuter pass to park on campus. Though some students said that living downtown is best, others disagreed. “I chose to live in Winooski because of the security of the building,” senior Zoe Braun said. “I lived in a house in Burlington before and I moved to my current apartment for security purposes. It’s a calmer atmosphere here. Not like

percent or 11 out of 40 beds are occupied by students at this time, assistant manager of Keen’s Crossing, which is Trishia Fellows said. “We usually have about 35 beds occupied on our UVM year, UVM decided to no longer advertise directly to students, so Spinner Place is responsible for doing it themselves now.” The program that used to place students at Spinner Place is GAP (Guaranteed Admittance Program), which enables high school students or continuing education students to have guaranteed admittance into the University. In June of this year UVM decided not to place students in this program at Spinner Place, Fellows said. “I didn’t even know Spinner House was an option for off campus living,” sophomore Rachel Rhodes said. “The University could do a lot more to advertise it. I’d rather live offcampus but Spinner House is a really convenient option.”

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The bad and good of life in the ‘hood The Cynic’s editorial staff wondered where the best—and least expensive—neighborhoods in Burlington are. While be true, we did catch up with a handful of UVM students willing to open their doors to us. Here’s a look at houses

Emily Leach - 71 Hungerford Terrace

By Francesca Parnham and Johnny Sudekum

Year: Junior Rent: $725/month, utilities $50 Roomage: 4 bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, living room Outside: small frontyard, no backyard, porch on the side Neighbors: mostly students with a few residents Basement: yes, very small Appliances: Washing and drying machines, dishwasher Best part: “it’s a great area because it’s only a 10 minute walk to campus and it’s really close to downtown which is convenient.” Worst part: “The 10 minute walk will be less enjoyable when winter comes around.”

Photos by Walker Sultzbach

Kim Gregg - 111 N. Winooski Ave Year: Senior Rent: $700/month Roomage: 3 bedrooms, one bathroom Best part: “It’s very spacious for people to hang out in. The kitchen is a great size. The location is pretty close to downtown.” Worst part: “It’s pretty noisy on the street, you hear a lot of yelling.”

Tom Cuddy - 41 N. Willard Street “The charm of the house is pretty great. It’s not cookie-cutter, its pretty unique. It’s a very welcoming house.”

Bennet Siegel 198 East Ave

Pearl Street

Main Street

Year: Senior Rent: $725/month Best part: “Well, Centennial Woods is my backyard.” Worst part: “You have to be careful with the noise because it’s mostly families who live in the area and we respect that.”

Alicia McLoughlin 148 North Champlain Street “I don’t really like anything about the neighborhood. Inititally we were looking got desparate. ”

ARTS

Watts brings surreal show to the Flynn Tom Tidnam Cynic Correspondent

The audience seemed to

which meant they were more

visatory comedy and music.

who informed the crowd of

from the Vermont crowd. LAUREN HOYERMAN The Vermont Cynic

Reggie Watts performs at The Flynn Center Main Stage Oct. 4. Watts is a French-American stand-up comedian and musician who blends comedy, music and vocal dexterity in his performances. He has won the Andy Kaufrman Comedy Award and Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award.

preachy. the audience for the set to veer off into any direction

ed the emphasis away from mouth and onto the myriad

voice. At some points, comedy

create with them.

and a synthesizer, which

his virtuosity.

Banjo masters display skills Aidan Dolbashian Assistant Arts Editor The words “Do you have room in your heart for the from the audio system of a

mit.

some Mozart.

Those who stayed for

Stearns, which had the four formance.

the theatre, the expressions vided into six parts, with each

paniment that had the entire The show resumed after a

that they did indeed have room in their hearts for a

said. “He never did what you

inauthentic and derivative nature of the contemporary music industry over another approach paid off.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

A RTS

Underground scene hosted at Dresden’s Jacob Holzman Staff Writer Deep down in the dark pits of a place known as Dreswhere both the literal and the sic scene really is. Dresden’s Basement is located in an anonymous house in the Burlington area, and is archetypal of a straight-up do-it-yourself venue: shoebox-sized space, a ceiling dotted with cobwebs and pipes and only one tiny light bulb above the band. Stripped of the trappings of a traditional venue, Dresden’s Basement is just pure rock n’ roll, and nothing else. Information on the show was sparse: one had to ei-

EMMA JANNSEN The Vermont Cynic

Burlington punk band Trapper Keeper performs at Dresden’s Basement Oct. 4. Information on the show was sparse. The basement is located in an anonymous, inconspicuous house in the Burlington.

Series has strong start

HOLLY TRANTHAM

Showtime’s newest series, the provocatively titled “Masters of Sex,” premiered its second episode, “Race to Space,” this past Sunday and continues to expose itself as one of the must-watch shows of the fall TV season. The show centers on the real life sexologist research team of William Masters and Virginia Johnson at the start of their collaborative career in the 1950s. The premise sounds like it could be a “Mad Men” rip-off with more nudity: it’s beautifully shot, has gorgeous periodappropriate costumes and there are several references to culturally important events. But instead of dealing with advertising focus groups like Don Draper, the main characters watch people have sex. Michael Sheen’s William Masters is a man who wants to study sex in the name of science, but he also knows nothing about it personally. His ego keeps him from telling his wife that he’s essentially infertile, and he approaches sex with her in the most clinical, unsexy way. The show’s biggest strength

is Lizzy Caplan’s portrayal of Virginia Johnson. Caplan has always been typecast as a sarcastic but sweet girl with a thoroughly contemporary quality, evident by her roles in “Mean Girls” and the short-lived series “Party Down.” In “Masters,” her presence could seem anachronistic, but Virginia is too ahead of her time. She takes charge of her sexuality but is not overly crass or defeminized. The constant criticism for changing her career and taking classes while raising her kids, mostly from other women, shows us how alienating society must have been for “modern” women. “Masters of Sex” is off to a very promising start. The nature of its content organically brings out several humorous moments. In the pilot episode we had the nice sight gag of Beau Bridges’ character Barton Scully holding an internally lit glass dildo. It’s moments like these that remind us that while they, the sexologists, are doing something groundbreaking, it was considered rather frivolous and may not be the noblest sector of It will be interesting to see the development of both the portrayal of the research alongside the changing attitudes toward sex as “Masters of Sex” continues to build itself as one of the most stimulating shows in Showtime’s line-up in a long time.

around downtown Burlington or locate the show’s Facebook event page. And even then, to get the address, one had to e-mail in advance. The manager of the show, “L,” had good reason to keep things secretive. “We recently got possession of this basement, and we’ve really wanted to have a show here.” L said. “But we want things to remain as mysterious as possible. We [do not] want this to just blow up.” L, along with several others, live together in the house, and run operations to make

sure everything goes smoothly. They take turns taking admission money at the door and watching security. The atmosphere at Dresden’s is something rare to normal music venues: a strong sense of community. The bands that play all have friends in the crowd of 20-to-30 people, who cram together into the tight space that is the Basement.

“We want things to remain as mysterious as possible. We do not want this to just blow up.” ‘L’ Basement owner Burlington punk band Trapper Keeper had half the audience dancing into them during their set, and shouting along to all of their songs. It is not often you see the band start their set by saying to each other, “Eh, let’s just fool around,” and then burst into a 25 minute-long performance of hardcore punk and Brand New-esque pop rock, surrounded by friends and fans singing along to all the words in a barely-lit cellar. When Trapper Keeper announced they were playing booed, lead singer Will Rut-

kowski shouted, “Hey, I have to fucking work tomorrow guys, you try and do this!” Dresden’s even has a quirky in-joke around its house, it was previously owned by a bunch of dirty hippies,” said another owner who wished to remain nameless, “and they left a ton of “So, we had to bomb the shit out of this place with pesticides,” he said, chuckling, “and now we all call it bombings.” In such a small place, the acoustics are not the best – but it doesn’t really matter, as what counts down in the Basement is intensity, and the passionate local bands down there have it in spades. It was nearly impossible to hear what Trapper Keeper’s lyrics were, and nobody cared at all–the space was just jumping around to the grooving, heavy punk. tendees claimed the whole show was a night to behold. “It was a mystical wonderwall of musical greatness, trapped in a dingy, damp basement,” Dresden’s Basement looks forward to having more shows. “This was a test-run, not have more shows in the future,” L said. “Maybe Halloween.”

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A history of UVM housing and the Master Plan 1895 - Converse Hall built

1940 - Trinity Campus built 1956 - Mason/ Simpson/Hamilton Complex built

1947 - Coolidge Hall, Chittenden/Buckham/ Wills Complex built

1889 Robinson Hall built 1939 - Slade Hall built

1966-67 - UVM hires Office of Dan Kiley, Site and Landscape consultants to develop comprehensive Campus Masterplan.

1988 - University Planning Office develops first Board of Trustees-approved Campus Master Plan

1960 - Marsh/Austin/ Tupper Complex built 2006 - University Heights built 1971 - Harris/Millis Complex built

Housing plan would help city’s low vacancy verse Hall would also be renovated for undergraduate stuwhelming number of college students, he said. dents. Together, Burlington colleges in 2011 announced plans New buildings on Central and Athletic campuses would for proposed housing, the Allen & Brooks said. Nearly help keep the existing number of beds without further add1,500 new beds and decreased enrollment at some colleging to the number of students currently living on campus, es—UVM’s strategic action plan has mandated decreased the Cynic reported last April. enrollment to make the University more selective—will With off-campus living, Gustafson also said that they likely take pressure of the market, the report stated. wished to make better housing available The University plans to build a resiaddition to using a third-party developer for more student to the upperclassmen living off campus. dence hall between Harris Millis and “I think housing is a really housing in general, Gustafson says the university envisions Marsh-Austin-Tupper and Spear Street, Several halls on Athletic, Central and Redstone camimportant aspect of college housing similar to the privately owned both Kingsbury and Gustafson said. puses will be demolished or renovated, and Jeanne Mance Additionally, the University plans to social life and this new plan Redstone Lofts, but closer to downtown built in 1962 and Trinity Campus added in 1940 will be reBurlington. change where it houses different years purposed for graduate students, according to the plan. would enhance the quality “What it would ideally be is something of students. Kingsbury said extensive reIn addition, Chittenden, Wills and Buckham Halls on lucrative enough to pull students away search by Biddison Hier, Ltd., the Univer- of life for students” Central Campus, which were built in the 1940s, are likely from neighborhoods like Green Street sity’s consulting contracting company that -Carly Mata, Sophomore to be knocked down, as well as Coolidge Hall on Redstone and give them something like Redstone was hired in October, reported that sophoCampus. except off campus,” said Gustafson. mores preferred living on Redstone. Tom Gustafson, the vice president for administration He stressed, however, that this part of the project would “The University will continue to place as many sophoand University relations, said the Chittenden, Wills and mores at Redstone Campus to build on this successful locaBuckham complexes are getting too old. University. “We either have to extensively renovate or just build a When asked about the timeline of the master plan, Kingsbury also said that Trinity new hall,” Gustafson said. “And we would Kingsbury said that right now the University is working on campus and Jeanne Mance Hall would rather build new instead of funneling in a “We either have to extenbe renovated to make them more suitlot of money into 60 or 70 year-old buildsively renovate or just build on the plan. She also said that exactly what parts of the plan able for graduate students and upperings.” are implemented and when are dependent on the size of classmen, turning them into suite-like While plumbing issues and other main- a new hall. And we would the future student body. living areas. tenance problems over the years have made rather build new instead of Gustafson said that the planned complex behind Harris Sophomore transfer student Carly it apparent that some halls are in need of a Millis and Austin-Marsh-Tupper would most likely be the Mata said that although she did not makeover, the University’s push for more funneling in a lot of money spend any time in the UVM dorms, the housing is part of its plan to combat a down- into 60 or 70 year-old build“That could be completed in maybe three years or sometime she spent at Boston College made town rental market far below the national ings” thing like that,” he said. “It would potentially replace the her realize the placement of freshmen average. beds at the shoeboxes. We could then repurpose or take out and sophomores on campus has a huge In 2011, the Allen & Brooks Residency -Tom Gustafson, vice president for adthose fairly obsolete buildings. After that we could work to impact on their lives. Report showed that Chittenden County had ministration and University relations clear out Trinity and repurpose it for graduate students.” “I know people say that even though a 1.4 percent vacancy rate, far below the avThe Student and Faculty/Staff Housing Master Plan can you are separate from all of the other erage 12 percent. be accessed from the UVM Board of Trustees website. students you create your own community, but in my expeIn a November issue of the Cynic, assistant director for rience that was not the case,” Mata said. “I think housing is housing at Burlington’s Community and Economic DevelCheck online for video and web extras. a really important aspect of college social life and this new plan would enhance the quality of life for students.” Harris Millis, Marsh-Austin-Tupper complex and ConThe primary factor for Burlington’s situation is the overShoebox dorms demolished, graduate students on Trinity and a new residence hall on Spear Street are all slated to happen under UVM’s Student and Staff/Faculty Housing Master Plan. 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Proposed Housing Master Plan:

2011 - Biddison Hier hired for Campus Master Plan 2013

2026 - Prospected date for full implementation of Campus Master Plan and the Student and Staff/Faculty Housing Masterplan

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The vacancy rate is disturbingly low in Burlington, and so are students’ hopes for getting a decent apartment for a reasonable price. With the supply so low and the demand so high due to the mass number of Burlington students living downtown each year, the market has taken on a mind of its own. Rent tags have soared and the aesthetics and amenities of the apartments do not match them. Landlords can get away with charging students a hefty price and not putting effort into upkeep because students need to live somewhere and all but only a few apartments are not rented out of necessity. The Cynic is asserting that this is inherently wrong. Landlords do not have the ethical right to warp the market because of an imbalance of supply and demand, and then further that wrongdoing by allowing many houses to look worse than a dilapidated Vermont barn. This distortion of a generally acknowledged fair market is eerily similar to the Burlington gas market. Why is gas here 20 cents more expensive than both the national average and the rest of Vermont? How can that possibly be ethical and why do consumers have to be forced into this unfair system? Maybe the latter has no answer or maybe there is no way to escape the system that, technically, we helped to create. In terms of apartments downtown, there are some things that we can do to at least hint at a fair market. First, Burlington as a city can choose to adjust their tax laws to the condition of the property. This would allow landlords to make improvements without being forced to pay a higher tax. Second, UVM and other Burlington colleges can work to create more affordable private-public housing downtown, similar to the Redstone Lofts, in order to heighten the vacancy rate and offset the average rent. And, if the landlords will not take the ethical responsibility themselves, students can act both in protest and in holding landlords accountable for the upkeep codes that they are required to meet.

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Not a holiday to celebrate STEFANIE DOUCETTE

For years, I have sat in class learning about that prophetic year the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria landed in North America, with Columbus as the valiant explorer leading the way. However, listening to a friend and fellow UVM student speak about her experiences as cally her feelings about Columbus Day, has brought to my attention another form of identity politics and racism that often goes undiscussed. The word genocide is a tough one to hear, and it forces us to confront unspeakable crimes against humanity that have been allowed to persist under the Western world’s supposedly watchful eye. These are uncomfortable discussions. Yet they would be even more uncomfortable if they took into consideration the genocide that has happened on our own soil. They usually do not take this route, preferring instead to focus on more geographically distant atrocities. But in the spirit of the holiday, let’s talk about the ongoing subjugation of Native Americans, 500 plus years strong. Biological warfare, forced sterilization of women, refugee housing, children relocated, and systematic ethnic cleansing. These standard symbols of

genocide have all been enacted by our own government against this sector of its population at some point or another, if not currently still. Much of the housing on reservations under the jurisdiction of the Native American Housing Authority would make a Greene Street apartment look like a palace, and unauthorized reproductive medical treatment has persisted even post-Nuremburg trials.

Unfortunately, the celebration of whiteness is a never ending parade that persists even beyond this one holiday of discovery. To recognize these crimes is to realize that Columbus Day is a holiday honoring massacre. 1492, and the accompanying disregard of the several thousand years of civilization before this date, proves an unyielding preference of the white man’s history, which is a dangerous mentality to bear going forth. The very term “discovery” is problematic, in that it portrays them as a population in need of discovery, when in reality they had already adequately discovered themselves. It conveys a message of colonialism as somehow progressive

the case. This continued praise of the notion of discovery contradicts the image we have of ourselves as a world that has matured beyond European imperialism, ly a regrettable part of our past. Much of the problem is linked to the way history is handled in schools. Our textbooks and classrooms are brimming with stories of friendly pilgrims, before skimming over the other incriminating facts. As one-sided and detrimental as this historical worldview might be for white children in history class, it is downright oppressive when it is hammered into the minds of their Native American peers. An education system that teaches this type of lethal discovery as positive, consequently also pushes cultural assimilation upon its minority children, and leaves them no opportunity to celebrate their own identities. Unfortunately, the celebration of whiteness is a neverending parade that persists even beyond this one holiday of discovery, working its way into our everyday understandings of American heritage. Although this well-established national holiday will likely not be uprooted, a stronger effort can be made to raise awareness about the racial and cultural issues that are obscured periences of those subjugated can be more widely and actively celebrated instead.

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Gender politics, reactions Everyone says it for Mr. Manning’s sex-change operation. I have not dismissed any experiences. I simply made

JOEY BROWN

Last week, Ms. Mary Kenah wrote a strongly worded letter to my editor expressing her discontent with my column regarding NPR’s linguistic obfuscation during the Bradley Manning controversy. Had she actually read my column, Ms. Kenah would have spared her criticism. The piece was an indictment of NPR, not transsexuals. I have come to accept as fait accompli that my critics will derive any meaning—real or imagined—from my columns to suit their ideological fancy. I will, however, respond to her charges. Ms. Kenah contends that I dismiss “the experiences—both positive and negative—that transexual individuals live through before, during, and after their transition,” and that this inevitably leads me to misunderstand “the experiences of someone [who is a transsexual].” Her assertion is patently false. I had simply claimed that the army—and by extension, the taxpayers—held no duty to pay

government. I also contended that genital mutilation and hormone therapy cannot supersede biology and genetics, which is fact, but Ms. Kenah asserts that my respect for what is known in the biological sciences is rooted in bigotry and ignorance.

If she cannot prove that my opinions are incorrect, she simply denounces me as intolerant and moves on, without further anlaysis. Then, Ms. Kenah proclaimed sues of sex and sexual-orientation, I am “obviously under-educated when it comes to “gender politics.” Her accusation is deeply sues of sex and sexual orientation out of categorical necessity. Rather, I reluctantly drew on the commonly used acronym, LG-

BTQA, that clumps these entities together. Indeed, if Ms. Kenah takes issue with my grouping of sex and sexual orientation related

he word ‘literally’, in fact, was just changed to include the

her criticism for the LGBTQA club on campus, which, she suggests, is also deeply “under-educated” when it comes to gender

using the f-word and not defaming God. With that, we are left with the f-word as wretched for being ‘innately vulgar’. While this could be true, as there are certainly times when its sexual connotation could be offensive, most often it depends on people’s inference. Some people don’t care for the word, some people like

one acronym, both sexual orientation (hence the “L,” “G,” and “B”) and sex (hence the “T”). Though I hesitate to respond to the ad-hominem attack found at the bottom of Ms. Kenah’s letter, I feel compelled. Throwing around the word “bigot” does not strengthen an argument. It ends one. To Ms. Kenah, homogeneity of thought cannot exist: If she cannot prove that my opinions are incorrect, she simply denounces me as intolerant and moves on, without further analysis. To Ms. Kenah’s belief that I do not believe this “evolution” of treatment for transsexuals to be legitimate, I concede that she is tant to refer to Mr. Manning using feminine pronouns. The media organization announced that it would only do so once he received a sex-change operation. After having been berated for such a statement, NPR capitulated—or, as they would say, “evolved.”

POINTCOUNTERPOINT the minds of most of the Western world. I can therefore try to understand how Mr. Brown could come to such restricting ideas

CAROLINE DECUNZO

I’m hesitant to write this column because I’m a privileged straight, white, cisgender woman and, as an activist, I’m aware of the racism and oppression engrained in our society that is often perpetuated by women like me. I’m cautious because I want to stand in solidarity with marginalized communities, and I know I should just shut up and listen to those who struggle with discrimination on a daily basis, and I don’t want to allow myself to use my privilege to cover the voices of those who have been and continue to be oppressed. Yet I can’t help but feel overwhelmed with frustration and anger over the words of Joey Brown in his most recent column. As an opinion columnist, I am going to use my best nonviolent communication skills to respond to these articles, and remind Cynic readers that this section is still one that stands for solidarity, respect, acceptance and tolerance. I would like to start by discussing the complexity of sex, gender, biology, psychology, sociology and culture. As a whole, Mr. Brown’s arculturally constructed gender dichotomy of male and female that we have attempted to engrain in

we live in a society that strongly encourages this false dichotomy. Yet if Mr. Brown were to study some cultural anthropology he would be exposed to many other cultures all over the world that do not subscribe to this dichotomy, and are in fact far more accepting by nature structure that fall far outside what we would commonly think of as normal. I would also like to take the time to clarify, that though Mr. Brown doesn’t see his article as an attack on the transgendered/ transsexual population, but rather an indictment of NPR, the general diction of the articles strongly suggests otherwise, whether he intended it to or not. To elaborate, the consistent usage of masculine gender pronouns in reference to Chelsea Manning, is at best, an ignorant display of his lack in understanding of the nature of gender and sex, and at worst, an attempt to undermine and overrule Chelsea’s own personal relationship and knowledge with herself. Mr. Brown again displays his misunderstanding of the world when he attempts to make the comparison between believing you are a dinosaur, and “believing” your physical sex does not correctly align with your gender. Once again, this is an instance of Mr. Brown positing his provincial beliefs of the “correct” way to be a person, and have a body.

Mr. Brown also explains that biology is the reason he does not see the evolution of transsexualso to be legitimate. However, when we cite Western medicine and principles of knowledge, or fact, like the knowledge of biology, we are overlooking indigenous knowledge that has been developing since the dawn of time and forcibly establishing ourselves as superior simply because we can. This ability to permeate every niche of the globe and spread and economic systems does not make us right. In regards to Mr. Brown’s reaction to being called a bigot; non-violent communication does not condone the usage of slurs. However, the beauty of language, and words like bigot, is that it allows us to incite deep emotions and ideas that have been shaped for centuries through the evolution of a word. That being said, if one were to attempt to objectively look at one might articulate that Ms. Mary Kenah hit the nail right on the head. These words are clearly not enough to say all that I could or would like to say in response to the ideas that have passed through my head after reading “A note on gender politics.” As a person living with many other beautiful, unique, fascinating people in the world, it’s utterly repulsive to see the attempt to invalidate an individual’s sense of self based solely on the foundation of rigid social structures and an unwillingness to open ones mind to the many possibilities of being.

Therefore, the whole argument that the f-word defames

SETH WADE

When I was a child, like most other kids, I was instructed that the f-word was a no-no word: too horrendous to utter, a disgrace to even mention and the most vulgar thing I could ever say. Upon learning this, some kids made this a staple in their vocabulary. Others tiptoed around the word, ever fearful that a nearby parental ear would usher in an adolescent Armageddon. I was indifferent, and took the lesson as matter of fact. However, now that I am grown, I have made a stunning discovery: everyone, at some point or another, says ‘fuck’. The elderly lady down the street, the hallowed professor at college, the religious zealot with informational pamphlets, our parents; all cannot claim that they’ve never uttered the demonized adjective, verb, and sometimes noun. What remains most interesting though, besides the hypocrisy of the matter, is that despite its frequent use. To this, there are two main explanations often given by adults to children, that it offends God or that it’s simply vulgar. Though I cannot speak for all religions or even fellow Christians, I still believe that God could care less if you say the word ‘fuck’. When most people say the f-word, the last thing on their mind is yelling at some celestial deity – they’re talking about sex, expressing anger, or using it comically. That’s the beauty of language, after all. Words evolve throughout time and people, and often form into something completely opposite to what it was once held.

upon the word’s arrival. This being said, I theorize that the f-word retains its taboostatus because it’s used as a class-dividing tool. For if everyone uses the word, and its horrid nature is derived from the receptor’s inference, then we are left with no other option. For most kids, adults tell them to not hang around with kids who speak the f-word. We later learn to never cuss in a place of business, professionalism, or special meaning. We are built up to enter a cuss-free world, and are then promptly greeted by a cuss-imbued utopia. In that respect, the f-word is harnessed by those who wish to distance themselves from others. They complain and loathe the atrocious word, make sure to keep ‘those types’ far away from them, but still use the word in their private lives. This hypocrisy is merely the adult form of what is taught to kids; no-no words that kids may not use become go-go words that signal when ‘that person’ has entered the room. Maybe before we tell kids what’s just or unjust, what’s good or evil, what’s nice and what’s vulgar, we should realize that such spectrums are not black and white. In fact, what may make something so horrible isn’t the thing itself, but instead those

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A country’s history I am writing to inform you and Cynic readers about an educational opportunity on the history of Isreal. We would enthusiastically like to invite you and encourage you to invite anyone who may be interested to a comprehensive history of the nation of Israel from the times of the Roman exiles until today. This will be a PowerPoint presentation and discussion. All are welcome! The gathering will be on Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 from6:30pm-8:30pm in Lafayette 108.Jeremy Rozman, the host of this event, is a senior at the Uni-

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versity of Vermont. He is a Political Science major and a history/ Middle East studies minor. Vermont Students for Israel is in support of this event. It is a club for those interested in supporting the State of Israel. We participate in advocacy Israel, host speakers, and other events. We are an open club and welcome all. Sincerely, Vladimir Lerman Class of 2013

In last week’s article “Lay your noise down at Friday Pop Café”, the studio’s founder and owner’s name was incorrectly spelled. Derek Pinkman is correct. Last week’s article “In 2013, party drugs with a side of music” incorrectly attributed a quote to Theo Klein that was said by Trey Schibli.

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This week in

Ages Distractions: Middle House Party 1066 to 1485 By Jillian Bushor

Across 2. A complex of all individual houses 6. Living through UVM 8. Where papers are delivered at a house 11. A contract for a certain amount of time with a set payment 14. The person who pays rent to the landlord 17. Where the President lives 18. The location of a home 20. The owner of a rented home 23. Payment for housing per month Down 1. A very large home 3. “It’s a beautiful day in the __________” 4. The person who house hunts 5. A small shabby house 7. A suite of rooms for one resident 8. The charge of property as security for a debt 9. A hut at the edge of the water for watercraft 10. This is required to keep a place nice 12. A puppy home 13. The grass and land behind a house 15. A residential area outside the city 19. A place a royal family lives 21. Where most of the upper class students live 22. A house with two parts

Men,

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Housing Fun Facts By Jenna Bushor The Keret House is the world’s slimmest house and is located in Warsaw, Poland. It is inserted between two buildings and measures from 36 inches at its smallest point to 152 inches in width. It was designed as an size. Dick Clark owned a home in Malibu that looked like a replica of the Flintstone’s home from the classic cartoon. In Utrecht, Netherlands the company Zecc redesigned a church as a modern family home, entitled Residential Church XL in 2009, which is currently for sale.

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Answers to last week’s crossword: Up in the trees Answers to Up in the trees crossword Across 6. Cypress 8. Oak 11. Needles 13. Olive tree 14. Ginkgo 15. Trunk 19. Sequoia 20. Green 21. Spruce 22. Cedar

Down 1. Maple 2. Roots 3. Birch 4. Bonsai 5. Pine tree 7. Pine cones 9. Willow 10. Chestnut 12. Elm 16. Redwood 17. Acorns 18. Leaves

Sports

Life on the sidelines

Euro basketball hits main stage

It is a serious miscalculation to not give international players attention. It is a serious miscalculation JULIA DWYER

In the midst of heated discussion over Doc Rivers’ trade to the West Coast and the super human powers of Lebron ALICIA ACCETTA The Vermont Cynic

Rookie gets league honor name for himself at the collegiate level after his performance

Danielle Goglia Somer Brown

start of Yeboah’s career with the Cats and he led the team to the

The men’s soccer team refuses to lose this season. With 11 games under their belt, the Catamounts have fought hard to earn a record of 7-1-3. Part of the reason for the men’s success this season is

goals for Vermont and as a result he was named America East Rookie of the Week. “It took me like four games to get up to par with kids at the D1 level,” Yeboah said. “A lot of the kids here are more devel-

Bernard Yeboah. Yeboah came to UVM from Worcester, MA. Before Vermont -

tough time when I came here.” Yeboah learned that college soccer was much different than fore but nonetheless he learned

ican in 2012. Yeboah scored Colonel. Yeboah

also

attended

time captain for the men’s soccer team. “Prep school helped a lot,” Bernard said. “It gave me an

hard, trust me, it’ll come.’ I realized that if I just focus on the simple things and work hard, it’d come to me. And it did,” Yeboah said. described Bernard Yeboah as “the whole package.” When

school is a lot better than public school, at least in soccer.”

him, the team, the fans and the

his career at Worcester scoring 38 goals in 42 games. Now this

trick during the recruiting process with combination of excellent qualities.

starts as a Cat.

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basketball league out there besides the NBA. But with an increasing numthe courts and peaked interest in international leagues, there is a courts overseas. acquainted with international basketball leagues during the 12 seasons. The option to go overseas became an attractive offer for salaries under $4 million. Boston Celtic center Nenad Russias VTB United League while Nets point guard went -

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mended Yeboah’s attitude on

less technique in small spaces him to have limitless scoring opportunities. It is hard to believe that this an organized soccer league until within Ghana, but in the 1980s there was a migration of the

While the lockout came to an eventual end, there was no doubt that the leagues overseas had been put on the radar to a larger degree. Two weeks ago, the 2013 FIBA EuroBasket tournament

attention. A shining example would be the Mavericks power-forward Dirk Nowitzki who began his as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. the NBA MVP Award, but he championship in 2011.

home as the opening-night rosters for the 2012-2013 NBA season featured a record-breaking countries and territories. As the interconnectedness more prominent on the main stage, the future of the NBA will market. The most obvious illustration of this paradigm shift has occurred in the English Premier League across the pond. At the beginning of the 201314 season, less than a third of games were English, meaning 152 of the 220 picked on the starting roster were foreign talent.

The European basketball championship has become a of powerhouse leagues that are producing illustrious results. -

growing global presence on the basketball courts.

defeated Ukraine 84-72 to reach

Because of this, Yeboah was born and raised in Brescia, Ita-

team couldn’t continue their roll

For the rest of Bernard Ye-

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NFL Picks Week6 a disappointing season last year without Sean Payton because of the bounty scandal. Not only are they undefeated, but they have had convincing wins against good teams. Their defense which was

best in points allowed. Both teams have potent offenses but I’m picking Brady and Belichick to get the win at home.

COLIN HEKIMAN

Saints vs Patriots Two solid teams featuring great quarterbacks and head coaches meet up for the game of the week. The Patriots defense has been a strong suit this year and Tom Brady has been able to succeed this year with replacement players yet again. The Saints have been very impressive this season following

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Redskins vs Cowboys

been the same this year at all. While still recovering from his ACL injury, the run game has really suffered. Their number 1 rushing game last year is now 17th, and their run defense is second worst in the league. Dallas however is 5th in containing the run. Both of these have had poor production from their secondaries. With his run game taken of a traditional pocket passer and has had decent success but it is not the same as the electrifying read option. I think this will be an offensive game in a contest pitting two hated rivals against one another. I expect Tony Romo and Dez Bryant to pick apart the Redskin’s defense and win the game for Dallas.

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Packers vs Ravens I think the Packers will steal this one on the road. They are in the top 10 of passing yards, rushing yards and opponent rushing yards. Their improved running game

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is a new toy for Aaron Rodgers to use. Packers’ backs have averaged 5.3 yards a carry, second best in the NFL. The Ravens have been more mediocre this year. While they haven’t lost at home, I believe the Packers are the better team. In a bad loss against Buffalo, Joe Flacco threw 5 interceptions and Ray Rice was only given 5 carries. Baltimore needs to give Rice the ball more for more success. Leading to a win for Green Bay

The Picks Green Bay: Colin, Stu, Jake Taylor, Owen, Rory and Julia

Colts vs Chargers After making a trade landing

the Colts a great young running back, the Colts young offense is built to thrive for years to come. The Colts now feature 2 of the top 3 picks from the 2012 NFL Draft, Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson. The Colts went into San Francisco and decimated the 49ers 37-3, and have outscored opponents 64-10 in the last two weeks. The Chargers have a bad defense and they haven’t played up to their competition this year. Phillip Rivers has been playing great recently this season with the help of offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt. I think that in this case the Colts as the road team are going to come out with the win over the Chargers.

The Picks Indianapolis: Colin, Stu, Jake, Taylor, Owen, Rory and Julia

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Stu Laperle Assistant Sports Editor Up the porch steps of 28 South Willard, the grill sent a bellowing cloud of smoke toward the street where one would have to strain their neck to greet members of the mens basketball team. Some members of the team welcomed the Cynic upstairs where players, parents and coaches gathered for a barbecue. Brian Voelkel and Josh Elbaum agreed to sit down in the living room with the Cynic for a few questions about their experiences living at the house that has sheltered players for years. Cynic: What is the best room of the house? Harrison Taggart: Brian’s room, because of its cleanliness. It’s a really nice spot to hang out. It is decorated very well, shout-out to B.” Brian Voelkel: “I would probably ally good friends, and we just talk a lot about just different things, like life. So Josh Elbaum: “Well, my room on

occasion. I do have a walk-in closet.” Cynic: What is your favorite part of the house? Hector Harold: one. Uh, I’d say the bathroom. Yeah the bathroom, we got a pink tub. We have a lot of closets, that’s probably the Big hallways too, just in case we have space a little bit. We have a nice big kitchen, too.” Cynic: Is there a favorite place for to hang out with groups of people? Harrison Taggart: got the nice sound system, Brendan Kilpatrick on the music, of course. Just hang out, watch the football, ya know.” Cynic: Any funny moments while being here? Harrison Taggart: “We had a Josh Elbaum: was thinking about opening his own food stand, but that pipe dream was shut down pretty fast.” Brian Voelkel: co once a week and buys six to eight pounds of frozen fruit.” Josh Elbaum: Cynic: What is the rent? Harrison Taggart:

nancial accountant, handles most of that so I can’t tell you much about that. I’ll pay whoever’s room I’m staying in. Brian Voelkel: “Going on the ally knows who pays what, and if we’re actually, I think, has an off-shore account.” Josh Elbaum: mans.” Brian Voelkel: “So we always gotta keep an eye on him, and make sure everything is on the up-and-up.” Josh Elbaum: though, he’ll never know.” Cynic: Why did you choose this house over others downtowns? Harrison Taggart: “It’s a really good location. It is close to class and downtown, it is good to have all the guys together, it is good for team chemistry. And we are a close group of guys that like to hang out a lot.” Hector Harold: “Location, I the basketball house in the last decade. Starting off with our coach, he has passed it down from generation to generation.” Brian Voelkel: “It’s just a great atmosphere, you always got your friends around, and if you ever need

anything, you are always close, and you can all kinda stay together, along with pretty much best friends.” Cynic: Hector Harold: ly, they’re very patient with us. You know, we may cause disturbances every once in awhile but we tend to maintain peace with them.” Cynic: Hector Harold: a very good friend of our coach, he’s actually on his way right now to hang out with us, which is pretty cool. Again, he’s patient with us. Very patient with us, I would say. Very lenient, and he works with us. We can be knuckleheads sometimes.” Cynic: Who are the best cooks in the house? Josh Elbaum: “I would say me and Brian are the best cooks in the house?” Brian Voelkel: “We make a great chicken tikka-marsala.” Josh Elbaum: “It’s second to none!” Brian Voelkel: [Rusin] is a hunter and gatherer. So a lot of the time he’ll bring home venison, bison, berries and a bunch of other little things for us, so that’s been great.”

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Catamount football falls to rival Rory Leland Staff Writer The UVM Club Football

JONATHAN POLOSON The Vermont Cynic

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