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Man attempts robbery Hannah Kearns Assistant News Editor The cell phones of UVM
the second time within the past them of an attempted armed robbery on campus. “Another robbery could happen at any moment until Leonard added that after walk outside alone. A white male is described as the suspect of the attempted robbery that occurred near CatAlert sent to students Jan. 25. The suspect is believed to his late teens and early twen-
A faculty member rallies for increased wages outside Bailey/Howe Jan. 28. The rally’s goal was to bring awareness of faculty rights.
Faculty fight for increased wages Taylor Feuss Managing Editor Single-digit temperatures and double-digit winds didn’t stop UVM faculty members as on the steps of Bailey-Howe Monday. “I think it’s really great that United Academics is having this rally today to kick this said. “It’s important for not involved but the students need
from a 2001 vote by full-time united assembly. UA works for legal power to
“The professors feel that their hard work and dedication are not valued by the cursistant for the history departThe rally’s goal was to bring awareness of faculty rights to the UVM community and to gain support from stu-
“When the students are
hooded jacket with the hood
buildings Cook and Votey at
Hannah Kearns Assistant News Editor The detective work of the manuscripts curator for UVM’s Bailey-Howe led to the discovery of a stolen document nearly sold to the library. pled not guilty in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on charges of stealing an imporcording to the Burlington Free Press. stole the document from the
The document was discovscript’s curator who works for the center for digital initiatives at Bailey-Howe. “The reason the document was discovered was Chris’s
to the report. “I never had to think twice about walking alone at night
report said.
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The document seemed fa-
ed him about scanning the document to be included online. stains and a small piece misssaid. He
then
contacted
the
The document is 223 years old and pertains to the town of Sterling according to the Burl“I’m extremely surprised that someone was willing to take a respected historical doc-
IMAGE COURTESY OF CHRIS BURNS
Library and then have the courage to try to sell it to the Uni-
Image of the Ira Allen/Sterling, Vt. document that was stolen from the Fletcher Free Library Given its age and histori-
“It says a lot about how low people are willing to stoop just to get something like a little The document’s value is
special documents was the reason the document was discov-
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website.
bly due to another person who
Document taken at local library
What makes the students happy? Quality education from
en faculty voice and negotiate
three victims and demanded The suspect left the area
Services report. The suspect was described
tempted to sell it to Baileyof Russian history and president of UA. “What we ask is that the University takes care of the
ceived the call at approximately 6:47 p.m. alerting them of according to the report. The three victims of the incident “were walking on the UVM shuttle path west of
said. UVM police services reTAYLOR FEUSSThe Vermont Cynic
WALKER SULTZBACH The Vermont Cynic
A student walks the path between Votey Hall and Cook Science Jan. 28. An attempted armed robbery occured near Votey Hall Jan. 25.
to the release.
Burlington detective corporal Michael Hemond.
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