Vermont Cynic Spring 2015 Issue 18

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Possible law school ‘merger’ Former trustee left due to ‘conflict of interest’ between schools Sarah Olsen Assistant News Editor A house representative resigned from the UVM board of trustees March 2014 due to a mont Law School work group.

A Vermont Law School work group was created within the board of trustees in January 2014 but was dissolved in June 2014 because they had “concluded their work,” said Corrine Thompson, trustee coordinator at UVM. Sarah Buxton, house representative for Turnbridge and Royalton, Vermont, was a UVM board of trustees member until March 2014, when she resigned after serving only one year of her six-year term.

“When the prospect of a conversation about the merger began to occur, by the formation of a work group, I thought a lot about how my role as a representative and the sole representative of the district might come duty to the University,” Buxton said.

Thompson does not remember the reason why Buxton resigned.

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The Vermont Law School, pictured above. The new alliance between UVM and the Vermont Law School will lead to many new programs for students to apply to. It will also increase opportunities for the law students at UVM. “I think she just decided it was not good timing for her,” Thompson said.

Buxton did not feel comforther two roles, she said.

“When it became clear that there were conversations about not just how UVM and [Vermont Law School] would work more together, but about some potential acquisition and merger conversations, I contemplated my role as a legislator,” Buxton said.

If a merger did occur, Buxton said she worries about the

transfer of property between the two institutions, she said.

“Moving a private institution into a public realm might require some assistance in tranterms in a contract or agreement might also include — they might, might not, but they might need money from the state.”

The main concern for moving Vermont Law School to Burlington, should UVM actually acquire the institution, is that the town of Royalton, Vermont “That’s part of why I realized

battles,” Buxton said.

One new program developed this year due to the partnership between UVM and Vermont Law School is the “Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA,” according to the program website.

In this program, when a UVM student is admitted, they are guaranteed entrance to the juris doctor program, master of law program or master’s degree program, according to the website.

Another program is the “3-2 program” that allows UVM stu-

dents to study for three years at UVM and then two years at Vermont Law School and graduate with both a law degree and bachelor’s degree, according to the program website.

Buxton was confused as to why she wasn’t originally included in the Vermont Law School workgroup.

“It was somewhat surprising to me, given that I was a UVM alum and a [Vermont Law School] alum,” Buxton said.

“Trustee work groups are established when there’s an issue that the administration wants to seek expertise from one, two, three, four trustees on a consultation basis,” Thompson said.

“So they were convened to look at what sort of collaborations might be possible between UVM and Vermont Law School.”

Thompson said Brian Reed, an associate provost of teaching and learning, has “oversight on the partnership.” the academic side of the partnership [between UVM and Vermont Law School],” Reed said.

Reed is not aware as to what the Vermont Law School work group discussed or what the board of trustee’s intentions were with this partnership, he said. “[The 3-2 program] is what the work group talked about with the administration,” Thompson said.

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Rumors of Koch donations to University untrue Anti-Koch organization lists UVM as a Koch-funded university John Riedel Despite documents from UnKoch My Campus, an antiKoch organization, that suggest UVM allegedly received support from the Charles Koch Foundation, the University has no records of receiving any donations from the Charles Koch Foundation.

In August of 2014, the Charles Koch Foundation listed UVM, along with Champlain College, Norwich University and St. Michael’s College, on its monthly lists of universities and colleges with programs supported by the foundation, according to documents from UnkochMyCampus.org.

Each month, the Charles Koch Foundation publicly lists all of the colleges and universities that they have given donations to during that period on its website, CharlesKochFoundation.org.

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The list of universities and programs supported by the Charles Koch Foundation in August of 2014 was authenticated using the a public internet archive service archive.org, but the September 2014 list has not been authenticated at this time.

The Internet Archive is a chives texts, audio, moving images, software, and web pages, and is a member of the American Library Association.

“The only place on the UVM website that has any mention of the Koch Foundation is the department of economics,” said Gary Derr, vice president for executive communications in an email.

“The site includes the Koch Foundation as a possible internthe Department Chair that they do not receive any funding from the Koch Foundation for listing the site as an internship option,” Derr said.

Trice Jacobson, a representative for the Charles Koch

foundation has not given any funds or donations to UVM. “We haven’t yet had an opportunity to support a program run by your school,” said Jacobson.

In order to make a gift or to go through the University of Vermont Foundation, provost David Rosowsky said.

Donors are able to claim anonymity when they make a donation, according to the UVM Foundation’s Donor Bill of Rights.

“Any gift has to be reviewed not only by the leadership of the [UVM Foundation], but also by the leadership of the University and ultimately the president makes that decision and may well make it in consultation with the board of trustees,” Rosowsky said.

“The UVM Foundation is responsible for accepting, holding and investing gifts and endowUniversity,” according the UVM cal year 2014.

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Chicken killers not leaving Jill Vaglica Three UVM students faced charges last month for allegedly stealing a live chicken, named Sweet Dee, from the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house, killing it and eating it in a UVM residence hall, according to a

Hannah Kearns News Editor The board of trustees will be holding a meeting Feb. 5-7 on Davis Center.

“The board of trustees has full legal responsibility and authority for the University of Vermont, including entire management and control of property

First-years Hannah Jackman, Cameron Dube and continuing education student Darian Newman are the suspects in the killing, according to the Newman and Jackman were cited in court Dec. 9 for charges of unlawful trespass, possession of stolen property and accessory before the fact. Dube was also cited for charges of unlawful trespass, possession of stolen property and cruelty to animals, according to a Dec. 10 press release.

PETA has since contacted UVM, requesting that the three students be expelled for their alleged actions.

“Cruelty to animals should be taken seriously, and I hope the University will send the message that bullying and abusing anyone is unacceptable,” said Marta Holmberg, peta2’s director of youth outreach and campaigns.

“I urge you to expel the students who stole, killed and ate the chicken,” Holmberg said.

“Both [Newman and Jackman] said the idea to steal and kill the chicken was discussed beforehand, and then the three decided to carry out the plan,” During a police interview

WALKER SULTZBACH The Vermont Cynic The chicken coop belonging to the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity sits on their property Jan. 30. A group of students stole and ate one of the fraternity’s chickens in December. They were not expelled from UVM. with Newman, he said photographs were taken of the group holding Sweet Dee, and a video was taken of Dube gutting Sweet Dee on the stovetop, acthe video and heard multiple references to ‘tripping’. A male time you trip and Cam murders a chicken.’

The group on the video is laughing and appears to have no remorse for killing Sweet Dee. Dube is the main focus on the video as he guts Sweet Dee vit stated.

Two brothers of the AGR fraternity had purchased Sweet Dee two years ago and had raised her from a chick, accord-

The charges have since been dropped and the three students have returned to UVM. “They knew we were good kids who made a mistake, so AGR called the judge asking to drop the charges because we wrote an apology letter,” Jackman said in an interview with the Cynic.

“I’m really grateful for my relationship with AGR at this point,” she said. “I’m on really good terms with them now. In doing service for AGR, whether it be helping them with their philanthropy or by showing them my gratitude.” deeply throughout winter break and realizes that her actions are to be when she graduates from

the University.

She hopes that incoming to learn from the news of this incident.

“I just want incoming freshmen to realize that the things things are so new and fresh; it’s all fun, but at the end of the day you have to realize why you’re really here at the University,” she said.

“As an animal lover, I love animals to death,” Jackman said. “When I saw that I was kind of astounded. It’s something PETA would do, but honestly, obviously I felt remorse.”

A Vermont state senator introduced a bill this year to legalize recreational marijuana.

Sen. David Zuckerman, at a pro-marijuana rally earlier this month, argued that it’s easier for most underage people to obtain unregulated marijuana than it is to get alcohol, which is regulated by the state.

In legalizing recreational marijuana, it would make it ple to obtain, he said.

A report recently released by tion, an independent research company, examines Vermont marijuana use and the potential ate.

The state could gain $20-75 million in tax revenue from the sale of marijuana.

Estimates in Washington state and Colorado far exceeded reality, according to the report.

Gov. Shumlin, a known advocate for legalization, said that without further data, the time might not be right yet.

With Alaska and Oregon ready to legalize marijuana next year, the data may be available sooner than predicted.

In order for Vermont to though, black market marijuana sales would have to be stopped.

Between 60,000 and 100,000 Vermonters use marijuana, spending $125-225 million annually, according to esti-

mates from RAND. One UVM dealer, when asked if he feared loss of business to legal vendors, said he wasn’t afraid at all.

“Street prices of marijuana would still be far lower than whatever any new store would sell it for,” he said.

Legalized marijuana in Vermont would probably be restricted to consumers over the age of 21, like it is in Colorado and Washington, Zuckerman said.

“I don’t think it would be harder [to get] ... There will always be dealers, especially at a place like UVM,” sophomore Mallory Foster said.

Both the dealer and Foster said getting rid of marijuana’s bad reputation is key to its legalization.

“When I went to my doctor and told him I smoked pot a few times a week, he told me that I might as well be doing heroin,” the dealer said.

UVM’s image will not be damaged by this legislation, Zuckerman said.

“I don’t think changing how we ‘deal with pot’ in society and in Vermont necessarily changes the perception of what UVM is,” Zuckerman said.

“I mean, UVM is a well regarded academic institution and frankly, people smoke pot at Harvard and Stanford and schools that are well beyond what UVM is regarded as,” he said.

according to their website.

The board of trustees sets and approves policies, budgets and strategic planning. The board also appoints the president of the University, the website stated.

At the upcoming meeting, topics being discussed include an update on the upcoming STEM project, according to the board book.

UVM’s largest ever capital project to date will bring a state-of-the-art complex of labs, classrooms and research facilities to campus starting in 2016, according to an October 2014 Cynic article.

Another topic on the agenda for the Feb. 5-7 meeting is the possibility of the NCAA athletes being paid for competing. This is something that has never occured in the country before.

To see a copy of the board book, and a schedule outlining all meeting topics visit bit.ly/1Dr6z0s.

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Simpson dishwasher still broken John Riedel In November, Simpson Dining Hall’s dishwasher broke down due to a faulty heating component. It still hasn’t been Melissa Zelazny, general manager for Sodexo Dining Services at UVM, oversees the functioning of the dining halls across the University and manages all food service related operations.

“The only problematic dishwasher that we’ve had has been on Redstone,” Zelazny said. “We had some issues last spring, which we had corrected and we operated all summer over there.”

“Last year I lived on Redstone and there were plastic utensils and paper plates used junior David Polson.

“I feel like they’ve done a good job of limiting how it affects us as students,” said sophomore Ned Smith.

All food service establishments in Vermont must have dishwashers that wash dishes at 10 degrees higher than the national average. This means that dishes must be washed at a temperature of 171 degrees, accord-

ing the state of Vermont’s health department.

The booster, which regulates the water temperature within Simpson’s dishwasher, broke down and failed to meet this requirement, Zelazny said.

“We’ve been working on a and they’ve worked for a period of time but then something else will happen or based on volume the temperature will drop and unfortunately we’ll have to switch to paper and its not optimal but we want to make sure everybody is safe so we’ve been making compromises there,” Zelazny said.

“The booster that is currently in there wasn’t one hundred percent stainless steel and that was posing problems with buildup of ionization of the water coming in and creating some blockages, so we had to go back in and put in a stainless steel booster,” Zelazny said.

In order to keep the dining hall functioning, paper plates and biodegradable utensils have been brought into the facility.

“We estimate that we are going through about 7,000 pieces of disposable dining wear a day,” Zelazny said.

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OLIVER POMAZI The Vermont Cynic

CRIME LOG Jan. 23

4:17 p.m.

Learning reported an anonymous sexual assault, which took place at an unknown time this information from a third party.

Jan. 24

12:36 a.m.

Police services received a report of vandalism in Mercy hall. A maintenance door leading to the roof hatch, which is usually kept locked, had damaged locks. Someone apparently attempted to pick the locks and go on the roof.

1:32 a.m.

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New plans for Central campus Margaux Rioux UVM’s Master Housing Plan is trying to redesign the UVM campus for the fall 2017 semester.

“We’re looking at where students should be living that bring them greater success,” said Annie Stevens, vice provost for the “We want to make it so that Central Campus and that they have access to the resources they need. We want to give them a strong start,” she said.

According to the plan, the outdated Chittenden, Buckham and Wills dorms on Central campus will be knocked down this summer and replaced by a new dorm, complete with 650 beds and a 500-seat dining hall.

“The age, the size and efprime example of something that should be taken down and

replaced to meet our needs,” said Robert Vaughan, director of capital planning and management.

Instead of trying to renovate these buildings, the University has chosen to demolish and replace them with a new facility.

“There’s only so much you can do with concrete walls and concrete ceilings,” Vaughan said about the dorms. “Altering the buildings themselves would be too expensive.”

Everybody likes [the Central dorms] because of their location, not so much the size of the room,” Vaughan said.

The average size of the dorms in CBW is 150-155 square feet, whereas the average for the rest of the campus ranges anywhere from 170-220 square feet, Vaughan said.

Alternative housing will be provided in the mean time, Stevens said.

“We will be housing upperclassmen and transfer students

who want to live on campus on Quarry Hill and in the Sheraton Hotel,” she said.

The Housing Master Plan addresses both living options for all students, Stevens said.

“Approximately 5,000 students live on-campus,” she said.

Most of these students are Only 14 percent of juniors and seniors, or 700 students, live on campus, Stevens said.

“The juniors and seniors that do live on-campus live here, I think, because of the sense of community they feel from ResLife programs like Living and Learning and being close to classes,” Stevens said.

Senior Kate Cude has lived “I think both living options have pros and cons,” Cude said.

“Living on-campus is more convenient for classes, but it can be loud and you have to share living space with other people,” She said, “I really like the sense

of independence that I get from Sophomore Eva Terzis is a “The factors that pushed me to look for housing downtown were privacy and freedom,” Terzis said.

“The price of both housing options ends up similar, but I feel like it’s more worth it to live noted the tendency for upperThere have been talks between the city of Burlington and the University to develop living spaces downtown for upperclassmen in the future, but no set plans have been made.

As for now, the Housing Master Plan will create space to renovate and reallocate some of the University’s on-campus population as the University prepares for the next decade of residential life.

Police services arrived at the Harris-Millis residence hall to check on an intoxicated student. The female student hit a door and damaged her tooth.

The Burlington Fire Department brought the subject to the UVM Medical Center and a report has been sent to the Center for Student Ethics & Standards.

Jan. 25

2:48 p.m.

A student called UVM police services, concerned about an intoxicated friend in Simpson Hall. Police located the student, who was then sent to Act 1, the 24-hour supervised blood alcohol content of the student was .215 percent. A report has been sent to Center for Student Ethics & Standards.

9:47 a.m.

Police services received a report of vandalism in University Heights North. An exit sign was torn down, and the ceiling tiles above were damaged.

Life

Potential tax on sweetened drinks in Vt. Danielle Goglia tion with over 7,000 names Alcohol, cigarettes and soda may all be entering the same health category, and soon there could be a tax to prove it.

The Vermont Beverage Tax proposal is a 2 cent per ounce state-wide tax on sugar-sweetened beverages including soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened teas and more.

“UVM already banned bottled water, now the drinks we can purchase are going to be taxed, that’s bullshit,” senior Nick Usen said.

“

We have an obestity epidemic in our country and we need every tool in the toolbox in order to bend the curve in the the increase in prevelance of obesity.

Rachel Johnson UVM Nutrition Professor

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Vermont rejected similar beverage tax proposals in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

There is already a peti-

according to the Stop the Vermont Beverage Tax website.

“Vermonters don’t need another tax to know what is best for our families,” according to the website.

A 12-ounce can of CocaCola contains 39 grams of sugar, equaling about 9 teaspoons of sugar.

This is more than the daily recommended serving of 9 teaspoons for men and 6 teaspoons for women, according to livestrong.com.

The “empty calories” gained from these beverages are the biggest source of added sugars in Americans’ diets, according to healthiervt.org “We have an obesity epidemic in our country and we need every tool in the toolbox in order to bend the curve in the increase in prevalence of obesity,” said Dr. Rachel Johnson, nutrition professor at UVM. Sugar-sweetened beverages are associated with a higher risk of obesity, as well as an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and obesity-related cancers, Johnson said.

“I think people are going to be really upset,” senior Olivia Hart said.

“I feel like the public doesn’t really know much about nutrition and health in general and they don’t realize that the amount of sugar in the soda they consume is really unhealthy,” she said.

But Johnson said the education will require funding.

“A sugar-sweetened beverage tax could provide funding to do public edu-

ANABEL SOSA The Vermont Cynic

Dr. Rachel Johnson, professor in the College of Agriculture, discusses the sugar sweetened beverage tax in Marsh Life Science on Jan. 29. cation campaigns around reducing intakes of sugarsweetened beverages,” she said.

Public policy is one of the most powerful mechanisms of change because it has the ability to reform society to “make the healthy choice the easy choice,” according to Harvard School of public health’s website.

“A tax on sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, teas and other beverages is not the answer, education is,” according to the Stop the Vermont Beverage Tax Website.

In addition to education campaigns, Johnson said part of the tax proposal is to use funds to help subsidize

This chart shows how many gallons of sugar-sweetened beverages Vermont consumes each year and the possible yearly tax revenue that could result from taxing those beverages, according to the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity website.

Sugar-sweetened Beverages

Soft Drinks

healthcare and subsidize the price of fruits and vegetables for low income families.

A beverage tax may also of treating the diseases that result from high intakes of sugary drinks, Johnson said.

Around 11 percent of calories that are consumed by youths in America come from sugar-sweetened beverages, according to the Rhode Island department of health website.

The consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks has acof the weight gained by the U.S. population from 19772007, according to the Alliance For a Healthier Vermont website.

A similar sugar-sweetenend beverage tax was implemented in Mexico last year .

The tax was associated with a 10 percent decrease in consumption and about a 6 percent drop in drink sales, according to a Jan. 11 article in the International Business Times. tax was enacted in Berkeley, California Nov. 4, 2014, according to Forbes magazine.

If the Vermont Beverage Tax is passed, Vermont will

Fruit Drinks Sports Drinks Ready-to-drink tea

Gallons

Energy Drinks

Tax Dollars

statewide soda tax, Johnson said.

Flavored Drinks Ready-to-drink Coffee

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5,000,000 10,000,000 Dollars or Gallons

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In total, Vermont consumes 19,023,380 gallons of sugar sweetened beverages a year, amounting to 24,349,928 million in annual tax revenue.

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Alumnus’ first novel

Humans of UVM

Katie Hickey Harper Simpson After studying abroad in ing over $10,000 in crowdfunding for his book, a UVM alumni has published a novel about making life-changing decisions.

Samuél Lopez Barrantes, a 2010 graduate, has written a novel, “Slim and the Beast,” about two men trying to escape a stalker and a

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Maybe it’s not evident, but diversity is real here at UVM. The diversity exists in personalities, upbringing, interests, religion, sexual-

ity, you name it. In New York City, Brandon Stanton, of Humans of New York, roams the streets looking for hints of humanity to intertwine us all. and Harper Simpson are here to do the same.

safety in a bar, said Angela Melamud, marketing manager for Inkshares.

During the hurricane, the characters confront not only their passions with realities, but male friendship. “[The novel] is all about the choice we make on the edge of adulthood that deBarrantes said. “And an intimacy, expressing love for other men without seeming sexual.”

Barrantes said that each character has a “complex.”

“They ask: where do I

ROSs O'DONOHUGH New Hampshire

“Bad ideas worry me; ideas that aren’t progressive. That’s what worries me about the world.”

meaning in life and is it even Barrantes said he wrote the novel from his experiences after graduating from UVM and moving to Paris to pursue writing.

“I fell in love with the city, fell in love with a girl and fell in love with the idea of writing,” he said.

But it wasn’t until Barrantes had been rejected from 14 master’s programs and attempted to write his become a writer.

“It was the moment I got rejected from all these programs and accepted my novel as crap,” he said. “That’s when I really fell in love with writing, because I chose I am going to do it regardless.”

Barrantes’ former UVM advisor, professor Jonathan Huener, said he was a “student of tremendous ability and talent” aided by his studies in foreign languages and European studies.

“Students often don’t realize what foreign languages do in improving your writing

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UVM alumnus Samuél Lopez Barrantes is pictured above.

Barrantes wrote his novel “Slim and the Beast” after being rejected from fourteen master’s programs and moving to Paris. immensely,” Huener said.

Like the characters in his novel, Barrantes faced a choice between two careers and many interests.

“I was good at academics, I was expected to become an academic. But I also wanted to go to Paris and write a novel,” he said.

Junior Hannah Cole said she thinks her post-graduate future could involve an English major and writing.

“I think employers want to hire liberal arts majors because of their critical thinking skills,” Cole said. “I would love any job as long as I get to write.”

When it comes to choosing a path, Barrantes said

that “asking the questions are much more important than deciding the answers.”

“Career is not like a ladder anymore, it’s like a moout,” he said.

Barrantes’ novel “Slim and the Beast,” is now on sale on Inkshares’ website and available in paperback.

Inkshares is a “crowddriven” publisher with the goal of connecting readers with writers, according to their website.

Authors can pitch their story ideas to the community and Inkshares provides the resources, according to the website.

KELSEY NEUBAUER New York “I was feeling really depressed. I went down to the waterfront. I felt like I was coming into a rebirth. No one was there. It was complete, utter aloneness. I have never felt more alone and I have never in my life felt more okay about being alone.”

Don’t let the cold temperatures slow you down Allison Carey Weekly Health Columnist It’s cold out and the weather may be stopping you from hitting the trails.

Use these quick tips from Runner’s World magazine to beat the cold and keep up with your running routine.

Shoes matter.

With the slush and ice, it is hard to keep your feet warm and underneath you.

Avoid shoes with a lot of

mesh and consider buying yourself a pair of Yaktrax, or any sneaker with traction in winter weather.

That way you won’t slide around and can focus on the road in front of you.

Dress the part.

Maine track club President Mark Grandonico said he suggests dressing as if it is 20 degrees warmer than it is.

Layering up with fabrics will allow you to avoid the icy air without overheating too much. Then you can shed layers as you go.

Get your shine

on.

Since it is getting dark early, make sure you wear can see you coming.

Warm up.

Do something inside before leaving your house like jumping jacks, running up and down your stairs or jogging in place.

This will get the blood into thinking it’s warmer than it really is.

CONNOR UMSTED Pennsylvania “I got this tattoo for my mom when she was really sick last year. She had a heart condition with a 2 percent survival rate. And she made it. “Where the Wild Things Are” was our favorite book to read when I was growing up. When it got to this part in the book we would all jump around and go crazy hitting each other with pillows and screaming.”

“Did she like the tattoo?”

“Loved it. But she was mad it didn’t say ‘Mom,’ so I got this one on my leg.”

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ARTS

Small arts center wins big ferent, and really supporting them.”

While implementing the project has left Hellerman short on time, he said that is the fun part.

“We really wanted to get moving,” Hellerman said.

Foundation to give $100,000 grant to Burlington City Arts Sarah Stickle

The leader behind the grant’s proposal and the vision it conveyed was DJ Hellerman, a curator and the director of exhibitions at Burlington City Arts.

The grant was provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation.

“I don’t think I ever made a choice to work in the arts, it was just always what I did,” Hellerman said. “I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.”

While two new exhibitions just opened at the BCA Center on Church Street, Hellerman said he is ready to put plans in motion and put the grant to use right away.

“In Motion,” a collection of abstract work from UVM alumni Ethan BondWatts and Nancy H. Tablin,

There’s no fat, there’s no extra help. We have volunteers and things, but we’re on all the time.”

Though this may sound like a stressful job to some, Hellerman said he remains driven.

“There’s always going to be a challenge,” he said.

“If there isn’t, we’re not doing what we said we’re going to be doing. We’re not pushing ourselves. When things get comfortable and easy, it’s probably because you’re not pushing hard enough.”

Hellerman said working in such a small place doesn’t limit BCA, the center makes room for new ideas and sends more out into the world.

This creates bigger opportunities that are larger than BCA,” Hellerman said.

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opened Jan. 30 and will be on display at the BCA Center until March 7.

“Our idea is exhibitions and artist residencies,” Hellerman said. “We’re bringing artists to Vermont to make and exhibit work.

I want artists to be able to connect with the commu-

nity. It’s just a better experience for the community when there’s a human being behind the object.”

Hellerman cited supporting artists who are making new work as the strongest part of BCA’s grant proposal.

“We’re exhibiting [the

new work] and creating a community relationship,” he said. “The content is challenging, the work is challenging and then the way they’re presenting it to the public is challenging.

That’s the edge. It’s taking things that are uncomfortable and unfamiliar and dif-

Rapper rests in peace Jon Zinter Arts Columnist

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Spoken word artist takes on Burlington Caroline Shea

Higher Ground patrons can expect much more than music this month. three-time spoken word world champion and acclaimed poet, is returning to Burlington Feb. 10 to perform at Higher Ground. touring the country performing his work.

“I get to be myself for a a writer, I’ve been writing my ideal self and not only writing it, but trying to live closer to my ideal self.” being a three-time champion of the performance poetry tournament, Individual World Poetry Slam.

However, he said he hasn’t competed since 2008. He has been focusing on writing and performing

spoken word, which is very important to him.

“Spoken word is a democratic platform for every social sensibility, not just said. “Everyone has a story.”

He said he believes that performance can truly enhance the experience of poetry and make it more accessible.

“I want to surprise people with how relevant poetry can be,” he said. lieves poetry is more relevant than ever, especially spoken word, which often discusses current issues.

He plans to perform a variety of material at Higher Ground.

“It’s my hope that people pull some valuable tidbits from it and see it as a mutual learning experience,” he said.

“Basically gospel,” Wakethe guilt.”

The hip-hop community was shocked and saddened at the sudden passing of Steven Rodriguez, 26, also known as A$AP Yams. He died Jan. 18.

Rodriguez was the founder and mastermind behind A$AP Mob. He was a hip-hop encyclopedia. His vast knowledge of the genre allowed him to mold several successful rappers, most notably A$AP Rocky.

The majority of his younger years were spent consuming hip-hop in any way he could.

His collection, much of which was stored in his memory, ranged in styles coming from all over the country.

Rodriguez is the one who brought gold teeth and Houston-style production to New York City.

He helped bring about a new wave of hip-hop through the rappers he managed, both with A$AP and his own label, Yamborghini Records.

The short, stocky man with a birthmarked face and heavily-tattooed arms became a familiar image in Rocky’s acclaimed music videos, but that’s about as

Illustration by Ciera Libenson He preferred to excercise his power from behind the scenes and let his stars shine.

Rodriguez also managed rappers such as Vince Staples and A$AP Ferg. The variety of styles his clients dous knowledge of hip-hop culture.

The cause of his death has yet to be announced, but exactly how Rodriguez passed has little to do with who he was and his legacy.

He may not have a famous album himself, but he played a major role in the creation and promotion of several others.

Rodriguez’s Tumblr account is where Rocky’s “Purple Swag” video debuted, and he all but handpicked each song on both of

Rocky’s major projects to date.

He didn’t write Rocky’s lyrics for him, but he got producers Clams Casino and SpaceGhostPurrp involved.

And when Rodriguez posted the “Purple Swag” video, he made the kind of hip-hop history he spent his childhood studying. when he does.

Rocky’s yet to be released album is a production collaboration between Rodriguez and acclaimed producer Danger Mouse.

The force Rodriguez exerts on hip-hop isn’t concally helped make.

Every hip-hop achievement to come after him will A$AP Yams helped to create and promote.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 , 2015

WRUV pays respects to DJ Molly Duff Assistant Arts Editor In December, the UVM community lost the voice of a long time DJ at WRUV. A memorial for LJ Palardy will be held at the North End Studios Feb. 14.

Palardy was a key member of the WRUV community in part because he was so involved in training new DJs, said senior Cameron Kostyra, who was trained his sophomore year by Palardy. “[Palardy] probably was responsible for training all of the current DJs [at WRUV],” Laima Harmon, a DJ at WRUV, said.

In his 22 years of volunteering at WRUV, Harmon said Palardy became the one person everyone else could count on. needed to be done that the rest of us didn’t really know how to do … he just took it upon himself to do it,” Harmon said.

“LJ was pretty much the glue that held that station together for the last 25 years,” Tom Ayres, DJ at WRUV, said.

Among the WRUV DJs, Palardy was known to spend hours at the station, keeping up with logs and

paperwork, cleaning CD cases and maintaining the general order.

At the station, he also became well known for his strictness.

“He was particular,” Harmon said, “we called him the station curmudgeon.”

Despite his particularities, Kostyra said Palardy did it all out of love, and with a great sense of humor.

Palardy is remembered by the WRUV community for his love of jazz as well.

At the station, he hosted a jazz radio show that aired Sunday mornings.

“He was profoundly knowledgeable and literate about jazz,” Harmon said.

Ayres said Palardy was “an encyclopedia of jazz.”

After a short career in the U.S. Air Force and a lifetime of cultivating his love of music, “the high point of his life was having a radio show, and he just put his heart and soul into it,” Ayres said.

Not only was he a DJ at WRUV, but “he was [also] involved in a lot of the jazz programming in the Burlington community,” Harmon said. “He worked at [local radio station,] The Radiator … he started that one up.”

Palardy also played some music, Ayres said.

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“He played a variety of hand percussion instruments,” he said.

Palardy was part of the group Samba Tucada, a Brazilian samba street band. his passion in life for music, both live and played by DJs. “There’s going to be a combination of live music and DJs,” Ayres said.

The event is open to those who knew Palardy and wish to pay their re-

Shirt studio shines on

spects.

“There’s [also] going to be an open mic for people to talk and share stories and reminiscences,” Ayres said.

“I think the real test will come as we move back into the regular semester’s programming,” Ayres said. “I hope that he’s trained us well enough.”

“There are certain things that we’ve all picked up since he is no longer with us,” Kostyra said.

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From delivery boy to owner, he climbed the ranks of a local business and has been working hard to make it grow.

Twenty-seven-year-old Phil Landry, a Champlain College alumnus became owner and operator of Unknown Arts Studio in January. He said he has been un-

The Expendables will be crashing into Higher Ground Feb. 17.

Based in Santa Cruz, California, The Expendables coast along continuing to make their style of music that mixes genres like surf, punk rock, and reggae.

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owners at the time.

He said he now runs the shop. This includes screen printing custom-order clothing as well as creating his own designs, all available online.

During previous summers there has been a sale cart on Church Street, although Landry said he has not decided whether or not if he is going to continue it.

The shirt that best represents the brand says “Believe: Champ.”

The shop “doesn’t lend itself to retail,” Landry said.

“We are mostly online and get a lot of orders for organizations.”

He has made shirts for Nectar’s, Red Square, Bolton Valley and Sangha.

Landry will occasionally donate his “tester” shirts, the ones he cannot sell, to those in need.

In compensation for the lack of a strong downtown presence, the shirts can be found in other shops, such as Apple Mountain and Burn Gallery.

Ultimately, Landry said he hopes for this to be his only job. He currently has a job at a larger screen print factory during the day and said he comes into the studio in the evenings to pursue his passion.

Landry would like to one day grow his business, hire employees, continue to collaborate with other artists and build relationships with people in the community.

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Honestly, even if we play in bumfucknowhere we’d still love it as long as the crowd is rocking with us.

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months.

At the studio, located on Marble Avenue in Burlington, Landry produces silk screen printed T-shirts and sweatshirts, conceptualizing ideas and hand-printing everything himself.

“As a business major, I think it’s really inspiring that he owns his own company at such a young age,” sophomore Nicole Dulac said.

Landry, originally from Bennington County, attended McCann Technical School in North Adams, Massachusetts, he said, and then went to Champlain, graduating with a graphic design degree.

Landry said he then became acquainted with Unknown Arts completely by chance, and dropped his delivery driver job to work at Unknown Arts after striking up a conversation with the

Harmon said Palardy was so passionate about the station that he fantasized about buying it from the University.

“He wanted to make sure that it was always functioning,” she said.

“After all, the station is the voice of the University of Vermont,” Harmon said.

In Palardy, the community lost a strong advocate for that voice, Harmon said.

Raul Bianchi

In 2012, the band tried a new style with “Gone Soft,” which was recorded as an acoustic album.

“We decided to do an acoustic album because the

fans wanted it. Then it was just messing with some tempos and melodies to make our songs sound good acoustically,” lead guitarist Raul Bianchi said.

“Whereas a studio album, it’s a whole new process because you have to come up with new material and expand from there,” he said.

One particular song on this album has a music video unlike any other they have made, Bianchi said.

It incorporates a bit more comedy into their music.

“For [the song] ‘Music time we hired a comedy production group, and we let them run with it,” Bianchi said.”

He said it was really fun to produce and a great video to watch.

The Expendables recently released their sixth album called “Sand in the Sky” and are about to headline their upcoming tour, Winter Blackout 2015.

Bianchi said the band has no preference of where they play. They love to jam everywhere and anywhere.

“Honestly, even if we play in bumfuck-nowhere we’d still love it as long as the crowd is rocking with us,” Bianchi said. “That’s all that really matters to us, man, just the people who come to our shows.”

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We’re close to success only if we Apathy, lack of information and even timing will hinder a fair and successful election. Election day is during our spring break, forcing many students to vote absentee.

Yet last year, the most votes collected by a single city council candidate was just under 1,100 — one-tenth of the student body.

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As important as it is to elect the right candidate, it’s just as important for students to remain informed, involved and analytiacal.

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We are excited to be able to provide comprehensive coverage to the student body. We are just as excited to invite all candidates running opposed to debate, so that they may present and defend their platforms to their would-be consitiuents.

It’s our role to inform and analyze, to uncover and to criticize tive and current, accountable. It’s a role we take very seriously.

Podcast reports a murder Madeleine Cary Where were you on Thursday six weeks ago?

“I was probably in Boston said.

“Six weeks would be two weeks before vacation, which means we were right in the beprobably writing my paper for Lyon said.

I couldn’t tell you what I was doing on a Thursday six weeks ago. Like my classmates, I was and trying to come up with a studying schedule.

I went to my Thursday classes, modern European history and anthropology and I probably went to the gym. That is can give you.

As far as I know, it was just another day. This question was the basis for a murder conviction.

Syed was tried and charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend,

The state’s case against Syed was built upon a 21 minute period on the day of Lee’s disappearance, six weeks prior.

Like my friends that I interviewed, Syed had a vague recollection of the day, which to him was unremarkable. Convoluted timetables and unreliable witnesses landed him life in prison. this case is chronicled on “Serial,” an extremely popular podcast on “This American Life,” dia.

Narrating and investigating this story is Sarah Koenig, an extraordinarily likable and curious radio journalist who used to be a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, for which Koenig had written about the defense attorney who possibly mishandled Syed’s case.

A friend of Syed contacted Koenig to take a second look.

Syed and Lee were students at more County.

They were dating through year, but like most high school relationships, broke up .

The defense maintains that Syed was not angry about the breakup. Lee had met someone else at her job at LensCrafters.

The prosecution alleged that

ful.” They argued that he resented her for forcing him to disobey his strict parents, who forbade him to date.

They were immigrants from Pakistan and adhered to their state’s case: a vengeful, jealous ex-boyfriend killed his girlfriend when she left him for another man. since. Twelve podcasts later, each about 45 minutes long, we are still left without answers.

The only conclusion I can come to is probably the same as the millions of listeners tuning in each week: in my heart, I think he is guilty, yet I do not think to warrant life in prison.

I think Koenig learned a complicated lesson about law: one must separate a personal conviction from a legal one.

The trial rested on the testimony of a pathological liar.

Syed’s friend Jay’s account of what happened that day kept changing.

I am pretty sure that you would never forget seeing a dead body in the trunk of a friend’s car. most glaring hole in the various testimonies — Jay kept changing the location of the body.

enue.

Then, in his second interview, he says that they were in the Best Buy parking lot. Even details such as where they dumped the gerprints — kept switching. cords that tracked their movements by the calls they were making.

The most fantastic phenomenon when listening to this reporter as she hunts down clues and old witnesses, is that the audience is in on her opinions and discoveries.

As such, our views on whether Syed committed the murder or not shift from episode to episode, sometimes within one episode.

It was riveting to listen to, and even more entertaining to talk and debate the various plot points with the dozens of family and friends I know who were all listening, too.

Serial 2 is coming soon to a public radio station near you.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 , 2015

Designing a greener world Deke Ludwig In the environmental school hear the same messages over and over again.

The earth is warming, biodiversity is being lost, the population is 7.2 billion and counting— but there are also a number of ways these things can be resolved.

I do think there is something missing though. Something we don’t hear over and over again but should.

It’s the importance of aesthetic design.

This is because design and evolution are so closely linked.

The most delicious looking strawberry is the one that gets eaten, and later its seeds are spread.

The peacock with the most magthe girl.

Design and evolution are so closely linked. The most delicious looking strawberry is the one that gets eaten, and later its seeds are spread.

The wheat with the biggest by people all over the entire planet.

Design is not only a part of nature, it’s a force of nature. The best designs win—every time.

I think many of us forget that

we are a part of nature and that these rules apply to us.

The music with the best shows become household names.

Producing environmentally friendly products is only the beginning of what we need to be doing.

To achieve the scale we need for environmental progress we need products that speak to the emotions of people, and not just their intellect.

The impeccably good design of an iPhone is what got it into the hands of people around the world, not the technology. between a product being adopted around the world or cast into the dustbin of obscurity.

Some companies are doing this unbelievably well.

IKEA is the world’s largest retailer of furniture, according to certifying millions of hectares of forest for the sustainable production of timber for use in their products.

Do you think of the environment when you think of IKEA You might think of a modern The auto manufacturer Tesla is an incredible example of design driving the desire for their products all around the world.

When you look at a Tesla do you think of a Prius? You probI think Tesla’s cars are possibly the only environmentally friendly vehicles that the aesthetics and design shadow their addenvironment.

This is the way it must be. Design can speak to all of us regardless of background or viewpoints.

Knowledge about environmental issues are not ingrained in us, but emotional knowledge is.

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Go anywhere in the world and you will know what a smile means.

Design is a common language in that way, and when we are talking about global adoption of products that are good for the environment, we must understand if a product does not appeal to people, look good and function If products don’t speak in a common language, they might not be successful.

Products that require prior

knowledge are good, and they will help, but we can not expect large segments of the population to know all the ins and outs of environmentalism.

We can expect them, however, to have an intuitive understanding of good design, and that is the avenue environmentalists must tap into to be successful.

Educating the world about environmental issues is working and the trends are showing that it is.

But in addition to that we

have to understand the importance of fashion, beautiful product design and things like striking architecture.

The most delicious strawberry gets picked.

People can and will pick things that are much better for the environment, but the design must encourage them to do so.

Deke Ludwig is a sophomore spring 2015.

Stay informed and diligent When was the last time you

Joseph Oteng We as a generation are soon to inherit this country. We have to do better. We have to care more.

We have to ask questions. Its successes and failures from scibusiness along with our problems of massive student debt, marriage inequality and urban We’ll be responsible for changing our society and the world as a whole, for better or worse. We just may not be informed enough to do so. sound decisions when we cannot ing hash in their dorm rooms on a Snapchat story let alone endure the State of the Union Address from the leader of the free world?

about when you went through a whole meal without checking your phone? And what about taking a picture that wasn’t a The media is both a product of the times and one of the people. Not only does the media dictate what we should care about but we reinforce that by buying in. tively placing higher importance on depressurized pig skins than gender equity, we send messages to others and ourselves.

No longer is it acceptable for us to accept what we’ve been offered — that is deplorable partisan nonsense and sensationalized hyperboles.

Stories of our authoritative Coverage of international news is often biased and lacks context promoting little more than religious intolerance and cultural racism.

When we make entertainers the epitome of our society, Cyrus, instead of those who are actively working to improve our doctors etc.–what aspirations do we collectively put forth?

We can demand better from the media and we can make our own news. The advent of social media has changed our access to information and our abilities to connect with one another.

When young people in particular come together amazing things can happen.

The support for the tragic suicide of Leelah Alcorn, raising money for ALS research with the ice bucket challenge and even combatting the dehumanization of people of color in the wake of the non-indictment of Darrell are proof of our power.

We have to change the narratives we believe. We must search for the truth and gain diverse perspectives.

We have to check our biases and let our curiosity run wild.

We have to want more, better and more authentic information.

We have to know that all also that those who embody their religion in those extreme ways are nonetheless practicing their beliefs.

We must understand that Africa is a continent with more than starving kids, undrinkable water supplies and forgettable brown peoples–it has rich cultures, countless dialects and natural beauty.

We ought to realize that we admire cancer survivors without treating them as helpless gimmicked inspirations but rather people doing what they must to live.

There is no such thing as objective journalism. Even this piece is nothing more than my opinions.

We have to want to know about the world around us, the places in it, and the peoples that make it up genuinely because it all matters. ticles and share those Onion

pieces, but listen to NPR, read the New York Times and browse Twitter, but click hashtags to see what people are saying.

Believe your well-learned professors, but check their sources. Ask questions.

Why are you being told this?

Whose voices are you not hearing?

We have to know that questions give us unlimited control to Counter-storytelling is what we do when we share the multiple sides of a story.

Newspapers are more than just black and white; they are the spaces between what’s missing.

We’re tasked with learning as much about this life as we can. I implore you to take it upon yourself to read, watch, listen and engage.

The future is coming. Will we be ready?

Sports

Dealing with the crowd Jack Estrin

A trip to the gym this semester may lead to long waits and frustrating searches for the machine you want to use.

“I come early in the month of January because from 3:30 to 7 p.m. it’s like a mob scene,” said graduate student Connor Notes.

Senior William Jenik said that this year is more crowded than previous years.

“There are always going to be peak hours, but it is worse than ever before,” Jenik said.

Although some of this overcrowding can be attributed to people moving their workouts indoors to, Jenik believes that some of the overcrowding is related to a change in culture sur“I guess it’s culture which is a good thing but the weight room the school,” Jenik said. mum limit for the gym, said senior Chris Nealy, a facility operations assistant.

Because of the large crowds, Nealy supports some kind of restraint on the amount of people that can work out in the gym at once.

“I think there should be something,” he said. “We should be limiting people as they go in.”

Both Jenik and Notes said they know people who have decreased their workout schedules in response to the big crowds and long waits for machines.

One way some people have attempted to minimize the effect of the large crowds is by going to the gym alone as opposed to in larger groups.

“If you have a group of three or four guys just rotating, it takes longer,” Notes said.

It’s clear that students would “With the amount of people that go to school here and the tuition people pay, especially be a bigger facility,” Jenik said.

Until this happens, students who plan on working out during peak hours will continue to cope.

Coaches give tips on recruiting Sarah Olsen

Kate Pfeifer Head Field Hockey Coach “We sell our girls who can come on official visits. We take them out to lunch, somewhere down in that area and sort of just walk around. We try to make it so that it’s at a time of year when they are really going to spend some time outdoors and be comfortable. So we do a lot of our recruiting visits in the summertime or late spring or around our games in the fall.”

Patrick Weaver Head Nordic Ski Coach “Well, being the ski team it’s pretty easy for us. UVM already sells itself as a ski school, so when skiers come to Vermont, it’s an obvious one for us to sell, given our geographic location this far north and with the mountains so close. We get good snow.”

Rob Dow Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach “I think Burlington sells itself. The city of Burlington, the downtown, Church Street, the lake, the mountains, the beaches, east and west. The academic qualifications of the University, with the array of majors, it’s a big selling point.

I think also the opportunity to compete at the highest level, Division I athletics, great conference, the ability to play the best teams in the country.”

Grant Kimball Assistant Women’s Ice Hockey Coach “We sell our campus in that we’re a medium-sized school with an outstanding academic offering of close to 100 different majors. We’re a medium-sized city in the heart of ski country, so we have a little bit of the city and a little bit of the country and a great environment for anyone who enjoys taking advantage of the outdoors, as well as the city of Burlington.”

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Senior William Jenik voices his concern about the overcrowding at Patrick Gym during peak hours this semester.

Vt. board battles NCAA Zach Giroux

The UVM athletic advisory board voted “no” despite the recent NCAA autonomy ruling, ington, D.C. this past January.

In August 2014, the NCAA Division I board of directors voted 2-1 to allow the schools in late their own set of rules within their athletic programs.

The ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC. This regulation permits athletic programs to decide on measures such as cost-of-attendance stipends, insurance bencruitment and mandatory time spent on individual sports.

The top 64 schools elected have been dubbed the “Power Five”. These schools are seen as consistent contenders who are such measures.

There has been much controversy and tension amidst the remaining 285 schools who provision, President Tom Sullivan said.

The issue is that the NCAA has created a divide with the ferences. The remaining schools are at a disadvantage in terms of recruiting future athletes.

Sullivan said UVM was one of the 27 institutions across the country that opposed the ruling and voted to reject the council’s terms and conditions.

The reason UVM declined the autonomy proposal was based upon three consequences

PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM Stock photo of UVM’s President Tom Sullivan. Sullivan wrote an op-ed in October outlining the UVM’s position on the NCAA autonomy ruling.

tinue to insist that the classroom is more important than team costs, anti-trust issues and the cost of student athletes becoming commercialized, Sullivan said.

“The more compensation that is given to the players, beyond full cost of attendance, it becomes a compensation package. Much of which has nothing to do with the education of that student,” Sullivan said.

He said he believes the current focus of college athletics is not involved enough in academics.

“It looks more like employer and employee than faculty and student relationship,” Sullivan said.

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Some larger schools tend to invest more in one sport at the smaller schools are going to non-revenue sports to maintain their budgets and keep up with their fellow competitors, said Dr. Robert Corran, director of athletics.

“The primary purpose of an student-athletes is really what our program is based on and most interested in ensuring that continues,” Corran said. “If we could rule the world, we like it the way it is.”

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The student section cheers on the men’s hockey team. This season, student tickets have been selling out within hours of their release, which has become problematic for some students.

Demand for hockey tickets on the rise Erik Francken

“The week before, against Northeastern, student tickets were sold out by noon

The UVM men’s hockey team is in the midst of one of their best seasons to date.

Although the Catamounts recently lost both games against the No. 3 Boston University, they have posted an impressive 15-9-2 record.

The Cats have gained nationwide attention thus far; they are currently the Hockey East standings.

With how well they have been doing, students have been giving UVM the best advantage a team can get — stands full of a home team crowd.

Hockey tickets go on sale every Monday at 9 a.m. for home games.

“This past week against BU, student tickets were sold out in a little over an hour and a half,” said Mike Cairns, assis-

to alleviate this problem, such as creating a stand-by line for students without tickets.

Some students are looking at this demand for tickets from another angle, scalping tickets to make money.

With such a high demand for hockey tickets, most students don’t have a chance to get a ticket.

Sophomore Haley Grigel is one student who hasn’t had any luck.

“It’s kind of frustrating because I am a person who wants to see all the hockey games I possibly can, and I think a lot of kids are getting tickets to sell,” Grigel said.

Sophomores Garrett Hazebrouck and

frustration.

“It’s ridiculous. I have class when weeks I’ve gone there and seen the game crossed out,” Larick said.

This prompts people to turn to alternative methods to obtain hockey tickets.

“Then you go on Facebook and see kids selling a single ticket for $10. A free ticket for $10, no thank you,” Hazebrouck said.

Other students believe that the ticket as many students get tickets as possible.

“I think they should sell a certain number of tickets Monday through Wednesday, giving everyone at least a be a potential solution.”

Not everyone is against selling student tickets.

“It’s a real struggle when it comes to getting up early and getting the tickets, but if it’s a big game like BC or BU, I’ll try I ended up selling my ticket for $15 to a buddy, so I’m not against it at all,” sophomore Justin Perry said, referring to last weekend’s games against the Terriers.

Whether students are buying tickets just to sell them or not, it doesn’t change the fact that Gutterson Fieldhouse has been packed for every home game.

The Cats have two more home series against Hockey East opponents.

The University of New Hampshire will come to Gutterson Fieldhouse Feb. 6-7 and then No. 18 Merrimack College on Feb. 20-21.

People like to see their home team win, so as long as the Catamounts continue to win, we will see a constant trend of sellout crowds.

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