Vermont Cynic Spring 2013 Issue 18

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Downtown finds its perfect fit

ALICIA ACCETTA The Vermont Cynic Shop Owner Andrea King wraps lingerie for a customer at Aristelle Feb. 9. Aristelle is a lingerie shop that newly opened on Church Street Feb. 1.

Kiley Falcone Cynic Correspondent A recent survey by Orbitz. com’s Travel Pulse blog released a list of the sexiest cities in the U.S. Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans and San Francisco all made the cut for popular Valentine’s Day destinations, but where was Burlington?

Maybe the Queen City will have a better shot next year now that new lingerie shop Aristelle has moved in to town at 161 Church St. Feb. 1.

Aristelle is a Greek word meaning “the best,” and that is what King said she hopes her store is when it comes to helping women.

“The quality of the lingerie and swimwear Aristelle has surpasses anything you can

ter talking to friends about what Burlington was missing.

She said the women told her they wanted a lingerie store or somewhere they could get a

women are currently wearing the wrong bra size, a statistic Andrea King hopes to lower by -

She knew she wanted to open a local business and thought a lingerie shop was a great idea. After living in Paris and London, King saw how gorgeous lingerie should be and wanted Burlington to experience it, she said.

King opened Aristelle af-

essential in making women

feel sexy,” King said.

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ranging from 28A to 44I. Women have thrown their old bras in the garbage at Aristelle and walked out of the store wearing their newly purchased bra instead because they realized how wrong their “The reality is you just can’t buy shoes, jeans and bras online,” she said.

But shoppers actually can

they know where to look. In addition to Aristelle, Church Street boasts a Victoria’s Secret, Bertha Church Intimate Apparel and Bella Donna boutique.

Not all of them, however, go beyond lingerie. Aristelle also offers a variety of swimwear as well as socks (for men too) from the line Sock It To Me. Sophomore Dakota Sloop said she thinks Aristelle is a good business to add to the variety on Church Street.

“Personally I am extremely happy about the new lingerie store,” Sloop said. “I would love to have the option to go straight to Church Street to buy some quality lingerie, especially for holidays like Valentine’s Day.” The store also takes part in local charities, and is one sponsor of the Boys and Girls Club ‘One Fashion’ event at Higher Ground on March 9, King said.

King has been involved with women’s rights programs and causes, both professionally and personally, she said.

She worked on projects at the World Bank to improve actrepreneurs in Asia and Eastern Europe, did volunteer work in London with a group helpstart businesses, and most recently in Vermont with ‘Give Way to Freedom’, which helps support and provide victim care services to the survivors of ing party for Aristelle is March 8 because it is International Women’s Day, King said.

For more information visit the shop’s website at www. aristelle.com.

C.U.N.T.S takes stand against sexism Lauren Giery Assistant News Editor A nine-year old club has recently changed its name to attention while it’s at it.

UVM College Undergraduates Not Tolerating Sexism (C.U.N.T.S) aims to take a stand against sexism and sex negativity in the campus community, said junior Liz Roskey, president and co-club signer.

The organization has been known by many names throughout its history, including the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Feminists@UVM and the Gender Equity Now Coalition, she said.

UVM C.U.N.T.S submitted the idea of the name change to the Student Government Association (SGA) for approval, where it was met with some resistance, Roskey said.

“It’s a reclamation of the word in a positive sense, so we stand by it,” she said.

In reclaiming the word “cunt,” this organization claims to reject the negative associations that accompany it

cording to the organization’s tion, Roskey said.

“Our name is intentionally provocative,” said senior Kat Monterosso, treasurer and coclub signer. “We’re trying to generate conversations about women’s issues and we want to restore the dialogue about feminist issues on campus.”

The name change has also ing group membership, Roskey said. vocative change that created a lot of dissonance,” said Candace Taylor, adviser and coordinator of programming and leadership development at the Women’s Center. “But it’s also gotten them a lot of attention.”

Beyond this, the club’s goals are to promote gender-equality, feminism and sex positivity on campus and within the community at large, according to its mission statement.

“I feel like that’s a pretty relevant problem on campus because clearly Burlington has been having a lot of problems like that lately,” sophomore

Harry Detwiler said. “I would support and promote it.”

The group strives to provide a safe space for students to voice and share their experiences with sexism and gen-

through their involvement in UVM C.U.N.T.S, Roskey said.

“It’s not about [C.U.N.T.S.] getting praise, it’s just about them doing good work and making that change.”

Candace Taylor Women’s Center “I think it’s a particularly important group at this certain point in UVM’s history because there is a lot of sex negativity and anti-feminism, and sexism that remains in our midst,” she said.

Taylor said she believes that UVM C.U.N.T.S has succeeded in many aspects of its

mission statement.

“They’ve done a lot,” she said. “And, I don’t actually think a lot of people know all that they do.”

The club worked on responding to last year’s Sigma Epsilon incident and also to a tutorial printed in the Water Tower on how to violate a woman, without receiving much attention for their work, Taylor said.

“In some ways, it’s a testimony to how they do their work,” she said. “It’s not about them getting praise, it’s just about them doing good work and making that change.”

In the last year, UVM C.U.N.T.S has hosted speakouts and protests, and delivered its demands to the presi-

much more radical approach to their work and their activism than in past years,” Taylor said.

Recently, the group was focused on its event “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men,” where Michael Kimmel, a sociologist and lecturer focusing on gender studies, came to speak Feb.

12-13, Roskey said.

In addition, UVM C.U.N.T.S has plans to begin selling Bitch magazine, a publication that covers feminist issues, youthculture and sexuality, as well as selling “Kitty Cat key-chains” as self-defense tools for women, to fundraise, she said.

The club is also attempting to organize a bi-monthly solidarity and crafting event to provide students with a safespace free from aggressions based on sexism and genderissues, Roskey said.

“The purpose of that would be to give people a space to voice and share, in a safe environment, their experiences with sexism and gender-issues on campus,” she said. “And just have a community of support.”

Both Roskey and Monterosso said they believe it is important to create a sex-positive, safe and empowering environment for students on campus.

“I love the energy that C.U.N.T.S has and the message that we are bring to the campus community,” said Monterosso. “In short, I love being a C.U.N.T.”

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Sex talk courtesy of VOX Stephanie Santos Staff Writer It can be awkward to talk about sex. But one organization thinks students should do more of it.

Interns for Voices for Planned Parenthood (VOX) junior Jess Fuller and sophomore Sarah Gibson said the organization aims to raise awareness of sexual health in a fun, approachable manner.

And although Burlington city politics tend to lean toward the left, Planned Parenthood still faces opposition in the community, Fuller and Gibson said.

“People going into the building have been harassed, yelled at and insulted,” Fuller said.

But this has not deterred the organization from promoting sexual awareness in the community. a good thing, a talk-able thing,” said Gibson, who volunteers at the Planned Parenthood health center downtown. “[Birth control] is a legitimate medicine. Everyone needs access to it, and everyone should feel comfortable taking control of that access,” she said.

VOX began last year as a partnership between Planned Parenthood and the student body.

Members actively inform and involve students by conducting activities around campus that promote and educate reproductive rights, sexual health and the opportunities available through UVM and Planned Parenthood’s health center, Fuller said.

Before her experience with VOX, Fuller said that she realized there was a lot of misinformation within the student body about how communal student health is.

“A few years ago there was an outbreak of Gonorrhea on and not many people knew about it,” she said.

Fuller said the confusion lies in a common misconception that sexual health is solely a women’s issue, when it is in fact pertinent to both sexes.

“Last time I checked, reproduction is a two-person sport,” she said.

VOX members table out in

the Davis Center to inform the student body and incite healthy, open discussions throughout the year.

They hosted a bake sale on Feb. 12-14 where condom grams were sold along with chocolates and a note that could be sent to whomever for Valentine’s Day in order to raise funds for the organization.

All proceeds from the bake sale go to V-Day, a global movement that raises awareness and funds to stop all acts of violence against girls and women, Fuller said.

“VOX is different from other feminist groups in the area, because we take a more mainstream approach,” she said.

“If I wanted the government in my womb, I would have sex with the president.”

Audrey Jones Sophomore Last semester VOX held a photo campaign on its Facebook page in response to the anti-abortion campaigns that take place every fall, in which anti-abortion protestors actively picket and protest outside health centers all over the country for 40 days.

“We did our own form of protest,” Gibson said. “Instead of aggressively protesting right back at them, we involved the student body.”

This protest, called 40 Days of Choice, involved photos of students and members of the community holding up a sign that states ‘I stand for choice’ being posted to VOX’s Facebook page every day.

VOX members asked participants to provide a personal statement on why they stand for choice, as it is more about the individual’s thoughts than a generalized slogan, Gibson said.

“The decision to bring a person into the world is huge, and should be an option, not an obli-

said on the Facebook page.

Sophomore Audrey Jones had a more humorous take on the situation.

“If I wanted the government in my womb, I would have sex with the president,” Jones said.

Although some people choose to do their protesting online, others have chosen the more up-close and personal approach.

Anti-abortion protestors have gathered outside Planned Parenthood’s new health center on St. Paul Street, Fuller said.

“They’ve had pamphlets them, and they’ve even been followed home,” she said.

These are women who could be going in to pick up their birth control or get their hair done, since the building shares its space with a hair salon, Gibson said.

“People who were going to get their hair cut were also being yelled at for being baby killers,” she said.

To protect people from harassment, the Burlington city council authorized a safety zone that orders anti-abortion protestors to stay 35 feet away from the clinic, which is standard for most of the country, Fuller said. were on location to escort protestors to the other side of the street, where they continue to protest today, Gibson said.

On the anniversary of Roe v.

Wade, Jan. 22, six anti-abortion protestors introduced a bill to sue the city of Burlington over the zone restrictions for violating their constitutional right to freedom of speech, Fuller said.

Though their work has faced challenges, Fuller and Gibson say they believe the organization is crucial to the community’s awareness of sexual health.

“Sexual health affects everybody at our school and everybody in the larger community,” Gibson said. “It’s such important work and I’m so glad to be doing it.”

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University holds dance party, combats violence Ayla Yersel Staff Writer UVM will join thousands of people worldwide in the 1 Billion Rising rally where the participants dance as a way to protest violence against women in the Atrium and Davis Center/Bailey Howe Green Feb. 14.

The global movement strives to raise awareness of rape and abuse of women all over the planet, coordinator Emily Hehmeyer said.

“One in three women worldwide will be raped and/or abused in their lifetime,” Hehmeyer said. “Basically, we’re going to be rising up so that we can start to put an end to this very startling statistic.”

The UVM rally sponsored by the Women’s Center will begin at noon with a poem and a short video, but the majority of it is going to be dancing, she said.

“We’ll just start playing music at a certain point in the event, but basically it’s free dancing,” Hehmeyer said.

The movement emphasizes dancing as a kind of empower-

ment, she said.

“If you think about a lot of the good times you have, it’s like going out with your friends, going out dancing,” Hehmeyer said. “We want to keep women in situations that are empowering and not have them end up in situations that result in rape or abuse.”

Even if you can’t make it to the rally, you can still show your support of the movement by wearing red and/or pink, she said.

Sophomore Megan Sullivan said she thinks the rally seems like a great way to raise awareness about the issue of rape and abuse toward women.

“I feel like a lot of people, women especially, would want to contribute to [the rally],” Sullivan said. “But a lot of people probably don’t know about the movement, so they might not go to the event.”

The event will be live streamed through the UVM website. For more information, visit http://uvmwomenscenter.wordpress. com/2012/11/09/196/.

CRIME LOG Lauren Drasler Assistant News Editor

Feb. 4 9:09 a.m.

A student reported that his/ her car had been vandalized while it was parked in the Jeffords Parking Lot. The car appeared to have scratch marks that looked as though they could have been done with a key. No one has been identi-

10:40 a.m.

Crutches and a pair of shoes were taken from a hallway in McAuley Hall. The student said that he/she left the items in the hallway, and they were gone when he/she returned.

The crutches were later found in a stairwell in the building, but the shoes have not yet been recovered.

12:44 p.m.

Hall staff in the Wing/Davis/Wilks complex called Police Services after they thought a vending machine had been vandalized. After further investigation, however, it was determined that the machine had not been tampered with, but was instead experiencing a mechanical malfunction.

Feb. 5 4:14 p.m.

Hall staff called Police Servicpipe in U-Heights South 1.

The pipe had obviously been used, and once it was turned over to Police Services it was destroyed.

Feb. 6 2:38 p.m.

A student reported that his/her backpack containing a laptop had been stolen from an unlocked room in Votey Hall. The backpack and laptop have not been found, and no one has yet

Feb. 7 12:24 a.m.

Hall staff in Richardson Hall called Police Services after smelling an odor of marijuana coming from one of the dorm rooms. When police arrived they located the room and condrug and a grinder.

9:38 a.m.

Hall staff found beer in a hallway in Coolidge Hall. Police Services was contacted, and the police and hall staff are working toward locating the person or people who bought the beer.

This incident is still under investigation.

Feb. 8 12:21 a.m.

Two individuals were arrested for disorderly conduct in Tupper Hall. One of the individuals was a student and the other was not. The incident began by one person believing the other was being too loud in a hallway. The confrontation eswith both parties being cited into court.

The Cynical Listener

JAKE STALNAKER

Five tender raps Hip Hop as a whole is often criticized for promoting a misogynistic message, and with songs like “Rack City” and “Make it Nasty” blaring through radio airwaves, it is easy to see why.

However, away from the commercialized radio party songs, there is a softer side to this traditionally hypermasculine music. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I would like favorite rap songs about love.

1. “You Never Know” Immortal Technique While Tech is usually known as an unapologetically angry battle rapper and political activist, in this track he opens up and pours his heart onto the page.

The song eloquently tells the heartbreaking story of his neighborhood, whom he connected with more than he has with any other girl - regardless of the fact that though they could never sleep together due to a botched blood transfusion that left her with HIV/AIDS and eventually killed her.

Best line: “Hold the person that you love closely if they’re next to you/ The one you love, not the person that’ll simply have sex with you/ Appreciate them to the fullest extent, and then beyond/ Cause you never really know what you got, until it’s gone.”

2. “Luv (sic)” - Shing02 With a beautiful backdrop crafted by the legendary Japanese producer Nujabes (R.I.P.), Shing02 delves deep into metaphorical language to explore the concept of love.

This song is more poetry than rap, and I would recommend pulling up the lyrics on RapGenius while you listen to catch the whole meaning.

Best line: “I thought I knew what a love song sound like/

But I felt a warmer tune in the sunlight/ I could still hear it in the room past midnight/ Gotta move, take a solo cruise in the moon light.”

3. “The Light” – Common Common has been in the game for longer than I’ve been alive, and has evolved as an artist over the course of his 20-year career. This song is a heartfelt letter to his girl about what bonds them together the most: love.

Best line: “Granted we’ve known each other for some time/ It don’t take a whole day to recognize sunshine.”

While Tech is usually known as an unapologetically angry battle rapper and poltical activist, in his track he opens and and pouts his heart onto the page.

4. “E.T.” - One Be Lo This song is a perfect example of the lyrical talent of One Be Lo, with topnotch wordplay and metaphors.

He tells the listener the story of meeting an “extraterrestrial” woman whose beauty is “out of this world,” extending the galactic metaphor throughout the song.

Best line: “Don’t mean to break your concentration, if it’s any consolation/ I was thinkin’ me and you could make the perfect constellation.”

5. “The Book of Soul” Ab Soul You can hear the pain in Ab Soul’s voice as he describes his relationship with his girlfriend of seven years, singer Alori Joh, and how her death impacted his life.

Ab bears all, and the result is an incredibly sad, yet beautiful homage to his lost love.

Best line: “Stick to the plan, I’ll meet you at our spot/ If reincarnation is true and we don’t get too lost/ Even if you forget me and everything you left behind/ I never lied, I love you in a place where there’s no space and time.”

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Papadasio unfiltered Alex Karambelas Staff Writer It’s hard to say exactly what kind of music Papadosio creates.

Anthony Thogmartin (vocals), Mike Healy (drums), Rob McConnel (bass) and brothers Billy and Sam Brouse (keyboard/synthesizer) have all come together to create a unique melding of elemental instrumentation and other worldy electronics.

The culmination of this is a kind of transcending, complex sound that mirrors the artistry and spirituality that the band was formed upon.

The Cynic spoke to Mike Healy before their show at Higher Ground on Feb. 9 to talk about doing ayahuasca in the Amazon, the current state of the world and Papadosio’s future.

Vermont Cynic (VC): How did you come together as a band?

Mike Healy (MH): Well we’ve been playing crunchy tunes together for about seven years coming up in April. Four of us originally met in Athens, Ohio. Some of us went to Ohio University and some of us just lived there.

There’s a weekly open jam that we all used to go to every Tuesday night, a kind of improv jam with the musicians in town. I guess everyone just kind of stuck out a little bit, and then we all just got together and started rocking out. We started out with some regional, local college town stuff and then we just kind of have spun out from there.

VC: When you see a show there’s this mix of electronic and pure instrumental sounds.

How do you guys make this work?

MH: It’s an interesting concept on stage. I actually have electronic drums also and those are run all the way across the stage in between the amps to Anthony’s computer. So when I drop loops and sequences with my electronic drums, Anthony also drops different things on his computer, and he plays the keyboard as well.

We’re all locked in together, all locked up in time, so we synch up perfectly.

VC: So it’s like you’re DJing yourselves while you’re playing.

MH: kind of like our shtick. Meshing the two elements of electronic music and organic sound into one organism is kind of how we’ve always gone about doing it. We make it all sound really cohesive and unique together.

VC: So with your new album T.E.T.I.O.S [To End the Illusion of Separation], the focus seems to be on unity. Can you tell me a little about that and the creative process that went toward this?

MH: The album came out in October and we had been working on it for over two years in our home studio in Asheville.

You know how sometimes you randomly meet people and connections just kind of happen without you even realizing? The album was kind of like that.

Also through those two years we went to Peru and stud-

PHOTO COURTESY OF TSUNAMI PUBLICITY

Papadosio performs at a show on New Years Eve. The band played a show with opener Consider The Source at Higher Ground Feb. 9. ied with a shaman in the Amazon. Did a lot of plant medicine.

Learned a lot about ourselves, a lot about the world, a lot about our mission and a lot about our path.

There are also so many different styles of music on that album. That’s one thing that makes Papadosio stand out from a lot of other bands - we can’t decide what kind of music we like. We like a little bit of everything. From rock to soul to jazz to funk and all sorts of different stuff mixed in throughout We also teamed up with 20 different artists we met all around the country, that have now become our good friends.

We sent a song out to each individual artist, to choose a piece from their already existing portfolio that resonated with the song on the album.

The whole message is unity: to end the illusion of separation of people just not realizing how much we really all are the same living organism. Learning how to understand people, breaking down barriers and boundaries, and just trying to bring people together. Trying to get people to wake the fuck up in all honesty.

VC: You guys play with the band Dopapod sometimes.

How did you meet each other?

MH: We met them at Bear Creek [Festival] two years ago.

They were set up in the lots playing in the freaking cold.

And we were like, ‘what the hell why don’t these guys have their own stage, they’re like the best ones at the whole festival.’ of us playing many shows the rest of our lives together. Try and take this thing to the next level. We really love improving with them too, doing sit-ins. On New Years we did some Beatles’ songs together from Sgt. Pepper. They’re just really awesome to work with, hang out with and party down with.

It’s refreshing meeting people you play with that you get along with and really like.

A lot of bands they just let the ego get to their heads so early and it becomes ample from an early age. Then it’s kind of hard to hang out with some people.

I mean everyone has a little bit of an ego, but that’s something our band particularly is trying to get rid of because we’ve been treated like crap over the years as the opener.

VC: Just going back to what you were saying before about Peru, how long were you there studying with the shaman?

MH: We were there for

two weeks and we did a bunch of plant medicine ceremonies, ayahuasca in particular, and it ziest experiences of my life.

Pretty wild. I don’t know if you know a lot about ayahuasca but a lot of people believe it reaches a spiritual realm. I talked to a lot of dead relatives, and people from the past came to me in my really powerful.

A lot of people say it connects you directly with Mother Nature… it’s pretty wild. She talked to me, it’s hard to explain… but it’s been used for over 10,000 years so there’s portant there. And you know, you have to respect things that have been happening in the world longer then our bullshit medical systems that are all about corporate money and greed.

Like taking actual plant medicine is really wild. A lot of people don’t realize how intelligent plants really are. Being in the heart of the jungle in the Amazon on ayahuasca, it was just like a reset on our brains.

A lot of it was kind of letting go of technology and these distractions. Just trying to be at peace in your mind. Just let the medicine take control of the experience.

VC: Where do you see your music heading next?

MH: I think we’re going to continue getting much more polished, tighter. Compared to the older albums, we now have so much more knowledge and experience playing with each other. Things kind of come together easier now, especially in the rehearsal studio.

It’s an interesting thing we’re apart of. Like we’re kind of stuck in this jam band festival scene, which is a beautiful thing, but we also cannot wait to get out of it and into a more mainstream popular world.

We’re trying to get a lot of international touring in a couple years. We already have a date set but we have been sending off our albums to Japan, Australia, South America.

I mean we don’t want to change our music ever, we just want to play to everyone. To expand. I mean it’s hard to say what music trends are going to be like. You have that stupid dubstep thing, and I mean it’s cool for a lot of people and there are some artists that are really good. I don’t know if it’s going to stick around forever.

Read the full interview online at vermontcynic.com

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

A Valentine’s Day playlist

This Week in Arts:

Need help setting the mood with your special someone this V-Day? Try WRUV DJ Derek Neal’s steamy playlist

Feb. 14-19

Derek Neal Cynic Contributor

Saturday Feb. 16 The Wee Folkestra

This Week in Arts highlights upcoming events at UVM and in the Burlington community. Sarah Sickle provides her recommendations for local concerts.

Some

of

you

Higher Ground, 7:30 p.m. $17/20

comprised of nine (and sometimes more) musical

you get this chance again.

A fantastic songwriter -

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slow things down.

Dwele – “Too Fly”

of 90s hip hop. The playful keep the mood fun and relaxed.

Inc. – “5 Days”

Sunday Feb. 17 Bohemian Blues Quartet Radio Bean, 11 a.m.

stops gracing Vermont with

This song deftly walks the

sadly short-lived rise to fame on the Burlington

reunion event: the annual

Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band

you don’t know what music to play? I’ll set you right.

may

reign over the scene didn’t last nearly long enough.

Thursday Feb. 14

So you want to have a magical Valentine’s Day with

Junior Boys – “Sneak a Picture”

Radio Bean, 12 a.m.

SARAH STICKLE

Inc. matches a skittering idity. When the kick drum comes grounded and serves as a perfect slow jam.

Made in Heights – “Marguerite”

Radio Bean is a perfect

The most tender song

Bohemian Blues Quartet is a

one to feature female vocals.

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic

Sophomore Derek Neal aka DJ Derelicte spins music at his radio

Bear in Heaven – “Kiss Me Crazy (Beacon Remix)” Beacon’s vocals whisper over

Bohemian Blues Quartet will knock your socks off

Rev. Ben Donovan & the Congregation Radio Bean, 12:30 a.m.

Ben Donovan recently you fucking kidding me right now? Get the fuck off was singing when a drunk-

you should take this opportunity to see Donovan live for free at an all ages venue.

Monday Feb. 18

“Beginners”

(2011)

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felt examination of fathers

Open Mic Night

they choose to love.

Sign up at 7 p.m. Brace TIM BUTLER

Tuesday Feb. 19 Honky Tonk Tuesday Radio Bean, 10 p.m. $3 I’m really sorry if you hate Radio Bean. I’m giving you nothing this week.

If you don’t have that parregular Tuesday show. It’s a great show for dancing and old country tunes around.

felt on Valentine’s Day. Listen to Derek from 2-4 p.m. Tuesdays on WRUV and check out the playlist online.

Five films to touch your heart Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day isn’t for everyone. It’s a hard pill to swallow no matharder. But that’s where the magic of movies comes in.

“Punch Drunk Love” son’s small scale masterpiece a revelatory Adam Sandler wracking love story.

Radio Bean, 8 p.m.

the legendary Birdman.

juxtaposition of lyrics such

The Cynical Viewer

place.

Friday Feb. 15

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together memories of his re-

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2011.

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) Simply one of the greata world where painful memo-

and touch your heart.

“Chunking Express” (1994) - Split into two vi-

surgically erased overnight.

It asks its audience a cru-

has melancholy and heartache to spare.

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have never loved at all? It’s a

as they long for love in the dead of night. Their stories connect at a food stand in the

Its message rings true: real love is a collection of memories and moments. We

plunger salesman crippled run from evil phone sex operators and on the trail of a small triumph.

“Boogie Nights” (1997)

90s saga follows the golden age of pornography in its heyearly 80s. ematic entertainment in its purest form. But what truly elevates it is how deeply it cares for its characters.

Love is good

JOHNNY SUDEKUM

Valentine’s day. Singles awareness day. Buying chocolates for your man. Eating a pint of “chocolate therapy” while watching “50 First Dates.” Hiring the Top Cats to perform “My Girl” in a cappella. Repeating James Blunt’s “Your Beautiful” on your iPod. On a day where love is in the air, it’s unfortunate that so many potential lovers are in such a fog.

I watched the movie “Old School” not too long ago and can’t help but think back to Vince Vaughn’s wedding speech for Will Ferrell. In short, “true love is blind.” Yet while love may be blind, most of us are not.

The Water Tower’s I Want You so Bad column does a good job of putting feelings out there to your secret crush — that guy in your chemistry class, that girl you see at Brennan’s.

As a reader of the Water Tower, I can literally feel the emotional angst pouring from the pages of each lustful crusher.

The crushee, on the other hand, is a different creature.

Walking around campus

on a Monday, one can witness the amount of students dissecting these poems to see if they were the chosen one.

While I have absolutely nothing against the Water Tower or I Want You so Bad, I wonder why people not do something more spontaneous than encrypting their love in the form of poem.

My buddy Ben Danowitz told me a story earlier this semester.

One day, during a weekday library session like any other, this junior with a larger set of go-nads than most walked right up to a fellow library-goer: “Would you like to grab some coffee sometime?” was his proposition, coffee date ensued, and now they are dating.

Valentine’s Day. ‘Tis the season of love, or at least honest attempts at it. Step out of your comfort zones and library seats to tell somebody that you think they’re neat.

If shyness be your game, the least you can do is muster up a smile for your crush and brighten their day.

But maybe practice in the mirror beforehand in order to avoid a creepy Steve Buschemi-esque effect.

So happy Valentine’s day from me to you. And if you see someone who catches your eye, maybe you’ll make their day.

Spontaneity is good most of the time. If need be, Ben and Jerry’s is good some of the time. And life is good all the time.

Life

Bean scene gets a double shot Alyssandra Tobin Cynic Correspondent A spoonful of sugar makes the Marché coffee go down, but if you’re in the mood for something more than a cup of Green Mountain French Vanilla, Uncommon Grounds and Muddy Waters are worthwhile destinations.

Patrons may recognize Muddy Waters, located by the corner of Main and Church streets, for its unique drinks and its classic interior. in rustic-looking wood and folksy artwork, the shop’s aesthetics give it a cabin-style feel.

“People come for the good coffee, good service and good vibes,” server John Pantone said.

Muddy Waters regularly serves four varieties of free trade coffee imported from New York, with their French Roast being most popular although the servers agree that their espresso is the best item on the menu.

With its fair trade coffee, jazz and reggae playlist, and an interior reminiscent of Bilbo Baggins’ living room, Muddy Waters is the place to go for a casual caffeine break.

Right in the heart of Church Street, Uncommon Grounds offers a wide range of freshly roasted coffees that could place it in its own league.

At any given time, the shop has coffees available

ALEX GOLDENBERG The Vermont Cynic

An Uncommon Grounds employee prepares a cappuccino at the Uncommon Grounds Coffee and Tea Shop on Church Street Feb. 13. from 12 to 15 different countries including Costa Rica, Yemen and a number of African, South American and Central American companies.

The coffeehouse buys different types of coffee depending on what is available, so they sometimes serve fair trade, sometimes organic and, recently, many Rainforsaid barista Matt White.

The different origins make for different tastes as weather, soil condition and the season can create variavor, he said.

“It’s amazing how a single bean, without being blended, can create such an intensely said.

And while the shop’s vari-

what keep customers coming back, White said they have a new item in the works.

“We’re going to be doing cold brewed ice coffee,” he said. “We’re going to be kegging it, so we’ll have iced coffee on draft.”

Like many of Burlington’s hidden gems, both Muddy Waters and Uncommon Grounds offer something a little off the beaten path.

There is the ambiance, the music, the artwork, the service, the conversation, the cookies—and, of course, the coffee.

And at the end of the day—or more likely, the start—it is the difference between Sodexo coffee and a freshly brewed cup of artisan espresso that really matters.

Cynic box of chocolates: student sampler Caroline DeCunzo, Happy Valentine’s Day -Love Mom

To my dear little nugget.

You will always be my favoritest valentine. Now lets go snuggle in the nook and call it a date.

Love you!

51 Loomis Street, Apartment One Oh boy, have we had some fun Dancing to music without a care, Late nights talking out on the deck chair We would try to find the crossword in the Wall Street Journal and stay up late watching movies like were nocturnal I’m farther away now, off being the same old me But know I think of you all, and I love you always.

Kipp, Liah, Lor, and Iz Fucking shit guys. I couldn’t ask for better “roommates” Happy Valentine’s day. Love you betches.

-XOXO Gossip Girl

“Listen up cause I love you, lady.

We go back like 1980.”

I want to tell you this time: “Old Mr. Webster could never define What’s being said between your heart and mine.”

So, you might be the editor in chief, But your creativity with a song or a leaf is what I love you from head to feet.

For those of you who’ve never been The subject of a poet’s pen To you I write these few short lines For you, alone, on Valentine’s.

Perhaps you’re getting drunk on beer Without a girl this time of year Or eating chocolate instead Without a guy to share your bed.

Or you like being single, one, No girl (or guy) to call you “hun” And, after all, you feel less grief When he/she dumps you, disbelief.

This “holiday” is sold too much With roses, candies, cards and such Mutating love into a joke Designed to make them rich; you broke.

(More people should write poetry.

It’s more heartfelt and, plus, it’s free.)

So if you’re single, feeling blue, Don’t worry, someone wrote to you.

Taylor Krista Vidal Jones, Mommy, Daddy and Sissy love and miss you soooooooooo much! Happy Valentines Day Boogaboo!

“I have 101 reasons to be thankful for the sweetest suite in the world. Happy valentines day!”

Grace, Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy 21st Birthday – We love you –Aunt Tracy & Uncle Don

Dear G-thang, Valentine’s sucks, so Happy Birthday -M Dear Steven Ushakov, I know things didn’t work out between us in high school, but I still have feelings for you. I just want you to be happy.

And naked. With me.

That’s all.

-Your secret AdmirEr

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either stalker-like or sweet will 13. Color associated with passion 16. A sweet message

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JOEY BROWN

“Are students already so saturated with knowledge of Renaissance humanism or the evolution of constitutional democracy, say, that colleges can happily reroute resources to matters readily available on porn websites?” writer Heather MacDonald asked in a recent City Journal opinion piece.

Unfortunately, questions of this nature are too infrequently asked on college campuses.

Consequently, funds that would otherwise be spent on actual university functions like academics, sports or dining are instead spent on butt plugs, edible underwear — which, though I suppose is used for dining, is decidedly not a buffet choice at Cook Commons — and anal beads.

Generally, these are items on infomercials at 3:00 a.m.

These aforementioned items, by the way, were offered at North Carolina State University’s “Dirty Bingo” event, one similar to UVM’s “Sex Bingo.”

And, if those funds aren’t spent on recreational suppositories and high-fructose undergarments, they might be used to pay for what the academics call a “sexual dialogue.”

Recall, back in September, the I Heart Female Orgasm presentation, for which posters were stapled up with a whopping distance of about three inches between each other.

If you didn’t attend, Marshall Miller, the author of the presentation, gives an excellent synopsis of the event on the UVM event website.

The basic premise of the presentation is that because high school disseminates information about sex in too cursory a fashion for Miller, additional tips are needed, spe-

most desirable.

Moreover, the alleged objective of these programs — promoting “sexual health” and “women’s empowerment” — is First of all, what part of sexual health involves jamming beads in your butt? How does cial vagina make you healthier?

It’s nothing that even your doctor would prescribe,

A reservoir of resources regarding sex and personal wellness is essential to the health of students everywhere.

Each of the 10,192 undergraduates enrolled at our institution brings with them their own set of personal and cultural experiences that inform their knowledge about sex.

Nationally, as many as 25 percent of all college students have previously had or currently have a sexually transmitted disease.

People ages 15 to 24 account for one in every two new STD cases.

This statistical backdrop makes misinformation a major liability to students’ wellbeing the need for a university-run sexual

POINTCOUNTERPOINT no matter how avant-garde he claimed to be.

Purchasing sex toys is simply not an appropriate use of student fees.

Secondly, how does having promiscuous sex “empower” women?

Noted columnist and comedian, Steven Crowder, explains why it doesn’t: shtick really empowered any women out there? I would imagine that immediate sexual modern relationships would do more damage to your gatekeeper status than good. I’d also have to imagine that sex with someone whom you share trust, loyalty and open communication would be far more liberating than the thrill of any one-night stand.”

The fact that the university feels it must spend student fees on these sex programs is, at best, a gross misuse of funds and, at worst, a grave injustice.

in a more positive, fun light.

To hell with trivial matters like pregnancy (lame) and STDs (boring!). Miller would much rather have gym teachers encourage their students to ascertain whether or not the sports equipment serves any sexual purposes.

Even at the university level, is it not insulting that, after four years of high school, the University feels that it must offer its clients tips on how to masturbate appropriately?

Moreover, do these programs — even remotely — conform to the main objectives of the university? Here’s a radical

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But the worn out debate over sex-ed often comes to the fore-

front.

The most obvious opposi-

discomfort with sex being discussed in a non-private setting.

However, the advantages of having an open dialogue should not be lost simply to appease the occasional snicker or uncomfortable squirm.

We ought not take for granted that all students have had comprehensive sex education, so it becomes the responsibility of Health and Wellness to ensure all students are safe in their respective private matters.

We must consider sexual educational initiatives as a public health tool — not through the prudish lens of shameful carnal desire.

Members of the group Young Americans for Liberty have expressed outrage over North Carolina State Universi-

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ty’s decision to spend $304.69 on “a few edible undergarments, the Fifty Shades of Grey book and game, six vibrators, four surprise packs, three dildos, a toy cleaner, lube, a sex game, a sex position book, an anal plug and a booty booster.”

These items were given as YAL North Carolina’s co-chair Emma Benson said that it is “repulsive” that a public university spends mandatory student fees to account for the Fiscal conservatism is commonly used in efforts to stall schools’ sex-ed initiatives. en into account, the argument quickly loses its legs.

Each individual student’s contribution is statistically negligible.

In the case of the University of Vermont, the general fund, the source of Health and Wellbeing’s money, is just shy of $300 million. Seventy percent of that is from student tuition.

Of that possible fund$7,152,394 for all of its services. Arithmetic reveals that each student is accountable for $382 of Health and Wellbeing’s operating costs — approximately .007 percent of its budget.

As long as no student is forced to participate in a sexually-charged school-run event, there is no debate to be had.

The school is funded in part through collectivism. Students’ tuition dollars are pooled and account for some of its operating costs.

The argument of “I don’t want to pay for a program that I disagree with” reveals ignotion works.

We all have to pay for something we don’t like at some point or another. with political and social ideologies that I disagree with.

The funding that goes to them comes from the general fund.

So, in keeping with the holsomeone, swing by your local drug store for some mass-produced chocolates and a wilted rose, and hope that come sunJust be thankful that Living Well can help you pick up the pieces if the night gets a little too sweet.

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CAROLINE DECUNZO

I would not call it unusual for a girl to grow up today harboring confusion on the morality or acceptance of female sexuality.

It is a complex problem that has developed and perpetuated for centuries and still creates an unsure sexual-social climate for men and women alike.

When I was a child, my parents did their best to shelter me from popular culture and the media, as well as the reality of sexuality. pornography at the lunch table in middle school, I went home and asked my mom what it was.

She explained that porn was something men watched to become aroused.

Women did not become aroused visually, and pornography was dirty and shameful. In it was something I would never want to see.

This was one of many examples my mother gave that highlighted the archaic attitudes surrounding female sexuality.

At the time of my questioning, I took her word as the truth and adopted her ideas.

A proponent of the lock-andkey theory, I was taught my virginity was a special gift I would save for a special man, and even then, I wouldn’t necessarily enjoy giving it up.

Since then, I have met a great number of sexual libertines.

I have read Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath,” discovered MTV and YouTube, read Cosmopolitan and Jezebel.

I have met women who like sex. I’ve met women who will admit to watching porn.

There are plenty of women who love sex, plenty of men who are indifferent, and plenty of people who feel a whole variety of ways about the subject. I don’t believe it can be so narrowly defined as a simple distinction of gender defining sexuality.

Yet I’ve also had an overwhelmingly high number of close female friends who, for a time, adamantly deny things that seem to be safe conversation topics for many of the men

I know — things such as porn, masturbation and sex.

It’s assumed that “boys will be boys” and that sexuality comes naturally to them.

It is encouraged as a part of male identity, while it is stigmatized in women as nonexistent or even abnormal.

I never understood the notion of “scoring,” as if convincing a woman to sleep with you is a great feat.

The term “easy” used to describe women who are willing to engage themselves is frustrating and perpetuates the negative female sexual stereotype.

There are plenty of women who love sex, plenty of men who are indifferent, and plenty of people who feel a whole variety of ways about the subject.

I don’t believe it can be so distinction of gender or sex deIt is safe to say that nearly every topic of sexuality is far more complex than we as a society determine it to be.

It is simply the acknowledgement of a lack of comfort, a lack of dialogue, a lack of understanding, of sexuality among the masses from the perspective of a woman.

With that said, have as much or as little sex as your heart desires. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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Immaculate contraception

JEFF AYERS

On the list of organizations most intractable when it comes to compromise, the Catholic Church must rank near the top.

Earlier this month, President Obama’s administration did something it didn’t have to — broaden exemptions for religious organizations mandated to provide free birth control to employees.

The administration even transferred the cost of birth control coverage to insurance providers, rather than the organizations themselves, in response to strong moral objections to birth control from – among others – the Catholic Church.

Despite these accommodations, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is using the inch to kick and scream in hope of gaining the mile.

In a article published Feb. 7, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, president of the conference, denounced the compromise by saying it “appears to offer second-class sta-

organizations that fall just outside those exempted from the federal mandate.

Well, I would say the argument over who is exempt from providing birth control and why has relegated the health needs of women to second-class status.

Instead of discussing the tives — which includes lowering the risk of contracting ovarian cancer along with slashing the number of unintended pregnancies — the nation is stuck watching the administration perform back-bends to appease an archaic vision of morality and the political force this vision wields.

Instead of discussing the health benefits of oral contraceptives, the nation is stuck watching the administration peform back-bends to appease an archaic vision of morality and the political force this vision wields.

and hospitals, whose employees often adhere to an array of differing religious and moral creeds.

These employees should not be denied free preventative care because they don’t share the same beliefs as their employer.

They should not be asked to search for a job based on which laws the employers have cherrypicked.

The law does not mandate that all women use birth control. control as a hugely important part of preventative health care.

Employees are obviously still free to use, or not use, birth control at their own discretion.

And the accommodations have removed the responsibility for footing the bill from a organizations, allowing them to retain their moral virtue.

The debate is a distraction.

A large, powerful group has decided to make an ideological debate out of a public health issue, succeeding in gaining undeserved special treatment.

To grant even greater privileges, and to continue to “compromise” with such hard-headed beliefs, would only further remove the spotlight from the huge public health success of Obamacare.

It is important to remember that the organizations Cardinal Dolan is speaking of when criticizing this policy include The Cynic

We already live disconnected lives. We text instead of call, and often do so in the presence of friends.

We put up walls of technology that place barriers between who we are and who we want to be perceived as.

Instead of forming genuine emotional connections with

BIANCA MOHN

Welcome to the post-dating world; gone are the days of dinners, movies and the nervewracking telephone call. ers and the romantic meals, you ask? They’ve been replaced by the two h’s — hanging out and hooking up.

The new landscape of this post-dating world is causal, noncommittal and often alcohol-induced.

Instead of a pre-arranged one-on-one rendezvous, it’s all about the late night text or the booty call.

Sociologist Paula England of Stanford University researches this new dynamic of no-stringsattached hookups on college campuses.

It’s worth noting that hooking up is an ambiguous term — it can mean anything from kissing to having sex.

According to England’s data that was published in USA Today, by senior year of college 72 percent of both sexes had a minimum of one hookup or one one-night stand.

The average number of hookups for men were 9.7 and 7.1 for women, while 24 percent said that they are virgins.

This is an interesting change from prior years. On one hand, the number of people saying that they often hook up has increased, while the number of men and women who say that they are virgins has increased as well.

In 2002, 19 percent of college students said they were virgins, compared to 24 percent in 2011 according to the Daily Mail.

Experts say that this trend of more virgins and also more

person.

Dating does not have to be viewed as a long term, binding commitment.

It is simply more about connecting with someone on a deeper level, opposed to the drunken one-night stand.

Since our generation is so accustomed to hookup culture, most have no idea how to move away from the ambiguous territory into something more permanent.

Dating does not have to be viewed as a long term, binding commitment. It is simply more about connecting with somone on a deeper level, opposed to the typical drunken one-night stand.

Many college students have never been on a conventional date before says Donna Freitas, author of the upcoming book “The End of Sex,” and are unsure how to escape hookup culture.

Standards must be raised to save dating from becoming an extinct art form.

Going to the movies, dinner or for coffee is just a date, not the call of wedding bells.

And even though there are more females at universities does not mean that men can slack off.

Hookup culture is here to stay for the majority of college students, but that does not mean that experiencing an actual date would hurt anyone.

In fact, you might have more

busy students in that they either want to wait for the right time and the right person to make a commitment to, or want to have

person sitting across from you than with the random drunk person you met at a party.

Numbers aside, it is interesting to consider the emotional aspect of all of this detachment and ambiguity.

There is something to be said for carefree hookups, but at some point you have to wonder what it says about our generation.

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CONTROVERSIAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“GRAMMYS ARE FOR LIKE MUSIC, NOT FOR MONEY… AND HE’S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. HE SHOULD BE HAPPY.” Patrick Carney, after picking up two Grammys himself for The Black Keys, responds to Justin Bieber’s disappointment in a lack of recognition for his latest album, “Believe.”

Sports Lax season starts Cats claw foes Leading scorer Drew Phillie is returning for his senior season. Last year he had 29 goals and earned a spot on the allconference second team. On the list of active career goals, Phillie

Teeters would join as assistant coach. Teeters comes to UVM after four years at Towson University.

She was a goalkeeper for the Tigers and named the Most Oustanding Player of the 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. She was a key piece in helping the Tigers win year.

Women’s

ALEXA ALGIOS The Vermont Cynic Senior attacker A.J. Masson looks to pass the ball in a game March 17, 2012. Lacrosse season will begin at the game against Colgate Feb. 16.

Colin Hekimian Assistant Sports Editor Spring is coming, which can only mean the lacrosse season is starting soon. teams are set to kick off the season this Saturday, Feb 16 against Colgate University.

The men’s team plays Colgate at Virtue Field at 1 p.m., while the women’s team faces off against the Raiders on their

after reaching the America East Championship game last season. The Catamounts will return 53 percent of their scoring from last season.

Vermont will look to improve on last season after rounding out the year with a 2-12 record while UVM has looked to re-tool their personnel by adding 19 newcomers this season including three transfers.

Head coach Ryan Curtis an-

York at the same time.

Men’s lacrosse was picked to

and Patrick Cairns have been added as assistant coaches.

Preseason Poll. Albany received

University where he was a mem-

points total (out of a possible 25) to earn the top spot in the poll

squads.

lacrosse

head

“Preseason has being going very well. We are really starting to click as a team and are so excited to start playing games. We accomplished some great things last year both individually and as a team. We set some new records and took another huge step forward as a program. Our team goal is to be America East Champs. “ Last year, the women’s team ence record. Vermont returns 21 letterwinners from last season’s squad, including the team’s leading goal scorer, junior Sydney Mas. The junior led the team with 53 goals last season to earn a spot on the America East AllConference First Team. She currently ranks fourth on the alltime career goals list at Vermont to become the all-time leader.

The Vermont women’s laPreseason Coaches Poll. The top season standings will advance to the America East Tournament, which will be played on May 2 and 4 on the campus of the highest seed. ing to work hard this season to build momentum in our nonconference games to get ready for conference play. We have more depth this year and our team chemistry is strong. We are focusing on the little things and taking it day by day.”

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Baseball 11%

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Best sports games for a date according to students Basketball 13% Hockey 63%

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic Sophomore Blake Doerring chases a puck during a game Oct. 6, 2012.

The Catamounts beat UMaine Feb. 9 and will play Northeastern Feb. 15.

Jeremy Karpf Senior Staff Writer Whenever two Hockey East rivals meet, intense physical play ensues. It was no different on Saturday night when Vermont hosted Maine at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

And after three tough, chippy periods Vermont emerged victorious 3-0, getting two goals from sophomore Kyle Reynolds and man his second career shutout.

The win puts the Catamounts in eighth place in Hockey East with just eight games left before the Hockey East Tournament. looked like this game was headed Maine’s way. Several early shots tested Hoffman’s range and one early save left him slow to get up.

The teams remained scoreVermont struggled on the power play.

Entering the night the Cats were near the bottom in Hockey East converting on less than 15 percent of power play opportunities.

The early struggles were a concern for head coach Kevin Sneddon, but he attributed most of it to nerves.

“We looked liked we were skating in quicksand a little bit.

I think it was nerves,” Sneddon said. “We started our playoff run a little bit earlier, so I think there were some nerves involved. It was a very quiet locker room, very intense before the game.”

The second period saw a different Vermont team emerge from the locker room. The Catamount offense began to click, producing more shots and opportunities in front of the Maine net.

And with 47.2 seconds left Walls sent a long pass into the Maine end.

Assistant captain junior Chris McCarthy got to the puck and avoided the potential icing call making a centering pass to sophomore Kyle Reynolds who put his shot past Maine goaltendraft pick Martin Ouellette. on the play, and earned his second later in the game.

Overall, Vermont outshot Maine putting 14 on net while one in the second. the third the Cats made it 2-0 as Reynolds scored on a backhand

a passes from Chris McCarthy and senior defenseman Anders Franzon. “[Reynolds] was sensational tonight. We had a total effort. [were] difference makers for us.

He was one of the best players on the ice if not the best,” Sneddon said post-game.

Vermont got their third goal on a power play following a Maine slashing penalty.

Chris McCarthy scored unassisted after he picked off an Ouellette clearing pass and scoring over the sprawling Ouellette.

“[Reynolds] was sensational tonight.

We had a total effort.

Both Hoff early on then Kyle were difference makers for us,” Kevin Sneddon Vermont head coach

on three penalty kills late in the third period. “The penalty kill inspired us all night; that double 5-on-3 we killed in the third, guys blocking shots, doing whatever it takes to win the hockey game,” Sneddon said.

After scoring twice on Saturday and netting his sixth goal in six games, Kyle Reynolds was quick to credit his goalie for the win.

“You’ve got to give credit to Hoffman, a lot of credit,” Reynolds said. “He kept us in the 10 minutes, it’s a whole different game.”

Reynolds saw the win as “our biggest win of the season.

We just won a series against tiebreaker. We just did the little things, outhit them, out-blocked them and out-chanced them.”

Vermont is next in action this weekend when they travel to weekend series. mont beat the Huskies 3-2 at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

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Vermont falls at home in AE matchup Jake Bielecki Staff Writer

Boston tried to rattle the Cata

America East teams will play as ica East next year and is ineli Earlier this season Boston Coach John Becker cred “a step behind all night in their

ALEX EDELMAN The Vermont Cynic Junior guard Sandro Caissimo looks to pass the ball in their loss to Boston University in Patrick Gym Feb.12.

clear path to the basket when a trailing Terriers player grabbed

recording two steals two blocks

other key America East match

score entering the intermission

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 , 2013

Dating tips from athlete Brian Voelkel Katy Cardin News Editor Campus celebrity and foward for the men’s basketball team, junior Brian Voelkel, sat down with the Cynic to share some of his secrets and advice on dating, tips in picking up girls, love and Valentine’s Day. Whether you are newly single, recently involved with a special someone or have been in a relationship for the long haul, Brian’s advice will appeal to you.

Vermont Cynic: “Where do you usually go to pick up girls?”

Brian Voelkel:“Tinder [a dating app on iPhones]. I typically go on there and just look for good-looking, interesting girls who share common interests with me.

I also try to pick up girls at church and sometimes in the library.”

VC: “Where are some of your favorite places to take a girl

ALEX EDELMAN The Vermont Cynic Junior Brian Voelkel poses in Patrick Gym Feb. 6. He is the forward for the basketball team and provided the Cynic with dating tips this week.

BV: “One of my favorites is Pizza Put. Of course bowling.

Just a place where I can interact with the young lady, get to know her a bit better.

And then there is always Leunigs on Church Street. All expenses paid, of course. I also tend to double date with my best friend Josh Elbaum from time to time.”

VC: “What are some moves that you think are appropriate to

BV: “I don’t like to be aggressive at all.

If she wants anything she to know them.

And then I just see where it goes from there.”

“I think the worst dating experiance possible would have to be if I took a girl I was interested in out on a nice date and then she ended up leaving me for a differnt dude at the end of the night.”

Brian Voelkel Junior forward for UVM men’s basketball VC: “What do you typically do to make yourself desirable to girls?”

BV: “I usually workout for the outside appearance but I really try to also work from deep inside.

I like to sculpt my body at the gym to look like a Greek god.

But honestly the thing that is the most important to me is in-

ner beauty.

I learned that piece of advice from my mom, Mona.”

VC: “What qualities do you usually look for in girls?”

BV: “Not in this order, but they have to be funny, have a great personality and be really outgoing and intelligent.

I do also like the tall and skinny model type, that’s my kryptonite.”

VC: “Can you describe what you think your nightmare date would be like?”

BV: “I think the worst dating experience possible would have to be if I took a girl I was interested in out on a nice date and then she ended up leaving me for a different dude at the end of the night.”

VC: “When do you think is the appropriate time to introduce a girl to your parents or for you to meet her parents?”

BV: “Honestly, if the girl is the one, then it’s never too early.”

VC: “What are some of your hopes for this Valentine’s day?”

BV: “Well I’ve been single for a while now and I’m ready down with.

I just want a girl that can come over and cook me ravioli on a Sunday, that’s what I’m really striving for.

I want to be able to hang out, watch a movie and do homework together. I’ll always be looking for that special girl.”