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SGA elections unnoticed by students SGA officials cite constitution for time restrictions; multiple candidates sanctioned due to violations of election protocol
As elections for Student Government Association president and vice president approach, students are rushing to decide who the next president will be. form students about the election and debate for the next SGA president and vice president. A Facebook post by senior Casey Short, chair of the public relations committee, promoted the debate on Monday night, just a few hours before the event began. Voting for this year’s SGA elections closes at 4 p.m. March 25. Candidates’ petitions and platforms were due by 5 p.m. March 20. President Aya AL-Namee promoted the debate on Facebook and encouraged voters to read the candidates’ platforms, linking them to the SGA website an hour before the debate. First-year Evan Jackson said he felt that elections were happening “pretty fast.” “I did know the elections were taking place because of a
IJ IDRIZAJ The Vermont Cynic Candidates for SGA president and vice president participate in a debate hosted at Brennan’s March 23. Elections will be held March 24 and 25, and winners will then be announced March 26. few posters I’ve seen,” Jackson said. “I do not know when voting day is.” SGA elections must take day of classes, according to the organization’s constitution. “The constitution says we need a president by April, so we have to condense the election process because what’s the point of starting before spring Francis, chair of the elections committee. This also gives the new president and vice president enough time to choose the speaker of the senate and treasurer, said Patrick Brown, director of Student Life. “I’ve seen posters about
the SGA elections but I do not year Kirsten Fletcher said. “I did not know a debate is going on. I probably do not plan on voting.” First-years Aidan Sullivan, Priyanka Santhanakrishnan and Emilia Difranco also said that they didn’t know about the elections. happening, people have come to my classes and asked me to sign their sheets to get on the ballot,” senior and Kappa Delta sorority member Abigail Blake said. “Someone went as far as coming to my chapter meeting, but other than that I haven’t been following it,”she said.
Sodexo negotiating contract Last week, Sodexo was granted the right to negotiate a dining contract with UVM, according to a March 11 email. Dennis DePaul, the assistant dean for business operations will be the negotiator for UVM, according to the email. Since December of 2013, Sodexo has been working on an extensive process that provided a carefully developed dining contract proposal. Sodexo and UVM have partnered for the past 58 years. Should negotiations end in an agreement, the new contract will begin July 1, 2015, according to the email from Vice Provost Annie Stevens. better,” said Lauren Riecker, a student who transferred from UVM to Rutgers University. “There’s a lot more options and Like us on Facebook
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“There’s going to be a very small number of votes cast. It’s not like half the student body is going to vote,” Francis said. “Who’s going to do the best job of getting their friends and allies to vote for them is what it’s going to come down to and it doesn’t mean you have to be the cool kid, it’s just networking.” Elections packets were made available to sign out March 9, AL-Namee said. “The second you sign out a didate,” she said. “You have a week to collect signatures, so you have a two to three week long process. It always has been like that.” There is a direct relation-
everything seems fresher.” The email describes what UVM is looking for from the new service agreement, including greater integration with academic initiatives in food systems, transparent sourcing and The University will also push for a say in the wages and the email stated.
“I’ve heard that Sodexo is one of the best dining service companies and I think that local food sourcing is a great idea,” sophomore Rachel Snider said. The contract was created by a 14 member committee made up of students, faculty and Sodexo did not comment regarding the new contract due to the ongoing negotiations.
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which is one-sixth of his campaign budget, Francis said.
Course registration delayed due to construction project
to register April 10. “We have a building and
struction project would be a very large building and that students and faculty would have to get around it,” Williams said. “So at the same time we had to change the meeting time between all courses and had to go to 20 minutes between classes.” During the STEM construction project, the University will have less classroom space. The registrar had to decide if the University would build more classroom space or hold the same number of classes with fewer available rooms, Williams said.
be demolished to be part of the larger STEM construction project,” registrar Keith Williams said. Demolition of buildings will start this summer, Williams said. “We knew that the con-
spent time in the fall of 2014 modeling and planning for classrooms, Williams said. “This is a big change, we had a lot of [class]-rooms [becoming unavailable] and the times of classes changing,” Williams said.
Class registration for the fall 2015 semester has been pushed back one week due to construction projects according to an email sent to students
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ship between the amount of people that run in the elections, and the amount of people that turn out to vote, Brown said. He said that although communication happens “more rapidly” with social media, people rely on it too much. “It is a very short period of time, technically, but if you budget your time properly and you’re organized, you could easily achieve the goals that you want,” AL-Namee. “On the day of elections I think candidates are the ones reaching out to students the most,” Short said. “You know letting them know that you would love their support and that’s how we really get the best voter turnout is from individual candidates.” Tyler Davis and Jason Maulucci were sanctioned for not meeting the deadline to turn in their platforms, and as such, they will not be listed on the SGA website, Davis said. They will still be on the ballot and their platforms will be on their campaign Facebook page, he said. Presidential candidate Khalil Lee was also sanctioned, Francis said. Lee didn’t submit any receipts for professional photos he had taken of himself, he said. Due to this infraction, his
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Crime Log By Jill Vaglica March 12, 4:20 p.m. A PlayStation was tak-
en from an unlocked suite in the Living/Learning Center sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. There are no suspects yet.
March 12, 8:35 p.m. Someone came to the
the UVM police services station and said he was robbed on Williston Road about 20 minutes prior. Police services contacted South Burlington police. The suspect was described as a white male in his mid-20s, approximately 5 foot-9 inch tall, 170 to 180 pounds, with curly hair, wearing a dark coat and pants. He was last seen on foot running west on Main Street.
March 13, 7:05 a.m. While investigating a theft from a vending machine in the Wing Davis Wilks Complex, police idenlived in Davis Hall. When an room they noticed marijuana, marijuana pipes and two hunting knives in plain sight. The items have been
March 13 11:50 p.m. Police services re-
New bill will lower Vermont’s carbon footprint The Vermont House of Representatives voted 121-24 to pass a bill designed to lower residents’ carbon footprint. Passed March 11, the Renewable Energy Standard and Energy Transformation bill, known as RESET, requires utilities to sell a certain percentage of their electricity as renewable, according to a March 10 VTDigger article. It is designed to address the problem presented under the Sustainably Priced Energy Development Program making renewable energy credits across regional markets, the article stated. The bill also tackles the issue of long-term fossil fuel consumption while promoting local renewable energy generation, according to the article. First-year environmental science major and Vermont resident Maria Cayia expressed her concern toward the bill. MARISA ROSENTHAL The Vermont Cynic “While I completely sup- Solar Panel pitcured above outside of the Greenhouse on March 19. Vermont House of Reps. signed bill to port renewable energy, as a loexpand renewable energy use with the support of the UVM campus placing solar panels around campus. cal Vermonter I know a good Other alternatives to cutting “When it comes to renewnumber of residents who would professor Luis Vivanco said, be opposed to destroying the “Generally speaking renewable down fossil fuel consumption Green Mountain landscape,” energy is a good thing. Howev- entail loans for weatherization determine what may be good or bad,” Nelson said. “While I Cayia said. “Although we are a progressive state, many Ver- For example, hydropower, us- the utility companies, the article encourage renewables, seeing monters would hate to see their ing regions in Quebec a have the stated. Legislators and constitu- what is most economically and backyard covered in solar pan- potential to displace residents ents said that passing the bill environmentally feasible comin proximity to construction.” would increase utility rates and pletely depends on the type of els and wind turbines. The bill provides the free- prevent Vermonters from fuel- renewable being incentivized.” In addition to the economic RESET is now in the hands aspect of creating more renew- dom for state regulators to de- ing their homes. Geography and environ- of the Vermont Senate for vote. able energy, there is also a more termine how utilities meet the obligation. A percentage must mental studies professor Ingrid human aspect to understand. Burlington native and en- come from wind and solar farms Nelson also shared her opinion about the bill. vironmental anthropology in Vermont.
sponded to a report of two
Chittenden Buckham Wills.
noted that one of the students appeared to be heavily intoxicated. The student went to ACT 1 and Chittenden Corrections for Detox, and had a blood alcohol content of .257.
March a.m.
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versity Heights noticed a on the student, who had been drinking but not to the level of needing detox. Four the student.
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Police received a rebackpack with food from the Cook Commons Dining student and forwarded the incident to the Center for Student Ethics & Standards.
Professor publishes book about biofuels One professor is researching environmental sustainability and advanced biofuels while also contributing to the classroom and curriculum. Biofuels are an alternative type of energy that can be helpful as fossil fuel sources steadily run out, according to the National Renewable Energy Lab. Biofuels professor Anju Dahiya in UVM’s plant and soil science department said she hopes to switch the focus to renewable methods instead of resorting to dangerous methods of fuel extraction such as fracking . “The essentiality of biofuels is not only for human necessity for fuel, but for the reduction of environmental and health impacts of fossil fuels,” Dahiya said. The use of fossil fuels has pushed carbon dioxide rates to a dangerous level, according to the climate outreach project Climate Communication. They estimate that these emissions would have to decline by about 60 percent by 2050 in order to be stabilized, according to the project. Using her knowledge and experience with the biofuel system, Dahiya said she is involved with General Systems Research, a Burlington-based company that partners with agencies like NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy, promoting biofuel as a source of energy over fossil fuels. After earning her Ph.D. and teaching at UVM, Dahiya said
she created the “Biomass to Biofuels” program that allows students to get experience with technology used in biofuels, usto give the class a hands-on approach. Dahiya said she also edited an accompanying textbook, “Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels,” that helps students understand the concept of biofuels and the research involved with the subject. Many students have praised the class, preferring Dahiya’s approach to teaching over traditional lectures. “I feel I gained so much more knowledge about all of the different biofuels available today than I would have in a more traditional class,” former student Samantha Csapilla said. “I never thought I would enjoy turning raw manures and food wastes into biogas, and getting covered in it, as much as I did.” Csapilla said she works for a renewable energy company doing research, and thanks Dahiya for stimulating her enthusiasm in biofuels research. “I love my job, it is truly rewarding, and if it were not for this course, I’m not sure where I would have ended up,” Csapilla said. Senior natural resources major Grant Troester highlighted his favorite part of the program, a service learning project . “This project helped kick start my career in the energy ence working for an energy company,” he said.
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Students to bike nearly 4,000 miles for charity Her eagerness for such service has been drawn out and
on their journey as part of a program called Bike and Build, according to a press release. ing goes hand-in-hand with homelessness, which goes hand- in-hand with the schoolto-prison pipeline and to many other systemic issues,” Solomon said. “This is just a part that I think can be a solution, and I really want to contribute to it.” Bike and Build has raised
the UVM community such as the Dewey House, which Solomon said she has been a part of Solomon said her inspiration has been the program’s director, Brickner-McDonald.
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It is in students like Solomon, that personal becomes public at UVM.
Kailee BricknerMcDonald Program Director, Dewey House for Community Engagement
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UVM is a place where students take personal interests and turn them into public inspiration and service, said Kailee Brickner-McDonald, director of the Dewey House for Community Engagement. This summer, senior enviornmental studies major Alyssa Solomon, along with Lucyanna Labadie and senior Hannah Lees, will cycle from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Vancouver, British Columbia – nearly 4,000 miles – building
self-run taxi service and an up-
student; she already [had] a background and a passion for service and connected it to UVM through her academic and leadership role,” Brickner-McDonald said. Brickner-McDonald also said the Dewey House contributes to the UVM community by “helping people stitch together their community experience, and providing a container to
The money that she and her peers will raise will go toward building materials and grants to help fund the organization’s partners, such as Habitat for Humanity, Solomon said.
are shaping their community.” Solomon integrates service into every aspect of her life. She led a social mission for one of her favorite bands, Dispatch, while touring with them as a
cording to the Bike and Build website. For the past few months, Solomon said she has been fundraising in an attempt to raise
SGA Updates By Alexandra Shannon One in Four
club. It is an “all-male sexual assault peer education group,” according to their website.
istrar ran the scheduling program, large and important courses were left without classroom space, Williams said. Williams said it became clear to him that class registration dates would need to be pushed back. “We decided that it was the thing that we could change to give students the opportunity to build really good schedules for the fall,” Williams said. “I got an email from the school saying that [registration] was going to be delayed, and I saw it on the UVM portal
SGA senators are volunteering to bring food to Bur-
they start their shifts, April 12.
Advising Center
Although funds don’t exist for building an advising centable.
Academic Calendar
A new academic calendar is being created with an aim to have it implemented within
Men’s Rugby
The men’s rugby team is looking to expand their season into the spring and to broaden their list of competitors.
Redstone Express
There are actions being taken to have the Redstone Express bus route run longer into the night.
International Students determine a way to have international students be more integrated in on-campus housing.
Women of Color Coalition
Steps are being taken to create a Women of Color Coalition on campus.
cates children on the environment, two of her other passions, Brickner-McDonald said. “It is in students like Solomon, that personal becomes public at UVM,” Brickner-McDonald said. Solomon said that she is housing crisis here in Burlington. “The healthy average for vacancy rates is 5 percent; in Burlington, there is a 3 percent vacancy rate, so this is a local issue as well,” Solomon said. It is not just Solomon who is interested in community involvement. Yahaira Escribano, community development major, said that the best results begin when individuals within the community take the initiative. “You know your community the best,” she said. Solomon said that it is inspiring to see the outpour of generosity that the campus community has shown her. She is over 40 percent of the March 31, and will feature Bison and Weak Signal Broadcast Service, according to the event’s Facebook page. DAYNA WYCKOFF The Vermont Cynic Senior Hannah Lees cycles in the Davis Center March 13. Lees will bike 4,000 miles this summer to raise money to build homes for the poor.
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sophomore, Brickner-McDonald said. When they performed in Burlington, she connected them with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. She also
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guson. First-year Marta Carreno wasn’t aware of the change. “I didn’t know that registration was being delayed a week, and I don’t think it really affects me,” Carreno said. “I don’t see how one more week of deciding what classes I’m going to take could be a bad thing,” junior Simon Ross said. has not received complaints or commentary on the scheduling delay, Williams said. “I know the student body and the faculty are not shy about sharing if it was a problem,” Williams said. “The regisat the University that if its run well, people don’t have to think about what we do.”
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Translating between communities ferent and unique identity,” but that does not make them
Harper Simpson Respect,
integrity,
in-
according to the University community. The University is acceptand the Deaf community is
the Deaf community at UVM, Richmond said that UVM to do to support the Deaf community. Richmond was born deaf and said that he wants to be an advocate for his community and teach others the
Richmond said. Richmond said
that
mond said. about the Deaf community guage, according to the UVM website.
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he said. “This is something that
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There is still way more for UVM to do to support the Deaf Community. Kevin Richmond
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and everyone has the right who is hard of hearing, said that Deaf and hard of hearRather,
they
think
Rikki Jiang gives a presentation on Deaf culture during an ASL class March 19. UVM has courses available for students looking to learn American Sign Language and increase their awareness of the Deaf Community.
and communication scienc-
teaching assistant. “Education is number one, then comes respecting the community… that is how [acceptance] is going to grow.” Richmond said that the
cating others about the Deaf community, said Richmond He said that some educators have shared the idea of mainstreaming deaf stu-
being the best option. Richmond does not agree with this. “I want others to come to me rather than sharing their opinions as facts or sharing misinformation,” he said. Richmond said that he information about the Deaf community. “I want to be used as a resource,” he said.
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Egg-cellent news “Stereotype threat” hinders student psyche Allison Carey Weekly Health Columnist Previous thoughts on
stroke.
Marissa Lanoff
“foods and food components to reduce” category and consumption was capped at
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egg. This thinking caused
to change with the pendUnited States Department of that the intake of high
weaker than men in math.
and women and gave them a
Every person you have stereotype or another, and these stereotypes are often unkind. Studies have shown that if we are made aware of these stereotypes, we are more that mirrors the negative
“There are much bigger
“Stereotype threat” is de-
there is no “data to suggest
can arise when we become aware of a negative stereo-
professor of psychiatry at
in a situation where the identity is important, according son.
monitored. considered a nutrient of concern for over consumption,” according to heath.gov. substance that is made in the body and received from diet. Twenty percent of the comes from diet. The rest is produced by
of Physicians and Surgeons.
needs to be changed.
topher McKinney said.
a day if it is paired with a
the women, on average, performed worse. interview with Not In Our ties. “If you bring men and
enced part of our psyche and make it work in our favor. ing Service tried moving the -
test, at the frontier of their
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“Maybe the stereotype is pressuring the performance,” he said. Stereotype threat can strike in any scenario. working for a tech team, an and was rather condescend-
tested whether the stereo-
senior Saritha Beauchamp said.
on the myth that women are
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Art history professor talks Warhol PROFESSOR PROFILE
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fun, I was reading this new for art comes across “most
Kristina Samulewski get to work on the artist or a doubt,” sophomore Hannah Schaefer said. -
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not in any way my favorite artist or the person whose esting,” he said. Instead, he said he found
found practicing yoga downtown at Tapna Yoga and vis-
conversation in society. “What made him such a good topic for me is that
books
provide
a
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once per semester that those anybody say about the artworks before,” he said.
It is evident that Grudin loves what he does
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from his students,” she said. citing moments come during his conversations with students.
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to his former professor of Renaissance art, Peter Par-
I found things to say about
RYAN THORNTON The Vermont Cynic Assistant Professor Anthony Grundin discusses yoga, teaching and Andy
ing” and “thought-provoking questions about various works to his students and responses.”
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Students voice opinions on Springfest performers Eileen Parks
of either of them, but I have heard of both,” he said.
ions and the bands not being dents may have hoped, there
bother some students. performers have been announced. The Disco Biscuits are a don, according to their respective websites.
cause The Disco Biscuits and
said that neither of the bands -
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featured the hip-hop group
to the performance. both of the bands,” sopho“When we choose artists
said he thinks the performers are “a good idea.”
consideration. The Disco Bised up-and-coming singer/ producer duo out of the UK,” said the UPB concert committee. “Together, we hope that music and entertainment.”
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The Disco Biscuits are a
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respective websites. to be enthusiastic about the choices made by the UVM Program Board. seems to be that neither band some students said they have never heard of either group.
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Glass gallery offers more for students Assistant Arts Editor The art of glassblowing has fascinated humans for centuries. Local shops are keeping the art form alive and well. Bern Gallery, a glass shop a wide selection of handmade pipes, but also repairs, creates blowing classes. The gallery is owned by Tito, who prefers to use a single name like many others in the glassblowing world, and his wife, Mikeala Boman. Before starting Bern Gallery,
Tito said he and Boman got into the business by driving their van around the Northeast to sell their glass to various stores. “And then we realized that we felt like we could do a better job than half of the stores that we visited, so we opened the Bern Gallery,” Tito said. The Bern Gallery has profited from being so close to UVM, Tito said, as the shop sees many students come through its doors. “I like [Bern Gallery] because everything is made in Ver-
Tito said that the in-house glass blowers sets the gallery apart — they are one of very few shops in the world with this setup. “I tried to get us to be a part of CATscratch but [the University] wouldn’t accept it.” Tito do our thing without giving us any problems.” The shop also sees a lot of students coming in to take glass blowing lessons with the Bern Glass School, Tito said. The school is run out of the gallery. The Vermont Student Assis-
from some of the other shops De Jong said.
MOLLY DUFF The Vermont Cynic (Above) Takoda Madrona repairs a waterpipe at Bern Gallery March 19. (Right) Bern Gallery owner, Tito, works on a new piece March 17.
for non-degree students to take lessons with Bern Gallery, Tito said. “It makes it hard for UVM students to get their foot in the door here, harder than it would be for non-degree students,” glassblower Takoda Madrona said. Madrona said he learned to blow glass with the Bern Glass School when he was 16 years old and after graduating began working for the gallery and teaching lessons. “The majority of the glass blowers we have now actually graduated [from Bern Glass School] and then we hired them
Both Madrona and Tito help create the pieces in the gallery. The two have collaborated on pieces, a trend that Tito said has been growing quickly. Madrona said that collaborations between glass blowers are a balance between both artists’ strengths.
“To stay credible, to stay fresh and to stay current you have to be collaborating with other big guys in the industry,” Tito said. Tito said he plans to expand Bern Glass, opening shops all around the country.
Local artist masks Burlington “Foxcatcher” wrestles with “Foxcatcher” rating:
Liam Hughes
the after effects of success Colin Kamphuis
An up and coming community of designers in downtown Burlington is ushering in a wave of innovation. Generator is “a combination of artist studios, classroom, and business incubator focused on making things,” according to their website. The artists and inventors of Generator are working with technology and mixing creativity with precision to create their work. Eric Roy is an example of what becomes possible when mankind and machine work together. Roy makes masks for a living and has dreams of expanding and opening a “haberdashery,” he said, which is a shop that sells custom men’s clothing. The online clothing shop would accept orders for personalized garments for those with abnormal body shapes who sizes, Roy said. He said he’s inspired by his own self-described “abnormal” body, and understands how hard it can be for people like Roy said he has been creating in Generator’s studio space for almost a year now and it has The resources allow him to keep his personal touch, and enable him to manufacture in quantities that he had only ever dreamed of, Roy said. 3-D printers, laser technology, state-of-the art software, at Generator, but Roy said what takes the cake is the community itself, which is always happy to
Arts Columnist
A reclusive, eccentric billionaire and a world champion wrestler team up to train for the 1988 Olympics in the movie, “Foxcatcher.” Rather than focusing solely on the athlete’s pursuit of some title, “Foxcatcher” is a sports movie that contains underlying drama
DAYNA WYCKOFF The Vermont Cynic Eric Roy shows one of his masks in his studio at Generator March 20. Roy is one of many local artists who uses the creative working space to craft. Generator functions as a makers’ community for creative spirits. help and collaborate with anyone inside or outside Generator. Where once an order of nine demo masks would have meant a week’s worth of work, Roy said the resources available through Generator let him accept such an order without worrying about clearing his schedule. Roy’s not constricted by the area, he’s able to accept orders from people all over the country and thus can create connections anywhere, he said.
This community of designers is anything but exclusive, and they encourage anyone interested in joining to stop in for a visit anytime. They’re open on the weekdays at 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on the weekend from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with an open house every Thursday at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone interested can stop by and see what the artists are creating and ask questions, Roy said.
beyond the typical protagonist’s journey. What we see instead are the lengths to which people are willing to go to achieve what they think will bring happiness and success. “Foxcatcher” presents an eerie warning of the true costs of unbridled obsession. Channing Tatum plays Mark Schultz, a professional wrestler who, despite an impressive career, feels that he is living in the shadow of his older brother Dave, played Contacted by mysterious billionaire and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont, played by Steve Carrell, he decides to move to du Pont’s estate in Pennsylvania and train for the upcoming world championships with du Pont as his “coach.” “Foxcatcher” moves at a remarkably slow pace yet
succeeds in maintaining heightened tension. The lack of dialogue emphasizes physical direction and communication, which Tatum is particularly adept at. Discourse is replaced with powerful silent scenes, and we begin to really appreciate the mental and emotional turmoil churning within Schultz. A talented and successful wrestler already, his self-imposed guilt and fear of being made worse by the pressures put upon him by du Pont. The motives of du Pont at A patriot and wrestling enthusiast, he wishes to see U.S. wrestling become a powerhouse on the world stage. As a powerful man with access to vast resources, he in the cause. However, as the plot progresses and his own begins to question du Pont’s true motives. It becomes clear very quickly that he is a manipulative narcissist with little concern for others. Despite a rather expositional scene depicting the history of the du Pont fortune, “Foxcatcher” was a void of clichés.
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Students plan their festival season Jon Zinter Arts Columnist
Festival season is almost here and it’s time to start thinking about where you and your friends will go for a three-day binge of music, arts and community. The lineups are rolling out. fordable way to take a break from their normal lives, let loose and make new friends. There are also so many of them now that just about any-
community to suit their taste. “I’m pretty reluctant to go to larger festivals,” junior Mike Beith said. Smaller festivals may not be known for their big-name greater sense of community. “It becomes a family by the end of the weekend,” said Beith. His favorite festival is Catskill Chill in Hancock, New York. This year it is happening from Sept. 18 - 20. Last year their lineup included bands like Yonder Mountain String Band and Papadosio. Sophomore Jenny Lowell also said she preferred smaller festivals. She said she had a great time at The Friendly Gathering in Windham, Vermont last summer. “It was really chill. There was a pond and we went swimming,” Lowell said. “Twiddle played six sets.” This year, however, Lowell is planning to attend the larger Peach Festival in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
It becomes a family by the end of the weekend. Junior Mike Beith It is Aug. 13 - 16 and features headliners Santana, Gregg Allman and Billy and the Kids. Billy and the Kids is a band that includes Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann. Burlington-area Phish fans also have a summer destination: Magnaball, the 10th Phish Festival of the band’s career will be taking place in Watkins Glen, New York, from Aug. 21 - 23. Since the band has no northeastern tour dates this summer, Magnaball is a great option for Vermont Phish fans, who have had one local Vermont show in the last decade. It will take place at the end of their summer tour, so the band will be warmed up and playing tightly.
When asked where he wanted to go most, sophomore Sam Gaillard said, “obviously the Grateful Dead shows, but that’s if I could get there.” choosing a festival includes hearing about great shows that that are just too far away. Gaillard is from Georgia, and plans on attending Counterpoint Festival in Atlanta. Their headliners includeWidespread Panic, The Roots and Umphrey’s McGee. “I’m most excited to see Umphrey’s,” Gaillard said. For the price of one ticket and some camping supplies people can see several of their favorite musicians.
It was really chill. There was a pond and we went swimming, Twiddle played six sets. Sophomore Jenny Lowell “To Pimp A Butterfly” rating:
Kendrick’s ‘allegory of the hood’ Sandi Omanovic Arts Editor
Kendrick Lamar released the most anticipated album of the year, which is more of a philosophical message than a rap album. Kendrick Lamar’s message in “To Pimp a Butto Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” In Plato’s allegory, a man leaves his community and learns a life-changing lesson, but when he returns to teach it to his people, he is ridiculed. Lamar and his allegory trying to educate on lessons of self-love and respect, like in the song “i,” but can’t because it would make him a hypocrite. In “Blacker The Berry,” Lamar raps, “So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street? When gang banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite!” Lamar is not only a hypocrite because he did the things he preaches against, but because, with his rap fame and money, he is not forced to utilize those options anymore. The name, “To Pimp A
“blaxploitation”; the government’s “pimping” of a group of people entrapped in their socioeconomic prison, like
the black community. “From Compton to Congress, set tripping all around, ain’t nothin’ new
Lamar opens the door to the album with “Wesley’s Theory,” the song starts with an excited Lamar, happy to get his golden ticket out of the hood through music.
and ReBloodicans, red state versus blue state, which one you governin’? They gave us guns and drugs, called us thugs,” rapped Lamar. He questions “what money got to do with it when I don’t know the full
In “Hood Politics,” Lamar rages against the hypocrisy of how the government is really a gang exploiting the black community. However, the second verse turns to a chilling response from a money-hungry Uncle Sam, eager to exploit his prosperity. “Wesley’s Theory” is a reference to when Wesley Snipes was on his rise to fame and the U.S. used tax evasion charges as a way to curb the black entertainer’s success. In “Hood Politics,” Lamar rages against the hypocrisy of how the government is really a gang exploiting
In “Institutionalized,” he battles with how to use his success to express a positive message.
course of a few days, a fun and laid-back environment that is gauranteed to put the “break” in “summer break.” Be sure to lock down your festival choices, weigh the pros and cons of each and make sure you see the artists you want to see. Once you’re there, however, don’t be afraid to neglect your schedule or see an artist you’ve never heard of. A big part of the
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DJ duo spins for fathers A DJ duo on WRUV 90.1 FM airs a show that is targeting fathers. Seniors David Mejia, known as DJ Francis Scott Gee, and Mike Sickles, known as DJ Pajama Pants, play their shows on Thursday mornings from 12 a.m. - 2 a.m. They said they play music for fathers, who have at least two children. They play their music for fathers between the ages of 25 and 60 that are up late taking care of their children or simply
some new music. The group hopes the music they play for dads will cause them to discover new music and play it their next family barbecue. Fathers can use their new knowledge of music to impress their kids and spread to their friends. Even though neither of the DJs are fathers they said that fathers who tune into their show will hear new music that they can show to their kids to prove that they’re hip.
album, “Mortal Man,” Lamar addresses his feelings of “survivor’s guilt” caused from the fact that his “loved uous war back in the city.” Lamar explains his entire message through a simulated conversation with Tupac Shakur at the end of the song. He reveals how he is full of “resentment that turned into a deep depression,” and “screaming in the hotel room [and how he] didn’t wanna self destruct.” Feelings of suicide, “made me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I learned. The word was respect.”
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STAFF EDITORIAL We would like to ask a simple question — how short is too short for a political campaign? Two weeks? Three weeks? How about five days? In case you didn’t know, five days is how long we officially have to elect a new SGA president. According to the campaign schedule, official platforms for all the candidates were due March 20, last Friday. The last day you can vote is two days from now, Wednesday, March 25 at 4 p.m.
we call upon the student body at large to pay attention to what is happening here and to act, if necessary. Our condemnation of this irresponsibly rushed democratic process, if it can be called democratic, could not be stronger.
interviewed the public relations committee chair, Casey Short, did a post appear on the official SGA page promoting the debate, two and a half hours before the event. Because the Cynic is printed Wednesday, we published this staff editorial on our website.
If they are restricted by their constitution and practice, then their constitution and practice restrict democracy. Some candidates have self-promoted their campaigns days before this deadline. We have five days to figure out which candidates will work on issues that are important to us. Five days to decide who will represent our collective voice to the administration, faculty and broader community. Five days to decide who will control the SGA’s vast budget. Five days. Firstly, we recognize the Cynic has made the mistake of not investigating deeper and calling for reform earlier. For that we sincerely apologize. Now, in the time we have,
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If the election is not extended and the system reformed, we are submitting to a system that allows us to be represented by people whom we don’t know and whom we had little chance of knowing in the first place. And that’s not a democracy. There was a debate Monday night for all the candidates running for SGA president. Not until a Cynic reporter
That the Cynic is unable to fully assist in disseminating vital election information, precisely because of unreasonably prohibitive SGA electoral policy, is testament to how poorly our elections are planned. Universities and colleges around the country are just as much communities as they are educational institutions. Students exist within them
to learn from one another, test new ideas and, to a large degree, self-govern. Through these communities, precedents are set for the next generation. The precedent that is being set in this election, our election, is that an effective democratic process is an afterthought. Members of the SGA will say their constitution requires they conclude the election five weeks before the last day of classes, which is true. They will say this is how elections have been conducted in recent history. If they are restricted by their constitution and practice, then their constitution and practice restricts democracy. How much or how little real power the SGA holds is beside the point — practicing democracy is what builds a community. It’s the process that makes the governing body legitimate and respected. The Cynic urges the SGA to allow voting to continue for, at minimum, one week. Furthermore, the SGA must change the restrictions on campaigning periods in the constitution. Doing so will demonstrate a commitment to both transparency and fundamental democratic norms — commitments that should already exist. The alternative is having a virtually secret election. If the SGA does not act, we urge the student body at large to protest. If this election is allowed to end Wednesday, we will all be living, studying and working under a body that fundamentally does not represent us.
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Climate activists and liberal policy makers often cite the harm that climate change will cause to future generations, saying that our children and grandchildren will feel the drastic effects caused by our neglect to act. Forty years ago this may have been true. Today, those children and grandchildren are young adults, and are quickly real-
izing how climate change is going to harm them directly in their lifetimes. For this generation, for my generation, the issue isn’t something in the distant future, easy to push under the rug. For this generation, the problem is very real and very scary. Action now is necessary if we hope to mediate the negative effects of climate change predicted by the best climate science in the field.
The most effective way to reduce fossil fuel use is a carbon pollution tax, as demonstrated by big successes in British Colombia and Germany. Vermont needs to follow in their footsteps by introducing our own carbon pollution tax. VPIRG’s bill for such a tax is currently headed for the state house of representatives, with 27 co-sponsors already endorsing the bill. All those concerned about
a their future being devastated by climate change should support this bill by contacting their representatives, urging them to support H412. With enough grassroots support of effective action like this bill, a more hopeful future might still be possible. Sincerely, Jackson Whiteker Class of 2015
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Sports MEN’S HOCKEY SEASON IN REVIEW
Cats eliminated in semifinals
Eagles. The way the NCAA tournament race shaped up toward the end left the Cats with a small chance to earn a ticket without winning the Hockey East tournament.
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It was a tough season this year for the UVM men’s hockey team. The Cats began their season with a record of 143-1, which included separate four- and seven-game winning streaks.
was the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks, who beat and tied the Cats during their two regular season games. The stage was set at the home of the Boston Bruins: TD
seven games at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The team climbed as high as No. 9 in the NCAA Division I rankings. The second half of the team’s schedule proved to be much The Cats followed their seven game winning streak by going 1-6-1 in the next eight games.
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NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic Senior forward Jake Fallon leads the men’s hockey team to shake hands with UMass-Lowell March 20. The Cats lost
I think the culture is moving in a very positive direction. Kevin Sneddon Head Coach
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UVM had to face four of the teams that would eventuthe Hockey East standings in the second half of the season. These schools included No. 24 Northeastern University, No. 19 UMass-Lowell, as well as No. 4 Boston University and No.
10 Boston College. Of the eight games against these schools in the second half of the year, UVM captured only one win. The overall regular season record was 18-12-4, and 10-9-3 in Hockey East play. “The environment was really great at the start of the season and I feel the team kept strong, to diminish after Christmas break,” said Tyler Gelineau, a continuing education student and a self-described “diehard” fan. Sophomore Sean Breen said he thinks security’s strictness at the rink might have an impact in the crowd’s energy. “There is still a good amount of support for the team but it
and controlled way,” Breen said. Head coach Kevin Sneddon struggled throughout the year deciding the team’s starting and sophomore Mike Santaguida split game time this year. Santaguida had a higher save percentage at .930 compared to was playing much stronger in season record was 11-5-2, and Santaguida’s was 7-7-2. layer to Sneddon’s decision was suspension he received midway through the year for “violating team values and expectations,” Sneddon said after the incident.
The team entered the Hockey and had a three-game series with the University of Maine. The team won all four regular season matchups against Maine. The series would prove more challenging, but the team would move on with an overtime game 3 winner from junior Jonathan Turk. The Hockey East second round opponent was the Boston College Eagles. The Cats would go down four goals in game 1 and responded by pulling Sanman, who would play “great” for the Cats, as sophomore Mario Puskarich would later say in a classroom. posted a shutout in game 3 to give UVM the 1-0 win over the
both teams and the Cats, despite ly got into a groove and eventually lost 4-1. The season would end with the team ranked No. 16 in the nation, but because every conference winner receives an automatic bid, along with other tournament metrics, schools like Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale leapfrogged the higher ranked Catamounts. ating this year, but they include some of the most important pieces to this season’s team, especially senior captain and 2010 Chicago Blackhawks draft pick, Mike Paliotta. Overall, Sneddon remained positive about this year as a whole. “As a coach I really couldn’t ask for much more about this and just an enjoyable group to coach,” Sneddon said. “We want to make sure we are proud of the name on the front of our jersey every time we put it on and, again, I think the culture is moving in a very positive direction for us,” Sneddon said.
Senior set for next step in career Alex Benîot
As the face of women’s hockey in the state of Vermont, senior and co-captain Amanda Pelkey is a role model not only for her teammates, but also for all female hockey players, junior Gabryella Procaccini said. “It’s kind of a cliche thing, but whenever I give signatures to people, I always write ‘dream big.’” Pelkey said. “It’s nice to give inspiration to younger kids.” Pelkey spent the past year and a half as a co-captain after “Amanda’s freshman year was, I think, a bit unsettled, not only from a coaching standpoint but from a playing standpoint,” head coach Jim Plumer said. “She had to play a bunch of different positions,” “There’s a big adjustment freshman year, that made her blossom into the impact player that she is,” Plumer said. Despite being one of the last players cut from the U.S. women’s Olympic ice hockey team, Pelkey took it in stride, she said.
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“It stung for maybe a day or so. But after it happens, you look back and you become better because of it. When you’re
around players of that caliber, it just makes you a better overall player and person,” Pelkey said. Pelkey owns most of the
for the women’s ice hockey team. She set a single-season record by scoring 21 goals and 40
points in 2013-2014, and over her career she has amassed 49 goals and 56 assists for a total of 105 points in 127 career games played, according to UVM athletics. She was honored at the State House in her hometown of Montpelier, Vermont March 17 to a standing ovation from the chamber members. “I walked in there not knowing what it was going to be and it went above and beyond,” Pelkey said. “It was a great honor and I’m really thankful for it.” Director of CatamounTV coordinator Nich Hall was equally surprised. “I was there with her and I was told that it was something that doesn’t happen often,” Hall said. As for future plans, Pelkey said she plans to join the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, joining U.S. Olympians like Hilary Knight and Meghan Duggan. “I’m just taking it all one day at a time,” Pelkey said. She will graduate this May with a degree in exercise and movement science, according to UVM athletics.
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Two UVM skiers win Rookie of the Year Sarah Olsen
earned the title of 2015 Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association’s Women’s Rookie of the Year Feb. 28. First-year Alayna Sonnesyn was awarded the title at the EISA Carnival Feb. 27-28 in Lake Placid, New York, according to the March 7 UVM athletics press release. “I actually didn’t even know it was an award and then my coach said something about it the night before and he kind of mentioned that I’d probably be one of winners,” Sonnesyn said. “So when they announced guess I had thought about it a little bit.”
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had a really good shot at [the award],” Weaver said. Additionally, Sonnesyn was named to the 2015 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team March 8. Sonnesyn is originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, and is a nursing major at UVM, according to the UVM Nordic ski team roster. She has been skiing since she was three or four years old, she said. “My parents taught me, and it was just a fun activity that we would all go do together,” she said. “Then I started taking it more seriously once I got into middle school and then I joined my high school’s ski team.” Sonnesyn has only ever competed in Nordic skiing, though she grew up Alpine skiing, she said. “I really like that [Nordic skiing] can bring you to so nesyn said. “You can experience world. I kind of just get lost in the woods and go out there for hours and not really think about
I’ve definitely had some of the best races of my life this season. Alayna Sonnesyn First-year
athletics website. “After that, we knew she
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Patrick Weaver, UVM Nordic ski coach, knew Sonnesyn would be a contender, he said. “We were looking at all the incoming people from the league, and I knew she had as good of a chance as anyone,” Weaver said. Sonnesyn placed fourth in the 5-kilometer race Feb. 27 at the EISA Carnival, according to
anything else.” Sonnesyn is ranked sixth in the region with her best combined scores for both the 15-kilometer race and the 5-kilometer race for the 2014-2015 season, according to the NCAA ranking of the EISA conference. of the best races of my life this season,” Sonnesyn said. “I was really surprised by the improvement that I’ve made transitioning from high school to college.”
Weaver agrees that she has transitioned well from high school to college, he said. “The transition from high school to college can be pretty tough sometimes as far as new school, new team, new training, new place to live and she’s super organized and she trains really hard,” Weaver said. “I believe she’s transitioned as well as anybody for as long as I’ve been here,” he said. At the NCAA Championships March 12-14 in Lake Placid, New York, the UVM women’s Nordic skiing team placed fourth overall. “It was a really cool experience and I was really excited to be there with the team,” Sonnesyn said. Sonnesyn placed 22nd in the Championships and 24th in the 15-kilometer race, according to “I didn’t have the best races. I was just not quite as thrilled about them,” Sonnesyn said. Now the ski team is in their “A few of us are doing a fun race this weekend. For the most part it’s a lot less intense training.” In a normal season, Sonnesyn spends anywhere from 12-24 hours per week training, she said. “We still meet a few times a week and go running or skiing son,” Sonnesyn said. The ski team practices and trains in a variety of ways, Weaver said. “[Training] is kind of everything – skiing, running, lifting, that,” Sonnesyn said. Sonnesyn looks forward to next season, she said. “I really hope that I can just keep improving and build up more intense hours and more intense intervals and just keep getting faster and faster,” Sonnesyn said.
St. Germain wins award Armin Milak
Sophomore Will St. Germain was recently given the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association men’s Alpine Rookie of the Year award. From Quebec City in Canada, St. Germain began skiing the slopes of Mont-Sainte-Anne, outside of Quebec City, at just two years old. at the age of 12,” he said. With UVM just across the Canadian border and the reputation it built up over the years, St. Germain’s choice to attend school said. A mechanical engineering major, St. Germain has high ambitions not only for skiing, but for education as well. “I wanted to combine skiing with school,” St. Germain said. “After I came for a visit I pretty much knew I wanted to come here.” won the EISA slalom championship with a time of 1:50.61. Out of 12 total events this seafour events, and second in three events, according to UVM athletics. He said his success is attributed to his work ethic and the training regime his trainers have implemented. “I work hard,” he said. “The training we had was intense, the Stowe Mountain is a great place to practice.” UVM’s overall ski team, after winning the EISA, placed fourth in the National Championships. St. Germain said he was disappointed in his individual performance, noting a critical mistake made at the bottom of the run.
said. “When [you’re] skiing and you make little mistakes, it really hurts you. It wasn’t the performance I was hoping to have.” “It’s only two races so you really have to go as fast as you can and even take some risks as you go because you want to have the best possible run you can,” St. Germain said. Out of 30 competitors, St. giant slalom, and 15th in slalom, according to UVM athletics.
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On the guys’ squad, we will be stronger for sure.
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Will St. Germain First-year
The results weren’t what he hoped for, but he said he has high expectations for himself and his team in the coming years. “This year we had one guy injured, but he’s coming back and he should make a huge impact,” he said. “On the guys’ squad, we will be stronger for sure.” St. Germain said he is deability and his teams’ ability to win a national title. “It’s always the goal to win the national title,” he said. The UVM men’s and women’s ski team ended their season March 14 at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
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Junior diver earns accolades over the year The America East Conference names one diver every year as their Outstanding Diver of the Year. This year, UVM junior Maggie Preston received this honor. and a little surprised” after winning the award. She said she did not expect to receive the award. Preston was awarded the TD Bank Student athlete of the week Feb. 16, according to UVM athletics. Additionally, Preston was named the Corvias Eastern College Athletic Divison I Conference diver of the week Feb. 18, according to UVM athletics. Preston set goals for herself in the beginning of the year to
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the 1-meter dive and the 3-meter dive, she said. She partially reached that goal. At the competition Feb. 1215, Preston won the three-meter title with 256.95 points. She came in fourth in the one-meter event, according to UVM athletics. Throughout the season she was successful in both events, winning on numerous occasions. Both Preston and her coaches had set high goals for her, in-
cluding to place in the top three overall for the divers. “She really honed in on some little details that made her that much better,” swimming and diving head coach Gerry Cournoyer said. Although Preston always shown a lot of potential, her coaches said her success is due to her desire to be better.
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“Her discipline in practice and desire to be the best she can be pushes her to get better; every day she comes and holds her self to a standard that she wants to meet,” Cournoyer said. Although the swimmers and divers compete individually, the team maintains comraderie. “As a diving team, the motivation helps a lot, knowing the
support of all the girls is there – we are always cheering each other on, especially through the said. Cournoyer said it is all part of the process, and at points they are supposed to feel tired and a little worn down so that they can progress. Their practice schedule, consisting of several 6 a.m. lifts with afternoon practices during the week, is designed to help them reach their ultimate potential and perform at their highest ability in competitions, Cournoyer said. Preston said she hopes that she can continue her success in her senior season. For her senior year, she looks to place in the top three in both of her diving events, as well as a new goal: to reach the NCAA tournament. well as the potential of introducing a new dive to her constantly-evolving repertoire, she can reach this ultimate goal, Preston said. dent Preston can make this a reality if she continues working as hard as she does. “She is a great and caring teammate who works extremely hard both athletically and academically, which has led her to great success,” Cournoyer said.
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