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ResLife promotes themed housing staff report Next academic year, 75 percent of first-year students will live in programmed housing. Students have no official input as of right now, said Joe Russell, associate director of residential education for ResLife. “There is a certain level of planning that has to happen at the administration level, and once that planning goes on, then invite student voice into this piece,” Russell said. First-year students will have the option to apply to themed housing, accept an invitation to a program hosted by an academic unit or programs in the Living/Learning Center for the 2017-2018 academic year, according to the ResLife website. ResLife wants to see 100 percent enrollment in these programs by 2018. “[Students who choose regular housing will be given] thoughtful, peer-led programming that is designed to give [students] a successful start at UVM,” according to the website. As part of the changes to housing, the new first-year residence hall will be part of the Wellness Environment program, according to WE’s website. Russell said he is not sure if the new first-year residence will
4 out of 7 residential learning communities implemented 2017-2018 be entirely part of WE, but there will be WE housing in the building. WE is a residential program designed to provide students with an environment where healthy choices are the norm, according to its website. “[It is] an incentive based program focused on health promotion, illness prevention and behavioral change,” the website states. There has been discussion with leading student organizations such as SGA about the newly constructed residential hall, with 695 beds consisting entirely of WE students, SGA Vice President Tyler Davis said. This year, approximately four percent of WE students were removed from the program for conduct violations, he said. “I think students who are signing up for [WE] will understand what they are getting into,” said Annie Stevens, vice
provost for student affairs. “Our hope is that as we continue to grow the program, students will want to grow with it.” She said the University has not yet finalized how they will deal with both the interest of incoming students in the WE program and the number of beds available. “We are going to figure that out when we get there,” Stevens said. She said she is confident in the new housing program. “Over a period of time, we are trying to transition students into broader themed housing,” Stevens said. By putting all first-years into themed housing, those students will have better access to faculty and resources and will be able to expand their education outside of the classroom, Stevens said. “I think it can only have positive outcomes,” Stevens said. Stevens reached out to SGA
and several students to get input on what students thought about the program, she said. “When I mentioned it to SGA, they said many students didn’t even know what programmed housing was,” Stevens said. Director of WE James Hudziak came to an SGA meeting last Tuesday to discuss the place of the WE in the new housing system. WE students must sign a contract which states, among other things, that if students are caught drinking or using drugs in the WE-designated residence hall, they will be removed from the program and the hall. This year, out of approximately 120 students in WE, five have been kicked out of the program for violating the conduct policy, Davis said.
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Clamor arose as hundreds filled the Ira Allen Chapel, squeezing into the pews. Then, the crowd erupted into applause as Paul Farmer, the 2016 George D. Aiken Lecture Keynote, took the stage the evening of Nov. 3. “Could we do that again?” he asked, smiling at the crowd. They chuckled and began a second round of applause. But this lighthearted mood did not last more than 10 minutes. The hall fell silent as images of annihilated infrastructure and displaced Haitians appeared on large screens. In 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, destroying multiple hospitals and leaving countless Haitians displaced and severely injured, Farmer said. His first visit to Haiti was between his undergraduate and medical studies, he said. While in Haiti, he saw many people die due to the lack of access to health resources; his experience inspired the co-founding of Partners in Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healthcare to the sickest and poorest people worldwide, Farmer said. Ian McHale, a senior public health student, said Farmer’s visit allows UVM to have a conversation about the work the University is doing to address issues of poverty and disease. Students can be a huge part of the global health movement, Farmer said; it was students who piloted PIH. “Students bring in a lot of new ideas,” he said to the crowd. Farmer is the advocate and change agent for health care justice, Bill Falls, dean of College of Arts and Sciences, said. His visit is a testament to the work being done by UVM faculty in the area of global health and social justice. “His presence calls attention to their work and stimulates students to think deeply about studying and working in these areas,” he said. Farmer emphasized global health innovation, framing it as the primary ground for how people care for each other. “Failure of imagination is the chief obstacle before us,” he said.
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Political activist Shaun King speaks at Middlebury College Nov. 1. King focused his lecture on racial issues, such as the Black Lives Matter movement. CHLOE CHAOBAL/The Vermont Cynic
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Over a hundred people congregated in a chapel at Middlebury College to address recent racial tensions. UVM’s Black Student Union took 22 students to listen to Shaun King, nationally renowned civil rights activist and senior justice writer for the New York Daily News, speak Nov. 1. “I think it’s really an honor to hear from a political activist who cares so much about black lives,” sophomore Edil Hassan said. Students, faculty and visitors from across Vermont were in attendance. In September, King shared sophomore Akilah Ho-Young’s photo of the Black Lives Matter flag hung on the Davis Center green to his near 1 million followers on Facebook, playing a role in the media attention the flag garnered. King said the Black Lives Matter movement is a moment of racial justice activism that will be marked with change. “There was the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement and
now [there’s Black Lives Matter],” he said. The room went silent. “We are at a challenging time in history,” King said. “When you wake up, you don’t wake up and say, ‘where in the scheme of history are we today?’” King called the period we are in now “the dip.” He described the dip as a stage in human history where the quality of life is in decline. “I am here to be the bearer of bad news,” King said. “But I’m deeply inspired that it will be us in the room who will find our way out of [this dip],” ending his speech to a standing ovation. While speaking to the Cynic after the event, King said that UVM’s choice to raise the Black Lives Matter flag Sept. 22 impacted him. “I thought it was courageous because institutions always play it safe,” he said. “I was really inspired [and] surprised by it.” King is most notable for giving a voice to this generation, said junior Rob Parris, former president of the Black Student Union. King posts news stories, photos and videos that relate to
race daily. King spoke about racial issues, such as mass incarceration and the Black Lives Matter movement and his role in the movement as a journalist. “Mass incarceration in the U.S. is not just the greatest in world [but] greater than any other country in the history of the world,” he said. “And it’s an old world.” A lot of his job is translating complex ideas about race into stories that a lot of people can understand, he said. “I’m just glad he’s able to target such a huge audience so that people from all over Vermont can hear him and be aware and have his words in their minds,” first-year Eloho Obaro-Best said. The large crowd in attendance is a testament to the importance of racial issues in America today, King said. “Many of you have understood and have felt in your heart and in your mind and your soul that there is something deeply troubling and painful about the time that we are in right now,” he said. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK
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Company foots UVM’s solar panels By michelle phillips mphil15@uvm.edu
Solar panels are on track for installation on four campus buildings next year. The panels will be installed on three residence complexes and Bailey/Howe Library starting early 2017, according to the project proposal. A contract is still under negotiation, but Thomas Gustafson, vice president for university relations and administration, said he feels confident in its implementation. The solar project has been proposed by Burlington Electric Department as a part of its 10-year mission to “transition Burlington to a ‘net zero energy city.’” UVM is BED’s largest customer, James Gibbons, director of resource planning for BED, stated in an email Nov. 4. The company wants to make sure all of its customers make the best possible energy decisions, he stated. Greenskies Renewable Energy, a Connecticut-based solar company, beat out a number of companies to conduct this project, Gibbons said. Under the proposed contract the solar panels will be installed for 15 years and then removed, Gustafson said. At that time it will be decided whether UVM wants to continue their use or not. “The reason we will remove them is because the technology is always changing,” he said. “If there is new technology down the line we will assess new installations. It’s also why we’re
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not doing more installations right now, we don’t want all of the technology becoming obsolete at once.” Installation and removal of the panels will come at no cost to the University and the panels should save about $900,000 because of tax credits, according to the project’s proposal. The panels will produce 639 kilowatts of power, which is 5 percent of UVM’s heat and electricity, according to the proposal. The power collected by the solar panels will go to the Burlington electric grid, not to UVM’s campus specifically, Gibbons said. Senior Shannon Noonan
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said she saw potential in the idea. “That’s actually pretty cool,” she said. “If we could power [our own buildings] fully and then other places too that would be great, and if we have the open space then why not?” Provost David Rosowsky emphasized the importance of UVM working with the greater Burlington community. “We want to lead by doing. Energy responsibility as a demonstration project is very important,” Rosowsky said. This is not the first time UVM has partnered with other organizations for this kind of project, he said. “We’ve used the partnership
RESLIFE CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Davis said he raised questions Nov. 2 of whether or not the program would be both restorative and community-building while still enacting a one-strike policy. The changes to housing are a year away and the administration is still working on plans for how the housing will work, such as staffing, Russell said. “We are headed down a path where eventually every student who lives on-campus will be associated with a theme,” he said. The new housing model is in service of the current UVM student; they will thrive from having a sense of meaning and purpose from their homes on campus, Russell said. “I’m not sure what future students [will think of this],” he said. The new dorm will house 695 students, according to the project’s website. Senior Sandy Halbing said she is doubtful every student will want to be in programmed housing. “I think that it will hurt our current programs and the development of students who do not want to be there,” Halbing said. “It’s a great idea on paper, but I just wonder if it will lessen the value of a college experience
Construction of new first-year residence hall to incorporate themed housing. PHIL CARRUTHERS/The Vermont Cynic for students who don’t want to live in programmed housing.” She said she believes it will negatively affect students who aren’t entirely invested in the programs. “Like, it’ll be so easy to just settle for the friends you meet in programmed housing while we’ll all be like-minded,” Halbing said. “Where’s the diversity in that?” First-year Tim Quesnell said he is concerned about how much housing is going to WE. “I feel that if we are building a new dorm that’s housing half the new freshman class, it shouldn’t be one living pro-
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gram,” Quesnell said. Russell believes this type of housing may make a difference for students who are on the fence about coming to UVM, he said. “This model may be more attractive to them in that it gives them a sense of meaning or sense of community right off the bat,” Russell said. “I think this model is also in service of the current UVM student who is here now and would really thrive in this kind of environment.” Residential Adviser sophomore Ian Nathan said he believes putting WE students in
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model before when we did the recharging stations [for electric cars]. Partnerships [with Burlington Electric] can be the most successful and have the greatest impact, Rosowsky said. Gibbons said he commends UVM for keeping the generated energy in Burlington. “UVM is choosing to make sure renewables stay local,” he said. Gibbons commented on how this could affect local prices as well. “It could reduce their [electricity] costs even more [to] sell to someone in Connecticut or something but they’re keeping the power in Burlington,” he said.
the new dorm is well-intentioned. “But grouping people together like that makes diversity seem to disappear,” Nathan said. Sophomore Bridget McNamara said she understands why ResLife wants to make the changes. “It’s a way for freshmen to meet people with common interests, but it seems very forced,” McNamara said. “Also, the process of moving into a random dorm freshman year is sort of a coming of age event and helps prepare people for the real world.” The Cynic reached out to Director of Residential Life Rafael Rodriguez who expressed interest in speaking openly with the Cynic in an Oct. 27 email, but said he was not given enough time to comment for this article. In the same email, Rodriguez stated Residential Life has been speaking to students and constituents on campus about the changes since last year, but that nothing is finalized at this time. The Cynic also requested comment from Inter-Residential Association President sophomore Amelia Trello, who said she and other members of IRA could not comment without Rodriguez’s approval.
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Parking on campus will not be an option during the period between Thanksgiving and winter break for first-year students. Usually, the University tries to accommodate first-years depending on their transportation needs during break, said Jim Barr, transportation and parking administrator. This year, construction has caused the loss of spaces. “It has been a commonplace opportunity we have offered in recent years … which would allow them to leave campus more conveniently,” said Barr. The chance for first-years to purchase permits this year is simply not available. “This is an exception that is being implemented for this semester,” Customer Service Manager, Mary Provost said. “This is not a new policy, it is just an exception dependent on what is happening around campus … it could change next semester.” It is mostly the construction project that is causing the limited amount of parking on-campus, he said. “We have lost roughly 221 spaces to long-term construction projects this year,” Barr said. “We continue to lose clusters of spaces across campus for short-term renovation and construction projects, which normally cease during the winter months.” UVM Parking manages approximately 5,200 spaces in 45 lots across the University’s 451acre campus, according to the UVM website. The most visible lots are outside of Gutterson Fieldhouse and Jeffords Hall, Barr said. There are also smaller lots near faculty and academic buildings. “The construction already frustrates me, so it would be very frustrating from the perspective of someone who needs to keep their car on campus during break,” first-year Kelayah Gregg said. Faculty and staff are given priority for parking permits, Provost said. “It’s inconvenient for people who already have permits,” she said, “and it’s those [who already have permits who] need to be accommodated first.” Exceptions will be made for medical situations, special needs or other justified requests, Provost said. Sophomore Andrew Morin said he doesn’t have a car, but given how little parking there is in Burlington, he understands the frustration.
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In a guest commentary published Nov. 2, the Cynic failed to mention Jason Maulucci is a paid employee of Phil Scott and a member of College Republicans.
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The administration must reprioritize T he University has once again made a paramount decision without consulting some of the highest public tuition payers in the country: its students. Every single first-year student who comes to UVM in August will be forced to live in programmed housing. This decision has already been made by the administration, despite their lack of a plan for how this is actually going to work. Swiping your CatCard into your first-year residence hall and making your way into your first dorm room is one of the defining moments of a student’s entire college experience. The first taste of dorm life can be bitter or sweet, but it’s ultimately one of the first opportunities for a student to live as an individual. Requiring these students to live in programmed housing strips them of their right to define their first-year experience for themselves. They may hate their roommate. They may hate their residence hall. They may hate their RA. But navigating these difficult waters during this unfamiliar period is a pivotal part of the adjustment to college. This call was made without holding any form of fair process or inclusion of those who currently live on campus, those
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who previously lived on campus, or the incoming class of students who will be forced into this system of programmed housing. Further, in the new 695-bed first-year hall, entirely occupied by the Wellness Environment, students will be kicked out for their first conduct infraction. So far this year, five of almost 120 students in WE are on a waiting list to be removed from the community they call home. The University has no plan for fair process for the program and its massive increase. Restorative justice is a pillar of residential life; the absence of justice is a contradiction to the institution’s foundation. The voice of the student body has been disregarded --
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UVM and Standing Rock
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ven though Burlington is a 28 hour drive away from North Dakota, UVM is still able to support Standing Rock in many ways - one of these ways being direct actions that raise awareness and build the political power of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the water protectors there. The International Socialist Organization on campus organized the solidarity march for Standing Rock for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost to show our solidarity and support for the water protectors at Standing Rock who have been tirelessly protecting their right to clean water and their treaty protected land since April and in recent weeks have been victims of escalated and increased state-mandated violence. We organized this to show that UVM and Burlington are not tolerant and will not stand for the continuation of dangerous fossil fuel production, in North Dakota and in Vermont, as well as the violence and negligence that the government has been inflicting upon the people who in the end are just trying to protect their land and water that is rightfully theirs. We organized the protest because we wanted to call on Leahy and other government officials in the state to truly take action against this. Demo-
crats like Leahy, Obama, and H. Clinton have always claimed to support indigenous rights and encouraged the fight against climate change and yet they have not spoken out against this modern day infringement of rights. We want them to use their political power and influence to end this legacy of colonization of indigenous lands. UVM can be a part of this by first of all being a part of the fight. There are students on campus organizing against the pipeline as well as many other injustices and the more people that are involved, the better equipped we can be to fight. UVM ISO is currently working to support Standing Rock and will continue the fight here, locally, and I encourage everyone to seek out a way they can be a part of this, in any way they see fit. This is an insane violation of rights and, in the words of Desmond Tutu, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” In addition, we want to materially support the resistance. UVM ISO is sending a delegation of a few folks to the Standing Rock camp in North Dakota either over Thanksgiving or Winter Break and we will be starting a collection soon.
the same voice that molded this University. In 1991, the diversity requirement the University touts on its website was implemented when students of color demanded educational recognition. They were dragged by their arms from the president’s wing of Waterman during the second Waterman Takeover before the University took notice. In 2014, the Cynic’s coverage of Sodexo’s egregious policies forced national changes. In 2016, the Student Government worked tirelessly to restore essential reading days for the health and academic success of the student body after students expressed outraged. UVM was founded and pro-
pelled by students. Students come here because they see the changes their predecessors have made and hear the empowered voices of those who call UVM their alma mater. The students have always been the heart and core of this University. To cut down their ability to speak on changes affecting them would cut the geist of this institution. The University has an obligation to not only listen to, but advocate for the voices of its student body. To have forgone these voices during the decision-making process is unacceptable. The University needs to reconsider its priorities; it needs a student defined priority.
We call on the University to re-evaluate the way in which it makes major decisions, and to act on the collective voice of the student body rather than create a new face to change that student body. The student who comes to UVM is empowered. The student who comes to UVM is diverse. The student who comes to UVM is passionate about their community, their surroundings, and each other. And the student who comes to UVM deserves to be heard. We are not a type. We are a body -- a 225-year-old student body that has been built and shaped by the strength of our diverse perspectives and our dedication to pioneering our own education. We will not be silenced now. Staff editorials officially reflect the views of the Vermont Cynic. Signed opinion pieces and columns do not necessarily do so. The Cynic accepts letters in response to anything you see printed as well as any issues of interest in the community. Please limit letters to 350 words. The Cynic reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. Please send letters to opinion@vtcynic.com.
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OPINION
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A final dump on Trump: The easiest voting choice James Flaherty JFLAHER1@UVM.EDU
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Clinton devotes her life to the good of the people Lily Spechler
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saw I had a text from my grandma, the one who never sends text messages because she doesn’t even have a texting plan. It read, “Girls, turn on your TVs and watch the first woman get nominated to be a presidential candidate of the United States of America.” My grandma was born in 1936 -only 16 years after women first gained the right to vote. When I was asked to write my opinion about Hillary Clinton, I have to admit, I was a bit intimidated. Mainly because I was hard-pressed to know any huge policies that would change if she were elected president. But here is what I do know, and here is why Hillary Clinton has my vote. I know that Clinton is diligent enough to be a lawyer, a U.S. senator from 2001-2009 and secretary of state from 2009-2013. During her time as secretary of state, she visited more countries than anyone else in her position, creating face-to-face relationships around the world. Clinton made deals with countries the U.S. had never been able to bring to the negotiating table. Her experience with foreign relations speaks for itself. I also know that Hillary Clinton is a wife, mom and grandmother. I know she supports Planned Parenthood. Many people associate Planned Parenthood with abortions. In reality, it’s so much more than that. A full list of services can be found at www. plannedparenthood.com, and include pap tests, vaccinations, cancer screening and prevention, contraception and UTI treatments. I think it’s critically important that both men and women understand the following: a gynecological exam is considered a “specialty” procedure, which means most insurances don’t cover the copay. After a certain age, all women must see a gynecologist. It’s part of general health care. Also, in order to be prescribed birth control, according to GirlsHealth.gov, women must see a gynecologist at least once a year. At my last annual gynecological exam, I was charged a $75 copay. Without insurance, the bill would have been $400. Just to see the doctor. I take the lowest dosage of birth control and without insurance, I would be paying $175 a month and $2,100 a year. Planned Parenthood covers these costs for women who cannot. These are real life concerns for me. I can’t say I am as personally invested in corporate taxation issues. Clinton supports this services, and to that I say, cheers, girl.
Inspired by Vermont’s own Bernie Sanders, she supports affordable college. Clinton’s goal is to make college debt-free by cutting interest rates, so the government never profits from college student loans. Clinton’s goal is for all debt to be forgiven after 20 years, and aims to never require payment of over 10 percent of one’s income (www. Hillaryclinton.com). As a college student, I am inspired by that. I believe in that. Many people think her lack of support for gay marriage in the 1990s is worrisome. But regarding this issue, I ask that you revisit the time frame in which Clinton grew up. Her public views, like all of our views as human beings, were shaped by her time and her environment. She supports gay rights now. She is open and willing to evolve and grow with the times. People are quick to say that Clinton flip-flops, or doesn’t stay true to her beliefs. Sure, her policies have changed. So has the world. There is no doubt Clinton is flawed. But she is also perpetually framed by the media, which constantly tears her down based on her personality, not her policy. According to Dissent Magazine, when she tried to be perceived as a tough and strong woman, there were nutcrackers made about her. The media are more concerned with her outfits and the fact that she stood by her husband after he had an affair than her political experience. The correlation between gender and power is blatant. According to Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics, women make up only 19.4% of Congress, 20% of the Senate, and 19.3% in the House of Representatives. Frankly, my opinion on gender issues that the more gender is discussed, the more relevancy gender will hold. If Clinton is elected president, maybe she will fail. Maybe she will be a raging success. But no matter the outcome, true progression is not ascribing any of her successes or downfalls to gender, but to her abilities as a human being. I am proud that a woman has finally come so far in an election. That in itself represents an evolvement as a nation, and I am thrilled to be witnessing that turning point in history. But I am more concerned about the gender-equalizing policies she supports than the fact that she is a woman. All propaganda aside, when you truly listen to her speak, she has the brilliance and ease of an individual who has devoted her life to the public good. Hillary Clinton has my vote, and as a college student, I hope she has yours too.
never really considered myself that much of a political enthusiast. I had opinions on social issues, but political and economic matters were never really my strong suit. Because of this, I believed voting in my first election would be a difficult decision. To remedy my apathy toward the political arena, I’d have to do extensive research on each of the candidate’s positions on issues that were important to me. Thanks to the pressures of college applications and a difficult high school course load, I forgot to vote in the primaries. However, as time went on and the election date approached, voting turned out to be anything but difficult. How did this occur? Well, for one, as I got to know the Republican nominee, I was amazed there was even a contest for the position of president of the United States this year. I came across a diagram while browsing the internet which displayed each presidential candidate and their positions. I found myself disagreeing with a lot of the things Trump was saying. According to tfetimes.com, Trump is against abortion and is not openly prosame-sex marriage. I simply couldn’t vote for a candidate who holds these values and who actually thinks building a wall along the Mexican border would fix our immigration issues. Things only got worse when I started watching the debates. I was already aware of the absurd things he said during speeches and the way he treated audience members, but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and listen to what he had to say. However, what I heard him saying confused me, especially during the third debate. For one, Trump accuses our airports of being “third-world” in the first presidential debate. First of all, no they aren’t. I visited a good amount of U.S airports in my lifetime, and I found all of them to be in great shape; clean, efficient, and modern. I mean, Chicago’s O’Hare airport looks as futuristic as the chrome Spongebob episode. Second of all, that’s far from a pressing issue, Mr. Trump. However, what really got me was the “locker room talk” line. For anyone who doesn’t know, in 2005, Trump was recorded talking to Billy Bush, a re-
Lily Spechler is a senior natural resources major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2016. GENEVIEVE WINN
porter for Access Hollywood, bragging that if you’re famous, it is easy to take advantage of women. When confronted about this during the final debate, Trump tried to argue that the sexist things he said are without fault, because all guys say those kinds of things when they’re in private and don’t really mean anything. It’s all just “locker room talk,” according to him. All I can say is, Trump’s an idiot. First of all, in my experience, “locker room talk” doesn’t even exist. The only thing guys did in the locker room in middle school gym class was spray Axe at each other, and during high school sports we just stayed quiet and got ready for the event or practice we had. Second, if anything, locker room talk is to be expected from hormone-ridden and immature children. Not a grown man with children. So either Trump has the maturity of a 15-year-old, or he’s just a senile old man who has no place in the White House. The craziest thing about Trump is that he’s essentially a third party candidate in a world of his own. He has actually spoken against some of things his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, has argued for, something that would sound ludicrous coming from anyone else, but with Trump, it doesn’t sound too crazy. While I’m not exactly a Clinton lover, unlike Trump, she has political experience. Clinton’s reaction to Trump’s wacky antics during the debates astounded me. I couldn’t believe how calmly she dealt with all the crazy things he was saying. She looked the most presidential of the two by far, and that confirmed my vote for Clinton. I’m writing this before the election, even though this edition of the Cynic will come out after the results are finalized. I haven’t really pictured what America will be like with a Trump presidency (mostly because I haven’t wanted to think about it), but I know that things are not going to be the best for America. If Trump gets elected, he’s probably going to try to get abolish some laws and acts that have been enacted in the last eight years, namely Obamacare and the same-sex marriage law. Most disturbing of all, according to lgbtqnation.com, he will sign the “First Amendment Defense Act,” which will allow businesses, healthcare providers, and landlords to legally discriminate against LGBTQ people. If this isn’t a huge step back, I don’t know what is. James Flaherty is a first-year psychology major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2016.
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THE DAPPER VAGINA
Third time’s the charm: what I have learned
If anything, I learned
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recently had sex with a new partner. This new rendezvous bumped the number of guys I have slept with up from two. My “number” is now three. I have had sex with three different people. I thought about this for a bit. At first I felt pretty bad about it. Of everyone I have shared my body with, none of them have been truly that special or significant in my life. As I thought about these three people, I came to the realization that with each of these people, I have learned something new about sex, relationships and myself.
1. You will never be ready to have sex I never really understood what it meant to be “ready” for sex. In my head I pictured this parting of the clouds with angelic music, suddenly looking into my partner’s eyes with a gold light ascending from the pearly gates of heaven. In health class, I was pitched this idea that a person needed to be “ready” for sex, and that if someone had sex before they
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and how I deserve to be treated in a relationship, sexual or not. were are ready, there would be severe emotional repercussions. This “readiness complex” sets us up for failure because nobody is ever truly ready to have sex. Sex is a whole new world that is confusing, awkward, inspiring and wonderful all at once. You can never truly be ready for it or know how you will feel afterward.
If you do feel bad afterward, or in my case, mildly disappointed, you can make yourself feel even worse and somehow blame the ordeal on yourself by interpreting the situation as having had sex when you weren’t ready.
2. Plan B is a thing Since I started high school
I was told three things: Do well in school, be nice to people and use a condom. So when I went to have sex with lucky bachelor number two, I reached for a condom and he put it on, no questions asked. It wasn’t until after the grand finale that we realized that the condom had sprung a leak. Needless to say, I have never
seen the color drain so quickly from a man’s face. Plan B can be bought overthe-counter or with a prescription at any pharmacy, no questions asked. Yes, it will set you back $50 without insurance, but consider that a drop in the bucket compared to your potential child’s college tuition.
3. Sex is Sex This is a tough one to get behind. I used to always see sex as a beautiful act of love between two people. And yes, it can be, but it won’t always be. In the end, sex is sex. Sex won’t make him your boyfriend, sex won’t make him love you and sex won’t fix your problems. The meaning of sex is up to the people having it. And when they are both on the same page, things are great. But if you and your partner are not on the same page, it hurts — and it hurts alot. So, I have had sex with three people. Those people are not still in my life, and I think that is a good thing. If anything, I have learned more about myself and how I deserve to be treated in a relationship, sexual or not. Sarah Heft is a junior gender, sexuality, and women’s studies major. She has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2016.
Saying goodbye to Vine after four years of memories BY izzy siedman isiedman@uvm.edu
The video-looping service Vine has been pronounced dead. After a four-year run, Vine was discontinued on Oct. 27, according to its parent company Twitter. With their stock at an alltime low, Twitter decided that the app did not make enough money, according to CNN Money. It had been bought for only $30 million, it stated. With Vine’s death, 40 million active users and 350 employees have been sent down the social media drain, according to Digital Music News. Vine gave its users a platform to capture short, candid moments within a 6-second time limit. Other video sharing apps such as Snapchat and Instagram eventually gained popularity and overcame Vine’s spot in the most popular apps—as of Nov. 2016, Instagram claimed the No. 4 spot in Top Free iOS apps, with Snapchat just one below at No. 5. “Instagram made Vine obsolete when users realized they could have everything they wanted in one place,” Isabel Thottam, journalist for digital magazine Paste, stated in her Oct. 28 article “The 5 Sad Reasons Why Vine is Being Shut
Down.” First-year Autumn Lee, a former Vine user, credited the app with giving her a brief taste of internet fame. “I know it wasn’t that popular, but if MySpace still exists, why can’t Vine?” Lee said. Some of the most popular stars who emerged from the app include musicians Us The Duo, who signed to Republic Records in 2014, and internet personality Jerome Jarre, who amassed 8.63 million followers on Vine, according to Business Insider.
more than 55 percent since its peak popularity, according to data from technology marketing company Sensor Tower. Now, with its sharp drop in downloads, the majority of young people no longer regularly use Vine. In the least, they are mere observers of the more successful and adamant Viners. Vine co-founder Rus Yusupov took to Twitter on Oct. 27 following the announcement of his app’s future, or lack thereof. “Don’t sell your company!” Yusupov wrote.
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It kind of sucks that it’s gone, but all the memes that will come of its deather are worth it. DIRK MOLEK FIRST-YEAR
“At first I was concerned that Twitter is shutting down Vine, but I got over it after six seconds,” New York City comedian Nick Jack Pappas tweeted. At UVM, some, such as sophomore Margaux Higgins, found Vine’s demise to be unsurprising news. “It was only a matter of time. Am I surprised? No. Am I emotionally impacted? Also no,” she said. Once the most downloaded app in the iOS App store in April 2013, its downloads declined by
“It kind of sucks that’s it’s gone, but all the memes that will come out of its death are worth it,” first-year Dirk Molek said. Users concerned with the fate of their work on the app will have an opportunity to save past Vines. The company posted in an FAQ on their blog that they are “working on building an export tool to make it easier to download your Vines” before the app is gone. ALYSSA HANDELMAN
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A comforting, quick pasta dish CHARLOTTE FISHER COFISHER@UVM. EDU
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s temperatures drop, warm and comforting meals are essential. This vegetable-pasta dish is just that. And with a big basket of organic veggies, this recipe is the way to go. It’s great for a quick meal with a bunch of vegetables to just toss everything together, cook and serve.
Ingredients:
• 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 large leek, sliced (cut in half lengthwise and washed)
• 3-4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped • 1 bunch kale, washed and chopped roughly • 1-14.5 oz can stewed tomatoes • 1-16 oz can beans, navy or butter beans in liquid • 1-14.5 oz can of chicken broth • 1 lb elbow pasta, whole wheat • Turkey meatballs, optional
Directions:
1. In a large, deep pan heat olive oil on medium-high heat. Add leek and sauté for 3-5 minutes, until slightly tender. 2. Add carrots, beans and their liquid, tomatoes and chicken broth to the pan and bring to a boil.
3. Lower heat and allow to simmer for 20-30 minutes, until carrots are tender and liquid has reduced slightly. 4. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. 5. Add kale to broth mixture and allow to wilt down, 5 minutes or so. Season with salt and pepper. 6. Add meatballs, if using, and pasta stirring to heat everything through. 7. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Charlotte Fisher is a senior nutrition and food science major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2013.
s a millennial, a technology devotee and an avid Candy Crush player, I use my phone quite frequently. So, I tried giving it up for a day. Quick disclaimer: I did use my phone as an alarm clock and as a way to time my break at work, since watches are for people who don’t lose every single one they have ever owned. I also sent one text to my mom so she knew I wasn’t ignoring her or dead. Honestly, it wasn’t as agonizing of an experience as I thought it would be. There were times when I picked my phone up and started to open the lock screen before remembering my mission and putting it back down. I thought I would procrastinate less without my phone. I was really hoping that eliminating this form of distraction would mean I got a lot more of my work done. As it turns out, my procrastination habits are too strong to falter without a phone. At one point, I found myself literally staring at a wall for several minutes instead of doing homework. So it clearly isn’t just my phone that I can blame for making me stress out over the
amount of last-minute work I have to do, although it certainly contributes to the bulk. I know that for some people, their phone is their life. They can’t imagine going a day without it. And while I certainly couldn’t go more than a day, I think the emphasis people place on the destruction of communication with the advent of the cell phone is untrue. If anything, going without my phone inhibited communication, more than having my phone does.The only thing I really missed was using the phone to make a call. I got sick a few days before my phoneless experience — and I’m really bad at being sick. All I wanted to do that night was to call my mom and dad and tell them all about my day and about how I still wasn’t feeling better, and how I wished I could go home and eat soup on the couch. (Which I did anyway, but it’s not the same when you have to heat up the soup yourself.) Did I feel deprived without my phone for a day? Not really. Did I furiously scroll through Instagram to make sure I didn’t miss anything too exciting the next day? You’d better believe it. Hunter Colvin is a senior history major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.
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UVM dance company to perform fall recital By addie beach cbeach2@uvm.edu
Dancers will hit the stage in Southwick later this month. The Orchesis Dance Company will be hosting its annual Fall Showcase Nov. 12 in Patrick Gym. When Orchesis was originally formed in the ‘60s, it focused on contemporary dance, junior co-president Suma Lashof said. Today, the group incorporates a number of different styles, including modern, jazz, tap and musical theater, she said. In addition to the dances, the show will also feature guest performances from the Catamount Dance Crew, Celtic Cats, the Hoop Troop, Ballet Viridis, Jazbaa and the Top Cats, co-president junior Kira Wollensak said. “It’s a more diverse show this time,” Wollensak said. This is the first of two recitals Orchesis holds annually. The focus of the fall performance is typically the incoming members, of which there are five this semester, Wollensak said. “They get to create their own dance and their own debut,” she said. “It’s a celebration of them.” For the most part, the club’s activities are structured around these recitals. Sundays are reserved for the collective finale, and “during the week we practice each individual dance,”
The Orchesis Dance Company practices ahead of its annual Fall Showcase. The showcase will be held in Patrick Gym Nov. 12. PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM ORCHESIS
Lashof said. Though the focus is on self-choreographed solos, many members, such as Lashof, enjoy the group experience of the company, she said.
“We all get so close,” Lashof said, “and it’s such a special feeling to dance with other people who have the same passion as you.” The company loves getting
the audience passionate about their work, too, she said. “When the audience gets really involved, it’s so much fun,” she said. “We definitely feed off the energy of the audience.”
The Orchesis Fall Showcase will be held Nov. 12 in Patrick Gym. There will be two showings at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at a discounted rate for students.
Local artist looks for extraordinary in the ordinary By Healy fallon hfallon@uvm.edu
One Vermont artist aspires to live in a space with walls full of bulletin boards, so if he has an idea or vision, he can note it down and won’t have to worry about it escaping his mind. This artist, Robert Gold, is a former dentist and teacher of dentistry at Harvard University. Gold garnered attention from the art community in Vermont for his impressionistic, digitally-printed photographs that include vibrant splashes of color from paint and pen. His involvement in a car accident 17 years ago left him bedridden and unable to read or write for the following six months. Due to his brain injuries, Gold often goes off on tangents when he talks with no logical conclusion to his words, and still occasionally struggles with reading comprehension and writing, he said. Gold came to live in Vermont less than a decade after the accident because the state provided resources to help him better recover, he said. Since then, his view of his surroundings changed remarkably in terms of color and concept, he said. For much of his artistic life before the accident, Gold said he worked with muted, charcoal colors.
Bob Gold, a former teacher of dentistry at Harvard, relaxes in his house in Burlington. After sustaining a traumatic car accident, he became an artist focusing on physical manipulation of digital pictures. HEALY FALLON/The Vermont Cynic “[The colors create portraits of] the downtrodden of society, like people in [the] Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan,” he said. After a long career both in the dental field and then as a teacher, things shifted, he said. He was given a new and unique mindset toward the world and his art after his brain injury, despite his major setbacks, he said. “[The brain injury] let me
see the color, compassion and beauty in my immediate surroundings...as opposed to black and white...I used to think that I had to travel the world to find beauty, but now it is different,” Gold said. “I had more freedom as an artist... There are no rules for me anymore.” He found himself listening to the Dalai Lama while bedridden after the accident, he said. Buddhism, and its tenants of promoting mindful living,
helped him recreate himself. “I used to be egocentric before, and I used to never pay attention to what people [were] saying to me,” Gold said. “Now, I try to be compassionate toward my surroundings and always listen to what’s going in front of me.” For Gold, painting, printing and sketching form a meditative process. Around the time he first came to live in Vermont, Gold
said he bought a refurbished Macintosh computer and an attached printer. He had trouble reading the instructions to the printer, and ended up accidentally printing out the photos he took with unnaturally vibrant filter colors, he said. This was the beginning of Gold’s distinctive style, altered digital images that capture “the extraordinary within the ordinary.” “Technology does so much good for making art, yet artists themselves have trouble admitting it,” he said. Gold aspires to have an exhibition of his work in every state in New England, he said. If Gold makes enough money from his prints, he plans to donate to the cause of the neurologically disabled elderly, he said. “It’s amazing that despite the challenges he’s faced, he’s been able to create this,” sophomore Will Robbins said. Gold’s work is currently on display at the Vermont Arts Council in Montpelier, an organization that supports and preserves the art of Vermonters, according to VAC’s website. He also has a retrospective exhibition comparing his art before and after his accident. It is at the Innovation Center in Burlington, on 128 Lakeside Avenue. The show runs indefinitely.
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Student band finds place in the Burly scene By KIM HENRY kchenry@uvm.edu
A guitarist handed flyers out around campus last year in search of new bandmates. One year and three band names later, the band that formed thereafter, Jeddy, will now play every Monday at Nectar’s through November. Junior Drew Steinberg said he remembered interviewing potential band members in the library last year. “[They’d ask:] ‘So where’s the band at right now?’” Steinberg said, “and I’d be like, ‘Well, you’re looking at it.’” The first person he decided on was sophomore Elias Levinson, another guitarist, he said. “I was just waiting in the library line at the Cyber Cafe to get my coffee in the morning and wake up,” Levinson said. “I swear there were lights behind me and I had an epiphany like I was adopting a religion. I was like, ‘I have to do this.’” As the band grew to four members, with senior bassist Julian Cunningham and sophomore drummer Tanner Schanzlin, Steinberg said. The next challenge was finding a space to practice. Most of the music practice rooms on campus have their restrictions — the music building is for music majors, and practice rooms on Redstone campus are for residents only. “We found [the Living/ Learning Center],” Steinberg said. There was a music room on the second floor that even housed a drum set, which was convenient for the band since they didn’t have one of their own, he said.
Student band Jeddy sits and describes their growth over the past year. The group plays every Monday at 9 p.m. at Nectar’s, where they have a residency for the month of November. ZACH GRAHAM/The Vermont Cynic “Whoever’s drum set it was started getting mad, ‘cause ... it wasn’t ours,’” Steinberg said. “So they started taking the snare and the symbols out with them when they would leave, and it got to the point when we literally couldn’t practice anymore.” The solution was to buy their own drum set, a decision that solidified Jeddy as a band, he said. “Before it was just like, we’ll meet up, we’ll practice, blah blah blah,” Steinberg said. “But
for me at least, that we were like, ‘Okay. This is now an official thing,’ at least to us. It wasn’t for everybody else yet, cause no one even knew.” Jeddy’s first gig was a basement show Steinberg had booked only two days in advance. “Me being the prepared guy who wants to have everything scoped first, I’m looking at this basement and I’m, like, kinda scared,” Levinson said. “The basement was instantly packed,
people were inches from us and they were waiting for us to play.” That basement show, though it wasn’t the turning point of Jeddy’s popularity, was the first of many performances. “Popularity is a mountain,” Levinson said. They continued to play basement shows and parties, eventually playing at several venues downtown including the Zen Lounge and Radio Bean, according to their website. “[Playing at Zen Lounge]
was the first time people woke up the next morning and asked their friends, ‘Yo, did you hear about Jeddy last night?’” Levinson said. After that show, the band has grown in popularity and in members. They’ve since added a keyboardist, first-year Ben Schnier, and sophomore singer Lindsay Ross. The band can be seen playing at Nectar’s Mondays at 9 p.m.
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Musician makes childhood dreams a reality By Leila Dayan ldayan@uvm.edu
Fresh off his European tour, Burlington will host one of Rolling Stone magazine’s “10 New Artists You Need to Know” this November. Bayonne, Roger Sellers’ stage name, is performing Nov. 9, at Higher Ground. An Austin, Texas native, Sellers became interested in music at a very young age, and started putting on shows by banging on paint cans for his parents at the age of three. Seller’s parents bought “Eric Clapton & Friends: Live 1986,” with Phil Collins playing drums, and it remains one of his biggest musical influences to this day Sellers said. His music combines the pop-inspired, experimental elements found in the music of Animal Collective and Dosh, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Under his own name, Sellers released three studio albums, the first of which made its debut in 2011. His latest album, “Primitives,” was originally re-
leased in 2014 and recently reissued by New York label Mom + Pop Records under his new stage name, Bayonne. “[My music is] very energetic and crazy,” Sellers said. “I go kind of hard. There are a lot of layered, dense loops with a strong melody over it.” Many fans originally mistook him for a DJ, as his sound heavily relies on electronic music. However, Sellers is a selftaught drummer and performs on stage live at every show, he said. “Fans can expect a lot of energy from my shows; however, the music is still minimalist and melodic,” he said.
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Catamounts ride momentum into playoffs By locria courtright ccourtri@uvm.edu
As the outdoor temperature drops, the tension in college soccer rises, a sign that it is playoff time. For the reigning America East tournament champion, the Vermont Catamounts, it is no different. After a 1-4-1 midseason slump, head coach Jesse Cormier’s side enters the playoffs riding the momentum of a threegame winning streak, in which they have not allowed a single goal. Cormier said he believes the period of struggle helped the team learn how to deal with adversity. “The slump was important for us,” he said. “There were things that we weren’t doing; we were kind of casual at times, some of our defending wasn’t good and our attack sort of fell asleep, so we needed to pick it up and find our form in the last three games.” The recent surge has seen a boost in excitement within the locker room, graduate student midfielder Charlie DeFeo said. “I think there’s some excitement about the team,” DeFeo said. “There was a goal scored in practice the other day where somebody got nutmegged and everyone went wild and practice was over after that. It’s that time of the year where you want to enjoy your soccer and enjoy the good moments.” During their current winning streak, the Catamounts de-
Sophomore midfielder Mikel Kabala fights a Hartford player for the ball. The Catamounts started their America East title defense with a win against Binghamton. PHIL CARRUTHERS/The Vermont Cynic feated Binghamton University 2-0, the University of Maryland Baltimore County 3-0 and the University of New Hampshire 2-0. The Catamounts hosted Binghamton Nov. 5 in the America East quarterfinals. The match was a rematch of last year’s America East championship game, which UVM won 1-0 on a goal 33 minutes into the game by current senior forward Brian Wright. “Binghamton has always been a team that posed many
challenges to us,” Cormier said prior to the game. “They’re a very, very defensive, tough-minded [team], and they’ve got some really skilled players. We’re not taking anything for granted.” Cormier said he believes there are some advantages to having won the title the previous year, but that it isn’t as important as one would think. “I think to have some older guys who have been through some things is important to help the younger guys understand
how you prepare [and] go about your business,” he said. “But I think every year’s a new year; I think sometimes when you go through and you have the bull’s eye, it’s a bit harder.” Going into the playoffs, DeFeo said he believes the Catamounts are ready for any challenge that comes their way. “We’re excited,” he said. “I think that these last three games, shutting out the last three teams, scoring a lot of goals, has definitely given us a lot of confidence, and we feel
like we can take on anybody.” The Catamounts defeated Binghamton 2-1 in the America East quarterfinals. Brian Wright scored the winning goal in double overtime, after Bernard Yeboah had equalized for Vermont in the 87th minute. UVM travels to Albany to face the number two seeded University of Albany in the America East semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
High-profile basketball recruit looks to begin season By zach falls Zachary.Falls@uvm.edu
First-year forward Anthony Lamb weighs in on his hopes and expectations for the upcoming mens basketball season. The Catamounts will begin their season Nov. 12 against Quinnipiac. DELANEY ACCIAIOLI/The Vermont Cynic
The men’s basketball team has had great success recruiting over the past few seasons, bringing in immense talent. Redshirt sophomore guard Ernie Duncan and junior guards Trae Bell-Haynes and Cam Ward are all examples of players who have excelled for the Catamounts. This season, UVM has brought in one of its highest profile recruits in years: firstyear forward Anthony Lamb. The 18-year-old player from Rochester, New York had a player profile in ESPN’s annual Top 100 list for incoming firstyear players. Lamb, a highly-touted prospect last fall, was recruited by programs like Siena College, Stony Brook University and Xavier University, according to ESPN.com. Coming out of high school, the 6-foot-6 first-year was ranked No. 86 in the nation at his position, according to ESPN rankings. Last fall, Lamb committed to playing basketball here in Burlington. “I saw a great opportunity here, with the team they had,” he said. Lamb picked up basketball at a young age. “Going into eighth grade is
where I got serious,” he said. “My [Amateur Athletic Union] program [the Albany CityRocks] allowed me to get to the level I wanted to be at.” The program produced many great players, most notably NBA stars Tobias Harris and Jimmer Fredette, according to team records. “My AAU coach helped me [get to] where I want to be,” Lamb said, crediting the CityRocks and their staff with his current success. Playing for Greece Athena High School in Rochester, Lamb averaged 30 points and 17 rebounds per game, according to UVM athletics. Lamb has adjusted well to the D1 level thus far, scoring 25 points in a recent exhibition game against the University of Quebec-Montreal Oct. 29, according to UVM athletics. “He kinda does it all,” manager junior Derryk O’Grady said. “He can shoot the three, drive to the basket and finish in the post. He is wicked athletic and strong. For an 18-year-old, he is tough, which Coach [Becker] loves.” In addition to scoring baskets, Lamb is known for his rebounding ability. “He has long arms and a relentless attitude,” Becker said. “He is very effective at rebounding the basketball.” The first-year forward
worked hard in high school to be the player he is, spending long hours in the gym, which has carried over into his career at Vermont, Lamb said. “His work ethic is impressive,” Becker said. “He is [at Patrick Gym by] 6 a.m. everyday.” Lamb has found motivation for excellence from his desire to win championships. “He isn’t worried about his stats as much as winning; he is all about winning,” Becker said. “His ultimate goal is winning a national championship. [It] would be tremendous if he could help us do that.” Lamb’s expectations for the team are very high. “I expect us to win the America East championship and to go deep into the NCAA tournament,” he said when asked about his expectations for the season. As for the forward’s role in the program’s future, the team has high hopes that Lamb could be the missing piece to the puzzle. “He could be a go-to guy we haven’t had in awhile,” Becker said. “Looking down the road, we see a point where he could be the face of this program.” Lamb and the Catamounts begin their quest for a championship Nov. 12 in Hamden, Connecticut as they take on Quinnipiac University.
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Men’s lacrosse gets new coach By SAVANNAH NESBITT SAVANNAH.NESBITT@uvm.edu
The men’s lacrosse team will start their season under new head coach Chris Feifs, who was announced as the seventh head coach of the program on June 29. Feifs has had nine years of college coaching experience, though this is his first head coaching position. Prior to coming to UVM, he spent seven years as the defensive coordinator and face-off coach at the University of North Carolina. During this time, the Tar Heels had seven straight NCAA tournament appearances, according to UVM athletics. During Feifs’ tenure, North Carolina was Atlantic Coast Conference regular season co-champions twice. In 2013, the Tar Heels secured the ACC title under Feifs’ tenure. In addition, Feifs mentored faceoff extraordinaire R.G. Keenan, who earned first team All-America honors in 2012. Keenan was the first Tar Heel to earn this recognition since 1996. Feifs’ time with UNC culminated in winning the National Championship in May, according to UVM athletics. Before working at UNC, he spent two years as an assistant coach of Virginia Military Institute. With Feifs’ help, the program reached its first ever MAAC tournament, and in addition, made it to the champi-
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onship game for the first time in the school’s history, according to UVM athletics. Feifs also gained some scouting experience while working with the Virginia Military Institute, according to a report by UVM athletics. When asked about his transition to UVM, Feifs had nothing but good things to say. “It’s been awesome; I love it here,” Feifs said. “People are really friendly, and all the athletic administration [have] been super welcoming to me and just made the transition really easy.” In addition, he seems very optimistic about the upcoming season and the program’s future. “What I’m most excited about with this team is how hungry they are for success, and so far they’ve shown they’ll do whatever it takes to win,” Feifs said. “If we can keep everyone
healthy and keep working at the level that we are right now I think we’re going to be in good shape come season time.” This past week, Feifs attended the Fourth Annual 3D Lacrosse Coaching Summit in Denver, Colorado, and he talked about “developing individual and team defense”, according to 3dlacrosse.com. The conference was about spreading the game and it focused on 3D Lacrosse’s methodology of developing kids, by not just playing games, but teaching them tangible skills, Feifs said. “I’m all about teaching the right way to play the game, and also sharing idea within the [lacrosse] community,” he said. “The summit was a really good opportunity for us to gain exposure for Vermont, but also to give back.” Feifs has had a positive impact on the program so far, senior co-captain Ben Cox said that “Coach Feifs has set the bar very high,” Cox said. “He wants to win a championship, he wants to be one of the top teams in the country, and so do we.” Junior co-captain James Leary said he has high praises for the coaching staff. “Everyone on the team loves them,” Leary said. “They’re awesome guys first and foremost, and that makes it a lot easier for us to push through some of the harder stuff. I think everyone’s really excited.”
NFL predictions: week 10 By nick sullivan
WHO I LIKE
MY WAIVER WIRE PICKUPS
QB, Blake Bortles (JAX) – After struggling to get it going against the Chiefs, Bortles will look to rebound against the 5-3 Texans. Houston leads the AFC South right now, but an Osweiler-led offense is anything but promising. Expect a lot of passes out of Bortles, and a lot of garbage time.
RB, Tim Hightower (NO) – I don’t think anybody has a clear understanding of what the current running back situation down in New Orleans is, but it’s working out for Tim Hightower. He’s available in 60% of leagues, and is seeing a significant increase in offensive involvement.
RB, Melvin Gordon (SD) – The second-year back out of Wisconsin had quite a game last Sunday, collecting 261 all-purpose yards and a score. San Diego is scheduled to play Miami next, who are normally quite good at stopping the run, but don’t let this stop you from starting Gordon.
RB, James Starks (GB) – Although still benched due to injury, Starks would be an interesting pickup if you’re patient enough. Montgomery, a WR/RB hybrid, has been a nice addition to the Green Bay backfield, but I’m sure a healthy James Starks could sneak his way back into the rotation eventually.
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WR, Mike Evans (TB) – Mike Evans is playing like an absolute animal this season. Through nine weeks, he’s only gone two without a score, and has racked up 745 receiving yards. No matchup, especially against the Bears this weekend, should stop owners from starting Evans. TE, Jason Witten (DAL) – Has veteran tight end Jason Witten finally gotten out of his slump? After seven weeks of scoreless games, he has now scored twice in his last two. Witten is clearly starting to show up on Prescott’s radar now, so let’s see how he plays against Pittsburgh this weekend.
WR, Rishard Matthews (TEN) – Despite the Titans’ 4-5 record, Matthews, available in 89 percent of leagues, has been able to shed light onto the offense. In his last five games, he’s averaged one touchdown and about 50 yards per game. WR, Kenny Britt (LA) – After another impressive per Britt has sealed himself as the Rams most productive receiver. Britt has accumulated three scores in the last three games, and depending on how pressed Darrelle Revis plays him next week, he should be a decent starting flex against the Jets.
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Role players end Cubs’ drought john suozzo
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The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in a winner-take-all game seven in the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought for the Cubs. The Cubs were down threegames to one in the series, but won a close game at Wrigley Field in game five, sending the series back to Cleveland for the final two games. The final game of the series was an instant classic. The Cubs broke out of the gate to an early 5-1 lead, and looked well on their way to clinching their first World Series title since 1908 with ease. In the fifth inning, Cubs manager Joe Maddon controversially went to the bullpen to replace Kyle Hendricks, the National League leader in earned run average on the season. Hendricks had only thrown 63 pitches in the game. Maddon decided to bring in Jon Lester, the team’s ace starter, who promptly threw a wild pitch, and their lead was cut to 5-3. In the sixth inning, Cubs catcher David Ross, a 39-yearold journeyman playing in his last MLB game, led off the inning with a solo home run,
stretching the lead to 6-3. The Indians tied up the game in the eighth inning on a Rajai Davis home run off of Aroldis Chapman, and it looked as if the Cubs had lost all momentum. The game remained tied after the ninth inning, and before the extra innings could start, the game was delayed due to rain. During the rain delay, Jason Heyward, a struggling, veteran outfielder for the Cubs, gave the team a motivational speech that many players credited as the reason they won the game. The Cubs eventually won 8-7 in 10 innings, after a goahead double by World Series MVP Ben Zobrist. The Cubs became only the fifth team in MLB history to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series. The Cleveland Indians now hold the longest championship drought in professional baseball; their last World Series championship came in 1948. The story of the postseason had been the dominance of relief pitchers, who were put in the game at the most critical junctures and expected to guide their teams out of trouble. The World Series featured two of the best relief pitchers in the game, Indians’ pitcher Andrew Miller and Cubs’ pitcher Aroldis Chapman. Both of these pitchers were nearly unhittable throughout the postseason, and pitched
longer stretches on short rest. All the added use caught up to these pitchers in game seven of the World Series. Miller gave up four hits and two earned runs in the two 1-3 innings that he pitched. He had only given up eight hits and one earned run in the previous 17 innings he pitched in the 2016 postseason. Chapman was overused throughout the Cubs’ championship run. In normal situations, Chapman will pitch the ninth inning only. In game five of the World Series, Chapman entered in the seventh inning, pitching two 2-3 innings and throwing 42 pitches. By the time game seven came around, both of these star pitchers were clearly overworked, and their poor performances in the game proved it. This shows that baseball is truly a team game. Both managers overused their star pitchers because they didn’t trust their other relievers. But when it came down to extra innings in game seven, both teams needed to rely on their role players – the guys who weren’t trusted – to win them the game.
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LAST WEEK
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1-3
Men’s Hockey at UMass Lowell
W
Men’s Soccer vs Binghamton
Lowell, MA Nov. 4
W
168-123
2-1 HOME Nov. 5
W 94-65
Women’s Swimming at Maine
Men’s Basktball vs Saint Michael’s
Orono, ME Nov. 5
HOME Nov. 5
THIS WEEK Men's Soccer at Albany
Women’s Basketball vs Bryant
Albany, NY Nov. 9 7 p.m.
HOME Nov. 11 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball at Providence
Men’s Hockey vs Dartmouth
Providence, RI Nov. 14 7 p.m.
HOME Nov. 15 7:05 p.m.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK:
Men’s soccer Brian Wright, Bernard Yeboah, Charlie DeFeo, Jon Arnar Barodal and Jackson Dayton all earned America East Honors this week.
John Suozzo is a sophomore history and political science double major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2015.
RECORDS Men’s Soccer 13-5-1 Men’s Hockey 4-3-1 Women’s Soccer 7-8-4
Women’s Hockey 3-4-1 Women’s Swimming and Diving 4-0