The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

You should talk to strangers, actually

You should talk to strangers, actually

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion Editor March 25, 2024

We all grew up constantly hearing about the danger of talking to strangers, which is typically a good warning to heed.  Stranger danger is especially important when you’re barely four feet tall,...

We need new concert etiquette rules

We need new concert etiquette rules

Sarah Koegler, Opinion columnist March 21, 2024

Nowadays, going to concerts is a whole process: people sit in a long awaited Ticketmaster queue to maybe get the tickets they want and go to the venue sometimes days early to save their spot in line. Once...

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Enjoy your youth but also your aging 

Issy Timberlake, Opinion columnist March 19, 2024

It seems like nobody wants to be the age they are.  Little kids can’t wait to grow up, retirees fantasize about their college days and now 20-year-olds are getting preventative plastic surgery. When...

LTE: Pardon my Southern inhospitality—confronting “Northern bigotry” in climate discourse 

LTE: Pardon my Southern inhospitality—confronting “Northern bigotry” in climate discourse 

Casey Barbier March 19, 2024

Editor's Note: This story was updated March 19 at 12:15 p.m. to correct the name of a course mentioned. Stepping into an Uber at Burlington International Airport my first year of college, I found myself...

There’s nothing wrong with moving back to your hometown

There’s nothing wrong with moving back to your hometown

Emma Dinsmore, Digital Media Editor March 7, 2024

I used to think I wanted to move to Boston or a cute coastal town as soon as I could after high school. However, now that I’m getting older, I think I want to stay at home for a few extra years. I...

Stop discrediting the study of history.

Stop discrediting the study of history.

Scott Kent, Opinion Columnist March 6, 2024

As a history major, I have been told countless times by relatives and hometown friends that I shouldn’t be pursuing it.  The common rhetoric thrown at me is that the subject is dead and that I should...

Living in Jeanne Mance ruined my first semester

Living in Jeanne Mance ruined my first semester

Katerina Jerine, Opinion Columnist March 5, 2024

It’s no secret that UVM does not have the best housing.  It’s also no secret that some dorms are worse than others.  When I first got my housing assignment—Jeanne Mance, “the Gaming Collective”—I...

We are approaching an AI dystopia

We are approaching an AI dystopia

Lucas Martineau, Opinion Columnist March 1, 2024

Disclaimer: not written with AI Artificial intelligence is pushing us to the brink of a preventable dystopia and we can’t continue to ignore its many risks. Having already covered ChatGPT and plagiarism...

The power of eating disorder recovery

The power of eating disorder recovery

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Columnist February 29, 2024

Content warning: discussion of eating disorders The seven years of my life that were governed by my eating disorder were a constant game of playing pretend. After a sharp downward spiral that landed...

Twenty lessons for twenty years

Twenty lessons for twenty years

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion Editor February 27, 2024

I’ve been counting down—in dread—my last few months, weeks and, now, days of teenagerdom. If you’re reading this, it’s too late. Over winter break, I stayed up late and slept in past noon...

Stop avoiding discussions of morality in the classroom

Stop avoiding discussions of morality in the classroom

Bria Hiller, Opinion Columnist February 22, 2024

Nobody’s perfect, and nowhere is that old adage more true than in the hallowed halls of our academic canon. In a sociology class earlier this semester, my professor supplemented a point he made by...

You don’t hate perfume, you just hate florals

You don’t hate perfume, you just hate florals

Katherine Hashem, Opinion columnist February 21, 2024

There are two kinds of people in the world: the ones who wear the perfume, and the ones who smell it. Everyone has experienced it: you walk past someone and are momentarily choked as a flowery, cloying...

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