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Students delivered copies of the transparency letter to several administrative offices in the Waterman building Apr 12.
Students rally for UVM investment transparency
Nora Sissenich, Features Staff Writer • 9:00 am

Students gathered on the first floor of the Davis Center Friday, April 12 at 11:50 a.m. to demand the University make its investment records...

UVM Staff United calls for a step scale and wage progression April 16.
UVM Staff United holds rally supporting step pay scale
Olivia Miller and Andrew Gould • April 22, 2024
SGA has passed a resolution addressing President Suresh Garimellas response to campus conflicts.
SGA passes resolution calling for empathy in campus communications
Ethan Brodie, Cynic News Reporter • April 8, 2024
UVM SGA elections will be held between April 3-5.
SGA to hold elections April 3-5
Jessie Pennington, Cynic News Reporter • April 2, 2024
Opinion
The tuition increase will intensify UVMs existing wealth gap
The tuition increase will intensify UVM's existing wealth gap
Annalisa Madonia, Photo Co-editor • 12:00 pm

Following housing registration, the new tiered housing system and rise in tuition costs has students worried about affording the upcoming semester.   For...

Stop objectifying young female artists 
Stop objectifying young female artists 
Olivia Langlan, Opinion columnist • April 18, 2024
Can’t buy me [self] love
Can’t buy me [self] love
Meg Lavallee, Opinion columnist • April 17, 2024
Editorial Board: UVM needs to be more transparent with their investments
Editorial Board: UVM needs to be more transparent with their investments
Editorial Board • April 15, 2024
Sports
UVM men’s lacrosse wins against UMass Lowell 18-9 April 21.
Men’s lacrosse shines at UMass Lowell
Aidan Irwin, Sports Writer • 1:00 pm

The men’s lacrosse team traveled to Pawtucket this past Saturday and played against the UMass Lowell River Hawks. The Cats opened up scoring...

UVM men’s soccer announces captains for the 2024-25 season.
Men’s soccer program announces captains for 2024-25 season
Eliot Barrengos, Sports Writer • April 22, 2024
UVM women’s basketball season ended during the WNIT after a loss against Saint Louis University April 3.
Women’s basketball closes season against Saint Louis University
Aidan Irwin, Sports Writer • April 19, 2024
UVM women’s lacrosse loses 21-10 against UMBC April 13.
Women’s lacrosse loses fourth straight in close match against UMBC
Eliot Barrengos, Sports Writer • April 17, 2024
Features
Girl Gains UVM is a club designed to foster a comfortable gym environment and support women and non-binary people who want to work out.
Girl Gains creates safe space for women and non-binary students in the gym
Anna Bouchard, Features Staff Writer • April 18, 2024

College students are busy. Homework, classes and lack of motivation are all obstacles that may prevent students from going to the gym. Unfortunately,...

UVM Birding Club changed its name at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year.
Embracing change: UVM Birding Club fosters inclusivity
Rhiannon Hubbard, Features Staff Writer • April 5, 2024
A survey conducted by the Cynic revealed that 91.3% of UVM students said that they have gained more knowledge on the Israel-Palestine conflict since Oct. 7.
A portrait of student activism on campus since Oct. 7
Alex Strand, Features Staff Writer • March 26, 2024
Photo Illustration: @uvmhottiefinder is an Instagram page that serves as a platform to anonymously report campus “hotties.”
Hottie Found: the other side of UVM Hottie Finder
Ciara Lordan, Features Staff Writer • March 22, 2024
Culture
A murder of crows flies over the UVM Rugby Pitch March 27.
What’s the deal with the crows?
Sophia Balunek, Editor-In-Chief • April 23, 2024

Walking through Waterman green on a January evening can be both a fascinating and eerie experience. A cacophony of caws and wing flaps fill...

Zoёs illustration for the neowestern movie column.
“Hell or High Water”: a neo-Western moral reflection
Maya Surrenti, Culture Staff Writer • April 16, 2024
Mollys illustration for the Tiny Habits music review column.
Singing in harmony: a song review of Tiny Habits’s recent releases 
Sophie Williams, Culture Staff Writer • April 12, 2024
Wylies illustration for the Dune 2 movie review column.
Dune Part Two: more sand, even more women
Liam Laramie, Culture Staff Writer • April 11, 2024
Staff Editorial
Editorial Board: UVM needs to be more transparent with their investments
Editorial Board: UVM needs to be more transparent with their investments
Editorial Board • April 15, 2024

As a public university, UVM’s endowment fund and investment portfolio should be easily accessible online as public record.  On April 10,...

A love letter to the Cynic editors
A love letter to the Cynic editors
Grace Visco, co-Editor-in-Chief • December 1, 2023
From the face behind the masthead: Trolling our reporters is not the solution
From the face behind the masthead: Trolling our reporters is not the solution
Ella Ruehsen, Editor-in-Chief • March 9, 2023
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Ella Ruehsen and Eric Scharf • September 6, 2022
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