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The Vermont Cynic
On Sept. 24 and 25, University of Vermont Health hosted the Fifth Annual Health Equity Summit in the Davis Center. The event, presented in collaboration with the Larner College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health Sciences, hosted practitioners, researchers, advocates, policymakers, students and leaders dedicated to improving healthcare and outcomes
The Vermont Cynic
The blissful morning of May 29 was upon me as I left Willow’s Bagels in Burlington, Vermont. Wispy clouds peppered the sky and a cool breeze pushed across the lake. I walked behind the store with a dollar less in my pocket, but now with a half-dozen day-old bagels, heading up to my friends’ apartment...
The Vermont Cynic
I’ve only read two memoirs in my entire life and they were both within the last month. It’s not that I have anything against memoirs. Rather, I have always been fascinated by the idea of them but never understood what their point was. I was sure they were just thick books written by people who...
The Vermont Cynic
To go or not to go? That is the question. At least, that is the question for students studying abroad. With UVM’s wide range of places to go, it was a tough decision for me to make. But after much deliberation, I ended up on a plane to Florence, Italy. Once I landed came the...
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Reports coming out of New York City say life is not as bad as certain politicians would have hoped. For the past several months, NYC has been run by supposed jihadist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose controversial policies include such things as safer streets and affordable rent. Democrats like Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and...
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UVM was ranked as the most LGBTQ-Friendly College by the Princeton Review in “The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition,” published on Aug. 18, 2026. The ranking criteria is based on student perceptions regarding a culture of equality on campus for all students regardless of gender or sexual orientation. “We have 42% students from the incoming...
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Sitting in a store parking lot in Bonita Springs, a town over from where I grew up, my phone lit up with a notification: a federal raid was underway just down the street. For weeks, this was the reality of documenting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in real time. Following the 2024 presidential...
The Vermont Cynic
“A moment of pleasure for you, a lifetime of torture for her” reads one of many posters tacked up around campus. Beneath the words, a pig lies on her side. Hooves bloody, she is surrounded by suckling piglets. The posters depicting animal exploitation are marketing for UVM’s newest vegan student activist group, Allied Scholars for...
The Vermont Cynic
I looked through my viewfinder expecting fierce protest of government overreach. Instead, I saw costumes, tuba players, foreign flags and a protester with an assault rifle. Over the past year, I’ve photographed nearly every political demonstration across Burlington and Williston both as a photojournalist for the Cynic and independently. At these rallies I’ve
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