As contract negotiations be-tween faculty and administration come to a close, some students are concerned that an increase in

faculty salary will result in a tu-ition increase.

Interim President John Bramley said that the adminis-tration has been trying to support benefits for employees in a way that does not impose a burden on

student tuition — but it’s proven to be a balancing act.

“People can’t expect to see 5 and 6 percent increases in salary because it’s not going to happen,” Bramley said. “It would mean 5 to 6 percent increases in tuition or big cuts in programs.”

First-year Elizabeth MacNeill said that she would still be in sup-port of the professors even if tu-ition rises.

“Teachers [that] have been here for a long time do need to be rewarded for their work,” Mac-Neill said. “We want to keep them here, they’re great professors.”

One student sent an anony-mous letter to the SGA stating that he or she did not want to see an increase in faculty salaries out of fear for tuition costs.

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Gov. Peter Shumlin vis-ited UVM on Nov. 8 to deliver a speech stating the importance of the University’s affiliation with the state of Vermont.

“Because the futures of UVM and the state of Vermont are in-extricably linked, I believe it is both appropriate and timely to take a hard look at the relation-ship,” Shumlin said.

The state’s limited resources must be invested in strategically focused ways that will have a maximum return on investment, he said.

“Working together, we can devise strategies for spending state dollars that produce bet-ter results for UVM, our busi-ness community and the state,” Shumlin said.

In an email sent out to the UVM community, Interim Presi-dent John Bramley responded to

the governor’s remarks and said that he is optimistic that this ini-tiative will be successful.

“[Shumlin] emphasized the importance of ensuring that pub-lic funds received by UVM be in-vested wisely,” Bramley said.

Shumlin has appointed a committee to examine the rela-tionship between Vermont and UVM in all aspects, including governance, funding, economic development, access and afford-ability, he said.

Bramley said to the Faculty Senate that it is important for UVM to become engaged with the business community in Ver-mont.

“I have met with political, educational and business leaders [in Vermont],” he said. “I’m see-ing that businesses are hungry to have more contact with us.”

Some students said they felt

Shumlin addresses UVMStresses refocusing of state spending

By Johnny Herrick Senior Staff Writer

Since the University admin-istration will not be hiring secu-rity personnel for the Naked Bike Ride, some students are taking the safety of their peers into their own hands.

Speaker of the Senate Dale Osef began a student safety ini-tiative called the UVM Green Caps, which will work with police services to act as a university-wide safety patrol on the last day of classes.

Although the University will no longer be funding the Na-ked Bike Ride, Osef said that he knows people will be celebrat-ing and wants them to be safe no matter what.

“Our paramount concern is student safety,” he said. “This is a great chance to prove to our-selves and the administration that we are both a caring and re-sponsible student body.”

The UVM Green Caps are reaching out to groups such as Volunteers in Action, Inter-Resi-dence Association, Greek life and SGA for support, Osef said.

At the SGA meeting Tuesday

night, SGA Sen. Kyle DeVivo wanted to make it clear that the administration cannot cancel the Naked Bike Ride.

“The Naked Bike Ride is not and cannot be cancelled because the premise of the event itself is legal,” DeVivo said. “In the state of Vermont it’s legal to be naked as long as you’re not having sex.

“And it’s also legal to ride a bike,” he said.

SGA President Julian Golfa-rini said that he thought the ad-ministration handled the situa-tion poorly.

“I thought they had very little foresight,” Golfarini said. “So when they came to me and they were like ‘please help us figure something out,’ I was like ‘no, you guys can handle that because you guys botched it up.’”

The UVM Green Caps will be wearing green beanies to stand out in the dark and will be sta-tioned in several locations on campus, Osef said

The Green Caps will be pro-vided with a list of resources, asked to keep an eye out for stu-

Help wanted: keep NBR safeBy Morgan MacLeodStaff Writer

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UVMtv personality and for-mer SGA Sen. Jonathon Lott may be the biggest Coca-Cola fan on campus.

For the past month, Lott has been trying to single-handedly stop SGA’s goal of ending the ex-clusivity in UVM’s current bever-age contract with Coke.

“Almost every Tuesday I go in for public forum, and I will talk to them about a specific aspect of Coca-Cola,” Lott said. “Slowly, every week, I’m tackling one part of the argument against Coca-Cola.”

The University’s contract with Coca-Cola will expire in June 2012 and will not be renewed, but put to bid among other beverage companies, a past Cynic article stated.

An end to the exclusive agree-ment with Coke would have negative consequences for the school, specifically when it comes to funding, Lott said.

“Coca-Cola gives to the Uni-versity $482,000 per year,” he said. “You see big fusses and tantrums over Fogel’s severance package and salary. It is ridicu-lous that more people aren’t con-sidering the financial aspect of this.”

People that have been con-cerned about the financial state of the University due to over-spending should really consider the financial impact of ending the contract, he said.

“This year, The Cynic posted a front page article about a $600 chair that Fogel was getting,” Lott said. “The amount of money that

Coca-Cola provides to the Uni-versity is almost 700 times that. It’s almost 700 Fogel chairs.”

SGA Sen. Connor Burns has heard what Lott has to say and said he sees no difference be-tween Coke’s presence on cam-pus and that of a competing brand of cola.

“If Coke is on campus, we get Coke products. If not, Pepsi products will probably be in our beverage fountains,” Burns said. “The only difference between the two is the beverages and the taste of those beverages, despite what Jon Lott may say.”

Burns said he believes that Lott isn’t seeing the whole pic-ture.

“The largest response from students by far was that they did not care whether or not Coke stayed on campus,” Burns said.

Despite current efforts by Lott, the beverage contract issue has already been decided upon, Burns said.

“Jon Lott likes Coke products, and therefore wants to keep Coke on campus,” Burns said. “This is an issue that is long past and is actually quite irrelevant to any work SGA is doing.”

Though some students may disagree with Lott’s mission, oth-ers said they think his petition is beneficial.

“I think it’s good to see stu-dent involvement,” first-year Hugh Randall said. “I’m glad that students have a voice on cam-pus.”

Randall also said that al-though he did not view Coca-Cola as a bad company, there would be more room for local companies without it.

Seniors unveil new aidScholarship seeks to lend helping hand

By Taylor JonesStaff Writer

Class Council has decided on the 2012 senior gift, a need-based scholarship for a non-first-year student.

The 2012 scholarship is for students who would not be able to return to the University with-out financial assistance, Class Gift Committee member Eliza-beth Pacy said.

Assistant Director of Annual Giving Stacy Fender, who has been involved in planning the scholarship, says it would cover the difference between what a student should be able to receive from financial aid and what he or she did receive.

A cap of $2,500 per student meant for 1-2 students a year was suggested in order to preserve the fund for coming years, she said.

“Student Financial Services (SFS) is only going to offer this opportunity to certain students they know are going to fit,” Fend-er said. “It is not going to reduce their financial aid somewhere else and really is going to help them get past that hump and stay at UVM and graduate.”

There are questions that still need to be worked out regarding the scholarship selection process and if it will continue for years to come, Fender said.

Fender — who is employed by the UVM Fund — has been a part of the class council’s pro-cess from the beginning and has recently been involved in figur-ing out the logistics of giving a scholarship, class gift committee member Kaila Thibault said.

In the past, Class Council has come up with class gift ideas and sent them out to the entire senior class to vote — this year they tried something different, Thibault said.

“We chose representatives

from 40 influential clubs on campus and personally invited them to a meeting to brainstorm ideas,” she said.

The 2012 Scholarship was an idea that Class Council initially came up with, Thibault said.

“This year our goal was to choose a gift that improves the University in a practical way and makes a difference for students in years to come,” she said. “This selection process was successful and we felt it gave a wider variety of students a direct involvement in choosing their class gift.”

Senior Brian Hamel said he voted for the scholarship because he though it was the best way to give back to the campus.

“There is no way I can afford paying over $45,000 a year for an education and I know I am not the only one in the boat by a long shot,” he said. “The scholarship that Class Council is trying to de-sign is aimed at giving students that were turned away from UVM Financial Services a second shot at pursuing their dreams and ambitions.”

Previous class gifts have in-cluded the catamount statue, ad-ditional outlets in the library, a glass sculpture and the clock in the Davis Center.

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“This year our goal was to choose a

gift that improves the University in a

practical way.”

Kaila ThibaultClass Gift Committee member

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicDevelopmental officer Stacy Fender (center) addresses students including sophomore Kelly Lynch (left) at the Class Council meeting on Nov. 28 in the Mt. Mansfield Room in the Davis Center.

“If Coke is on campus, we get Coke products.

If not, Pepsi products will probably be in our

beverage fountains.”

Connor BurnsSGA Senator

dents to start asking United Aca-demics why they feel they can ask students to pay their excess in salaries,” the letter stated.

The letter also stated that while United Academics, the faculty union, has been pointing fingers at administrative over-spending, it has been the faculty that has received high benefits in past negotiations.

According to an email from Vice President of Finance Rich-ard Cate to another board mem-ber, the faculty has gained a 15 percent raise over the past three years, while the administration has seen a 3.5 percent increase.

The administration has taken a zero percent pay raise for fiscal year 2012, the email stated.

However, some students have expressed concern that heavy ad-ministrative spending has a large

impact on their tuition. “I think more of it’s going to

the administration than it should be,” first-year Matt Ashe said.

According to the 2011 Uni-versity budget, the combined salaries of the president, provost, vice presidents and deans make up less than 1.5 percent of the to-tal budget.

“You could fire the lot of us and it still isn’t going to make a huge amount of difference from a budgetary perspective,” Bramley said.

Bramley said that it is his responsibility to make sure stu-dents know about administrative spending so that they can form their own opinions about the situation.

SGA Vice President Will Vi-tagliano said other students have come to him and vocalized simi-lar concerns to those identified in the letter.

“I greatly value the faculty and everything they do — they are essential to our education,” Vitagliano said. “But I would agree with the student that wrote this letter that an increase doesn’t necessarily make a better profes-sor.”

In response to the letter, Vi-tagliano met with UA President David Shiman and asked him if the faculty would take a zero per-cent salary increase if that meant a zero percent tuition increase.

Shiman said that UA would have no power over whether or not the University would raise tuition.

“We have gone on the record over the years of discouraging tuition increases,” he said. “But I don’t think you’ll see faculty out demonstrating and protesting.”

Tuition increases come from changes in a whole lot of other expenditures, Shiman said.

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Crime log

Suspicious events

For many, UVM is viewed as an accepting and welcoming place, yet the administration has heard of at least two instances where this is not the case.

In an email sent out on Oct. 28, Interim President John Bramley and Chief Diversity Of-ficer Wanda Heading-Grant ex-pressed their concerns about the bias occurrences at the Univer-sity.

“We hold a genuine sense of pride in our learning community, which aspires to be a just place,” the email stated. “Which, in the words of Our Common Ground, rejects ‘bigotry, oppression, deg-radation, and harassment’ and challenges injustice toward any member of our community.”

A bias incident includes those actions that are motivated by bias but do not meet the necessary el-ements required to prove a crime, according to the Bias Incidents Protocol for UVM.

Heading-Grant said that Bramley was notified of the two incidents via email.

“[Bramley] had gotten an email in regard to a person in uniform being spat at,” Heading-Grant said. “There was also an in-cident in the Davis Center where [someone not from UVM] was making inappropriate gestures to persons of color.”

The email was sent to raise awareness about bias incidents on campus, she said.

“We wanted the University to know that we were thinking about it,” Heading-Grant said. “We felt it was important to get this email out before other things started occurring, and we wanted to make it clear that the president and the University care.”

Heading-Grant said that the necessary measures were taken in regard to these events.

Chris Lucier, vice president for enrollment management, spoke at the most recent Faculty Senate meeting about bias in-stances.

“Some students are having a great time,” Lucier said in a speech. “[And they] are very ap-

preciative of their interactions with faculty and staff, but there have been some students that have addressed being marginal-ized in their classroom by fac-ulty.”

For some students, the two events that happened in October were the first instances that they had heard of concerning bias.

“I don’t think that racial bias is a problem here, but maybe if people weren’t so ethnocentric and had a zero tolerance policy about these incidents then they wouldn’t happen,” senior Carlyn Levy said.

Levy is not the only student who feels that bias is not a prob-

lem at UVM.“I haven’t noticed anything or

heard anything,” first-year Chris Young said. “If there was a prob-lem, I’m not sure how something like that would be handled.”

Though some students said that bias was not a problem, oth-ers felt that the events in October were common.

“I’ve heard that UVM is ac-cepting,” first-year Kristen Wade said. “But I have also heard of people having problems and hav-ing to move out of dorms due to bias. I think one way to combat instances like this is to keep send-ing out newsletters.”

Harassment, racism on campusTwo occurences push president to notify communityBy Lauren DraslerStaff Writer

MAX LANDERMAN The Vermont CynicFirst-year Paul Dubois works on his laptop in the Mt. Mansfield Room in the Davis Center on Nov. 29. Additional laptop thefts have not been reported on campus in the past two weeks.

As the Bailey/Howe Library gets busier in preparation for fi-nals week, no laptop thefts have been reported in the last two weeks.

Although UVM Police have not identified a suspect, library staff members said that the thefts have died down ever since they almost captured a man they be-lieved to be the thief.

A man strongly suspected of committing these crimes was pursued by library staff but was not apprehended, said Angus Robertson, director of access ser-vices at Bailey/Howe Library.

“[He] attempted to leave by a fire exit door down stairs in a nonpublic area,” Robertson said. “And when we approached him, he ran away.”

Robertson said that he had reason to believe that this suspect was the thief because the crimes stopped immediately after the in-cident and two laptops had been stolen 10 minutes prior to ap-proaching the man.

“A couple of employees got a good look at him and I think that spooked him,” he said.

This person did a fair amount of damage to some lockers up-stairs and sawed them open, Robertson said.

Robertson said that the police have been impressively handling the situation.

The police have not officially arrested anybody, but they are very eager to, Robertson said. They had several officers investi-gating and cruising the building up to the incident where this man fled the building.

The occurrences have been scattered, but there had been a real increase at Bailey/Howe between Oct. 17 and Nov. 2, Sgt. Jim Phelps said.

The police are working to-ward educating students to re-duce the number of crimes on campus, he said.

The thefts have affected stu-dents across the University such as junior Sam Grabel whose lap-top was stolen out of his back-pack in the library.

“I went downstairs to grab coffee and have a cigarette,” he said. “When I came back, my lap-top and charger were gone.”

Grabel said he lost most of what I had been working on in-cluding a midterm paper with all of the sources and PDFs that he had searched for.

“I lost all of my music, pur-chased movies and TV shows, as well as sensitive information such as my SSN and some credit card numbers,” he said.

Suspect seen by library staffBy Sarah LeidingerStaff Writer

Dishes were stolen from a kitchenette in the Health Science Research Facility on Nov. 23.

There was a possible theft of a ping pong table from University Heights South on Nov. 18.

A sleeping person was reported in the Royall Tyler Theatre on Nov. 17. The person was determined to be a student who fell asleep while studying.

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SHERRY ZHAO The Vermont CynicSGA Sen. Connor Burns addresses the Student Government As-sociation meeting on Nov. 29. Burns was concerned with the lack of action in response to the recent bias incidents on campus.

The Democratic candidates vying to be Burlington’s next mayor have laid out plans to mitigate the growing animosity of Burlington residents toward UVM students.

Candidates Miro Weinberger and Tim Ashe discussed plans to increase Burlington police pres-ence on campus and keep more upper-class students from mov-ing off campus at the Democratic caucus held on Nov. 13.

UVM and the city are ex-pected to revisit a memorandum of understanding (MOU) dating back to 2007 in the near future.

The current MOU includes “fees-for-services” that UVM pays to Burlington. However, community pressure to lessen students’ impact on the commu-nity has been mounting.

Both Weinberger and Ashe

said they hope to include such stipulations as increased housing and police presence in the new MOU.

“The single best way to miti-gate noise is for UVM and the Burlington Police Department to develop a formal relationship that beefs up staffing Thursday through Saturday,” Ashe said in a phone interview. “Police need to be well-located and ready to re-spond, and [UVM Police officers] need to be more present.”

Ashe also said that he hopes the increased police presence will function primarily as a de-terrence mechanism to make students more conscious of their actions instead of leading to in-creased criminal sanctions.

“The ultimate goal is not to give fines and put people in jail but instead to be reminded that their behavior might have an in-fluence on others,” he said.

Weinberger made a similar

call at a forum held at Edmunds Middle School on Nov. 8, pledg-ing to personally take to the streets in an attempt to establish an amicable relationship among students and the community.

The increase of college stu-dents in Burlington without a proportional increase of on- and near-campus housing has prompted students to infiltrate the downtown housing market.

This integration has caused Burlington residents to become increasingly irritated with stu-dent disturbances, particularly at night and on the weekends.

Ashe said that he would seek to work with UVM to develop Trinity Campus as a “student vil-lage” to relieve some of the pres-sure that students impose on the downtown housing market.

“I look at that as an oppor-tunity for UVM ... to house hun-dreds and hundreds of students who right now are fleeing into the

neighborhoods,” Ashe said at the Edmunds forum.

Weinberger also said that he sees keeping students higher up the hill as critical to mitigating the tension.

“There’s an opportunity to make real improvement in this area by pushing for further on- campus or near-campus housing that will start to bring more of the students living in the residential areas back onto campus,” Wein-berger said.

Through these stipulations, Ashe and Weinberger hope that the UVM and Burlington com-munities can coexist harmoni-ously.

“The only interaction that some community members have with students is around night-time noise,” Ashe said. “In the light of day, UVM contributes to the community in many ways. We need a balanced sense of UVM’s role in the city.”

By Keegan FairfieldStaff Writer

Thefts die down

Burlington mayoral candidates talk UVMDemocrats discuss how to better relations between University and city

seem to exist right now. “I don’t think there is a deep

connection between the Univer-sity and the state,” junior Jeremy Ebelt said. “There may be a con-nection to Burlington, but there’s not much connection to the greater Vermont community.”

Given that UVM has been a

public institution since 1956, it is important to begin discussing the University’s relationship with the state of Vermont, Bramley said.

“I think that this will be a useful dialogue, and frankly, it is a dialogue that is 50 years over-due,” he said.

NEWS4 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

Today’s generation of college students generally rely on net-work and technological advance-ments in order to connect with the modern world.

Now, the University is turn-ing toward its students for help in progressing its technological infrastructure.

Current students can apply to receive funding for a technologi-cal initiative through the Tech-nology Innovation Fund (TIF), a press release from the Office of the President stated.

As seen on the myUVM web-page, students can obtain grants of up to $250,000 for a proposal that would advance the use of information technology, multi-media and information resources at the University, the TIF website stated.

Interested applicants must submit their proposals by Jan. 15, and decisions will be made by the TIF committee on Jan. 31, the

website stated.Proposals will be evaluated

based on their concurrence with the goals set forth by the TIF, their possible benefits to the UVM community, upgrade po-tential and ability to generate new funds, according to the web-site.

Each proposal submitted must specify which goals and ob-jectives of the TIF would be met and include a list of beneficiaries from the student population, the website stated.

After a proposal has been ac-cepted, and within three months of the project’s completion, a summary of the venture will have to be completed, which is to in-clude an abstract and the expen-diture summary of the project.

Further information on ap-plying for funds from the TIF, as well as project expectations, can be found on the TIF website at http://www.uvm.edu/~cems/mathstat/TIF/?Page=policies.html.

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If students want the drinking age to be lowered to 18, the UVM debate team has some convinc-ing arguments against it.

Debate team members were assigned the duty of defending the current drinking age of 21 at the recent Huber Debates, a tournament held on campus and featuring teams from Regis Uni-versity, Bard College and Clare-mont McKenna College.

Arguing that the drinking age is best left alone, UVM debaters drew the most votes from the in-formal audience and sealed the victory along with the Claremont McKenna team, who argued with them.

“There is considerable, em-pirical proof that when you lower the drinking age to 18, a lot of bad stuff happens,” said Alfred Snider, professor and de-bate team director, who teaches courses on argumentation and persuasive debate.

Among the “bad stuff” is in-creased sexual assault, binge drinking and consequent in-creased drunk driving arrests, Snider said.

One of the main arguments for lowering the drinking age comes from those who call into question the many other activi-ties, perhaps equally dangerous, that one can legally do at the age of 18.

“I think it would be a good move considering that we are al-lowed at 18 to be in the army and smoke tobacco,” junior Hannah Kitzmiller said. “There would be less underground taboo rituals, [and] drinking would be more accessible.”

Opponents of the current drinking age often point to other countries where alcohol con-sumption is allowed at 18 — and sometimes even younger — as models of proof that less strin-gent drinking laws can be suc-cessful.

At the debate, opponents of the current drinking age said that many European countries have laidback tolerance as well as a culture centered on family and moderation where alcohol consumption is more permis-sible.

A 2007 Bloomberg report found that for countries within the European Union, 20 percent of all road-accident fatalities were the result of drunk driving, whereas in the U.S., that number was at 32 percent in 2008, ac-cording to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

However, using these com-parisons as evidence of a less dangerous drinking environ-ment in Europe may be inaccu-rate, Snider said.

“Actually, there’s a tremen-dous amount of binge drinking in Europe,” he said. “The U.K. has the highest amount of binge drinking in the world, especially among women. There’s not as much drunk driving in Europe because of mass transit. It’s a dif-ferent transportation society.”

UVM debaters also argued that lowering the drinking age to 18 would encourage more alco-hol consumption for the younger high school population, the 15- to 16-year-old demographic.

Lowering the age would re-sult in a trickle-down effect, be-cause 18-year-old high school seniors could lawfully buy for their peers while they are still in school, the team argued.

UVM’s debate team has 30 active members divided into teams of two.

Over winter break, the team will participate in the world championship held in Manila in the Philippines, with 400 teams from 67 countries hoping to ar-ticulate their way to a title.

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By Mat DeganStaff Writer

The Board of Trustees is ad-dressing a concern that the Fac-ulty Senate has not been able to communicate with the Presiden-tial Search Committee.

Trustees have reported that they have not been receiving emails from the faculty, Professor of English Nancy Welch said.

“Some legislative trustees have recently expressed concern that they aren’t getting fuller per-spectives on what’s happening at UVM,” Welch said.

Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert Cioffi said he has seen ev-ery piece of input that the Presi-dential Search Committee has received through the multiple channels that have been avail-able.

The faculty, staff and student body have had the opportunity to participate in the presidential search through forums, meet-ings, email and snail mail among others, Cioffi said.

“We are working on a bet-ter system to see that trustees are able to access every relevant email, and we will have that sort-ed out in a few days,” he said.

United Academics, the fac-ulty union, is going to address the communication limitation be-tween the board and the faculty by first gathering information to see if any action is necessary to take, UA President David Shiman said.

However, some faculty mem-

bers have expressed concern about the relatively small role they are playing in the presiden-tial selection process, Shiman said.

Professor of engineering Douglas Fletcher said it would be useful for the Faculty Senate to have a longer discussion about UVM’s next president.

“There are some issues that

the faculty feel are very important that may not have necessarily been communicated to the board despite their request for input,” Fletcher said.

Associate professor of theatre John Forbes said that the impor-tance of the arts and the humani-ties was not communicated to the committee.

“I urge the Board of Trustees to take this into serious consid-eration when they think about who will be the next president,” Forbes said. “I think that it is not an overstatement that the arts and the humanities make up the soul and the heart of the Univer-sity.”

The UVM Community will have more opportunities to pro-vide feedback to the Search Com-mittee in January, Cioffi said.

“The final phase of the pro-cess will be on-campus inter-views with candidates in January, which will be another opportu-nity for the UVM Community to give input and feedback before the new president is chosen by the board,” he said.

President of the Faculty Sen-ate Julie Roberts said that she has invited members of the Board of Trustees to attend the next Fac-ulty Senate meeting.

Cioffi said he will be attending the Dec. 12 meeting of the Faculty Senate.

“I offered to attend their April meeting, but was told that was not necessary at that time,” Cioffi said. “I have spoken to the Senate in the past as well.”

The Presidential Search Com-mittee interviewed 12 semifinal-ists in Boston on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2.

“The pool is very strong; there is good alignment between [UVM and the candidates],” said Gary Derr, vice president for Executive Operations.

Board concerned about faculty communicationsProfessors want a role in presidential searchBy Johnny HerrickSenior Staff Writer

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont Cynic“Tuna” Snider holding an award at the Huber Debate on Nov. 6.

“It would be useful for the faculty senate

to have a longer discussion about

UVM’s next president.”

Douglas FletcherProfessor in the School of

Engineering

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dents who are in danger and contact the appropriate resourc-es, he said. Volunteers will not be asked to intervene in danger-ous situations.

“The last thing we want to do is put our volunteers in danger,” Osef said.

Osef said that he is looking for 200 volunteers to spread among all four campuses, and students that want to become a Green Cap can attend a meeting at 10 p.m. in the Silver Maple Ballroom on Dec. 7.

SGA Sen. Connor Daley said that he is happy students are looking out for their peers.

“I think the safety of stu-dents is our primary concern, so I really like that it’s not a Senate-led initiative but a student-led initiative,” Daley said.

Junior Allyson Kraus said she had found the event to be a fun and unique way to de-stress and was critical of the adminis-tration’s decision to cancel fund-ing.

“I think the way they are go-ing about it is not the most ef-fective way at all,” she said. “All they’re doing is taking away se-curity. It obviously is still going to happen.”

Students interested in volun-teering can email Osef at dosef@uvm.edu.

LIFE6 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

Students, faculty and com-munity members gathered to eat, sing and dance in honor of Na-tive American Heritage Month on Nov. 16.

The event was put together by Raven Wells-Scott, a sophomore on the UVM Program Board and also a member of the Seneca tribe.

While most people at the event were dressed in modern clothing, some embraced Native American tradition and wore dec-orative shawls and headpieces.

A woman named TK wore a multi-colored shawl, feathered headpiece and hair and face deco-rations. She danced to the music played by the Native American drummers.

At the front of the room, a cir-cle of Native American drummers played music while the people at-tending the event were encour-aged by the members of the circle to dance.

Chief Don Stevens, a mem-ber of a Native American tribe located in the Northeast King-dom, said that his tribe is one of the recognized Native American tribes in Vermont.

The members of the circle dis-cussed inter-tribal dances. Ste-vens joined TK in doing a dance. He said that there is no right or wrong way of doing Native Amer-ican dancing, as long as it is done

in a respectful manner.When no one from the audi-

ence joined Stevens and TK on the dance floor, four people from each table were asked to stand up and come do a friendship dance. He told everyone that came up to join hands and dance around in a circle to the beat of the drums.

Wells-Scott, who is from New York City, said that it is hard to hold on to this part of her culture and that the drumming and ritu-als seen at the event are just ways that Native Americans celebrate, not a part of their everyday life.

She said that the Seneca tribe that she is a member of is part of the greater Iroquois tribe. Wells-Scott said she enjoys the pow-wows in her culture, which are celebrations with drumming, dancing and traditional food and clothing.

Dancing, eating and singing continued throughout the eve-ning as more people continued to show up to celebrate not only their own heritage, but the heri-tage of the greater Native Ameri-can population of the United States.

Nestled between Rasputin’s Bar and Lift Nightclub is a new Mexican restaurant that brings a lively vibe to lower Church Street.

Jumping into Burlington’s existing Mexican scene, El Gato Cantina offers a large menu with reasonable prices for college stu-dents.

Owner Tree Bertram named the resturant because of UVM’s mascot, the Catamount, and his desire to make the restaurant a kind of watering hole for people to come drink, eat and enjoy themselves, according to the El Gato Cantina website.

This watering hole environ-ment is apparent as soon as you walk through the front doors.

The atmosphere begs for live-ly conversation and plates of food to be shared among friends.

The sea-green walls and yel-low ceilings are adorned with paintings and sculptures of El Gato’s namesake, the cat.

The low lighting gives El Gato an intimate feel even though the floor is covered with high and low tables.

One of El Gato’s major selling points is their tequila.

In addition to their bottled tequila, they make three home-made infusions: jalapeno, orange and a seasonal variety.

Since I’ve never been one to say no to a margarita, I made this

my starting point and ordered one standard house margarita and one El Gato margarita with triple sec, lime, simple syrup and the seasonal ginger-infused te-quila.

While both were good, the simple syrup made the El Gato margarita sweeter then a typical house margarita.

If you’re put off by the flavor of traditional margaritas, opt for the sweeter El Gato margarita.

However, if you like a slight sour taste, go for the cheaper house margarita.

Next up was an appetizer of guacamole.

Like every other true Mexi-can food fan, guacamole is a must-have for me during the course of a meal.

While deciding on what to get for the main course, El Gato pro-vides a basket of chips and a bowl

of pico de gallo salsa to munch on.

Their speedy and attentive service leaves little to no time for the conversation to fizzle.

Both the salsa and the guaca-mole were delicious. The guaca-mole had chunks of avocado and clippings of cilantro, showing that it was freshly made for our order.

For dinner, I opted to try a combo plate of tacos and tamales. I chose one taco de carne asada, an aguacate con queso taco and a pork tamale.

Even though the plate came heaping with food, it was all a little underwhelming.

The pork in the carne asada taco had a nice spice but was too tough and the pork tamale was drier then it should be.

The aguacate taco was an interesting take on a vegetarian taco.

Made only with avocado, cheese, black beans and pico de gallo salsa, it was refreshing but unfortunately lacked any real fla-vor.

Even though there was a lack of oomph in some of the food, the spirited environment still served up an entertaining evening with friends.

The vibrant colors and fast-paced setting make El Gato Can-tina a fun place to get together with friends over a few plates of chips and tacos without breaking the bank.

Ever wonder what an ice wine is? Have you ever tried a freshly brewed batch of por-ter? This week on BTV Beats I show you three different ways to try out the unique wine and beer that Burlington of-fers.

The team at Shel-burne Vineyards has discovered a way to harvest grapes despite the intense winters in Vermont and offers a variety of wines in its eco-friendly winery. Vermont also has the most breweries per capita in the nation, so

what better way to cele-brate this than to visit as many of them as pos-sible by taking the Ver-mont Beer Challenge?

Don’t have time to visit vineyards or brew-eries? Hold your own pub-crawl with your friends to visit as many pubs as possible.

Check out the video online to learn more about the beer and wine that Vermont-ers love, how to host a pub-crawl and how Hurricane Irene as af-fected the harvest this year. You stay classy, Burlington.

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By Hillary GilsonStaff Writer

Gato’s mood, better than foodNew restaurant brings lively setting to Mexican scene

MACKENZIE JONES The Vermont CynicSophomore Diana Biggs dines on steak and fish tacos at El Gato Cantina, a Mexican restaurant, on Main Street on Nov. 17.

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By Jordanna GoodmanSenior Staff Writer

Drums, dancing fill DCNative American event honors tradition

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicTakara Matthews scarf dances at the Native Harvest with the Silvercloud Singers on Nov. 16 in the Silver Maple Ballroom.

EMMA HANSEN

Even though there was a lack

of oomph in some of the food, the

spirited environment still served up an

entertaining evening with friends.

LIFE 7THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

With winter fast approach-ing, local markets are providing the opportunity for students to take a break from studying with a seasonal cooking class.

In preparation for winter fes-tivities, City Market and Healthy Living Market are sponsoring many cooking events to bring out the chef in students.

Nina Lesser-Goldsmith, di-rector of learning at Healthy Living Market, bases her classes on holiday themes and what’s in season.

“I ususally base classes on seasonal ingredients or on top-ics that customers tell me about,” she said. “I’m holding cookie baking classes [for Christmas].”

Other holiday themed classes include:

Saturday, Dec. 3 From 10 a.m. until noon,

City Market will host “Warm-ing Foods for Winter with Betzy Bancroft.” Bancroft, who teaches at the Vermont Center for Inte-grative Herbalism in Montpelier, will teach class members which winter foods are warming to bod-ies and why, according to the City Market website.

The event will also teach at-tendees what foods release phy-tochemicals that help increase vitality. Recipes for vegans, veg-etarians and omnivores ,includ-ing the essential Immune Tonic Soup, will be available.

Thursday, Dec. 8From 6-7:30 p.m., City Mar-

ket will introduce festive Italian biscotti cookies.

Adele Dienno will guide students to baking easy Italian cookies as well as demonstrat-ing variations to the traditional dough, according to the City Market website. This event will take place at the Sustainability Academy, 123 North St.

Monday, Dec. 12Feeling under the weather?

At City Market from 5-6 p.m., learn about simple herbal recipes for both preventing and treating common illnesses of winter.

Attendees will also learn strategies to prevent “lingering” symptoms. This class shows how to incorporate useful plants into soup stocks and teas, according to the City Market website.

Wednesday, Dec. 13 From 5:30-8 p.m., learn how

to cook for someone who eats no sugar, dairy, or wheat at Healthy Living Market.

On the menu, students will learn to cook: roasted delicata squash stuffed with wild rice, plump cherries and toasty wal-nuts; spiced no-sugar cranber-ry-apple compote with dried fruit; roasted brussel sprouts with bacon, apples and onions; and potato and zucchini fritters with curry oil, according to the Healthy Living Market wwebsite.

It’s that time of the year again, when you’re bringing that special person home for the holidays.

This is a big move and, in the midst of the awkward, drunken dinner table scenarios running through your head, you made a big whoops — you forgot to warn Mom that your lady friend became a vegan upon arriving at UVM, where, Urban Dictionary claims, “hip-pies reign freely and the ’70s will never die.”

In Vermont, we have a skewed perception that these lifestyles are of the norm, but in the Mid-Atlantic and the South we are reminded that the popu-lation of people with alternative diets is incredibly dense here.

Fortunately, people have been accommodating various diets for years and a large data-base of vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes exist. The holidays have a shrine to which all foodies bow down — the

dinner table. For this, we don’t want anyone to be left out of the gluttonous enjoyment.

A great resource is “Vegan Holiday Kitchen: More than 200 Delicious, Festive Reci-pes for Special Occasions” by Nava Atlas or “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food” by Mark Bittman, one of my all time favorite writers and clever New York Times food columnist.

Even Martha Stewart, god-dess of all things domestic, is onto this trend. She is posting vegan and vegetarian recipes on her website.

Some simple tips and trade-offs include:

Don’t put all the stuffing inside the turkey: Put some in a casserole dish to avoid all the turkey’s juices. The vegs will appreciate this big time.

Avoid making piecrusts with lard or butter. Use veg-etable oil instead. Pies are gen-erally safe, so go pastry crazy and bake the classic pumpkin, apple and pecan varieties.

If you’ve got a vegan on your hands, you can opt for a tofu pumpkin pie: Replace the condensed milk with silkened tofu, coconut milk or cashew cream. Crust also becomes an issue for those avoiding gluten — pumpkin pie with a coconut-pecan crust is a safe, delicious gluten-free option.

Give vegetables a promi-nent presence at the table. Think leafy greens — spinach, kale and colorful Swiss chard are great sautéed with on-ions and garlic and provide a healthy side dish.

Hearty root veggies are in abundance this time of year

and are so earthy and whole-some that you’ll instantly feel grounded.

And lastly, how could we forget the Pilgrims’ favor-ite — squash. Winter squash varieties are perfect steamed or roasted and teamed with sweet or savory flavors.

A personal favorite is but-ternut squash soup, with a hint of ginger and jalapeño pepper for a kick. Pair that with some warm sourdough bread and you’ve died and gone to taste bud heaven.

I also asked some fellow UVM peers about their gastro-nomic plans for the season.

Sophomore Danielle Des-roche responded with her in-tention to whip up some of her favorite Thanksgiving treats.

“Sweet potato black bean casserole, cranberry squash millet and pumpkin spice dough balls — all vegan and all delicious,” Desroche said.

Sophomore Nick Loeb said he stands firmly with his turkey choice.

“I love meat … that’s not going to change,” Loeb said. “What the hell is ‘tofurkey’ anyway? That’s ridiculous.”

Senior Kristina Zontini said, “I’ll be foraging for all my Thanksgiving food.”

Whatever style of holiday meal you’ll be enjoying, it’s essential to remember the purpose of our festivities and reflect on how much we have to truly be thankful for. The ac-cumulation of warm smiles on the faces of family and friends, a bountiful feast and fascinat-ing conversation account for absolutely everything. So let the food coma-inducing laughter and family sing-a-longs begin.

Students switch up celebratory cooking

By Ann ChathamStaff Writer

Holiday comfort comes to market

SARAH ALEXANDER

The dance program is show-ing off some new moves.

Seniors Dylan Friedman, Car-lyn Levy, Erin Duffee, Chelsea Ryll, Samantha Ethridge, Kaleigh Mulpeter and junior Tierney Munger put on a recital showcas-ing their own choreography on Nov. 13.

This showcase is one of two that students in professor Paul Besaw’s choreography class are required to perform.

For one of the showcases, the students must choreograph their own solo. For the other, they must choreograph a group dance that is performed by other danc-ers.

The second showcase will take place on Dec. 11 in the UVM Recital Hall.

For a few of the students, the showcase on Nov. 13 was their first time performing a solo. At the question and answer ses-sion following the showcase, the students agreed that this was a nerve-racking experience.

“Getting feedback in the class setting was really helpful for pre-paring for the performance,” Duf-fee said.

The showcase included a wide variety of pieces.

The first, choreographed and performed by Friedman, was titled “Box Dance.” Friedman performed the entire dance from inside a cardboard box on stage.

While this piece was not per-formed to music, other pieces were.

The piece that Duffee choreo-graphed and performed, titled “Something Between Seasons,” was performed to Bon Iver’s song “Skinny Love.”

Ethridge’s piece, titled “Changemaker,” was her first time choreographing her own solo.

“I really wanted to try and dis-cover how dance could be used as a form of activism,” Ethridge said. “As an environmental stud-ies major and dance minor, their point of intersection has always been very intriguing to me.”

“Changemaker” was a very personal piece for Ethridge. There were two major sources

from which she drew inspiration. The first was a favorite quote

by Wangari Maathai that reads: “There comes a time when hu-manity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness. To reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.”

Ethridge said that the quote got her “interested in the reccur-ring theme of time in the piece.”

A YouTube video called “The Time is Now” was her second source of inspiration.

“There have been numerous eruptions of change in our his-tory,” Ethridge said. “That feeling of empowerment and realizing your own potential to create posi-tive change was my inspiration.”

The showcases are a way for students to gain performance ex-perience and share their work.

The student choreographers were happy with the outcome of their performances. “Seeing ev-eryone’s pieces evolve from the studio to the stage was my favor-ite part. The transformation was really exciting,” Levy said.

ARTS8 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

By Natalie SlackSenior Staff Writer

Grab a glass of wine and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s and prepare yourself for a good cry.

“Like Crazy” is a love story made for the 21st century, and one that anyone who has ever been in a long-distance relation-ship can relate to.

Felicity Jones plays Anna, a college student from the U.K. who is in Los Angeles on a stu-dent visa.

She falls for a fellow student, Jacob, played by Anton Yelchin. Their love is incredibly believable on screen.

Unable to say goodbye, Anna violates her visa in order to spend a few more months with Jacob — an act that ultimately results in her inability to re-enter the U.S.

Struggling with a relationship across continents, their on-again off-again love and failed attempts to temper the sting of loneliness are true to life and painful to watch.

Even more painful to watch are the continuous rejections of the couple’s attempts to get Anna back in the states.

Their last-ditch attempt and final rejection — don’t worry, the movie has not been spoiled — is

enough to melt the coldest of hearts.

The movie has simple, real-istic dialogue and the scenes are shot in about four locations.

This simplicity makes for some slow moments, but ulti-mately is what makes this film a realistic portrayal of love and loss.

You will not be rolling your eyes at another clichéd Hol-lywood ending. In fact, you will probably stare at the screen, mouth slightly agape, regret-ting every time you wished for a movie that didn’t have a cookie-cutter storyline.

By answering the questions we always ask but never really want to know the answers to — Is love really enough? How much are you willing to give up for the one you love? Is long distance re-ally that bad? — This movie will either serve as a life lesson or a painful reminder of love lost.

Movie review

EMILY BARTRAN

You’ll cry ‘Like Crazy’

When an unknown author writes a book that does well, he or she is encouraged to create more books with the characters that the publisher knows will sell.

Publishing, after all, is a busi-ness. It doesn’t even matter if the subsequent series is up to par with the first novel; the publish-ers know you will buy it, because they know from the sales of the first one that the characters or the story has you hooked.

Fortunately, series are usu-ally rather decent. Usually, when a novel is published, the author has enough sense to plan for the possibility of more books to fol-low the first one. Usually.

“The Magician King” by Lev Grossman is the disappoint-ing sequel to “The Magicians” (2009). Grossman’s previously reviewed novel was hailed as original and refreshing. This

sequel was a serious literary let-down from his prior success.

While “The Magicians” tells the tale of Quentin Coldwater’s evolution through the magical world, “King” seems to revert to the beginning.

While the story picks up where “Magicians” left off, Quen-tin is no longer the sagacious wiz-ard we leave at the end of the ad-venture. Rather, he has reverted back to the angst-ridden child he was when introduced. It’s as if the trials of the first book had never happened.

In the first book, Quentin was another fantastic piece of the magic that Grossman weaved into his novel. In this one, Gross-man obliterates our expectations for progress while wiping out the history of his characters.

Not only is his characteriza-tion at fault, but the plot is ludi-crously simple. Grossman goes from a creative idea to yet an-other interpretation of the oldest plot line of all time: a quest. A quest for golden keys.

Follow Quentin as he makes convenient mistake after mistake until the keys are found, the deus ex machina makes its entrance and a minor character from the first book gets her story told in tormented prose.

“The Magician King” is a 400-page epilogue, and while consis-tent with Grossman’s enjoyable style, it is entirely not worth the time spent reading it.

ALEXA REILLY

‘The Magician King’ by Len Grossman

Book reviewFrom a studio to the stage

SARAH PFEFER The Vermont CynicTierney Munger performs her choreography at the Choreography Showcase on Nov. 13 at the UVM Recital Hall.

Dancers showcase their talents, choreography

Power surges on albumEarth-shattering tracks fill ‘Ceremonials’

Florence and her machine take their majestic blend of folk, soul and pop to new heights on “Ceremonials.”

As one of 2009’s breakout successes, Florence + the Ma-chine has seen its popularity soar, thanks to the power of singles “Dog Days Are Over” and “Cos-mic Love” off 2009’s “Lungs.”

The collective is led by Flor-ence Welch, a fiery singer with an air-raid siren voice and an ear for melody and composition.

At first glance, she is the latest in a long line of British soul divas. Yet there’s something that sets her music apart from the classic soul beltings of Adele or the pop stylings of Ellie Goulding.

Welch is closer to an indie songstress such as Regina Spe-ktor or Neko Case, albeit one that blows up her songs into gorgeous alt-indie-soul creations.

“Ceremonials” doesn’t stray much from that formula. The al-bum reflects her newfound ambi-tions as well as experience tour-ing with stadium rock giants U2.

At the start of the album, the listener is lulled in by joyous church bells, only to be jarred out of the tranquil scene by piano hits and Welch opening her lungs and heart with the simple phrase “I had a dream.”

It certainly must have been a big dream, for “Only If for a Night” is a behemoth.

Throughout, Welch wails about practical ghosts and se-cret ceremonials over thundering drums, minor-key piano, strings and a choir. The song is a power-house, infecting Welch’s somber themes of loss and remembrance with the bombast and elevation of the ’80s pop that has influ-

enced her. It’s been done before, but it’s rarely been done this well.

The album’s breakout single “Shake It Out” follows with a similar feel to the previous song, yet with a much more uplifting tone in both lyrics and melody.

Though it isn’t the best song on the album, “Shake it Out” per-fectly exemplifies the sound and strengths of the group.

“What The Water Gave Me” carries the momentum of previ-ous tracks, building to a conclu-sion that displays the range and power of Welch’s voice.

From here, the album di-verges into gorgeous ballads — “Leave My Body” and “Never Let Me Go,” ’60s soul — Lover To Lover, and pop gems — “No Light, No Light,” all propelled by the arrangements and instru-mentation.

Commendation must be giv-en to The Machine — throughout the album their playing allows the songs to fully take flight. An extra nod should be given to Isa-bella Summers — the original “machine,” when the band was just a two-piece of her and Welch — who plays the keys and directs the choir and string sections, two important aspects of this album.

The album isn’t perfect, as there are a few songs such as “Breaking Down” and “Seven Devils” that can’t compete with the rest of the album.

The album also lacks a sense of dynamics. Every song is an epic, and the album is constantly firing on all cylinders with little to no room for subtlety and nuance.

Yet in the end, Florence + the Machine shoots for the stars and succeeds, creating a standout re-cord that unites everyone from “Twilight” fans to cynical hipsters under its banner.

By Jake DougherStaff Writer

“Seeing everyone’s pieces evolve from

the studio to the stage was my favorite part.”

Caryln LevySenior

Mike Scaturo, aka Cake Ef-fect, has big things ahead of him.

The group he performs with — Electrode Entertainment — just got a regular gig at Metronome on Thursday nights, he’s playing a show at Webster Hall in New York City next semester and he’s opening for Burlington’s Barstool Blackout Tour shows in January.

Scaturo, now a junior at UVM, stumbled into making mashups by chance.

“Freshman year one of my roommates showed me this pro-gram [to mix music],” Scaturo said. “I started messing around with it.”

He said he did not plan on do-ing anything more than making a few mixes.

“I never really intended it to go bigger than for fun, but over time it kind of just blew up,” Sca-turo said.

The name Cake Effect that Scaturo performs under also came about largely by chance.

“Me and my friends were talk-ing and they said, ‘You need a name. You can’t just go by Mike,’” Scaturo said.

In hindsight, Scaturo said that he has not always been happy with the stage name he chose.

“I kind of wish I’d come up with something better,” he said. “People make frosting references sometimes, like a cupcake. Now I can’t really change it, though. I guess I don’t hate it too much.”

As Cake Effect, Scaturo has re-

leased a number of mixtapes and plays shows with some regularity, but he is also a full-time student.

“It can be tough at times [to balance music and school], in terms of the workload,” he said. “It’s a lot more fun to work on a new mashup than study for a sta-tistics exam. [But] it usually ends up all balancing out in the end.”

When Scaturo spoke about coming up with new material, it seemed that making music could live in harmony with daily stu-dent life.

“I’ll hear a song I like — on the way to class or in the shower — and I’ll go home and download the a cappella version of it,” he said.

Scaturo said that after com-bining the song with other music, if he likes the result he’ll show his friends and see what they think.

This may sound simple, but the attention Cake Effect has got-ten speaks to Scaturo’s knack for making music.

The Barstool Blackout Tour is coming to Burlington on Jan. 19 and 20.

Originally, only one show was planned, but the first show sold out so quickly that another one was added, according to the Higher Ground website.

Both shows are now sold out.Scaturo will be opening for

both shows.“We heard they were coming

to Vermont, and I was really ex-cited,” Scaturo said of Barstool Blackout. “I think that’s what our campus really needs.”

Scaturo’s manager contacted the people in charge of the show and sent in some of Scaturo’s mu-sic, Scaturo stated.

“They said they’d like to give me a spot,” he said. “I’m really ex-cited. Barstool is one of my favor-ite websites.”

Burlington has been a good place for Scaturo to work on his music, both with opportunities to play shows like Barstool Blackout and a community of fellow DJs.

“[It’s great] how tight-knit all

the UVM DJs are,” he said. “The music scene is pretty thriving. Good shows come here; [there is] good inspiration.”

Besides getting inspiration from shows that come here, and national electronic dance music (EDM) artists — such as Super Mash Brothers, the group that Scaturo called his favorite — Sca-turo expressed appreciation for a fellow Burlington artist or two.

“Pierce Fulton is someone lo-cally who I aspire to,” he said.

Scaturo further participates in the local EDM community as a member of UVM’s EDM club.

Looking to the future, in addi-tion to playing more shows, Sca-turo wants to advance his music itself, he said.

“Mainly [I want to] actually start producing original music,” he said. “I played a lot of instru-ments in high school. I miss read-ing sheet music. Mashups can only get you so far. Producing my own tracks is the next step.”

ARTS 9THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

DJ sweetens Burlington music sceneCake Effect talks about stage name, student life and what’s next

COURTESY OF DAMIR ALISA PHOTOGRAPHYJunior Mike Scaturo, also known as Cake Effect, playing a show at Club Metronome on Oct. 25. He is scheduled to perform at the Barstool Blackout Tour, which is coming to Burlington in January.

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“ALL THE SUDDEN THEY CUT THE THING AND THERE’S 200 PEOPLE ON TOP OF MY MOM.”

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COLUMNISTS

ZACH DESPART

Black Friday, an annual event that celebrates greed, de-pravity and a Hobbesian view of mankind was again marred by violence nationwide. Yet from the rubble a similar theme emerged — a lot of these inci-dents occurred at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart on a good day is sketchy — if you haven’t already, check out www.peopleofwalmart.com. Add thousands of sleep-deprived shoppers and ridiculous dis-counts, and you’ve created a recipe for disaster.

Several stabbings and a shooting were reported across the country last Friday. NBC News noted the arrest of a woman who pepper sprayed fellow shoppers so she could get an Xbox.

The Los Angeles Times not-ed that several fights, injuries and “at least one shooting” had occurred at Wal-Marts across the nation on Nov. 25.

The publication quoted a Wal-Mart spokesman who assured “It has been a safe event at thousands of Wal-Mart

stores. These have been a few unfortunate incidents.”

CNN reported that in Myr-tle Beach, S.C., a woman was shot in an attempted robbery in a Wal-Mart parking lot. The assailants fled when another shopper pulled out a gun.

I don’t know what is more disturbing — that a woman was shot while shopping or that someone knew well enough to pack heat at Wal-Mart on Black Friday.

Another man was shot outside a San Leandro, Calif. Wal-Mart. In 2008, an em-ployee was trampled to death at a Long Island Wal-Mart.

In the last five years there have been shootings, stabbings, fights, armed robberies and stampedes that have resulted in dozens of injuries and the death of an employee, yet Wal-Mart has done nothing to change the conditions in which these incidents occur.

Wal-Mart isn’t telling you to shank someone over a Tickle-Me-Elmo — they’re just creating a situation that in-creases your likelihood of being shanked.

Certainly, customers share the blame when it comes to Black Friday. A 50 percent off television does not give you license to shed all sense of decency.

What started as bargains the day after Thanksgiving has expanded to stores opening at well before dawn, and even starting the night before.

The result is that hundreds of thousands of Americans who work in retail have to alter their holiday schedules, meaning less time spent with family.

There are a few professions where it is legitimate to have to work on a holiday — hospital staff, emergency personnel, etc. Working at a box store is not one of them. But Wal-Mart employees are left with little recourse — the company has long taken a hard line against labor unions.

I don’t buy into the excuse that Black Friday is “com-petitive shopping.” It’s not an excuse to act like a moron. You can’t drive 90 mph on the high-way and tell the officer it was just “competitive driving.”

Black Friday may reap huge profits for huge retailers like Wal-Mart — it is estimated that the holiday season accounts for more than 20 percent of annual sales at these stores.

How many more shoppers and employees need be injured or killed before Wal-Mart con-cedes that “a few unfortunate incidents” is really widespread violence?

Don’t contribute to the mayhem when Black Friday comes around again — wait around for similar deals online. But if you do decide to venture to Wal-Mart, it’s not a bad idea to bring that switchblade.

The student body is stepping up after the administration announced that they would not fund security for the Naked Bike Ride.

SGA Speaker of the Senate Dale Osef is offering a way to fill some of the void left by the lack of funding: the UVM Green Caps, a volunteer student safety group.

We appreciate the effort — just as we appreciate those thousands of students who have vowed to keep our unique tradition alive.

But in this case, the measure might just fall short.

Osef’s intention is noble. How-ever, there is a difference between what is noble and what is necessary to keep this event safe.

The gap between what the volunteers can provide and the se-curity necessary to keep the Naked Bike Ride safe will be large. A lack of structure and lesser trained staff will create the potential for chaos.

While the lack of organization may foster a more creative, free, fun and ridiculous experience for the majority of the naked bike riders, it also increases the poten-tial for harm, the same harm the administration cited in the email to the student body.

By announcing that they would not fund the bike ride only three weeks before the event, the admin-istration has left no opportunities for the student body to seek exter-nal funding or to come up with an alternative plan.

The administration pulled out of funding this event because of liability issues, but they have cre-ated the potential for anarchy. Is the risk worth it? Did they believe that students would just stop this celebrated UVM tradition?

Judging by the almost 2,000 accepted invitations on Facebook, this Naked Bike Ride will unite stu-dents on a common ground: Don’t tread on me or my traditions.

The administration has fueled the fire, giving cause for students to rally and save this event through showing up in even larger num-bers.

The Cynic encourages students to volunteer and we encourage participants to act responsibly. We hope UVM students keep this tradition alive while practicing safe nakedness. The administration should join us in that hope.

Zach Despart is a senior political science major. He has been writ-ing for The Cynic since fall 2009.

Going to Wal-Mart? Watch out.

Greasemongers rejoice! In an epic battle of knives and forks, Congress emerged victorious as it slashed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposal to add more fruits and vegetables to school lunches.

The National School Lunch Program is obliged to meet the federal nutrition requirements. This bill would have halved the amount of sodium served in schools. Additionally, it would have increased whole grains, greens and necessary vitamins.

Thanks to Congress, french fries and pizza still count as vegetables. I may not have an advanced degree in nutrition, but where I come from, pizza and french fries are junk. Ooz-ing with salt, sugar and pre-servatives, this is hardly what students should be consuming every day at lunch.

“Wait!” the conservatives sputter. “The government can’t tell our children what to eat. Their liberty is being violated!” Sarah Palin can sashay through the school halls holding cookies and preaching the Constitution, but it does not change the fact that we have a national epi-demic on our hands.

It is time to wake up and smell the spinach. We are becoming a nation of fatties — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion, more than a third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese.

Growing up overweight leads to a plethora of health issues down the road, including heart disease, diabetes, strokes, cancer and more. Why on earth would we want this for kids? Schools are designed to be places of education.

Teaching does not have to be confined to the classrooms, and learning to eat and live healthily is a part of a general education.

A study conducted by the

National Institute on Aging in 2005 concluded that “over the next few decades, life expec-tancy for the average American could decline by as much as five years unless aggressive efforts are made to slow rising rates of obesity.”

Let’s look at the situation from a big-picture perspec-tive. We have schools serving disgustingly unhealthy lunches, rampant childhood obesity, ex-pected lifespan decreases and a bill to improve all three major issues by only raising lunch prices by 14 cents.

Clearly our dear friends in Congress are on an extended vacation. Instead of trying to improve the U.S. schools in any way, they chose to cave to special interest groups.

Oh yes, the makers of french fries and frozen pizza had reason to celebrate before heading off to their jolly Thanksgiving holidays.

Kraig Naasz, president of the American Frozen Food Institute, said “[This agreement to fail the bill] recognizes the significant amounts of potas-sium, fiber and vitamin A and C provided by tomato paste, ensuring that students may continue to enjoy healthy meals such as pizza and pasta.”

You can only imagine my fury when I read this quote. For one thing, when tomatoes are turned into a paste they are boiled down and lose a large part of their nutritional value.

After factoring in the sugar, sodium and calories in the paste, it would be better to eat fresh, raw tomatoes. And yet Congress remains convinced that tomato paste in pizza constitutes a sufficient serving of veggies.

Congress is not acting in our best interests. It’s time to call it a day and throw the scumbags out of Washington.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011OPINION 13

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It is time to wake up and smell the spinach. We are

becoming a nation of fatties.

COLUMNISTS

Bianca Mohn“Finals?!? What, when, where, why?!?”

Jeff Ayers“I am glad I am 21 years old so I can

go vote for Rick Perry. Too bad by the day he wants me to show up it won’t

count.”

BIANCA MOHN

Pizza is a vegetable?

The last few times I’ve gone to the Davis Center, I have been asked for spare change by students who are raising money for breast cancer research. I applaud these students; I have a relative currently fighting breast cancer.

It is a horrible disease that has — for far too long — been generally ignored and poorly understood. That being said, I can’t help but wonder what their reaction would be if I told these students the real reason I can’t give them money — I am a chronically ill student who is only covered by UVM’s student insurance.

I wonder also how many people at UVM are aware of how laughably inadequate UVM’s student health insur-ance really is.

Most students are relatively healthy. They are young, ac-tive and do not require much medical treatment. But there is a small subset of us who do not fit this description.

We are the chronically ill. Through no fault of our own, we have cancer, lupus, rheuma-toid arthritis, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and/or some other incurable illness.

We have diseases we did nothing to deserve, and we re-quire constant medical supervi-sion and medication. Our lives literally depend on the quality of health care we receive. And we are terribly underserved by the student insurance available through UVM.

Few people realize just how limited student insurance really is. How many students know that their prescriptions are only covered to an annual cap of $2,500? For the average student this is not a problem.

But for those of us whose monthly prescriptions run from $500-$1,000, this is totally inadequate. Unfortunately, those of us in this situation are also disqualified for most private or public prescription-aid programs because we are technically insured. I’ve lost count of the number of medical aid programs for which I have

been rejected.Once again, I give my heart-

felt thanks and commendation to those students seeking to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. But I would like to turn the spotlight of public awareness onto the students here at UVM who are struggling to pay for our own prescriptions, tests and special-ist appointments.

We are stuck in a terrible situation that sees us having to pay thousands of dollars a year on medical bills. Until or unless the student insurance policy is changed so that it actually covers students who need long-term health care, we simply won’t have the money to donate.

We support breast cancer research, but are too over-whelmed with our own soaring medical costs.

Sincerely,Sam Hyde, M.S.Ph.D. candidate College of Medicine

Every vote can count... literally

I met Miro Weinberger — a Democratic candidate in the Burlington mayoral race — at a meet and greet in his home about two weeks ago. Being arguably the most politically apathetic person in the United States, it was no surprise that when my good friend, an intern for his campaign, asked me to go, I used every excuse I could think of to avoid attending.

As he made his proposal, I was astonished. For some rea-son, I was engaged with what he was saying. I was agreeing. Most importantly, I understood the words coming out of his mouth. For the majority of my life, I felt like political speeches were such manipulative and calculated veils that I stopped bothering to listen at all.

But Miro’s words were a refreshing change; I could hear the sincerity in his voice, and he was addressing issues that personally affected me as a UVM student. I could relate to this man.

It was in that moment I

realized not all politics are bad, and that there are good people out there that rely on students like myself to help them make a difference. I decided that night to attend the Democratic caucus two weeks later and vote for him.

I play for the UVM women’s club lacrosse team, and we had a game at the same time. My first instinct was to skip the game, because I had already mentally committed myself to the caucus.

Unfortunately, my guilt grew over the weekend, and I couldn’t bear to skip my last game of the fall season. I received updates about the caucus all afternoon, but it wasn’t until around dinner that

I received some final news.I was checking Facebook

and noticed something about Miro’s campaign. I clicked it and read, “Recount is in of 1,085 votes; both Tim [Ashe] and Miro earned 540 votes! Even tie!!! Amazing. Next vote is TBD within one month.”

I couldn’t believe that I, who only two weeks prior considered myself politically handicapped, could have been the person to decide the out-come of this election. I felt both powerful and at fault; I know in theory that every vote counts, but I have never witnessed how true that can be.

So, bottom line: You’re wel-come. Use my ironic blunder to better your life. Don’t skip voting to go to a girl’s lacrosse game — even I agree that it’s not a particularly exhilarating sport in any way — because you might just be that one out of 1,086 that makes all the differ-ence.

Sincerely,Laurel GanemClass of 2013

UVM health care is inadequate

Bianca Mohn is a first-year business administration major.

She has been writing for The Cynic since fall 2011.

Quick Opinions

“I still don’t care about the NBA. Maybe I would if the players’ defense of their earnings translates into playing some actual D on the court. But probably not.”

Zach Despart

Don’t skip voting to go to a girl’s

lacrosse game — even I agree that it’s

not a particularly exhilirating sport.

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NFL notes: Week 13By Jake BieleckiStaff Writer

Tim Tebow is a hell of a competitor — it’s hard not to root for the guy. His will to win is second to none and he shows great mental toughness as he keeps his cool while the entire sports community breaks down his every ineptitude. And no, I’m not helping that situation in any way. I also give him credit for uplifting a team that seemed hopeless and putting them on track to contend for a division title. With that said, I still don’t think he’ll be considered a quality NFL starting quarterback when his career is done.

I’ve heard the “he just wins” argument, but people aren’t putting his wins into perspective. Look at the teams he beat and the state those teams were in when they played — it’s not impressive. He’s also had the benefit of a Broncos defense holding opponents to 15 or less points in four of his five wins. There is not a big enough sample to say that Tebow’s early success in the win column is grounds for saying he’ll be a good NFL quarterback. I’m not discounting those wins, I’m just waiting for the Broncos to play more teams that can score before making any adjustments to my opinion. The Lions are the only team the Broncos played that have a good offense and they beat the Broncos 45-10. I expect a similar outcome when the Patriots play the Broncos and Tebow is forced to pass when the defense expects it.

Moving back to campus on Sunday disrupted

my weekly 10-hour football coma, but I make up for that with an abundance of thoughts on the Saints game and an overall charming demeanor. The Saints are clearly the second-best team in the NFL right now, and they’re also the only team I could see upsetting the Packers in the playoffs. Drew Brees is probably one of the most underappreciated future hall-of-famers in the history of the NFL. Often overshadowed by Brady, Manning and now Rodgers, Brees would get the respect he deserves if he takes out the Packers and wins a second Super Bowl.

Jimmy Graham is the type of talent that could rewrite history books. He is an agile monster with the ability to reach up with an unfair wingspan and effortlessly snatch the ball out of the air. Jon Gruden pointed out that teams will start drafting cover linebackers and safeties to combat the surge of young, talented tight ends. I agree with this, but what I really think will change on draft day is when tight ends are drafted. In recent years, one, maybe two tight ends have gone in the first round. I’d expect that number to climb significantly in the next 10 years.

People give the Packers’ defense a lot of respect despite the fact that they give up a lot of points. This is fair because teams are passing the ball more against them when they fall behind, but the same consideration is not given to the Saints’ defense. When I watch the Saints, they’re always flying to the ball and rarely pass up an opportunity for a big hit. Their defense as a whole makes big plays.

As for the Giants, they need to scrap the run or find a better running back. Brandon Jacobs needs a five-yard alley before he picks up enough steam to run with any authority. They need to become a one-dimensional passing team if they expect to sneak into the playoffs. Keep an eye on Da’Rel Scott. He ran a 4.34 40-yard dash and is a built guy. He returns kicks now and shows a lot of burst and the ability to break arm tackles. He was in on a 3rd and 1 and got a direct snap, showing that the coaching staff wanted the ball in his hands on a big play, but fumbled the ball lunging for first down yardage. Knowing the troll that is Tom Coughlin, the young running back won’t be heard from again until training camp next season.

On Sunday, Nov. 20, the swimming and diving team defeated Bryant 168.5-108.5. This win puts UVM at a perfect 7-0 for the start of the season, the best record in team history.

UVM saw multiple 1-2-3 finishes that day. Junior Kailey Gardner won both the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events, with two teammates closely behind in both events. In the 500, second went to Abby Dorfman and third to Taylor Slone. For the 1,000, Slone came in second and Katie Heenan third.

Records were also set for UVM as sophomore Claudia Etherington came in with a time of 57.12 in the 100 backstroke event. With this time, Etherington set a new pool record.

In the final home meet of her career, senior Avery Pittman swept the butterfly events. In the 200, Pittman came in with a time of 2:08:24 and led another 1-2-3 finish for UVM as teammates Chelsea Krisanda and Dorfman followed closely behind.

The women’s basketball team earned two wins against Houston Baptist last weekend in competition for the Husky Classic. The first win came on Friday with UVM earning a 60-47 gain over Texas Southern. In the second and final day of the Husky Classic, Vermont earned a 72-60 win with the help of a strong second half.

The first half was a back and forth battle between the Catamounts and the Houston Baptist Tigers. Vermont took a quick lead at the beginning of the first quarter, but the Tigers answered back with a 21-8 run. This run pushed the Tigers to the front with a 21-14 lead. The Tigers maintained their lead heading into halftime with a 27-22 advantage.

The game changed in the second half. Vermont went on a 19-3 run to take an 11-point lead with 13:07 remaining in the game. The Tigers quickly responded by cutting the lead to three points, but a 15-2 run by Vermont and a three-pointer by first-year Kayla Burchill gave Vermont their biggest lead of the game. With 6:40 left to

play, Vermont overpowered the Tigers 56-40.

In the final three minutes of play, the Catamounts pushed their lead for the win. Catamount secured their victory by going 9-for-11 from the foul line. The final score came to 72-60 with Vermont on top.

The women’s basketball team will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Brown University.

On Nov. 30, America East announced its 2011-12 indoor track and field preseason coaches polls. The UVM women’s team was predicted to finish fifth, while the men’s team was picked seventh in the polls.

The University of Albany was picked to finish first in both the men’s and women’s polls.

The Albany women’s program has won two consecutive America East titles while the men’s program is seeking to win its seventh straight America East Title.

Both teams open the 2011-12 season this Saturday when they host Hartford.

Sports in short Vermont swimming

and diving beats Bryant, continues winning streak

Women’s basketball tops Houston Baptist, earns Husky Classic

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By Julia DwyerStaff Writer

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It was 3rd and goal for Green Bay early in the second half of their last game. If the Lions’ defense stopped the Packers, they would be faced with a 10-0 deficit instead of a 14-0 deficit.

Aaron Rodgers’ pass flew out of the end zone — an incompletion and a victory for the Lions’ defense. That is, until Ndamukong Suh decided to put himself before the team. Suh was kicked out of the game and his penalty allowed Green Bay a new set of downs, which they did not squander. They went up 14-0 and the Packers never looked back — the Lions were deflated.

Not only did Suh’s penalty cost the Lions the game, it may have cost them the season. After their game at New Orleans, they still have games at Oakland and at Green Bay. It’s hard to win games when your most important defensive player is off the field.

By the way, New Orleans hasn’t lost at home this year and Drew Brees is on pace to break the single-season passing yards record.

NFL notes: Week 13While most UVM students

were enjoying break, the student-athletes of the men’s hockey team played five games over the week.

The games yielded mixed results for the team, as they played mostly Hockey East teams at home and on the road. Vermont suffered losses against Boston University, Northeastern University and Colgate but won games against UMass and Dartmouth.

The week started off with a road trip against BU and Northeastern on Nov. 18 and 19. UVM lost both games, the first 4-3 and the second 4-1.

The Cats began a comeback in the third period against BU, as junior Sebastian Stalberg knocked in a rebound to bring the score to 4-3 at 16:42. The hope was short-lived, though, as time ran out on Vermont’s chances. A similar story could be told of the Northeastern game.

“We didn’t battle tonight and we just didn’t engage,” head coach Kevin Sneddon said of the Northeastern game. “We’ve had some good growth games without results, but today was a step back, and a lot of that is credit to [Northeastern]. They were the much better team.”

Returning home on Nov. 22 to face UMass, the team delivered a win, defeating the Minutemen 2-1.

First-year Kyle Reynolds scored twice in the win, and secured Vermont its first Hockey East win of the season.

Victory was short-lived for the Catamounts, as Colgate came to Gutterson the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, and shut down the Cats in a decisive 4-1 victory.

Though the Catamounts scored first in the game, they were not able to muster another goal or hold off Colgate. Despite this, Sneddon was pleased with the team’s work ethic.

“We had way too many chances to only have scored one goal,” Sneddon said. “That to me was disappointing because I think our guys deserved a lot better; they worked extremely hard.”

Vermont bounced back just two days later when they beat Dartmouth in another high-scoring game, this time winning 5-3.

Though Dartmouth held the lead in the third period, Vermont scored three unanswered goals to wrap up the win. Twelve different Catamounts recorded a point in the contest.

“Today wasn’t the prettiest game, but we’d rather come away with the win,” Stalberg said. “We have to grind it out and make sure that we get the wins.”

Vermont will wrap up their long five-game homestand on Dec. 2 and 3 when they face Maine, another Hockey East foe. The puck will drop at 7:05 p.m. for both games.

Ups and downs for men’s hockey over ThanksgivingBy Diana GiuntaSenior Staff Writer

JONATHAN POLSON The Vermont CynicJunior Sebastian Stalberg fends off a UNH skater as he chases down the puck in UVM’s game on Nov. 13.

our teammates.”Another senior, Nate Dolan,

who transferred from the Division II football program at Saint Anslem to play for UVM, termed his transition as different, but “a good different.”

“Playing on the UVM team didn’t consume my whole life, like it did at Saint A’s, but we still managed to have good practices and that translated when it came to games,” Dolan said.

Dolan said he had a lot of fun playing for UVM and that the players and coaches were great, adding, “I wish I had another year left to play.”

Bluto echoed Dolan’s sentiments, adding his comfort with the team he has to leave behind.

“I feel as though the base of underclassmen on our team

is great,” Bluto said. “They are great guys, and players, who are really going to bring this team places that I don’t think club founder Doug Deluca could ever imagine.”

That’s what it’s all about for these guys. Making plays and winning games are great, but what’s more important to these players is growing and developing — growing as a team and program, but also as people.

The beauty of club sports is the ability to just have fun. Coincidentally, UVM happens to dominate the field as well, but they are happy to be having fun in the process.

“My three years of playing for this team have been more than I ever could have imagined,” Bluto said. “I am infinitely grateful for the opportunity that I had to continue playing the game that I love.

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NFL Picks Week 13By Will AndreycakSports Editor

WA ME JK

Initials indicate

the author of the pick:

(WA) — Will Andreycak (ME) — Mike Eaton

(JK) — Jeremy KarpfIllustrations by Stephanie Feinberg

New Orleans Saints vs. Detroit Lions

— Sunday, Dec. 4, 1 p.m.

Houston Texans vs. Atlanta Falcons

— Sunday, Dec. 4, 8:20 p.m.

New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers

— Sunday, Dec. 4, 4 p.m.

The Giants are no stranger to defeating teams striving for perfection. This time, however, the game is far less important and the Giants are far less talented. Ravaged by injury and a brutal schedule, the Giants are looking at a four-game losing streak and a .500 record.

We saw last week that Eli Manning can rack up yards with the best of them, but the Giants’ defense, for years anchored by their pass rush, is failing them. That is a recipe for disaster against Aaron Rodgers and his 34-4 touchdown-interception ratio.

It really is a shame that Matt Schaub is out for the season, because this game would have been extremely intriguing had Schaub been leading Houston to their first playoff run in team history. The Texans will still make the playoffs, barring a collapse, due to their formidable defense and their two-headed running attack.

If Atlanta can beat Houston this weekend they should have a pretty time with sowing up the NFC wildcard — other than a week 16 matchup at New Orleans. A loss to a team led by starting quarterback T.J. Yates would be a devastating for an Atlanta team that has won five of their last six games.

Unanimous

Unanimous

Unanimous

16-18 18-16 21-13

Cats fall in title game

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Athlete spotlight of the week#34 Roxanne Douville Women’s hockey

Class: Sophomore Position: Goalkeeper

Height: 5’5”

Hometown: Beloeil, Quebec

High school: Cypress Creek

High School

Previous team: College

Edouard-Montpetit

By Taylor FeussStaff Writer

Douville made 29 saves and earned the third shutout of her career as UVM triumphed over Colgate 3-0 this past Sunday. Even though Colgate outshot the lady Catamounts 21-3 in the past two periods, none succeeded in passing by Douville. In her first year at UVM, Douville started in 22 games, finishing the season with a 5-11-6 record, 1.91 GAA, .931 save percentage and two solid shutouts.

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Before becoming a Catamount, Douville skated for two years at College Edouard-Montpetit, winning consecutive championships with the team. In 2009, Douville earned the silver medal at the IIHF U-18 Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship in Fussen, Germany. While at the World Championship, Douville received one of the three Canadian Best Player Awards.

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Women’s hockey vs. ConnecticutGutterson Fieldhouse2 p.m.

Women’s hockey vs. ConnecticutGutterson Fieldhouse2 p.m.

Men’s basketball @ YaleNew Haven, Conn. 2 p.m.

Friday 12/2 Saturday 12/3Men’s hockey vs. Maine Gutterson Fieldhouse7:05 p.m.

Men’s hockey vs. MaineGutterson Fieldhouse7:05 p.m.

A last-second touchdown, followed by a scoreless second half, led to a Southwestern Connecticut championship trophy while, for the first time this year, the club football team did not find their way into the end zone.

Strong defensive efforts by both teams contributed to the soccerlike final score of 6-2, while offense seemed lackluster and ineffective. It was early in the first half when UVM decorated the scoreboard with a pair of points coming off of a safety.

The rest of the half remained a clash of the defenses, with Southwestern’s only points coming from a snap that occurred with only seconds left and a hail mary pass finding the end zone with zero seconds left on the clock. UVM regained momentum by stopping a two-point conversion attempt before the half.

The second half saw only fourth downs and punts, as both teams proved why they belong in the top three nationally. It was not until UVM’s final drive in the last minutes of the fourth that head coach TJ Sawyer fell back onto his passing game — yet it was a little too late. Sophomore wide receiver Jake Bielecki caught a Jack Leclerc pass as UVM made their way down the field, the Leclerc-Bielecki combo racking up more than 50 yards on the drive.

From there, Southwestern’s defense took over, triple-

covering Bielecki and allowing no further passes inside the red zone. The final seconds ticked away after a Southwestern knee as they defended their spot as Yankee Collegiate Football Conference champions for the second year in a row.

The loss marks UVM’s only defeat this season as well as the last game for seven seniors. One of the most notable losses will be team captain senior Chad Foley. He has fond memories

of his time with this more-than-extracurricular activity.

“No one joins the club to just have something extracurricular to do in the fall,” Foley said. “We all join to compete, get better, develop the program, and win football games.”

And that’s just what they’ve succeeded in doing. This season marked the best for UVM club football as it powered through an undefeated regular season and gained the nation’s top spot.

After three years with the team, another senior captain, Shane Bluto, has also noticed this improvement, citing the coaches as a large influence.

“Our coaches all put an emphasis on playing well together and working together as a team,” Bluto said. “They arranged events where we could see each other outside of practice and just hang out as a team, which really helped in working together.”

He feels as though it is less of a team full of great football players and more of a group of friends who just happen to be great football players.

“Playing for this team for three years now, I feel as though this is the first time that the team really just seems like a bunch of friends flying around and making plays on the football team,” Bluto said. “We all love

The end of a season, the start of a teamBy Mike EatonAssistant Sports Editor

MICHAEL CHAUCER-TORELLO The Vermont CynicA UVM running back gets gang-tackled to the turf in their 6-2 loss to Southwestern Connecticut in the Yankee Conference Championship on Nov.19. The championship loss is the second straight year UVM has fallen one victory short of a conference title.

Sunday 12/4Women’s basketball @ BrownProvidence, R.I. 5 p.m.

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Men’s basketball fills up on wins over Thanksgiving Break

Despite playing four games in just eight days — three of which were on the road — the men’s basketball team was able to take three out of four and improve their record to 4-2 on the year. Vermont was able to beat Marist, Old Dominion and Siena, with the lone loss against Long Island University.

The eight-day marathon began at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Uncasville, Conn., where Vermont played games on back-to-back days.

In the opening game of the tournament, UVM defeated Marist 84-75 behind 22 points from first-year Four McGlynn and 19 points from sophomore Luke Apfeld — both are career highs. Sophomore Brian Voelkel filled the stat sheet, recording nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

Vermont advanced to the championship game where they were defeated by Long Island University 80-75. Voelkel once again led the way for the Catamounts, recording 13 points, nine rebounds and seven

assists. McGlynn once again scored in double figures with 11, while senior Matt Glass and junior Ben Crenca each scored 10 points apiece. Overall six different Catamounts scored eight or more points in the contest.

After three days off, the Catamounts returned to action against Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va. on Nov. 23 where they were able to defeat the Monarchs 65-63 in overtime.

Led by Apfeld’s 15 points, the Catamounts were able to accomplish a task that few opponents of Old Dominion have been able to achieve in the last few years: winning in their gym. Old Dominion had won 31 of its last 34 and 47 of its last 53 games in their building before the Catamounts’ overtime victory.

In an interview with Athletic Communications, head coach John Becker appreciated the significance of the victory.

“That was a great win for our program — we have a lot of respect for Old Dominion and their coaching staff,” Becker said. “I give our players a lot of credit — we battled after getting down 12 early in the second half,

and we were fortunate to make a couple shots late.”

After a five-game road trip to open the season the Catamounts returned home to face Sienna on Nov. 26. In a back-and-forth contest, UVM needed every second on the clock to put away the Saints 64-62.

The game was tied with 25 seconds left as UVM ran their offense and were able to get junior Brendan Bald a good look from the right wing. The shot rattled off the rim high into the air where Matt Glass was able to tip in the game-winning bucket as time expired.

Glass, whose would-be game-tying tip-in against South Florida was discounted weeks earlier, finished the game with 13 points to lead Vermont scorers. Voelkel had another typical game, finishing with seven points, 14 rebounds and eight assists.

The Catamounts now stand at 4-2 with victories over prestigious mid-major programs such as Old Dominion and Siena.

UVM will look to continue their out-of-conference success as they host Harvard on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.

By Will AndreycakSports Editor

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