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CYNICThe University of Vermont’s independent voice since 1883 Illustration by Dana Heng

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX GOLDENBERGHeroin use has been increasing in Vt. according to Burlington Police.

Heroin new drug of choice in Vt.[Note - Some names have

been changed to protect the source]

Heroin use has been on the rise in Vermont, Sgt. Michael Warren of the Burlington Police Department said.

Due to recent redesign of the highly abused painkiller Oxy-Contin that has made pills more expensive and harder for users to reach a high, consumers are headed toward cheaper and eas-ier means of use, Warren said.

“[The pills] can’t be crushed and snorted. The effects are di-minished when they do that,” he said. “People can’t get the same high… so if they want that same kind of high, they’re forced to use a drug like heroin.”

Following this spike in hero-in use, several arrests and raids have taken place throughout the Burlington area.

Since the beginning of the year, the BPD has conducted seven search raids, leading to 15 arrests for possession and use of heroin, cocaine and marijuana, according to the BPD.

Vermont is the top ranked state in the nation for illicit drug use other than marijuana for adults aged 18-25, the 2010 Na-tional Survey on Drug Use and Health stated.

Illicit drug use constitutes heroin, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and prescription-type opiates, according to the survey.

Hitting closer to home, her-oin abuse has affected the UVM community in the past.

Since the 2009 fatal heroin overdose of UVM senior Will Gates, Burlington Police and others have tried to get the word out about the life threatening use of illicit drugs, Warren said.

Gates’ father has toured New England showing public service announcements for colleges, as well as participating in the docu-mentary “The Opiate Effect,” he said.

The documentary, shown at the University last year, depicts the struggle of the molecular genetics major’s addiction to heroin.

Steve*, a senior, said he used to sell OxyContin pills to friends before he realized it often led

to even more dangerous drug abuse.

“It’s something that I’ve always regretted,” he said. “It led to a lot of them getting into h [heroin]. And it doesn’t just destroy them, it destroys every-thing around them.”

“The glamor drugs pull more attention because it’s much more public while h [heroin] isn’t even in many conversations RQ�ZKDW�QHHGV�WR�EH�¿[HG��,W¶V�D�much larger problem than most people understand,” Steve said.

Illicit drug use has also lead to increased criminal activity, including burglary, which has directly affected students, said Dr. Jon Porter, the director of the Center for Health and Well-being.

Two students were stabbed during a robbery involving over $2,000 worth of acid in the Wing parking lot in December of last year, according to a previous Cynic article.

Through implementing these strategies as well as others, there are three main solutions to stopping and preventing the escalation of drug use, Warren said.

“There has to be a deter-rence, there has to be education, there has to be treatment,” he said. “All those things have to work together.”

“It doesn’t just destroy them, it

destroys everything around them.”

Steve*Drug Dealer

Molly MillerCynic Correspondent

See HEROIN on page 3

Sullivan’s new sessionsIn order to bridge the gap

between administration, faculty and students, President Thomas Sullivan introduced Conversa-tions with the President where he could informally meet and GLVFXVV�VSHFL¿F�WRSLFV��

While presidents through-out UVM history have met in-formally with the community in their own way, Sullivan’s style PD\�EH�D�¿UVW�IRU�WKH�8QLYHUVLW\��said executive assistant to the president Michelle Atherton.

“This particular setting is something that’s new,” she said.

Two sessions with the faculty have taken place so far, “Foster-ing Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research” and “Mentoring and Encouraging Faculty Devel-opment and Promotion,” Sulli-van said.

Sullivan said he believes the candid dialogue of these ses-sions on fostering interdisciplin-

ary teaching and research, and mentoring and encouraging our faculty address two important priorities for the University.

“It has shaped and informed my thoughts on ways the Uni-versity can advance both priori-

ties,” he said. Sullivan said he feels the ses-

sions have been invaluable.“It gives me the opportunity

to continue the listening tour that has been a key part of my

Nursing major wins competitive scholarshipLauren Giery

Assistant News Editor

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicPresident E. Thomas Sullivan speaks to reporters about his plans for the University in the Chittenden Bank Room Feb. 22, 2012.

See SULLIVAN on page 3

Junior takes Truman

Junior Jeanelle Achee is one of the 62 students in the nation who have been named a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar, a highly competitive national award that recognizes college juniors who have made a differ-ence in public service.

Achee, a nursing major, was selected out of 629 nominated students this year, a feat she de-scribed as “surreal.”

“President Sullivan called to tell me, and I actually missed the phone call,” Achee said. “He left me a voicemail and his per-sonal number. I’ve been keeping this a secret since Friday, which has been incredibly hard.”

Achee has participated in several organizations including Hope Works, re-election cam-paigns for Sen. Bernie Sanders, John Kerry and Barack Obama and created a leadership retreat for the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars

that aims to help young women with a parent in prison, accord-ing to a University Communica-tions press release.

Achee is no stranger to dis-tinction. She has also received state and national recognition in the form of the Duke of Ed-inburg Silver Award, the Miss

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNI-VERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Staff Report

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When the Inter-Residence Association (IRA) and Feel-Good began their partnership, participants from both sides did not expect it to become so successful.

The partners also didn’t ex-pect that the national directors would want to replicate their model across the country.

The partnership is mutu-DOO\� EHQH¿FLDO�� ,5$�SD\V� IRU� D�portion of the cost of making grilled cheese sandwiches so that students can buy them at a discounted price. In return, FeelGood promotes future IRA events, Blanchard said.

“IRA’s work with FeelGood has inspired us to share the partnership with other resi-

dential hall associations across our 23 chapters,” National Pro-gram Director Corin Blanchard said. “With a $300 investment from IRA we are able to sell $2 grilled cheese sandwiches [in-stead of $4]. That day we were able to fundraise $1,500.”

)HHO*RRG� UXQV� QRQ�SUR¿W�delis specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches across col-lege campuses with 100 per-cent of proceeds invested in or-ganizations trying to eradicate global hunger, according to its website.

The idea of subsidizing sandwiches in return for event advertising began when Direc-tor of Social Program of IRA, Eric Davis reached out to Feel-Good, said President of Feel-Good Chris Joy.

“This partnership was a pleasant surprise,” Joy said.

“We hit the ground running, and three events later they have helped us raise an extra $3,000.”

One of IRA’s goals this year was to have more cooperation between clubs and organiza-tions at the University, Davis said.

“This event met that goal well because FeelGood is very popular on campus and it keeps money within the Uni-versity,” Davis said.

With three events so far, IRA has launched FeelGood ¿YH�SHUFHQW�FORVHU�WR�LWV�DQQXDO�sales goal, Joy said.

“[Our] goal for fundraising this year is $28,600,” Joy said. “So far we have raised over $20,000.”

Sophomore Natalie Bond said she appreciates being able to help end hunger while en-joying a delicious sandwich.

“Their cheese is so delicious and I love being able to do my small part,” Bond said.

Even though sophomore Megan Howley has never had a FeelGood sandwich, she still appreciates the work that they are doing.

“It’s admirable that Feel-Good is making such great strides with just a simple American grilled cheese,” Howley said.

Blanchard said that she is excited to share IRA and Feel-Good’s success and hopes that others will be able to replicate it.

“IRA and FeelGood have a shared mission,” Blanchard said. “We invite students to use

NEWS2 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

The Volunteers for Peace (VFP), which keeps its head-quarters in Burlington, has EHHQ� VHUYLQJ� DV� D� QRQSUR¿W�organization that promotes peace among nations for 31 years, according to its website.

But Volunteers for Peace has faced tough competition with the Peace Corps through-out its existence, Social Media and Campus Outreach intern and sophomore Skye D’Aquila said.

890� UDQNV� ¿IWK� DPRQJ�medium-sized schools on the Peace Corps’ Top Colleges list for 2013, with 37 undergradu-ate alumni currently serving in Peace Corps projects, accord-ing to the University’s website.

In contrast, VFP places about 10 volunteers from the University into volunteer pro-grams each year, Director Meg Brook said.

“I think that a lot of them don’t know about [Volunteers for Peace],” D’Aquila said. “My campus outreach work has just been going around campus, KDQGLQJ� RXW� À\HUV�� WDONLQJ� WR�people and trying to get the word out.”

Recently Volunteers for Peace started offering UVM students a discount to volun-teer abroad.

Students need to visit www.vfp.org and enter the coupon code uvm13 in order to receive the discount at the time of

check out, D’Aquila said.“The piece that’s really

unique is that we exchange volunteers, not money,” Brook said.

“We send somebody to France, they send somebody to us... with all expenses covered. No money is moving back and forth,” she said.

VFP coordinates with sev-

eral larger international orga-nizations to place volunteers from all over the country into over 100 service programs all over the globe to promote peaceful relations among na-tions, according to VFP’s web-site.

“We’re not this little orga-nization in Vermont gathering all these organizations in these

small communities,” Brook said.

“We’re working with actual organizations in each country that are trained in the same way to develop grassroots community-based projects,” she said.

Past projects have sent vol-unteers to countries such as Morocco, Kenya, Iceland and

Spain, and range from helping to rebuild schools to planting trees and more, the website stated.

VFP wants to increase its number of UVM volunteers as part of an effort to engage with the broader Burlington com-munity, D’Aquila said.

“We have a couple thou-sand projects [in which to] place people,” she said. “We’re just trying to get as many peo-ple [as possible].”

UVM sophomore and VFP alumna Julienne Vergura said that unlike the highly struc-tured Peace Corps programs, Volunteers for Peace offers PRUH� LQGLYLGXDO�OHYHO�� ÀH[LEOH�volunteer opportunities.

“It’s not like going with a group of American students and viewing the culture from a distance,” she said. “It’s more OLNH�\RX¶UH�H[SHULHQFLQJ�LW�¿UVW�hand.”

Volunteers for Peace also offers its volunteers control over where and how they serve.

“In the Peace Corps, you can’t choose where you go- you’re kind of locked into wherever they expect you to go-- it almost seems like they own you,” D’Aquila said.

“But with Volunteers for Peace, you can decide what kind of project you want to go on, and whether you want to go for a couple of weeks, a month, half a year- that’s all in your control,” she said.

Local nonprofit seeks more volunteersAyla YerselStaff Writer

IRA, FeelGood team up to fight world hunger

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IRA and FeelGood plan to cooperate in aspects other than fundraising, Joy said.

“Hopefully we can work to-gether on educational events that will strengthen the UVM community as a whole,” Joy said.

According to its website, FeelGood as a movement has raised over one million dollars since 2005.

“You can eat a delicious grilled cheese sandwich. You can help end world hunger. You can attend an IRA event,” said Davis. “What’s not to love?”

IRA proposes goal: more interconnectedness with other campus organizations

Director of Programing for the national division, a UVM alumni, inspired by the collaboration between IRA and FeelGood wants to expand the

program to the 23 chapters around the U.S.

FeelGood is contacted by sophomore Eric Davis

First donation is given for $300 to sell discontented sand-wiches for $1 each

Program more successful than expected, IRA owes Feel-Good $300

IRA continues to donate money but grill cheese repriced for $2 each

Davis asked FeelGood to give away fliers with each sand-wich to advertise for IRA events

FeelGood is hired to cater the statewide summit Owning the New Economy

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SGA approved the budget for campus clubs and organizations that totaled $1.6 million.

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TRUMAN UVM junior awarded the $30,000 Truman prize

Drug on the rise

NEWS4 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

Young at heart

ALICIA ACCETTA The Vermont CynicSenior Dan Ciabattoni jumps during an event at the Frank A. Livak Facility April 6. Some athletes can experience a rare heart problem called arrhythmia.

College athletes suffer from rare cardiac-related deaths

UVM athletes stretch their limits

for the love of the game, but even play-

ing your heart out can go too far.

In the most rare occasions, colle-

giate athletes have been known to die

from heart related problems.

After 29 years as a cardiovascular

M.D., Dr. Philip Ades has only seen a

small handful of cardio related deaths

in collegiate athletes.

“In my experience, there’s only

been about ten cases of student deaths,”

Ades said. “I’ve been asked to evaluate

many students for cardiac arrhythmia,

which is basically an irregular heart-

beat, but most turned out okay.”

Last month, UVM proved to be a

tragic exception.

UVM student and track runner Ja-

mie Love passed away unexpectedly

from cardiac arrhythmia, according

to the Burlington Free Press. The ar-

ticle’s comment on this “rare tragedy”

acknowledges the undetectable factor

that stigmatizes this condition.

Arrhythmias, or irregular heart-

beats, are genetic and may cause ex-

ercise related problems. In the case

of athletes, this usually allows it to go

undetected until intense, long-term

physical activity initiates heart irregu-

larity and its symptoms.

If cardiac arrhythmia is present,

athletes may begin to feel chest and

heart pains, dizziness and exercise in-

duced fainting could occur due to the

heart’s inability to pump blood nor-

mally throughout the body, Ades said.

Even with these symptoms, athletes

may not get tested or screened.

“Athletes are pushed incredibly

hard to excel,” he said. “A coach may

think it’s just a bit of dehydration, a

well meaning family member may tell

them to just rest and push past it, an

athlete could work past their limit with

the right motivation.”

Normally doctors conduct an

echocardiogram—an ultrasound of

the heart—to check for abnormalities,

Ades said. If any are found, close moni-

toring of the heart and exercise is rec-

ommended. More concern is usually

reserved for very severe cases of irregu-

lar beating.

The rarity of the condition and

the cost of screenings prevent many

programs from testing every athlete

for cardiac arrhythmia in the hopes of

catching it early on in order to accom-

modate the athlete, he said.

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eryone,” Ades said. “The key is to check

the family history and getting tested if

the symptoms begin to occur.”

UVM policy directs every student

athlete to receive a baseline physical

that includes a heart screening, said

Associate Athletic Trainer Rebecca

Choquette.

“It’s a multi-level process that in-

cludes a review of the family history

and what the athlete has dealt with

medically before,” she said. “However,

it may not be present to doctors or stu-

dents until it becomes a problem.”

Even the possibility of a diagnosis

affects some athletes.

0LFKDHO�5HJDQ��D�¿UVW�\HDU�DWKOHWH�on the men’s varsity soccer team, said

he would be absolutely devastated if he

was diagnosed with a heart condition.

“My dad was diagnosed with hyper-

trophic cardiomyopathy when he was

28 years old,” Regan said. “He was get-

ting knee surgery, it had nothing to do

really with his heart. It means no more

cardio, no more soccer.”

Regan has to get tested for cardiac

conditions every year because of his

family history. His cousin was diag-

nosed when he was 17 years old and

had to quit basketball.

“He wasn’t as big into basketball as

I am into soccer,” he said. “But it still

took a toll, he was still really upset be-

cause it’s so limiting.”

Regan recalled a senior on the team

last year who had a cardiac condition

that still allowed him to play.

“We wear heart monitors anyway

when we’re training to make sure we’re

working hard enough,” Regan said.

“His was primarily used to make sure

he didn’t pass his limit.”

The emotional toll Love’s death in-

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es prevented them from commenting

on their recent experience with heart

problems, said Alastair Ingram, assis-

tant director of athletic communica-

tions.

“They’d like to respect the family,”

Ingram stated in an email.

Marissa BeinhauerStaff Writer

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Senior Chase Martin said it’s been awhile since he has seen an issue of local arts and culture publication Thread Magazine.

“I don’t think I’ve seen an issue of Thread in months,” Martin said.

But according to Thread publisher and editor Ben Sarle, Thread isn’t dead. Printing has just been late.

“It’s a bi-monthly publi-cation, but it’s been a rough schedule,” Sarle said. “This last one we have been a month be-hind. I also didn’t get a chance to get as many copies of Issue 7 up to UVM, so that might be why you haven’t seen it.”

Thread Magazine, which Sarle launched in August 2011,

has carved out a niche covering the interests of Burlington’s collegiate and post-collegiate demographics.

From Ward 2 election can-didates to creemees, the maga-zine has made its reputation on presenting Burlington’s culture of cool through photo-heavy spreads.

“I used to thumb through it when it was in circulation but I haven’t really noticed its absence,” sophomore Andrew Fusco said. “I think it’s a cool publication with neat features.”

From a content perspec-tive, Thread is virtually prob-lem-free, Sarle said.

But as an independent pub-lication that only runs every two months, Sarle said funding Thread has been a challenge.

³:H¶YH� EHHQ� WU\LQJ� WR� ¿J-ure out how to get advertisers

which has been a task,” he said. “We can’t do long contracts like Seven Days. But once we FDQ�PDWFK�WKDW��ZH¶UH�¿QH�´

Sarle said Thread would be out soon with its Issue 8, but the publication is likely to take a one-year hiatus.

Sarle will be spending the summer and next year in New York after having been ac-cepted to Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

In the meantime, Sarle said Thread would continue to offer “just another mash-up of Burl-ington culture.” He said he has been grateful that the publica-tion has been able to thrive so far.

“The community support has been amazing,” he said. “That’s what has kept it going.”

You can check out Thread online at threadvt.com.

NEWS 5THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WALKER SULTZBACHThread Magazine, an independent publication centered on Burlington, is taking a one-year hiatus.

Thread mag not dead yet

To prepare students for a career in public healthcare, the University will offer a graduate VWXG\�FHUWL¿FDWH�RQOLQH�LQ�SXE-lic health.

According to a news re-lease by UVM, the 18-credit program will become available in summer 2013 to medical and graduate students, health practitioners, public health professionals and healthcare researchers.

“There is an urgent need for more people trained in public health,” said Associate Dean for Public Health Jan Carney. “This is because of ris-ing health concerns in modern society such as obesity, tobac-co use and infectious diseases.”

Not only will the program prepare students for health issues prevalent in today’s so-ciety, it will also prepare them for changes in the healthcare system, she said.

The classes offered are part of nationally recognized core disciplines necessary for public health education. They aim to teach students the foundations

in public health sciences such as epidemiology, which studies the cause and effect of health DQG�GLVHDVH�LQ�VSHFL¿F�SRSXOD-tions, and biostatistics, Carney said.

6WXGHQWV� ZLOO� WDNH� ¿YH� RI�the core courses and are al-lowed one elective from a list including Global Public Health and Public Health Law and Ethics.

The course is offered online WR�DOORZ�VWXGHQWV�PRUH�ÀH[LELO-ity in planning, Carney said.

It also allows students not living in Vermont to utilize the program and provides faculty with the chance to use a variety of teaching methods, she said.

“Changes in the health care V\VWHP�ZLOO�EHQH¿W�IURP�KHDOWK�professionals having addition-al knowledge in public health, to prevent more diseases and help entire populations of pa-tients,” Carney said.

The end goal of the course is to prepare graduates to prac-tice in a changing health care environment, engage in pub-lic health practices effectively and demonstrate knowledge and skills in foundation public health sciences.

Nick ShigoStaff Writer

Pushing for Public Health educationDegree in health

AlLICIA ACCETTA The Vermont CynicPremed student Lauren Wentz (left) and graduate student Kate Whitman study in the Dana Medical Library on campus April 9.

Staff Report

Between giving tours of haunted buildings and hosting group tarot card readings, the Queen City Ghostwalk (QCG) has been Burlington’s guide to the supernatural for 12 years.

Thea Lewis, founder and co-owner of QCG, said she has taken the initiative to reach out to the UVM and Burlington communities to educate people about the paranormal.

“Over the past ten years we’ve really stepped up our marketing and we’ve been known to advertise in many traditional and some non-traditional ways,” Lewis said. “Social media is big for us right now, and we have a great part-nership this year with a group of savvy, energetic marketing students from UVM.”

The collaboration to create a marketing plan began with the Cabot Marketing Challenge class at UVM, Lewis said.

“We were fortunate to be selected as winners in the Cabot Marketing Challenge through the University of Ver-

mont,” Lewis said. “Our team made a fantastic presentation, and had so many great ideas about how we could better pro-mote our business.

Now, we’re in the pro-cess of working together to spend the funds awarded by Cabot—$5,000, to raise Queen &LW\�*KRVWZDON¶V�SUR¿OH� LQ�WKH�community,” she said.

Senior Erika Colbertaldo is a member of the UVM market-ing team in the Cabot Market-ing Challenge class.

Her team’s goal was to make QCG not just a seasonal business for Halloween, but also hold events year round, Colbertaldo said.

³7KH� ¿UVW� WKLQJ� ZH� GLG� WR�make this happen was to hold a Black Shamrock tour on the weekend of Saint Patricks Day,” Colbertaldo said. “On this tour, business owner Thea Lewis led two tours around haunted bars and pubs in downtown Burl-ington. Because of this event’s success, Thea will now hold it annually.”

Lewis and Colbertaldo said that their main focus is work-ing on upcoming event Fright by Candlelight April 18 to hon-

or national poetry month.The event will host per-

formers including Alice Levitt from Seven Days and Reuben Jackson from Vermont Public Radio, the website stated.

All tickets cost $13 and the proceeds will go to the Chil-dren’s Literacy Foundation.

QCG has donated to orga-nizations such as the American Cancer Society and the Ver-mont Foodbank, Lewis said.

Junior Elise Crowley said she has been interested in QCG but has never had the chance to experience it.

“I haven’t done it before, but I’ve always wanted to do it,” Crowley said. “I live in Col-chester, Vermont so every year [during Halloween season] I always look for scary things to go to.”

Lewis said she has appre-ciated the experience she has had with the students from the marketing class.

“I have really enjoyed work-ing with my team of students from UVM, and wouldn’t hesi-tate to work with other classes in the future,” Lewis said. “It was a great opportunity for us.”

Marketing the supernaturalKelly Wheaton

Cynic Correspondent

So, you want to get a tat-too. You have the drawing in mind and know a couple of friends who got tattoos in Burlington, but you still don’t know where to go, or what you’re really looking for in a tattoo shop.

For a good tattoo parlor, head to the obvious place: Church Street.

Around Church Street, \RX�ZLOO�¿QG�WKUHH�UHSXWDEOH�piercing and tattoo parlors: Yankee Tattoo, Body Art Tat-too and Moose Tattoo.

Of course there are price discrepancies ranging from shop to shop. Naturally, tat-toos will become more ex-pensive based on size, place-ment and detail.

Larger tattoos that take more time can be priced by WKH�KRXU�LQVWHDG�RI�D�ÀDW�UDWH�

It can be overlooked that prices often differ because of number of employees, years of experience and sometimes a shop minimum.

This means a pricier par-lor probably has a large or ex-cellent staff, a prime location or a tough rent situation.

In order to decide where to get your tattoo, you need to think about price, cleanliness of the parlor, atmosphere and quality of the artwork.

In order to judge the most basic price differences of a standard tattoo, I traipsed through Burlington with two sketches of the letter “O.”

7KH�¿UVW�VNHWFK�ZDV�DERXW�two-and-a-half inches long and the second about three-and-a-half. I recorded the price quotes for both sizes if they were to be placed just below the neck on the upper back.

Let’s start with Yankee Tattoo. This parlor is located on Pearl Street in the same building as Radio Bean and Stacks. This shop does all kinds of body piercing and tattoos.

For the smaller “O,” I re-ceived a quote of $100, a rea-sonable yet steep price. For the larger “O,” the price of the tattoo racks up to $150.

Looking around, I noticed that Yankee has a sizable staff, consisting of about 8 tattoo artists.

When faced with ques-tions, the staff was undeni-ably professional, perhaps even a little serious.

It seems their motto is VDIHW\� ¿UVW�� GH¿QLWHO\� QRW� D�EDG�RQH�WR�KDYH�LQ�WKHLU�¿HOG�of business.

Next on my list is Body Art Tattoo located on Main Street next to Muddy Waters.

This parlor is huge and has a sleek and clean envi-ronment with nice employees who were eager to show me their work.

When I asked for a price quote, the answer was as much as $120 for the smaller O and $150 or above for the larger O. Needless to say, I left rather quickly.

Finally, I checked out the unsuspecting Moose Tat-too, located on Church Street above the Red Onion.

Unsure if it was even open, I went in and was greeted by a small, cheery staff of 2. This no-frills, mom and pop shop stole my heart with their pric-es: only $80 for the small O and $100 for the large O.

One of the artists handed me an album of Moose Tat-too’s previous work and ex-plained their policy of draw-ing and redrawing before the inking session until the cus-tomer is happy and ready to commit to the tattoo.

Take the time to get to know the artist’s style before committing, and, most im-portantly, make sure the tat-too is your style!

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I’ve got my glasses on and the snapback hat to fol-low. Just a hoodie and shorts under the snow pants. It’s springtime on the hill again, my favorite time of the year.

By now, it’s been a full year. Snowboards and skies KDYH� VXI¿FLHQWO\� GXVWHG� DOO�the cobwebs off their steez.

Sure conditions get windy and wet, but either way it’s 50 degrees out and we’re on the hill. It’s time to shred on what feels like a Squishy from Apu’s Kwik-E-Mart.

What’s better than feeling real nice cruising down the hill with no one around?

Yes, I know what every-one is thinking: “Oh yeah, I’d rather ride on powder.” Well, ya know, so would I. But get over yourselves, it’s April. Take what you can, while you can. Also, this bright, shiny weather is optimal for goggle tans.

Spring skiing is an expe-rience that everyone should enjoy. Consider this: zero crowds and a place to park at 10:30 a.m. that’s only a hop skip and a jump from the lift.

I advise spring skiiers to pack some snacks and munchies before a nice day of cruisin’ and chillin’.

Hell, maybe even grill out. After all, students have these passes. Let’s use them until grass is poking out, ya’ll.

Whether you’re living at Jib City, bonking, slap-ping and tapping everything in sight or heading over to Carve Town for some serious edge digging, these condi-tions have you covered.

But still, watch out for the occasional Joey (Gaper) and his buddy Chad, cause as fun as it is to carve in a bowl of slurpie, you’ll be sliding if you have to grab onto the E-Brake and avoid beginners.

There’s coverage mostly everywhere. Those real tight tree lines are still up with some good snow. Wait an-other few days and it’ll be gone. Get out while you can.

So when you’re packing up the car, take that one last look toward the mountain and think to yourself, “That was a great season.”

Ski season isn’t just about the amount of snow mea-sured, but also the mere thrill of being out on the mountain.

As students in Vermont, we are of the lucky few who get to harness the power of snow in this way.

I have only one thing to say when we get off the slopes: Thank you.

TOMMY GAMBINO

Ink shops and you: where to get tatted

Slushy shredding

The Burly Grind

JULIA MORENO

PHOEBE SHEEHAN The Vermont CynicSophomore Cam Kostyra shows off the tattoo on his chest April 10.

One could imagine a day in the life of SGA President Connor Daley is littered with stress, meetings and classes no different than other UVM student.

But while Daley, a junior, is perhaps best recognized by his periodic emails to the stu-dent body, few students know the real Connor Daley, the one who goes to bed way too early and craves disco music.

Daley’s roots are based in a small Vermont town called Lyndon where he lives with his parents, his brother Cam-eron and golden retriever.

He said he came to UVM not only because his favorite colors are green and gold, but DOVR�WR�JHW�KLV�¿[�RI�9HUPRQW�skiing.

“Not a lot of people know I’m a big cross country skier,” Daley said.

The SGA president said that athletics have helped get him through a lot of stressful situations his title presents.

He said he uses cross-country skiing, running and UROOHU�VNLLQJ�DV�ZD\V�WR�UHOD[�in his demanding position.

He said this love for en-durance sports came from watching his favorite athlete, Norwegian cross country skier and two-time Olympic champion Petter Northug.

And that’s not his only idol.

On the higher education end of the spectrum, Daley VDLG� KH�ZRXOG� EH� VDWLV¿HG� LI�he could one day have a job

similar to Vice President of ([HFXWLYH� 2SHUDWLRQV� *DU\�Derr.

“He is one of the nicest people at the University,” Daley said.

Daley described Derr as someone who “knows every-thing” about UVM and was involved with decision-mak-ing in all areas of the admin-istration.

He said he strives to be in a staff position where he can KHOS� LQÀXHQFH� TXDOLW\� GHFL-sions in a higher education institution like Derr.

In general, Daley said he enjoys good relations with many top administrators.

“It’s good to have friendly and cordial relations, but they know my job and I know theirs,” he said.

$� UHFHQW� H[DPSOH� RI� WKLV�was a conversation he had with Vice President of Enroll-ment Chris Lucier where the WZR� VKDUHG� FRQÀLFWLQJ� RSLQ-ions on the University’s ini-tiative to decrease enrollment and increase selectivity.

“We had a heated discus-sion about it,” Daley said. “And then we talked about brewing beer, since we both homebrew.”

'HVSLWH� KLV� SUR[LPLW\� WR�the administration, Daley said his true loyalty lies with the students he serves.

He said one of the best parts about his job as presi-dent is arguing on behalf of student interests.

³7KH�EHVW�H[DPSOHV�RI�VWX-dent advocacy last year had to do with making the pro-cess for the [Living/Learning Center] mural more demo-cratic…making career ser-vices better, and pushing for PRUH� H[SHULHQWLDO� OHDUQLQJ�´�he said.

SGA Vice President Sa-

mantha Holland has wit-QHVVHG� 'DOH\¶V� HIIRUWV� ¿UVW�hand.

“Connor is a strategic thinker when it comes to leadership. He likes to a take a more proactive approach when dealing with SGA is-sues,” Holland said.

Holland also knows Daley outside of SGA.

“On a personal level, Con-nor is a great person. He’s TXLFN�ZLWWHG�DQG�IXQ�WR�KDYH�around,” she said.

Daley said he is most proud of better community relations facilitated by more

communication with the Burlington Police Depart-ment and the city council.

Ten years down the road, Daley hopes to be involved with higher education.

Although he considers himself a whiz for British history, he said his goal is to become a history professor at the college level.

But Daley is not all busi-ness. He said he has a secret desire to become Batman one day and loves to groove to disco music.

“I sometimes have a disco party by myself,” Daley said.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 7

Connor Daley: man behind the emails

MACKENZIE JONES The Vermont Cynic6*$�SUHVLGHQW�&RQQRU�'DOH\�ZRUNV�LQ�WKH�6*$�RI¿FHV�$SULO����7KH�9HUPRQW�QDWLYH�LV�D�ELJ�IDQ�RI�FURVV�FRXQWU\�VNLQJ�DQG�GLVFR�PXVLF��+H�ZDV�UHFHQWO\�UHHOHFWHG�WR�FRQWLQXH�DV�SUHVLGHQW�QH[W�VFKRRO�\HDU�

Incase you have been liv-ing under a rock for the past two years, every Wednesday is $5 burger day at Ri-Ra Irish Pub on Church Street.

Even better, it’s half price burger night, which sounds like a great deal to a broke college kid like myself.

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I get out of class around 6 and usually have an evening of homework to look forward to.

It’s nice to know that on my most hectic day, there’s a place to get dinner for cheap.

Just a little before 6 p.m. my friends and I arrived in the middle of the dinner rush.

I’m not sure if the early popularity was a result of $5 burgers in a college town, but business was booming.

Inside there was a bar, booths, live music and crowds

of happy people. Yet when the menu arrived at my table, I was presented with the con-WLQXRXV� FKDOOHQJH� RI� ¿QGLQJ�something vegetarian.

While the regular menu had a few vegetarian op-tions, the burger menu had only one vegetarian offering, a white-bean burger made in house with goat cheese and sundried tomato pesto.

It sounded good and ob-served the $5 guarantee. Nat-urally, I ordered it.

I was not disappointed. While the burger itself was a little dry, the sundried toma-to pesto and goat cheese were delicious.

Ultimately, what I found was a pleasant surprise.

My two dinner compan-ions were similarly happy with their burgers.

Some of you may relate with my bacon-loving friend who ordered the pub burger which includes bacon and blue cheese.

My other friend was less enthused about her Guinness

%%4� EXUJHU� DW� ¿UVW�� ³:K\�would you have two onions?” she wondered as she picked fried onion rings off caramel-ized onions sitting atop her burger.

Yet once the mess of onion was taken care of, the burger met her approval.

The burgers themselves were tasty and their company was just as good.

Each of our meals came with crispy fries and a home-made pickle.

I have a soft spot for dill pickles and have attempted to make my own, so I really appreciate a place that will invest their efforts in good pickles.

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On Wednesday nights at $5 a burger, you really are getting your money’s worth.

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ISABELLA BROWNE LORCHER

/DVW�ZHHN��DW� WKH� UHTXHVW�of a science teacher at Char-lotte Central School, two Eco-Reps—myself and Senior Hayley Small—visited three VL[WK�JUDGH�FODVVURRPV�WR�WDON�about the Eco-Reps program and what we do to promote sustainability on campus.

Charlotte Central School has adopted the environmen-tal mission of “The 4 R’s”, which stand for Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Rot.

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The school, much like our own University, is trying to get students to integrate en-vironmentally responsible actions into their daily lives.

(TXLSSHG�ZLWK�D�VDODG�EDU�containing all local veggies and an absence of plastic sil-verware, the administration’s

sustainability efforts are ob-vious.

They also have a station set up which allows the kids to separate their waste and GXPS�RXW�WKHLU�OLTXLGV��

Charlotte Central even has a collection bucket for non-recyclable bottle tops, which student’s up-cycle and make into art projects which are hung all over the school.

At the end of our presen-tation we gave the kids a “re-cycling challenge” and asked them to go through a bag of props and identify what items were compostable, recyclable or trash. The kids nailed it.

0RVW�RI� WKH�VL[WK�JUDGHUV�we interacted with seemed to know more about recycling, compost and sustainability than the average UVM stu-dent.

We went to Charlotte Central School to teach kids, but they taught us an im-SRUWDQW� OHVVRQ�� FKLOGUHQ� DUH�our future. The more that sustainability education is assimilated into early educa-tion curriculum, the better.

When these students graduate and go to UVM or other colleges they will al-ready possess the sustainable behaviors that Eco-Reps try so hard to teach students on campus every day.

Eco Reps Column

“I sometimes have a disco party by

myself.”

Connor DaleySGA President

STEPH HAYES

Danielle GogliaStaff Writer

Listen to the kids Five dollar burger sizzles up

I really appreciate a place that will invest

their efforts into good pickles

Minetti Quartett charged

the UVM Music Building Re-

cital Hall with incredible en-

ergy on Sunday, April 7 as a

part of the Lane Series’ 2012-

2013 performance season.

Hailing from Austria,

this vibrant quartet features

%RåHQD� $QJHORYD� DQG� $QQD�Knopp on violin, Milan Milo-

jicic on viola and Leonhard

Roczek on cello.

Minetti Quartett has

established itself as a pre-

eminent chamber music en-

semble, gracing stages and

participating in festivals all

over the globe.

Since they won the Haydn

Award at the International

Joseph Haydn Competition

in Vienna in 2003, the quar-

tet has gone on to win more

important prizes than any

other chamber music ensem-

ble

Sunday’s program started

off with Béla Bartók’s exciting

String Quartet No. 4.

The audience seemed

particularly captured by the

fourth movement, during

which the musicians used a

plucking rather than bowing

technique, creating a unique

sound.

The quartet played with

such vivacity that strings

from Roczek’s bow broke on

several occasions throughout

the performance.

After the intermission,

renowned pianist Andreas

Klein joined the quartet for

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A

Major, K. 414.

This Classical concerto

provided a lovely contrast to

Bartok’s 20th century string

quartet.

$OO�¿YH�PXVLFLDQV�EURXJKW�a wide range of musical

tones and colors to the per-

formance, but pianist and

UVM junior Kayo Nagai said

that she particularly enjoyed

Klein’s addition to the pro-

gram.

“He is calm and sophis-

ticated, and he never forces

music on the audience. It’s

like the music just happens”

Nagai said.

Minetti Quartett closed

the program with Ludwig van

Beethoven’s String Quartet

No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No.

3, “Razumovsky,” building to

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nal movement.

In addition to the superior

virtuosity of each individual

musician, Minetti Quartett

stands out for their preci-

sion, attention to detail and

incredible ability to move

in perfect harmony with the

music and with one another.

In the words of Austrian

newspaper Die Presse, “They

are top musicians with spirit

and dedication who charge

the music of the Classical and

Romantic periods with ener-

gy for the new millennium.”

The Lane Series presents

a wide variety of renowned

artists every season and of-

fers discounts to UVM stu-

dents. Visit uvm.edu/lane-

series for more information.

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ARTS

“What did you see? When

you died, what did you see?”

When we look back at The

Golden Age of Television, a

period that began in the mid

‘90s and is ongoing, I think

“Mad Men” will, or at least

should, be looked at as the

greatest drama in television

history.

This is, however, a shaky

claim for two reasons: “Mad

Men” is not over and “The

Wire” is a thing that exists.

Generally, when asked for

the pillars of this hypothetical

golden age, your television

guru will give you the four

shows generally agreed upon

as the greatest of our time:

“Mad Men,” “The Wire,”

“Breaking Bad” and “The So-

pranos.”

“Mad Men,” for my mon-

ey, is the greatest drama in

television history because

unlike the other three shows

mentioned above, we already

know how it will end and so

do its characters.

This is a show consciously

hurtling its characters to-

ward their ends; whether or

not they’re aware of this, or

choose to accept it, is another

matter entirely.

“The Doorway,” the

two-hour premiere of “Mad

Men’s” penultimate and sixth

season, is cinematic in struc-

ture, somber in tone and

pitch-black in subject mate-

rial.

Midway through the epi-

sode, a character expresses

frustration at a failed pitch:

“We used to sell death for

WZHQW\�¿YH� \HDUV�� <RX� NQRZ�how? We ignored it.”

Death hangs over the epi-

sode like a black cloud, more

visible than ever before: the

¿UVW�WKLQJ�ZH�VHH�LV�WKH�SRLQW�of view of a man dying of a

heart attack and the shad-

ow follows Don and Roger

around ad nauseum.

There’s the copy pitch that

looks like a reference to sui-

cide to everyone but Don, and

WKH�VKRHVKLQHU¶V�GHDWK�WKDW�¿-

nally gives Roger the sadness

his mother’s passing could

not provide him.

But death is inevitable;

why now, at the end of the

decade, do these people feel

mortality closing in on them?

The ghost of Christmas

SDVW�KDXQWV�WKH�RI¿FHV�RI�6WHU-ling Cooper Draper Pryce;

I don’t think it is accidental

that in almost every shot of

SCDP’s creative lounge a life-

less, corpse-like writer lies

fast asleep on the couch.

“Mad Men” is not an ac-

cidental show; it has not for-

gotten the tragedy that shook

its characters so deeply late

last season.

But it can’t dwell on it ei-

ther. These things happen.

The question asked of

Don Draper at the end of last

season (“Are you alone?”) is

an important one, sure, but

I love that “The Doorway”

simply doesn’t care enough

to answer it until the last ten

minutes of its juggernaut two

hours.

Did anyone think Don

would remain faithful after

the credits of “The Phantom,”

VHDVRQ� ¿YH¶V� ¿QDO� HSLVRGH��rolled?

“The Doorway” asks big-

ger questions–better ones.

Why are we doing this? How

do we stop? How did we get

here? What comes next?

Death was a silent by-

VWDQGHU�RI�VHDVRQ�¿YH�XQWLO�LW�shattered everything. I can-

not see it becoming anything

less than the primary force

driving the last two seasons

of this masterful show.

One of the sometimes

frustrating and often incred-

ible things about “Mad Men”

is how we know almost every-

thing that awaits these people

and their generation.

The characters have ig-

nored death for too long.

They cannot deny its exis-

tence any longer.

So when Don Draper asks

his doorman what he saw

while he was “dead,” he’s not

after something creative. He

just wants to know.

For it is what comes after

death–what lies on the other

side of that cold, creaky door-

way–that the characters of

“Mad Men” and the viewers

alike simply cannot predict.

What a relief.

Read the whole review online at vermontcynic.com

JONATHAN POLSON The Vermont Cynic(Top) Bozena Angelova, Anna Knopp, Milan Milojicic and Lenorad Roczek perform April 7. (Bottom) Milan Milojicic performs April 7.

Minetti Quartett puts on impressive show

Mad Men: Season Six

A deathly returnConcert Review

TIM BUTLER

NATALIE SLACK

The Vermont Cynic

It’s so good you will want to wear it.

9THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

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Lead singer chats with the Cynic

The iconic electronic com-

poser behind the down-tem-

po sounds of Bonobo–Simon

Green–is at it again.

With the recent release of

“The North Borders,” Green

continues to move forward

from his classic jazz-inspired

beats as a talented DJ, musi-

cian and intuitive collabora-

tor.

&ODVVL¿HG� DV� HOHFWURQLF��the soundscapes of Bonobo

push beyond a presumptu-

ous label. It is ambient but

in the foreground, groove

inspiring and yet complexly

meditative.

The Cynic caught up with

Green while he was gear-

ing up for an expansive tour

that will take him to Higher

Ground April 14.

Vermont Cynic (VC):

With “The North Borders”

out and into the world, how

are you feeling about it, in

this period of post-produc-

WLRQ�UHÀHFWLRQ"Simon Green (SG):

It’s good. I mean it’s one of

those things where I’ve spent

18 months in sort of studio

isolation and you kind of for-

get that there are people out

there that want to hear it.

And especially because I

mean in the last three years

it’s worse, all that Twitter and

everything is supposed to go

online and it blows up a lot

more.

Now this record is out

and they’re all sort of talking

again. It’s a weird thing re-

ally.

VC��'LG�\RX�PLVV�WKDW"SG: No, not really, I just

kind of forgot about it. It

kind of goes away once I get

back into the studio and for-

get that all these people are

out there and then there they

were again; so yeah, it’s a dif-

ferent mind set from being

on the road and touring.

It’s very different from

being in the studio, at home.

But I’m excited about this.

VC: What sort of sounds

did you draw from in creating

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the UK house and bass music

scene over the last few years

or since the last record.

I think I’ve just been more

into the production and elec-

tronics and wanted to lean

away from that whole sort of

jazzy vibe. It’s just... I don’t

think it needs to be done any-

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I’m actually listening to, how

a Bonobo record should

sound like.

There’s still a lot of beau-

tiful music out there that is

made with drum machines

and I think that has always

kind of been my thing.

Non-traditional methods

of making patterns… very

emotive music and that’s

what I’m making now.

VC: You have some re-

ally stunning vocal talent

that you’ve brought into your

work like Szjerdene, Erykah

Badu on this album and

Andreya Triana on “Black

Sands.”

How do those artists be-

come a part of your creative

SURFHVV"SG: I usually start the

tracking and it’s already an

instrumental.

I kind of know from the

process of making a track

whether it’s going to have vo-

cals or whether it needs to be

less of an instrumental.

And I think I’ve always

been interested in vocals

whether it’s established or

emerging.

I think there’s something

interesting about bringing

that second person into a

track and how they interpret

it.

VC: It’s almost like

Bonobo becomes more than

yourself in a lot of ways…it’s

almost like a collection of

musicians.

SG: Yeah, yeah. You

know it’s someone else’s take

and some ideas I wouldn’t

have. It’s something I can’t

do. I’m not a lyricist and I

think that’s the best thing:

the collaboration.

You know when produc-

ers work with other produc-

ers you kind of get the same

skill sets whereas I think it’s

more interesting to collabo-

rate, where each of you are

bringing something that the

other can’t.

VC: You do DJ sets and

live band shows. Do you have

a preference or do they serve

GLIIHUHQW�SXUSRVHV�IRU�\RX"SG: Yeah they’re very dif-

ferent. The DJ thing is more

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as with the live the band... it’s

sort of more fun to tour with

a live band.

VC: You’ve never played

LQ�9HUPRQW�EHIRUH�KDYH�\RX"SG: No. I haven’t. I mean

I actually DJed years ago; I

played at Higher Ground, I

think in 2002. But as far as

,¶P�FRQFHUQHG�WKLV�LV�P\�¿UVW�time.

There weren’t that many

people there that time.

Bonobo will be at the Higher Ground Ballroom April 14. Tickets are $17.

Bonobo’s return: 11 years in the making

Madeleine GibsonAssistant Arts Editor

The Dirty Projectors have

been creating music in the

indie rock world for over 10

years, and are known for

their distinct sound that is

rooted in harmonically com-

plex vocals and experimental

song structures.

Their sixth LP, “Swing

Low Magellan,” released in

July 2011, garnered critical

acclaim and is perhaps their

most accessible LP to date.

The Cynic chatted with

David Longstreth—lead sing-

er and creative force behind

the band—to talk about the

recording process, what the

touring lifestyle is like and

WKH�VXUSULVLQJ�LQÀXHQFH�RI�/LO�Wayne on their style.

Vermont Cynic (VC):

What is your creative process

LQ�WHUPV�RI�VRQJ�ZULWLQJ"��0\�understanding is that you do

most of the songwriting and

then bring the band together

to record. How much do they

VKLIW�WKH�RULJLQDO�YLVLRQV"David Longstreth

(DL): Not much. I write all

the drum parts, all the vocal

harmonies and all the guitar

parts.

But, you know, it becomes

a different thing when you

play it live; the feeling really

FKDQJHV���'H¿QLWHO\�WKH�PXVL-cians in the band are amazing

to play with.

VC: To what extent does

the changing line up of Dirty

Projectors play a part in the

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doing the band I put it to-

gether based on what the

songs in front of me wanted

and I would tour based on

those songs.

So maybe the songs called

for a pedal steel player, or

maybe a really hard-core

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But in the last several

years there hasn’t been a

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,W�WRRN�PH�D�ZKLOH�WR�¿QG�the players that could go with

me wherever I wanted to go;

the current members can do

pretty much whatever I imag-

ine.

VC: You spent a year in

the boonies of New York re-

cording “Swing Lo Magel-

lan.” How did relocation im-

SDFW�WKH�PXVLF"DL: It allowed me to be

VXSHU�SURGXFWLYH��\RX�NQRZ"��In the city there are always

people hanging out and a lot

of awesome things going on.

I love Brooklyn and I love

being there but it’s hard to

write there.

And also it was kind of

nice after all the touring we

had done on the previous re-

cord because you are around

people 24 hours a day.

VC: Do you ever write

music with a particular audi-

HQFH�RU�OLVWHQHU�LQ�PLQG"DL: Well that’s a tricky

game to play. I generally try

to do what feels right for me.

The things that I am interest-

HG�LQ�DW�WKH�WLPH��\RX�NQRZ"�I don’t think I am really

clever enough to write to a

VSHFL¿F�GHPRJUDSKLF�DQG�IXO-¿OO�WKHLU�IDQWDVLHV���<RX�NQRZ��like a song about the best par-

ty ever or something like that.

[Laughs]

VC: What do you think of

the touring lifestyle in gener-

DO"�,V�LW�WD[LQJ�RQ�\RXU�PHQWDO�DQG�SK\VLFDO�KHDOWK"

DL: Well, not really. It’s

pretty exhilarating to be in a

different place every single

day, and once you have been

doing it for a while you pretty

much have a fan group in ev-

ery town.

So wherever you go you

are hanging out with your

friends experiencing the most

awesome things in that place.

But the amazing thing

about being on tour is that

you are like ‘fuck I am only in

Minneapolis for one night!’

That aspect of it is pret-

ty crazy because the dial is

turned up to ten all the time,

so that can get pretty tiring,

but it’s basically pretty fuck-

ing exhilarating.

VC: You have said that Lil

:D\QH� KDV� LQÀXHQFHG� \RXU�perspective on song writing.

Do any other rappers have an

LQÀXHQFH�RQ�\RX"DL: I get into personali-

WLHV�\RX�NQRZ�ZKDW�,�PHDQ"��I love that classic period of

Wayne mix tapes leading up

to “Tha Carter III.”

It expands the idea of what

you can do with a song, what

you can do with language and

just the idea of Wayne’s per-

sona.

He can be so many differ-

ent people, but at the end of

the day he is always Wayne

and it’s just mind-blowing.

The way he used language

is just incredible… it’s sad to

talk about Wayne right now.

I hope he is doing better, I

hope he takes a rest.

There’s nobody like

:D\QH��LV�WKHUH"Go see David Long-

streth and the Dirty Projec-tors April 18 at the Higher Ground Ballroom. Tickets are $20.

Cleaning up the Dirty Projectors

David DeWahl IIICynic Correspondent

“I don’t think I am really clever enough to write to a specific

demographic and fulfill their fantasies.

You know, like a song about the best party

or something like that.”

David LongstrethLead Singer

Simon Green discusses latest album and tour

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW DEFRANCESCO Simon Green poses for a photograph. Green is the composer behind the down-tempo sounds of Bonobo.

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1989- Community outcry for public skate park in BTV.

1997-Fundraising for new skate park begins. 1997-City enters

a legal battle with residents over the selected location of the skate park.

2002- Skate Park sees continuous increase in use. 2005-City begins pub-

lic process on Moran Plant redevelopement.

2008- Vote shows 65% in favor of renewal of skate park as part of the Moran Project.

1994-B-Side Opens

April 2010-CEDO holds public forum to discuss plans to rede-velop skate park.

June 2010- Gridline select-ed as park designer. June 21 becomes first annual Burlington Go Skate Day.

2013

December 2010- Tony Hawk Foundation awards $10,000 to-wards the construction of a new skate park.

By Jeff Ayers

“Its grown into something that we didn’t expect and we want to keep seeing it grow. Every year we bring in more talented

kids.”

Dane LiljestrandFootball Club President

15% of skateboarders in the USA are girls.

The mean age of a skateboarder is 21.5 years

“We really want a friendly, scenic world-class skate park. We might not get the X-Games, but it’s

going to be good enough to host.”Brendan Foster

Owner of Maven skate shop

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Electronic music, glow sticks and about 125 guests in costumes inspired the forma-tion of a productions compa-ny three years ago at a down-town Burlington house party.

Three years later, DRK Productions will celebrate its anniversary by throwing its annual event, April Ghouls, at North End Studios April 13.

“It was nice to be able WR� KDYH� RXU� ¿UVW� HYHQW� DW� D�friend’s apartment which we frequently had parties at anyway,” Champlain gradu-ate and DRK DJ Eric Palmer VDLG�� ³:H� KDG� RXU� ¿UVW� WZR�

parties in Burlington which went really well and after that we got the paperwork done to RI¿FLDOO\�IRUP�WKH�FRPSDQ\�´

Now DRK Productions throws events all over the New England area, produc-ing events as well as provid-ing the talent, Palmer said.

According to Palmer, on Jan. 19 DRK Productions threw an event in South-bridge, Mass. called “Love Of Lights.”

It had over 400 in atten-dance, making it their biggest event yet.

“After doing a string of events in Conn. and a few of our own events and col-laborations in Mass., we’re now focusing on rebuilding

our presence in Burlington,” Palmer said.

In the past, DRK Produc-tions has worked with other Burlington companies such as 2KDeep, Mushpot and Electrode Entertainment.

According to Palmer, for this event they will be working with Insurrection, a “Dark Alternative Dance Nacht” from Burlington.

“They will be bringing a dark twist to April Ghouls, both by providing unique vi-sual support on projectors and by bringing in genres of music that have never been played at a DRK event be-fore,” Palmer said.

“We are very excited to see what effect Insurrection

will have on an already dark themed party.”

In addition to Insurrec-tion’s support, the Radio Bean has agreed to cater beer for April Ghouls 3.

DRK has not always been just a productions company, according to Palmer.

“It started just by meeting each other at raves and be-coming friends,” Palmer said.

“We lived all over New England so when we got to-gether at raves we began to get hotel rooms together as a group to save money and be able to spend time with just each other.”

Since the company is made up of close friends, the group wanted to throw events

for people who appreciated the same music and create an atmosphere where people could meet up and form close bonds and friendships, as the DRK crew had, explained Palmer.

³6LQFH� WKH� ¿UVW� $SULO�Ghouls in Burlington, I have been going to as many DRK Productions events as I could because I formed a group of friends, a family, that made those events even more fun,” Junior Deanna Hunt said. “The music and vibes at the events are always awesome.”

April Ghouls 3 will take place at 10 p.m. at North End Studios this Saturday, April 13.

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This Week in Arts high-lights upcoming events at UVM and in the Burlington community. Sarah Sickle provides her recommenda-tions for local concerts.

FridayApr. 122nd Agenda

Manhattan Pizza, 9:30 p.m. 21+

2nd Agenda is a local group that fuses too many genres to count. Primarily a stellar combination of hip-hop and folk, the band also GUDZV� LQÀXHQFHV� IURP� FODV-sic rock, among other styles.

Comprised of a guitar player, bassist, drummer and DJ, the band creates an ethe-

real experience unlike any other group in Burlington.

The band’s social mes-sage that comes through in their songwriting is the cher-ry on top. You don’t want to miss out.

Saturday Apr. 13Aaron Flinn

Radio Bean, 7 p.m. Aaron Flinn is one of Ver-

mont’s most creative song-writers.

While many writers stick to a formula, Flinn moves ÀDZOHVVO\� WKURXJK�JHQUHV� WR�create his own sound and style that varies from tune to tune, making each one a unique experience.

His low, raspy voice com-bined with his unparalleled guitar style completes the package. This guy has it all. Catch him at 7 p.m. every Saturday in April at Radio Bean.

SundayApr. 14

The Big Lone-some

Radio Bean, 10 p.m. The Big Lonesome is

kicking off their Spring tour in early April and we’re lucky enough to have Radio Bean as a stop on the way for this Boston-based band.

,QÀXHQFHG�E\�HDUO\�FRXQ-try and Americana, this band has a lighter sound than most traditional honky tonk bands, making it accessible to a wider audience.

Upbeat tunes and twangy guitars hold for a true coun-try experience while the lead singer’s voice carries pop in-ÀXHQFHV� WKDW� WLH� WKH� EDQG¶V�arrangements together.

This is a great band for diehard country lovers and even those new to the genre.

MondayApr. 15

An Evening of Opera

UVM Rectial Hall on Red-stone Campus, 9:30 p.m.

I won’t pretend to know a thing about opera. This is

just a heads up for those of you who are into it.

TuesdayApr. 16

The Burlington Bread Boys

Radio Bean, 9 p.m. You know them and you

love them. The Burlington Bread Boys are UVM’s own singin’, stompin’ and drinkin’ honky tonk band.

Appropriately, they have a residency at Radio Bean this month before the Honky Tonk Tuesday band goes on at 10:30 p.m. Make a night of it!

Wednes-day

Apr. 17Josh Panda and

Brett LanierSkinny Pancake, 7 p.m.

After my roommate and I spent several minutes pri-

vately cursing Mr. Panda out for being such an ungodly good singer, he had the nerve to come over to our table and tell us that he had a cold.

Yeah, on his worst day he’s still a better singer and musician than most other folks in…well, the world.

And on top of that, he’s a really nice guy. Some people just have it all. Don’t miss out on this great night of acous-tic music and crepes every Wednesday!

TuesdayApr. 18

Kat Wright and the Indomitable

Soul Band Radio Bean, 11:30 p.m.,

$3 After a few weeks’ hia-

tus, they’re back! Really, if you haven’t experienced this band yet, you just need to.

Check out the Cynic’s vid-eo on the experience at www.facebook.com/thevermontc-ynic.

SARAH STICKLE

This Week in Arts: April 12-18

SpectacleThree days with Mission South

SPectacle 13 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

PHOTOS BY Natalie Williams

Vocalist Dan Miller introduces the band at their show at Nectar’s April 9. Mission South is a blues, soul and rock band based out of Washington, D.C. They released their second album, Migration Volume II, the day of the show.

Rock band Mission South plays an acoustic set at Radio Bean April 7. The performance was one of three shows in the Burlington area.

Soul rock trio Mission South huddles before going to perform on stage at Nectar’s April 9.

To see the Cynic’s complete coverage of Mission South’s stay in Burlington visit Cynic Video at www.vermontcynic.com/video.

Bassist John Beck of Mission South performs at Nectar’s April 9.

Drummer Max Harwood performs at Nectar’s April 9. Harwood is a UVM and Cynic Alum-ni. Mission South met each other in elementary school yet attended different colleges.

“We demand that public and private oil companies across the world not participate in the bidding process that systemati-cally violates the rights of seven indigenous nationalities by im-posing oil projects in their an-cestral territories,” a coalition of Ecuadorian indigenous associa-tions wrote in an open letter last autumn.

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Last July, the Inter-Amer-ican Court on Human Rights ruled to prohibit oil develop-ments in the Sarayaku, a remote tropical rainforest territory in southern Ecuador with no de-veloped infrastructure.

The court also mandated that governments obtain “free, prior and informed consent” from indigenous peoples before approving oil projects in their domain.

The California-based organi-]DWLRQ�� $PD]RQ�:DWFK�� UHSRUWV�that seven indigenous groups refuesed these oil projects.

Ecuador’s Secretary of Hy-drocarbons, Andrés Donoso Fabara, accused indigenous leaders of “not thinking about GHYHORSPHQW� RU� DERXW� ¿JKWLQJ�against poverty.”

Indigenous groups respond with the charge that Chinese

oil activity would devastate the area’s ecology.

$PD]RQ�:DWFK�VDLG�WKH�GHDO�would violate China’s own new investment guidelines, issued jointly by the ministries of com-merce and environmental pro-tection last month.

The guidelines’ third clause says Chinese enterprises should “promote harmonious develop-ment of local economy, environ-ment and community” while op-erating abroad.

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³0XWXDO� EHQH¿W�´� LQ� WKLV�case, is a masterfully coy way of saying “payback.” The eastern nation looked to the Latin Amer-ican to meet its growing energy demands.

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1HZV� RI� WKH� $PD]RQ� GHDO�comes on the heels of a report by The Lancet. According to the UK-based, peer-reviewed publi-cation, outdoor air pollution led to 1.2 million deaths in China in 2010.

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ministration buffer the Lancet’s ¿QGLQJV��

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In 2011, a coalition of Chinese power industry gi-ants called the China Electric-ity Council pushed back hard against government proposals that would regulate industry emissions. CEC claimed that the costs of upgrading the plants would be too high.

“During the procedure of setting the standard, the com-panies or the industry councils KDYH� D� ORW� RI� LQÀXHQFH�´� VDLG�Zhou Rong, a campaign man-ager on energy issues for Green-peace East Asia.

China’s energy demand is beginning to become more en-vironmentally sound, however.

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Solar-generated electricity grew 41.4 percent and nuclear generation grew 12.6 percent.”

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When people are gunning down elementary schools and bank executives are making millions at the expense of fami-lies, it is said we are living in a Godless age.

Maybe it is more accurate to say the times have become Vonnegut-less.

Today marks the six-year anniversary of satirist Kurt Vonnegut’s death. Known for his signature bushy mustache, dark humor and irreverent tone, he was one of our nation’s most celebrated writers, and no stranger to controversy.

Many of his books were incidentally banned, includ-ing his most famous, “Slaugh-ter House Five.” Critics have dismissed his work as cynical and he may never get a place in Norton’s Anthology of Lit-erature.

Despite this, we would like to state that as college students about to inherit an increasingly scary world, we need Mr. Von-negut now more than ever.

We need him because for someone who could so easily thumb his nose at conventional religion, Kurt’s work is actually saturated with a morality. A PRUDOLW\� WKDW� VXJJHVWV�ZH�¿QG�the basic decency in people and treat them well, if only because that’s just the right thing to do.

Consciously or not, Von-QHJXW¶V� LQÀXHQFH� SHUPHDWHV�UVM culture. It doesn’t take D�JHQLXV� WR� UHFRJQL]H� WKDW� RXU�demographic leans largely OHIWZDUG�� LV� GHFLGHGO\� SDFL¿VW��and, while religious participa-tion among students may be marginal, most might agree with Kurt that practicing art is a “good way to make your soul grow.”

UVM might also appreciate this fact: Vonnegut participat-ed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2004 traveling exhibit “The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were.” Kurt’s al-bum? An imaginary Phish al-bum titled, “Hook, Line and Sinker.”

Graphic and literary achievements aside, it’s Kurt’s philosophy that is worth re-membering today:

“There’s only one rule I know of, babies— God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”

In celebration of a life char-DFWHUL]HG� E\�ZDU�� GHDWK��PDG-ness, comedy and hope, we urge our readers on this day to remind themselves that even in the face of certain doom, we’re in this together. No one, Vonnegut reminded us, is ever alone.

In his 1966 introduction to “Mother Night,” Kurt stated that we are who we pretend to be, so we must be careful with what we pretend to be.

Maybe we would all be bet-ter people if we pretended to be a little more like him. Rest easy, Kurt. We miss you.

Here’s to you, Kurt

JOSH GACHETTE

COLUMNIST

Trading land for their debt

The forecast for Ecuador’s forests looks bleak. Financial woes

gave the Latin America country few options.

My senior year is winding to a close.

0RUH� DQG�PRUH�� ,� ¿QG�P\-self wondering how I have be-come the man who stands on the brink of graduation, the brink of uncertainty. What prepares anyone to meet that uncertainty head on?

The weekend of St. Patrick’s 'D\��,�MRLQHG�P\�¿YH�URRPPDWHV�in one of our favorite activities: putting on our cut off jean shorts (jorts) in preparation for a night on the town.

We had deemed it the begin-ning of jorts season.

In some small way, this much-maligned article of cloth-ing has come to symbolize my transformation from self-con-VFLRXVQHVV� WR� VHOI�FRQ¿GHQFH��The jort, never jhort, represents one of the many means of ex-SUHVVLRQ�,�XWLOL]HG�LQ�¿QGLQJ�RXW�who exactly I was.

I know I probably lost many of you there as you rolled your eyes or even snorted in derisive laughter. But I mean it.

Four short years ago, I never could have put on such an atten-WLRQ�JUDEELQJ�RXW¿W�DQG�ZDONHG�out the front door into public. Fear of anyone mocking me would have been too much.

In college we try to gain con-¿GHQFH� QDYLJDWLQJ� ZLWKLQ� RXU�discipline, within professional circles and within peer groups.

We challenge ourselves to overcome mental blocks and try new things. Befriending new people becomes vital to success in that endeavor.

While classes and intern-VKLSV� HQDEOH� FRQ¿GHQFH� EXLOG-ing, skill development and con-struct a network, little moments

of self-discovery are most often found in unexpected places.

0LQH� FDPH� GXULQJ� P\� ¿UVW�year. Frayed denim brushed my thighs as I skied slushy spring moguls with my friend Cyril, a companion in jorts. We encoun-tered skeptical looks, sarcastic catcalls and many a slowly shak-en head.

A day beginning with a weak-kneed, peer pressured en-trance into public, ended with a triumphant strut back to the hotel. I had discovered, and then conquered, a personal limit.

For most, self-discovery will not include wearing clothing

most commonly seen on ‘90s COPS reruns.

At the same time, these mo-ments are unpredictable. When looking back, small choices that seemed unimportant often lead to patterns of behavior that best GH¿QH�XV��

So don’t sweat the small stuff. Don’t refuse small chances to expand your experience, even in areas you may deem trivial.

Comprised of small mo-ments of self-discovery, it all piles together into a person standing at the edge of a new era wearing his favorite pair of jorts.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 15Op in ion

It’s been 53 years since the election of JFK, and Rev. An-thony Yasi of the Universal Life Church proved in a recent letter-to-the-editor that Catholic bash-ing is still alive and well in this country.

No, I don’t mean the Protes-tant-on-Catholic sort. Rather the seething, irrational contempt for them, more deeply rooted in to-day’s American seculars.

Before I am accused, like JFK was, of taking orders from the Pope in writing this column, I should note that I am, in fact, not a Catholic; I’m Jewish.

If you have not read Rev. Yasi’s column, I’ll sum it up quickly: Rev. Yasi, in writing a response to the director of the

Catholic Center at UVM, who wrote a response to a Cynic writ-er about the virtues of faith, de-cided to — instead of rebutting the Father’s point — attack the history of the Catholic Church.

His rant would have made Martin Luther cringe.

His point: “Faith isn’t the an-swer.” What, then, is? Rev. Yasi doesn’t really say. He’d prefer to destroy bridges and leave the re-building to moral cowardice.

After all, if you take a look at his church’s website, the only doctrine is, “Do only that which is right.”

And if that includes bash-ing other religions because their doctrine is slightly more devel-oped than a John Lennon song or pithy bumper sticker on a Toyota Prius, Rev. Yasi is on board.

Nevermind the fact that the church’s website, on its homep-age, states, “the Universal Life Church wants you to pursue your spiritual beliefs without interference from any outside agency, including government or church authority.”

By “church authority” or “outside agency,” I suppose it exempts itself.

Though there are evident theological distinctions be-tween my religion and Father Schnobrich’s, I can admire the fact that his doctrine is rooted in something which is far more profound than Rev. Yasi’s un-spoken — but true — doctrine, “Do that which feels good.”

I suspect that Rev. Yasi is jealous of the fact that Father Schnobrich has actually found spiritual meaning in his life.

After all, Catholicism offers its adherents a stringent, yet SURIRXQG�DQG�IXO¿OOLQJ�GRFWULQH�

What’s more, it’s original.

After all, even Stalin could have told you that it’s good to do what is right, even if by “right” he meant smashing printing press-es and packing farmers into mass graves.

Moreover, Rev. Yasi utterly fails to recognize the right of which his church speaks. The good deeds, of which his church is so fond, stem from post-En-lightenment, Judeo-Christian values.

The average fundamentalist Muslim from Wackistan could tell you that obliterating the United States, also known as “The Great-Satan,” is right.

I do hope that Rev. Yasi would condemn such religiously motivated hatred, but to do so, would interfere with what makes another “feel good.”

The words behind Rev. Yasi’s column serve not to criticize the VSHFL¿FV�RI�)DWKHU�6FKQREULFK¶V�doctrine, but to condemn that the Father even has a doctrine.

Disdain for promiscuous sex? “Trite dogma!” declares the reverend. Aversion to abor-WLRQ"�³8QVFLHQWL¿F�´�2SSRVLWLRQ�

to gay marriage? “Your opinions are rooted in hatred.”

It’s not only jealousy that in-spires so much irrational hatred for Catholics, it’s ignorance, too.

If you’re a socially-conserva-tive Catholic at UVM, you don’t think abortion is murder.

You just want to crackdown on those lippy broads setting up camp at the Planned Parent-hood downtown. This appears to be Rev. Yasi’s view.

People actually have strong convictions and a certain ratio-nality behind what they believe.

As Father Schnobrich point-ed out in his column, people don’t actually hate the Catho-lic Church; rather, they hate what they think is the Catholic Church.

Rev. Yasi never quite pro-gressed beyond a sixth grade understanding of the Catholic Church.

And why should he? His “church” never came with a manual, only a bumper sticker.

Embracing bibles instead of bumper stickers

JEFF AYERS

Finding yourself in the frayCOLUMNISTS

Of all the classes taught in American schools, history surely wins for the worst taught sub-ject.

We all have stories about the evil English teacher or the mali-cious math teacher, but at least we don’t graduate with drasti-cally misinformed perceptions of the Pythagorean Theorem.

History, on the other hand, is a slippery, subjective beast that most students fall prey to through no fault of their own.

From the time we are in el-ementary school, we learn about the glorious deeds of our ances-tors, from sharing a meal with the Indians to defeating the Brit-ish with patriotic zest.

It isn’t until late middle school or early high school that critical analysis of history comes into discussion.

Until then, most students learn U.S. and European history in an overwhelmingly positive light, which is both wrong and dangerous.

It astounds me that until middle school, I was under the impression that the point of the Civil War was to free the slaves.

It was not until high school that the economic, political and social differences between the North and South were discussed as factors contributing to the Civil War.

The problem is that history is taught to children in the U.S. in a clear-cut, basic approach. There were the good guys (the U.S.) and the bad guys. Wars es-pecially are portrayed as grand and necessary, with a clear win-ner and a clear loser.

Presenting young students with this false narrative of his-

tory is an injustice, as well as an insult to the level of understand-ing they possess.

:KHQ�\RX�DUH�LQ�¿IWK�JUDGH��you are old enough to compre-hend that there are multiple perspectives and narratives to history.

$�¿IWK�JUDGHU�PLJKW�QRW�XQ-derstand all of the nuances of a historic event or person, but that does not mean that a falsi-¿HG� YHUVLRQ� VKRXOG� EH� WDXJKW�instead.

Until students are older, they never learn that Martin Lu-ther King had issues with alco-holism, abuse and plagiarism, or that George Washington owned slaves.

Ask a classmate about Wood-row Wilson, and they’ll probably tell you about his lauded efforts to establish the League of Na-tions and women’s suffrage.

We forget or are not taught about President Wilson’s mili-tary interference in Latin Amer-ica, his racial segregation of fed-eral employees, and the fact that he was personally opposed to women’s suffrage and support-ed it solely for political reasons.

Teachers and students alike are capable of higher standards.

There is no excuse for the blatant lies that we are taught, and the great quantities of infor-mation that are ignored.

The scary part is that many of these lies we hold as truths long after we stop being stu-dents.

Many of us walk around with false perceptions of our nation’s history, including historically in-correct information about other countries, too.

Recently I learned that the German concentration camps attributed to World War II were a continuation of identical Ger-man concentration camps in Namibia, Africa during the late 1800s.

Clearly our history teachers have failed us, and it is our re-sponsibility to educate and seek out the historical facts from vari-ous perspectives, not just from the victors.

JOEY BROWN

Unveiling history

It’s not only jealousy that inspires so much

irrational hatred for Catholics, it’s ignorance,

too.

BIANCA MOHN

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It was a sunny Saturday afternoon at Virtue Field this past weekend when UVM’s Women’s Lacrosse team host-ed the Boston University Ter-riers in their fourth America East Conference matchup this season.

The faceoff resulted in a 20-17 loss for the Catamounts on their home turf. The defeat brought Vermont to a record of 6-8 overall and 1-3 in league play. The 17 goals made in the game tied a season high for the Vermont.

The game was a high scor-ing back and forth battle that exceeded well over the two hour mark.

Vermont junior Sydney Mas fueled the Cat’s offense as she pocketed four goals. The goals advanced Mas to tie

UVM lacrosse alum Vanessa Cox who graduated in 2005, on the all-time scoring list with 173 points.

First-year Erica Estey net-ted a career high three goals and one assist, for the green and gold. Junior Karli Mack-HQGULFN�DQG�¿UVW�\HDU�9DQHVVD�VanderZalm also added 3 joint goals and an assist to the board LQ�WKH�¿UVW�SHULRG�RI�SOD\�

The Cats jumped out to a 10-2 lead over the visiting Ter-riers, however Boston rallied and scored 9 straight goals against a weary Vermont de-fense. The Terriers led Ver-mont 11-10 at the half.

Halfway through the sec-ond half, Boston netted anoth-er 4 consecutive goals, how-ever this time was answered by Mas. The junior brought the Cat’s score to within two of their competition, at 17-15. But two goals is as close the Cats would get, as the Terriers were

able to close out the game from there.

“The game was back and forth the whole time, but un-fortunately we came out on the wrong end,” junior captain Jake Remien said. “We lost one of our key defenders senior Jen 0DGVHQ�LQ�WKH�¿UVW�KDOI��EXW�ZH�responded well.”

Madsen tore her ACL dur-ing the game, with just three games left in the regular sea-son. The injury may be a huge blow for the Cats as they con-tinue towards tournament play.

This was the last confer-ence matchup between the two teams, as Boston University plans to leave America East to enter into the Patriot league next year.

Vermont will return to ac-tion Friday when it hosts the Boston College Eagle’s in their ¿QDO� QRQ�FRQIHUHQFH� JDPH� RI�the season. The last time the

teams met Vermont travelled to Boston where the Eagles topped Vermont 15-9.

Boston currently has a re-cord of 6-6 this season. Players to watch out for are Sophomore 0LNDHOD� 5L[� DQG� ¿UVW�\HDU�

Molly Erdle. Each have gained Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week respectfully; for their performance in The Ea-gle’s recent win over the Duke Blue Devils.

Sports

From 4:00 a.m. practices to rigorous weekend races, it is clear that the UVM crew team has some of the hardest work-ing athletes on campus. Yet, the team doesn’t always receive the most attention.

UVM’s crew club began in 1986. Since then, athletes have been waking up before the crack of dawn every day to row on Lake Champlain or Lamoille River.

“Normally we’re up at 4:30,” junior rower Joshua Barry said, “People say ‘Why do you do it?’ When you’re at Lake Champlain and when you rode 6000 meters down, and you’re spinning and you see the sun coming up over the mountains, it makes every-thing worth it.”

According to Vermont’s row-ers, crew is the ultimate team

sport; more so than any other. Teammates fully rely on each other to keep them going.

“During a 2k race, 2 minutes in you’re ready to quit, but you have to remember that there are 7 other guys or girls in the boat with you,” Barry said. “The second you stop, you’re letting them down and you’ve lost.”

The crew team is a very close-knit group.

They spend a lot of time to-gether in hotels, car rides, spring break to South Carolina, and, of course, practice.

“We aren’t in sororities of fraternities because we are each other’s family,” Barry said.

The rowers spend every day together. Junior Buster White says, “These are the guys you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.

“And if that’s the kind of thing you’re looking for when you come to college you’re in-terested in then you should join

UVM crew. People you see your ¿UVW�GD\�RI�SUDFWLFH�ZLOO�EH�\RXU�groomsmen, best man, chil-dren’s godparents.”

The UVM Crew team begins its spring season April 14 with a race against Middlebury for both men and women.

They will face off against the US Coast Guard, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of New Hampshire, and Bates College before the New England Rowing Championships May 4 and American Collegiate Row-ing Association.

Being the only other team in Vermont, Middlebury has continued to be Vermont’s long-standing state rival.

The rivalry between the teams have lasted for years, however as of 6 years ago when Middlebury began hosting rac-es, the competition escalated.

Each year, these teams battle for the Vermont Cup. In 2012 Vermont took home the win.

The crew team came off of a strong performance in the New England Championships in the fall. “Last year we got silver and bronze in our 4s and silver in our the men’s novice 8. We’ve been New England champs in the 4s for the past 4 years. For a club program we hold our own.”

“4s” races are those in which each boat competing carries 4 team members. Similarly “8” races sits 8 rowers to a boat.

“It’s [The New England Championship] a great way of gauging your performance [at the ACRA]. At the New Eng-land Championships you know where you’re going to stand and you want to prove everybody wrong that you can do it.”

Due to its remote practice sites and far off competitions, crew is a foreign sport to most. Which is why the Crew team constantly has to go through the process of recruiting.

“Recruitment is just an on-

going process. We’re always happy to take new people on,” Barry said. “We’re a club sport. We don’t cut. So if you want to sign up, we teach you how to row. We don’t turn anybody away.”

The crew’s fan base is not large, but fans are supportive.

“People don’t really know too much about the sport,” Bar-ry said. “We always have one of the loudest cheering sections. They give you just the kick you need to keep you going.”

When asked about the mes-sage the crew team would like to send out about the underex-posed sport, White added, “It’s a great sport. Rowers are very dedicated, trustworthy people who will push themselves to the limit not only in rowing, but aca-demics and in life.”

“Joining the crew team is a great decision. It’s a sport that will last the rest of your life.”

Rowers use team bonds to reach goldColin Hekimian

Assistant Sports Editor

Josh AronsonStaff Writer

JONATHAN POLSON The Vermont CynicVermont goes for a goal in a game against Stony Brook March 23.

Women’s lacrosse drops ball in league game

Illustration by Austin Grant

Over the past two weeks the

UVM Snowboard Team sent 14

of their riders along with coach

Charles Souchuns to compete

at the 23rd annual USA Snow-

board and Freeski Association

national competition held at

Copper Mountain in Colorado.

Along with the Snowboard

Team, Vermont’s Freeski team

also sent nine of their own to

compete, an increase from the

seven it sent in 2012.

Athletes from all over the

United States converged at

Copper Mountain to compete

against each other for the

chance to step up on that po-

dium.

Events that riders can

compete in include rail jam

and slope style format events.

Rail jam’s are events in which

snowboarders perform mul-

tiple tricks off of objects such

as rails, boxes, pipes, will rides

and several other creative plac-

es. Scoring is done in the “jam”

style, where every rider can

take as many runs as the clock

permits.

Marketing Manager and

junior Brandon Sauer said par-

ticipation at USASA gives UVM

good exposure.

“It was good to see east

coast riders competing at the

national level and putting Ver-

mont on the map in both men

and women’s pipe,” Sauer said.

Members of the team got

the chance to leave Burling-

ton for a week and experience

Vermont’s sister state, Colora-

do. During their days off from

competition, team members

were able to “shred” the local

Colorado mountains.

The USASA National

Championship is the largest

snowboard and free skiing

event in the nation. The top re-

gional amateur athletes are in-

vited to compete for the chance

to be ranked as national cham-

pions.

It has previously been the

norm that riders who won Na-

tionals would get to compete

at the next level, the X Games.

This is no longer the case, ac-

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The X Games is an an-

nual sports event, arranged by

ESPN, which focuses on ac-

tion sports such as skiing and

snowboarding, according to

WKH�HYHQW¶V�RI¿FLDO�ZHEVLWH�This year, senior Connor

Winton took home second

place in the men’s pipe jam di-

vision, an event similar to the

rail jam. Vermont senior KC

Copper also secured a second

place spot in the women’s pipe

jam division.

Winton and Copper’s team-

mates who also made the trip

to Colorado include seniors

Sandy Roundy-Lane, Andrew

McIsaac, John Hancheck, Kate

Kostrya, Dave King, Mike Kent,

Brianna Vay, Kendall Wil-

liams, Kia Ellis, Rafel Rodri-

guez and juniors John Welch

and Stephanie Nelb.

When it came time for the

Freeski team to ride, the ath-

letes proved that they could

compete, sweeping the compe-

tition in their division.

“I am very proud of the

team and how they have been

learning and progressing,”

Freeski president Noah Labow

said. “Each year we raise the

level of the team and continue

to recruit new talented student

athletes.”

Senior Ian Adams compet-

ed in the open class rail jam,

following in the footsteps of

2012’s open class rail jam win-

ner and free ski team legend,

Sam “The Operator” Putnam.

Teammate and senior

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this after training on the half

pipe only a few times this year.

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stein and Jared Necamp both

spent practice time preparing

for the open class Slopestyle.

During each run of the compe-

tition, Ebenstein unfortunately

fell on the rails.

“A coached instructional

competition team is new at

UVM”, Labow said. “There is

a system to learning how to

safely execute tricks in the park

and pipe, and FST is quickly

catching on.”

Necamp successfully skied

the rails for the open class

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some tough competition.

Vermont swept the podium

for the 19+ Slopestyle after all

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5. Sophomore Dave DiMarco

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Alexis trailed coming in third,

while junior Logan McKee,

who sustained a broken hand

on the trip, and sophomore

Matt Gardner placed fourth

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cess this year and was a proper

culmination of a winter train-

ing and progressing our skills,”

Ebestein said. “Everyone skied

well throughout the week and

had a great time representing

our team and the school.”

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is prepared for the new year

ahead.

&RDFK� 0DWW� %HO¿HOG� EHOLHYHV�they have “outstanding athletes in

all events this year” and the team

will strive to build on the six ath-

letes they sent to the NCAA’s last

season.

Junior Nika Ouellette en-

ters the season with promise as

the Second Team All-American

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ally for Javelin last season.

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against Dartmouth and Umass

Lowell senior Ethan McBrien ran

away with the 5,000 meter-run.

His time of 14:53 was 40 seconds

better than any of his competi-

tors.

&RDFK�%HO¿HOG�GHVFULEHG�0F-Brien as an athlete to watch after

the New Hampshire native re-

ceived All-New England honors

following his 2012 campaign.

7KH� ¿QDO� YLFWRUV� LQ� WKH�PHHW�were seniors Mary Krug and Tess

Ehrlich, who both cleared 3.35

meters in the pole vault. They

earned the Catamounts eight

points in the meet.

The Catamount Open last

weekend welcomed Dartmouth,

Williams and Plattsburgh State.

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First-year Colby Cunningham

set the pace with two victories on

the day, one in the high jump and

one in the broad jump. Later that

day he was even seen jumping

with joy.

The Catamounts boasted 12

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elin, junior Tyler Parent danced

in the discus and junior Varpilah

Chase won the triple jump.

Junior Nika Oulette also won

in the javelin, junior Yolanda

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Senior Ethan McBrien won

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The team travels to the Mason

Invitational next weekend and we

at the Cynic will keep you updat-

ed on the team’s and individual

athlete’s accomplishments.

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Catamounts spring into a new season

Jake Beilecki Senior Staff Writer

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national level”

Brandon Sauer Marketing Manager

Every year brings even more gruesome injuries to athletes than the last. With bigger, stron-ger and faster players it some-times feels as if it is a conse-quence of the sports culture. But when Louisville’s Kevin Ware broke his leg, the YouTube era reached a crossroads.

There have been graphic in-juries prior to Ware’s and sadly his will not be the last, but his is unique. Ware went to close out on Duke’s Tyler Thornton’s three-point attempt with 6:33 PLQXWHV� OHIW� LQ� WKH� ¿UVW� KDOI� RI�the Elite Eight matchup.

His focus appeared to be on the ball, but when he landed, his leg buckled and broke in two spots.

The injury immediately brought to mind Joe Theismann breaking his leg on a Lawrence Taylor sack in 1985. A sock pro-tected Theismann’s leg from view. Ware did not have that same luxury.

His injury was immediately visible to everyone present and watching on television.

CBS, who was airing the game, ultimately chose to show the play twice on TV but re-frained from showing it inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

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whether to see the injury. In the ¿UVW� ��� KRXUV� DIWHU�� WKH� YLGHR�was viewed millions of times.

Ware himself did not initially realize that his leg was broken. It took until Louisville head coach Rick Pitino went to examine him before it elicited a reaction.

“[He] went to help me up, he glanced at my leg and his eyes got huge,” Ware said in an inter-view with ABC news. “I looked down at my leg and it was just automatic shock.”

Some of Ware’s teammates reacted in the only way they could, by throwing up.

Others such as Russ Smith began to cry. “I heard it. Then, I saw what happened and I just fell,” Smith said in an interview with the New York Daily News.

Trainers rushed to Kevin’s side, putting a towel over the in-jury to block it from view.

“It’s sticking six inches out of the leg and he’s yelling, ‘I’ll be ¿QH��:LQ� WKH� JDPH�¶� ,¶YH� QHYHU�seen anything like that before in my life” Pitino said.

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The way Louisville stayed composed and executed in or-der to reach the Final Four was admirable, but this injury tran-scended sports and entered the general consciousness.

CBS made a decision to not do postgame show. ESPN, also instead only showed a reaction shot of his teammates.

The story got national at-tention from the mainstream media, too. On Thursday, Good Morning America’s Josh Elliot interviewed Ware, choosing not to show the injury, but calling it a “horrifying moment, one so graphic that we purposely blurred it.”

Later on that night, Ware appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to read the Top 10. Called “top 10 things go-ing through Kevin Ware’s mind when he broke his leg”.

The list included “10. What was that loud cracking sound? ���+H\�ORRN�²�P\�WLELD��$QG����Heat, then ice or ice, then heat?” Ware showed immense matu-rity taking on the gallows humor head-on.

Louisville played inspired basketball in their Final Four matchup against Wichita State, UDOO\LQJ� IURP� D� ���SRLQW� GH¿FLW�with 13:35 left in the game, earn-ing a place in the NCAA Champi-onship game against Michigan.

Ware was on the sidelines, cheering on his team after hav-ing surgery earlier in the week.

And there he was again, next to the Louisville bench, as the Cardinals captured the NCAA Championship on Monday night.

We will never know the ef-fect that Ware may have had if he had not sustained his injury, but his absence provided the op-portunity for role player Luke Hancock.

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points to get Louisville back into the game.

This built upon Hancock’s impressive performance in his team’s Final Four matchup with Wichita State where he scored ���SRLQWV��)RU�KLV�HIIRUWV��KH�ZDV�named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

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Even in the heat of the mo-ment, having just won a Nation-DO�&KDPSLRQVKLS��:DUH�GHÀHFW-ed the focus away from himself and in interview with a Kansas City news station said, “It’s not about me, I’ve never been that type of guy. These are my broth-ers. They got the job done.”

Whether Ware will be able to return to play Division I basket-ball remains an unknown, but seeing the way that he has han-dled himself in the wake of the injury, I have no doubt that he will make every effort to do so.

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Quote of the week

Rick Pitino could’ve had the greatest, most successfully week in recent sports memory. First, last Wednesday, his son Richard was named the head basketball coach at University of Minne-

sota. On Saturday a horse that he co-owns named Goldencents, won the Santa Anita Derby and DXWRPDWLFDOO\�TXDOL¿HG�IRU�WKH�Kentucky Derby. Sunday, Pitino was inducted into the Basket-

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The weekly recap

Boss of the weekRick Pitino, Louisville Head Coach

Josh AronsonStaff Writer

About the only thing that isn’t hot in Miami, are the Miami Marlins. They currently have the MLB’s worst record at 1-7 and things don’t appear to be getting any better.

The the Dolphins made, pun intended, a splash in NFL free agency, and the Heat hold the NBA’s best record. Its safe to

say the Marlins are struggling. After trading Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Marlins have entered rebuilding mode and the fans have noticed as the Mar-lins through 8 games have the leagues 5th worst attendance at �������SHU�JDPH��

Goat of the weekNFL Head Coaches

About half the league [NFL] takes Adderall and the league has to allow it. The league made a mistake in my case. Obviously, I didn’t do anything, but you have to go

though a process to prove that you didn’t do anything.—Richard Sherman, Cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks

JEREMY KARPF

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Wood competed in four HYHQWV� WKLV� VHDVRQ��6KH�UDQ�KHU�season-best time of 19:35 at the UNH pre-conference meet to rank 14th on the team. The Cyn-

ic sat down with Kaleigh Wood to ask about her accomplish-ments at UVM.

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Wood honored for effort on and off the track

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN JENKINSSenior Kaleigh Wood runs in a race during Vermont’s Cross Country season. Wood recently received an Outstanding Athlete Award from the UVM’s Women’s Center in their annual banquet this March.

Colin HekimianAssistant Sports Editor