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There was an unusually large amount of textbook rent-als left unreturned by the Dec. 17 deadline.

Jay Menninger, director of the UVM Bookstore, believes the high volume of unreturned textbooks is due to the Decem-ber 2014 academic calendar.

“We rented approximately 3,500 textbooks for the fall se-mester,” Menninger said. Al-most 1,000 of them weren’t re-turned by the Dec. 17 deadline.

“I think that just like any-thing else, it is easy for some-thing like that to slip your mind. For me, it would just be pure laziness,” sophomore Abigail Holmquist said.

Holmquist suggested an in-centive program. “If you return your textbooks back, you get 10 percent back or something,” she said.

Menninger spoke with the rental company, who agreed to extend the deadline to Jan. 14.

“Nobody would get charged until after that deadline,” Men-ninger said.

Normally, if a student does

not return their textbook rental on time, “they get charged the GLHUHQFH� EHWZHHQ� ZKDW� WKH\�rented it for and the price they would have bought it for,” Men-ninger said.

The textbook rental agree-PHQW� VD\V� D� ELW� GLHUHQWO\�though.

Students who do not bring back their textbooks by the deadline will be charged $5 D� GD\� IRU� ¿YH� GD\V�� DQG� WKHQ�charged the replacement cost of the textbook on top of that, ac-cording to the agreement.

It was because of the high volume of textbooks not re-turned that the rental company agreed to the deadline exten-sion, Menninger said.

“It was an unusually high amount,” he said. “Usually any-where from 10-20 percent of the rented books don’t come back. Some students decide they want to keep it because they like it.”

“It was just the way our se-mester ended,” Menninger said.

“We had the Thanksgiving break and three days of classes and then exams. It was pret-ty quick. The kids, they just weren’t thinking about it,” he said.

Some rentals yet to be returnedSarah Olsen

Assistant News Editor

JACOB HOLZMAN The Vermont Cynic890�%RRNVWRUH�HPSOR\HHV�&DUULH�0DGGHQ��OHIW��MXQLRU��DQG�.HOO\�6KHSDUG��FHQWHU��KHOS�¿UVW�\HDU�+LOODU\�/H�UHWXUQ�WH[WERRNV�-DQ������$ERXW�������SHUFHQW�RI�ERRNV�DUH�QRW�UHWXUQHG��7KH�WH[WERRN�UHQWDO�company agreed to extend the deadline due to the high volume of textbooks left unreturned.

As the new spring semester begins, a new organization is making its way onto campus.

Gun Sense Vermont is “an independent, grassroots orga-nization started by Vermonters, run by Vermonters and focused on closing the gaps in Vermont’s gun laws that make it too easy for guns to fall into the wrong hands” according to its website, gunsensevt.org.

“Together we can help Ver-mont take the lead in closing the loopholes that make it so easy for guns to fall into the wrong hands,” the website stated.

Gun Sense Vermont’s focus is passing legislation that would require background checks on all gun purchases in Vermont, particularly in the upcoming 2015 legislative session, accord-ing to the website.

Right now, background checks are not required on gun SXUFKDVHV� DW� ÀHD� PDUNHWV�� JXQ�shows and online sales in Ver-mont.

Instead, any pawnbroker or PHUFKDQW�VHOOLQJ�¿UHDUPV�LV�UH-quired to keep a record of the sale at the time of purchase.

“Such records shall include the date of the transaction, the PDUNV� RI� LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ� RI� WKH�¿UHDUP��LQFOXGLQJ�WKH�PDQXIDF-turer’s name, the caliber, model

and manufacturer’s number of WKH�¿UHDUP��WKH�QDPH��DGGUHVV��birthplace, occupation, age, height, weight and color of eyes and hair of the purchaser or VHOOHU�´�DFFRUGLQJ�WR�WKH�2FH�RI�the Attorney General’s website.

Vermont has one of the most lenient gun laws in the nation, according to usacarry.com.

³,W� LV� ODZIXO� WR� FDUU\� D� ¿UH-arm openly or concealed pro-YLGHG�WKH�¿UHDUP�LV�QRW�FDUULHG�with the intent or avowed pur-pose of injuring a fellow man. There is no permit required to carry concealed,” according to usacarry.com.

Vermont citizens as young as 16 years old are permitted to carry concealed weapons.

“I am for background checks [on gun purchases],” sopho-more Gus Warner said. “I would think it would be a useful and cautionary tactic that could PDNH�D�ODUJH�GLHUHQFH�ZLWK�JXQ�safety.”

Junior TJ Thran agrees with Warner.

“As a Vermont resident, I believe we should not be giving guns to people who are going to cause harm,” he said. “We need to do our part to regulate guns.”

However, it is required that a background check be done for D�SHUVRQ�WR�REWDLQ�D�¿UHDUPV�OL-cense in Vermont, according to the Vermont General Assem-bly’s website, legislature.ver-

mont.gov.Background checks on the

SXUFKDVH� RI� ¿UHDUPV� DUH� FRQ-ducted with the National In-stant Check System.

The system provides gun merchants with immediate in-formation on buyers and is maintained by the FBI, accord-ing to the Vermont Department of Public Safety’s website.

“I think it’s relatively unim-SRUWDQW�� �0RVW�¿JXUHV�,¶YH�VHHQ�show that guns used in crimes are primarily acquired illegally anyway,” senior Justin Hall said. “I know gang violence skews that statistic, but there is a lot of skewing in gun statistics.”

That law states that “indi-YLGXDOV� DUH� E\� ODZ� GLVTXDOL¿HG�from owning, possessing or pur-FKDVLQJ� D� ¿UHDUP� LI� WKH\� KDYH�a felony conviction, a domestic assault conviction or a domestic assault charge that was amend-HG� WR�DQ�RHQVH�ZKHUH� WKHUH� LV�an element of violence on the Criminal History record,” ac-cording to the Department of Public Safety.

According to Gun Sense Ver-mont’s website, between 2003-2012, 56 percent of domestic violence homicides involved a gun.

“Vermont does have a do-mestic violence problem,” the website stated.

Gun Sense Vermont comes to UVMJohn Riedel6WD�:ULWHU

“I am for background checks,[on gun

purchases]. I would think it would

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safety.”Gus WarnerSophomore

“As a Vermont resident, I believe we should not be giving guns to people who are going to cause harm. We need to do our part to regulate guns.”TJ ThranJunior

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The 41-year-old Royall Tyler Theatre will soon be undergoing renovations.

The theatre, formerly the University’s gymnasium, initial-ly opened in 1974.

“It was a beautifully reno-vated building,” David Godkin, class of ’77, said. “It had re-ally nice theater space, and the EDFNVWDJH�DUHDV�ZHUH�WHUUL¿F�´��

Godkin appeared in a pro-duction of T.S. Eliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral” in 1974, ac-cording to a Dec. 19 University Communications press release.

“The spirit of the place was exactly as I remembered, ex-cept it was getting worn. It was a little bit shabby,” Godkin said about a visit to the Royall Tyler Theatre in 2009.

A $215,000 fundraising campaign was launched Octo-ber 2014 in an attempt to re-store the theatre, according to the press release.

The theatre department has wanted to do renovations for many years, the press release stated.

However, they lacked the necessary funding until Ed Tracy, class of ’76, with sup-port from Keith Gaylord,’76 and Jonathan Bourne, ’77, came up with an idea: holding a 40th an-niversary celebration of Royall Tyler’s opening during UVM’s 2014 Homecoming and Family Weekend in mid-October, ac-cording to the release.

The department had the idea to use the weekend as a launch for the fundraising campaign, the release stated.

President Tom Sullivan at-tended a luncheon in Billings

Lounge honoring Royall Tyler’s anniversary and made a special announcement, according to the release.

� +LV� RFH�� LQ� FRQMXQFWLRQ�with the College of Arts and Sci-ences, will contribute $90,000 to the campaign and challenged alumni to contribute the re-

mainder, Sullivan said.The UVM foundation en-

couraged alumni, the UVM community and patrons of the theatre to donate by purchasing a new seat, or section of seats, the release stated.

After the campaign an-nouncement, Godkin took a lead

role in urging alumni to make a collective donation of $30,000 to name the center section of chairs for classes of the 1970’s and ‘80s, the release stated.

Gregory Ramos, chair of UVM’s Theatre Department, said the theatre is, “a gem well worth maintaining.”

“It’s really kind of a magi-cal space,” Ramos said. “We can produce small, very intimate pieces here. And we can also do big musicals like ‘Godspell’ or ‘Cabaret.’”

Royall Tyler to undergo renovations

In 2006, there were about 1,500 Jewish students on cam-pus who wanted a program that they could call their own.

Rabbi Zalman Wilhelm pro-vided that to them with his wife Chani, and it is called Chabad at UVM.

The program also serves Jewish students throughout the state of Vermont who do not go to UVM.

Their programs strengthen Jewish identity, education, awareness and pride and pro-vide the means to practice and experience our Jewish heri-tage,” according to their web-site.

Chabad and Wilhelm have an annual Shabbat celebration that they call the mega Shabbat.

At this event, the Wilhelm’s expect around 350 students to attend.

This year, the Shabbaton will be happening at 7:30 p.m. March 20 in the Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom.

On the Chabad website, stu-dents can RSVP, volunteer to cook, recruit or help set up for the event.

Every Friday, Chabad hands out challah bread on campus and at the Chabad House on 42 Summit St., which also serves as the Wilhelms’ home.

When you pick up your chal-lah, you are also invited to Shab-bat dinner on Friday nights at 7 p.m. following services at their

home. <RX� FDQ� ¿OO� RXW� DQ� 5693�

form on the Chabad website and also invite a friend to go to the dinner with you.

There are usually upwards of 50 students who attend Shab-bat dinners on Friday nights, the website stated.

The Chabad website, chabaduvm.org, is another re-source for Jewish students.

The website provides mul-tiple links.

These include information on the mega Shabbat, Shab-bat dinner on Fridays, kosher dining on-campus, Shabbat in the making, free trips to Israel, FRHH�ZLWK�WKH�UDEEL�DQG�PXFK�more.

People can also see pho-WRV� RI� VHYHUDO� GLHUHQW� UHFHQW�Chabad events.

The website also provide s daily quotes, notes on upcom-ing holidays, calendars and photos from past Chabad fes-tivities.

Students and non-students can submit questions to the Rabbi on the Chabad website.

They can also read answers to previously asked questions when they click on the link at the top, which says “Ask the Rabbi.”

Chabad hopes to provide a sense of community and learn-ing for students at UVM and elsewhere, according to the website.

The investigation continues in the case of the homicide that occurred on Greene Street Jan. 3.

Former UVM student Kevin DeOliveira was found dead in his home, and his death has been ruled a homicide, accord-ing to Burlington police.

Burlington police have not FRQ¿UPHG�WKH�FDXVH�RI�WKH�KR-micide, in order to “maintain the integrity of the investiga-tion.”

Matt Porter, a friend of De-Oliveria’s, said that he believes the murder was, “100 percent drug related.”

Students who live down-town have taken extra caution after the incident.

“Last year, we always felt safe because we were sur-rounded by college students, but I guess you always have to be careful,” said Samantha Russo, who lived on Greene Street next door to DeOliveria last year.

“Extensive work continues to be done on this constantly evolving investigation,” accord-ing to Burlington police.

The number of active inves-tigators continues to expand with more than 35 detectives, agents, and prosecutors work-ing the case, according to po-lice.

Burlington police are being assisted by the Vermont State Police; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Drug Enforcement Administra-tion, United States Marshal’s Service and other law enforce-ment agencies both in Vermont and throughout the region, ac-cording to the release.

Investigators say there is no threat to public safety and they haven’t discovered anything that leads them to believe that there is any ongoing danger to the public.

Chabad at UVM

Hannah KearnsNews Editor

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students, but I guess you

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Life

Black and White

The‘King’has returned If you mix Rick Ross

with the musical style of T.I, you’ve got Kingbread, Burl-ington’s up and coming rap artist with a passion for re-ligion and the motto “life is VWUDQJHU�WKDQ�¿FWLRQ�´�

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Don’t be fooled, though, Kingbread said he loves a good party.

“I love UVM, they’re my biggest fan base. Parties are the biggest way I promote P\VHOI�´�KH�VDLG��

His music is mainly about his own life experiences, but Kingbread said there are some topics he won’t talk about.

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in Islam. Islam means peace, and I believe in peace over HYHU\WKLQJ�´�.LQJEUHDG�VDLG�

Prison also fostered his creativity, Kingbread said.

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“The writing really helped me. It was a way to stay posi-WLYH�´�

Even after going to jail, Kingbread said he still re-spects authority.

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Kingbread believes in go-ing big or going home.

“If we’re doing this then we should take it to the next OHYHO�´�

As for Kingbread’s reputa-tion on campus, sophomore James Weisbecker said many UVM students like him.

“I know he sold cocaine and went to a lot of UVM par-ties, and I know a lot of kids OLNH� KLP� EHFDXVH� RI� WKDW�´�Weisbecker said.

:LWK� LQÀXHQFHV� VXFK� DV�reggae, Trey Songs and Nicki Minaj, Kingbread prides himself on his unique sound, he said.

“I don’t really see any-body as far as rappers in my way. I got that VT slick talk, JRW� WKDW� GLHUHQW� YLEH�´� KH�said.

<RX� FDQ� ¿QG�.LQJEUHDG¶V�music on Soundcloud and Facebook. Kingbread ex-pects to release his new mix-WDSH��³6WUDQJHU�WKDQ�)LFWLRQ�´�before Valentine’s Day of this year.

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Local Rap Artist

JEN RAMIREZ The Vermont CynicLocal rap artist Kingbread, previously known as Kornbread and born Kevin Martin, sits down for an

interview Jan. 13 in the Davis Center. Kingbread returned to the Burlington rap scene after his time in jail.

University hosts series of events honoring MLK

Dr. King will be remem-bered as UVM hosts a week and a half of events.

The university is cele-brating the civil rights activ-ist, Nobel Peace Prize win-ner and the man behind the ³,�+DYH�D�'UHDP´�VSHHFK��

“They’re celebrating the positive results of MLK’s actions, and I think it’s im-portant to expose the UVM community to something OLNH�WKDW�´�VRSKRPRUH�%UHQ-dan White said.

MLK celebrations began Jan. 14 and will continue through Jan. 30 with events including an MLK birthday-

SDUW\��¿OP�DQG�GRFXPHQWDU\�screenings and a health eq-uity lecture in the College of Medicine.

“I believe that events such as these provide a vi-brant and healthy forum to explore issues that are critical to our wellbeing as a community and our re-sponsibility as citizens in a GLYHUVH� ZRUOG�´� 3UHVLGHQW�Sullivan said in an email to the UVM community.

The keynote presenta-tion during these two weeks was a lecture by award-win-ning author of “The Butler: $� :LWQHVV� WR� +LVWRU\�´� :LO�

Haygood.Haygood was an asso-

FLDWH� SURGXFHU� IRU� WKH� ¿OP�adaptation of the novel, ac-cording to Simon & Schus-ter.com.

Haygood is also a report-er for the Washington Post.

The lecture took place Jan. 20.

MLK was born in 1929. He fought for equality for African-Americans, inspired by non-violent activists like Mahatma Gandi, according history.com.

King’s involvement in the civil rights movement in-cluded the March of Wash-

ington, a “peaceful political UDOO\�´� PHDQW� WR� VKRZ� KRZ�African Americans were fac-ing injustices, according to the website.

About 300,000 people attended the march and it ZDV�D�ODUJH�LQÀXHQFH�RQ�WKH�passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, according to his-tory.com.

“I think it’s great that UVM does these events, since MLK was such an im-SRUWDQW� SDUW� RI� KLVWRU\�´�sophomore Abigail Howlett said.

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An award-winning novel-ist posed a question for the UVM community: what’s the use of stories that aren’t HYHQ�WUXH"�

Salman Rushdie an-swered this question during his lecture in the Ira Allen Chapel Jan. 14.

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In his lecture, Rushdie presented his book titled “Haroun and the Sea of Sto-ULHV�´�

Rushdie described how the book was written with one audience member in mind, his 10-year-old son.

He wrote the novel after his son asked, “why don’t you ever write anything I ZRXOG�OLNH�WR�UHDG�´�5XVKGLH�said.

The main character’s name, Haroun, came from Rushdie’s son’s middle name, he said.

Rushdie wanted to write a book his son could read twice in his life; once as a boy and again as a young

adult, he said. Rushdie said the book

includes multiple themes in order to change the book’s message so his son could enjoy it at two periods of his life.

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“Haroun and the Sea of 6WRULHV´�ZDV�D������9HUPRQW�Reads Book, a statewide community reading pro-gram from the Vermont Hu-manities Council, according to the council’s website.

It was also part of the First Wednesdays program, professor Major Jackson said.

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braries across Vermont each host a humanities lecture on WKH�¿UVW�:HGQHVGD\�RI�HDFK�month, Jackson said.

“It was really cool to see 6DOPDQ� 5XVKGLH� DW� 890�´�senior Austin Dziki said.

Rushdie’s lecture was part of Essex Junction’s Brownell Library’s presenta-tion.

Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), In-dia in 1947, according to the British Council Literature website.

He is the author of 11 books and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981, ac-cording to his website.

The author is also the re-cipient of numerous other awards including two Whit-bread Prizes for Best Novel, a Writers’ Guild Award, the James Tait Black Prize and the European Union’s Aris-teion Prize for Literature, according to his website.

L i f e WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 20154

Let’s say hello to ElloA new, exclusive social

media website may be on track to open its pages to ev-erbody, except advertisers.

Ello launched as a plat-form for sharing posts and following people without ad-vertisements but is currently invite only.

Ello is headquartered in Burlington and was found-ed in 2013, according to CrunchBase.com.

7KH� VLWH� KDV� RYHU� �����million in start up funds, ac-cording to CNBC.

Paul Budnitz, CEO and creator of Ello, wants to cre-DWH�D�³SRVLWLYH�HQYLURQPHQW´�for users where their infor-mation, such as friends and visited web pages, are not shared with advertisers, he said.

Users can join by invita-tion only, but Budnitz said he hopes that Ello will be-come open later this spring.

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Future Ello intern, junior

Jacob Dubois, said that he agrees with the company’s mission.

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The site is designed for the “aesthetically minded SHUVRQ´� DQG� FUHDWHG� E\� GH-signers and artists to make showcasing art and pictures easier, cleaner and clearer, Budnitz said.

“Ello presents a very in-teresting take on social me-GLD�´� MXQLRU� 7-� +HHUQDQ�said.

The site started as a pri-vate social network but be-gan gaining popularity, so Ello created a public version, according to their website.

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Junior

Health Corner

It’s the second week of classes and if you’re like me, you’re already feeling the ef-fects of less sleep.

Here is the lowdown on how you sleep, when to sleep and a few ways to make sure you’re getting the most out RI�\RXU�³]]]¶V�´

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REM stands for rapid eye movement. This lighter sleep is characterized by dreaming, where non-REM sleep is considered a much deeper sleep, according to Time Magazine.

Sleep is composed of 90-minute cycles, and al-though these cycles contiue throughout the night, the “ratio of non-REM to REM sleep changes. Earlier in the night, your body gets more non-REM sleep, and later it

JHWV� PRUH� 5(0� VOHHS�´� DF-cording to the magazine.

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ies are programed to switch from non-REM to REM sleep regardless of our bed-time.

Going to bed between 8 p.m. and midnight, al-though earlier is better, al-lows for a healthy amount of REM sleep, according to the magazine.

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Try not to eat or exer-cise right before bed. Put-ting down your phone or closing your computer will also help. Grab a book or chat with a roommate be-fore tucking in for the night. Sleep well, UVM.

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D i s t r a c t i o n s5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

WINTER ESSENTIALS Winter can be hard on all of us, especially those first-years braving their first winter in Vermont. For everyone

who came back from break feeling completely unprepared, here is a list of the most essential winter accessories:

By Keely Agan

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Big Winter Jacket. If you think you don’t need to invest in a good

winter jacket, you are sadly mistaken. On the cold-est Vermont days it can feel like frostbite is setting in even during the short walk from Rowell to Wills. Invest in a warm jacket, you won’t regret it.

“I love that my winter coat is super long and has a hood. It keeps me really warm,” senior Jordan Weith said.

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Actual Snow Boots.

Hand and Boot Warmers.

Even native Vermonters will tell you how much of a difference it can make when your fingers and toes aren’t affected by the bitter cold.

Keep a box of warmers in your room for the coldest days when you have to trek across campus for class or to attend a UVM hockey game.

Wool Socks.On a cold winter day, nothing is worse than cold

feet and nothing is better than slipping into your fa-vorite pair of wool socks.

“Socks are a Vermonter’s best friend!” sophomore Mary Rowley said.

Flannels.You will find that true Vermonters don’t wear flan-

nel as a fashion accessory, although flannel jammies are wicked cute. They wear flannels out of necessity to stay warm in this brutal weather.

Invest in the warmest flannel you can find before the coldest days of winter hit.

“If you go out in the cold with a flannel on, you will feel significantly warmer,” sophomore Jake Saccoc-cio said.

Lip Balm. This may sound like the most frivolous winter

accessory you can think of. When your lips feel like they are falling off because they have no protection against the bitter winter wind, the notion of lip balm as an essential won’t seem so ridiculous.

“Chapstick helps, especially when I’m skiing, to make my lips not feel so chapped,” sophomore Kyle Kostell said.

Thinking you can “slide by” in your Uggs or an old pair of sneakers in the depths of a Vermont winter is a costly mistake. Soggy feet will be the least of your worries as you slip and fall all over campus with your footwear that has little to no traction.

Jump on the bandwagon and get some L.L. Bean boots or other waterproof boots with enough traction to save you from embarrassing falls on campus.

“I definitely have to have a good pair of boots, be-cause Vermont winters are not kind to nice shoes,” sophomore Fernando Jimenez said.

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Higher Ground will be converted to a dance spec-tacle due to this jamming quintet.

Lotus, the premier dance fusion band and staple of the festival scene, will return to Burlington for another two-night run. Each concert will be unique and feature high-ly danceable music accom-panied by a light show.

Lotus uses a traditional rock setup to create the kind of dance grooves usually played today by electronic artists.

This fusion has made their music appeal to a wide variety of listeners, and the resulting popularity has landed them at the top of many festival lineups.

“We usually get a good mix of people in the crowd. Not all hippies but not all EDM kids either,” member Jesse Miller said.

Miller plays bass guitar and synthesizer for Lotus. He uses the synthesizer to integrate previously re-corded sound samples into

their live music. He plays any sound that cannot be created by the instruments present on stage.

The highly technical mu-sic Lotus plays live is crafted slowly and carefully on their RZQ�WLPH�WR�¿W��WKHLU�JRDO�

“I’d say it’s more craft than art,” Miller said.

Each project they do is focused on a new con-cept, their musical style has evolved quite a bit over time. At the Gathering of the Vibes in Connecticut last summer for example, Lotus played a set of “de-constructed Talking Heads” music.

During the set they broke down Talking Heads songs into musical themes and then used them to create a more electronic, danceable ¿QDO� SURGXFW�� ³,W¶V� NLQG� RI�like making a remix,” Miller said.

Lotus is currently tour-ing to support their new album “Gilded Age,” and the Burlington shows are expected to sell out, as they did last year.

Lotus took a new direc-tion with their musical style when making “Gilded Age,”

which they recorded mostly during full band studio ses-sions.

Most of their previous projects tended to be syn-thesizer heavy and electron-ic.

“Gilded Age” is more stripped down and rock-focused than our previ-ous work,” Miller said. The full album is available for streaming on the band’s Soundcloud.

It’s not just their fans that are excited for Lotus’s return to Burlington. The group enjoys their time up here as well, weather per-mitting.

“Last year it was so cold LW�PDGH� LW�GLFXOW� IRU�XV� WR�leave the bus much,” Miller said.

No matter how cold it is here in January, howev-er, the band can still enjoy some Vermont beers.

“I think Heady Topper is my favorite. We like to drink,” Miller said.

7KH� EHQH¿W� RI� LQGRRU�music venues is that a band, like Lotus, can throw a two-night dance party Jan. 27 and 28.

Lotus: heating up Higher GroundJon Zinter

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Grimy heavy bass, fu-sions of rap, a packed room and the brand new Vortex 3.0 can all be experienced at Higher Ground this Sunday.

Datsik, a prominent dub-step producer, is returning to Vermont with his “Ninja Nation Tour” and is bringing his signature Vortex, which is bigger and has more lights than ever.

The Vortex 3.0 is a fun-nel of color and light that the producer stands in while he mixing music.

The Vortex is meant to captivate audiences, cause them to lose themselves in the music and dance the night away.

When Datsik is not watching anime with his road team, he said, he is headlining shows all around

the world and collaborating with such artists as the Wu-Tang Clan and Diplo.

“Waking up and hav-ing to take a dump is even a challenge because you can’t do it on the bus,” Datsik said ZKHQ�DVNHG�DERXW� WKH�GL-culty of touring, “but having a team with a good outlook makes all those little things more bearable.”

When searching for a team, Datsik said, “I don’t look for who is the best, I look for someone I can work with.”

He credits his success to his team and their ability to create a fun, positive work environment.

“I try to keep that Cana-dian mentality because we are notorious for being po-lite,” he said.

Datsik’s style is an ag-gressive form of dubstep. He said that he tries to take inspiration from all forms of music to prevent produc-ing the same music, because hearing the same thing all the time, no matter how good, gets old.

“Don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I love bacon but that doesn’t mean I don’t appre-ciate eggs, hash browns and a side of toast with my meal, and I feel the same way about my music.”

The Jan. 25 show is $25 in advance and promises the perfect dance environment, no matter who you are.

Datsik drops the bass in Burlington

For some muscians words are everything and the same is true for this in-die folk band.

“Lyrics have always been the most important part [of music] for me,” Frontier Ruckus’s front man Mat-thew Milia said. “I’ve never looked at it any other way.”

The vocabulary of any given Frontier Ruckus song is unlike many bands today.

This lyrical sophistica-tion owes itself to Milia’s college career, during which he studied poetry.

Milia’s lyrics are, in his words, “not straightfor-ward.”

“I’m obsessed with inter-

nal and complex rhymes,” he said.

The band’s second full-length album, “Deadmalls and Nightfalls,” hints at an awareness of economic hardship in their hometown of Detroit.

The singer incorporates his hometown suburban experiences heavily into his songs. He writes about his childhood, telling the types of stories often characteris-tic of folk music.

“I write lots of lengthy, robust songs,” Milia said, “I think folk allows that much language and wordiness.”

Though the band doesn’t conform to one genre, a few RI�0LOLD¶V�SHUVRQDO�LQÀXHQF-es are American folk essen-tials like Bob Dylan, Leon-ard Cohen and Neil Young.

“We aren’t boxed into one genre,” Milia said. “Right now, we’re doing kind of an alternative 90’s pop-rock-col lege-radio thing.”

Whatever their sound may be, it has gained fan-bases for the band in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Before Jan 25, Frontier Ruckus is stopping in To-ronto and Montreal.

In February, the band will begin its sixth European tour.

“There is a magical ele-ment when you add lyrics to a melody,” Milia said. “A beautiful ambivalence,” which, for Frontier Ruckus, resonates worldwide.

The group will play at Higher Ground Jan. 25.

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ARTS7 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

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UVM students know all about getting funked up and the ones that attended this VKRZ�JRW�WKHLU�¿[�� Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the jazz and funk band New York Funk Ex-change played at The Mat-terhorn in Stowe, Vermont, Jan. 17. Serena Fortier, vocal-ist for NYFE, began play-ing with Jamey Zebrack on keys and vocals, and Mat Godfrey on guitar, during her time at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Zebrack then moved to New York. Fortier and Godfrey joined him and the band grew into a total of nine members. The other six members are Matthew Fox on bass, Ray Holman on drums, R.J. Avallone on trumpet, Mi-chael Farrell on tenor saxo-phone, Matt Maley on alto and baritone saxophone, and Nick Martino on trum-pet. Their show at the Matter-horn is a return to Vermont for NYFE. They used to play at the Rusty Nail when it was in Burlington. There were two shows on

Saturday, a 4 p.m. and a 9 p.m. Unfortunately, Fortier was sick and lost her voice after WKH�¿UVW�VKRZ��Consequently, the 9 p.m. was cancelled.

The show consisted of cov-ers of both well-known and more obscure old school sounds. One of Fortier’s favorites to cover is Stevie Wonder’s “Did I Hear You Say You Love Me.” The band also focused on their original al-bum songs. NYFE has produced two albums, “Funkonomic Stim-ulus Plan,” released in 2009 and “This Is Your Brain On Funk” released in 2014.

They are currently work-ing on a third album. Zebrack predominately composes the instrumen-tals, with jam sessions that lead to everyone adding their own touches until it is complete. “You never know what’s going to happen or where

the groove is going before it does,” Fortier said. The lyrics are added based on “the way the groove makes me feel,” said Forti-er, who is the songwriter for the group. NYFE has hopes to head down south, especially to the New Orleans area.

Future plans include de-veloping the band to a point where the music supports itself and day jobs are no longer necessary. “We are stoked to be back in Vermont with you funk-ers,” Fortier said.

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“You never know what’s going to

happen or where the groove is

going before it does.”

Serena FortierLead Vocalist

When students attend shows, they are trusting the band to show them a good time. And you can trust this band, because they have a doctor.

Doctor Rick, named after their self-proclaimed “doc-tor of funk,” lead guitarist and sophomore Eric ‘Rick’ Soszynsky.

The band is comprised of local UVM students: bassist and junior Brennan Kensey, drummer and junior Zach Santarsiero and lead vocal-ist Patrick Callahan.

The four started just jamming together in their spare time, which quickly spiraled into a full-time commitment.

The band practices six or seven times a week to hone their craft.

“If we had free schedules we would be together every-day,” Kensey said.

The band posts their live recordings from Nectar’s, Zen Lounge, Metronome and local basement parties, on their Facebook page.

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Their style shifts from dance to rock, while main-taining traces of jam.

“I think rock is vague enough to describe us some-times,” Soszynsky said.

The band’s recent gig, at The Rusty Nail opening IRU�%DG¿VK��ZDV� WKH� ODUJHVW�crowd they have had.

With over 150 people in attendance, the crowd was a big change from the base-ments they started in they said.

“Doctor Rick is a force to be reckoned with.” Junior Brandon Hayden said.

The group reached out to a friend at Nectars about getting a gig and it snow-balled from there.

Their performance at Metronome was almost an audition for the band.

After that, venues start-ed reaching out to them for more shows.

“You have to critique them, but also tell them

when they’re ripping,” San-tarsiero said about their band dynamic.

The group attributes their success to their close-ness as friends, which al-lows them to be critical of each other while practicing their sets.

“[Fans] come to see us half the time just because of the funny way we interact

on stage,” said Santarsiero. “Our band comradery is the best part. It’s a show with-out the music.”

You can catch the group opening for Atlas Road Crew’s free show at Manhat-tan Pizza Jan. 24

The group is also playing at Nectar’s Feb. 6.

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The year of the white male

It’s time to pay the players

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as white men, “we

can’t understand.”

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Ty Williams is a senior history and political science double ma-jor. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2014

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a court of law.

Under NCAA rules,

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State is engaging in

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The latest report

from CNN declared

that over 32 women

have come forward

claiming that the

Jell-O loving TV father

had drugged, raped

and silenced them in

incidents dating back

upward of 40 years.

Bill Cosby should be

remembered for his

great contributions

to society through

the advocacy for

access to education,

and his endearing

humor and iconic

style, in addition to

his unacceptable

behaviors, despicable

manipulations and

abuses of others.

Ever since the

Citizens United

court case was

decided, which

allowed corporations

to make massive

donations to political

campaigns, no

politician of any

party has ever been

able to win a major

election without

support from those

major companies.

As a power move

intended to kill the

competition, the

American company

sends a corporate

lobbyist to strike

a deal with any

polician who will

listen, Republic and

Democrat, alike.

Joseph Oteng is a senior religion major. He has been writing for the Cynic since spring 2015.

Gaetano Martello is an un-declared sophomore. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

Sports

Scores from last weekJan. 14- Women’s varsity basketball vs. UNH, L 64-56

Jan. 14- Men’s varsity basketball vs. Dartmouth, W 55-52

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Forward, women’s SoccerSophomoreCareer goals: 2When: Sept. 9, 2014Where: Against Colgate University in Hamilton, New York

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Jessica Silverman

Forward, men’s ice hockeySophomore Career goals: 13When: Nov. 9, 2013Where: Against University of Maine in Orono, Maine

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Brady Shaw

Captain and forward, women’s ice hockeySeniorCareer goals: 44When: Oct. 7, 2011Where: Burlington, Ver-mont against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

³,�EHOLHYH�>P\�¿UVW�1&$$�JRDO@�ZDV�DJDLQVW�53,��,�got a break away and did the back hand move on the goalie. Brent Hill was one of the coaches of RPI at the time, and he coached me growing up and knew that was one of my favorite moves. So, after the game he smiled and said ‘should’ve known that was coming.’”

Amanda Pelkey

Forward, men’s ice hockey Sophomore Career goals: 29When: Nov. 1, 2013Where: Burlington, Ver-mont against Notre Dame

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His scoring pace, if it continues, will rank him in the Top-10 in UVM men’s hockey history. “It’s a huge honor, obviously, to be in conversation with Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin, and John Leclair. I just hope to keep contributing and helping the team win,” Puskarich said.

Mario Puskarich

By Alex Benoît

11WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015SPorts

Freddy FieldsAssistant Sports Editor

Men’s hockey ends ^LLRLUK�^PUSLZZ�against the Huskies

:PISPUNZ�W\ZO�NYV^[OFor many athletes, the team

is often seen as an extension of their own family. That closeness is highlighted by the UVM var-sity skiing team, which features three sets of siblings on its ros-ter.

On the Nordic roster, there are brothers Jack and Ben Heg-PDQ�� MXQLRU� DQG� ¿UVW�\HDU� UH-spectively. In addition, the team also has Rogan and Cully Brown, D�VHQLRU�DQG�¿UVW�\HDU�GXR�KDLO-ing from Durango, Colorado. On the Alpine section of the roster are sophomore twins Laurence and Will St. Germain.

Head Coach Patrick Weaver thinks the presence of so many VLEOLQJV� FDQ� GH¿QLWHO\� KHOS� FUH-ate a team with stronger bonds.

“It helps raise the level of sup-port on the team,” Weaver said.

“In regards to Rogan and Jack, as they have been around for a couple of years, I see some subtle mentoring between the brothers. This has helped with the adjustment with the younger siblings, which helps make the team more competitive,” Weav-er said.

There certainly is some sib-ling rivalry but it has been all healthy and fun to watch ac-cording to Weaver. The athletes themselves consider the situa-tion to be a positive one.

“Cully helps me become a better person and skier,” Ro-gan Brown said. “It’s a two-way street, we give each other feed-back and help each other out. It’s fun to have him around.”

“After being on the ski team for a couple years, I know how

WKLQJV� ZRUN� DQG� GH¿QLWHO\� WU\�to pass some of those tips onto him,” Jack Hegman said.

“We are all competitive with each other. We help each other to succeed,” said Will and Lau-rence St. Germain.

This family dynamic is what makes UVM skiing stand out against other teams Weaver said.

The team plans on working hard and having another suc-cessful season.

They have the chance to con-tend for their seventh national championship this year.

The season began Jan. 16 at the Bates Carnival in Lewiston, Maine.

7KH� &DWDPRXQWV� WRRN� ¿UVW�place with 914 points, beating out second place Dartmouth College by 60 points.

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ketball team at UVM started strong this season by winning WKH� WHDP¶V�¿UVW� RQH�GD\� WRXU-nament at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

“That was a good start to the year, and that car-ries through,” senior Captain Danielle Esenler said. “We are really hoping to do well at regionals.”

Both Esenler and her co-captain, junior Juliana Blais, have seen changes in the team since they started playing WKHLU�¿UVW�\HDU�

“We’ve done more as a team in general. We hang out on the weekends and do things together, like play pick-up,” Blais said. “It’s more casual.”

7KLV�R�FRXUW�ERQGLQJ�ZDV�key to the team’s recent suc-cess, Esenler said.

“We’re all coming from GLHUHQW� KLJK� VFKRROV�� GLHU-ent states, so the more time \RX�VSHQG��RQ�RU�R�WKH�FRXUW��really helps how we play,” she said.

The team has three to four games in each tournament and has so far played in two tournaments this year. They will be playing in another in the spring as well as hosting one of their own.

“This year we’re trying to put together a home tourna-ment for the end of March, so we hope that goes well,” Esen-ler said.

Esenler and Blais said they are interested in increasing the team’s on-campus pres-ence while at UVM.

“We hope people come to it and support us. I know it’s hard to get the word out on that kind of thing,” Blais said.

3ODQQLQJ� WKH� WHDP¶V� ¿UVW�home tournament includes FRQWDFWLQJ� RWKHU� WHDPV�� ¿QG-ing referees and reserving space in UVM’s Patrick Gym.

³:H¶OO�EH�¿JXULQJ�LW�RXW�DV�we go,” Esenler said.

Both Blais and Esenler agree that the UVM women’s club basketball team has posi-tively impacted their lives.

“When I got to college, I was so happy that I could continue playing. I remem-ber when my high school sea-son ended, I was worried that that would be it,” Esenler said. ³3OD\LQJ� FOXE� KHUH� ¿WV� LQWR�your college experience.”

For Blais, club basketball KHOSHG� KHU� ¿QG� KHU� SODFH� LQ�college.

“I didn’t really like UVM. It didn’t really click for me my freshman year, and then, by the second semester when I was really involved with bas-NHWEDOO��,�VWDUWHG�WR�UHDOO\�¿QG�people,” Blais said.

“That’s really the reason why I stayed here and decided not to transfer,” she said. “It’s something that’s been a really big part of my life here.”

Somer BrownAssistant Sports Editor

It was clear that Head Coach Kevin Sneddon was not happy with the men’s ice hockey performance against unranked Northeastern Uni-versity.

Vermont lost the game 4-1.³1RUWKHDVWHUQ¶V�HRUW�ZDV�

incredible and ours was ter-rible. They won every battle and every puck race,” Sned-don said. “How many penal-ties did we take? One or two and it’s not because we were diligent. It’s simply because we didn’t hit anything.”

Northeastern got out to an early lead, beating sophomore goaltender Mike Santaguida on the far side.

Senior Captain Mike Pali-otta responded on the power play soon after, but that was all the Cats would get.

“I’m just incredibly disap-pointed from the net out. This LV�D�FROOHFWLYH�EDG�HRUW� IURP�me all the way down,” Paliotta said.

After the loss Sneddon said that there would be some changes.

“There’s going to be a lot of lineup changes. Pretty much everybody who didn’t play to-night and is healthy will get a chance to play tomorrow,” Sneddon said.

These players include sophomore Mike Stenerson, ¿UVW�\HDU�.HYLQ�,UZLQ��VRSKR-PRUH� -DUULG� 3ULYLWHUD�� ¿UVW�

year Mitch Ferguson and oth-ers.

Sneddon made it clear that this was an embarrassing loss by the Catamounts. The ODFN� RI� HRUW� DQG� WKH� ODFN� RI�execution on the ice, as well as a conference loss to a non-ranked team, should spark the players into performing better Saturday night Sneddon said.

After Sneddon’s remarks DERXW�D�ODFN�RI�HRUW��WKH�&DW-amounts responded, but only came away with a tie.

The Catamounts tied with

Northeastern University 2-2 on power play goals by sopho-more Brady Shaw and senior Colin Markison.

This weekend the Cata-mounts host the No. 2 Boston University Terriers in another Hockey East series at Gutter-son Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday Jan. 23 and 24. Both games start at 7:05 p.m. and will be show on CatamounTV.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICSMembers of the Alpine and Nordic sections of the UVM Ski Team are pictured in the Patrick Gymnasium. The Cats opened the 2015 season with a win at the Bates Carnival Jan. 16 and 17 in Lewiston, Maine.

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experience.”

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Mike PaliottaSenior Captain

In the fall, as the sun is rising, the UVM men’s rugby team is headed to practice.

For junior Jackson McNally, this means wearing his signature green Crocs.

A starter on the UVM club rugby team, McNally

came to UVM in 2012 with no idea how to play the sport.

“My sister played at her college and raved about it,” McNally said. “Once I expressed interest to a kid on P\�ÀRRU��KH�GUDJJHG�PH�WR�D�SUDFWLFH�´

In high school, McNally played varsity lacrosse and FRPSHWHG�LQ�WUDFN�DQG�¿HOG���

After he attended a few practices and learned the basics of rugby, he said he was hooked.

“The rugby team is a great environment to grow as an athlete, no matter your skill level,” McNally said. “It’s a tough and fast-paced sport, but all the guys strive for progression.”

According to McNally, “when it comes to improv-LQJ�RQ�WKH�¿HOG�DQG�DV�D�SHUVRQ�,�WKLQN�<RGD�QDLOHG�LW��‘Do or do not. There is no try.’”

The club rugby team was founded in 1970, and competes in the New England Rugby Football Union, Division II.

7KLV�SDVW�VHDVRQ��WKH�FOXE�¿QLVKHG�WKHLU�UHJXODU�season campaign with an 8-2 record.

The team advanced to the club rugby national tour-nament where they beat SUNY Oswego in the round of 16 and then lost to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the round of eight.

8QLYHUVLW\�RI�:LVFRQVLQ�:KLWHZDWHU�¿QLVKHG�VHF-ond in the tournament, which places the UVM squad sixth in the entire country, according to junior Spencer Reynolds.

“Sometimes people think that club sports are really casual, but rugby, as well as other clubs at UVM, are top-notch and in it to win.” McNally said.

McNally plays wing, which is the player closest to the sideline.

Often, the wing is a speedy athlete and is positioned RQ�WKH�HGJH�RI�WKH�¿HOG���7KHLU�MRE�LV�WR�UXQ�WKH�EDOO�when it’s passed to them in order to gain yards or score points.

“Jackson started as this crazy athletic kid who couldn’t catch the ball. Now he’s our starting wing and is scoring in most games,” said teammate, junior Jon Tolen. “He is one of the highest-energy players we have, and that spreads around the team.”

McNally has started several trends for the rugby team this season, including their motto, “Can’t stop, won’t stop!” McNally said, while laughing, that his next plan is to “make everyone buy lime green Crocs and wear them to practice and games.”

McNally, who is also a member of the UVM snow-boarding team, says that sports help him stay healthy, motivated and having fun.

“Meeting many of the alumni from past seasons makes me proud I joined the team,” McNally said. “It’s taught me that success is made from focus, deter-mination and commitment.’”

SPORTS12 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

Club rugby athlete brings passion and green crocs

Cameron PanepintoSports Editor

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