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It appears one patron of Bailey/Howe did not visit the checkout desk. The Bailey/Howe Library
was contacted by the National Archives group in midAugust and asked to examine Special Collections for items that may have been targeted for theft.“At this point, we have
!"#$%!&#"' ()'*!++!$,' !%#*+-' ./%'we are still checking,” Director of Research Collections Jeffrey Marshall said.The documents were found
among hundreds of documents from various universities in the apartment of Barry Landau, a New Yorker accused of conspiring to steal rare documents to sell 012' 3' 421&%-' 35512"!$,' %1' %6#'Burlington Free Press.Most of the documents taken
from Bailey/Howe included autographs from President’s Theodore Rooselvelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft.“They are not a great deal of
research value, but because they are signed by a president, they do have some monetary value,” he said.When asked whether Landau
visited Bailey/Howe, Marshall said he had no comment because state law and library policy 421%#5%+' %6#' 51$&"#$%!37!%8' 10'library users.Right now, the library staff is
reviewing their procedures and
investigating technology that might improve security, he said.“Part of our challenge is
that we have a large open stack section that mixes with those looking in the private stacks,” Marshall said. “It get’s pretty chaotic sometimes. We try to watch closely.”
Since the incident, the library is now requiring users to show a valid ID.Marshall said that the staff
was discouraged about what happened because they are there to help.“We’re all very disappointed,”
he said. “We exist to help people with their research. We try as much as we can to make their work easier, but when something like this happens, we feel betrayed.”During the court procedures
for Landau, prosecutors said
Documents stolenFBI recovers Bailey/Howe lettersBy Becky Hayes
Assistant News Editor
“At this point we have identified 67 missing
items, but we are still checking.”
Jeffrey MarshallDirector of Research
Collections
The Bailey/Howe Library is now occupied.Students and professors
gathered outside the Bailey/Howe on Oct. 10 for a teachin to make more students aware of the events occurring on Wall Street.“We are a grassroots coalition
who works to represent the material interests of the student body and stands in solidarity with the staff and faculty’s struggles on campus,” one sign stated.Senior Tyler WilkinsonRay
said he was part of a group of students interested in raising awareness about the Occupy Wall Street protests.“Our goal here is to have
a forum, ask questions, give critiques and get people talking about this on campus,” WilkinsonRay said.A number of students took
part in the People’s Mic, a name for the callandresponse method in which the crowd would repeat whatever the speaker was saying.“We have power, and together
we can overcome the oppression 10' 3$' #7!%#' 0#9-:' &2+%;8#32' <!5='Gerber said during his speech.“Corporate greed doesn’t
stop on Wall Street,” senior Avery Pittman said. “It’s right here and it’s our job to shut it the [expletive] up.”Some professors came out to
speak as well.>?6!+'100#2+' 012' %6#'&2+%' %!*#'
in a generation the chance for real change,” professor Helen Scott said.Professor Elaine McCrate said
she was happy to see students protesting, but that she hoped to see about 8,000 more people interested in making a difference.>@A*' 2#3778' ,73"' &$3778' %1'
see students protesting what’s
going on, protesting the budget cutbacks that impact higher education, protesting the way the University has been managed that has resulted in higher and higher tuition costs and arguably in some instances a lower quality of education,” McCrate said.A few students participating
were part of the Students for
University Democracy club.“We’ve been looking at what’s
been going on in Wall Street, looking at what’s been going on on the UVM campus and we’re B/+%'%28!$,'%1'&%'%61+#'377'%1,#%6#2'because this is a community and I think we need to start acting like one more,” junior Jamie Jackson said.Besides the Bailey/Howe
event, an Occupy Wall Street support rally brought together more than 250 Burlington residents and students to City Hall Park on Oct. 9. Protestors walked down
Church Street, carried homemade signs and chanted anticorporation slogans.“All day, all week, occupy
wall street,” the protesters said in unison. Some protesters played
instruments or wore face masks from the movie “V for Vendetta,” while others held up signs with corporate themes such as “Goldman sucks.”
Occupying BurlingtonWall Street protests occur on and off campusBy Becky Hayes
Assistant News Editor
Searching for offcampus housing may be something that occupies the minds of many students during their sophomore and junior years.The Redstone Lofts, which
will open in the fall of 2012, is UVM’s newest housing option for students, but there is already limited availability for next year, said Dave Loehr, Redstone’s marketing assistant.“Applications are in for all
apartments except for a few four bedrooms,” Loehr said.Though applications are in
for many of the apartments, there may still be availability, he said.“There is a chance that some
people [who] put in applications won’t sign the leases,” Loehr
said. “We’re not fully leased by any means, but once that does happen there will be a waiting list.”The Redstone Lofts offer
a centrally located option on campus for students that are eligible to move offcampus, according to their website. They are privately owned,
and will feature inapartment washers and dryers, common 32#3' +%/"8' 211*+' 3$"' 3' &%$#++'facility, the website stated.>?6!+' !+' %6#' &2+%' %!*#' 9#AC#'
had apartmentstyle facilities on campus,” Dean of Students David Nestor said. “They’re a more independent kind of living.”In recent years, some students
who were eligible to move off
Students apply for loftsNew housing option in demandBy Lauren Drasler
Staff Writer
MAX LANDERMAN The Vermont CynicSenior Sasha Bridger speaks to students during the “Occupy Bailey/Howe” rally outside the Bailey/Howe Library on Oct 10.
See DOCUMENTS on page 3
See LOFTS on page 3
MICHAEL CHAUCER-TORELLO The Vermont CynicProtestors rally outside the Citizens Bank in Burlington on Oct. 9.
See OCCUPY on page 2
A vision is slowly becoming a reality for an assistant computer science professor.President Barack Obama
named professor Josh Bongard one of the 94 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research involving intelligent robot design on Sept. 26.Bongard, who works in the
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, was one of 21 nominees presented by the National Science Foundation. The $500,000 award will help fund his research over the next few years, according to University Communications.With nature as his blueprint,
Bongard said his research focuses on building robots with optimal neurological structures. His specialty is using physiological evolution in animals to inspire better design.“[His research] can be broken
down into two broad questions: How can we automatically design a robot with little human intervention, and how can we automatically create a model of a physical system?” according to Bongard’s website.Bongard’s approach to
!"#$%&'"() *+%) ,&#*) -.%#*'/")involves a concept known as evolutionary computation. “My Ph.D. research [uses] a
computational search process to repeatedly test our different robot designs in a virtual environment,” he said.In trying to apply the
appropriate dynamics of biological evolution to his own synthetic designs, he has developed software that generates virtual experiments that reveal hidden, internal information about the system, Bongard said.The algorithm responsible
for this innovative system is called EstimationExploration Algorithm (EEA), he said. Bongard said that he faced
some challenges when creating his design.01*2#) 3%&4)5'6,7.8*) */) ('3%) *+%)
computer a way to measure how well a robot is doing at the desired task,” he said.Bongard said that his
technical background was what inspired him to build these machines.“I was always fascinated by
the staggering complexity we see in biological organisms and was particularly interested in biomechanics,” he said. “I also loved how computers could be
programmed to do just about anything.”
1)+!3%)!8$!4#)9%%"):4#*',%5)as to why we did not have robots in society, Bongard said. “[I would like to see] machines
that lie somewhere between computers and animals, running around in our everyday world,” he said. “I hope that my work, in some small part, contributes
[to] bringing such creatures into existence.”Bongard is only one of two
recipients of the PECASE award in UVM history, in which its mission is to honor scientists and engineers who demonstrate considerable achievement early in their careers.“It is inspiring to see the
innovative work being done by these scientists and engineers as they ramp up their careers, careers that I know will not only be personally rewarding but also invaluable to the nation,” President Obama said in a White House press release.Bongard said his research has
been featured in Wired magazine, The Boston Globe, Voice of America, Popular Science and other publications. He was also named by MIT as
one of the world’s top innovators under 35, according to University Communications. Bongard said he plans to use
some of the $500,000 to help his Ph.D. student Josh Auerbach in his research. “Josh is investigating how
evolution can change not just the brains of our virtual robots, but also their bodies,” Bongard said. “Some of the funds will also go toward supporting the Vermont Advanced Computer Center (the VACC), which is UVM’s supercomputer: we run most of our simulations on the VACC.”In the meantime, Bongard
will go to Washington, D.C. Oct. 1314 to receive the award. Bongard said that his reaction
to winning this award was surprise and happiness.“[I was] stunned, to the say the
least,” he said. “After looking over the work of the other recipients, the shock is being replaced with a feeling of gratitude that my work is considered among such august company.”
OCCUPY
NEWS2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
Robot design awardedPresident Obama recognizes asst. professorBy Devin KarambelasStaff Writer
“I was mystified as to why we don’t have
robots — machines that lie somewhere
between computers and animals. I hope
my work contributes to bringing such
creatures into existence.”
Josh BongardProfessor
The Student Government Association (SGA) wants students to know exactly what to expect when signing up for classes.Lackluster course
descriptions aren’t just an inconvenience to students but are also in violation of a federal law, said Gavin Caster, academic affairs chair.The Academic Affairs
committee has been working since last year to get more information in course descriptions, Caster said.“Academic Affairs has
communicated to the dean of every college a request that professors upload the current class syllabi,” he said. “And if that’s not possible, the most recent syllabi.”They have also been pushing
for the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) of all textbooks used in the class to be posted, he said. By not posting the ISBN’s, the University is breaking a federal law.“Basically, UVM doesn’t
provide the ISBN of textbooks during registration, but the Higher Education Opportunity Act, a federal law, says that they have to be,” Caster said.The Academic Affairs
committee has been working closely with the administration to achieve all of these goals by the end of this month, he said.“The administration has
written to the deans about providing both the Enhanced Section Description and the
ISBN’s at registration, asking professors to do so to the fullest extent possible,” Caster said.Course descriptions aren’t
the only changes that students will be seeing at the start of next semester.New rules will be in effect
that will change the way the add/drop period works, according to *+%);6,7%)/6)*+%)<&/3/#*=
“Adding a course after the ,&#*) ,3%) '"#*&.7*'/"!8) 5!4#) $'88)be at the discretion of the faculty member and will occur by means /6)6!7.8*4)/3%&&'5%>?)*+%)/6,7%)/6)the provost stated.Some students said they
aren’t thrilled about this change.“I think that’s too bad,” said
senior Josephine Miller. “During :4) ,&#*) #%:%#*%&) +%&%) 1) +!5) */)add and drop a million classes, !"5)'*)+%8@%5):%),(.&%)/.*)$+!*)I was interested in and wanted to do.”
SGA wants descriptionsPush to enhance course informationBy Taylor JonesStaff Writer
MEL KATZ The Vermont CynicAsst. computer sciences prof. Bongard recieved the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on Sept. 26.
“Academic Affairs has communicated
to the Dean of every college a request that
professors upload the current class
Syllabi. And if that’s not possible, the most
recent Syllabi.”
Gavin CasterAcademic Affairs Chair
Burlington police were seen at the event monitoring @%5%#*&'!")*&!6,7=)This is the second week of
the movement, which initially brought 150 protestors on Oct. 3. “We are here in solidarity
with the protesters on Wall Street,” their Facebook group stated. “We wish to raise local awareness of this action, which is now worldwide.”Protestors on the streets are
not the only ones who seem to be concerned with these issues.Ben and Jerry’s became the
,&#*) +'(+A@&/,8%) 7/:@!"4) */)support the Occupy Wall Street movement on Oct. 6, according to the press release.“We know the media will
either ignore you or frame the issue as to who may be getting pepper sprayed rather than addressing the despair and hardships borne by so many,”
stated Ben and Jerry’s board of directors. “All this goes on while 7/&@/&!*%)@&/,*#)7/"*'".%)*/)#/!&)and millionaires whine about paying a bit more in taxes. And we have not even mentioned the environment.”
The Occupy Burlington movement is set to meet every Sunday in City Hall Park as long as the Wall Street protests continue.
Bailey/Howe protestors taught...continued from page 1
“Corporate greed doesn’t stop on Wall Street. It’s right here
and it’s our job to shut it the [expletive] up.”
Avery PittmanSenior
MAX LANDERMAN The Vermont CynicStudents protest in support of Occupy Wall Street in front of the Bailey/Howe Library steps on Oct. 10.
NEWS 3THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
The Slade Hall basement, which students may know about for its open mic nights and its role in the history of the Vermont band Phish, is changing up its typical atmosphere.After a large event in April,
!"#$ %&'()*+!,*$ -'#$ ./'0"/(10$,2-3#$3,*4&3!#4$/*$)*5#0!)+/!),*$into the safety of the venue and concluded that the venue was not to exceed 25 people, University Fire Marshal John Marcus said. “The basement of Slade
Hall was not designed, from a safety standpoint, to hold large numbers of people from outside the hall,” Marcus said. “It was designed for the residents of the building to have a place to congregate.”Local authorities have
become increasingly concerned with small venue safety after the 6!/!),*$ *)+"!3(&7$ -'#$ )*$ 8",4#$Island killed 100 people in 2003, he said.Tragedies in small venues
such as the Station were due in 9/'!$ !,$ )*0&2-3)#*!$ #:)!$ 09/3#$caused by the large crowds, Marcus said. Slade Hall residents said that
!"#;$ "/4$ /$ (,!$ ,2$ <,,4)*+$ ,5#'$the summer, and the moisture created mold, which attracted the attention of the University /*4$-'#$./'0"/(=The students said that they
*,!)-#4$ ')0>$./*/+#.#*!$/7,&!$the mold before classes started, and the only steps toward solving
the issue has been putting a 4#"&.)4)-#'$)*$!"#$7/0#.#*!=“If this happened in any
other dorm, it would have 7##*$ -:#4$ )*$ /$ </0"?@$ -'0!A;#/'$B)3>$ %#/&4,)*$ 0/)4=$ CD!10$ '#/((;$frustrating how they deal with us. E#0?$ F#1'#$ 3,((#+#$ 0!&4#*!0?$ 7&!$not everyone here is some crazy drunkard.”8#(/!),*0$F)!"$8#0G)2#$!,$!';$
/*4$ -:$ !"#$ 0)!&/!),*$ "/5#$ 7##*$5#';$4)2-3&(!$/*4$!#*0#?$"#$0/)4=CH"#;$ 4,*1!$ !'#/!$ &0$ ()>#$
9#,9(#?@$ %#/&4,)*$ 0/)4=$ CD!10$disgusting.”Other residents said that they
are disappointed because the basement concerts were one of the few opportunities they had to (#!$0!&4#*!0$-*4$,&!$/7,&!$ !"#)'$community. “We have been doing shows
for 15 years,” senior Henry Kellogg said. “I have even put on /$ 9(/;$ )*$ !"/!$ 7/0#.#*!=$ D!10$ /*$art hub.”
Slade fights new banBasement concerts are restricted to 25By Chris Scott, Staff Writer and Becky Hayes, Assistant News Editor
A person spent the night at the Correction Center and was criminally charged for disorderly conduct and detox on Oct. 4.
By Becky Hayes
Assistant News Editor
Crime log
A bike was stolen near the Fleming Museum on Oct. 4.
An exit sign and ceiling tiles were vandalized in Christie Hall on Oct. 2.
There was a report of person slamming doors in Marsh Life Science, but the suspect left before police arrived on Oct. 4.
Cash was stolen from an unlocked room in Votey Hall on Oct. 4.
A laptop computer was stolen from a student’s unlocked dorm room in Wing Hall on Oct. 5.
Suspicious event
Theft
Marijuana, drug-related objects, alcohol and a fake ID card were con!scated from UVM students in Wills Hall on Oct. 5.
Drugs/alcohol
A person was transported to the hospital by Burlington Fire and Rescue services for detox on Oct. 1.
DOCUMENTS FBI investigates library
campus have instead decided to 0!/;$,*A3/.9&0?$B#0!,'$0/)4=C6)*3#$!"#$8#40!,*#$G,2!0$/'#$
nearly full already, I think in the future we may want to consider building more facilities like them,” he said.Some students said that
8#40!,*#$G,2!0$F)(($9',5)4#$/$*)3#$place to live for their junior and senior years.CD!$ ./>#0$ 0#*0#$ !"/!$ !"#;1'#$
2&(($ /('#/4;?@$ -'0!A;#/'$ I/"/$Akkeh said. “If I were a sophomore !")0$;#/'$D$4#-*)!#(;$F,&(4$"/5#$turned in an application. They seem a lot better than some other ,22A3/.9&0$",&0)*+$,9!),*0=@Other students however, said
!"/!$!"#$8#40!,*#$G,2!0$F,&(4$7#$too much like living in a dorm.
CD$F,&(4*1!$F/*!$!,$()5#$)*$!"#$
8#40!,*#$G,2!0?@$-'0!A;#/'$J#(0#;$K,'!#'$0/)4=$$CH"#;1'#$,22A3/.9&0$()5)*+?$7&!$D$!")*>$!"#;1'#$!,,$3(,0#$!,$!"#$4,'.0$/*4$D14$9'#2#'$()5)*+$closer to downtown.”The desire to live closer to
downtown Burlington appears to be a common theme among many students.CD1.$ 0&'9')0#4$ !"/!$ !"#$
8#40!,*#$G,2!0$/'#$/('#/4;$3(,0#$to being full,” sophomore Hillary G/++)0$0/)4=$CD$4,*1!$F/*!$!,$()5#$)*$ /*$ ,*A3/.9&0$ /9/'!.#*!$because I think it would take away from the Burlington experience.”More information, including
leasing applications, is available at www.redstonelofts.com
“Since the Redstone Lofts are nearly full
already, I think in the future we may want to consider building more
facilities like them.”
David NestorDean of Students
that UVM was a target for the suspects because of its lack of security, the Wall Street Journal stated.CL!$ 0,.#$ #:!'#.#0?$ !"#'#10$
no watchdog” at archival )*0!)!&!),*0?@$ 8,7#'!$ M,(4./*?$a former federal prosecutor specialized in document and art related theft, told the Wall Street
Journal. “A person comes in and is given the keys to the kingdom.”Some students said they
were surprised that Bailey/Howe housed documents were worth 0!#/()*+$)*$!"#$-'0!$9(/3#=CD$ 4#-*)!#(;$ "/4$ *,$ )4#/$
that UVM had documents that important,” sophomore Colby Daniels said. “Why are they even at UVM?”
...continued from page 1
LOFTS Leases have not been signed, but applications are piling in...continued from page 1
NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicConstruction workers continue progress on the Redstone Lofts on Redstone Campus last week.
M a r i j u a n a - r e l a t e d objects and alcohol were con!scated from UVM students in Converse Hall on Oct. 3.
Vandalism
A car was vandalized in the University Heights parking lot on Oct. 1.
Blue and white gra"ti was spray painted on the south-side wall of Sta#ord Hall on Oct. 5.
Number of students housed in Slade Hall
People allowed in basement
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The National Science
Foundation has awarded The
Vermont Experimental Program
to Stimulate Competitive
Research (VT EPSCoR) at UVM
a $1 million grant to build high
speed Internet connections
between UVM and Vermont State
College system in Waterbury,
according to University
Communications.
This connection will allow
scientists to more easily engage
in collaborative research and will
have an immediate impact on
two projects already under way.
“[There are] two pilot projects
that make use of large data
sets; the Little Skate genome
sequencing project and a
metagenomic study of bluegreen
algae in fresh water lakes and
ponds of the northeast,” biology
professor James Vincent said.
“The ability to easily move
very large data sets to national
computing centers and regional
shared data centers increases
our ability to utilize resources
external to UVM and to improve
collaborations,” he said.
In addition to accommodating
current projects, the new speed
will allow for even more data
intensive projects in the future.
“Building new networks
is time consuming. We have
planned for future growth by
implementing excess capacity
now so that growth in demand
will not outstrip our capacity
for some time into the future,”
Vincent said.
Students should also see
!"#$%&$'$()!%*+"#%),$%-'.+$/!$0%
speed.
12,$% +$/3% &$'$()% )"% !)40$')!%for this increase in capacity is the
ability to make new connections
for research and education,”
physics professor said Kelvin
Chu.
“For example, we will
be offering a new course in
bioinformatics, he said. “The
classes will be taught by experts
in Maine, Delaware and Vermont,
called Data Intensive Computing
for Applied Bioinformatics.”
NEWS4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
MEL KATZ The Vermont CynicStudents work on their laptops in the Cyber Cafe. Vermont has received $1 million to upgrade it’s Internet connections.
Gigabytes into the futureBy Tyler Hastings
Senior Staff Writer
This year, nine students at the
College of Medicine have been
awarded the Albert Schweitzer
Fellowship out of 250 other
scholars nationwide.
Each team of students is
provided with a grant from the
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
program to carry out service
projects to meet health needs
of underserviced individuals
and communities, according to
University Communications.
The fellows are tasked with
creating and implementing a
service project in the community
with support from the program
and faculty advisers.
“The mission of the Albert
Schweitzer Fellowship is to
develop leaders in service:
individuals who are dedicated
and skilled in addressing the
health needs of underserved
communities and whose
$5/#63$% -'74$'.$!% /'0% -'!6-+$!%others,” according to the Albert
Schweitzer Fellowship website.
The students, all members
of the class of 2014, choose to
either work in pairs or alone on
their service projects, said Fellow
Marian Jerome, who is working
on a project with her partner
Elizabeth Blasberg.
Jerome and Blasberg are
working on a project to create
a more comprehensive home
for adult refugees through
research in the local Burlington
community, according to
University Communications.
“We also hope to gather
information to increase
education in the medical school
about global health and refugee
health care, to incorporate it into
the curriculum,” Jerome said.
Another team of fellows,
Peter Cooch and Anastasia
Coutinho, are working on a
project in collaboration with the
Community Health Center to
develop lesson plans that educate
incoming refugees on the health
care system in Burlington.
“[We] work with incoming
refugees by holding a medical
education curriculum on how the
health care system works [and]
what you should know, as there
is no formal education when they
come here,” Coutinho said.
Their work is not only helping
the refugees with all of the
logistics of the healthcare system,
but also helping them settle into
life here in Burlington, she said.
“Teaching these classes
helps keep me engaged and
remembering why I went into
medicine,” she said. “It’s a great
opportunity to get involved with
the communities I want to be
helping and we could not have
gotten here without the help
of the Schweitzer Fellowship
program.”
Medical school is isolating,
and to feel like you are a part of
the Burlington community and
is the best part of the projects,
Coutinho said.
The projects and the
fellowship program have given
[students] the opportunity to get
out in the community and help
the kinds of people we want to be
helping, Cooch said.
“It’s heartwarming to know
that the simple things we do really
improve people’s lives,” he said.
“When I’m running, I sometimes
run past former participants and
[when] they always address me
with an enthusiastic ‘namaste,’ it
reminds me why I came to med
school.”
Nine medical students awarded in Schweitzer Fellowship programCommunity service projects performed across the USBy Sarah Strohmayer
Staff Writer
“It’s great to feel like something I know can make a big difference
in someone’s life.”
Peter CoochSophomore
Staff members may have a
special holiday this season.
All staff members will now
receive three days of extra pay
during winter break, totaling 11
paid vacation days, according to
),$%8*(.$%"*%),$%9+$!-0$'):The University has provided
staff with the days off on an ad
hoc basis for the past eight years.
However, this year it is becoming
institutionalized, former
president Daniel Fogel said.
1;,$'%<$%(+!)%-#63$#$')$0%these changes, we initially ran
into some issues, but we have
worked out the bugs,” said Gary
Derr, vice president of executive
communications. “We think it
is the right time to make the
changes permanent.”
Some issues they ran
into dealt with the College of
Medicine, since it is jointly
staffed. About half of the
employees are Fletcher Allen and
half are UVM, Derr said.
“I came from a university
),/)% /3+$/0=% ,/0% ),$!$% &$'$()!%in place and I found it odd that
UVM did not provide these
&$'$()!>?%@"A$3%!/-0:He said that the changes
have meant a great deal to a lot
of people on the staff, who are
now able to take trips with their
families that previously would
not have been possible.
“It is very gratifying to make
it possible to give staff extra
vacation time,” Fogel said. “I am
glad and pleased that the interim
president acted positively on
this.”
Some staff members said
they were thrilled to hear about
the changes.
“This will be wonderful,”
B)/.$=% C/')/!>% 8*(.$% D/'/A$+%of Harris Millis said. “It is a
)+$#$'0"4!%&$'$()%*"+%),$%!)/**:%It is very generous.”
Derr said that besides the
!)/**% &$'$()>% ),$+$% -!% /3!"% /%('/'.-/3%&$'$()>%&$./4!$%-)%!/E$!%UVM money.
“Not too much goes on during
those days,” Derr said. “Registrar
has completed grades and there
are no food services. Most of the
University grinds to a halt.”
Derr said that Interim
President John Bramley is
63$/!$0% )"% #/F$% ),$!$% &$'$()!%permanent.
Three more holiday paydays for the staffEmployee benefits made permanentBy Natalie Williams
Staff Writer
“This will be wonderful. It is a
tremendous benefit for the staff, it is very
generous.”
Stacey LantasOfficer Manager of Harris
Millis
Current speed
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per second
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Source: University Communications
An animal science professor
is studying an unusual form of
security.
Dr. Julie Smith is part of a
USDAfunded group working
on a biosecurity project to
help educate farmers on the
precautions to take in order
to prevent the contraction of
diseases in their livestock.
The main focus of the project
is footandmouth disease, a viral
disease that affects the major
foodproducing animals, such
as cattle, sheep, goats and pigs,
Smith said.
“Farmers need to know more
about this disease and what
would happen if this disease was
in their country,” she said. “We
want to help farmers consider
their risk factors. Animals that
become infected with footand
mouth may not necessarily die,
but once an animal is infected, it
would no longer have any value.”
!"#$ %#&'()(*'$ *+$ ,(*-#./0()1$is minimizing the chance of
spreading something like a
disease or pathogen, she said.
The impact this disease
would have on large amounts of
livestock would be devastating
to the local, and eventually the
nationwide, economy, Smith
said.
“[Footandmouth] is
considered [to be] one of the most
severe socioeconomic diseases,”
Smith said. “It could potentially
cause large export and import
issues throughout the world and
directly affect some livestock
producers.”
Smith’s project provides
suggestions to prevent the spread
of the disease.
“We try to help farmers get a
better handle on who the various
contacts are with their livestock
and keep track of them,” she said.
The disease is also transferred
among people, and although they
are not affected by the disease,
they can carry it around on their
hands, hair and farm equipment,
Smith said.
“The biggest challenge is
[that farmers] don’t really know
whether they are at risk or not,”
Smith said. “But if you do a risk
analysis and you are at a higher
risk for contracting the disease,
maybe you should be taking
more steps towards prevention.”
With four farms as case
studies, Smith and her colleagues
said they have been able to
spread knowledge of biosecurity
and help farmers realize that
taking precaution against foot
andmouth is important.
The team has been working
for about three years and will
continue to work on it as a long
term project. Smith said her
mission is to spread biosecurity
education further in the future.
NEWS 5THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
Securing farms
A professor is digging up dirt
to learn about recordbreaking
2**%-3Professor Paul Bierman has
been studying Namibia’s rock
and stream sediments for 14
years with colleague Kyle Nichols
of Skidmore College. They
0#.#')41$0#)/0'#%$5+)#0$2**%-$"()$the region, Bierman said.
“I had been working in
southern Australia since the
region was known for its old
landscapes,” he said. “Namibia is
also famous for such landscapes,
so it made sense for me to look
into Namibia.”
Bierman said he decided to
return to Namibia after hearing
5,*/)$ )"#$ 2**%('6$ *'$ )"#$ '#7-3$He wanted to see where the
sediments were coming from
after heavy rainfall.
89#$ %(%':)$ -##$ )"#$ 2**%('6$itself since it occurred in January,
February and March; however
we saw the evidence,” he said.
“The streams still had water, and
bridges were washed out, even in
August when we were there.”
!"(-$ 2**%('6$ 75-$unprecedented. These were the
4506#-)$ 2**%-$ *'$ 0#.*0%3$ !"#$deserts of Namibia are very arid
and had been dry for a decade.
Even the uplands only get about
half as much rain as Vermont,
Bierman said.
“There was so much water
that people went swimming —
they went tubing and the desert
turned green around rivers
carrying so much sediment they
were chocolatebrown,” he told
University Communications.
There were few fatalities, yet
many refugees, Bierman said.
“Where we were doing
0#-#50.";$)"#$2**%-$7#0#$<#0#41$an inconvenience. In the north,
however, they were devastating,”
he said.
8!"#-#$2**%-$7#0#$.5/-#%$,1$tropical moisture that went south.
Usually rainfall would be more
north,” Bierman said. “It makes
you wonder, are we watching the
world’s climate change?”
When you look at the
global picture, hurricanes have
increased on the east coast of the
United States in the past 3040
years. Hurricane wind speed and
duration have increased as well,
he said.
“All of these events are
consistent,” he said. “It’s a
glimpse of what the future world
will look like.”
Bierman and Nichols hope
to discover whether sediment
carried by rivers in such mega
2**%-$ (-$ .*<('6$ +0*<$ )"#$ -5<#$source as those when sediment
is transported by more normal
events, according to University
Communications.
“I do research for the sake
of research, but also I enjoy
bringing it back to the University
and sharing it with students,”
Bierman said. “It makes my class
more interesting and relevant for
students.”
Professor researches record-breaking flooding in NamibiaBierman studies soil samples from storm effectsBy Natalie WilliamsStaff Writer
By Katy CardinCynic Correspondent
Professor funded by USDA
UVM’s service to all
employees is getting outsourced
next year.
The Wellness Corporation in
Massachusetts will manage the
Employee Assistance Program
at UVM starting on Jan. 1 with
a network of local providers in
Burlington, according to the
=0#-(%#'):-$>+&.#$7#,-()#3
In the past, employees in
the Human Resource Service
WorkLife department have
managed the program, Vice
President of Finance Richard
Cate said.
“The best practice for this sort
of thing is to have a thirdparty
provider doing this work,” Cate
said. “It’s very unusual to have
any of these services provided by
internal [staff].”
“We had an unusual model to
begin with,” he said.
Cate said that the University
requested a proposal and received
bids from different companies.
They ultimately selected the
Wellness Corporation based on
the quality of services and price.
“The budget for the internal
operation was $260,000 and
the contract with the thirdparty
provider is $70,000,” Cate said.
“The money won’t get saved for a
while, but we will look to where
the money being saved is going
starting next year when we plan
the new budget.”
The change in oversight will
rid three people of their jobs, two
of whom are retiring in January
and one that is being laid off,
Cate said.
Besides the employment
losses, he said the overall
outcome of the switch would be
a positive effect for university
employees that use the Employee
Assistance Program.
The program will provide
a much wider array of services
available for employees, Cate
said.
“Everything from referrals
to attorneys — the counseling
services will be there and the
wellness programs,” he said.
“Everything that’s been there
before plus these [new services].”
Employee Assistance Program outsourcedMass. company takes the reignsBy Katy CardinCynic Correspondent
“The best practice for this sort of thing is
to have a third-party provider doing this
work. It’s very unusual to have any of these services provided by
internal [staff]. We had an unusual model to
begin with.”
Richard CateVice president of finance
PHOTO COURTESY OF PROFESSOR PAUL BIERMAN
Between classes, exams and other daily activities, campus safety may be one of the last things on many students’ minds.The UVM Police issued a
campus alert via email to notify students about a woman who was attacked on Sept. 24. Though the woman was
able to get away unharmed, it is important to take precautions for your own safety at all times, especially when walking at night, the alert stated.Students may know about
a series of incidents last year involving a suspect who was touching women inappropriately while they were walking outside, according to the UVM Police
website. This most recent incident
had some students wondering whether or not it’s the same offender.“I think it’s probably
!"#$%"&'( &)**$+$,-./( 0+!-1'$2+(Kristen Wade said. “The alert didn’t scare me because the incident happened in a public place, but I know that you always have to be careful.”Though this attack didn’t
happen on campus, the UVM Police said they want to raise awareness so students can stay safe.“We put information out
!2*$-'13)!$( $4$,( 35$,( )-6!( ,"-(directly connected to the campus community,” Capt. Tim Bilodeau said. “One of the most important things to do is to be aware of your surroundings, particularly at ,)75-.(2,&(3289(),(3$8818)-(2+$2!:/Telling people where you are
and when you’ll arrive at certain places can also help reduce the risk of crime, Bilodeau said.“I think programming
numbers into your phone is a good idea,” Bilodeau said. “Walking in pairs helps as well, but it comes down to personal safety. Your friends and family can only do so much; it’s up to you to be aware and take the necessary precautions.” Another aspect of this issue
is reporting crime, Bilodeau said. Participating in your own safety helps to make everyone safer.“We’ve been issuing campus
alerts since about 1999 because of the Jeanne Clery Act,” Sgt. Dan
Finnegan said. “The [Act] has helped us to report instances in a safe and quick manner.”The Jeanne Clery Act was
named in memory of Jeanne Clery, a woman who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in 1986, according to securityoncampus.org.“I think that it’s really good
that they put campus safety alerts out,” professor Sarah Heiss said. ;<5$'(2+$(%$,$0=)28(*"+(!->&$,-!(and faculty.”Though this campus alert
may raise awareness about safety concerns, Heiss said she still feels safe in general.“I don’t do anything after
dark by myself,” Heiss said. “I think it’s important for both men and women to be conscious of their environment and to walk in groups.”Although the alert was
directed at all students, some male and female students view safety differently.“I’m much less concerned
-52,( 7)+8!( 2+$./( 0+!-1'$2+( ?5+)!(Young said. “I’m not going to alter my behavior in any way because I don’t think I was doing anything dangerous to begin with.”Many students said they
still view Burlington as a safe environment.“I still feel like Burlington is
!2*$+(-52,("-5$+(-"3,!./(0+!-1'$2+(Katie Evans said. “My friends and I travel in a pack anyway, so I’m not too concerned.”
NEWS6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
For 18 years, Dr. Stephen @$*A$+6!(B"%(52!(%$$,(),(-5$(*2!-1paced emergency department of Fletcher Allen Health Care. Now he’s picking up the pencil.@$*A$+("*0=)288'(!-$CC$&( ),-"(
his role as the new chief medical "*0=$+(",(D=-:(E(2,&(!2)&(-52-(5$(looked forward to the move.
“The responsibility is 5>#%8),7./( @$*A$+( !2)&:( ;F6#( 2(little anxious, a little scared.”The position may be new
-$++)-"+'.( %>-( @$*A$+( !2)&( -52-(Fletcher Allen Health Care is his second home.@$*A$+( +$=$)4$&( 5)!(
undergraduate and graduate degrees at UVM. He did his residency at the
University of New Mexico and then returned to Vermont to be an emergency department doctor, he said. F,(GHHI.(@$*A$+(B>#C$&(),-"(
the position of medical director of the emergency department. F,(-5)!(B"%.(@$*A$+(!2)&(5$(52&(
dual responsibilities as a doctor and an administrator.;J'(B"%()!(2%">-(KH1KH(+)75-(
,"3./(5$(!2)&:(;F-6!(7"),7(-"(%$(LK1GK(M),(-5$(,$3(C"!)-)",N:/@$*A$+( !2)&( 5$( 32,-!( -"(
change the hospital by asking the employees what can be better.“I want to go back to the
doctors and nurses and ask where things could be improved,” he said. “Fletcher Allen is already successful.”@$*A$+(!2)&(5$(52!($OC$+)$,=$(
tweaking systems in the hospital. As the medical director of the
emergency department, he built a program to quickly transport heart attack victims from central Vermont to Fletcher Allen. It’s %$$,(4$+'(!>==$!!*>8.(@$*A$+(!2)&:;F-6!( 2%">-( !C$=)0=!( 2,&( %)7(
ideas, and you’re constantly having new challenges,” he said.@$*A$+( !2)&( 5$( 52!( #2&$(
room for Dr. Ray Keller to move from assistant medical director to interim director of the emergency department.
Professor is now new med officerDr. Stephen Leffler ‘humbled’By Elliot deBruynSenior Staff Writer
Reusable silverware and food containers are spreading throughout campus. <5$( P="1Q2+$( C+"7+2#( )!(
taking steps toward expanding reusable dining options by giving students additional incentives, according to their press release. The program is now offering
reusable utensils and food containers at the Waterman Café, Waterman Manor, the Atrium and the Davis Center Marketplace. P="1Q2+$.( 2( C+"7+2#(
launched in January 2011, allows !->&$,-!( -"( %>'( $="1*+)$,&8'( -"17"(=",-2),$+!(*"+(2(="!-("*(RL:KH.(their website stated.The program is a cooperative
effort between Dining Services, the Greenhouse Group and students from the Honors College in order to reduce environmental )#C2=-("*(-"17"(&),),7.(2=="+&),7(
to their website.Students who use the service
3)88( ,"3( +$=$)4$( 2( SK1=$,-(discount per meal, which is 10 cents more than last year, the press release stated.When asked about the
usefulness of the program, students had mixed reactions. “I think it’s a great idea [and]
very convenient,” sophomore T$%$==2(U2882!(!2)&:(;<5$(RL:KH(original cost has already been covered since I use it at least once a day,” Other students said the
incentive was not enough to encourage students to use the program. “Fifteen cents? That’s a nickel
and a dime. I wouldn’t even %$,&( "4$+( -"( C)=9( >C( SK( =$,-!./(!2)&( B>,)"+( V8$O( W>&7$:( ;X!$( )-(SH(-)#$!(2,&(-52-6!(RS:KH:(Q52-(can you buy at the Marché for a RS:KHY( <52-6!( ,"-( 2,( ),=$,-)4$.(-52-()!(2(=",4$,)$,-(%'1C+"&>=-:/
Eco-Ware expands New incentives in reusable diningBy Kevin SantamariaCynic Correspondent
Attack causes concernUVM Police issue alert, warn students By Lauren DraslerStaff Writer
PHOTO IlLUSTRATION BY ALEXA ALGIOS
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BYDYLAN HERMAN
V( +$!$2+=5$+( 2*08)2-$&( 3)-5(UVM may be able to predict terrorist attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to University Communications.Their study, “Patterns
in Escalations in Insurgent and Terrorist Activity,” was published in Science magazine and used public data about combat fatalities in the two countries to form a mathematical model, the article stated.The team applied this model
to terrorist attacks throughout the Middle East and proved that the interval between attacks was highly predictable.“There may be noise in
my forecast,” Brian Tivnan, a researcher in the study, said. “But if you ask, ‘Can we characterize the arrival time of fatal events :::( 2,&(352-( -+2B$=-"+'( -5$'(3)88(follow?’ our method will show that very, very clearly.”This model may help military
strategists address questions like how many soldiers are needed, where and when.
Research could predict potentialattacksBy Sarah LeidingerStaff Writer
“It’s about specifics and big ideas, and you’re constantly
having new challenges.”
Stephen LefflerChief Medical Officer
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The National Institute of Health is conducting a marijuana study with the College of Medicine, according to University Communications.Test subjects will not be
asked to change their marijuana consumption habits, as the goal of the study is to understand why people greatly reduce or completely stop smoking marijuana when they get older. Psychiatry and psychology
professor John Hughes is heading the experiment.“Many marijuana users stop
smoking marijuana as they get older,” Hughes told University Communications. “We are trying !"# $%&# "'!# ()*# !)+*# ,!"-.# /"0#example, is it because they think marijuana makes them less productive, is it pressure from others or fear of being caught?”Some students said they are
extremely interested in learning the results of the study and offered their own insight. “First and foremost, life gets
tougher and you have a lot more responsibility when you get older, especially if you do the family route,” sophomore Zach Sanford said. “It’s probably not too smart to be smoking weed a lot with all those people to be responsible for.” When asked what he thought
the appeal of the drug is to young people, he said that friends’ 1%2'+%3+# (4,# 4# 546"0# /43!"0# 1%#their decision.“I think the feeling that it
718+,#*"'#1,#&+$%1!+9*#-40!#"/#!)+#appeal and the social aspect of it too,” Sanford said. “Hanging out
with friends and smoking weed is fun and social.”
Putting down the pipeStudying why people stop smoking potBy Elliot SangaraCynic Correspondent
Student Life as UVM experienceCampus programs spotlightBy Lauren DraslerStaff Writer
Clubs, intramural sports, Greek life and student government are all part of the college experience for some students.On campus, the Department
of Student Life oversees activities such as Leadership and Civic Engagement, the First Year Experience, Outdoor Programs, New Student Orientation and Student Media, Director of Student Life Patrick Brown said. “All of these program
areas have connections to campus programs, activities, student organizations and other cocurricular educational endeavors,” Brown said.Though there are no
,17%1$34%!# 3)4%7+,# !"# 4%*#Student Life programs this year, the department did have a retreat this August, he said. “Our extended staff meeting
included team building, business and program checkin information, a session of Universal Design for Learning and internal committee work on diversity,” Brown said. “We also discussed professional development and team building to plan for the coming year.”Because some students are
active, Student Life plays an important role in many students’ daily activities.“I write for “Her Campus”
magazine and we’re in the process of getting SGA recognition,” sophomore Ashley Richardson said. “I think Student Life is great because there is such a wide variety of clubs and activities
here on campus. Plus, it’s really easy to get involved.”One way that Student Life is
featured on campus is through concerts and other activities that are sponsored by the University Program Board (UPB), according to their website. Some of their recent events have included comedian Dave Chappelle and casino nights.“A lot of people I know from
different schools come [to UVM] for the concerts,” sophomore Chelsea Kantola said. “I think the people that the UPB get to come and perform in Vermont are amazing, and some people I know that go to other schools never have the concerts or activities that we do at UVM.”Although Kantola is
impressed by the concerts and activities Student Life offers, the variety of clubs can be overwhelming, she said.“We have a lot of really, really
interesting clubs,” Kantola said. “But I think that instead of having a oneday fair where you can visit all the clubs, they should offer a one week fair because there is just so many to choose from.”The variety of clubs and
activities at the University may be one of the reasons UVM stands out from other schools.“The student body at UVM
is very interested in recreational and athletic activities,” Dean of Students David Nestor said. “I feel students here get a lot of independence and by offering all these programs through Student :1/+;#,!'&+%!,#34%#$7'0+#"'!#()4!#they want to be involved in.”
Medical educators win Frymoyer award Recognized for innovative lessonsBy Chris ScottStaff WriterThe College of Medicine and
Fletcher Allen Health Care have been recognized on a national level.Two Fletcher Allen educators,
Ted James M.D. from the College of Medicine and Celia Cohen R.N. M.S.N from Central Nursing and Research Education have received the prestigious Frymoyer Scholarship, a University Communications article stated.“Optimizing the team
dynamic is essential to providing highquality care to patients and reducing medical error,” James said. “We hope that by providing a foundation of fundamental communication skills and allowing students to practice under a simulated clinical environment with feedback, that this will lead to an improved care team.”James and Cohen
collaborated to address ineffective physiciannurse communication, an issue that has been a major cause in medical error, according to the article.“We are very glad to see
that the issue of teamwork and communication was viewed as something that the institution was ready to support,” James
said. “It’s a testament to the University of Vermont, its progressive curriculum and dedication to excellence through education.”The two designed an effective
education program that aims to teach medical students proper team communication by setting up mock medical scenarios. Students in the program will
receive beeper messages before the start of the scenario and then will get feedback on their clinical assessment and communication skills at the end of each session, the article stated. Before receiving the award,
James and Cohen directed a test run of the program with fourthyear medical students and nursing educators. The program will include four
sessions of educational scenarios, (1!)#4%#+8+%!'49#$/!)#,+,,1"%#/"0#students in the general medical major, the article stated.The Frymoyer Scholarship
is awarded to those promoting progressive medical education and teaching that is focused on patient care. The scholarship is funded by the John and Nan Frymoyer Fund for medical education and is immersed in improving the art of the physicianpatient relationship.
MEGHAN PRIOR The Vermont CynicA student smokes out of a bong, a pipe commonly used for marijuana.
UVM hosted a traveling
exhibit called “Allies for Inclusion:
The Ability Exhibit” from Oct. 37
as a part of Disability Awareness
Month.
Throughout October,
events will celebrate Disability
Awareness Month. The Ability
Exhibit that took place was
hosted by the UVM Program
Board (UPB).
The Ability Exhibit debuted on
Saint Louis University’s campus
in October 2010, according to
Saint Louis University’s website.
The exhibit travels around the
country in attempt to promote
the inclusion of people with
disabilities through respect
for others, comfort during
interactions and awareness of
disability issues, according to the
website.
The exhibit was slow to
!""#!$"%&'(&)'%*+',%-"%.#/"%$!0'%to campus on, with only about 35
&'(&)'% 1-/-"-,2% (,% "+'% .#/"% 3!45%junior and UPB member Crystal
Guzman said.
Guzman said that after a
/)(*%.#/"%3!4% "+'%'6+-7-"% /"!#"'3%
to attract more people and
that not long after it opened on
Wednesday morning there were
already about 25 visitors.
“The exhibit is there to teach
others that those with disabilities
are more than just a person with a
disability,” Guzman said.
Everything in the exhibit
is interactive and is there to
communicate with people about
disabilities, Guzman said.
The exhibit consists of various
stations designed to increase
knowledge and test awareness.
One of these interactive
elements of the exhibit is a station
about “universal design.”
This station showed examples
of universal design and how it
makes everyday aspects of life
easier for people with disabilities.
Aspects of universal design
include curb cuts as well as
elevators with auditory and visual
signals and Braille.
There is also universal
instructional design. Examples
of this include using PowerPoint
Presentations with large fonts
and contrasting colors as well
as teachers sending welcoming
emails and learning all of the
students names to make them
feel more comfortable.
Another exhibit station had
jars with marbles to the side of
each jar.
Above each was a sign
representing a different type of
disability.
Visitors to this station were
encouraged to place a marble in
the jar if they know someone with
that type of disability.
Also part of the exhibit was
a row of computers with various
interactive videos and quizzes.
There was a “celebrities with
disabilities” computer quiz, a
video on universal instructional
design, an Americans with
Disabilities Act video and a
disability facts computer quiz.
The exhibit uses a multi
media approach to demonstrate
respect, comfort and awareness.
It also offers suggestions for
becoming disability allies and
educators, according to their
website.
LIFE8 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE KIELY
Disability exhibit demands tolerance ‘Allies for Inclusion’ promotes looking beyond a person’s disabilitiesBy Jordanna GoodmanSenior Staff Writer
Student brings new ‘energy’ to campus‘Slap’ promotes business skills
Slap Energy is a new energy
drink that has been brought
to campus through a student
ambassador program meant to
give students work experience in
business and marketing.
Junior business major Dirk
Cionci is the head of the program
meant to help grow the brand.
“It’s a chance for me to grow
the brand and be responsible for
the success of Slap on and around
campus,” Cionci said.
Slap Energy Drink began
operations this past April. Cionci
said that he thinks the low price
of the new beverage will motivate
students to buy it over others.
“It has a refreshing taste and
it’s economically geared towards
college kids,” he said. “It’s only $1
— that’s how they’ll compete with
other energy drinks.”
Cionci was originally trying to
get a sponsor for the Sigma Phi
Society house.
“I emailed them trying to get
a drink sponsor for the house and
they were interested in getting
Slap at UVM and me to head
their ambassador program.”
The program is meant for
students like Cionci to get work
experience, and develop keen
marketing skills, Cionci said.
“This program is great for
business majors who are looking
to develop marketing skills that
they can use in the workforce,”
he said.
Promotion is a key aspect
of the ambassador program.
Cionci said. So far, he has been
managing a Facebook page as
well as working with corporate
and local vendors like the Shell
station on Main Street and Wal
Mart.
In the coming weeks, Cionci
said there will be posters as well
as studentsponsored events
promoting the new drink.
By Elliot SangaraStaff Writer
I’ve been hearing a lot about mindfulness lately. What exactly is mindfulness?Mindfulness is the innate
ability to pay attention to the
present moment, with an
attitude of acceptance.
Sound easy?
Think about what your
mind is usually doing. If you’re
like most people, your mind is
constantly working — thinking
about the past, the future,
whatever you’re worried about,
excited about and so on.
Although we all know how
to pay attention to the present
moment, we are usually too
wrapped up in our thoughts
to do so. Being mindful means
paying attention to where your
mind is, and gently bringing it
back to this moment.
!"#$%&' $"(' )(*(+$' ,-'learning to be mindful?One of the most direct
7','."/% (8% &#!$"-$-,2%mindfulness is that it allows you
to be more present in your life
— to enjoy the many wonderful
moments you usually miss, such
as, tasting food, listening to
music and appreciating nature.
Even more importantly,
practicing mindfulness is
the antidote to stress. We
experience stress when we are
caught up in our thoughts about
the past and future.
The most skillful way to
deal with the real stressors in
our lives is to practice coming
back to the present moment,
where we can access moments
of calmness and clarity that help
us address our problems.
What do you mean by “practicing” being mindful?Mindfulness can be
practiced informally at any
moment. Just notice what’s
going on in your mind, gently
let go of the thought and return
to the present.
Some suggestions for trying
it are when you are eating,
walking, brushing your teeth,
driving or doing any other daily
activity.
The formal practice of
mindfulness is meditation.
When you meditate, sit
comfortably and focus on the
sensation of your breath going
in and out. Gently bring your
mind back to your breathing
whenever you notice it has
wandered.
Are there mindfulness resources on campus? The UVM Mindfulness
Practice Center is a mindfulness
resource that students can
access on campus.
Contributing Author: Miv
London, Ph.D., Coordinator,
UVM Mindfulness Practice
Center
Jude Paul Dizon works in Health Education & Outreach through the Center for Health and Wellbeing.
JUDE PAUL DIZON
HEALTH AND WELLNESS CORNER
The most skillful way to deal with
real stressors in our lives is to practice
coming back to the present moment,
where we can access moments on
calmness and clarity that help us address
our problems.
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With traditional Italian music playing in the background, a new dedication plaque was unveiled honoring Burlington’s old “Little Italy” neighborhood on Oct. 8.At the intersection of Cherry
Street and Battery Street, a group of about 50 people gathered for the ceremony. The plaque is dedicated to the community and families displaced from the former Italian neighborhood during a period of urban renewal in the 1960s.Sen. Patrick Leahy, Mayor
Bob Kiss, historian Lola Aiken and novelist and UVM professor Philip Baruth joined the president of the Vermont Italian Club, Adele Dienno, in dedicating the plaque. Each gave speeches on why
the recognition of this forgotten neighborhood is important to him or her. Leahy spoke emotionally about his family’s heritage and memories of his mother’s Italian !"#$%"&%'("')!*'&)!+,)((,-''“Little Italy” was located
where the Hilton, Marriott and Burlington Shopping Center currently are. The area was a community inhabited by mostly ./0+!0"*'0",'1)%2%'("%'&($+,'3",'Italian shops and markets, Leahy said. During the push for urban
renewal in the 1960s, the families who lived in the area were displaced to make way for the mall and hotels, Kiss saidWhile the efforts toward
urban renewal were successful, the Little Italy community was lost in the effort. This dedication is an opportunity for 0&4"(1+%,5!"5' /)%*%' *0&2!3&%*'for the greater good, Kiss said. Burlington citizens who were
"(/' 063+!0/%,' 1!/)' /)%' 7%28("/'Italian Club also came out for the event. “I came because it’s a beautiful
day, outdoors and I wanted to get out and get involved,” Cathy Messina said. “And I love being around Italians.” The Vermont Italian Club will
be continuing their work toward
remembrance and recognition with more projects. “This is not an end but a
beginning of a process,” Dienno said.Over the next year, the
Vermont Italian Club plans to bring further recognition to the old community by installing signs around the perimeter with pictures and stories from the past. After the ceremony, the
crowd continued the celebration at Main Street Landing with homemade meatballs and cannoli, Italian wine, pastamaking demonstrations and a *)(1!"5'(6'/)%'3+89':;)08<+0!"'Street Urban Renewal Project” by Patrick Farrington.
LIFE 9THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
Tradition rememberedCity’s ‘Little Italy’ honored in dedicationBy Hillary Gilson
Staff Writer
ALEXA ALGIOS The Vermont CynicVermont Italian Club members try homemade meatballs and
cannoli, drink wine and make pasta at Main St. Landing, Oct 8
=$88%2' )0*' (63&!0++>'ended and with October comes the crisp, sweaterweather season we call Autumn. The conclusion of the
year’s summer crops and the introduction of hearty fall vegetable accompany this transformation of seasons. This window of opportunity
is prime for an activity called “gleaning.”Gleaning is the act of
collecting surplus crops from 6028%2?*' 3%+,*' 06/%2' /)%>' )0@%'been commercially harvested or deemed unmarketable. This extra produce is then distributed to school cafeterias, food shelves and other sectors in nutritional need. Gleaning occurs all over
the country and serves as a stellar model for sustainable community development. Gleaning makes fresh food available at locations serving
the malnourished and foodinsecure, all while curtailing food waste.The Vermont Foodbank,
the state’s largest hungerrelief organization, is currently in its fourth season of their communitybased gleaning program, designed by Theresa Snow. This program encourages,
accepts and coordinates volunteers to harvest produce from farms before it is distributed to the Foodbank’s network partners.The foodbank has worked
with more than 100 different farms, allowing them to build numerous fooddonor relationships. “Some farms donate a little,
some donate a lot; regardless we are very appreciative,” Snow said. “Pete’s Greens of Craftsbury, Vermont exceeded 30,000 pounds of fresh food last year. That’s amazing.”The foodbank serves as
many as 86,000 Vermonters in need of emergency food assistance every year.“Last year alone we
collected over 400,000 pounds of bountiful produce from kind, generous farmers and we couldn’t be more grateful,” Snow said. If you are interested in
getting your hands dirty, enjoying some time in the 3%+,*9' 0",' 6%%,!"5' >($2'hungry neighbors, contact the development associate of the foodbank at 8024774109.
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Stark, white glaciers rose, and Ernest Shackleton’s ship, The Endurance, sailed in from the curtains.Inspired by Shackleton’s
1914 Antarctic expedition, New York Citybased Phantom Limb Company, created “690S: The Shackleton Project,” a breathtaking collaboration of puppetry, sculpture and music.Last Thursday, the
collaboration came to the Flynn Theatre.It was at 69 degrees south that
The Endurance sank. The ship was en route to Antarctica, where Shackleton hoped to map the previously unknown topography. In an ambitious move to save
his men, Shackleton and his team !"#$%"&%'()"*+(,-%(.*/(!*(,-%(.*/0(eventually rowing lifeboats to South Georgia, an island several hundred miles away. The company’s artistic
rendering of these events unfolded on stage in ways both interpretive and literal. The stage was spectacularly
designed from topographic data collected during a grantfunded Antarctic excursion led by cocreators Jessica Grindstaff and Erik SankoSheets of white fabric, the
&,'%&( *)( &+**!1( 23#-,%"&0( .*#!%'(down as curtains, meeting up with crumpled white mounds on !1%(.**"4Almost too suddenly, the
backdrop became a screen in which eerie black and white shadows pulsed about the projection of a ghostly ship. As
it navigated through distorted glaciers, the performance began.Performers in full red body
suits scuttled on stage, their bodies shortened, as they had each palm clasped behind their calves.The interpretative
choreography seemed to symbolize the dangerous movement of The Endurance into #5( ,-%( .*/0( *"( !1%( "%'( !1"%#!( *)(death thereafter. However, the opening dance
was the most abstract portion of the show, its meaning left openended.Music recorded by the Kronos
Quartet reached a chorus of deadening silence and stringed instruments, with the dancers’ absence.Serving as structural
marionettes, the white masses on stage slowly rose up from the stage by a single red rope to form glowing glaciers. Set designer Grindstaff’s
glaciers, like contemporary 3,21!( 67!8"%&0( %51#5-%'( !1%( &%!(architecturally, creating a realistic replication of the harsh Antarctic landscape.With Antarctica installed, the
performance felt more realistic. The skeletal, black Endurance sailed on stage when Shackleton’s team of marionettes assembled.Phantom Limb is recognized
for their refreshing and innovative takes on traditional puppetry.The puppeteers were not
hidden in black clothes, nor were they standing atop a cardboard stage. They were on bright white robotlike stilts, donning avantgarde white suits.
A futuristic headpiece, mimicking the structural “topos” in the glaciers, obscured each face. The puppets below shared blank faces, their small bodies appropriately dressed in warm wools and tweed. The funereal sounds of the
quartet grew more somber as the reality of Antarctica’s desolate moonscape and isolation set in amongst the men. The emotions of the puppets were convincingly human. Optimism and camaraderie
.*8",&1%'( #&( !1%( 2"*89( 18''3%'(#"*85'(#(6"%0(:8!(938++%!%'(#&(their cold bodies shivered in the face of starvation.The interaction between the
music and set was evocative. As The Endurance literally deconstructed on stage, loud 28,!#"&0( '"8+&( #5'( .#&1%&( *)(redlight explosions animated its descent. More attention and time was
spent on these aspects of the 1914 expedition, while the boat trip to South Georgia was visited only for a few minutes.After Shackleton saluted
1,&( -"%/( *5%( :;( *5%0( 65#33;( *5(solid ground, the dancers in red returned, parading through as the glaciers melted, struck down by a single red rope. 690S concluded with a heavy
nod to global warming, and the consequences humans face as they sever the red, bleeding “umbilical cord,” as Grindstaff described it, connected to Mother Earth. The hint of environmentalism
was meaningful, but the closing movements by the red
performers seemed monotonous. The dancing skeleton at the end seemed out of place.
Regardless, “690S” is worth some abstract confusion.
Glaciers take shape at Flynn
ALEXA ALGIOS The Vermont CynicNew York City’s Phantom Limb Company puppeteers manipulate
large marienettestyle puppets which represent Ernest Shackle
ton’s 1914 expedition to Antartica at the Flynn Theatre on Oct. 6.
By Madeleine Gibson Senior Staff Writer
New York performance company comes to Vermont
Alumna Molly KellyYahner was busy working at Sweet Waters while Hurricane Irene ravaged southern Vermont.<1%( ="%5%( >%5%6!( ?*5-%"!(
happening at 9 p.m. on Oct. 15 on the Bailey/Howe Green was inspired by her coworkers’ stories, detailing Irene’s detrimental effects on friends and family. “I realized that people in
Vermont still really needed help, and the more relief efforts the better,” KellyYahner said. “I collaborated with my former boss, President Pro Tempore John Campbell from the Vermont State Senate, and also with UVM !*(&%%(,)(!1%;(-*83'(1%39(+%(65'(a venue.”Tickets for the show are $5,
and proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross, the Vermont Food Bank and the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund, according to the UVM Homecoming Weekend website. “This is an allvolunteer
effort,” KellyYahner said. “Everyone is donating his or her time and talents.”The Development and
Alumni Relations department is also pitching in to help.
“[They] are my heroes,” KellyYahner said. “They are allowing us to stage our event in the alumni tent that is already set 89()*"(!1%(@%"*A0(6$%A(#5'(BCA;%#"(reunion earlier that night.”Headlining the show will
be UVM’s own Moses and the Electric Company, according to the concert’s Facebook page. The group’s MySpace
page describes the band as “a concoction of slappytappy bass, primal emotive guitar, time bending keyboard and energetic drumming.” “They are volunteering their
time and will be joined by Eric George on vocals. The concert will open with a guest DJ set from a Vermont state senator – President Pro Tempore John Campbell,” KellyYahner said. When asked to describe what
concertgoers can expect, Moses and the Electric Company bassist Ross Doree did not hold back. “Our latest music is like a mute
love child concieved by Modest Mouse and the Mathematics of Goedel; in other words, we will be playing ethereal, yet funky, multipart compositions and some covers that you’ll like,” Doree said. Moses and the Electric
Company is looking forward to helping out a good cause.
“We love playing music for open ears and we’ll take any chance to help the community while doing so,” Doree said.
Tickets for the show can be purchased at the door, and a cash bar will be available until 10:30 p.m., according to the show’s Facebook page. “Everyone has $5 lying
around somewhere and should spend it to help the people of Vermont who are still in need,” KellyYahner said.
Joseph GordonLevitt stars in “50/50” as nailbiting, cardiganwearing cancer patient Adam Learner. Seth Rogen costars as Adam’s best friend Kyle, who uses the “cancer card” to try and pick up women for the both of them.When Adam’s girlfriend is
caught cheating on him, he is left alone and cancerridden, trying to avoid his overbearing mother. His newfound independence
is more heartbreaking than empowering, but he has Skeletor, the retired greyhound given to him by his ex, to temper the sting of loneliness at night.Chemotherapy turns out
!*( :%( "#!1%"( :%5%6-,#3( )*"(Adam, when he snacks on the delicious edibles that have a little something extra inside made by his new friend Mitch’s wife. Mitch and Allen are two
older men who also have cancer, and open up Adam’s otherwise uptight and straightlaced lifestyle to the joys of medical marijuana. Anna Kendrick, who
appeared in “Twilight” playing a similar character, plays
Adam’s hysterically awkward therapist. Their relationship evolves into one that may be a bit ethically questionable, but it is irresistible to watch develop. Rogen’s crude and
inappropriate humor does not disappoint, but Kyle has a soft side that most of Rogen’s other characters have not had. In a tearjerking scene, Adam
65'&( #( :**D( %5!,!3%'( EF*/( !*(Handle Cancer Together” in Kyle’s bathroom, with page corners folded down and notes all over the margins. Rogen plays a best friend that anyone would want. “50/50” tackles quite a few
of life’s challenges. From family drama to failed relationships to staring death in the face, the natural lightheartedness of the characters provides the perfect balance to these emotional hardships. This movie is one of the few
that is capable of making you burst out in laughter, well up with tears and then — in the middle of trying to pretend you’re not crying — burst out laughing again. On a scale of one to 50,
the title pretty much speaks for itself, as far as ratings go.
Moses leads UVM to aid ‘50/50’ shows humor in tragedyAlumna plans concert, provides relief
By Jeff AyersManaging Editor
By Emily BartranCollumnist
“I realized that people in Vermont still really needed help, and the
more relief efforts the better. I collaborated
with my former boss, President Pro Tempore
John Campbell from the Vermont State Senate, and also with UVM to see if they could help
me find a venue.”Molly Kelly-Yahner
Class of ‘11
ARTS12 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
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Strangers spill storiesExperience dominates in anecdotal art
Musician brings classical sound to China
There is a monthly event, set in nearby Winooski, during which the human experience is displayed to be seemingly predesigned, and yet simultaneously arbitrary.On Oct. 4, at The Monkey
!"#$%&' (")*($' +"),%-' ."'“Anecdote Storytelling,” an %/%0.' 1%(-' .1%' 23$.' 4#%$-*5' "6'%*)1'7"0.1&' *.' 819)1' $."39%$' "6'real experiences are reiterated authentically. “Once a month, we tell each
".1%3'$."39%$'63"7'"#3'"80'(9/%$&:'event creator Brooke Dooley said on the anecdote website, in response to the question “What is anecdote?” The motto is, “True Stories
Told Live. No Notes. No Bull,” according to the event’s website.Each event has a theme — this
month’s theme was “It Happened ;0%'<9=1.>'?."39%$'"6'@*.%A:'The themes are not an
*3B9.3*35' 6%*.#3%' "6' .1%' %/%0.'but rather a device to encourage storytellers.“When most people hear
‘storytelling,’ they think they need stage experience. The themes attempt to convince you that you have a story to share; they are a way to connect something larger ."'5"#3'"80'(96%&:'C""(%5'$*9-'"0'the website.D39"3' ."' E%36"37*0)%&' *'
modestly occupied room held *' =3"#E' "6' E%"E(%' 81"' $%%7%-'to know one another — likely a testament to the event’s recurrence. With beer and conversation
+"890=&' 9.' $%%7%-' )(%*3' .1*.'participants were rearing to
release their experiences with :6*.%A:'Attendees approached the
mic one at a time, spilling their personas out into the open *93A' F@*.%:' B%)*7%' E%3$"0*(&'hilarious, heartwrenching and %$$%0.9*('."'1#7*0'(96%&'*(('90'"0%')"((%).9/%' *))"#0.' "6'81*.' )"#(-'easily otherwise be regarded as “coincidence.”Dooley began the storytelling
B5' *..39B#.90=' 1%3' (96%' ."' *' E*$.'circumstance, one that was beyond her control.
“The reason why I am here today is because this stranger went against protocol and brought my dad to that helicopter,” Dooley $*9-&' 3%6%3390=' ."' 1%3' 6*.1%3G$'=""-'6"3.#0%'-#390='H9%.0*7AAccording to her account,
1%3'6*.1%3'8*$'3%.39%/%-'63"7'*0'90$.*0)%' "6' 0%*3I)%3.*90' -%*.1&'as another soldier ensured his $*6%'*339/*(A'C""(%5'$E",%'"6'.19$'other soldier — “He had always been this godlike creature in my head,” she said. The crowd was silent as
Dooley made it known that she would not be alive had it not been 6"3'.1*.'7*0AThe stories were diverse, and
*.'.97%$'.1%'3%+%).9/%'7#$90='8*$'B3",%0'B5'1#7"3'*$'$%/%3*('"6'.1%'speakers claimed to be comedians
or aspiring comedians.One speaker, Paddy Reagan,
$E",%' "6' 19$' %*3(5' -*5$' 90' .1%'3%*(7'"6'$%J#*('*).9/9.5A“She was like plane coming in
6"3' *' (*0-90=&' *0-' K'#0-%3$.""-'that it was her goal to hit my 7"#.1&:'L%*=*0'$*9-'90'3%6%3%0)%'."'19$'23$.',9$$A;.1%3'.*(%$'."(-'"6'%0)"#0.%3$'
with ill cancer patients, unpredictable relationships and .1%' 6"3.#0%' "6' *)M#9390=' *' NOPQ'E*93'"6'$0%*,%3$'6"3'63%%A'As characters cycled through
the room, the crowd — which 8*$' %$$%0.9*((5' )"7E39$%-' "6'E%36"37%3$' R' (*#=1%-&' $9=1%-'and were stark silent.The event demonstrated the
E"8%3'"6'.1%'"3*('.3*-9.9"0A'S5'.1%'%0-' "6' .1%' 09=1.' 9.' $%%7%-' .1*.'these people had participated 89.1' *0-' (%*30%-' 63"7' "0%'another.
By Russell ZintelStaff Writer
NAVAH STEIN The Vermont CynicLocal storytellers spin their
yarns at The Monkey House in downtown Winooski on Oct. 4.
UVM pianist tours in Asia
T09/%3$9.5' "6' H%37"0.G$'*62(9*.%' *3.9$.' D*#(' ;3=%(' 89(('embark on his second solo piano ."#3'"6'U190*'63"7';).A'OQI'VWA'S%6"3%' 1%' (%*/%$&' 1%' 9$'
B390=90=' 19$' E3"=3*7' "6' %*3(5'romantic music to the Burlington community in a preview concert *.' .1%' T09/%3$9.5' "6' H%37"0.G$'L%)9.*(' !*((' "0' ;).A' OX' *.' Y>YP'p.m. F41%' 6%*.#3%-' 8"3,' "0' 75'
program is the Schubert Sonata <"A' VO' 90' SI@(*.&' CAWXP&' 19$'(*$.' $"0*.*A' K'1*/%',0"80' 9.' 6"3'*(7"$.'75'81"(%'(96%'*0-'20-'9.'."' B%' "0%' "6' .1%'7"$.' B%*#.96#('E9%)%$' "6' 7#$9)' %/%3' 839..%0&:'Orgel said.;3=%('89(('*($"'E(*5'U1"E90G$'
“Barcarolle,” as well as “Waltz in A” and “Two Mazurkas” B5' Z0."0[0' C/"\],' *0-'“Invitation to the Dance” and D%3E%.##7' ^"B9(%:' B5' U*3('Maria von Weber.Orgel is wellknown
.13"#=1"#.' H%37"0.' 6"3' 19$'solo and chamber music E%36"37*0)%$' *0-' 9$' *)M#9390='national and worldwide attention. The Vermont Times )*((%-' 197' F*' E9*09$.' "6' E"8%3'and grace.” K0' *--9.9"0' ."' U190*&' ;3=%('
has toured in Europe and here in the United States at venues such as New York’s Merkin !*(('*0-'.1%'_%00%-5'U%0.%3'90'`*$190=."0'CAUA&';3=%('$*9-AOrgel was educated at
Oberlin, the New England U"0$%3/*."35' *0-' S"$."0'University and holds a doctorate 90' E9*0"' E%36"37*0)%' 63"7'Temple University.In addition to teaching
private piano lessons here at the T09/%3$9.5' "6' H%37"0.&' ;3=%(' 9$ *0'"3=*09a%3' "6' .1%'TH^'^#$9)'and Literature Series. !%'9$'*($"'.1%'-93%)."3'"6'.1%'
!#7*09.9%$' D3"=3*7' U"0)%3.'?%39%$'*.'?*90.'^9)1*%(G$'U"((%=%'*0-' "0' .1%' 6*)#(.5' "6' .1%'b3%%0'^"#0.*90' U1*7B%3' ^#$9)'@%$.9/*(A' ;3=%(' 1*$' *($"' .*#=1.'piano at MIT and Wesleyan University, among other places. ;3=%(G$' $"("' ."#3'"6'U190*' 90'
.1%'$#77%3'"6'VPOP'8*$'$#)1'*'success that he has been invited B*),' ."' E%36"37' *0-' 90$.3#).'master classes.
FZ(.1"#=1' U190*' -"%$' 1*/%'*' $.3"0=' 6"(,'7#$9)' .3*-9.9"0&' 9.'doesn’t have a classical music .3*-9.9"0'"6'9.$'"80&'*0-'.1%3%'9$'a huge interest,” Orgel said in an article that recently appeared in the Shelburne News. “Musicians and music
.%*)1%3$'1*/%'E3%$.9=%'90'U190%$%'culture; they value the strong work ethic musicianship requires *0-' 3%/%3%' .1%' *)19%/%7%0.' "6'something accomplished and B%*#.96#(&' *0-' .1%5' $%%7' ."'particularly enjoy hearing this ,90-' "6' OW.1' )%0.#35&' 3"7*0.9)'classical music,” Orgel said.;3=%(G$' E%36"37*0)%' .19$'
Sunday will be his only recital in the Burlington area this season.
By Natalie Slack Staff Writer
“We tell each other stories from our own
lives.”
Brooke DooleyEvent creator
“Musicians and music teachers have prestige
in Chinese culture.”
Paul OrgelArtist
Burlington is widely regarded as a focal point of music and arts, not just in the state of Vermont, but throughout New England. The concert scene is a vital
part of Burlington nightlife, and it is one that manages to showcase wellknown acts in a diversity of styles, along with a variety of local acts, each with their own loyal following. Yet for people that are not
familiar with Burlington’s !"#$%&'()*+&,!,-*"%*&.!*),*/"01&('%*%2*1!/*,3,!%+*%$.%*"!%,4,+%*%$,5-*much less events that they can even get into if they are under 21 years of age. Seven Days is one way to
get weekly club listings, and the 5('%"%(/,+*20*4.!/25*67,4+*+,,!*throughout the city are another source of event information. Yet in today’s hitech and fastpaced world, a quick and fully "!%,4.&%"3,* 8.7* %2* 1!/* &2!&,4%+*"+*),!,1&".'-* "0*!2%* 4,9("4,/-* 024*many people. Theburlingtone.com acts to serve this purpose. Theburlingtone.com was
created in early February by Jordan Rosenberg, a longtime Burlington resident, as a “OneStopShop for Burlington’s live local music scene,” according to the website. The website features over
30 venues, ranging from larger music halls such as Higher
Ground and the Flynn Theatre, to smaller venues such as Nectar’s and Club Metronome and even pubs or restaurants like Ri Ra’s or Radio Bean. Essentially, the site acts as an
interactive listing of Burlington’s musical events. Upon entering the website, one is immediately greeted by a listing of the evening’s events that includes the venue, artist, age restriction, cost and the time at which the event starts. By clicking on an artist’s
name, one is brought to an artist :421',* %$.%* &2!%."!+* .* )4",0*description of the artist, as well as links to his or her home page. The site also includes an
evergrowing list of artists that have played in Burlington, with .&&25:.!7"!#* :421',+-* .+* 8,''*as a listing of the entire month’s events. As it stands, theburlingtone.
com is a great way for &2!&,4%#2,4+* %2* 1!/* .&%"3"%",+-*but Rosenberg doesn’t plan on resting on that note.He wants to have the venues
themselves become a part of the site by updating their own information in case of sudden changes, he said.Furthermore, while
theburlingtone.com has a small photo section Rosenberg eventually hopes to showcase concert photos from photographers around Vermont, Rosenberg said.
“Burlington is a very artistic town full of musicians, artists and photographers. Why not bring these artists together in a medium in which they can share their work?” he said. Ultimately, Rosenberg’s
goal is to help people enjoy Burlington’s concerts, while at the same time trying to expose people to new venues and artists that they otherwise might not have heard of.
“People can easily get caught up routines, and what [theburlingtone.com] offers is a chance to discover something new — a new hangout spot or a new favorite band. It’s all about breaking out and trying new things,” Rosenberg said. ;24* 4,&,!%'7* .44"3,/* 14+%<
years, regular concertgoers and music buffs, theburlingtone.com :423"/,+*2!,*8.7*%2*/"3,*$,./14+%*into Burlington’s vibrant music scene.
ARTS 13THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
Aaron Flinn is a Vermontbased singer/songwriter about to release his eighth album, “Salad Days.” He draws his music from
.* /"3,4+,* +,%* 20* "!6(,!&,+* %$.%*includes The Beatles, Miles Davis, Glenn Gould, Randy Newman, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Jeff Buckley, Lyle Lovett, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Chopin’s Nocturnes. On Oct. 3, The Vermont Cynic got a chance to dig a little deeper and talk to the man himself. The Vermont Cynic: You’re
a songwriting machine. Where do you draw your inspiration from?Aaron Flinn: From all over,
really. Everywhere. Certainly in the most recent years my muse is my family to a great extent … but really everywhere. … I’m a real fan of words ... I like words that can be made to mean different things and paint pictures ... There are ideas sort 20* 62.%"!#* .42(!/* ,3,478$,4,=VC: How would you
describe your music?AF: I wouldn’t. I would
just play it and let other people describe it … But really, if you have to pigeonhole it … folk"!6(,!&,/* 42&>* .!/* 42''=* ?(%*I’m not even sure what that means when I say it … You have to listen to the music. Music is from and for the soul, I think, and beyond language. It’s visceral and speaks to emotion.VC: Tell us about
your “Salad Days.”AF: “Salad Days” has evolved
into a catchall name for the music I do. It originated from a song on my second album called “Welcome to Your Salad Days.” … Shakespeare has been given credit for the term …but it means you just jump in and experience … your salad days are the best days of your life. It’s a state of mind really.VC: Many songwriters
feel that once they’ve “settled down” they lose an edge in their writing. How do you feel your marriage and children
have affected your writing?AF: I don’t think it’s softened
my writing and playing because I don’t think it’s changed who I am and I think that’s the luck of the partnership I have with my wife … she knew who she had before she married me and has not in any way attempted to change who I am … she is a great supporter and one of the reasons I continue to do this. If anything, the entire family
really brings new subject matter … the reality is that I can plug in an electric guitar and rock out like I did 10 years ago … if anything is going to mellow me it’s age…there’s no edge taken away.”
VC: What do you consider the three most important things about yourself?AF: My hair, my muscles
and my clothing. No, let’s see … my family is certainly number one…the family past, present .!/* 0(%(4,=* @A5* "!1!"%,'7* '(&>7*with the family I was born into and the love and support I’ve known my whole life. That’s the most important
%$"!#* .)2(%* 57+,'0* "!* /,1!"!#*who I am. Then, I guess I’d have to say my music and my love. What and who I love, and where I choose to focus my attention.
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‘Salad’ tunes ringVermont singer/songwriter Flinn discusses his latest album release
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language. It’s visceral and speaks
to emotion.”Aaron Flinn
Singer/songwriter
“Burlington is very artistic town full of musicians, artists
and photographers.”
Jordan RosenbergWebsite founder
Website brings live music scene into the digital ageBurlington concert listings provided to publicBy Jack Dougher Staff Writer
—An article published on Oct. 12 in the Burlington Free Press detailing how Hurricane Irene washed away parts of a cemetery in Rochester.
“SOME OF THE 50 SETS OF REMAINS FROM WOODLAWN CEMETERY WERE LEFT MOSTLY INTACT; OTHERS WERE OLD BONES STREWN AROUND THE CEMETERY
DOWNSTREAM.”
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
COLUMNISTS
Which side are you on?
I have a confession —‚ I love reading the news. From the BBC to The Jakarta Post, I devour it all. News is a staple of my everyday fare, much like food is to the average person. My day begins with The New York Times, which draws me in like a scrumptious crostini topped with diced tomatoes and drizzled in olive oil. Then Al Jazeera starts to call,
a delectable spicy combination of lamb and rice. Le Monde, in original French of course, has the !"#$%&'()%$*+,%#%$-./*'-.%0/$#*(1As you can tell, I am currently
ravenous. What else could lead one to crave such a strange combination of delicacies? But let’s move on to serious matters. There was a tragic incident in one of my classes last week and I simply must share the story. The professor had been
lecturing on politics, when suddenly he asked the class “What is going on in Libya right
now?” A thick silence descended '"%23,%/$#..(''41%5%67%8-99,)%angrily around the projector. The guy sitting next to me scribbled a question mark on his paper.No one in the entire class
had any notion of what was going in Libya, even though the top news story of every major ",2&'(+%&#.%23#2%:*87#"%!;32,(.%had made progress in capturing Sirte, the home base of exleader <-#44#(%=#))#!1For claiming to be such
an aware campus, I would say that UVM loses some serious points from this incident. To /'"!(4%47%8-))*";%.-.>*/*'".?%I started asking everyone around me if they read the news on a daily basis. Alas, less than half admitted to perusing even one news source daily. Despite my personal
#@!"*27%@'(%(,#)*";%23,%",&.?%A%understand people’s reluctance. Death, destruction and celebrity incarcerations only go so far in whetting one’s appetite. But when you curl up in your Snuggie and log on to Facebook, you miss out on the excitement of what goes on in the real world that you inhabit. So, why should you read the
news? Allow me to unveil my threepart answer. Firstly, the news applies to almost all of your classes in some way. When your economics teacher mentions
supply and demand, you can smugly raise your hand and explain how Denmark imposing a tax on fat will affect the production and sales of cheese. Secondly, knowing tidbits
about the world at large is perfect for avoiding awkward lulls in conversations or during job interviews. Instead of inspecting your cuticles or muttering something about the weather, you can whip out the question, “Have you heard about the students in Chile demanding better education?” In seconds you sound both intelligent and informed. Lastly, if you should decide
to have kids — serious caution advised — and when they ask you what went on in the world when you were in school, you can say more than just “Uh, BCDDE%8,@'(,%(-""*";%#%2'%!$,%your taxes. The news is great. It’s free,
easy to access and you can choose to read headlines or entire articles. At the very least, spend 15 minutes on Sunday getting a feel for what happened in the past week. You’ll learn cool facts and have something interesting to share other than what your current Facebook status is.
Stay hip and read the news
!"#$%#&'()$&"*&#&+,*-&./#,&&buisness administration major. She has been writing for The
Cynic since fall 2011.
BIANCA MOHN
Solidarity, brothers and sisters.0)/&1.$"% supports the peaceful
protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement and its offshoot at UVM, Occupy Bailey/Howe.The University is very much
a microcosm of what is going on nationally. Here, the administration clashes with faculty and staff just like big business clashes with organized labor.There are outrageous bonuses
@'(%-"*F,(.*27%'@!/*#$.%G-.2%#.%23,(,%are for bank executives.The Burlington Free Press noted
Tuesday that three unions have not reached an agreement about their contracts with the University and are now entering mediation. Fulltime faculty, service workers
and UVM Police have expired contracts — since June.0)/&1.$"% believes that the
quality of education at UVM is suffering because University !"#"/,.%#(,%"'2%>(*'(*2*9,)%/'((,/2$71%A decreased number of tenure
track faculty, larger class sizes and fewer class offerings all contribute to a lower quality education for us.0)/&1.$"% supports the efforts
of UVM staff members, who face stagnant salaries and having to pay 4'(,%@'(%8,",!2.?%2'%-"*'"*9,1%H,%support the students who have stood up to speak up against the practices of Wall Street and Waterman.Students have a legitimate
grievance with the pay inequity at UVM. Why will former President Fogel
return to the English department making $80,000 more than his colleagues?Why does an assistant hockey
coach make more than the director '@%23,%!$4%#")%2,$,F*.*'"%.2-)*,.%department? Why do more than 80 employees
at the University make more than $150,000, and 28 make more than $200,000? In 2008, just 17 employees made more than $200k. To put this in perspective, Vermont’s senators, Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy, have a base salary of $174,000.At a time of staff members see
smaller pay raises, why are top '@!/*#$.%,#("*";%!F,I!;-(,%(#*.,.JA 2011 study by the faculty
union, United Academics, found that compared to 21 similarlysized public and private institutions across the country, UVM professors on average make $23,500 less annually.UVM students have a right to be
outraged about how the University pays its faculty, administrators and staff — and 0)/&1.$"% supports their efforts for a more open dialogue.
Unfortunately, these mountains aren’t so green anymore. Bulldozers arrived in Vermont a couple of weeks ago at the base of the Lowell Mountains to rip their way through the forest. Green Mountain Power (GMP), ironic as its name is, plans on erecting 21 wind turbines at the ridgeline of the mountains to produce “green” energy.On GMP’s wesite, the
!"#$%&'()*+&*,(-.,*/0(%,(%&(electric utility owned by an energy corporation with an investment in Vermont. They distribute, transmit and sell electricity and utility services in the state.They go on to claim an
increased focus on a renewable, brighter and cleaner future. GMP supports and promotes .1*(2,.%.*(*0+!-*&!'(3.-/-.'45(%&)(delivers acquired power through maintained substations. But what exactly does this mean?It sounds like a combination
of nonsense and fancy words used to detract from the what the company is actually doing. Their 6*7,-.*(-,(+//*)(6-.1(89**&(0"&.,4(and crisp white backgrounds. But is GMP what Vermonters should really be investing their trust in?The website reminds me
of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and their sugarcoated lies about their attempts to clear cut forests for paper. The SFI, created the American Forest and Paper Association, was created with the purpose of misleading the public about the actual production of making paper products.Well, at least GMPwill
%!.3%//'(3,*(.1*-9(1"99-+!(
methods to provide green energy, but seriously is that the only way to do it? The proposed project in Lowell would result in thousands of trees being clearcut at the base of the mountain.I hope that Vermonters
believe that the destruction and deforestation that the project calls for will negate future goals of producing green energy.To even call their intention
green is an insult in the name of green energy. How dare GMP claim they are doing the environmental good when they are actually contributing to mass deforestation.Yes, I strongly believe in
alternative methods to obtain energy. I also understand that sometimes there is no practical green way to supply these necessities. But in this case is this project the best option?Have we come to a point
where companies are so desperate for success that they will be hypocrites to their own goals?Sure, GMP is a business,
%&)(.1*'(1%:*(."(+&)(,"#*(6%'(."(,.%'(%;"%.<(73.(61%.(%7"3.(morals and ethics?Has money become the only
thing energy companies are concerned with? I would like to know what the president of GMP believes in. Does she truly, honestly
believe she is doing Vermont a good deed? Does she feel she’s doing us a favor, because if that is the case the company should at least have the integrity and dignity to change their name to something more accurate. Stephen Wright, the former
commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, suggested a new nickname for .1*(,.%.*(<(2.1*(&".=,"=green mountains,” in an oped in The New York Times last month.Based on the proposed
project in Lowell, I’d say that’s sounds about right.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011OPINION 15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
COLUMNISTS
Quick Opinions
Zach DespartI woke up Sunday and there was some dude I didn’t know in my kitchen. >*(6%,(#%?-&8(6%0;*,@(A()-)(&".(%,?(questions.
Bianca MohnPeople who walk slothfully in the
#-))/*("0(.1*(,-)*6%/?(<(A(%#(!"#-&8for you. Consider yourselves warned.
Energy hypocrites
!"#$%&'(%)"&$*+,'-)'+'./)$0#"+/'undeclared major. She has been
writing for The Cynic since fall
2011.
As Vermont considers the recently released Comprehensive Energy Plan, it is urgent that citizens take a close look at just what is being proposed for Vermont’s energy and environmental future, because most Vermonters have no idea what policies are rapidly being cemented in place without much public debate or consultation. One quickly notices how
adept we humans are at speaking out of both sides of our mouth. The energy plan frets about high carbon emissions that cause global warming but then proposes policies and taxpayer subsidies to incentivize treeburning “biomass” energy, which has the highest carbon footprint of all. B1*(/%.*,.(,!-*&.-+!(9*,*%9!1(
states the inconvenient truth that new, treefueled biomass electric facilities emit carbon at a rate 50 percent higher than old coal plants, are dirtier than fossil fuels for most conventional air $"//3.%&.,(%&)(6-//(,-8&-+!%&./'(increase forest ecosystem and wildlife impacts on already
stressed forests. C:*&(*0+!-*&.(!"#7-&*)(1*%.(
and power biomass facilities emit carbon dioxide at a rate 24 percent higher than oil and 97 percent higher than natural gas, %&)(1%:*(%&(%-9($"//3.-"&($9"+/*(dirtier than even oil, so they are not “good” for global warming, or for schools and hospitals with their atrisk populations. New England already has the highest asthma rates in the country.
Producing tiny amounts of new biomass energy requires drastic increases in forest cutting.According to the Vermont
Biomass Energy Working Group one million additional tons of !3..-&8(<(%(DE($*9!*&.(-&!9*%,*(
-&(F*9#"&.(/"88-&8(<(6"3/)(provide just 1 to 2 percent of Vermont’s heat and electric. Frighteningly the
Comprehensive Energy Plan proposes getting 25% of Vermont’s energy from bioenergy, fueled largely by forests, by 2025. Timber!We have big energy and
environmental challenges, but 6-,103/(%&)()*/3,-"&%/(.1-&?-&8@(such as burning forests is “green” just because it is “local,” is no better than West Virginians who want the money provided by dirty energy from their “local” resource. Instead, locally produced
solar, geothermal, appropriately scaled and located wind and hydro energy, along with !"&,*9:%.-"&(%&)(*0+!-*&!'4(can drastically clean up our energy supply and help save our environment without destroying it. This is where we need to be putting our energy, so to speak.
SincerelyChris Matera, P.E.Founder,Massachusetts Forest Watch
Biomass a bad investment
United States military and intelligence services have had a string of successes lately at killing highranking terrorists. But what remains unclear is 61*.1*9(.1*,*(?-//-&8,(<("0.*&(carried out by drone strikes in countries we are not at war with, is whether they were legal. The New York Times
published an article Sunday that described how the White >"3,*(G3,.-+*)(?-//-&8(H&6%9(alAwlaki, an Americanborn leader of alQaida. AlAwlaki was killed Sept. 30 by a drone strike in Yemen.What has brought
controversy is that President Barack Obama authorized the killing of an American citizen without a trial.H#*9-!%&("0+!-%/,(%//*8*(
that he played a role in several terrorist attempts, including the attempted underwear bombing of an airliner Christmas Day. He is also alleged to have been a “spiritual adviser” to several of the 9/11 hijackers and to Nidal Hassan, the army major on trial for the 2009 Fort Hood shootings.I do not think alAwlaki
could have been called an American citizen when he was killed. The United States Code, a collection of federal statutes, )*+&*,(1"6("&*(!%&(8%-&(%&)(lose citizenship.8 U.S.C § 1481 states that
forfeiture of citizenship can result from “committing an
act of treason, or attempting by force to overthrow or take up arms against the United States.” Aiding in plots to kill
American citizens would certainly satisfy this 9*I3-9*#*&.(<(,"(61'(-,(%/=Awlaki’s death being debated as a killing of an American citizen?The issue of how, or
whether, to prosecute terrorists is not new. In the years after 9/11 the Bush administration wrestled with whether captured terrorists would be tried in civilian courts or military tribunals. A&(EJJD4(.1*(K3$9*#*(
Court declared that terrorists could not be tried in military tribunals and could not be considered enemy combatants.
Instead of putting the lives of American soldiers in danger by attempting to arrest alAwlaki in Yemen, the U.S. took him out when they had the chance, and minimized the likelihood of killing civilians by waiting until alAwlaki was traveling and away from population centers.The Obama Administration
G3,.-+*)(?-//-&8(%/=H6/%?-(instead of arresting him because this was not feasible.But another question looms
<()-)(.1*(L&-.*)(K.%.*,(:-"/%.*(the sovereignty of Yemen by conducting a military operation in a friendly nation? Yes. But
what was the alternative? Yemen was unwilling, or at the very least unable to capture alAwlaki. It would be in the best
interest of Yemen to share our -&.*9*,.,(<(M*#*&(9*!*-:*)(more than $200 million in foreign aid from the U.S. in 2010.But alAwlaki wasn’t the
only American killed in the incident. Samir Khan, born in Saudi Arabia but raised in New York, published a blog encouraging attacks on the U.S. and recruiting people to join alQaida.AlQaida in Yemen released
a statement after the killing, arguing that the United States had violated its own constitution. So, a terrorist organization that is bent on killing Americans is seeking legal protection under our laws?Did the killing of alAwlaki
violate U.S. and international law? I think so. Did it make American safer? Yes. U.S. and international
laws aren’t clear about how to classify, prosecute or kill .*99"9-,.,(<($"/-!'(1%,(&".(caught up with the times. The Obama administration
didn’t choose to conduct an airstrike without any regard 0"9(/*8%/-.'(<(.1*(8":*9&#*&.N,(top lawyers more than a year ago used existing laws and precedents to draft a detailed memo detailing how the %)#-&-,.9%.-"&(G3,.-+*)(,3!1(%(strike.The government has a
vested interest is keeping Americans safe. Those who seek to destroy this country do not deserve protection of its laws.
Killing justified? Dubious.
Zach Despart is a senior political
science major. He has been
writing for The Cynic since fall 2009.
ZACH DESPART
I do not think al-Awlaki could have been an
American citizen when he was killed.
One quickly notices how adept we humans
are at speaking out of both sides of our
mouth.
PEYTON ROSENTHAL
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According to UVM Athletics, senior Matt Glass and junior Brendan Bald were named captains for the upcoming 20112012 season. Glass has only played one year with the Catamounts after playing his !"#$%$&'%#()#'*#%)$%+,)##-%He started in 25 games last
year and averaged 8.2 ppg, and 3.9 rpg. Bald excelled as a starter last year averaging 11.3 ppg and was named America East Defensive Player of the year, and earned a spot on the AllAmerica East Third Team.For the women’s team senior
Tory Dennerlein and juniors Morgan Albert and Lauren Buschmann were named captains by head coach Lori Gear McBride.
Teams name captains for
upcoming season
Men’s team selected to participate in ESPN BracketBusters
Tonya Young, class of ‘11, has signed a professional basketball contract with Clube Desportivo Torres Novas in Portugal. In her senior season, Young
led the Catamounts with 12.1 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game and was named to the America East allconference team. Young is the eighth
Catamount in the program’s history to play professionally and the fourth in the last seven years.
Former women’s standout Young
signed to contract
By Will AndreycakSports Editor
The women’s soccer team fell 21 to the University of Albany on Oct 9. UVM opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a goal from sophomore Ellie Mills — her fourth goal of the season. Albany, however was able to
knot things up with a goal in the 34th minute from Katie Grant. Albany controlled the game
in the second half and in the 85th minute, the Great Danes were able to capitalize on a failed clearing attempt by UVM and put in the gameclinching goal. The Catamounts fall to 47
4 on the season with the loss. ./*0)1% &)#% $2(% !"#$% $34(% $23#%year the team has lost at home.
Women’s soccer falls to Albany after late goal
Sports in short
Senior Morgan Powers !*3#2(0% #(5'*0% '6(")77% )$% $2(%New England Championships on Oct. 8 at Franklin Park in Boston. 8'&("#%!*3#2(0%$2(%&'4(*9#%
5K race with a time of 17:33, which was just 15 seconds :(23*0% !"#$;<7)5(% &3**("% =)$3(%Matthews of BU. Junior Kristen Weberg,
sophomore Yolanda Ngarambe and graduate student Kate >(/?("#% )77% !*3#2(0% 3*% $2(% $'<%30. The women’s cross country $()4% !*3#2(0% $23"0% '6(")77% 3*% )%competition that was comprised of nearly 40 other schools. The men’s team was led by
sophomore Aaron Szotka, who led all Catamount runners by
!*3#23*?% @A$2% &3$2% )% $34(% 'B%CDEF@-%G2(%4(*9#% $()4%!*3#2(0%21st overall.
Cross country ‘Powers’ at New England Championships
The swimming and diving team swept a fourteam meet last Friday, defeating host school Army, Stony Brook and Boston College. Standout performances
were given by sophomore Claudia Etherington and junior Kailey Gardner, who each collected three individual victories . Firstyear Laura Stephens
and senior Meaghan Cunningham also picked up individual wins. The Catamounts look to
continue their undefeated season on Oct. 22 at the Husky Invitational at UConn.
Swimming and diving opens season 4-0
Brewers @ Cardinals
MLB: NLCS Game 5 8:05 p.m.
Friday 10/14
Dolphins @ Jets
NFL8:30 p.m.
Monday 10/17
Michigan @ Michigan State
NCAA FB12 p.m.
Arizona State @ Oregon
NCAA FB10 p.m.
Boston @ Chicago
NHL8:30 p.m.
Saturday 10/15
ESPN BracketBusters takes place every year and pits midmajor hopefuls against each other a month before March Madness. As a team that consistently
bids for an NCAA title birth, UVM has once again been selected to participate. This year the BracketBuster
games — which will take place
Feb. 1719 — will be comprised of 142 different schools, including all nine America East programs. UVM will play host to one of
the 142 schools — the matchups will be announced Jan. 30 — and the game will be broadcasted on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.
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CORRIE ROE The Vermont CynicBeater Samuel Bennett (left) follows Ben Davis and Vicky Mooney, both chasers, as they run toward the goals.
By Julia DwyerStaff Writer
I’d have a hard time picking against the 49ers in the NFC West after their 4-1 start — when eight
wins likely takes that division — but
I expect Seattle to at least keep it
interesting.
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NFL Picks Week 6
Initials indicate the author of the pick: (WA) — Will Andreycak (ME) — Mike Eaton (JK) — Jeremy Karpf
By Will Andreycak
Sports EditorSCOREBOARD
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New York Giants vs. Bu!alo Bills — Sunday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.
Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers — Sunday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans —Sunday, Oct. 16, 4:15 p.m.
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Can they kick it?Men’s soccer run toward the titleBy Mike Eaton
Assistant Sports Editor
JK
WA
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Athlete spotlight of the week#19 Brittany Zuback — women’s ice hockeyPosition: forward Height: 5’6” Class: !rst-yearHometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario Previous Team: Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers
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By Diana GiuntaSenior Staff Writer
ALEXA ALGIOS The Vermont CynicThe Catamounts line up before the start of a game against the UNH Wildcats on Feb. 19. Returning to the lineup this season, from right to
left are Ben Albertson, Brooks Herrington, Sebastian Stalberg, H.T. Lenz, Chris McCarthy, Tobias NilssonRoos, Anthony DeCenzo, Connor
Brickley and Rob Madore. Josh Burrows, 22, graduated at the end of last semester.
The season will begin on Oct. 14 with an exhibition game at
home.