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NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicJohn Ryan, director for Institutional Research spoke about academic excellence goals during the board of trustees meeting in WKH�/LYDN�%DOOURRP�)HE�����3URWHVWV�EURNH�RXW�RXWVLGH�WKH�EDOOURRP�

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Every year, around 13,500 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer.

Thirty-five thousand are currently in treatment, and 25 percent of all those diag-nosed will die, according to kidsvcancer.org.

UVM Rallython is work-ing to change these statis-tics, one dance party at a time.

Hosted by UVM’s Greek life, the Rallython will take place Feb. 20 in the Davis Center. The event will fea-ture DJ’s, performances, speeches and a ceremony to “recognize everyone we

dance for,” said sophomore Claire Schwaegler, chair of marketing for the event.

Rallython is a year long fundraiser that ends with a 12-hour dance marathon, according to the UVM Greek life website.

Following last year’s Rallython, which raised $40,000 for the B+ Foun-dation, this year’s 12-hour dance marathon is part-nered with Children’s Mira-cle Network.

“Rallython is bringing the campus together with the medical center in a way it hasn’t before,” Schwaegler

said.“This is an opportunity to

appreciate that this is such a bigger community than our University alone, and that there are so many more people present than just stu-dents,” she said.

For the first time, all of the funds will be going to the Children Hospital at UVM Medical Center, Schwaegler said.

The Children’s Miracle Network was created in 1983 and has raised over $5 billion for 170 hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, according to their website.

“Children’s Miracle Net-work gives money to the hospital to use as they see fit,” Schwaegler said. “With the last donation, the hospi-tal was able to buy top of the line neonatal intensive care beds for premature babies.”

First-year Hannah Dah-lin said she thinks the event is for a good cause.

“And dance marathons seem pretty fun,” Dahlin said.

“I got my roommates and other people on my floor in-volved. We named ourselves the Stars Hollow Danc-ers because the only other

dance marathon we’ve ever seen was on Gilmore Girls,” she said.

A champion is named every year and becomes the face for the millions of chil-dren treated at Children’s Miracle Network hospitals and the vital work the net-work does, according to the website.

Vermont’s 2015 cham-pion, eight-year-old Noah, along with last year’s cham-pion Danielle, will be at-tending Rallython to voice their appreciation, Schwae-gler said.

Noah was born with VAC-TERL association, which has forced him to undergo 20 surgeries.

All but five of those sur-geries have been at the Chil-dren’s Hospital, according to the Rallython Facebook page.

“One of our co-presidents has been battling cancer off and on since she was a child and was recently re-diagnosed. She’s been at the UVM Children’s Hospital receiving treatment, so it’s a very near and dear cause to us,” she said.

Links to register for the event can be found on the Rallython Facebook, Twitter or UVM pages.

Students can sign up in-dividually or as a team to fundraise.

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University planning to dance for a causeLife

PHOTO COURTESY OF MADISON MCKINLEYMembers of the 2014 UVM Rallython executive board pose for a photograph. Rallython is a yearlong fundraiser that ends with a 12-hour dance marathon. This year the event is partnered with the Children’s Miracle Network.

Rallython is bringing

the campus together with

the medical center in a way it hasn’t before.

Claire SchwaeglerMarketing Chair

Emilee ConroeStaff Writer

Students react to GMO label law

Vermont residents are getting to know their food a bit better — it’s the law.

Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a genetically modified organ-ism labeling law May 8, 2014, the first statewide GMO law in the nation, according to ruralvermont.org.

The bill will force food manufacturers to label prod-ucts that have been geneti-cally engineered starting July

2016, according to CNN.com.There has been resis-

tance to this law, including a hearing Jan. 7 at the federal district court in Burlington where “the first oral argu-ments were heard in Grocery Manufacturers Association v. Sorrell,” according to the Vermont Right to Know GMOs website.

This case centers around a suit that was filed by the Grocery Manufacturers As-sociation against the state of Vermont for passing the law, according to the website.

The lawsuit claims that Act 120, the GMO labeling law’s official name, will not advance public health and safety, according to USA To-day.

The bill was defended by Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell, according to ru-ralvermont.org.

The Vermont Right To Know GMOs Coalition ar-gues that GMO labeling will provide consumers with all the information they need to know about their food, ac-cording to their website.

Giggling to a healthy lifestyle: the great benef its of laughing

Charlotte FITTERMAN

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Staff Writer

“I don’t get why you would be against [GMO labels]. I think people should know what they’re eating.

It’s their body.” ALLI O'CONNOR

“I think every-one should have the right to know whether their food has been genetical-ly modified or not. People should also be able to make their own decision if they want to eat foods containing

GMOs.”

“There should be some sort of uniform labeling system that people can easily interpret. I think businesses would be hesitant because it is a new movement and they don’t know how consumers will re-act, but if they had a uniform labeling system, it would be a good middle ground for businesses and consumers.”

We all probably know what it feels like to laugh, but did you know that laugh-ing with friends can offer health benefits?

Check out this great list from the Gaiam Life web-site:

1.Laughing lowers your

blood pressure, which will decrease your risk of stroke and heart attack.

If you already have a healthy blood pressure, laughing will decrease your risk even more.

2.Laughing reduces stress

hormone levels, and this cuts the negative effects stress and anxiety have on your body.

Lowering stress and anxiety boosts your im-mune system so you can stay healthy this winter.

3.It’s kind of a workout.

If you laugh hard and long enough, the muscles in your stomach expand and con-tract, just like when you do crunches.

4. Laughing boosts your T

cells, which are specialized immune system cells that keep you healthy.

5. It triggers the release of

endorphins, and endorphins make you happy.

6.Laughing improves men-

tal health by strengthening your sense of well-being.

People who have a happy outlook on life can fight dis-ease better than those who don’t.

Weekly Health

Columnist

Allison Carey

Allison Carey is a senior English major. She has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2014.

“On one hand, I believe consumers should generally be provided with what-ever information they need or want when making purchasing decisions. On the other hand, the pur-pose of any food la-beling regulation is to help consumers make informed decisions. Sometimes, a food labeling requirement can actually interfere with this ability.”

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It’s 4 a.m. and you wake up in a cold sweat. You had the pregnancy dream again. But you’re also a boy. What does it mean? What is your unconsciousness trying to communicate?

Sigmund Freud, known as the father of psychoanaly-sis, was very preoccupied in the meaning behind dreams and famously said, “dreams are the royal road to the un-conscious.”

Psychoanalysis is a tech-nique of “mind investiga-

tion,” particularly of the un-conscious mind, according to freudfi le.org.

Freud believed dreams were the brain’s way of pushing repressed or un-conscious thoughts up to the surface, something he called “wish fulfi llment.”

He theorized that even seemingly simple symbols and ideas presented within a dream could have mul-tiple meanings, according to Freud’s book “The Interpre-tation of Dreams”.

Here’s a brief overview of some things that might surface within a dream and what each may mean, ac-cording to The Huffi ngton Post:

Being chasedIn a dream, perhaps it’s

not the chase that you fear, but rather what you’re being chased by.

What in your life are you putting on the backburner? Whatever it is that you aren’t addressing may be looking for your attention.

WaterWater could potentially

show how you’re handling your emotions at that time by presenting itself as clear versus murky or calm ver-sus choppy.

We often ignore or avoid our emotions to stressful situations.

ClassroomThis dream or nightmare

often comes from how pre-pared you’re feeling about something. It could also represent learning a new life lesson or personal growth.

DeathThis one doesn’t have to

be negative. It could simply mean the death of an old way or routine that’s making space for the new.

FallingThis one is all too com-

mon, and is also known to wake people up in a panic. Falling uncontrollably may be interpreted as not having a good handle on your life.

NudityEmotional exposure of-

ten shows itself in dreams as nudity. Nudity could be your unconscious way of express-ing vulnerability.

PregnancyA baby can often mean a

longing for a change in your life. Pregnancy in a dream, however, can mean you’re beginning to transition from childhood to adulthood, mentally.

You are fi nally seeing yourself as someone who is

independent and makes real life choices.

Being pregnant in a dream is shockingly com-mon amongst men as well, often meaning they are put-ting their manhood or fertil-ity in question, according to astrology.com.

Dreams can be beauti-ful, terrifying, and telling. But mostly they’re just great conversation starters. Let’s be honest with ourselves.

“I had this dream the other night that I woke up from my dream, only to still be in a dream,” fi rst-year

Emily Deporto said. Of course, there’s always

the possibility that the peo-ple you see or the things you experience in your dreams are just a coincidence.

How much weight do we really want to place on Freud, the man that handed out cocaine as medicine and invented the concept of pe-nis envy?

So Psyched

Column

Marissa Lanoff

Unconscious guides your dreams

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 gone!This “here one second,

gone the next” concept is the basic idea behind Snapchat, an app that allows users to send photos to friends that will only appear on screen for a maximum of 10 sec-onds.

“Snapchat off ers a great chance to bring your bud-dies into what you’re doing,” junior Paolo Filho said.

The app had a rise in popularity over the past couple years, and is now the third most popular social media app among millen-nials, according to a report from comScore.

comScore defi nes the millennial demographic as people between the ages of

18 and 34, according to an article from techcrunch.com.

“I’ll go on there a solid 20 to 50 times a day and look at people’s stories,” fi rst-year Colin Powers said.

Snapchat has a notice-able presence at UVM, in-cluding a university account that was created recently.

However, the account has disappeared from snap-chat.

The student-run account used the app’s “story” fea-ture to put the lifestyles of the UVM community on dis-

play.Junior Teresa Dotson

said the account showed thousands of seconds of “al-cohol, skiing and pot.”

“The university Snapchat made me feel more con-nected to everyone here and to this school. Some of the snaps were funny,” sopho-more Kaeli Mace said.

First-year Cam Field said he’s “never seen a darker day” for Snapchat.

“The UVM Snapchat was fun because you could see people you didn’t know all over campus and what they were doing,” Dotson said.

“You can still do that with regular Snapchat, the hype is just kind of gone,” she said.

In regards to whether or not the app will remain pop-ular, Dotson said that she defi nitely thinks it will.

Anthony GemmaCynic Correspondent

Stories told through snaps

The hype is just kind of gone.

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Illustration by Marissa Lanoff

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Lian Valera

Staff Writer

The airwaves have been going global, musically speaking, every Thursday morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on WRUV 90.1.

Isa ‘ISA’ Bufano, also known by his show name BLUEPOP, plays an as-sorted blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop and jazz on his pro-grams.

Bufano graduated from CCV and Champlain col-lege with a major in media communications and hopes of a career in journalism or

broadcasting. Even as a young child

Bufano said he wanted to be a DJ and he started spin-ning for WRUV this past summer.

While Bufano gives au-diences a taste of that local fl avor, he said he likes to put on a global show, and that is why a signifi cant portion of artists he plays are not from the U.S.

Bufano said his musi-cal stew includes anything from Arabic music to Nicki Minaj deep tracks and even ‘60s bebop; you never know what you’re going to get.

Sandi Omanovic

Arts Editor

DJ Spotlight: The radio goes global

‘Birdman’ nails it

Great pacing, an endear-ing cast and brilliant writ-ing left me fi xated for the entire 119-minute run.

The movie is about for-mer action hero Riggan Thomson, played by Mi-chael Keaton, who at the end of his career puts on a play adaptation of Ray-mond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” as director, writer and headliner.

Spending the last of his fortune on a last grasp at fame, Thomson is stretched to his mental and physical limits.

With his drug-addicted daughter played by Emma Stone, a neurotic assistant played by Zach Galifi anakis and unstable co-star, played by Edward Norton, Thom-son struggles to prepare for opening night for his play.

The border between re-ality and fantasy is blurred

as Thomson demonstrates powerful psychokinetic abilities, and the movie doesn’t reveal whether he’s imaging them or not.

He also hears a voice in his head that speaks in a gravelly tone, criticizing his attempts to produce some-thing of artistic value.

The voice, which belongs to Thomson’s own Birdman character from his action hero past, mocks the pro-duction considering the play as beneath a movie star.

“Birdman” was the most excellent fi lm I’ve seen this year.

Most notable, however, is the camerawork and cin-ematography.

Shots stretch for much of the scene combined with seamless editing place the audience behind the ac-tors through the maze-like Broadway theater, as if they were actually there.

“Birdman” has gained recognition and has been nominated for nine Acad-emy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Arts Columnist

ColinKampuhis

Studio mixes painting and alcohol

Reality is an illusion cre-ated by the lack of alcohol.

Nine-to-fi ve work sched-ules, the bills that haunt us and the thoughts that we simply can’t express come

to an end at the Burlington Paint & Sip Studio.

Conveniently located on Church Street, the vibrant studio matches the artists’ personalities.

Brought to Burlington by Catherine Hover and her group of friends, they seek those who are eager to ex-press their imagination on canvas.

For those old enough, the studio off ers a colorful array of wines and cocktails.

The drinks are served by the artists themselves who are not afraid to add a little color to your drinks.

However, those ages 7 and up can also join the stu-dio and enjoy soft drinks, while creating original work.

The concept is simple: you arrive and are given a canvas, paint, supplies and alcohol.

A talented artist will

guide you through the pro-cess of painting and teach-ing the necessary techniques and styles.

The session results in an original piece which the art-ist can take home.

The whole ensemble provides for a feeling of ab-solute relaxation, simplicity and self-indulgence.

Artist and studio assis-tant Gretchen Tisch said that alcohol complements

the session because it en-ables the painters to free themselves from worrisome thoughts, which allows them to paint as their body and mind desire.

The use of alcohol to enhance individuality and innovation is often found throughout the writings of many famous fi gures, in-cluding Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson.

Combining alcohol and art not only enhances cre-ativity but also promotes the responsible consumption of alcohol while engaging in an activity not typically associ-ated with drinking.

Whether you’re seeking a night out with friends to release your weekly stress, a private party or simply some alone time, Burling-ton Paint & Sip will paint you a smile.

Arts Columnist

Lian Valera

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LUCI LOBE The Vermont CynicGretchen Tisch, an artist at the Burlington Paint & Sip Studio, teaches a Burlington resident a new painting technique Jan. 25 at the studio on Church

St. The Burlington studio recently opened on Jan. 2, and owner Catherine Hover also runs two studios that offer alcohol to pair with art in New York.

CITY COUNCIL

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The location and date

Brennan’s PubWednesday, Feb. 18

5-7 p.m.

In coordination with

UVM is for lovers this Valentine’s Day, and the evening air will be filled with romantic jazz.

Aimée is originally from France and her band con-sists of guitarists, also from France, and a bassist and drummer, both from Aus-tralia.

The band met in New York, Aimée said, where they all currently live.

“In New York, there are a lot of people who came here to study music,” she said.

Though the group comes from all over the world, it will be their first time per-forming in Burlington, Ai-mée said.

Aimée has lived in New York for 10 years now, she said, and loves it.

“I love the music … and all the amazing artists,” she said.

Aimée said she first came to America in order to study music. However, it was her childhood in France, living near nomad encampments, that inspired her to start

singing, she said. Hearing this music “was

very thrilling,” she said. “It’s music from the heart and not from the head.”

In addition to her vary-ing musical influences, Ai-mée said she also speaks three languages: French, Spanish and English.

“I like singing in Eng-lish,” she said. “I sing most of my songs in English be-cause I learned them from the song book in English.”

Though she has em-braced the American music scene, Aimée said she also performs in Europe, and is traveling to Germany in April.

Aimée and her quartet are traveling now, touring Aimée’s most recent album, “It’s a Good Day.” Aimée said another is in the mak-ing.

The albums include a number of originals, though Aimée said she also enjoys

doing covers, such as the group’s take on the classic “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes.”

Aimée and her quartet are bringing their tour to Burlington as part of the UVM Lane Series.

“I look forward to mak-

ing people happy with mu-sic,” Aimée said.

Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m., French and Dominican jazz singer Cyrille Aimée and her quartet will serenade their audience at the UVM Recital Hall.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNA WEBBERSinger Cyrille Aimée is pictured. Aimée and her French/Dominican jazz band will play at the UVM Recital Hall Feb. 14

Romantic jazz is scheduled for Valentine’s Day Molly Duff

Assistant Arts Editor

ARTS 7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

It’s music from

the heart and

not from the

head.

Cyrille Aimee

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“Trying to fit an artist

into one genre is like using primary colors to describe a sunset.

When I first heard of Murder By Death, I pictured a group in black and white make-up playing heavy metal, but that wasn’t even close.

The group, which got their name from a ‘70s spoof of mystery movies, is a five-piece band, consisting of a singer/guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist and

a wonderful cellist. Their latest release, “Big

Dark Love,” drives, grooves and swings its way through 10 tracks that range from al-ternative to folk.

A healthy dose of instru-mental variation is present throughout the record.

It’s clear that Murder By Death isn’t afraid to bring in additional accompaniment.

There’s a sonic cohesive-ness that flows smoothly,

while still maintaining dis-tinction from track to track.

The album starts with synthesizer heavy songs with more of a bite to them, but with each track the synth becomes less and less prominent.

The mood lightens until, before you know it, you’re listening to something akin to folk-rock, complete with banjos, mandolins and pia-nos.

Lead vocalist Adam Tur-la’s voice has a quality that could only be described as a stoic twang, and it sits per-fectly with the instrumen-tals.

The guitar sounds remi-niscent of old country-west-ern soundtracks.

Slices of slide guitar add a country element to their sound, while the cello gives the core of the record a folky feeling.

Its dense synthesizer reminds listeners that this isn’t a folk record, though.

The album’s theme of love might seem overdone, but the lyrics prove other-wise, expanding into deeper sub topics.

The songs are mostly written from varying per-spectives of love.

The album has an overall sense of completeness.

If put into two words, it

Murder by Death unveils new love

PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG WHITAKERMembers of the band Murder by Death are pictured. Their new album “Big Dark Love” possesses a creative sound that ranges from alternative to folk.

ArtsColumnist

Liam Hughes

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sonic co-

hesiveness

that flows

smoothly,

while still

maintaining

distinction

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By Keely Agan

2Why should I tip?Waiters and delivery drivers work grueling

hours at jobs that don’t pay nearly enough for their labor. This is because their pay takes tips into consideration. Therefore, without tips you are depriving them of an assumed chunk of their pay.

This is one of those situations where you need to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. How would you like to have part of your well-earned pay taken away by some hungry college kid?

As the collective college community we’re known for our love of going out to restaurants or ordering cheap, greasy foods like pizza and wings. In fact, late at night we seem to readily empty our already thin wal-lets just to satisfy our appetite for cinnamon sticks. What happens if we have just enough cash for the large pizza but not enough for the tip? Students often believe that not leaving a tip won’t be a big deal, and some don’t know anything about tip etiquette. Here is a how-to on tipping for those of you who didn’t know.

A FEW TIPS FOR TIPPING

31Always. There is never a time when you should

overlook a tip unless, of course, your server legiti-mately offended you in some way.

Don’t think for one second that just because you’re longing for a large pizza that it’s ok to make the delivery guy drive all the way to you without a tip for his services.

“It’s very important to tip delivery guys be-cause they pay for their own gas and are primarily paid through tips,” sophomore Stephen Tomaro said.

The standard tip is 15 percent of what the total cost of the food order was, according to CNNMon-ey’s website.

If you have a smartphone, it’s really easy to use your calculator to figure out a tip. Just take your total, say it was $19.99, and multiply it by 0.15 to get the number that your tip should be. In this ex-ample, I should be giving my server a tip of about $3, making my total $22.99. If service was excel-lent, it’s common to bump the tip percentage up to 20 percent.

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Having a stake in the direc-tion of our University should be second-nature to students. Even an understanding would suffi ce.

The standing of the Universi-ty obviously impacts all of us, but it’s a lifetime commitment, too.

Practically speaking, your degree will gain or lose value as the University gains and loses prestige.

On a deeper level, your alma mater will be a part of your iden-tity in some form or another as long as you live.

This is all the more reason to pay attention to those who ulti-mately have the say in the Uni-versity’s direction — the board of

trustees. Granted, yawns may follow

that phrase. Boredom is, howev-er, no excuse for not attending or paying no attention to the board of trustees’ actions and meetings.

The STEM project update was presented by Provost David Rosowsky, complete with digital renderings, 3-D fl yby views and blueprints. It was quite the spec-tacle. Updates to our curriculum were presented as well — a sus-tainability requirement will ac-company diversity requirements for all future UVM students.

What’s more, an incentive-based budgeting system was of-fi cially put into place.

The audience was full of ad-ministrators, faculty, student government members and a few local journalists. Of course, as ev-ery year, there were protests.

The Student Climate Culture club continued their plea for the University to divest from fossil fuels despite repeated denials over the years from the trustees.

SGA President Aya AL-Na-mee presented a strong case to let Student Climate Culture speak to

the board, and have them enter-tain the student groups protest — they work hard.

These are a group of students that, however you may feel about them, have been consistent and clear with their message.

One way or another, Student Climate Culture made an impact on the direction of our Univer-sity.

They had their voices heard; perhaps your voice should be heard, too.

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Let’s better the board

Joseph Brown

Having read VOX’s letter to the editor, which was pub-lished in the Opinion section Jan. 28, it’s apparent that there are some people who do not understand the function of a newspaper, insofar as to how its editors and advertisement team may proff er opinion.

I’m writing to off er an ex-planation, which will address the glaring misconceptions of their letter.

First, the assertion that the Cynic ever condemned “Jesus Lady” is entirely incorrect.

Both the Life and News sec-tions covered her appearance — objectively, it should be noted — but neither condemned her.

To have done so would have been, to use VOX’s language, “irresponsible and harmful” in a journalistic sense. But for some reason, they would en-

dorse non-objective criticism of her.

Whatever VOX thinks about the Cynic’s offi cial views, which they may garner only from its staff editorials, it is extremely evident that VOX’s main con-cern is not with the Cynic’s journalistic integrity, but rather with the fact that an advertise-ment, included in copies of the paper, expressed views that dis-agreed with theirs.

Their objection seems to do with the fact that the pro-life ad was “political.” Well, sure, in the sense that it didn’t endorse any candidate, referendum or amendment.

Planned Parenthood, how-ever, routinely does, and the Cynic publishes their advertise-ments.

What strikes me as odd is that VOX cites as a breach of journalistic integrity that the Cynic published a political ad-vertisement; but when it pro-ceeds to elaborate on those vio-lations, VOX seems to just list a number of reasons why they don’t like various — and unre-lated — pro-life movements.

Which is fi ne.

If VOX fi nds pro-life ideolo-gy disagreeable, they are free to write a letter outlining why pro-life arguments are fallacious, or unscientifi c, or whatever.

But to levy an attack on the Cynic’s integrity based solely on their own ideological pref-erences, it being disguised as a concern for the ethics of a news-paper, is as dishonest as it is ri-diculous.

Newsfl ash: Cynic ads don’t represent Cynic staff opinion. If they did, all of its writers would get their haircuts from Super-cuts and join the Peace Corps.

Interestingly, the VOX let-ter contradicts itself in the fi rst two sentences of its fourth para-graph.

VOX states that it’s accept-able for the Cynic to publish ads that provide perspectives from “politically divergent groups,” but they then go on to say that this is diff erent from “cashing checks” from groups that do not “respect a woman’s choice to have an abortion.”

Wait, what? You mean more than half of

the nation has an opinion that is not fi t to advertise?

Why can’t an organization that disagrees with abortion buy ad space from the Cynic, but a group that supports it is perfect-ly allowed?

Are only organizations that agree with abortion allowed to buy ad space?

Moreover, why should VOX be designated the arbiter by which we judge an opinion ac-cording to its publishable merit?

And is there any room to disagree with abortion — per-haps by disputing the amount Planned Parenthood receives from the federal government, or by questioning the dubious constitutionality of Roe v. Wade — before Vox accuses you of try-ing to institute the legal codes of Saudi princes to oppress wom-en?

Whatever the case, it re-mains to be seen how the Cyn-ic’s journalistic integrity was ever in question.

Or why VOX bothered to write in without a real argu-ment.

Joseph Brown is a junior political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2012.

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The STEM project update was presented

by Provost David Rosowsky,

complete with digital renderings,

3-D flyby views and blueprints. It was

quite the spectacle.

Oil and the American petrodollar

OP IN ION10 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 , 2015

With the recent murder of Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier, editor of the popular French sa-tirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Western culture has been thrust into a discussion about the lim-its of free speech, the rights of religious groups and whether or not criticism of Islam should be labeled as “Islamophobic.”

Charbonnier was murdered alongside seven colleagues, two police officers and two other peo-ple by Islamist extremists due to Charb’s cartoons which depicted Muhammad in a derogatory manner.

I will not try to defend the car-toons created by Charlie Hebdo. I will agree that the cartoons were not at all humorous and were produced with the sole purpose of offending particular groups of people.

It is a rather unfortunate case that this is the example we are given of someone represent-ing free speech, as it paints the picture that those who suffer the consequences of Islamic terror-ism only suffer them because they had committed the most se-vere offenses against Islam.

In other words, the general sense given is that one has to go to the extreme in offending Islam in order to be placed under the gun. Though this may be public sentiment, it is simply not true.

Examples from an array of cases show how even the most moderate opponents to Islam have been threatened, attacked and killed, without having com-mitted such morbid offenses in

the first place. Indeed, the only thing needed

to be threatened by these people is not necessarily to draw an of-fensive cartoon of their beloved prophet, or to call them names, or to regard them as uncivilized. One only has to say “I disagree with Islam.”

If one’s voice is loud enough and has enough influence, they will be placed under the threat of violence under these Islamic extremists, and this is something that cannot be denied consider-ing recent historical facts.

Consider the filmmaker Theo van Gogh, a descendant of the great painter, who made a short film displaying the mistreatment

of women in various Islamic countries, called “Submission.” The documentary, though critical of Islam, was not especially of-fensive in the way Charlie Hebdo was.

Van Gogh was shot eight times and his murderer attempt-ed to decapitate him, cutting his throat with a large knife that con-tained a threat to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a participant in the short film and an outspoken opponent of Islam.

Hirsi Ali is one of the best ex-amples of respectful opponents of Islam.

Her criticism comes from her personal experience living in Somalia, and is not directed in a hateful or offensive manner to-

ward Islam, but rather in a con-structive manner, urging people to understand the human rights violations committed by so many Muslim regimes and extremists.

She has received death threats so frequently that she had to be issued a higher security detail.

Hirsi Ali was also placed in al-Qaida’s Inspire magazine as someone “wanted dead or alive for crimes against Islam,” along with Charbonnier, Flemming Rose — the commissioner of the Danish Muhammad cartoons — and Salman Rushdie, author of “The Satanic Verses,” a fictional work that offered an alternative view on Muhammad and the Quran.

Rushdie was also the target of a fatwa calling for his death by Ayatollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, not for going out of his way to offend Islam, but for producing a work of fiction.

We should consider the facts. Whatever the reason may be, and this is not an endorsement of Christianity, but no one today would think of murdering some-one for saying they hated Jesus, or for depicting the pope in an of-fensive cartoon.

We haven’t had to watch the live funerals of the creators of “South Park” or “Family Guy” for slandering Christianity and Juda-ism as they have repeatedly done.We all know that this is true.

To be critical of Islam for both its religious content and for its vast numbers either involved in — or in support of — terrorism and the constant repression of both non-Muslims and different types of Muslims, is merited by fact and should not be considered the views of a bigot or racist.

The Quran, which commands members of Islam to murder non-Muslims on a consistent basis, is not something which should be allowed to avoid criticism simply due to Islam’s large population.

The fact that the majority of Muslims are good people does not mean that we are to ignore the offenses of both Islam’s holy texts and its members who truly follow them.

The crimes committed by Is-lam and many of its leaders and rogues are not to be ignored in fa-vor of a distorted and stupid view of tolerance.

Gaetano Martello

The plunge in the price of oil has shaken the international markets.

Russia’s currency nearly col-lapsed, the American shale oil industry fears extinction and consumers happily fill up their tanks at a lower cost.

At the same time, the dollar saw itself rise in value relative to other currencies.

This can be attributed to the fact that oil is priced in dollars.

In other words, if any coun-try wants to buy or sell oil, they have to do so exclusively in dol-lars.

Economic theory tells us that a decrease in the price of oil will increase its demand — which is not necessarily what happened — and therefore it would also increase the demand for dollars.

While this benefits the U.S. in a number of ways, such as be-ing able to print money to buy oil and not having to worry about exchange rates, it creates a brick wall for an environmentally

friendly economy. Even if the U.S. reduces oil

consumption, it can never truly eliminate its use as long as the dollar is dependent on oil.

If the U.S. economy were to completely break away from oil right now, it would be commit-ting economic suicide.

The decrease in the demand for oil would shock the dollar, causing its value to depreciate drastically in relation to other currencies.

Thus, the manner in which we maintain our currency — the most elementary level of eco-nomic policy — is incompatible with the creation of an economy that is not dependent on green-house emissions for growth, a sustainable economy.

But this wasn’t always the case.

Until the early 1970s, the dollar was tied to gold, a period known as the gold standard, until President Richard Nixon broke away from it in order to finance the Vietnam War.

However, this meant that our currency could no longer be con-verted into gold and it became a piece of paper, or in economic terms, a “fiat currency.”

In order to amend this, oil was agreed to be priced in dol-lars, which would help maintain a demand for the dollar.

While mainstream econom-ics attributes the period of “stag-flation” the economy faced dur-ing the 1970s through the 1980s to oil price shocks, this can also be explained by the monetary policy of the era.

Since the dollar was no lon-ger tied to gold, a limited re-source, the treasury could print more money to help pay for the war in the short run, but this

would later cause inflation in the long run.

But this isn’t about whether the gold standard should be re-instated or not, but rather about how the fundamental mechanics of our currency prevent us from seriously addressing climate change.

We can reduce oil consump-tion by promoting better fuel efficiency, but neither our econ-

omy nor our economic policy is prepared for a complete aboli-tion of its use.

Hence, as the 2016 presiden-tial race gets underway, many candidates will say that they will address climate change with-out mentioning that as long as our currency is used to price oil, there is no incentive to heavily invest in renewable energy.

Some Republicans will deny climate change as they receive funding from oil corporations such as Chevron Corporation and Exxon Mobil.

Many Democrats will cham-pion legislation to reduce carbon emissions on one hand and with the other write subsidies for fos-sil fuel producers.

Therefore, if we envision a world where our economy is powered by renewable energy, we have to address the principles of our currency and its depen-dency on oil.

Then, we can begin building an economy that is suitable for a better planet.

Economic theory tells us that

a decrease in the price of oil

will increase its demand — which is not necessarily what happened

— and therefore it would also increase

the demand for dollars.

On Islam and open speech

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

KevinSantamaria

Kevin Santamaria is a senior economics and political science major. He has been writing for the Cynic since fall 2011.

Since the dollar was no longer tied to gold, a limited

resource, the treasury could

print more money to help pay for the war in the

short run, but this would later cause

inflation in the long run.

Illustration by ALAINA HENDRICKSON

SportsCoach shares his Olympic knowledge

Zach GirouxStaff Writer

There’s not much of a slip-pery slope or many bumps along the trail in the UVM’s head nor-dic skiing coach’s journey.

Patrick Weaver was a mem-ber of the U.S. Ski Team from 1995-2000, and a two-time Olympian.

He won the U.S. National Cross-Country Ski Champion-ship in 1998 and 1999. He was a part of the U.S. Cross-Country World Championship Teams in 1997 and 1999, according to UVM Athletics.

“I know what it takes to be the best or compete against the best,” Weaver said. “One of the biggest things I use is the simplicity behind the training. There is really no guesswork; it’s just hard work and deter-mination. There’s no secret out there.”

In his college years, Weaver skied for the University of New Hampshire Nordic team, where he was named an NCAA All-American in 2001 according to UVM athletics.

Afterwards, he became an assistant coach at his alma ma-ter.

He was recently inducted into the UNH Athletic Hall of Fame, he said.

After competition, Weaver said he pursued a career in coaching. When first hired at UVM, he spent three seasons as

assistant head coach, before be-ing named head coach in May 2010.

In 2011, his first season as head coach of the UVM Nor-dic team, Weaver said he was named the Eastern Intercolle-giate Ski Association Coach of the Year.

In 2012, Weaver went on to help Vermont win its sixth NCAA National Championship in program history.

“We try to create an envi-

ronment where people want to work hard,” Weaver said. “If you have that environment where people buy in and know that they have to work hard to do well, then success kind of comes with that. We just try to let the results come naturally.”

Three qualities that Weaver said are most desirable in a well-rounded Nordic skier are hard work, physical and mental toughness and a good heart.

“You’ve got to love the sport;

it’s one of the tougher sports. The anguish you have to put your body through when you’re in one of those races sometimes, you question why you do it be-cause it’s a lot of pain,” Weaver said.

To competitively ski, you have to have that desire to want to push yourself to the limits, according to Weaver.

The Catamounts have ex-celled both on the slopes and in the classroom, Weaver said. He

said he stresses the importance of student athletes’ time man-agement skills.

Weaver said that ski coaches are a rare breed. Unlike other coaching jobs, they participate in and endure the same work-outs right beside their racers. They must to maintain an ex-traordinary level of fitness to undergo such training and con-ditioning, Weaver said.

“As a ski coach, you’re not just the typical coach who shows up at game day with a suit and tie. Often times we’re running with the athletes, skiing with the athletes or roller skating with them,” Weaver said.

During his time here at UVM, Weaver has received many awards according to UVM athletics, but he remains hum-ble throughout his successes.

Despite all of the honors he has received over the years, he said he gives the credit to the athletes that he coaches.

“I love doing my job, and I get way more excited watching my athletes race and do well than I ever did for myself when I did well. I thrive off my athletes’ success just because I enjoy see-ing them do well,” Weaver said.

The UVM ski team remains undefeated this season after winning their 19th straight Eastern Intercollegiate Ski As-sociation carnival on Feb. 7 at Dartmouth College, according to UVM athletics.

After ending 2014 with a 5-8 record, the men’s lacrosse team looks to rebound this spring.

Vermont was ranked second to last in the America East pre-season poll.

Bryan Capone, a junior de-fenseman and co-captain of the team, said he wasn’t worried about the low rating.

“I really try not to let ranks get to my head too much, but the way I look at the rankings is that it is mostly based on the stats and numbers of how we performed last season, and who is returning,” Capone said.

“So I think that being ranked sixth is a sign that we are being underestimated and absolutely motivates me and the rest of the team to prove a lot of people

wrong about our abilities,” he said.

Head Coach Ryan Curtis, who is entering his ninth season with the team, was clear about the changes the Cats need to make.

“First and foremost, our consistency needs to improve,” Curtis said. “Consistency in all aspects of the game from stick-work, to focus, to how we ap-proach practice everyday. We also need to improve our pos-session differential.”

Limiting unforced turn-overs, not giving other teams second-chance opportunities and improving faceoff unit will even up possessions, Curtis said.

The more our offense has the ball and the less defense we play, the better we will be, Cur-

tis said.The Catamounts have

brought back most of their of-fense, including reigning Amer-ica East Rookie of the Year Ian MacKay. The sophomore mid-fielder said he was optimistic about the team’s outlook this season.

“We lost Graham Horvath and Patrick Clark on the offense this year and have been able to fill their spots in quite well I think,” Mackay said.

“So things are looking good for us offensively, and I’m excit-ed for this weekend to see all of our hard work put into action,” he said.

The team lost its first pre-season exhibition 15-8 at Penn State Feb. 7. Their home opener is against Colgate University Feb. 14.

Team aims for consistency

DAYNA WYCKOFF The Vermont CynicPatrick Weaver, head coach of UVM’s Nordic ski team, poses with skis Feb. 3. This year the team is undefeated.

PHOTO COURTESY OF UVM ATHLETICSUVM men’s lacrosse opens 2015 ranked second to last in the pre-season America East poll. The Catamounts are returning most of their offense from last season. The Cats open their seasons Feb. 14 against Colgate University.

Charity fundraiser set to fight diabetes again

Despite raising $20,000 last year, Downhill for Diabetes is focused on expansion.

The fifth annual event, will take place at Pico Mountain Resort Feb. 21 in Killington, Vermont, raises funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation said Lynn Pratt, founder of Donations for Dia-betes, the nonprofit that puts on the event.

“In 2010, my daughter was 5 and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes,” Pratt said. “It is a lot to cope with and learn about, as well as keeping up with it on a day-to-day basis.”

Pratt’s inspiration for the event came from her hopes of finding a way to put a positive spin on her daughter’s disease.

“We needed to do some-thing proactive and positive. We wanted to feel like we’re making a difference and not just keeping up with the rou-tine,” she said.

Because the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation already sponsors a 5K walk in Burlington — this year’s is hap-pening on May 17 — Pratt de-cided to be more creative with her fundraising.

“We thought, ‘it’s Vermont. Let’s ski.’ I wanted to get my

kids involved anyway, and the first time that they skied was at the event,” she said.

Last year, the event raised over $20,000. Skiers collected money from friends and family and earned various prizes for their efforts.

Those who earn up to $50 get a half-price ticket, and those who earn up to $500 ski for free on the day of the fundraiser and get a voucher to ski for free dur-ing any other day of that season.

“We actually have quite a few people that can collect up to $500,” said Pratt. “Kids go out and fundraise like crazy, and then come in with an envelope with, like, $800 dollars in it.”

Over 100 local companies participate in the event. Gener-al Electric in Rutland, the Rut-land Regional Medical Center, and RLA Insurance Intermedi-aries are the fundraiser’s main sponsors.

Pico Mountain donates all of its ski passes, so that 100 per-cent of the donations the event raises can go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Pratt’s daughter is doing well, she said. Since 2010, the family has noticed great devel-opments in the field of diabetes research.

“This money’s going to-wards something,” Pratt said.

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