Vermont Cynic Fall 2013 Issue 11

“She gave us freedom to be angry, strong, weak, creative, confused, lost and loved

every step of the way”

-Carrie Wicks

Dr. Kathleen Cook’s legacy at UVM began 24 years ago and will continue on as members of the UVM community remember her inspirational disposition and kind spirit.

Known more fondly as “Kathy” among her friends and colleagues, the 45-year-old associate director for Residen-WLDO�/LIH�DW�WKH�8QLYHUVLW\�GLHG�IURP�D�VHOI�LQÀLFWHG�JXQVKRW�wound in her South Prospect Street home that caught on ¿UH�ODVW�7KXUVGD\��DFFRUGLQJ�WR�3ROLFH�6HUYLFHV��

Cook began what would become a long stay at UVM when she completed her bachelor’s degree in 1991, fol-lowed by her master’s of education in 1995 and then her doctorate in education in 2010, according to a University-ZLGH�HPDLO�VHQW�E\�3UHVLGHQW�7RP�6XOOLYDQ�DQG�9LFH�3UR-YRVW�IRU�6WXGHQW�$IIDLUV�$QQLH�6WHYHQV�RQ�7KXUVGD\��

“Kathy approached her work with students and stu-dent organizations with an infectious vitality that chal-lenged individuals to learn from their experience while also building communities within UVM,” Director of Stu-dent Life Pat Brown said. “Her friendliness and approach-ability was a pure invitation to students to seek her coun-sel. As a colleague and friend she will be missed.”

Cook was a Student Affairs staff member for the past 16 years. Before she was the associate director for Resi-dential Life, she worked in the Department of Student Life as the assistant director for leadership programs, Brown said.

As president of the Inter Residential Association (IRA), senior Joe Oteng said he was able to work with Cook at various IRA events and often talked with her on campus.

Oteng said Cook was highly involved with and passion-ate about solving racial issues that occurred between Resi-dent Assistants and campus residents.

“From a student perspective, I think her legacy will be in challenging students to think about how they relate to students of color in a predominantly white community like UVM, and how questions of identity and race can con-

tribute to a better living community for everyone,” he said. In fact, Vice President for Executive Operations Gary

'HUU� VHQW� D� 8QLYHUVLW\�ZLGH� HPDLO� RQ� 7KXUVGD\� VWDWLQJ�that Cook’s dissertation for her doctorate was titled “Di-YHUVLW\�7UDLQLQJ��0RYLQJ�:KLWH�5HVLGHQW�$VVLVWDQWV�)RU-ward or Backward in their Racial Identity Development.”

5HVLGHQWLDO� /LIH� VWDII�PHPEHU� &DUULH�:LFNV� VDLG� VKH�feels Cook truly embraced her position as associate direc-tor, and was able to make a positive impact on everyone she worked with because of that.

“She gave us freedom to be angry, strong, weak, cre-ative, confused, lost and loved every step of the way,” :LFNV� VDLG�� ³6KH� FDUHG� GHHSO\� DERXW� HYHU\WKLQJ� VKH� GLG�and created...she was an innovated [sic] leader and wom-an. I admired her, we all did.”

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In their letter, Sullivan and Stevens extended condo-lences to the University community as well as to Cook’s family, friends and colleagues.

“A devoted educator, mentor, colleague, and friend, Kathy touched the lives of many students, staff, and fac-ulty,” the Oct. 31 email read. “Her absence will be felt pro-foundly across the University.”

Following a status update on the University of Ver-mont Facebook page relaying the email sent by Sullivan and Stevens, multiple people responded by sharing their feelings and condolences.

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A memorial service will be held for Cook at 4 p.m. Nov. 6 in Ira Allen Chapel.

By Katy Cardin

Kathy Cook helped make UVM a welcoming place for everyone

April 10th, 1968 - October 30th, 2013

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Dr. Kathleen M. Cook

NEWS2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Clean Energy Fund (CEF) recently received over 50 pitches during its call of ideas session that allowed UVM students, staff and fac-ulty to submit ideas for clean energy projects.

Previously, seniors Erick Crockenberg and Tad Cooke received funding for the Clean Energy Greenhouse project, which is currently underway at the UVM Horticulture Farm, according to CEF’s website.

Members of the Univer-sity can vote with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down and leave a comment on all of the idea sub-missions until Nov. 15.

Clean energy fund graduate fellow Kate Blofson said she was impressed with the variety of submissions this year.

“There are a whole bunch of ideas that are coming from all across campus and from students to faculty and staff,” Blofson said.

The student votes and com-ments will help the CEF com-mittee choose the projects to submit to Vice President of Finance and Administration 5LFKDUG�&DWH� IRU�¿QDO�DSSURY-al, Blofson said.

“It doesn’t determine whether they will be approved but it helps us see what stu-dents are interested in... and it lets students participate in the process,” she said.

Project proposals are sub-mitted to Cate in March and Cate decides which projects to fund in April.

Visit http://www.uvm.edu/sustain/cef/share-your-ideas for the list of submissions and to vote and leave comments.

Ben PlotzkerStaff Writer

New projects for CEF

Kathleen Cook, the associ-ate director of residential life, died last Thursday due to a VHOI�LQÀLFWHG� JXQVKRW� ZRXQG��DFFRUGLQJ�WR�D�GHDWK�FHUWL¿FDWH�released by the Vermont De-partment of Health on Mon-day.

“The report by the medical H[DPLQHU¶V� RI¿FH� LV� FRQVLVWHQW�with information developed thus far by UVM Police dur-ing our investigation,” Police Services Chief Lianne Tuom-ey said in a statement issued Monday night, adding that WKH�¿UH�ZDV�QRW�DFFLGHQWDO�DQG�that no other individuals were involved.

Cook, a UVM alum who had worked for the University for more than 16 years, was de-scribed as a “devoted educator, mentor, colleague and friend,” in a campus-wide letter writ-ten by President Tom Sullivan and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Annie Stevens that was sent Thursday afternoon.

A Denver, Colo., native, Cook— who was better known

as “Kathy” among friends and colleagues—is also listed on the LGBTQA department’s website DV� D� FRRUGLQDWRU� IRU� ¿UVW� \HDU�experience.

The Cynic reported Thurs-day that Cook’s death had oc-FXUUHG�LQ�D�¿UH��3ROLFH�6HUYLFHV�KDYH�QRW� \HW� VDLG�KRZ� WKH�¿UH�began.

In a press conference last Thursday, a visibly emotional Tuomey thanked the profes-sionalism of Police Services, WKH� %XUOLQJWRQ� ¿UH� DQG� SROLFH�departments as well as the Ver-mont State Police.

The damage was con-tained in Cook’s home at the University-owned 448 South Prospect St. house on the Red-stone campus, she said. Police 6HUYLFHV� RI¿FHUV� 3HWHU� &]HNDM�DQG� 6KDZQD� &UXPS� ¿UVW� DU-rived on the scene at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night after detect-ing heavy smoke.

Putting out the two-alarm ¿UH� UHTXLUHG� DOO� RI� WKH� FLW\¶V�¿UH� GHSDUWPHQW¶V� RQ�GXW\�members, and an additional ������RII�GXW\�¿UH¿JKWHUV�ZHUH�called back to help, Fire Chief Seth Lasker told the Burling-

ton Free Press on Thursday. Police crews continued to re-main on the property until 2 p.m. the next day.

“Kathy touched the lives of many students, staff and facul-ty,” Sullivan and Steven’s letter stated. “Her absence will be felt profoundly across the Univer-sity. We extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Kathy’s family, friends and col-leagues.”

A memorial service for Cook has been scheduled for this Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Ira Allen Chapel.

UVM student rights rated

Staff Report

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Following a string of thefts that have taken place on cam-pus, Police Services have named a suspect in the case of 14 laptops that went missing from Old Mill Oct. 17.

Justin Reed, 23, from Mil-ton, answered to a charge of selling stolen property in Chit-tenden County court on Sun-day, a Police Services update stated on Monday afternoon.

2I¿FHU� &KULV� &R\QHU¶V� LQ-vestigation determined that Reed had sold one of the lap-tops to another person, the up-date stated. The court date for Reed, who is not a UVM stu-dent, is scheduled for Dec. 10.

:KLOH� 2I¿FHU� &R\QHU� VDLG�she could not comment on the investigation until Reed’s ar-raignment, she said Police Ser-

vices was interested in talking to students who have recently purchased a Macbook Air re-cently.

“In my recollection I don’t UHFDOO� D� EXUJODU\� RI� WKLV� VL]H�´�she said. “But I do know this has happened before.”

Following the incident, she said UVM has not made DQ\�VLJQL¿FDQW�FKDQJHV� WR�2OG�Mill’s security, adding that UVM is, however, “always looking to upgrade security” with better technology and possibly more cameras.

As Police Services continue WR�WU\�WR�¿QG�WKH�UHPDLQLQJ����missing laptops, anyone who has recently purchased a Mac Book computer from someone and believe it may be one of the missing laptops is urged to contact Police at 802-656-3473.

Suspect’s name releasedStaff Report

When it comes to protect-LQJ� ¿UVW� DPHQGPHQW� ULJKWV��UVM received a yellow-light ranking based on its policies regarding codes of conduct, ac-cording to the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) 2013 report.

A yellow-light ranking means that the University has one or more policies that “too easily encourages administra-tive abuse and arbitrary ap-plication,” the FIRE website stated.

“Our spotlight rankings rate how well policies protect free speech,” FIRE’s Associate Director of Legal and Public $GYRFDF\� $]KDU� 0DMHHG� VDLG��“These ratings aren’t based on actual cases of violation, but on how the policies as they are written affect free speech.”

FIRE ranks universities us-ing a red, yellow or green light system.

According to a memo-randum that was released by FIRE, the three policies that earned UVM its yellow light ranking are the Sexual Harass-ment Policy concerning stu-dents, the Student Alcohol and Drug Policy and the Bias Inci-dents Protocol.

The Sexual Harassment Policy restricts First Amend-ment rights by not clearly de-¿QLQJ� VH[XDO� KDUDVVPHQW� ³IRU�student-on-student (or peer) hostile environment harass-ment in the educational setting as set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States,” the memorandum stated.

It goes on to state the Stu-dent Alcohol and Drug Policy “untenably bans any ‘demean-ing sexual or discriminatory portrayals of individuals’…[and] restricts a wide swath of constitutionally protected speech, as much speech that is ‘demeaning,’ for example, is protected by the First Amend-ment.”

Finally, it states UVM’s

%LDV� ,QFLGHQWV� 3URWRFRO� LQHI¿-FLHQWO\�GH¿QHV�ELDV�� ³$IWHU�DOO��banning all ‘actions that are motivated by bias’ but do not constitute a crime encompass-es a great deal of expression protected by the First Amend-ment,” according to the memo-randum.

Senior and President of the Young Americans for Liberty Club at UVM, Christian Mat-thews said the club was created for students that associate with political beliefs other than left.

“Young Americans for Lib-erty chose to work with FIRE because they defend rights and give analysis of what’s wrong with certain policies,” he said.

Matthews said the group worked with FIRE in order to see an analysis of what is re-strictive within UVM’s policies.

“If we don’t protect the most hateful, vitriol speech, than what do we protect?” he said. “I think it’s hypocritical that the University chooses to protect certain areas but not others.”

Lauren DraslerStaff Writer

Update on Cook’s death

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“The report by the medical examiner’s office is consistent

with information developed thus far by

Police Services.”Lianne Tuomey

UVM Police Chief

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Brazil’s government ac-knowledges that it has spied on many other countries top dip-lomats including the United States, Iran and Russia.

This could make it uncom-fortable for Brazil after they had repeatedly criticized the U.S. spying operations in re-cent months. Brazil made a statement that their surveil-lance had been in full compli-ance with legislative governing practices. (Source: The New York Times)

On Friday, American drones killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. His group tried to set off a car bomb in 2010 in New York City.

He also masterminded a suicide attack on an Ameri-can spy base in Afghanistan in 2009 that killed seven C.I.A. agents.

He had a $5 million United States government bounty on

him. The Taliban has put out statements that he was “mar-tyred”. (Source: The New York Times)

On Monday, four Somali men were charged in Kenya with helping to aid the attack on the West Gate mall in Sep-tember that killed 67 people.

The four men who ap-peared in court were charged with “commission of a terrorist attack.” Al Shabab claimed re-sponsibility for the attack and the men will be held until a for-mal court date of November 11. (Source: The New York Times)

Mohammed Morsi, the ousted President of Egypt, was set to begin trial for killing protesters of his regime today and subsequently accused the court of not being legitimate and refused to wear a prison uniform.

The judge adjourned the court and they are set to re-open on January 8, 2014. (Source: NPR)

Oct 263:47 p.m.Hall staff in University Heights South 1 contacted Police Services after discovering the card reader at the building’s entrance had been broken. The card reader had been smashed and the wires were exposed, leaving it no lon-ger usable. No one has been LGHQWL¿HG�\HW�LQ�WKLV�LQFLGHQW�

7:32 p.m.A report came in about someone XVLQJ� D� ÀDVKOLJKW� WR� ORRN� LQWR�cars in the Gutterson Parking Garage. When police arrived no one was located in the vicinity and none of the cars appeared to be disturbed.

11:11 p.m.Hall staff in Coolidge Hall re-SRUWHG�VHHLQJ�JUDI¿WL�LQ�D�VWDLU-well of the building. The graf-¿WL�ZDV�GUDZQ�LQ�EODFN�PDUNHU�and depicted different anatomy parts. No one has been identi-¿HG�\HW�LQ�WKLV�LQFLGHQW�

Oct 2712:23 a.m.2Q� D� QLJKWO\� SDWURO�� DQ� RI¿FHU�spotted a student urinating in the bushes outside the Univer-sity Health Center. The student was issued a warning for public urination.

1:48 a.m.A campus bus driver called Po-lice Services after spotting a stu-dent passed out outside Mercy Hall. Police transported the stu-dent to corrections to detox, and the student’s BAC was .155.

Oct 2812:24 a.m.

A report came in about van-dalism and theft from a UVM service vehicle that was parked behind the library. The vehicle belonged to the physical plant and the person who parked the vehicle noticed that both exteri-or mirrors had been broken off and the license plate had been stolen. No one has been identi-¿HG�\HW�LQ�WKLV�LQFLGHQW�

Lauren DraslerStaff Writer

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cially here for colleges across the nation. This year, how-ever, it comes with a slew of challenges brought about by changes in the Common Ap-plication system used by 517 universities across the nation.

The Common App was due for renovation and completely changed its design, data and infrastructure, Beth Wiser, di-rector of Admissions said.

“The redesign makes it simple, clean and intuitive,” she said.

However, there have been challenges in the technical in-terfaces that have made the application process more time-consuming and stressful for applicants, she said.

Among these issues are re-ports of the website timing out, and it’s been rumored that ap-plicants can only log on at ei-WKHU������DP�RU�¿UVW� WKLQJ�RQ�Saturday mornings, according to a Nov. 1 article in The Daily Beast.

Despite these technical dif-¿FXOWLHV��:LVHU� H[SODLQHG� WKDW�the University has received more than 8,000 applications so far. These early action appli-cations usually add up to about half of the total number of ap-plicants. The University has a goal of 23,000 applications by the Jan. 1 deadline.

As a way to help students who have had technical issues

with the Common App, the University decided to extend the early action deadline for applications from the origi-nal date of Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, a University Communications article stated.

UVM was among 46 of the Common App’s member uni-versities that decided to extend their early action or early de-cision deadlines, according to The Daily Beast article.

Wiser explained that this decision was made for three reasons: the University wanted to move the deadline away from November 1 to avoid technical issues related to a high volume of users on the Common App, this extension gives students two more weekends to work on

their applications and there is an open house on Nov. 9.

“We recognize it’s a stress-ful time, and we don’t want students to give up,” she said.

First-year Michaela Paul said she thinks the Common App deadline extension could EH�EHQH¿FLDO�LQ�WKDW�PRUH�SHR-ple might apply to UVM.

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A beer snob’s guide to Vermont home-brews

For readers dreading the cold temperatures and dry win-ter air quickly approaching Ver-mont, there is one solution: Ver-mont beer.

Vermonters dig anything from stouts to ales, meaning the common beer snobs and frat EUR¶V�DOLNH�FDQ�DOO�¿QG�VRPHWKLQJ�to their fancy.

The Brewers Association ranks Vermont as having the most U.S. breweries per capita.

There are 26 breweries in Vermont and more than 625,000 people, meaning that Vermont citizens have one brew-ery for every 24,000 people.

And you would think math has no place when it comes to beer.

Vermonters also live within close proximity to the American Brewers Guild, located in Salis-bury.

This is a school that offers both a Craft Brewers Appren-ticeship Program and an Inten-sive Brewing Science and Engi-neering degree.

The beer resources that Ver-mont has have fostered creativ-ity in the brewing world.

The Alchemist Brewery is perhaps the best beer in Ver-mont. With over 5000 ratings and reviews, their only beer,

the Heady Topper, received the highest rating of 100 on the Beer Advocate website. Whammy.

Brewed since 2003, Heady Topper is an American Double I.P.A. It has 8 percent ABV, or alcohol by volume, and is loaded with six different kinds of hops.

“Overall amazing mouthful. The alcohol is hidden perfectly within this monster,” said one review on BeerAdvocate.

Originally, Heady Topper lovers could only try the beer in the taproom at the brewery, lo-cated in Waterbury.

Now it is distributed throughout Vermont from res-taurants to City Market, located a couple of blocks from UVM’s campus.

They say “Drink It from the Can,” but that’s only if you can get your hands on a four-pack.

“It’s dangerous to open a can of Heady Topper around me,” recent graduate Steph Cesario said. “I naturally am drawn to it.”

Once the beer arrives at its location, it sells out within hours.

If you’re downtown on a Tuesday or Thursday, try City Market or Pearl Street Beverage, but go before 4 p.m. or you’ll ¿QG�HPSW\�VKHOYHV��

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town, but be ready to pay a solid $7 plus.

Those looking for a full-bod-ied IPA with a more golden light can head to Shelburne to visit Fiddlehead Brewery.

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Fiddlehead Beer is sold in JURZOHUV��ZKLFK�FDQ�EH�¿OOHG�DW�the brewery, or at select restau-rants around Burlington.

Founded only a little over one decade ago is Switchback Brewing Co., located in Burling-ton.

Switchback offers four dif-ferent styles of beer from a slow-fermented brown ale to a porter.

But if you’re looking for the classic, the Switchback ale holds that title.

Unique in that it is both un-¿OWHUHG�DQG�QDWXUDOO\� FDUERQDW-ed— a process in which the yeast does the carbonating—this beer is both complex and crisp.

While this is just a snapshot RI� 9HUPRQW¶V� ¿QHVW�� WKHUH� DUH�many other beers and brewer-ies to explore around the green state, like the well-known folks over at Rock Art, Otter Creek and Harpoon Breweries.

It is hard to go wrong around these parts when it comes to EHHU�� XQOHVV� \RX� ¿QG� \RXUVHOI�drinking Natural Light.

PHOEBE SHEEHAN The Vermont CynicSean Reen and Josh Bayer work on a brew at the Switchback Brewing Co. Nov. 4. The Brewers As-sociation ranks Vt. as having the most U.S. breweries per capita. There are 26 breweries in Vt.

Free energy devices can brighten future

As a species, we have the ten-dency to burn things be it wood, coal, oil, or natural gas. It’s all combustion, and its all damag-ing to the environment.

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Are traditional renewable energies such as wind, solar, and geothermal the answer to our crippling energy addiction? Not exactly.

It will take too long for them to triumph over fossil fuels, and the associated mega-projects that they would follow— such as massive solar farms in the desert or monstrous windmills built for miles along our coasts— isn’t at all the solution we’re looking for.

With a current global popu-lation at just over seven billion people which is increasing at an unsustainable rate, the U.S. Energy Information Adminis-tration’s annual energy outlook for 2013 projects that our global energy consumption will in-crease around 50 percent by the year 204. Is there any hope left for humanity and the world we live in?

Luckily there is, and it’s called free energy.

Free energy, also known as ambient energy, zero-point en-ergy, or quantum energy, has been pushed to the darkest cor-QHUV�RI�WKH�VFLHQWL¿F�FRPPXQLW\�since its public emergence at the turn of the 20th century with the brilliant scientist and father of AC or alternating current elec-tricity, Nikola Tesla.

Tapping into this energy ¿HOG�ZLOO�SURYLGH�WKH�ZRUOG�ZLWK�unlimited clean energy that can-not be metered, produces no harmful emissions, and takes no additional inputs.

These technologies literally harvest the energy of the uni-verse and turn it into electrical SRZHU��,W�LV�QRZ�¿QDOO\�VXUIDFLQJ�and awareness about these tech-nologies and their implications has never been greater.

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ago. After years of researching the devices, theories, and inven-WRUV�EHKLQG�LW�DOO�,�¿QDOO\�ERRNHG�a plane ticket out to Boulder, Colo., to attend a conference for the Global Breakthrough Energy Movement (GlobalBEM).

Set against the majestic backdrop of the Rocky Moun-tains, I had my mind continually blown for three days straight as I attended talks and viewed dem-onstrations by top inventors, physicists, authors, historians, and more.

My personal favorite tech-nology is a magnetic motor know as the Searl Effect Genera-tor (SEG).

It’s a brilliant device created by John Searl, an English inven-tor whose story is as interesting as his technologies. The SEG is powered by the compression of free electrons available every-where in the universe.

In this generator, magnetic rollers spin faster and faster, converting the energy created into electricity.

2QH�EHQH¿W�RI�WKLV�GHVLJQ�LV�that it can be scaled in size for the use of a house, an apartment complex, a space station, or even an entire city.

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he way we consume energy directly relates to our quality of life, and these energy technolo-gies will improve the quality of life for everyone on the planet.

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I urge you all to do your own research on Breakthrough En-ergy Technologies.

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Silent cinema is given sound

Jacob HolzmanStaff Writer

ALEX GOLDENBERG The Vermont CynicA resident purchases popcorn at the Roxy Cinema in downtown Burlington Oct. 31. The theater featured “Nosferatu” and “Vampyr.”

Yes, the wait is over. Ar-cade Fire’s long-awaited fourth /3� ³5HÀHNWRU´� LV� ¿QDOO\� LQ� RXU�hands, and this time they’ve giv-en us a lot to hold on to.

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whole thing in one sitting, but it’s a work that will grow on you, given the chance.

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³1RUPDO�3HUVRQ´�LV�DQ�DEVR-lute banger and quintessential rock & roll. Bluesy piano accom-panied by understated instru-mentals in the verse give way to perfectly timed drops into mas-sive choruses exploding with raw electric guitar.

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untimely death. Love and death are motifs

that appear frequently through-out the second half of the album RQ�WUDFNV�VXFK�DV�³$IWHUOLIH´�DQG�³6XSHUV\PPHWU\´�DV�ZHOO���

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The former is a bright-sounding dance track driven by +DLWLDQ�GUXPEHDWV�DQG�SXQFK\�piano. Lyrically, it’s a piece of social commentary.

The latter begins with a rumbling drawn out string part, which is joined by the mournful YRFDOV�RI�VLQJHU�:LQ�%XWOHU��/\U-ically, it’s far more introspective.

2QH�¿QDO� WKLQJ�ZRUWK�PHQ-tioning about this album is that, from here, Arcade Fire is free to go in any musical direction they ZDQW�� 1RZ� WKDW� WKH\¶YH� PDGH�this artistic leap, they don’t have to concern themselves with imi-tating their own past work.

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Cynical Listener‘Reflektor’ anything but a reflection

AIDAN DOLBASHIAN

WednesdayNov.6

Pigeons Play-ing Ping Pong

+Smooth AnticsNectar’s, 9:30 p.m., $7

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong are a funky foursome fully familiar with the power of a rhythmic groove and a JRRG� DOOLWHUDWLYH� QDPH��+DLO-ing from Baltimore, this jam band is on the rise and con-tinues to build their fan base through relentless touring and energetic shows.

Opening for PPPP is Smooth Antics, a local funk/soul-hop group that includes 890¶V� RZQ� -DNH�0D\HUV� RQ�drums. Their Facebook page GHVFULEHV�WKHLU�VRXQG�DV�³NLQG�RI� OLNH� :LOO\� :RQND¶V� WRXU�through the chocolate facto-ry... minus the scary boat ride WKDW� LV�´� ,I� WKDW� GRHVQ¶W� FRQ-vince you to check them out I don’t know what will.

Thursday Nov. 7

Vantage Point Exhibit Opening

Reception Davis Center’s Livak Fire-place Lounge and Gallery,

7 p.m.9DQWDJH� 3RLQW� LV� 890¶V�

literary and art magazine whose goal is to foster creativ-ity and community involve-ment in the arts. Run by and IHDWXULQJ� WKH� ZRUN� RI� 890�VWXGHQWV��9DQWDJH�3RLQW�SXE-lishes a free biannual journal that highlights the artistic ac-complishments of the com-munity.

This event will feature live music and poetry, plus the always important food and UHIUHVKPHQWV��1R�H[FXVHV�IRU�not showing your support if you love the arts.

Look out for coverage of the reception in next week’s Cynic.

FridayNov.8Yahcob

Four Corners of the Earth, 6:45 p.m.

If you’ve ever been to Four Corners, you know they make simply the best and most lov-

ingly created sandwiches in Burlington, bar none. I’m salivating just thinking of the place.

The combination of this local sandwich shop and one RI�890¶V�XS�DQG�FRPLQJ�UDS-SHUV�� -DNH� 6WDOQDNHU�� D�N�D��Yahcob, is a recipe for success. Yahcob loves rap and hip-hop much like Four Corners loves the art of sandwich-making, and he is sure to put on an au-thentic and passionate show.

SaturdayNov. 9

Finals held for best comedians

Club Metronome, 7 p.m., $10 for students and $12

for adultsIt all comes down to this.

Over 50 local comedians have taken the stage for the title of 9HUPRQW¶V� )XQQLHVW� &RPH-GLDQ� �SOXV� ������� GROODUV� LQ�cash and prizes), and now it is GRZQ�WR�WKH�¿QDO�VHYHQ�

Comedians desperate for success bringing the best show they possibly can along with the assured drama of competition is sure to make WKLV� D� WHQVH� EXW� ODXJK�¿OOHG�night, which is hard to pass up given the cheap ticket prices.

Be sure to check out the coverage of the show in next week’s Cynic.

DILLON BAKER

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I’m gravely serious when I say that the “Jackass” franchise RI� ¿OPV� DUH� VRPH� RI� WKH� ¿QHVW�forms of modern entertainment in our generation, and surely the purest modern incarnation of performance art that exists today.

They’re perfectly orchestrat-ed chaos. Watching a “Jackass” ¿OP� HQWHUWDLQV� \RX� DQG� WKULOOV�you like no other, all the while making you feel like you are wel-come and part of a community of friends.

Coming after “Jackass 3D,” and perhaps due to the sud-den death of cast member Ryan Dunn, or simply because the crew wasn’t ready for a full-on “Jackass 4,” “Jackass: Bad *UDQGSD´�¿QGV�VHULHV�VXSHUVWDU�Johnny Knoxville assuming the role of Irving Zissman, an angry, perverted old man forced to take his grandson on a cross-country trip to return the boy to his bio-logical father.

If you’ve seen Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat,” that’s basi-cally the narrative form of “Bad Grandpa:” a series of brutally hilarious public pranks strung together by a barely-there nar-

rative thread. I’d actually argue that “Bad

Grandpa” pulls it off more effec-tively than “Borat” does. “Bad Grandpa” cares as much about its storyline as you do when it starts off, so by the time it reach-es its climax in the middle of a biker bar, the stakes feel sur-prisingly real, almost out of no-where, and it gets good.

7KH�¿OP�LV�DW�LWV�EHVW�ZKHQ�LW¶V�pulling off scenes like this one, and another that takes place in a male strip club. They’re not just hilarious, but also thrilling, and spectacularly dangerous. Rarely LQ� SUHYLRXV� ³-DFNDVV´� ¿OPV� GLG�the pranks feel as dangerous and real as they do here.

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“Jackass: Bad Grandpa” is a showcase for Johnny Knoxville’s pure improvisational talent, not to mention his bullheaded stub-bornness that makes him like no other entertainer alive today.

,W¶V�QRW�D�QHZ�³-DFNDVV´�¿OP��It is pretty good, however, and ZLOO� ¿OO� \RX� ZLWK� MXVW� DV� PXFK�glee for 90 minutes of your life, which is sadly more than I can VD\� IRU� ��� SHUFHQW� RI� WKH� ¿OPV�currently in theatres.

Cynical Viewer‘Bad Grandpa’ not bad

TIM BUTLER

On a rainy Halloween night, the ghost of a band long gone rose from the grave to grace the stage at Higher Ground.

Teenagers and adults alike both dressed in their best grunge RXW¿WV� LQ� UHPHPEUDQFH� RI� OHJ-endary 90s grunge group Nirva-na, whose musical achievements were captured and brought to life by tribute band Nervana.

The night started off a bit more uncomfortable than spooky with the opening band Devil in the Woods. The mu-sic itself carried the traditional hard rock sound, but lead singer Adam DeMasi woke up the devil himself with his sharp, screech-ing vocals.

The heavy atmosphere in the room lifted as soon as Nervana entered the stage. Authenticity is what the band strives for, and that’s exactly what they deliv-ered.

The stage presence and sound of vocalist Jonny 2¶&RQQRU�DOPRVW�ÀDZOHVVO\�LPL-tated that of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain.

The drummer (Steve Kilroy) and bassist (Dave Eve) spent RYHU�¿YH�\HDUV�LQ�RWKHU�1LUYDQD�tribute bands before they found O’Connor. With him as their front man they had the perfect dynamic to provide the best Nirvana tribute experience pos-sible.

The band made the entire audience believe they were back

in the nineties at a Nirvana con-cert. With a third of the crowd engaging in the traditional Nir-vana mosh pit and the rest head banging through all the feisty songs, the respect for the grunge gods could be felt in the air.

The band later spoke of the process of making their own al-EXP��ZKLFK�ZLOO� EH� ¿QLVKHG� LQ�URXJKO\�IRXU�WR�¿YH�ZHHNV��7KH\�make and write all of the music, O’Connor creates the cover art, and they then self-produce it.

When asked if they would use elements of Nirvana in their album, Eve responded that it’s just them jamming together do-ing what they love to do.

It was apparent from the be-ginning that Nervana had a re-spect for the DIY, grungey style

of performance originally made famous by Nirvana.

Before the show began the band set up their own equip-ment on stage and then kicked off the performance with Kilroy introducing each member.

From that point on the band delivered an hour and a half of non-stop energy; even though the crowd was much smaller than they are used to (just under eighty tickets sold).

Nirvana was a short-lived band that was only together for four years. However, the genre of music they created left a huge mark on the music industry.

Through tribute bands like Nervana, we can truly recognize WKLV� LQÀXHQWLDO� EDQG� DQG� DOORZ�their legacy to live on.

Lexy DoriaStaff Writer

Tribute paid to 90’s rockers

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE KILROYNervana, a tribute band of Nirvana, performed at Higher Ground Oct. 31. The group Devil in the Woods opened up for Nervana.

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Who is going to keep up?COLUMNISTS

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8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013

If you are under 21 and a resident of New York City, in less than 200 days you will not be able to buy cigarettes. In oth-er words, welcome to the next chapter of “America has no idea when minors become adults.”

On Oct. 30, the NYC coun-cil voted to raise the cigarette purchasing age from 18 to 21. Mayor Bloomberg has 30 days to sign the bill into law, which will then take effect after 180 GD\V�� %ORRPEHUJ�� D� ¿�HUFH� VXS�porter of smoking restrictions, is expected to sign shortly.

The rationale behind the NYC cigarette-buying age limit is to “literally save many, many lives” in the words of city Coun-cilman James Gennaro. While this idea is commendable, the way NYC is going about “saving lives” is extremely misguided.

And, it is not just NYC that is pushing the cigarette-buying limit to 21. Similar legislation is expected to come to vote in Hawaii and New Jersey in the next few months, and in several towns in Massachusetts.

The main problem with this new cigarette legislation is that it further undermines the age

of 18, when you supposedly be-come an adult.

At 18 you can vote, join the military, get married, apply for credit in your own name, obtain medical treatment without pa-rental consent, donate your or-gans and sign contracts in your own name to take out loans, buy a car or to rent an apartment. Additionally, you are tried in adult criminal court rather than juvenile court, eligible for jury duty and legally can be sued.

It is absurd that you can do all of these things at 18, and yet 18 year-olds are deemed too young to make choices about smoking and drinking. It high-lights the fact that our legisla-WXUHV�DUH�GHHSO\�FRQÀ�LFWHG�DERXW�when Americans should be viewed as adults.

This is especially apparent in the NYC cigarette case when Mayor Bloomberg said, “We know that tobacco dependence can begin very soon after a \RXQJ�SHUVRQ�¿�UVW�WULHV�VPRNLQJ�so it’s critical that we stop young people from smoking before

they ever start.”Again, here is that rhetoric

that says people under 21 cannot be trusted to make their own de-cisions regarding their personal lives. Yet at the same time we are given rights at 18 that have the potential to have even greater consequences on our lives.

The bottom line is, as a na-tion, we need to have consensus on when minors become adults. I agree that in many regards, 18 is rather young to fully make in-formed decisions. At one point LQ�KLVWRU\�����VLJQL¿�HG�D�FHUWDLQ�level of maturity, which no lon-ger holds true today.

Given these circumstances, the best-case scenario would be to make 20, another relatively DUELWUDU\� QXPEHU�� WKH� RI¿�FLDO�age of adulthood where all rights – including the right to choose whether to smoke or drink – would be granted.

This would put to rest the on-going debates about the drink-ing and smoking age, and would potentially shift the focus of the debate from legal requirements to educating people on the in-herent risks of these activities.

It all comes down to educa-tion. If NYC had put more effort into devising a comprehensive education plan around the risks of smoking, then this new age requirement would not even be necessary. At that point, if people still choose to smoke knowing the consequences, then that is their individual choice to make.

COLUMNISTS

21: the new smoking age

BIANCA MOHN

Again, here is that rhetoric that says

people under 21 can-not be trusted to

make their own deci-sions regarding their

personal lives.

Our university’s mere state-ment to threaten “legal trouble” against the creators of the UVM Confessions page is an abhor-rent violation of fundamental constitutional free speech rights.

I reject the premise that the University was merely protect-ing the Trademark Policy and instead, focus on apparent con-cerns over “stalking-like behav-ior and self-harm” for taking Center fore Student Ethics and Standards (CSES) action against these students.

Isn’t it interesting that if our university can’t get criminal charges against students, they tend to divert to CSES as their own speech and action policing institution?

This body lets the University pick and choose what speech and actions they deem as ac-FHSWDEOH�RU�XQDFFHSWDEOH��À�\LQJ�in the face of local, state and na-tional laws. I advise the creators

of UVM Confessions to abide by the university’s Trademark Policy law and change the group name from the new “Burlington Confessions” to “University of Vermont Confessions” (accord-ing to the Trademark Policy, the university does not have a trademark on “University of Vermont”).

As the responsible individual for the Trademark policy, I urge Provost David V. Rosowsky to DOZD\V�UHPHPEHU�VWXGHQWV¶�¿�UVW�Amendment rights for all future cases.

If the University continues their crusade to threaten and at-tack constitutionally protected speech, it would seem only nec-essary that legal action be taken against our university to defend our rights.

Sincerely,

Christian MatthewsPresident ofYoung Americans for LibertyClass of 2013

Dear Editor,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A cloudy afternoon coaxed a friend and I into visiting an ani-mal shelter for a feline schmooze session. (Though I had the plea-sure of a serendipitous encoun-ter with an enthused young ca-nine.)

On the way we stopped at K-Mart for provisions. A dizzying sojourn through industrial light-ing and tiered steel shelves com-menced with a small cove dedi-cated to Thomas and Friends, the amicable train posse.

The toy trains were made of plastic.

“They’re made of plastic!” I lament to my friend. “When we were kids they were wooden!”

I still, to this day, have my old trains from boyhood. Though I have not used them in many years, it is comforting to have a sturdy, reliable tchotchke from youth. Least of all, there is a sense of humanity imbued in a well-made wooden toy.

A bystander warmly chuck-led to herself looking at the pile of molded molten plastic, as she held a young girl’s hand.

“Those were the days,” the graying blonde women said as she walked away.

Perhaps seasonal affective disorder has gotten the best of me.

A bathroom break left me idly twiddling my thumbs, so I dispatch my cellular phone.

I read a news story, despite a striking crack on my screen’s top left corner.

On Oct. 31, Reuters reported that National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden met with German politician Hans-Christian Stroebele after leaked domestic cables suggest-ed that American intelligence agencies wiretapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mo-bile phone, prompting the most serious breach in trust between the allies in two decades.

“Spying among friends is not at all acceptable,” the Chancellor said.

Reuters suggests possible posturing by the European sov-ereign, noting “in August, during the election campaign, Merkel DQG� KHU� PLQLVWHUV� KDG� ¿�UVW�played down what they knew of the NSA’s PRISM program af-ter reports suggested U.S. spies tapped half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Ger-many in a typical month, and

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I clutched my iPhone with her name on its monitor.

I found solace in knowing that Merkel, among the world’s PRVW� LQÀ�XHQWLDO� KHDGV� RI� VWDWH��was resigned to the same unre-lenting bureaucracy as I.

Both of our data is being gathered by companies includ-ing Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype, AOL and PalTalk, then given to the federal government – fated to a grand experiment in the West.

The personal data and pri-vate online conversations that the National Security Adminis-tration has allegedly mined for six years could be stashed in a one million square-foot, $1.9 billion facility in the Utah Valley.

In its perverse obsession with “security” and “anti-terror-ism” the federal government has turned its back on some of our country’s most vulnerable.

Last week, a 2009 bill that provided a meager raise in food VWDPS�EHQH¿�WV�H[SLUHG��DPRXQW�ing to a monthly reduction in $11 for a single person and $36 for a family of four.

That translates to four to six lost meals a month for 30,000 Vermonters and nearly one mil-lion military veterans.

I exit the lavatory and catch a glance of a vertical row of black semi spherical surveillance cam-eras on the ceiling.

I really should get out less. There’s a constant reminder that life isn’t the way it used to be.

JOSH GACHETTE

Plastic is not so fantastic

“HORSE SLAUGHTER IS A PREDATORY, INHUMANE BUSINESS, AND WE

ARE PLEASED TO WIN ANOTHER ROUND IN THE COURTS TO BLOCK KILLING OF THESE ANIMALS ON AMERICAN SOIL FOR EXPORT

TO ITALY AND JAPAN.”Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society, muses on yet

another stonewalling victory for the lives of horses. There is potentially a large market for the meat in many places outside America. I’m not a vegetarian, but

I’m wondering where the sympathy is for the rest of the barnyard.

CONTROVERSIAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Quick Opinion“When seeing a circus show inspires you to listen to Avril Lavigne’s debut

album, you have to wonder if subliminal messaging is real. But perhaps it was

just a simultaneous regression.” Jacob Lumbra

“Model UN rocks.” Josh Gachette

“I judge how my day is going to go based on which food trucks are parked

outside of Williams.” Stefanie Doucette

University violation

There is a sense of humanity imbued in

a well-made wooden toy.

“The Davis Center was fi lled with Connor Daley look-alikes last week at the career fair. ” Johnny Sudekum

“Owls are pretty cool...” Aviva Loeb

CALL FOR IDEASThe Clean Energy Fund seeks participation from students, faculty and staff for its annual Call for Ideas. The CEF generates $225,000 each year from a

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Vote & Comment 10/16–11/15/2013.

Answers to last week’s crossword: All Things Spooky

Across2. Beetlejuice

4. Hocus Pocus5. Guisers8. Turnip

10. Amityville11. Troll

13. Treehouse of Horror

14. Pumpkin

16. The Addams Family

17. Casper18. Ghost19. Irving

Down1. Salem Witch

Trials3. Jack Skelling-

ton6. Scary Movie7. Hallowmas8. The Great

Pumpkin9. Candy Corn10. Apple bob-

bing12. Skeleton

15. Barmbrack

D istract ions 9 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Across 4. “Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell,” is from this play. 5. Julius Caesar: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our _____” 8. Leonardo DiCaprio starred with this actress in the 1996 adaptation of the tale of “star-cross’d lovers” 11. This play opens with, “If

music be the food of love, play on” 13. Shakespeare’s wife shares the name with this Catwoman actress. 14. The London theater as-sociated with the Bard 17. Kenneth Braunagh starred with this British ac-tress in his 2013 enactment of Macbeth. 20. Shakespeare was born

and died in this English town. 21. As You Like It insult: “I do desire we may be better _______” 22. One of Shakespeare’s most famous stage direc-tions, “Exit pursued by ______” 23. The Shakespeare Code is an episode of this British series. : Doctor Who

Down 1. The Merry Wives of ________ 2. Puck: “Lord, what ______ these mortals be!” 3. Shakespeare was a mem-ber of the acting troupe The Lord _________’s Men. 6. Amanda Bynes stars in this adaptation of Twelfth Night.

7. This animated Disney movie is a spin on Hamlet. 9. Oscar-winning Shake-�������̴̴̴��̴̴̴̴̴̴�����������ϐ��Ǧtional tale of the Bard’s love affair while writing Romeo and Juliet. 10. Bradbury’s “Something Wicked this Way Comes” uses a line from _______ for its title. 12. “10 Things I Hate About You” is an adaption of The ______ of the _______. 15. Hamlet: “To sleep, per-chance to _______” 16. “All the world’s a stage” is from this play. 18. Beatrice and ________ is “Much Ado About Nothing’s” main pair 19. The Bard coined this word, meaning chatter about others.

Much ado about Nothing

Shakespeare facts

The word love appears in Romeo and Juliet 150 times.

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.

The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride is loose-ly based on Romeo and Juliet, however it lacks the violence and tragic ending the play is famous for.

After Shakespeare’s death in 1623, a collection of 36 of his plays was pub-lished as First Folio. This is the only source for 18 of his plays that had previously been printed as quartos and would have otherwise been lost.

Sources: williamshakespearefacts.net/ , absolute-shakespeare.tripod.com/ ,policymic.com, folger.edu

by Jenna Bushor

by Corrie Roe

Illustrations by Laurel Saldinger

Sports

Raiders vs Giants

After starting off 0-6, yet

somehow still in the race to win the NFC east, the Giants host the Oakland Raiders coming off 2 straight wins.

Rested from the bye, the Giants should win. The Giants run defense has been very good

through the past few weeks, holding LeSean McCoy to 48 yards, and Adrian Peterson to 28 yards.

The Giants will have to contain Terrelle Pryor in this game since Oakland is last in the league in passing yards.

7KH� 5DLGHUV� KDYH� WKH� ¿�IWK�best rushing team, and have the sixth best run defense in the league.

The Giants have addressed one of their needs at linebacker by trading for Jon Beason.

For the Giants to win this division they need to cut down and turnovers and improve their UHG�]RQH�HI¿�FLHQF\���(OL�0DQQLQJ�has not thrown an interception in the last two games, but he still needs to improve drastically to take the team anywhere.

Against Philadelphia, the Giants offense had to settle for

��¿�HOG�JRDOV�DQG�QR�WRXFKGRZQV���The Giants defense has actually shut out opposing team’s offenses the past two weeks.

Only two games back of the division, the Giants still have the potential to go on another run as they have in the past, but they have to improve in all areas, especially the pass rush. One more Giants loss will kill any chance they have at making the playoffs.

The PicksOakland: Rory

New York: Colin, Taylor, Julia, Stu, Owen and Jake

Cowboys vs Saints

The defensive coordinator of the Saints, Rob Ryan, gets to scheme against his former team, the Dallas Cowboys this week. $IWHU�EHLQJ�¿�UHG��KH�KDV�FRDFKHG�the Saints into the seventh best

defense in the game. His replacement Monte

.LI¿�Q�KDV�FRDFKHG�WKH�&RZER\V�to last place. The Saints have been great at home this year as always. Both of these teams

have high octane offenses. The Cowboys currently have

instability with their run game, and one of their more reliable offensive linemen, Brian Waters is out for the season. The Saints DUH� GLI¿�FXOW� WR� EHDW� EHFDXVH� RI�their strong offense and defense, and the fact that they don’t

really turn the ball over with a +8 turnover ratio.

The Cowboys have been competitive in every game this year and could be 8-0 if they cut down on their mistakes. I expect they will do the same against, but with the worst ranked defense playing against the Saints in New Orleans, I

think the Saints will win.

The Picks Dallas: Julia,

New Orleans: Colin, Taylor, Stu, Owen, Jake

and Rory

Bengals vs Ravens

The Bengals have very high expectations this year. Giovani Bernard has been a big playmaker that has provided a spark for the Bengals and A.J. Green has been spectacular this year.

The Ravens appear to be suffering the Super Bowl hangover, or perhaps they lost too many players last year. Their run game has been very

disappointing this year. With the Bengals, it is yet to be seen if Andy Dalton is capable of carrying his team to a Super Bowl.

He has to enhance his performance to topple the elite teams in this league. The Bengals are incredibly talented but inexplicably lost to the Browns and had an OT losing safety againt Miami.

This is a key game to determine the AFC North. Geno Atkins tearing his ACL is a huge blow to the Bengals and diminished their chances moving forward.

The Ravens now have a great chance to take advantage of the Bengals while they are down. Bengals have a great passing attack and they defend the pass very well, which could make Baltimore’s offense one-dimensional.

The Picks Cincinnatti: Julia, Stu

and Owen, Baltimore: Colin,

Taylor, Jake and Rory

Each week, the Cynic Sports staff will predict WKH�ZLQQHU�RI�VRPH�RI�WKH�ZHHN·V�PRVW�

anticipated matchups. The participants are Taylor Feuss, Colin Hekimian, Julia Dwyer,

Jake Bielecki, Stu Laperle, Owen Parr and Rory Leland

NFL Picks Week11

Scoreboard: Taylor 15-17

Jake 22-10

Colin 19-13

Julia 14-18

Rory 17-15

Owen 14-17

Stu 18-14

COLIN HEKIMIAN

Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees is set to become a free agent this off-season and has his eyes set on a cold hard $300 million over the course of 10 years.

Cano just this year parted ways with his long time agent, Scott Boras, to partner up with

Jay Z, who has made headlines obtaining star athletes including Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant, New York Jets quarter-back Geno Smith and New York Giants wide out Victor Cruz.

But will signing with the hip hop mogul get Cano the contract he hopes for? I say yes, though, whoever invests that kind of money in a single player will re-gret doing so down the line.

Cano’s numbers speak for themselves. He is a sure-handed second basemen batting .309 for his career with an on-base per-centage of .355, and 204 hom-ers.

The one number that does not bode well with me is 30,

which is how old Robbie will be as we head into the offseason.

In 2007, the Yankees dished out $275 million with a poten-tial of $30 million in incentives, to their star third basemen Alex Rodriguez.

Hindsight is always 20-20, and A-Rod’s contract could ar-guably be the biggest bust in MLB history.

Another case we can look at is Albert Pujols, who after winning a second World Series Championship with the storied St. Louis Cardinals, jumped ship to the Los Angeles Angels who had the deepest pockets at the time of his free agency.

Albert was a hot commodity, and in the end the Angels didn’t hesitate to unload $240 mil-lion on him after already having played 11 seasons in the MLB.

Pujols will be 41 years of age in his last year of the contract and is due to make $30 million that very same year.

To me it doesn’t seem likely that he will be performing at a value of $30 million a year at age 41.

It is safe to say, after two full seasons with the Angels, both of which they come short of the post season, Pujols has simply not lived up to his overly lucra-tive contract.

The proof is in the pudding. These players that are demand-ing such high contract exten-sions do not pay off for the team

long term and I believe that teams are starting to realize that now.

This will most likely make it harder for players, even great ones, to receive the amounts of money they ask for and have the length of contract they desire.

Looking back at the 2013 season, six of the top 10 teams in salary spending failed to reach the post season.

Rounding off the top of that list is, no surprise, the New York Yankees, spending close to $233 million in salaries for this past year.

At the same token, the Tam-pa Bay Rays since 2008 having lack luster fan attendance and in the bottom 10 spending in that span of time have had three playoff appearances as well as a World Series Pennant.

This past season, the Rays had a payroll of about $57 mil-OLRQ� DFFRUGLQJ� WR�(631�SD\UROO�rankings.

Compare that to the Yankees payroll topping out at $203 mil-lion. Guess who made the play-offs.

Now I know that there are plenty of factors that go into a playoff and ultimately a World Series caliber team.

,QMXULHV�DUH�GH¿�QLWHO\�RQH�RI�the most prevalent factors and the Yankees were plagued with injuries this year.

Kevin Youkillis, Curtis Granderson, Derek Jeter, Mark

Teixeira, Vernon Wells and A-Rod were among the list that FRXOG� QRW� WDNH� WKH� ¿�HOG� IRU� H[�tended periods of time this past season and all of which are among the top earners of their respective teams’ rosters.

I do not fault the players for wanting, nor actually getting their money.

But at the end of the day no matter how you slice it, the MLB LV�D�EXVLQHVV�¿�UVW�DQG�WKH�EXVL�ness model for player salaries is verging on ludicrous.

Cano should and will be ex-tremely sought after throughout this off season, and being the player that he is, with no off the ¿�HOG�LVVXHV�WR�VSHDN�RI��KH�ZLOO�EH�a highly productive asset for any team.

I just hope we don’t see an-other team hinge its franchise on one player for a decade down the line.

Athlete skills not fi lling out contract

OWEN PARR

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Hindsight is always 20-20, and A-Rod’s contact could arguably be the biggest bust in MLB history.

SPORTS 11WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Students often forget that

school doesn’t have to be all work and no play. UVM has 28 physical education classes that students can take for one credit each.

Among these numerous classes, six were picked to high-light some fun and exciting courses you can take to either get in shape, relax, work on your JDPH�RU�HYHQ�JHW�FHUWL¿HG��7KHVH�FODVVHV�LQFOXGH��EDGPLQWRQ��¿J-ure skating, tennis, yoga and scuba diving.

1. Scuba Diving

Scuba is an unexpected course that attracts more peo-ple than one would think. Chip Perry, one of the co-owners of the Waterfront Diving Center, teaches scuba diving classes at UVM.

³7KHUH¶V� FXUUHQWO\� ��� VWX-dents enrolled in the class, we have space for 48 but we rarely get that much because people FKDQJH� WKHUH� PLQGV� WKH� ¿UVW�week or two of class, Perry said. ³7KHUH�LV�DOZD\V�URRP�IRU�PRUH�though.”

Perry said he tried getting into the same class 15 years ago as an undergraduate at UVM. “It was a required credit then and it was always full.” Since he couldn’t get into a class, he started taking classes at the Wa-terfront Diving Center and fell in love with the sport.

7KH� VFXED� FODVV� LV� D� VWDQ-dardized course through the National Association of Under-water Instructors. It teaches ev-erything from basic snorkeling skills all the way up to rescue techniques for someone who is in need of assistance, Perry said.

“Scuba is such an awesome class. We learn a lot of things from Chip. It is a lot of work but it’s so much fun and really does SD\� RII� LQ� WKH� HQG�´� ¿UVW�\HDU�Carli Shroyer said. Not only is it a fun class to be apart of but, you

FDQ� DOVR� JHW� FHUWL¿HG� LQ� VFXED�diving as well.

2. Badminton

Badminton is taught by Pe-WHU�-HQNLQVRQ�RQ�7XHVGD\V�DQG�7KXUVGD\V��(DFK�FODVV�KDV�DERXW�14 students who all have differ-ent skill levels. “I think it’s best for people to just get out there and play games because that’s how you get better,” Jenkinson said.

7KLV�LV�D�UHDOO\�IXQ�FODVV�WKDW�you can take in an easy going en-vironment. “One of the craziest things that has happened was when I got beat by one of my students,” Jenkinson said.

3. Tennis

Kevin Lizzo teaches six dif-ferent tennis classes which meet WZLFH�D�ZHHN��7KHUH�DUH�WZR�EH-ginner and intermediate classes as well as one advanced and doubles class.

“I’ve been a life-long player,” Lizzo, who just started teaching at UVM this year, said. “Just making people improve, enjoy the sport and be healthy” is Liz-zo’s favorite part about teaching tennis.

4. Yoga

John McConnell teaches three sections of the course formally titled Yoga & Mindfulness. “It is not like your regular yoga class because it includes meditation and contemplations,” McCon-QHOO�VDLG��7KLV� LV�D�JUHDW�ZD\�WR�earn a credit for some relax-ation.

5. Figure Skating

Figure Skating is taught by Martha Jean Harding on Mon-days and Wednesdays. It is a FODVV� ¿OOHG� ZLWK� GLIIHUHQW� VNLOO�levels and Harding does a great job of teaching and assisting her students. Music is played throughout Gutterson Rink dur-ing class, which provides a calm atmosphere for students.

Five gym classes you never hear aboutEmma Oyomba

Staff Writer

EMMA OYOMBA The Vermont CynicA UVM student comes up for air during a scuba diving class. The Scuba diving class is a standarized course taught by Chip Perry and offered through the National Association of Underwater Instructors.

EMMA OYOMBA The Vermont CynicUVM students enjoy the Yoga & Mindfulness class taught by John McConnel located in Patrick Gymna-sium on Nov 1. The class is a great way to earn course credit while giving students time for relaxation.

This week in Video

Cynic Video visited the five gym classes to see what we were missing out on.

Check out the footage online at www.vermontcynic.com/video or www.youtube.com/CynicVideo.Video by Emma Oyomba

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Sports12 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Over the past 50 years, audi-ences at Patrick Gym and Gut-terson Fieldhouse have seen some of the brightest student athletes compete before them– many of which have gone on to have successful professional ca-reers.

A recent proposal by the University that calls for a new multi-purpose event center and renovations to the campus rec-reation facility is in the process RI�EHLQJ�¿�QDOL]HG�

In 1963, the Gutterson Field-house was built to hold 3,557 fans, but after the refurbishing in 1991, the building was in-creased to its current capacity of 4,007 seats.

The basketball and hockey game tickets are frequently sold out, so in the past year the University has developed a task force which has proposed a plan to possibly build a new arena that will have an interchange-able hardwood and ice surface, according to UVM Athletic Di-rector Robert Corran.

Although the building would not be completed for many years, the estimated cost is $60 million.

The task force’s plan is that the new event center will not RQO\�EHQH¿�W�890��EXW� DOVR� WKH�Vermont community.

The new facility will be a place for concerts, ice capades, shows such as the Harlem Glo-betrotters, he said.

7KH� ¿�UVW� SURSRVDO� IRU� UHQR�vations was from a group of ar-chitects who evaluated Gutter-son Fieldhouse and Patrick Gym and created an extensive list of renovations. This was never pursued because it exceeded the University’s budget, Corran said.

The second option was a joint initiative between the Uni-versity and the state of Vermont called the Governors Task Force.

This included renovations to campus recreation, and also cre-ated ideas about how building a QHZ�HYHQW�FHQWHU�ZRXOG�EHQH¿�W�the entire state.

Due to a lack of support from the city and state, the plan was never followed through.

UVM stayed persistent and continued to pursue the renova-tions.

Three years ago, the athletic department reached out to pri-vate sector developers for their input on how to begin the reno-vation process.

While the Task Force is cur-UHQWO\� LQ� WKH� SURFHVV� RI� ¿�QDOL]�ing a plan for the renovations to campus recreation, the potential location is still unknown.

In addition to the event cen-ter, the proposal includes reno-

vations to recreational facilities. In 2009, the Campus Life Task Force 2 conducted a study using student input, which helped ad-dress the explicit physical needs of the UVM students.

Although the initial proposal was in the price range of $60 million, the most recent plan is estimated at $15 million.

³7KLV�LV�D�VLJQL¿�FDQW�QHHG�IRU�XV��ZH�DUH�VHULRXVO\�XQGHUVL]HG�for this campus population,” Corran said.

Gregg Bates, director of campus recreation, said he is excited about the expansions to the locker rooms, tennis courts,

squash and ratchet courts and multi-activity courts.

Indoor soccer, inline hockey, and other intramural and club sports will be able use the multi-activity courts and new basket-ball courts.

The renovations will give the University more area for stu-dents to simply play a pick-up game or just shoot hoops.

Currently, Gutterson Field-house is the largest indoor facil-ity in the entire state, Bates said. A new building has great appeal for the University, and also for events such as the high school ice hockey championships that are hosted at the facility.

“The multi-purpose event center has a broader appeal,” Corran said. “It extends beyond recreation, athletics, to the en-tire campus, and to the commu-nity including the entire state. It is going to be a venue where the campus can come together.”

Bates explained that the lo-cation that is getting the most attention right now is an expan-VLRQ�RI�WKH�H[LVWLQJ�¿�WQHVV�FHQWHU�to the west side, and behind the indoor track.

It is the most convenient area for the renovations because the students will have access to the entire campus recreational facility in one location, Bates said.

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