The UVM horse farm on Spear Street just got an upgrade in the alternative energy depart-ment.

UVM unveiled 134 solar pan-els, which were installed over the summer onto the roof of the El-len A. Hardacre Equine Center in a ceremony Aug. 29.

Starting this month, the solar panels will produce an average of 100-kilowatt hours of electricity per day to support 8.5 percent of the farm’s energy needs, Univer-sity Communications stated.

“The establishment of the solar panels is what typifies Ver-mont and what we are,” said Tom Vogelmann, dean of UVM’s Col-lege of Agriculture and Life Sci-

ences (CALS). “The 100-kilowatt array can support five to six me-dium sized homes.”

The total price of the solar panels was $135,990, Sustain-ability Director Gioia Thompson stated in a press release.

“With the Clean Energy Fund supplying $80,250 of the total, an incentive grant of $55,740 from the Clean Energy Develop-ment Fund made up the differ-ence,” Thompson said.

Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Chuck Ross said roughly eight or nine years from now, the University will see a return in the investment they made on the panels.

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What’s with all the shootings?

The racks are stacked at Bai-ley/Howe.

As UVM’s enrollment outpac-es its resources, the Bailey/Howe library has decided to transition five percent of its printed jour-nals to an electronic format.

“So we’ve got this box called Bailey/Howe and we’ve known for a while that we were going to be in a space crunch,” Dean of Library Mara Saule said. “We receive nearly 15,000 new books a year and we’ve had up to 8,000 people in the library on any given day. We have students sitting on the floor or going to the top floor of the Davis Center to do their work.”

With the library’s general col-lection shelves filled to over 80 percent capacity and special col-lections filled to almost 90 per-cent, storage concerns have cul-

minated in an initiative known as the JSTOR Withdrawal Project that would place dozens of aca-demic journals on the web.

Once it goes into effect this fall, the withdrawal project will discard any print journals in Bailey/Howe that can be found online through JSTOR, an on-line archive that holds digitalized back issues of academic journals.

UVM currently subscribes to about 2,000 scholarly journals, down from around 4,000 sub-scriptions a few years ago, Saule said. With JSTOR, she said that students and faculty are able to access 50,000 titles.

While there may not be any loss in actual content or images, some members of the UVM com-munity feel that there is some-thing irrecoverable in the shift of the format itself.

“The printed page is still

By Devin KarambelasAssistant News Editor

Library out of roomProfessors not pleased

It’s that time of year again when college students take to the red cup-littered streets for a night on the town, but this time the po-lice may not be too far behind.

This weekend, students can expect to see the increased pres-ence of Burlington police as an-other law enforcement agency called the Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team (S.T.A.R.T) hits the streets.

S.T.A.R.T is an initiative formed by Chittenden County police officers, liquor control and the DMV in which law enforce-ment volunteers dress in civilian clothes and raid house parties in Burlington’s student populated hill section every other month.

“We’re going to Burlington (Sept. 7) because it’s the begin-ning of the school year and all the kids are out,” said Sgt. Ca-leb Casco of the Hinesburg Po-lice Department and member of S.T.A.R.T.

In addition to S.T.A.R.T., the University decided to part-ner with the Burlington Police Department (BPD) to increase weekend police patrols last Feb-ruary, allowing the presence of six to eight patrols in response to concerns voiced by Burlington residents.

“These patrols are really about safety,” Community Rela-tions Director Joe Speidel said. “Students have rights and re-sponsibilities and these patrols are a way to address that.”

Director of Student Affairs Tom Gustafson agreed with Speidel and said that while the majority of UVM students are not responsible for disruption downtown, the few who are tend

to give the University a bad repu-tation overall.

“This isn’t a punitive mea-sure,” Gustafson said. “But 36 students were either suspended or dismissed last year and may-be more policing could prevent that.”

As the Cynic previously re-ported, the patrols cost around $35,000 per semester to main-tain, and administrators said they would use community re-sponse and data — the number and types of violations given — as benchmarks to determine the trial program’s success.

Officer Andi Higbee of the Burlington Police Department said this past weekend from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 resulted in 62 noise incidents compared with 54 in 2012 and 59 in 2011.

Higbee said that while he thought the increased police pa-trols had a successful first run because of the higher number of contacts made, he did not expect to see a dramatic change in noise complaints yet.

“There’s not a decrease in noise yet because it is so new,” he said. “We don’t expect to see an impact yet.”

As for residents, some feel it

may be too early to determine how effective the patrols will be.

“There were police patrols this weekend?” asked Jay Wil-liams, a middle-aged man who lives on Bradley Street. “You could have fooled me — I didn’t see them.”

Williams said he believed

By Devin KarambelasAssistant News Editor

Police to bring the heatUndercover police, liquor enforcement arrives Sept. 7

ERIKA COLBERTALDO The Vermont CynicPolice cars line the parking lot of the Burlington Police Department parking lot Sept. 2. The University and the police department have partnered to increase weekend patrols in response to resident concerns.

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicRubenstein school Ph.D. student Rebecca Pincus cuts the ribbon in front of the new solar panels at the Equine Center Aug. 29.

Special crime reportSept. 34 a.m.

UVM police found several vehicles that had been broken into in the Patrick Gym parking lot around 4 a.m. on Sept. 3 ac-cording to an email sent out by UVM Police Services.

Two unidentified white male suspects were seen in still pictures on surveillance cam-eras entering the garage at 3:22 a.m., wandering around and entering cars on the first and second levels of the garage.

The first suspect is heavy-set in his 20s, wearing a dark colored baseball hat, a dark colored fleece jacket, jeans and sneakers. The second suspect has a medium build and is also in his 20s, wearing a dark col-ored baseball hat, a dark col-ored fleece or sweatshirt, light colored shorts and sneakers.

“These robberies are a UVM police case,” Burlington Police Lt. Larry Magnant said. “I don’t have much informa-tion on them because they are still open. No arrests have been made yet.”

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More crime on page 2

“We’re going to Burlington because it’s

the beginning of the school year and all the

kids are out.” Sgt. Caleb Castro

Hinesburg Police Dept.

By Ben PlotzkerStaff Writer

University gets serious about solar production

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NEWS2 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Crime log

Aug. 2910:42 p.m.Marijuana, alcohol, a pipe and a grinder were taken from students hanging out behind the Catholic Center in the line of trees. A UVM Police officer was on patrol when voices were heard coming from the direction of the woods be-tween South Prospect Street and the Catholic Center. The officer went to investigate and found 21 people. About 1.3 grams of marijuana were con-fiscated from the students as well as two bottles of liquor.

Aug. 314:36 p.m.A bike was reported stolen by a student from the bike rack outside Simpson Hall. The bike had a lock cable system that went missing as well. UVM police believe that the lock system may have been cut, as this is usually the case when the lock is missing too.

Both the bike and person who took it have not been found.

7:17 p.m.There was a report of a neigh-borhood dog running loose on Redstone Campus. This dog had been sighted on campus before, and the police had pre-viously picked the dog up on a different occasion. After the report came in from Redstone Campus, the dog was picked up by Police Services and its owners were contacted.

Sept. 19:14 p.m.A student reported that some-one near the Living/Learn-ing Center was stalking them. However, the person that was suspected of stalking turned out to be a student who was visiting a friend and was sim-ply in the same place as the student who reported being stalked.

Sept. 21:13 a.m.A person who is not a stu-dent was charged with a fel-ony possession of marijuana when 64 grams of marijuana were confiscated. This person was also issued a trespass no-tice because he/she was found with the drugs in University Heights South while visiting student friends.

By Lauren DraslerStaff Writer

Aug. 319:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

A non-UVM affiliated male reported being robbed and as-saulted by two males on the path behind the Catholic cen-ter on campus Aug. 31 between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

The victim has non-life threatening injuries. No weap-ons were used in this assault.

The suspects are both white, college-aged males with slender builds and are between 5-feet-7-inches and 5-feet-10-inches in height. Both were wearing jeans, boots and oversized T-shirts; one suspect’s shirt was red and the other suspect was

wearing a flat-rimmed, dark colored baseball hat.

The lack of information on the cases is because they are still open and can’t be discussed yet, Burlington Police Lt. Larry Magnant said.

Sophomore Rachel Kayser said this crime makes her feel extremely scared because the assault only took place at 9 p.m. and she is already nervous walk-ing around campus late at night. “And sometimes it doesn’t even offer security when you walk with other people, especially if you’re only with girls,” Kayser said.

Sept. 23 a.m. to 4:45 a.m.

Two victims walking alone

were robbed between 3 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Sept. 2 in two sepa-rate but related crimes around the areas of North Union, Pearl, Loomis, Isham, Green and Hickok streets.

The suspect is a white, slender male between 5-feet-8-inches and 5-feet-10-inches wearing dark colored clothing.

The suspect is believed to have committed both crimes. The male showed a weapon but no one was injured. Property was taken in both cases.

To avoid these kinds of in-cidents, sophomore Sydney Al-lard said she tries not to walk alone downtown at night.

“I at least try to walk with one other person in case some-thing like this happens,” Allard said.

By Katy CardinStaff Writer

If students have any information on these crimes, they are encouraged to call UVM Police Ser-vices at 656-3473 or by anonymously texting TIPS to 847411 Keyword: UVM.

Robberies, assaults plague town

most of his neighbors, many of them college students, were gen-erally respectful and were not disruptive enough to require po-lice intervention.

“For the most part they’re okay,” he said. “They’ve got to have some fun after all; they can’t just crack the books all the time.”

Drew Thomas, a Burlington resident who is not in college, said he also didn’t notice any heightened police activity last weekend and that added patrols seemed punitive.

“I’m always skateboarding around at night and I didn’t see anything too unusual,” Thomas said. “I think it’s probably going to get a lot of kids kicked out or lose their financial aid.”

Sophomores Taylor Hannan and Sarah Ross said they had heard of and been in attendance at a few parties that were broken up by the BPD, but that this was to be expected on the first full weekend of the year.

“The cops went about it in a respectful manner and to my knowledge no students were handed violations or breatha-

lyzed,” Hannan said. Some residents said they

believed the police patrols were necessary, but questioned how influential they would be.

“I live on a pretty busy street and there’s always noise on weekends,” said Kelly D’Angelis, a mother of two. “There’s a line between having fun and being disrespectful and some students cross it a little too frequently.”

“I’m glad the BPD are doing something, but I’m not sure if it will be very effective,” she said.

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NEWS 3THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 2012

Once a UVM student, now CEO of an international com-pany, Charlene Begley can teach business students a lot about suc-cess.

As part of the Dean’s Lead-ership Speaker Series, alumna Charlene Begley, president and CEO of GE Home and Business Solutions, will speak to students Sept. 18 at the Davis Center.

Begley’s resume includes nu-merous leadership roles at GE Home and Business Solutions, a division of General Electric, which traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who estab-lished Edison Electric Light Com-pany in 1878, according to GE’s website.

“Ms. Begley has contributed a large part of her success to the ed-ucation she received right here at the University of Vermont School

of Business Administration,” said Dean Sanjay Sharma of UVM’s School of Business Administra-tion.

Begley told Sharma that she didn’t fully appreciate UVM dur-ing her time here, but later real-ized she couldn’t have asked for a better education, Sharma said.

“We are extremely excited to have her come back to campus to talk to our students,” he said.

Sharma also hinted at what students might take away from her speech.

“Ms. Begley has always stated that she approaches every job the same way she would approach a class — by asking questions,” he said. “She has said that she tries to understand the entire process, how things work and the technol-ogy.”

Business School senior James Denton said he is excited to hear Begley speak.

“I think the Dean’s leadership series is a great way to get stu-dents inspired about their careers and see how successful people started after college,” Denton said. “We have a rare chance to ask the current CEO of GE ques-tions on what we can do now to start off on the right foot.”

Junior Patrick Halfmann is also looking forward to Begley’s speech because he believes her success reflects the distinction that the Business School has re-cently earned.

“The visit demonstrates the accessibility of the school’s alum-ni base and showcases its role as a resource for current students,” Halfmann said. “Dean Sharma has been very successful in bring-ing prominent alumni back to campus, and I urge all students to take advantage of their profes-sional wisdom.”

By Amanda WasselStaff Writer

Student turned CEO to speak“This is what we need at uni-

versities to push for sustainable energy,” Ross said. “By the time we have 9 billion people on this Earth, we will be in a bad position if this doesn’t go on more often.”

Kirk Herander of Vermont Solar Engineering, the company that installed the panels, was able to increase the original estimate of 80 panels to the final number of 134.

“The equine center’s roof, which is typical of many roofs found on Vermont farms, re-quired no extra reinforcement to bear the weight of the panels,” Herander stated in a press re-lease.

The idea of the solar pan-els on the roof of the horse farm arose from a UVM Equus class, a hands-on horse management course, in 2009, led by Josie Da-vis, the associate dean in CALS.

One of Davis’ students, Rachel Cadwallader-Staub ‘10, brought up the hypothetical question: “How could we make the equine center greener in a way that would have a lesser impact on the

animals?” Caldwaller-Staub then sug-

gested the construction of a greener horse barn that could give back energy, and it was this idea that she submitted to the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) in 2009.

The CEF gets funding from all UVM students, according to the CEF website. Every student pays a $10 fee each semester to estab-lish new clean energy projects.

This fee brings the fund to about $225,000 and has allowed the CEF to finance 21 projects to date, the website stated.

The CEF lets students sub-mit ideas in the fall semester on the UVM Office of Sustainability website, which later gets voted upon and presented before the CEF board.

“The solar panels on the horse farm are a great use of my $10,” junior Mark Camilleri said. “There’s a reason I came here and the Office of Sustainability has framed that very well. I’m glad that the carbon footprint of my campus has been slightly reduced because of the good this school does.”

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UVM’s Class of 2016 seems to be bigger and better than ever.

This year, incoming first-years make up about 23 percent of undergraduates, with 2,438 enrolled as of Aug. 13, according to information provided by Beth Wiser, director of admissions.

“The new students we are wel-coming this fall, both first-year and transfer students, represent some of the strongest prepared students graduating from high school or changing universities this past year,” Wiser said.

Out of the 10,170 total under-grads, the Class of 2016 has also scored higher on their SATs than any other class.

As a matter of fact, this year’s

total median score of 1783 is the highest average in UVM history, according to an official press re-lease made by the school.

The Vermont students who chose UVM this year are some of the best students in the state, Wiser said.

“In addition to what they bring to the classroom, our new students bring rich and unique experiences and interests that make UVM such a welcoming and interesting community of students,” she said.

“Apparently we’re awesome or something,” stated first-year Lauren Flournoy on the Class of 2016 Facebook page.

“Better not look at my reading and writing scores,” replied first-year Cody Vickroy.

Other students, like sopho-more Jessica Hale, said the fact that they have the highest SAT scores in UVM history suggests all students should have high ex-pectations for themselves.

“But not too high because we all know that [most people] come into UVM as an individual and leave as a stoner — I’m an excep-tion,” Hale said.

Some students, however, said they were not impressed with the title bestowed upon them.

“I ... didn’t like the idea that we were the most talented class because we had the highest SAT scores, just because I don’t think SAT scores and talent are inher-ently related — or at all,” said first-year Caroline DeCunzo.

Once again, the majority of

new students joined the College of Arts & Sciences, making up 53 percent of the total class, accord-ing to documents released by the office of admissions.

This surpassed the numbers of the next-largest school — En-gineering & Math Sciences — by over 1,000 students.

Diversity, commonly per-ceived as a weak point at UVM, has also seen a rise in recent years with over 10 percent of the incoming class identifying as Af-rican, Latino, Asian, and Native American, consistent with last year’s previously record-breaking numbers.

“The school seems a lot more diverse than last year,” Hale said. “It just seems like with such a large class you’re going to get lots

By Ted LevinStaff Writer

Class of 2016 brings highest SAT scores in University history

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicSecretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Chuck Ross speaks to attendees at the Equine Center Aug. 29.

unsurpassed as information technology,” classics professor Jacques Bailly stated in an email. “There are many things I can do with printed pages that I cannot do with e-texts, such as quickly scanning many pages.”

And to some extent, Saule agrees.

“In some cases, the journal itself is a cultural artifact,” Saule said. “I certainly understand the value of print, and for those sub-jects where print is significant, we will keep those journals on our shelves.”

UVM already operates two offsite storage facilities for its printed inventory on East Avenue and in Williston, and both are basically full, Saule said. What’s more, neither is particularly ac-cessible nor environmentally pro-tected from unintentional dam-age.

“If we were to take out all the print files that appear on JSTOR, it would be about 5,000 linear feet,” she said. “That could free up enough space for another good-sized study area.”

Bailey/Howe is currently undergoing a Feasibility Study and Master Plan that will see the renovation of certain parts of the library, as well as provide for a modest addition.

But Saule said she believes the students, not the books, come first at a university library, and questioned whether or not UVM was charged with the same pres-

ervation mission found at, say, Harvard or the National Archive.

“Our preservation is of Ver-mont materials,” she said. “If we didn’t save those, they’re no-where, while JSTOR has a huge repository of all kinds of academ-ic documents that is both reliable and protected by a strong backup system [called PORTICO].”

Classics professor John Franklin is not exactly swayed by that argument, however.

“I think it’s rash to say that we’ll have access to these journals in 30, 50 or 100 years,” he said. “We don’t know how an energy crisis could effect JSTOR, or even politics — it’s a nonprofit now, but it could pass into private or governmental control.”

Even more distressing than the JSTOR issue at hand is how Bailey/Howe is preparing to de-fine its role for the future, Frank-lin said.

“Saule may not think that an archive is what UVM is supposed to be, but we are the state’s flag-ship library and we’re supposed to be a premiere research library,” he said. “We need to decide what we want to be. We can’t give col-lege services at the expense of re-sources, and we can’t just count on a dozen major universities.”

To get their point across, Franklin and other faculty mem-bers formed a committee and sent a letter to Saule objecting to the inferior quality of JSTOR documents and the recent reduc-tion of the reference section on the ground floor to accommodate more study tables.

Saule said she thought pro-fessors reserved the right to have access to whichever journals they needed, and said that all faculty departments will have the oppor-tunity to save whichever journals they would like to.

“It’s not the library’s place to decide what goes,” she said.

Sophomore Chris Schneider said that he believed actual texts were easier to work with when re-searching, but what is more con-cerning is what happens when an original source goes viral.

“There’s a problem with cen-sorship,” Schneider said. “All of these journals can be updated, and patch notes in the text coding shows how alterations are made all the time to Web pages and Web content.”

LIBRARY Journals to be tossed and put online through JSTOR

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“So we’ve got this box called Bailey/Howe

and we’ve known for a while that we were in

a space crunch.” Mara Saule

Dean of Library

SOLAR New panels intalled on farm roof

A look at the class of 2016:

2,438students

Average SAT scoreCritical Reading

Math

Writing

33%top 10 %

70%top 25 %

96%top 50 %

592597594

Source: Office of Admissions

LIFE4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 2012

London offered an eventful and dynamic summer for two UVM students who were there to see the Olympics in person.

Junior Yolanda Ngarambe and senior Alex Judge met up in Ngarambe’s native country, Sweden, flew on Ryanair, which Judge dubbed “the cheapest air-line in Europe,” and then made the short flight to the United Kingdom.

Transportation costs were a concern to the two college stu-dents, but getting around was not as pricey as they first anticipated.

“Transportation could be pur-chased in a weekly bundle for rea-sonable prices and it made it very easy to get everywhere we needed to be,” Judge said. “[London] was definitely an expensive place to go, but hey, Europe is Europe; the reason they are so skinny is because food costs so much over there.”

According to the pair, Lon-don was similarly priced to other European cities despite the steep cost of local souvenirs resulting from the Olympic festivities.

Once they finally touched down in London, they were able to enjoy the city’s spectator-friendly venues to see everything from the changing of the guard at

Buckingham Palace to the official road-cycling course that mean-dered through the streets.

Both students waited at the course an hour and a half be-fore the riders were scheduled to come through, which allowed them to see one of the first med-als awarded at the games.

“The intensity of the rid-ers was downright frightening,” Judge said. “It was a tangible ex-ample of their desire for Olympic gold.”

As both Ngarambe and Judge were ticketless, getting into the Olympic Park was not an option, but that did not keep them from experiencing the cultural diver-sity that the quadrennial celebra-

tion offered.“The Olympic Mall was sensa-

tionally busy, filled with athletes from all countries,” Judge said.

Highlights from the trip in-cluded meeting Julius Mutekan-ga, a Ugandan 800 meter runner who ran for Long Island Univer-sity, seeing members of China’s women’s basketball team and attending a party celebrating 50 years of Jamaica’s independence that was sponsored by Puma.

Despite the fact that the par-ty included celebrities of Usain Bolt’s status, Judge said the at-mosphere was “relaxed” and “the people were a lot of fun.”

“There was food to eat, enter-tainment and tons to do,” he said.

Regardless of whether visi-tors had a ticket, London still offered great opportunities for spectators to enjoy the game with British hosts.

“The Brits were very excited about the ceremony and it was fun to hear and see their reac-tions to the queen being present-ed,” Ngaraombe said.

“We were so close to the sta-dium where it was held, we could actually see the fireworks in the sky that were shot out at the end of the ceremony,” she said.

Both students said they ap-preciated being able to watch the Opening Ceremony at a local bar with the home crowd.

The word “compost” can often make the average person immediately cringe at the thought of rotting food scraps.

The word may even be followed by other words such as “disgusting,” “smelly” or even — and perhaps the most feared by a compost enthusiast — “repulsive.”

As an Eco-Rep at UVM, I will admit that I have had my fair share of difficulties with my own compost, like the time when I had a swarm of fruit flies living in my tiny MAT dorm room. And, this past summer when I had to scoop two-day-old coleslaw into the Cook compost dump-ster with my bare hands.

These were times when I may have used the above-mentioned words to describe compost. But despite its chal-lenges and its smell, compost should not be feared.

It is a beautiful process.

Soil grows our food and then our food scraps are formed back into soil that will be used to grow more food — a perfect closed circle.

To an enviro-nerd like myself, compost is purely awe-some. Mold is just as power-ful as it is unsightly. I love to tell anyone that is interested, which I admit may be few, that in my own personal compost, I once saw an army of mold conquer a full-sized carrot and split it open to invade its insides.

Despite its kick-ass proper-ties and practical uses, many students still carry a negative connotation with the name “compost.”

Erica Spiegel, an Eco-Reps program advisor and the UVM recycling and

solid waste manager, suggested at our Eco-Rep orientation this past week that we should con-sider renaming compost “food recycling” in order for students to associate it with “recycling,” a word they will undoubtedly recognize and associate with positively.

Whatever we call it, com-post is here to stay.

According to UVM’s recy-cling and waste management program, in an average week we divert about nine tons of food scraps from landfills. With new signage all over campus and increased promotion in resident halls, these numbers will only increase in the com-ing year.

Can’t you smell that smell? It’s the smell of change.

STEPH HAYNES

Enviro-nerd finds beauty, practicality in composting

Students experience Olympics abroadTrip overseas provides cultural exposure, first-hand look at London

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX JUDGEJunior Yolanda Ngarambe (left) and senior Alex Judge pose in front of Big Ben in London. They went to the Olympics this summer.

By Kevin SantamariaStaff Writer

“The Olympic Mall was sensationally

busy, filled with athletes from all

countries.” Alex Judge

UVM Senior

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LIFE 5THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Biometric finger scanners might be the new solution for students who frequently forget or lose their CATcards.

Tim Lewis, associate di-rector for campus recreation, thought of the idea when trying to find a way that would grant students access into buildings without having their CATcards.

“Because there is only one other school in the nation that we could find utilizing biomet-ric finger vein scanners, we were nervous about the functionality and ease of using this technol-ogy,” Lewis said.

The finger-reading technol-ogy uses near-infrared light through a camera to identify each student’s unique veins.

Lewis said he felt more com-fortable that he made the right decision about the project when he saw the positive response coming from faculty and stu-dents.

“I am excited to admit we couldn’t be happier with the scanners,” he said “They have performed to our expectations through the first few weeks of school.”

Local company Vermont Systems Inc. is in charge of constructing the project and partnered with the developers of Biometric scanners, M2SYS: Accelerated Biometrics, whose president, Michael Trader, is a UVM alum.

The scanners are installed in the Patrick Gym, where students can register their ‘identity’.

Nicole Todd, assistant direc-tor of campus recreation has seen a positive response thus far.

“From what we’ve seen this first week of the semester, the students, faculty and staff have been really excited about the scanners,” Todd said. “Aside from the ‘wow factor’ that comes

with new technology, it allows an alternative way to access the facility.”

The scanner will take two to five minutes to register a stu-dent’s identity in the computer. Once the student has registered it will only take two seconds to

scan into the gym. Junior Rachael Haab was

optimistic about this new tech-nology.

“I feel like it’s a lot better be-cause you don’t need your CAT-card, which makes going to the gym easier,” Haab said.

Additional locations for the scanners will be coming soon.

For more information on the Biometric scanners go to www.uvm.edu/~recspts/facilities/biometrics.pdf.

Scan your finger: gym access grantedNew vein reader uses infrared light to open fitness center turnstiles

JAMIE LENT The Vermont CynicStudents Jace Curtis (left) and Laura Guttmann demonstrate how to use the biometric scanners at the Gucciardi Fitness Center Aug. 31. The scanners will allow students access to facilities without ID cards.

“Aside from the ‘wow factor’ that comes with new

technology, it allows an alternative way to

access the facility.” Nicole Todd

Assistant director of campus recreation

By Erin FoconeAssistant Life/Features Editor

Top 10 Tips:A first-year’s guide to UVM

“Don’t wear your CATcard around your neck attached to a lanyard. You automatically stand out as a freshman.” — Stephanie Rogers, sopho-more

1. 2. “Don’t be afraid to get involved and join clubs because that’s the best way to meet people.” — Alana Benson, sophomore

3.“Get outside and enjoy the Ver-mont fresh air.” — John Butler, senior

“Go to class; it’s a waste of money to skip.” — Chase Vaughn, sophomore

4. “There are a lot of movies that portray college to be one big party. Don’t be afraid to do what you like and not just follow how college is showed in movies.” — Michelle Leung, senior

5.

“Get to know your R.A.” — Samantha Mankin, junior

6. 7.“Find a healthy balance between academics and exploring Burlington.” — Ann Nguyen, senior

8.“Respect the police.” — Joe Resnik, junior

“If you eat at ‘The Grundle’, bring Tums.” — Elliott Casper, sophomore

9. “Say hi to people. Everybody here is nice and wants to make friends.” — Blaise Sullivan, sophomore

10.

Materials:2 cups of cornstarch1 cup of water3 drops of food coloring (optional)

Directions:Combine cornstarch and food color-ing in a bowl. Once the cornstarch and food coloring are fully incorporated and you are fully satisfied with the col-or, slowly mix in water.

Why it is fun:Similar to quicksand, Oobleck can be both a liquid and a solid. As you play with it, notice how it hardens at a quick poke yet envelops your hand if you ease into it. The fast application of pressure forces the cornstarch par-ticles together, while slow movement allows the particles to move apart. Because its substance classification is dependent on pressure, it is referred to as a non-Newtonian fluid rather than a liquid or solid.

COMICS6 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

• Oxford University is con-ducting a study to determine

the existence of the Yeti, according to The Daily Mail. They are doing this through

DNA analysis of hair and teeth samples of cryptids,

which are unknown animals such as the Yeti, the Loch

Ness Monster and Bigfoot.

Weird Science

• There have been a series of vandalism cases this summer at a Canadian excavation site. Time reports dinosaur fossils were smashed beyond salvation.

• The term nerd was first used by Dr. Seuss in his book, “If I Ran the Zoo,” in 1950.

• According to a study done by researchers of the Univer-sity of St. Andrews, sperm whales sleep in a ver-tical position. Videos of this phenomenon have appeared online and have trended on Reddit.

• A team of Chinese scientists is work-ing to improve the shelf life of bananas.

According to Popular Science, this is be-ing done through the creation of hydrogel

spray made out of discarded shrimp shells. Spraying the banana would slow it from absorbing oxygen through its peel. This

new idea is still a work in progress, but this may one day be a household item.

• Researchers are exploring a new method to fight global warming: man-made clouds. According to The Daily Mail, they want to shoot salt water into the skies above oceans to create clouds that could po-tentially reflect the sunlight and cool the earth.

• The Tokyo Institute of Tech-nology has created a proto-

type swimming robot. This “swumanoid” can freestyle

crawl, do the backstroke and the butterfly. It may be a very

long time, however, before these robots are swimming on

their own.

OoblekANSWERS to last week’s crossword:What do you know about Vermont?

ACROSS2. cabot3. sullivan 4. windsor6. champ9. gold11. montpelier15. echo

16. fourteenth18. freedom and unity19. Green Mountain20. Ira Allen21. Bailey Howe22. Canada23. Camels Hump24. Ethan Allen

DOWN1. Sullivan3. Ben and Jerrys5. Sugar Maple

7. Maple Syrup8. Fleming10. Mt Mansfield12. Catamount13. Vergennes14. fifth17. Hermit Thrush19. Green23. Coolidge

COMICS 7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

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The world of scienceACROSS3. The warming of the earth’s atmospheric temperature 4. Theory that builds upon the concepts of continental drift 6. The study of insects 7. A laboratory instrument consisting of a vertical metal tube connected to a gas source that creates a flame 9. The inventor of dynamite as well as the namesake for a prestigious prize 11. He defined the three laws of motion 13. Natural selection or “survival of the fittest” 19. The tendency to remain at rest or move in a straight line 20. The study of how energy works in a system 23. Oxygen and two _____ atoms make up the chemical formula of water24. Process by which a cell splits the chromosomes in its nucleus into two separate sets 25. The scientific name for table salt 26. The term for animals going to sleep for the winter

DOWN1. A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen 2. The study of dinosaurs 5. Dinosaur known to scientists as the Apatosaurus 7. Plague known as “The Black Death” 8. The largest artery in the body 10. German scientist who defined the Theory of Relativity 12. The collective word for a set of genes 13. A negatively charged atomic particle 14. Visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum 15. The measure of force acting upon a body 16. The ____ table of elements17. Your “funny” bone 18. Enzymes that can separate strands of DNA 21. The process that plants use to convert energy from the sun’s light into chemical energy for themselves 22. Known as “The Science Guy” 23. A unit of frequency, which is the measurement of cycles per second

Science JokesTwo atoms are walking down the street. One atom says to the other, “Hey! I think I lost an electron!”The other says, “Are you sure?”The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive!”

Two chemists go into a res-taurant. The first one says, “I think I’ll have an H2O.”

The second one says, “I think I’ll have an H2O

too.” He died.

A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies, “For you, no charge.”

Why are chemists great for solving problems?

They have all the solutions.

What do you do with a dead chemist? Barium

How many biologists does it take to change a light

bulb?Four. One to change it and three to write the environ-mental impact statement.

Pickup LinesYou must be made of Ura-nium and Iodine because all I can see is U and I.Are you a carbon sample? Because I want to date you.

Are you copper? ‘Cause I’d like to Cu again.

Camp Morning Wood by Scott Womer

Sources:www.coolscience.orginorganicventures.comwww.jokes4us.comThe Big Bang Theorywww.quick-meme.com

ARTS8 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Thursday, Sept. 6, The Amida Bourbon Project and Mildred Moody at

Summervale

The lineup includes two of Burlington’s best musicians, Aya Inoue and Scott Mangan. Inoue has toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist and with her band The Amida Bourbon Project, most often accompanied by lead guitar player Matt Harpster.

Her raw lyrics are full of depth and match her alluring voice, while Harpster’s bright, vivid guitar leads provide a perfect contrast. These two will be appearing with their full band in the final install-ment in the Summervale series for the year before they go on a recording break for an undetermined amount of time.

With a special opening set by innovative singer/song-writer Scott Mangan and his band of incredibly talented – and attractive – band-mates thrown into the mix, this is going to be a night you don’t want to miss. The show is free and open to all ages with refreshments available for purchase. The music starts at 5:30 p.m., leaving you with time to start your weekend after the show.

Friday, Sept. 7, Art Hop line-up at

Signal KitchenFor those of you who have

never experienced Burl-ington’s Art Hop, take this opportunity to do so. This year, in addition to all the incredible visual art that you can view for free all down Pine Street, they have a killer music lineup at the Signal Kitchen on Main Street for free, wholesome fun.

At 6 p.m., Zack duPont brings his one-of-a-kind voice and guitar picking style. You can’t compare Zack to any-one: He is simply excellent in a way that he has innovated on his own.

At 7 p.m., Lowell Thomp-son takes the stage with his driving melodies and a voice that combines whiskey and honey to please even the most intense haters of country music.

Later, local celebrity He-loise Williams takes the stage with the Savoir Faire at 11:30 p.m. Self-classified as an elec-tro/pop/soul band, these guys make you want to rage.

Saturday, Sept. 8, Barbacoa at Signal Kitchen

Another showcase put on by the Art Hop, Barbacoa is guitar-slayer Bill Mullins’ project. Musically intricate and upbeat, this instrumen-tal group has as much rock influence as it does surf. Yet another free, all ages show. Barbacoa goes on at 10 p.m., with more wonderful bands before and after their set.

Sunday, Sept. 9, Maryse Smith CD Release

with Zack DuPont at Signal Kitchen

Well, Signal Kitchen will just be making a killing this weekend. Aforementioned Burlington music favorite, Zack DuPont, has started an unfalteringly tasteful listening room series. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., is available to all ages and costs $10 at the door.

DuPont will open up for local Honky Tonk queen Maryse Smith. With a grow-ing reputation, a voice that combines the styles of Gillian Welch and Regina Spektor to beautifully accentuate her style and strong instrumental arrangements behind her, this may well be a night you brag about being a part of two years from now.

Monday, Sept. 10, Bob Wagner Trio at

Red SquareBob Wagner is the guy ev-

erybody wants to be, or wants to be in a band with. As a mu-sician he is talented, versatile,

hardworking, and all-around excellent. Wagner’s music touches on everything from country to blues and rock.

On a side note: His nick-name is Ginger Moses. You’ll get it when you catch him at Red Square at 7 p.m. for free. This one is 21+, but it’s worth hovering in Red Square’s alley if it’s nice enough for them to play outside.

Tuesday, Sept. 11, Ellen Powell Trio at

Red SquarePlain and simple, Ellen

Powell is good. A respected jazz bassist in the music scene, she surrounds herself with musicians such as Tom Clearly and Steve Wienert. All three are music professors at colleges in surrounding areas.

If you’re looking for some solid jazz at no cost to you, this is where you want to be. The show is 21+, free and starts at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 12, Aer, David Dallas, Jacob Es at Higher Ground Showcase

LoungeMany of you are thor-

oughly acquainted with both Aer and Jacob Es, so I’ll make this brief. These guys put on an awesome show every single time. Giving hip-hop a good name, this show could easily sell out, so you want to get your tickets now at high-ergroundmusic.com. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m.

Friday Sept. 7

First Friday Art Walk5-8 p.m.downtown Burlington

Tuesday Sept. 11

The Wombats7:30 p.m.Higher Ground Ballroom

WednesdaySept. 12

ARTScalendar

AER8 p.m.Higher Ground Showcase Lounge

This Week in Live Music

SARAH STICKLE

Burlington’s local music scene brought to light

SARAH STICKLE The Vermont CynicAya Inoue sings with The Amida Bourbon Project at the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival on the waterfront Aug. 11. Second Annual UVM

Staff Art Exhibit12 p.m.Davis Center, fourth floor

Poetry Jam Open Mic Night with Dug Nap8-11 p.m.BCA Center, second floor

ARTS 9THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Over the past 10 years, few bands have been as con-sistently great, unique and, perhaps most notably, divi-sive, as the Baltimore-based group Animal Collective.

Their newest album, “Centipede Hz” – released on Sept. 3 – is the latest in a long line of psychedelic noise-pop that has captured the alternative music scene.

There are few bands that are so revered by their fans and at the same time writ-ten off by their detractors. Showing Animal Collective to a new listener is often a painful experience: reac-tions typically range from “This is really…interesting” to, “What the hell is this? It’s just noise!”

Admittedly, I was no dif-ferent when I was first in-troduced to their entirely matchless style, more con-fused than anything at the cacophony of noises assail-

ing my ears. Slowly but surely, how-

ever, the beauty hidden un-der, in, around, on top of, in-side of, flat-out everywhere in their sound took my ears prisoner to their psychedelic, and yet incredibly humanis-tic world. Suffice to say, this band is important to me and their newest release was awaited with a little more than bated breath.

“Centipede Hz” is a sometimes messy, some-times glorious step back into the past compared to their highly regarded and much more accessible previous album “Merriweather Post Pavilion.”

“Centipede Hz” is much more attuned to their early garage noise efforts, such as “Here Comes the Indian,” than their more recent al-bums. For some, this return to the past may be a treat, but for others perhaps a slight disappointment.

Of course, simply catego-rizing their albums as such is a disservice to a band of Animal Collective’s caliber.

There are many fantastic moments on this album, and their trademark creativity is at full steam.

Songs such as “Apple-sauce,” “Monkey Riches,” and “Today’s Supernatural” pulsate and crackle with cha-otic psychedelic beats and noises, while Avey Tare’s emotional vocals serve as your twisted guide through the soundscape.

The lyrics are as pro-found as ever in their sim-plicity and reflect the band’s age and maturity.

Existential confusion and the difficulties of navi-gating relationships remain the centerpiece issues: “Two human beings/I’m upset, you’re upset, what’s to be done?” Avey Tare groans on highlight track “Mercury Man.”

Indeed, Avey Tare’s fin-gerprints are everywhere on this album, while Panda Bear – the other primary singer/songwriter who serves as the ethereal, spiritual counter-weight to Avey Tare – seems conspicuously absent.

While I love Avey Tare, the beautiful, out-of-body moments of Panda Bear’s songwriting, as well as his soft and comforting vocals, are sorely missed.

Certainly, “Centipede Hz” is a good album, and one that is well worth a listen. I’m sure, as often happens with Animal Collective, that I will grow to appreciate it even more. For now, how-ever, it is hard to include it as one of their greats.

SEABA hosts 20th art hopPine Street comes to life

The South End Arts and Business Association (SEA-BA) is putting on its 20th South End Art Hop from Fri-day, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 9.

Artist studios and local businesses around Pine Street will host the three-day event and display the artistic cre-ations of over 500 participat-ing artists.

The Art Hop will also host a lineup of musicians at Signal Kitchen on Main Street. This year’s performers will include local acts Zack DuPont and Lowell Thompson.

UVM junior Arline Weaver said she attends the Art Hop every year.

“I love the music,” Weaver said. “There are always a lot of local and new musicians and they’re usually around to talk to and hang out with after they perform.”

On each day of the Art Hop, events such as glass cast-ing demonstrations, the art of henna, beer tasting, wood fired pottery and live jazz mu-sic will occur, along with sev-eral specialty events on Satur-day.

Nancy Stone and Janet Fredericks are among the Ver-mont artists whose paintings will be exhibited, and Emily McCracken will display her chocolate sculpture works at Lake Champlain Chocolates.

Strut!, the Art Hop fashion show, will present the cloth-

ing designs of more than 20 local designers. Two runway shows, admission priced at $12, will take place in a tent behind the Maltex Building at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Kid’s Hop will be present-ed as a special event on Sat-urday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bookmaking, beading and kite making are among the many crafts workshops that will be available.

As a collaboration between businesses in the South End Arts District, the creative minds of the Burlington re-gion and the sponsors and volunteers contributing time and funds to the event, the Art Hop brings together all members of the Burlington community to appreciate and showcase the talent and inno-vation of the population.

Animal Collective rewinds

Music review

DILLON BAKER

“Centipede Hz” is much more attuned

to their early garage noise efforts [...] For some, this may be a treat, but for others

perhaps a slight disappointment

MICHAEL CHAUCER-TORELLO The Vermont CynicAn attendee views art at last year’s South End Art Hop Sept. 9, 2011. The Art Hop will be held between Sept. 7 and Sept. 9 this year.

By Lilly XianStaff Writer

“There are always a lot of local and new

musicians and they’re usually around to talk

and hang out with after they perform.”

Arline WeaverUVM Junior

What’s with all the shootings?

Paul Ryan defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, referring to rape as a “method of conception,” August, 2012

“THE METHOD OF CONCEPTION DOESN’T CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF LIFE.”

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

COLUMNISTS

Burn those books!OK, OK, so maybe they’re

journals, and maybe we’ll just recycle them. But either way, it’s time to clear some space in the library.

The recent controversy over whether or not to chuck thousands of print volumes of various academic journals – all of which are fully accessible through JSTOR – has some professors in a tizzy, while librarians plead their case from underneath piles of overflowing texts.

I stand with those librar-ians, particularly Mara Saule, who laid out the Bailey/Howe “space crunch” in “Library Out of Room.”

“We receive nearly 15,000 new books a year and we’ve had up to 8,000 people in the library on any given day. We have students sitting on the floor or going to the top floor of the Davis center to do their work,” Saule said.

This is a problem. As a uni-versity that prides itself on hav-ing professors who are active

in their field, and curriculums that stay abreast of current re-search, we need to be receiving these current texts. Further-more, as we recently left behind an era that saw large expenses — ahem, Fogel’s parachute, ahem — funded through even larger increases in admissions, there are a ton of students, all of whom deserve a chair in the library.

So what do we do? The University could build a new addition to the library, at what would most likely be an astro-nomical cost to students via tuition hikes. Or we can start to make intelligent decisions about what to keep and what to

throw.The library has already

announced its plans to consult faculty when deciding what gets the heave-ho, so the project should be in good hands.

It is also important to remember that UVM is not the only place possessing the journals in question. Most are distributed nationally, or at least regionally, so we would not be destroying the last print copy of anything.

John Franklin, a UVM professor, argued that “it’s rash to say that we’ll have access to these journals in 30, 50 or 100 years.” He thinks threats ranging from an energy crisis to a government takeover could render these texts inaccessible through JSTOR.

Well, an energy crisis is a possibility. But so is a fire in Bailey/Howe. The future is a fun canvas, because you can paint whatever catastrophe you want onto it.

The problem at hand is not one of ideology – print versus digital — but rather pragmatic in nature. We need more space, so let’s make more space. I still prefer buying pa-perbacks, while my Kindle sits, unused, in a drawer. But when my bookshelf overflows, I get rid of some books.

More books create space issue

Jeff Ayers is a senior english major. He has been writing for

The Cynic since fall 2009.

JEFF AYERS

The recent controversy over whether or not to chuck thousands of print volumes of various academic

journals — all of which are fully accessible

through JSTOR — has some professors in a tizzy, while librarians plead their case from

underneath piles of overflowing texts

The past few months the world has been slammed with shootings one after the other — all nonsensical acts of violence occurring from one corner of the Earth to the other.

Statistically, as of 2007, 10.2 out of every 100,000 people were killed by firearms across the United States, including ac-cidental shootings, suicides, acts of self-defense, as well as crimes. While this may not seem like a very large number, the amount of attempted shootings this year is tipping the scale.

Most recently in the news was the shooting in France this past Wednesday. The gun attack left four dead in a remote woodland park in the French Alps.

While the crime scene has been sealed and remains un-touched, the police are still looking into the matter and have not determined the unfolding of events, or the identity of the shooter.

Early this summer was the infamous Dark Knight shoot-ing in Aurora, Colo. in which 12 people were killed and many more injured.

Two people were found shot to death Tuesday evening in a Sycamore hospital room; it is unclear as to whether the victim’s deaths were self-inflicted.

Another notorious shoot-ing this summer was the killings at the Empire State Building. A 58-year-old man pulled out a .45-caliber semi-automatic hand-gun and shot a former employer, resulting in 16 rounds of gunfire shot by the police, further wound-ing 9 bystanders.

What we can derive from all this violence is that there is in fact a problem. Certainly America needs to wake up to gun violence, but the world needs a dose of reality as well.

These shootings have all been senseless, but the first problem to address is whether or not we can figure out what will work to make the violence stop.

Secondly, if we do manage to figure out what will work can these plausible solutions be implemented legislatively?

It’s been proven time and time again that creating new laws doesn’t erase the problem — it’s redefining societal habits and commonalities that bring about change.

Gun control legislation won’t stop mass murder. Passing a law is one step, but utilizing it and enforcing it is another. It remains to be seen if a uniting force will redefine violence and show Americans that no, it is never okay to kill humans with a gun.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012OPINION 11COLUMNISTS

Lance Armstrong has won the Tour de France the same number of times that the aver-age UVM professor has: zero.

On Aug. 24, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USDA) announced that it was stripping Armstrong of “all competitive results from Aug. 1, 1998 through the present,” which includes his seven Tour de France victories.

The USDA assembled wit-nesses who were prepared to testify that Armstrong used prohibited substances, per-formed blood transfusions and created a conspiracy to cover up his infractions.

Armstrong’s decision to dismiss the case and thereby not challenge the accusations in court, gave the USDA an opportunity to do what it had tried to do for years: revoke all of Armstrong’s victories.

Lance has never failed a drug test. As one of the most tested athletes in the sport, not once has he been convicted of testing positive.

So here’s my question: How can you convict someone without having physical proof of drugs in their bloodstream?

To be clear, I do believe that Lance used performance-enhancing methods, but the fact is, so do the majority of cyclists. As drug expert Dr. John Hoberman said, “long-distance cycling has been the most consistently drug-soaked sport of the 20th century…the Tour [de France] is a virtual pharmacy on wheels.”

All of the major drug con-victions in recent years have been in a timely manner: the athlete hops off the bike, a couple days later he/she is off the podium.

For Lance, old blood samples from decades ago have been tested time and time again to find traces of drugs, especially as the detection technology has changed. This is a blatant double standard.

Even though he was the winner, the second and third placed cyclists’ samples should have been subjected to the same treatment. I agree with Armstrong when he said that the whole ordeal has been “an unconstitutional witch hunt.”

As per Tour de France tradition, if the first place win-ner is disqualified, the second place winner receives the yel-low jersey. Where will Lance’s seven yellow jerseys go if the USDA successfully redistrib-utes them?

The 1999 Tour yellow jersey would go to Alex Zulle, who had been convicted of using the blood-boosting EPO drug. The 2000, 2001, 2003 jerseys would go to Jan Ullrich, and the 2002 jersey to Joseba Belo-ki, both of whom were involved in a massive drug investiga-tion in Spain. The 2005 jersey would go to Ivan Basso, who recently returned to cycling after a two-year doping ban.

Is this really what the USDA considers to be a just and fair solution? They were all on drugs, and Armstrong still crossed the finish line first.

The question becomes, what do you do when a sport is saturated in performance-enhancing drugs, most of which are more technologi-cally advanced than the testing mechanisms? Do you make drugs legal for a more even playing field?

At the very least, by putting this expensive and time-con-suming scandal behind him, Lance can now focus his efforts on raising money for cancer awareness and start a new chapter in his career, drug free.

Lance Armstong, tested once again

BIANCA MOHN

Bianca Mohn is a sophmore business administration major.

She has been writing for The Cynic since fall 2011.

[Insert a secret you feel comfortable sharing here.] That is not something I would nor-mally admit to someone I am close with, let alone everyone who is reading this, but I have a feeling I am not the only one with a secret.

This month, Active Minds at UVM is distributing no-tecards across campus and asking everyone to share their secret anonymously as part of Active Minds’ PostSecretU program. Completed postcards can be returned to Living Well, Davis Center Info Desks, Baily/Howe Library, ALANA Student Center, Women’s Center or the Allen House by Oct. 10 so that they may be included in our exhibit opening.

PostSecretU is a community art project sponsored by Active Minds, Inc. and Frank Warren, creator of the popular PostSe-cret blog. Our program will cre-ate an open and safe forum on campus for students to express secrets, regrets, fears, desires, hopes, dreams, and hidden acts of kindness, talents and confes-sions.

The display will be a visual representation about the is-sues we all face. We hope that PostSecretU will bring people together and allow those who have felt isolated or alone to connect to a larger group and realize what they are feeling is

not actually odd or shameful. What Mr. Warren and other

Active Minds’ chapters have found over time is that many of the secrets submitted talk about mental health issues. Why is it that we feel our men-tal health concerns, struggles and experiences must be kept inside and can’t be shared with others? Stigma plays a role.

We know that one in four college students struggle with a diagnosable health disorder, but at least two-thirds do not seek help because so many of the stereotypes and sentiments we encounter each day tell us that doing so is weak or shame-ful.

If people were to talk openly about the mental health issues they are facing, we might all feel less alone. Putting it on a postcard is a start; it allows you to get it out. It allows for

an indirect conversation about that secret that you might find healthy or a relief.

Active Minds at UVM in-tends to break the silence sur-rounding our inner struggles through PostSecretU and wants to let everyone on campus know that their thoughts and feelings matter and we are ready to listen. PostSecretU is our chance to speak up to-gether!

I hope that seeing the secrets of all those around you gives you the courage to share your secret. Active Minds at UVM will be working through-out the year to let those strug-gling know they are not alone and to connect you to resources and safe spaces to share what you’re holding in and get help and support for your struggles. PostSecretU is just starting the conversation.

Join me and share your se-crets between Aug. 31 and Oct. 10. Don’t forget to return them to Living Well, Davis Center info desks, Baily/Howe Li-brary, ALANA Student Center, Women’s Center or the Allen House by Oct. 10 so that they may be included in our exhibit opening.

Sincerely,The Active Minds at UVM

leadership team

UVM’s Active Minds club collaborates with PostSecretUDear Editor,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

As an ardent follower of the

upcoming 2012 election, I am dismayed by the tactics used by Democrats to criticize their op-ponents. Among them, a popu-lar refrain is that Republicans are waging an alleged “War on Women.” The allegation is that conservatives and Republicans supposedly love nothing more than to disenfranchise women.

It is important to under-stand how Republicans are sup-posedly waging this war.

First, Democrats argue that Republicans support a “wage gap” between men and women. Denying the obvious trends in work habits between men and women — like the fact that women often leave the workforce when they have children, that women work, on average, fewer hours than men, and that women enter lower paying fields than do men — liberal Democrats, Nancy Pelosi among them, have endorsed the Fair Pay Act.

One might take Pelosi seriously if she didn’t pay her female staff members 27 per-cent less than her male staff. Discrimination? Or just the dis-parities in work habits between men and women? I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.

Second, Democrats argue that Republicans want to rob

women of their ability to re-ceive an abortion. Though it is true that Republicans wish this to be a state issue, and would support limiting the conditions under which a woman may receive an abortion, nine men and women prevent the states from making choices afforded to them by the 10th Amend-ment.

This is the real issue. On a different note, Democrats have refused to denounce sex-selec-tive abortions, of which females are frequent targets, particu-larly in China, showing that discrimination against women is appropriate so long as the result is an abortion.

And last, Democrats as-sert that Republicans wish to restrict a woman’s access to contraceptive medicine. Non-sense! This was a pathetic at-tempt to attack Republicans for their criticism of the individual mandate of ObamaCare. This was never a war on women, as Sandra Fluke and her army of sympathizers assert, but a war to discern who should pay for every American woman’s contraceptive medicine. From Fluke’s posh enclave in George-town, did she forget that oral contraception was available at her local Walmart for $9 a month?

It is not uncharacteristic of liberals and Democrats to resort to identity politics. I

would argue that the Obama administration is the greatest purveyor of such politics. Look on their website and you will find a category for every de-mographic which tends to vote Democrat. But Democrats have pitted man against woman, class against class and race against race, even to the point of manufacturing issues using bogus emotional rhetoric.

It is imperative that every American reject identity politics, as they serve only to distract us from the real issues plaguing our nation: a national debt nearing $16 trillion, an unemployment rate at 8.3 per-cent, a GDP at 1.7 percent, and the growing threat of a nuclear Iran.

If voters buy into identity politics, and ignore the issues crippling our economy, we may very well slip into an even deeper national decline. We need to focus on the real issues.

Sincerely,Joey BrownClass of 2016

“War on Women” is becoming a manufactured problemDear Editor,

If people were to talk openly about the mental

health issues they are facing we might all feel

less alone.

So here’s my question: How can you convict

someone without having physical proof

of drugs in their bloodstream?

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On Sept. 18 and 19, a his-toric election will take place at UVM. Half of the University’s staff — between 780 and 1,600 staff members — will vote “yes” or “no” to form a union.

This is the largest union organizing campaign to take place in Vermont in many years. What’s more, it is one of the largest union elections taking place in the country this year. If things go well, the 800 members of the staff will have their chance to vote for a union next year.

University Staff Union in affiliation with the NEA, the state’s largest union, has worked for more than two years to bring an election to staff. On Sept. 18 and 19 if staff vote “yes” for the union and “yes” for USU-NEA, the entire Uni-versity will benefit, including students.

Students deal with the staff every day. We are the people you go to with ques-tions about your financial aid. We are the folks who manage the book collections at Bailey/Howe Library. We are the clerk who runs the cash register at the book store. We are the residence hall directors and the administrative assistants in your professors’ departments. If you work at the University, your supervisor is most likely a staff member.

The staff is the only group of employees on campus who aren’t unionized. Professors are unionized. Police are union-ized. Custodians and mainte-nance employees are unionized. UVM staff are the only remain-

ing “at will” employees of the University. We can be fired at any time, and our working conditions and benefits can be changed abruptly and without our input. We cannot negotiate our working conditions – we have them imposed on us.

For most of us, UVM is a good place to work. But good working conditions are not a guarantee. Just ask the staff member who worked at UVM for more than 25 years and was let go only months before she could retire. Ask the UVM staff-er who fears for his job because his supervisor is demanding and unreasonable. Their stories are not exceptional.

Staffers who feel powerless cannot do their best for you. Staffers who have no say in their working conditions won’t be able to stick their necks out for you. They keep quiet and they don’t take chances.

But what about rising tuition?, you might say. To keep tuition low doesn’t the University need to cut benefits, salaries, and positions? These are hard financial times. Don’t budgets need to be trimmed?, you might ask.

Recent events make it clear that UVM’s budget problems are not due to a lack of money, but because the money is ap-pallingly mismanaged. Last year UVM executives hired a new business dean and his spouse for salary and benefits of more than $800,000 a year.

Englesby House, the UVM president’s mansion, is in the midst of more than a million dollars of renovations. Last year, as Daniel Fogel left the presidency in disgrace, he was

presented with a $600,000 farewell check and a cushy fac-ulty job in the English Depart-ment with a starting salary of $185,000 a year. The incoming president Thomas Sullivan had a cadre of lawyers and advisors to help him negotiate a starting salary of $417,000.

Staff salaries and benefits are not the reason for rising tuition. The problem is a prolif-eration of University executives and former administrators with exorbitant salaries and bonuses who line their pockets with your tuition money. What we are seeing at UVM is the “cor-poratization” of the University.

Staff members want the same opportunity as Fogel and Sullivan were given to negotiate our salaries, benefits and work-ing conditions. Every other UVM employee was given this right of collective bargaining — faculty, police, maintenance personnel and custodians – all except for staff.

If staff members have “a seat at the table” when their salaries, benefits and working conditions are being discussed, they will be able to do a better job for you. We will be able to collaborate with University ad-ministrators to strengthen our contribution to the University and make UVM a better place to work and a better place to go to school.

Sincerely,Michele Patenaude

Michele Patenaude works at the Bailey/Howe Library and has

been a UVM staff employee for six years. She is on the leadership

team of University Staff Union-NEA.

OPINION12 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

A UVM staff union could benefit the entire communityDear Editor,

Quick Opinions . . .

Roxy Powell

Jeff Ayers“I think there is a mass conspiracy

to take my money, which is driving the use of iClickers. I can think of

no other explanation for a piece of cheap Chinese plastic and a AAA

battery to cost $40.”

“This time of year it’s easy to tell where people are from. Southerners will bundle up, while true Vermonters wear shorts.”

Arielle Botwell“Procrastinating laundry is difficult to do when you have to wear two different outfits a day due to the dramatic weather changes from morning to night.”

“Tourists always look so surprised when you bike past them on the

Burlington bike path. I mean, it’s called a bike path for a reason.”

Bianca Mohn

Elizabeth Bengel“On Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, MTV announced that the upcoming sixth season of ‘Jersey Shore’ will be the network’s last… Say what you will about the reality series, the program’s influence has undeniably dominated American pop culture over the past few years, to the extent of introducing its own vernacular, including “GTL,” “Grenade,” and “Smush,” all of which are, for better or worse, now commonly used expressions.”

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 13SportsThe weekly recapBy Mike EatonSports Editor

Even though he lost, he’s certainly made America proud. Since 2000, Roddick has provided us with much entertainment and a serve that was always fun to watch. In 2003, he became the youngest American to hold the world No. 1 spot since computer rankings started in 1973, and the first

since Andre Agassi to hold that spot for a full year. Now he’s putting a last effort in to finish off his career strong and, in my opinion, he’s already made that point. At age 30, after losing in the round of 16 on Sept. 5, Roddick retired and joined the ranks of the best American players to ever play the game.

Boss of the week: Andy Roddick

As innocent as he sounds and as much as I would love to believe

his “the USADA case is tiring me and my family out and that’s why I’m not fighting it” excuse, Lance Armstrong is a doper. It’s hard to

justify why such a fan-friendly and easy to root for guy would juice, but we’ve seen it before — you can refer-ence Big Papi. The thing that pisses me

off is that Armstrong won’t admit it. At least Papi ad- mitted to and apologized for it; Armstrong is just making excuses. He’s a goat for tarnishing the hope and will be a champion for a generation’s worth of kids, losing any sort of credibility as a professional athlete by playing innocent and denying it. He has, however, created and operated an amazing charity, and his ability and success in helping people cannot be denied.

Tell Peyton I need a job - Donte Stallworth to Broncos’ running back Willis

McGahee after being released from the Patriots’ roster

Quote of the week

Goat of the week:Lance Armstrong

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Never in my lifetime has an offseason of any sport — be it at the collegiate or professional lev-el — dragged on for so long and in such a painful fashion. In fact, college football has been bogged down in the last several years by controversial off-the-field atten-tion.

Prestigious programs such as Ohio State and USC were slapped with sanctions that in-cluded postseason bans, the res-ignation of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino after an affair with a young woman who worked in the program, the best defensive player in the country — LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu — was kicked off the team for multiple drug incidents and, worst of all were the heinous details that emerged about the Penn State cover up.

All of this occurred as the very landscape of division-one colle-giate athletics was being broken up and pieced back together in the form of massive conference realignment.

That’s why when the season officially kicked off Aug. 30 ev-eryone took a deep sigh of relief as all of the distractions, contro-versy, and sad facts of the Penn State scandal took a back seat to America’s greatest game. The na-tional discourse that surrounds collegiate football has officially

shifted back to where it belongs. Here are a few thoughts from

week 1:

For the last two years USC has played virtually meaningless games as they were sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting vio-lations. After quarterback Matt Barkley surprisingly decided to come back for his senior season, the talk about a potential USC national title exploded, so much so that many began questioning if the hype was exaggerated.

But on the first play from scrimmage in USC’s opener against Hawaii, Barkley connect-ed with Marqise Lee for a 75-yard touchdown pass — the tone for the season had seemingly been set. The energy at the Coliseum was undeniable and it was back for the first time since the Pete Carol era. USC is alive and well and they should be in the nation-al title picture this year and many years beyond. There are certain schools that need to be good in order for college football to be at its best; USC is one of them.

New head coach Bill O’Brien has been as graceful as possible in handling the transition from the Paterno era at Penn State. He has earned major accolades for bal-ancing the respect for the victims of Jerry Sandusky’s tragic crimes and for promoting the Penn State brand.

The Penn State program has

projected a sense of unity and to-getherness that has frankly been overwhelming and emotional. Let’s not forget these players and the new coaches had nothing to do with past transgressions.

Despite the positivity that O’Brien and others have success-fully projected, this program has suffered a crippling blow in terms of talent and it will take years to recover. In losing their first game of the season — to a quality Ohio team — we were reminded about the effects a four-year postsea-son ban can have. Penn State will have difficulty recruiting and re-taining talent for years to come.

1. Matt Barkley — Quarter-back, USC

The preseason favorite, Bark-ley threw for 372 yards and four touchdowns in the Trojans’ 49-10 blowout of Hawaii.

2. Le’Veon Bell — Running back, Michigan State

The 6-foot-2-inch, 244 pound junior racked up 210 rushing yards and two touchdowns on a whopping 44 carries in the Spartans’ 17-13 win against Boise State.

3. Geno Smith — Quarter-back, West Virginia

The dark horse candidate for this year’s Heisman, Smith shined up West Virginia’s Big 12 debut with a monster perfor-mance. He completed 32 of 36 passes for 323 yards and four touchdowns, and added 65 yards on the ground with another score. That’s nearly 400 yards of total offense with five touchdowns.

WILL ANDREYCAK

College football mixupUSC is back and it is

great for the sport

More bad news for Penn State

Heisman Hopefuls

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SPORTS14 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The UVM men’s soccer team traveled to Michigan to play a pair of games on Aug. 31 and Sept. 2.

Vermont matched up against University of Michigan in the first game of the weekend.

Michigan began the scoring in the 23rd minute with a header from senior Latif Alashe off of a corner kick from first-year Luke Coulson.

In the 33rd minute, Coulson earned his first goal of the season and gave Michigan a 2-0 lead.

Vermont was unable to con-vert any of their offensive attacks into goal opportunities, but held Michigan in scoring until the 87th minute.

Junior T.J. Roehn made the final goal of the match, giving the Wolverines a 3-0 victory at full-time.

“There were some solid per-formances out there by some guys, but we need all 11 on the field to play well to be success-ful against a team like Michi-gan,” Vermont head coach Jesse Cormier said in a University of Vermont Athletics press confer-ence. “We made three errors and were punished for them. We still have a lot of work to do and we are clear on what we need

to work on, but I believe we are moving forward and making im-provements.”

The win moves Michigan to 1-1 while the Catamounts fall 1-2 overall.

On Sept. 2, men’s soccer faced the Oakland Grizzlies in Roches-ter, Mich.

Despite the fact that the Cata-mounts edged a 6-2 advantage in shot attempts in the first 45 min-utes, the half remained scoreless for both teams.

The one and only goal for the game came off an assist from Oakland first-year Shawn Claud Lawson to senior Kyle Bethel in the 46th minute.

Vermont could not answer

back with a goal for the remain-ing second half and the Grizzlies finished with the win, 1-0.

“Unfortunately we made things harder on ourselves this weekend,” Cormier said in a Uni-versity of Vermont Athletics press conference following the game. “We had too many lapses and we could not finish. We had 15 shots against Oakland and only three were on frame. We have to be better than that to be successful.”

The win improves Oakland to a 3-0 record while Vermont falls to 1-3.

The Catamounts will return to play Friday, Sept. 7 and Sun-day, Sept. 9 on Virtue Field where they will host the 22nd Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Windjam-mer Classic.

The tournament features Central Connecticut, New Hamp-shire, Niagara and UVM. On Friday, Niagara will face New Hampshire at 1:30 p.m. and Vermont will face Central Con-necticut at 4 p.m. On Sunday, Central Connecticut will play New Hampshire at 11 a.m. while Vermont will play Niagara at 1:30 p.m.

Vermont drops two in weekend seriesBy Julia DwyerAssistant Sports Editor

“There were some solid performances out there by some

guys, but we need all 11 on the field to play well to be successful

against a team like Michigan”

Jessie CormierVermont head coach

NATALIE WILLIAMS The Vermont CynicMidfielder Noah Johnson heads the ball in the game against UMBC Oct. 29, 2011. Men’s soccer lost 3-0 to the University of Michigan Aug. 31. They are set to play on Virtue Field Sept. 7 and Sept. 9.

JAKE BIELECKI

It’s football time: Jake’s preview of each division

The Patriots will run away with this division.

As Will pointed out last week, the Pats’ schedule is as lax as the gentle folk who patrol the amphi-theater. They also upgraded their defense through the draft and added a much needed isolation receiver in Brandon Lloyd. Oh, and they were already 13-3 last year.

Tim Tebow replaces Mark Sanchez after a slow start, and the Jets make the playoffs. For the second straight season, the credit wrongfully goes to Tebow.

The Bills are relevant but still a few pieces away from conten-tion, and Miami will battle admi-rably for next year’s No. 1 overall pick.

The tail end of a historic de-fense and the beginnings of legiti-mate offense will carry Baltimore to a Super Bowl championship.

Cincinnati shakes up the AFC North hierarchy and edges Pitts-burgh.

Big Ben is playing hurt for much of the season and it will show in his performance. The Browns have a losing season, but an encouraging one, and enter 2013 with some hope.

Houston wrapped up the di-vision handily and won the fran-chise’s first playoff game. Andrew Luck bested Peyton Manning’s rookie campaign, and the Colts veterans, specifically Reggie Wayne and the pass-rush, still had some left in the tank.

Chris Johnson rebounds from 2011 but doesn’t sniff his gaudy 2009 performance. If the Titans outperform this ranking, it comes on the back of their young but tal-ented passing attack. The Jaguars remain the Jaguars.

I’ve learned to not bet against Peyton Manning; the Colts dropped eight wins from 2010 to 2011. If the supporting cast can keep up with Peyton’s demands,

this is the team to beat.

If you were to place a bag over the Chief’s head (quarterback), their other assets are certainly worth a long look, and could eventually persuade me to take a plunge. San Diego needed to fire Norv Turner two years ago – that’s all I have to say about them.

A lot has to go right for the Raiders to contend. Carson Palmer completing passing to the same colored jersey and Darren McFadden staying healthy are both key and iffy, but there’s tal-ent here.

The Eagles are a boom-or-bust team, but I don’t envy teams that play them when they’re click-ing. The addition of DeMeco Ryans will be huge for a defense lacking in the linebacking core last season.

Philly represented the NFC in the Super Bowl while last year’s representatives sneak into the last playoff spot. If the Cowboys were healthy, I’d still probably

prefer the Eagles and Giants, but it’d be a lot closer. Robert Grif-fin III will change the culture in Washington; every team in this division could win eight games.

Adding Brandon Marshall was the best move of the offsea-son. Cutler and Marshall were extremely productive together as up-and-coming players in Denver and should be able to improve on that with added experience.

Even so, the Packers are still the cream of the crop in the North. The offense will once again be great and the defense should rebound to some degree.

I normally root for the Lions but something tells me not to this year. The lack of maturity and struggles against top teams last season turn me off. The Vikings will at least entertain despite be-ing a not-so-good team.

Atlanta is stacked offensively and still boasts a solid defense. If they miss the playoffs without suffering significant injuries, it’s

on Matt Ryan.I feel the loss of Sean Payton

is being overlooked as he both designed and brought in the cor-rect players for a great offensive scheme. The receiving core lacks depth as well and the Saints nar-rowly missed the playoffs.

Cam Newton is great once again, but the Panthers are still a year from serious contention. The upgrades around Josh Free-man should elevate his game to a young Joe Flacco level.

I think the 49ers will come back to earth a bit, but there’s a lot to be said for having the best defense in football.

Seattle is an interesting team. With the addition of Russell Wil-son, I like them better than San Fran offensively, but their de-fense doesn’t match up.

Arizona, please get Larry Fitzgerald a quarterback. They should have one-upped the Red-skins’ offer for RG3. Another wasted talent is Steven Jackson. Will the lack of team success keep him from the Hall of Fame?

AFC East: Patriots Jets (Wild Card) Bills Dolphins

AFC North: Ravens Bengals (Wild Card) Steelers Browns

AFC South: Texans Colts Titans Jaguars

AFC West: Broncos Chiefs Chargers Raiders

NFC East: Eagles Giants (Wild Card) Cowboys Redskins

NFC South: Falcons Saints Panthers Buccaneers

NFC West: 49ers Seahawks Cardinals Rams

NFC North: Packers Bears Lions Vikings

SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 15

The women of the UVM field hockey team have gotten off to a rough start after losing their fourth consecutive game on Sept. 1.

The Catamounts traveled to face the Brown University Brown Bears on their new field hockey field, but were unable to come up with their first win of the season. The final score was left at 3-2 in the Bears’ favor.

At the start of the clock, Ver-mont’s Colleen Slaughter took charge and raced the ball toward Brown’s unattended goal.

Her shot to the corner hit the post, however, and rolled away from play.

Soon after, Vermont junior Maddy Ostrander earned the team’s first goal.

The goal, assisted by team-mates Alana Izzo and Whitlee Burghardt, came about a half an hour into the game off a penalty corner shot.

It was not only the first of the game but also the first of Os-trander’s career.

Vermont’s triumph was short-lived — not a minute later, Brown’s Maggie Brady came in to tie the score 1-1.

Brady’s goal came off a previ-ous attempt on Vermont that was saved by goalkeeper Stephanie Zygmunt.

As the ball rolled toward the

goal line, Brady knocked it in.Neither team scored for the

next 15 minutes of play. Ten minutes into the second

half, Vermont’s Taylor Silves-tro shot on Brown’s goalkeeper Shannon McSweeney and scored off of a rebound.

The Catamounts held onto their slight lead of 2-1 for another

20 minutes after Silvestro’s goal, and seemed to be on their way to their first win.

All Vermont needed was to hold onto their lead for just a few minutes more.

However, with about five minutes left in play, Brown’s Hal-ey Alvarez intercepted Vermont’s clearing attempt and went on to

sink it into the back of the net, bringing the score to a tie of 2-2.

Shortly after, Vermont had their ball intercepted once again by Alvarez, who passed it up field to teammate Hannah Rogers.

Rogers broke the 2-2 tie, winning the game for the Brown Bears with just two minutes left in regulation.

Vermont will be back on the field Sept. 9 at noon when they host the Quinnipiac Bobcats in their first home game of the sea-son.

Cats fall again, prepare for home turf

JONATHAN POLSON The Vermont CynicJunior forward Colleen Slaughter dribbles the ball down the field Oct. 7, 2011. Vermont will play the Quinnipiac Bobcats at home Sept. 9.

By Taylor FeussStaff Writer

SPORTS16 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

NFL Picks Week 1By Jeremy Karpf

Senior Staff Writer

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Denver Broncos

San Francisco 49ers vs. Green Bay PackersIt took four preseason games and the third string quarterback, but Greg McElroy

did throw a touchdown in the Jet’s final preseason game.

Mark Sanchez will now try to guide the offense and prove he should be quarter-

back over Tim Tebow.

This will be a defensive showdown with two of the best defenses in the AFC.

The Jets return the fifth ranked total defense from a year ago, and Buffalo added

Mario Williams to a defense already strong with Nick Barnett and Marcell Dareus.

Stevie Johnson is a genuine number one wide receiver, and the tandem of Fred Jack-

son and C.J. Spiller look to earn the Bills their first playoff berth of the new millennium.

Bills run wild at the Meadowlands.

Picks: JK: Buffalo, ME: New York, WA: New York, CH: Buffalo, JA: Buffalo, JB:

Buffalo

In what could be a preview of a potential playoff matchup to come, Jim Har-

baugh’s 49ers will rush into Lambeau Field to take on the Packers. Quarterback

Aaron Rogers will look to build upon his offensive success from a year ago, while

San Francisco will attempt to bounce back from their loss in last January’s playoffs.

Since then, San Francisco has added Super Bowl hero Mario Manningham to

quarterback Alex Smith’s offensive weapons. They have also added Randy Moss, at-

tempting again to show that he still has something in the tank. The Packers have too

many weapons on both sides of the ball and I just don’t see Mike McCarthy’s team

dropping a home opener. It may take until the second half, but I expect Green Bay to pull this one out.

Picks: JK: Green Bay, ME: Green Bay, WA: Green Bay, CH: Green Bay,

JA: San Francisco, JB: Green Bay

Peyton Manning’s first NFL game in two years and his first as a mem-

ber of the Denver Broncos is the story, no ifs, ands or buts. However,

Pittsburgh has Big Ben Roethlisberger and standout wide receivers Mike

Wallace and Antonio Brown, not to mention another installment of Steelers

defense. In the preseason, the Broncos looked strong at times, but Manning

looks like a player who was out of football for over a year. He is only now

building a relationship with receivers Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker.

Running back Willis McGahee will be leaned upon to a great degree

to start the season, but I see Manning and the Broncos in contention for a

playoff berth. Steelers win big at Mile High.Picks: JK: Pittsburgh, ME: Pittsburgh, WA: Pittsburgh, CH: Pittsburgh,

JA: Denver, JB: Denver

Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens

Honestly, I am not sure which is the bigger story going into kickoff: The

Bengals’ Andy Dalton and a potential sophomore slump, or a depleted Raven de-

fense. Once the ball is kicked, though, Terrell Suggs’ absence will be felt. Dalton

will show last season was no fluke and A.J. Green will continue to be his favorite

target. The Bengal defense is improved from the Wild Card team of a year ago, but

the real defensive story has to be who will not be there for Baltimore.

Ray Lewis is back a year older, but still one of the best linebackers in foot-

ball. So is Ed Reed, oft injured but one the best safeties playing the game today.

But without star linebacker Terrell Suggs, the Raven D is missing a major piece.

Despite all of this, Joe Flacco remains a disappointment at quarterback with

few weapons. Anquan Boldin is not the wide out that starred in Arizona and Torrey

Smith still has to show he is a number one threat. This game will be ugly and the

score will not likely reflect how hard fought the game will be. I expect a victory for

the Bengals by a field goal.

Picks: JK: Cincinnati, ME: Baltimore, WA: Baltimore, CH: Baltimore, JA:

Baltimore, JB: Baltimore

Each week, the Cynic Sports staff will predict the winner of some of the week’s most anticipated matchups. The participants are Jeremy Karpf, Mike Eaton, Will Andreycak, Colin Hekimia, Josh Aronson and Jake Bielecki.