The voice-actors for Spongebob and Patrick started rapping at the 209th UVM graduation ceremony.  We found this video of part of the commencement on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFMvDSIdkMw

UVM student Kailey Nash faces up to $5,000 and up to five years in prison for pushing over a fiberglass bear in downtown Burlington while intoxicated.  The bear “suffered only minor scrapes”.

He faces fines up to $1,000 and/or one year in prison, and still must go through the UVM Judicial System.

We asked them and they offered the information in exchange for little bird’s identity.  We said no thanks and kept it a mystery.

Update: They sent another email, telling us that it is run by a combination of their editors.

Coke or Pepsi?  Why not both?

The beverage contract has been decided.  

Following in the footsteps of the Bottled Water Ban was the decision not to renew the 10-year contract the university had with Coca-Cola, their previous beverage supplier.  Instead the school accepted requests for alternative solutions, considered 3, and settled on Coke and Pepsi.

Gary Derr’s office said that the switch will begin in July and that both Coca-Cola and Pepsi products will be served in the vending machines around campus and in dining halls.  By January 2013, bottled water will also not be sold on campus.  

Furthermore, the vending machines must be stocked with at least 33% “defined as healthy choice by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Heart Association”.

For the students, it represents an increase in choices, since Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Gatorade, Tropicana, Mug Root Beer, Brisk Iced Tea, Propel and other brands will now be offered to students in the coming years. 

The new contract lasts until Sodexo’s contract expires at the end of June 2015.

-Big Bird

This is why we need receptacles errwhere.

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The Athletic graffiti wall has been sprayed again.

-a little bird

I don’t always party on Central Campus during finals week…

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Disclaimer: For potentially legal reasons, we cannot completely verify this story, as we were not present when it occurred.  If you witnessed the following account, please send us an account of what you saw.

According to a little bird, 

“A police officer was trying to handcuff a girl in marsh around 1:45 [AM] and she was refusing so he got very violent with her and slammed her head against a wall.  Usually this would have been semi-ok except for the fact that she was naked and he was touching her.  He would not let her friends put clothes on her.  It was disgusting and very hard to watch. He then proceeded to carry her around handcuffed and naked, exposing her body to the 30+ people watching.”

If you see something out of line, speak up.  The officer and girl have not yet been identified.

-BB

UVM Interim President John Bramley is continuing his efforts to stop the Naked Bike Ride, despite knowing that the event happened last semester and will happen again tomorrow night.  In a brief email sent out this morning, Annie Stevens, Associate Vice President of University Relations, cites “intoxication” and “interpersonal violence” as the reasons why the administration doesn’t support the NBR anymore.  

“We saw at least one assault this past December,” Annie said at an SGA meeting in March.

Instead of naked people running or biking around, there will be a free food event on Athletic campus with food from just four different vendors.  This free food is “designed to make your evening fun” and to celebrate in a “healthy” way.  Do you want to run around and exercise naked, or stand in line for pancakes, hot dogs and greasy burgers in the cold?

Last semester, the SGA ran Green Caps, a student-run initiative designed to provide student security at the event.  The result was mostly a success, but SGA President Connor Daley now says “we will not be involved with it”.  With some scattered cops around campus, people are thinking of the possible consequences this year.

Instead of the Green Caps, a new group, Students Encouraging-but-not-Ultimately-Responsible-for-Anyone’s Safety, has been created, although it appears to be a scattered organization of students simply keeping an eye out for sexual assault, cameras, and non-students at the event.  A link to their Facebook event is below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/234375570003031/

The Naked Bike Ride is scheduled to be held on Central Campus, around the CBW green, on Wednesday night.  A link to the Facebook event is below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/277728338984751/

Whatever you decide to do on Wednesday, be smart and be safe.

-Big Bird

Athletic, Central, and Redstone campus each held their own end of the year festival, giving away pizza, popcorn, snow cones, shirts, sunglasses, and more.

Redstock was the most attended of the three celebrations, with Central campus probably second in attendance.  The events were run by the respective hall councils of each of the campuses.

The Redstone Loft office is now on wheels.

The sign behind the Catholic Center was broken last night.

UVM Health and Wellness occupied the 1st floor of the Davis Center at noon in a pre-finals-week meditation flash mob.  Dozens of participants squatted on the ground, relaxing and taking a stress break on the last Friday of classes.

Hundreds of students braved the wind and untimely snow to grab some free food at “One Last Hurrah”, the culmination of UVM Spirit Week.  The winning class this year was the outgoing seniors, due to graduate on may 19th and 20th.  Last year the winning class was the freshmen.

The event began on Friday at noon and closes at 4:00 PM, sponsored by UVM Class Council.