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January 28, 2014 volume 15 - issue 1 - tuesday, january, 28, 2013 - uvm, burlington, vt uvm.edu/~watertwr - thewatertower.tumblr.com by caito’hara by lauragreenwood Imagine that you’re a liberal leaning young-adult, much like you probably are, living in a historically tumultuous region as a citizen of a country that didn’t formally gain its independence until the early 1990s. Now imagine that as you’ve grown up and begun to understand the complexities of With white knuckles politics, you’re nation has been fraught gripping the steering wheel with voter intimidation, dismissal of judges and a !rmly clenched butt- on little more than whim and bullying and hole, I had no idea that this assault on opposition candidates among a particular journey to school whole hell of a lot more. Imagine !nding would lead me to none other glimmers of hope in a better future, one than to the big city, the capi- where your country is free from its Big tal, the state’s center of life: Brother and can pursue an independent Montpelier. For those who identity, only to have it dashed before your don’t know, Burlington is not eyes with restriction of speech and assem- the capital of this !ne state. bly. If you ever thought this, Welcome to Ukraine. because Burlington seems A very brief and abbreviated modern to house all that “haps” for history: the Soviet Union had a habit of VT—you…are wrong-ish continuously !ghting over and dividing (for the sake of this article, the territory, all the while systematically re- let’s say you are). It may be pressing and abusing the Ukrainian people. hard to believe, but about A#er the First World War, things just went forty miles south of our ex- downhill. Even a#er Ukraine gained its in- cuse of a college “city” lays dependence in 1991, an economic depres- the top destination on any sion combined with close administrative well-informed traveler. I ties to Russia meant that things remained have to thank the brutal largely the same. storm that reigned hell upon ty miles away. Fuck that. I waved the white roneous others recti!ed my stay. Government ties with Russia meant my Subaru and me that night, and fate, for %ag and pulled o" at a little, unassuming I’d like to dedicate this article to the a continued Russian in%uence and domi- without which I’d never have spent a night exit for the unfamiliar place of Montpelier. kind folks at Econolodge for being osten- nance on language, education, culture and in Montpelier and learned all the town has Now, I may have a roommate from sibly the ONLY hotel in Montpelier. Maybe politics within Ukrainian borders. Prob- to o"er. Montpelier (or “just outside” as she says. there are more, but being the %ustered, lems arose in the mid 2000s, as the 2004 Once upon a time and blinded stranded foreigner with no GPS or presidential election was approaching. my own ignorance, I hopped in the smartphone at the time—the un- On one side of the political boxing ring car, popped in a murder mystery sitting outside a restaurant assuming, snow-covered sign for (literally), were Viktor Yuschenko and his book on tape, and began driving the Econo was my only hope. But, allies—people who were pushing for in- back to Burlington soon a#er the called Julio’s like an orphaned Laura, your roommate “lives” in creased relations with the European Union, holiday season. Now, I should have puppy, even they refused to Montpelier? Yes, that is correct—but with hopes to eventually join. On the other suspected from the !rst chapter my !rst revelation about this area were Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies— when the murderer, detective, vic- cook for this lost traveler of Vermont is that cell service is a people who supported not only continuing tims, and resolution were already sought a#er treasure, and accessible but also strengthening the bonds between revealed that this ride was not go- it is not. $e hotel had an insensi- Russia and Ukraine. ing to be enjoyable. By the end of I-91, the We’ll unpack what that means later), and bly steep driveway which nearly did in my Yanukovych ultimately didn’t win that skies had opened and I swear, literal dumps yet my knowledge was fairly limited on the butthole and me. I later learned the Econo election. Well, he did, but the entire election of snow were barraging my Subaru and area. Similar to Boston, every Vermont stu- is nicknamed “$e Stinky Sock Motel”, but was declared null a#er allegations of vote defecating on my con!dence in my driving dent seem to be from “outside Montpelier”, for $70 and an escape from the storm—I rigging and intimidation began to surface. ability. $e repeated dimly visible glimpses unless they are from Burlington…I digress. would have slept with anyone’s dirty laun- No, he didn’t gain o&ce then, but he suc- of crashed cars, emergency lights, and jack- !ings I knew before: 1. $ey have dry (note: no stinky socks were found or ceeded in 2010. Censorship and press re- knifed semis scared me sti" as I slowed to no McDonald’s. 2. $ey have a fancy State smelt that night). $e place was luxurious, strictions, intimidations, beatings and po- a measly 15mph crawl. A three-hour ride House with a gold roof. 3. Cows. 4. Small maybe not Caesar’s Palace, but they wel- litically motivated arrests just about starts gradually became four, !ve, !ve and a half “city” meant little to do. 5. Small high comed me in and gave me a Queen-sized the miles long shit list Yanukovych trails hours before I could even really imagine school meant littler to “do”. Maybe, you bed and absolute control over the thermo- behind him. But things really imploded coming home to my apartment. By six share a similar conceptualization of the stat. $at being said, I slept like a goddess. back in November, when Yanukovych de- hours, my back and resolve were depleted place. From my experience, some of these With lodging set, my next mission was clined a free-trade agreement with the EU and a road sign declared Burlington still !f- ideas were on point (to my despair) and er- food. in favor of negotiating a $15 billion bailout deal with Mother Russia. ... read the rest on page 4 ... read the rest on page 3 schools, guns and gun blind date spots squirrel love afair fashion we hate control by rebeccalaurion by dannissim by staceybrandt by amydorfman Dear readers, !e New England Patriots—With a performance that rivaled many high We’re baaaack! You may have heard the rumors spread by a certain little school teams in degree of awful, the Patriots managed to take an otherwise ok bird that The Water Tower would be on an inde$nite hiatus for the semester. season and beat it de$nitively into the ground. No one cares that Brady may While there was some truth to this originally, we are here to announce that have been injured, the fact is they played like ass and Manning ran circles your favorite unruly newsmag is back in action; no more naked newsstands! around the defense. A%er a nearly futile $ght with the man, we have worked out the kinks and will continue to provide UVM with the breaking news, cartoons and IWYSBs this Justin Bieber—Oh, the Bieb! In an e&ort to remind us all of how “grown up” campus has come to know and love. With that, we encourage all of you to get he is now, Justin managed to get himself arrested on a slew of charges includ- those creative juices "owing and send your writing, artwork and love poems ing driving on a supsended license AND a DUI. But fear not Beliebers, we all our way at [email protected]. know this asshole won’t see the inside of a jail any time soon. Until next Tuesday, Windchill—Fuck. You. It’s one thing if it’s ridiculously cold everyday, it’s Jan- Sarah and Cait uary in Vermont a%er all. It’s a whole other beast entirely when the windchill is so bad that the Weather Channel advises you to limit your outdoor activity. 'anks for making me walk to class anyway, cause ya know, frostbite isn’t a thing at all. UVM—So tuition is going up again because the school isn't making enough Sometimes reading the water tower makes our readers want to get naked and money, but giving the athletic director a $35k raise is totally doable, right? #ght the power. But most of the time, they just send emails. Send your thoughts Let's not forget though, they do have to make up the $185,000 that was em- on anything in this week’s issue to bezzled from various funds (including tuition in case you didn't feel bad enough about giving the school more money). Good job guys, really, grade [email protected] A stu&. with dannissim “I feel like I have been treated unfairly and this is unjust. !is is com- the water tower. pletely legal. I didn’t break any laws, and this took place out of the uvm’s alternative newsmag uvm.edu/~watertwr school.” _________________Editorial Sta! Editors-in-Chief – Robert Marucci, a senior at Cocoa High School in Cocoa, Florida, re"ects on his suspension, allegedly due to his pornography Sarah Perda career.
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