On Monday, October 12, the final Nobel Prizes were announced, thus concluding this year’s round of these prestigious awards. Here’s a brief recap of who won these prizes and the recipients’ accomplishment. Physiology or Medicine: William C. Campbell of New Jersey and Satoshi Omura of Japan shared one-half of the prize for determining a novel…

Let’s take a moment to consider what comes to mind when you hear the word “socialist.” If negative connotations of some sort abound when you hear this word spoken, you are not alone. Horror at the idea doesn’t originate in the 21st century. In the Vermont Cynic, a student publication at the University of Vermont,…