The Concordiensis cracks national newsArticle on Congressman Sweeney draws media interest from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
As 1,800 copies of the April 27 issue of the Concordiensis hit stands in the Reamer Campus Center last Thursday, the front page article, revealing Congressman John Sweeney's attendance at a fraternity party, word spread quickly beyond Union College's Nott Memorial.…
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Presidential inauguration plans in full swing
Stephen Ainlay is to assume the Presidency of Union College on July 1, 2006. He will become the 18th President of Union. His inauguration is scheduled for September 16, 2006.
Before coming to Union, Ainlay was the senior academic officer as well as a professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of the Holy Cross.…
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What's your religion?Students express attitudes about religion and faith
According to a recent survey at Harvard University, seven out of 10 students say that religion is either "fairly important" or "very important" to their lives. More than a third of the 1,200 U.S. college students surveyed by phone said religion was "very important," and 54 percent said they were concerned about the moral direction of this country.…
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Campus Action marks deaths in Iraq
On Monday night, Union's Campus Action group, led for the second year by Ian Kennedy '07, lined the pathways around the Nott Memorial with plywood stakes marking the deaths in Iraq. Like last year, each marker represents an American soldier killed in the ongoing Iraq war, with names and ages written on each marker.…
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Yulman Theatre to showcase new play and unlikely actors
This spring term, a production of "The Bald Soprano," a modern classic play, will be put on by the Yulman Theatre from May 16 - May 21. The cast is composed of six students. Interestingly enough, two of the main characters aren't on the stage performing, they are out on the football field.…
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Pogany tells family's Holocaust story
Eugene Pogany began his talk Thursday evening by drawing a parallel between the story of the Jews' Exodus from Egypt, remembered every year during the celebration of Passover, and the more contemporary experience of the Holocaust. Pogany takes strong exception to those individuals who have cynically called for Jews to put the Holocaust behind them, arguing that it is still imperative for such an ineffably tragic event in a people's history, be remembered forever.…
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Limelight on U...The Mountebanks
Union College has the distinct honor of being home of the Mountebanks, the oldest run college theatre group in the world. The first performances of the Mountebanks were held as early as 1804; however the producing organization of the Mountebanks was founded in 1911.…
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130 years back in time with the Concordiensis
The following editorial appeared in the first issue of Concordiensis published November 1877. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the current editorial staff:
Honor, like common sense, is easier understood than defined. Money cannot buy it; age will not procure it.…
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New ceramics studio is 'like a dream come true'
For arts professor Nancy Niefield, the new ceramics studio is like a dream come true. Located across the parking lot from Raymond House, the building formerly served as a daycare. It was renovated over the summer of 2005, and now the entire lower level is devoted to ceramics.…
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