From the Editor's Desk: Uniquely Union, Uniquely Untrue
As much as we all want to believe that Union is a very unique school I don't believe it is because the things that are uniquely Union are slowly being taken away. I'm tired of hearing: "You'll never know how Union use to be." As much as I want to not care about all the legendary traditions that have been part of Union for so many years I really do want those traditions.…
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EDITORIALCampus Action takes a much needed action
Campus Action takes
a much needed action
As students walk around campus, and particularly near the Nott memorial, they will see hundreds of wooden markers lined up in a domino like fashion on the lawn. Ironically enough, these markers around the Nott memorial are meant as a memorial for the fallen soldiers in the Iraq war.…
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Letter to the Editors
Dear Editors:
While visiting campus five years ago, I discussed the social scene at Union with Dean Alford who said, "Any social event where students are wearing jackets and ties is okay in my book." Unlike the current administration, the former Dean of Students understood something about Greek life and what it brings to a small liberal arts school like Union.…
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Letter to the Editors
To the Editors:
Back in November I wrote to Concordiensis to complain about
what I thought was the absurdity of the monuments in "Roger Hull Plaza" whose inscriptions twice compare him to the celebrated architect, mathematician, and astronomer, Sir Christopher Wren.…
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The Philosophy Corner: Nothing and Noise in Cognitive Science
"Reality is tremendously noisy," according to Prof. Georges Rey; the noise that Rey is referring to is both literal and metaphorical, representing the disruption in communication both auditory and otherwise. So, how is it that we communicate through the noise? How do we convey our thoughts and intentions through booming and buzzing? This seemingly benign question is actually more puzzling than it might first appear.…
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?You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party?
After four years of witnessing the social changes that have occurred on the Union College Campus, the majority of which have not benefited the student body, we thought it was about time to speak out. The administration has made it clear that Union is no longer going to grace the ranks of the party school lists in the Princeton Review, USA Today or whatever publication is more important at the moment.…
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CAMPAIGN CALUMNY
"Mrs. President, infidel, old, querulous, mean-spirited" - the calumny of today's campaigns? Hardly, it was the campaign of 1804, with Thomas Jefferson defeating the incumbent John Adams on the 36th ballot in the House of Representatives in one of the nastiest campaigns ever.…
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