Financial burden on Greek organizations
Three years ago this fall, Union introduced the Minerva system to its campus, immediately evoking fear, and in some cases bitterness, from Greek members and their supporters. The seemingly cushy $30,000 budget that each Minerva would receive only added to the tension.…
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Funeral for Joe Board to be held Friday
This past Friday, October 12, Joseph B. Board Jr., Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Government Emeritus, died at the age of 76, after battling cancer.
His funeral will be held on Friday, October 19, at 11 a.m. at the Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester, VT.…
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Future of Greek life in hands of new Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
The much-talked about Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, Timothy Dunn has finally been hired and is expected to be on campus within the next few weeks. The Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs is a new position designed with the purpose of focusing on Greek life, and is thus a major step for Greek life at Union.…
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Hillel and SDT make strides against breast canceer
Hillel and Sigma Delta Tau are organizing a group to participate in the 2007 Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk. The walk will take place in Washington Park in Albany on Sunday, October 21.
With 178,000 people diagnosed in 2007, breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among women.…
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Young alumni reunite at Union, continue to give back to school
On Saturday, October 13, Chet's was relocated from the Rathskellar to the Inn at College Park Hall. This change was to accommodate the Young Alumni/Senior Celebration, a highly anticipated part of the 2007 Homecoming and Family Weekend at Union College.
This event welcomed the classes of 2003 through 2008, so that recent graduates, and those soon to graduate, could reunite for a cause: giving back to Union.…
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Field of Dreams, Sum of All Fears writer and director Phil Robinson, '71, talks college and Hollywood with Concordy
Concordiensis: My questions have to do with how your Union experience relates to what you ended up doing. I'm wondering if your political science experience at Union impacted your work experience or if you can draw some sort of connection.
Phil Robinson: Well, it does in the general way, in the sense that it really honed my interest in politics and my love for reading about it and learning about it and that, I think, has informed all the work I've done.…
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