British elections cast pall on the future of the Eurozone
Across the pond, an election with surprising results has stirred the winds of change blowing through Europe. Held last week, Britain’s federal
View ArticleWomen’s lacrosse falls to York in first round NCAA game
The Union Women’s Lacrosse Team’s 2015 season drew to a close on Sunday following their 11-6 loss to York College of Pennsylvania
View ArticlePope Francis acknowledges statehood of Palestine in treaty
Last Wednesday, Pope Francis, ever the revolutionary, shocked the world once again by leading the Vatican to formally recognize the state of
View ArticleMicro-Aero RC plane team presents successful model on Steinmetz Day
Drew McCalmont ’16, Riley Konsella ’17, Kathleen Matthews ’17, Matt Hacker ’17, Baahh Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri ’17 and Joshua Park ’18 recently assembled
View ArticleNepal slowly recovers after second earthquake
A second earthquake hit Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley last Tuesday, May 12. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake followed Nepal’s other massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake
View Article#ThrowbackThursday: John Bigelow’s death mask
Caesar, Shakespeare, Lincoln and many more greats from history have all been immortalized postmortem. Their faces were casted and molded into death
View ArticleWe are not alone: NASA research finds potential for life in universe
It was 1952 when chemist Stanley Miller showed that the advanced compounds of life could be produced naturally from more basic molecules
View ArticleStudents organize fundraiser for COCOA House
Union students are currently holding a fundraiser for the Children of Our Community Open to Achievement, or COCOA, House. Since the house
View Article‘Chasing Embers’ puts spark in the crime procedural
Kewan Harrison’s senior thesis film, “Chasing Embers,” will premiere in Reamer auditorium this Saturday at 3:30. It concerns Karl Smith, a retired
View ArticleLaverne Cox concludes speaking tour at Union
Laverne Cox, a noted LGBT advocate and cast member of the hit Netflix show “Orange is the New Black,” delivered her speech
View ArticleCampus going tobacco free
Over the summer, the administration announced that Union will become a smoke- and tobacco-free campus on July 1, 2016. Chief of Staff Rob Kelly stated that the decision was made due to Union’s...
View Article80 colleges to change application processes
Eighty colleges announced last Monday a plan to instate a new application process that has created a platform of tools, which aim to make the process of applying to college easier for all students....
View ArticleJourney from camper to counselor
Over the long and relaxing summer, one of the many adventures that Steven Maksymowych ’18 embarked on was being a counselor for the older boys’ sub-camp at Plast Ukrainian Camp for three weeks. This...
View ArticleAinlay: ‘Our hearts go out to the Umpqua community’
Nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Ore., were killed last Thursday when a gunman opened fire in the classroom of a writing course in which he was enrolled. During a shootout with police at...
View ArticleDisco fever — on skates
Above, Terry Tucker ’16 roller skates at the Roller Disco event last week at the Rollarama Skating Center in Schenectady. Above, disco balls spin and reflect colorful lights. Roller Disco took place on...
View ArticleReaching out to Smolensk, Russia
Although he attended a boarding school in high school, Aengus Millen ’18 volunteered with his church from his hometown Raleigh, North Carolina. Millen’s church is very international-thinking and as a...
View ArticleVigil held for shooting victims
On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, a candlelight vigil was held in front of the library to commemorate the ten lives lost at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., after the shooting there two weeks ago....
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