Posted on Feb 13, 1998

No, it's not Friday the 13th, the movie. Those hockey masks in the crowd at Friday's men's
hockey game against St. Lawrence were part of a promotion this week at the College
Bookstore. The “Jason” hockey mask – worn by the bad guy in the popular
horror movies – were given free to customers who bought hockey-imprinted products.
The masks come with stickers that read “Beat St. Lawrence” (for Friday)
“Beat Clarkson” (for Saturday) and “Union Hockey.” Masks and stickers
may be purchased for $2.95.

Posted on Feb 13, 1998

Besides the usual end-of-summer cookouts and swim parties, Labor Day
activities this year will include the first day of fall classes.

Sentiments were nearly evenly divided in a faculty ballot, with only a
one-vote advantage for starting on Labor Day instead of later in the week, according to
Dean of Faculty Linda Cool. The option of starting in mid-month and ending classes after
Thanksgiving received fewer than 20 votes, she said.

Exams will finish by Thanksgiving, the Jewish holidays will not fall
during either orientation or the first week of classes, and “we will have the benefit
of a full, uninterrupted exam period preceded by a two-day reading period,” she said
in a memo.

The Registrar's Office has distributed 1998-99 calendars to
departments.

Posted on Feb 13, 1998

The women's hockey team, now playing a 21-game independent schedule
in its fourth year as a club sport, will move to varsity status starting with the
1999-2000 season.

The team will become the 14th
member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Alliance League next season and
become the College's 25th intercollegiate
varsity sport (and 13th for women) the year
after.

Director of Athletics Dick Sakala says the move is coming “because
of the interest shown by our female students. As is the case with any club sport that
we've elevated to varsity status, women's hockey has to complete a four- to
five-year cycle that shows continued interest and growth.”

The move is one of three recommendations from the Gender Equity
Committee on Athletics being adopted, Sakala said. Others are the creation of several new
coaching positions for women's sports and additional recruiting funds for
women's programs.

Last year, Union elevated its men's and women's crew after
many years of student interest at the club level; women's soccer attained varsity
status in 1984 after forming as a club sport in 1980.

Begun in 1994, the club began playing varsity teams two years ago and
has been making great progress. Player interest and ability continue to grow; there are 25
women on the team this year, more than any other year, and last year's record was
8-2-0 against club teams, 9-8-3 overall.

The league has 11 teams and will add two more next year besides Union.
There will be 18 league games with the possibility of seven non-league games for a total
of 25. Union will be paired with Hamilton as a travel partner, and the schedule will be
similar to that of the men's program, with most games played Friday and Saturday
nights.

Posted on Feb 13, 1998

The College's Board of Trustees has approved a 1998-99 budget that
President Roger Hull says represents a successful answer to the perennial challenge of
providing sufficient funds to strengthen the College's competitive position while
limiting the increase in the cost to attend Union.

The $77.2 million balanced budget represents a 3 percent increase over
the current year.

The 1998-99 budget reflects a number of priorities. Among them:

— A commitment to limiting increases in the cost of a Union education.
This is the sixth consecutive percentage decrease and the smallest percentage increase
since 1970-71. The total for tuition, room and board and other fees is $29,546, a 3.79
percent increase over this year. Student charges account for about 60 percent of the
College's operating revenues.

— A commitment to meet the financial need of all accepted students. The
College will increase its financial aid budget to nearly $15.8 million, a 2 percent
increase over this year. The financial aid expenditure represents about 34 percent of
budgeted tuition and fees revenues.

— To provide fair and competitive compensation, faculty and
administrative salaries, as well as hourly wages, are to increase by 3 percent. Individual
increases will be determined based on a merit system. In addition, the budget for the
upcoming fiscal year is the second in a four-year plan to bring faculty, librarian and
certain administrative staff salaries in line with comparable positions at other
institutions.

— Providing endowed operating funds for an expanded Schaffer Library
and newly-constructed F.W. Olin Center.

— Increasing the amount spent to address facilities renewal projects
through the campus.

In other action, the College's Board of Trustees:

— Elected David B. Chapnick '59 as chairman of the board, and
Stephen J. Ciesinski '70 as vice chair. Norton Reamer '58 was re-elected
secretary.

— Honored Joseph Hinchey '47, life trustee, for his four years of
service as chairman of the board.

— Declared tenurable and promoted to associate professor the following:
Ann Anderson, mechanical engineering; Barbara Danowski, biology; Hugh Jenkins, English;
James McWhirter, physics; and Anthony Rubonis, psychology.

Posted on Feb 13, 1998

Friday, Feb. 13, through Monday, Feb. 16, 8 and 10 p.m., Reamer
Campus Center Auditorium. Film, I Know What You Did Last Summer, presented by
film committee.

Friday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio. Prof. Tim Olsen,
piano and trumpet, joins Loren Schoenberg, saxophone, in a performance of new and classic
jazz works. Schoenberg, a Grammy-winner and curator of the Benny Goodman Archives at Yale
University, will give a lecture on Feb. 13, at 1:30 p.m. in Arts 215.

Through Feb. 16, Arts Building, second floor. Selections from
Fall 1997 photography students.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Prof.
Adrian MacFarlane of Hartwick College on “Digging Deeper to Soar Higher,” part
of the celebration of African Heritage Month.

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m., Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. “Black
Jeopardy” tests contestants on their knowledge of black history, also part of African
Heritage Month events.

Thursday, Feb. 19, 4:30 p.m., Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Richard
D. Wilk, associate professor of mechanical engineering, faculty colloquium titled
“Understanding the Chemical and Physical Aspects of Combustion: Implications for
Energy and the Environment.”

Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., Nott Memorial. Prof. Peter
Tobiessen, biology, on “Global Warming — What Me Worry? The Effect on Plants and
Animals.” The talk is the third in the four-part lecture series on Global Climate
Change by Union's Environmental Studies.

Through March 6, Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial. Abstract
drawings and sculptures by Prof. Chris Duncan.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m., Memorial Chapel. Founders Day
convocation featuring Robert Coles, the renowned child psychiatrist and author, speaking
on “Moral Energy of the Young.” The convocation also will feature the
presentation of the Gideon Hawley Prizes to high school teachers of Union students.