Posted on May 8, 1998

Paddlers from civil engineering won the co-ed sprints and took second in
the women's long distance event at the annual concrete canoe competition in a boat
made largely with material that was destined for the landfill.

Union's team entered a design that had never been tried before in
the competition, said Ashraf Ghaly, canoe team advisor. Total cost of materials —
plastic mesh, cement, post-consumer powder and chips, plasticizer and fly ash — was
about $20, he said.

The canoe was poured into its mold only eight days before the
competition, said Katie Ott '98, one of the team captains. Most canoes take about a
month to reach full strength. A previous design proved to be too thin, so they started
over just a week before the competition, Ott said.

Union's entry also was distinguished by its paint job: a shark
complete with a dorsal fin. The canoe will be on display at the Steinmetz Symposium on
Friday.

The canoe competition, sponsored by the American Society of Civil
Engineers, was hosted this year by the University of Buffalo on April 18, and included a
number of schools from New York State.

Traveling with the team to Buffalo were Ott, Mary McKay '98, Rachel
Callahan '99, Sara Lewis '00, Warren LeBeau '98, John Cloutier '98,
Dennis McNerney '98 (co-captain in charge of construction), Rich Clos '99, Kris
Lovelett '99, Ghaly and Union ACSE faculty advisors Christine LaPlante and Andrew
Wolfe.

The paddling team of Ghaly and Wolfe took first place by default in the
faculty division.

Other members of the canoe team were seniors Dan Dennis, Matt Braunwart
and Adam Adesso; juniors Mike Montario, Eric Hammer, Geoff Scott and Dave Greenberg; and
sophomores Steve Hadley, Chris Stolicky and Mike Brownsword. Craig Gibson, Bryan Serrell
and Jen Amann painted the boat.

Posted on May 8, 1998

Cathy Georgelas noses her food cart toward an open door at the side of
OCS, shakes a rattle and yells, “Anybody need breakfast?”

Georgelas, gregarious and witty, is making her rounds in a golf cart
converted to carry hot and cold food. She stops often to chat, dispensing food, banter and
hugs. The Dutchmobile, as she calls it, has become a huge hit with students and staff
since its debut last week.

She makes regular rounds to buildings around campus. But on nice days,
large crowds usually keep her plenty busy in Library Plaza.

In the morning, she carries coffee, bagels, muffins and juice. Afternoon
offerings include sandwiches, salads, soda, chips and cookies. Many customers use their
Validine cards.

Plans are to have a contest for students to name the cart, said Steve
Pearse, director of dining services, who said the idea for the cart came to him when he
saw a vendor selling drinks and food on a golf course.

But what really makes it work, he says, is Georgelas' outgoing
personality.

“She is really into it,” he said. “Sometimes she's
almost out of control.”

Posted on May 8, 1998

As of Wednesday, with a few checks still in the mail, the Admissions
Office had received deposits from 553 students for the Class of 2002.

Allowing for a five to seven percent “summer melt” –
matriculants who go elsewhere, defer or disappear — the College is on target for its
budgeted class of 520 students, said Dan Lundquist, vice president for admissions and
financial aid.

Applications for the Class of 2002 totaled about 3,600, with the College
admitting just under half. The pool had an average SAT of 1220, with more than 80 percent
in the top third of their class, 40 percent in the top 10 percent. The profile for the
Class of 2002 will be higher since the bottom of the pool is 'cut' during the
admissions process.

Posted on May 8, 1998

Friday, May 8. Steinmetz Symposium. (See schedule.)

Friday, May 8, through Monday, May 11, 8 and 10 p.m., Reamer Campus
Center Auditorium. Film, Good Will Hunting, presented by film committee.

Saturday, May 9, 11 a.m., Memorial Chapel. Prize Day.

Tuesday, May 12, 11:30 a.m., Arts 215. Slide talk with area
landscape painter Harry Orlyk. (He will give a demonstration at 2 p.m. in Room 316 and
Jackson's Garden. Rain date is May 14.)

Tuesday, May 12, noon, Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.
“Recruiting Diversity: Race and Admissions,” led by Vice President Dan Lundquist
and Associate Dean Darryl Tiggle of the Admissions Office. Part of the “Dialogues on
Race” series.

Tuesday, May 12, 4:30 p.m. Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.
Eshragh Motahar, associate professor of economics, delivers faculty colloquium titled
“Central Asia in Transition: Nation-Building and Economic Reform Along the Silk
Road.”

Thursday, May 14, 4 p.m., Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial.
Barbara Danowski, Union professor of biology and winner of the Nikon Small World
Photomicrography Contest, will deliver a gallery talk in conjunction with the current
exhibition.

Thursday, May 14, 4 p.m., Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Tom
Trabasso '57, Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology at University of Chicago,
delivers the C. William Huntley Memorial Lecture, “Understanding Understanding.”

Through June 5, Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial. Nikon Small
World Exhibition: Photographs Through the Microscope.

Posted on May 8, 1998

Classes will be canceled during Steinmetz Symposium, Friday at 1 p.m.

The Steinmetz Symposium is divided into four sessions:

Session I, 1 to 2:20 p.m., concurrent oral presentations in
Humanities, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering and Steinmetz Hall.

Session II, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., poster sessions and Jazz Ensemble
performance in Reamer Campus Center; art exhibitions in arts atrium; dance performances in
dance studio, and choir performance in performing arts studio.

Session III, 3:30 to 4:50 p.m., and Session IV, 5 to 6:20
p.m., concurrent oral presentations in Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and
Engineering and Steinmetz Hall.

The Steinmetz Banquet in Upperclass Dining will follow Session IV.