Posted on Jan 29, 1999

Friday, Jan. 29, through Monday, Feb. 1, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Film Practical Magic shown.

Friday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“The Kidnapping of Free Blacks,” a panel discussion as part of the “Twelve
Years a Slave” exhibit.

Sunday, Jan. 31, 3 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
Pianist Arnaldo Cohen performs works by Debussy, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt.

Monday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks. Tickets for this campus-only event available with Union ID.

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
“The Health Care Revolution in New York: Observations from Ground Zero” with
John Rugge M.D., executive director of Hudson Health Network. Sponsored by GMI.

Thursday, Feb. 4, 5 p.m.
Olin 115.
Geologist Patricia Manley on “The Evolution and Sedimentary Record of Lake Champlain,
Vermont,” part of Environmental Studies' “Lakes and Environmental
Change” series.

Thursday, Feb. 4, 6 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
Talk and gallery tour with artist Terry Adkins of “Powre Above Powres: Passing
Freedom.”

Thursday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“The Role of History in Contemporary Art,” a panel discussion with regional
African-American artists led by Terry Adkins.

Through Feb. 7.
Arts Atrium.
“Under Pressure,” an exhibit of works by 10 area printmakers.

Through March 12.
Social Sciences Lounge.
Exhibit of color photography by James E. Schuck titled “Three Feet From the
Street.”

Posted on Jan 29, 1999

“The Kidnapping of Free Blacks,” a panel discussion as part of the
“Twelve Years a Slave” exhibit will take place Friday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Nott Memorial.

Margaret Washington, professor of history, Cornell University; and Carol Wilson,
associate professor of history at Maryland's Washington College and author of Freedom
at Risk: The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, will speak.

Meanwhile, the opening reception for the other part of the dual exhibit on the American
slave experience – Powre Above Powres: Passing Freedom, an installation by artist
Terry Adkins — has been scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. Then, at 7:30 p.m.,
Adkins will lead a discussion with regional African American artists on “The Role of
History in Contemporary Art.”

The dual exhibit runs through March 14.

A number of events to be presented throughout the exhibit will be detailed in future
editions of the Chronicle. .

Posted on Jan 22, 1999

Schenectady, N.Y. (Jan. 22, 1999) – At the start of this century, before even the telephone, people sent postcards like we send e-mail today. “I'll see you on Saturday,” was a typical message.

Many of those messages were scrawled on postcards that featured buildings and scenes of the Union campus.

Lance Spallholz, instructor of computer science, has been finding these little pieces of Union history tucked away in antique stores as far away as Crisfield, Md.

Now, he's sharing his hobby over the Internet. His homepage — http://tardis.union.edu/~spallhol/postcards — features the decade-old collection of Union postcards.

His site gives a glimpse of the postcards he has found: South College, the Nott Memorial (then called Memorial Hall), the old Washburn Hall. The cards date from about 1906 to 1920. Many were printed or hand-colored in Germany

A postcard of the Nott Memorial carries the message, “Here is one of the great buildings where many great men have received their learning.”

On a 1908 postcard of South College the sender wrote, “X marks Harry's room where we are having a fun time, but most too strenuous for me.”

Some of the messages are poignant, like this one on the back of a postcard of South College: “If your father had a good memory, he could tell you what a good time he had here.”

On another: “Hard luck, Milton. Rain, nothing but rain up here – with love, Mother.”

Posted on Jan 22, 1999

President Roger Hull has appointed a committee to lead the search for a new vice
president for College Relations.

Chaired by Dan Lundquist, vice president for admissions and financial aid, other
members are John Garver, geology; Louisa Matthew, art history; George Butterstein,
biology; Elisabeth Bischoff-Ormsbee, annual giving; alumni trustee Karen Huggins '77;
and senior student trustee Jon Zandman.

Dan West, former vice president for College Relations, has accepted a similar position
at Swarthmore College.

“Dan West helped to make this great college greater and we all appreciate the
contributions he and his wife, Sidney, made to the place over the past six years,”
Hull said. “The search for his successor will be critical to the success of the
College in number of ways, and I welcome advice, nominations, and applications from all
alumni and friends.”

Posted on Jan 22, 1999

1. The minutes of January 4, 1999, concerning the calendar were modified to
read, “Following the Board's discussion, the AAC will distribute the report to
the community.”

2. A letter was distributed from the Chair of Sociology concerning the external review
of the department.

3. The document prepared by Dean Cool on the calendar was discussed and amended.