Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Faculty are asked to complete on-line surveys for the Middle States Self-Study by the
end of the first week of spring term (April 2), it was announced at Wednesday's
faculty meeting.

Steven Leavitt, assistant professor of anthropology, explained the survey he developed
with members of the steering committee.

The survey takes a little over an hour to complete. It covers Research and Scholarship;
General Education, Freshman Precept, and WAC; Life Outside the Classroom; and
Undergraduate Research.

Surveys are anonymous, but phone numbers will be used only to track participation.
E-mail address is optional, but required for confirmation of receipt.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

About 100 students will be able to choose renovated apartments on Seward Place in the
housing lottery this spring as work begins on the 13 properties the College has purchased
along the street to the west of campus.

Plans are to have the buildings fully renovated for occupancy by students this fall, it
was announced at a public meeting on Tuesday at St. Anthony's Church, in which
College officials outlined the latest developments in the Union-Schenectady Initiative
revitalization plan.

“Our vision is for all of Seward Place to be totally redone,” said Diane
Blake, vice president for finance and administration. “We want sidewalks on both
sides of the street. We want features like benches on the islands. It's going to be
totally transformed.”

Also at the meeting, more than 50 residents of the neighborhood west of campus signed
up to begin to develop a new neighborhood association.

The College has purchased 25 properties — 13 on Seward Place, five on Huron, and
seven on Park Place – and has begun closing on 12 others in the neighborhood known as
College Park.

Properties on Huron and Park will be renovated as rental units for faculty and staff.
Work on those buildings will begin this summer, with completion of the entire renovation
project expected in the summer of 2000.

The ultimate use for the former DiCocco's Luncheonette on South Avenue, which the
College purchased several weeks ago, is to be determined.

The location for a Union Safety and the Community Outreach Center is also under
discussion. Among the options are renovating a home(s) or constructing a new building
somewhere in the initiative area. Fleet bank has donated $15,000 toward the Center.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Friday, March 5, through Monday, March 8, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Film Committee presents Enemy of the State.

Saturday, March 6, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
The Union College Orchestra, Prof. Hilary Tann conducting, with piano soloist Anastasie
Prokhorova '01 performs a program titled “Romantic Favorites.” Includes
“A Midsummer Night's Dream” Overture by Mendelssohn, Five Songs
from “Winterreise” by Schubert (arr.), Piano Concerto in A Minor by
Schumann, and Symphony IV in B minor by Beethoven.

Through Saturday, March 6, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater.
Theater department presents The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, directed by
Prof. Barry Smith. Admission $7; students/seniors $5. For information, call ext. 6545.

Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“A River, a Dam, and a Lake: Great Sacandaga Lake Revisited,” a discussion by
Willard Roth, president of the Great Sacandaga Lake Association and Union professor
emeritus of biology, on the complicated battle of interests over property rights,
recreational use, power generation and natural resources. Part of Environmental
Studies' Water and the Law series.

Wednesday, March 10, 8 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
The Union College Jazz Ensemble, Prof. Tim Olsen directing, performs jazz standards by
Thad Jones, Gerry Mulligan and Louis Prima, and several Latin numbers arranged by pianist
and trumpeter Olsen.

Thursday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“Passing Freedom,” a performance with artist Terry Adkins, students and faculty
using four 18-foot brass horn sculptures created by Adkins for his installation Powre
Above Powres: Passing Freedom. Part of the College's dual exhibit on the American
slave experience.

Friday, March 12, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
Union College-Schenectady Museum chamber series presents Borromeo String Quartet in
All-Beethoven program.

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

Through March 19.
Arts Atrium.
Photography exhibit “Looking at Youth” features works by Donna Fitzgerald and
Mark McCarty.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Aggressive recruiting, international programs and dedicated financial
assistance for needy non-citizens has nearly doubled the number of applications from
international students — from 110 last year to 190 this year — according to Dan
Lundquist, vice president for admissions and financial aid.

“Internationalizing the student population is an important priority in our
recruiting and we have been steadily increasing our visibility around the globe,” he
said. “In keeping with a general emphasis on globalization at the College — in
study abroad opportunities, in the curriculum, and in student exchanges — we feel
these efforts will enrich the educational experience here.”

For the past several years, Union admissions officers have traveled to Europe, Africa,
Asia, and the Middle East in addition to recruiting trips in Canada. Recently the College
established an English as a Second Language program, hired an international student
advisor, and established special orientation programs for non-U.S. citizens.

“The idea of internationalizing the student population arose from a discussion in
the College's Planning and Priorities Committee,” said Linda Cool, dean of the
faculty. “We see an enormous potential to diversify the student population and
dramatically increase the quality of the student body. We can accomplish both in one fell
swoop by aggressively recruiting international students.”

Most of the increase in applications — a doubling in the past two years — has
been from areas outside of North America, Lundquist noted.

The College currently enrolls 52 international students.

Posted on Mar 1, 1999

In each issue of the magazine we feature new books written by alumni and other
members of the Union community. If you're an author and would like to be included, please
send us a copy of your book as well as your publisher's news releaxsse. Our address is
Office of Communications, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. 12308-3169.

Lehigh Valley – 3 is the collaborative effort of Jeremy F. Plant of Penn
State University and Dick Steinbrenner '58, who met in 1970 along the Lehigh Valley
while pursuing their common photographic interests. The book traces the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Co. until its dissolution in 1976 with more than 200 full-color images of trains.
“Dick took his last Lehigh Valley picture in the enveloping darkness of 6 p.m., March
31, 1976,” write the authors, sadly describing the end of their project and the end
of an era. The 128-page book is the third in a series. It is available by contacting
Morning Sun Books, Inc., 9 Pheasant Lane, Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076.

Alan Ziegler '69

The author, who teaches at Columbia University and for the Teachers and Writers
Collaborative, is co-editor of Some magazine and Release Press. He has won four PEN
Syndicated Fiction awards and a CAPS poetry award, and his poetry and prose have appeared
in numerous publications. His new work includes:

— So Much To Do (1981) contains selections published in Agni Review,
American Poetry Review, The Ardis Anthology of New American Poetry, Carolina Quarterly,
Chouteau Review, The Falcon, The New York Times, The Niagara Review, Paris Review, Poetry
& Poetry in Motion, Poetry Now, Sun, Unmuzzled Ox, The Village Voice, and
Xanadau.

— The Green Grass of Flatbush (1986), a collection of short stories, was
described by Kurt Vonnegut as “stories that are strong and light, like
airplanes.” The book won the 1985 World Beat Fiction Book Award.

— The Writing Workshop, Volumes I and II, are two paperback textbooks
useful to both teachers and students who want to improve their writing skills. The books
discuss such topics as the value of mental wandering, false starts, failures, and the urge
to “get it right,” and they give practical tips for drawing out the class and
encouraging creativity. Both are available through the Teachers and Writers Collaborative,
5 Union Square West, New York, N.Y. 10003.

Raymond Angelo Belliotti '70

Belliotti, professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has
added book number four to his accomplishments. Stalking Nietzsche
uses a dialogue between two individuals to give depth to the ideas in Nietzsche's
philosophy. The book discusses the connection between philosophy and living, how reading
Nietzsche can change one's life, what links there are between accepting his ideas and
practical conduct, and what lessons, if any, can reading Nietzsche teach us about the
human condition.

The book, published by Greenwood Press, is available by calling 1-800-225-5800.
Belliotti is also the author of Justifying Law, Good Sex, and Seeking
Identity, and he has published more than fifty-five journal articles.

Donald Dulchinos '78

It isn't often that we get to meet a drinking buddy of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain.
In Pioneer of Inner Space, Dulchinos tells the tale of Fitz Hugh
Ludlow, Class of 1856 and author of the bestselling novel, The Hasheesh Eater.
Ludlow shared his visionary experiences while using hashish, along with his religious,
philosophical, and medical reflections on the altered state that his drug use produced. He
became a prominent figure in the Bohemian circles of New York City and established himself
as a well-known short-story writer, drama and music critic, and journalist. He later
traveled to the West Coast by stagecoach, where he met Mark Twain, Brigham Young, and
Albert Bierstadt. Today, Ludlow could well be regarded as an adventurer and a leading
expert on drug addiction, described by one reviewer as a “pioneer psychedelic
psychonaut and confessional junkie.” The book is available through the publisher,
Autonomedia, POB Williamsburgh Station, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211-0568 or by fax at
718-963-2603.