Posted on Feb 4, 2000

Jan. 17, 2000

1. The minutes of Jan. 10, 2000 meeting were approved.

2. There is no restriction on introducing minors in the
absence of majors in the discipline. In most cases, courses should not be
approved if there are not continuing faculty prepared to teach them.

3. Much discussion took place on the topic of guidelines
for participating in intercollegiate athletics. Christie Sorum will
undertake writing a revised draft.

4. Joanne Tobiessen, director of the Career Development
Center, came to discuss an Internship Certification Procedure for
internships where firms will not pay, but request academic recognition. A
discussion took place concerning students doing paid internships and using
this procedure. Joanne will check on the policies of various companies and
the legal issues involved.

Posted on Feb 4, 2000

John Carlos, whose clenched-fist Black Power salute in the medal ceremony of the 1968 Olympics became a symbol of the Civil Rights movement, is the keynote speaker for a series of events
commemorating Black History Month.

Carlos, who took a bronze medal in the Mexico City games
in the 200-meter dash, speaks on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in Reamer
Auditorium.

The African and Latino Alliance of Students, with campus
groups including Sigma Chi fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta sorority, is
sponsoring a series of events.

They include:

— Sunday, Feb. 6. 7 p.m.,
Reamer Multicultural Room, film Sankofa;

— Sunday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m.,
Reamer Multicultural Room, film Glory; and

— Friday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m.,
Old Chapel, performance by East Harlem Repertory Co.

(others listed next week)

Posted on Feb 4, 2000

The Borromeo String Quartet will perform the fifth
concert in a six-part series of the complete Beethoven string quartets on
Friday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The performance will include Op. 18 in B-flat; Op.
135 in F; and Op. 59 No. 3 in C. The final performance in the
Beethoven series is April 7.

Posted on Feb 4, 2000

The College has a number of discount tickets available
for Smokey Joe's Cafe on Friday, Feb. 11, at Proctor's Theater.

Price $35.55.

If interested, contact Human Resources at ext. 6108.

Posted on Feb 4, 2000

On the eve of their trip to Turkey last week, the
balloon-popping robot built by seniors Sean Spindler-Ranta, Dave Copeland,
George Powers and their Turkish counterparts simply wasn't working.

Days later, after some tweaking once they had arrived at
Middle East Technical University in Ankara, the team won first prize in an
international engineering design competition.

The team that included Brian Roy and John Daley finished
a close second, said Cherrice Traver, associate professor of electrical
engineering and computer science, who with Prof. John Spinelli accompanied
the Union students. A third team that included Greg Williams and Kah Mun
Low also finished well, she said.

The seven Union students spent last week at METU with
the students who have been their design partners over the past several
months. The Turkish students came to Union last fall for initial design
meetings. Since then, all design work has been done over the Internet
through the College's International Virtual Design Studios.

The Union-METU teams designed their machines to navigate
a straight, curved and inclined track, finding and popping balloons along
the way.

While in Turkey, the students used some breaks for
sightseeing including a stop at Cappodocia, an area south of Ankara that
features an extensive network of tunnels and underground villages created
by early inhabitants.

For more on the IVDS program, visit the Web at: http://engineering.union.edu/me_dept/termsabroad/int_design.html