Posted on Oct 23, 2001

What: 'Mysterious
Mountains' a Centennial Celebration Concert for The Association for the
Protection of the Adirondacks

Date:
Sunday, November 4, 2001

Time: 4:00 pm

Place:
Union College Memorial Chapel

Program:

Blueline (Premier Fanfare)….Tim Olsen

Mysterious
Mountain….Alan
Hovhaness

Adirondack
Light….Hilary Tann

Symphony No. 2 Suite from the
Tender Land….Aaron
Copland

Conductor, Victor Klimash

Participants:

Union College Orchestra

Narrator (Adirondack Light) Carl
George

Members of the Schenectady &
Albany Symphonies

Union College Choir

Siena College Choir

University at Albany Choir

First Presbyterian Church of
Albany Choir

Cost: Free
and Open to the Public; Donations Welcome

Information:
377-1452

Posted on Oct 23, 2001

Schenectady, N.Y.  (October 23, 2001) – Des, a play
inspired by the life of Father Desmond Wilson, a man who became the center point of a controversy between the Catholic Church and the people of Ballymurphy, Northern Ireland during the 1970s, will be performed at Union College's Yulman Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m.

Des Wilson was born in South Belfast in 1925. After finishing studying for the priesthood at Maynooth he became the spiritual director for the young men of
St. Malachy's. In 1966, at the age of 41, Father Des was sent to St. John's
parish in West Belfast as a Junior Curate. Three years later, the Troubles began and did not finish until 1979. Father Des wanted to bring Belfast's
social world into the heart of Ballymurphy. The play follows his struggles starting in 1966, when he was sent to St. John's, to the end of these violent
years.

Throughout his life with the Ballymurphy community he was the leader, along with influential figures such as Frank Cahill, of a movement that brought about the growth of an entire community through education, self-empowerment, and self-belief.

Dubbeljoint Productions brings Des to the United States for a limited engagement; starring Irish
actor Jim Doran, written by Brian Campbell, and directed by Pam Brighton Des has been described by the Irish Times as “A gripping evening…it will provoke outrage in some and enthusiastic support in others – and what more can we ask of theatre than that it should evoke strong feelings?” Marie Jones, Pam
Brighton and Mark Lambert, who wanted to create plays that would be of interest throughout Ireland and make that work accessible to as many people as possible, formed Dubbeljoint in 1991. Jim Doran, whose performance has been described as an “absorbing social history” by the Belfast Telegraph, takes on the
challenge of this one-man production, portraying not only Des Wilson, but also
those around him.

Union College alumnus Arthur McCabe, class of 1969, has been active in bringing Community Theater, from
Northern Ireland, to the United States for five years. He believes that both
the community-based vehicle and message are important to bring to students.
This performance is made possible thanks to his efforts.

This production is free and
open to the public. For more information about the performance, or student sessions, call Professor Bill Finlay, Union College Dept. of Performing Arts, at 388-6475. To speak to Arthur McCabe, Union College Class of '69, call (978) 470-0200.

Posted on Oct 23, 2001

DUTCHMEN OPEN SEASON-ENDING THREE-GAME HOMESTAND SATURDAY AGAINST HARTWICK

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Playoffs hopes for both Union and Hartwick
will either continue or be dashed with the results of this Saturday's showdown
at Frank Bailey Field.  The Dutchmen come into the game with a 6-1 record after last week's 38-14 victory over Coast Guard while the Hawks, who are also 6-1, are looking to regroup after last
Saturday's 62-47 defeat at the hands of Rensselaer.

This is the first of a three-game homestand for the Dutchmen
that will end the regular season. 
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

Union, which lost the “Shoes” to Rensselaer two weeks ago, 32-29,
came back strong against the Coast Guard Academy. The Dutchmen scored the game's first 21 points and were never
challenged. Union gained 436 total
yards, including 247 rushing yards, despite the absence of junior tailback George Beebe.  Beebe, who averages 125 yards a game and 6.6 yards a carry (with seven touchdowns), missed the first game of his career with an ankle injury. He is questionable for the game.

Senior fullback Matt Laporta more than made up for the loss of
Beebe as he scored three times on a one-yard run and on pass receptions of 16 and 26 yards.  Laporta, who came into the final season of his brilliant career with nine total touchdowns (five
rushing, four receiving), leads the 2001 Dutchmen with his 10 scores, including a team-high seven TD catches. He comes
into the weekend with 691 career rushing yards (a per carry average of 5.0) and 570 yards on 53 receptions.

Senior quarterback Ben Gilbert could become the Dutchmen's all-time career passing leader this weekend. Gilbert, who is
already the program's career touchdown leader with 65, comes into the contest with 7,146 yards, just 306 yards behind Brett Russ's career standard of 7,452.  Gilbert is 3-0 against the Hawks and has completed 48 of 74 passes for 698 yards and five touchdowns with just one interception. He has also scored
four rushing touchdowns against the Hawks, including three in last year's 30-14
victory.

Junior wide receiver Ryan Gallo is another Dutchman closing in
on a record, as he is just 177 yards behind Rich Swan's single-season record of 735 set in 1967.  Gallo, who is
averaging just 3.4 catches a game, is averaging 23 yards a catch and 79.7 yards a game. He comes into the contest with 24 catches for 558 yards and five touchdowns.

Andrew Ruffo's next PAT kick will be his 100th and leave him
nine shy of Roger Egbert and second place behind Greg Harrison's record of
142. Ruffo, who has hit on 99 of his 103 career attempts, hit all three of his opportunities as a freshman. Ruffo's 33 career field goals leaves him one shy of Egbert's 34 and just four behind Harrison's career mark of 37.

On the other side of the ball, senior defensive end Josh
Stinehour is chasing Greg Hallas's single-season record of 22 sacks in a season
(set in 1989 when the team played 14 games). Stinehour, who did not have a sack while playing as a back-up linebacker during his first two seasons, led the Dutchmen with 13 last year and 16 this season after getting to the Coast Guard quarterback three times last week.

Senior linebacker Mike Rosenthal, a starter the last three and
a half years, comes into the weekend with 255 career total tackles.  This year's tackle-chart leader (with 60), is now fourth on the Dutchmen's all-time list and is chasing Rich Romer and his 282 tackles.

The Dutchmen average 438 yards a game and 42 points.  The rushing game averages 251 yards (and 5.6
yards a carry) and has accounted for 21 touchdowns while the passing game accounts for 182 yards and has scored 17 times.  The Dutchmen Defenders are allowing 73 yards a game on the ground and 136 through the air.  The opposition has scored six rushing touchdowns with 12 six-pointers coming through the air.

ABOUT THE HAWKS

Hartwick, which is 0-4 against Union, held a 21-7 first-quarter
lead over the Rensselaer last week before being outscored 27-6 in the middle two frames.  The Hawks clawed their way back to within seven, 48-41 with 9:06 left to play, only to have RPI score the next 14 points and put the game away.

In a game that featured Arena Football statistics, Hartwick
out gained Rensselaer, 618-605, including a 432-355 passing advantage. Quarterback Dan Pincelli completed 24 of 61
passes for the 432 yards and had seven touchdowns to go along with three interceptions.  Ryan Johnson had nine of those catches for 172 yards and five scores while Ryan Soule caught five passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns. Ty Smith spearheaded a running game that gained 186 yards with 83 yards on seven
carries. Hartwick's defense, meanwhile, allowed Rensselaer to rush for 250 yards and five touchdowns and score four
times via the pass. There were a total of 58 first downs in the game.

Pincelli comes into the game having completed 127 of 269
passes for 2,173 yards and 30 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. He has been sacked just 11 times for 62 yards.  Johnson has 50 of those catches
for 992 yards and 19 touchdowns while Soule has 20 receptions for 470 yards and five scores.  Hartwick's passing game
averages 317 yards a game. On the ground the Hawks are averaging 133 yards and have scored four times. Clarence Welch leads the team with his 310 yards and 6.5 per carry average.

Defensively Hartwick gives up 314 yards a game and is allowing
an average of 21 points. The opposition's rushing game is averaging 165 yards and has found the end zone 13 times passing game is averaging 149 yards with
seven touchdowns and five interceptions. Terrence Lollie leads the Hawks' tackle chart with 51 total hits.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Dutchmen host Rochester next Saturday before closing out
the regular season against Springfield. Kickoff for both games is 1 p.m.

Posted on Oct 23, 2001

Schenectady, N.Y. – Union College's Yulman Theater presents Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton, directed by Joanne Yarrow, through November 4.

The play, set just prior to the French Revolution, is about sex as a strategic battle of conquests. It is
based on the 1782 Choderlos de Laclos novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The play is not recommended for children.

Cast and crew are comprised of Union College students.

Performances are Oct. 25 through 27, at 8 p.m.; Oct. 28th at 2 p.m.; Nov. 1 through 3 at 8 p.m.; and Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $5 for members of the Union College community; $7 for the public. Parking for the Yulman Theater is located nearby in the lot at the corner of Nott Street and Seward Place.

For more information, call
the Yulman Theater box office at 388-6545.

Posted on Oct 19, 2001

Schenectady, N.Y. (October 19, 2001) – Irish pianist Barry Douglas will perform with his handpicked orchestra, the Camerata Ireland, at Union College's Memorial Chapel on
Saturday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. The performance marks a Capital District
premier for both the Camerata and Douglas, featuring works by Mozart,
Stravinsky, and Nocturne for Strings (1990) by John Kinsella.

Douglas has gained world
recognition as an artist of prodigious technical mastery of the keyboard. He
has been acclaimed for his commanding interpretations of the piano repertoire's most challenging masterworks and the music of living composers, as well as for his brilliant performances of established piano showpieces.

Since his 1986 triumph as Gold Medallist at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow and his earlier Bronze Medal win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1985, Mr. Douglas has been invited to perform on the concert stages of five continents. He has played with some of the most distinguished orchestras of our
time, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra. He has also collaborated with many of the world's leading
conductors, most notably Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis, Andre Previn, Kurt
Sanderling, Leonard Slatkin, and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Highlighting Mr. Douglas'
2001-02 engagements is a tour of the United States with the Camerata Ireland, a chamber orchestra he founded in 1999 with players from both Northern and Southern Ireland.

Camerata Ireland has brought Irish musicians who live and work in Ireland and Irish musicians abroad together as a chamber ensemble that celebrates Ireland, its music-making and the wealth of musical talent that abounds in Ireland and throughout the world.

The ensemble's inaugural concerts
in April 1999 included one at Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast hosted
by The Lord Alderice, and another at the State Apartments in Dublin Castle.
Both concerts were in association with Co-operation Ireland, the Irish charity
whose aims reflect those of Camerata Ireland, and which inspired Barry Douglas to create the ensemble. Mr. Douglas received messages of support from the president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

Born in Belfast, Barry Douglas went to London in 1978 to study at the Royal College of Music. He first came to international attention when he won the Bronze Medal at the 1985 Van Cliburn Piano Competition. In 1986 he rocketed to musical stardom by winning the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow-the first Westerner to do so outright since Van Cliburn won the prize in 1958.

From his earliest years as a musician, Mr. Douglas has been drawn to opera and song as ideal forms of musical expression, and this has had a considerable influence on his approach
to the piano. Several years ago he took a sabbatical at Oxford University,
where he pursued studies in European history and languages, and worked on new
repertoire, especially works of the 20th century. He speaks French, German,
Italian and Russian. Mr. Douglas makes his base in Paris, where he lives with
his wife and three children. He also maintains an apartment in London and is a frequent visitor to his hometown of Belfast.

Tickets at $20 ($8 for students) are available in advance at the Office
of Communications, Union College (518) 388-6131 and at the door at 7 p.m. For
more information, call 372-3651.

The Union College Concert Series is made
possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the
Arts, a State Agency; additional support comes from the Times Union Newspapers. Memorial Chapel is located near the center of the Union College campus. Parking is available on campus and nearby side streets.