Posted on Oct 19, 2001

Events

Friday, Oct. 19, 12:20 p.m.
Arts 215
Prof. Tim Olsen, in conjunction with AMU 32 “The History of Jazz” and with help from some Capital District musicians, presents a concert of bebop jazz.

Friday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m.
Humanities 117
Tibetan Philosophical Debate with monks from the Gaden Jangste Monastery. (Followed at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 213 by Philosophical Fridays @ Union talk by Georges Dreyfus of Williams College.)

Friday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Field hockey vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m.
Memorial Fieldhouse
Volleyball – Union Invitational

Friday, Oct. 19, 4:30 p.m.
Humanities 213
Philosophical Fridays @ Union presents Georges Dreyfus, Williams College, on “The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: Philosophical Debate in Tibetan Scholastic Education.” Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. (Follows Tibetan philosophical debate at 3:30 p.m. in Humanities 117.)

Friday, Oct. 19, through Monday, Oct. 22, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Film: The Score

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Field hockey vs. Hamilton

Saturday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m.
Memorial Fieldhouse
Volleyball – Union Invitational

Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Talk by Abbot Khen Rinpoche Tenzin Jamphel of the Gaden Jangste Monastery on his experiences as a political prisoner in Tibet.

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 3:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial
Dismantling of the Sand Mandala and the Ritual with Lama Dances by monks of the Gaden Jangste Monastery

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 4 p.m.
Garis Field
Men's soccer vs. Cazenovia

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m.
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial
Reception and opening for “All the Good I Can: A Portrait of William Henry Seward.” At 7:30 p.m., Prof. James Underwood, political science, leads a discussion titled “Idealism, Pragmatism and the Dilemmas of Leadership – A Symposium in Honor of William Henry Seward.”

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Concert by Union College Choir, directed by Prof. Dianne McMullen. For information, call ext. 6785.

Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Marianne Ferber, professor emerita of economics and women's studies at the University of Illinois on “A Feminist Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of the Family or Why Man: Work; Wife: Stay Home is Not the Best Thing.” Sponsored by women's studies and economics.

Friday, Oct. 26, 4:30 p.m.
Humanities 213
Philosophical Fridays @ Union presents “Ascriptions of Desires, and Descriptions of Desires” with Delia Graff, Cornell University. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. For information, call ext. 6376.

Friday, Oct. 26, through Monday, Oct. 29, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Film: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Exhibits

Through Oct. 29
Second-floor photography gallery, Arts Building
“Photographs About Light,” new images by students in Photography 1.

Through Dec. 23
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial
“All the Good I Can: A Portrait of William Henry Seward” examines the life and accomplishments of the 1820 Union graduate who was senator, New York State governor, and secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln.

Through Nov. 9
Lally Reading Room, Schaffer Library
“Documents Through the Decades,” an exhibit commemorating the centennial of the College library's designation as a Federal document depository.

Through Dec. 10
Social Sciences Faculty Lounge Gallery
“Handicrafts from Around the World,” from faculty collections, including cloth, mats, masks, purses and woven wall hangings. Hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Posted on Oct 19, 2001

Tibetan monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India will be on campus through Oct. 23 for a visit that will feature the four-day construction of the colorful “Sand Mandala of Compassion” in the Nott Memorial.

Other events include:

• Tibetan Philosophical Debate – Friday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m., Humanities 117;
• Talk by the Abbott on his Experiences as a Political Prisoner in Tibet – Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., Reamer Auditorium.
• Construction of the mandala will be Saturday, Oct. 20, noon to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.; Monday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dismantling ceremony will be Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 3:30 p.m.

For More Information, please visit : http://www.union.edu/TibetanMonks/

Posted on Oct 19, 2001

Oct. 8, 2001

1. Minutes from Oct. 1, 2001 approved.
2. Kimmo Rosenthal led discussions on “organizing theme” minor and “end of term grade changes” policy
3. Discussion of AAC motion passed in spring, 2001 regarding “optimizing the trimester calendar.”
4. Discussion of “Pass-Fail” requirements on a yearly basis.

Posted on Oct 19, 2001

The College this week mourned the loss of Shirley Holmes, an administrative assistant who worked in the College's admissions office for some 44 years before retiring in 1992.

She died on Oct. 10 at her home on Unadilla Street in Schenectady. She was 71.
She joined the College's admissions office in 1948 after graduating from high school. She worked with a number of deans of admissions.

Her husband, Donald, who died in 1976, had been employed as the College's bursar.

Survivors include her daughter, Cheryl Machold of Schenectady; a stepdaughter, Donna Sue Smith of South Portland, Maine; and a stepson, John Holmes of Eliot, Maine; three sisters; and a brother.

Posted on Oct 19, 2001

A residential master plan for the College, proposing that eight houses be created on campus, will be presented at campus meetings on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 12:30, 4:30 and 7 p.m. in Old Chapel.

Doug Marshall of Sasaki Associates, a nationally-known planning firm working with the College, will be present.

Sasaki Associates analyzed all residential space and based its house system recommendation on four criteria – architecturally-embracing character, large enough to accommodate a “critical mass” membership, small enough to allow the house membership to function as a recognizable entity, and appropriate co-curricular space to enhance the living/learning environment.

The Sasaki proposal calls for the renovation of Sigma Phi, Psi Upsilon, Chi Psi, and North and South Colleges, and the construction of a new house adjacent to Richmond House (North and South would have two houses each). All students and faculty would be assigned randomly to membership in one of the houses. Each house would have social and recreational space, kitchen facilities, offices, meeting rooms and a budget to implement social and cultural programs.

Creation of a house system is a key part of The Plan for Union, a strategic plan that was approved by the Board of Trustees last spring. The plan envisions a house system designed to give every student access to a social group and to good social and residential space. All houses will be expected to contribute intellectual, cultural, and social events to the campus; participate in orienting new students; sponsor community service projects; and field teams for intramural competition. In Phase II of the Plan for Union – which would begin once funding is identified – Fox, Davidson, West, and Richmond would be renovated to create more single rooms and more social space.