Posted on Apr 4, 2003

Nori Lupfer, a senior visual arts
major from West Lebanon, N.H.,
has been selected as a Watson Fellow to receive a one-year grant for travel and
study outside the U.S.

Her topic, “Circuses and Stunts:
Photography of Entertainment in Motion,” will take her to Brazil,
Switzerland, France,
Slovenia, Italy,
Netherlands, Germany,
Denmark, Czech
Republic and Russia.

Lupfer, an accomplished freestyle
aerial skier, last year performed ski stunts with the Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Lupfer is one of 60 graduating
seniors from 50 colleges and universities who will receive $22,000 from the Thomas
J. Watson Foundation for a one-year wanderjahr outside of the U.S.
She is the 45th Union student to earn a Watson since the program
began in 1969.

Besides Lupfer, other Union
finalists were: Jeff Fairfield, psychology,
Arundel, Maine — “Running in their Footsteps: A Study of Distance Running
Communities” Countries:  Finland, Kenya, New Zealand, Scotland, and
Greece; Brian Kern, biology, Voorheesville, N.Y. — “Life from Death: The
Marine Impacts of Submerged Wrecks” Countries:  Bermuda, Bahamas, Micronesia,
Scotland; and Eric Meissner, biology and political science, Troy, N.Y. —
“The Relationship between Culture and 'Emergency' Medicine.”

Nineteen students submitted
preliminary proposals to the campus Watson committee: Profs. Ann Anderson,
Joyce Madancy, Byron Nichols, Ed Pavlic and former Watson Fellow Eugene Kokot
'70.

To read about Lupfer's experience, visit our news
site at: http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=2143

Or, to read a Times Union account of her
experience, visit: http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=2739

For more on the Watson Fellowship,
visit: http://www.watsonfellowship.org

Posted on Apr 2, 2003

While the women's lacrosse team was battling two-time defending national champion Middlebury on Monday, April 1, a couple of volunteers attempted to get rid of the snow near the goalie's cage.

The snow caused the postponement of the softball doubleheader with Hartwick and the 7 p.m. men's lacrosse team with Middlebury.

Posted on Apr 2, 2003

Not only did the men and women's hockey teams succeed on the ice, the two squads were well represented in the classroom. A total of 15 student-athletes were recognized by the ECAC for their academic success. The women placed a conference-best 10 players on the ECAC All-Academic squad while the Dutchmen had five players qualify with their 3.0 or higher grade point average.

The Dutchwomen have six players eligible for the American Women's Hockey Coaches Assoc. Academic All-American team, which requires a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Winners will be announced later this month.

• Orly Amir
• Hannah Baldwin
• Liz Flanagan
• Jenn Fleming
• Jamie Laubisch
• Hillary Magee
• Courtney Riepenhoff
• Lisa Schulkind
• Molly Semler
• Carolyn Simon
• Brent Booth
• Randy Dagenais
• Jason Kean
• Marc Neron
• Max Seel

Posted on Apr 2, 2003

Junior speedster Sean Washington (Woodbridge, VA/St. Stephen's) earned All-American honors by capturing fifth place in the 55 meter dash at the NCAA Track and Field Championship Meet. Washington, who went into the event ranked seventh in the country, logged a time of 6.47.

Senior Justin Sievert (Wyoming, MI/ New Paltz (NY) was a victim of a controversy that occurred in the shot put. Sievert, who went into the national meet ranked seventh in the country, saw his qualifying distance put aside when a protest on another competitor was upheld because the shot he threw was only 14 pounds (as compared to the 16-pound requirement). All the athletes had to take another qualifying throw with Sievert's distance of 15.90 meters (52' 2″) falling .004 meters short of qualifying. Sievert had earned honorable mention All-American honors at last year's event.

Posted on Apr 2, 2003

Sophomore Elliot Seguin (E.Lansing, MI/Cranbrook-Kingswood) earned a pair of All-American honors during the NCAA Swimming and Diving Champions as he finished third in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.03 seconds and was fourth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.7l. Seguin also earned an individual honorable mention All-American award as he finished 12th in the 200 free with a time of 1:41.76.

Senior Ridgley Harrison (Hackettstown, NJ/Morristown) captured honorable mention All-American by finishing ninth in the 50 free (21.12) and 11th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:41.74.

Seguin and Harrison, along with freshmen DJ Hogenkamp (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora) and
Matt Acciani Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) finished ninth in the 200 Free Relay (1:24.56), 13th in the 800 Free Relay (3:48.88) and 10th in the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:06.45) to earn honorable mention All-American honors in each event.

This marks the second consecutive year that the Dutchmen have improved their position in the NCAA meet. In 2000-01, Union finished 38th by scoring 16 points. The 2001-02 campaign saw first-year head coach Scott Felix guide his team to the 21st position as his Dutchmen scored 45.6 points by capturing six honorable mention awards. Sequin's two All-American trophies are the first under Coach Felix's two-year tenure.