Posted on Feb 13, 2004

Through March 14
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial
“Method & Metaphor,” selected works from the Seena and Arnold
Davis' Old Master Collection.

Feb. 13 through March
18
Arts Atrium Gallery
Digital photography exhibition including works by Skip Dickstein, Donna
Fitzgerald, Gary Gold, Tim Killips, Michael Mosall II, Marie Triller, Prof. Martin
Benjamin and a selection of works by Union students. Artists' reception is
Thursday, March 4, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Feb. 19 through April
16
Humanities Lounge Gallery
Exhibition of  photographs by Peter
Blankman, director of communications and publications, whose works over three
decades have captured everyday life, uncommon events and the beauty of the
campus. Opening reception (“Union College:
A Celebration in Photographs and Words”) on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 4 to 6 p.m.
also will honor Wayne Somers '61, editor of Encyclopedia of Union College History.

Through end of term
Social Sciences gallery
Exhibition of quilts by local artists.

Posted on Feb 13, 2004

Saturday, Feb. 14 through Monday, Feb. 16
8 & 10 p.m., Reamer Campus Center – Friday the 13th Scary Movie Fest – Scary Movie 3.

Saturday, Feb. 14
5 p.m. – Meet bus at Old Chapel circle for Date
Night dinner and a movie.

Sunday, Feb. 15
3 p.m. – Memorial Chapel – Concert Series
performance by pianist Yefim Bronfman. Free for Union students with ID.

Monday, Feb. 16
7:30 p.m. – Nott Memorial – A Hewlett Foundation
Lecture with medical historian Todd L. Savitt. His program will be, “Race,
Medicine, Scientific Authorship and the 'Discovery' of Sickle Cell Anemia.”
Reception to follow in Hale House.

Tuesday, Feb. 17
11:30 a.m. – Reamer Campus Center – Todd Savitt and Union students will present a readers' theater,
“Follow Your Heart,” a story by Union alum, Dr. Richard Selzer of Troy, N.Y. The presentation centers on the impact
of organ donation on the donor's survivors. Discussion to follow. Free and open
to the public.

Wednesday, Feb. 18
10 p.m. – Old Chapel – Comic Eric Nieves.
12:30
to 1:30 p.m. –
Everest Lounge –
Committee on Teaching panel
discussion on grading.

Thursday, Feb. 19
4 to 6 p.m. – Humanities Lounge Gallery – Reception titled “Union College: A Celebration in Photographs and Words”
opens an exhibition of
photographs by Peter Blankman. Wayne Somers '61, editor of Encyclopedia of Union College History, also will be honored.
4:30 p.m. – Humanities 213 – Philosophy Talks
program, “What is a Norm of Assertion?” with guest speaker Ishani Maitra of Syracuse University.
7 p.m. – 12 Windows Film Series – Kundun, the story of the Dali Lama by
Martin Scorsese. Moderated by Prof. Linda Patrik.

Friday, Feb. 20 through Monday, Feb. 23
8 & 10 p.m. – Reamer Campus Center – movie Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Friday, Feb. 20
7 p.m. – Messa Rink at Achilles Center – Men's hockey vs. Colgate (ECAC
contest).

Saturday, Feb. 21
7 p.m.
– Messa Rink at the Achilles Center – Men's hockey vs. Cornell (Senior Night
& ECAC contest).
10 p.m. – Memorial Chapel – Q&A with MTV's
Dr. Drew Pinsky, co-host of Loveline.

Posted on Feb 13, 2004

AAC minutes

Feb. 2, 2004

1. Discussion of renumbering system

A.Draft proposal to be sent to Division
Representatives for discussion at division meeting.

2. Rice Report on Scheduling

A. Discussion “common lunch hour,” M.
Carroll

B. Chemistry department issues

C. Other schools do not schedule as many
common lunch times as Union, K. Rosenthal.

D. Crowds at Reamer Campus Center

E. Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 45 rooms
open up during lunch hour/approximately 15 electronic classrooms

F. Another Gen Ed hour – issues

G. FYP staffing issues

H. Discussion of 8:20 a.m. hour and using it for Gen Ed hour

The Report to be sent to Spinelli Committee.

3. Chemistry
Department External Review to be discussed next week.

Posted on Feb 13, 2004

Thoroughbred horse racing, Cuba,
dance, photo journalism and Vietnam
are just some of the scenes captured by the lens that will be displayed through Thursday, March 18 in the Arts Atrium Gallery.

An artists' reception will be on
Thursday, March 4, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Arts Atrium Gallery.

The digital photographs of Skip
Dickstein, Donna Fitzgerald, Gary Gold, Tom Killips, Michael R. Mosall II,
Marie Triller and Martin Benjamin will be displayed in large prints. A
selection of Union College
students' work will also be featured.

The exhibit will include ink jet
prints and some wet process photographic prints from digital image files. The
photographs range in size from 6×8 to 20×30 inches.

The exhibit is sponsored by the
College's Department of Visual Arts and McGreevy ProLab in Albany.

Posted on Feb 13, 2004

Kundun, Martin Scorsese's dramatic film about the Dali Lama of
Tibet, will be shown Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7
p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.

Prof. Linda Patrik will lead the
discussion.

The film is the next is this
year's series, “12 Windows: Encountering Culture Through Film.”

The remaining films in the
2003-2004 series are:

Feb. 26 — Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Prof. Daniel
Mosquera) hard-hitting documentary about recent failed coup in Venezuela
(Note: this film will be screened in Olin Auditorium).

March 4 — Buena Vista Social Club (Prof. Tim Olsen) Wim Wender's music-filled
documentary about aging Cuban greats.

Films are at 7 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.

The 12 Windows series, organized
by the Hobart and William Smith and
Union College's
Partnership for Global Education, asks faculty and staff to present films that
serve as “windows” into cultures seldom represented in mainstream
media or entertainment. The goal is to present a wide survey of a varied human
geography. For more information and links to film reviews, please see the PGE
web page at http://academic.hws.edu/pge/12windows.html.