Posted on Feb 6, 2004

Schenectady, NY – Union (3-20-1, 0-8-0) and their weekend opponent, Princeton University, have never met in women's ice hockey. Princeton (12-6-0, 5-4-0), who enters the game sixth in the most recent ECAC standings, has performed well lately and is making a late season run at one of the four ECAC championship spots.

The Dutchwomen return to the ice after dropping 7-0 and 11-0 decisions at the hands of No. 1 ranked Dartmouth last weekend at Messa Rink. The set-backs extended Union's losing streak to 13 games, dating back to a 5-2 victory over Sacred Heart on November 30. The Tigers enter the weekend series with Union following last weekend's defeat of No. 2 nationally ranked Harvard and a loss to Brown.

Union freshmen Elise Nichols (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) and Kelly Lannan (Winchester, Massachusetts) lead the team in scoring with 18 (11-7-18) and 12 (4-8-12) points respectively. Classmate Meghan O'Connor (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) is third on the team with 11 (6-5-11) points. Hanson leads the way in goal for Union with a 4.82 goals against average and a .872 save percentage in 12 games played.

Senior Gretchen Anderson leads the Tigers in scoring with 20 goals and 10 assists for 30 points. Senior Megan Van Beusekom has compiled a 9-6 record between the pipes to lead Princeton, posting a 2.03 goals against average.

The remainder of Union's regular season games will come against ECAC foes. Following this weekend's showdown with Princeton, the Dutchwomen will hit the road for four games before closing out their home schedule with Cornell on February 27th and 28th. After their series with the Dutchwomen, Princeton will return home to Baker Rink for a seven-game homestand.

Posted on Feb 6, 2004

Through Feb. 9
Arts Atrium Gallery
Exhibition of woodcut prints by Mexican printmaker Humberto Valdez.

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

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

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.

Posted on Feb 6, 2004

Thursday, Feb. 5
4:30 p.m.
– F.W. Olin Center Auditorium – Trustee Stephen Ritterbush
'68 on the role of the College in Tech Valley.

Saturday, Feb. 7 to Monday, Feb. 9
8 &
10 p.m. – Reamer Campus Center Auditorium – Movie: Scary Movie 3

Saturday, Feb. 7
2 p.m.
– Memorial Fieldhouse –
Women's basketball vs. Hamilton (UCAA contest).
2 p.m.
– Messa Rink at Achilles Center – Women's hockey vs. Princeton (ECAC contest).
4 p.m.
– Memorial Fieldhouse –
Men's basketball vs. Hamilton (UCAA contest).
7 p.m. – Old Chapel – Benefit concert for AIDS
education and research, sponsored by Gamma Sigma Sigma.
7 p.m. –
Messa Rink at Achilles Center – Men's hockey vs. St. Lawrence (Alumni
game – ECAC contest).

Sunday, Feb. 8
2 p.m.
– Messa Rink at Achilles Center – Women's hockey vs. Princeton (ECAC contest).

Monday,
Feb. 9
7 p.m. – Old Chapel – film Uncovered:
The Whole Truth About the Iraq War followed by
roundtable discussion and open mic. Sponsored by Campus Action.

Wednesday, Feb. 11
10
p.m. – Old Chapel – Comic Tony Powell.

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

Friday, Feb. 13
7 p.m. – Yulman Theater –
Actor/playwright/professor Mark Cryer will present his show, “99 Questions You've
Always Wanted to Ask an African American ….” It explores stereotypes and
seeks to eliminate the line between insult and ignorance. Free admission, but
tickets are needed from the box office.

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

Posted on Feb 6, 2004

Thoroughbred horse racing, Cuba,
dance, photo journalism and Vietnam
are just some of the scenes captured by the lens that will be displayed from
Friday, Feb. 13 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 6, 2004

A
selection of Old Master paintings from the private collection of Seena and
Arnold Davis is on exhibit through March 14 in the Mandeville
Gallery at the Nott Memorial.

The
exhibit is a rich, visually dazzling example of high medieval art that resounds
with passion and color.

Some
45 years ago, the Davises began collecting paintings for their home. In time,
they narrowed their focus to 16th-century European Old Masters and
earlier. Currently, their collection numbers approximately 250 paintings and
drawings.

The
Davis collection also represents a rich repository of art
history, academic research, and good old-fashioned detective work. The Davises spent countless hours tracing the “provenance,
origins and attributions” of each new acquisition. They plumbed the knowledge
of art historians and museum curators here and abroad and in that process,
built an impressive library of their own.

This
particular selection of works provides a unique view of the role and attitude
toward women in Renaissance and Baroque Europe (c. 1400 to 1700). A number of
small-scale works, intended for domestic display, portray the duality of woman
as virgin/seductress. This theme fairly dominates the religious art of the
time, especially with innumerable images of the Virgin Mary.

These
works also portrayed cautionary tales or morality guides of what vices to avoid
and what virtues to emulate. The symbolism is conveyed in images (white lilies,
red roses, etc.) and colors so even the illiterate could comprehend the
message. Such artwork was also designed to encourage prayer and meditation in
the home.

Conversely,
the female nude was associated with eroticism and created almost exclusively
for an elite audience of educated men, many in the upper ranks of the church
hierarchy. However, depiction of Christ's nudity symbolized his human
vulnerability.

For
more on the show, visit: http://www.union.edu/Gallery/Current.htm