Posted on Oct 21, 2004

    SCHENECTADY,
N.Y.-The men's soccer team will move their Friday and Saturday
Liberty League games to the new turf at College Park, the site of the old
Ramada Inn on Nott Street.

    Union will host
Vassar on Friday at 4 p.m. and Rensselaer Saturday at 2 p.m.  The Dutchmen, 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the
league and tied with the Red Hawks for third place, are 1-0 at the College Park
site after defeating St. Joseph's of Maine, 1-0, in a non-league contest last
Saturday.

     The games were
originally scheduled to be played on campus on Garis Field. 

   Freshman Chris
Poey leads the team in scoring with his five goals and 10 points.  Poey was named the Liberty League's “Rookie
of the Week” after picking up his second game-winning tally last week against
the Monks.  Junior Kelvin Martinez is
second on the scoring list with four goals and nine points.

     Junior Matt
Mayerhofer evened his record at 2-2 after picking up his second consecutive
shutout against St. Joseph's. 
Mayerhofer took over in goal during the seventh game of the season after
senior standout Kevin O'Connor was injured and sidelined for the remainder of
the season. 

     After this
weekend the Dutchmen will play their final two regular-season games at home, a
non-league contest against Utica on Wednesday, October 27 at 3 p.m. and on
Saturday, October 30 at 2:30 against Liberty League rival Skidmore.

Posted on Oct 19, 2004

Schenectady, NY–Union College is inviting all area children to attend
their upcoming game, October 30th at
1 p.m. against St. Lawrence.  Children
have the opportunity to experience a college football game as the Dutchmen hosts NCAA Football's seventh
annual “Take A Kid to the Game” (TAKG) program presented by POWERade and other Corporate Champions, Cingular
Wireless and Pontiac.  Kids, ages
fourteen and younger, will receive a free ticket with the purchase of a
full-priced adult ticket, to watch the Dutchmen
at Frank Bailey Field.

Union College is
one of more than 200 schools across the nation that are taking part in this
campaign focused on allowing youth the opportunity to attend college football
games.  The Take A Kid to the Game
program is entering into its tenth year in the promotion of collegiate
athletics.

“We hope that all area youngsters can be apart of this day
and support NCAA Football's Take A Kid to the Game program,” Ramsey Baker, associate director of athletics
at Union College said.  “Our wish is that all of the young kids in
the area will have the chance to make a memory as they experience the
one-of-a-kind atmosphere that is NCAA Football.”

Tickets for this special game will become available starting on Monday, October 25, and can be purchased at the Union College ticket office. 
For more information, contact Union
College Athletics Department at 518-388-6284.

The Take A Kid to the Game program is one of the national
promotions of NCAA Football, the marketing arm of college football.  NCAA Football represents a coalition of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of
Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Conference Commissioners Association.  Please visit  www.ncaafootball.net for further information on current
initiatives.

In addition, the College will sponsor a Halloween Costume Contest with certificate prizes awarded to the top costumes.

Posted on Oct 18, 2004

Elli Wohlgelernter, veteran
journalist and editor of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, will speak on
Sunday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. in Old
Chapel on the Union College
campus. The topic of his lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be
“The Day After November 2: An Overview of Where the Israeli-Palestinian
Situation is Headed Regardless of Who Wins on Election Day.”

           
Mr. Wohlgelernter is also the editor of the sports and rock and roll sections
of the forthcoming new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica. He
previously served as Diaspora affairs editor at the Jerusalem Post and
as Israel
bureau chief for the Forward. Prior to moving to Israel
in 1991, he was managing editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a
reporter for the New York Post, and wrote and reported the news for the
Fox and ABC-TV stations in New York
and Seattle and radio stations in New
York and Connecticut.
Mr. Wohlgelernter lives in Jerusalem.

Posted on Oct 15, 2004

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.–The men's soccer team will be the first
to play on the new turf field located at the site of the old Ramada Inn.  The Dutchwomen will take on St. Joseph's of
Maine at noon.  The game was originally
scheduled to be played on Garis Field.

“We are looking forward to
playing there,” said head coach Jeff Guinn, whose team takes a 6-6 record
into the contest.  “We have
practiced there several times.  The turf
is much softer than the one on Bailey Field and should provide us with
excellent game conditions, especially if we get all the rain that is
expected.”

The Dutchmen, who are 2-2 in the
Liberty League, will host conference rivals Vassar and Rensselaer next Friday
and Saturday, respectively.  Those games
are scheduled to be played on Garis Field.

Posted on Oct 15, 2004

Every organization seeks, well,
exposure.

So it figures that the streakers
from Hamilton College
who bared all at Union's Homecoming on Oct. 1 have a web
site: www.hamiltonstreaks.com.

According to the site, the Union appearance
was the season debut for the Hamilton College Varsity Streaking Team, which is
not listed among the College's athletic programs. The team's fall schedule
began Sept. 10 at Colgate with a “scrimmage,” whatever that means.

The site features a journal from runs
at 12 colleges between Oct. 1 and 5, photos, a short film and a call for more photos.
It details several detainments by campus security officers, a few run-ins with
campus tour groups and a highlight at Middlebury, where the hosts joined the
visitors for a jaunt through a dining hall.

The team made appearances at all NESCAC
schools and a few other close associates such as Union
and Wellesley, according to a press
clip on the site from the Hamilton Spectator.

“We mean no disrespect,” says one
organizer. “We wish only to illuminate, to dazzle, to amuse and astonish. And,
of course, streaking is wicked fun.”