Posted on Apr 15, 2005

Ongoing through Friday, April 15
Nott Memorial
Construction of Sand Mandala of Wisdom by monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India. (Other events throughout week. See http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=5208 )


Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m.
Olin 115
John Todd, a global leader in sustainability and ecological water purification, on “Sustainability Through Ecological Design.” Part of the “Sustainable Development” series sponsored by Environmental Studies. (Talk was postponed from earlier date due to weather.)


Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Talk on Political Oppression in Tibet by monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India.


Friday, April 15, noon
Social Sciences 110
Anthropologist and author Denis Foley (Lemuel Smith and the Compulsion to Kill: The Forensic Story of a Multiple Personality Serial Killer, 2003) will examine questions about evil.


Friday, April 15, 1 p.m.
Central Park ball field
Men's baseball vs. Rensselaer


Friday, April 15, 4 p.m.
Nott Memorial
Concluding ceremony with lama dances, multi-tonal chanting and monks in animal and Dakini costumes. Concluding event in visit by monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India. The monks will dismantle the mandala during the closing ceremony then travel to the Mohawk River at Union's boathouse pier to release the sand into the river.


Friday, April 15 through Monday, April 18, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: In Good Company


Saturday, April 16, noon
Union College Boathouse
Men's and Women's crew vs. St. Lawrence


Saturday, April 16, noon
Central Park ball field
Men's baseball vs.Vassar


Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College Concert Series presents piano performance by Krystian Zimerman


Saturday, April 16, 10 p.m.
College Park Hall
Stand-up Comic Ed Helms from “The Daily Show with John Stewart”


Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m.
Tennis Courts
Men's tennis vs. Vassar


Friday, April 22 through Monday, April 25, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.  
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Coach Carter


Friday, April 22, 4 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Women's lacrosse vs. Hamilton


Saturday, April 23, 1 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Women's lacrosse vs. St. John Fisher


Saturday, April 23, 3 p.m.
on campus
Triathlon co-sponsored by the Minerva system. Followed by barbecue. For more information, call Residential Life at ext. 6117.