Benjamin Engle ’12
Staff Writer
The U welcomes new Dining Services Director
David Gaul, the former marketing manager of Rensselaer Dining Services, has been named Union’s new Director of Dining Services. Gaul, who studied culinary arts at Johnson and Wales University and design at the Parsons School in New York City, comes …→
Perspective: Egypt’s tremors
I am very fortunate to have traveled to Egypt during the winter break for Professor Ghaly’s miniterm. Everyday was a new day full of excitement and intrigue as we often weren’t sure what we would be experiencing and observing. During …→
Pancakes at 3 AM: 24-hour Denny’s coming soon to U
The ‘Grand Slam Breakfast’ is coming to Schenectady. After three vacant years, the former Friendly’s restaurant location between the campuses of Union Graduate College and Union College on Nott Terrace will soon become a twenty-four hour Denny’s Restaurant. [...]
Clarke flees tumoil in Egypt
Like many other United States college students studying abroad in Egypt, Union student Mike Clarke ’11 will be evacuating from the troubled nation. Clarke, who was studying Arabic while on a Union College Independent Study Abroad program during the winter …→
Union Registrar’s $100 late fee up for debate
Students who fail to finalize their new schedule for the term before the end of the first week of classes will face late fees imposed by the Union College Registrar. The late fee, which has been in place for approximately …→
New take-out boxes coming soon
Union College Dining Services in conjunction with Student Forum, Environmental Club, and Ozone House is planning to introduce a reusable box for takeout from West and Upperclass Dining Halls by the end of the winter term. During this past fall …→
Dead air: WRUC’s sudden silence, brighter future
WRUC (87.9 FM), the 100-watt radio station of Union College and often referred to as the “first station in the nation,” has gone silent and may continue to be off the air until the middle of winter term. The station, …→
Social Sciences renovation begins
On Jan. 3, interior renovation commenced on the Social Sciences building as the first and second floors were demolished. The project, supported by a gift from Jim Lippman ’79 and his wife, Linda, will reconfigure and modernize the upper …→