Maddie Cullerton ‘13
Staff Writer
What about Syria? The country’s uncertain future
The European Union has pledged to extend sanctions against Syria on Monday, once again highlighting the continuing, complicated and deadly violence there. Syria has been mired in a painful, sectarian conflict since December 2011, resulting in over 60,000 civilian deaths. …→
Do it in the Dark
The annual Do It In the Dark campaign starts on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The campus-wide energy competition sponsored by Ozone aims to promote awareness about reducing energy consumption in daily campus life. All members of the campus community can participate …→
U Sustain donation to improve recycling system
On Wednesday, Jan. 11, an anonymous donor granted U-Sustain $8,000 to revamp Union’s recycling system. “It’s a great opportunity for the campus and the environmental community to build upon our recent successes and create a more sustainable campus,” said Kyle …→
Green fee gains support
Erin Delman ‘12, Meghan Haley Quigley ‘11, and Student Forum members Andrew Davis ‘11 and Andrew Churchill ‘11 are spearheading a movement for a new ‘green fee.’ A coalition of students from U-Sustain, the Environmental Club and Ozone House petitioned …→
Global Work Party: Students participate in environmental activism to commemorate 10/10/10
The Union College Environmental Club celebrated an International Day of Action on Sunday, Oct. 10. Organized by the environmental advocacy group 350, the so-called Global Work Party consisted of over 7,300 events in 140 countries. From putting up solar …→
Pathway helps unites Union and Schenectady
Ever since the founding of Union College, there has been a notoriously bad relationship between Union and the town of Schenectady. Now, though, things are beginning to change. Students are starting to become interested in the diverse offerings of Schenectady, …→
Union’s sexual assault rate ranks above average
According to Union’s 2009 Survey on Sexual Assault and Harassment, 16 out of the 290 women respondents said they had been raped and 45 said they had been bullied into sexual actions when they had initially said no. That’s …→