Sarah Rosenblum ’12
Staff Writer
A wee bit Irish in Schenectady
From the moment I walked through the door of Lennon’s Irish Shop, I no longer felt as if I was in Schenectady. The store is a cultural gem on Jay Street, and is filled with an assortment of authentic Irish …→
Catching up with Ewo Harrell
It has been a whirlwind of a year for Ewodaghe Harrell ’10. The last time the Concordy spoke with Harrell in May 2011, she was lying in a hospital bed in Paris, hospitalized for three months for lupus and kidney …→
Ghouls in the Gardens
While Jackson’s Garden served as a beautiful backdrop for many of the love scenes in the well-known Hollywood flick The Way We Were, a far more tragic love story allegedly took place there in 1672. According to an article …→
Enjoying Earth’s bounty with Roots and Wisdom
Can you imagine growing the very food that makes your evening meal? How would you feel knowing the exact process of how those veggies and fruits on your plate came from your garden? Well, for some kids in the Schenectady …→
Behind the need for caffeine
Although it is only September and we are just getting into the groove of the new academic year, students and faculty wake up every morning craving their fix. As your morning alarm goes off and you press the snooze button …→
Goodwill with Karate
Ankur Shah ‘14 has been studying the art of karate for 13 years, and it has inevitably become a way of life for him. Inspired to continue the legacy of his karate instructor after his tragic death in a fire, …→
Rollin’ for a cause: an alum’s fight for charities started with a fundraiser on the U
Inspired by his older brother Ben’s autism, Dan Tartar ‘05 decided that he wanted to make a difference his senior year. With the idea for an autism fundraiser where the participants rollerblade to raise awareness as a driving force, Rolling …→
Celiac’s/Gluten-Free Diet for Kozupsky ’12
Imagine being in Italy and not being able to eat their world-renowned pasta and pizza. Jordana Kozupsky ‘12 is currently abroad in Sicily and following a gluten free diet. While Kozupsky anticipated being challenging to not be able to indulge …→
Senegal: Professor Cheikh Ndiaye
“We are looking forward to going to my village for an African rural experience. The village still doesn’t have electricity and the moonlight is still its light at night,” says Professor Cheikh Ndiaye, a professor of French at Union College …→
Spain: Professor Pilar Moyano
“I used to have this recurring dream that I was in a hotel room, searching frantically for my room. I got on the elevator, looked upstairs, and then looked downstairs, but I could not find my room! And then I’d …→