April 12, 2012

Google Glass revealed

On April 4, Google released a teaser video entitled “Project Glass: One day…” The video, which has already gained over 10 million views, showcases Google’s new product: Project Glass. Project Glass is Google’s attempt at integrating your entire life with …→

Senator Schumer holds up a Union hockey jersey

Schumer addresses the issue of student loan debt

On April 5, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) came to Union to give a press conference in support of Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) bill that would maintain and extend student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent. According to Schumer, student loan …→

A conservative case for campaign finance reform

In September 2011, I was asked to join Democracy Matters, our campus’ pro-campaign finance reform group, to give a conservative perspective. Despite confusion by some because of the group’s name, Democracy Matters is a non-partisan organization that stresses the removal …→

An introduction from the new Editors-in-Chief

An introduction from the new Editors-in-Chief

You may be wondering why we didn’t choose to introduce ourselves in the first issue of the term. We meant to, but we got caught up in a lot of terrifying excitement over the past few weeks. We headed home …→

Union Men’s Lacrosse climbed to number five in the country this week.

Keeping their winning streak

The men’s lacrosse team carries its winning streak to seven after beating Clarkson University 12-9 on Saturday. Sophomore attack man Rob Santangelo scored four goals and sophomore midfielder John Andrews contributed three goals and an assist of his own. Union …→

An Invisible Children poster advocating for support of the Kony 2012 movement.

KONY 2012 aired and discussed at Union

On Tuesday, April 3 the Invisible Children Tri-State Roadie Team came to Union to show a film screening of KONY 2012. The Reamer Auditorium was completely filled with about 150 students in attendance. KONY 2012 is a short film created …→

Preparing for Environmental Awareness Week

Preparing for Environmental Awareness Week

As spring begins to bloom all around campus, so does environmental awareness with Earth Week.  Starting on Monday, April 16, and lasting until Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, the Environmental Club, U-Sustain, Ozone House and Octopus’s Garden are organizing …→

Capsule seeks to defy the stereotype of social media, and offer a more private atmosphere for information sharing, allowing the user to chronicle their past through private picture sharing.

Capsule: Privacy in social media

While sites like Facebook and Twitter centralize themselves around publicly available information, new social media sites are exploring the use of more exclusive content. Capsule is one such site. It is a new social media, event planning and private group …→

Union catcher David Peretti ‘14 was a Liberty League Honorable Mention this season.

Tough losses on the weekend

Looking to rebound after a disappointing season last year (14-19 overall), the Union Baseball team started its season in Winter Haven, Florida at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The team finished the invitational with a 4-3 record, playing against Allegheny …→

Courtesy of Special Collections

Inside the Ainlays’ home: Exploring the rich history of the President’s House

  It is hard to imagine that a 150-year-old building isn’t the oldest on a college campus nowadays. But that is just the case with the President’s House, currently occupied by Union’s 18th president, Stephen Ainlay, and his wife, Judy …→