May 3 2012

Meet the Greeks

Meet the Greeks

Members of Greek life held a special event for freshmen last Saturday, allowing them to informally talk to members of Greek life. This event was held in order to help aid freshmen in their recruitment decisions next year.  

The Dutchwomen are looking to three-peat in the Liberty League Tournament this weekend.

Softball: Looking to repeat

The Union Softball team finished up their regular season schedule on Sunday, being swept by SUNY Plattsburgh.  While the final games were not the Dutchwomen’s shining moments, there is still plenty to celebrate this season. The Dutchwomen finished the season …→

Political Internship opportunities explained

It has been a great privilege and pleasure to be part of Union’s term in Washington D.C. While here, I have been working for Public Citizen, a consumer-rights non-profit organization, within their Global Trade Watch division. Working 36 hours a …→

Science and Technology Update

Science and Technology Update

Google Zerg Rush:  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Zerg+Rush Googling “Zerg Rush” will show you Google’s most recent experiment. Users watch as an army of “O’s” attack the text on the page. Users are able to fend off the attacking letters by rapidly clicking each …→

In review: ‘Shoot Many Robots’

Shoot Many Robots is one of those odd downloadable games that gets a lot of attention from varied journalistic sources, often  acknowledged either for some ingenuity, artistic design or overall fun looking appeal. After reading the complaints about the PS3 …→

An issue for our generation and Union’s campus

Thursday, April 25 marked the first showing of TransGeneration, a documentary following the lives of four transgender college students. This event was inspired after several Union students attended the Northeast LGBT conference during the weekend of March 30. One of …→

A critical analysis of opinions

[Addendum May 10, 2012: In my original article I did not make it clear that, according to the British Mandate, Palestine was not its own nation as of 1948. While this is true the majority of residents in the region …→

The new ‘Girls’ on the block

If this past decade has taught us anything about television, it is that there is a growing disconnect between what shows Internet users want to talk about versus what shows the general public actually watches.  Lena Dunham’s Girls opened to …→

A Saratoga Performing Arts Center highlight

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is a spring and summer venue for the Capital District of New York. It is located in the historic Saratoga Spa State Park. Every year, SPAC hosts mainstream groups such as Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, …→

Phil Kemp ‘13 looks to lead his team into the playoffs this weekend. The Dutchmen are looking to make the Liberty League playoffs for the first time since entering the conference.

Now is the time to rally

The Union Baseball team won the league championship in 2004 when they were in the ECAC. If they make the playoffs this year, it would be their first appearance in the Liberty League conference. This past weekend, the Dutchmen (16-19 …→