Our local Schenectady Green Market
After my sophomore research seminar on Monday, I was aimlessly strolling through Reamer, dreading my repetitive lunch of a grilled chicken fajita. Should I add salsa or sour cream to spice up my day? But to my surprise, there …→
Grab a delicious cone at Curry Freeze!
As the cold and gloomy days of winter turn into the radiant days of spring, there is no better way to cool off than to hop off of campus and indulge in some sweet, velvety ice cream. Whether you fancy …→
Bumpy’s: 101 Soft-Serve Flavors and More
Schenectady is home to a wide variety of restaurants, providing many choices for hungry residents. Whether you are craving Thai cuisine or simply looking for a burger and fries, you can satisfy your appetite without traveling far from campus. With …→
TCBY: Truly “The Country’s Best Yogurt”!
Fewer than three miles from campus, The Country’s Best Yogurt (TCBY) offers a welcoming environment to its customers, providing a chic, modern take on your average ice cream salon. The colorful lights and popular playlists provide customers with an opportunity …→
Jumpin Jack’s Twin Freeze: A Schenectady Staple
One of the most popular ice cream joints near Union is Jumpin’ Jack’s in Scotia. It was originally built as an ice cream shop called Twin Freez in 1952 by Jack Brennan. Several years later, Brennan decided to expand his …→
Irish Author Anne Enright visits Union!
I first heard Irish author Anne Enright in Professor Claire Bracken’s Changing Ireland class last spring. After reading The Forgotten Waltz, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Literature, for a class assignment and traveling to RPI to …→
‘Lincoln’ and American Exceptionalism
On Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m., Professor Robert Jewett of Heidelberg University spoke in the Nott Memorial about Spielberg’s Lincoln and the Issue of American Exceptionalism. Jewett, a New Testament scholar who previously taught at Northwestern University, presented as …→
‘Yizkor’: their memories will always live on
Monday, April 8 was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor the day, the Union campus community had the fortunate opportunity to hear a Holocaust survivor, Murray Jaros, tell the story of how he survived. Naturally, as every year goes …→
THE FENCE: EXPLORING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN BORDER
There are 1,400 miles that linger between Los Angeles, Calif. and El Paso, Texas. With Professor Vikki Martinez of the modern languages and literatures department as chauffer, Union students will be exploring and analyzing the misconceptions of the Mexican-American border …→
The Uruguay Way: Exploring the implementation of One Laptop Per Child
This spring term a select few of Union’s students are on a trip of a lifetime, studying at the Universidad de la República in Uruguay. Here, Union students will participate in the Uruguayan implementation of One Laptop Per Child (Plan …→
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