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Prof. Andrew Morris: “Get rid of FEMA? That would be a disaster” Andrew Morris Union College Professor of History Editor’s Note: This article was originally published as an op-ed in The Hill on April 10, 2025.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency appears to be on life support.

According to recent news reports, Trump administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting administrator Cameron Hamilton, are poised to act on President Trump’s desire to drastically reduce the federal government’s role in responding to disasters and to down-

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Univ. of Michigan Hockey Goalie to Join Union Team in Key Transfer Allyson Bennett Staff Writer

size or eliminate FEMA altogether.

This comes on the heels of the administration attempting to freeze over $100 billion in payments FEMA had promised to states for rebuilding and increasing disaster resiliency after Hurricane Helene, and for responding to the California wildfires and other disasters last year.

Eradicating or gutting FEMA would be a disaster. The fact that the conversation is happening at all underscores that we are in a far different era of the politics of disaster than the one that FEMA emerged from during the 1960s and 1970s.

See DISASTER on page 2

On Monday, April 14, transfer portal trackers run by the Grand Forks Herald, College Hockey News, College Hockey Insider, Elite Prospects, and Clean Sheet Hockey reported that Cameron Korpi is transferring from the University of Michigan to Union College. Carter Korpi ‘26, Cameron’s older brother, has also confirmed Cameron’s transfer to Concordiensis staff. Cameron is a goaltender and could be a crucial addition to the men’s hockey roster.

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Cameron Korpi in goal for Michigan against Penn State.

Union’s Theater and Dance Department Federal Attacks on DEI in Education Takes on NYC Met With Resistance and Uncertainty Sienna Chambial Pop/Culture Editor

Winston Lee

Student Research Spotlight: Winston Lee ‘27 Abigail Trzepla Sci-Tech Editor Union’s annual Steinmetz Symposium is approaching quickly, with less than a month before its arrival.

Making its 35th annual appearance on May 9, 2025, the event will take over campus once again to give hundreds of undergraduates the chance to present their research

See STEINMETZ SPOTLIGHT on page 5

Opinions, page 3 Sippin’ Through Schenectady, Minecraft Movie

On Saturday, April 12, the Union College Department of Theater and Dance traveled to New York City for a series of acting workshops, dance classes, backstage tours and conversations with prominent figures in the industry, including Broadway lyricist Erik Della Penna.

The biennial trip is an initiative by the department to promote experiential learning beyond the classroom. This year’s visit marked the program’s return following the COVID-19 pandemic and was led by depart-

in Schenectady Alex Sano News Editor

Dan Venning

ment faculty members Hettie Barnhill, Brittney Belz, Drew Bodd, Laurie Zabele Cawley, Gabriel Thom Pasculli, Jasmine Roth ’14 and Dan Venning.

See UNION TAKES NYC on page 4

The start of president Donald Trump’s second term in office has seen executive orders and directives to cancel what the administration deems so-called “harmful” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, meant to provide opportunities for otherwise underrepresented and underprivileged minority groups.

These programs, which are being cut down across educational institutions, have their roots in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed by president Lyndon B. Johnson, and have offered educational liberties to millions. An article posted

New York Senate

New York State Department of Education.

on whitehouse.gov on March 18 now details the exact terms of this directive, deeming the

efforts and institutions of DEI to

Notices Page 6 Crime Log, Student Forum Election Info

Sports. page 7 What U Missed, Results, Upcoming

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We’re beautiful on the inside, too

Pop/Culture page 4 Coachella 2025 at Union

SciTech/807 Page 5 “Funny Girl” Musical Sends Serious Message

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ALEXANDER SANO, NEWS EDITOR sanoa@union.edu

DEI CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 be “radical and wasteful.”

As president Trump has put these directives into place, change is already being seen at the local level, with the Times Union reporting on the funding challenges which the DEI ban will bring to local federally funded schools. Leaders in the Schenectady community are now left between trying to maintain their ability to receive federal funding and remaining compliant while staying true to “their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.” DEI programs, which had previously been able to provide counseling and mental health services to Schenectady public school students, are seemingly the first to be impacted by these orders, leaving the fate of future programs uncertain.

At the state level, the Trump administration placed a ten-day ultimatum on all fifty US states to have their departments of education certify the abandonment of all such DEI programs or risk cuts to their federal funding. In New York State, Department of Education officials released a letter on April fourth affirming their commitment to DEI and refusing to comply with any such certification demanded by the federal government.

Deputy commissioner Daniel Morton-Bentley maintained in the letter that the federal Department of Education has no authority to threaten funds or withhold any form of aid without “formal administrative process.” It is this lack of formal administration that seems to be cited along with many actions taken by the Trump

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administration via executive order, with critics arguing that executive orders are nothing more than a powerless demand, not having any thorough or well-defined legislative power.

On campus at Union, a college which has strived in recent decades to remain equitable and fair to a diverse student population, these directives are also being challenged at the highest level of New York State Department of Education. administration, with President Union, and we have no plans David Harris referencing them to do so.” With president in his Founder’s Day keynote Harris leaving after the 2024address, stating “We have not 2025 academic year, and made any such changes at the executive order to end

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DEI not yet having any status as a federal law, the future of these alterations to DEI is uncertain.

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GILLIAN PASEKA, OPINIONS EDITOR pasekag@union.edu

DISASTER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 FEMA itself has become shorthand for the larger policy shift of that era, where states, localities and nongovernmental agencies such as the American Red Cross were shuddering under the burden of increasingly costly disasters such as the Alaska Earthquake (1964), Hurricane Betsy (1965), Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Agnes (1972) — the latter in the same year as devastating floods in Noem’s home state of South Dakota.

These disasters struck landscapes where post-World War II economic growth had brought billions of dollars of homes, businesses and public infrastructure into risky areas, such as coastlines, floodplains and places vulnerable to tornadoes or earthquakes.

The traditional deference to states, localities, the Red Cross and private insurance was simply inadequate in places like coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Camille. Residents of those places, from avowed conservatives to civil rights activists, called for a sub-

stantial, and ongoing, federal commitment to construct a disaster safety net under them, and by extension, all American citizens.

As one victim of Camille in Louisiana who decried the spread of public welfare generally, but argued disasters were different, wrote in a letter to his congressman: “I believe that this is an area in which it is proper for our government to extend direct financial aid to those people who suffer losses over which they had very little, if any, control.”

Congress responded first by massive one-off relief bills for these big disasters, generally with near-unanimous support across party and regional lines. By the time FEMA was created in 1978, the federal government had assumed a much more substantial role in disaster relief than it had in earlier decades.

The trends that brought about the expanded federal disaster role in the 1960s and 1970s have only been exacerbated in the intervening years.

Development in risky areas,

such as the Florida coastlines, has continued more or less unabated. Katrina, as is now clear, heralded the beginning of two decades of increasingly catastrophic natural disasters.

All of this has put increasing pressure on a federal disaster system that is chronically understaffed and relies on year-to-year funding from Congress that has become partisan on these issues in a way that was simply not the case in the 1970s.

Undoubtedly, there are ways to make FEMA more efficient. Indeed, the bipartisan proposal introduced recently to again make FEMA an independent agency merits consideration.

But the fact that the conversation has moved from “FEMA has problems” to “eviscerate the federal role in disaster relief” belies the reality that many states — which would be forced to underwrite a much larger share of the bill — are woefully under equipped to deal with the logistics and costs of responding to more frequent large-scale disasters.

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FEMA Task Force members boarding an Air Force Globemaster.

It’s difficult to imagine, for instance, Mississippi rebuilding its coastline after it was once again destroyed by Katrina in 2005 without the massive infusion of federal resources that Congress and the Bush and Obama administrations provided for years after the disaster.

Most states aren’t eager to go back to pre-1960s arrangements, and neither, it seems, are Senate Republicans from disaster-prone states. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said there’s “no way Republicans

and Democrats are supporting” eliminating FEMA. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said that the federal government is still going to be “distributing disaster money. I mean, just as a practical matter, it has to be done.”

The congressional architects of modern disaster policy were proud of what they had achieved for their constituents.

It is incumbent for their successors to remind the administration why we have a FEMA in the first place.

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Sippin’ Through Schenectady

GILLIAN PASEKA, OPINIONS EDITOR pasekag@union.edu

My Caffeinated Stroll Down Jay Street Allyson Bennett Staff Writer

If you walk about 10 minutes away from Davidson Hall, you’ll reach Jay Street in downtown Schenectady. Jay Street is home to a variety of small businesses, each having something unique to offer. Looking to review some of the coffee or tea shops, I visited four businesses: Bud’s on Jay Street, Raw Juice Bar, Storied Milk & Teas, and the Whistling Kettle. Of course this does not cover all restaurants on Jay Street, but these four are good places to start if you haven’t explored much beyond the Blue Gate.

Bud’s On Jay This is the first time I’ve been here, and I instantly fell in love with this small-town coffee shop. They have your standard coffee types; a cold brew, an Americano, lattes, etc. However, thanks to the syrups and other options they have, it’s easy to customize your coffee order to just how you like it. They have around two dozen syrups behind the counter, and some are incredibly niche, with fan favorite flavors like caramel and hazelnut alongside

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mango, English toffee, blackberry, and toasted marshmallow.

I ordered a decaf iced Americano and a plain bagel with cranberry walnut cream cheese. My coffee arrived in around 3 minutes, yet the bagel took 15 minutes. The wait was worth it, though, as the bagel was fresh out of the oven. The homemade cream cheese with walnuts and dried cranberries made the

bagel complete. However, I would have enjoyed the cream cheese itself to be cranberry flavored.

Since this was my first time here, I feel like there’s more to explore at this coffee shop. On the menu, they have a lot more breakfast and lunch options, like omelets and sandwiches, and I’m hoping I get to come here again to enjoy them.

Raw Juice Bar This is not a coffee shop, but still one of Jay Street’s gems. It serves both smoothies and juices, and I’m glad I got to try this place.

My order consisted of the green dream, a smoothie with pineapple, spinach, kale, mango and coconut water. I absolutely loved this smoothie. It felt like the right balance of sweetness and citrus, making me want to go back for more.

However, this shop is one of the more expensive shops on Jay street; my smoothie cost $9, and an additional $1 could get you lemon and ginger. In my opinion, the price is reasonable because they use all fresh ingredients. You can see an ingredient bar behind the counter, which contains all the fruits used for the smoothies and juices. That definitely drives the price up. These

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prices were no surprise as they are consistent with other juice or smoothie shops I’ve been to outside of Schenectady.

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Storied Milk & Tea The beauty of this shop is that it can let you build a community, all while drinking bubble tea.

When you walk up to the counter, there are books and board games available to borrow as you sip on your coffee and boba tea.

There is seating at tables along the wall, or on stools overlooking Jay Street. A small bulletin board by the door advertises local events. Paintings you can buy from local artists decorate the walls, and retro clocks sit on tables.

At Storied, I ordered a raspberry milk bubble tea. What stood out to me is that most of their flavors are made in house; I could tell with this raspberry tea. It was sweet and tasted like raspberry concentrate; it complemented the milk in the tea well. I love how this shop has bubble tea, as well as coffee, so it’s the best of both worlds.

Whistling Kettle This place has to be my holy grail.

Popcorn, Pixels, and Pandemonium

‘The Minecraft Movie’ Experience You Have to See to Believe Gillian Paseka Opinions Editor

Minecraft and its icon Steve has re-entered the world with a cinematic boom. Despite the game reaching its popularity peak many years ago, the film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa has gathered together a community – an interesting group indeed. “The Minecraft Movie” has brought joy for its younger generations, yet disruption to those working in movie theaters.

Large crowds are drawn into the theaters for phrases like ‘I am Steve,’ ‘The Nether,’ and the most popular, ‘Chicken Jockey.’ These

movie segments have become viral on social media, as there are videos of audiences erupting in screaming the lines, throwing popcorn, and even bringing in a real chicken.

Experiencing “The Minecraft Movie” not once, but twice, the theaters are just like the viral videos – absolutely chaotic, but in the best way possible. With full honesty, I have never laughed harder in a theater. In addition, I have never heard louder cheers for characters and their preformed scripts – even when seeing “Spider-Man: No Way Home” on opening weekend.

Elias Acevedo ‘27 adds onto the positive experience of “The Mi-

necraft Movie.” He tells us, “I loved the Minecraft movie and the theater environment mostly because of the nostalgia behind the video game.”

“Being in the theater with other people sharing that same feeling allowed everyone to embrace being a kid again and enjoying the experience to their best ability.”

This movie uprooted many childhood memories for past Minecraft players, which crafted a wholesome experience – and fun one too.

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UNION TAKES NYC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sienna Chambial Pop/Culture Editor

“It’s important for our students to see theater and dance at the highest professional level in NYC, as well as to meet artists and take classes there,” said Dan Venning, associate professor of theater and dance. “It’s fun for everyone and is a crucial part of supporting the immersive educational mission of Union College— and forging the close connections between students and faculty that are a key part of the small liberal arts college experience.”

Based on their academic focus at Union, students spent the after-

noon participating in a range of activities: taking dance classes at the Broadway Dance Center or the Ailey School, attending an acting class at Ripley-Grier Studios, meeting Della Penna and previewing his upcoming Broadway show, Dead Outlaw. Other highlights included a backstage tour of the long-running Off-Broadway show The Play That Goes Wrong at New World Stages, and a visit to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and its Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

In the evening, dance students attended the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Dances of the Mind at the Joyce Theater, while theater

students saw John Proctor Is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, at the Booth Theatre.

“I really liked the show,” said Lia Nichols ’27, a theater minor. “I thought it was a little heavy, but it was handled in a very tactful way. I know it is hard to capture how teenagers speak when you’re an older person writing teenagers, but they did a really good job. I definitely learned a lot.”

Nichols added that she wished she had also attended Dances of the Mind, noting, “I did ballet for most of my life, and dance is really close to my heart.”

Armaan Uppal ’26 enjoyed see-

ing how backstage work translates to the professional level. “It was good to see how the skills we learn at Union might apply to the Broadway stage,” he said. “Even though everything might be on a bigger scale—more speakers or lights— the fundamentals still remain the same.”

The trip was funded by grants from Union’s Internal Education Foundation, which supports learning experiences outside the classroom. Because of the program’s cost, five faculty members jointly applied for this year’s grant.

“It’s a ton of work for all of us, but it is immensely worth it,” said Ven-

Dan Venning

Union Theater students in conversation with Broadway Lyricist Erik Della Penna.

ning. “I wish we had a dedicated fund for this so we could do it every year, since we aren’t allowed to apply for the IEF annually.”

The department regularly offers opportunities for students to engage with theater and dance beyond the classroom. Each trimester features major departmental productions, including fall and spring theater shows, the Winter Dance Concert and the Steinmetz Dance Concert.

Students also travel to see professional productions as part of their coursework.

This year’s trips included Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors in Buffalo and Once on This Island at Capital

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Union Dance students posing outside the Joyce Theater before watching Martha Graham Dance Compa-

Coachella 2025 Goes Viral at Union Alekhya Burug Contributing Writer

Each April, the California desert transforms into a glittering haven of music, fashion, and pop culture— and Coachella 2025 lived up to its legacy, though not without mixed reviews. Held across two weekends— April 11–13 and April 18–20—the festival returned to the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California, with an eclectic lineup and even more eccentric aesthetics.

This year’s headliners included Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and Tyla, joined by major acts like Hanumankind, Travis Scott, Ice Spice, and Beabadoobee. Lady Gaga’s performance was especially theatrical, blending new tracks from her album Mayhem with classics like “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face.” Additionally, Tyla made the audience lose their breath with her surprise appearance with Becky G. Despite the big names, not everyone was impressed. “Even

though the hype for Coachella this year is significantly lower than in previous years, I do believe that if they bring in better artists for next year, it will get better,” said Narayani Yogi, Class of 2028. “Also, Coachella is the biggest music festival, so the hype for it will always be there.”

Attendance hovered at around 100,000 people per weekend— consistent with previous years— but many festival goers expressed their dismay over the event’s commercialization, with less focus on

groundbreaking music and more on brand deals and content creation.

Though most Union students didn’t attend the event itself due to the ongoing Spring term, they had strong opinions through involvement with Coachella through social media platforms.

“It is very entertaining to see how everyone dresses up for the different themes,” said Shravani Kulkarni, Class of 2028. “Even if I didn’t love the music this year, the fashion makes it worth watching.”

From desert fairy to glam grunge, the different outfits adorned by people created an Instagrammable atmosphere that enabled students to experience Coachella virtually. “I have never been to Coachella myself, but every year my Instagram feed gets flooded with reels and posts of the performances and so I feel like I am not really missing out,” added Kavita Trivedi, Class of 2027.

“It also saves me the money on actually going there.”

A huge part of that aesthetic?

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ABIGAIL TRZEPLA, SCI-TECH EDITOR trzeplaa@union.edu

STEINMETZ SPOTLIGHT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Lee explains, “I worked with the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument in the Instrumentation Lab, and right now, I am using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as my protein. BSA is a versatile, stable, and well-studied protein, so it is easy to compare my results to standardized ones.” He elaborates on the focus of his work, “Our hope is to apply what we have learned about DLS instrumentation to metacaspases, a protein that is less stable and less studied.”

When considering why he chose this topic, Lee described that their lab struggles with understanding how metacaspases cleave themselves: “Ideally, DLS will allow us to see if metacaspases, after cleaving, exist as one cohesive entity or two separate entities; if there are two, what are their relative sizes?”

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Wold Center, location of the Biochemistry Suite and research laboratories

In addition, he noted, “This topic was also very approachable and easy to learn for me, someone who hasn’t been in the Fox Lab for very long. Lastly, although this topic is quite general and not specific, I can still explore other biochemical procedures as well later on, such as making my own protein.”

Getting involved in research and working to understand more about complex processes comes with in-

herent difficulties. Lee identified the most challenging aspect to have been persevering through setbacks throughout the term. “Redoing the same procedure not twice, thrice, but four times can be quite demoralizing, but it is very worth it. Along the way, with each new trial, we make sure to adjust, correct, and modify the procedure as needed to ensure that our time isn’t wasted.”

While setbacks are bound to

UPCOMING STEMINARS occur, the overall process was a positive one. When asked about the best part of working on this project, Lee cited his team, saying, “The most rewarding aspect has been working alongside such a fun and friendly research group. I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people: Jake Karp (‘25), Elma Dema (‘26), Adithi Chellappan (‘27), Amy Gagliardi (‘27), and Erika Canaveral (‘28).”

He added, “Last but certainly not least, I am eternally grateful to do research with Professor Kristin Fox; she has been instrumental in my success, and I look forward to seeing where this research project goes next!”

Lee’s work and hundreds of other students’ can be fully appreciated at Steinmetz in just a few weeks.

Attendees can look forward to oral and poster sessions from 8:30am to 5:20pm in the ISEC, Wold, Lippman, and Karp buildings, with a full pro-

Chemistry April 24, 12:50pm / ISEC 222 “Using NMR Spectroscopy To Enable Drug Discovery” Adam Lewis, Ph.D., Novartis

Physics & Astronomy April 24, 12:50pm / ISEC 120 “Three Ways To Build A Spacetime” Cindy Keeler, Arizona State University

Biology April 24, 12:50pm / Olin 115 “Stream Ecology” Corey Krabbenhoft, Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo

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“Funny Girl” Musical Sends Serious Message Ryan Cudworth 807 Editor

Kicking off the start of Spring term, 2025, the Union College Minerva program took students to Proctor’s Theater to see the recently revived and now on-tour production of the musical “Funny Girl”. For a $5 dollar deposit (returned upon attendance of the Minerva program-led pre-show, complete with a meal), the Housing and Res-Ed sponsored event brought students by bus to Proctors for the April 2nd showing of the national tour.

The pre-show, hosted by Theater and Dance Professor Dan Venning and Hillel Director Bonnie Cramer, discussed the important role that the show took on in storytelling about Jewish life in the United States, the American dream, and the interplay

between the two. “Funny Girl”, set largely in Manhattan’s Lower East Side (a center of Jewish immigration to New York City), follows the story of Fanny Brice, an American comedian, actress, and performer active from 1908 until her death in 1951.

Born Fania Borach to a Hungarian-Jewish family, she began her career appearing at a burlesque show before joining the Ziegfeld Follies, a theatrical revue directed by Florenz Ziegfeld that would eventually be aired over radio. Borach changed her surname to Brice during this period to appear “less Jewish” out of fear of being typecast in Jewish roles, thus limiting her appeal. The show references her being Jewish, and the prejudicial baggage present as a result, throughout, with the character of Fanny likening herself to a “bagel”, when casting directors

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were used to casting “onion rolls”.

While not Jewish in origin, bagels became a cultural staple in Jewish circles through their regularly being served in Eastern European Jewish communities, with many Jewish

immigrants to the United States selling them from pushcarts in communities like Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The musical pokes fun at this comparison in Act II when Brice performs in the number “Rat-

Tat-Tat-Tat” as “Private Schwartz”, leading an all-male company into war while wearing suspenders with the buckles replaced with bagels.

The musical also makes light of beauty standards both in the performance industry and in Brice’s community itself. In the song “If a Girl Isn’t Pretty”, Brice’s character is repeatedly prodded by her neighbor, Mrs. Strakosh, regarding her physical appearance, with the character of Mrs. Strakosh insisting throughout the show that Fanny was not attractive enough to make it in the performance industry and should instead focus on finding a husband.

The song goes on to discuss her firing from her initial position at the burlesque revue, partially attributed to her perceived physical undesirability, before ultimately being hired to join the Ziegfeld Follies.

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ANGELINA MARTINELLI, NOTICES EDITOR martina2@union.edu

CRIME & FIRE LOG

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NOOR EL MAAYERGI, SPORTS EDITOR elmaayee@union.edu

WHAT U MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

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Seniors Greta Maurer, Sarah Murphy, Teagan Shay, and Morgan Adams after their last home game at Union.

KEY GOALIE TRANSFER Continued from Page 1 Cameron spent his first year at

Cameron will wear the same jersey

Dartmouth in two games.

State.

in October. Carter is a forward who

could be crucial for the success of the

play at Mohawk Harbor Events Center

He recorded 6 goals (including two

Placid, New York, for the ECAC tour-

ule will be released at a later date.

Michigan, where he was in the net for

as his older brother, Carter, beginning

average (GAA), a .904 save percent-

specialises in short handed goals.

18 games, had a 3.08 goals against age, and seven wins. Before then, he played with the Tri-City Storm of the USHL and backstopped his team to

consecutive Clark Cup semi-final appearances.

“The freshman split time with grad-

uate Logan Stein this season and was

probably Michigan’s best option in net.” Sam Bernardi of Maize n Brew, a

news outlet that covers the University of Michigan’s sports, said that Cam-

eron entered the portal. “It’s difficult

to get playing time for any freshman at any school, but to be the Wolverines’ goaltender so early on is quite an

achievement. He had it all lined up to control the position for years.”

short-handed goals and two empty net

goals), two assists, and 12 blocks before sustaining a season-ending injury

in early January. Carter is expected to

return to the Union lineup at the start of the next season. Cameron comes to Union at a time when the men’s hockey

Union having Cameron in the net

team. The team is eager to go to Lake nament for the first time since 2017.

other top ECAC opponents, Quinnipiac, Dartmouth, and Clarkson, and de-

feating them would be crucial for the success of next season.

In addition, two rounds of the

NCAA tournament will be hosted by

gram had its first winning season since

makes it to the tournament, they will

2018-2019, finished fourth in ECAC

standings, and secured its first round

ECAC playoff bye since the 2017-2018 season. However, the team had a disappointing end to their season in the

ECAC quarterfinals, when they lost to

RESULTS

RESULTS

this October, and their season sched-

The team has also struggled against

program is hoping to revive its history of success. This past season, the pro-

The men’s hockey team will begin

Union at MVP Arena in Albany; if Union play there. In order to qualify for the tournament, Union would have to win the ECAC championship and/or have

Katie Leonard | Union Athletics

top national rankings. Union has not

been in the tournament since 2017, when they lost in the first round to Penn

UPCOMING EVENTS

Union forward Carter Korpi, Cameron’s Brother

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 11

April 13

April 18

Women’s Lacrosse @ St. Lawrence 2:00pm

1. Iyene Essien, who has been select-

Softball @ RPI L 1-9, L 0-4

Women’s Golf @ Cortland Inv. 2nd place

Women’s Golf @ Union Spring Inv. 12:00pm

Baseball @ Skidmore 12:00pm, 3:00pm

ed for the PGA WORKS Champion-

Men’s Track @ RPI 5th place

Baseball vs Rochester L 3-9, L 3-6

Softball vs St. Lawrence 3:00pm, 5:00pm

Softball vs Clarkson 1:00pm, 3:00pm

ship. (Steve Sheridan)

Women’s Track @ RPI 3rd place

Softball vs SUNY Cobleskill L 9-12, L 3-4

Baseball vs Skidmore 3:30pm

Men’s & Women’s Track @ Trinity Invitation-

Women’s Lacrosse @ Clarkson 4:00pm

al 10:30am

2. Cat Dacey running the 1,500 me-

Women’s Tennis vs SUNY New Paltz 5:00pm

ters race. (Jason Plante)

April 12

April 14

3. Andrew Keaveny during Union’s

Women’s Golf @ Cortland Inv. 1st place

Softball @ Skidmore L 2-11, W 3-2

loss to RIT. (David Zaslaw)

Women’s Tennis @ St. Lawrence W 6-1

4. Peter Kip during Saturday’s game

Men’s Tennis @ St Lawrence L 3-4

April 15

Men’s & Women’s Crew @ NY State Cham-

against RPI. (Denis Goodwin)

Men’s Lacrosse vs RPI L 8-14

Baseball vs SUNY Oneonta

pionships 9:00am

Women’s Lacrosse vs Vassar W 13-11

Men’s Tennis vs RPI

Women’s Tennis vs Vassar 10:00am

Baseball vs RIT L 4-10

April 22 April 19

Men’s Tennis vs Vassar 2:00pm Men’s Lacrosse @ Vassar 12:00pm

Softball @ MCLA 3:00pm, 5:00pm

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

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Mock Wedding with ASA

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Students at the Mock Wedding make speeches.

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Students smile for a photograph, dressed in traditional clothing.

Temilade Olasubomi ’26, Wellington Matos ’26, and Chisom Uchendu ’25 pose for a photogrpah at the Mock Wedding event on Saturday, April 12.

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The Bride and Groom stand around the wedding cake, surrounded by their friends. This event was joint-hosted by Skidmore and Union.

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