>From the Tuesday, Dec.18 edition of the National comes this tidbit. > > Union College of Schenectady,NY was invited to replace Army, > which is going independent, in the ECAC's division I hockey > league. > >No other information was given. Will Union accept? > >---mg >[log in to unmask] From the Tuesday, 12/18 edition of The Ithaca Journal (via the Associated Press): Union Asked To Join ECAC Schenectady (AP) - Union College was invited Monday to upgrade its hockey program from small-college status and replace Army in the ECAC's Division I league and bcome a new rival of Cornell. Elizabeth Eismeier of Colgate, co-chair of the ECAC's Ice Hockey Policy Committee, said she made the formal invitation in a letter to Union President Roger H. Hull. "We believe they share our commitment to academic excellence and to balanced and fair competition," she said. Dick Sakala, Union's athletic director, said Monday the college hopes to give the ECAC a decision by January 31, when students and faculty will have returned from semester break and had a chance to express their opinions on the issue. "It's too early to make a judgment," Sakala said Monday. "We're certainly honored by the invitation and intend to be very thorough and give it every review possible." Union's hockey team competes on the Division III level in the ECAC's Hockey West [sic] region. Army, an ECAC member since 1984, announced last month it was leaving the league to return to independent status. Other members of the ECAC's Division I hockey league, in addition to the Big Red, are Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell [sic], Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI, St. Lawrence, Vermont and Yale.