Know Your WUD Leader: Adam Yeazel
The word “student” doesn’t do justice for everything UW-Madison junior Adam Yeazel accomplishes. In addition to his role as a molecular biology and international studies major, Yeazel also works in a research lab, plays double bass viola and serves as the director of WUD Society and Politics. The WUD Society and Politics committee is a nonpartisan group of students that make it easy for people to talk, listen and learn about the...
Celebrate Memorial Union’s 90th Birthday This Year
We can’t relive the past…but we can celebrate it! We’re excited to celebrate a big milestone this year: Memorial Union is turning 90! With renovations of floors two through four complete, Memorial Union is looking good as new, and we’ll be honoring one of our favorite spots on campus all year long. Keep an eye out in upcoming editions of Terrace Views for monthly features on updated spaces throughout the Union. Once the weather...
The Story of the Steins
The walls of Memorial Union can’t talk-but the Steins do. A signature of both der Stiftskeller and der Rathskeller is the eclectic stein collection lining the muraled walls. Generations of Badgers and Union members have donated their own steins to the collection, and some even slipped notes in, commemorating their time at the Union. During renovations of Memorial Union, the Steins were washed, tagged, organized and stored, giving...
Fun, Food and Philharmonic Music: The Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts
The fun, lively-and most importantly delicious-feasts enjoyed by nobles in Tudor England date back to over 500 years ago. As the legend goes, the original idea of a boar’s head feast originated in England when a scholar encountered a wild boar in his path. He knocked the animal out with a heavy book, and presented it at a Christmas mass banquet. Here at the Wisconsin Union, the feast is prepared more conventionally, but the spirit of...
Wisconsin Union Theater: A Ghost Story
Ever felt a ghost’s presence while enjoying a show at the Wisconsin Union Theater? Check out this video created by theater staff and learn about our phantom friends just in time for Halloween as told by our Theater Director Ralph Russo.