Throwback Thursday: Union Theater at dusk
Take a look back in time each week with Throwback Thursdays as we post photos and snapshots from the Union’s amazing history. Find out interesting facts and stories from some of the Union’s favorite people, places and things. We’re eager to hear your stories and memories from the Union as well, so share in the comments section below!
Throwback Thursday: ROTC dedicates the Union site
Take a look back in time each week with Throwback Thursdays as we post photos and snapshots from the Union’s amazing history. Find out interesting facts and stories from some of the Union’s favorite people, places and things. We’re eager to hear your stories and memories from the Union as well, so share in the comments section below!
“Bock” to basics: 5 tips for beer beginners
by Andrew Heisler ’13 Whether you like your brew malty, hoppy, or well…watery (I’m talking about you, Keystone Light), beer of all tastes, styles and origins hold a special place in the hearts of Wisconsinites. It has its own place in the Wisconsin Food Hall-of-Fame right next to the wheel of cheese and the grill full of bratwurst. Wisconsin has a booming craft beer industry. Well-known regional breweries such as New Glarus...
Terrace food options expand with the opening of The Gazebo and Brat Stand
By Francesca Bonifacio ’13 With summer in full swing and the Memorial Union Reinvestment still going strong, you’d be hard pressed to look around and pinpoint a single Terrace icon resistant to change. Earlier this month, the Brat Stand underwent a massive facelift, and the Terrace welcomed a newcomer to the food stand family: The Gazebo. Between the Terrace food stands, Der Rathskeller and Lakefront on Langdon, diners can find...
A historical walking tour of the Memorial Union main entrance
By Jake Heyka ’14 “Down the forest aisles of France. Hear the green-clad column singing! Noonday beems from rifles glance down the forest aisles of France. In these haunts of old romance how we set the echoes ringing! Down the forest aisles of France hear the green-clad column singing!” –John Herbert Culnan ’21, from the pamphlet given out at the Memorial Union Cornerstone Ceremony Between phase 1 of the...