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WUD Film: Wisconsin Film Festival 2014 Picks
By Nancy Payne x’16 Next week begins a much-loved and anticipated time of the year in Madison: The Wisconsin Film Festival. While the cold weather seems never-ending, this week-long event starting Thursday, April 3 and going until Thursday, April 10 is the perfect distraction and segue into spring. With over 150 films to choose from, we turned to Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film committee members to send us their picks for this year’s festival. Victor Alicea x’14 WUD Film Committee Cult Associate Director: Vertigo...
read moreThrowback Thursday: NCAA 1941 Champs
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!
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Throwback Thursday: Barbershop Bliss
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!
read moreDIY St. Patrick’s Day Craft
By Nancy Payne x’16 Shamrock Tinted Mason Jar Inspired by the Wisconsin Union Mini Courses and Craftshop, this is the perfect craft to get into the St. Patrick’s Day Spirit. With the help of Craftshop programmer Ella Williquette and Momtastic DIY, we have put together a festive mason jar that is perfect as a holiday center piece, flower vase, pencil holder, wrapped candy/snack container or luminary candle holder. If you have any festive DIY crafts or ideas, please share in the comments below! Supplies: Mason Jar 1 tube of green...
read moreUnion restaurant takes pride in its local products
At first glance, Union South’s Harvest Grains restaurant may seem like any other sandwich shop. But if you take a closer look, you’ll see a little shop doing big things when it comes to sustainability and promoting local food products. “The vision of Harvest Grains has been ‘local’ and ‘sustainable’ since its inception,” said Jeff Cullen, general manager of Harvest Grains and two other Union eateries, Urban Slice and Ginger Root. “We are constantly trying to find great local products to incorporate in our menu.” Parrfection Produce,...
read more‘The people’s judge’ finds his roots in Memorial Union
By Kayla Schmidt x’15 On a bitterly cold February night, Judge Hamdy Ezalarab looks over his bench across the small, carpeted courtroom to address his next case. Bright overhead lights glare against the shuttered windows that block breathtaking winds; a young man at the podium requests two weeks to pay his fines for a traffic violation. Judge Ezalarab gives him 60 days. Forty-five years ago, Judge Ezalarab looked over a different type of bench. Instead of young men and women asking him to reduce license point deductions or extend fine...
read moreWomen in the Union: Where are they now?
By Nancy Payne x’16 In honor of women’s history month, we sent out a questionnaire to just a few of the many outstanding women affiliated with the Wisconsin Union throughout the years to see what they’re up to. If you or a woman you know is an exemplary Union woman, please feel free to share your story in the comments below! Cressida Hanson ’06 Thinking about your days as a UW student… Role(s) in the Union: A Wisconsin Film Festival intern and part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee, and constant...
read moreThrowback Thursday: Women in the Know
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!
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