Home is Family
By Kelsey Pulera Everyone who has spent time at the Wisconsin Union knows it’s a place where strangers become friends and friends become family. For the Stutz sisters, it’s a home away from home. As Badgers and lovers of the outdoors, Margaux, Ella and Laurel Stutz each found a place to belong in Outdoor UW and in the Wisconsin Hoofer community. Student leadership here at the Wisconsin Union helps create an...
A Place Where All Can Play: The Union’s Fall Campaign
As children, our job was to play. Our parents encouraged us to let loose and simply have fun with games and toys. But as we get older this emphasis on play fades, and instead we focus on balancing school, work, exercise and relationships. The Wisconsin Union wants to bring play back into our adult lives. Since 1935 when the Board of Regents charged the Wisconsin Union with the recreational welfare of the student population and...
Kicking Off Gameday at the Union
As summer comes to a close, students return to campus and prepare to take new classes. But aside from the academic excitement a new school year brings, many are looking forward to another thing autumn has in store–athletic festivities. Fall means college football season for campuses across the nation, and it also means the reappearance of Wisconsin’s beloved gameday traditions–tailgating with brats and cold beverages,...
Terrace Yoga Introduces a New Way to Connect with the Wisconsin Union
Since its reopening in May, the Terrace has been host to many traditional Terrace activities; sunset watching, brat eating and the like. This summer, however, we added something new to the daily ritual of devoted Terrace go-ers. Terrace Yoga began regularly offering classes in June to anyone with a yoga mat and the desire to improve their “om.” There are two different sessions: Terrace yoga and standup paddleboard yoga, for...
Winter Carnival Continues its Icy Tradition
Every year, Lake Mendota becomes an icy platform for fishing, hockey and more, with droves of students embracing the fun that winter brings to Madison. One weekend in particular sparks an icy passion among Madisonians: the Hoofers annual Winter Carnival. This year brought a trove of activities to the lake, starting off with a snowshoe hike from the Union to a bonfire part at Picnic Point. Participants skied and hiked across Mendota to...
Hoofer Resale Returns for 52nd Year
The 52nd annual Hoofer Ski and Snowboard (SnS) Resale is coming up on the first weekend of December, where over 6,000 ski and snowboard items will be displayed in Union South’s Varsity Hall. This two-day event is the largest of its kind in the Midwest, attracting hundreds of shoppers from all around who are looking for gear for the season. Organizing this major event falls on a five-student subcommittee within Hoofer SnS. Mitch Beres,...