Ezra Klein Featured at Distinguished Lecture Series
Students and community members praised both Ezra Klein and his news media venture, Vox, when he was invited on campus as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series on March 9th. Ezra Klein is the Editor-in-Chief of Vox, a news website that focuses on providing the most important news to consumers in ways that are extremely easy to absorb and comprehend. Vox does this through the use of graphs, lists...
Lights, Camera, Sundance
Fundance. That is what many students from the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee were calling their trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this January. Every year, a select group of students from the WUD Film Committee are invited to travel to Park City to encourage the next step in leadership and bring films back to campus for their programing throughout the year. This years group was a mix of associate...
Women’s History Month Sets Stage for Marcia Légère Student Play Festival
The 24th annual Marcia Légère Student Play Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fredric March Play Circle. Free and open to the public, the festival will showcase three student-written and directed plays to pay homage to Marcia Légère. Légère, a student at UW-Madison in the early 40’s, won the first Wisconsin Playwrights Contest with a piece that her professor submitted secretly. Her...
Hoofers Celebrate 50th Trip to Jackson Hole
While some of us will spend our spring break enjoying hot sand and sun, the Hoofers Ski and Snowboard Club is planning for something a bit chillier. Hoofers Ski and Snowboard (SnS) will travel to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyoming for the 50th time this March, a significant anniversary for a club founded on fun and tradition, which is why a special package for alumni is being offered this year to invite past...
What You Missed at Hoofers Winter Carnival
Who said we can’t play outside in February? Outdoor enthusiasts rejoiced this month during the annual Hoofers Winter Carnival, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and Rec Sports. Bigger and better every year, the week-long event featured fun indoors and out, and we want to share it with you. Below are some of our favorite photos recapping the Carnival, but you can see more photos at Hoofer’s Facebook page....
Short but so Sweet: Tying the Knot in Tripp
Kristin and Dan Geil could not have imagined having wed anywhere else than Memorial Union. As lifetime alumni members of the Union it was a place where they met, spent time and grew together. On Saturday afternoon, December 13, Kristin and Dan gathered with their four closest friends in the Tripp Commons Ballroom, to engage in a brief yet intimate ceremony followed by a champagne toast with pictures on the balcony overlooking...