Distinguished Lecture Series Committee brings high-profile speakers
By Andrew Heisler This upcoming season, the Wisconsin Union will host a wide variety of speakers through the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Coming to share their riveting stories, captivating research, and controversial opinions, the following speakers are sure to make attendees leave with a new perspective. Aron Ralston When: 2/20/13, 7:30 pm, Union South – Varsity Hall In 2003, Aron...
Former WUD Music Director maps out his future
By Brooke Appe Though taking the entrepreneurial route in today’s economy is a daring move, former Wisconsin Union Directorate Music director Matt Forrest decided to take the plunge and see what he could make of it. With the skills he acquired in the classroom in harmony with the leadership he gained outside, Matt created his own mapping firm, Carticulate, and found incredible success. Now based in New York with a wide variety...
Film Guru Finds Passion in Working with Students
Tom Yoshikami By Zach Thomae, membership intern He selects and presents films for the Wisconsin Film Festival. He advises the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film committee and oversees film programming at the Marquee. He helped choose films for Cinematheque, the group of student groups and academic departments “showcasing films that would otherwise never reach Madison screens.” He does rooftop screenings for the Madison Museum of...
Student Director Embraces the Absurd at Play Festival
By Zach Thomae Jacob Turner laughs, filming the stage. He’s filming a play. Right now, a woman named Hawkins is the target of a great deal of laughter, because her boss, Burchard, has put laxatives in her drink. She’s upset with him, but in a silly and aloof way, stumbling through a series of sudden, embarrassing exits. Jacob laughs with the audience, perhaps because of how the characters onstage seem to acknowledge how lowbrow and...
6 must-read books for holiday vacation
Holiday vacations provide the perfect time to cozy up next to the fireplace in your slippers with a great book. Some Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Publications Committee members and directors gave us a few of their favorite reads. These students produce eight print and online publications: Illumination, Emmie, Souvenirs, JUIS, Working Title, UW Flash Fiction, Moda and The Dish. As the most devoted literature fans in the Union,...