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programs in the new Union Theater, as well as for other all-campus programs. The council also recommended the formating of a new all-campus student governing board to replace the former Wisconsin Men’s Union. The new Student Board was approved by the student body in an allcampus referendum. For 100 years, the Union Program Board (until 1938) and the Union Directorate (since 1939) provided programming social, cultural and recreational programs for the campus community. In addition, planning these programs provided learning opportunities outside the classroom to supplement student “in class” learning. In the 1970s, when the University of Wisconsin merged with the Wisconsin State Colleges, the state Legislature recognized student governance. Enacting Wis. Stat. § 36.09(5), the Legislature made it official that students would participate in governing the respective campuses, along with faculty and academic staff. In response to the new merger legislation, the Board of Regents officially recognized Union Council and the Wisconsin Student Association (the student governing board) as governing boards. In the last two years, students led the long and difficult effort to win student approval of an increase in the student segregated fee to provide substantial funding for a new south campus Union and for the refurbishing and updating of a portion of the Memorial Union. Each year of the last 100, a new group of student leaders has emerged to take on the responsibilities and challenges of governing the Wisconsin Union. Over the years, these student leaders have addressed such questions as whether the Union should be a smoke-free facility, whether it should provide temporary housing for the Multi- Cultural Center, whether Playboy magazine should be sold in the Union and how much free speech could be accommodated in the Commons corridor, as well as the more mundane but fundamental issues of rental rates and the Union’s annual budget. And each year, the Union Directorate, the all-student programming board, has sponsored the lectures, music, films, art exhibits and outing opportunities that make the campus such a vibrant place. The Directorate chairs and their committee members choose the lecturers, the performers, the artists, the bands and the Hoofer trips, handle all the technical details that go into presenting a performance or exhibit or running a ski trip, including the many financial decisions involved in operating free and paid programs under the Union budget. At the time of my retirement in 2002, I said what I believed, “that students are the Union’s largest constituency and the ones most central to its mission. At the same time, they are the ones in whom we place responsibility for the running of the Union. If someone were to ask why we place so much responsibility for programming and governance in the hands of students, we would ask in return, ‘Why would we not?’ We’ve been doing it for all these years and we’ve sponsored thousands of educational programs that provided leadership training and experience for thousands of students.” This is the purpose and the essence of the Wisconsin Union. —Ted Crabb NEWS FLASH! Terrace Views is going online! Dear Union Members, I am pleased to announce that beginning with our Winter/ Spring issue, Terrace Views will be available on our Web site. We have implemented a subscription service that allows you to be notified when it has been posted—well before copies will be in the mail. For those of you who would rather read Terrace Views online, please go to www.union.wisc.edu/terraceviewssubscribe and fill out your subscription information. All you need to sign up is your name, an active email address and the ID number printed on the back page of this publication next to your name. If you have any questions, or have problems subscribing, please contact Ian Stewart at (608) 262-2263 or me at (608) 890-1736 and we’ll be happy to assist you. If you have any other ideas to enhance Union member benefits, don’t hesitate to contact me at jvincen1@wisc.edu with your suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Julie Vincent Assistant Director, Wisconsin Union 14 F A L L 2 0 0 7
Welcome 2007-08 WUD Officers As another year begins at the Wisconsin Union, we are able to welcome our new Wisconsin Union Directorate officer team. View from the Fifth Floor: Student Involvement in the Wisconsin Union Building Projects John Barnhardt, Wisconsin Union President In preparing for the Wisconsin Union’s new South Campus Union building and Memorial Union building projects, many students are finding ways to give their input and have a hand in the design process through new student led organizations. These groups, the “Design Committee,” and our newest student organization, “Wisconsin Union Initiative,” are focused solely on the Wisconsin Union Building Projects. The “Wisconsin Union Initiative,” composed entirely of students, except for a staff advisor, Facility Improvement Planner Gwen Drury, will begin meeting in fall 2007 and work to raise awareness, support and input for our Wisconsin Union building projects. This student organization will advance the Wisconsin Union’s mission by advocating for the Wisconsin Union. It will work to connect UW-Madison students to the Wisconsin Union building project, educate the campus student community on Union changes, building project updates, design forums and other similar business and recruit students to serve on design advisory groups as part of the Design Committee. The Design Committee began meeting last winter and has already made many advances in its mission to design the new Union buildings. This committee is chaired by myself, the Union President, and is composed of both staff and students. I was fortunate enough to have served on the committee last year, which should ease the transition to chairperson this year. The Design Committee meets biweekly. A few members traveled to Atlanta, Ga., this past spring to attend the 2007 ACUI (Associated College Unions International) conference. At this conference we learned a lot about the design process that we are beginning, saw many union design conceptual drawings and presentations, and were also able to converse with many accomplished architects from around the country. At the last design committee meeting of the semester, all of the Design Advisory Groups (DAGs), small design teams focusing on more detailed aspects of the building project, presented their findings and recommendations for design, so far. The presentations were outstanding! The Design Committee showed how invested they all were in every aspect of this project with presentations from the Outdoor Spaces DAG, Sustainability/Green Design DAG, Future of Hoofers Group, Programming DAG, Architectural Materials DAG, Recreation Project Team and the Microbrewery/Sports Pub DAG. Both of these student-led groups will work closely this fall with the rest of the Wisconsin Union to help this building project succeed on all fronts. Please look for updates and information on these groups and information on other Wisconsin Union happenings at www.union.wisc.edu. The 2007-2008 officers are: John Barnhardt, Union President; Megan Reinbold, Vice President for Program Administration; and Amanda Green, Vice President for Public Relations. John Barnhardt is a senior majoring in legal studies and expects to graduate in May 2008. Originally from Eau Claire, Wis., John transferred to UW-Madison from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Last year, John served as the Alternative Breaks director on the Wisconsin Union Directorate. Megan Reinbold is a senior majoring in engineering mechanics and astronautics and also expects to graduate in May 2008. Megan’s hometown is Plymouth, Minn. Megan was the Hoofer President for 2006-2007. Amanda Green came to the Union all the way from Austin, Texas and is majoring in consumer science and political science. Amanda also plans to graduate in May 2008. Last year, Amanda served as the Vice President for Programs for Hoofers. —John Barnhardt F A L L 2 0 0 7 15
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