Friday, April 25
UPDATE
Wear Red, Get Fed! Pizza Lunch presented by Pepsi is postponed until Tuesday April 29th
Noon to 3 p.m. Library Mall
All other events planned for Friday April 24th are still occuring as planned
No really, it’s true! Wear red, get fed! Free pizza and all the entertainment a UW-Madison student can handle! Library Mall will be filled with a sea of red, student groups and local performances. Show off your Badger pride (and your appetite) at WASB’s Wear Red, Get Fed! Pizza Lunch 2008!
National Day of Silence
The National Day of Silence exists to promote awareness and acceptance for the LGBT community and the issues they face on a daily basis. Come join the Allies Program and GSAFE for Madison’s Day of Silence. Break the Silence with us by braking piñatas and participating in our march to the Capitol. Everyone is welcome!
Spring Sneak Peak
Forget New York and Milan, join UW Madison’s very own Textile and Apparel Students Association for a preview to Spring’s hottest runway show. TASA’s outdoor show “Spring Sneak Peak” will inspire you to jump into Spring 2008!
12 p.m. Library Mall
Tailgate for the UW Softball Game vs. Ohio State
The UW- Badger’s Softball team hosts the Ohio State Buckeyes at 6 p.m. at Goodman Diamond. An hour before the game, the UW Athletic Department is hosting a tailgate open to all students which will have a carnival like atmosphere complete with games and prizes from MadBadgers, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Culver’s. Plus there will be Crocs given out, while supplies last. Students get into the tailgate and game for free by presenting their student ID. Take the 80 bus to Goodman Diamond.
5 p.m. (Game at 6 p.m.) Goodman Diamond
Screening of “God Grew Tired of Us”
Orphaned by a tumultuous civil war and traveling barefoot across the sub-Saharan desert, John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Blor were among the 25,000 "Lost Boys" who
formed surrogate families and sought refuge from famine,disease, wild animals and attacks from rebel soldiers and eventually came to settle in the United States. This is their story. Augustino Ting Mayai, a Lost Boy of Sudan and Grad Student at UW-Madison, will be present at the film to answer questions and discuss his experiences.
Organized by AIESEC and Action in Sudan
6:30 p.m. 6210 Social Sciences
15th Annual LGBT Graduation Reception
Join the GLBT Alumni Council and the LGBT Campus Center at the 15th annual LGBTA Graduation Reception, to celebrate the accomplishments of 2008 graduates. Our speaker this year will be Marc Lewis '94, a 2008 WAA Forward Under Forty award recipient. In addition to the presenting of rainbow tassels, recipients of LGBT Students and Allies of the Year Awards will be announced. For details:
ewtrekell@wisc.edu. More information on Marc Lewis can be found at
http://www.forwardunder40.com/lewis.html There is no need for guests (you) to register, but if you know LGBT/Ally students who are graduating and might want to join us, they still have time to register at
http://www.wisc.edu/lgbt/grad.html7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Main Lounge, 2nd Floor, Memorial Union
Bring Me to Light
The Undergraduate Theatre Association presents Bring Me to Light, a new musical revue written and directed by Charlie Bauer. The show features a talented 25-member all-student cast and rockin’ band for accompaniment. Featured musicals include Songs for a New World, Spring Awakening, Violet, The Wild Party, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Avenue Q, The Light in the Piazza, and more! Make sure to mention ACP to get in FREE!!
7:30 p.m. Location TBD
Breakin' The Law: 5inal Sentence
Breakin' The Law is a bboy/bgirl competition held annually in Madison since Spring '04. Acting as an agent to raise awareness of the campaign against cabaret licensing laws in Madison, BTL assisted in drawing people to the event for the purpose of gaining awareness of and to sign petitions against the laws, eventually aiding the process of abolishing them. Today, it has grown into the biggest Multicultural event in Madison. Organized by the UW-Breakdance & MultiCultural Student Coalition.
Check it out at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10157296906
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOq_dWo_b0
6:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. Monona Terrace Grand Ballroom
