Union Board wants you!

As the Indiana Memorial Union prepares to open newly renovated facilities -- the Whittenberger Auditorium and a Starbucks on the first floor near the Student Activities Tower -- the Union Board continues its storied history as the governing body of the IMU and one of the strongest student organizations on campus. Sixteen student directors, three nonstudent directors and some 300 student committee members and assistant directors make up the board.\nFor nearly 100 years, Union Board has been at the forefront of a changing campus. In 1932 the Union Board urged then-President William Lowe Bryan to build the IMU. Now, 74 years later, Union Board is still committed to listening to students' voices and providing valuable campus programming. \nWhen administrators give students the ability to take charge and make a difference, the students and the campus benefit. The IMU and the Union Board provide opportunities like these nearly every day. We are challenged all the time. There are lessons learned in our mistakes and pride taken in our successes. \nWe can bring any program the students want; in our office anything is possible. To do this we need you, the students, in our office letting us know what you want to see on campus. Thirteen different committees comprise Union Board: arts, diversity performance, lectures, I.Life, concerts, Live From Bloomington, design, major events and attractions, public relations, debates and issues, colloquium, films and comedy. Each provides something different to our community. Surely one of them interests you. \nWe present roughly 300 programs each year. Events with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Maya Angelou, John Mellencamp, The Roots, Widespread Panic, O.A.R, Incubus, Ben Folds, Dave Chappelle and Adam Pascal; a gay-marriage debate with John Corvino and Glen Stanton; the student arts magazine Canvas; local music supporter Live From Bloomington; the Student Involvement Fair; Miss IU and the Union Board Film Series are just some of these offerings.\nSo get involved. Check out our Web site, ub.indiana.edu, learn a little bit more about us and contact the committee you want to join. As a part of Union Board, you can be as involved as you want to be. Committee members run programs, make presentations in our weekly board meetings and involve themselves in all aspects of campus life. They are the backbone of our organization. \nThe professional experience gained by being a part of Union Board is invaluable. We run our own fully functional advertising and public relations office. We manage one of the largest student organization budgets on campus. We maintain and pass all the policies of the IMU. With the help of our dedicated advising staff, Union Board students continue to program for the IU community, as students working for students. \nI urge all of you, even seniors, to come by the office on the second floor of the Student Activities Tower of the IMU, talk to a director and become a part of our dedicated history -- IU's history.