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Special Events Chairpersons
Chancellor's Roundtable Discussions
Kaitlyn Halom
Anna Ryan
You name it, this committee brings it to campus. Committee members select and publicize a wide variety of events including comedians, hypnotists, magicians, musicians, theater, guest artists, International and Chancellor's Roundtables, lecturers, discussion groups and much more. As a committee member you
will learn to plan, organize, advertise, and usher successful events.
Special Events Meetings: Tuesdays @ 5:30pm | A&P Office (Davies 133)
-- CHANCELLOR'S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS --
Chancellor's Roundtable - April 7
Past UAC Special Events: (click for past info)
Raining Jane - March 11
National College Comedy Competition - March 2
Jabali Afrika - February 6
Winter Carnival Comedy Show - February 14
Lorie Line Holiday Extravaganza - December 3
Campus Computing & The Law: C.L. LINDSAY - November 5
Parent's Weekend Showcase - September 29
Speaker: JEAN KILBOURNE - September 25
Lipizzaner Stallions - September 7
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Schofield Auditorium | 7:30pm
Free Admission!!
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will perform in concert at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Tuesday, March 11. Doors will open at 7 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium, Schofield Hall. |
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The music of Raining Jane finds its roots in rock and folk, with songs further shaped by funk, hip-hop and world music influences. All four members contribute to songwriting and crafting and all four are well versed in multiple musical instruments. Live shows are marked by the swapping of instruments, the incorporation of the cello, cajon, sitar and rapping, and Raining Jane’s unique, chill-inducing three-part harmonies.
Having got their start on the UCLA campus and around California, Raining Jane now extensively tours nationally. They’ve opened for artists such as Guster, Lifehouse, Third Eye Blind, Vanessa Carlton and Citizen Cope. Live shows bring out the best of the music and personalities of Raining Jane, with a dynamic stage presence and all-or-nothing delivery. They are known for their exuberance, sincerity and musical deftness, and for putting on a show that will make audiences think, feel and laugh. Guiding Raining Janes journey is a passion for music and desire to make a positive difference in the world, one song at a time. The concert is sponsored by the University Activities Commission of the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate. |
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STAND UP or submit your FUNNY SHORT FILM Sunday, March 2 7pm Higherground Crest Wellness Center | Upper Campus Chance to win an all-expense-paid trip to Aspen, CO, $1500 cash & other cool prizes! Signup & More Information Friday, February 29 10am-2pm The Cabin, Davies Center Competition Open to UWEC Students 100% Free for Competitors & Spectators! |
EAU CLAIRE -- An evening of live comedy Sunday, March 2, will select a team from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire that will advance to a regional competition in a national comedy talent search. The UW-Eau Claire phase of the RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition will begin at 7 p.m. at Higherground, the club in Crest Wellness Center. Admission is free.
UW-Eau Claire is one of 32 colleges and universities participating in the national college comedy competition, which showcases the stage talents of aspiring standup comics and also features a contest for the best short comedic filmmaker.
Students will perform three minutes of standup in the competition, which will be emceed by a nationally touring headline comedian. Judges and audience members will determine the funniest students in two categories, standup and short film. The top eight comedians from UW-Eau Claire will advance to the regional semi-finals against a team from the University of Minnesota, in a show at the Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis.
All comedy teams will be filmed and profiled on the RooftopComedy Web site (www.rooftopcomedy.com) as they advance through the third and final round in Aspen, Colorado, on Memorial Day weekend.
Short film contestants must submit their film online by March 31, and the top 16 short comedic filmmakers will be determined by a celebrity panel. The top 16 short films will reside on the RooftopComedy Web site, for voting by the general public. Those voted to be the four funniest films will be featured in Aspen, in a competition for the world's best short comedy film award.
One winner from each category will receive a cash prize of $1,500. Each final-four winner from each category will win a free VIP trip to Aspen.
Those who wish to compete may register in advance online (www.rooftopcomedy.com/events/college).
For more information, RooftopComedy representatives will be on campus Friday, Feb. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in The Cabin of Davies Center.
RooftopComedy produces and distributes comedy performances by up-and-coming and established professional comedians from around the world.
The program is sponsored by the University Activities Commission
of the Student Senate.
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Jabali Afrika Official Website
COMEDY SHOWCASE
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 Daniel Kinno |
Higherground | 9pm
Robbie Printz has been seen on NBC, MTV, A&E and Comedy Central. He has performed at the best comedy clubs across the
nation, as well as selling out theatres around New England.
He won the Boston Comedy Festival in 2002, and in 2003 The Improper Bostonian named Robbie Printz Boston's best Comedy
Act, in their Best of Boston 2003 issue. His performance is a reminder
of childhood wonders and adulthood absurdities; delivered with high energy and a fast pace that keeps audiences laughing from start to finish.
Born in the former Soviet Republic city of Minsk, Daniel Kinno
delivers insightful and raucous narratives on topics ranging from
the menial tasks of daily life, to relationships, pop culture, and
his unusual Russian heritage with a truly unique perspective.
Kinno can be recognized from television where his stand up has
been featured on MTV, The Game Show Network and The WB.
Kinno has also starred in a 2003 national advertising campaign for
ESPN and in 2004 completed the pilot “Boys Behaving Badly”
for the Oxygen Network. Kinno’s brand of humor knows no
bounds. In January 2008, he returned from Afghanistan where he headlined a USO tour entertaining US and International forces.
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-- The 2007 Holiday Extravaganza -- The Glory of Christmas |
 www.lorieline.com |
 Tickets: $49 (main floor/reserved) $41 (bleachers/reserved) | $24 (gallery/general admission) Ages 4-15: $34 (main floor & bleachers/reserved) Age 65 and older: $45 (main floor & bleachers/reserved)  Available at the University Service Center On Sale: Monday, August 6 at 7am  |
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on sale Monday, August 6, at 7am for a holiday concert extravaganza by piano sensation Lorie Line and her Pop Chamber Orchestra scheduled for Monday, December 3 at 7:30pm in Zorn Arena on the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire campus. |
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Lorie Line and her Pop Chamber Orchestra present their 2007 Holiday Extravaganza titled "The Glory of Christmas". The entire show is brand new, and will take you back in time as they explore the traditions of the Christmas season.
Line's 2006 show, "The Traditions of Christmas," proved so popular that she will incorporate more events and stories surrounding the traditional Christmas story into this year's show. Going back in time 2000 years, she will explore fact and fancy and will highlight favorite songs and carols including Ave Maria and music from The Messiah. The show will take you to the humble foothills of Nazareth, where you'll meet Joseph, and also to Rome where Caesar Augustus is empowered and acknowledged by his people as a god. The history of the 12 Days of Christmas will be featured and children will again be invited to the stage to be in the show - with NEW acting parts this year that will make you smile. Tickets for the general public are $49 (main floor/reserved), $41 (bleachers/reserved) or $24 (gallery/general admission). Main floor seats are available to senior citizens (ages 65 and older) for $45. All main floor and bleacher seats are $34 for those ages 4 to 15. Tickets will be available at the Service Center in the East Lobby of Davies Center, which is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6. Tickets may be charged to MasterCard or Visa when ordered by phone. Call 715/836-2737 -- or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free 800/949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders. The concert is sponsored by the University Activities Commission (UAC) of the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate. |
CAMPUS COMPUTING AND THE LAW
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How Facebook/Myspace Pages Can Come Back to Haunt You Monday, November 5 7:30pm Schofield Auditorium FREE! |
offers straight and honest facts
about many legal issues without all
the complicated legal jargon"
--Contra Costa Times
EAU CLAIRE -- Students will learn the essentials about the law in cyberspace -- what their rights are, how the laws operate, and what potential liabilities await them -- at a presentation Monday, Nov. 5,
at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Student advocate and attorney C.L. Lindsay will speak on "Trouble Online: Campus Computing and the Law" at 7:30 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.
The advent of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook
have put both universities and their students in a precarious and largely undefined space. Students are commonly accused of online harassment, electronic stalking, copyright infringement and software piracy. Lindsay's program teaches students how to protect themselves both legally and personally when they log on. Interactive, innovative and entertaining, the multimedia presentation takes the mystery out of legalese and explains student rights in a clear, cogent and often outright funny way.
The author of "The College Student's Guide to the Law" (2005), C.L. Lindsay is a recognized expert in the field of student rights and educational law. He left his practice in 1998 to found the Coalition
for Student and Academic Rights, a national nonprofit organization
that offers free legal advice to students and educators. The group receives more than 10,000 legal requests each year, the overwhelming majority of them involving incriminating photographs, illegal downloading and plagiarizing.
Lindsay has been interviewed on national television ("The Sally Jesse Raphael Show") and radio (NPR), and has been featured in numerous publications including U.S. News & World Report, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and Newsday.
The program is sponsored by the University Activities Commission
of the Student Senate.
The Coalition for Student & Academic Rights (CO-STAR)
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 MAGICIAN: Nate Staniforth |
ZORN ARENA
Doors Open @ 8pm | Tickets: $5
Tickets Will Be Available At The:
University Service Center
And At The Door
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Deadly Persuasion: Advertising and Addiction Tuesday, Sept. 25 7:30pm Schofield Auditorium FREE! |
Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on alcohol and tobacco advertising and the image of women in advertising. Her films, slide lectures and television appearances have
been seen by millions of people throughout the world. She was named
by The New York Times Magazine as one of the three most popular speakers on college campuses today.
Her lecture, Deadly Persuasion: Advertising and Addiction exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the alcohol and tobacco industries to keep people hooked on their dangerous products.
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Kilbourne presents a compelling argument that these cynical industries have a clear and deep understanding of the psychology
of addiction - an understanding they exploit to create and feed a life-threatening dependency on their products.
Kilbourne also educates the audience about targeting and the primary purpose of the mass media, which is to deliver audiences to advertisers and demonstrates how the objectification of women and the obsession with thinness are related to addiction.
Kilbourne's lecture is fast-paced and funny and shows how young adults are being manipulated by these powerful industries - and what a terrible price they are paying.
The University Activities Commission (UAC)
The Forum
The Center for Alcohol Studies & Education (CASE)
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Lipizzaner Stallions  www.lipizzaner.com |
W.L. Zorn Arena | 7:30pm
Tickets:
-- Tickets On Sale Thursday, August 9 --
$23.50 (general public)
$21.50 (UW-Eau Claire Faculty/Staff & Students)
$21.50 (Ages 12 & under | Ages 60 & over)
Available at the University Service Center
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Arena on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. |
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Making its 37th anniversary tour, the family-oriented arena attraction will begin its show at 7:30 p.m. in Zorn Arena.
Many horses and riders were brought from Europe to perform in the company. Over the years, more than 25 million people throughout North and South America, Great Britain, Europe, Australia and Hawaii have seen this internationally acclaimed spectacle, which last appeared at UW-Eau Claire in 2004. All new music, choreography and routines have been incorporated into this anniversary edition. The show will emphasize the historical background and foundation of the Lipizzaner breed -- from its original breeding and use as a horse of war to a horse of nobility and aristocracy to a living form of equestrian art. The show emulates the Spanish Riding School of Vienna in its presentation of the Lipizzans, maintaining its traditional and entertaining performance style. Also included in the show is a segment called "Airs Above the Ground" -- a demonstration of the spectacular leaps and maneuvers once used by riders to protect and defend themselves on the battlefield.
The Lipizzan is a rare and unique breed with a history and culture known worldwide. The 1963 Disney feature, "The Miracle of the White Stallions" -- which tells the true story of how General George S. Patton saved the horses from certain extinction at the end of World War II -- created an even greater international interest in the breed. Although the Lipizzans star, other show breeds are featured -- including the ancestral forefathers of the Lipizzan, the Spanish Andalusian and the Arabian. The Andalusian is shown both in saddle and in a presentation in which the rider performs all the maneuvers of the Grand Prix Olympic-level dressage on the longline, while walking behind the horse and guiding him through his paces. The performance concludes with the traditional Grand Quadrille, featuring six to eight Lipizzaner Stallions with their riders performing an intricate equine ballet, exhibiting maneuvers through the highest level of dressage. The Lipizzans prance, march and intricately weave their way across the floor to the music of the Masters in a spectacular ballet of four-footed white dancers. Featuring 12 to 14 stallions, the show is narrated by Troy Tinker and runs just under two hours with a 20-min. intermission. Admission is $23.50 ($21.50 for those age 12 and under, age 60 and over, and UW-Eau Claire faculty/staff and students). Children age 1 and younger are free. Tickets will be sold at the University Service Center, in Davies Center and at the door. Patrons may also charge their tickets to MasterCard or Visa when they order by phone. Call (715) 836-3727 -- or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free (800) 949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders. A discount is available for groups of 15 or more. Call the Service Center for more information. The show is sponsored by White Stallion Productions, Inc., and the University Activities Commission of the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate. |
