Directors initiate Union Board ideas

The two newest Union Board directors are initiating programs to promote IU traditions and events for students.

Amanda Hammerman, a junior, joined Union Board as spirit and traditions director for fall 2013. Her committee present IU Coach Tom Crean’s address, “The State of the Hoosier Nation”, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the IU Auditorium.

“I’m looking forward to seeing IU Auditorium packed on Wednesday night... and to really show that this is an event Union Board should put on every year,” Hammerman said.

The event will entail a discussion about recruiting and expectations for the upcoming basketball season, according to a press release.

Union Board’s new Fun and Entertainment committee, headed by Jacqueline Bales, introduced two proposals at the Sept. 26 Union Board meeting.

The committee was created last semester but struggled after its director decided he could no longer take on the responsibility, External Affairs Director Erin Brown said.

IU newcomer Bales decided to take on the role. Bales, a sophomore, recently transferred from Purdue University and started this fall semester at IU.

“I got to know the board, so when they released the position, I applied, and then I somehow got it even coming from Purdue,” Bales said.

At Thursday’s meeting she proposed a haunted house in the Indiana Memorial Union for Halloween.

Bales also proposed a “snack and crafts” program in which students could grab a snack and participate in creating art for a mental break between classes at the IMU.

Hammerman’s committee will be focusing on the traditions here at IU by targeting and promoting events on the IU Bucket List handed out by the Office of First Year Experience Programs.

“I like that even though Spirit and Traditions is a very specific topic, the ideas that come from my committee members are so creative, fresh and different,” Hammerman said.

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