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Homecoming 2008 Schedule of Events
The University Union Board, sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, has ongoing events and activities. Look under Events at http://uub.wiu.edu to keep up to date on campus activities! Gideon Yago: Politics and the Youth Vote
For 7 years, Gideon Yago was the face of MTV news and current events to millions of young adults in America. As a correspondent and producer for MTV news, Yago has helmed the network coverage of elections, wars, national crises, and social trends affecting young people. At Western, Yago will discuss his experiences as a journalist and his views on the youth vote in America. This special program is brought to you by the University Union Board, University Housing and Dining Services and Tri-States Public Radio. Gideon Yago visits Western, Thursday, October 23 at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Rooms of the University Union. Club WetzelEverybody loves to party! But what happens when the party is a non-alcoholic social gathering sponsored by Wetzel Hall? For starters, a packed house; about 520 people, attended the September 18 Club-Wetzel program. The event, started in the 1990’s, is normally held in one of the lounges in Wetzel Hall. This year ‘The Underground’, a newly remodeled space in Bay-Henn, provided a great spot for the occasion. Club Wetzel is an annual educational event, with a focus on Alcohol Awareness. The staff at Wetzel Hall aims to provide a passive programming approach to presenting the information to the students in a fun, energetic way. Throughout the evening three big screen TV’s displayed a series of factoids, questions and answers about the influences of alcohol and episodic drinking. Students were given a page of questions when they entered the club and could find the answers on the TVs. The first 50 students to correctly answer their questions received a free T-shirt. Several informative booths were also provided by the Beu Health Center’s AOD (Alcohol and Other Drugs) and Curt Bilbrey from the Office of Public Safety. AOD sponsored the ‘Beer Goggles” Bean Bag Toss. If students thought they were bad at the bean bag toss sober, they were really surprised at how difficult the task became after putting on the Beer Goggles. Officer Bilbrey’s display spotlighted the club atmosphere and what students need to be aware of, from drug tainting of beverages to binge drinking. But no non-alcoholic party is complete without music and beverages. DJ Robert Wrath kept the dance floor full all evening. The Wetzel RA Staff serve the refreshments that included fruity concoctions like Orange Flamingos, Pina Coladas, Strawberry Daiquiris and Studio 54 Afterglow mocktails. Wetzel Hall has already received two awards for their Club Wetzel program, the RA Council and IHC’s Program of the Week Award, not to mention the reviews from the students who labeled the event as ‘great’ and 'awesome'.
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October 6 through October 10: Royalty Voting. Voting to be held on STARS Online! 
October 17: Alternative Rock Concert: Eve 6 with The Graduate, Western Hall, details coming soon!
For the 2008 Presidential Election, Gideon Yago has been the host of MTV and MySpace.com’s Presidential Dialogues, conducting interviews and hosting town halls with noted political figures such as Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, and John Edwards as well as Governor Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.
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