Student Activities
Iowa Memorial Union
L will work to get new student activities at the Iowa Memorial Union for the enjoyment of students on campus. These activities will be centered around things that are offering permanent improvements in student activities.
- Consider building a recreation center in the basement of the Iowa Memorial Union. Featuring a modern bowling alley[1] and a video game center we could have a fun place for students to hang out and spend their free time.
- Encourage more showings of modern, popular movies at the Bijou theater. We can use ticket sales and revenue earned from these movies to subsidize more showings of independent, foreign, and classic films so that we can spend less to subsidize the theater and have more resources for student organizations and other student activities.
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- Consider rebuilding the Campus Theaters in the Old Capitol Mall, so that students have a nearby place to watch popular, new movies. We can still use ticket sales and revenue earned from these movies to subsidize more showings of independent, foreign, and classic films at the Bijou so that we can spend less to subsidize the theater and have more resources for student organizations and other student activities.
Student Events
L will work to provide students with more programming opportunities across the board.
- Try to get more big name concert events, featuring popular performers. We will also work to stay away from poor companies such as Ticketmaster so that all students are able to better participate[2].
- Hold Night Games at the Fieldhouse more than once a month.
[1] – The IMU once featured a rather popular bowling alley. http://www.uiowa.edu/~fyi/issues/issues2006_v43/03262007/IMUfeature.html
[2] – TicketMaster provides awful service, and also adds a small fortune to the cost of any tickets they sell.
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