26 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition - 2002 A Comprehensive Guide To Getting Involved On Campus Anxious about leaving home and starting school in the fall? Don't be. The best way to make this transition is to get involved. The groups below are the best on campus. There's something for you! WHAT IS UAC? 0 AMAZIN' BLUE The best a capella ensemble on campus. COMEDY COMPANY Interested in comedy? Last year's production of "There's Something About The Virgin Mary" was a huge success. CONSIDER MAGAZINE U of M's weekly forum for non-partisan Issues. IMPACT DANCE THEATER A dance company for non-dance majors BIG TICKET PRODUCTIONS Why did Jerry Seinfeld, Dennis Miller and Guster perform on campus? Big Ticket Productions made it happen. M-AGINATION FILMS Step aside Dreamworks, Disney, and Fox. This production company is entirely run by students. M-FLICKS Movie screenings and sneak previews galore! MICHIGANACADEMIC COMPETITIONS What's your final answer? Compete in collegiate quiz tournaments throughout the United States. The University Activities Center is the largest student-run programming organization at the University of Michigan. UAC's mission is to provide quality programming that is both entertaining and enriching to students, faculty, and staff. UAC is composed of fourteen committees, each involving students in the planning and execution of a variety of events both on and off campus. Whether it's theater, comedy, music, dance, movies, or just plain old partying-UAC committees can make it happen! UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES CENTER Sign on to www.umich.edu/-uac and Enter your name on the UAC email List. You will be sent emails to remind you of upcoming UAC events that you won't want to miss. www. umich. edu/~uac 734.763.1107 4002 Michigan-Union MICHIGAN EVERY THREE WEEKLY Half-biting satire, half-ridiculous absurdity, and a can of Planter's low-salt peanuts. Pick up a copy of the Every Three Weekly's Summer Orientation Edition-it's really fumny. MICHIGAN POPS ORCHESTRA Ann Arbor's only student-run orchestra. Open to both music and non-music majors. MINI-COURSES These are non-credit classes offered each term. You decide which classes are offered. Bartending? Belly Dancing? Massage? You make the call. MUSKET Interested in musical theater. Musket performs one large-scale production each semester. THE RUDE MECHANICS A theater group for non-theater majors. Shakespeare is performed in the fall and a contemporary play is performed in the Spring. SPEAKER INITIATIVE Bring political and social figures to campus to address the concerns of students. Past speakers include Spike Lee, Gloria Steinam, and James Carville. 0