The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2003 - 25 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! AMAZIN' BLUE The oldest and best co-ed a capella ensemble on campus. COMEDY COMPANY Interested in comedy? Join the best improv group at Michigan. CONSIDER MAGAZINE A forum that elevates and endorses conversation about important issues by presenting multiple perspectives on various topics. Over twenty years, we have discussed everything from US policy on Iraq and North Korea to human rights to lecture size to music on the internet. IMPACT DANCE A co-ed dance company for non-dance majors performing in a variety of styles. BIG TICKET PRODUCTIONS Why did Jerry Seinfeld, Dennis Miller and Guster perform on campus? Big Ticket Productions made it happen. M-AGINATIONFILMS 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. WHAT IS UAC? 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. 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 funny. MICHIGAN POPS ORCHESTRA The University's only student-run orchestra. Don't put that instrument away...you don't have to major in music to play in the most musically diverse orchestra on campus. 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 MECHANICALS A theater group for non-theater majors. You can write, direct, or act! 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. www. umich. edu ~uac 734. 763.1107 4002 Michigan Union