April 17, 2002

For Immediate Release

Contact: Andy Suhay 781-0740
asuhay@calpoly.edu  

University Union Advisory Board Hosts Cal Poly's University Union 31st Birthday

The Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) will celebrate its 31st birthday tomorrow, April 18, from 10 a.m. to noon in the UU Plaza with "A Taste of the Union" hosted by the University Union Advisory Board and UU programs and services.

Free food from Backstage Pizza and other Campus Dining services will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.  There will also be booths and representatives from Associated Students, Inc. and programs from the University Union in the Plaza, such as ASI Craft Center that will offer free candle making. 

Also Poly Escapes, ASI's outdoor adventure program, will have an information booth complete with rentable equipment including rafts and their six-week-new surfboards available to all students, faculty and staff.

Sly96 FM will be live from the UU Plaza from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. and "My Monkey" will perform in Club 221, UU 211, from noon to 1 p.m.  "Gravity Willing" is the UU Hour band performing on the UU Plaza stage at 11 a.m. For more information visit www.asi.calpoly.edu.

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