Hoofers – On Wisconsin https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com For UW-Madison Alumni and Friends Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:12:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Sailing Through the Years https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/sailing-through-the-years/ https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/sailing-through-the-years/#respond Wed, 23 May 2018 14:24:08 +0000 https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/?p=23182 On a campus situated between two lakes, it’s only natural that students take advantage of the water. Just two years after the Hoofer Sailing Club formed in 1939, it already boasted more than 450 registered members. Today, UW–Madison students and community members still enjoy hopping into one of the club’s many boats to pick up a new skill. (For more, read “Learning to Sail.”) View scenes of the sailing club over the years since its inception.

]]> https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/sailing-through-the-years/feed/ 0 Cold Shoulder https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/cold-shoulder/ https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/cold-shoulder/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:41:15 +0000 http://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/?p=13239 Hoofers_W_Carnival14_7429

Photo: Jeff Miller.

During Hoofers’ Winter Carnival last February, students built themselves a classmate out of snow on Lake Mendota. Hoofers are the Union’s outdoors activities clubs. The next Winter Carnival will run February 2 to 8, 2015, and beneath their mittens, Hoofers have their fingers crossed for ice and snow. The event has been part of the Union since the 1920s — a much longer life than this poor top-hatted gent experienced. RIP, Frosty: rest in puddle.

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