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Jason Krug, vice president of the UW-L Student Association, and Madisson Heinze, president, stand over a campus painting in UW-L’s Cartwright Center. The two were elected in spring 2011.
Students step up as leaders Former student president recalls leading students in time of war When James Hill was elected the first president of the UW-La Crosse Student Association in 1975, it was a tumultuous time. Students had been drafted to fight in the Vietnam War and anti-war protests were occurring across the country, including the bombing of UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall in August 1970. “I’m not the bombthrowing type,” says Hill, ’76, now director of the La Crosse Area Development Corp., and
Jim Hill, ’76, was the first UW-L Student Association president.
chairman of the UW-L Foundation Board. “Instead, I wanted to get involved on campus and organize by working inside the system.” Hill was elected student president and led efforts to lower student fees. He was involved in voting down construction of a hockey arena on campus. “Looking back at where we’ve come from, our predecessors have done a great job of setting up the foundation for us,” says Madisson Heinze, president of the UW-L Student Association for 2010-11.
Baby Blues Savanna Westbrook, ’10, shot this image, Baby Blues, her final semester on campus (Fall 2010) that became a finalist in Photographer’s Forum College Contest. By then, Westbrook had been operating her downtown La Crosse business, Endless Images Photography, part-time, and was developing her skills as a portrait photographer. Baby Blues is one of her favorites because of the soft contrast between light and shadow. “Plus, the way this little girl’s eyes are looking upward, large and unassuming, searching for her mother’s guidance, really drew me to her,” says Westbrook.
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