University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

The UWM Rec Center offers bowling – one of Milwaukee's year-round favorites.

Today the UWM Adventure Center is sponsoring a popular bike tour of nearby Milwaukee neighborhoods and scenic gems – including the lakefront and emerald-shaded biking trails. Interested bikers should meet on Spaights Plaza, with their bikes, at 1 p.m.

All weekend long, the Adventure Center’s neighbor in the Union basement, the Rec Center, offers free Cosmic Bowling, billiards and video-gaming systems. These freebies continue through midnight, Sept. 10. By then, students who don’t already count the Rec Center among their favorite campus destinations will have plenty of opportunities to check out the affordable, laid-back and alcohol-free gathering place – including a Brewers “tailgate” on Tuesday night with free tailgate fare, bowling and Miller Park-style ambiance.

The Union’s Rec Center and Adventure Center provide programming throughout the academic year for UWM students and the community, but the student management teams at both centers take things up a notch and drop the price tags during Campus Kickoff.

Students looking for an alternate means of transportation, for example, won’t find a better deal than the 70 free, semester-long bike rentals offered to students on – once again – a first-come, first-served basis. Bikes will be distributed Sept. 7-10, or while supplies last. Supplies include a bike lock, odometer and bike lights.

Adventure Center trips whisk students away, at student-friendly prices, on overnight and day trips to Devil’s Lake, the Harley-Davidson Museum, Six Flags’ Fright Fest and elsewhere. On most trips, supplies are included.

The Rec Center offers Cosmic Bowling on Fridays (expect a wait to get in), Football Sunday Bowling, bowling leagues, billiards, table tennis and more.

For more on party rentals, equipment rentals and a calendar of events for the Rec Center or Adventure Center: reccenter.uwm.edu or Adventurecenter.uwm.edu