Rawson Thurber, Union class of 1997, wrote and directed the recent hit 2004 movie "Dodgeball.” Not surprisingly, dodgeball is now a popular intramural sport at Union. Thurber wrote and directed the 2007 film, “Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” shown at the Sundance Film Festival in February 2008. Classmate Thor Benander ’95 was one of the film’s producers.