Instead of packing up your costume and settling in for a night of studying, WEGL wants you to go wild at its rave in the Student Center Ballroom.
Starting at 7 p.m. Halloween night, the WEGL rave offers students a free oportunity to celebrate the holiday and still make it to their classes the next morning.
Along with black lights, glow sticks and nonstop music, there will be a costume contest with a $100 cash prize.
"I want to do something for Halloween, but I'm always really busy on Monday nights," said Jordie Keeley, sophomore in biomedical sciences. "An on-campus event would be the perfect balance."
Darius 'Slim' Merchant, senior in hotel and restaurant management, will be the event's emcee.
"Halloween's on a Monday this year, so there's not a whole lot you would want to do," Merchant said. "You don't want to go get wasted at the bars. I've got an 8 o'clock on Tuesday. This way people can get interactive and express themselves."
Brian Long, WEGL promotions director, sees the rave as a chance to capitalize on recent popularity of dubstep and techno music around Auburn's campus.
"We've been noticing a lot of the music genres that are being played around town lately, especially around downtown," Long said. "I thought rave music would be perfect with the Halloween vibe."
The rave will feature the Atlanta group Escape From LA, as well as two local DJs: Backspace and Andy B.
Long hopes that a successful event this year will make it possible in the future.
"We're trying to make this an annual event so that if we get enough awareness for it, we could actually start raising money for, say, the general scholarship fund," Long said.
Long is partnering with other campus organizations to attract as many students as possible.
"We're going to have Eagle Eye shoot it while we're doing the event," Long said. "We're also going to be streaming it live over the airwaves at the same time."
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