'Up All Night' to offer free night of activities
From left to right, senior Drew Forrest, senior Sydney Arsenault, alumnus Brock King and alumnus April Schroeder, passes out raffle tickets for prizes at Up All Night in McGuirk Arena on March 23, 2018.
The Office of Student Activities and Involvement will host its annual “Up All Night” event from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. March 15-16 in the Central Michigan University Student Activity Center.
The event is meant to give students a night to take a breath before the arrival of exams.
“(We hope it) re-energizes students to conquer the rest of the semester," said Stephanie Hare, Muskegon graduate assistant in charge of Up All Night. "With stressors being at an all-time high, (students) can relax for an evening and enjoy themselves.”
The event is open to CMU students for free with the use of their student identification cards, and open to the public for a fee of $5. The first 1,000 people to arrive will receive a free t-shirt.
“It’s kind of a carnival night,” said co-chair and Detroit senior Ahsha Davis. The event will provide access to the film “Creed 2," a skating rink, and glo-bowling for the first 100 people among numerous other activities.
The swimming pool will be open to all and Hare suggests that attendees bring swimwear.
There will be food provided at the event, which will include apple pie, chicken wings, coffee, pizza and desserts.
Hare's target attendance is to bring 3,000 students, but hopes more than that show up.
Up All Night has been happening since 2008 when it was installed by Director of Student Activities and Involvement Damon Brown. The addition of laser tag, photo booths, numerous volunteers and other friends-based activities has kept the event a success for many years.
Thought the official flyers will be posted and spread out among academic halls, to find out more about the event and what it will include, refer to cmich.orgsync.com/upallnightactivities.
