MTV Invades Lafayette with All-Day Activities April 25

As part of its Campus Invasion Tour, mtvU will bring an all-day Activity Village to the Quad, followed by a 7 p.m. concert featuring Motion City Soundtrack, Straylight Run, and hellogoodbye, Tuesday, April 25, at Kirby Sports Center. Tickets cost $7 for students and $15 for non-students.

Lafayette Activities Forum music co-chairs Danielle Ward ’08 (Chatham, N.J.), an English major, and John Thiel ’06 (Langhorne, Pa.), a psychology and English double major, are running the event sponsored by the student organization. They helped make the College an “mtvU school,” which gets the station on campus. In the fall, Gilbert’s will broadcast mtvU, which features a combination of music videos, student-produced work, mtvU-produced shows, and news breaks. The station also provides exclusive opportunities such as community service grants, job opportunities for students, and taping of mtvU shows on campus.

Activity Village areas and activities include:

• mtvU Lounge, a fun and relaxing atmosphere with a video loop of mtvU programming;
• Two kiosks with laptop computers where students can sign up to receive the mtvU Procrastinator newsletter;
• Music trivia game “What’s Your mtvU IQ,” a loose variation of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and “Jeopardy,” with prizes for participants;
• Abstract mural containing several mtvU artists hidden in the picture — students try to identify as many bands as possible;
• Bands signing autographs;
• Neutrogenaproviding information from specialists on skin, cosmetics and sun, as students sample new products, have their picture taken and skin examined for sun damage by a dermatologist, and receive make-up application;
• Nintendo Loungeintroducing the Nintendo DS as students play it;
• Old Spice providing an inflatable bungee run with two people in harnesses running forward to see who can pull to the end first;
• Butterfingerteaching the basics of scratching from a professional club DJ who records each student’s new scratching skills onto a branded CD he or she can take home;
• Ford Video Challenge Zone testing students’ knowledge of today’s most popular mtvU music videos and related trivia as students compete in pairs for a chance to win a prize and spectators take home Community Service Partnership Project branded prizes.

In addition, Ford is offering the ’06 Student Purchasing Program, where students purchase or lease an eligible new 2005 or 2006 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury vehicle during the program period and receive over $500.

Lifebeat: The Music Industry Fights AIDS will donate $1 of every ticket sale to AIDS support and prevention.

Sponsor activities are subject to change.