Campus to be 'electrified' with first official rave Saturday night
Jesse Ozimek is hoping to energize the CMU student body with the university’s first official electronic dance party: Electrify CMU.
The dance party, or rave, will be held on Saturday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Finch Field House and is open only to CMU students. There is no cover charge for the event.
Jesse Ozimek, a Northville junior, organized the event with fellow Merrill Hall resident assistant Kierstin DeWitt a Port Huron sophomore.
Jesse Ozimek said that she is hoping the event will serve as a social mixer for students returning after winter break and to get them excited for the new semester.
“Since everyone on campus is invited, it will be a good way for all students to meet new people,” she said.
During the event random students will be given green wristbands which will grant them half off admissions and VIP treatment at the after party, Jesse Ozimek said.
She said her love of electronic music was part of the inspiration for the rave and that she wanted to expose people at CMU to the rave scene, which is more dominant in the Detroit area and in mid-Michigan.
The rave will feature three disk jockeys, Northville senior Aaron Ozimek (DJ Lymelight), troy freshman Doug Eng (DJ Rubez) and Midland freshman Nick Mallonee (DJ Paradox Zero), each playing their own style of electronic music,
“We want to show our support for the many talented people here at CMU and have an amazing time doing it,” DeWitt said.
Aaron Ozimek said he is excited to spin at the party and will be playing dubstep and glitch-hop.
“I’m really pumped to have this opportunity,” he said in an e-mailed statement. “I’ve been doing some other gigs around Mount Pleasant, but this one should be the biggest one yet!”
Glow sticks, water and rave candy will all be sold at the dance party with all profits being donated to The Go Effect, a charity which will help send CMU students to Africa to build hospitals in underdeveloped areas.
Orion senior Nick Bryce is familiar with the rave scene, having successfully thrown two himself, and he thinks Electrify CMU could be as big as raves in Grand Rapids, Detroit or Chicago.
“I think it’s going to be a great thing to expose the students to this scene,” Bryce said in an e-mailed statement. “I, myself, obviously love raves and love electronic music even more. I think this scene is a lot fun and full of positive energy.”
Ozimek said she is excited for the DJs to showcase their talents and that the show will be worthwhile for those who attend.
“It’s been a lot of work, but this party is going to be a blast, I cannot wait to see CMU raging,” Jesse Ozimek said.
Ozimek said there will be an after party will be held at Wayside Central, 2000 S. Mission St., and will start with DJ house music, such as the top 40 playlist. However, as more people with green rave wristbands come, the more electronic the music will become.
