Get Out of Your Room…

Dance, dance with The BoardThe FAU Program Board is hosting a night of African dance lessons, in honor of Black History Month, on Feb. 27. They didn’t give us a specific place or time, so grab the details yourself by stopping by The Board’s office on the second floor of the Student Union, or by calling them at (561) 297-3736.

Go to the 2008 Langerado Music Festival for freeOwl Radio is throwing a kickoff party at Coyote Jack’s to announce (read: hype) the upcoming fifth annual Langerado Music Festival on Feb. 22 beginning at 6 p.m. The Owl Radio team is even bringing out some local bands to help get you in the Langerado spirit – and to help even more, they’re raffling free tickets to the festival. Check out www.owlradio.fau.edu for more info.

Get Off Campus…

Flaunt yourself on Thursday nightsWest Palm Beach’s Respectable Street kicks off the weekend every week on Thursdays for its Flaunt party, with DJs John Vincent and Marvelous Kendall taking turns on the turntables. Entry is free and once inside, you can enjoy the club’s signature $3 shot specials and $1 Pabst Blue Ribbons. For more information, check out www.myspace.com/flaunt_thursdays. Zombies! Organize!! At DaDaLocal favorites (and fellow FAU students), Zombies! Organize!!, will be playing DaDa in Delray Beach on Feb. 21 for a free show with The Few. There’s also a fashion show scheduled, and a “suspension show” – but we’ll keep you in suspense about what that is. For everything Zombies, surf over to www.myspace.com/zombiesorganize.

Tune in, turn on, but don’t drop out“Tuned In” is a weekly party happening every Saturday at O’Malley’s in Margate. It’s a hybrid of both a club and college atmosphere under one roof, with music styles including rock, hip-hop, pop, electronica, reggae, and Latin. If you’re down for beer pong, movies, two-for-one ladies drinks all night, UFC fights, pool, darts, idiotic punching games, and monkey knife fights, then contact DJ Trippin, the grandmaster of Tuned In ceremonies, via MySpace at www.myspace.com/djtrippin954.

Get a Gig…

Have a few drinks, then have yourself a new jobThe Third Annual Short-And-Sweet Media Job Fair is going down at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood on March 1. The JAZZIZ Bistro located in the Paradise plaza is hosting the media mixer from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The admission is free (and so are the appetizers), and we’re even told that drinks will be discounted because, hey, you don’t have a job yet, right? If you can’t make it to a job fair in a bar at a casino on a Saturday, do you really want to land the job? E-mail the employment extraordinaire himself, Michael Koretzky, at [email protected] for more information.

Fill your Fridays

Local electrical contractor, A Custom Electric, is looking for someone energetic to be an administrative assistant on Fridays. Hours are flexible (may include more during the week based on your availability) and no experience needed. Must be good with computers and Microsoft Office – seriously, who doesn’t know how to use Excel? Pay starts at $10 based on experience. For more info, call Arnel at (561) 988-9658 or [email protected].

Get Some Free Money…

Calling all Einsteins (Or those in training)The Collegiate Inventors Competition is open to students who have been enrolled full time in a college or university over the past 12 months. You must submit an original idea, process or technology that will be judged on originality and inventiveness, as well as on its potential value to society (social, environmental, and economic), and on its range or scope of use. Up to four students may work together as a team. However, only one prize – between $10,000 and $25,000 – will be awarded per entry. Head to www.invent.org/collegiate/overview.html for all the fine print.

Writing about the Middle East could make life easyThe “Dream Deferred” Essay Contest on Civil Rights in the Middle East is available to students who are 25 years old or younger. You must submit an essay of 600-1500 words addressing one of the questions listed on the scholarship’s Web site. You must also reside in an Arab League member state, Iran, Afghanistan or the United States to be eligible to enter this contest. Look up the essay questions at www.hamsaweb.org/essay.

Get Good Karma…

Tour Florida for Spring Break and a good causeThe 2008 Alternative Spring Break has been announced, and this year, FAU students will be visiting six Florida state parks, camping in the evening and doing beach/park cleanups in the morning – plus spending a day off as tourists in historic St. Augustine. To sign up or learn more, contact Richelle in the Volunteer Center at [email protected].

Kick it up to show you careKickball for Caring is a 12-hour kickball tournament that benefits Hearts & Hope, a non-profit agency that provides safe homes for children and families who are mourning the loss of a loved one. To form a team, the registration fee is only $20 a player, and all proceeds benefit the Hearts & Hope charity. Deadline to register is March 1, so contact Richelle Persad ASAP at [email protected] to sign up.

Relay For Life 2008Relay For Life, the annual 24-hour party/walk to raise awareness and donations for the American Cancer Society is back, and this year promises to be even better than before with a theme of TV shows. To get your organization (or group of friends) involved in this worthwhile cause, call Eunike Stenerson at (561) 809-9859.

Random Listing of the Week

The author Toni Morrison at FAUOK, so maybe Toni Morrison herself isn’t coming to campus, but a guy who knows all about her is. Dr. William Strickland, director of the Du Bois Papers Collection at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will be delivering a Black History Month-themed lecture about the acclaimed author on Feb. 21 in the Senate Chambers at 2:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and you can e-mail [email protected] for details.Will it be ‘Juno’?

The housing department at the FAU Honors College in Jupiter is hosting an Oscars-themed party to watch the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. in the RH1 multipurpose room. Dress in your red carpet-ready attires and come prepared to guess who will win what-our money is on Juno. Shoot FAU student Noelani Young a message on Facebook for more information on this event.