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RODRIGONARRO PÉREZ

VP (Education)

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VP (Administration)

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On the last night of class, the 2014/2015 school year is going out with a bang. Imagine Welcome Week, New Years Eve, and the first time you discovered YouTube combined into one experience, and that’s what the McMas-ter Students Union (MSU), along with the McMaster Alumni Association and Student Success Centre (SSC), have put

together. On Wednesday, April 8, watch as our beloved McMaster is trans-formed into a huge on-campus celebra-tion, otherwise known as Light Up the Night: The Inaugural Year-End Block Party.

The event has something for ev-erybody. Love carnival rides? I’ll meet you at the Bumper Cars where you can smash my car like the Womping Wil-low. Want to see campus lit up like nev-er before? Hop on the Ferris wheel and watch your campus come alive from a few stories up. Regretfully, I will not be joining you on the Gravitron ... I have a sensitive stomach (and soul), so that type of thing can mess me up, but I’m sure others will enjoy it! We will also have a Scrambler, Berry-Go-Round (yes, a Berry-Go-Round), and Fun Slide!

If you enjoy festival tunes and per-haps the occasional hip shake, tune in to the multiple DJ booths on site, plus finalists from McMaster’s Battle of the Bands, and a feature performance by

USS on the main stage. USS will take the stage just before 10 p.m. to ring in the official end of class, and to intro-duce the EPIC FIREWORK SHOW. This thing is going to be the real deal. So real that we couldn’t launch it off of the Mary Keyes residence, because we were worried it would blow a hole through the roof.

If you prefer to lay low, worry not. There will be a coffee house and open mic hosted by Residence Life in Bridg-es Cafe. In addition, SSC and the Mac Board Game Society will host board games night in the MUSC Atrium.

For all you Breaking Bad fans out there (read everybody), the evening will also feature a Last Lecture from RJ Mitte (Walter’s son who often eats breakfast on-screen). My large fan base of three students will be happy to know that I will be introducing him on April

8, at 6 p.m. in Burridge Gym. This event is free, but you must register in advance at macblockparty.ca.

If you’re worried about getting here, we have increased GO Transit ser-vice to campus for the evening. There will also be free on-campus parking available in all lots on the West side of campus. Come one, come all, there’s no excuse not to come.

We are so excited to Light Up the Night, not just with all of these fun ex-tras, but with that McMaster magic that we all know and love. To find out more details, and to revel in the excitement in the weeks leading up to the event, visit macblockparty.ca. You can also tweet your excitement using the hashtag #MacBlockParty. I can’t wait to see you all there, and I hope you have the most wonderful time on April 8, before the final exam grind begins.

Imagine Welcome Week, New Years Eve, and the first time you discovered YouTube

combined into one experience

SPEC IAL PERFORMANCE B Y LAST L ECTUREI N B U R R I D G E G Y M

F E AT U R I N G :

RJ MITTE f rom

FREE RIDES, GAMES & FOOD FIREWORKS | FREE PARKING

ONE MAIN STAGE AND TWO DJ BOOTHS

BOARDGAMES i n M U S C | COFFEEHOUSE i n B R I D G E S

M A C B L O C K P A R T Y . C A

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT ON APRIL 8Be a part of McMaster’s newest tradition