Alternative Breaks to host info night on Tuesday
Grand Valley State University

Alternative Breaks will hold an info night on Tuesday for students interested in attending a winter or spring break service trip.
The event, which begins at 8 p.m. in the Pere Marquette Room of the Kirkhof Center, will include a brief presentation on Alternative Breaks, followed by two hours of trip tables, during which students are encouraged to speak with site leaders and ask questions about the specific trips, which go to various domestic locations.

The $250 trips, which are not religiously affiliated, include food, transportation and lodging.

Applications can be picked up at the Info Night or in the Community Service Learning Center and are due by Nov. 11 for winter break and Nov. 18 for spring break. College of Education Spring Break trips are also available.

Actors, actresses needed for ‘That Takes Ovaries’

Directors of “That Takes Ovaries” are holding auditions for the February production on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Women’s Center, at Room 1201 of the Kirkhof Center.

Auditions on Friday will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the Saturday and Sunday auditions will take place from noon to 5 p.m. All Grand Valley State University students, faculty and staff are encouraged to audition regardless of acting experience.

Anyone interested is only required to attend one audition and scripts will be provided. For more information contact the Women’s Center, or email [email protected].

Author, journalist to speak during GV’s MLK celebration

Bakari Kitwana, a journalist and author of four books, will be a keynote speaker and march leader during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Grand Valley State University.

Kitwana will lead the silent march on Jan. 16, and then give a presentation in the Kirkhof Center. Kitwana is also the CEO of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop.