Student Body President Kolin Loveless will auction off his body. Others will expose theirs to big, hurtling rubber balls during a dodgeball tournament.
It's all part of 12 Days for Haiti, a series of events put on by Texas A&M students to collect money for earthquake relief efforts.
"We have a passionate student body that's interested in service," said Love-less, who, along with several others, will go on a date with the highest bidders. The event, put on by the Student Engineers' Council, is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Rudder Theatre.
Several local bands will perform from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday in Rudder Auditor-ium. Concert tickets cost $10 and are available in the MSC Box Office.
The Chinese Student Scholar Association will donate 10 percent of ticket sales from its annual fundraiser. The Chinese New Spring Festival Variety Show is set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Rudder Theater.
Dodging for Haiti will start at 5 p.m. Feb. 19 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Asian Presidents Council will put on the tournament, raising money through entry fees of $5 per person.
"This is exactly what A&M is all about -- we are willing to do pretty much anything for other people," said Michelle Wong, with the council.
It's this spirit that made Wong, a Hong Kong native who came to A&M on a scholarship and had no interest in the school's traditions, a believer in Aggieland.
"It's this idea that we can be better people for others, and that we hold ourselves to higher standards," said Wong, a supply chain management and management double major.
The events were already in the works, but 12 Days for Haiti -- a play on the
12th Man -- is a campaign to market them under one banner, said Mark Womack, a campus liaison within student government.
"One of our core values is service," said Womack, a junior history major. "It's refreshing that time and time again, people are willing to stand up and help other people."
Go to http://haiti.tamu.edu/ for a full list of events.
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