Tonight students will have the opportunity to go where few campus activities have taken them before – into the wee hours of the morning.

Frostburn, a dance targeted toward residents in the north campus residence halls, will provide students with substance-free entertainment until 4 a.m. tomorrow.

Frostburn’s intention is to “provide the students on campus with an alternative to going off campus” to party and drink, said Steve Lynch, a sophomore in English and one of the dance’s organizers.

“A lot of people are surprised that we’re having six hours of music,” Lynch said.

Because that is too long for one DJ to spin, Frostburn will have three – James “DJ Degauss” Tasse, Dan “DJ Miracle” Polito and Kyle “DJ Cimmerdyne” Anderson.

The DJs will play trance, house, UK hard house, high NRG trance, two-step, old-skool rave trax and disco house, according to a flyer distributed to north campus residents this week.

Lynch, a resident adviser in Barrett House, said Tasse, a freshman in psychology, came up with the idea for Frostburn.

“James is one of my residents. He spun for a (Houck-Barrett-Halloran) complex-wide program and said how cool it would be to have an all-night dance,” Lynch said.

Tasse said he looks forward to the dance because it may enhance students’ interest in raves.

“I haven’t seen a lot in terms of what you might call ‘rave culture’ in Columbus,” he said.

Tasse said although many people associate raves with drug use, he sees drugs as something which have put a damper on the scene since people who are taking drugs do not get as involved with the music or dancing.

Matt Couch, assistant director of the Ohio Union, said he approves of Frostburn’s 4 a.m. ending time and hopes to see more activities take place later at night.

“I’d be all for more of that happening because I know that students don’t go to bed at 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays,” Couch said.

One possible problem with having more late-night programs is funding, Couch said. Ohio State has about $80,000 to $100,000 available for its Student Affairs’ Late Night Programming Initiative, also known as Moonlight Madness. Couch estimated that West Virginia University, which has an extensive late-night program, spends about $800,000 per year on such programs.

The money provided to fund Moonlight Madness is handled by the Student Wellness Center. Frostburn was awarded a grant to help pay for decorations, sound equipment rental and promotional materials. The dance is also being funded through grants from several north campus hall councils and the Residence Hall Advisory Council.

Lynch said he is optimistic about high attendance.

“In the past week there’s been a lot more people than I expected expressing interest,” he said.

Frostburn is tonight from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the Royer Activity Center. Admission is free, and pizza and bottled water will be provided.