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(04/08/09 12:00pm)
A Super Bowl champion, winner of America's Next Top Model and DJ from BET all headlined "Fashion Fever," the Black Student Union's (BSU) fashion show this year. But on Saturday night, Darrell Reid, Saleisha Stowers and DJ Wallah played a supporting role to an ensemble of College students who kept all eyes on the stage throughout the evening.
Sophomores Aneka Williams, nursing major, and Keesean Moore, international business administration major and Signal staff writer, were the driving forces behind this year's fashion show - the 11th presented by BSU. Williams and Moore blended equal parts fashion and music, incorporating dance and vocal performances by guests and students accompanied by Wallah's professional talent.
Williams was the one responsible for bringing Stowers and Wallah, along with Reid, who is Williams' older brother, to this year's event. The event planner's dedication to the evening was not lost on those she worked with.
"She's just awesome," senior model Joetta Jackson, Spanish and international business major, said. "She's definitely very passionate . She just balanced everything quite well."
Her coordinating counterpart was no exception. In addition to running and organizing the show, Moore found time to include his own apparel, with his ensembles featured in "Lost Ones," the eighth and final scene. The look he described as "Armageddon prom princess" was put together with clothes from "Another Man's Treasure" vintage boutique. Top-Model Stowers said she particularly enjoyed Moore's work. A few other scenes featured student-designed clothing as well.
Models came out in a vast assortment of outfits, accompanied by an equally varied collection of music. Wallah kept in mind the makeup of the audience as well as the themes of each division, or scene, that the show was broken up into. He cited the diversity of the crowd and the fact that they were mostly "'80s babies."
The show began with three women silhouetted against a red-lit background. They were joined by the rest of the Fashion Show Executive Board and danced to Beyonce's version of the classic "Fever" - also the name of this "opening mini scene."
After much anticipation, Scene I, the "Club Scene" featured the evening's first set of models strutting across stage. The rest of the night was scheduled similarly, with dances and other student performances intermingled with fashion displays.
In one scene deemed "Seduction," the audience felt the heat as models seduced two lucky men seated onstage. Music by Usher set the tone as models made their way across the stage, stopping at the male model to give their personal twist on seduction before moving on. The clothing, or lack there of, was an alluring collection from Lite Fantasies Designs, managed by Aisha Billups.
All of the performances in addition to the modeling added even more to the dynamic show. Singer and spoken word artist Ja-Tun, a local performer from Trenton, had the most creative entrance of the night, standing up from her second row seat and singing as she made her way onstage.
The iTunes performed several songs a cappella, which elicited a spirited response from the audience. The crowd snapped and sang along to Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly," filling in touches of Lauryn Hill's version where appropriate, particularly the part where Wyclef Jean echoes "One time, time." With a beat boxer in addition to the harmony of the singers, the iTunes also performed "I'm Sprung" by T-Pain and "Apologize" by One Republic.
When the models were offstage, Reid, Stowers and Wallah kept the crowd into the show. The charismatic hosts were an easy fit together, keeping their onstage banter balanced with the crowd's involvement. Reid's lively humor and Stowers charm meshed well.
Wallah proved he was very adept at keeping up the audience's energy. During intermission, he even encouraged audience members to show off their style onstage if they thought they looked good enough. Enough of the crowd obliged to keep the impromptu fashion show running nearly the whole break. Jackson, particpating for the fourth year in a row, said Wallah was great with his timing, adjusting or looping a song if the models had gone too fast or lagged behind.
While BSU continued its tradition of an annual fashion show, this year's event was most impressive. By the end of the night, the whole audience was overwhelmingly afflicted with Fashion Fever.
(04/30/08 12:00pm)
Last Wednesday was the kind of spring day that warranted heading outdoors. If that was not occasion enough, a barbecue, carnival and block party, all rolled into one, could be found on the lawn in front of Travers and Wolfe for the Residence Hall Association's (RHA) annual Lions' Fest.
The festivities, supported by an array of campus clubs and organizations, included archery, a dunk tank and mini-basketball hoops, as well as a variety of inflatable challenges and games. Students spent the day jousting in a blow-up arena and sparring with oversized gloves in a moon-bounce boxing ring. The three crowd favorites of the day included an inflated obstacle course, water slide and bungee run.
Organizations set up tables offering students barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, cotton candy, popsicles, make-your-own trail mix and root beer floats - a novelty so popular it ran out in an hour.
WTSR blared over the speakers as a dripping wet Christine Cullen, senior criminology major and executive president of the Student Government Association (SGA), explained how she ended up in the dunk tank.
"They thought it would be funny to dunk the SGA president," she said. "Every time someone winds up, a wave of panic comes over me," she said, but concluded that, "It was a lot fun."
"The best part is being like a kid again," Krystal Spencer, freshman communication studies major, said. "I haven't done this since I was 10."
"And it's free," Kevin Hodulik, freshman math major said. Both agreed, as College mascot Roscoe rode by sitting shotgun in a campus golf cart, that the bungee run was their favorite activity.
Vicki Moritz, sophomore French major, explained that this was not her first time experiencing the wonders of Lions' Fest. The good time she had last year was enough to bring her back again.
Dan Taddeo, junior biology major and member of RHA, was in charge of Lions' Fest. After two months of planning he was more than pleased with the results of this year's event.
This year New York Party Works supplied the inflatables and other attractions used at the festival, lending a hand in generating an even greater turnout than the previous year.
"It's a lot bigger this year," he said, "a lot more co-sponsors. We get a lot more participation that way."
The co-sponsors for this year were SGA, Prism, Order of the Golden Lion, Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Pi, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Zeta, DSP, junior and sophomore class councils, Inter-Greek Council, Lambda Tau Omega Sorority, Leadership Development Program, New Jersey Christian Fellowship and Sigma Tau Delta.
(03/28/07 4:00pm)
The College's lacrosse team came away with an 8-6 victory Sunday at home over the SUNY-Cortland Red Dragons, one of the few teams to beat the Lions in the past two years, to advance its record to 3-0.
"After losing to them the past two years, I thought it was important that we come out and make a statement today," junior attacker Kate Neese said.
After junior midfielder Karen Doane scored the first goal of the game, the Lions and Red Dragons traded goals, with junior attacker Kristin Zucconi and junior midfielder Toni-Anne Cavallo adding one apiece. However, the Dragons scored the last goal of the half to go on top 5-3.
The stalling tactics of Cortland, in which the Red Dragons held the ball for long stretches without making passes, marked the first half.
The Red Dragons started the second half off with another goal but were unable to continue their strategy of conservative possessions due to a lack of scoring.
While Cortland landed several shots on net, the College went on a five-goal run to clinch the game. The run was sparked by a goal from Doane as she spun past a defender and scored her second goal of the game.
A few minutes later, Cavallo assisted Neese for her first goal of the season.
"I thought our defense did phenomenal," Neese said. "I'm very proud of the team; nothing was handed to us. We worked for everything we got this game."
Neese went on to score again on a rebound after freshman attacker Angela Wilmer capitalized on a penalty shot.
Cavallo scored the Lions' final goal off an assist from Doane.
Lions lacrosse action continues as the College hosts Cabrini College on March 29 at 7 p.m. and travels to Fredericksburg, Va., to battle the University of Mary Washington on March 31 at 1 p.m.
(10/19/05 4:00pm)
The men's and women's cross country team showed up ready to run this Saturday. The men's team, ranked No. 15 in Division III, and the women's team, ranked No. 12, both placed within the top five at the 39th annual University of Albany Cross Country Invitational Meet.
The women's team came in fourth place overall out of 23 teams, while the men finished third out of 27.
The men followed behind top-ranked University of New Hampshire, who took the title, New York University who took second and Quinnipiac University. The top spot for the women's event was also won by New Hampshire, while Middlebury College placed second.
The women's great showing was made even sweeter by the fact that they beat out St. Lawrence University, who placed 11th. St. Lawrence cut short the College's championship hopes last year, knocking them off in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regional meet.
Individually, the Lions' runners made a tremendous showing. Senior leader Jenna Fasulo placed 19th overall with a time of 18:27.0, and junior Kristen Pogorzelski took 20th place in 18:28.2.
Senior Kara Horner walked away with 25th in 18:40:1, and freshman Martine McGrath took 26th in 18:41.4.
There were no letdowns among the men either, as they also had a stellar performance. Sophomore Brian Kopnicki led in 13th place with a time of 25:23.1 and freshman Chris Guerriero took 24th in 25:45.8.
Senior Jeff Zodda, junior Greg Howe and sophomore Kyle Alpaugh took 34th, 35th, and 36th place respectively, with times of 25:53.5, 25:54.5 and 25:55.3.
Also, sophomore Galen Johnson took 52nd place in 26:14.8, and senior Matt Randal's time of 26:18.0 landed him at 55th.
Also for the women, senior Sarah Spilman took 31st with her time of 18:51.4, junior Allyson Krayl came in at 54th place in 19:17.8, and finally junior Jenna Prendergast grabbed 61st place in 19:26.9.
First-year head coach Phil Jennings said he saw a lot of improvement Saturday. Although he felt a few of his male runners had the potential to do much better, he said, "A couple guys really stepped up."
The Lions look to improve upon this at the Haverford College Invitational next Friday.