Daniel, an international student, gives a speech on popular topics in Australia.
An international student from Australia is here studying at SRU for the fall semester and I'm interested in finding out why. What brought him here to Slippery Rock PA of all places? What is he studying here at SRU. I'm also interested in knowing what differences he faces here that are unusual from what he's used to back home in Australia. I'm also curious about what his semester was like at Slippery Rock and what he thought of the education here. I would also ask about what he plans to do after finishing his semester here at SRU and what he'll be doing once he gets back to Australia, and even after he's done with school. From what I heard him talk about at the international panel, I think he has some really interesting facts to talk about and could help show American students what an outsider's views of Slippery Rock education.
The final Lip Sync Battle of the semester was held on Tuesday, November 17th during common hour. Ryan Logue and Logan Stiegerwalt went head to head, battling off for the winning title. Down below, you will see a video featuring everything that went down at this battle. Along with photos and videos, there are a few helpful links to give you more information on these organizations and how to get involved with each club and the student center.
Brandon Quinn lip syncing at the first Lip Sync Battle in the Smith Center.
Jill Lema, the graduate assistant for Programing at the Smith Student Center, created the lip sync battles that have been held once each month in the new student union. The first ever lip sync battle was held during common hour on September 15th in which Logan Steigerwalt, the president of SGA, won the battle against Brandon Quinn, the president of UPB. Lema's inspiration for this event came from watching it on Spike TV and decided to bring it to SRU's campus for students and faculty to be apart of during the busy semesters.
The final battle, The Lip Sync Battle Championships, will be held on Tuesday November 17th during common hour in the lobby of the Smith Student Center. This event is news worthy because this is the first semester this event has been happening on campus and this final battle of the semester is the championships. All the winners from each lip sync battle that has occurred this semester will be battling off against each other for the championship to be crowned the best at lip syncing.
This story could be told using a "thinglink" information tagged video by linking different videos of popular lip sync battles from TV shows to go along with a video of the lip sync battle that will be happening on Tuesday. Linking interviews from students who watched the SRU lip sync battle would be appropriate for this project as well along with interviews from the lip syncers themselves because it would be interesting to see what they thought of the competition.
The contact for this event is Jill Lema because she's hosting the event again and came up with the idea for the event herself.
Justin Vorp (left) and Stevie Pachesky (right) open the concert with Sossa-Bala
Slippery Rock University Department of Music presented the Percussion Ensemble concert on Thursday night, November 5th, 2015. The concert consisted of many different percussion arrangements for almost anyone to enjoy and included twelve students performing in the show.
The show opened with two pieces by Emmanuel Sejourne which included marimbas and conga drums and lighters. The opening song, Sossa-Balla, started with one performer, then adding two, and soon there were eight performers showcasing different sounds from the marimbas and congas.
The second song opening the show was done with lighters. Four freshman, holding two lighters each, created sounds along with a visual show by memorizing a stunning light show pattern. The room was completely dark and the only light visible was from the lighters in their hands.
Another unique performance was "The Gilded Cage" which was played by four drummers striking break drums from cars and trucks. This piece was very loud and energetic versus some of the other performances in the show. The four drummers also used sounds from their drumsticks hitting and tapping each other, combined with symbols and tom toms.
After
performing a more formal, classical first half of the show, the performers came
back for a second performance for the night, playing steel pan instruments.
This half of the show was more lively and upbeat, creating a fun way to end the
concert.
Sarah Sabota rocking out on the steel drums in the second half of the percussion concert
The opening song for the second half of the concert was
Radiohead’s “Creep” which was a unique, steel pan performance, giving a spin
off of the original rock tune. Another unique piece added to the second half
was Afro Blue, in which SRU student Jamison Lopochonksy directed himself,
putting his own twist on the song.
The Percussion Ensemble concert showcased a diverse sound
for any music lover to enjoy, adding authentic elements that created new
vibrations and tones for the audience to tune into to.
