Directors

Station Manager

:: Zack Witzel

Where I'm From: Horseheads, NY

Year & Major: Senior, Journalism

Some Songs For Any Hour:
1. Pavement – “Frontwards”
2. Best Coast – “Crazy For You”
3. Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime”
4. The National – “Mistaken For Strangers”
5. Tennis – “Marathon”
6. Paul Simon – “Diamonds In The Soles Of Her Shoes”
7. Arcade Fire – “No Cars Go”
8. The Drums – “Best Friend”
9. Cults – “Go Outside”
10. The Smith Westerns – “Be My Girl”
11. Animal Collective – “Daily Routine”
12. The Cure – “Mint Car”
13. Weezer – “Holiday"

A Few Albums To Enjoy Alone, Or In Company:
1. Weezer – Pinkerton
2. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
3. Weezer – Weezer (1994)
4. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
5. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
6. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
7. Pavement – Wowee Zowee
8. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
9. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska

Hobbies & Favorite Leisure Activities: Reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Ideal First Date: Liking each other’s wall posts on Facebook.

An Assorted, Brief List Of People I Find Influential:
(unreferenced elsewhere)
1. Sophie DiCinti
2. Rick Simpson
3. Jack Kerouac
4. Anthony Bourdain
5. J.D. Salinger
6. Larry David
7. Yogi Berra

Fondest WSBU Memory: The Buzz Townhouse.

Favorite Quote: “Well, I’ve been working on my music.” – Joaquin Phoenix

Movies I Like To Watch:
1. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
2. After Hours
3. Groundhog Day
4. Into The Wild
5. I’m Still Here (anticipated)
6. Lost In Translation
7. High Fidelity
8. Almost Famous

Favorite Thing About Myself: I think we all know the answer.

Favorite Midnight Snack: Iced coffee and a muffin from Othello’s Deli in Astoria, NY.

Favorite RC Wrap: Anything expertly crafted by Laura.

Expected Activity: Modifying parts of this questionnaire several times

Programming Director

:: Adam Kroeger

Where I'm From: Rochester, NY

Year & Major: Senior, English

Albums I like:
1. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals- Cold Roses
2. Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates- Private Eyes
4. Neutral Milk Hotel- In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
5. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
6. My Morning Jacket- Z
7. Kraftwerk- Techno Pop
8. Elliott Smith- Elliott Smith
9. Dusty Springfield- Dusty in Memphis

Songs I Enjoy:
1. Ryan Adams- Come Pick Me Up
2. Nico- These Days
3. Caribou- Kaili
4. Beach House- Silver Soul
5. Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
6. Wilco- Impossible Germany
7. The National- Sorrow
8. Goldfrapp- Alive
9. Wild Nothing- Summer Holiday
10. Jenny & Johnny- Big Wave

Favorite Concerts:
1. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: 2/22/09 Welmont Theater, Montclair NJ
2. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: 11/22/09 HSBC Arena, Buffalo NY

Hobbies & Leasure: Going on walks, Cuddling, Watching Movies

Ideal First Date: Watching the Dark Knight with Shana

Fondest WSBU Memory: Board Meetings

Favorite Quote: "Be good and if you can't be good be safe"- My dad.

Favorite Books (No Specific Order)
1. The Catcher In The Rye
2. The Sun Also Sets
3. Infinity Blues
4. Hello Sunshine
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Movies I Like:
1. Up
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Lost in Translation
4. The Graduate
5. The Royal Tennenbaums
6. I'm Not There

TV Shows You Enjoy:
1. Arrested Development
2. Seinfeld

About Me: I Walk Really Fast.

Programming Director

:: Matt Passannante

Where I'm From: Denville, NJ

Year & Major: Sr. J/MC

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Redman&Method Man- Da Rockwilder

2. 112 - Peaches & Cream
3. Wale - Chillin'
4. Will.I.Am- Fly Away
5. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z - Power (Remix)

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities:Playing Basketball, Working out, getting new music, DJing

Ideal First Date: Go to NYC to see a play on Broadway

Fondest WSBU Memory: Freshman year

Favorite Quote: Excellence is to do a common thing, in an uncommin way- Booker T. Washington

Top Three Movies:

1. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle

2. Catch Me If You Can

3. The Ladie's Man

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Khloe Kardashian & Lamar Odom

Favorite Thing About Myself: Always down to try new things

Favorite Midnight Snack: Chips & guacamole

Favorite RC Wrap: Chicken Cheesesteak

Favorite word/phrase: True

Assistant Programming Director

:: Jess Rehac

Where I'm From: Buffalo, N.Y.

Year & Major: Sophomore, Triple Cert. Education Major

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Steel Train – “Touch Me Bad”

2. Vampire Weekend – “Holiday”
3. The Wombats – “Joy Division”
4. The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”
5. Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Writing, listening to music and solving Rubik’s Cubes

Ideal First Date: A picnic or a hike, and possibly a picnic and a hike.

Fondest WSBU Memory: Pirate Radio with DJs Jess and Megg

Favorite Quote: "The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium."
- Norbert Platt

Top Three Movies:

1. The Breakfast Club

2. The Pagemaster

3. Little Miss Sunshine

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Brangelina

Favorite Thing About Myself: My unlimited supply of stupid jokes.

Favorite Midnight Snack: Mangia’s

Favorite RC Wrap: Wheat wrap with breaded chicken, pepper jack cheese, shredded lettuce and honey mustard.

Favorite word/phrase: Bull malarkey

Music Director

:: Peter Cauvel

Where I'm From: Geneva, NY

Year & Major: Senior JMC

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

2. Free Energy - Free Energy
3. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
4. Janelle Monae - Tightrope
5. The Hold Steady - Banging Camp

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Digging through the thousands of CDs in the music office.

Ideal First Date: Anything with Emilee.

Fondest WSBU Memory: All the excellent shows we've put together

Favorite Quote: "Live life off the wall." - Michael Jackson

Top Three Movies:

1. The Graduate

2. The Royal Tenenbaums

3. Forrest Gump

Favorite Thing About Myself: Everything

Favorite Midnight Snack: Nachos!

Favorite RC Wrap: Buffalo chicken.

Assistant Music Director

:: Victoria Detmering

Where I'm From: Secaucus, NJ

Year & Major: Sophomore, JMC

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Major Lazer-Can't Stop Now

2. Sleigh Bells-Kids
3. Neon Indian-Psychic Chasms
4. Best Coast-Each and Every Day
5. The Babies-Meet me in the City

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: reading, going on adventures, making lists, being surrounded by nature, driving around

Ideal First Date: unplanned, filled with adventure and of course getting ice cream along the way

Fondest WSBU Memory: spring weekend '10 concert

Favorite Quote: : "There is a side of me that is always restless, and it's probably something I feel more than ever because there is so much to do and there is less time than there was yesterday." -Neil Young

Top Five Movies: (in no order)

1. Manhattan

2. The Darjeeling Limited

3. Almost Famous

4. Harold & Maude

5. Toy Story

Least Favorite Celeb couple: ughh there's just too many...

Favorite Thing About Myself: you tell me ; )

Favorite Midnight Snack: shredded mini wheats with blueberries

Favorite RC Wrap: spinach wrap with breaded chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, and italian dressing

Favorite word/phrase: "real talk"

Sports Director

:: Shannon Shepherd

Where I'm From: Ashburn, VA

Year & Major: Sophomore, Journalism/ Bidnezz

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. This is how we do it- Montell Jordan

2. Please don't go- Mike Posner
3. Pretty Girls- Wale
4. any passion pit song
5. Ride with me- Nelly

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: watching ESPN, hanging out with friends, BONAS

Ideal First Date: June 7th, 1990...first date of my life ;)

Fondest WSBU Memory: Buzz'd about pink! And traveling to games with kclark and mandy

Favorite Quote: "The best things in life arent things"

Top Three Movies:

1. Avatar

2. Elizabethtown

3. Stepbrothers

Least Favorite Celeb couple: SPEIDI

Favorite Thing About Myself: seriously?

Favorite Midnight Snack: chips, french fries, mangias cheese slice with a ranch packet.

Favorite RC Wrap: wheat wrap, breaded chicken, provolone cheese, shredded lettuce, extra ranch

Favorite word/phrase: this summer I have taken a liking to "BRO" terminology...it's a bad habit but so funny! Also, every now and then I let a "ya'll" slip out

Sports Director

:: Kevin Clark

Where I'm From: Auburn, NY

Year & Major: Senior, JMC

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Whatever Matty P has playing on the Buzz

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Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Sports

Ideal First Date:

A walk on the Beach

Fondest WSBU Memory: Traveling to Women's Basketball games with Shannon.

Favorite Quote:

"If you are to old to look, then you are to old to live."
Top Three Movies:

1. Hangover

2. Avatar

3. Animal House

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Don't have one.

Favorite Thing About Myself: Being the Buzz Sports Director

Favorite Midnight Snack: Pizza

Favorite RC Wrap: Buffalo Chicken

Favorite word/phrase: Herb

Public Relations Director

:: Patrick Hosken

Where I'm From: Rochester, N.Y.

Year & Major: Junior, Journalism & English

Top Ten Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Free Energy: "Free Energy"

2. Wilco: "Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
3. LCD Soundsystem: "Dance Yrself Clean"
4. Neutral Milk Hotel: "Ghost/[untitled]"
5. The Stone Roses: "I Am the Resurrection"

6. The Strokes: "The Modern Age"

7. Band of Horses: "NW Apt."

8. Japandroids: "Wet Hair"

9. Neil Young: "Out on the Weekend"

10. Jeff Buckley: "Mojo Pin"

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Oh the usual: bowl, drive around, the occasional acid flashback.

Ideal First Date: Checking out a record store and maybe munching on pancakes.

Fondest WSBU Memory: The Dirty Bubble, my risqué and often borderline illegal radio show from January '09 to April '10.

Favorite Quote: "Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty." -Zooey Glass (in J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey)

Top Three Movies:

1. The Big Lebowski

2. American Psycho

3. Shaun of the Dead

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Ronnie and Sammi (dump him already!)

Favorite Thing About Myself: Why, my lovely locks of brown perfection of course!

Favorite Midnight Snack: A potato bread roll, toasted, buttered and garnished with slabs of assorted meats and cheeses.

Favorite RC Wrap: Can't go wrong with buffalo chicken and spicy mayo on a wheat wrap.

Favorite word/phrase: Adding the suffix "-piece" to make words unnecessarily long and confusing. (example: "I totally McSnacked on that sandpiece. [here 'sandpiece' means 'sandwich']).

What a toddler would say about you after knowing you for six minutes: "Mommy, who's that man? I want to have hair like him someday. Goo goo ga ga, I just pooped."

Public Relations Director

:: Levi Trimble

Where I'm From: Wellsville, NY

Year & Major: Junior, journalism and mass communication.

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

2. She Don't Use Jelly - The Flaming Lips
3. Shadow People - Dr. Dog
4. Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
5. Shot in the Arm - Wilco

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Playing guitar and performing, gaming and just straight lamping.

Ideal First Date: Going to an awesome concert together then exploring the town without caution or care.

Fondest WSBU Memory: Kyle Swampia

Favorite Quote: "I don't think the critics understand what we're doing." - Jimmy Page on the review of Led Zeppelin IV

Top Three Movies:

1. The Big Lebowski

2. Monty Python and The Holy Grail

3. Cadillac Records

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Filliam H. Muffman (aka William H Macy and Felicity Huffman)

Favorite Thing About Myself: My skills of course.

Favorite Midnight Snack: NY style pizza cold or hot. When i don't have that it is Easy Mac and Hawaiian Punch.

Favorite RC Wrap: Breaded chicken on tomato with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and honey mustard.

Favorite word/phrase: Epitome. "It is the epitome of . . ."

Marketing Director

:: Andy Scroger

Where I'm From: Batavia, New York

Year & Major: Senior/Marketing & Finance

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Memories-David Guetta & Kid Cudi

2. You don't have to leave-Mike Posner
3. Superstar-Lupe Fiasco
4. OMG-Usher
5. Lovestoned Remix-Dj Tiesto

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Playing guitar

Ideal First Date: Homemade dinner and a movie

Fondest WSBU Memory: Any and every banquet

Favorite Quote: "Say goodnight to the bad guy"-Al Pacino

Top Three Movies:

1. Anchorman

2. Step Brothers

3. Wedding Crashers

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Heidi and Spencer

Favorite Thing About Myself: My sense of humor ;)

Favorite Midnight Snack: Perry's Ice Cream

Favorite RC Wrap: Wheat, Turkey, Black Olives, Banana Peppers, lettuce, mayo

Favorite word/phrase: That's what she said

News Director

:: Kyle Zappia

Where I'm From: Newark, NY

Year & Major: Junior, Journalism & Mass Communications

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Who Let the Dogs Out- Baha Men

2. The Final Countdown- Europe
3. Macarena- Los Del Rio

4. Gettin' Jiggy With it- Will Smith
5. Thong Song- Sisqo

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Breathing, Eating, Sleeping

Ideal First Date: Bull Fight

Fondest WSBU Memory: Falling into a swamp

Favorite Quote: "Kyle, You are one good looking guy"- Scarlett Johansson

Top Three Movies:

1. The Room

2. Kazaam

3. Santa with Muscles

Least Favorite Celeb couple: David Bowie & Iman

Favorite Thing About Myself: My beautiful blue eyes

Favorite Midnight Snack: Balut and Cream Soda

Favorite RC Wrap: Buffalo Chicken

Favorite word/phrase: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

News Director

:: Erika Carlson

Where I'm From: Depew, NY

Year & Major: Junior/JMC

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Sex On Fire - King of Leon

2. Mouthwash - Kate Nash
3. Breakin' Up - Rilo Kiley
4. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
5. The Violet Hour - Sea Wolf

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: writing, reading, and hanging out with good friends

Ideal First Date: dinner and a nice walk

Fondest WSBU Memory: seeing Sisters, Dinosaur Feathers, and Drink Up Buttercup at Spring Weekend '10

Favorite Quote: “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” –Audrey Hepburn

Top Three Movies:

1. (500) Days of Summer

2. Breakfast Club

3. Almost Famous

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Favorite Thing About Myself: my organization skills

Favorite Midnight Snack: Popcorn

Favorite RC Wrap: Buffalo Chicken

Favorite word/phrase: I don't think I have one

Production Director

:: Danny Bush

Where I'm From: Belfast, NY/ Dix Hills, NY

Year & Major: Sophomore

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. I Like It- Enrique Iglesias

2. The Weekend- Michael Gray
3. This is Your Night- Amber

4. So Happy I Could Die- Lady Gaga
5. Saturday Night- Bay City Rollers

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities:Cinematography

Ideal First Date: A night out at the club and some late night eats

Fondest WSBU Memory:

Being the only one to wear jeans to the banquet XD.

Favorite Quote:

"Sometimes we have to choose between what is right and what is easy."

Top Three Movies:

1. Shutter Island

2. The Orphanage

3. Superbad

Least Favorite Celeb couple:

Snooki and any other life form.

Favorite Thing About Myself:
I love to take the reigns challenges others are frightened of.

Favorite Midnight Snack:

Orange Juice

Favorite RC Wrap:

Still undecided??!!

Favorite word/phrase:

GTFO

Promotions Director

:: Kate Burt

Where I'm From: ROC

Year & Major: Sophomore, Journalism/Mass Communication and Integrated Marketing Communications

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

1. Up Up & Away- Kid Cudi

2. Let Go- Froufrou

3. Love the way you lie- Rhianna

4. I Like it- Enrique
5. 17- Kings of leon

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: Shopping, going out to eat for every meal, traveling, being with friends and good people

Ideal First Date: Coffee and conversation, and a hug if I like you

Fondest WSBU Memory: Buzz'd About Pink, Kyle's dissapearence during Spring '10 banquet, any and every banquet, 90's

Favorite Quote: "Dance like nobody's watching"

Top Three Movies:

1. Dirty Dancing (I saw it on stage this summer, too. Had the time of my life!!)

2. The Holiday

3. I Love You Man

Least Favorite Celeb couple: Hate 'em all ... still rooting for Jon and Kate to reunite, though ... I also LOVE the Duggers but also hate them, too.

Favorite Thing About Myself: I think I am honestly a good person, personable and friendly, fun to be around and a really good friend

Favorite Midnight Snack: nomnom so many faves. Leftove buff bites trumps all.

Favorite RC Wrap: Man, it's been a while. I believe spinach wrap with american, spicy chix, hot sauce, ranch, lettuce.

Favorite word/phrase: 'Are you real/true?' 'Who are you?' my awkward 'uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh'

Promotions Director

:: Katie Cooper

Where I'm From: Findley Lake, NY

Year & Major: Senior Psychology/Art minor

Top Five Songs For A Saturday Night:

shuffle...take the risk

Hobbies and favorite leisure activities: photography, hangin out at WSBU!

Ideal First Date: jump in the car and go on an adventure

Fondest WSBU Memory: banquets, kyle going for a run and falling in a swamp

Favorite Quote:
"Music is expression of harmony in sound. Love is the expression of harmony in life."- Stephen Gaskin

Top Three Movies:

1. Anchorman

2. A Walk to Remember

3. Garden State

Least Favorite Celeb couple:

Kourtney and Scott

Favorite Thing About Myself: I'm pretty crafty, annnd I think I'm a pretty good person

Favorite Midnight Snack: leftovers

Favorite RC Wrap: spinach wrap with chicken, baby spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, and honey mustard!

Favorite word/phrase: p.s..... (insert thought here)