STATION MANAGER: SEAN LYNCH

1. Major/year: Journalism and Mass Communication/Junior
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my third!
3. Hometown: Nyack, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Instagram: @sean__lynch_ Twitter: @Sean__Lynch_
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Getting the station manager position!
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Read more books outside of my classes.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Go to every single state in the United States. I’m more than halfway there, so that would be awesome to accomplish.
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin for coffee and Timmy Ho’s for food.
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Burlington, Vermont or Boston, Massachusetts.
11. What’s your dream career? Working in radio in some capacity or working as a music journalist.
12. Favorite movie? Goodfellas.
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Reporter’s Narrative or Video Production.
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? I have yet to see Gary Clark Jr. in concert. I had a chance to see him last summer, but it got rained out. I really want to see him though because he is a master of the guitar.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Chick-Fil-A, my dogs and some great tunes.

 

FREEFORM/CLASSIC ROCK PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR: JOSH SVETZ

1. Major/year: Junior JMC
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my first semester on the board.
3. Hometown: Meadville,Pa Or Erie, whichever you recognize.
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @TheWndsday svetz17 (Twitter handle will be changed to svetz17 again soon)
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Definitely Halloween where I got paid to rap freestyles like Eminem from 8 Mile
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Expose Aramark for their evilness.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Change someone’s life for the better
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Timmy Hos, all day errday
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Nirvana-Nevermind. It shaped me as a human being and revolutionized music.
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Wherever life takes me… but the west coast would be a nice change of pace from living in a wind tunnel for 21 years.
11. What’s your dream career? To do everything I desire. Broadcast sporting events, have a syndicated radio show, write a column. Basically the next Bill Simmons without the super-fan angle.
12. Favorite movie? The Truman Show: Perfect philosophical character study of reality television with god like symbolism and a deep introspective look at life.
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Sports and TV Production with the GOAT Paul Wieland
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? I saw Kanye in Buffalo which was life changing, but Kendrick Lamar would be amazing.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Assuming I can’t get off the island: Pen, Notebook, and that thing legal in Colorado.

HIP HOP PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR: BRANDON FIELDS

1. Major/year: Strategic Communications/ Junior
2. Semesters on the board: This is my first
3. Hometown: Hollis, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Brando_Ice
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Having my family come up and make dinner for me and my friends during family weekend.
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Just to be Bad and Boujee
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Visit Dubai
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Definitely Dunkin
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Ughhh I can’ choose but Forest Hills Drive and Acid Rap are up there.
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? South Carolina
11. What’s your dream career? PR Maven
12. Favorite movie? Space Jam
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Advertising Campaign and Elements of Business
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? I love this question! I would love love love to see the late Aaliyah or Michael Jackson in concert.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Book on survival, endless Qdoba, and some type of way to listen to music.

 

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR: MICHAEL O’MALLEY

1. Major/year: English / Junior
2. Semesters on the board: Starting the first !
3. Hometown: Maspeth, Queens, NYC
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: twitter – omullet; insta – michael_0malley
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Finding out Chola had joined twitter
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Finally get a 4.0 !
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Visit Jellyfish Lake in Palau
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? I’m not Canadian so it’s gotta be Dunkin !
9. What is your favorite album of all time? That’s v hard but rn I’m rediscovering how incredible Kacey Musgraves’ Same Trailer, Different Park is so we’ll say that
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? NYC yo if u already live in the best city in the world why would you wanna leave??
11. What’s your dream career? Trophy husband
12. Favorite movie? Electrick Children
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Either African-American Literature, Creative Writing: Poetry, or Introduction to Managerial Accounting
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Chance all day every day
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? A machete, flint, and a raft

 

BUSINESS DIRECTOR: NICK INGLISA

1. Major/year: Business Management/ Junior
2. Semesters on the board: 1st semester on the board
3. Hometown: Hereford, Maryland
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: None
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Buying my first truck
6.  What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Survive Accounting-308
7.  What is one thing on your bucket list? Go skydiving
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Tim Hortons
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Metallica: …and Justice for all
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Somewhere in New York State
11. What’s your dream career? Own my own roofing company
12. Favorite movie? Happy Gilmore
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Business-199 with Lorrie Branch
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Lynyrd Skynyrd before the plane crash
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Knife, surfboard, scuba equipment

 

CO-SPORTS DIRECTOR: JOE CERAULO

1. Major/year: JMC Major/ Freshman
2. Semesters on the board: Spring 2k17 will be my first semester on the board
3. Hometown: Syosset, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Twitter @TheJoeCeraulo Insta @JoeCeraulo31
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Favorite memory would have to be trying to walk-on the baseball team. It was intimidating as hell and I came in the 9^th, didn’t allow a hit, got an All- American to pop out to Center Field and recorded the save. Didn’t make the squad but I pitched damn well at a D1 tryout.
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? A goal for this semester is to work on bringing us back to #1 in time for next year’s rankings.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? See every MLB stadium with my dad…9 down, 21 to go.
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? America runs on Dunkin’ not Hortons
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Anything Goes- Florida Georgia Line
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? I’d like to still be living on Strong Island after I graduate
11. What’s your dream career? Sports Analyst/Broadcaster for either SNY or ESPN
12. Favorite movie? Tough to puck a favorite movie but Remember the Titans has to be it, despite Ryan Gosling’s extremely poor play at defensive back
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Favorite class after one semester was Communications Today with McNall
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? I’m lucky enough to have already seen my favorites, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. As well as FGL, Jason Alden, Thomas Rhett and the Zac Brown Band. Hell, I even worked two Beyonce concerts at Citi Field (they were hell), but if I could see any artist I’d turn the clock back and say Frankie Valli. He’s 82 and still hits those high notes!
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? If I was stranded on an island, the three things I’d need would be a knife, a water filter, and a George Foreman Grill. Sorry, I wouldn’t bring anything crazy but a man’s gotta eat!

 

CO-SPORTS DIRECTOR: DUSTIN SCHREIBMAN

1. Major/Year: Journalism/ Junior
2. Semesters on the board: 1st Semester on board
3. Hometown: Hampstead, MD
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Twitter-@DSchreibman and Instagram-dustinschreibman
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester?Anytime spent with lifetime friends I have made here, finding out about the receiving the sports director job and making a song in the Quick Studio
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Make this college semester the best one yet.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Travel to England to watch Wimbledon
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Tim Hortons
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Testimony by August Alsina
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? LA or Miami, big city living
11. What’s your dream career? Music producer in LA or NYC
12. Favorite movie? Would be between Fast and Furious series or Camp Rock, got to get that musical feel in
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Sports TV Production with Paul Wieland
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? August Alsina, since I have not seen in concert yet
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you?my notepad to write music, my computer and a helpful companion

 

CO-PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR: JOE FULMORE

1. Major/year: JMC/Sophomore
2. Semesters on the board: This is my first.
3. Hometown: Rochester, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: My twitter is @slickkatt and my Instagram is @chocobear66
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Being told I’ve got the position of promotions director
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Push myself to be better than last semester
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Go to Australia
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Timmy Ho’s all day
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Well, one of my favorites is “Graduation” by Kanye West
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? New York City for a while.
11. What’s your dream career? Film Director
12. Favorite movie? Cloud Atlas
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? The Digital World
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? It would be amazing to watch the final performance of Swedish House Mafia at Ultra Music Festival a few years ago.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? My Ipod, Netflix, and maybe a flair gun. Cause, you know, stranded on an island…

 

CO- PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR: EMMY KOLBE

1. Major/year: JMC/ Junior
2. Semesters on the board: This is my first!
3. Hometown: Lockport, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @emmy_kolbe for both.
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? I took a Shakespeare class, and on the last week, my professor took the whole class for dinner at El Mariachi. That was fun.
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Cut down on the Domino’s cheesy bread consumption.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? I’d love to visit every state at some point.
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Tim Horton’s for the bagels, Dunkin for the cold brew.
9. What is your favorite album of all time? A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic! at the Disco
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Manhattan
11. What’s your dream career? A copywriter. But I can dig any job that involves creativity and writing.
12. Favorite movie? Interstellar/ American Beauty
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Creative Writing: Narrative
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Sia. I’ve been to a lot of concerts, but I’ve never seen her and I know she’d be insane.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? A journal and a blue pen, an unlimited bottle of water and a long book.

 

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: BRYCE SPADAFORA

1. Major/year: JMC/Junior
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my third semester on the board.
3. Hometown: Shortsville, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Twitter: @bryce_spadafora Insta: @brycespadafora
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? My favorite memory was definitely being in the fall production of Hamlet.
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Get that summer internship locked down!
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? I don’t really have one, but I haven’t been to Europe yet, so probably that!
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Both of their coffees tastes like water, so neither.
9. What is your favorite album of all time? This changes almost every month, but probably Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? A cave somewhere. I’m just going to need to relax alone for a couple of months.
11. What’s your dream career? Anything where I can use the two things I’ve worked hardest at: theater and journalism.
12. Favorite movie? Electrick Children
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Acting Shakespeare. It totally changed the way I thought about Shakespeare and his plays.
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? The Smiths
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Some sort of survival guide, a tent, and the entire Buzz Board. If I’m stranded on this island so is everyone else.

 

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION: ALEX PRUSIK

1. Major/year: Freshman Cybersecurity
2. Semesters on the board: 1st Semester on Board
3. Hometown: Endicott, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @alexprusik (both)
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Getting to meet everyone at the station
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Having some more fun at Bonaventure
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Travel the world
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin Donuts
9. What is your favorite album of all time? My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Anywhere in Eastern New York
11. What’s your dream career? Astronaut
12. Favorite movie? Chinatown
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? CS131
14.  If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? The Smiths (There will never be a reunion)
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? A tent, a pack of cards, and a magnifying glass

 

MUSIC DIRECTOR: JASON KLAIBER

1. Major/year: Communication/ Junior
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my fifth
3. Hometown: Syracuse, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @J_Klaibs (Twitter) and @jklaibs (Instagram)
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Seeing Kanye West live in Buffalo
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? To hold a sit-down interview with Snake to really get to know the man behind the camera
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? To direct a full-length film
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin Donuts
9. What is your favorite album of all time? This is subject to change, as it does, but either Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones or To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? At the very least, a cardboard box
11. What’s your dream career? Hosting a late-night talk show
12. Favorite movie? Pulp Fiction
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Opinion Writing with Dr. Wilkins
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? If this includes the deceased, I’d go with Jimi Hendrix
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? A ukulele, a notebook, and a volleyball named Wilson

 

ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR: MARISSA McCALL

1. Major/year: Journalism, Junior
2. Semesters on the board: 4
3. Hometown: Pittsburgh
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @marissa_mccall
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Having my family come visit for Family Weekend ’16
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Find an internship for summer ’17
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Travel all over the world
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Hmm I can’t choose just one so Good Kid MAAD City and Meet The Beatles!
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Anywhere with a job for me
11. What’s your dream career? Writing for the NYT
12. Favorite movie? Black Swan
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Creative Writing: Poetry
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Jack White
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? An ipod, speakers and chapstick

 

ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR: STEPHEN WILT

1. Major/year: Freshman, JMC
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my First
3. Hometown: Rochester N.Y.
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: @stephenwilt (Both)
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? Getting the Assistant Music Director Spot
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Always get better
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? To visit zhangjiajie national forest park, China
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Tim Horton’s !
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Frank Zappa “Overnight Sensation”
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? San Francisco California
11. What’s your dream career? Working For Rolling Stone Magazine
12. Favorite movie? Ken Casey “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest”
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Television Truck
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Phish !! Who else ??
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Guitar, some Whiskey, sun glasses, and some cold pbr

NEWS DIRECTOR: DIANA HART McELFRESH

1. Major/year: JMC/English/Junor
2. Semesters on the board: This is my first
3. Hometown: Olean (If you’re reading this, don’t tell anyone. I’ve been trying to maintain an aura of mystery for the past 2 ½ years).
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Twitter: @dmcelf. I wouldn’t suggest following me, though. Instagram: dhart16. Follow me for some pretty average post-adolescence pictures.
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? I turned 21 in the fall so….
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? To try to chill out a little. Everything I do is really intense, so I just want to be able to NOT be intense for maybe, like, fifteen minutes a day.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? To learn French.
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin… SORRY.
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Channel Orange. Or maybe Rubber Soul. Or Graceland or London Calling. Yeezus? I don’t know. I can’t really pick.
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? Wherever the wind takes me. I want to live everywhere, so who knows.
11. What’s your dream career? Is “hermit” an okay career choice?
12. Favorite movie? When I’m trying to be smart, it’s Apocalypse Now. When I’m being honest, it’s The Parent Trap (The Lindsay Lohan one. Miss me with that “the original is better” narrative).
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Islam Religion and Culture with Father Calabria or African-American Literature with Dr. Walsh. I’ve never been so grateful for my education than I was in those classes.
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Simon & Garfunkel. Sometimes my parents and I watch the Concert in Central Park for fun and it’s actually awesome. Don’t @ me.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? One copy of Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust, one copy of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir and my cat.

 

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR: YOSELIN PERSON

1. Major/year: Journalism Mass Communication, freshman
2. Semesters on the board: two semesters
3. Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: yosie23
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? staying up late nights on the weekend with friends
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? Finish writing my short stories
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? Past my driver’s test
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin Donuts
9. What is your favorite album of all time? Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? California
11. What’s your dream career? News Anchor
12. Favorite movie? Ghost
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? Spanish
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be? Lana Del Rey
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you? Food, my dog Emilio, and phone

 

CO-PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR: HALEY SCHRENK

1. Major/year: JMC major & Women’s Studies minor, 2018
2. Semesters on the board: 2 as Public Relations director
3. Hometown: Cheektowaga, New York
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: both @haley_schrenk
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester?: Studying abroad in Spain during the summer
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester?:To take on more creative projects
7. What is one thing on your bucket list?: See Frank Ocean in concert
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts?: Tim Hortons
9. What is your favorite album of all time?: From Under the Cork Tree – Fall Out Boy
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate?: NYC/Boston/London
11. What’s your dream career?: A graphic designer at an ad agency
12. Favorite movie?: Back to the Future
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU?: 201 with Dr. Wilkins
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be?: Frank Ocean
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you?: Art supplies, my dog & wine

 

CO-PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR: LIAM McGURL

1. Major/year: Senior journalism and mass communication major
2. Semesters on the board: This will be my third semester on the board.
3. Hometown: Bolton Landing, New York
4. Twitter/Instagram handles: Twitter: @_xtra_ordinary_ Instagram:@_xtra__ordinary_
5. What’s your favorite memory from this past semester? With “The Buzz,” definitely the DJ Lock-In. It’s always a blast.
6. What’s a goal you have for the Spring ’17 semester? I’d like The BuzzWorthy to be the most kickass, aesthetically pleasing publication possible.
7. What is one thing on your bucket list? I’d love to travel to Denmark. It’s supposed to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth and the hiking/sights are breathtaking.
8. Tim Horton’s or Dunkin Donuts? This is such a loaded question for me. I’d have to say Tim Horton’s almost always for food, but Dunkin’s cold brew slays my existence.
9. What is your favorite album of all time? It’s a tie between Sia’s “1,000 Forms of Fear”(which honestly changed my life) and Vampire Weekend’s “Modern Vampires of the City.”
10. Where do you hope to live after you graduate? I’m pretty set with cold weather climates, so I’d love to move out west. California has always been on my radar, of course.
11. What’s your dream career? I’d love to work as an art director within an advertising agency. I just need to work in a position where I feel motivated and freely artistic.
12. Favorite movie? American Beauty
13. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at SBU? It’s funny, I find that I usually enjoy a class because of the instructor, not even the content. Two of the BEST professors I’ve had here at Bonaventure are Kimberly DeSimone and Anne-Claire Fisher.
14. If you could attend a concert featuring any artist of your choice, who would it be?  Although I’ve always loved Sia and would probably sell my left arm to see her live, I’d love to see Kanye West in concert. I’m not a huge fan, but desperately want to know what the hype’s all about.
15. If you were stranded on an island, what are three things you would have with you?  Wood, nails and a hammer. I’d use them to get off that damn island!