Volume 82, Issue 13 Smithfield, RI February 19, 2015 Inside Sons of Serendip show successful By Molly Funk Editorial Assistant & News Editor this The President’s Cultural Series always brings a fantastic group to campus for the students, faculty, and staff’s enjoyment. This month, in recognition of February’s edition classification as Black History Month, President Machtley brought Sons of Serendip to Bryant. The group was made popular by their participation in America’s Got Talent, a well-known televised talent competition. Thursday February 12th at 7pm, the Janikies Business: Auditorium was packed with attendees and Netflix planning for the stage was warmly lit by a starry backdrop. Micah Christian, lead singer, introduced global expansion the group named after the serendipitous events that led the four members to meet while at graduate school at Boston University. Interestingly, Micah told the audience that Bryant was one of his top choices for Page 5 undergraduate school, and he often spent a few days a semester at Bryant visiting his Sons of Serendip prepaing to perform in Janikies. (Sons of Serendip Facebook post) friends. Other group members include Kendall Ramseur, cellist, Mason Morton, harpist, and Morton were both teachers, Rodriguez was a America’s Got Talent as an opportunity to Sports: Cordaro Rodriguez, pianist. Christian shared lawyer, and Ramseur was a grocery clerk. The embrace their shared love for music. Women’s Rugby that when the group met at BU, he and four used the audition and further success of See “Serendip”, page 3 Tackles Spring Semester Jake Durkin’s D.Y.D at Bryant band performs, Durkin is the composer; he shared that he has about sixty finished songs, and twenty-five that either need to be finished or that he isn’t thrilled with yet. As for the writing process, Durkin said there is no concrete Page 7 method for writing his songs. Sometimes he writes the lyrics first to then fit with a melody, and in other instances, he establishes a melody to then match with lyrics. When Opinion: studying abroad in Shanghai, Story title here Durkin attended a business fair with the other students. As he was walking through the fair, a melody suddenly entered his head, and he paced back and forth for a few hours to finish Page 10 the song. He joked that he got so enthralled by finishing the song that when he finally looked up, he didn’t see any of the other Variety: students. Also while in Shanghai, 50 Shades of Grey Durkin had the opportunity to Durkin performing in Shanghai, China (Jake Durkin) perform at a local talent show. He says it was a “really cool show,” taken,” Durkin laughed. Beckus freshman year when he as there was a very professional By Molly Funk Durkin first got involved went to a mutual friend’s suite. feel to the performance. There Editorial Assistant & News in the D.Y.D. initiative when Matt was there playing guitar were professional videographers Lindsey Lerner messaged him on and the two started freestyling filming different angles of the Editor Facebook. She had heard about together. After that they decided performers and the audience. Widely known on campus, him around campus and wanted to play regularly with each other Durkin won the talent show and Jake Durkin would like to share to help him take the next step and started coming up with ideas was rewarded with a trophy and his passion with the Bryant with his passion for music. Since to play in front of audiences. a cash prize. community. You may recognize they met, Lerner has helped Durkin met Nick, the drummer, Interestingly, Durkin didn’t his name as he and his band Durkin get a couple local gigs. outside the practice room in play much guitar before coming played at Springstock, WJMF’s His next performance through the FSC. Nick was in the room to Bryant. He had learned a spring concert series, in 2014 Lerner will be Friday, February playing the drums and Durkin couple chords and written a few with his bandmates Matt Beckus 20th at Olive’s in Providence. decided to wait for him to finish songs, but had never performed and Nick Lamart. When asked to When asked what his passion up to talk about the three playing in front of an audience. On describe his music type, Durkin was, Durkin replied “music together. campus, however, he found many replied, “I guess you would call in general, writing, playing, The band often performs opportunities to perform at Page 13 our genre alternative,” as they performing; the composing cover songs of popular musicians both Bryant Idol and in the Mr. perform both covers and original factor is really important to me, such as John Mayer, Jack Bryant competition. After those songs. The band is currently I love making music, making Johnson, Dave Matthews, Jason two competitions, unnamed. “We’d call ourselves things original.” Miraz, and Calvin Harris. Nameless, but that’s already Durkin met bass player Matt Of the original songs the See “Durkin”, page 3 page 2 News February 19, 2015 Bursting the Staff ‘Bryant Bubble’ Matt Gillen & Kat Larsson Co Editors-in-Chief Carnival Killer Web Editor: Daniel Chan Sixteen people were killed during Editorial Assistant & News Editor: Molly Funk a parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Opinion Editor: Autumn Harrington The cause: a musician was shocked Starbucks Delivery Variety Editor: Sarah Rudkin by high-voltage wires above the Sports Editor: Kaitlyn Graham Starbucks is now planning to offer a small-batch Business Editor: John Logan street, causing panic and an ensuing Copy Editor: Sarah Rozenburg stampede. coffee delivery service. A monthly delivery Advisor: Susan Zarnowski service plans to allow subscribers to receive coffee Technical Advisor: Larry Sasso within five days of it being roasted. 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Follow us on ***Free ads for clubs/orgs*** twitter! @thearchway www.bryantarchway.com February 19, 2015 News page 3 The hall that cried ‘fire’ By Sarahanne Kent This “communal ownership,” as Saddlemire explained Serendip Staff Writer on the night of Thursday, February 12, when he addressed Continued from pg 1 the Hall 14 residents at large in their lobby, extends to the Freshmen halls are always destined to be the source of punishment that comes with the fire alarms.