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SUNY Potsdam Radio Station WAIH a Top 10 Finalist for mtvU Award

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SUNY Potsdam’s student radio station is in the running for a mtvU Woodie Award for the U.S.’s best college station. WAIH “The Way” is a top 10 finalist for the 2012 Woodie Awards, which highlight the music that’s voted the best by a college audience.

The final round of online voting has begun for the College Radio Woodie award. To vote for WAIH, visit  or .

SUNY Potsdam is competing against student radio stations at Appalachian State University, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Washington, Marywood University, Ohio University, DePaul University, Loyola University Maryland and Humboldt State University. Show your SUNY spirit and vote for WAIH and Potsdam!

WAIH is a student-run, non-commercial radio station based at the SUNY Potsdam campus. The format of the station is mixed music, leaning towards alternative acts, and talk shows centered around subjects like sexuality, politics and music.

The 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Festival will be held on March 15 at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The Woodie Awards Special will air on MTV and mtvU on Sunday, March 18, at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

To listen to WAIH online, visit .

To learn more about student life at SUNY Potsdam, visit .

Hip hop + Symphony = A SUNY Potsdam arts experiment

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Only at one of SUNY’s premier arts campuses would you find a fusion of talent like this! At SUNY Potsdam, home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, the College performed a unique arts experiment to cap off the fall semester.

Bringing together the Crane Symphony Orchestra and Crane Chorus with SUNY Potsdam graduate student Elijah Foulks, also known as Knowle’ge ReignSupreme, who picked up the mic and began to rap as the musicians started improvising to back him up.

Check it out above.

“This collaboration shows just how chameleon-like hip hop can be,” Foulks told the student newspaper, The Racquette. “Even this freestyle had jazz influences and classical influences that combined with my hip hop flow.”

The impromptu performance took place on the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall stage in between back-to-back Candlelight Concerts on Dec. 4, 2011. The project was the brainchild of Director of Marketing Deborah Dudley, who wanted to showcase the arts diversity that makes Potsdam stand out. Videographer Doyle Dean captured the experience. Continue reading →