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JUN 1
Award Winners!

Congratulations to this year's recipients of Snat's end of the year awards!

Best Male On-Air Personality: DJ Stuck Down a Mineshaft (Saker Alexander)
Best Female On-Air Personality: DJ Shredder (Erin Schroettinger)
Biggest Male Flirt: Ryan Hertel
Biggest Female Flirt: Brittany Peterson
Biggest Male Lush: Brian Ostrander
Biggest Female Lush: Brittany Peterson
Best DJ Name: TIE: DJ Stuck Down a Mineshaft & DJ NoPants
Biggest Scumbag: Ryan Hertel
Intramural All-Star: Parker Fernandez
ACE Award: Brittany Peterson
Bonehead of the Year: Michael Frank
Best Event: Lobsterfest
Best Specialty Show: 80s Babies
Best NSE Show: Tech Talk
Lobster of the Year: Brian Ostrander

MAY 27
End Of The Year

The quarter is winding down and it's time for Snat to award his best lobsters for their achievements this year. The end of the year ACRN Awards Ceremony and Cookout will be Saturday, May 31 at 4pm at Bryan Olinger's house. Be sure to come out for Biggest Flirt, Biggest Lush, Best On-Air Personality, Lobster of the Year, and many more! Good eats and good jams will be present.

MAY 19
$2 Prom

ACRN.com presents our annual dance party, $2 Prom! Put on your dancing shoes and dress up, dress down (just come dressed) to the Union this Thursday (5/22) for the dance event of the year. There will be music, there will be a picture spot, and there will be Snat the Rock Lobster. This year's theme is "GET WET!" so plan for that however you wish.

The dance starts at 10pm with music by DJ Good Clean Fun, The Wrightman, MF Doom, and DJ Pockit Rockit.

MAY 7
Relay For Life

ACRN is teaming up with the American Cancer Society for Relay for Life--a fundraiser for cancer research. This year's Relay for Life is May 16. Help fight cancer by donating to the ACRN Rock Lobsters Relay for Life Team! Follow this link: http://main.acsevents.org/
to donate or join our team. Every little bit counts when it comes to fighting cancer.

APR 30
Lobsterfest Craft Bazaar Applications!

ACRN loves DIY, so we are very excited to have a craft fair this year during Lobsterfest!

The Lobsterfest Craft Bazaar will take place during the afternoon/evening of DAY 3 of Lobsterfest (you know, the outdoor festival day with ANDREW WK) on Saturday, June 7.  If you're interested in getting your craft on and showing/selling your work during this event, head on over to www.acrn.com/lobsterfest and fill out an application.

Application deadline is: Friday, May 23, 2008.
All applicants will be notified of their acceptance status by: Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

APR 29
Media Day: The Recording Industry

The School of Telecommunications is now the School of Media Arts & Studies! To celebrate the new recording console in the studio, they're hosting Media Day: The Recording Industry this Friday, May 2nd and ACRN is co-sponsoring the event!

11AM-12:30PM: TV Studio C (RTV 515)
Media School Alumni Panel Discussion:
Future of the Recording Industry
featuring:

John Biondolillo: General Manager-ATO
Records, NY
Ted Keyes: Engineer-Sony/Battery
Studios, NYC
Colleen Griffiths: President-Undiscovered
Radio Network
Josh Antonuccio: Co-owner, Producer-3
Elliot St Studio, Athens, OH

2PM-4PM: The Athena Uptown Cinema
Me and Mr Jones: Legendary Producer/Engineer Ken Scott (The Beatles, David Bowie, Supertramp, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Devo and many, many others) with an outstanding multimedia presentation of the making of some of his classic tracks.

4-6PM: WOUB Studio A/Media School
Multitrack Recording Studio (RTV 300 and 329 respectively)
Public reception with Ken Scott and recording industry panelists, and live demonstrations of the The School of Media Arts and Studies’ new Rupert Neve Designs recording console across the hall in Multitrack Studio A.

9PM-2AM: The Union
A night of music celebrating artists who have recorded in Athens with Media School students, alumni and faculty.  Local favorites Kaslo  & Russenorsk and newcomer Jeff Ellis from Huntington, WV, will be playing material off their latest releases, all “made in Athens.”  The show will be recorded by audio students and possibly be broadcast live…!

APR 27
New Interviews!

Check out our new interviews!

  1. Wheels On Fire
  2. Royales
  3. Rucus Roboticus
  4. Sealove
  5. Esskyma
  6. Red Wanting Blue
  7. The Ragbirds / Kal Penn
  8. Los Viejos Blanquitos
  9. Brian Bush
  10. Bob Stewart
  11. Dj Selfhelp

APR 22
Hungry?

Stop by the Union this Thursday night (4/24) during Dance or Die and buy a grilled cheese from some friendly lobsters. We'll be raising money for Lobsterfest!

APR 21
Hoodies

The new order of hoodies are in! Stop by the station to pick yours up.

Alumni: Thanks for you patience. Your hoodie will be shipped by the end of the week.

APR 18
New Acrn Week Event

Before the Mahjongg show on Sunday (last day of ACRN WEEK!), stop by Baker Theater at noon for a premiere screening of Super High Me.

Requests
Call 593-ACRN or send an IM to TheLobster!

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