By Victor Ordonez
Campus Activities Board (CAB) has announced that Timeflies will be the primary band performing at Spring Weekend.
Timeflies is an American pop band formed in October 2010 consisting of Rob Resnick and Cal Shapiro. The band is known for their hit single “Once In a While,” released in 2016.
CAB’s Concert Committee is “really looking forward to having an artist who fits into the pop and rap genre, which were the highest reported genres in the concert survey,” said Mary Munshower, FCRH ’18, and Anthony Avila, GSB ’17, concert chairs of CAB. “This year will be the first time in four years that our artist falls outside of the alternative rock genre”
This year, CAB ran into some problems with outside interference from non-CAB affiliated students. Munshower and Avila said CAB’s relationship with labels was complicated due to students who reached out to artists without CAB’s consent.
“Unfortunately, students had reached out to artists’ management independently, which in turn jeopardized our relationship with labels,” said Munshower and Avila.
The identities of those students are not immediately clear to The Fordham Ram.
CAB’s programming also includes a speaker and comic. Tracy “Ice-T” Marrow will serve as Fordham’s guest speaker and will occupy the McGinley Ballroom on April 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Marrow is known for his portrayal of Odafin Tutuola on the hit television series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and was an ideal pick for Fordham’s 2017 Spring Weekend, according to CAB’s Emily Oliver, FCRH ’17.
“Ice-T not only invented gangster rap,” said Oliver. “Through his music, his book, ‘The Ice Opinion’, and his lecture tours in America’s, Ice-T has become an influential spokesman for America’s youth, regardless of color.”
Colin Jost is this year’s comedian performing at Spring Weekend 2017. Specifically, Jost is known for anchoring SNL’s “Weekend Update” alongside cast member Michael Che.
CAB hoped to book a comedian comparable to last year’s success of Aidy Bryant, who also held a position on the SNL cast. Bryant raked in CAB’s largest attendance for a comedian in the last ten years according to Stephen Esposito, FCRH ’17, CAB President. “Our goal was to book a comedian with the same notoriety as Bryant and continue our relationship with the New York institution that is Saturday Night Live,” said Esposito.
Kathryn Teaney, GSB ’19, Comedy Co-chair said that CAB sought a name that Fordham students would recognize. “This season of Saturday Night Live is on its way to being the show’s most-watched in 24 years. Weekend Update, lead by Colin Jost and his co-host Michael Che, has played a central role in the recent increase in popularity,” said Teaney.
Weekend Update parodies broadcast news from the week by giving a comedic take on the week’s headlines. The segment was conceived by original cast member Chevy Chase in 1975, often opening with his iconic phrase, “Good evening. I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not.”
The segment often deals with social and political themes from the week’s news. “In booking Colin Jost for Spring Weekend, we hope to offer students a comedic look at global social/political happenings and life, in general. Saturday Night Live has been the nation’s premier comedy program for decades, and we are fortunate to get a personal performance from one of its key cast members,” said Megan McWaters, FCRH ’17, Comedy Co-Chair.
Jost will be occupying the Leonard Theatre at Fordham Preparatory School at 6 p.m. on April 30.
The Fordham Ram 
I think you all should have better things to worry about other than music quality, like where does your tuition money go and how is it spent. Seeking value and return is the message. Your university president has been given a massive vote of non confidence, that should speak volumes in terms of a directionless university combined with 50% of your faculty being adjuncts. Fordham is unwinding and students worry about CAB.
Totally Agree with the first opinion. Don’t understand why Fordham Claims to be poor, when a couple of days they raised like a million dollars on a dinner in only one day. It is ridiculous for them to keep saying we’re poor we are poor. Our tuition is like crazy just like NYU or Columbia probably even more and they get better artists than us. Fordham just uses that as an excuse. Another reason why I hate Fordham and they’re lies and their lack of listening to the students and just worrying on JESUIT VALUES.
If you have an honest opinion about cab’s choice like I do, don’t bother commenting on their Facebook post. They’ll censor you and block you from further commenting like they did to me and many others.
So here’s my honest opinion:
I think cab did a horrible job on this year’s performance. Not only on music selection, but also on delivery. I understand that finding an artist is hard, but when you go to one of the most expensive schools in America, I don’t really buy the whole “small budget” excuse, especially when SUNYs get artists way better than us. I also think that announcing something 5 days before the performance is careless and shows lack of dedication.
What really makes me mad is the fact that, as an enrolled student who pays a ton of money to go to Fordham, not only is my voice not heard when the decision for the performance is made, but my opinion is barred and censored. I don’t appreciate the hypocrisy and immaturity that cab portrays by claiming that they want to listen to our needs yet silence is from voicing our opinions. Lesson learned: don’t bother voting for a performer because cab will never deliver.
trash pick as usual
With songs such as Mia Khalifa (https://genius.com/Timeflies-mia-khalifa-lyrics), no wonder OSI thought this group would be a perfect fit for Fordham.