April 4, 2011 Newcast

Good morning it’s Tuesday April 5, 2011 at 9:30am and your listening to WKNJ 90.3fm Union, New Jersey the sounds of Kean University.

And I’m Lantz Jeudy with the news.

In local news….

Four teenagers are arrested for the execution-style slaying of a young couple returning from their engagement party Sunday. The arrests brought some measure of peace in a case that devastated two families and rattled many in New Jersey’s second-largest city. Michael Muchioki, 27, and Nia Haqq, 25, was buried together in a Linden cemetery yesterday afternoon.

In National news…

NASA chief Charles Bolden announced today that the retiring space ships would go on places them on display in Washington, New York City, Los Angeles and Florida. More than 20 museums, educational institutions were asking for one of the space shuttles to display. Bolden, made the announcement on the 30th anniversary of the first shuttle flight.

In other news…

Pop artist Rihanna was toasted at the DKMS 5th Annual Gala, Linked Against Leukemia in New York City on Monday night. Fellow stars, Leighton Meester and Eva Mendes at the Cipriani Wall, joined the singer as they honored Rihanna for her contributions.

Taking a look at sports…

The new Pac-12 just landed a three billion-dollar deal with ESPN and FOX that will keep member schools in covered until 2025. The new conference doesn’t officially exist until July, The conference add two team last summer, Utah University and the University of Colorado, to create a super conference.

That’s its for todays news, I’m Lantz Jeudy and I’ll be right back after these messages.

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Thank God it’s Friday means the end of the work week for many people, But not for Thomas Daniels, Jason Drummond, and Kevin Gates. These 3 Orange NJ Police officers work part time as club bouncers at the city’s most popular club.

Every Friday night club CIC is packed full of party goers. The people that come out to party and have a good time at CIC, never really think about who’s protecting them.

These police officers chose to put down the weapons that protect them in the streets of Orange, for an orange tee-shirt that reads security in bold and a flash light.

Thomas:  The game plan is we all move as one unit… and the mindset is that we have zero tolerance for any kind of nonsense…

It 13 bouncers inside the club and a crew of 6 outside the club Jason Drummond the head of the crew on the outside of the club has the most important job, he has to be able to read signs such as tear drop tattoos, which  lets him know that this person is in a gang.

Jason:  That lets me know they’re in a different type of setting, but again I go back to the guns and knives if I can keep these out the club we looking at a good night.

Kevin is a Police sergeant on the streets of Orange and also leads the team of bouncer at club CIC, He say the most important thing is to have a strong presence inside the club.

Kevin:  When they look up people know that we there and it makes the woman feel a lot safer… The goal is to get everybody home safe, and get my staff home safe.

Parties in cities such as Orange NJ can be some of the most violent environments you will ever set foot in; it’s the job of these bouncers to keep everyone safe. And at the end of most Friday nights at Club CIC, the bouncers are happy, because everyone made it home safely.

That was Kean news I’m Lantz Jeudy

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The INDUSTRY’S ALTERNATIVE showcase has only been around for two years but it has quickly become one of the most successful showcases in the state. Monique Bass and Apex Gaetan the founders of Industry’s alternative showcase has plans to take their successful showcase to the next level.

Every month at the industry’s alternative showcase unsigned artist perform in front of hundreds, with hopes of being noticed by their peers, and more importantly by people in the industry that is so hard to break through. Monique and Apex play a huge part of helping these artist dreams come true.

Monique:

The purpose of industry alternative showcase is to give unsigned artist a platform to display their talents.

With so many showcases to compete with, the reason for the industry’s alternative success is because of the focus on the art of the performance.

Apex:

Every single artist out there needs an outlet to really shine in front of a productive environment, to bring the masses to see what the undiscovered is doing.

At every showcase there is a group of professionals, from A&Rs, Management Companies, Producers and Record Execs that actually judge each performance and nominate the winner.

Monique:

We try to make it almost like American Idol, where the artist perform in front of a panel of industry judges… to help these artist and point them in the right direction

These unsigned artist aren’t the only one with goals in mind, the industry’s alternative team also have a vision on where they would like to see this popular showcase go.

Apex:

We want to be able to take a showcase tour, stop through each town, from the US to worldwide.

The noticeable success of the Industry’s Alternative showcase has unsigned artist across the tri state area eager to be a part of it. Even the alcohol company grey goose has given noticed to industry’s alternative, they just ink an exclusive sponsorship deal with the company, which will cover the cost of the showcase for an entire year.

 I’m Lantz jeudy reporting for Kean news