Producer/Host: Chelsey Moore

• Year: Sophomore
• Hometown: Boonville, NY
• Past Experience: WTOP News Anchor

Director: Brandon Cortes

• Year: Sophomore
• Hometown: New York, NY
• Past Experience: WTOP Sports Anchor

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Oswego, NY — Scholarships are an important part of college life because they reward students for excellent work and achievement, or provide aid to other students who need the financial bonus to help further their school career. One of these scholarships is the Johnson Hall scholarship and it’s raised at a special event in Sheldon Hall called the Bidding Bonanza (or Bidbon for short).

Last week was the 21st annual Bidding Bonanza with dozens of items up for auction and several themed baskets being placed into a raffle. From HD televisions and beats headphones to Ozfest tickets and various gift cards, Bidbon had a lot of items for students to bid on and gathered a lot of attention from potential bidders with all proceeds from this event go to the Johnson Hall Scholarship.

The event is hosted by Johnson Hall residents and RA’s with the main auctioneer, Jerimiah Butler, being a first year student.

“It’s a fun event for everybody, we sold a lot of great stuff tonight, I even got these beats hadphones.” He commented.

The auction raised over $600 dollars for the scholarship which will be given to a lucky Johnson Hall resident next semester.

Talent/Host: Mary Trimble

• Year: Senior
• Major: Broadcasting-Mass Communication
• Minor: Athletic Coaching
• Hometown: Northport, New York
• Past Work: WTOP news crew
• Fun Facts: My favorite show isBreaking Bad, I hate coffee, my favorite color is pink and I don’t like the color pink, I have 2 dachshunds.

Talent/Analyst: Allif Karim

• Year: Junior
• Major: Broadcasting-Mass Communication
• Minor(s): Athletic Coaching, Sports Studies
• Hometown: Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
• Past Work: WTOP-10 Crew, Talent, Producing, Directing
• Fun Facts: I don’t like coffee, favorite color is green, I have never had a pet.

Talent: Ryan Furness

• Year: Junior
• Major: Broadcasting-Mass Communication
• Minor: Athletic Coaching
• Hometown: Campbell, NY
• Past work: Front desk receptionist at YMCA, Camera operator for Elmira Jackals, Live stream play by play for Elmira pioneers
• Fun Facts: I like FC Barcelona, I’m a triplet, I love FIFA

Talent: Brandon Cortes

• Year: Sophomore
• Major(s): Broadcasting-Mass Communication and Cinema Screen Studies
• Hometown: Raised in Hollywood, Florida then moved to NYC at 15.
• Past Work: WTOP-10 Crew for news, OPs and live sports
• Fun fact: Proud Arsenal fan, I love coffee, and I’m a theme park admirer and I’ve been to all the major parks in central Florida.