People Of Creativity

Sigma Lambda Beta celebrates Leap Day 2016 by having its first event in nearly 2 years. The UnRuLy brothers put on a marvelous showcase, People of Creativity, which offered a platform for Pace University’s diverse population. The event was held in the Student Union, Monday February 29th at 9 pm and was a packed house from beginning to end.

When interviewed about why they decided to have POC be the first event they have this semester, Brother Emanuel Nunez said “We knew to make our presence felt, we needed to start off the semester with a bang. It was my idea to put this together and the chapter as a whole decided to run with it because they knew that the diverse population would love and support the concept fully.”

SLB is the longest active running Fraternity in Pace University, with UnRuLy Chi chapter being established in November 1992. After some time of not having events on campus to promote the organization, they are looking to get the ball rolling again with 4 events planned for this Spring semester, POC being the first.

The event began with Pace University’s very own Rianna Chase, C/O 2017, singing her rendition of “Me” by Tamia, and was received well by the crowd. From there, the night just kept getting better and better. Being that SLB has been active and running for quite some time, they had a surprise for the student body. SLB invited Alumni Adrian Simpson, Graduating Class of 2012, to sing the very popular “Hello” by Adele.

The entertainment kept getting better as Pace University’s talent and diversity was in full display. JayT Russell, C/O 2018, came out to rap an original piece, but the creativity did not stop there. JayT had his own backup dancers!

”I’m glad that I can use the connections that I’ve made in my time here at Pace to attract so many people to an event that we all worked hard to put together”, said Robyn Berube, President of Sigma Lambda Beta and Greek Counsel.

One of those connections is Ayanda Kristen Thusi, C/O 2018, President of Femme Fatale. Femme Fatale ended up closing the show in the biggest way possible with choreography to Beyoncé’s pro-black anthem “Formation” to woos from the crowd. When asked how she felt about her involvement in POC, she said “I want to thank Sigma Lambda Beta for having my dance team be a part of such an amazing evening. All the performers were great and I hope to work alongside this fraternity in the future!”

Joseph Balbuena, Vice President of SLB, was sincerely grateful to the artists that participated in the nights festivities “I really want to give a huge shout out to the performers and talented people at Pace University. You guys made the evening amazing. From singing to dancing and even rapping, it goes to show how creative and unique every individual here at Pace is. The Sky is the limit in talent. Tonight was one of many events that we plan on hosting and we hope to have the same turnout we had tonight.”

Robyn Berube went on to say “Being as active as I am on campus, involved in many clubs and organizations including Black Student Union and President of SLB and Greek Counsel, I am so happy with the turnout that we had tonight. You always hope for your work to show in the end result, but even I couldn’t have imagined how great tonight was. I’m very happy with the work my chapter has done tonight. Proud of my guys.”