Know Your Reps: Shanyn Rubinstein

Music business major Shanyn Rubinstein, a native of Hastings, NY, is the sophomore class president.  Rubinstein is a member of the music industry club and an active member in the Student Association (SA) office.  She enjoys running and is currently training for the New York City Marathon. Rubinstein also likes to knit; she makes scarves during the winter months.

Why did you decide to come to Fredonia?
“I love the music business program. I like the campus and I like the students and just the feeling on campus. When I visited the school it was this time of year and it was beautiful; all the kids were out so it was really nice.”

How did you get involved with SA?
“My friend told me about the Student Association and freshman year another friend told me about SA and I thought that was cool. I didn’t sign up until this year when someone else spoke about it. So I ran for sophomore class president.”

Who has been your favorite teacher at Fredonia?
“My favorite teacher is probably Tom Bingham. He’s so nice and he likes my articles. He teaches Music of the World and we basically watch Youtube clips of songs you would have never have heard of before.”

What would you like to do in the future?
“I was thinking that right now I want to go into copyright law but also I would probably try and do setting up concert venues and bookings.”

If you could vacation anywhere, where would you go?
“I would go to California so I could be on ‘The Price is Right.’”

Do you have a favorite sport?
“My favorite sport is probably basketball. My family is a big basketball family.We root for the Knicks, but if four square was an Olympic sport I would root for that.”

If you could change anything on campus, what would it be?
“I think the library could definitely be changed; it should be more…student working oriented, kind of like the learning center. So I guess just add more tables and computers downstairs to work more.”

If you could say anything to the students, what would it be?
“Everyone should get involved and care a little more. You pay to go here on campus so you should get more involved with all the activities and events. You should read the newspaper and look online and watch the campus report.”