Kevin Doran, staff writer for The Daily Collegian

Amid his consistency and his quiet demeanor, it's easy to forget what a clever writer he is, what a handle he has on pop culture, how he can see music from the big picture of the industry to the record store owner down the street. It's easy to forget that he's the only person I know who could capably interview Bob Saget, cover an independent pro wrestling match and write a wholly indispensible 3,000-word review of Radiohead's In Rainbows          

Sometimes Adam uses adjectives I don't understand to describe something I couldn't. His achievement as a college journalist stems from his ability to not only report the story, but to make someone realize what they're missing. When I can't make it to a concert or hear an album, Adam will always be the person whose opinion I seek first and last.

Matthew Spolar, arts editor for The Daily Collegian

In all aspects of the job, Adam has managed to be consistently impressive. He is first on the scene when any major act or event is rumored to be coming to town. His copy is fluid and intellectually inclined, with his terrific knack for syntax and clever wordplay making him a fun read for any editor. He has taken on longer form pieces with ease. As a junior, Adam is now an elder statesman on the arts staff, and we can only hope his younger colleagues continue to follow in his footsteps.

Katherine Dvorak, arts staff chief for The Daily Collegian

One day that stands out to me about Adam is his help with the coverage of Penn State’s annual outdoor music festival, Movin’ On. As a senior music reporter at the Daily Collegian Adam was in charge of blogging during the event. The dedication I saw from Adam was amazing. He arrived before the festival kicked off and stayed until the very end. At about 4 p.m. it started to pour, but this didn’t deter Adam. He stood under a tent in the downpour to talk to fans, bands and the directors of the event. Right when the headliner was gearing up to perform the storm reached its worse and lightening caused the generators to go out. The event was canceled, but Adam didn’t call it a night just yet. He stayed out in the rain to get reaction quotes from the bands that had yet to go on, and the students who were deeply involved in the preparations for the festival. He stayed around long enough to catch the lead singer from the headlining band do an acoustic show for a dedicated group of fans – this detail gave the article published on the front page of that following paper a very unique twist. Adam’s quick writing and reporting ability really made the event coverage full and accurate.

Jessica Remitz, former arts editor for The Daily Collegian

Adam is an outstanding reporter. His commitment to his music beat and dedication to his staff and his stories are unmatched by other senior reporters at the paper.

Since the 1960s -- or, more accurately, since the Beatles -- the progression of pop music has been relatively steady. Changes within the genre have been made incrementally and cautiously, when they have been made successfully.

Standing behind CDs and DVDs stacked so high on his counter he can barely see over them, Greg Gabbard rings up his customers one by one.Standing behind CDs and DVDs stacked so high on his counter he can barely see over them, Greg Gabbard rings up his customers one by one.

Nickelback filled the Bryce Jordan Center last night, both with raucous fans and with tedious, unadventurous music.

The Mars Volta has always been something of an easy target. With 12-minute songs, abstract lyrics and solos so ridiculous you'd need a third arm just to air guitar them, the band has always seemed less like a prog rock band and more like a caricature of one.