Event brings new activities to campus
Brenda Echeverria, Arts & Rec Editor
January 30, 2018
Magician Daniel Martin headlined the Warhawks at Night event Jan. 26 in the University Center Hamilton Room where students gathered to see his improvised magic and sarcasm. Martin performed his pick-pocketing tricks, among others. He had the crowd laughing, cheering and questioning reality as he performed...
Comedian moves from classroom to stage
December 4, 2013
Former high school teacher Jay Black has experience in what makes students laugh: By Abrielle Backhaus Comedian Jay Black said timing presented him with an opportunity to follow his dreams and make a career change. After seven years of teaching high school, Black left the education fi...
Comic trades coaching for comedy
April 10, 2013
Comedian C. Willi Myles never dreamed of becoming a stand-up comic. Instead, Myles said, his grades in school were what spoke to him about comedy. “My grades dictated that I would become a comedian, because most people had a blood alcohol of what I had for a GPA,” Myles said. Myles...
Movie Review: “Silver Linings Playbook”
January 23, 2013
“Silver Linings Playbook” is an outstanding film and has earned a spot in my top five favorite movies of all time. The actors are perfectly cast in their roles. The screenplay, adopted from the novel of the same name, is witty and entertaining, and the direction, by the boundary pushing...
New Name, New Face, New Style
January 23, 2013
Royal Purple Spotlight section gets new name: “Imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively.” That is the definition of the arts. “Activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.” That is the definition of recreation. ...
Daniels to bring laughs to Down Under
October 6, 2011
Tired from a dull day of classes, boring lectures, and roommates that could just drive a person up a wall? Come down to the University Center’s Down Under for a night of comedic relief with Chad Daniels at 8 p.m. on Thursday. “We’ve actually had Chad on campus three years ago and had a great...
“Church Basement Ladies” serve up another helping of comedy
April 13, 2011
Based on real people who are portrayed in the book, “Growing up Lutheran,” “Church Basement Ladies” chronicles the lives of four women who work in the kitchen basement of their Lutheran church. “Church Basement Ladies: A Second Helping” is a sequel to the first “Church Basement Ladies.” ...
Rodriguez ready to perform comedy routine in Down Under
March 9, 2011
Miami native, former model, now focused on career as actor, comedian “I look forward to connecting with you so long as you are not allergic to the truth, have sissy like tendencies, and need your doses of reality with a chaser.” These are the written words of Aida Rodriguez featured on her website, aidarodriguezlive.com. The comedian will bring her sense...
