Rosy Flores and Christian Martinez, co-chairs of Multicultural Programming Board and juniors here at Augustana, invited Jay Jurden of recent “Tonight Show” fame to perform stand-up comedy here at Augustana...
Fall has clearly begun and with it cuffing season. If you are unfamiliar with this term, cuffing season is a pop culture term for the period between fall and winter when people start seriously looking...
It’s a warm September day on Augustana’s Campus. The quad is filled with students rushing between classes.
When you first step out of the Gerber Center, it may seem like business as usual — but then...
This past Friday, January 26th, was the opening night for “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play”, a comedy that the Augustana theatre program has been working on for the past several months.
According...
If you find yourself in need of some laughs after a strenuous week of classes, then your answer is right here in Rock Island.
Comedy Sportz, over on 19th Street, is an exciting and fun night out for people...
As we get closer and closer to the big day, it's time for all those late shoppers to finish up gifts for those they love. However, for those of you looking for an interesting new twist to the holiday...
Campus comedian and senior Gary Miller was named the Last Comic Standing for the second year in a row last Saturday night.
Competing against Miller were juniors Emma Levich and Nick Caputo, and freshman...
Update: An earlier version of this story misidentified the photographer.
Augustana's class clowns and comedy enthusiasts and preparing this week. Students will compete at Last Comic Standing, hosted...
Senior Natalie Sherman sees improvisation as a different type of art form compared to rehearsed plays, which is why she chose to join improv group HeyWire Productions.
Sherman will participate in her...
Comedian Evan Wecksell does not think he would have been a comedian if he had not been in a fraternity.
He was a member of the national chapter Theta Chi, and after college he started to do stand-up comedy.
“It...
Junior Amie Talbert won Augustana’s Last Comic Standing event last year by telling the story of how a homeless man told her she would make a good prostitute.
Talbert is back again to compete in this...
Before reprising his role as Roy for the third season of TBS’s sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” comedian Roy Wood Jr. will be performing at Augustana through the Office of Student Life and Leadership’s...
