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Show Monday August 31, 2009 University Journal Page A6 Television comic comes to SUU for Welcome Week By CANDICE SANDNESS csandness NBC-TV'- suujournal com s Last Comic Standing's Finalist Jeff Dye performed for 1.150 people in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom on Wednesday In the show business of stand-ucomedy, you aie "unfunny until proven p funny." Dye said De. 26. stepped into comedy foul years ago. became approximately well known nationally lor his comedy and has performed more than 20 times in Utah The comedian captivated SUU students with his creative twist to tell jokes about why protecting your home with guns is considered why the game of "Guess W ho" should be labeled racist and why everyone should envy rappers, including Dye himself Amanda Hanson, a junior English major from Coalville, said she loved Dyes comedy "Overall, it was a great perlormance and very funny." she said Wade Nielson sophomore biology major from Nephi. said he had never heard of norscen Dye perform befot e this event and he enjoyed the perfoi mance "(Dye) i a funny guy." Nielson said "My tax oi He act was his jokes about pioiecting your" house with spiders instead o! guns Nov 5. 2('05. was the day Dye started his comedy career as he had an opportunity lor stand up at an ('pen mic night Dye. who is originally lrom kept. Wash . said he decided to try his talent at an open mic night in Seattle, where he was In ing at the time "It turned out that I was good at (comcdv ). so I decided to keep going with it," he said "The second thought about being a comic, knew could do it." Dye said the uowd received him well he loves to perlorin anywhere 1 1 1 Its never been bad (here in Utah). tuere is this stereotype that people are noire to be uppity, but its j List like any o' her audience." he said Dve said he always had a knack to make people mgh and it's an instilled tr,t mat always has been a part of 1 hn '(Being tunny) was i cal ly all I was good at (while growing up)." he said ' I was bad at school, and was not very sii art but I was always good at making the class laugh " Dye said ahhough he has a talent tor co edv he is still try ing to develop his skills in other areas constantly don't drive well, '1 don t cook, there s a long list ol things I'm not good at but tunny is something I'm good at." I he said Dve will perform next at Saint Mai tin's University in Lacey. Wash on Thursday at 8 p m and at Gonaga University in ijpokane. Wash on Friday at 8 p m MEGAN VALANTINE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Comedian Jeff Dye performs in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom. Jeff was a finalist in last seasons Last Comic Standing. Ce I Continued from Page A1 Kanarraville had not received many evacuees. According to a Forest Service press release, members of the Washington County Search & Rescue Team Sunday morning asking residents to leave As of Sunday, Eaker said about 300-40- 0 hrefighteis and more than 30 fire engines as well as aircraft were on the scene but that the number oi resources was growing by the minute Air tankers active m the morning were grounded later Sunday as winds increased, he said We have mostly local resources right now but w'e will be branching out as needed, Eaker said Lightning started the Mill Flat Fire in the Pine Valley Mountains on July 25, according to Utah Fire Infoimation. The fire was allowed to continue to burn per U.S. Forest fires to play, Service policies that permit lightning-cause- d as nearly as possible, their natural ecological role within and reduce, to an acceptable level, the risks wulderness, and consequences of wildfire within wilderness or escaping from wilderness, according to a press release from Utah Fire Information. Area residents have voiced concern over how the fire, which started more than a month ago, could have surprised t door-to-do- firefighters as it did. Eaker said there might be questions about the fires management but that right now efforts were being focused on controlling the fire rather than assessing past decisions According to a Utah Fire Information press release, the fire has been burning in heavy, dense vegetation causing a large column of smoke. Smoke from the fire was visible from Cedar City and St. George. As The fire grew Saturday and Sunday, ash fell on Cedar City, at the covering cars and people outside, including the audience Utah Shakespearean Festival's Green Show Eaker said the dry, windy weather was expected to continue to cause problems for firefighters. Communication Department Chair Jon Smith contributed to this story. For more on this story, go to suunews com. (MiTSUll ra&iKi iy,u f us ? i -- - V I 5 ? J t 4 i i |