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Show Statesman Campus News Page 4 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 USU student aims to bring comedy to Logan mostly stand up." The night included videos of the local comedians introducing themselves and the comedians took the stage with a song they had selected. The Cache Valley Comedy Night opened to a large Deaton and Fabis also would like to help develop the crowd Friday night. Eight local amateur comedians comlocal talent. peted for the title of Cache Valley's King of Comedy. Regarding LOL Productions long-term plans, Fabis The winner was decided solely on crowd applause. The said, "We want to make sure we get the large talent in here local competitors performed with the night's headlinfor Cache Valley but give the opportunity to locals — to ers Ricky Hacking, Guy Seidel and Dave Ackerman. Lam help them expand their market — then we want to export Guluki won in the final round against Niel Aboshamaa the local talent we have here." and took home $300 and the faux LOL Productions is also condiamond encrusted King of Comedy scious of the tastes of the local crowd. crown. "We wanted to "A lot of people will ask, 'Is it The majority of competitors has bring something clean?' Once we show them what we been involved on comedy for fewer have in place, they say that it's great," big to Logan." than six months. Deaton said. "It was great," said USU student Fabis said each person to take Lindy Jensen. "A couple of them were — Tanner Deaton, student the stage had to sign a contract that kind of awkward. I kind of felt bad for their material would be "PG-13, but and co-founder of LOL them, but there were some really good also relatable." ones. I was surprised." Productions Mr. USU 2003, Ricky Hacking, USU student Tanner Deaton and his came to host the event. Hacking, a USU business partner Dustin Fabis teamed graduate, has been involved in stand-up comedy for nearly up to form LOL Productions to bring more stand-up comsix years. After starting his own improvisation troupe at edy to northern Utah. USU, Hacking was offered his first stand-up gig. "There's just not a lot in Logan," Deaton said. "There "I loved it, and I've been doing it ever since. I grew up have been comedy events, but we wanted to bring someas the chubby sweaty kid, so here I am," he said. "You have thing big to Logan." to hide the pain with some laughs. I thought getting into Fabis said, "We decided to put on this one event and if comedy would get me chicks ... when you make fun of it does well, then we are going to either expand it to several yourself for a living, it points out your flaws rather than events a year, take it on tour or have an actual comedy covers them up." club. We wanted to get as many college students here, get In a more serious moment, he later admitted that it was it known, and then we can build on it. It's a preliminary really because he enjoyed the attention. Hacking's material event." centered on his weight and young married life. Regarding the possibility of Cache Valley having a fullUSU alumnus Ackerman was the main act of the evetime comedy club, Rakael Deaton, who attended the proning. After graduating in broadcast journalism, Ackerman duction, said, "I think that it would be a good outlet for the was encouraged to pursue his comedy talent by a brother. students." The two business partners have decided to take a differ- He then moved to Chicago and studied comedy writing and improvisation at The Second City, a leading perforent strategy than some of their competitors. Rather than mance company and training center for comedians. He simple open-mike format, "its more of a production," Fabis now tours locally and lives in Salt Lake City. said. "We want people to be entertained. It's a produc— jesse.fowers@aggiemaiLusu.edu tion with stand-up in it. There's videos, there's music. But By JESSE FOWERS staff writer D'SEAN, RIGHT, GETS LAUGHS at the Cache Valley Comedy Night at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. SCOTT PAGE photo Fair: Economy may make job hunt hard for grads I continuedfrom page 3 said he thinks this number is down from years past due to the recession. The career market students will face in May is better than last year, Jensen said. However, the economy has not yet rebounded fully from the recession, he said, and the slowest part of the economy to rebound will be the job market. "That doesn't mean there aren't jobs available, but it is a little bit tougher than it used to be," Jensen said about finding jobs. One thing Jensen said students need to realize when looking for a job during economic hard times is that a lot of people have already been laid off from positions. He said this adds extra competition for jobs that graduates might want because those who were laid off might already have more experience in the field. Jensen said statistics show networking is the best approach to finding a job, whether during a recession. He said along with a strong resume and cover letter, students should be making connections with future employers. The better connection a student has with possible employers, the more likely they are to get a job, he said. Invitations are sent during the summer, Jensen said, to companies who might be interested in being represented at the Career Fair. He said a variety of employers are contacted who are looking for different kinds of students with different majors in the hopes of creating a diverse fair. Companies who come to the fair pay a standard price to set up a booth. Jensen said this is standard practice that any university would do when setting up a fair. This way, Jensen said, the fair is financially self-sufficient. The Career Fair is not the only service Career Services provides students. Jensen said Career Services can be used by students and alumni alike. Aggies, both current and graduated, can sign up to get information about internships and jobs via mass e-mails. Career Services also provides career development and exploration assessments, internship information, graduate school preparation and first career job placement help. Career Services is in the University Inn, Room 102, and is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. — rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu Book: Author's first continuedfrom page 3 draft, Cooper-Rompato approached many different publishers, finally going to Penn State University Press. An editor, Eleanor H. Goodman, went over the book draft with her. The draft was revised and other readers and editors looked over the book. "Ten or more editors got a look at the book to make it what it is today," Cooper-Rompato said. Later this month, "The Gift of Tongues: Women's Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages" will be published and released to the public. A copy will be available in the Merrill-Cazier Library. "It's really thrilling," Cooper-Rompato said about publishing a book. "It's like an adrenaline rush." Now that her first book has been completed, Cooper-Rompato has more ideas for future projects. "I'm interested in how missionaries learned languages in order to teach," Cooper-Rompato said. "In 16th and 17th century Spain, the missionaries would go off and then teach in the native tongues." Cooper-Rompato said, "I was thinking about a project where spiritualism and xenoglossia are intertwined. Modern tongues may also be a future project." — becca.searle@aggiemail.usu.edu Erudite: Finding clarity in deep issues is miraculous occurrence, prof says continuedfrom page 3 plans were, he would say he planned to create something of eternal value, Hueneman said. He said he believes finding clarity in deep issues is a miraculous life occurrence. When the deep things of life are discovered, the dialogues found there must be seized, Hueneman said. From there, humans have the capacity to concoct genuine creations. Provost Ray Coward addressed the audience briefly at the end of the lecture and jokingly said, "We've always said these lectures are original to each honoree." Among his colleagues and students, Hueneman is known for filling the shoes of a philosopher by fitting the quirky and comical stereotype, said friend and colleague John Seiter, speech and communications professor. Seiter chaired the inaugural committee that decided to give Hueneman a position as full professor. Hueneman's work is astounding, Seiter said, and he has been published in presses as prestigious as Oxford. Though Hueneman is an accomplished USU Bid Sale Public Invited March 3-5, 2010 Time: 9 am-6 pm 880 East 1250 North North Romney Stadium Hundreds of Items including: pickups sedans cargo vans desks chairs mule ATV file cabinets computers printers monitors projectors piano commercial mower playground toys copiers shelving furniture & much more! Check our Web Site at: www.usu.edu/surplus philosopher and professor, Seiter said what stands out most about Hueneman is the person he is. Seiter's wife, Debora Seiter, said Hueneman is a wonderful father on top of everything else. John Seiter said, "He is a compassionate leader with an amazing sense of humor. He makes movies with his kids. He invests a lot of time into being a father." John Seiter has been friends with Hueneman since they both started teaching at USU in 1994. Their offices were located next door, and they would talk to each other while both sitting at their desks. Albrecht was not able to attend the event at his formal home due to a meeting he had with federal representatives in Washington, D.C. His wife, Joyce Albrecht, hosted the event on his behalf and after hearing Hueneman's thought-provoking speech said, "Now I know why Stan wanted to sneak away from his administrative Concealed Weapon Class When: Saturday, Mar. 6th Time : 8:00 a.m. - Noon Place: Ag. Science Building Room 202 Cost: $35 Instructor: Bill Hendrickson Questions: e-mail jedediah.bigelow@aggiemail.usu.edu Come Get your Concealed Weapon Permit!!! duties to come to your speech." Felix Tweraser, a professor of German, said a group of students asked Hueneman to be in their film "Sir Fatso" and asked him to play the role of himself. The most difficult thing an actor can do is play the role of his or herself, he said. "He nailed it," Tweraser said concerning Huneman's role as himself. "He is brutally honest with himself, which is why he is such a role model to his colleagues." Len Rosenband, professor of medieval history, said Hueneman's inaugural speech was doing what every philosopher loves to do: play with reason. Hueneman explained his philosophical platforms in an indirect and inventive way. "He was speaking about himself, which is deeper than his alterego," Rosenband said. — catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu CLASS of 2010 SENIOR GIFT The Senior Gift is a century-old tradition that allows the senior class to come together to support and improve Utah State University. The Class of 2010 has chosen to fund a covered bike rack as their Senior Class Gift. =724 / 7PRo Brought to you by USU College Republicans! Must be 21 or older and have no convicted felonies. 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