A comedy roast of “Wild” Bill took place this week in the ESLC auditorium. The roast which was part of Kappa Delta’s shamrock philanthropy week had nearly 250 people in attendance.
The roast consisted of “Wild” Bill as the one being roasted, Ryan Baylis as roast master and five panel members.
The panel members were: Keenan Nuehring, Eric Avery, Erik Mikkelsen, Josh McDonald and Chase Casillas.
All of whom are close friends of “Wild” Bill.
Samantha Burrows, vice president of community service, presented Bill with a list of possible panel members. Bill chose from there with whom he wanted on the panel.
“It’s his dignity on the line. He had a lot of control,” Burrows said. “He was doing us a favor because he was put in a vulnerable position.”
Erik Mikkelsen, who has been friends with Bill for three years, was approached by Burrows to be a panel member.
“I think Bill wanted me to roast him. I was kind of surprised when they asked me,” Mikkelsen said. “It was kind of hard to come up with that stuff. I really just talked to all the funny people I know and they gave me all the good material.”
Ryan Baylis, roast master, who guided the event with his witty jibes about Bill as well as the panel members thought the event ran smoothly.
“I didn’t want to over-prepare so I just didn’t really prepare at all but I thought it went well,” Baylis said.
“Bill took it better than I thought he would with just how funny he thought the whole thing was. I thought he would get a little offended,” Baylis said. I loved just watching his face. I think he was in tears at one point.”
“I wanted to make sure Bill had a good experience and that the audience had a good experience as well. We’re just really grateful that Bill allowed us to do this and we’re really grateful to all the panel members as well because this took a lot of time,” Burrows said. “It wouldn’t have been possible without them. They’re the funny ones not us.”
Friday, March 30, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Humans Versus Zombies
Nerf guns, sock grenades, people running, stalking and chasing each other. This week at Utah State University, the game Humans versus Zombies has made the sidewalks of USU an exciting place. Not everyone has the same opinion about the game. Many fear that having nerf guns on campus is inappropriate due to recent campus shootings across the nation in past years.
“For most of my high school career I did research for about three years on school shootings with my theatre program, so I understand why people would be anxious about it,” said Bryn hall. “That’s why I think the rules are so strict with it. Your guns have to be bright colors. It’s very kid friendly all things considering, so it’s just kind of one of those things that you have to let go of because it’s just a game.”
Dallen Baldwin, another participant of the game, also agrees that the game has the intent to be nothing more than good, clean, fun for students and the use of nerf guns does not affect that.
Hall and fellow participant, Dallin Burns can understand where the complaints are coming from, but that doesn’t stop them from participating avidly in the event.
Burns, a zombie, and Hall, a human, dueled each other on the sidewalk Friday afternoon. Hall stunned Burns with her Nerf gun before he could tag her and turn her into a zombie.
“Being a human, it’s a way to have your adrenaline pumping the whole week” Burns said about the whole experience of the HVZ game.
Many students participate in this experience every semester. Hall says she does it for the friendships that come out of it.
“If you sign up for it then you clearly want to do it, Hall said. I feel that it’s kind of a way to make friends in a sense and see people who kind of enjoy the same things that you do and can have fun doing things like this.”
Burns did it for others reasons.
“I like zombies, I thought it looked cool,” said Burns.
“I think that regardless whether nerf guns are allowed nothing is going to stop them. It’s not the person using it, it’s the intent,” Baldwin said. “Nerf guns are made for ages seven through twelve, they’re for kids.”
“For most of my high school career I did research for about three years on school shootings with my theatre program, so I understand why people would be anxious about it,” said Bryn hall. “That’s why I think the rules are so strict with it. Your guns have to be bright colors. It’s very kid friendly all things considering, so it’s just kind of one of those things that you have to let go of because it’s just a game.”
Dallen Baldwin, another participant of the game, also agrees that the game has the intent to be nothing more than good, clean, fun for students and the use of nerf guns does not affect that.
Hall and fellow participant, Dallin Burns can understand where the complaints are coming from, but that doesn’t stop them from participating avidly in the event.
Burns, a zombie, and Hall, a human, dueled each other on the sidewalk Friday afternoon. Hall stunned Burns with her Nerf gun before he could tag her and turn her into a zombie.
“Being a human, it’s a way to have your adrenaline pumping the whole week” Burns said about the whole experience of the HVZ game.
Many students participate in this experience every semester. Hall says she does it for the friendships that come out of it.
“If you sign up for it then you clearly want to do it, Hall said. I feel that it’s kind of a way to make friends in a sense and see people who kind of enjoy the same things that you do and can have fun doing things like this.”
Burns did it for others reasons.
“I like zombies, I thought it looked cool,” said Burns.
“I think that regardless whether nerf guns are allowed nothing is going to stop them. It’s not the person using it, it’s the intent,” Baldwin said. “Nerf guns are made for ages seven through twelve, they’re for kids.”
Friday, March 16, 2012
Underage Drinking a Problem for Fun Park
Country swing night at the Fun Park happens every Monday and Wednesday night from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Many of its participants are regulars and attend both days of the week. Although country night is open to the community, members of Utah State University’s country swing club get in for half the price of normal admission.
Teddy Royer, a member of the country swing club, is one of these regulars.
“I love country swing dancing, it’s a blast,” Royer said. “I go every chance I get.”
Country swing in Logan is a great activity for the community except for one problem: the underage drinking it attracts.
“It’s great when everyone there all want the same things, to just have a good time. But then you always have the few drunk guys that show up and ruin it for everyone,” Royer said.
Jared Day, another regular participant of country swing, agrees that something needs to be done about this problem.
“I think that country swing should be a fun safe environment and people should not come drunk,” Day said.
Although the Fun Park has explicit rules about alcohol and tobacco, many of its participants show up intoxicated.
Brett Struthers, a shift manager at the Fun Park, worked country nights all last semester and said that drinking has become a major problem.
The Fun Park employees actively try to keep a clean and friendly environment for all participants.
“We try to regulate it but a lot of it goes unmonitored, they drink in their trucks in the parking lot or just show up drunk,” Struthers said.
“We have kicked them out before, usually if it gets really bad. If they are rough housing, or getting in fights, or being rude towards people with really rude comments, or if we can smell the alcohol on their breath,” Struthers said.
Teddy Royer, a member of the country swing club, is one of these regulars.
“I love country swing dancing, it’s a blast,” Royer said. “I go every chance I get.”
Country swing in Logan is a great activity for the community except for one problem: the underage drinking it attracts.
“It’s great when everyone there all want the same things, to just have a good time. But then you always have the few drunk guys that show up and ruin it for everyone,” Royer said.
Jared Day, another regular participant of country swing, agrees that something needs to be done about this problem.
“I think that country swing should be a fun safe environment and people should not come drunk,” Day said.
Although the Fun Park has explicit rules about alcohol and tobacco, many of its participants show up intoxicated.
Brett Struthers, a shift manager at the Fun Park, worked country nights all last semester and said that drinking has become a major problem.
The Fun Park employees actively try to keep a clean and friendly environment for all participants.
“We try to regulate it but a lot of it goes unmonitored, they drink in their trucks in the parking lot or just show up drunk,” Struthers said.
“We have kicked them out before, usually if it gets really bad. If they are rough housing, or getting in fights, or being rude towards people with really rude comments, or if we can smell the alcohol on their breath,” Struthers said.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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