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P hotos by Joshua G. W eisbirg /T h i L umberjack Left: Rodney Housley holds up his trophy for winning the Comedy Bake-Off competition. Above: Former "Saturday Night Live” cast member Colin Quinn signs an autograph for Anna Garcia Glenn, a freshman undecided major, after performing at Prochnow Auditorium Tuesday. SPOTLIGHT ON: COLIN QUINN Comedian puts Prochnow audience in stitches
Angela De Welles theatrical world. In August 1998, Quinn hit the The Lumberjack stage on Broadway with his one-man show, 'Colin Quinn: An Irish Wake." He co-authored Stand-up comedian Colin Quinn brought the the play with Bobby Spillane. antics that he is famous for to the N AL campus Quinn, who is with the tour for about five of the as part of The Comedy l a b s College Comic 10 colleges, said he started out in comedy back in Attack Tou r. 1MS4 when others started to tell him he was funny. Quinn, of "Saturday Night Live" and MTV fame, "Everyone said I should be a comedian," provided much-needed, late in the semester comic Quinn said. relief to a packed Prochnow Auditorium. He said he did well the very first time he went Earlier in the day students were able to trv out for on stage, but the next 20 times did not go as well. a spot as Quinn’s opening act. Five students per The only reason he even stayed in comedy was formed before Quinn and the audience's applause because other comedians liked what he was doing chose the w inner. and told him so. NAL stud ents Eric Lenhart, Meredith Louden. Quinn said he likes performing for a college Aaron Rieka, Rodney I lousley and Cieorge 1 ludak all audience. got to try their acts in tront of their peers. "Thev’ re great. First of all, believe it or not, they're Houslev won over the crowd and won the sober when they come," Quinn said, comparing col College Comedy Bake-Off competition with his lege students w ith comedy club audiences who try to humorous magic act. Joshua G. WfisBMcrTHE L uhberiack be funnier than he is. Quinn followed the students with h is corned ic Colin Quinn e x p la in s the “ M yth o f 1 T ie ” to students at Prochnow Auditorium Tuesday night. "College audiences are there to have a good time." take on everything from college life to President This w as Q uinn’s first trip to Flagstaff. While here, Bush, and even commented on Flagstaff's weather I a Eberly, coordinatoi of ^1 N Entertainment, said NAU is he visited local shops, but said it is pretty much the and local establishments. Of course he picked on a tew audience .ilw ays considered tor national sh o w s like this because of its loca same as his hometow n of Brooklyn, N Y., because of the nation's over m em bers m the front row but it was all in tun and the crowd appre tion, but it is rarely offered tor free. abundance of Starbucks coffee shops. ciated h is humor Quinn’s resum e is highk div erse; he started in television as the host I le addressed college life in his routine, and had advice for students Bnx»ke Sheehan, a freshman hotel and restaurant management ot V! I V 's game show "Remote Control.' I hat stint lasted three years w ho want to go into his line of w ork. major came to the show for a couple ot reasons. and propelled Quinn to bigger and better things. He said there are definitely sig n s someone should not pursue a It w as tree and being under the age of 21 you usually don't get to He w a s a featured c a s t member and writer on "Saturday Night comedic career. see people like this, especially in Flagstaff," Sheehan said Live and he became the much-esteemed anchor for the "If there’s a lot of throat-clearing and strange smiles/' Quinn said, Dana Smith, a junior elementary education major, agreed that Weekend Update " that may be a reason to find a new' career." big acts in Flagstaff are few. Rounding out his entertainment portfolio is his impact on the For more information on this comedy tour, visit "I think it’s cool because noh>dv comes through here. Smith said http: wwvv.thecomedyiab. com. Four senior artists grace Beasley with talent in BFA Exhibit
S tefanie CONTRERAS The Lumberjack Review When Flagstaff is gray, it’s nice to find beauty inside tor a ums to create versatility among change. his pieces, which all address Four seniors displayed their w ith cow boys in some way. capstone exhibitions in Beasley "I show aspects of a cowboy Gallery for 10 d ay s in April. The by the to o k he uses and by what w o rk s of Aimee Server, an he does,’’ said de Stolfe in his abstract painter; Dave Keister, a artist statement. "I don't consid comic-style artist; Fleidi er myself to be a cowboy yet ... Boyance, a ceramics and sculp in many ways, this exhibition is ture artist and Robert-George de another step towards mv desire Stolfe, an abstract artist, were to be more involved with this displayed in a BFA Exhibit from realm of culture." April 2 and will continue de Stolfe displays several through April 12. ceramic cow noses, created w ith Artist Aimee Server said her simplicity and detail. He also has art is mostly environmentally several beautiful oil paintings themed. She found trash for such a* "Riding into the Sunset." her paintings to make state In "Virginity is No Bull," de ments about things seen in Stolfe exhorts the m e rits of modern society. abstaining from sex until it is "It's an environmental state with the right person. ment talking about the world," "Virginity is not bad!" reads Server said. "We live in the infor the information sheet for the mation age and so, it's about piece. "Only 'rope the bull' when how many things interrupt our you are comfortable and ready to everyday life: from TV’ to just do so in a special, significant, walking down the street.” mutual relationship'" One ot Server's pieces, titled "Virginity is No Bull" was "Shout, Shout, Let It AH Out" r JASOW SwiFTttHI ll*MM*|A