LET US KNOW TS CAMPusA&E Do you ba,'e an event you wanl & UPC will host UNC Idol at 7::30 A&E 10 know about? E-mail lIS al p .m. in the Uniersity Center Ball [email protected] 10 be heard. ENTE AINMENT Room. The e\-enl is free. Monda)\ Aug. 27 2007 Editor: Donnae Wahl The Mirror 9 Comic 'brings laughs to students

A.NDY BOCKELMAN fu nny I was, too. I guess in has been a success. A RT S@UNC MI RROR .CO M some ways, teaching is a lot like "It has been a lot of work sta nd -up, so I had already had putting all of this together," As part of the kick-off to the a lot of practice. ｾ K-o nechne said. "Having Gerry new school year University of Dee also commented on' the' Dee here has been one of the Northern Co lorado students va lue of participating in "Last bigger feat ures but the ｩ ｣ ｾ gO I a healthy dos·c of laughter Comic Standing. ｾ cream social. the movie on the on Saturday evening. "The show is a real launch- hill and the barbecue went very Appearing in the Ro cky ing pad for people in this busi- we ll too. The fac t that these are Mounlain Ballroom of the ness. The odds of making it as a all free has been part ofthe rea- University Center was comedi- comedian are about I in son for the good student an Gerry Dee, best Known fo r 100,000, so I'm reall y glad to response." his wo rk on NBC' s "Last Comic have made it this far, ｾ Dee said . Some who attended the Stand ing, " The Canadian ｾ ｂ ･ ｮ ｧ on 'Last Comic' has show were more than satisfied. stand-up commented on the given me a lot more recogni- ") loved his act," Cam more amusing facets of his life, tion in the States, and I bope Dehncke. a freshman elemen- such as his experiences as a that sometime soon I will be tary education major said. ｾ ｊ ｶ ･ teacher, married life and the able to be on a sitcom. That's never watched ' Last Co mic occasional childhood recollec- the goal that I want to achieve Standing,' but now I want to tions, Dec's set made for an eventuall y. K start wa tching it and vote fo r cllIcrtaining show, particularly Dee will be returning to Los him." suited for college students. Dee Angeles to partici pate in Sophomore vocal major recounted on the sequence of Wednesday's episode of "Last Justin Hicks, on the other , events which led to his enter· Comic Standing." which will hand, is already a fan of the Comedian Gerry Dee performed In front of students In the ing a career in comedy. determine whether or not he show and of Dec·s. University Center Saturday night. Dee Is a contestant on NBC's ｾ Ｑ left teaching for good in makes it to the next round of "He's hilarious," Hi cks said. reality show, Last Comic Standing. Ｒ Ｐ Ｐ Ｓ Ｌ ｾ he said. "It was mostly the competition. ｾ ｈ ･ Ｇ ｬ ｬ win o n the show for due to my students that I start· The University Program sure." eight events. The only require- activities: said Blake Joseph, ed stand-up in the first place. Co uncil planned the event, Another fealOre of the show ment is bringing the UNC Card who is a senior musical theater One class in particular really which has also worked on the was the start of a new promo- to be swiped. major and director of UPC encouraged me to try my hand other draws of Welcome Week. tion by UPC, which offers stu- ｾ ｔ ｨ ･ scarf deal is pretty public relations. ｾ ｉ ｴ should at it. A lot of my co-workers Traditional Events Coordinator dents a fr ee yellow and blue convenient because all you provid e more incentive to were always telling me how Kindal Konechne said the week scarf for anending sill.: of their have to do is show up to the come to UPC's events. ｾ Students welcomed with ice cream and movie

CHAS MURPHY zation that hosts the Ice Cream south lawn of the UC, but was ARTS@UNC MlkkOk . CO M Social and Movie On The Hill moved into the ballrooms due to • event every yea r, ｾ said Kindal weather. However, it did not stop The Ice Cream Social and Konechne. sophomore business some from enjoying the movie Movie on the Hilt event wasasuc- management major and UPC and having fu n. cess Thursday night. Many stu- coordinator: Many freshmen, including dents came to enjoy ice cream, Student fees pay for all of the Kyle Cobb, a business major, were watch a movie and meet new pca- events hosted by the UPC, which very impressed wi th how well the pIe in the University Center ball· hosts several other events during event was arranged and how rooms. Students new and old the year, such as UNC Idol. much fun they had. came to the event to see their old The ice cream was not me only ｾ ｉ ｴ ,vas oven.... helming, but fun friends and make new ones. attraction for students, at the same time and I got to meet ｾ ｉ love this stuff, it is a great ｾ ｰ ｩ ､ ･ ｲ ｭ ｡ ｮ Ｓ Ｌ ｾ was this year's new people, ｾ Cobb said. way to meet people and make selection for the movie on the hill. Other fres hmen, such as Chris new friends, ｾ said lindsay Meyer, "We chose the movie based on Wright. a pre-journalism major, sophomore English education what is mainstream popular. were not quite as impressed. major. Besides, everyone likes ｓ ｰ ｩ ､ ･ ｾ ｾ ｉ ｴ was alright. They could The event was a great way for Man," said Blake Joseph, senior have had more chairs, but it was freshmen students to meet each musical theater major and UPC still alright," Wright said. other and become acquainted public relations coordinator. UPC sponsors other events Sophomore busIness management major Katl Falger, left, and with the events hosted by the Students brought blankets to such as UNC Idol , taking place on junior accounting major Alexis Glessner scoop Ice cream on University Program Council. sit on during the movie, which Sept. 2 and Family and Friends Thursday night as part of an Ice cream social and free movie . ｾ ｔ ｨ ･ UPC is a student organi- was supposed to be viewed on the Weekend on Sept. 7-9.