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UNIVERSITY ouSuunews.comrnal Cedar City, Utah J Southern Utah University Thursday, January 21, 2016 Outtakes store on pace to open By GRACE SCHULZ service hallway so we will [email protected] still be able to run down there and take in the fresh supplies Outtakes, Chartwells’ … and employees will be able convenience store in the to access it easily,” she said. Sharwan Smith Student Center, “There wasn’t any other logical GRACE SCHULZ / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL is preparing to expand back to its old size after moving to place to put the Outtakes make room for Chik-fil-A. convenience store.” Outtakes use to be located Outtakes is on schedule to in the spot where Chik-fil-A finish its construction by the currently resides, but the push end of the month. Green said to put in the chicken restaurant the contractors should be out of forced Outtakes to relocate. the space by Wednesday, which The move was only temporary, will make room for Chartwells however and Outtakes’ new to start moving in its products. space should be ready to open “There will be a new feel to in the coming weeks. Outtakes will soon be in (Outtakes), and we are going to the Rotunda next to Crisp, work on adding in some new where the facilities staff was products, maybe some more previously housed. SUUSA fresh products, but it will be President Brandon Day said basically the same how it was,” Outtakes’ new location will she said. help keep the food court The grand re-opening feel in the mall area of the for Outtakes is scheduled Student Center. sometime in the first week of UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO Natasha Green, the marketing February, and Green said the Off The Cuff’s sign hanging in the theatre located at a junior English major from St. George, does a stand manager for Chartwells, store will be offering special 913 S. Main St. (top). Members of Off The Cuff before up comedy at Off the Cuff Comedy Club for an EDGE said the location will also be a bit, during a show in 2011 (bottom left). Josh Walter, project (bottom right). convenient for Chartwells staff. promotions and offers. “It’s right down our food See MOVE, Page 6 ‘Still Crazy’ After all these years, OTC hosts anniversary By GRACE SCHULZ The Grind Coffeehouse. Wendy Penrod, the [email protected] artistic director for OTC, has been with the group since the beginning and said Off the Cuff Comedy (OTC), a Cedar the experience of lasting 12 years has City based comedy improvisation troupe, is been surreal. celebrating its 12-year anniversary Friday “I have a very specific memory of us, the with a show that will reunite many of the very first show, we were sitting backstage original cast members. (and) we were too nervous to look out and For Friday’s one-night-only show, TJ see how many people were coming to the Penrod, the troupe director and booking show because we really were like ‘what manager for OTC, said he hopes the show GRACE SCHULZ / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL if nobody shows up,’” Penrod said. “I remember turning to Dave Armour and us will bring people in who no longer live and The green room at Off The Cuff. work in Cedar City. having a conversation like, ‘if this lasts three “We are trying to get as many people who from back then.” months, then we’ve really accomplished played with us our first year to come back OTC started out as a group of five SUU something, we really did something big.’” JODIE LYBARGER / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL and play,” he said. “(The people who used students doing an improv club on campus in The troupe lasted much longer than The construction site of Outtakes in the Rotunda of to be on cast) kind of were integral to the early 2004. After a while, the group decided three months and, in the past 12 years, has the Sharwan Smith Student Center. Outtakes is slated troupe in that first year that made it what it to start doing regular shows and the first expanded significantly. to open early in February. was. There will be a lot of crowd favorites OTC show took place on Jan. 16, 2004 at See REUNION, Page 11 StAB looks to future plans Puppeteer to visit By SAM BURFIEND and on Fridays.” SUU Convocations [email protected] The updated days of the events will be every Friday and Tuesday of each By MARIAH TUCKER The Student Activities Board (StAB) has week. Friday will give SUUSA and [email protected] revamped their program for this 2015-16 StAB members the chance to hold larger year and plans to grow student activities weekly gatherings and Tuesday will be Tonight at 7:00 p.m. Jesse Mooney-Bullock even more this spring semester. for smaller weekly activities. These events will be speaking to SUU students about his StAB members plan a plethora of will include a multitude of entertainment life working in the art of puppetry. student activities on campus that can help such as movie showcases, cultural events, The combination of Convocation and Art the student experience and give them dances and more. Insights is tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the SUU opportunities to mingle and network. Pope said he wanted to revamp the Auditorium. Students as well as community Madi Maynard, a sophomore dance and program because SUUSA saw the amount members are welcome to come see Mooney- communication double major from Vernal, of student funds left over for activities and Bullock’s presentation. said her favorite event of the previous thought that they should be utilizing that Mooney-Bullock’s website describes his semester was the Scream, where she was money to bring students more on-campus artwork as art that spans across multiple able share her creativity with others. She entertainment. disciplines. He handcrafts his puppets and said that being apart of the program has “Student fees should be spent on the performs with them on stages all over the forced her to grow creativily and as a person. students,” he said. country. StAB has changed what was “Thunder A notable event StAB will host this In 2015 he was awarded the Jeff Award Thursday” to fit the mold of the student month is a concert by a capella group for his puppet design in the play “Hammer lifestyle. Filharmonic, known for winning NBC’s Trinity,” and he is currently booking shows for Kenten Pope, vice president of activies, “The Sing-Off” and their performance in “Luigi Bullooney’s Circus Menagerie.” “Luigi said SUUSA saw that students did not Universal’s hit movie, “Pitch Perfect 2.” Bullooney’s Circus Menagerie” features seem intrigued by the Thursday events. Pope said students should also look out UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO specialized puppets, which are able to perform “Attendance was low,” he said. for the Thunder Games, Casino Night and SUU students participate in the Thunder Games in feats of higher dexterity than some of his other “Thursdays you’re trying to get everything the Thunder Bird awards. 2015 as part of Sunfest. Sunfest is just one of the many puppets. done so you can hang out on the weekends See EVENTS, Page 6 activities StAB is in charge of planning. See PUPPETS, Page 3 Inside & Online Men’s basketball Local musician reaches for stars by performing Weather Update There will be partly cloudy skies brings new game plan An aspiring local musician works hard to fulfill his dreams by taking advantage with temperatures getting as of any opportunity to perform in front of an audience. Eli Wrankle has had the high as the low 50s this weekend The SUU men’s basketball opportunity to perform at both the Masquerade and Open Mic Night recently and team came home from their most but stay in the high 40s. hopes to continue performing. — Almanac, Page 10 recent road trip, bringing a loss — ACCENT, Page 7 from the Eastern Washington Eagles and an overtime win Index against the Idaho Vandals. Baby it’s cold outside: The El Niño winters News...........................................................3,6,11 As SUU aims to take on This year is predicted to have one of the worst winters in the Opinion........................................................................5 Northern Colorado and North past 35 or more years. Why is it so cold? How can you be prepared Dakota, it will not be the same Accent............................................................7 and what are some of the things you can you can do to enjoy the Outside.....................................................8 team it was a week ago. winter? — SPORTS, Page 9 — OUTSIDE, Page 8 Sports..............................................................9,10 Page 2 University Journal Thursday, January 21, 2016 Thursday, January 21, 2016 University Journal Page 3 News IN BRIEF A cappella group to play SUU Combined research By DAYSA CORRINGTON you will know a lot of the songs they are [email protected] singing,” she said. for SUU and UVU The Filharmonics come from a wide The Filharmonics, an a cappella variety of genres including pop, a Christopher Monson, group that performed on NBC’s cappella, jazz, opera, theater, classical an assistant professor of musical competition show “The Sing- and many more. chemistry and Eddy Cadet, Off,” will come to SUU to perform Ingela Rundquist, a senior political from Utah Valley University, next Friday. science major from Apple Valley, said will receive funding this year The Los Angeles-based group is a she does not necessarily know the group to enhance water research band made up of six Filipino vocalists: capacity and assist with well but is excited for the event and would VJ Rosales, Joe Caigoy, Trace Gaynor, like to go.