8th Floor Improv: The Facebook Show

I have seen a few 8^th Floor shows and am always impressed at how funny they are.  I think what I was most impressed with was how funny just getting information could be.  So, for one act, they called up an audience member and asked them questions about their major, likes, dislikes, friends etc.  It would be pretty easy for this to be a boring trade of information.  But it’s not.  It’s very funny.  The other thing I have noticed about comedy, from both this and other experiences, is the importance of buildup.  Sure, it is important to be funny the whole time, but you don’t actually have to try as hard in the middle because the audience is already worked up and laughing.  Anyway, there were a lot of good games in this show (some of which I hope to use) and then of course the namesake of the show, which was, at the end, they logged onto someone’s facebook and started looking for both info and messing with it.  Again, a lot of fun.  I recommend 8^th Floor to anyone who hasn’t or has seen them before.

Sarah Barringer

Mentor Meet-and-Greet

I am, in fact, not a mentor, but I thought I would stand in for my roommate (who is a mentor) and meet a few new people.  I didn’t do a lot of talking, but it was interesting to hear what other people had to say about previous experiences in Humanities and what the new people expected from Humanities.  One of the questions asked was how easy or difficult it was to get to enough Humanities events to fulfill the requirements, which was a question my introverted self had last year.  I was and continue to be somewhat surprised at how everyone seems to agree it is really easy to go to enough events.  I am in this camp as well.  It’s not hard to go to enough or even superfluous events.  There were a few other questions asked, especially about where to get food on and off campus, where to find groceries, where to find different sorts of food, most of which were questions I had last year and never really had answered.  So, it seems like the mentor program is doing its job.

Sarah Barringer