To Be or Not to Be Politicaly Correct

At the recent Humorfest panel “Political Satire in Cartoons” many different topics arose like the topics of what happens when cartoonists portray a presidential administration wrong, how comedians portray different presidents, and who’s included in the cartoons.
Chris Lamb and Mark Long talked about “Drawing Fire: The Bush Administration vs. Editorial Cartoonists”. They talked about how […]

ECU Humor Fest Recounts Humor in North Carolina Literature

Last week, Mendenhall Student center hosted the first annual ECU Humor Fest. From November 1-3, over 40 panelists from 5 countries spoke about the various guises found in all forms of humor. One panel in particular was The Old Mirth State: Humor in North Carolina Literature.
The event was sponsored by the NC Literary […]

The Old Mirth State; Bill Team

I was a little confused about what the Humorfest was when I first heard about it. I thought it sounded like it would be an interesting event to go and see.
When the second speaker, Bill Team, began a passage from Rash Choices, the thing that I noticed was how much he got into the reading. […]