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December 13th, 2007 by
Elisha Kirkman
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 [...]
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December 4th, 2007 by
Hannah Shephard
East Carolina University hosted a HumorFest Conference last week. This unusual cultural event consisted of a variety of panels and shows, which began on November 1st and lasted for three days.
One event that occurred during the conference was a viewing of three funny short-films that were chosen to be shown. The event was [...]
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December 4th, 2007 by
Taylor Williams
East Carolina University held its first ever “HumorFest” that included many keynote speakers such as Andrei Codrescu, Kinky Friedman, and Jill McCorkle.
HumorFest was a weekend long event that had entertainment from an old-fashioned pie toss with students to sessions that included professors from all over the country. Each professor had something interesting and humorous to [...]
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November 6th, 2007 by
Ashley Abernathy
East Carolina University hosted a Humor Festival in Greenville, N.C. which provided a rare opportunity for professional speakers to interact with students in a variety of humorous ways.
Andrei Codrescu was among one of the renowned speakers at the festival. Codrescu is popular for his poetry, novels, essays, screen writes, and commentaries on [...]
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November 6th, 2007 by
Kenneth Simpson
As the weather continues to drop and the leaves litter the streets of Greenville, one might consider this season just another gloomy autumn. However, the sound of gusting wind, and leaves scraping the sidewalks, could not drown out the cries of laughter on East Carolina’s campus in early November.
East Carolina University’s [...]
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November 6th, 2007 by
Ryan Query
When Kinky Friedman isn’t busy performing with his band “The Texas Jew Boys”, working on his Utopia Rescue Ranch (a shelter for dogs), or campaigning for Governor of Texas for the 2010 election, he goes around the country spreading his word, a word that some might call offensive, but others humorous, but no matter what [...]
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November 6th, 2007 by
Martha Bass
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 [...]
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November 4th, 2007 by
Brittany B
Ethnicity is a big deal in America. People with the same ethnicity seem to come together in the world when it comes to making fun of other ethnicities. George Gaetano of Hamline University may agree.
Last week East Carolina University held the Humor fest conference in Mendenhall from November 1-3. The Humor fest consisted of 14 [...]
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October 4th, 2007 by
Susie Cain
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. [...]
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