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BILL COSBYAN AMERICAN LEGEND 22He May Well Be The Most

Revered Entertainer In The World.In This Exclusive Interview, HeTells Students The VALUE

of Education.

Reader’s Choice Awards Nominations 29For Over 20 Years, CAM’s RCAs are legendary. This year’s ballot offers one of the most diverse offerings ever!

Jamie Newell 16Jamie brings audience interaction andinvolvement to the forefront in a flexible and sometimes comedic murder mystery experience.

Campus Activities LIVE at Lamar State College 14Every campus has unique perspec-tives when it comes to managing theirprogram. LSU-PA gives you an up-close look at theirs.

IT’S ALL INSIDEFrom the Publisher 4Real Life 6Laff Guru 8

RCA Nominations 30Ballot Information 32What’s Hot for 2014 38

“The Office’s” Rainn Wilson 10You know him as Dwight from NBC’shit sitcom “The Office” and his new lecture is turning heads on campus.

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Many of the our legendary agents will re-member our friend Jack Whitesides. Hehandled the printing of Programming Mag-azine for me when I was at NACA andwhen I started Campus Activities Maga-zine® back in 1991, he handled the printingof that magazine as well. He became anExecutive Vice President over printing atthe R.L. Bryan Company, one of the mostrespected printers in the southeastern re-gion. From there he went to Electric CityPrinting in Anderson, SC and finally toService Printing in Columbia SC. Jack re-tired from Service Printing because ofhealth reasons but for a number of years,he was a sales representative for Campus

Activities Magazine® and was well re-spected by the acts and agents whoworked with him.

A number of years ago, Jack was diagnosedwith Parkinson’s Disease and for a while var-ious medications seem to help but as timepassed, his symptoms got increasinglyworse - to the point where work was not anoption any longer.

Jack loved his wife Paulette, his extendedfamily and his boys, Doug, Mike and Kevin.He was a dear friend and well respected inhis community and in the printing industry.He passed away November 19, 2013.

The last time I saw him, even though I amnot sure he recognized me, he was still smil-ing and I am sure God is now looking uponhis smiling face. Here’s to you Jack!

- Kirby

RANDOM THOUGHTS & OTHER MINDLESS DRIBBLE

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A Last Farewell To Jack

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BY ELAINE PASQUA

Energy Drinks: The Monster Under Your Bed

Monster, Red Bull, 5-Hour Energy - heavyadvertising dollars are spent by the compa-nies who manufacture them. They primarilyfocus on the college market, especially atexam time. It’s big business, if they had theirway, energy drinks would replace coffee.One Red Bull advertisement reads, “Nobodywishes they slept more in college.” They aremaking big bucks at the expense of thou-sands of students’ health. Fifty percent of col-lege students say they consumed one to fourenergy drinks in the past month while only 15percent of adults have. According to the Sub-stance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration, energy drink-related emer-gency room visits doubled from 10,068 in2007 to 20,783 in 2011. Most patients werebetween the ages of 18 to 25.

Recently lawmakers and health activistscalled for the Food and Drug Administration toregulate these beverages. Manufacturers donot have to disclose the ingredients nor theamount of caffeine on the labels. Often the in-gredients that have a stimulant effect are notlisted. Energy drinks can contain three to fourtimes the amount of caffeine that you wouldfind in a cup of coffee. A six ounce cup of cof-fee contains 100 mg of caffeine. A can of sodais regulated to have no more than 65 mg ofcaffeine while some energy drinks contain be-tween 150 and 505 mg per can.

Most of these drinks contain high amounts ofsugar, taurine, and guarana. Guarana con-tains guanine, which is also caffeine. Onegram of guarana is equal to as much as 40mg of caffeine. Often the amount of guaranais not listed on the labels so the stimulant ef-fect is much higher than one would imagine.Also, the higher quantities of sugar causetooth decay and weight gain.

Some deaths and other health complicationshave stemmed from the use of energy drinks.I experienced this first-hand. When my sonwas 17, he attended at party where energydrinks were served. Not knowing how danger-ous they were, he consumed quite a few ofthem. The next night he went into the bath-room and we heard the sound of things break-ing. My husband said, “What are you doing?”When there was no reply, he ran in and found

my son on the floor having a seizure. It is notfun to witness this, especially when it is yourchild. The next day he told us about the en-ergy drinks. Through our research we learnedthat energy drinks can cause seizures by al-tering the balance of electrolytes through de-hydration. He has not touched one since.

Excessive caffeine causes anxiety, digestiveproblems, vomiting, heart palpitations, elevatedblood pressure and heart rate, and an increasein sleep disorders. It leads to dehydration, mak-ing it more difficult for the body to flush out thetoxins, thus increasing them, and can causeseizures and sometimes death.

This month a new study was released showingthe effects of energy drinks on the heart. Usingcardiac MRIs researchers saw an increase in

heart contractions (how hard the heart squeezesto pump the blood out) for one hour after an en-ergy drink was consumed. Large quantities orconsuming these drinks for a prolonged periodof time can be dangerous. This increased stim-ulation causes thickening and scarring of theheart, leading to a rise in cardiac rhythm abnor-malities which could be deadly.

Another concern is when energy drinks aremixed with alcohol. The stimulant effect of thecaffeine masks the effects of the alcohol, whichis feeling lethargic. A person will not feel as intox-icated as they should and they continue to drink.Students who mix alcohol with energy drinks ex-perience higher rates of injuries, drunken drivingincidents, alcohol poisoning and being taken ad-vantage of sexually.

It’s important to look at what is going on in ourlives and personal health. What is creating re-liance on these drinks? Students use them be-cause they are tired, did not get enough sleep,or need to pull an all-nighter. Many feel it providesmental clarity. Studies have shown that whencompared to a placebo, (sugar-free lemonade)consuming an energy drink had no significant ef-fect on reasoning, concentration or aptitude.

If you feel like you are reliant on energy drinks itmay be a good time to take stock of your life.Why are you so tired? Are you getting eight hoursof sleep each night? Is your diet well-balancedand free of junk food? Are you drinking eightglasses of water a day? Do you exercise daily?Fatigue can stem from a deficiency in any ofthese. What is your time management like? Ifyou establish healthy habits you will be less re-liant on them.

The bottom line is that energy drinks do not con-tain healthy ingredients. We don’t need the caf-feine, guaranine, and sugar. You are what youeat; ingest things that enhance your overall well-being. Treat your body like a temple- it's the onlyone you've got. If you do so, you will be rewardedwith a better quality of life.

Questions on college life? Email me at [email protected]

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“When I’m good, I’m very good.But when I’m bad, I’m better.”Mae West

By Steven Kent McFarlin (AKA Spanky)

Mae West uttered many of my favorite quotes,such as the above. Another one of my favoritequotes, one that gave me the inspiration toenter the challenging profession of show busi-ness, was made by Teddy Roosevelt, whenhe proclaimed, “Far better is it to dare mightythings, to win glorious triumphs, even thoughcheckered by failure... than to rank with thosepoor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much,because they live in a gray twilight that knowsnot victory nor defeat.”

My fear of failure pales in comparison to myfear of being average, of being one of “thosepoor spirits.” Because, what is average, otherthan where the best of the worst meets theworst of the best. My fear of average hasshaped every aspect of my life, not the leastof which, what I find entertaining. Our culturedictates a proper person should love all thingsgood and hate all things bad. Well, I have aconfession to make. I truly love bad—not asmuch as good—but close. What I truly hate iswhat lies in between, mediocrity, that dull “greytwilight” that separates the opposite ends ofthe spectrum of good and bad.

Social expectations make one feel guilty forloving something bad, thus the phrase “guiltypleasures.” But the truth we are ashamed toadmit is: it can be just as entertaining to wit-ness defeat as victory. People that are notgood role models can be every bit as enter-taining as those that are. I know I am not alonein my love of things that are so bad they aregood (how else would you explain the popu-larity of reality TV?) Although it is not taught inschools, the fact remains that in America, it ispossible to build a very successful career bybeing a colossal failure.

This is true in all forms of the arts: literature(Edward George Bulwer-Lytton), music(William Hung), television (any Kardashian),etc. But, in my humble opinion, cinema iswhere bad is at its best.

Ed Wood would not be remembered (muchless portrayed by screen hunk Johnny Depp)if he had been a good or even average film-maker. “Plan 9 From Outer Space” or “Glenor Glenda” is every bit as familiar to any movieaficionado as “Citizen Cane” or “Casablanca,”albeit it for totally different reasons.

Roger Corman has had a stupendous careeras a producer of bad low-budget B-movies,and launched the careers of A-list directors,Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron,Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, Peter Bog-danovich, and Martin Scorsese, not to men-tion the acting careers of Peter Fonda, DennisHopper, Sylvester Stallone, and Jack Nichol-son. He produced over 300 schlocky films thatpeople still love to watch four decades later,and was eventually awarded an honoraryOscar because they were so bad they’regood.

Troma Entertainment’s founder, Lloyd Kauf-man, has been making bad movies for fortyyears. Like Corman, his films include the earlyefforts of many A-listers, such as: Trey Parker,Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Dustin Hoffman,and Robert DeNiro. Just as some animals areso ugly they are cute, Troma films are so re-pulsive they are loveable. As a Troma castmember described, “I have nothing but lovefor Troma, that love you have for your alco-holic, abusive grandfather.”

More recently, “Sharknado” was so bad, itbecame one of the very few movies (if notthe only) that was first broadcast on televi-sion and the response was so overwhelm-ing it garnered a release in movie theaters.

This movie had me when I read the synop-sis: “Los Angeles gets hit by a tornado filledwith sharks, which pummel and attack in-nocent bystanders.” The script includedroll-on-the-floor-laughing lines, such as acharacter seeing the aftermath of a sharkattack in a house filled with bloody waterand saying with a straight face “Looks likeit’s that time of the month.” Bwhaaa!

Perhaps (but, I doubt it) the screenwriterswere purposely trying to create a movie sobad it’s good (but, once again, I doubt it). Partof what makes bad movie good is the unin-tentional appeal; the fact the creator is oblivi-ous to not achieving their desired affect. Notto say I cannot enjoy an intentionally badmovie, like “Toxic Avenger,” but films that putthe misguided filmmaker’s delusions on dis-play are much more entertaining.

These delusions are delightfully displayed inthe documentary “Best Worst Movie, whichIMBd describes as “unwitting Utah actorsstarred in the undisputed worst movie in his-tory: TROLL 2. Two decades later, the legen-darily inept film's child star unravels theimprobable, heartfelt story of an Alabama den-tist-turned-cult movie icon and an Italian film-maker who come to terms with this genuine,internationally revered cinematic failure.” TheAlabama dentist, George Hardy (who is un-deniably likeable) and rest of the cast, acceptthe film is beyond bad, but the Italian film-maker’s reaction to this revelation is priceless.Claudio Fragasso and Rosella Drudi sincerelybelieved “Troll 2” achieved cult status twentyyears after its release because audiences fi-nally recognized their cinematic genius, untilhearing audiences laugh where they did notintend humor throws their self-esteem balloonon a cactus.

To be fair, most everyone in the arts havesome delusions. If we could clearly recognizereality we probably would have chosen an-other profession. So, if twenty years from now,people are buying tickets to watch my comedyact, and laughing in the wrong places, I’mokay with that. I’ll just be happy they are stillbuying tickets...

Steven Kent McFarlin (AKA “Spanky”) has been de-scribed as a “campus entertainment icon.” He has beenvoted “Campus Comic of the Year” (LaffGuru.com) andthe “Campus Performer of the Year”. His credits includeover 50 TV appearances, including: Showtime, GoodMorning America, and The Late Show. He is repre-sented by GP Entertainment.

So bad, It’s GOOD!

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773.481.2600 (PH)773.481.2601 (FX)

[email protected]

2013 ENTERTAINERS OF THE YEAR

VOTE FOR US FOR 2014 BEST COMEDY ARTISTSAT campusactivitiesmagazine.com/awards.php

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Millions of fans of “The Office” willrecognize Rainn Wilson as the in-comparable Dwight Schrute, one ofthe stand out characters from thathit TV series on NBC. What most ofyou might not know however, is thatRainn is nothing like the characterwe all fell in love with for his weird,antisocial, egomaniacal behavior,but is in fact a thoughtful, caringand quite intelligent person.

Once “The Office” really started totake off, Rainn realized there was anopportunity to do something morewith his success than just be suc-cessful. He started a project that wasmeant to help change the world insome small way, and now he bringsthat message to college campusesacross the country.

Rainn sits down with Campus Activ-ities Magazine® to provide some in-sight into SoulPancake.

“SoulPancake has been in existencefor about four or five years now,” hesays. “Some friends of mine and Isaw an opportunity when 'The Office’

started taking off around year two orthree, to do something really specialon the internet. We wanted to dosomething uplifting and challengingfor young people. We wanted to cre-ate a website that we would have liketo have seen when we were younger,in our teens or twenties.”

Rainn and friends saw this as achance to build a platform to ponderthe bigger issues in life. “One thingI have always been fascinated by isphilosophy and the world of ideas,so SoulPancake was dedicated tothat. It was dedicated to the questthat we are all on, to find the truthabout our existence.”

It began as a social networking siteexploring these issues and grew intosomething much more. “It became aplace where people could explorelife’s big questions. We didn’t haveany answers at SoulPancake and westill don’t, but we encourage people toask those questions and engage in adeep, meaningful way with the issuesand quandaries of what it is to be ahuman being.”

After the website launched, an iPhoneApp was created and a New YorkTimes Bestselling book was written asa companion piece to the work theyare doing. “The book is filled with art,cool quotes and activities and iscalled ‘SoulPancake: Chew On Life’sBig Questions.‘ It became very suc-cessful but, where we have reallyfound our voice and audience is in ourYouTube Channel (youtube.com/user/soulpancake). We are one of thefew funded YouTube channels and westarted creating content around theproject. That’s when things reallytook off. We have a couple of web se-ries that are big viral hits and reallystarted getting our name out there.We started creating content for TheOprah Winfrey Network. Kid Presi-dent is a very well known YouTubepersonality that we discovered andpromoted. We also have a showcalled ‘My Last Days’ about peoplewith terminal illnesses who are learn-ing how to live in the face of dying. Sothe content spans things that are re-ally funny to some things that aredeeply profound and difficult as well.”

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Either by accident or a concerted actof humility, Rainn left off his own suc-cessful web show, “MetaphysicalMilkshake,” where he drags variouscelebrities from Larry King to JosephGordon-Levitt to Russell Brand intothe back of his van for a one-on-one,soul searching interviews. “Some-thing I always wanted to do was playaround with having a talk show. Inever really wanted to be a talk showhost as a main career, because it is fartoo grueling, but to be able to do thisis a lot of fun. I get some celebrityfriends and people I meet to goon the show and I get to havefun with them and it is prettysilly. We always try to be a bit ir-reverent. When conversationshappen around these big topics,they often get very heavy.Whether it’s talking to Larry Kingabout God or Joseph Gordon-Levitt about art, having somesort of deeper, meaningful con-versation without getting too se-rious is the goal.”

SoulPancake has just under845,000 subscribers at the timeof this writing, which is notsomething Rainn and team an-ticipated. “In less than a yearand a half we went from 4,000subscribers to over 800,000.So, it’s exceeded our wildestexpectations and it shows thatthere is truly an audience forthis kind of content. Challeng-ing, uplifting stuff that often dealswith spirituality, but not in any kindof preachy way.”

The program Rainn presents oncampus takes a similar format, withhim sharing much of his own story,insights from the SoulPancake bookand of course opening up the pro-gram to students who want to jointhe discussion. “I talk about my lifestory. Essentially I talk about grow-ing up a nerdy kid in suburban Seat-tle and as a member of the Bahå’iFaith. I talk about how my life’s jour-ney, leaving my faith, becoming aprofessional actor and artist andthen finding faith again all led to thecreation of SoulPancake. It all tiestogether and that is what it is all

about, tying things together andshowing those connections. Myjourney, faith, funny stories, ‘The Of-fice,’ being on television and thecreation of this project and how it isa reflection of who I am as a person.There are a lot of jokes, many sillystories and some topics that I hopeare a little bit profound and thoughtprovoking.”

The show takes a multimedia formatas well. “We show some of my fa-vorite videos from SoulPancake that

touch on some of the subjects in thetalk. People seem to love it and wehave a great time.”

Rainn has been performing his pre-sentations about his personal storyon campus accompanying SoulPan-cake, but the combination of the twoformed an incredible synergy thatturned this talk into something far be-yond Rainn’s own personal story’sreach. “I have been doing this forthree or four years now and it hasbeen really nice. I have been to reallydiverse colleges, from small to large,arenas with 20,000 people to lecturehalls with 300. I always try to suit it tothe audience at hand and so far thefeedback has been great.”

The message is tailored to each cam-pus, not just a canned one for everyperformance. “There is an intercon-nected series of stories that I telleverywhere, but I suit it to the audi-ence. If I find they want more humor,or more probing stuff, then it can havea very different flavor depending onthe size, diversity and general attitudeof the audience.

The entire SoulPancake project isabout growth and challenging our-selves and the presentation Rainn

makes on campus is no differ-ent. “That is the whole point ofthe entire thing. Ultimately theentire mission of my campuspresentation is to encouragestudents to really engage fullyin their lives. What they think,what they feel, their academic,intellectual, emotional, artisticand spiritual journeys are allpart of what it is to be a humanbeing. I encourage them to re-ally dig deep and not be afraid,but courageous in trying to diginto these questions that all hu-mans deal with. Does my lifehave a purpose? What is thenature of love? Do we havefree will? Is there a God? All ofthese big questions are crucialfor young people to be dealingwith in their college years andit determines the course oftheir life. I also bring thingsaround to service especially,

the idea of service to others and thefact that it is through serving othersthat we find ourselves.”

Check out more of SoulPancakeonline and if you are interested inhaving Rainn come to your cam-pus to give your students the first-hand experience, the contactinformation is below.

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Alec Melman at Gotham Artistsat 646-873-6601

or [email protected].

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Lamar State College Port Arthur is acommunity college with an interestingset of demographics and programsuniquely for an entirely commuter base.Some of its areas of study include nurs-ing, cosmetology, process technology,commercial music and drama, alongwith some other traditional academicand technical programs.

Claire Thomason is the Director of Stu-dent Activities at LSC-PA, which is amember of the Texas State UniversitySystem and she talks with us in moredetail. The programming board isunique at this school, because of it’ssize and format, and the fact that itspart of the Student Government Asso-ciation itself. “I know that’s not typicalof how most campuses operate,”Claire says, “but we are such a smallcampus that we found that it was muchbetter to keep the student governmentclose to student activities so we allwork together to keep the events andprogramming and what studentswanted on campus seamless.”

The SGA has 8 elected members and allof them work toward a general consen-sus on the suggestions for programmingat the campus. “I brought all of thosemembers to the NACA Convention inTulsa for the central region this year, sothey all got an opportunity to participatein workshops and see all the showcases.They all have a good feel for how thewhole process works and the types ofentertainment that are offered and thethings that they can do to speak with theagents and book for our campus.”

Claire does still provide some guidance.“I do make sure that we have some di-verse programming on campus, but a lotof it is their own ideas, many of which areexcellent and very innovative.”

It’s clear that professional development isa big consideration for the LSC-PA SGA,as bringing 9 people including Claire to aconference is a considerable investmentfor a school with approximately 3,500 stu-dents. “We get a lot of support from theentire school’s administration, but espe-cially from our vice president for StudentServices. He works closely with me andall of our SGA people when it comes tobeing involved with the entertainmentbrought to campus. He is really vested inmaking sure that the students have ex-actly what they need. Part of that is ingoing to these conferences and makingsure they understand the process. Themain thing we are trying to accomplish isto get the students to see more than justthe political side of student governmentthat may be happening on some othercampuses. We want them to get a feel fora more complete process, which includesleadership training and time managementskills, which are so important not onlywhile they are in school but will followthem long after they are in the workingworld. Also, you never know which stu-dents might go into this type of careerdown the road. There are so many differ-ent types of things they might glean fromthese experiences and just watching themprogress from the time they are electedinto office to graduation is amazing.”

The budget for activities comes formthe campus’ student servicesbudget. “That is the main source offunding, but we also work hand inhand with each student organizationon campus, about 15 altogether. Weare happy to say that number isgrowing each year. The individualorganizations do their own fundrais-ing, but all of the activities andevents we bring to campus that aresponsored by SGA are fundedthrough student services fees.”

Because LCS-PA is a 100% com-muter campus, the scheduling is abit different than many typical cam-puses that are trying to keep stu-dents on campus on weekendnights. SGA programs between 10and 15 major events each semesteralong with other filler events in be-tween. “We do some of the tradi-tional events, like the Welcome Weekactivities, which features somethingeach day. Not all of them are ex-pending the budget because we dosome homegrown programming.They have some very creative waysof doing that, for example they madetheir own Angry Birds game by dec-orating boxes and using other arti-cles from around campus. One ofthe things our students wanted to dothat we instituted this year was Cul-tural Days. We have a fall festivalwhere we concentrate on Halloweenand Homecoming. We also have ourSpring Fling and we celebrate BlackHistory Month. We have a Healthand Safety week and also celebrateCinco de Mayo. We have a very di-verse ethnic background here on ourcampus so we are very cognizant oftrying to cater to all of those in ourmajor events.”

The mascot for LSC-PA is the Sea-hawk. This year they decided to throwit a birthday party. “He was turningthree, so we did that. We do a lot of dif-ferent things to not only get studentsinvolved, but provide some support toschool spirit and the history and tradi-tions we want to honor as the years goby, making sure the students are a partof the whole campus experience.”

About half of the events at LSC-PAare booked with outside talentfrom agencies and the other half

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are homegrown events that stretchthe budget and allow students tocreate something from scratch.“We do utilize a lot of the things oncampus that we already have andalso try to bring in some local tal-ent, but probably half are thingswe have seen at conferences or

from booking through agencies weare familiar with.”

Student housing is a priority forLSC-PA, so it’s likely some of the for-mula for their events may changewhen that occurs in the next coupleof years. For now, they are making

great experiences for the commuterscoming to campus on a daily basis,and are extremely effective atstretching their budget.

For more information contact Claire Thomason [email protected]

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Custom Comedy Capers is a company that canmake your student’s one-of-a-kind interactive reali-ties come true through a variety of specially de-signed improvised games that are based on yourneeds and your students on-the-spot reactions.

The company formed over 20 years ago, workingin the corporate market for companies such as BP,McDonalds, Amoco, Pepsi Cola, Sears and more,so they are used to the higher standards.

Jamie Newell is the head of the company, and tellswhat they can offer the campus market from cus-tomized murder mysteries to comedy. “The murdermysteries are really a combination of a few showsin one. They are a comedy improv show coupledwith a light and silly murder mystery.”

The shows “ fit in well with the dinner theater con-cept or as a stand alone show. They are highly au-dience involved. The first half of the show is allabout audience participation and we use theatergames and comedy improv games to bring the au-dience into the goofiness and creativity. The idea isto get the students to really open up their creativethinking and get out of the mode of the quiet simpletexting and into a truly social setting.”

The second half is where the mystery plot of thestory unfolds. “Our most popular option is a showcalled ‘School Spirit’ which centers on the hauntedhappenings around campus. That show featuresa play within a play and audience members comeup on stage and play a part as the characters.

We give them very simple prop and costumepieces and then narrate, with the areas of the au-dience broken up for different sound effects. Dur-ing this segment all of our characters die andwhen it’s over, the students get up to bow, andone student remains dead, and we have to figureout whodunnit.”

That’s really where the show goes into it’s third act,as the room is broken up into teams to figure it out.“We try to squeeze tables together so that newfriends can meet and then they go into who theythink did it and why.”

There are several other options for shows thecompany offers and your school is provided withextra support to help make it a success. “Wehave a social media director, who will work withthe school in whatever facet of promotions theyfind most effective for the highest level of expo-sure. We also offer posters, either digitally orprinted copies. We also like to work with theschool’s athletic and theater departments to cor-ral a couple of volunteers in advance.”

There are a wide variety of programs availablebeside just the ‘School Spirit’ premise, includinga horror movie coming to town to ‘cast’ the stu-dents and a one woman ‘psychic’ show, all ofwhich include the same high level of audience in-teraction. “We try to offer packages based onbudgets and space. If a school can’t bring inthree or four improv actors but can afford one wecan still do a great mystery show.”

There a tons of different options for shows using theCustom Capers crew only limited by your vision asa programmer. “The beauty of our company is thatso many shows are created based upon a client’sconcept or idea. I had one school come to me andsay they wanted a murder mystery where studentscould come and go as they pleased, so it would notbe a captive audience. That presented a difficultscenario but we pulled it off.”

“We have a program called ‘Get Zombied’ which iswhen one of us come out and teach the studentshow to apply real movie zombie makeup and weteach up to 200 students. We also offer ‘Zombie101’ for if a school wants to learn how to do somezombie games but doesn’t want the responsibilityof facilitating or setting it up, we can create the per-fect environment. A third program we put togetheris a combination of the new zombie craze and ascavenger hunt, called ‘Zombie Snapchat Hunt.’The idea behind it is using Snapchat to get clues towhere zombies are hidden across campus. It’s agreat way to familiarize new students with a campusor for family weekends. The final program is a‘Zombedy Comedy Mystery’ which includes ele-ments of all the popular zombie movie and TVshows and our Murder Mystery format in an over-the-top show.”

Contact Bass/Schuler Entertainment at (773)481-2600 or [email protected] for moreinfo about how Custom Comedy Capers canbring a new one-of-a-kind experience.

WHODUNIT? YOU FIGURE IT OUT!

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There are not many performers liv-ing that could be labeled as bonafide legends, but Bill Cosby is onethat stands in his own class. Per-forming for over 50 years, he hasthe unique ability to appeal not onlyto the legions of fans who have fol-lowed him over tyhe decades, butalso to still reach the youth of ourday. He has a passion for studentsand education and in fact, still regu-larly performs in the campus mar-ket. He gives an exclusive interviewto Campus Activities Magazine®just before his show in Columbia,South Carolina at the Koger CenterFor The Arts on the University ofSouth Carolina campus. We alsohear first hand from an activitiesboard director at Nova SoutheasternUniversity about how successful hisperformance was on their campus.

After serving in the U.S. Navy andspending some time studying atTemple University, Bill Cosby re-leased his first comedy album “BillCosby Is A Very Funny Fellow...Right!” in early 1963. This yearwould mark it’s 50th anniversary forthose of you paying attention. Hesays despite finding success

quickly in live performing, helearned early on that higher educa-tion was an extremely important fac-tor in his and all young people’slives, and he continues to believethat to this day. Not only does heheartily support young people andhigher education (how about a $20MILLION dollar donation to SpelmanCollege) but also makes a concertedeffort to have his shows remain ac-cessible to students by keeping histicket prices affordable for them,when clearly he could demand apremium if he so chose. Dr. Cosby(he earned a Doctorate of Educationfrom the University of Massachu-setts and has multiple honorary de-grees) tells us about why this focuson young people and education areso important to him.

“In 1960, I entered Temple Univer-sity as a freshman, with a 500 SATScore, TOTAL. It was important tome, because I had mismanaged mylife for at least 14 and a half of my19 and a half years in terms of thevalue of an education and what itcould do to lift a person up towardsa goal. The work that goes intoproblem solving, working with a

teacher, working on projects andtaking things seriously and under-standing that this is not a punish-ment; education is not apunishment. To accept formal edu-cation is not a punishment but agift and a privilege. I found all thatout when I was in the United StatesNavy. I realized I could have donebetter and the position that I was inwith the Navy was a place fromwhich to work my way up. But, Iknew I couldn’t become a careerNavy person and I knew that I hada message to carry to young peoplewho might have been mismanagingtheir lives in the same way I had. Inall seriousness, I was the happiestI have ever been in my life becauseI finally had a goal and with the goalI had these thoughts of changingyoung people and making them un-derstand the value of education. Iknew that I would always have a joband I also knew that I was nevergoing to do what I had been doingprior to my epiphany.”

This is a lesson that has never lefthim and he has continued to want toimpart it to others. “At age 76, it hasremained important all through my

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life to use the television set as anexample and a means to speak tothe viewer. I don’t use it to teach;to truly teach you have to get a re-sponse from the student. So allthis does is places an example be-fore them.”

This translates not only from hisyears on television in programs like“The Cosby Show” which had the7th highest rated finale with 44.4million viewers or “Little Bill” which

reached an entirely new generationof kids not even born by the time theprevious show finished airing, butalso to his live performances, ofwhich just in this year he will dodozens. “When it comes to my liveshow, that message is always there.Whenever I address a total collegeaudience, my comedy is always di-rected to the following: humanities,philosophies and projection of theidea that they are THIS age, theyused to be kids, they are about to be

full fledged adults, their time for trueenrichment is now. The focus onthe importance of this concept re-ally brings the comedy to a headwhere the students are very muchenjoying what I am talking aboutand they are laughing.”

For a firsthand account of just howbig a draw and how much of an im-pact Dr. Cosby is on students, wespeak with Christina Rajkumar, As-sistant Director of Special Events

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& Projects at Nova SoutheasternUniversity and two of her graduateassistants, Jennifer Vogel andMichelle Canales. “The capacityfor our theater is a maximum ofjust over 500 and we sold out inunder four hours,” Christina says.“Out of that 500 capacity, almost400 of that were students versusfaculty and staff.”

Jennifer tells us a little bit aboutwhat made Dr. Cosby such a draw.“On our campus, 80% of our popu-lation are graduate students, so wedo have a little bit of an older popu-lation that might remember ‘TheCosby Show,’ but even our youngerstudents turned out very well be-cause of the syndication of theshow on Nickelodeon and with LittleBill (not to mention his books), andwere very familiar with him. Therewas actually a running joke for awhile that one student on our cam-pus said ‘Oh, who’s Bill Cosby?’Everyone else was well aware,” shesays laughing.

This particular show was for a pro-gram NSU hosts called “Life 101”and fit very well into the messageDr. Cosby delivers. “We bring differ-ent celebrities from the entertain-ment, business and athletics worldsto speak about their life experiencesand the lessons they have learnedalong the way. Dr. Cosby was theperfect choice for this program andhe did a wonderful job not only en-tertaining our students, but motivat-ing them as well,” Christina says.

Dr. Cosby describes a turning pointfor him that he imparts to studentsand sees a clear affect on themwhen he does. “My defining daywas in remedial English and makesme who I am today. That definingday was when I took home the as-signment to write a composition. Iwrote about pulling my tooth.” Hesays he never set out for this as-signment to be a funny one, but itset him on the path for being the en-chanting storyteller we have seenon stage for over 50 years. “Theprofessor read and approved of mypaper and I have been that same

thinking person ever since. I write(or speak) about my experience, thatwhich is in me, the way I see thingsand I bring it out for other people.”

While Bill Cosby has for yearsbeen a great influence for manycomics and artists, he too had hisown personal inspiration. “Myhero is Mark Twain. I did not copyfrom Mr. Twain, I wrote the compo-sition without knowing him to hisfullness and to the extent of hisbeauty with the American Englishlanguage. I had no intention ofbeing funny, my intention was tobe direct and tell my story. Itwasn’t until after the second com-position ‘Procrastination Or, ThePerfect Point‘ that happened. Iwrote about how when I didn’t wantto get started writing the paper Icontinued to sharpen my pencil,blaming the point on not being per-fect for my procrastination, so Ihad to sharpen it some more. Sothe composition took me to thepoint where there was nothing leftbut the metal and rubber eraser.

“In doing these two papers, I gottwo A’s, and this gave me tremen-dous confidence and I began towork with myself. I realized someof these thoughts that I have aregood thoughts and I wanted towrite them down. I wasn’t trying tobe funny because I didn’t have anaudience to be funny for. But thenagain, I didn’t know; did Mark Twainwrite because he knew he hadsomething funny, or did he writebecause he thought he had a cleveridea and wanted to get it out?”

He began to take his ideas and de-velop them, still never really tryingto be funny. “I was just addressingthe humorous idea, and it was won-derful.” We all know now where thisinspiration eventually went, into oneof the most prolific and successfulstandup comedy careers of all time.“There was a non-blood cousin Ihad who’s name was Del Shields, hewas foremost in influencing me tobecome a performer. By this time Iwas playing football for Temple, run-ning track and was a Dean’s List

student, but I began to see that Iwanted to be funny and Del had hisown TV show and radio show. Heallowed me to warm up his audi-ences. I didn’t know what I wasdoing, I just knew that I wanted to befunny with these people. In thosedays you couldn’t use vulgarity orprofanity or even innuendo. That issomething that has stuck with me tothis day.”

Some comics have no material atall, and use shock value and vulgar-ity to get a laugh. When Dr. Cosbyperforms, he usually does two solidhours of material without uttering asingle profane or offensive word.That’s one thing that has carried hissuccess such a long way, if you can“work clean” (a phrase he doesn’tlike), you can work anywhere.“There are many people who per-form in a ‘party’ atmosphere andthat is what the people pay to comesee. I don’t perform like that, what Ido is based on the standards of myday, where you come out and youdo what you think will cause themto smile and laugh. It is the sameas the party people, just the attitudeis different. I was brought up thatyou don’t use that kind of languagein the presence of women and chil-dren, but times have changed dras-tically (laughs).”

You can be sure that no matter whoyour audience is, Bill Cosby canentertain and not offend. He willuse the demographics of the audi-ence to dial in and entertain and en-lighten them beyond a measurethat most performers could everhope to attain. Bring this trueAmerican legend to your campusfor an experience your studentswill never forget.

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SKYLER: Skyler is a popsinger/songwriter known for hisengaging performances. Hehas been featured on The X Fac-tor… even impressing SimonCowell with his covers of “CallMe Maybe” and “Barefoot BlueJean Night”. This year heshared the stage with MattNathanson, Rookie of the Year,and The Band perry. “This isTaylor Swift in guy form” ac-cording to Absolutepunk.

BEN SEIDMAN: Ben Seid-man is the Resident Magician atMandalay Bay, Resort and Casinoin Las vegas. For three-seasonshe was creative consultant forMindfreak on A&E, during whichhe designed the illusions per-formed by Criss Angel. He usessleight-of-hand and manipula-tions to pick-pockets, read mindsand suspend disbelief. His per-formances weave these mo-ments around comedy andstories about living in vegas.

BRIAN MILLER:Brian Miller isa comedian and magician fromBuffalo. A professional enter-tainer since the age of 16, Brianhas headlined nearly every typeof venue. He is occasionally in-vited by colleges and universitiesto give a special lecture on the re-lationship between philosophyand magic. He currently main-tains a schedule of 250+events/year.

NELLY’S ECHO: NelsonEmokpae, also known as“Nelly”, originally hails fromNigeria. He has drawn on hisbackground and experiences totell his story in music and lyrics.His blend of soul, reggae andblues and vocal abilities trans-port the listener into the musicalstory. He mixes a little calypso,Afro-beat and a lot of soul into astyle that is a crowd pleaser.

AMANDA DUNCAN:“Welcome to your musical punchin the face,” says Amanda Dun-can from the stage to the crowdas she flashes a knowing smile.Amanda draws from a diverseblend of the crooning hits of the30′s and 40′s and the pop-countryof today, to craft what has be-come her light-hearted, head-bopping acoustic sound. As aspectator, you’ll be impressed byher hummable melodies andpowerful vocals .

GINA BRILLON: Gina hasbeen featured on E’s ChelseaLately, Comedy Central’s Live atGotham, ABC’s The view andComedy.Tv. She’s also been innumerous other projects, MTv3,SiTv, Latina magazine , New Yorkpost and the Daily News. She hasalso opened for singers ChrisetteMichelle and Neyo. This Bronxborn Latina has no trouble con-necting with her male or femalefans with her raw honesty .

AUSTIN CANE: Austin“Walkin’ Cane” is a bluessinger, songwriter who per-forms acoustic solo, duo & elec-tric band sets. Cane hasacquired various blues/instru-mentalist awards over the yearsand has traveled the world..

“Cane arrives bearing not onlya cool blues calling card but acommanding voice and fieryDelta chops." -The New Yorker

STAN PEARSON II: Stan is aSpeaker, Motivational Comedian,Author & Diversity Enthusiast. Heis a Spanish speaking, salsadancing interactive presenterwho connects with every audi-ence regardless of race, religion,socio-economic background,sexual orientation or ability. Hetruly understands the constantevolving nature of diversity & theimportance of its truth.

BLACK JEW DIALOGS: TheBlack-Jew Dialogues combinescomedic sketches, improv, and au-dience participation to provide afast- paced program. The show hasbeen praised by CNN and theBoston Globe as an “eye openingand honest” dialogue about culturein America. The presenters play amyriad of characters taking the au-dience on a hysterical and poignantjourney through many of our clos-est held beliefs (and misbeliefs).

W. KAMAU BELL: Just likeskinny jeans, superhero movies,and celebrity weight loss, racismcontinues to make a comeback.Luckily for us, comedian and cam-pus speaker W. Kamau Bell is hereto make (non)sense of all of it all. In2012, he premiered his new televi-sion series “Totally Biased with W.Kamau Bell” which aired on FXnetworks. His one-man show "TheW. Kamau Bell Curve: EndingRacism in About an Hour" is an ex-ploration of America's racism.

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KYLA LACEY: Kyla Lacey is a spoken word poetand writer. Her bright dispositionshines through her journey of lifethrough triumphant and tragedy.She is primarily a poet but infusescomedy into her performance,drawing from her own real life situ-ations. She speaks French, Germanand Spanglish, and understandsfull well the necessity of communi-cation and diversity. She will makeyou laugh, cry and feel utterly in-spired

ERIN JACKSON: Erin's warm,conversational style and relat-able humor have helped to pro-pel her onto the nationalstage.Erin currently co-hostsExhale, a provocative, hip andcandid new talk show airing onEarvin “Magic” Johnson’s AS-piRE television network. She’sperformed on The Ellen De-Generes Show, Comedy Cen-tral’s Live at Gotham, and theTv Guide Network'sStandup inStilettos.

NATALIE STOVALL: Whetherit’s Natalie Stovall’s breathtakingvocals and larger-than-life stagepresence, her band’s turbo-charged, take-no prisoners liveshows, or the collective unit’sbarnstorming worldwide tours,Natalie Stovall and The Driveprove they are arena ready. Ahumble, charismatic entertainerwith a trademark lion’s mane ofbig blonde hair, Natalie and herpowerful vocals and sparkling fid-dle leave audiences spellbound.

SAVANNAH OUTEN: Savan-nah Outen has over 95 MILLIONYouTube views. Since 2007, shehas been posting videos of differ-ent covers (and even some origi-nals), making her an internetcelebrity. She has recordedmusic for Disney and participatedin Billboard Music Awards’ Battleof the Bands. She has also per-formed at The American MusicAwards and at Macy’s Thanksgiv-ing Day parade.

RACHEL FEINSTEIN: Racheldeveloped her hilarious, char-acter driven style by openingfor her father’s blues band asa kid and doing impressionsof various loud and jarring rel-atives. She has appearanceson “World’s Dumbest” ontruTv, “Comics Unleashed,”“Just for Laughs” and “Live atGotham” on Comedy Central.Spots include “Montreal Com-edy Festival,” Scotland’s“Glasgow Comedy Festival,”a Tv show in Amsterdam .

SVET: SvET the hip hop violinisthas showcased at 6 NACA re-gional conferences. He hasshared the stage with The BlackKeys, Chris Brown, T-pain, GymClass Heroes, Fabolous, Cee Lo,and many more! Aside from col-leges, he also regularly performsfor Fortune 500 companies, TheBrooklyn Nets, and various chari-ties. Last year, he was runner upas Campus Activities Magazine’sBest Musical Act.

JOEL MEYERS: Joel Meyers, ayoung interactive comedy illu-sionist who has taken the worldby storm. performing a progres-sive brand of magic for celebritiesand audiences of all types andages worldwide. Newsweek mag-azine says Joel quite simply "willcapture your imagination.” Hewas specifically selected to per-form at major movie premieresfor Hollywood elite and currentlyis touring the college market.

NICK PIKE: British comedyjuggler Nick Pike was a Quarterfi-nalist on America's Got Talent . Heis now touring Colleges and Uni-versities across America. He hasperformed his one man show,'Laugh Out Loud!' on over 80 cam-puses. Nick's fast-paced comedyjuggling show combines crazyskills, dangerous stunts, hilariousvolunteer interaction, and an eng-lish accent. Nick is guaranteed toentertain!

CHRISTOPHER CARTER:Christopher Carter has beencalled the world’s greatestmind reader. But he’s not psy-chic. He’s just in the businessof freaking people out. Withwell over 2000 campus per-formances to his credit, andnumerous past Reader’sChoice awards under his belt,Christopher is one of the mostsought after entertainers inthe campus market. In hiswords, he does “anything thatis weird, freaky or cool.”

SAILESH: MTV Europe hasnamed Sailesh as ‘The BestHypnotist on the Planet’, withover 10 million hits onYouTube, his live performanceis the hottest show on the col-lege market! You don’t justwatch Sailesh’s HypnosisShow—you and your friendsstar in an edge of your seat hi-larious and improv program.

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NEW YORK PARTY WORKS:party Works has been in the busi-ness of entertaining people forover 30 years. They take pride inbeing a service oriented companythat cares as much about yourevent as you do. Although theyare one of the top New York EventCompanies, they take their serv-ices anywhere to make sureYOUR event is spectacular. Thecompany is still family owned andyour call will be answered by aperson ready to fulfill your needs.

ENDEAVOR ENTERTAINMENT:Endeavor Entertainment is a fullservice entertainment companyproviding all types of noveltyshows for the college, corporate,and private party rental markets.Celebrating our 10 year anniver-sary in 2014, we are proud tobring such fun shows like me-chanical bull, airbrush tattoos,casino nights, drive in movies,photo booths, and new for 2014our Drop zone Stunt Jump.

TJOHNE:The John family is sincerely ap-preciative of the nomination.We’ve listed for you the top sixreasons to vote for ThinkFast: (6)Our repeat business is 100%; (5)Clients pay us at their conven-ience; (4) 100 to 500 multi digitwireless remotes; (3) Most So-phisticated Software by far; (2)Most experienced and talentedproducers; and (1) 650 showseach year.

RECORD-A-HIT: Record-A-Hitwas establish by Rob Bromswhen karaoke was becommingpopular in the mid-80s. But soonthe shows became more diverseand more innovative as did thecompany’s reputation for fun anddepenadable events. Their ElkGrove, IL warehouse is bursting atthe seams with a huge variety ofattractions including Digital AirGaffiti and the Iceless SkatingRink.

CEP, INC.: CEpis a NationalAward winning full serviceNovelty variety Company spe-cializing in, unique interactiveentertainment and prides it-self on being the Industryleader, like ‘Bongo Ball Mania’and‘Intensity Game Show.’The pEERS division knowshow to make learning fun, ed-ucational and informativeWhen your event counts, youcan count on CEp to do itright!

DAN LORNITIS: With more than5000 live performances to his credit,hundreds of colleges and universi-ties throughout the United Stateshave rebooked Dan. Why? Not justbecause he is easy to work with,he’s hilarious, and he doesn’t resortto trash-mouth tactics; it's all aboutthe performer, and Dan brings it toa whole new level of laughs per sec-ond. If you think that hypnotists area seen-one-seen-them-all proposi-tion, you really need to check outDan Lornitis.

JOSEPH TRAN: With his dis-arming demeanor, wordplay andenergetic vibe, Joseph resurrectsthe traditions of the variety enter-tainer and brings it into the 21stcentury. One part magician, andone part comedian, Joseph’s freshcombination of signature magicand stand-up comedy is perfectlysuited for college crowds. You willhear his trademark catch-phraseeven weeks after your event! hewas also a stunt man for the MightMorphin power Rangers.

chrisjones: chrisjones is one ofthe newest and most energetic per-formers on the college markettoday. He has been taking his in-sanely unique hypnosis show touniversities across the country andengaging students with his en-hanced skill of hypnosis. Giving theaudience an incredibly interactiveshow, his performances combinephysical features and visual antics--making students the true stars ofthe show!

MARK TOLAND:Mark Toland's spectacleshave captivated audiencesnationwide. As a mindreader he combines expert-ise in mentalism, psychol-ogy, and hypnotism to blowyour mind. It's easy to seewhy colleges call Mark'sshow "a must have on yourcampus!".

MIKE SUPER:As the winner of NBC’s hit Tv show‘phenomenon’, Mike is the onlymagician in history to win a LIvEmagic competition on primetimeUS network television and votedAmerica's Favorite Mystifier!Through spectacular illusions andhis own down-to-earth style andpersonality, Super has pioneeredmagic that transcends the "trick".Mike has emerged as magic’snewest celebrity, with a legion offans numbering in the millions.

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BASS/SCHULER ENTERTAINMENTBSE works with hundreds ofcolleges and universitiesaround the country. Award-win-ning acts and establishingstrong working relationshipshas made Bass/Schuler“Agency of the Year” in Cam-pus Activities Magazine numer-ous times, including 2012. Theyare thankful for the supportover the years and look forwardto continuing their working re-lationships in the future!

NEON ENTERTAINMENT:Neon represents entertainers thathave appeared on The TonightShow with Jay Leno, SaturdayNight Live, Comedy Central, MTv,HBO, and NBC and more. In addi-tion to live entertainers, they providea number of interactive services,from inflatable games, to noveltygiveaways and special events andalso represent nationally knownacts and speakers, motivational,and team building specialists.

SOPHIE K ENTERTAIN-MENT. Sophie K is a full-serviceentertainment agency meeting theneeds of colleges/universities, cor-porate events, festivals and clubs.We consider ourselves more of aboutique agency for stand up co-medians, bands and variety artistsallowing us to pay closer attentionto the artists and the customers.We’re thrilled to be nominated. Wesincerely appreciate it and we ap-preciate your business even more.

BE COLLEGES: BE Collegesis a FUN boutique agency inBoston, MA and St. Louis,MO. We represent a variety ofacts including musicians,poets, comedians, varietyacts, and more! We areknown for our personalizedservice (with either Hillary orIan) and are dedicated tobringing the best entertain-ment to your campus.

KIRKLAND PRODUCTIONSKP COMEDY:: Kirkland produc-tions is an entertainment agencyspecializing in entertainment, cul-tural, and educational programsfor colleges and universitiesacross the country. We pride our-selves on offering professionalentertainers, quality programs,and the highest level of service toour customers. Our sister com-pany, Kp Comedy, specializes inproviding the best comedians forcollege campuses nationwide.

PETER BOIE: peter Boie Magi-cian for Non-Believers captivatesaudiences across the country withhis award winning magic that willdefy your reality. His show leaveshis audience gasping, laughing,and thoroughly entertained. Therave reviews are piling up makinghim one of the most in demandcollege performers in the country.peter lives in Maine and his fa-vorite color is orange.

ADAM GRABOWSKI:What's this blue line above myhead? Does my hair make melook like Jim from The Office? Isanyone actually reading this? Iwonder how many words I haveleft in my bio. I should probablysay something about being2013’s Best Comedy Artist and2012’s Fastest Rising Star.

MATT COREY: "venturing faroutside of the realm of traditionalsaxophone music, Matt Corey’sSax/DJ set features music bymany of today’s top artists. Fus-ing club and radio hits with rawenergy and virtuosic instrumentalmastery, Matt has been featuredin performances in London, WaltDisney World, the Rock & RollHall of Fame, and hundreds ofclubs, colleges. He has openedfor Dave Matthews Band, LilWayne, Mario, Average WhiteBand, & O.A.R.

MICHAEL KENT:Comedian and Magician MichaelKent has been a close Runner-Upfor the Entertainer of the Year theprevious two years. He has pre-sented his original show in hun-dreds of colleges in 46 states, 9countries, 19 military bases. Hecombines humor with magic in away that seems to let the audi-ence “in on the joke,” making himone of the top comedy-magiciansin the country.

DANIEL MARTIN: This yearDaniel Martin was recognized byCampus Activities Magazine asthe highest rated/best reviewedperformer in the college market.His high-energy blend of insanemagic and sarcastic improv con-sistently lead to standing ova-tions and record-breakingattendance nationwide. He hasbeen nominated Entertainer ofthe Year three times.

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GARY JOHNSON: Gary John-son has shared the stage withdozens of multi-platinum groups,playing sold out venues coast tocoast with attendance often ex-ceeding 30,000 people. He hasrecorded and toured with formermembers of The Fray, Seether,Breaking Benjamin, Boston, andothers. He has received rave re-views on his fully-interactiveshow which promotes over-whelming crowd participation.

RYAN SCHMIDT:Boston-based singer/song-writer, Ryan Schmidt hasopened for critically ac-claimed artists including: MattNathanson, Lights, patMcGee, been featured in GQ’s“Men Of The Year” editorial, isa YouTube partnered coverartist and has been named theCritic’s Choice at the the Star-bucks Music Makers Competi-tion.

VON SHAKES: The vonShakes moved to Americafrom Dublin, Ireland in March2012 and haven’t looked backsince, headlining colleges anduniversities from Colorado toupstate New York and in be-tween. With their gloriouslyimpassioned sound, great vo-cals and catchy lyrics, it’s nowonder the U.S has taken aliking to them

JASON LEVASSEUR: JasonLevasseur was named 2012 Musicperformer of the Year by CampusActivities Magazine. Jason’s versa-tility and inspiring nature make himperfect for all types of events - fromcoffeehouse, to club, to festival, toMC-ing your talent shows. Jason isalso an experienced speaker, pre-senter, and workshop facilitator. Hehas performed with John Mayer,Sugarland, Ludacris, The Roots,Maroon 5, Dave Matthews andmore.

REVERSE ORDER: Knownfor their high energy perform-ances, the guys will have yourentire crowd dancing from startto finish. They were featured onAmerica’s Got Talent, have aGrammy nominated song, andhave performed at Bamboozleand Warped Tour. They havealso shared the stage with ThirdEye Blind, All Star Weekend,and Kate voegele. Last yearthey were nominated as“Fastest Rising Star” for Cam-pus Activities Magazine®.

JESSICA PETTITT: Jessica isthe "diversity educator" your familywarned you about. She is easy towork with, accessible, and modelsvERY simple concepts that we canincorporate into our lives. Her work-shops , seminars and keynotestake participants on a journeyweaving together politics, theory,current events and storytelling withlarge doses of humor reminiscentof Bob Newhart, George Carlin, andpaula poundstone. This is not youraverage diversity program!

SEX SIGNALS: “Sex Signals”provides a provocative in-your-facelook at the issues of dating, sexualassault/harassment, date rape, thecore issue of consent, and by-stander intervention strategies. Stu-dents are thus engaged in a candiddiscussion on dating and the reali-ties of consent as they are chal-lenged to provide solutions that willbetter improve communications ininterpersonal relationships. It hasbecome one of the most talkedabout lecture programs

TERI JENDUSA:: 1 out of 4women will be affected by do-mestic violence. 30% of homi-cides are due to domesticviolence. Teri Jendusa Nicolai isone of those statistics. Her ex-husband beat her with a baseballbat, taped her wrists, head, andankles and then placed her in agarbage can. Teri travels thecountry telling her story andhopes that by doing so, she cansave a life. Google her name tosee her full story.

MATT GLOWACKI: Matt’s pro-grams and outlook on life makeshim one of the most sought-afterspeakers today. He is the #1MOST BOOKED DIvERSITYpROGRAM on campuses! “Di-versity According To South parkand Family Guy,” has been re-quested by campuses Nation-wide as Matt shows just howeducational and diverse these tel-evision shows can be.

C.L. LINDSAY:C.L. Lindsay is thecountry’s foremost authority onHigher Education Law. He literallywrote the book on legal problemsin higher education. The CollegeStudent’s Guide to the Law has be-come the definitive authority. C.L.offers four very popular programs:Campus Computing & the Law, Al-cohol, parties, & the Law, Class-rooms & the Law, and Sex & theLaw. All portray his uncanny abilityto make legal concepts not only un-derstandable, but outright hilarious.

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ERIC MINA:Whether it's playingmind tricks in Australia, readingthoughts in Las vegas, or per-forming comedy hypnosis inTimes Square, Eric's understand-ing of the human mind astoundsaudiences worldwide. His show isa side-splitting, mind-bogglingevent that will leave you believingyour dreams are possible. Eric'spresence is all encompassing,and his powers are real.

SAMMY OBEID: As theyoungest member both of the na-tional tours, CoExist Comedy andthe Axis of Evil New Generation,Lebanese American SammyObeid has worked with RobinWilliams, Russell peters, DanaCarvey and more. He is also thefirst comedian to ever appear onthe Food Network telling jokesand he recently set a world recordperforming comedy 1,001 nightsin a row featured in The New YorkTimes and Time Magazine.

MAKESHIFT PRODIGY: Withenergy and emotion Makeshiftprodigy takes the listener to astate of mind by creating musicthat comes from the soul of themusicians to the soul of the lis-tener. Their explosive chorusesand smooth flowing, vocal stylemake for an beautiful, energetic,and memorable live experiencethat the listener can take homewith them to embrace the power-ful message.

TODD MIGLIACCI: Winner ofDisney World's "Best SpecialtyAct," he brings his award-winningstage show and street magic tocampuses across the country.He's performed on CarnivalCruise Lines, at the 2013 D23Expo (Disney's Comic-Con) atDisneyland in CA and is the onlymagician ever to have performedin Cinderella's Castle at DisneyWorld in FL! He has a decade ofexperience and a background asan Orientation Leader.

CALISE HAWKINS: CaliseHawkins began her college tourin Fall 2013. After two successfulNACA showcases, she will be allover the country this spring.Aside from college shows, she isalso a writer for MTv’s Girl Codeand Guy Code, Totally Clueless,and Charlemagne and Friends.Calise has also been featured onLast Comic Standing, RussellSimmons’ stand up at the El Rey,and on Late Night with JimmyFallon.

PHILLIP PHILLIPS: phillipphillips is a singer/guitarist withmassive pop appeal. Centeringon the American Idol season 11winner’s rich, raspy vocals andmasterful guitar skills, “Home”served as the lead single fromThe World from the Side of theMoon (Entertainment/InterscopeRecords)—a platinum-sellingalbum that shot to #4 on the Bill-board Top 200 Album chart uponits November 2012 release.

TRAIN: an American pop rockband from San Francisco, Califor-nia., Train currently consists of acore trio of pat Monahan (vocals),Jimmy Stafford (guitar), and ScottUnderwood (drums). The bandachieved mainstream success withtheir debut album, Train in 1998 withthe hit "Meet virginia". Train's 2001album, contained the lead single"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)", whichwon two Grammy Awards in 2002.In 2009 , “Soul Sister” became aninternational success for Train.

LINDSEY STIRLING: an Amer-ican violinist, dancer, performanceartist, and composer, Lindseypresents choreographed violinperformances, both live and inmusic videos found on herYouTube channel, Lindseystomp,which she introduced in 2007. In2010, Stirling was a quarter-finaliston America's Got Talent seasonfive, where she was known as theHip-hop violinist.

THE BURIED LIFE: The BuriedLife is a reality documentary series onMTv. The series features Duncanpenn, Jonnie penn, Ben Nemtin, andDave Lingwood attempting to com-plete a list of "100 things to do beforeyou die." The pilot episode aired onJanuary 18, 2010. penn, Lingwood,penn and Nemtin released their firstbook as The Buried Life, "What DoYou Want to Do Before You Die?"onMarch 27, 2012. On the week of its re-lease the book climbed to #1 on theNYTimes Best Sellers List.

MACKLEMORE:Macklemore'sand Lewis' single "Thrift Shop"reached number 1 on the U.S. Bill-board Hot 100 chart in 2013, sellingmore than 2.2 million copies. It wasthe first time since 1994 that a songreached number 1 on the Hot 100chart without the support of a majorrecord label.Their second single,"Can't Hold Us" also peaked at #1 ,making Macklemore and Lewis thefirst duo in the chart's history tohave their first two singles bothreach number 1

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MISSION IMPROVable: Mis-sion IMpROvable is a four manimprov team that performs a to-tally unique style of improv. The2013 Entertainers of the Year areone of the top-ranked travelingcomedy companies in the coun-try. This Chicago and Los Angelesbased troupe has proven itself asa consistent presence in the col-lege market. The on-the-spot ran-domness provided by theaudience makes each show trulyunique and very often hysterical.

JEN KOBER: Originally fromLake Charles, Louisiana, Koberhas taken her southern style andhas quickly become a nationallyrecognized headliner - bringingcrowds to their feet with her orig-inal blend of stand-up, storytelling, and improvised rock-n-rollcomedy. Credits include AngerManagement, the Mindy project,HBO, Showtime and Standup inStilettos on Tv Guide Network.

MICHAEL MALONE: Malone has been featured on theBob and Tom Radio and Tv Showand made appearances on WGNTv, National Lampoon’s Opera-tion Comedy Tour, NBC Tv, XMSirius Satellite radio and the CW.He recently won the 33rd AnnualSeattle Comedy Competition inDecember 2012 and has a top tenbest selling comedy album oniTunes. He carries the weight of aprofessiojnal and is one of thecountry’s hottest new-comers.

LUCAS BOHN: The perfectblend of schoolboy charm andbad-boy charisma, his comedy isboth smart andaudacious. Known as the littleguy who generates big laughs,Lucas has shared the stage withDave Chapelle, Jimmy Fallon,Kevin Hart and pablo Fran-cisco. His hilarious imperson-ations make him an instant hit.Lucas is a comedic force to bereckoned with.

ADAM MAMAWALA: Adam Ma-mawala is an award-winning 26year old stand-up comedianbased out of NYC. Adam has per-formed at over 150 collegesacross more than 35 states, wasnamed the second highest ratedcomic on Campus Activities Mag-azine’s Dean’s List with an aver-age score of 4.84/5, and wasvoted Fastest Rising Star by read-ers. He will be featured in an up-coming episode of MTv’s “GirlCode”.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE: TheOffice of Student Life (OSL) in-cludes the Student Life program-ming Board, Multiculturalprogramming Board, LeadershipAcademy, and Greek Council. Theprogram boards work to provideentertainment and educationthrough comedians, musicians,lecturers, and films. The LeadershipAcademy builds leaders throughretreats, speakers, and mentoring.The Greek Council governs Augus-tana’s local Greek system.

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM &MARY: Alma Mater productions(AMp), strives to provide diverse,high-quality entertainment for theprogramming, social, and educa-tional needs of the student body.AMp consists of 10 committees,each focused on one aspect ofprogramming . From trivia nightsto large-scale concerts, hypno-tists,comedians, and profes-sional speakers, AMp hassomething for everyone.

EASTERN NEW MEXICOUNIVERSITY: ENMU’s ASAB-plans and implements over 60recreational, social and entertain-ing events for their campus andsurrounding communities eachyear. The board is made up of fourbranches: Entertainment, Music,Special Events and Membership.Each branch is responsible forplanning and implementing theirevent as well as 2 philanthropicevents per year.

WINTHROP UNIVERSITY:Winthrop’s DSU programmingBoard provides educational andentertainment opportunities for theWinthrop campus. We bring a di-verse array of entertainment for ourcampus by hosting events thatpeople will remember for years tocome. We work personally withagencies and performers by pro-viding a memorable experience thatwill result in new fans and lifelongfriends.

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON:The zips programming Network(zpN) is the all-campus program-ming board that sponsors activitieslike Homecoming, Family Week-end, Adult & Family programs,Movie Series and more. ResidenceHall program Board (RHpB) activi-ties include Welcome Weekend,the Emerging Leaders program,Hall Fest, Sibs Saturday, ResidenceLife Cinema, road trips, noveltyevents, the Coffeehouse Series,and Entertainment Series. .

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LANDRY: Landry is a Canadian-born, in-terracial love-child whose hybrid existence,when mixed with a little dysfunction, makesfor a fantastic recipe of comedy goulash! Herelocated to Atlanta to hone in on his craft,and in 2010 he took the title of “Best MaleComic.” [email protected]

YLVIS: Comedy duo and brothers Vegardand Bård Ylvisåker began their onstage ca-reers as ‘Ylvis’ in Bergen, Norway. They’vesince extensively toured to packed housesand rave reviews across the country. Ylviscreated “What Does the Fox Say” as a parodymusic video and amassed over a quarter ofa billion views. [email protected]

MOCKINGBIRD SUN: These guys came together through collabora-tions wit CMA/ACM Song of the Year winner and Grammy & Oscar nominatedsongwriter Tom Douglas. The band has released three EP's working with pro-ducers Mac McAnally (Jimmy Buffet, Kenny Chesney, 6 time CMA Musician ofthe Year), Jaren Johnston ("You Gonna Fly", "Days of Gold"), and Douglas. Theirdebut single, "Lucky Guy", was written with Grammy Award winning songwriterLiz Rose (Taylor Swift)[email protected]

STRANGEHEART: strangeheart is an American indie pop band formedin 2012 in Los Angeles. Their first single, “In Another Life,” generated plenty ofrecognition, having climbed the HYPE MACHINE popular charts (no remixes) toreach #24 . “In Another Life,” attracted the attention of big retailers such as Nord-stroms, who featured the band in their Spring Break 2013 playlist. Their secondsingle “How to Feel Right,” was released on iTunes October 22. strangeheart iscurrently in the studio working on their debut album and playing shows on thewest coast. They have signed to Paradigm for touring [email protected]

ODD?ROD: odd?Rod’s humble begin-nings have turned into the very tool neededto save and inspire. He’s released three bi-ographical poetic chapbooks, written/actedin 3 crime prevention commercials, andvoiced-over an NFL Jaguars commercialands in 2009 released a children’s [email protected]

MATTHEW BROUSSARD:Matthew was the winner of Houston’s funni-est person in 2012. His brand of playful,smart humor appeals to a broad audienceand relies on his killer timing, subtle wit, anddevilish good looks. He can be seen on Com-edy Central’s, Adam DeVine’s House Party [email protected]

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G. YAMAZAWA: G. Yamazawa is aNational Poetry Slam Finalist, two-timeSouthern Fried Champion, two-time Individ-ual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and ranked2nd at the Ontario International Poetry Slam.He has featured at venues and universitiesacross the nation including the SundanceFilm Festival and Bonnaroo Music Festival.info @neon-entertainment.com

JORDAN CARLOS: Jordan Carlos,is more than a funny nerd in glasses. Oneof the stars of MTV’s “Guy Code” and “GirlCode,” Jordan has been featured in bothThe Montreal Comedy Festival and The NewYork Comedy Festival. He’s also CollegeHumor’s go-to Barack Obama. His Obamavids have hit counts in the [email protected]

DUSTIN HATZENBUKLER: Influenced by both the soulful rootsof classic R&B and the spontaneity of the modern singer/songwriter,piano player, Dustin Hatzenbuhler is drawing comparisons to artists likeJohn Legend, Gavin DeGraw, and Jason Mraz. Since 2012, Dustin hasplayed shows with Eric Hutchinson and Dave Barnes and appeared onNBC’s popular show, The Voice. [email protected]

ROSS MATTHEWS: Ross Mathews made his television debut as a cor-respondent for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” He is currently a regular pan-elist and occasional guest host on E!’s late-night talk show “Chelsea Lately,” andis a fixture on E! News. Mathews recently created a pilot, produced by ChelseaHandler’s Borderline Amazing Productions, which he will host, write, and co-produce. The show will be a celebration of pop culture, and will include celebrityguests, audience interaction, and field pieces. [email protected]

CHLOEL HILLARD: Chloé has beena culture/entertainment journalist, writingfor The Village Voice, Essence, Vibe, King,and The Source. She was recently made herTV debut on AXSTV's "Gotham ComedyLive"and has worked as a warm-up comic forshows on CBS, MSNBC and [email protected]

DARRIN ROSE: Fresh off his selec-tion to showcase at the 2014 NACA Nationalconvention, Darrin Rose is storming the U.S.college market. He has performed four timesat the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, hasappeared on Last Comic Standing and [email protected]

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ICELESS SKATING RINK: Ironically, this Iceless Skating Rink is HOT,or cold or room temperature, depending on your event site. Many campuseshave been pleased with this full size ice skating rink for experienced skaters orthose learning to skate for the first time...plus no cold temps, wet surfaces orheavy clothing if set up indoors. Plan ahead with hot chocolate and popcorn,and you’ve got a skating party. Smooth, very slick rink, skates, benches, pro-tective flooring and great attendants all included wherever you want . [email protected]

JESUS TREJO: Jesus Trejo is one ofthe funniest up and coming young comics.He started stand-up in college and movedon to comedy clubs. He recently landed a re-occurring role as “Javier” on TBS’s “Sullivan& Son,” staring Steve Byrne and producedby Vince Vaughn/ Peter [email protected]

SCARLETTA: Scarletta has been aNashville mainstay for the last 2 years work-ing with Grammy Award-winning producerBlake Chancey and coming off a 2013 tourof 150 shows including over 100 collegeshows coast to coast. One of Billboard’s TopTen to watch in [email protected][email protected]

TOM VARINO: Using fingertips, palms and multiple brushes, Tom paintsportraits of famous people on a 4x5’ canvas in minutes. His creations are cho-reographed to loud music that is powerful and stimulates the senses. Tom’sEmotion Into Art™ is described as taking his audience through an amazing jour-ney of excitement, suspense, cheer, motivation and surprise. His ability to cap-tivate his audience and share the experience of color, music, and action is a wayto bring people into the world of art, inspiration and [email protected]

ERIC HUTCHINSON: This Fall Ericreleased his new live album Almost Solo inNYC free from his website – the demand wasso great, the site crashed. A late night favorite,Eric has appeared on Conan, Leno, Letterman,Kimmel, and Ferguson, and wowed audiencesfrom coast to coast with his amazing live [email protected]

NEIL HILBORN: Neil's "OCD LovePoem" went viral this year with 4 Millionviews the first week. 2011 National CollegePoetry Slam Champion Hillborn hit the roadtouring full time immediately upon gradua-tion, coming in 5th in the National PoetrySlam in first year against 20 year [email protected]

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