Music, comedy and more entertain students

By Kelly Morgan (Whetstone Staff Writer)

Singer-songwriter Matt Santry helped kick off the Student Activities Board’s Winter Week by performing live from noon to 2 p.m. at the College Center Lobby on Jan. 25.

Besides his own work, Santry covered popular hits, including the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody.”

Santry’s modern rock/pop sound grabbed the attention of students and faculty walking through the lobby.

You can learn more about Santry on his Web site. He also has pages on “Myspace” and “Facebook.”

On Jan. 26, students performed 8-second silent skits in front of a camera. Stills from the skits were printed out and placed into a mini-flip book.

Junior Kristen Sofia made an 8-second video with sophomore Erika Tanase.

Sofia wore a hat in the shape of a toaster and Tanase held an inflatable guitar.

“I thought it was funny,” Sofia said. “It’s better with props. You can’t just stand there.”

Bobby K Entertainment provided the “new kind of technology” to Wesley.

“We take an 8-second video of you,” said company representative Matt Gehl. “Then, we print it to 16 different pages in a mini book.”

The images come to life when the pages are “flipped” through.     .

Howl at the Moon sponsored a Jan. 29 trip to the Delaware State Fair Ice Rink in Harrington from 8-10:30 p.m.

Students could buy tickets for $3. Normal general admission ranges from $7 to $10.

The price of the ticket included transportation, and students were given a free meal voucher, which could include a slice of pizza, a pretzel or a soda.
Some students sang songs.

Sophomore Jeffrey Martinez accompanied the choir of college students.

“Singing on the bus reminded me of high school – the good old days,” he said. “It was fun making people laugh.”

About 55 students bought tickets, but other students drove on their own.

Music played while everyone skated.

“He was a good DJ,” Martinez said. “He ripped it apart. He knew how to transition songs and cross-fade them.”

Martinez had a good time.

“I’ve ice skated a couple of times,” he said. “But I’ve roller-bladed my whole life.”
Because she had such a good time, freshman Lauren Schaniel wants to come to more events.

“It’s cool the school offers this,” she said. “It’s fun and I get to see everybody.”

Schaniel has been ice-skating since she was in fourth grade, but stopped because practices were too early.

“I’d have to wake up before school and I didn’t like it,” she said.

Freshman Erica Hansen said it wasn’t just about a good time.

“It’s a lot of fun and a good work out,” she said.

The Student Activities Board also sponsored comedian Dan Cummings, who performed in the Wells Theater on Jan. 27 from 9-10:30 p.m.

Cummings, 32, has performed on “The Last Comic Standing” and “Live at Gotham” on Comedy Central.

Cummings, aware that a basketball game was being held in the gymnasium, commented about the school’s mascot, a wolverine.

“[Wesley has] a very tough mascot,” he said. “You should win every game.”

Cummings, who graduated from a high school in Riggins, Idaho, did not think his school‘s mascot, a pirate, was appropriate.

“Pirates were not good people, they were murderers,” he said. “My mascot would molest the other mascots.”

Cummings also talked about careers and businesses.

“Choose your career wisely,” he said. “I saw a man wearing a toga, pushing a scooter while holding a pizza box. I thought, ‘Good job, you hit rock bottom.’”

The audience laughed at his idea on businesses to combine.

“I would combine a strip club and a day-care,” Cummings said. “Someone has to watch those kids while mommy works – and while daddy is with his real family.”

Panda bears became another of the comedian’s victims.

“Panda bears are not intimidating,” he said. “They should be called p**** bears. If they survived (being in a cage with tigers,) they will get their named changed to ‘Super Bear.’”

The climax of Cummings’ animal-themed joked included a series of sexual jokes about pandas having sex with tigers.

Tracey Walsh, freshman, was not offended by Cummings’ provocative jokes.

“His jokes were on a college student’s level,” she said. “The previous comedy show I went to was at my high school. The jokes told were less provocative. They were not as funny.”

Cummings also interacted with the audience, and asked Carmen Welsh, a senior psychology major, about her major.

She told him it was easy because of the discipline’s multiple-choice format on tests.

“I’m horrible at counseling,” Cummings commented. “It’s hard listening to peoples’ problems and not laughing.”

Cummings also acted self-deprecating at times.

“I hate telling jokes,” he said. “I’m waiting until my greeting card career kicks off. We should have mean greeting cards: ‘I can’t believe you’re still mad at me for sleeping with your girl. Happy Veteran’s Day.’”

Kari Hedges, freshman, enjoyed her first comedy show at Wesley.

“Now that the bar was set high, I feel like the rest of the comedians have to be as good as this one was,” she said.