{"id":1131,"date":"2018-06-25T16:41:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/?page_id=1131"},"modified":"2019-07-02T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:22:24","slug":"griffapalooza-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/2018\/06\/25\/griffapalooza-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffapalooza 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students got the chance to get wild and out of their residence halls April 25 to see comedians Chico Bean and Rip Michaels from the MTV show Wild \u2018N Out<\/a> during Griffapalooza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wild \u2018N Out is an American sketch comedy and improv television series. Chico Bean<\/a> and Rip Michaels<\/a> have been part of the series since its season five revival. Last year, the comedians visited Western with other comedians to film a show. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Center for Student Involvement<\/a> hosts the annual Griffapalooza Comedy Show that is free to students. It occurs the week right before finals just in time for students to relieve some stress before their heads get in the books.<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah Collier, assistant dean of Student Development, said that it is a good break for finals to get students to laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets students outside of their residence halls and get onstage and laugh with one another,\u201d Collier said. \u201cEverybody loves to laugh so why not bring a comedian to campus?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During the show, students got the chance to go onstage and play some games with the comedians. For example, one game from the show called \u201cLet Me Holla,\u201d is played by using a funny pick-up line on a girl. <\/span><\/p>\n

Clarissa Blakely was one of the girls who were onstage during the game. She got \u201chollered\u201d at by the comedians and other fellow Griffons that attended the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just nice to relieve some stress because we are all freaking out for finals and it is nice to come and make new friends,\u201d Blakely said. \u201cThat guy, I\u2019m going to be with English class tomorrow, he called me a \u2018tall white tree\u2019 so whenever I\u2019m doing a presentation I\u2019m just going to stare at him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the show brought a smaller audience into Spratt 101 than their previous visit in the Looney gymnasium, the room was still filled with laughter and applause from the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope they [the comedians] come back and I hope the smaller audience didn\u2019t scare them,\u201d Blakely said. \u201cIt\u2019s probably just because we\u2019re close to finals that there wasn\u2019t as many people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bean and Michaels both said that they have enjoyed the students and their experience on campus. They also said that they like the diversity of our students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can see that the comradery on campus is unified and you have a lot of diverse students here, and people seem to get along with each other,\u201d Bean said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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