At the front of a dead silent auditorium, a single spotlight illuminated individual poets as they stepped forward to communicate their experiences relating to topics including personal identity, St. Louis and even masturbation. About 800 people gathered Friday night to see 10 student poets compete in the fourth annual Poetry Grand Slam.
A year of weekly performances in a small dining room at Bear’s Den and annual shows featuring inebriated performers and full audiences donning mustaches has paid off for K.A.R.L. Improv.
Recently, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that defines personhood as beginning at conception, and accordingly extends all rights granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States to an egg the moment it is fertilized.
“Steven Leer, why is he here?” chanted 40 Washington University students and community members who demonstrated at the Arch Coal headquarters on Friday. They were protesting the actions of both the company and Arch CEO and University board-of-trustees member Steven Leer.
Former Wash. U. students Evan Susser and Van Robichaux have taken their talents from the bubble to Hollywood and have just signed a deal to write a script for a live-action movie version of the famous cartoon “The Jetsons.” The Susser-Robichaux team began in Los Angeles when the two were writing and performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre.
