Behind the mind of comedy’s John Fugelsang
By: Kassandra Pool /Staff Writer The son of a Franciscan brother and a Catholic nun, John Fugelsang didn’t grow up in a typical religious family. A comedian for 12 years and former host of America’s Funniest Home Videos from 1997-2000, Fugelsang will be performing his one-man show “All the Wrong Reasons” at the South Beach Comedy Festival on Saturday Jan. 19 at 11:59 p.m. The event will be free and tickets can be obtained at www.southbeachcomedyfestival.com. “All the Wrong Reasons” is a scripted show written by Fugelsang about family, religion, sex, love and guilt. Q:What was your inspiration for becoming a comedian? A:George Carlin meets Spalding Gray. I wanted to be the bastard child of…
E-mail Change: Say goodbye to Webmail
By: Chris Towers / Asst. News Director Students who have gotten used to their FIU Webmail box are going to be in for a shock on Jan. 28, when the university switches their e-mail accounts to Gmail servers. The new service will be known as “PatherMail” for students. The transition, which University Technology Services has been working on for several months, will upgrade students’ e-mail storage capacity from the old system’s 100 MB, to a 5GB capacity with Gmail. “This is a move that has been in the works for a few months,” said John Cabarga, Marketing Director for UTS. “It has taken less than a year to implement.” Along with the increased storage capacity,…
Festival of Laughs: South Beach plays host to big names in comedy
By: Kassandra Pool /Staff Writer The South Beach Comedy festival is back for its third year, offering its audience a culturally diverse festival with a variety of comedians and some free shows. Comedians such as Jeff Dunham, Stephen Lynch and Dave Attell will be performing this year at the Lincoln Theatre, Colony Theatre, Lincoln Road Stage and The Fillmore Miami Beach Jackie Gleason Theatre. The festival kicked off this Wednesday at the Fillmore Theatre with a performance by Kathy Griffin and ended at the Colony Theatre with a Billy Eichner show. The comedy festival was founded by current festival director Raul Mateu on a cold January day in New York. Mateu, senior vice president and…
Corrections
By: [no author name found] In the issue dated Dec. 6, 2007, the story “Students play stocks on the web” incorrectly listed a $100 prize as $100,000. Also, Andrew Gunn sponsors the prize, not his father. In the Jan. 7 and Jan. 10 issues of The Beacon, Corey Bachman was incorrectly listed as Corey Anderson. The Beacon will gladly change any errors. Call our UP office at 305-348-2709 or BBC at 305-919-4722. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
