THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007
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SUA event offers laughs, pizza
BY JEFF DETERS
jdeters@kansan.com
Arvin Mitchell will be the featured act for Student Union Activities" "Pizza and a Comedian"
at 7 tonight in
Ellsworth Hall.
Students also
can vote on
what kind of
pizza they like
best.
More than 60 pizzas from local pizza places will be served to students in hopes of being named the students' favor
ClubComic View and has performed at college campuses and comedy clubs across the country.
"I appreciate the diversity at college campuses," Mitchell said. "That's why I think I have so much
"I want people to come have a good laugh. I just want them to forget about their worries."
ite. Alumnus Bryan Reynolds will open the show. He will be followed by Mitchell, a comedian whose stardom rose since he appeared on BET's Coming to the Stage in 2003. Mitchell has been co-host of BET's
ARVIN MITCHELL Comedian
fun."
Lauren Lakebrink, Liberty, Mo., junior and SUA special events coordinator, said SUA had to book Mitchell's appearance back in the spring.
and wanted to be an architect as a kid. His career path changed when he and his sister went to a local comedy club. He then began doing impressions of Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
Mitchell grew up in St. Louis.
He liked to draw
"It felt so good to make other people laugh" he said.
Over time, Mitchell has honed his craft and has become well-known for his impressions of Bill Cosby, Snoop Dog, DMX and others. On stage, Mitchell doesn't have a set routine. He said he enjoyed interacting with the audience and often just goes with the flow.
He said attendees at the event could expect to hear jokes about anything from Kanye West to O.J. Simpson and more.
Nathan Schriner, Lawrence sophomore, is planning to attend the event tonight. He hadn't seen Mitchell perform but was looking forward to a night of free food and fun.
And Mitchell, who has performed in Kansas but never at the University, encouraged students to use the event as a way to get away from the grind of being a college student.
details
Who: Arvin Mitchell
What: Pizza and a Comedian
When: 7 onight
Where: Ellsworth Hall
Student Union Activities is sponsoring "Pizza and a Comedian." More than 60 pizzas will be served, and students can vote on which kind of pizza they like best.
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
"I want people to come have a good laugh," he said. "I just want them to forget about their worries."
Comedian Arvin Mitchell will perform tonight in Ellsworth Hall for the SUA event "Pizza and a Comedian." Mitchell has appeared on BET and has performed at college campuses across the country.
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CRIME
Barry Bonds indicted
BY PAUL ELIAS ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds, baseball's home run king, was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice Thursday and could face prison instead of the Hall of Fame for telling a federal grand jury he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.
The inductment, culminating a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes, charged Bonds with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Shortly after the indictment was handed down, Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, was ordered released after spending most of the past year in prison for refusing to testify against his longtime friend.
In August, when the 43-year-old Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home run leader, he flatly rejected any suggestion that this milestone was stained by steroids.
"The president is very disappointed to hear this," Bush spokesman Tony Fratto said. "As this case is now in the criminal justice system, we will refrain from any further specific comments about it. But clearly this is a sad day for baseball."
"During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes," the indictment said.
"This record is not tainted at all. At all, Period." Bonds said.
Bonds finished the year with 762 homers, seven more than Aaron, and is currently a free agent.
The White House quickly weighed in on the indictment.
Late in the season, the San Francisco Giants told the seven-time National League MVP they didn't want him back next year.
Bush, who once owned the Texas Rangers, called Bonds to congratulate him in August when the Giants
Bonds could not immediately be reached for comment. One of his attorneys, John Burris, didn't know of the indictment before being alerted by The Associated Press and said he would call Bonds to notify him.
Bonds has never been identified by Major League Baseball as testing positive for steroids.
"I'm surprised," Burris said, "but there's been an effort to get Barry for a long time. I'm curious what evidence they have now they didn't have before."
Bonds is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Dec. 7.
"However, it goes without saying that we look forward to rebutting these unsupported charges in court," Rains said. "We will no doubt have more specific comments in the very near future once we have had the opportunity to actually see this indictment that took so long to generate."
Bonds' defense attorney, Mike Rains, declined comment because he hadn't seen a copy of the indictment.
outfielder broke the home run mark. "You've always been a great hitter, and you broke a great record," Bush said at the time.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who is investigating drug use in baseball, declined comment. So did Hall of Fame vice president Jeff Idelson.
Bonds was charged in the indictment with lying when he said he didn't knowingly take steroids given to him by Anderson. Bonds is also charged with lying that Anderson never injected him with steroids.
"Greg wouldn't do that," Bonds testified in December 2003 when asked if Anderson ever gave him any drugs that needed to be injected. "He knows I'm against that stuff."
Anderson's attorney, Mark Geragos, said the trainer didn't cooperate with the grand jury that indicted Bonds.
"This indictment came out of left field," Geragos said. "Frankly I'm agast. It looks like the government misled me and Greg as well, saying this case couldn't go forward without him."
Prosecutors promised Bonds they wouldn't charge him with any drug-related counts if he testified truthfully. But according to the indictment, Bonds repeatedly denied taking any steroids or performance-enhancing drugs despite evidence to the contrary.
For instance, investigators seized a so-called "doping calendar" labeled "BB" during a raid of Anderson's house.
"He could know other BBs," Bonds replied when shown the calendar during his testimony.
Asked directly if Anderson supplied him with steroids, Bonds answered: "Not that I know of." Bonds even denied taking steroids when he was shown documents revealing a positive steroids test for a player named Barry B.
Bonds said at the end of the 2003 season, Anderson rubbed some cream on his arm that the trainer said would help him recover. Anderson also gave him something he called "flax seed oil." Bonds said.
Bonds then testified that prior to the 2003 season, he never took anything supplied by Anderson — which the indictment alleges was a lie because the doping calendars seized from Anderson's house were dated 2001.
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