Volume 124 Issue 87
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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ROMANTIC COMEDY
LAUGHING ABOUT LOVE
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
A cute couple took the stage in Woodruff Auditorium to share the secrets of relationship success last night. The catch? They were two straight men, childhood friends turned college dating coaches, Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell.
Their relationship started in middle school and grew as they did improvisational comedy together in high school, until a certain, special evening.
"One night, we went out on a man date," Ahdoot said. "Ethan took me out to a comedy
in double dating the duo. The ad got thousands of responses and the men went on more than 200 dates. Within a few months, the duo had started their own YouTube series and a touring college comedy show.
"Sit down if you think I'm better looking than Conner Teahan." Abdoot said at the beginning of the show, yelling at the one member of the audience
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Their show last night combined comedy, pick-up tricks, dating advice, musical numbers and plenty of audience participation.
Comedy duo Dave and Ethan reenact a crowd volunteer's worst first date experience including a 45 minute drive to Kansas City with an ill tempered blind date during their comedy routine "Dave and Ethan: College Dating Coaches" at Woodruff Auditorium in the Student Union on Tuesday night. The pair first did a hyperbolic reenactment of how the date really went, and then did a reenactment of how, with a few key changes, the date could've been a success.
worked for Comedy Central, so he had VIP everything, and I was like 'Dude, why did you take me instead of a girl? This is really impressive."
Both men saw that they needed dates and posted a Youtube video that linked to an ad on the personals section of Craigslist, which asked for women interested
who stood up.
The jokes were custom-made for KU students, including a reenactment of a day in the life of two female students, which included fawning over Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor in The Underground and dirty dancing in The Hawk's Boom-Boom Room.
"This is great." Fixell said in a high-pitched voiced. "It's like the walls are sweated."
By the end of the scene, the duo made their point: The dating scene at the University is pretty grim, but they were there to help.
Over the next hour, they of-
ferred a variety of tips, and some were demonstrated for the audience. One student who shared her blind-date horror story got to see Ahdoot and Fixell reenact the experience, complete with suggestions on how she could have turned it around. They also offered dating suggestions in the form of a song, accompanied by guitar and a triangle.
The duo endorsed that men should charm women with accents. It worked on Andrea Stewart, a sophomore from Smith Center, who said she would consider dating Fixell if given the opportunity.
"They were really funny so I thought, 'Why not?' Stewart said of why she decided to come to the performance.
She was initially drawn to the show after she saw they were performing at the University and watched their YouTube videos.
Others weren't aware of what they were getting into when they decided to attend the show, like Elizabeth Ryan, a sophomore from Ottawa.
"When I saw the picture saying 'Date us now', I thought it was an ad for actual double dating," Ryan said.
She later realized it was actually an advertisement for their performance and said she was excited to see her first comedy show.
- Edited by Corinne Westeman
CAMPUS
Frustrations surround new printing system
Clark Waldon, a junior from Prairie Village, uses the touch screen on an Anschutz printer to finish the cycle of printing that is now in place at the library. This new process consists of printing from the computer then actually going to the printer to enter your student information on a touch screen before you receive the print.
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VIRAJ AMIN
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The new printing system at libraries across campus has left students frustrated.
As of the beginning of this semester, students who want to print off documents now must follow a specific set of instructions that require them to log in with their ID and password on the printers' touch-screen pads.
Neal Kremers, a junior from Shawnee, thinks the new system is confusing and takes too long to print off documents.
"I tried to print off homework one time, and the line was too long, so I gave up." Kremers said.
"I didn't even know that they switched systems," Kremers said. "A box came up telling me to enter my ID and password. It was pretty confusing, especially because the
Library staff declined to comment on any difficulties with the new system.
Kremers said he thinks that there is a lack of instructions indicating how to print documents.
Students have been expressing their frustrations about the new printing systems all semester.
Kyle Niquette, a senior from Wichita, said he thinks that the library should revert back to its old ways or look at alternative options.
"I don't understand why they even changed systems; there really was nothing wrong with the old way," Niquette said.
"They should give us a pass code every time we print," Niquette said. "It would make it much easier instead of waiting for people to type in their ID and password."
The new printing system, however, gives students the ability to print from any printer in the library by logging on to the printer itself.
Niquette suggested an option that could please both administration and students.
instructions were at the printers and not at the computers."
Even with the advantages, Niquette still doesn't like the new printing system.
"It is nice to be able to go to any printer and not really have to wait for everyone to sort through their documents," Niquette said. "Regardless, they still need to fix the system to make it more user-friendly."
Don't forget
- Edited by Taylor Lewis
Check out KU's response to "We are Mizzou" — "We are KU." Watch it and get pumped for Saturday's game.
HOW TO PRINT
4. At this point, you can go to any device in that building to release your print job.
2. A window on the screen will notify you of the number of pages, printer location, and cost of the print. Press the 'Print' button.
3. A small notification will indicate that your document is waiting to be released at the device.
1. Open and print your document from the desktop computer.
5. Instructions on releasing your print job are posted at each device. Using the touchscreen and keyboard, login on the device using your KU Online ID and password.
6. Touch the 'Release' tab on the touchscreen.
7. Touch the jobs you would like to print.
Source: KU Information Technology
8. Press the blue 'Start' button on the device.
9. Press the 'Access' button on the device to log out.
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