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...troupes and improv groups are performing in packed auditoriums, dormitory lounges and cafeteria halls at their own schools and occasionally taking their shows on the road to other campuses. Some colleges have even begun offering stand-up comedy courses. "The stand-up comedy movement on campuses is blossoming," says Doug Holsclaw, whose stand-up comedy class at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has had a waiting list for three consecutive years. "The thing about comedy is that it's very empowering. A lot of these kids are on their own for the first time. Comedy helps them realize they...
...lifted a one-out single to left center. Matt Rogers, pinch-hitting for Mackey, bounced a grounder back to Abate, who bobbled the potential double play ball. Abate recovered in time to get Rogers at first, but not before Byrne safely advanced to second and into scoring position. Reliever Doug Brown, one of the Quakers’ mound workhorses, relieved Abate and came in to face Casey. After working a full count, Casey checked his swing on a pitch in the dirt, but did not hold back enough, and was called out to end the game...
...lineup will welcome an interdivisional opponent that has been a dependable boon for struggling offenses. With the Ivies’ second-worst ERA—only Brown’s 8.83 mark is worse than its 8.74—Penn features a jack-of-all-trades reliever named Doug Brown and a staff full of astronomical ERAs. It has yielded 10.83 runs per game since the Ivy season started on March 25. Its offense, the league’s third-worse by batting average, has been paced by .375-hitting catcher Jeff Corn. Haviland will start Game 1 tomorrow...
...That’s why Doug C. Ahlers, a fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, who led the volunteers, chose to place them in Broadmoor, rather than the better-known Lower Ninth Ward or the French Quarter...
...band of con artists.) The robbers (led by Dougray Scott and The Practice's Steve Harris) gab about strippers and Mother Teresa while on a job; the cops who chase them self-consciously reference Lethal Weapon. Created by brothers Mark and Robb Cullen and co-executive-produced by Doug Liman, who directed Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Heist takes a lighthearted tone familiar from the movies--assuring viewers that they're in safe territory...