Photo by: Steven Stoker

Like to laugh? Well, you’re in luck, as DU will soon find itself host to more and more comedy events as Denver University Comedians Kkkhht, or DUCK grows in both membership and ambition.

Sophomore Steven Stoker is the mastermind behind this group and he has a lot to say about where he plans to take things.

“What’s weird is this didn’t start as a comedy group,” Stoker teased, “I was initially pushing for equal rights for waterfowl. They’re a really underrepresented demographic on campus. You don’t see them in classes, the ponds they live in are filthy, and most of them are gone for half the year. I guess duck rights will have to wait for a more enlightened time.”

Stoker started DUCK in 2006 to give people with a sense of humor a voice on campus.

“We may joke a lot and wear bras on our heads sometimes, but we really want to be taken seriously,” he said.

Stoker commands a respectable array of jokes, gags, and pranks that he uses to amuse his friends and schoolmates.

“What I love about comedy is how versatile it is,” he explained. “You can make anything funny. Take Abraham Lincoln for example.”

Stoker then produced a sheet of paper and pencil and illustrated how the words “Emancipation Proclamation” could be altered to say “Constipation Proclamation.”

“It completely changes the meaning,” he continued. “The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves from bondage. The Constipation Proclamation frees poop from your butt.”

Stoker has big plans for DUCK this year. Members have been discussing new concepts for a campus newspaper similar to The Onion. DUCK is also making a float for the Homecoming parade, planning a movie night and wants to start speed dating.

“Actually, the speed dating doesn’t have anything to do with comedy,” said Stoker. “We’re all just really lonely.”

DUCK meets weekly, but a regular time and place have yet to be set.

“We find that if we keep the meeting place and time random, the only people who show up are the one’s who are really to comedy.”

For more information on DUCK contact Stoker at sstoker@du.edu.