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“All the foreign and international
aids are there, and all kinds of supplies
are there and what we are going to gen
erate isn’t going to be substantial also,
but whatever we can, right?” Rajaure
said. “That’s our motive. We want to
raise as much as we can.”
NSA President Parveen Kumar
Chhetri, geography graduate student,
said the group is considering sending
the funds to either the Red Cross or
the Nepalese Prime Minister’s disaster
relief fund.
“The big thing is collecting right
now,” said Rajan Thapa, vice president
of the NSA and biochemistry graduate
student.
Smit Dhakal, secretary of the NSA
and plant breeding graduate student,
said he was in disbelief when he origi
nally heard the news about the earth
quake.
“I was on a field trip in San Antonio
until Friday and I was tired so when
I came back I was sleeping,” Dhakal
said. “Next morning, I was in bed and
a friend called me and said, ‘Did you
know what happened, did you hear
about the earthquake?’ and I was like,
‘Really is that true, or are you just
messing with me?’ I checked Facebook,
and it was true and all I saw was, ‘earth-
RIVERA CONTINUED
that's when I got to work with
people more. I was getting to
hone in on my skills of talking
to people and being funny and I
began to love it. It was in a sales
seminar where I first got exposed
to a motivational speaker and
I could not believe the power
he held. I was amazed at his
influence and how his words
could have so much power.
Right then, language become
very important to me because I
didn't speak English when I got
here and I was working on it
every day. I made a mental note
that I wanted to be like him, but
I had no idea where to start. I
ended up attending a networking
event where I met a stress
management speaker and after
the event, I showed up at his
office and told him I wanted to
work here. He had no idea who I
was and said they weren't hiring,
but I told him I was adamant and
motivated and my perseverance
moved him into hiring me. I
went through corporate and
stress management training for
motivational speakers and began
doing keynotes and it was really
close to what I wanted to do
the rest of my life. After a few of
these events, people kept telling
me I should be a comedian so I
decided to give it a shot. And that
was it. After my first show, I knew
this was it.
THE BATTALION: What was the
first time you did comedy like?
RIVERA: I signed up for a
stand-up comedy seminar in
Houston — which they never
have anymore — and learned
the basics of comedy. I learned
writing for comedy is much
different than writing a keynote
speech. Comedy is measured in
laughs per minute and contains
cycles of set-ups and punchlines.
Part of this seminar's "graduation"
was a stand-up show and I was
scared out of my mind. I prepared
five minutes worth of material
and practiced it obsessively — so
much that I can, to this day, recite
those exact jokes! I got up on
stage, told my jokes and people
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Smit Dhakal, plant breeding graduate student, hands out flyers near the
MSC with the Nepalese Student Association to raise funds for aid to Nepal.
quake, earthquake.’”
The students said their immediate
reaction was to contact their families,
which was difficult because many had
either abandoned their phones to es
cape or were now without power to
charge their phones.
Of the NSA members and former
members who graduated, Rajaure said
no one’s immediate families have been
laughed — I didn't
expect that. But I liked
it. It was like finally
coming home.
THE BATTALION:
What have been
some of the
challenges you've
encountered in this
industry?
RIVERA: Comedy is
enjoyable, but it's hard
After my first show,
everything went really
fast for me. I had no
problem with it until
I got to Hollywood
and Hollywood is an
interesting beast. The
culture there maintains
types, and you are a "type" before
you are anything else. My first set
in Hollywood was about me being
a Puerto Rican woman working in
NASA and my experiences there,
and at first people did not find
that image believable. Hollywood
has ideas for what a Puerto Rican
woman should be, like a maid qr (0 .
a nanny. Female comics also have-
it pretty tough, because a lot of
men just don't think women are
that funny. Especially if you're
attractive, then you have no
chance of being funny at all. As a
female comic, you really have to
hit the ground running with your
jokes.
THE BATTALION: In that regard
do you use comedy as an outlet
to focus on any current issues
for women or minorities?
RIVERA: I do. My comedy is
observational in every sense and
builds off the reality I reside in.
Comedians have to talk about
what they know and what they've
experienced. You have to use your
specific experiences and twist
that to relate to others and that's
what makes the best comics.
Although the industry is beginning
to bridge the gap, women are held
to a lot of expectations that male
comics don't have to face. What
about a woman who's Latina, a
rocket scientist and a comedian?
There's no such a type to fit into, I
am my type.
THE BATTALION: Considering
you have taken a significant
change in career path, what
advice would you have to give
reported dead or hurt, which the com
munity is thankful for.
Chhetri said the local Nepali student
community will meet within the week
and decide exactly where the funds will
go. The NSA will have more drives
throughout the week for food and
clothing, and also hopes to hold a can
dlelight vigil on campus, Thapa said.
Shayla Rivera, Class of 1983, worked at NASA
before starting a career as a stand-up comedian.
to those currently in college or
about to graduate and start a
life of their own?
RIVERA: The main concern I see is
young people look at what they're
studying and think, "I don't know
if I want to do this the rest of my
life," and that's exactly how I felt
when I first started out at NASA.
I did what I could and I did it fully,
then I had a realization I didn't
want to do this forever. My advice
is do what's in front of you with
all the passion you have. Then
listen to yourself and ask whether
you're comfortable here or you
need to go somewhere else —
and if you need to be somewhere
else, take that risk. Sign up for
seminars, walk into offices and
say you want to work with them
and are willing to learn. School
can be very intense, especially at
A&M. But know the days of going
to school in order to work until
we retire and die are gone. Now,
you need to live until you're not
alive anymore. You're not going
to be the same person or doing
the same thing in 20 years what
you're doing now. Find a way to
get to what you enjoy doing, and
as long as you're enjoying the
path you'll be at the place where
you think, yeah, this is actually
really cool. But most importantly,
laugh. We take ourselves too
seriously. Take a deep breath and
just find a way to enjoy yourself.
Learn to live outside others'
universe and thrive in your own.
Don't damage anyone and you'll
be okay. Everyone will be okay.
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