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Fourth-year English student Kevin Alvarez helped put on &quot;Improv Slam&quot; in January to build a stronger sense of community among different on-campus comedy groups. The event featured an improv workshop taught by local professionals and 15-minute comedy sets. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)

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Looking for laughs: How UCLA students prepare for comedy careers

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Asmita Paranjape splits jokes between Westwood and Hollywood – editing an on-campus satirical magazine and performing sketches at a Los Angeles comedy club. For the fourth-year computer science and linguistics student and other aspiring comedians at UCLA, joining a mix of comedic organizations both on and off campus provides space to gain the experience necessary for a professional comedic career.

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Looking for laughs: How UCLA students prepare for comedy careers

By Daniel Maraccini

May 1, 2017 9:12 p.m.