On Friday night, Christina Talley took the stage in the Pollock Recreation Room and immediately insulted Carina Smith's mother.

"Yo momma's so stupid, it took her two hours to watch 60 Minutes," Talley (junior-theatre) said.

Smith (junior-health policy and administration) took it all in stride. The two competed on stage in the first Yo Momma Competition, presented by the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority. The competition was based on the MTV show Yo Momma, hosted by Wilmer Valderrama.

"Since it's the middle of midterms, we just wanted to come out and laugh at each other," she said. "We're just naturally funny," she added, referring to herself and Smith.

The competition, which drew a crowd of about 40 people, was part of the sorority's founding week celebration. The sorority celebrated its 84th anniversary yesterday.

Dana Taylor-Hart (senior-public relations), Sigma Gamma Rho president, said she wanted to give students something fun to do on a Friday night.

The event consisted of three lightning rounds: Freestyle, where contestants have 30 seconds to crack jokes, "joke until you choke" and a final "knock-out" round.

Stephanie Oxendine (freshman-division of undergraduate studies), a Philadelphia native, started out

in the audience but eventually took the stage. She said that it was funny but "if they came to my city, they'd get crushed."

Oxendine showed off her skills in the final knock-out round, where she went head to head with fellow Philadelphian Nate Williams, a Chestnut Hill College student.

Williams was equally confident about his skills.

"I'm gonna crush these dudes; they ain't ready for me yet," he said. "Tell them to make the check out to Nate Williams."

Oxendine and Williams battled intensely for the cash prize of $70.

"Yo momma's so fat she drives a spandex car," Williams said.

"Yo momma's so dumb she looked at the YMCA and said 'look, they spelled Macy's wrong,' " Oxendine fired back.

Williams was ultimately victorious, walking away with the cash prize at the end. The rest of the proceeds from the event went to Project Reassurance, a program designed to educate teenage mothers on prenatal and postnatal care.

One surprising contestant was Simon Holowatz, a community health educator at University Health Services, who was there to support his students.

"They signed me up for this," he said.

Although Holowatz did not walk away with a victory, he said he was not disappointed.

"I got a laugh, so that's good I guess," he said, vowing to be more prepared next year.

John Norman (senior-African American studies), who co-hosted the event with Taylor-Hart, said the competition will definitely return next year.

"This is the first one; we'll get more people interested next time," he said.