Murad Shorrab stomped across the stage in 105 Forum, growling into a microphone like a dinosaur as a part of a comedy skit.

Shorrab acted out the humor of trying to meet someone over the Internet. Though the girl said online that she looked like a movie star, seeing her in-person wasn't so pretty. Shorrab depicted her as a creature from Jurassic Park.

He performed as a part of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 524 Locust Lane, and Penn State Comedy Night Club's first YouthAIDS Comedy Night on Friday.

The event raised $1,815 through advertisements, fundraisers, a raffle and ticket sales to donate to YouthAIDS, Sigma Phi Epsilon's Vice President of Programming, Michael Barasch (sophomore-journalism) said.

YouthAIDS targets youths with positive messages about avoiding AIDS through pop culture, music, theatre and sports.

"We wanted to do something different. We wanted to find something that students don't get a lot," Barasch said about the philanthropy.

He said one of his major goals in organizing the event was getting greeks and non-greeks to work together.

"Maybe this will start a trend with greeks thinking outside of the box [about philanthropies]," he said. "The campus needs to unite."

Comedians were met with applause and laughter from about 100 audience members.

While other comedians joked made sex jokes and used bathroom humor, Matt Jones made some more serious political quips.

He teased that President George W. Bush uses an origami fortuneteller to decide if he should invade countries. "Presidents, presidents in a race; how many countries should we erase?" he said.

Jeff Konkle, an '06 Penn State graduate and winner of the "funniest person in Pittsburgh's" contest, mocked rap.

"If a suburban white boy can read the lyrics poetically it's good rap," he said, then proceeded try to poetically recite lyrics.

In addition to the stand-up comedians, students from Penn State's Full Ammo Imrpov Troupe also performed.

Jeff Kornberg (junior-English) performed musical comedy and what he called musical magic. "I'm the only musical magician in the world, I'm pretty sure," he said before he performed a song in which he acted like a robot, banana and T-rex during the chorus.

"From what the comedians have told me, this audience was wonderful," Will Lewis (freshman-hotel, restaurant, institutional management) said. "They were surprised by the amount of people laughing."

Lewis is the founder of the Penn State Comedy Night Club, which is in its first year at Penn State.

"I think everybody that came had a lot of fun. I think next year there's a lot of possibilities," Barasch said. "It's not one and done. We want it to be an annual thing."

Lewis also shared hopes for the future of YouthAIDS Comedy Night. He said he wants to try to get more big name comedians to perform.

"I think there's a very good shot ... not a guarantee ... but there's a very good chance I can get Jim Breuer here," he said. Breuer is famous for his comedic acts on Saturday Night Live and his work with Dave Chappelle.

"I can see this still going on after I leave here in four years," Lewis said. "We're pairing up with Sig Ep indefinitely."