<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/spring-2022/taking-comedy-communication-training.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Taking Comedy into Communication Training</title><excerpt>Don Waisanen ’02 was involved with ComedySportz Santa Barbara, a competitive improvisational group, while he majored in communication studies at Westmont. He took what he learned about theory in the classroom to the troupe to improve his impromptu speaking skills.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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