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 Hannibal Buress has become a victim of his debilitating affliction known as having “no chill” after he was kicked offstage at a Chicago university Saturday for joking about the Roman Catholic Church’s history of sexual assault. 
 
 According to Consequence of Sound, before performing at Chicago’s Loyola University, a Jesuit college, Buress received an email dictating material and subject matter that was off-limits. Aside from profanity, the college informed the comedian that he should not talk about a number of topics, including race, illegal drug use or sexual assault. 
 
 To be fair, the administration at a Jesuit college might not have known Buruss’ material. Maybe they thought they were hiring reality-show star Kandi Burruss. Perhaps they thought they were hosting a lecture on the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca. Even Hannibal Lecter’s act is cleaner than Buress’. Hiring Hannibal Buress and forbidding him to talk about race is like booking Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway to give a joint lecture about the importance of telling the truth. 
 
 Buress, a Chicago native, decided to share the school’s correspondence with his audience. He opened his set by reading the email, followed by a rebuke of the college’s administration. “Bitch-ass old people. I can project,” he said before posting a copy of the email on the venue’s projection screen. 
 
 The comedian further expounded on the topic by posing a simple question to the college: “Y’all fuck kids, right?” 
 
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 Apparently, the officials at the Roman Catholic-affiliated institution didn’t take the roasting too well, cutting Buress’ mic five minutes into his set. 
 
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 Buress is known for his uncompromising style of comedy and for calling out sexual assault. Four years ago, a clip of him calling out Bill Cosby on decades of alleged sexual assault went viral after an audience member posted the video online. 
 
 
 
 In the 2014 recording, Buress encouraged everyone to Google “Bill Cosby” and “rape” after joking about a Cosby rant on comedians’ use of profanity. “Yeah, but you raped women, Bill Cosby,” Buress said. “So that kind of brings you down a couple notches.” 
 
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 Many people point to that 2014 performance as the spark that ignited the firestorm that led to Cosby facing charges of sexual assault. 
 
 At Saturday’s concert, Buress was allowed to continue his performance after an extended 15-minute break during which students were outraged. 
 
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 The weekend was not entirely sweet at Gentile Arena for Loyola University Chicago students. Hannibal Buress’ Saturday night show at Loyola, a Jesuit Catholic university, was almost cut short after the 35-year-old Chicago comedian made a joke referencing sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, attendees confirmed to the Tribune. 
 
 Buress was to perform a standup set as part of Loyola’s annual Colossus show, put on by Loyola’s student-run Department of Programming in the Gentile Arena, home of the school’s basketball teams. He made it a few minutes before his microphone shut off. 
 
 Buress opened the set by projecting an email from Loyola about guidelines for the performance, including content restrictions regarding rape, sexual assault, race, sexual orientation/gender and illegal drugs. He then made a joke connecting the rules to the Catholic Church’s history of child abuse. And the mic went out. 
 
 “We didn’t even realize that that happened for a few seconds because everybody was still laughing about the joke,” said Samantha Nieto, a Loyola graduate student in attendance. 
 
 According to attendees, Buress tried to then perform without a mic, but background music in the arena was turned up and the lights went on. He eventually left the stage. Boos and calls for refunds from the audience followed. Campus safety officers took up places throughout the arena. 
 
 “They pretty much shut it down,” said William Hansberry, a Loyola freshman. 
 
 Buress returned after a break to finish his set, continuing to joke about the content restrictions. According to attendees, he also made a joke about his paycheck for the performance already clearing. 
 
 "I just thought it was kind of ridiculous how Loyola encourages us to think in a critical manner, that critiques institutions, and then they’re an institution that can’t handle the critique,” said Hansberry. “The comedian before Hannibal was swearing just as much and had no problem.” 
 
 Calvin Evans, a Chicago comedian, warmed up the crowd before Buress took the stage. 
 
 As reported by the Loyola Phoenix, Student Development administrators made the decisions during the show. 
 
 Loyola made the following statement to the Tribune late Monday: “Loyola University Chicago cut the mic on Hannibal Buress’s performance Saturday, March 17, because he violated the mutually agreed upon content restriction clause in his contract. It is standard for the University to include a content restriction clause in entertainment contracts; Buress is the only entertainer to disregard the clause to the degree that his mic was cut. Buress eventually returned to the stage and completed his set.” 
 
 Before Buress’ set, DJ Tony Trimm said he also had his sound shut off. Attendees told the Tribune he was playing rap music — songs from Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar. 
 
 “I got about 15 minutes in my set before they cut me,” said Trimm on Twitter. “Thanks Loyola. Saving the world one cuss at a time.” 
 
 Some students said they were confused about the restrictions put on this year’s performance. 
 
 “Knowing who Hannibal is as a comedian, you should expect those kind of things from him,” said Erika Eringis, a Loyola junior who attended the performance. “So I don’t know why they booked him when he’s a comedian who jokes about those subjects.” 
 
 In a since-deleted tweet, sent Saturday night, Buress said, “Weird way to celebrate sweet 16.” He responded to Tribune questions with an email with just an expressionless emoji. 
 
 On Tuesday afternoon, Buress tweeted: “Yeah I agreed to the content restrictions for the Loyola. Who hasn’t lied at a job interview before?? Why is no one talking about the fact that we played 3 hours of Whirlyball after the show??” 
 
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 Comedian Hannibal Buress’ mic was cut after making a joke about the Catholic Church’s history of child abuse during his Saturday night Colossus performance, attendees said. 
 
 Colossus is an annual, two-night show held by Loyola’s student-run Department of Programming (DOP) in Gentile Arena, where a musical act performs one night and a comedic act the other night. 
 
 Buress reportedly opened his set with pictures of an email he said he received from Loyola detailing the school’s restrictions for Colossus artists, including a ban on any content regarding rape, sexual assault, race and sexual orientation. 
 
 The show began with a DJ opener, Tony Trimm, whose set was also reportedly cut short. According to students in attendance, he was playing music containing swearing, such as Kendrick Lamar. He later wrote on Twitter, “I got about 15 minutes into my set before they cut me. Thanks Loyola. Saving the world one cuss at a time.” 
 
 Buress took the stage soon after another comedian warmed up the crowd. 
 
 After making a comment referencing priests’ molestation of children, Buress’ microphone cut out. The upset crowd booed but eventually quieted so Buress could perform without a microphone. The background music’s volume was reportedly increased, according to attendees, and the comedian left the stage for 15 minutes. After the break, he returned and finished his set. 
 
 Evangeline Politis, communications specialist at Loyola, confirmed Buress’ mic was cut because he “violated the mutually agreed upon content restriction clause in his contract.” 
 
 The statement went on: “It is standard for the University to include a content restriction clause in entertainment contracts; Buress is the only entertainer to disregard the clause to the degree that his mic was cut. Buress eventually returned to the stage and completed his set.” 
 
 Politis said she didn’t feel comfortable answering any further questions, as she wasn’t present during the event. 
 
 William Rodriguez, Assistant Vice President of Loyola and Dean of Students, said the “degree” to which Buress disregarded his contract was decided in consultation with administrators after considering the details of the situation. According to Rodriguez, there’s no universal “degree,” but rather each situation is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. 
 
 While DOP puts on Colossus every year, its assistant director, Leslie Watland, said Student Development Administrators made the decisions during the show. 
 
 “DOP students did not make any day-of decisions for Hannibal Buress’ show,” Watland wrote in a email to The PHOENIX. “Student Development Administrators made the decisions.” 
 
 Rodriguez expounded on Watland’s statement. 
 
 “[The decision to cut Buress’ mic was] made in consultation with a number of administrators,” Rodriguez said. “The decision … was a very difficult one, but one that was determined to be most appropriate based on his content and behavior and one that did not involve any student staff.” 
 
 During the break, Buress took to Twitter to share his thoughts about what happened, writing, “Weird way to celebrate sweet 16,” in reference to Loyola Ramblers’ March Madness win over the Tennessee Volunteers earlier that evening. 
 
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 Hours later, Buress’ tweet was no longer available. 
 
 Members of the audience vented their frustration with the handling of the situation on Twitter, writing, “Loyola just cut Hannibal’s mic. This is ridiculous. We want Hannibal.” 
 
 Once Campus Safety reportedly stationed themselves at the front of the stage, Ally Boly, a 20-year-old international studies and history double major, thought the situation was about to escalate. 
 
 “I literally thought like I was about to witness a riot and I was ready to participate,” Boly said. “Also it’s wild that Loyola preaches about speaking up and speaking out but they’re gonna censor someone doing just that, like that’s wild. Also I’m really impressed with all the Loyola kids that stood their ground and refused to leave without an explanation.” 
 
 After the break, Buress returned to a standing ovation from the crowd. He reportedly explained he was originally going to follow Loyola’s content restriction until he saw that he’d already been paid for his performance ahead of time. 
 
 Rodriguez said it’s common for Loyola to “honor requests for early payment from artists after contracts have been properly processed.” 
 
 Buress reportedly made jokes about Loyola cutting his microphone throughout the rest of the night. 
 
 Rachel Martin, a 20-year-old international studies and Spanish double major, said she thought the situation was poorly handled overall with poor communication between Loyola, Hannibal and the students in attendance. 
 
 “I guess I can understand where Loyola — or whoever was controlling the mics — is coming from, because Hannibal did outright say he was going to violate the contract restrictions,” Martin said. “[Loyola] said he couldn’t talk about race in his show, which seems highly restrictive, especially for a man who is known to incorporate his black identity into his performances. So, although I can see where Loyola is coming from, I think the situation could’ve been handled a lot better.” 
 
 Additional reporting by Baylee Corona, Jane Miller and Mary Grace Ritter. 
 
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– Somebody at Chicago's Loyola University wasn't laughing when Hannibal Buress started cracking jokes about Catholic Church sex scandals during a performance Saturday night. The funnyman, who'd been booked to appear at the Jesuit college's two-night "Colossus" show, had his microphone cut soon after his set began, when he displayed an email he'd received about content restrictions—including a ban on discussing race or sexual assault—and joked about priests molesting children. Audience members were angered when his sound was cut and the background music was turned up when he tried to continue. "I literally thought like I was about to witness a riot and I was ready to participate," one student tells the Loyola Phoenix. Buress, who's credited with bringing the Bill Cosby allegations to wider attention, "is known for his uncompromising style of comedy and for calling out sexual assault," the Root notes. He left the stage and returned to a standing ovation around 15 minutes later. The rest of his set featured many jokes about having his mic cut, but apparently no violations of his contract. Loyola "cut the mic on Hannibal Buress' performance ... because he violated the mutually agreed upon content restriction clause in his contract," the university said in a statement to the Chicago Tribune Monday. "It is standard for the University to include a content restriction clause in entertainment contracts; Buress is the only entertainer to disregard the clause to the degree that his mic was cut."