Studying is not just for students.

Comedian Lee Camp, 26, finds himself studying even after college.

By studying a variety of comedy acts, even ones that he does not enjoy, Camp is always learning about his career, which includes both actor and author.

He said studying comedy he does not like helps him figure out why that is and how he can incorporate material he likes.

Camp, a comedian of eight years and full-time for three, has appeared at over 250 colleges in the past three years and will compile what he has learned into one act at 9 p.m. tonight in the re-vamped 7th Street Underground.

At tonight’s show, Camp will work in a variety of jokes about college, things that frustrate him, which might frustrate others as well, as well as jokes about current events, such as having no liquids on airplanes.

Since his show will be in 7th Street Underground, it will be a more laid back and cozy atmosphere for the comedian and students, said University Board chair Melissa Schaefer.

Although Camp has preformed for many colleges, he finds that it is usually an enjoyable atmosphere.

“I love it – 99 percent of the time it’s amazing,” he said.

Camp said that the one percent is when he gets put in a cafeteria, a room where no one really wants to laugh.

Besides the college scene, Camp has worked in other settings and with a few notable comedians who include Saturday Night Live performers.

He has opened for Jimmy Fallon and Tracy Morgan for “Saturday Night Live,” where he also appeared as an extra, as well as Lewis Black of “The Daily Show.”

“Meeting those guys is amazing,” Camp said.

He added that after three years as a full-time comedian he now feels that he is working with them and not as if they are his teachers.

Camp also juggles life as an actor, but said comedy is where his heart is.

“I would like for my focus to stay with stand-up comedy,” he said.

As an actor, he was featured on the episode “Intoxicated” of Law and Order: SVU a year ago and was in a short film titled “Dealbreaker,” which was directed and written by Gwyneth Paltrow. The 2005 10-minute film was in this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

UB is glad to be bringing Camp here because of his experience, especially within comedy.

“I think that proves UB is looking for someone who has experience,” Schaefer said.

In 2003, shortly after becoming full-time, Camp was the winner of the Laugh Across America competition in New York and this week he is featured as the favorite comedian on MySpace.

“Myspace is really starting to change comedy,” he said.

Camp said that normally audience members might like your act but forget about you, however with MySpace they can keep and touch. His page is www.myspace.com/leecam.

Because of his age, college is still fresh in his mind, which he thinks helps him relate to a college campus. It also helped in writing his book titled “Neither Sophisticated nor Intelligent: A College Humorist’s Take on Life.”

The book is a collection of humor columns pertaining to college life.

Camp was not new to writing humor columns before the book. While attending college at the University of Virginia, Camp wrote weekly columns for the school paper.

Camp, this past year, recently co-wrote a book titled “The Big Fib Book of Bollocks,” which is about political satire and fake news.

“It (Bollocks) can basically mean crap,” Camp said adding that, when translated, it reads “The Big Fib Book of Crap.”

The book is based on the Web site www.bigfib.com.

While in college and high school, Camp was shy and to some people it is shocking that he is now a comedian who appears on stage before many unfamiliar faces.

“I was really shy, and I wasn’t a loud crazy guy,” he said.

It was one open mic night that changed all that.

Camp went on stage for the first time and after receiving laughs he felt like comedy was something he could do.

“It was enough to keep at it,” he said

He looks back though and thinks that if he did not receive laughs that he would probably just be doing humor writing.

“Stand up is probably my number one priority,” he said.