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are offering" she said. "It's
a great opportunity to offer
what our faculty knows to the
world. We ha e some v ery lm-
pressive faculty here. We're
proud that students and fac-
ulty work together closely to
produce this content."
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site has been built through a
partnership between academ-
ics Information services and
university relations. A team of
administrators has been over-
seeing the process so far and
was crucial to getting the site
up and running. Foster Lynnc
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films were entered five films
In the comedy category five
films In the drama category
and three films In the action
category 10 awards were
given out. All qualifying films
were played at the Paramount
Theatre where the awards ccr-
emony took place afterwards.
Doug Darby creative media
specialist and creatorexecu-
tive Director of FilmFest got
the Idea for FilmFest at a media
Judges: Experts praise passion as key
hour reality Is different.
Pointers the Judges gave
included starting a blog that
is both personally interesting
and accessible to people in that
field rinding a mentor who can
teach necessary skills interning
and acknowledging a passion.
"If you have a passion you
pretty much have everything
you need" Parr said.
The Judges also discussed
the importance of getting
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Web site presents new venue for
Bruton director of public re-
lations and Michelle Morris
vice president for university
relations Joined together with
the Adams Center for Teach-
ing Excellence and ACU Infor-
mation systems to determine
what content to put online
and how to do so. Foster said
the main concerns arc that no
audio or visuals placed on the
site arc illegal or violate copy-
right and that it is of Interest
to the general public.
While the iTunes U site is
still in a BETA period and
many students and faculty
are not familiar with it many
faculty arc Interested In us-
ing iTunes U and are going
consortium in the summer of
2003. He has witnessed his vi-
sion come to life and said It Just
keeps getting better.
"Overall quality has contin-
ued to Improve" Darby said. "I
was very pleased with the cali-
ber of films this year."
FilmFest 200" was not
without hurdles though; Dar-
by said Premiere night was
"rocky" at best.
He said it is difficult to
put together when the pro-
gram receives no money from
ACU and has to rely solely on
production. A film should be
unique and shown to friends
and strangers to sec if it
makes sense.
"Be as creative as you
can. Do something great"
Thomas said.
Jonathan Davis sophomore
broadcast journalism major
from Chicago and student chair
of FilmFest said he enjoyed the
symposium and plans on tak-
ing the advice of the Judges.
Brady Hilton senior elec-
tronic and mediavisual com-
munication major received an
through training through a
support team in the Adams
Center for Teaching Excel-
lence to learn the best prac-
tices in podcastlng. Some
have already begun using the
site to allow online access
to classroom material. This
includes archives of notes
and lectures and with a new
software called Camtasla a
time-synched combination of
audio and PowerPoint files
students can even view Pow-
erPoint presentations as if
they were seeing them while
sitting in class listening to a
lecture. The foreign language
department Is also featur-
ing supplementary materials
fundraislng and sponsors. An
event like FilmFest requires
help and Darby said he could
not have done It without the
women of Delta Theta.
"The ladles of DT arc noth-
ing less than a godsend"
Darby said. "I appreciate
them immensely."
Despite financial and tech-
nical difficulties the pre-
mier started 45 minutes late
Darby along with others
managed to pull it off.
award Friday for his film "The
Case" which won best actor.
Hilton said he enjoy cd learn-
ing more about the media
industry and listening to the
Judges' stories.
"I've always got (film mak-
ing in he back of my mind;
that's what I want to do to
some extent" he said. "I guess
I've always felt like this is
something that I'm not sure I
can do but for some reason I
can't let It go."
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such as pronunciation and
vocabulary exercises so stu-
dents can experience the lan-
guage outside class.
Other faculty members are
aiming to use iTunes U to allow
students' learning experience
to go beyond the classroom.
Kyle Dickson assistant pro-
fessor of English and Adams
Center faculty member Is in
the process of introducing the
concept of student-produced
podcasts. English majors will
produce presentations as sup-
plementary podcasts to try to
communicate British litera-
ture in ways that can aid class
discussions. Students of Mike
Wiggins assistant professor
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of congregations are made
of primarily one race;
multi-racial congregations
are rare. This conference
was based on finding ways
to come together and elimi-
nate this division.
Several ACU faculty
members spoke on various
topics regarding both racial
division and reconciliation
including Foster Dr. Jerry
Taylor assistant professor
of Bible; Dr. Edward Robin-
son assistant professor of
history and Biblical stud-
ies; Steven Moore assistant
professor of English; Dr.
Beatriz Walker assistant
professor of Spanish; and
Dr. Jack Reese dean of the
College of Biblical Stud-
ies and Graduate School
of Theology.
Foster said people of all
races need to be aware of
the Issues of racial division.
He spoke on 'Raising White
Consciousness of the Need
for Reconciliation' in which
he challenged the default
mode of white thinking that
exists In America today.
"We Just assume every-
one has the same rights
and privileges" Foster said.
"The main reaction to trying
to raise white conscious-
ness is resistance. The point
is not that you are bad but
that the system is uncon-
sciously programming us
to think in a certain way. As
Christians we do not want
to think that way. Being
aware Is part of the way to
solve these Issues."
The Erasing Racism
conference piggybacked
a conference called "New
Wineskins" which Taylor
put together in Fort Worth
a few years ago for Afri-
can Americans to focus on
Issues of racial division.
Taylor wanted to bring
something like this to the
Abilene community.
Foster said another con-
ference most likely will be
held around this same time
next year.
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of art and design are produc-
ing and presenting podcasts to
think about how messages are
shaped by the media and how
to communicate by 2D means.
Dickson said higher edu-
cation should not solely be
about the lecture.
"Students need to be shap-
ing content and contributing
their voices" he said. "The ex-
citing thing It offers Is a rcjuv c-
natlng opportunity to explore
what we teach and how we
teach It in new fresh ways."
Dickson sees many expan-
sions in the future for the
ACU iTunes U site Including
teacher training Tcam55
FilmFest and Lectureship. He
Forum reconciles
While the Erasing Rac-
ism conference aimed at
drawing In people from
ACU and members of the
Church of Christ confer-
ences in' the future will
try to draw In people from
across Abilene in order to
make this issue known on a
wider scale.
These conferences were
spurred by a multi-racial
group of about 12-15 ACU
faculty members staff and
students that was started
approximately three years
ago to discuss issues of the
continuing racism in Ameri-
can society.
The group read books
"The greatest hope for thtfuture for all of God's
children to live peaceably'ogether and respect
each other may well be 6 this campus. It can
certainly stdt here."
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vided By Faith: Evangelical
Religion and the Problem
of Race in America" and
"United By Faith: The Mul-
tiracial Congregation as an
Answer to the Problem of
Race."
Members then began
discussing what to do
about these issues.
At Taylor's request the
United By Faith group be-
gan to meet once a month
in each other's homes to
eat together and fellow-
ship In order to learn about
each other.
This group hopes to get
other groups formed to fo-
cus on these issues as well.
"We want to try to think
of ways of getting people to-
gether" Foster said. "We are
finding ways to love honor
cherish and need each other
to help us learn things about
each other we might not see
already."
Dr. Royce Money presi-
dent of the university spoke
In Chapel on Monday in re-
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to ational conversation.
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ventions we are having on
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catlnue to think about how
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Inference.
Money said there Is
a ongoing challenge on
te ACU campus and in
mcrica with race rela-
bns and at Its core It is a
jirltual problem one we
tnnot ignore.
Dr. Money called the au-
fence to be aware of the is-
le as awareness is the first
tp toward change. He said
icism knows no bounds
ad nobody Is immune from
rclal prejudice.
He then gave four admo-
nions that he saw needed
t take place. First admit to
te problem of racial bias.
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tk conversation.
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hart of the matter may
b' that people don't know
ech other.
jThlrd realize that slgnlfi-
rat work needs to be done
0 Institutional societal
plitlcal and cultural levels.
; Lastly don't give up. He
sld the complexity of the
liue should not paralyze
pople from doing what
tey can.
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Suit we can1 re-program
or minds and modify our
tdal and social images"
bney said. "The Gospel
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veiling of the Holy Spirit
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