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Redeemed Ministries vol. 102, no. 46
wednesday, march 26, 2014
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INSIDE NEWS Physicists gathered at ACU for the Texas Physics conference Page 3
OPINION The Editorial Board discusses the tension that occurs when Hollywood adapts the Bible for movies
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NEWS Red Thread hosts a 5k to raise funds and awareness Page 3
SPORTS
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Top: Students gather at the Paramount for the 10th annual FilmFest. Left: Nick Tatum and Hannah Chappell sing with Pulse at FilmFest. Right: FilmFest hosts Caleb Pierce, junior theatre major from Coppell, and Amanda Clary, junior accounting major from Denton, clap after announcing an award.
FilmFest awards Patenaude, Knapp grace coan student reporter
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NEWS A murder mystery written by Dr. Willerton will be performed tomorrow Page 3
Students dressed up in their finest Friday evening at the Paramount to participate in the 10th annual FilmFest gala to celebrate the winners of the competition. “I didn’t really know what to expect but I had a really great time,” Koenig said. “It was different coming from theatre doing films at a different medium.” David Porter is a sophomore theatre major from Ijamsville, Md., and directed the movie Wedded Wicket Residents.
“I really like directing,” Porter said. “Working with actors is something that I’ve always loved, being able to bring people together and use their talents to tell a story.” Tim Holt, director of Nerf Wars II, said his team members tried to take the judge’s critiques that they received last year and apply them to this year’s film. “We were kind of getting familiar with the process,” said Holt, junior digital entertainment technology major from Plano. “The process of making a film is always insane, but this year I think it was a little bit
smoother.” The first floor of the Paramount was packed with ACU students for the viewing. “Yes, it’s a competition, but this is just awesome; the event is so cool,” Holt said. “It’s just for the love of film.” Holt said he is considering pursuing a career in the film industry. “It’s a crazy industry. It’s full of lots of challenges, lots of heartbreak and lots of success,” Holt said. “It’s going to be a journey.” Students attended a come-and-go brown-bag
2014 FILMFEST WINNERS Best 24 Hour film: Working Title
Best Actress: For Always, Rachel Faulkner
Best Production Designer: For Always, Eric Pitney
Best Actor: Dreamer, Will McInerney
Best Writer: It’s Locked, Best Technical Director: Kyle Knapp Id Infinity, Denzil Lim Best Director: It’s Best Producer: Nerf Locked, Kyle Knapp Wars II, Stephen Estrada Best Picture: For Always, Lucius Patenaude
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Project recruits students for #lifeonthehill
OPINION Marissa Jones lays out the endless cycle of chronic procrastination Page 4
SPORTS ACU men’s basketball ends their first season in Div. I
logan sartain student reporter Everyday life as an ACU student will be on display in Enrollment Marketing’s latest campaign aimed at perspective students. Project #lifeonthehill will follow the lives of six to eight ACU students through
Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, Vine and YouTube for a semester at a time, said Kris Evans, director of Enrollment Marketing. “Our hope is that these students will be able to share their college experience at ACU in their own words,” Evans said. And social media is the best way to reach perspective
students, Evans said. “Research shows 1318 year olds receive over 70 percent of their daily information through social media channels,” Evans said. This idea was formed to address two problems that were brought up through surveys of high school students that turned down ACU. The first was that the
perception of student life at ACU did not measure up to other schools in the eyes of perspective students, Evans said. The second problem is that there is not enough interaction between perspective students and current ACU students, said Amanda Pittman, Marketing Manager at ACU.
This project will address both problems by showing perspective students what life looks like at ACU from the perspective of an authentic ACU student, Pittman said. “High school students are searching, like, ‘What’s it like to really go there? Are there hot girls? Are there goodsee recruits page 3
Chapel, forums dedicate week to justice
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The fifth annual Justice Week came back to ACU bringing more domestic and international justiceseeking organizations for students to learn about. Abbey Moses, sophomore political science major from Abilene, is the cochair for this year’s justice week. There is a lot to be excited about this year,” Moses said. “We have more domestic as well as international organizations that are coming to campus.” Moses said students should look forward to several organizations sharing powerful ways to get involved with the justice
community, both international and domestic. “I am most excited about Compassion International because they are doing a lot of work with hunger relief which is a life or death issue,” Moses said. “I worked really hard to get them on campus.” Brandy Rains, senior art education major from Ft. Worth is the chair for Justice Week. Rains served as co-chair last year and was part of the planning committee the year before. She planned most of the events for this year’s Justice Week. “I started looking at organizations this summer and started planning it all out in August,” Rains said. “I wanted this year to draw more interest to students.” Rains agreed with Moses
about balancing domestic and international missions. Students can buy a T-shirt after Chapel on Friday, and volunteer at the West Texas Food Bank to help fight hunger in this region. Students can also attend a forum by Compassion International that works to eliminate hunger internationally. “This year is different because all the organizations do work both stateside and globally,” Rains said . Some of the organizations may not be popularized by students on campus, but Rains said after attending the forums, students can expect to see what amazing goals they have. “Out of everything I do at ACU, being submerged in the social justice culture
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Jarrod Brown, founder of Mission Lazarus, speaks to students at a forum Monday night. is my favorite environment to be in,” Rains said. “I love being with people who genuinely care about bringing change and go about it in innovative ways.” Organizations participating in Justice Week in-
clude Mission Lazarus, Blood-Water Mission, Redeemed Ministries and Compassion International. contact the optimist at jmcnetwork@acu.edu