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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Vol. 99, No. 12
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CAMPUS
Burn Notice
Experts to teach FilmFest workshop Jozie Sands Online Editor
DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer
The Office of Risk Management and the Abilene Firefighters illustrate how quickly a fire can spread and engulf a dorm room during the Burn Room demonstration after Chapel on Friday.
Fire Safety Month prompts demonstration Jeff Craig
Managing Editor
ACU students saw firsthand Friday how fast a small dorm fire can spread and envelop an entire room. The Office of Risk Management teamed up with the Abilene Fire Department for its eighth-annual Burn Room demonstration after Chapel Friday. A replica dorm room was assembled on the lawn just north of Moody Coliseum,
complete with furniture, clothes and other dorm room décor. A small fire was lit and engulfed the entire room in minutes. Firefighters from AFD Station No. 5 had the fire put out within a few seconds. “It’s visual. It gets all of the senses involved,” said Guy Saylor, safety manager for the Office of Risk Management. “Students can feel the heat and see just how quickly the fire takes over.” The fire in the trash can was lit at 11:40 a.m., and the entire room was
filled with flames in only seven minutes. Saylor said the intended purpose of the annual demonstration is to show students how fast unintentional fires can ignite and spread. “The vast majority of fires in residence halls are due to unattended cooking. People leave for a few minutes, and fires can start,” Saylor said. “We have a list of approved and unapproved devices students see BLAZE page 4
The FilmFest committee will conduct three workshops and a 24-hour film festival this fall to give students filmmaking experience before the short film competition in the spring. “We are trying to equip students before the spring so they are well prepared,” said Christina Johnson, senior English major from Dallas and FilmFest co-chair. The workshops and new fall film festival are designed to “get their feet wet” to see if FilmFest is an event they want to do in the future. “This helps teach them how to make sturdy stories that will be displayed at the Paramount in the spring,” Johnson said. The first workshop will focus on teaching students about directing films and will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday in Mabee Library Auditorium. The workshop’s goal is to help students learn the basics about filmmaking, said co-chair Sandra Amstutz, senior electronic media major from La Feria. “This is a time for firsttime filmmakers to come and learn the basics of making a film,” Amstutz said. “We’ll talk about using a camera, plotting a story and kind of explain how FilmFest works.” The second workshop will feature Kris Young, a professor at UCLA and a professor of screenwriting at the L.A. Film Studies Center. He will address questions students have about screenwriting from Los Angeles via Skype. This is the first time ACU FilmFest has invited someone from LAFSC to speak to students, see MOVIE page 4
CORNERSTONE
STUDENT GROUPS
Outdoor Club challenges students Students, faculty back new course The event is Abilene’s only beginner-level advenContributing Reporter ture race, offering a variety Outdoor enthusiasts are of challenges for anyone anticipating bicycling, run- interested in the outdoors. ning and surprise chal- This year, racers will run on a lenges around every bend mix of dirt and gravel roads, as they gear up for the fifth and bike on single-track and annual Red Dirt Adventure backcountry-style trails. Asa Kusuma, the Red Dirt Challenge duathlon. The Red Dirt Adventure master, said the club has Challenge, organized by the made some changes to this ACU Outdoor Club, will be- year’s event. “It’s an adventure duathgin at 10 a.m on Saturday at Lake Abilene in the Abilene lon. The events have definiteState Park. Check-in will be- ly been revamped,” Kusuma, junior computer science magin at 9 a.m.
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Other changes this year include giving social clubs the opportunity to earn intramural points by participating. Participants can register for one of three categories: Just for Fun, Family, and Hardcore. The Just for Fun and Family categories are for beginners and involve a 7.3mile bike ride and a 1.5-mile run. The Hardcore category is considered the toughest and is recommended for see DIRT page 4
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inside news The Counseling Center is offering a workshop on equine therapy to teach women the power of healing with horses. page 3
jor from Annandale, Va., said. “The hardcore course is a lot more exciting this year, and the challenges for all the categories will be more physically challenging.” There will also be sections of the course in which competitors will participate in adventure challenges. “The events are a surprise, but I can tell you that depending on the race category, racers will be crawling under, jumping over, and climbing up obstacles,’’ Kusuma said.
sports The Wildcats stomped the Tarleton Texans on Saturday with a 65-3 win, making it the worst loss in Tarleton NCAA history. page 7
began to learn not only about philosophy and Senior Reporter contemporary issues but Carly Henderson did not her own beliefs as well. “I think students who know what to expect from Cornerstone when she ar- come to ACU need this kind rived at ACU and was not of class,” said Henderson, convinced she would like freshman biology major from Edmond, Okla. the new class. Debbie Williams, assoBut through the engaging Spotlight Speakers and ciate professor of English, in-class discussions with said the Cornerstone class students of diverse masee FRESHMEN page 4 jors, Henderson said she
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