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YukJ Inokuchi and Akiko Iwata students from Shin-Ai Women's Coltege in Japan unpack thfr belongings in Slkes
nan preparing tor tneir three-week stay at ACU.
women around tht Abilene area.
Sneed said numerous activities
have been planned including shop-
ping at the Mall of Abilene visiting
tlie Buffalo Gap Historical Village
team roping at the Exposition Center
and watching a movie at the Para-
mount Theater.
"It's scary tlt I'm showing them
America" Sned said. "I'm the mom
Through the World Class Pro-
gram students travel to foreign
countries to study different cultures.
Through a 3-year-old program at
ACU Japanese students come to
America for the same reason.
Fourteen female students and
their male adviser from Shin-Al
Womcns College in Kurume City in
Kyushu Japan will spend nearly
three weeks in an intensive study a-
broad program designed to acclimate
them to American life.
The women will spend four hours
each day in American culture and
conversational English classes. Amer-
ican Culture will be taught by Robert
Brown associate professor of-Spanish
and English Brown is also the assis-
tant director of the program. Carol
Evans adjunct instructor of English
will teach American Culture.
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Dr. Jeff Hascltine chair of the De-
partment of Foreign Lswiguagcssaid
the program is an outgrowth of ACUIj
summer program which involves
students from a different college.
He said the program has aWe ben-
efited from the efforts to recruit in-
ternational students' many students
in the study abroad program were
interested in coming to ACU bwt
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could not afford the cost of attewal-' of these gkls for the next two-and-a-ing.
Some will return to ACU later as half weeks. My assistants are like
full-time students.
"This is a chance to expose them
to American culture even if it is only
for a short time" said Hascltine
Outside of class the women spend
their daylight hours studying and
resting. Evening and weekend activi-
ties arc planned to introduce the wo-
their sisters."
Sneed said the hardest thing to'
overcome upon meeting the women
when they arrived Monday was the
amount of sling in her vocabulary.
"I realized 1 used a lot of phrases
they wouldn't understand the mean
ings of" she said. "The way we speak
Summer workshop
to shape teachers
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men to activities American college v-ls not textbook English and that is
students take part in.
Kim Snccd 1997 elementary edu-
cation graduate is respdnsiblc for
planning the activities. She along
with live assistants will escort the
what they have been studying."
Hascltine said "This is the trip of
a lifetime for these girls. For most of
them this is their only trip to Ame-
rica And they're coming to Abilene."
The 44th annual Bible Tea-
chers Workshop second in size
only to Lectureship and Sing
Song will take place July 19-22.
Three additional specialized
workshops wilt take place during
the Bible Teachers Workshop.
Carl Brechecn professor of
Bible and director of the work-
shop announced three new clas-
ses in addition to the classes usu-
ally offered at the workshop.
This year Gary Bortz an edu-
cation minister from Campbell
Calif. will teach a class specifi-
cally designed fr advanced Bible
class teachers.
Brechecn said the class was
added because of numerous re-
quests for this kind of class.
The three-day class taught by
one speaker is an alternative to
the usual one-day classes.
Maggie Shepherd from Dun-
canville will conduct a special
class for teaching Bible curriculum
to ADD students. Also Odrah
Pratt from Albuquerque will teach
a special class on calligraphy.
Brechecn said a textual class
on the Bible will be offered every
day for teachers who don't find
one particular class of interest.
The theme of the Bible Tea
chers Workshop is the "shaping
power of a teacher that touches
their students" jBrecheen said.
i Unlike Lectureship the teach-
ers stay in the dorms and cat at the
Bean during the workshop be-
cause school is not in session.
Brechecn said the gathering of
teachers makes a warm fellowship
"Peopjc that come to the
workshop are what I like to call
'Gods trench soldiersWhen you
get a bunch of Bible teachers to-
gether they're the cream of the
crop" he said. "Its exciting get-
ting them to share their curricu.
lum skills materials and faith
This is Btecheen's 32nd year to
direct the workshop.
Brechecn said he loves seeing
the teachers take their experience
home with them.
"In my mind I see them going
home to their home congrega-
tions using the things they've
learned to influence thousands of
other people. I see this as a gener-
ation point for eventually affect-
ing teachers and their students
way down the line" Brechecn
said. "It's exciting to see the big
picture the long term dream. You
see generations group up and
scatter all over the world. Thercs
no telling where the influence
will end."
David Wray assistant professor
See 'Workshop page 3b
Religion correspondent opens joint symposium
By Jennifer SmWng
Assignments Editor
I The Joint Symposium of De-
partments of Journalism and Mass
Communication and Political Sci-
ence is presenting lectures by
speakers who come from various
mass communication and min-
istry backgrounds.
Speakers are addressing issues of
faith intertwined with the media.
Peggy Wehmeyer ABC-TV reli-
gion reporter spoke Monday at her
II a.m. lecture "Media and Reli-
gion." She is the first network tele-
vision reporter to cover religion
according to Dr. Charlie Marler
chair of the Department of Jour-
nalism and Mass Communication.
Wehmeyer reports on World
New Tonight with Peter Jennings.
Before she worked with the news
show she worked for Channel 8
the ABC-TV news affiliate in
Dallas also covering religion.
While at Channel8 Wehmeyer
was the only irligion reporter in
the country. Wbrld News Tonight
hired her on a request from Peter
Jennings. She said ABC is the only
network with a religion reporter
although 60 percent of Americans
identify themselves with a reli-
gious group.
Wehmeyer covers various reli-
gious groups in the United States.
She called her work a "classroom
in the trenches of religious life."
She said her mission is to
spread understanding between the
"secular and religious worlds"
and help solve problems of "reli-
gious illiteracy"
Aubrey Rodgcrs prison minis-
ter and ACU graduate student in
ministry discussed the role of
radio programs in prison ministry
Monday afternoon in his lecture.
ikied '"Redemption: Reaching Pri
soners Through the Airwaves."
He sid a Christian radio pro-
gram can reach prisoners and pri-
son employees in a different way.
"1 have a holistic approach to
prison mWstry" Rodgcrs said.
Besides working on a master's
degree he works full time in
Reconciled Prison Ministry In-
corporated. He spends most of his
time in the John Middleton Prison
Unit but he also -works with the
French Robertson Unit
Tuesday 11 a.m. lecture will
discuss' the impact of print jour-
nalism in ministry.
Dr. Bill Martin sociology pro-
fessor from Rice University will
share his experiences writing
about churches for Texas Monthly
and books about Billy Graham
and the Religious Right.
He graduated with bachelors
and masters degrees in Bible from
ACU. While at the university he
was vice president of the student
body master or ceremonies for the
Big Purple for three years and
columnist for the Optimist
"I look forward to being back
on campus" he said.
Wrapping up the lecture series
is Tommy Spain former general
manager of WBBJ-TV in Jackson
Tcnn. and K1EM-TV in Eureka
Calif. He will lecture Wednesday
at 11 a.m. on "NYPD Blue Dec-
ision: Case Study in Conflicting
TV Programming Values''
Spain now with the Xerox
authorized sales agency in Abi-
lene received a bachelor's degree
in Bible in 1966 and a masters in
Ministry from ACU In 1973.
For 10 years Spain has been a
general manager of TV stations.
He will discuss his refusal to run
the television series NYPD Blue
from 1993-95.
Amtndj Retter
Words of wisdom
Floyd E. Rose preacher for the River Street Church of Christ in
Valdosta Ca. addresses the topic True Unity is Grace Unity"
during his speech Monday evening in Moody Coliseum.
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According to its mission state-
ment the ACU Department of
Theatre "is committed to provid
ing quality training and opportu-
nity for the disciplined theatre
artist n a nurturing environment
that models Christian values."
The department will achieve
that mission this weekend when
it sponsors the Christians in
Theatre Ats conference.
Created by a group of Chris-
tian at Malone College in
Canton Ohio CITA works as a
way for Christians who work in
theatre to get together.
"CITA was started in order for
Christian artists to network with
each other so- we weren't all
working in isolation1 said
Adam Hester who has organized
the conference for ACU.
The last conference was at the
Preston Road Church of Christ in
Dallas.
This year's conference will
include a keynote address from
CITA was started
in order for
Christian artists
to network with
each other.
- Adam Hester
Nelson Coates
Coatcs is a member of the class
of '84 and was named 1996
Young Alumnus of the Year. He is
a production designer in Holly
wood and has served on the
Theatre Department Visiting
Committee for six years three as
chair.
The conference will also fea-
ture four performances: one by
Curt Cloninger class of 76 and
the plays Dusty Pedestal Wait
Until Dark and A Cloud of
Witnesses created by David and
Donjelea Chrane. Witnesses takes
a look at the worldviews of con-
temporary culture.
Hester said that Coates will
discuss "How do you really be
salt in this kind of workplace?"
Of Coatcs Hester said "Nel-
son's presence because he's
maintained his Christian beliefs
and he continues to be a strong
influence that way 1 think is
great. I think he because of his
great success will' be inspira-
tional to people attending the
conference."
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