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CAMPUS NEWSFROM THE FRONT PACE
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WB: C-SPAN2 on Channel 40
question which networks are
included in campus cable
especially the Inclusion of
CMT when other music video
stations are excluded.
"I have forced myself to
watch MTV and BET and
CMT in the past ... and I was
a bit surprised as I pulled out
the TV Guide and watched
different shows at different
times of the day" Barnard
said. "1 know not everything
pn MTV is 'not good.' The
problem is we can't flip
switches on and off; it docsn t
work that way so its all or
nothing and I think that's the
real challenge."
i To accommodate the addi-
tion of The WB C-SPAN2
Ki moved to Channel 40
one of two videoconferencing
.channels. If the videoconfer-
.encing channel is ever need-
ed C-SPAN2 will be suspend-
ed for a brief time.
Barnard said he made the
decision to keep C-SPAN2
because some political sci-
ence professors use it as a
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but she still saw the need for
Congress to act.
"1 don't think this will get
-fixed unless we do something
About it" Hart said.
Hart said she is now in
discussion with Watson A
-fibout financing the ifl
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lillty of the Students' '
Association paying part
of the bill which would
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budget.
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treasurer said Congress
Jvould not have to pay for the
Jentire project and that it was
Snostly a snow of good faith.
The project could result in
ft net loss of two parking spa-
ices in a lot with 96 parking
Symposium to feature judges
Student! have chance
i to meet with FilmFest
; judges on Saturday
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- FilmFest 2004 will wrap up
with a symposium Saturday
from 11:30 a m. -1 p m. in the
Living Room featuring a few of
the festival's 10 judges. Judges
that might be present at the
symposium include alumni
Nelson Coates producer and
voting member of the Aca-
demy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences Rob Glbbs ani-
mator at Pixar studios and
Randy Brewer producer and
owner of Revolution Pictures
in Nashville.
"Nelson Coates wants to be
here"' said Doug Darby Film
Fest director and multimedia
coordinator but "might be in
'Australia looking for a loca-
tion to shoot one of his
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"People are happy I've had people come up
to me and say thank you."
Dr. Mayo Unm. din of Campus Lift
teaching tool for their classes.
Barnard said he has heard
many positive comments
about the new channel.
"People are very happy
I've had people come up to
me and say thank you" he
said. "It's somewhat comical
that it means so much. But if
my favorite show were on
there it would mean a lot to
me I guess."
Hanneken said she feels
pleased that she and Nord-
man were able to complete
the project.
"It was exciting to do
because people had wanted to
I do it in the past and had
even sort of attempted it"
she said. "We decided we
wanted it to be our project
and wanted to make it hap-
pen." Barnard said it demon
spaces for 192 women Hart
said.
"I really don't think there's
any way there could be a
problem with this" said
Jeremy Pond Mabee Hall rep-
resentative and freshman
.journalism major from Wi-
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k of Congress which
B r? bypassed further dls-
'" cussion to unanimous-
ly pass the bill.
Congress also voted to
have the Constituent Rela-
tions committee look into
why fewer energy drinks were
being made available on cam-
pus. Sen. Jeffrey Rasco senior
business management major
from Abilene said he noticed
fewer energy drinks being
upcoming films."
The purpose of this sympo-
sium is to allow students "to
make contacts and rub some
elbows" said Matt Maxwell
committee chair of Film Fest
and sophomore electronic me-
dia major from Abilene. "It
would be a shame for (the
judges) to come into town and
not educate the students."
Darby said the symposium
will allow students to get a feel
for what the judges do for a liv-
ing and students will be able
to pick their brains on any
topic pertaining to the enter-
tainment industry.
Darby said he was Im-
pressed with the diverse group
of students that created the
films for the festival with
majors ranging from biology to
journalism and mass commu-
nication. While speaking with
some of the judges Darby said
the technology didn't get in the
way of the message of the
films.
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strates that the Students'
Association really does repre-
sent the student body.
"This has obviously been a
student concern" he said.
"Two representatives took it
on at least for their small
community Gardner and In
representing Gardner they
represented the entire stu-
dent body. Had they not done
that I would have just coast-
ed along here and It wouldn't
have been a top priority for
me.
"So I really want students
to know that whereas 1 made
it happen' it really was their
representatives who brought
it to my attention and gave
me the student voice. I
applaud them for doing it."
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discounts
made available for purchase
on campus and Congress
decided unanimously to fur-
ther look into the issue.
Sen. Jake Roscberry sopho-
more management major from
Troy Ohio also announced
that the Student Government
Association Research and
Development Committee has
restarted the fight to get a stu-
dent movie ticket discount.
He said the committee will
talk with the other schools in
Abilene and to the movie the-
atres about working out a dis-
count. The committee also
will contact other universities
to see how they have worked
to have student discounts at
theatres.
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One issue that Maxwell said
he is anxious to address is how
these media professionals
"keep Christian ethics and
morals in their field it is
Christianity in culture. This is
a really great chance to go and
talk to big name profession-
als." Darby said he hopes "that
the symposium will continue
to be a evolving part of
FilmFest." He said FilmFest is
like Lectureship where stu-
dents and faculty can benefit
from these readily available
resources.
Students interested in at-
tending the symposium can
purchase tickets Friday at the
ticket booths from 10 a.m.
through 2 p m. in the Campus
Center. Students can also buy
tickets from the ticket window
at the Paramount during
FilmFest Premiere Night.
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tional students but the culture
ofACUaswell."
Macias said it is important
to feature not only the interna-
tional cultures but local cul-
tures as well. He said many
people in America don't realize
that they have culture too and
they just see the international
cultures presented in the cul-
ture show.
"The music and the show
this year really have a variance
of types styles and cultures
that is really all-encompassing"
Macias said. "It will
Physics receives federal grant
Department will use
$165000 to continue
nuclear physio research
By JULIA REfD
Student RtroTt
The Department of Physics
received $165000 in a grant
from the U.S. Department of
bnergy this year to continue
its nuclear physics research.
ics research.
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past 23 years
the depart-
ment has re-
ceived $2.3
million In
grants.
ACU first
received the
grant in 1981 Sadler
a year after
Michael Sadler professor of
physics first applied for it.
Sadler said that at the time
using undergraduate students
to help with the research was
questionable but today it is
much more com-
mon. "I could pretend
to be altruistic and
say that I wanted to
improve the quality
of education here"
Sadler said. "The
truth be known I
wanted to utilize the
resources that I had available
and the resource I had was
bright undergraduate stu-
dents." Dr. Donald lsenhower
chair of the Department of
Physics became a co-Investigator
on the grant in 1988.
lsenhower said by partici-
pating in the research stu-
dents learn more than they
would in the classroom.
"Students learn how to do
physics by getting out and
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Include things from really
primitive cultural tribes to
modern rock as we are trying to
encompass the culture of the
U.S. as well."
ISA has been preparing for
this year's performance since
the beginning of school and
both Macias and Lau agree that
the early start has helped a lot
to Improve the show and help
things run smoother.
Macias said he has contin-
ued to work on the culture
show because of the relation-
ships he has made while direct-
ing the show and because of
the passion that he has seen put
doing research" lsenhower
said. "They will see things in
operalion that they wouldn't
see in the classroom."
Using the funds the De-
partment of Physics has con-
ducted research with different
laboratories across the nation
and in Russia and is currently
working primarily with
Brookhaven National Labor-
atory located about 60 miles
east of New York City on Long
Island. Brookhaven is one of
10 national laboratories fund-
ed by the U.S. Department of
Energy. It conducts research in
physical biomedical and envi-
ronmental sciences energy
technology and national secu-
rity ACU is one of 59 institu-
tions involved in nuclear
physics research there along
with more than 500 physicists
from 12 countries involved in
the research.
The project called the
Pioneering High Energy Nu-
clear Interaction experiment
"Students learn how to do physics
by getting out and doing research."
Dr. Donald Isonhowor chair of the Department of Physics
or PHEN1X specifically meas-
ures the collisions of ions and
protons which will help sci-
entists to understand the
properties of matter.
To measure these collisions
Brookhaven has built several
detectors which together are
bigger than a four-story house
ana weigh more than 3000
tons.
The detectors run from
October or November until
April or May every year.
into it by many of the volun-
teers. Lau said she is doing the
culture show again this year
because last year her first show
had such an effect on her life.
"Last year the show was one
of the biggest parts of my year"
Lau said. "I met a lot of friends
and the service and leadership
was such a great experience. It's
amazing to do something so big
for something even bigger."
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Students are given the op-
portunity to go to Brookhaven
and work with PHENIX for
several months during the
summer and afterwards take
shifts returning often during
Christmas break.
Students who work at the
laboratory during Christmas
break go through training for
the first few days before taking
on an eight-hour shift when
they will help run and monitor
the detectors for eight consec-
utive days.
Students who go to
Brookhaven over the summer
help with construction instal-
lation or repair of the detec-
tors while they arc shut down.
Last summer three students
made the trip to Brookhaven.
After having participated in
both sessions at the laboratory
students are listed as co-
authors on the research they
helped with.
Rusty Towell assistant pro-
fessor of physics became a co-
investigator on the grant in
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after
part
of the
faculty.
Towell
rcmem-
b e r s
helping
with research as an undergrad-
uate student at ACU.
"It was a tremendous expe-
rience" Towell said. "It was
different than labs in classes
because there wasn't an an-
swer in the back of the book.
If we wanted to know the
answer we had to find it our-
selves." E-null Rtid its
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