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Friday October 19 2007
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Ethnos offers instant messages about everyday life
By Michelle Jimenet
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Friendships God and
everyday life lessons take
center stage for the Lthnos
culture show scheduled to
take place on Nov. 10-17 In
Cullcn Auditorium.
The theme "IM Ethnos"
plays off of the modern-
day form of communication
through instant messaging and
Is meant to portray how people
are from all sorts of different
cultures and backgrounds. The
show's story line focuses on
four young women who share
their struggles with each other
through instant messages w hlle
on their summer break
Mcllna Kangel senior Eng-
lish major from Abilene w rote
the script for the show.
"We want It to be spiritual-
based but we also want It to
be funny" Rangel said "Tlie
actresses will all go through
Opera workshop debunks
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Not many classes eneour
age students to lie on the
floor and figure out the best
way to relax their backs or at
tually force them to stop and
rest during the day. However
when It comes to the Opera
Workshop at ACU suth prac
tlces are promoted in order to
teach and guide the finest op
era performers possible
The Opera Workshop at
ACU Is a class that teaches
students Interested in a ca-
reer in vocal performance the
techniques and protedures
recommended for suth a vo
cation The workshop also
known as the Tri Collegiate
Opera includes students
from ACU Hardin Simmons
and McMurry and is directed
by Samuel Cook current art-
ist In residence associate
professor of voice and opera
director.
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singers the techniques disci-
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struggles and In the md find
how community and how the
Lord can fulfill and work In their
lies. The) 'II all receive comfort
through both their friendships
and God That's the whole pur-
pose as well that they find res-
olution in the Lord."
Although the script Isn't
o crtly spiritual and will include
more humor than in previous
years Kangel said a big part of
the show deals with portraying
how people arc Christ to one
another. Kangel said she wants
to portray how the body of
Christ has the Hol Spirit living
within each person and "there-
fore cin speak to one another
with encouraging and uplifting
words from the Hoi) Splnt."
"We're speaking loc and
kindness and sometimes
shaking someone up and be-
ing like 'He) get out of your
little rut that ou're In' you
know" Kangel said
Another aspect of the
and rewards ol the classical-
singing actor" took said "it
teaches a few things about
production but that's not the
fotus of the class "
the workshop is available
to votal performance majors
and non maors and aims to
make the actors more torn
iortable onstage In order to
belttr portray the characters
The workshop Is also ret
ommended for those hoping
to work with children and
music in the education field
Students Involved in the
workshop prepare for two
performances intluding the
presentation of scenes Irom
v arious operas in the fall and a
lull length show in the spring
Tills year's spring production
is Mozart's 'The Magic Flute"
and includes students from all
three universities
"It's really neat because
everyone brings their unique
talents together to put on a
better show" said Kristen
Blgham sophomore votal
performance major Irom
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show concerns everyday life
struggles and lessons Kangel
said she wanted people to be
able to relate to the script and
show how the actresses arc
growing and maturing Just
like college students grow
and mature.
"I don't want It to be some-
thing olf the wall like this
could never happen to anyone"
Kangel said "It's Just everyday
things And thc're funny and
they're kind of random but
that's how life Is you know."
Despite the script being
written the production won't
be completely ready to per-
form until the dancing and
singing acts are all set. Each
act affects how the script is
written and usually the fin
Ishlng touches are completed
a week prior to the show's
performance.
Nineteen acts auditioned
1 hursday for Ethnos and some
countries will be represented
stereotypes
shop participant at Hardin-
Simmons. "The more the
merrier; three schools are
better than one."
"What we do as vocal ma-
jors day -to day Is just us on
stage so getting the chance
to Interact with other people
is really fun" said Jessica
I emmons junior vocal perfor-
mance major from Abilene.
Those Involved hope to
expose the city of Abilene to
what Bigham called "one of
the most creative art forms "
"It has theatre v olee dance
and visual arts It's got It all"
Bigham said.
"There's a stigma tied to
opera of being very boring
and I want to get that out of
the way" Cook said. "I want
people to start looking upon
opera as something that's
very accessible and very en-
tertaining. Opera is definitely
not boring "
Fall scenes can be seen
on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in the
Williams Performing Arts
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for the first time this year. A
few of the new acts include
performances displaying Chi-
nese and Philippine cultures.
Laa Kazafimanjato senior
interior design and prc-archl-lecture
major from Madagas
car is a to director of the
show lie said there arc things
to look forward to from the
new and returning acts.
"All the acts are going to be
worth going to sec" Kazafiman-
jato said. "The best part Is see-
ing what the students are put-
ting to make their acts good
Just seeing that Is like 'whoa '"
So far no complications hav e
arisen throughout the audition
process Kaafimanato said ev-
erything has gone smoothly .
"1 guess It's klnda weird
because usually we run Into
problems but it's been go-
ing smooth so far" he said
"I mean I'm sure there will
be problems you know but
that's one thing to overcome."
Professor
By Btki Hamilton
Sn dint Reporter
After years of dissatisfac-
tion with business law text-
books Dr. Brad Rtid decided
to take action
Keld who has been a busi-
ness law professor at ACU
for the past 33 years recent-
ly wTote and published his
own business law textbook
Business .mi: In its Biblical
ami Historical Context.
Reid said he considered
writing his own material for
years but he never acted
upon the idea until three
years ago when he began re-
searching and wilting.
Reid drew much of his
inspiration from ACU's mis-
sion statement which high-
lights Christian education
for service and leadership.
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Kazafimanjato said that
the group of students In
charge of the production
made it a point to take on
any obstacles together.
"We promised each other
we were going to do it togeth-
er and whatever happens
we'll be together" he said
Tom Craig director of stu
dent productions will provide
technical assistance when
needed throughout the pro-
cess of putting together the
show lie said the most com-
mon obstacle when working
with students of varying cul-
tures Is the language barrier
'To see these students come
together and work through
those small obstacles and cre-
ate something like a show and
have a lot of fun and success
while doing It that's exciting
that's the exciting part of this
kind of work" Craig said
Laura Blake director of In-
ternational student services
publishes own textbook
bine Christian education and
history with business law to
Include historical and Bibli-
cal material along with solid
business law teaching.
His goal for the textbook
Is to help ACU business law
students gain a "greater ap-
preciation of how the Bible
does Influence our thinking
today in ways they might not
be aware of" Reid said
in a section of his textbook
on the Incorporation of Bibli-
cal text into criminal law Reid
cites the requirement from
Deuteronomy 19 to have more
than one witness to convict
someone of a crime and ex-
plained how this affects busi-
ness and criminal law today.
In a chapter focusing on de-
ception and fraud he details
the common types of deeep
tion and fraud and clarifies
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assists the students whenever
help Is needed. A couple of In-
teresting aspects of the show
Blake said include watching
the students Involved teach
others about their culture and
also helping them work togeth-
er through difficulties.
"I think there are a lot of
neat things that come out of
a show like thls" Blake said.
"They really learn to work to-
gether and work with people
of other cultures."
Ethnos has been a part
of ACU's community for
13 years. It started off as a
production to showcase stu-
dents' talents Blake said but
has since developed into a
production with story' lines
and meaning.
Tickets arc S5 ahead and
at the door and will be sold In
the Campus Center beginning
Nov. S.
how to avoid those traps.
His textbook also describes
the history behind business
law. He expounds on the Pu-
ritans and hlgrims in early
America to teach about "re-
ligious influences on United
States society and law."
While his textbook is cur-
rently only available at the
ACU bookstore Reid said
that he has thought of the
possibility of it spreading to
other campuses as well.
Flipping through Business
Law: In its Biblical and His-
torical Context it is obvious
that Dr. Reid is very passion-
ate about combining Chris-
tian instruction with busi-
ness law and his textbook
will be Influential to his de-
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