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Show I VWpiiiTs(CjMijDLHMfJr S&liD liAlMLglM O HtMaKllRV rSffiifli IL 331 O fflpi r Ifefeltig.ijl Westminster College Theater Dept. One Act Festival by Patrick Kibbie Forum staff writer Tom Stoppard and Clive Exton, of "The Boundary." "You have to differentiate between friend and director, if you can do that, it'll be a great experience," said Jessica Aldridge, actress from "Hello, Out There. Westminster College's Theater "As a freshman, I feel it really has held its Act One Department Festival on April 1, 2, 3, and 4. prepared me for acting in the Theater Department Chair mainstage shows." Another class involved in the Michael Vought took a break - after directing "Buried Child" One Act Festival is THTR 127, and stood aside to let a group of Stagecraft. All the students who are in this class had to become theater students take a stab at technical directors for the shows. directing their own one act The technical directors help with plays. The One Act Festival consists lighting, the set, props ana of a group of plays directed by running the show wnile it the actors are performing. students m the THTR 370 Normally in a one act festival directing class. The students student directs his or her each to class have who are taking this but due to the number own show, of go through the process of students in the class, each play a selecting play, holding have been only able to would the auditions, casting play, So as a general once. rehearsal a perform schedule, setting up consensus the students and among actually holding rehearsals, then the final product the play only they decided to itself. performing five shows this year. By only directing five shows it "I'd much rather be up acting on the stage with the cast, but it gave the actors the chance to was a good experience and one perform the shows twice. The shows that were directed hell of a good time," said this Amanda Finlayson, year are "The Boundary" by co-dire- ct, directed by Amanda Finlayson and Janae Rasmussen; "Boy Meets Girl" by Wendy Wasserstem, directed by Stephanie Kammerer and Tma Hathaway;, "Hello, Out There" by William Soroyan, directed by Matthew Beckett and Janna Jensen; "Women and Wallace" by Jonathan Marc Sherman, directed by Reagan Tolboe and Patrick Kibbie; and "No Exit" by Jean-PaSartre, directed by Steve Ivey and John ul Welsh. "I loved being directed by students and seeing the whole process of a play, how it was shaped and now the meaning and interpretation were brought out. It really puts you on a whole new level of acting. It was a great experience," said Sarah Coombs, actress from "Women and Wallace." "When all the directors, actors and technicians are students there is such a wonderful energy. We have such a talented group of directors and the productions that we have show it said Vought. ASWC Career Fair Warm and Cozy Club Fair: Junior Sandy Richman warms by the fire of the Freshman Orientation booth at the March 27 club fair. First, second and third place prizes were awarded to the best booth and banners. Internet Addiction Disorder A Reality? by Tim Haran Forum staff writer Rich Scott is a junkie. His social life is disintegrating as a result of his addiction. His wife, children and dog have moved away. His job is hanging by a thread. And it's not unusual for his phone bills to be upwards of $300 per month. Is he addicted to drugs? Gambling? Phone sex? No, he's addicted to his computer. Unlike conventional addictions such as alcohol and smoking, the time spent logged on to the Internet does not produce any significant bodily narm. As a result, the addiction is hard to diagnose by some psychologists and even harder to believe by others. Dr. Kimberly Young, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford assistant professor of psychology and e founder of the Center for On-Lin- Addiction, has spent the last three years researching what she has termed Internet Addiction Disorder (LAD), or rather, "an impulse-contrdisorder which does not involve an intoxicant." In a recent article, Dr. Young stated that the problem in diagnosing LAD from a psychological perspective is that ''addiction" is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Learning the Ropes: Westminster theater students, Wil Mckean and Sarah Coombs learn whats its like to take direction from another student. Hollywood Critic Speaks see that represented at the Oscars?" Lie number three is: "Hollywood is only about Michael Medved, New York Post making money." He claims this cannot be true because many of film critic, gave his lecture the most respected names in "Hollywood vs. America" March 24 in the Gore Auditorium. Hollywood nave never had lies of three Medved spoke huge blockbusters. "Some avoid tells to people are motivated beyond taking Hollywood blame for their influence on money. For example Robin Williams did "Good Will lie is "We're The first society. just his regular in the entertainment business. We Hunting" at one-fift- h divert people. Our movies have no fee because he loved the script," said Medved. substance, said Medved. "The But Medved went beyond contradiction to this is painfully simply criticizing the movie obvious," said Medvea. "They know that people are influenced industry and also denounced by commercials, but they say they television. He claims, "The aren't influenced by problem isn't too much sex or violence, it is too much TV programming. How absurd is that?" period. It makes people passive, mindless Jell-o.- " He also is: "We only hold The second lie reflect a mirror up to nature and suggest television is hard on To as it is." American society relationships. "It becomes a barrier between husband and on said that Medved this support wife. Turning it off forces you to an average night of prime time talk to each other." television 350 characters appear. The average person spends 13 Of the 350, seven will be murdered. "If we had that kind of years of his or her life watching television. "Is that something a murder rate, we would have zero population," said Medved. you would want on your He also said, "Thirteen percent of the population is black, did you See MEDVED, page 3 by Mindy Rae Jensen Forum staff writer ol See INTERNET, page 4 tlf s3 |