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Show The Forum - 3 April 11, 2000 uyifii By Gia Thronsden Staff Writer Westminster has been one of the hot places to film in Utah. This campus has been the scene for movies in the such as the illustrious Disney film Johnny Tsunami. East the television show 'Touched by an Angel" has given Westminster students numerous shots at stardom and the show's most recent visit provided $7,500 for ' scholarships. Opportunities for students to be paid as extras are great and even better are the growing scholarship funds that the show helps provide by paying to use our campus. Student Jason Woolsey thinks that "Touched by an Angel" is doing great things for students. While some Westminister students benefit from the scholarships and have time to walk around for 13 hoursa day'aS an extra for $72.50, other students see filming as an inconvenience. Filming alters Westminster life. Students are late to ' class because they are forced to stop dead in their tracks and wait ten minutes while the camera man finishes filming a piece of perfectly lighted sidewalk. Other students say that parking is a problem, getting around is nearly impossible, and that "Touched by an Angel" crew members are less than polite. "I'll be walking' across campus and I wander into a group of people just standing there and all of a sudden I'll hear 'CUT' and I've just mined an entire scene," said one student. Another student mentioned that getting food from the cafeteria "took 45 minutes when it usually takes 5 f - minutes." On March 28, the cafeteria became a set and the students mere casualties of a masterpiece in the making. Student Zack Young remembers that night, " I was filling up my drink at the fountain machine and I had to stop right in the middle because it was too loud." The way one member of 'Touched by an Angel's" staff treated the cafeteria help was less than heavenly. This woman was ordering a Gardenburger at the grill, and shortly after the cook had placed it onto the grill, the woman demanded, 'Til take that patty now." The cook proceeded to talk some sense into her, "it has to be well done." With patronizing laughs, the staff member mdely replied, "Oh that isn't well done?" It was disgusting. If members of "Touched by an Angel" staff are going to come to campus and inconvenience large groups of students, "they should tell us where the money is going," said one student. Although it is generally known that the revenue the college gets from the show goes into scholarships, some students say that the money should be used to help reduce those yearly tuition increases. Since the students are not involved in the process of deciding where the money goes, at least they can be involved in the filming process. Whether they are participating as extras, being shoved aside, late to class or just "told to shut up." When 'Touched by an Angel" is on campus, for even a short amount of time, good or bad, a definite presence is felt. The front doors to the Gore School of Business shut off to student use during a recent Touched by an Angel shooting. ' & tttlll iSiUuon Jimi J iMd U W ouiiui' VV-- iMi 'turn '(trfjJnUriti S tuilc IFin.it j |