APU Blogs - Thomas http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/blog_undergrad Azusa Pacific University Blogs en-us Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:35:00 PDT Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:35:00 PDT The Cult of Celebrity aka "Paris Is Cooling" http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10508/ It’s the strangest thing.  Ordinary, seemingly rational people can turn into absolute idiots when they sight a celebrity.

Andy Warhol once predicted, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.”  The plethora of alleged “reality” shows now on television has made this possible.  Part of the current problem, though, is that people have confused fame with notoriety.

]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:35:00 PDT My Father's Legacy http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10359/ My father died last week.

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PDT The Downfall of Don Imus http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10319/ One of the biggest lies society tells children is the old aphorism “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”

]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:40:00 PDT Once on This Island http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10258/ Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:10:00 PDT Various and Sundries http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10206/ • Oscar Post-Mortem

• Phil Vischer and Common Day of Learning

• Pirates of Penzance

]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:59:00 PST My 2007 Oscar Picks http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10123/ The Academy Awards are tomorrow night, so let me add my voice to those of the many other prognosticators:

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:27:00 PST These I Believe... http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10089/ I require students in my "Christianity and the Creative Process" and screenwriting classes to develop a credo--a list of beliefs that can become the basis for story ideas or other forms of art. This is a practice I "cribbed" from Barbara Nicolosi, the founder and chair of the corporate board of Act One, Inc., a non-profit organization that trains Christians to become screenwriters and junior executives in Hollywood.

]]> Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:37:00 PST Death of a Salesman http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10061/ I just got home after seeing Death of a Salesman.

Wow!

It is a superb production-one of the best I have seen in the 10 years I have attended APU Theater. Assistant Professor Phil Nash and co-director Micah Kobayashi have led an exceptionally strong cast and done justice to Arthur Miller's masterpiece, the most honored American play of the Twentieth Century.

]]> Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:31:00 PST Common Day of Learning 2007 http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/10026/

The 15th Annual Common Day of Learning will be held on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. This year's theme is "CONNECT: Transform Your Passions for a Purpose," and Phil Vischer will deliver the keynote address during Community Chapel.

]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:04:00 PST Back in the Saddle http://www.apu.edu/blogs/thomas/9993/ We're just three weeks into the Spring semester, and it seems like we've been back much longer.

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