Inspired by LA’s 168 Hour Film Project, Student Association organized its first ever 168 Film Contest Feb. 19 through Feb. 24. Students had exactly 168 hours, or one week, to write, shoot, compose music, produce and edit a film.

Fourteen teams entered the film contest, but only four finalists were chosen to be shown at the red carpet premiere. The red carpet premiere featured live music, free SA sunglasses, popcorn and a photo booth. Students sat on blankets on the lawn between Claudius and EMR dormitories and watched all four of the finalists’ films.

Other rules for the competition required a set of black sunglasses to appear in the film, a character named Chuck or Chelsea Phillips as an inventor, the line “I wish I would have known that yesterday” and the theme was vision.

Out of the four finalists, only one was chosen as the champion: “Only a Reminder," directed and produced by Collin Mastbrook.

Christian girls mean well, they really do. But sometimes, they can get caught up in a little language known as “Christianese.” “Sh*tuff Christian Girls Say” lightly pokes fun at some of the things typical Christian girls are likely to be heard saying.

The ORU student-produced video has been up on YouTube for three weeks and has more than 500,000 views already.

The video was written, produced and edited by a group of guys, some of whom produce the popular “Don’t Be That Guy” videos.

Call me a skeptic when it comes to young adult fiction.

To me, most every novel in that glorified pseudo-genre goes something like this: misunderstood and emotional youth-against-the-world types struggle to find themselves in storylines replete with worn-out love triangles and kitschy scenes of peril.

It seems these books have found a copious amount of success among middle-schoolers and sexually frustrated middle-aged women. This is why I generally avoid reading them.

So when my sister—a sixth-grade English teacher—first told me about a book she was reading to her class called “The Hunger Games,” a story featuring what I interpreted as all of the above, I had my doubts.

Then she started telling me about the plot. It captured my interest.

Opening Feb. 3

“Big Miracle”
Inspired by a true story, “Big Miracle” is about a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) and a reporter (John Krasinski) who work together to save a family of whales trapped in a hole in the Arctic Circle.

“Chronicle”

“The Innkeepers”

“The Woman in Black”

Opening Feb. 10

“The Vow”
“The Vow,” starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, tells the story of a young woman who loses her memory after a car accident and her husband who tries to win her heart again.

“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”

“Safe House”

“Undefeated”