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Ideal for freshman orientation
As the problems of the underclass, homelessness, racism, poverty,
teenage pregnancy, crime and even hunger have worsened in the 80's and
90's, the interest in social issues have declined. High school teachers,
sociology professors etc. find it increasingly difficult to find visual
material capable of capturing and moving their students.
American Pictures is a new
approach to tackle student apathy, a tool to animate social science
teaching.
With the strong emotions and debate it raises many faculties thus find
American Pictures one of the best introductions to "the marketplace of
ideas" - the university - and have made it mandatory for freshman
orientation.
For freshmen in leading universities
American Pictures has been used for freshman orientation by many of the
most competitive schools such as Dartmouth, Cornell, Holy Cross, Boston
University, Marquette, George Washington, St. Lawrence Univ. S.U.N.Y.,
Binghamton etc.
Both Cornell
and Holy Cross secured funding for its use on a yearly basis. In an
opening speech at National Ass. for Campus Activities Dean Peter Simmons
of Holy Cross College strongly encouraged the delegates to work on
making it mandatory for freshman orientation.
Chairman of the
College of General Studies at Boston University, Jay Corrin, who for
years has used the show for the freshmen there, says about the new
updated 1996-version:
"...a vast improvement over the old version, and it is all up-to-date
and frightfully relevant."
Ass. Dean David
McAleavey's
Remarks for new
students preceding American Pictures at George Washington University
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