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		<title>Welcome Back!</title>
		<link>http://aurcom.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/welcome-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to all returning students, and welcome to all those first joining us this semester.  After a well-deserved break in which our student body scattered to all parts of the globe, we&#8217;ve returned to Rome to recommence our studies.  Spring 2012 looks to be an exciting time, with the English and Communication Department hosting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=305&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Semester and Congratulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the end of the semester snuck up on us, and students are filling the Multimedia Lab with lively chatter as they finish their final assignments.  These projects include short films, stop motions, animations, and websites which will be presented by students to receive their final grades.  Today from 1-3, Professor Palana&#8217;s Web Graphics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=301&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We made it, well, almost!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We made it, well, almost!&#8221; That&#8217;s what I have been thinking for the past two weeks. At this point I have only two days left. To tell you the truth I was a little afraid this semester would never end. I created a website, produced a film, wrote numerous papers, and passed some exams, hopefully. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=242&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Refat Ara Jerin&#8217;s Capstone Senior Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Film major Refat Ara Jerin is currently working on her Capstone project.  Refat is 22 years old, and has attended AUR since 2008.  I talked with her to find out more about her project. What is your Capstone project? I&#8217;m making a short narrative film about arranged marriage in Bangali culture.  It is in original [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=233&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CICO 324 &#8211; Cult Film and Television</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new class, Cult Film and Television (CICO324), is being offered this semester.  The class is a combination Cinema and Communication course taught by Professor Paul Zinder, Chair of the Department of Communication and English at AUR. Thus far, Prof. Zinder has covered cult horror auteurs such as producer Val Lewton and director David Cronenberg, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=216&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Registration Already!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ckssharks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Spring Registration begins Monday, October 17th and end Wednesday, October 26th at AUR.  Professors in the Communication lab already have sign up sheets on their doors and students rushing in to ask questions.  Classes offered in the MultiMedia Lab have a cap of 12 students which means that we often end up battling it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=218&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acting Audition at AUR</title>
		<link>http://aurcom.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/acting-audition-at-aur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ckssharks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Zinder’s Digital Filmmaking class has begun preproduction for their 5-7 minute shorts films.  Students are grouped into three groups of three and one group of four.  On Monday and Tuesday auditions will be held for all groups.  I personally believe you should show up to the audition at 12:30-2:00 in Villa Sciarra.  Now, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=206&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! I&#8217;m Caely!</title>
		<link>http://aurcom.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/hey-im-caely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I name is Caely Rose and I am currently a junior Communication major and Film and Digital Media minor.  I attend the American University of Rome and work as a student assistant in the Multimedia Lab or the “Mac lab” as I refer to it. I was born in Connecticut but, moved to Florida when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=198&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction and a Guest Speaker</title>
		<link>http://aurcom.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/an-introduction-and-a-guest-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, I am Chelsea Graham.  I am one of the two new student assistants in the AUR Multimedia Lab.  I am a Communication major and a Social Science minor, and this semester marks the beginning of my senior year. I am 21 years old, was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and moved to Rome in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=168&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capstone Presentations</title>
		<link>http://aurcom.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/capstone-presentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.  This past Tuesday were the official Communication Department capstone presentations, which took place in our very own Multimedia Lab.  Although stressful and nerve-racking as the culmination of a year&#8217;s work, they are not as bad as they seem!  For those of you who are future communication or film students, our capstone (thesis) projects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurcom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2906419&amp;post=132&amp;subd=aurcom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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