We also took our FELC individual pictures today that the Jesse Helms Center uses for records and for putting "faces to names" when sending thank you letters to donors.
Today we introduced two more assignments, the first being the Laws of Life essay:
"The entire college is a free speech zone! Everywhere is a free speech zone under the first amendment! Don't let a college administration tell you when and where you can exercise that freedom," said Nothstine.
Tonight, our students were knee-deep in assignments and company activities! One entertainment group was hosting a movie night and the other was hosting a Casino game night! The concession group was busy developing a plan to compete with the low-cost vending machines and selling all kinds of snacks and refreshments such as chips, candy, and even Starbucks coffee! The style group was also running around from event to event showing off and marketing their product - tie-dye FELC T-shirts!
- The Laws of Life Essay Contest: This individual contest is an opportunity to express each student's values through writing and reflection. The "laws of life" are the rules, ideals and moral principles by which we live. Each student will write an essay discussing one law of life that means the most to him or her.
The Laws of Life essay has to be 2-pages handwritten or 1-page typed. This assignment is really an opportunity for self-reflection. This is also a private competition. The essays are read by one select member of the FELC team and is not shared with anyone. We really encourage our students to branch out and express a true law of life that they live by and why they chose it. Some students write about "honesty," some write about "courage" Each students has a different reason why their law of life is chosen and sometimes it takes a lot of effort to dig down and realize it. The top three winners of the contest also wins a cash prize along with points for their team to win overall! - The Commercial project: Advertising is key to creating good business. Each group will film (or act out) a proposed commercial for their company.
The commercial project must be at LEAST 30 seconds long and no more two minutes. The project needs to highlight the product or service that each company offers and should focus on reaching their target market (which is all of the FELC students). Some commercials take a professional and serious approach while others take a more hilarious or ironic path. Either way, FELC students never cease to amaze with their technological skills and creativity!
After lunch, it was time to prep for round two of debates! Again, the students had an hour of prep time
to decide which students would present and which point they would highlight. Each team was given a "negative" and an "affirmative" position on a specific topic (no matter the student's personal opinion) and they researched, analyzed and debated among themselves how they approach the topic. As I mentioned before, this is a different style of debates than what FELC typically does. Usually, the students get only three minutes of discussion time, but we extended the time this week. The FELC staff was very impressed at the quality of arguments the students delivered and we couldn't be more proud!
From the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, associate editor Ray Nothstine came to speak to the FELC students at Hillsdale College. Nothstine spoke about the danger of "big government" and how businesses are directly threatened by it. He expressed the importance of religious freedom and the hindrance of our liberties by college's "free speech zones."
"The entire college is a free speech zone! Everywhere is a free speech zone under the first amendment! Don't let a college administration tell you when and where you can exercise that freedom," said Nothstine.
The Acton Institute's mission is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles. The institute holds seminars and publishes various books, monographs, periodicals and articles. It organizes seminars aimed at educating religious leaders of all denominations, business executives, entrepreneurs, university professors, and academic researchers in economics principles, and in the connection that can exist between virtue and economic thinking.
Tonight, our students were knee-deep in assignments and company activities! One entertainment group was hosting a movie night and the other was hosting a Casino game night! The concession group was busy developing a plan to compete with the low-cost vending machines and selling all kinds of snacks and refreshments such as chips, candy, and even Starbucks coffee! The style group was also running around from event to event showing off and marketing their product - tie-dye FELC T-shirts! 
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