Two Orgs Hold Trayvon Martin Prayer Vigil

How Occupiers and Real-Life Superheroes Labor Under Intellectual Bankruptcy

Photo courtesy of reallifesuperheroes.org                                       There are those who dress up as superheroes, and then there are those who live like them.      The Real-Life Superhero Movement is a loose-knit network of individuals who don costumes and patrol their neighborhood to prevent crime. It began with the World Superhero Registry, a website which standardized the requirements and methodology for those who wished “to do good deeds and fight crime while in costume.” It gained national attention and a figurehead when Ben Fodor, better known as Pheonix Jones – “the guardian of Seattle” – was covered by ABC’s Good Morning America in January. Light-hearted morning show repartee became a serious issue when Fodor was arrested in October on assault charges for pepper-spraying a group of people he claimed were fighting in the streets.    A parallel movement was the Occupy protests, wh... (Click here to read more.)

Cedarville Takes Two from Urbana

The Cedarville University baseball team finished the regular season strong with two defeats of Urbana University Saturday. The Jackets faced off against the Blue Knights at home in the first game, securing a 4-0 defeat, and then Cedarville traveled to Urbana and won there as well by a score of 6-0. In the first contest, the Yellow Jackets started off hot, tallying three runs in the first inning. Chris Ward brought in Paul Hembekides with a single, and Nate Davenport followed with a two-run homerun. The Jackets scored again in the fourth on an Alex Beelen sacrifice fly. On the mound for Cedarville, Michael Roe improved to an incredible 8-0 on the season, allowing no runs on just one hit. In relief, Sean Larkin came in for three scoreless innings. Each of the Jackets pitchers had three strikeouts. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Jackets shutout Urbana again, this time behind the pitching of starter Steve Cardwell. On offense for Cedarville, Cam McWilliams had a 2-RBI single, and Davenport hit his second home run of the day. With the victory, Cedarville brought its win t... (Click here to read more.)

   Fronted by the talented singer-songwriter Tony Dekker, Great Lake Swimmers is a 10-year-old folk indie band from Toronto, Ontario. Throughout the past decade the band has become a favorite in their homeland of Canada, winning the title of “Favorite Folk/Roots Group” in the 2010 Canadian Indie Awards. Their unique sound and habit of recording in odd places has earned them much respect in the music world.    The band’s latest album, “New Wild Everywhere,” is their fifth CD and was released April 3. The presence of the banjo, harmonica, violin, drums, and acoustic and electric guitars all work together to create an unforgettable sound. Add Dekker’s soothing vocals and lyrical talent into the mix, and you’ve got a beautiful work of art on your hands. The music of “New Wild Everywhere” is the kind you can feel; it goes beyond your ears and probes into your heart, into something deeper.    Appropriately enough, this album really is about the “wild.” Though some people might consider the ... (Click here to read more.)

   Illegal file sharing and music downloading have been ongoing issues for years. Developing technologies and programs have made it easy for the average person to download music for personal use without the consent of the artist, regardless of legality or ethicality. However, online entities exist where one can find and legally download a variety of music. NoiseTrade is one such safe haven for music-lovers.    By its own admission, NoiseTrade is a win-win deal — as their website says, “Fans get free music. Artists connect with new fans. Everybody wins.”   Noisetrade.com    Artists can sign up with the program and upload their music to the NoiseTrade website. Fans can then download that music for free, whether it’s a single song or an entire album.    “The biggest benefit is actually for the artists — for marketability and audience expansion,” said Daniel Nelson, a sophomore Cedarville student who said he has been finding music with NoiseTrade for about two years.    And he&rsquo... (Click here to read more.)

   Our chapel theme at Cedarville this year is “Sharpening the Christ-Centered Mind.” How we use that mind is only limited by how diligently we pursue God’s truth. But have we ever stopped to think what our lives would look like if something was wrong with that God-given mind? What would become of our education and career, our interactions with family and friends, and — most importantly — our understanding of the Gospel?    Though we may not find ourselves in that scenario, millions of people are not so fortunate and are affected by many varied mental ailments. According to a recent National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) that analyzed about 10,000 subjects, over 20 percent of Americans are classified as having a mental illness (not including those with drug dependencies). The realization that 1 in 5 people are afflicted by a mental illness should cause us to recognize the importance of this issue.    However, what is perhaps more pressing than meditating on that statistic is truly considering how we view mental il... (Click here to read more.)