month : 10/2013 14 results

Yellow Jackets Sweep G-MAC Championship

by Tabitha DeHart The Cedarville Men’s Cross Country team won the G-MAC Championships for the second year in a row on their home course this past Saturday, Oct. 26. Cedarville won the first five spots, gaining a perfect score of 15 points to create a large gap between the Jackets and the second-place finisher, Trevecca Nazarene (55 points) and third-place Davis and Elkins (81 points). Matt Brooker repeated as individual meet champion, claiming the G-MAC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the ...

Lady Jackets Repeat as G-MAC Champions

The Lady Jackets won the G-MAC championships on their home course for the second year in a row Oct. 26. They won the meet with 41 points, narrowly beating Trevecca Nazarene, the runner-up with 47 points. Ursuline took third with 72 points. The women’s head coach Jeff Bolender said that the Lady Jackets passed so many competitors in the last 100 meters of the race that Cedarville would not have won the meet had the race been 100 meters shorter. Despite the less-than-ideal conditions - wind ...

‘Alice’ Senior Theatre Project This Weekend Condenses Novels, Adds Dancing

Lewis Carroll’s timeless story of Alice in Wonderland is coming to life at 8 p.m. this Saturday in Alford Auditorium. “Alice, A Walk Through Wonderland,” the senior theatre project of Eric Rasmussen, combines the stories of Carroll’s two “Alice” novels into about an hour and half production – dancing included. “He's condensed it down into an adaptation that definitely shows his personality in how he has told that story in addition to being the choreographer and designing dance ...

Cedarville Wins in Frigid Temperatures

The Cedarville University men’s soccer team won its 11th game of the season on Thursday night 2-0 against opponent Trevecca Nazarene. With game temperatures starting at 40 degrees, it was Cedarville’s coldest game of the season. Scoring was slow, and it did not come easy against Trevecca Nazarene. Both goals were scored by sophomore Connor Gilmour in the second half of the game. Cedarville and Trevecca Nazarene played staunch defense during the first half of the contest. It took a while ...

The Studio Hosts Figure Drawing Event

The Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts was a tranquil environment Tuesday night. Nine students sat in a circle, intently focused on both the subject and their sketchpads. As students took their pencils and charcoal to the paper, the room felt serene with only the sound of scribbles, strokes and continuous ambient music to fill the soundscape. The artists’ subject sat motionless, allowing the stillness of the moment to take the room captive. Every student’s sketchpad bore a different ...

Senior Theatre Major Breathes Fire [VIDEO]

Cedarville senior theatre major Virginia "V" Scites has a unique background: she was raised in a traveling circus. Scites grew up traveling and performing historical circus acts with her parents and brother. She is a skilled fire breather and one of only seven or eight people in the world who sword walks. She is also a talented singer, contortionist and fire dancer, among many other things. Here she talks about how she learned to breathe fire and shows us how it's done. WATCH:

Virginia Scites: Girl on Fire

Senior theatre major Virginia “V” Scites has a unique background: she was raised in a traveling circus. Scites grew up traveling and performing historical circus acts with her parents and brother. She is a skilled fire breather and one of only seven or eight people in the world who sword walks. She is also a talented singer, contortionist and fire dancer, among many other things. Scites originally went to Kentucky Christian University to major in music, but after two years, she ...

Yellow Jackets Roll Over Alderson Broaddus

Cedarville's men's soccer team dominated Alderson Broaddus Oct. 10 at its home field. The Yellow Jackets scored early and put away Alderson Broaddus in the second half with two goals, posting a final score of 3-0. Cedarville was in control the entire game and played stifling defense to keep their opponent off the scoreboard. Even though they scored early, they overcame a rather sluggish first half. A goal by sophomore Connor Gilmour started the scoring early. Goals by sophomore Christian ...

Column: The Rise of Cedarville Rugby

In November 2009, Andrew Held gathered a group of his friends and headed for the old intramural field to play his sport of choice – rugby. The field is small, located between Apple and Williams Hall. There were just a few guys present who knew little about the sport. Every Friday this group of guys would head out to the same field and play for two hours. Some weeks, four guys would come and other weeks upward of 10. They were completely irrelevant to most of Cedarville’s campus. Nearly ...

Student Spotlight – Brian McCray: Caricature Artist

For student artist Brian McCray, art is the expression of what humans feel and observe, he says. In fact, humans are the basis for McCray’s most famous work on campus. With his sketchbook in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, McCray was ready to go to work, even though he was about to sit down for an interview. A sophomore graphic design major from Beavercreek, Ohio, his real claim to fame on campus is his ink pen caricatures. For many Cedarville students, their first ...