‘Passport to Love’ shows a romantic journey around the world.
By Laci Strouse
Nicole (Shae Robins), a travel blogger, and Kade (Mason D. Davis), a marketing representative, both end up at the same hotel while traveling for work in Polynesia. This small encounter leads to a wonderful friendship, only hampered by Kade’s boss wanting him to take down any threat to his company, including Nicole’s blog. He must decide if his career is worth destroying the career of the woman he loves.
This movie stood out to me because of the setting. ...
Men of faith: reflections on their time in Faith Hall
By Bella Agnello
Faith Hall’s 30 men are Davids facing Goliath: Faith Hall will not be continuing as a traditional dorm next year.
While it is undecided what Faith will be used for, Logan Riber, Resident Director of The Hill and Faith Hall, announced to the men in February that it will most likely be housing for traveling athletes or guests.
Because Faith became a men’s dorm this year, not many people are aware of the vibrant culture the men created, nor why leaving Faith Hall is ...
‘Dune: Part Two’ delivers a haunted messiah that you may not be ready for
By Ben Konuch
“Power over spice is power over all.”
Three years after Denis Villeneuve unveiled his first chapter of a vast adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel “Dune,” Villeneuve returns to the sands of Arrakis to bring the next page of his adaptation to life. With “Dune: Part One” serving as an overwhelming financial and critical success, snagging a total of six Oscars at the Academy Awards and introducing new fans to the mystical and militaristic future ...
International Student Spotlight: Ligia Benitez-Rubio
By Jewell Strock
Ligia Benitez-Rubio is a senior marketing major from El Salvador. El Salvador is a country in Central America rich with cultural heritage, vibrant, and full of life. Benitez-Rubio’s favorite thing about El Salvador is the warm culture and relationship-oriented, hard-working, and friendly people. People value time with each other, throwing parties and events to foster friendships.
Before attending Cedarville, Benitez-Rubio attended Word of Life in Florida for a ...
‘Damsel’ distresses audiences with its mediocre story
By Katlynn Rossignol
In “Damsel,” the new dark-fantasy film from Netflix, Elodie Bayford agrees to marry a wealthy prince to save her starving country only to be thrust into a fight for survival. The kingdom has hidden a terrible secret within its mountain and sacrifices her to the beast inside. Only by using her cunning and bravery can Elodie escape the deadly caverns and enact justice.
The Bayfords are welcomed by Auria’s royal family
Positives
Elodie, played by Millie ...
Senior Sunday: Aubree Whicker
By Esther Fultz
Aubree Whicker is a senior Allied Health Pre-PA major at Cedarville University. After graduating, she will be in Cedarville’s PA program for the next two years.
Over the past four years at Cedarville, Whicker has made a lot of memories. Some of her favorites include dissecting a pig in an anatomy lab, taking a trip to Missouri with her friends, and petting puppies at Petland in Beavercreek. She loves Cedarville’s beautiful campus and loves hammocking and doing other ...
‘Dune: Part One’ showed us how to make a blockbuster beautiful
By Ben Konuch
“For the future of House Atreides, there is no call we do not answer, there is no faith that we betray.”
When I first saw “Dune” in theaters during the fall of 2021, I realized something about the film: “Dune” is not an action film. You may not think that from its opening scene, an explosive spectacle that shows the people of the desert planet Arrakis desperately fighting back against their invaders. You may be tempted to assume the contrary from any of its ...
“Madame Web” is a nightmarish reflection of Sony’s franchising and it’s time we start asking why
By Ben Konuch
From the opening scenes of “Madame Web,” it becomes abundantly clear that this won’t be a good movie. Awkwardly-delivered exposition dumps from bad actors, good actors who inexplicably have wooden performances, a villain whose lines are almost all completely re-recorded and added back into the film via janky ADR, horrible camerawork and ridiculous editing turn “Madame Web” from a film to a laughing stock.
In fact, calling it a film seems like a disservice to ...
Sam Claude’s senior theater project astounds
By Isaac Steward
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching Sam Claude bring Lauren Gunderson’s 2014 script, “Bauer,” to the Alford Auditorium. This play tells the story of German painter Rudolph Bauer, over a decade after fellow artist and Bauer’s ex-lover, Hilla von Rebay, tricked him into signing away ownership of all his works to Solomon Guggenheim, including anything he creates in the future. Rudolph Bauer hasn’t painted since, and now, thirteen years later, is waiting ...
Election politics impact border policy as Texas combats border crisis
By Esther Fultz
In recent years, controversy has raged over the United States’ southern border. A variety of opinions exist regarding the best policies and practices, and the debate is significant because border policy impacts the lives of migrants and their families as well as U.S. citizens.
Since President Biden took office in 2021, the federal government’s approach to the border has relaxed. As a result, the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the United States ...
