month : 04/2014 17 results

Cedars Wins National, Regional Awards

Cedars recently won second place in a national student newspaper contest, and several staff members earned awards in a regional contest, including two first-place awards. In the College Media Association annual Apple Awards, Cedars took second in the Best Newspaper category in 2013 for four-year schools with fewer than 5,000 students. The Apple Awards categories honor publications. There are no categories for individuals. Cedars placed behind the Baker Orange of Baker University in ...

Review: ‘The 39 Steps’

Cedarville University’s theatre program has had one of its most popular seasons in years. Ticket sales records were set in the fall for the Shakespeare classic “The Taming of the Shrew” and in the winter for “Pride and Prejudice.” Topping off the 2013-14 season is “The 39 Steps,” and the stakes are high. Fortunately, however, “The 39 Steps” proves to be one of the most unusual Cedarville productions in recent memory, ending the year with a bang. Audiences anticipating “The ...

Class Chaplain Candidates Focus on Growing Closer to Students

Cedarville students will elect new class councils on Friday, April 4. After primary elections on Monday, March 31, candidates were narrowed down to two per class. However, the current junior class chaplain is running unopposed. The five chaplain candidates said their focus is growing closer with the student body. Class of 2017 Parker McGoldrick is running against Tim Silver for re-election as class of 2017 chaplain. McGoldrick, a freshman biblical studies major, said his favorite part ...

Winter Storm of the Century

The Blizzard of 1978, dubbed “The Storm of the Century,” has not been forgotten by Ohio residents 36 years later. In light of frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall, this year’s winter is being compared to that of 1978. But is there any real comparison between the two? The Blizzard of ’78 began early in the morning on Jan. 26 and continued into the next day. According to the National Weather Service, in that 24-hour period, snowfall ranged from five to 13 inches across Ohio. Wind ...

Weak Ceiling Strengthened Church

In March 2013, Pastor Linda Davis of Cedarville United Methodist Church noticed some ceiling tiles drooping in a small portion of the building. The church, built in 1867, is the second oldest church in the town of Cedarville. When examiners looked at the ceiling, they discovered that it was actually composed of three ceilings: one acoustic, one tile, and one plaster-and-lathe ceiling. After 146 years of hot and cold temperatures with no insulation, more than half of the plaster-and-lathe ...

New Generation. New Perspective.

Christians today have a wide range of views on drinking and its acceptability in the life of a Christian. Specifically, the millennial generation, born during the 1980s through the early 2000s, is more likely to have a more lenient stance on alcohol. In response to these developments, Cedarville made an effort this year to clarify its stance on alcohol, confirming that, during their undergraduate career, students are not permitted to drink alcohol either on or off campus. According to a ...

War on Poverty: 50 Years Later

The typical spring break of a college student involves hanging out with friends, sleeping a lot, and eating way too much of mom’s home cooking. But each year, for a handful of students, this is not the case. Every year, Cedarville’s community ministries sends a number of teams designed to minister to people in need across the United States. The teams partnered with organizations like Inner City Impact, Shepherds Ministries, Service Over Self and others. Students came back from ...