Putin’s Power on Display
Political unrest in the European nation Ukraine has been making world news since November 2013. On Nov. 21, President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of a trade deal with the European Union, which had been in process since February.
In December, Yanukovych tied closer bonds with Russia by sealing an economic trade deal to the outrage of Europe-supporting Ukrainians. After that, protestors took to the streets of Ukraine to express their discontent with Yanukovych.
For two months, protestors ...
Hobby Lobby Takes Contraceptives Case to Supreme Court
Hobby Lobby, a craft company created and owned by a Christian family, is arguing in the Supreme Court that its First Amendment rights have been violated by the government requirement to provide insurance with comprehensive contraceptive coverage.
This case is a response to the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which mandates all people and employers purchase acceptable insurance policies containing a certain threshold of requirements, including contraceptive coverage.
The Religious Freedom ...
Rethink Creative Launches Fundraiser
Rethink Creative, a small consulting group, launched an innovative fundraiser called Art for Orphans in February.
The team leading Art for Orphans sells original photography to raise funds for orphans in Zambia. Buyers can purchase the art online for $10 a picture or $1 for an iPhone background.
Art for Orphans began with a triangular friendship between Rethink leaders, social worker Katy Gibson and Cedarville admissions counselor Adam Brandt.
Rethink Creative provides artistic ...
SAAC Starting ACTS
Cedarville athletes are joining the 11 other schools in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference to bring toiletries to the homeless. The GMAC has worked with the different student athletic advisory committees from each school to find their ministry focus for this year and, hopefully, the years beyond.
Joy Dice, a women’s tennis player at Cedarville, serves as treasurer of Cedarville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and vice president of the Cedarville GMAC committee.
“We want ...
Movie Review: ‘Divergent’
Dystopian fiction is the latest craze in literature and film. In film, it started with the 2012 release of the first “Hunger Games” movie. For the last two years, it seems like there has been at least one new dystopian movie in theaters every week. Many of the movies are adaptations of books with large followings.
“Divergent” fits into both categories. The first book in the trilogy by Veronica Roth was released in 2011. Soon after, a cult-like following began demanding a movie and ...
Movie Review: ‘The Desolation of Smaug’
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is a middle installment in a trilogy, but viewers aren’t pitched into the middle of the action. As always, director Peter Jackson eases viewers in with a flashback to this movie released on DVD April 8.
“The Desolation of Smaug” covers six chapters of the book, but Jackson did not leave the story as is. He incorporated material from the appendices and J.R.R. Tolkien’s history of Middle-Earth, “The Silmarillion,” to explain elements of the ...
Speakers Guild Promotes Cedarville In A New Way
The Speakers Guild is an organization that allows Cedarville University to share its talents and resources with churches, Christian schools and homeschool groups.
The guild contains over 30 Cedarville faculty members who speak on a wide variety of topics including industrial design, climate change and worship ministry.
Cedarville’s provost, Dr. John Gredy, said Dr. Thomas White approached him last year and asked him to lead the school’s growth initiative.
“One of the things ...
School Of Pharmacy Hosts World Fair
The CU World Fair on April 22 will help students broaden their horizons, said Brenda Reid, the director of international student services.
“Some students have not had the opportunity to travel beyond their state or region of America,” she said, “so this is their opportunity to become a world traveler and really branch out and to experience things that they have not yet or may not get to in the near future.”
The fair will include ethnic food, live music – a salsa band and an ...
New Head of Counseling Department Encourages and Disciples
Mindy May, the recently hired director of counseling services, said she has a passion for equipping others and helping them use the resources God has given them.
She recommends the counseling service to all students, saying, "People can have a stigma that counseling is for people who have really serious or traumatic issues. It's for that, but it's also for basic encouragement and a level of discipleship as well."
May, who holds a doctorate in psychology and counseling, is a contemporary ...
Student A Cappella Group Releases Their First EP
Cedarville’s a cappella group, The Inversions, released their first extended play (EP) on April 1.
The Inversions are a group of 22 students who perform a cappella music. Three of the members have been together since the group’s creation three years ago, and they became an official organization in November of 2012. They perform a variety of music, ranging from alternative to pop and even some jazz.
“Our goal is to spread the love of a cappella music,” assistant director Alli Butterw...
