month : 03/2015 25 results

Cedarville Theatre, Music Programs Encourage Love of Arts

As the week-long arts celebration closes with the annual Pops Concert on March 27, an appreciation and emphasis on the arts continues in several classes, events and groups throughout campus. But with just 32 students studying theatre and 100 music and worship students, campus productions rely on non-majors to round out the performance groups. Theatre The theatre faculty have the opportunity to work with students in their major and students in other majors who have an interest in theatre. ...

Arts Madness 2015: Hymn Sing

A hymn sing led by the Worship Department was a new feature to Arts Madness this year:

Weekly Comic: “Tales from the Brim” (Part 6)

“Tales from the Brim” Part 6: Parts 1-5 Brian McCray is a junior studio art major and an arts & entertainment writer for Cedars. He enjoys drawing, writing, watching movies and composing short bios of himself.

Yellow Jackets Lose Early Lead, Fall to Panthers

On Wednesday afternoon, sophomore third baseman Drew Johnson continued his hot streak, but the Cedarville men’s baseball team lost to the Ohio Dominican Panthers 11-6. The Yellow Jackets roughed up Ohio Dominican pitcher Matt Kittelberger in the first inning, scoring two runs. Cedarville left-fielder David Lenhardt, an offensive threat who did serious damage at the plate last season, sent home shortstop Sam Summerlin with a single to center field. Johnson advanced to third base and scored ...

Movie Review: ‘Into the Woods’

When iconic fairy tale characters Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel all find themselves alone in the woods, chaos naturally ensues. Disney’s “Into the Woods,” based off the Broadway musical of the same name, explores what would happen if these classic tales didn’t simply end at “happily ever after.” Their stories are narrated by the Baker (James Corden), an original character, who has journeyed into the woods on his own quest – to undo a ...

#TeamBrian Moving on with #TeamAdam

Brian Johnson is moving on to the Live Playoffs on NBC’s “The Voice.” But, he’s moving on as a member of another team – Team Adam. Johnson competed against Sarah Potenza in Monday night’s Knockout round. During this round, the competing teammates individually perform, with Potenza choosing Matt McAndrew’s “Wasted Love” and Johnson “Nothing Ever Hurt Like You” by James Madison. The team’s coach – in this case country music star Blake Shelton – selects who will ...

Cedars Wins 8 SPJ Regional Awards

Cedars staff members combined to win eight awards for their work during 2014 in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional competition. The awards were presented Saturday at the regional conference at Ohio University. Photographer Jillian Philyaw placed first in two categories, feature photography and general news photography. Reporters Lauren Eissler, Emily Finlay and Madison Troyer won the in-depth reporting category for a package of stories about the costs of ...

Brian Johnson: A Big Heart and a Big Voice

Cedarville University grad Brian Johnson (’12) has made it to the third round – the Knockouts – on NBC’s eighth season of “The Voice,” but there’s more to him than his music. “Brian almost always had a heart about as big as Cedarville,” said James Phipps, Johnson’s academic advisor and a senior professor of communications at Cedarville. “He just is a people-type person, and he had a heart for people.” But though his heart’s big, Johnson’s head never swelled as ...

Review: ‘Doubt: A Parable’

Though “Doubt: A Parable” differs greatly from any recent production at Cedarville, opening night was sold out and the intimate and sensitive storyline conveyed excellently. Senior Simon Yeh started off the performance playing despairing music on the clarinet, lit only by a single light. All eyes were on him, just a few inches away, really, from the audience. “Doubt” is performed in thrust format, meaning that the audience sits in raised rows on three sides of the stage so that ...