Community Christmas Celebration: an annual event that promotes unity and joy
By Linnea Doughman
Summoned by the return of the Christmas season, melodies echoed throughout Jeremiah Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 7th, 2025. Cedarville University’s annual community Christmas celebration commenced once again.
People from all walks of life congregated in the chapel to enjoy the university’s choral and instrumental ensembles.
Performer Madelyn Mowery, a senior Keyboard Pedagogy major, reflected that her favorite part of the concert was the instrumental music with the ...
Testimony Tuesday: Holding fast to God’s comfort during suffering and grief
By Rachel Schuck
“I am held by the God who keeps perfect covenant and that is true no matter how I fail or the hardships that I go through.”
Alyson Punzi holds a unique position: she gets to share the light of Christ with others through her story of suffering and grief.
Punzi, who works as an executive assistant in Cedarville’s Advancement Department, dwells on God’s steadfast comfort during her moments of grief, as well as his reminder that he holds her fast.
Growing up in ...
Track and Field takes off at the Wittenberg Opener
By Matt Schaeckenbach
After a long fall of training, the Cedarville Track and Field team got its first taste of competition at the Wittenberg Opener in Springfield, Ohio. The Yellow Jackets showed the team’s strength in an exciting outing at their first meet, securing six individual victories on the day, highlighted by two NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks from sophomores Summer Swartwout and Josh Paul.
Paul handily won the men’s triple jump at the meet, leaping to a ...
‘Eternity’ is so much more than a love triangle dramafest
By Gabriel Payne
If you had to choose where to spend the rest of all time, how long would it take you to make that decision? In David Freyne’s “Eternity,” the recently deceased get one week to cement the rest of their eternity. But for Joan Cutler (Elizabeth Olsen), this decision is even more complex and difficult than it initially seems.
Upon her arrival to the “afterlife,” she is faced with an impossible dilemma. She must choose between her first husband and love of her ...
‘Zootopia 2’ is the best remake Disney has ever made
By Danielle Cherry
Back in the world of Zootopia, not much has changed, except for the fact that Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are partners for the ZPD. Their friendship is on the line as they embark on a harrowing journey through Zootopia to retrieve a lost journal and, consequently, a lost land.
Zootopia, while known for its harmony of different animal species, has a secret - a species that was banished due to mysterious reasons: reptiles. While ...
Cedarville University’s harpists
By Bella Agnello
The Friday before finals week, students typically spend the afternoon getting ready to perform their skits during Deck the Halls. But if they were to stop by the Stevens Student Center for an early dinner, they might be able to spot three hooded creatures wheeling large, covered objects from the Dixon Ministry Center to the SSC. And if they stay for a while, they might be pleased to hear the sounds of celestial Christmas cheer.
These creatures are actually the harpists ...
Arts in Action: Wind Symphony blows away audience with concert lineups
by Megan Deets
The Wind Symphony, also called band, is a large group of woodwind instruments along with brass and percussion instruments, omitting stringed instruments generally. The winds are positioned in the front with the brass in the middle and the percussion the farthest from the conductor.
The Wind Symphony at Cedarville is made up of 79 students, over half of which are non-music majors. These students play in many important services on campus, including the Veteran’s Day ...
Arts in Action: Cedarville University’s Jazz Band Swings through November concert
By Cadence Powers
The Cedarville University Jazz Band held their most recent concert in a room so packed that the audience had to stand. Almost two hours in length, Friday, Nov. 21 saw students, family members and community members alike gathered in the DMC recital hall. The band delivered a fantastic performance, each song ebbing and flowing with a practiced ease. It begs the question, what does it take to put a concert like this together?
Dr. Jenkins directs the Jazz Band 1 rehears...
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ brings all the worst new ideas to magic
By Josh Ball
Sleight of hand is the magician’s trade. Diverting the audience's attention away from the real action is not easy to do. It allows the magician to say, “the closer you look, the less you’ll actually see.”
In 2013, the first installment of “Now You See Me” reminded the world why magic is so fascinating. In a cat-and-mouse chase with the FBI reminiscent of “Catch me if You Can,” the main characters, the Four Horsemen, use their tricks to perform massive ...
Season four of ‘The Witcher’ fails to deliver on already low expectations
By Josh Ball
‘The Witcher’ is a franchise with plenty of media adaptations. Latest among them is Netflix’s show. When actor Henry Cavill announced he was leaving the show due to creative differences, questions abounded. Cavill is known for being a fan of fantasy. Fans worried his dedication to the source material was the only reason the show had not spiraled into the Hollywood slop the fantasy genre has become. Sadly, we were right.
Season three ended with a lot of potential. Every ...
