‘The Pout-Pout Fish’ gives us an excellent perspective into children’s movies today, but doesn’t exceed expectations.
By Gabriel Payne
The chances are that at some point in your life, you have heard the story of the Pout-Pout fish with a Pout-Pout face who spreads dreary wearies all over the place. The beloved children’s book written by author Deobrah Diesen has made its way across classrooms and homes all over the country to achieve numerous accolades such as New York Times Bestseller and TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Children’s Book list.
After 18 years of existing solely on the pages of library books ...
‘Project Hail Mary’ is amaze, amaze, amaze!
By Sophie Monastra
Alien microbes are eating the sun. In 30 years, all life on Earth will go extinct—including all of humanity. The only solution lies in the Tau Ceti system, located 12 light years away from Earth. Using the microbes as fuel, humanity can create a rocket, name it the Hail Mary, crew it with the world’s most capable astronauts (sent in a coma to limit the number of things that can go wrong) to find a solution.
When the Hail Mary reaches Tau Ceti, only one of the ...
Testimony Tuesday: A life used by God
By Megan Deets
Jeff Reep, the director of Career Services and adjunct faculty member at Cedarville University has been sharing the story of his salvation with students for years. He started doing this in the Physical Activity and Healthy Living (PAHL) class at Cedarville that he’s been teaching for 31 years. Whether it’s PAHL or another class, Reep now speaks about his testimony in every class he teaches.
“It’s an opportunity and a privilege to have a little, tiny part in what ...
Cedarville starts strong at outdoor home opener
By Matt Schaeckenbach
The dual nature of the track and field season is one of the unique aspects of the sport compared to others. In basketball, you play inside year round; for soccer, it’s all outdoors. But for track, the sport completely flips halfway through.
Athletes go from competing in climate-controlled weather in the indoor season to the brutal elements of an Ohio spring in the outdoor season, battling against a combination of heat, cold and wind at each outing.
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Keeping up with the Olympians in world championship men’s short program ice skating
By Danielle Cherry
“Ice, Ice baby.”
The lyrics couldn’t be more accurate to describe the competitive atmosphere surrounding ice skating at this year's World Championships for International Figure Skating (ISU). It’s been a month since the Olympics were held in Italy, with the athletes ready to re-lace their skates and enter the ice, despite the hardships they faced in Malino Cortina.
With the men’s short program following the women's, all eyes were on the Olympic ...
Cedarville comes up short in doubleheader despite tight first game
By Zeke Dubiel
After dominating the first eight innings, the Cedarville University baseball team gave up four runs in the 9th inning to the University of Findlay, sending the game into extra innings. Cedarville lost 8-6 in the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday, then lost 11-2 in the second.
Cedarville was up on the Oilers 5-1 at the end of the 8th inning, showing a truly masterful display of both hitting and fielding. The Oilers struck back in the 9th by loading the ...
Despite bad CGI, ‘Reagan’ still delivers patriotism
By Amelia Morris
“Reagan” is a chronologically woven story detailing the life of the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Thanks to Cedarville’s Young Americans for Freedom student organization, the 2024 film “Reagan” was shown in the Biblical and Theological Studies building on Saturday night.
The story is told from the perspective of a former Soviet Union spy named Viktor Petrovich (Jon Voight). His character is a fictional addition, but is used as a framing ...
‘Scream VII’ slashes through theaters with mixed reactions
By Cadence Powers
Content Warning: This is a film that contains explicit violence, gore and language. Please keep in mind the rating when considering this film.
A horror movie obsessed man and his girlfriend decided to stay in the house from his favorite horror movie. Inside the house includes police lines of where the bodies were, film posters for each of the films and a fully animatronic Ghostface, which includes a motion censor to follow the two with its eyes. The couple seems ...
Taylor Sheridan’s new drama ‘The Madison’ starts with a bang
By Josh Ball
After the success of “Yellowstone” and its spinoff series, Taylor Sheridan's new show “The Madison” was released to Paramount+ and did not disappoint. Sporting a mix of established stars and young faces, “The Madison” executes all the best of TV dramas.
The first 20 minutes featured Stacy and Preston Clyburn (Michelle Pfeifer and Kurt Russell), a couple happily married for 40 years in New York's bustling metropolis. Preston was visiting his brother, Paul (Matthew ...
Cedarville Smash team loses first round of playoffs amid network latency and tough opponents
by Balen Allain
Cedarville’s Super Smash Bros. esports team lost last night in the first round of playoffs against the University of Texas at Dallas.
The team had mixed sentiments before the game. Team captain Andrew “A” Adkins thought they were doomed to lose.
“They are the sixth seed,” Adkins said. “We are the 27th seed.”
Others were similarly discouraged as they were practicing.
“I’m feeling ...
