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Cedarville Student Auditions for American Idol

By Shelby McGuire There was cacophony of introductions, pleasant exchanges, and vocal warm-ups in the line of hopeful singers waiting for their chance to audition in front of the producers of “American Idol.” Auditions for the show’s 17th season took place on Wednesday at Genoa Park in Columbus. Among the nearly 3,000 potential idols, one familiar face could be spotted in the crowd. Cedarville’s own Macy McClain performed “Titanium” by David Guetta and “A Moment Like This” by ...

107+ Companies Coming to Cedarville for Fall Career Fair

By Bryson Durst Do you need to find a job or internship? Do you want experience interacting with representatives from potential employers? If so, iron your dress shirt, print off that resume and mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 26. From 11AM to 1:30PM, Cedarville University will be hosting its annual Fall Career Fair with at least 107 businesses coming to engage with Cedarville students. Companies from across the board, such as Chick-Fil-A, Proctor and Gamble, Honda, the FBI, ...

New Student Talent Show and Freshman Class Council Members Revealed

By Kristen Farley On Saturday night, the New Student Talent Show revealed some dazzling talents from the freshmen class of 2018, as well as the results of the election for the freshman class council. It was a light-hearted evening, as hosts Jake Johnson and Zach Reeder kept the audience in Stinger’s laughing with an abundance of humor. They pulled no punches as they brought out Scottish accents, pick-up-lines, and “Ring by Spring” references. As if a free glow stick at the door was ...

Cedarville Designated NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations

By Brianna Saucier Cedarville was recognized as a Center of Academic Excellence, CAE, in Cybersecurity on June 6. The designation was given by the National Security Agency (NSA) at a ceremony at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Only twenty schools in America hold this title, placing Cedarville in the same category as prominent military schools like West Point and the Air Force Academy. It took the combined efforts of the Computer Science sub-department faculty over ...

Senior Capstone Revives Communication Honors Society

by Zach Krauss Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honors society that was disbanded over a decade ago, was reinstated thanks to the work of several senior communication students as part of a capstone project. Dr. Chuck Elliott, professor of communication at Cedarville University, worked with senior communication students on a project that hadn’t been touched in over a decade. In 2001, the Cedarville University Communication Department began a chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, which is an honors ...

New Civil Engineering Program Seeks to Have Worldwide Impact

by Shelby McGuire While serving overseas, members of the engineering department faculty saw first hand the need for clean water and energy in parts of the world where these commodities are not readily available. They also saw how providing these basic necessities could pave the way for gospel impact. They organized a solution to this need by implementing a missions-minded civil engineering program at Cedarville. "Our faculty sensed the need for a civil engineering program when we started ...

Marauder Battalion Wins Spring FTX

by Brianna Saucier Cedarville’s Army ROTC program traveled to Fort Knox, Kentucky to meet with cadets from Wright State University and the University of Dayton from April 5 to April 8 to conduct their annual Field Training Exercise (FTX).   The purpose of FTX is to prepare juniors for new leadership positions and Advanced Camp -- a month long summer boot camp -- while also developing senior cadets’ ability to organize large scale operations.    With over 150 cadets, three battal...

Conference Addresses Sexual Identity

By Zach Krauss Cedarville students will get the opportunity to ask questions regarding sexual identity and brokenness on Wednesday, April 4 at the Living Water Conference. The Living Water Conference is one of the apologetics conferences put on by the Center for Biblical Apologetics and Public Christianity. The center is directed by Dr. Dan DeWitt, associate professor for applied theology and apologetics. He organized and spoke at last year’s Finding Truth Conference and frequently speaks ...

The Family Bond: Easter Tradition

by Gabbriella Kabler My family bakes special cookies every year the night before Easter Sunday. Each ingredient is symbolic for an aspect of the Jesus story. For example, walnuts are added, after being crushed, to symbolize the brutality of how Jesus was beaten before death. The batter is put on a baking sheet and the preheated oven is turned off when the cookies are put in. At this point, the cookies are left overnight in the oven to symbolize how Jesus was left in the tomb for three days ...

Car Accident Continues to Affect Cedarville Students

By Madeleine Mosher On Sunday, January 28, two Cedarville students were injured in a car accident and had to withdraw from school. Now, almost two months later, the students have taken steps to recover physically and mentally. Freshman Jessica Meade and senior Cora Duran were on their way to church when their car slipped on black ice and crashed into another car that was also slipping. Meade broke her left leg, and Duran broke an arm, both legs, and a rib. Meade doesn’t have to wear ...