‘The Bad Batch’ season three kicks it up to a 99
By Janie Walenda
Within the past several years, whatever focus the Star Wars franchise may have possessed has been on the period of time after the rise of the Empire and before the events of “A New Hope.” Past successes like “Rebels” and “Rogue One” led to newer projects like “Kenobi” and “Andor,” as well as the follow-up to “The Clone Wars,” “The Bad Batch.” Together these stories paint a picture of the rise of the Empire and its totalitarian grip on the galaxy. ...
‘The Christians’ is brilliantly thought-provoking
By Isaac Steward
When I talked with Rachel Richardson, the director of Cedarville’s most recent senior theater production, she was fairly open about what I should expect from her show. However, the show took me by surprise all the same, immersing the audience in its church setting before I even took my seat, starting the show with a time of worship. It was only after we'd finished singing and Pastor Paul (played by Timothy Anderson) came up to the pulpit when the show really started.&nb...
Tastefully Roasted Is A Charming Dayton Coffee Shop
By Anna Cullins
Tastefully Roasted is a coffee shop located in Oakwood, Ohio, which is in the Dayton area. It is about a 35 minute drive from Cedarville University. The shop has numerous drinks as well as light food options available. They also sell bagged coffee for just $14.
Tastefully Roasted was founded in June of 2017, with the goal of bringing quality coffee to customers and supporting local businesses in the Dayton area. They source their products from local small businesses ...
‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ brings us the next generation dragon warrior
By Thomas J. Cromer
The Series in Overview:
For those not familiar with the “Kung Fu Panda '' films, the franchise started in 2008 and its newest entry hit theaters this month. The “Kung Fu Panda'' films are set in a fantasy version of ancient China full of mystical creatures. As the title of the series suggests, it does have a good amount of action in it focused on the Kung Fu family of martial arts. The characters in the series are all humanoid animals, which naturally causes ...
50 years after the tornado: Don and Pat Dunstan’s Xenia survival story
By Alan Brads
Today Don and Pat Dunstan can’t agree on the morning weather of April 3, 1974. What happened that evening 50 years ago obscures it from memory.
“It was a beautiful, beautiful morning, just gorgeous,” Don said, as chipper and optimistic as he always is. “That morning I walked down to the shoe store, and it looked like a picture-perfect day.”
“Well,” Pat interjected, “but it was so windy that day.”
Her annotation should not be taken as pessimism ...
50 years after the tornado: Sara and Marty Larson Relive the Day Xenia Changed Forever
By Alan Brads
Sara and Marty Larson, then strangers, now spouses, lived through April 3, 1974, in Xenia, and 50 years later they see how that day shaped the city.
At 4:30 p.m. 50 years ago, 11-year-old Sara Blackburn prepared to leave her home in the Arrowhead neighborhood of west Xenia. She didn’t know the massive implications of living in west Xenia, because she didn’t know a cataclysmic F5 tornado would come swooping down in the next 10 minutes. In fact, she didn’t even know ...
Cedarville students witness light in a city of darkness: D.C. GO Trip Part 1
By Julia Swain
The first thing I noticed about the city of Washington D.C. is that it never stops moving– ever.
Whether it’s in a park in the heart of the city, a Starbucks, or a charming bookstore, no one stops to have a conversation, check in to see how someone is doing, or offer even the simplest wave hello.
Coming from a school where all of this is commonplace, this was a shock.
It demonstrates the darkness that is so evident in D.C., a darkness that at ...
Senior Sunday: Jordyn Foulkrod
By Esther Fultz
Jordyn Foulkrod is a senior education major at Cedarville University. She specifically appreciates the close community she has been surrounded with, the different people she has met, and the professors she has been able to learn from.
“The professors really care about you and want you to see you do well,” Foulkrod said. “They don’t think lowly of you. And if you look hard enough, the range of people you will meet with different beliefs and backgrounds is super ...
Rare upcoming total solar eclipse garners attention
By Anna Harman
On April 8th, a rare total solar eclipse is expected to occur in Ohio. Solar eclipses occur several times a year, but a total solar eclipse only occurs about every one hundred years which is why this event excites many people
According to Dean and Senior Professor of Physics, Dr. Steve Gollmer, a solar eclipse occurs when the orbit of the moon around the earth is inclined by 5 degrees from the orbit of the earth around the sun. If the orbits were in the same ...
‘Passport to Love’ shows a romantic journey around the world.
By Laci Strouse
Nicole (Shae Robins), a travel blogger, and Kade (Mason D. Davis), a marketing representative, both end up at the same hotel while traveling for work in Polynesia. This small encounter leads to a wonderful friendship, only hampered by Kade’s boss wanting him to take down any threat to his company, including Nicole’s blog. He must decide if his career is worth destroying the career of the woman he loves.
This movie stood out to me because of the setting. ...
