‘The Wild Robot’ is a gorgeous and heartfelt film
By Janie Walenda
I’m excited for a lot of films every year. It comes with my job, and more importantly my lifelong love of cinema. But ever since I saw the first trailer of “The Wild Robot,” I was hooked. The animation, the music and the emotion packed into the short trailer quickly made “The Wild Robot” my most anticipated movie of 2024.
While sometimes trailers can be deceptive, I’m thrilled to say this one wasn’t. “The Wild Robot” is not just stunningly animated, but ...
“The Penguin” midseason review: Gotham’s depravity sprints full speed ahead
By Ben Konuch
“All of a sudden, you’re on my side? Look at that! My little helper? You’re desperate. Scrambling.”
“The Penguin” starts off strong. Its first episode shows nuance, great writing, intriguing characterization of its main players and justifies why we needed to explore more of Gotham from the streets instead of perched upon its rooftops. But as “The Penguin” expanded its episode count from one to four, it's proving that every strength the premiere showcased is ...
Tuttle’s Takes: Week 5’s offense and quarterbacks
By Emily Tuttle
There is quite possibly nothing that tests your patience more than watching football with someone who doesn’t understand the nuances of the game. Your team is losing, and suddenly, they are saying things like, “Why doesn’t the runner go where there are no people?”
But in week 5, even the most casual football fans could turn on a game and be enthralled with the action. Their eyes glued to the screen, games like the Ravens and Bengals fighting back and forth into ...
Cedarville Students March for the Rights of the Unborn
By Ashleigh Clark
On Friday, October 4, 120 Cedarville students boarded two charter buses en route to Columbus, Ohio. Every student was there to protest abortion in the Ohio March for Life.
The group of 120 students was led by the Students for Life Org on campus and Communications Professor Dr. Andrew Harris.
Paige Johnson, a member of CU Students for Life, described the March as “the fight for the lives of the unborn in the state of Ohio.”
According to Johnson, “It ...
The veteran misconception: New org at Cedarville seeks to support students transitioning from the military
By Madison Dyer
Veteran students face a unique challenge when coming to college, even such a welcoming one as Cedarville University.
People who serve in the military have the option to go to college on a scholarship after they complete their service. It is near impossible to recognize veteran students, nobody ever mentions them in passing and most students are too busy to dedicate more than a second of consideration to their veteran peers’ situation.
Dr. Jason Grimm, ...
International Student Spotlight – Bianca Ferrario
By Julia Swain
Bianca Ferrario is a freshman nursing student from Milan, Italy. When Ferrario was in her freshman year of high school, her family moved to California, where her walk with Christ began.
The transition from Italy to California was rough for Ferrario and her family, especially because it happened at the beginning of COVID-19.
“Me and my mother were stuck in a very small apartment in Italy because Covid was so bad and we couldn’t get out,” Ferrario said. ...
A five-year yellow jacket reunion at Homecoming reveals God’s transforming work
By Bella Agnello
Pictured left to right: Stephanie Frei, Abby Barber, Kaitlyn Ring and Whitney O’Brien
Beyond the cardboard canoe race and Spirit Week, what makes Homecoming so special is that it allows alumni to reflect on their four years at Cedarville and witness what God is continuing to do.
In 2019, a group of friends made a promise to one another that they would come back to campus together for their five-year reunion. In 2024, Whitney O’Brien, Kaitlyn Ring, Abby ...
Vote with Vision creates conversation, not debate, around politics on campus
By Maggie Fipps
Today, bringing up the election is an instant conversation killer. Tiring commercials with dramatic music air every break, and it seems every other Facebook post is a new way to superimpose Trump onto a famous figure. It can be fatiguing to begin thinking about what you will write on your ballot in November.
Vote with Vision, a new initiative on campus, is hoping to start a better conversation around this fall’s election. Josh Chapin, Destiny Gaines, Luke Ring and ...
‘Io Capitano’ provides an eye-opening perspective on African emigration
By Isaac Steward
This review contains spoilers for “Io Capitano”
“Io Capitano” is different from the movies I normally watch.
I’ve always felt drawn to films with far away settings, high stakes and happy endings. “Io Capitano” has all of these things, and yet it is so incredibly different from what I usually watch. The setting isn’t as far away as we can be tempted to think, the stakes are very real and the ending isn’t as happy as it might seem. All the same, ...
‘The Penguin’ premiere shows the many faces of darkness in Gotham City
By Ben Konuch
“They don't even know what they got, cause they always had it. Never hungry, born full. But not us. The world wasn't built for guys like us.”
Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” was one of the greatest superhero films we’ve gotten in recent years, and without a doubt the best product out of a tortured DC Studios in decades. It portrayed of Batman and his world as gritty and realistic yet undoubtedly “comic-book-ish” in its storytelling and aesthetics. So, when DC ...