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Cedarville Jazz Band Focuses On Communication

Jazz musicians are friends off the stage ... and on it By Madeleine Mosher During a jazz band performance before chapel last year, director Chet Jenkins suddenly realized that the band was going to finish a full minute before they were supposed to. The last part of the last piece was a drum solo, so Jenkins looked at Noah Ramierez, the drummer, and said, “just keep going!”  Ramierez, who was a freshman, said he saw Jenkins wave off the rest of the band and point to his watch.  ...

Student Spotlight: Skyler Cash – Passionate About Music

By Zach Krauss Skyler Cash is forging his own unique path to combine his passions. Cash was initially drawn to Cedarville for its engineering program, but he was hesitant to disengage from another important facet of his life: music. Cash feared he would not be able to combine his love for music and hist talent for engineering in one degree program. Without a clear solution to this dilemma, Cash started at Cedarville and declared his intent for a degree in music education. He temporarily let ...

Students Crack the Code of Learning Machines during a Discussion on the Ethics of AI

By Zach Krauss On Tuesday, students from all over campus were invited to “A Christian Response to Artificial Intelligence,” the second seminar in a series on applied ethics for Christians. Faculty from three different departments discussed the history of computer science, specifically focusing on artificial intelligence, along with a time for audience questions and answers. Students from all over campus attended as three different fields collaborated on the interdisciplinary event. Dr. ...

Theatre Professor has a Missions Mindset

New professor Stacey Stratton believes God brought her to Cedarville by Lauren McGuire During Stacey Stratton’s audition for graduate school, the professor who hired her asked if she would ever teach. She said no. Now she’s Cedarville’s newest theatre professor. Stratton graduated from Murray State University with a degree in speech communication and theatre and intended to become an actress. As a graduate student, she worked as an assistant for the same professor who interviewed ...

“Ad Astra” Review

By Hunter Johnson Brad Pitt is one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors. . He’s played a cowboy, an ancient Greek hero, a secret spy, a psychopath, a guy who ages backwards, the list goes on. It only makes sense that he would eventually play a futuristic astronaut. “Ad Astra,” starring Pitt and directed by James Gray, tells the story of Roy, an extremely reserved man who feels disconnected from the world, including his family. Tommy Lee Jones plays Roy’s father, Clifford, who ...

100 Students Attend Worship Camp

The CU summer camp prepares high-schoolers to be musicians by Kristen Farley Cedarville’s two-week Worship Camp hosted over 100 high school students this summer, making it one of the largest academic camps the university offers. In 2009, Dr. Roger O’Neel, assistant chair of Worship and associate professor of Worship, and Jim Cato, associate vice president of Christian Ministries, founded the camps with the desire to see high school students equipped to serve their local churches with ...

Lady Jackets Sweep Findlay, Extend Win Streak to Five

By Abigail Hintz The Lady Jackets volleyball team swept the Findlay University Oilers Friday night in their first home game in five weeks to extend their win streak to five games. The scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-17 were full of intensity and excitement from the team and their home crowd alike. The Jackets remain at the top of the G-MAC as they are unbeaten in the conference. The team was led once again by sophomore Liene Miller who contributed 17 kills and 15 digs. Junior Lauren Willow ...

Students Dress to Express Beliefs on Abortion

The Message Dress movement hopes to shift the abortion conversation from hate to love by Zach Krauss During winter break of 2018, Sue Edwards brainstormed ways to positively impact the conversations about abortion. She developed an idea that is now known on campus and in pro-life communities across the country as the Message Dress. Edwards' original creation was a dress covered in baby clothes. As the movement has spread, some began wearing an ordinary dress with an article of baby ...

Cedarville Secures Three Division I Exhibitions

by Tim Miller Fresh off a 2019 season that ended with a NCCAA Division I National Championship banner, the Cedarville University men’s basketball team will surge into this season with three exhibitions against NCAA Division I programs. The Yellow Jackets will travel to Valparaiso, Ohio State, and Dayton on Oct. 19, Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Head coach Pat Estepp said he has been in contact with Dayton and Ohio State for exhibitions since he took over the program in 2008. While in past years the ...