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STP Preview: ‘Leave it to Jeeves’

Senior theater major David Widder-Varhegyi presents his senior theatre project 8 p.m. April 15 in Alford Auditorium. “Leave it to Jeeves: An Evening With Me – Bertie Wooster, and My Man, Jeeves” is based on some short stories by the comedic British author, P. G. Wodehouse. Widder-Varhegyi said this is the first time this particular piece will ever be produced. After rejecting an earlier idea for his STP, Widder-Varhegyi found Wodehouse's short stories on a public domain site. He ...

HeartSong to release album April 14

Cedarville’s student-led worship group HeartSong will release a new album Thursday, April 14. The album, titled “Ascribe,” will feature 10 contemporary worship tracks performed by HeartSong and centered around Psalm 29, a passage that speaks of ascribing to the Lord the glory due his name. This album will be different from past albums, assistant producer Ashlynn Kelly '14 said. It incorporates more upbeat worship songs that still carry the same message as the more traditional songs. ...

Cedarville Sweeps Doubleheader

The Cedarville baseball team won both games of a doubleheader against Oakland City on a very windy Saturday, April 2, 3-2 and 4-2. Cedarville head coach Mike Manes said pitching was a big part of the team's victories. “Our starters went deep in the games and got ahead in the count,” Manes said. “When our starters can go deep in the game we can compete.” Senior Garrett Baker got the win in the first game, pitching five-and-a-third innings. He had seven strikeouts while a...

Cedars Wins 10 Regional SPJ Awards

Cedars staff members won 10 awards for their work during 2015 in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional competition. The awards were presented April 2 at the regional conference in Cincinnati. Photographer Campbell Bortel placed first in two categories, sports photography and general news photography. Sports editor Jon Gallardo won the sports writing category for a feature story about Justice Montgomery, a transfer athlete from a Division I school. Just ...

Play Review: ‘Wit’

Cedarville's opening night performance of “Wit” March 31 left many members of the audience reflecting on the meaning of mortality, their priorities and the value of life. "Wit" is set during the final hours of the life of Dr. Vivian Bearing (sophomore Merra Milender), distinguished professor of English, who is dying of stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer. Bearing recounts her story to the audience through a series of monologues and flashbacks, beginning with the initial diagnosis from ...

Review: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’

The Portokalos and Miller family returned to the big screen March 25 to celebrate another wedding. In this sequel to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," this time Maria (Lainie Kazan) and Gus (Michael Constantine) — the patriarch of the family — are getting married, because he discovers the priest never signed their wedding license in 1963. Gus and Maria have been together for over 50 years, and when they discover they aren’t legally married, Maria begins to question whether Gus still ...

Play Preview: ‘Wit’

The Cedarville University Theatre Department's spring production "Wit" shares one woman's journey after she is diagnosed with cancer. "Wit" will be performed March 31-April 10 in the DeVries Theatre and broaches topics such as philosophy, ethics and relationships. Vivian Bearing, played by sophomore theatre major Merra Milender, is a scholar of metaphysical poetry – poetry dealing with abstract concepts such as death and the afterlife. In the beginning of the play, Bearing is suddenly ...

Students Weigh in on the 2016 Election

Cedars asked Cedarville students, regardless of their home state or voting eligibility, to weigh in on the 2016 presidential election. According to poll results, Cedarville students predominantly identify as Republicans, and students are most concerned about the economy during this election year. Of the 398 undergraduate students who responded to Cedars’ online poll – about 10 percent of all undergraduates – 383 students said they plan to vote in the general election this November, and ...

School of Pharmacy Serves the Underserved

Members of Cedarville’s School of Pharmacy are partnering with ministry initiatives in Belize and Ghana to serve the underserved. Cedarville students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to integrate their academic studies with mission work by the university’s biblical foundation and gospel focus, and pharmacy students and faculty are serving via medicine. Tiffany Zehel is a third-year professional pharmacy student in the School of Pharmacy at Cedarville. Zehel, who grew up in ...

Déjà Vu: A 20-something’s Childhood Returns

“Finding Nemo” (2003)/“Finding Dory” (2016) Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” takes fans under the sea to a journey of self-discovery between sea creatures. Each character in the movie goes on a personal journey, and fans can identify with at least one of the main characters’ stories. For sophomore Laura Ullom, Dory’s struggle with self-confidence is most relatable. “I really relate the most to Dory,” Ullom said. “I can be really scatterbrained and really forgetful about ...