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Freshmen Engineering Students Work Together to Build a Cardboard Canoe

by Chris Karenbauer They were nervous for this race. Although they spent several hours building their canoe, they still did not feel ready. Two freshmen Engineer students knelt in their canoe. Jake Brucken was in front, and Alex Heinrich in the back. They had a slow start. Team 3 rowed ahead of them. Jake and Alex continued to row. Slowly but surely, they would reach the shore.  They rowed past the first set of buoys. Then the next. Then the next. About halfway to the finish line, ...

Jazz Band Puts On Classic Homecoming Performance

By Michael Cleverley The Jazz band of Cedarville University transported us back to the good old days of swing last Friday in the BTS atrium. They played songs from the all time greats of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and Michael Philip Mossman. The band is an example of jazz making a comeback in modern culture. At the start of the concert the conductor stated that the concert was going to be a tribute to Glenn Miller, a musician from the swing era, and that most of the songs would be ones he ...

Homecoming Wrap-up

by Zachary Krauss This year on October 5th and 6th, Cedarville’s campus was inundated with parents and alumni returning to visit for Homecoming and Parents Weekend. Some events that happened on campus for Homecoming included the Cardboard Canoe Race, the Homecoming parade, the Encounter the Light worship night, and the State of the University Address given by Dr. White. The Saturday morning parade was one of the primary ways that students were involved. Campus organizations participa...

Engineering Freshman Not the Only Teams Battling at Annual Cardboard Boat Race

By Zach Krauss Cedarville university students, faculty, and staff strived to get their team across Cedarville University’s lake during the 25th annual Cardboard Canoe Races. Every fall semester during Homecoming Weekend, freshman engineering students are required to build a cardboard canoe out of only cardboard and packaging tape that can hold up the weight of two students rowing across the lake. The Engineering Profession class is a one credit class that is a graduation requirement ...

Cedarville Welcomes Alumni and Family to Campus to Celebrate Cedarville

By Zach Krauss This year, event services is expecting nearly 2,500 alumni and family members for Homecoming and Parents Weekend on October 5th and 6th. Homecoming and Parents Weekend has been a tradition at Cedarville for many years, and each year, Alumni and Parent Relations strives to make the experience the best that it can be for all the guests on campus. Dan Case, assistant director of homecoming and alumni programming, said that one of the things he’s emphasizing the most in ...

Light the Lake 2017

A worshipful conclusion to Homecoming Weekend 2017. Photos by Naomi Harward