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Masthead Logo Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville Cedars 2-14-2008 Cedars, February 14, 2008 Cedarville University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the Organizational Communication Commons DigitalCommons@Cedarville provides a platform for archiving the scholarly, creative, and historical record of Cedarville University. The views, opinions, and sentiments expressed in the articles published in the university’s student newspaper, Cedars (formerly Whispering Cedars), do not necessarily indicate the endorsement or reflect the views of DigitalCommons@Cedarville, the Centennial Library, or Cedarville University and its employees. The uthora s of, and those interviewed for, the articles in this paper are solely responsible for the content of those articles. Please address questions to [email protected]. Recommended Citation Cedarville University, "Cedars, February 14, 2008" (2008). Cedars. 61. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/61 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Footer Logo DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cedars by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CEDARS Live and Love Hart-less Pirate Industry 16 THE CURRENT 14 February 2008 A Valentine’s Day Volleyball head How a federal reminder that not coach Melissa crackdown could Korean Youth Passionate About Cellular Phones all romance is Hartman steps make your playlist Dispatches sweet & easy down worth millions -- Alyssa Weaver -- high-speed Internet, and touch technology You na and Sooin. Also, barcode images Staff Writer has recently become viable for the American may be placed on the phone. This allows the market and consumers, but was fi rst seen in cell phone to serve as a library card as the from the PAGE 6 PAGE 9 PAGE 15 While Americans are salivating over Korean phones. device simply reads the screen and scans the their new iPhones, Koreans dismiss them Some Koreans are having their cell item. Neither of these technological features Single Life: with a shrug. When speaking are offered in the United with Korean foreign exchange States. students Sooin Oh and You Not only is Korean Suggested Viewing na Oh, both agreed that Ko- technology used for practi- reans already have access to cal purposes, but it is also for Surviving V-Day this technology in other phone used social purposes as EEDARSDARS companies besides Apple, in- well. The Korean phone is a The Student Newspaper of Cedarville University dicating one aspect of better, refl ection of social identity. C more advanced technology in You na explained that South Korea. the competition between the Februaryy 14th, 2008 Volume 58/Issue 7 www.readcedars.com Most Americans see the phone companies is evolv- United States as the pinnacle of ing new and improved fea- consumer electronic technolo- tures. This cell phone com- gy, but Korea is at the centre of pany competition produces CClaibornelaiborne SSidestepsidesteps CCU,U, TThehe SStatetate ooff development and widespread social competition to have -- Paul M. Smith -- usage. In South Korea, you the newest cell phone. Ko- Staff Writer can stand anywhere and have reans exchange their cell tthehe AApplepple phone service. “We can always phone annually, doling out So, Valentine’s Day, huh? You know, get a signal,” said Sooin. When on average $350, though it’s that pesky little holiday with seemingly SSpeakspeaks aatt AAPEXPEX asked if she could recall ever prices can soar upwards of no purpose except to heap large amounts of -- Zachary Sanderson -- losing a signal, she replied, $600. Regarding the price, stress on single people because they aren’t -- Kristen Recupero -- Staff Writer “Maybe in an elevator.” phones take the place of their wallets. All You na said, “Technology is expensive, in a relationship and on couples because Staff Writer In addition to easier and more con- Korean carriers have the capability to install but we eagerly await the new phones each they are. However, the volcanic pressure this sistently accessible usage, South Korean an RFID chip under the battery. “These mod- year.” holiday brings isn’t its only problem. See, Despite the repeated changes to “To love God. To love people. To fol- When Steve Jobs unveiled the Mac- technology also produces the latest phone ule installations now allow your cell phone “People are obsessed with their phones, whoever invented Valentine’s Day — cough, the status of his planned visit to Ce- low Jesus.” Book Air at the Macworld Conference & features and design. Mp3 player capabilities, to act as a credit card or a subway pass,” said and I am too,” said Sooin. Hallmark, cough —couldn’t have picked a darville, Shane Claiborne did speak in “The question isn’t whether or not Expo on Jan. 15, 2008, Apple fans, fashioni- worse date to celebrate it. You’ve just man- the Miami Valley on Monday night, the we should be extremists, but what kind stas and nerds all gasped as one: Apple had aged to survive the Godzilla of Thanksgiv- day he had originally been scheduled to of extremists we should be,” Claiborne done it again. A mere 0.76 inches thick and ing, Christmas, and New Year’s with the aid speak at C.U. said in closing. Claiborne argued that weighing only 3 pounds, the MacBook Air Genetically Engineered Food Poses of a copious amount of sweets. Suddenly Many in the university communi- as Christians we should be “extremists is most assuredly the sexiest laptop on the you’re staring at the offspring to the yuletide ty went to see Claiborne, a sought-after for love” — the radical love of Christ. block. Ethical, Economic Questions monster. And you’ve been reduced to scoff- speaker and author of the book “Irre- Toward this goal, Claiborne exhorted The newest member of the Apple ing at relationships while licking clean the sistible Revolution,” when he spoke at his audience to change the common per- family is unashamedly pricy, selling for a -- Katy Hawkins -- ering that many of the same people who op- weeds can acquire resistance to herbicides. freshly depleted cheesecake pan before you. Apex Community Church in Dayton. ception that all Christians are anti-gay, hefty $1,799, a price that might not seem so Guest Writer pose GE foods also oppose these treatments. Thus, the farmer gains nothing when both However, having spent my fair share “Tonight is not about controver- judgmental and hypocritical. bad considering the size of the machine. But Proponents argue that GE foods, with their his crop and the weed are equally unaffected of Valentine’s Days alone, I would like to sy,” said Rob Turner, senior pastor of “What would it look like,” he the MacBook Air is almost just as power- Despite the fact that well over half of increased yield and de- by the herbicide. Experi- offer you a list of my fi ve favorite roman- Apex, to begin the evening. “Tonight is asked, “if people would ask us, ‘Who ful as the regular MacBook. Featuring only our foods contain genetically modifi ed in- creased production costs, mental crops also have tic movies to watch around Feb.14. These, about Christ.” are you?’ and we could reply, ‘Well, 1GB more memory and less actual process- gredients, most Americans resent the idea of can more effectively fi ght a tendency to choke out coupled with a pack of Oreos, help make this Dr. Carl Ruby, vice president of what do you see?’” ing power than the MacBook, Apple is look- a lab experiment on their dinner plates. The world hunger. natural vegetation. Final- date survivable. Student Life, cancelled Claiborne’s While Claiborne’s philosophy ing to sell the Air not on tech specs, but on combination of biotechnology and agricul- On the other hand, ly, opponents argue that Number 5: Titanic. Ok, so you have to planned appearance here after bloggers may not seem extreme, during the early looks and portability. ture has harvested unappetizing lines such as opponents respond with GE foods raise concerns fast forward through a steamy scene or two incited “hostile” criticism against the stages when his visit was still possible In addition to being wonderfully “attack of the mutant plant” or “escape of the several objections. Some for human health. GE and endure Celine Dion’s squawking, which university regarding Claiborne. A small some people attacked the university and easy to move, the MacBook Air features experimental weed” from the pages of sensa- say that GE foods will es- foods increase the risk isn’t easy, but in the end you do fi nd your group of students subsequently invited administration for planning to have him an enlarged track pad equipped with capa- tional fi ction. tablish industrial farming of food allergies because adrenaline pulsing. Perhaps this is because Claiborne to a venue in Springfi eld but speak here at all. bilities similar to that of an iPod touch or iP- Although opponents of these “Fran- monopolies, hurting the they splice and recom- a gigantic ocean liner just sank, or perhaps then decided to defer to Ruby and fi rst Ingrid Schlueter’s Lighthouse hone, enabling the user to fl ip between web kenfoods” raise concerns regarding human majority of farmers who bine DNA from multiple because Jack died and Rose is all alone. Take postponed, then canceled, their event. Trails Research blog, in particular, con- pages in Safari, pictures in iPhoto or artists health and environmental impact, propo- cannot afford GE seeds, organisms. In addition, your pick. Apex got word of the situation and demned Cedarville for hosting Clai- in iTunes. nents believe genetically engineered (GE) instead of fi ghting world they increase the risk of Number 4: Breakfast at Tiffany’s.