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Cedars, November 15, 1996 Cedarville College Masthead Logo Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville Cedars 11-15-1996 Cedars, November 15, 1996 Cedarville College 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 College, "Cedars, November 15, 1996" (1996). Cedars. 686. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/686 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]. How Much Do You Owe? Students At Olympics. • •••••••• PAGE 4 Grandparent's Day.... Mister Smith Goes Student Profile........... to Cedorville Business Etiquette. • •••••••• PAGE 6 Do You Know If You're A Senior? News shorts. • •••••••• PAGE 9 CEDARVILLE COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION Basketball teams rise to opening night against W ilberforce Mark Mien Lady Jacket bench proved to be the Staff Writer difference. All 14 members of the So long fall, hello winter. Yep, it squad played, and 12 of them scor­ is that time of the year again. A ed. 5 ’ 6" freshman guard Charity Cole time when the trees are stripped led Cedarville in scoring with 16 naked of their leaves. A time when points, followed by senior co-cap­ the wind whips harder and bites tain Amy Bathrick with 12 and jun­ bolder. ior Summer Bennington with 10. Kind of depressing, isn’t it? The women’s next home game Vlaybe a little. There is one good will be against Taylor on Nov. 19 at thing that the new season 7 p.m. brings...basketball. Last Saturday The men’s game went much like tight, the men’s and women’s bas­ the women’s. They struggled early ketball teams took to the court for on and found themselves down by •he first game of the season. The three at the half, 43-40. The end of victim—Wilberforce. the half also found three key Yellow The Lady Jackets got the action Jacket players in foul trouble and on Soing as they tipped off at five p.m. the bench: senior Jon Woolley, Against the Lady Bulldogs. It was sophomore John Krueger and junior clear that Wilberforce had come to Linton Ellis. Play, and by the end of the first half, Nevertheless, the Jackets made •hey were up by three, 34-31. Just several runs at the Wilberforce lead 4fter half-time, more of the same in the second half. Each time the Play continued, and it seemed Wil­ Bulldogs countered. With about four berforce would sustain the lead. minutes remaining, the men went on However, Cedarville became a scoring spurt, cruising past the Ptore composed, committed fewer Bulldogs and coasting to a 92-80 turnovers and drained more bas­ victory. kets. Midway through the second The Yellow Jackets are an ex­ Senior John W ooiey vies for rebound with Bulldog opponent. Cedarville men beat Wilberforce by 12 points in their first game. half, they finally put together a tremely young team with impres­ Cedarville women also won by eight points. Photo by S. Huck. shong run and cruised to a 74-66 sive talent. One of the young players ing from the field, 5 of 7 from be­ recorded a double-double on 6 of 8 Both teams are quite young and victory. is 6’0" freshman guard Clint Hayes, hind the arc and 6 of 6 at the charity shooting for a total of 12 points and neither was ranked very high in Wilberforce’s 5’ 11" senior cen­ the highly touted All-Ohio Division stripe. How’s that for a freshman 12 rebounds. Also, Krueger tallied the preseason coaches’ poll. Still ter, Konya Hubbard, led all scorers III First Teamer. Hayes led all scor­ debut? 14 points in a team high of 33 min­ they showed Cedarville fans they ^ith 35 points. But the depth of the ers with 29 points on 9 of 12 shoot­ Ellis had a strong game as he utes playing time. should not be discounted. Magician exposes psychic trickery Bathroom bill proposed Christina Lay and the program he presented nor­ Korem then moved into the meat Jen Benson items in halls as opposed to units (Staff Writer mally costs a person $300 to $500. of his program. He presented his Staff Writer because hall residents are prohib­ Hocus pocus, or rather hoax-us He characterizes his performances theme, that words and images are Cedarville bathrooms are ited from leaving any personal f°cus. At least, that is what Dan as entertaining but informative. the two things which can deceive unsanitary. At least that is what items (soap or towels) in the bath­ ^°rem, President of Korem Pro­ Entertaining it was. Korem per­ others. According to Korem, the students think, and the Student rooms. Instead, students must jections and International Focus formed mind-reading and sleight of very best way to deceive is to exert Government Association agreed. bring soap and towels with them ^css, showed an astonished Ce- hand magic tricks that baffled the just enough influence to allow The SGA Senate recently passed every time they want to wash ^ville audience Friday, Nov. 1 in audience. One of the best examples people to deceive themselves. two proposals to improve sanitary their hands. Hand dryers are pre­ Jeremiah Chapel. involved a personalized encounter Korem said images inspire emo­ conditions in the bathrooms. ferred to paper towels because Korem, in a sharply-tailored gray with Freshman Andrea Wilson. In tions. He then brought a biblical The first was a request for Satur­ they never need to be replaced, Su>t and red power-tie, presented a fact, Korem stole her watch. In a application into his performance. day cleaning hours. Currently, the and towels could be taken from ^r°gram that left the 100 to 150 in trick, that is. “How great it is that God charac­ bathrooms are cleaned every day the bathrooms and used for other tendance reeling. Wilson was on stage watching terizes himself as the ‘Word’,” he except for Saturday and Sunday. things. Also, if they are installed, He said his goal for the night’s Korem’s slight of hand to ensure said. According to Resolution B702, the hand dryers could double as ^r°gram was to take students out of authenticity. After the card trick was Korem said that God did not want “This dirtiness goes against Cedar­ hair dryers. ^cir box a little bit. finished, she went back to her seat. It an emotional response to his salva­ ville College’s preference for clean These issues date back to 1994, Korem was a professional magi- was then that Korem held up a leather tion message, and therefore charac­ rooms, bathrooms, halls and when they were brought up in a J'an until 1981 and has been the watch and asked, “Andrea, did you terized himself as the “Word.” lounges.” Senate meeting during Winter 'eVnoie speaker at the FBI Acad- lose this?” It was Wilson’s watch. “Action out of emotion is very The second request is for soap Quarter. They were then referred for the past two years. Wilson said, “I didn’t even feel common when you use images to and hand dryers in all dorm halls. to Kim Gurry, the Student Life Korem is a corporate lecturer, the watch [being stolen].” Continued on page 5 There is a special need for these Continued on page 3 f t m 2 CEDARS - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1996 News and Features College invests $550,000 in state-of-the-art acoustic wonder Rachel J. Stewart The room is designed to mix Staff Writer sound, and contains very little The new Recital Hall in the Ever sound-absorbing materials. The Dixon Ministry Center is beauti­ of such only sound-absorbing material is shadow ful not only to the eye, but to the found around the edges of the floor, ear as well. And that is exactly behind- cushioning the seats, and on parts of what it was designed to be. ittakes the back wall. The rest of the hall is Olympi According to Professor of Mu­ composed of tile flooring and softly sic and Chairman of the Music 800 yot painted walls accented with cherry luce an Department Dr. Charles wood paneling. The stage is made the athl Clevenger, a “real” recital hall is of oak hardwood. All of these sub­ something new to Cedarville Col­ ‘trials.’ stances were chosen for their re­ lege. Previously, music recitals ville sti flective sound-carrying qualities. were held in what is now Cedar “The: Clevenger said there are a num­ Hall. to be tl ber of ways the Recital Hall will The new Recital Hall cost over fhey tr; benefit Cedarville. First, beautiful $550,000. It was built with two the 01) music deserves to be heard the way main purposes in mind: To pro­ Jssistan the artist intended it to sound. The vide an enclosure that is the right tion art: design and acoustics of the Hall size and to create a warm acousti­ ^ For tl allow this to happen.
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