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COM VOL. 54 ISS. 2 Facebook: Cedarville Rallies for Disaster Relief Tyco Tops Th e Newest Brought Cedar-Craze To Justice By Joe Holecko By Joe Dugan CONTRIBUTING WRITER NEWS EDITOR Move over, Xanga and This Monday Tyco Ex- MySpace—there’s a new CEO Dennis Kozlowski and campus obsession in town. former CFO Mark Swartz To the delight of many received prison sentences of Cedarville students, Face- 8-1/3 to 25 years. Both men book.com has exploded on were ordered to begin serving the scene as a whole new Students line up to give monetarily towards Hurricane Katrina relief Scott Huck/CONTRIBUTED their sentences immediately, brand of technological, By Sara Eplin efforts. and were led out of the New ASSISTANT EDITOR time-consuming addiction. York City courtroom in hand- Facebook.com is an on- raki noted that, “The over- dent Services Dr. Carl Ruby and still enjoy a great deal of cuffs. line resource that connects On Friday, September whelming response from reminded students of their wealth. I hope that this of- In addition to their prison students at their respective 16, Cedarville University the student body last Friday Biblical responsibility to fering helps to create a more sentences, Kozlowski and universities. A member students donated a record testifi ed to the greatness of help those in need and en- generous spirit in all of us. I Swartz were ordered to re- creates a profile with his $74,000 to be used for Hur- our God. Everyone made a couraged them to give to- also hope that it will cause pay the hundreds of millions or her particular interests, ricane Katrina relief efforts. sacrifi ce.” wards the project. people to step back and real- of dollars they stole through photo, and personal infor- Encouraged by the Adminis- Throughout the week, ef- Dr. Ruby noted, “Ulti- ize what a wonderful, gener- loan abuse, undeserved bo- mation, and publishes it to tration and widely publicized forts were made to encour- mately, this offering was all ous, giving God we have.” nuses, and misrepresentation the Facebook website. The around campus, the offering age students to contribute about God. None of us gave The SGA offering is a of company fi nances. profile is then accessible to was collected during Friday towards the project. In his anything that God hadn’t segment of Cedarville’s larg- Kozlowski and Swartz morning’s SGA chapel. chapel message on Thurs- fi rst given to us. Most of us were originally tried in April see FACEBOOK, 3 SGA President Matt Shi- day, Vice President of Stu- gave out of our abundance see GIVING, 4 2004; however, a mistrial was declared when one ju- SGA Student Life Spot- ror claimed to be receiving International Spotlight: Jordan threats. A second trial be- light: Campus Congress gan in January 2005, and By Elizabeth Korver Kozlowski and Swartz were STAFF WRITER found guilty on 22 counts of By Amanda Acker Jordan, a traditionally Arab STAFF WRITER see TYCO, 4 country that shares signifi cant border territory with Israel, For some, change is good. student decision-making, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, For others the status quo is more students are seeking and Golan Heights (a country better. In the end however, involvement. Now Campus Gulf Coast currently occupied by Israel), decisions are made by the Congress itself has changed seems like it should be host people who show up. Cedar- to more effi ciently meet stu- Begins to a boiling cauldron of sticky ville University’s Campus dents’ needs. politics, terrorism, and less- Congress is committed to This year, rather than than-favorable performance in providing an opportunity for holding all proceedings on Clean Up the realm of civil and human students to make decisions. one Saturday, the Congress rights. Yet economists say the Submitted Campus Congress serves committees will meet in Oc- By Joe Dugan Because of its geography and history, NEWS EDITOR “tourism sector in Jordan ex- a dual purpose. It gives stu- tober and November to host Jordan offers a unique area of study. pects to enjoy record revenues dents a hands-on encounter forums for the student body. of $1.4bn this year.” with the American legislative These forums will allow Over the past weekend, Apparently, Jordan (a.k.a. cords of human and civil rights closely monitors the country’s process, and it is an effective students to propose policy Hurricane Katrina evacuees ‘The Hashemite Kingdom of in the Middle East. mosques and Muslim clergy means of communication changes. Many of these pro- from New Orleans began the Jordan’) is more accurately de- King Abdullah II is the so that if violence were to between university students posals will make their way to arduous process of return- scribed as a peaceful waterfall, current monarch of Jordan, erupt, it would be immediately and administration. the full session of Congress ing to their battered homes. especially relative to its near- and although his reign has squelched. In the past, when students on January 21. Proposals that On Monday, however, un- est neighbors. Consequently, it been generally intelligent, dip- Partially as a result of this have spoken out against dress receive a passing vote will be der pressure from the Bush has served as a neutral meeting lomatic, and tolerant, his hold secularized control (notably code, Campus Congress vot- sent to Dr. Ruby for review Administration, Mayor Ray ground for years—from ac- over the country does not al- distinct from other Islamic ed on casual dress for the li- and possible implementation. Nagin suspended the process commodating journalists from ways accede to the demands states), Muslim extremism has brary and lower SSC. When Students will be able to as new storm threats loomed Iraq to hosting the regional of- of the country’s constitution. not taken root in Jordan—in- students desired more meal nominate dorm represen- along the Gulf Coast. fi ce of the UNESCO Cultural The king is above the constitu- deed, King Abdullah advo- options, Campus Congress tatives during the week of According to one projec- Heritage Division (Unit for tion in importance, yet he does cates interfaith cooperation approved block meal plans. September 26-30. October tion, Tropical Storm Rita could Arab States)—and continues not seem to abuse this posi- As changes in school policy become a category three hur- to boast some of the best re- tion of ultimate authority. He see INTERNATIONAL, 4 have shown the results of see CONGRESS, 3 ricane and make landfall near New Orleans by the end of the week. In the interest of avoid- ing another disaster, Nagin is- Cedarville Builds Academic Prowess sued a mandatory evacuation By Sara Eplin The Communication Arts order for residents of the east ASSISTANT EDITOR department has seen signifi - Vice President, Dr. Robert bank, and urged residents in Photography & composition by Josh Wilcox cant modifi cations this year Milliman, the change “should other areas to leave the city. Each new school year with the reshaping of the open up opportunities for a Nagin had originally brings about changes and im- theater major. Where theater lot of students.” In addition planned for 180,000 resi- provements. The 2005-2006 students were previously re- to the changes made to the dents—roughly one-third of school year is no exception. quired to master both perfor- theater major, the commu- the total population of New Cedarville University’s em- mance and design, they now nication studies major now Orleans—to return to the phasis on academic excel- have the opportunity to focus offers concentrations in in- city this week. Several key lence has been reinforced their studies on one area or tercultural and political com- offi cials, including President Josh Wilcox/CEDARS this year by several important the other. Cedarville is working hard to fl ex its ar- Bush, questioned this strat- developments. According to Academic see PROGRESS, 2 tistic muscle along with its intellectual. see NEW ORLEANS, 4 [ INFORM ENCOURAGE INSPIRE SINCE 1906 ] 2 Th ursday, September 22, 2005 Th ursday, September 22, 2005 SPORTS 15 World & Campus News PLAYER PROFILE SCOREBOARD Christina Reyes Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Cross Country / Track Glen Helen Preserve: A Prime Spot in Fall 2-Sep Shawnee State Invitational (wom- 1st of 8 en) sought to foster this same ap- seek an alternative to urban lifeblood” in nature.