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Cedars. 506. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/506 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]. The Award-Winning Student News Publication of Cedarville University October 2018 Dr. Murdoch Recognized as Distinguished Professor Also Inside: Climate Change: should Christians care? IBC’s Fresh Face Daigle album review Email: [email protected] Facebook: CedarsAtCU Twitter: @CedarsAtCU Instagram: @CedarsAtCU Contact us Faculty adviser: Jeff Gilbert Table of Contents October 2018 / Vol. 71, No. 3 The Heated Debate on Climate Change 4-6 Cincinnati Shooting 7 Nicaragua Protests 8-9 Integrated Business Core Revamp 10 The New Stinger 11 Dr. Murray Murdoch Recognized 12 New Social Work Department Chair 13 Student Spotlight: Carrie Smith 14 The Inklings Encourage Creative Writing 15 Lauren Daigle Album Review 16 Heartsong’s Strong Foundation 17 Evan Kraatz Stays for Soccer 18 Greg Smith New Volleball Coach 19 Cover: Design by Jennifer Yosinski, photo by Kelsey Feuerhak Page Designs by: Jeniffer Yosinski, Tasha Peterson, Kimberly Acevedo and Katie Wingert Keegan Shelby Madeleine Paolo Carrion Breanna Beers Tim Miller Callahan Jones Tasha D’Alfonso McGuire Mosher Arts and Interim Sports Digital and Peterson Entertainment Off-Campus Design Photography Editors Editor-in-Chief Campus News Campus News 2 October 2018 Just Sayin’ ... Alex Hentschel Things you learn from living abroad s you may or may not have known, I’m living in Valencia, 4) Learning another language is the best — and the worst. Spain this semester. And yes, still taking the time to write Seriously, it’s so frustrating when all you want to say is “Let’s How has Cedarville changed A Just Sayin’ columns — the miracle of the Internet! I’ve grab coffee on Tuesday” and it takes you 40 hand gestures, a sigh learned so much about myself and life in general just being here, of frustration and shuffling through verb conjugations in your over the years? and I thought I’d share some of the general revelations from my head. It’s so rewarding when a native speaker nods and smiles — time on the Mediterranean coast. and so frustrating when they look at you like you knelt down and Dr. Murray Murdoch licked the sidewalk. I’ve said more than a few questionable things Distinguished History Professor 1) You are shaped by your geography. here and decided that it’s OK. Sometimes I don’t know which You don’t realize until you get some- language I’m speaking now, which is so rewarding. From my arrival at where new that all of your basic needs Cedarville University — human contact, conversation, food — 5) Living with another family can be really enjoyable. until today, I have had are all dependent on your language and My host mom, who immediately started calling me her the privilege of working with godly professors, location. I landed here dead tired and had daughter, is super kind and always trying to meet my needs — staff members, to buy shampoo. If I was in the States, I’d expressed and unexpressed. We always have a fun time watching administrators, and hop in my car, drive to Walmart, grab my soap operas. (She aggressively feeds me fruit. I haven’t eaten this students who have favorite brand and leave. Problem No. 1: no car; gotta walk. Prob- much fruit in my life. Send help.) consistently stood for lem No. 2: no Walmart, and no stores that you recognize except the Word of God and the testimony of Starbucks (they don’t have a Caramel Macchiato shower products 6) It’s OK to get lost. Jesus Christ. line, sadly). Problem No. 3: you don’t speak (or in my case, barely One night I took a downtown bus instead of an uptown and We have always been a discipleship speak) the language: what do all of these bottles say? You’ve gotta ended up an hour away from home with a dead phone and no school, with an emphasis on genuine cry a little bit, then pick one and hope it doesn’t turn your hair money at midnight. I asked for directions and walked. It was really spiritual growth. Chapel has always been magenta. Something as simple as an errand turns into a near-in- terrifying, but I made it home — and knew the city much better the key, unifying event that provides surmountable obstacle, and you can’t let it get you down. as a result. Seriously, being lost is OK. Sometimes you find small daily teaching from the Word of God. gelato stores and it’s a happy accident. Sometimes you cry at a bus Discussions of Biblical worldview and the 2) Friends are really important. stop. Both ways you learn a lot about yourself in a crisis. integration of Scripture in the academic disciplines has always characterized If you don’t start talking to people fast, you won’t know any- Cedarville but has been emphasized in one at all, and you’ll feel very lonely in your little apartment in 7) Church is home. increasing measure over the years. the middle of a big city. There’s nothing that teaches you how to My first week here, I felt so disoriented. When I stepped Years ago a campus pastor was provided make friends like being somewhere where you don’t have a single into a service and met other believers, I felt overwhelming relief so students could worship on campus connection. That being said … and joy. These were songs I know and the same God I serve. You Sunday mornings. With increased really learn to appreciate the church when you don’t have any transportation available to students, the 3) It’s OK to be lonely. other home base. campus pastor role was absorbed into a You won’t know everyone, you won’t be able to communi- student life and Christian Ministries. At cate with everyone, and sometimes you just have to talk to you, I’m sure there’s a ton more to discover, and you can definite- first, the traditional roles of Dean of Men, yourself and you until you settle in. Some nights everyone will be ly learn these things at home. But this experience has stretched Dean of Women, and Dean of Students busy, and you’ll have to settle for “Cable Girls” and a kiwi, and and grown me intensely, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. which were largely disciplinary, but now that’s OK. Nos vemos pronto, Cedarville. have been expanded to include a strong ministry emphasis. In recent years, resident life has sharpened its focus and emphasis on discipleship. A discipleship ministries position was added and is now wonderfully staffed by Aaron Cook. RUTH NOWLEDGE AND EVELATION WITH R OSHUA IRA Christian Ministries has added a T , K R D J K Community of Biblical Council which 3:30-5 p.m., Oct. 25, BTS 104 include discipleship programs for men, This lecture, organized by the Center for Biblical Integration, aims women, and couples that have become staples of Cedarville life. BEOC to show the importance of how one approaches truth so as to possess Today we have a vibrant community of (Big Event On Campus) knowledge, with an application to the knowledge of God. administrators, faculty, staff and students who seek to encourage one another as we strive to grow together for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. October 2018 3 OFF CAMPUS Analysis: A Heated Debate Climate change and the Christian dialogue by Breanna Beers of climate change slip under the radar their answers to various questions designed shouldn’t be the same in importance.” for many of us, said biology professor Dr. to reveal political positions, the results be- While Christians can and should be or the past few decades, one question Mark Gathany. The majority of Americans came clear: hierarchical-individualists (aka actively involved in the political sphere, has dominated environmental poli- don’t live in areas or work in industries that Republicans) tended to see little danger Gilhooly said, too many believers consider Fcy worldwide: Is the climate getting demonstrate daily evidence of the effects of attached to climate change, while egalitar- themselves Christian conservatives rather warmer? climate change. Besides, he said, America ian-communitarians (aka Democrats) tend- than conservative Christians. The confusion “The answer is yes,” biology professor has more resources than most countries to ed to respond with more concern. of political agenda with biblical worldview Dr. Bill Jones said definitively. “The real is- cope with these changes. Politics professor Dr. Marc Clauson becomes a turnoff to unbelievers from going sue is, to what level are humans responsible “We live most of our lives in 70 degrees was unsurprised by these findings; the po- anywhere near the church.