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Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville Cedars 3-22-2007 Cedars, March 22, 2007 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, March 22, 2007" (2007). Cedars. 588. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/588 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by 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]. B a n d s w age w a r fo r E v e r w is h y o u c o u l d be IS YOUR BRACKET BUSTED? INVISIBLE CHILDREN. CEDARS YOUR OWN BOSS? R e a d a bo u t t h e rem aining HAS THE SCOOP ON F in d o u t h o w o n C inderella’s a n d favorites... P age 9 P age 2 Page 11 Elliv Promises Consultant Team Visits Campus to Shock, Awe, and a Few Surprises Determine Accreditation Eligibility • E mily D oot • • Alyssa W eaver • gins with a self evaluation. The Application of Knowledge, (5) Higher Learning Commission, Staff W r iter Staff W r iter North Central Association allows Engagement and Service. along with a Graduate Program A Consultant-Evaluator team each university to first evalu Mach coordinated a self-study sub-committee and a Univer Where might one go to find glittering from the Higher Learning Com ate how well it meets accredita steering committee that over the sity Assessment sub-committee. prom dresses, spiked hair, Irish kilts, the mission visited Cedarville Uni tion standards in a self-study last two and a half years com Each sub-committee worked on Hulk and a red lobster? versity earlier this week one chapter of the self Cedarville’s annual ELLIV extrava on March 19-21 to deter study report. ganza, of course. mine whether Cedarville “NCA gives schools Resembling an Academy Awards cer meets the appropriate cri a lot of latitude as to how emony, complete with red carpet, ELLIV teria to be re-accredited. to approach each chapter is an end-of-the-year event showcasing “It would be a very se and how to demonstrate the very best of student talent. Everyone rious thing if we lost our that you are fulfilling the involved is working hard to make ELLIV accreditation,” said Dr. criteria,” said Janice Sup- the ultimate bash of the season. Thomas Mach, associate plee, chair of the Engage Junior John Hawkins, who performed professor history.“They ment and Service sub “Alive” from P.O.D. last year, eagerly an are challenging us, but committee. ticipates his return to the stage. “It’s just we’re a strong institu The finished self a lot of fun!” said Hawkins. Old and new tion. We have a lot in our study report comprised talent will be performing; the specific favor.” over 200 pages in its en details of the performances will remain According to Cedar tirety. “The process of undisclosed to heighten anticipation. ville University’s Ac developing and writing Surprises this year will include the creditation Chronicle, the self-study was long location of the red carpet entrance to the “accreditation represents but very interesting,” said DMC. In previous years, the carpet has to the public that we meet Dr. Stephen Gruber, chair cloaked the bridge over Cedar Lake, but the standard of excellence of the Graduate Program the location will be changed this year due demanded by our region sub-committee. “I really to the construction of the Biblical Stud al accrediting agency, the learned a lot about the ies Center. Another surprise will be the Higher Learning Commission report based on the school’s mis piled a self-study report honestly university as a whole.” host: he or she will be named in a couple (HLC) of the North Central As sion statement and how it meets evaluating both the university’s Once the university has com of weeks, according to Brittany Donald, sociation.” Accreditation is vital the five criteria set forth by the strengths and areas for improve piled and submitted its report, vice president of SGA. because it validates alumni’s de Higher Learning Commission: ment. the Consultant-Evaluator team This year’s show is sure to be spec- grees to employers and graduate (1) Mission and Integrity, (2) Pre The self-study steering com studies the report and verifies the schools and allows the university paring for the Future, (3) Student mittee formed several sub-com accuracy of its content, provid- See E lliv to use federal grants or loans. Learning and Effective Teaching, mittees, one for each of the five See Consultant PAGE 8 The accreditation process be (4) Acquisition, Discovery, and categories of criteria set by the PAGE 3 New Vans Bring Unity, Best Ever: CU Track Places High at NAIAs • Joshua Saunders • ■ C aitlin A llen • Staff W r it er S taff W r iter Equal Access Cedarville University recently wheelchair use. Beginning next Over spring break, the Cedar took a considerable stride in its year the van will be available to ville men’s and women’s indoor efforts to provide adequate sup students in wheelchairs and will track and field squads had their best port and equal opportunity for provide transportation to univer team finishes in school history at disabled students with limited sity-sponsored events that dis the National Association of Inter mobility. abled students may not otherwise collegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor In the fall 2006, the univer be able to attend. Championships held in Johnson sity purchased a large van from “The Cedarville administra City, Tenn. The women placed sixth Springfield dealer Foreman Blair tion has spent hundreds of thou- overall with 36 points, while the and hired Dayton’s M.C. Mobil men tallied 24 points to finish tenth. See Vans ity Systems to outfit the van for PAGE 3 On the women’s side, No. 4 ranked Sarah Ensslen won the triple jump with a leap of 40-feet 4-inches. Ensslen broke the 40 foot mark for the first time in her career, achiev ing a goal she has had since junior high. Ensslen said her goals for the upcoming outdoor track season in clude, “jumping 42 feet in the triple jump, 19 feet in the long jump, and witnessing to the girls that I have built relationships with at Indoor Nationals.” Samantha Modderman earned All-America status at the meet by finishing in the top six in the 3000- meter run. Her second place finish See Track PAGE 11 Jason Scott and Sarah Ensslen were both NAIA individual champions. Student Dezirae Kolmerten and The Cove Staff in front of University new disability van. INSIDE N ew s........... B Viewpoints..........5 A&E............. ......... 8 Sports.................. 11 The Current...... 14 2 i C edars Thursday, March 22, 2007 News CU Group Raises Awareness in ROTC H osted Six t h A n n u al “Beyond What You Can Imagine” M ilitary Ball • Krista Kowatch • Staff W r iter • James Knox • M ara u d er Battalion P u blic A ffairs O ffic er The Social Work National Hon or Society Phi Alpha will host an Central State University’s Army ROTC Battalion held its awareness event on Tuesday, April sixth annual military ball Febuary 23,2007, to honor Colonel 3 for North Korea. The Northeast Charles Young. Students from Cedarville, Wilberforce, and Asian country is “arguably the most Central State universities, as well as a number of special guests, totally controlled and abusive soci attended the event. ety that has ever existed,” according Charles Young was bom in Kentucky in 1864 and gradu to Dr. Jenista, Professor of Interna ated from high school in 1880 at the age of 16. He graduated tional Studies. from West Point in 1889 and was the third African American “People talk about Darfur and to graduate from the academy. Young was appointed as the sec Uganda, which are terrible,” said ond Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Wilberforce Jenista. “This is as bad, or worse, but University. The Wilberforce program was the first student army few Americans know about it.” training corps for African-American students in the nation. Phi Alpha named the event “Be The ball began with students from the junior ROTC pro yond What You Can Imagine” to gram at Colonel White High School in Dayton posting the reflect the unfathomable nature of American and university flags, followed by Cadet Benjamin events that take place in North Ko Giglio commemorating the soldiers who are prisoners of war rea, where atrocities like starvation or missing in action. and brainwashing occur daily. One refugee will share his story tistics. At the event, students and After the opening ceremonies, the cadets and their guests “More than half of the people are of escape at the event. According to faculty will have the opportunity to ate a formal dinner and listened to the guest speaker, retired starving and it’s not acknowledged,” the U.S.

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