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Cedars. 78. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/78 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 BACK PAGE NAPOLEON 12 Inform DYNAMITE Encourage WILL BLOW Inspire YOUR MIND... -see page 8 Sidewalk Talk since 1906 Friday, October 1, 2004 ON THE WEB: people.cedarville.edu/cedars Vol. 53, No. 2 Rebecca Wolff What is at Sophomore Theatre Major Lady Jackets the bottom “Bad chapel speakers?” Make of Cedar Volleyball Look Easy Lake? by Abigail Colgrove Phillip Prater Peter Locke Junior Senior Ranked at number 16 with a Youth Ministry Major, Mechanical Engineering 21-2 standing, the Lady Jackets Christian ed. volleyball team is making its Major mark on the NAIA courts. Sep- tember 24 and 25 stood out with “A prof told me a volk- “A lot of fruit.” a 4-0 win as the Lady Jackets defeated Aqunias, Benedictine, swagen beetle was Bethel, and Northwestern Iowa down there.” at the Trinity Christian Invita- Pieces of a dock lay crumbled near the home of senior student Dan Rogers in Niceville, Florida. D. Rogers| CONTRIBUTED tional. In Saturday’s three close Broadway matches, freshman Sarah Zelt- Hurricanes Hit CU Students men burned 19 kills and sopho- Bound more Julia Bradley followed by Sara Dehart my parent’s businesses in Port The fi cus was a huge tree and with 12. Both senior Kelsey Charlotte were deemed unus- its branches spread out over Hannah Draxler William Duncan Provokes Both Jones and junior Lauren Mable June 1 - November 30 able. They had to evacuate. about half of our roof. Luckily, Senior Sophomore struck over 30 digs each. Thoughts means one thing to Floridians There isn’t power in any of it fell the opposite direction and Athletic Training Major Political Science Major and residents of the Atlantic that area, a bunch of my friends into our yard,” said Partain. That same day, junior Eri- and Laughter coast: hurricane season. pool cages were torn off, and “At fi rst, Frances was head- ca Paugh and Bradley fought “I heard a myth about a “Probably sunken Since the academic year my friend, Gracie, who lives in ing directly for my house, and I through a fi ve-game match with by Hannah Offi cer began, several hurricanes have Punta Gorda, had a bunch of her was kinda scared for my family. 19 kills apiece. Jones added 38 deer carcus being down engineering canoes.” hammered the Floridian coast, windows and doors torn off or We lived in Florida when hur- assists and Mable shelled out there.” During the fi rst and second including Charley, Frances, broken. For the most part, my ricane Andrew hit in 1992 and 31 digs. The winning high may weekends of October, Cedar- Ivan, and now, Jeanne. At the close friends were pretty well caused $26 billion dollars worth very well have been drawn out ville University will pres- time this story was written, taken care of. A hurricane tore of damage. We had friends of Friday’s quick matches. ent Neil Simon’s Broadway Jeanne has claimed four Ameri- through Englewood, and most whose houses were completely Against Benedictine, Zelt- Bound. can lives. of the businesses that my par- destroyed during that storm, so man and Bradley fostered 32 This autobiographical play, Yet, while hurricanes seem ents did business [with] were we don’t take hurricanes as a kills and 15 blocks. Zeltman set in 1949, tells the story of far away from landlocked Ce- fl attened,” said Neumann. joke.” set a school record of .905 at- two Brooklyn brothers who darville, they still affect Cedar- In addition to Neumann’s With all the destruction and tack percentage in reaching 19 attempt to write a comedy ville students. losses, Lisa Partain, a junior death hurricanes can cause, out of 21 kills with no errors. According to Konrad Neu- from Hollywood, Florida, was some preventative tips can be sketch for live radio. Their The opening match against mann, a sophomore from En- also affected by hurricane taken when a hurricane is pre- sketch succeeds and airs on Aquinas again served the Lady glewood, Florida, both hurri- Frances. “The awesomest tree dicted to strike. CBS. This achievement gives Jackets with triumph as Zelt- them the opportunity to write cane Charley and Frances have in world, a fi cus that stood in Robert Marcello, a junior for the newly developing tele- affected his life this fall. “Over our backyard as a symbol of half our town was destroyed; freedom and fun for all chil- vision industry. However, See HURRICANES Page 3 See VOLLEYBALL Page 9 while their careers are rising, dren, was killed by Frances. their once happy home-life is declining. Their parents’ mar- riage is strained, and divorce Professors looms as an ever-present pos- sibility. Lead Greek In a comedic style, this play explores relationships, the ups and downs of family and Italian life, and the post-World War II entertainment industry. D. Snell | CEDARS The Cedarville theatre Adventure faculty chose this play last spring. Rebecca Baker, the by Kristen Livingston THE ‘BUSH’ STOPS HERE play’s director, explains that they chose it not only because This summer from July 30 it is a good play, but because to August 17, 19 people, mostly “it deals with the breakup of a Cedarville students, traveled marriage which is a subject we to Greece and Italy with Drs. all face and can all relate to.” Blumenstock and Hoffeditz. Baker said she hopes this The purpose of the trip was to opens up the subject of di- visit historical sights, specifi - vorce for discussion. She said cally those places the apostle that the play is not a “judg- Paul had been on his mission- mental approach” to divorce but a “compassionate, honest look at the diffi culties in mar- The CU Biblical Archaeology Study Group visited the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. D. Hoffeditz | CONTRIB- See ADVENTURE Page 2 riage.” Despite the seriousness of this subject, Baker emphasizes that the play is a comedy. It AND YOU THOUGHT THE BEST FOOTBALL WHY YOUR DOG deals with these issues in a hu- THE HILL TEAM IN TOWN, BY THINKS YOU’RE AN morous way that reveals both WAS RUSTIC DEFAULT IDIOT see THOREAU page 3 see FOOTBALL SOLUTION page 11 see DEAD LANGUAGE page 6 See BROADWAY Page 9 INSIDE WHAT’S D. Snell | CEDARS 2 NEWS SPORTS 11 Alums Recall Fond WORLD NEWS by Autumn West Haiti – Flooding from tropical storm Jeanne devastated homes and cities, and the corpses SCOREBOARD Mark Mathews, the Man are so numerous that they are being buried in backyards. Rioting and looting have been widespread in College Memories Men’s Cross Country many cities, and there are reports of people wading through knee-deep mud to reach food and water provided by relief agencies. 9/11 Bowling Green Invita- 4th of 12 to hold the water. Two hours tional by Amanda Acker later a waterfall cascaded from East and West Germany – Frustrated with lagging economic progress, East German voters 9/18 Friendship Invitational 3rd of 11 Behind the E-mails elected multiple Neo-Nazi candidates to power this week, according to the Financial Times of Septem- the second fl oor and not a sin- 9/25 Louisville Classic 10th of 41 ber 23. Voters expressed their discontent with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s economic reforms, which Alumni homecoming week gle resident was left dry. Wit- will cut benefi ts to the unemployed and are predicted to trap many easterners in a cycle of low paying Women’s Cross Country ing six children. According to once again brings myriads of tmer, now a professor at Grand by Dan Giddings Mathews encourages students jobs. 9/18 Friendship Invitational 3rd of 14 Mathews, spending time with his Cedarville graduates back to Rapids Theological Seminary, to watch for upcoming climb- 9/25 Louisville Classic 4th of 38 family is his favorite hobby. He ing wall competitions. their alma mater. In honor of stated, “My fondest memories Sudan – The UN addressed the growing crisis in Darfur, Sudan, this week by warning the country of possible repercussions if their current actions constitute genocide. The government-spon- Men’s Soccer Mark Mathews is a name also enjoys serving in his local He feels that physical fi t- this week, several alums have of Cedarville are the people, the sored Janjaweed has been authorized to expel black Muslims from the province. In addition, nearly 9/11 Roberts Wesleyan L 2-3 (2 OT) all Cedarville students are fa- church, Calvary Baptist Church ness is crucial for Cedarville been asked to recount their time life-long friends I made there, 50,000 people have died, one million have fl ed their homes, and rape, destruction, and torture are com- miliar with due to the plethora in Xenia.