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FlND OUT ON ) ~ { I i § p % ~ P age 8 \ 1 Page 12 f l w t J 04.19.07 T he St u d e n t N ewspaper of C edarville U niversity v o l . 55 iss. 12 Students Interact with Nationally Rock Used to Express Grievances ■ John H awkins • Recognized Writers G u est W r iter “Postmodernists = wolves.” who oversees the content that appears on stressing that students normally use the • N athan Reed ■ “Unity if possible . truth at all the Rock. Rock responsibly. Staff W r it er costs!” “It’s not on anybody’s to-do list,” says . “I’ve tried to place myself in a role of “All men are created equal, rebel.” Jon Purple, dean for Student Life Pro defending an appropriate balance of free As part of a larger initiative to The natural message board known sim grams. speech on campus, and that involves de connect students with writers, the ply as “the Rock,” fending students’ language and literature department traditionally re rights to even express is bringing two writers to campus in served for birthday opinions that I might April. Leslie Leyland Fields presented greetings and mar not appreciate.” a selection from her creative nonfic riage proposals, has Ruby and Purple tion and in three separate sessions on recently become alike said that only Tuesday, April 10 presented her per a mouthpiece for “hurtful, divisive, or spective on what it means to be both a students with more intimidating” state writer and a Christian. pressing feelings to ments would be cen Tony Doerr, a widely recognized express. sored, and even those author of fiction, will be on campus The first inci decisions are based on April 19 and 20. dent occurred a individual convictions, Fields, a faculty mentor for the MFA few months ago not official university program at Seattle Pacific University with the painting sanctions, as was the and author of five books, visited Ce of a Confederate case with the decision darville as part of an eight-month tour flag on the Rock; it to cover the Confeder across the continental United States. was covered with a ate flag. She presented two of her essays to a sheet of blue paint Concerning mes group of students and faculty at Ce within hours of its sages that directly darville last Tuesday evening. appearance. A few target administration Her presentation dealt with per days later, a retalia or faculty, Purple said spectives on motherhood, life at home tory, “All men are that the rock has al in Alaska and relationships with God created equal, reb ways been a safe place and family. After the presentation, el” was sprayed in its place. Save for the The university does its best to leave the for students to speak, and will remain so she remained to field questions and word “rebel,” this message was allowed to Rock alone, Purple explains. “We’re never under the current leadership. talk with students. stand. going to put a message on top of another The administration isn’t angered by the “It’s always exciting to hear work As of late, anonymous messages warn message,” he said. “We’re not going to remarks, he says. The negative feedback from a published author,” said John ing against unnamed “postmodernists” participate in that conversation.” just “takes the wind out of their sails. It’s who are trying to subvert biblical truth “There really isn’t any specific protocol like a punch in the gut.” See S tudents have appeared regularly on the Rock with other than Community Covenant guide See Rock PAGE 2 out interference, raising questions about lines on communication,” explains Ruby, PAGE 2 “Global Days” To Raise CU to Continue Annual Tuition Raises an average of 5.75 percent per year.” • Stephen D ysart • year for the last 15 years. Merritt believes that annual Awareness o f Darfur Atrocities G u est W r iter Merritt credits inflation in the tuition increases are necessary to • Sterling M eyers • cide in Darfur. According to its Fred Merritt, Financial Aid cost of living, added employee maintain university growth and Staff W r it er website, www.savedarfur.org, the Director at Cedarville Universi benefits, health insurance, and support new building projects as campaign purposes to “call atten ty, announced plans to continue new programs on campus as jus well as the maintenance of cur Cedarville students can add tion to the escalating violence and the annual inflation of tuition tification for the annual increase rent programs. their voices to the rallying cries of the continued failure of the inter costs by an average of 5-7 per in the cost of tuition. Merritt strongly advocates activists around the world during national community to adequately cent for the next ten years. “Without an annual tuition the inflation of tuition: “A school Qext week’s Global Days for Dar respond to this crisis.” In the upcoming 2007-2008 increase we would never add that is stagnant in growth or fur. Since the conflict began over academic year, tuition will rise anything new to the campus,” [moving] backwards in terms of April 23 to 30 marks the Save to $24,690, an estimated 6.5 per Merritt commented, “If tuition Darfur Coalition’s week of activ- See Darfur cent increase from the current was frozen we would actually See Tuition lsm and awareness for the geno PAGE 3 year. Tuition costs have risen at lose services with each coming PAGE 3 2 1 Cedars Thursday, April 19, 2007 News Maynard Addresses Continued from S tudents on FRONT PAGE • Krista Kowatch ■ Hawkins, a creative be doing in the next few Staff W r iter Theological Values in U2 writing minor; “espe years,” said Professor cially since we don’t get Daniel Clark, co-advisor On Thursday, April 12 a lot of traffic out here at of AKD. Reverend Beth Maynard Cedarville.” Bringing speakers spoke at Cedarville Univer Earlier that after like Fields and Doerr to sity for “The Goal is Soul: noon, Fields met with a campus is one way the The Work and Witness of smaller group of students Department of Language U2.” Fans and skeptics alike to discuss perspectives and Literature offers the attended the event, which on what it means to be a “whole some avocational was based on the book Christian writer. She ad and cultural events ac Get Up Off Your Knees: dressed the pressure that tivities” mentioned in Preaching the U2 Catalog, Christian writers feel the University’s mission edited by Maynard. to end their stories in statement. “For some years I’ve reg an optimistic, resolved The department has ularly observed God choos manner. Fields encour been bringing nation ing to use art and music to aged students to explore ally recognized writers heal, inspire, challenge, and the raw emotions of to campus since 2001, change lives,” said May life’s circumstances by when poet Donald Hall nard. Singing sacred music reading some of her own came to Cedarville to by Mozart while in college work and referencing the present his poetry and played a role in her conver tragedy of the disciples run workshops with stu sion, which “predisposed and suffering of Job. dents. “We think it is an me to admire how God “Don’t think that be enriching experience for works through the arts.” cause we’re Christians not only the department, After being ordained in recognizing U2’s art for its for the Lord, He inclined cording to Maynard. How we have everything [but also] for the com 1994, Maynard, along with theological value. and heard my cry.” ever, in spite of initial dis wrapped up,” she said. munity,” said Dr. Kevin other colleagues, realized “Rev. Maynard had a lot “Her interest and excite couragement from religious She qualified this advice Heath, chair of the De that U2 lyrics often came to to say about the theologi ment toward the subject circles because of the “sec by saying that Christians partment of Language her mind during her sermon cal meaning behind U2’s was infectious,” said David ular nature” of their music, sometimes “forget there and Literature.