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Cedars. 581. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/581 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]. Christmas Reels Hunting brings Cedars picks the CU students and best Christmas faculty face to face movies of all time. with nature. “Die Hard,” anyone? ipproach- illed with owpanes, y canes, ntains of lurks one to single The Student Newspaper of Cedarville University is filled less lives, December 6th, 2007 Volume 56/Issue 5 www.readcedars.com this out. commer- tpy cou- Statistics Show Drop-off in >ping hot actually Chapel Attendance Since 1994 it another Angela Bacon anks. I’d Staff Writer ay dating Chapel attendance has decreased about 16 percent s nation­ jsince the fall of 1994, according to the calculations of Dr. like this: David Rotman, Cedarville’s associate vice president for — alone technology and chief information officer here. In fall 1994, n you in the chapel attendance ratio was 84.6 percent. By spring 2007 lady who it had fallen to 68.1 percent. This figure includes all absenc­ e in Sun- es, excused and unexcused. nd inter­ The gradual downward trend recently made way for a net little teore pronounced one: since spring 2003, each spring term n and on has shown a markedly lower attendance rate than the fall and how term prior. on is ac- The fall 2000 attendance rate, the second-lowest on ’I think there has been isks you Tecord, was described as an “anomaly” that cannot be ac­ counted for. a philosophical change death is The decrease in chapel attendance does not necessarily escends, j teean that Cedarville students are becoming less concerned in students." ook is a With spiritual matters, however. For the majority of students, n, mild “I don’t think rebellion is a part of it,” Dean Kirsten Gibbs -Dean Gibbs the lady said. / tilt her College students are growing more and more used to nold her ■ having choices in every area of life such as music, food and if she’s ' clothing, and this expectation of flexibility carries over to tongue, fteir decisions on how to spend their time. They want to Chapel Attendance by Term to blame he able to decide how to spend the 10:00 hour, for exam­ su.uu% - 10 about ple, whether it would be better for them to use one of their skips to do homework during that time on a particular day : sex. It 80.00% - rl, I say, °f whether they feel they can get everything done and still V - / A K attend chapel. >n dying 70.00% • y ... e.” And, Gibbs described an increase in what she called “cre- he side- afive” scheduling of students’ time. In addition to part-time 60.00% " relation- employment, which is on the rise, more and more students are being excused from chapel for reasons such as student 50.00% - plate of Caching, internships, clinicals, and classes at nearby com­ les, and munity colleges. 40.00% - can de­ “I also think there has been a philosophical change in 30.00% - e ridicu- students,” Gibbs said. “Your generation is much more com­ fortable with being able to pick and choose.” Double- 20.00% - i’ve had It is a “practical outpouring of busy schedules that People have,” Gibbs said. Students want to have more flex- 10.00% - 'oility in and ownership of how they spend their time. Attendance may have been high in the 1990s because 0.00% - ^ .....y...... y...... y...... t -----1......nj....... y......y...... .................................................. y...... y..... ------ W f..... f .... ^ ......¥...... T..... i ....... f " t ......V...... 1......'*...... ........ «......».......t e Frank Poor to fall 2002, Cedarville’s terms were divided into quar­ ters, and in the old system, every student attended the same 2 0 07SP 2 0 05SP 2 0 06SP 2 0 04SP 2 0 0 5 FA 2 0 0 6 FA 2 0 0 3 SP 2 0 0 4 FA 2 0 0 2 SP 2 0 0 2 FA 2 0 0 3 FA 2 0 00SP 2 0 0 1 SP 2 0 0 1 FA 1 9 99SP 1998SP 1 9 9 9 FA 2 0 0 0 FA 1997SP 1 998FA 1996SP 1 9 97FA 2 0 0 2 W I 1995SP 1 9 96FA 2000 af- 2001W I 1994FA 1 9 95FA 1999W I 2000W I 1998W I 1997W I 1995W I 1996W I owners. Masses every day. At that time, she said, few students were • settling, c°ncemed with how many times they had skipped chapel oration, ®ach term. The idea of skipping chapel rarely crossed stu­ ted the n t s ’ minds — hers included. Attendance records count as “absent” those students who are studying abroad, enrolled part-time le from or who miss chapel because they are participating in clincals or field experience. Fluctuations meticu- in attendance rates could also be due to malfunctioning scanners. School officials call the dip louse to original in attendance during fall semester 2000 an unexplained “anomaly.” The data for the graph was :d plans see CHAPEL page 4 obtained from the student life department. basis of restora- : public A Constructive Critique of Catalytic Crime Wave The Evolution houses Children of the World Hits Campus of a Legend ;s. The lectures mailable T many mound­ ing and n archi- )iece of THE BACK OF THE FRONT 6 December 2007 C edars Managing Editor: Nathan Washatka News Editor: Brandon Smith Viewpoints Editor: Dennis Nangie Arts & Entertainment Editor; Jenna Marcum The Current Editor: Nick Erber Sports Editor: Andrea Walker Copy Editors: Camille Morse, Ann Foley, Jessica Whitehair Design Editors: Kyie Jackson Kyle Smith Designer & Illustrator: Rachel Duarte Photography Editor: Crystal Flippin Photographer: Jonathan Moultroup Webmaster: Jeremy McDuffie Advertising Manager: Clare Woods ' Office & Circulation Manager: I Timon Reiner | Staff ] Devin Babcock j Angela Bacon j Bryce Bahler j Whitney Burch i Kate Celia j Kevin Cole ; Anna Cummings Cynthia Cuthbert Jessica Daugherty j Aiyssa Denen | Elisabeth Feucht ; Zach Freed ; Grant Goodman j Bethany Harpole | John Hawkins Rebecca High ; Keri Hilty : Sarah Hoffman Rachael Hubin Justin Kelier Kate Klein Joel Lagan Grant tetizia Sterling Meyers Whitney Miller Keiiy Miller Michelle Moslaed Sarah Petersen Nathan Reed The top ten windiest eities in Amanda Roberts the US and their average wind speed, Zach Sanderson in miles per hour, aecording to the Na­ Josh Saunders tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Nate Schirmer Dan Sizemore | ministration: Michael Shirzadian Paul Smith 1. 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Cedars strives to past year and a half I have always asked offer accurate information handbook (I also have done this), but I do which the only thing more laughable than and thoughtful opinions myself, “Why does Cedars review R-rated not think that it is appropriate to promote the writing is the actual idea that is being which promote biblical movies?” something that students cannot participate thinking and participation in presented, do not become any newspaper, the communities in which we It just doesn’t make sense to me why in on-campus. especially one that is supposed to be train­ live. The opinions expressed the paper, who urges its readers to “uphold -Joe Hatch, Sophomore, Business in Cedars are held by the ing future journalists. Trite and shallow individual writers and are not the community covenant in their entertain­ Management poll questions do not help anything either. necessarily held by the ment choices” and states that “Guidelines Just trying to help. Cedars staff or by Cedarville for evaluating media are provided in the University. If you wish to be considered -Kaleb Wilcox, sophomore, elec­ student handbook”, would promote watch­ professional and a credible newspaper, tronic media 251 N. Main Street ing an R-rated movies that are banned from Cedarville, OH 45314 publish meaningful stories that are well residence halls. We welcome your feedback. Please send com- j 937.766.3456 written, well researched, and that actually ments to [email protected]. Letters may cedars@ceda r vi I le.edu I realize that watching R-rated mov­ be edited for length.