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Cedars. 62. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/62 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]. Good Cents CU vs. ROTC Sky Bust Win advertisors’ Reevaluating A CU student is money in an online our relationship stranded by the (and legal) alterna- with the United low-cost airline’s tive to gambling States military sudden bankruptcy PAGE 9 PAGE 7 PAGE ?????? EEDARSDARS CThe Student Newspaper of Cedarville University Aprilp 17th, 2008 Volume 56/Issue 10 www.readcedars.com Cedarville Launches Origins of Cedarville Web site in Spanish -- Nate Washatka -- Apparel Hard to Trace Staff Writer If Kena Mena’s parents questioned her desire to -- Nathan Reed -- attend Cedarville, it wasn’t because they doubted her Staff Writer judgment. It wasn’t even because they didn’t like what Cedarville could offer their daughter. I’m worried about the bride of Christ around here. It was because they couldn’t read the Web site. I think she’s trying to marry America. That or she’s “My family immigrated to the United States from just messing around. Either way, they’ve been spend- El Salvador when I was 13,” said Mena, a junior psy- ing a lot of time together lately. It’s a private thing, chology major from Springfi eld, N.J. “Both my parents I know, but I love her, and I’m part of her, so I feel speak English, but they had trouble understanding the like I’m not out of line in asking questions. academic, fi nancial and Christian jargon on Cedarville’s I’ve seen pictures, alright? Snapshots of Web site.” churches with fl ags so big they cover up the As Mena searched for a college, she had to trans- crosses. Web sites with quizzes that rank a late the Web sites of the various schools — including person’s loyalty to Jesus based on how they Cedarville’s — for her parents. It was not an easy task, answer questions about the legitimacy of and after arriving at Cedarville, Mena decided to help the American colonists rebellion against future students avoid the hassles she went through. England. Politicians and pastors shak- “I kept complaining about having to translate ev- ing hands from behind the pulpit. erything for my parents, and my dad asked me what I They make me suspicious. was going to do about it,” she said. On national holidays I see So Mena decided to convince Cedarville’s ad- her get all dressed up and make ministrators that the university should have a Spanish- a big show about how much language Web site. she loves her nation-state. She The process started in the fall of 2006, when Mena gushes about the freedom and and a group of friends submitted a proposal to Dr. John Gredy, VP for Enrollment Management, explaining the security America gives. She even need for a bilingual Web site. sings songs to it. She talks almost like “We wanted the administration to know we were she needs it. serious,” Mena said. “We said the target population Last semester, a University-approved cha- would be parents and guardians of students. They’re the pel speaker asserted from the chapel stage that ones paying for the education. The Spanish translation “America is the greatest country in the history of shows that Cedarville cares about them.” the world.” The Spanish translation of Cedarville’s Web site I can go on about our obsession with winning launched last month. A link at the bottom right corner of political wars in Jesus’ name, our habit of slap- the home page invites visitors to view the site in Span- ping red-white-blues on our international ministries ish. without thinking twice or our automatic dismissal of Much of the translation has been completed by stu- critics of American policy as “anti-Christian.” dents enrolled in Dr. Barb Loach’s translation course. I’m afraid the church is trying to fuse national- “My students have worked on it for the last three ism with loyalty to Jesus. It seems that she thinks, semesters,” said Loach, professor of foreign language. at least subconsciously, that God views America dif- “We wanted to do pages that would be most important ferently than He views other nations. A victory for to parents, pages like fi nancial aid, the university profi le the United States is a victory for God’s kingdom. She and academic information.” equates the rise or fall of America, whether in moral, Translating business and religious vocabulary economic or political terms, with the rise or fall of from English to Spanish can be a diffi cult task, but sev- God’s people. eral students involved with the project said they enjoyed The bride of Christ must give up this govern- the challenge. What’s more, they feel like their work ment-lust for two reasons: equating America with will help other people. the promised land denies our identity as the bride of “A friend of mine thought it was illogical to see ORIGINS page 4 see SPANISH page 4 Beans and Cream Moves Highlights from the Spring Bright Lights, Big Menu: All the Way Next Door Atheltic Season Dayton’s Boldest Restaurant p?? p11 p12 C. Flippin Submitted J. Moultroup INSIDE News...3 Viewpoints...6 Sports...9 A&E...12 The Current...15 CEDARS CEDARS 2 THE BACK OF THE FRONT 17 April 2008 17 April 2008 NEWS 3 THE BACK OF THE FRONT NEWS “The preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice New Digs for Beans ‘N Cream Student Grade EDARS for the common good, and a sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate.” C The Quote: -- Pope Benedict XVI, speaking at the White House on Wednesday -- Emily Doot -- with hot and cold coffee drinks, hope to use to integrate live music Appeals Uncommon Staff Writer milkshakes, smoothies, bagels, regularly into the café. salads and deli offerings for lunch, “Tony the Barber,” another -- Camille Morse -- from arising. Parr and Dr. Tim Maybe you’ve seen the sign seasonal soups and a wide selec- downtown Cedarville staple, is in Chief Copy Editor Heaton, professor of education, in downtown Cedarville or maybe tion of breakfast foods. charge of setting up music events, both reinforced how professors not you’ve heard through the grape- The “new” Beans N Cream said Cope. Formal student objections to only document every component vine, but the news is true: Cedar- will be located at the corner of 42 “Hours may change a little grades happen at Cedarville only evaluation that goes into a grade ville hangout and wireless cyber and Main Street, across from the bit,” she said. “We may be open rarely, but professors handle small- but also, Parr said, avoid appeals by café Beans N Cream is moving. hardware store and US Bank. Ac- later on the weekends once we get er-scale challenges over specifi c keeping students informed through “We felt the need to move, cording to Cope, the building was music started.” grades more often. strategies such as announcing the and the Lord opened the doors for a bank in the early 1900s. The big question now is Most of the professors Ce- class average for an exam. it to happen,” said Diane Cope, The new building will boast when Beans N Cream will make dars interviewed, whether they The At-Risk program, which who owns the store with her hus- some new features while preserv- the move. had been teaching for fi ve or for requires professors to identify mid- band, Paul. ing Beans N Cream’s original “Nothing’s set in stone,” 28 years, said they had never had term which students are on a fail- And before all the coffee small-town feel. Cope said, and explained that the to undergo the formal grade appeal ing trajectory for a course, helps afi cionados start sweating, let us “It will still retain a lot of its owners had at fi rst hoped to com- process and only once, if ever, en- professors identify who needs help put your minds at ease; Beans is old charm,” said Cope. plete the move by this year’s grad- countered a situation even resem- before the situation becomes des- re-locating just a few doors down Among its other improve- uation. Now, she said, it looks like bling it. perate enough for a student to ap- from its present location. ments, the new building will pro- the date may have to be pushed According to the formal pro- peal a grade as a last resort.