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Cedars. 6. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedars/6 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 Student News Publication of Cedarville University November 2011 Along Came a Is it true that brown recluse spiders have infested Cedarville’s campus? T ble of Contents November, 2011 Vol. 64, No. 4 Just Sayin’ ... Page 3 Real Hoarders of Greene County November Calendar y name is Bekah red sweater with bell sleeves so big they could Page 4 Cvetich, and I compete with bellbottom jeans from the 60s? Spiders infest Lawlor ... or do they? Mam a hoarder. I Considering those special finds, I can’t believe Page 5 didn’t realize this until re- I hadn’t burned some of this by now. Resound 2.0 cently, but I can’t let go of But this little hoarding problem of mine anything. I always knew I didn’t get scary until my mom brought out the Page 6 liked to collect things … es- tote of “memorabilia” … all the random junk Dayton passes immigrant-friendly plan pecially Facebook friends. I kept for some sentimental purpose. I found Page 8 My current amount is piles of rocks I kept for who knows what rea- Obama’s re-election odds 1,767, but I explain that Bekah Cvetich son — one was a chunk of asphalt I think I kept Page 9 completely unnecessary number away with the because a guy I used to like kicked it once. But Students comment on GOP candidates fact that my goal is to get more than Dr. Brown that wasn’t even the most disturbing piece of — who currently has 2,444, dang it. Not that memorabilia. Eventually, I came across what Page 10 this is a good explanation; it basically just re- made me realize I had to fix my hoarding prob- CU professor writes book veals that I have no life. Anyways, I didn’t real- lem immediately: the toenail that fell off when Page 11 ize that this so-called collecting in my life led to my mom dropped a bed on my toe. It was still iPads and the classroom hoarding — not until Fall Break. painted and everything. Page 12 My family is considering moving in the After this traumatizing afternoon of sort- Students are extras in Clooney film next year, so my job over Fall Break was to ing, I realized I have a real issue with letting go sort through everything left in my bedroom. of the past. I have always dealt with the prob- Page 13 When my mom told me I needed to go through lem of looking in the rearview mirror instead “Tree of Life” Review/”Vice Verses” Review all the clothes I left behind, I thought it would of through the windshield; I tend to cling to Page 14 be no big task. Thumbing through a few old the events and pains of the past to the point Sports: Scott Chandler interview missions trip T-shirts and jeans I used to wear that they interfere with how I will progress into Page 15 before I met the soft serve machine at Chuck’s my future. Many memories are worth keeping, Thoughts on value wouldn’t kill me. But the seven full storage but I can’t hold onto them so tightly that they bins of clothes my mother dragged out to the crowd my future aspirations … or my future Page 16 living room almost did. bedroom space. The Social and Moonlight Madness I don’t even understand how I kept some So after suppressing my gag reflex, I threw of these items this long. I understand that some my old toenail in the trash along with the Cover Photo fashion comes back in style, and I did find a creepy stalker rock collection. I stuffed my old istockphoto.com few pieces worth recycling into my wardrobe. clothes into a bag to donate to Goodwill. And But some things will just never come back. in the process, I packaged up all the memories And thank the Lord. Was I really planning on and problems of the past I had been holding on wearing those socks with the fuzzy frog heads to and laid them at the feet of Jesus, ready to sticking out of the back of them again? Or that proceed to a less cluttered future. Emily Severance Watch for a new issue of Cedars Managing Editor Rachel Stephens Assistant Managing Editor for Visuals every month. Bekah Cvetich News Editor Newsstands are located on the Zack Anderson National/International Editor upper and lower levels of the SSC. Holly McClellan Arts and Entertainment Editor Jesse Silk More news is online at ReadCedars.com Sports Editor Jonathan Bundy Chief Copy Editor Joe Grom, Doug Brown Web Developers Jeff Gilbert Contact us at Faculty Adviser [email protected] 2 More content updated daily at ReadCedars.com November 2011 CALENDAR November 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 • Deficits and • Women at Risk: • Open Dorms for Debt: A Moral Jewelry Sale Parents Weekend Perspective • Grandparents Day • An Evening of Praise Parents Weekend 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 • Master Class with • A Night at the • Turkey Trot 5K poet John Drury Movies Race • Rinnova Coffee • Jr. Recital: Symposium Brandi Hoffer and Taylor Nelson 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 • Ohio Heritage • Students for Israel • Fair Trade-Choco- • CU Friday • Senior Recital: Conference Fine - Laurel Leff late Documentary • Emily Bush Senior Sarah Thompson Arts Festival • Loving Monday Theater Project • Senior Recital: Seminar • Bach’s Lunch Dave Kauffman 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 • Senior Recital: Gabrielle Sanfilippo No Classes - Thanksgiving Break 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 • Classes Resume Thanksgiving Break Sporting Events Music Events Men’s Basketball: Concerts: Interruptions: Nov. 12 - Vs. Roberts Wesleyan Nov. 4 - All Choral Concert Nov. 3 - Eddie Liggit Nov. 15 - Vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene Nov. 4 - Symphonic Band Concert Nov. 10 - Danielle Scarpone Nov. 19 - Vs. Salem International Nov. 11 - Owl City Concert and Friends Nov. 12 - CU Gospel Fest Nov. 17 - Mitch & Ryan Women’s Basketball: Nov. 17 - Instrumental Chamber Nov. 19 - Vs. Hillsdale Music Concert Nov. 18 - Bach’s Dinner w/ An Evening of Praise Cross Country: CU Jazz Band with HeartSong, Nov. 12 - NCCAA National Cross Nov. 21 - Brass Choir Concert OneVoice and Jubilate Country Championship Nov. 5 November 2011 More content updated daily at ReadCedars.com 3 CAMPUS NEWS Brown Recluse Infestation Found False by David Wright with an irritated spot on his knee. At first he ig- nored it, he said, but instead of improving, the Spider survival guide mass fear of poisonous brown recluse spot continued to grow worse until it had swol- spiders has spread across Cedarville’s len up to three times its normal size. Whitaker How can I know if a spider is a brown Acampus after reported sightings in visited the emergency room at Greene Memo- recluse? Lawlor Hall. Since then, reports have poured rial Hospital in Xenia to have his knee exam- The spiders will generally span from around in from nearly every dorm on campus of spi- ined. After hearing that the injury could be a 1/4 to 3/4 in. The most recognizable der sightings and killings. brown recluse bite, Whitaker feature of this species is the violin-shaped The words “spider infesta- was given medication and has pattern on its back. However, other species tion” have spread through- since recovered. of non-poisonous spider share this same out campus and spread panic Dick Cughan, At first, RAs through- pattern. The best way to identify the spider along with it. But according out Lawlor were told to no- is by counting its eyes. Most all spiders have eight eyes; the brown recluse has only to Cedarville’s resident insect head of pest tify those in their units of the six. specialist, there are no brown possible infestation and that recluse spiders on campus at control at these creatures should be How can I avoid being bitten? this time. “killed on sight.” This species will hide in areas that are dry Dick Cughan, head of Cedarville, After the first bite, talk of and hidden. Shoes, bed sheets and piles pest control at Cedarville poisonous spiders in Lawlor of clothing are obvious places where they University, has examined said he began to travel around Ce- might be attracted. They will generally only several spiders over the past darville. There were numer- bite when pressed up against skin. One month that students and staff believes the ous claims of brown recluse should check shoes or clothing before have brought him.