By TACIE BRAMMER
Micro-finance loans have spread throughout third-world countries and may soon come to Springfield, Ohio, because of a Cedarville University student. Logan McCool, a senior biology major, has spent more than a year researching micro-finance loans. There are potential barriers to making the program work, but he hopes to use micro-finance to help empower people in the near future.
The micro-finance loan process was developed in India by Muhammed Yunus. He lent money to poverty-stricken families and gave them the training and tools needed to start their own businesses.
These people …
CU baseball player Kyler Ludlow provides an inside look at the Yellow Jackets baseball team.
The sports journalism class attended the Ohio State football weekly news conference before the Illinois game.
By KAITLYN COUGHLIN
HeartSong director Jim Cato arrived at Cedarville as a student in 1981 and has been actively involved at the university ever since. His passion for worship and for serving students and the local church has positively influenced Cedarville University and the community in multiple ways.
Cato graduated from Cedarville in 1983 and received a B.S. in Music. Cato said he always loved music since he was young, but he didn’t want to major in performance or teaching. After graduation Cato said he started working at WCDR radio for the …
By PETER MITCHELL
Cedarville University’s Alumni and Music departments brought past and current students along with faculty and staff together for an evening of enjoyment and the chance to connect. Throughout the evening current students had the chance to hear the stories of how alumni were able to transition from college into their respective careers.
Beth Porter, the chair of the Music Department, commented on how important it was to build relationships with alumni and current students as a means to help alumni stay connected and to provide current students the chance …
By KAITYLN COUGHLIN
Cedarville University’s theater department brings to life Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in its winter production on Feb. 4-6 in the DeVries Theater. After hours of work and months of practice, the theater will open its doors to students and members of the community for a weekend of Shakespearean comedy with a modern twist.
Matthew Moore, director of the production and a professor at Cedarville, set the play in the 1940s instead of its original time period.
“Putting the play in a modern context makes it more accessible to an …