2008 View Book

I'm sitting by the lake at Cedarville University. Taking a break. Just thinking. Reflecting actually. The sun is hot today, bouncing off the water, and dancing off my face . I'm right next to that rock. You know, the one we students paint every year, marked by layers of color and memories and, well, just plain "student-ness." From here, I can see much of Cedarville's campus reflected in the lake's clear blue surface: the Dixon Ministry Center, where students ponder, praise, and worship God at our daily chapels; the Stevens Student Center, a place to gather, eat, laugh, buy books, and see if I finally got that care package from Mom; the Engineering, Nursing, and Science Center, an impressive structure that surely represents Cedarville's commitment to the sciences; the Centennial Library, our study sanctuary equipped with every book and technology one would need to get that elusive "A." Then there's the latest addition: the Center for Biblical and Theological Studies, with its stained-glass windows, contemporary architecture, and dedication to biblical truth and integrity. Still, I have to say this water reflects much more than the buildings surrounding it. Cedarville is the people who daily pass by - from the students who won last year's annual canoe race across the lake to the professor who has her class sit on its edge and write poetry. You can see a lot reflected in the lake at Cedarville. If you lean over and peer in ... you just might see yourself here, too.