Torch, Fall 2000

CAMPUS NEWS C hildren of the World, an international children’s choir, performed at the Nov. 29 chapel service. Most of the choir’s 20 children, ages 5 through 13, are orphans. They hail from India, Nepal, Burma, and the Philippines, and represent the millions of homeless and starving children in the world. Led by Directors Mark and Nikki Hogsed, the choir has already completed two months of their eight-month American tour and hope to spread the word about the World Help Child Sponsorship Program. For more information, visit www.worldhelp.net . International Children’s Choir Visits T he Cedarville College Ethanol Vehicle Challenge team received a citation from the Ohio State Senate for their success, determination, and motivation in this year’s Ethanol Vehicle Challenge competition. The group, represented by Jonathan Fuge (Landisville, Pa.), Nelson Lewis (Salem, Ore.), and Aaron Roth (Jackson, Mo.), also had their ethanol- converted Chevrolet Silverado (right) and Malibu on display at the Biofuels Workshop in Columbus, Ohio. C edarville celebrated its fall Day of Prayer on Nov. 15 in a number of meaningful ways. Throughout the morning, the University family met for topical prayer groups, prayer walks, and silent prayer. At a special chapel service, Rev. David Seefried spoke about the AIDS epidemic in Africa and how it is drastically shifting the African cultures into ones of short-life expectancies and orphaned children. Rev. Seefried, a Cedarville graduate working through Evangelical Baptist Missions, urged the University family to remember the dire African situation in their prayers. Chapel ended with the University family praying in small groups (above). Ethanol Vehicle Challenge Team Honored Cedarville Observes Day of Prayer A midst the choices of designing suspensions, hand-held generators, and light pole vibration suppressors, a special opportunity arose for Cedarville University mechanical engineering students this past year. Two senior design teams took on the challenge of designing a bike caddy for a handicapped child in the Cedarville community. Because current bike caddies on the market are geared for small children, the Cedarville students saw the need for a custom-made caddy for Mitchell Minor, a 10- year-old Cedarville resident immobilized by severe cerebral palsy. The young engineers set out to provide Minor with a strong and supportive yet comfortable riding device. Team member Jason Covill of Reamstown, Pa., explained, “We had a custom-formed seat for him and our caddy was a lot more stable than other caddies. ... There are more restraints on ours to hold him in the position he needs to be in.” Covill’s team reaped an additional reward for their work. With the assistance of James Murdock (Brighton, Mich.), Matt Plaatje (West Chester, Ohio), and Shane Sevo (Belleville, Mich.), Covill gave a computer-animated presentation detailing the caddy’s design, analysis, and fabrication—a presentation that took first place in the Old Guard Oral Presentation of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Region V Student Conference held in the spring. The second team, composed of John Cushman (Xenia, Ohio), Jon Geiger (New Carlisle, Ohio), and Dan Nichols (Addison, N.Y.), presented its caddy to Minor in the fall. Surgery had prevented Minor from using or trying the caddy earlier. “Engineering is more than a job,” shared Covill, who graduated from Cedarville in June and now designs children’s products for Graco Corporation in Elverson, Pa. “It’s a service to others. ... The atmosphere and focus of Cedarville helped me be more conscientious and sensitive,” he explained. “You realize it’s a service to others, so you care more and pay more attention to detail. ... I realized that people are affected by what you do.” Engineering Students Build Bike Caddy for Handicapped Child Standing: Taylor, Craig, and Carrie Minor; Jon Geiger; John Cushman; Dr. Jay Kinsinger; Dr. Larry Zavodney Seated: Mitchell Minor