Torch, Winter 1990

CAMPUS NEWS W illiam A. Brock Hall, the new residence facility for 174 men, was built and equipped for $3,050,000, over $1.5 million of which was given for the project by friends of the college. The gift income reached an amount which qualified for a $250,000 challenge grant issued by The Kresge Foundation. I n keeping with Cedarville's emphasis on the family, several family-oriented events have become traditional at the college. In November grandparents come to campus to enjoy special activities with their grandchildren during the popular Grandparents' Day. In February Cedarville students invite younger brothers and sisters to join them for Li 'l Sibs' Weekend, and the May Parents' Weekend draws several hundred parents to campus. H aving offered a two-year pre-engineering program since 1981, Cedarville College will initiate a new baccalaureate engineering program fall quarter 1990, pending approval by the State of Ohio Board of Regents. The college is conducting a search for the department chair and faculty for the program which will offer majors in electrical or mechanical engineering. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Duane Wood, Academic Vice President. T he U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Urbana, Ohio, court case last fall, and Cedarville's Dr. Raymond Bartholomew was an "expert witness" in the lower court ruling. When the town's obscenity law was challenged by the sale of certain pornographic magazines, Bartholomew, Professor of English and Chairman of the Department of Languages and Literature, was called upon to prove the non-literary value of the publications. Urbana's city law director said that the high court decision establishes standards by which the city can judge other magazines. Dr. Raymond Bartholomew