1999 Miracle Yearbook

la tograpicer Brandon,Perkins hangsoutwith.Copy Editor Pe&Samar&duringabreak in. productions. C dars editors- a dphotographer take,a breakfrom,their work,to have,a.group-photo take. Everyone knows who the future broadcastersofCedarville are. Studentswhoserveon"cam- era duty" inchapel are easily spotted as the zoom in on Dr. Dixon each Monday morning. Far less recognizable, however, are the future journalists who make their home in the attic of the Fine Arts building, working diligently every other week to produce the campus newspaper, Cedars. After the paper comes out ev- ery other Friday, editors check the approval rating. Ifthe trash caninthePOisfull,readership is down. If the receptacle is rela- tively empty, word is out that this week's Cedars is pretty inter- esting. By far, the most-widely read page of Cedars is "Sidewalk Talk," the campus photo survey on the back page. Questions rangefromthehumorous--"Ifyou could be in one place, other than here, where you be?"--to the pointed--"Where is Kosovo?" This year a close second was se- nior Lisa Walker's humor col- umn. Walker offered wisdom on such topics as stress, winter weather, and poor health. "I re- ally enjoyed writing for Cedars. Some people will settle for five minutes of fame, but I wanted five pages. This is not hard to achieve when there are such in- teresting campus personalities as Loren Pierson," Walker said. Anothernoticeabletrendin Ce- dars this year was the editors' desire to foster discussion of is- sues on campus. By featuring both informative articles,opinion pieces,and"SidewalkTalk"ques- tions on related topics,the news- paper was sometimes the center ofcampus conversation. During fall quarter, the anonymous "Masked Democrat" proposed someunorthodox socialtheories. Other issues tackled this year include: Christian responsibility for the environment,contempo- rary involvement of women in thechurch,andtheethicsof"mar- keting" sexual purity. Cedars editors are chosen by the advisor, Jack Simons,from students who have taken Prin- ciples ofJournalism and excelin writing and editing. New Editor Christina Lay said, "Cedars is an interesting experience. It teaches you to deal with adver- sity,ignoranceanddiverseopin- ions. It also teaches you how to surviveoncaffeine,pizza,salad, pizza, caffeine, and other high fat,low nutritionstaplesofnews- paper life." Lay and the rest of her staff were known to pull all- fighters laboring in the name of free press. Many professors and admin- istrators have commented on the increased quality of Cedars in the past three years. According toDick Walker,directorofCam- pus Activities,more students are reading Cedars now than ever before. CEDARS/U99.5 0