2005 Miracle Yearbook

Forensics Abbie McGaha and Dan Harder perform their Dramatic Duo,a piece about an actress who has an affair. Here her husband describes to the audience what he sees when he imagines his wife sneaking around behind his back. .McGaha said, "Forensics has been amazing. Not only does it provide intense acting experiences to improve my level of performance, but it provides unique opportunities to share my faith with non-believers in the speech community. Our coach Matt Moore's focus for our team is all about the ministry aspect, and our technique and Performance is secondary. I really appreciate that about him, and I think forensics has been such a rich and r ewarding experience because of it!" .00 Ben Bolander, Julianne Howe,and Gena Bravick present their forensics pieces. Ben performs his Duo In terpretation with Natalie Gamache(not pictured),Julianne performs a section of her Oral Interpretation Of Poetry, and Gena delivers a section of her Rhetorical Criticism speech. In keeping with Cedarville University's theme of living as a"light in the darkness"this year,the ForensicsTeam shone brilliantly at tournaments nationwide."The Forensics Team provides a great opportunity to improve public speaking skills, build relationships with teammates and competitors from other universities, and experience the excitement of competition," said freshman Megan Waters. Reflecting tremendous talent, many hours of careful work, and inspiring attitudes, team members carried on an impressive tradition of remarkable achievement. The team consisted of eight uniquely gifted individuals, ranging from freshmen to seniors. Team members competed in such activities as interpretation of literature, limited preparation, and platform events. Autumn West,ajunior member,commented that"2004- 05 was...the most unified team that I have been a part of in three years of Cedarville Forensics." This sense of unity drove the team to even higher levels of success, both at tournaments and "backstage." Like other extracurricularteams,Cedarville Forensics aimed for both excellence and Christian testimony. Autumn shared a particularly exciting experience from the fall. The team placed fifth at Bradley University, the "nationals of the first semester," setting a Cedarville record. Because of the distance,the team left before the awards ceremony."We later learned [that] every time someone from our team won an award which we were not there to claim,the master of ceremonies made fun of us for going home to go to church. Little did they know this would open up great opportunities for us to share the Gospel with others at later tournaments." Cedarville's 2004-05 Forensics Team brought the light of Christ into the exciting realm of intercollegiate competitive speech. In the words of one sophomore: "It's so cool to see our extracurricular teams showing the world what it really means to be Chnstianly competitive. This is part of what makes the Cedarville experience so rewarding." Organizations 237