CU Finances Pt. 4 — Miscellany
May 13, 2009 Cedarville
Sorry for the delay, but here’s the last post in our series on the financial health of Cedarville University. In this last segment I simply want to relay some miscellaneous stuff I came across that didn’t fit really well elsewhere. In case you’re curious, when Cedarville went Baptist in 1953, tuition was $58/hr; when my [...]
Tags: Bill Brown, Biola University, Cedars, Cedarville, Chuck's, David Haffey, Grace College, Irene Alyn, Masters College, Pioneer Caterers, Wheaton College
Terrorists and Torture
May 7, 2009 politics, theology
Give Me Liberty is an underground student newspaper here at Cedarville University designed to give voice to, apparently, the extremely marginalized conservative voice. It’s an outlet for Republicans & Libertarians to join forces and decry the U.S.A.’s obvious devolution into the U.S.S.R. (this was seriously an article). Also in this April edition, there was an article [...]
Tags: beatitudes, Cedarville, Iraq, Jesus, non-violence, pacifism, Sermon on the Mount, torture, war
CU Finances Pt. 3
May 6, 2009 Cedarville
In this third installment (part one & two here) of my series on Cedarville University’s finances I want to compare our revenue & expenses with that of our sister schools. Again we’ll look at the 2006-2007 school year, and keep in mind that everything is adjusted for inflation.
Tags: Anderson University, Biola University, Calvin College, Cedars, Cedarville, Cedarville University, Gordon College, Grace College, John Brown University, Wheaton College
Dumpster Diving for Fun & Profit
May 4, 2009 Cedarville, personal
This weekend was busy: finally graduated college, hung out with frieds & family, threw out my arm playing Wii rowing, watched Celtics mop up Bulls, then watched Manny Pacquaio flatten Ricky Hatton in under 6 minutes (“I didn’t know it’d be so easy,” said Manny before leaving for hours of celebratory karaoke). I also spent [...]
Tags: capitalism, Cedarville, consumerism, dumpster diving, garbage, Kraig, Laura, Scott, trash
CU Finances Pt. 2 — Financial Aid
Apr 30, 2009 Cedarville
It seems counter-intuitive that in a bad recession Cedarville University would deliberately increase the cost of attendance so dramatically. Yet their explanation for this is that more money will be diverted to financial aid to ease the burden of needy students. Their already-established goal is to increase aid by 20% every year, though since ’02-’03 [...]
Tags: Anderson College, Biola University, Bryan College, Calvin College, Cedars, Cedarville, college, Cornerstone University, enrollment, financial aid, Geneva College, Gordon College, Grace College, John Brown University, Malone University, Masters College, Messiah College, Mt Vernon Nazarene University, Olivet Nazarene University, Taylor University, university, Wheaton College
Cedarville By the Numbers
Apr 29, 2009 Cedarville
The epic Cedars article I was working on before being laid off was a piece loosely centered around next year’s tuition hike. My task was to research CU’s finances to provide some context and do a comparative analysis with other similar schools. The project was about 85% completed when we got axed, so I’m going [...]
Tags: Cedars, Cedarville, college, school, tuition
Moar Ceedurrrs Dramas
Apr 22, 2009 Cedarville
A brief history of Cedars, Cedarville University’s student newspaper, circa 2008-2009: September ’08: We start publishing. A deliberate effort is made to add conservative voices to the Viewpoints section. October ’08: I write an editorial criticizing Gov. Sarah Palin. Paige Patterson, a CU trustee, is not very amused and tells the board as much. I [...]
Tags: Cedars, Cedarville, John Gredy, Josh Saunders, Paige Patterson, Palin, Rebecca High, Sarah Jones, Scott Calhoun, Sharyn Kopf, trustees
My Favorite Debt
Mar 9, 2009 hitchhiking, reading
I picked up a hitchhiker this morning and he identified me immediately: “You’re a Cedarville student, aren’t you?” Is it that obvious? Do I just radiate repressed fundamentalist vibes? But Samir assured me it was just a guess based on probabilities: C.S.U. students speed by, C.U. students pick him up. He’s living at Wilberforce but [...]
Tags: Cedarville, Central State, hitchhiking, Holocaust, luck, poker, randomness, Wilberforce, Xenia
Computers? That’s so Cedarville!
Nov 27, 2008 Cedarville, images
This is an ad for Cedarville College in the The Baptist Bulletin, January 1969. The student pictured is my dad, a junior chemistry major at the time. Click for larger version.
Tags: Cedarville, computers
Look Ma, I’m makin’ friends!
May 3, 2008 Cedarville, images, philosophy, politics
Some people were apparently less than amused with my last Cedars article: This was mailed to me on Wednesday. The unsigned note says “Do You have eany Idea how Many Good Men Died for your freedom of speech. This is how you honor Their Memory. I bet you Feel Proud.” College-level reasoning at its best! [...]
Tags: Cedars, Cedarville, hatemail, non-violence, pacifism
April Fool’s
Apr 1, 2008 Cedarville, writing
The April Fool’s edition of Cedars is out now. Three of my articles were published, while this one got cut:
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