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Vol. 89 No. 12

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Globalization affects higher education opportunities Stover Scholars visit judge

By Nick Farrell

Editorial Assistant

At the beginning of the new year, over 240 educators and administrators from various higher education institutions in the United States met at the College Board Colloquium in California.

The keynote speaker for this event was Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun, who spoke of colleges and universi-

ties shape the future of America.

One of the topics up for discussion as presented by Aoun was globalization and how it affects education in America and the job market worldwide.

Students at Waynesburg University may have differing opinions on the subject of globalization, especially those who have studied abroad.

“One must have an understanding [of globalization] to be able to effectively oper-

ate in their career, in society, and in academia,” said Jacob Waltemeyer, a senior psychology major who recently studied in Australia.

Through his studies in a foreign country, Waltemeyer saw first hand the positives and negatives of globalization.

“After studying abroad in Australia, I came to appreciate the differences between

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CROSBY LECTURE SERIES

Penn St. professor speaks to students

By Steve Hullings Staff Writer The Crosby Lecture Series hosted Penn State University’s Dr. Thomas E. Mallouk, professor of chemistry and physics, on Jan. 17 for this spring 2012.

Mallouk worked on inorganic self-assembly and on chemistry of porous, lamellar, and nanoscale materials. He is an associate editor of the “Journal of the American Chemical Society.”

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Precipitation problems Recent dramatic weather changes throughout the past week have caused scattered flooding problems in some

Staff Writer Last Wednesday, the Waynesburg University Stover Scholars met with the Honorable Judge Farely Toothman.

Toothman was recently elected and sworn in as a Judge of the Greene County Court of Common Pleas.

The Stover Scholars met Toothman inside the Greene County Courthouse on High Street in Waynesburg at noon.

The students began the visit by standing in the foyer of the courthouse around the seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

“He put a great emphasis upon that seal,” Dr. Lawrence Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership said. “On that seal are the words virtue, liberty and independence. Stratton said that those words are the principles of the law of the commonwealth.”

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of the county’s parks including the park near the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg.

‘To be as passionate about loving Jesus’ Leroy Barber speaks during Speaker celebrates accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. president of the UniversiThe Rev. Leroy Barber eerily similar,” Barber guest lecture series on love By Alex Hinton Op/Ed Editor

By Ben Carpenter Staff Writer “In West Philadelphia, born and raised…” For most college students, this phrase brings upon memories of days past spent watching “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” while in grade school.

For Leroy Barber, it is reality. Students at Way-

nesburg University got a chance to hear from a West Philadelphia native other than Will Smith when Barber spoke on Monday, Jan. 16.

Barber lectured at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center and left one audience member impressed.

On Jan. 16 students, faculty, staff and guests celebrated the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Convocation was held at 11 a.m. in Alumni Hall, and all were invited for fellowship, prayer, singing and a message about King.

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ty gave the opening remarks of the ceremony. “[King’s] stand for social justice was based on Christ, and he knew through Christ he would live forever,” Thyreen said.

Tom Ribar, chaplain, led the welcome and prayer of invocation, followed by Sacia Webb with the litany for reconciliation.

said.

King took his faith and put it in action by using several tools: protest, boycott and nonviolence, Barber said.

“Something is still wrong with humanity,” Barber said. “There is still a need for people willing to protest for injustice.”

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‘Opera Arias and Duets’ was held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The event included performances by Sebastian and Melanie Catana and ended in a standing ovation.

Ryerson’s Station Park will hold its annual Winterfest on Jan. 28.

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presented the convocation address, entitled “Do We Have a Dream?”

Barber is president of Mission Year, an urban ministry program based in Atlanta, Ga. He related his message about King’s life to the Biblical message of Ephesians 3.

“The relationship of the letters from Paul in prison to Dr. King are

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‘ The power of good teamwork’ Students dicuss the winter mission trips during the Chapel service

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Merit Day ‘shapes Waynesburg’s future’

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By Mandy Ormsby Students discussed this past Tuesday in chapel their most recent mission trips to Jamaica and Greene County, explaining how they were just as affected as those they helped.

“The testimonies that we hear this morning is a testimony of the fruit of our partnerships,” said University Chaplain Tom Ribar.

“These tunnels of deep love and joy of knowing that we labor together for this cause of Jesus Christ.”

Of the group working with Habitat for Humanity in Greene County over winter break, junior communication major Kimber Blair and senior computer forensics major Jonathon Masters discussed their own experiences.

“It was an illustration of how the body of Christ works,” said Blair. “Somewhere in the Bible it talks about how everything for the body of Christ is necessary.”

Masters, demonstrating how the body of Christ works effectively by acting as one, asked Dave Calvario, dean of

Scholars visit judge Continued from A1 dents that are planning to attend law school to stand under portraits on the walls of former judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County.

“There were only 12 portraits in the history of the courthouse and he wanted to show us that we could one day be a part of that history,” said Ryan Marshall, junior pre-law, history and

Staff Writer

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Jamiee Post and Roscoe Bright talk about their mission trip to Wilkes-Barre this past January. Forty-six students participated in mission trips during break. students and director of the Center for Service Leadership, to walk onto the stage.

With nine volunteers, the group lifted Calvario up, demonstrating even further how the group worked together to lift a crucial beam that held together a house they worked on.

“We needed everyone on the team to lift that up, and we made it happen,” said Masters.

However, Masters provided a specific

example of how he learned lessons from bad teamwork and bad communication.

“The challenge is to be aware of the power of good teamwork and the power of bad teamwork and communicate with people,” said Masters.

Following Blair and Masters, senior education major Amy Morgan discussed her recent mission trip to Jamaica.

The group traveled with Mustard Seed Community, which

supports adults and children with handicaps.

Some of the projects the group worked on the mission trip included weeding yards, spending time with native children and sharing the gospel with them; however, they also spent one day relaxing at the beach.

“I learned a lot about how we are all one part of the body of Christ,” said Morgan. “Overall it was a great trip.”

political science major.

“One of the themes was that the people who were standing there would see themselves as future judges,” Stratton said. “[Toothman] referred to it as the ‘Dead Judges Society.’”

Nearly half of the judges on the wall received their undergraduate degree from what was then known as Waynesburg College, including Toothman himself who graduated from Waynesburg in 1982.

The students on the visit sat in the jury box while Judge Toothman spoke.

A few months ago, the Stover Scholars traveled to Washington D.C. to visit with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. “It is important to understand the hierarchal system that justices administer in the United States,” Stratton said.

The Stover Scholars also met with the president judge of Greene County Court, William R. Nalitz in November where the students received a similar speech.

Stratton believes that the local judges are trying to convene a common

idea.

“It was significant that the students physically could walk from the University to the courthouse,” he said. “There are so many opportunities that students can explore being so close to local government, and they ought to take advantage of it.”

The Stover Scholars received their scholarship for their leadership skills and interest in constitutional studies.

There is another visit with a government official in the works, but details are not yet finalized.

Waynesburg University will host Merit Day on Jan 28.

Merit Day is Waynesburg University’s opportunity to gather possible future students to give them a chance to compete for scholarships and also a way for Waynesburg to seek out the most adequate students.

“We bring in the top applicants and they will be interviewed for competitive scholarships such as Bonner, Leadership, Stover and departmental Scholarships,” said Assistant Director of Admissions, Katie White.

“It helps us identify student leaders.”

Waynesburg University offers different types of scholarships but in order to receive Merit application a first time student must apply for enrollment to prior to Nov. 1.

Once accepted, they are required to have a cumulative High School GPA of a 3.0 to fill out the Merit Application by Jan 1.

The scholarships offered are competitive such as the Stover scholarship that offers a student 5,000 dollars plus an additional 1,500 for confer-

ences and internships.

The Stover Scholarship, the highest of the Merit Scholarships, requires students to have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 and be involved in community and extra curricular activities.

Among the Stover Scholarship the Bonner Service Scholarship and leadership scholarships are two of the known scholarships for students to receive.

“Merit Scholarships are very important it might be what makes or breaks the students decision to attend Waynesburg University,” said Director of Financial aid Matthew Stokan.

Out of 302 high school students, only 212 will go through the interview process with Director of admissions Sarah Zwinger as well as getting a chance for department Scholarships. Merit day shapes Waynesburg’s future students and allows them to succeed and gives them financial help that is so important when making a college choice.

“Schools are competing for the best students and the merit Scholarships are part of enticing a student to come to the institution,” said Stokan.

Faith-based art showcased in Series

By Samantha Fitzharris Staff Writer Mr. Makoto Fujimura will speak at the DeVito Lecture Series on Jan. 31.

“Understanding the arts has been known to cause people to think and live generatively.” This is the thought that artist, poet and catalyst Fujimura believes he will bring to the students of Waynesburg University.

The DeVito Lecture series on Jan. 31 in Alumni Hall is focused on the arts, writing and poetry aspects of faith. Mr. Makoto Fujimura is a speaker and author of works such as The Four Holy Gospels Project and Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture. He was invited to speak to the students about his art and how to incorporate faith into their work.

Fujimura is recognized worldwide and is known for his faith –based artwork and writings. He has also lectured at many different universities, speaking about his experiences and his beliefs, including Yale University, Princeton University, Grove City College and Becknell University his alma mater. Fujimura has also painted in New York’s famous Carnegie Hall. He painted on stage in collaboration with percussionist and composer Susie Ibarra.

Many of his pieces were commissioned in the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. The letters in the beginning of each chapter are based on his interpretation of the gospels themselves.

Fujimura’s contemporary art style is a special Japanese painting technique called Nihonga. This is quite a traditional genre for an artist to explore with little room for change.

“I chose to go into the contemporary art scene in NYC because it was the broadest base for all the arts, rather than any desire to be part of any genre,” Fujimara said. “Actually back then, NYC may have been the only place where one had a chance of making a full time living.”

According to Fujimara his work has faced needless and questionable assumptions because of his religion.

Not many artists can go and express their beliefs to the public for fear of being misinterpreted.

“I am keenly aware that we are created to worship something to live and create. Fujimara said. “I believe it’s critical, even for secular artists to recognize our propensity toward faith positions.” On his webpage he has a short video of his accomplishments, where as he describes he has “complete artistic freedom”. This form of “20th Century Abstraction” is what allows him to “tap into the mystery” of the art world and how we interpret that world.

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Fitness programs offered to students Changes made to class schedules

By Mariah Beauregard Staff Writer The wellness programs that started in the fall are being offered again this spring semester. However, there are a few changes to the schedule.

Monday is the Judo Martial Arts class, Tuesday is Yogilates, and Wednesdays and Thursdays are Zumba. All of these programs are held at 7:30 p.m. in the wrestling room on the second floor of the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Kelley Hardie, director of housing and assistant director of student activities, chose all of the wellness program classes. She also modified the schedule from last semester based on student input.

Last year, only a toning class was offered.

Last semester was the first semester in which classes were offered every day of the week.

Judo is a new addition, replacing a self-defense class from last semester.

Carmen Anderson, a junior business management major, is currently taking this class.

“The main purpose is self-defense,” said Anderson. “It’s very practical.”

Anderson was involved in the selfdefense class last semester. There are some differences between the old and new classes, but one of the biggest changes was the name.

“It’s supposed to be judo,” said Anderson.

“The first time, it was called Hapkido. Now it’s called this.”

According to Anderson, other martial arts styles like karate cause you to hurt your joints by punching hard. “Hapkido keeps your joints healthy as you get older,” she said.

Anderson explained some of what she was learning in this class. “[The instructer] taught us some moves like wrist locks and kicks and escape moves so that we could get away from an attacker,” said Anderson. “The purpose is not to cause any injury. As soon as you let go of them, they’ll be fine.”

The Yogilates class held on Tuesdays is also

Photo by Abby Wernert

The Rev. Leroy Barber presented the convocation address, “Do We Have a Dream?” at 11 a.m. on Jan. 16 in Alumni Hall in celebration of the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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He said that the wealth gap is growing.

There is still hunger, homelessness and inequality, and actions need to be taken.

“We have reduced Dr. King to a series of nice quotes,” Barber said. “We look incredibly shallow to the world because we don’t put our actions See CLASSES on A4 where our faith is.”

Instead of focusing on the things King said, we should use his actions as an example. King gave us a model of how to make our faith mean something in this world, Barber said.

“Justice cannot be realized from afar,” Barber said, using an example of how many people get excited about justice but want others to do all the work.

King got the idea from Jesus who walked with his disciples, Barber said.

Later in Barber’s message, he again talked

about King’s relation to Paul from the Bible. Paul and King were both willing to suffer for others in contrast to today’s Christianity, which is self-centered, he said.

“Paul understood his call. He knew God put him on this earth for a reason and he had to live it out,” Barber said.

“What is your call? As believers, we’ve gotten away from that. If you don’t think about your call, why are you here?”

Barber said one of humanity’s problems is that we do not under-

stand call. People believe they have to be qualified in order to serve others, but that is not the case, he said.

“God doesn’t call for qualified people,” Barber said. “He qualifies the called.”

Barber closed his message with a challenge for all those in attendance.

“What are your dreams? We have forgotten how to dream,” he said. “Join this Kingdom culture full of dreamers.

Are you living for the other, and are your dreams alive or dead?”

Barber talks about love

the topic. While the two do not share some of the same views, they each respect the other’s opinion.

“Because of what he does every day, my brother has seen a lot more evil than I have, and he believes that there comes a time in which violence is the only solution,” Barber said.

The crux of Barber’s talk was to dare the audience to channel their fervor for eliminating injustice to loving Jesus and our neighbors.

“The challenge for us is to be as passionate about loving Jesus and other people as we are about all of these things we’ve talked about,” said Barber. “That is our calling.”

Barber practices what he preaches. He and his wife have dedicated their lives to helping the homeless and others less fortunate than themselves.

“I’m an AfricanAmerican with a master’s degree. That’s a valuable thing,” Barber said. “My wife and I have made a conscious decision to not see how high up I can ascend, but instead to show others the love of Jesus Christ.”

Barber was asked what specific injustice we should focus on because of the sheer number of wrongs that surround us.

“My answer to that is to just start with learning how to be good neighbors,” he said.

“That’s where it all starts. Once we know how to build good relationships we can focus on successfully helping and loving others.”

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“We were all very fortunate to have the opportunity to hear Mr. Barber speak,” said sophomore criminal justice administration and political science major Daniel Czajkowski. “I really enjoyed it.”

Barber is the president of Mission Year, which is a national urban initiative that introduces 18-29 year olds to missional and community living in city centers for an entire year.

Barber, who is a pacifist, spent a part of his lecture explaining that he came from a background in which violence was prevalent, and even at times encouraged. Barber believes that there are always alternatives to violence, and expanded upon those views at length.

Barber’s formula for avoiding violence includes determining injustice based upon facts, negotiating, deciding whether or not you are willing to suffer for the cause and finally taking direct action via either peaceful protest or boycotting.

While not a pacifist himself, Czajkowski values Barber’s argument.

“What I appreciated the most was that when he talked about non-violence, it seemed as though he had given meaningful thought to the topic,” he said.

Barber’s brother is a Philadelphia city police officer, and the two have had many discussions on

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Globalization affects schools Continued from A1 cultures and peoples and realized that there are some negative effects of globalization that should be addressed,” he said. “I still believe we should seek to learn about different people and their ways of life, but I also believe that the preservation of cultural traditions and customs is something that is too often jeopardized in pursuit of advancement and progress.”

Associate Professor of Business Administration and Director of International Studies Sut Sakchutchawan has mixed feelings about globalization.

“Globalization is the interrelation between one country and another,” said Dr. Sakchutchawan. “It started as a political situation that became an educational situation and is now a part of everyday life.”

Dr. Sakchutchawan believes that modern technology has aided the vastness of globalization.

The professor claims that information can be communicated to any country on the planet within seconds due to the Internet, something that was not possible in the 1970s when this issue first came about.

“As time goes on, technology is making the world smaller and smaller and is making communication cheaper,” said Dr. Sakchutchawan. “In the old days, you could spend two dollars to call someone in England for one minute, but now you can do it for two cents.

Because we are not so distant anymore, we must be aware of how globalization can impact everyday life in America.”

At the College Board Colloquium, educators and administrators alike

took time to discuss ways that students could best prepare themselves for the globalized business market of the present day. Dr. Sakchutchawan offered his own advice that he hopes will not fall on deaf ears.

“To prepare yourself, students should take a course on leading and be informed on what’s going on in every part of the world. For example, if you are a business major, you should know what is happening to [the economies] of different economic powers as well as rising world powers.”

Dr. Sakchutchawan also warns higher education students about the competitive nature of the global market, stressing that rigorous preparation and work ethic are keys to success in any career.

“The keyword, to me, for all students is ‘competitive,’” said Dr. Sakchutchawan. “If you are not competitive then it will be hard to find a job. Since the world is getting smaller, people know what we know too.

This is why schools must give students a tool that they can use anywhere.”

Uniqueness might be part of a successful career in a global market, so Dr. Sakchutchawan believes that America must give itself an upper hand by keeping the Americans the unique ones. The instructor strongly suggests that the government change their ways of giving scholarships or even full rides to foreign students who only come to America for education.

“So many students from foreign countries have received free education and they take all of that knowledge back to their homeland,” he said.

“But what about our people? Our people do not get trained at a high level and then we are losing because we work toward a foreign country’s interest and not our own interest. That policy has to stop.”

Photos by Mariah Beauregard

Several wellness classes are being offered Monday through Thursday in the evenings. The classes include a Yogilates, Zumba and a Judo Martial Arts class. All of the programs are held in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Classes offered Continued from A2 popular. “It’s a fusion class of pilates and yoga,” said Hardie. “It’s being received really positively by both guys and girls.”

Jung Min Park, a sophomore political science and history secondary education major, is involved in the Yogilates program.

Although she has tried yoga before by watching it on television, this is her first time taking a yoga class.

“It was really hard to follow because I’m not flexible, but it was good,” said Park. “I feel like I’m becoming healthier.”

Participants in the Yogilates class have to keep their balance in a number of positions such as the “tree position.”

“The teacher asked us to lift our legs in balance, and it’s really hard to do that,” said Park.

Despite the chal-

lenges, Min still thought that the class was fun.

Zumba, however, is by far the most popular class. In this class, students work out by dancing to a variety of songs for about an hour.

Hardie replaced the old Thursday night pro-

Mallouk speaks Continued from A1 Mallouk is also the associate director of the Penn State Material Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), the “Center for Nanoscale Science.”

Mallouk authored nearly 300 scientific publications, receiving awards including the Eberly College of Science Medal from Penn State University and the American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Materials.

Mallouk’s lecture concentrated on future solar energy conversion systems and the need for them to be both efficient and inexpensive in order to be competitive with fossil fuels.

“I think it’s a topic that is interesting to college students because of the applications in solar energy,” said Mallouk.

Photo by Greg Reinhart

Penn State chemistry and physics professor Dr. Thomas Mallouk spoke as part of the Crosby Lecture Series on Jan. 17 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

He said that he also gives lectures about nanowires, superconductivity, catalytically driven movement of nanoparticles and more.

“What I would’ve liked them to get out of this lecture is a sort of picture of the landscape of solar energy and how it’s developing in this

country and in the world,” said Mallouk.

Mallouk was drawn to Waynesburg University after Provost Robert Graham invited him to speak

gram with Zumba based on student demand.

“They approached me during winter break about adding another Zumba class,” said Hardie.

Thursday night was available because the toning instructor from

the fall was relocated this semester.

Zumba, like all of the wellness programs, is well-attended.

Anywhere from 20 to 60 students attend a wellness class each night, and the numbers are remaining steady.

and because Mallouk’s brother and sister are graduates of the University.

Glenn A. Crosby, one of the funders of the Crosby Lecture Series, has been very influential in Mallouk’s career.

Crosby discovered how dye-sensitized solar cells work, aiding in Mallouk’s study of solar energy.

Mallouk feels that the topic he spoke about is very important to college student in particular.

“They are at the age and stage in their career where this will definitely affect them and they can play an important role,” he said.

Not only were college students present for the lecture, but Waynesburg University graduates also attended to hear Mallouk speak.

“You can either be on the bus or behind the bus. On the bus is better,” said Mallouk.

Mallouk said he feels his work is important and useful, but added

that he thinks we are going to drill for shale anyway.

“What we’re trying to do is down the road, but it’s a long way off,” he said.

The lecture lasted nearly an hour in length, followed by a question and answer session.

There were many questions for Mallouk about his study, as well as further explanation of his lecture.

“I thought it was very good for people who would understand it. But he did allow people to ask questions so they could understand it,” said Nick Frazzee, freshman biology pre-med and chemistry pre-med major. “Overall I thought it was good.”

Former lectures include renowned 20th century historian Dr. LeRoy Ashby, former House Representative George Nethercutt, president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation William E. Strickland Jr. and more.

Guest columnist Angela Wadding talks about the eye-opening experiences she and others went through during the winter break mission trips.

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Makers of Excedrin, NoDoz pull bottles from shelves in mass recall

By Eric Bost Staff Writer Novartis recalled bottles of some of its most popular over-the-counter medication Sunday.

The Swiss drug manufacturer announced the mass recall due to concerns that the bottles contain chipped or broken tablets, or even worse, pills from a different, more powerful prescription medication.

Novartis recalled specific sizes of bottles of Excedrin and NoDoz with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014, or earlier

Graphic by Cori Schipani

Novartis, maker of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X prevention initiated a mass recall on the four drugs Sunday due to problems with dosages and chipped pills. and some bottles of Bufferin and Gas-X with expirations dates of Dec. 20, 2013, according to the Associated Press.

They also released posted a statement on their website stating that they have suspended all operations as well

as shipments of products.

This decision was made after an internal review showed the bro-

ken pills and inconsistent bottle packaging, which could lead to the mix-up with different pills, according to an article in USA Today.

Because of the popularity of the brand, local pharmacies like McCracken’s Pharmacy in Waynesburg could potentially be affected by the recall, depending on how long it lasts.

“Even though the company has changed their marketing to attract new customers, as well as having a loyal following, I don’t expect for us to lose any profit

because of this,” said Jeff McCracken, owner of McCracken’s Pharmacy.

He also said the recall could last for three months, where Novartis then has to practically start over with zero supply in U.S. retailers.

Despite all this change, McCracken said that the products’ popularity pails in comparison to the Tylenol brands.

McCracken said they only sell about 10 different bottles of Novartis products per week, See DRUGS on B4

Eyes in Ryerson Station Winterfest to showcase local artifacts the skies for safety

By Stephanie Laing Assignments Editor

I-79, I-70 to be outfitted with new safety equipment

By Sarah Bell Arts & Life Editor PennDOT plans to install a new surveillance system to improve their communication with motorists.

The $10.4 million project will implement the installation of surveillance and communications networks along Interstates 70 and 79.

Valerie Peterson, PennDOT spokeswoman, said that the new technology would help keep drivers safer and more informed.

“It is a progressive project; we are updating our system because with today’s advancements in technology everyone wants to be updated immediately,” Peterson said.

“This project is just another way to update people and get more information out faster.”

The system will be installed in both Greene and Washington counties on the selected roadways. In addition to I-70 and I-79, Routes 21 and 188 will be connected to the network as well.

Nicole Fullen, Greene County resident, feels that PennDOT’s efforts to advance their technology will be successful.

“I believe that every resident of this area will benefit from the new technology,” Fullen said.

“Everyone is already so reliant on technology, so why shouldn’t PennDOT be the same with how they update us? Now maybe we will not have to use an app on our cell phones to find out why the highway is backed up.”

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Station Ryerson State Park is holding its Seventh Annual Winterfest on Saturday, Jan. 28, and the event is open for anyone, even if it doesn’t snow. “[Winterfest] is pretty much to give people something to do to get outside when they have been cooped up indoors,” said Alan Johnson, Ryerson Station State Park’s manager.

“It is to draw attention that the park is still open in the winter time and to provide an outlet for people’s winter time frustration.”

With close to three hundred attendees last year, Ryerson Station State Park’s Winterfest has grown in size each year.

“Anytime throughout the day, people are free to wander in and see what they want to see,” said Johnson.

“I really try to encourage people to look around and see what we have here as far as hiking and camping.”

Planning to provide lessons on how to Johnson snowshoe, hopes it snows.

However, most of the activities are not snow-dependent, and for those that are, alternate activities are

Photos by Amanda Rice

Archaeologist and local expert James “Fuzzy” Randolph will present and speak on the several different artifacts found in the local area. Randolph will also give his audience information on the history of Greene County. planned.

“It is a good thing to it because attend allows people a chance to catch up with their friends and neighbors,” said Johnson. “A lot of local people come to it.”

Friends of Ryerson, an organization that, according to their website, exists to promote the educational, recreational, cultural and historical aspects of Ryerson Station State See FESTIVAL on B4

United Way fundraiser breaks previous years’ record

By Kyle Edwards Region Editor This year’s Greene county United Way fundraising campaign has met and surpassed the amount raised from last year.

Through this annual event, the United Way collects money from donors countywide and distributes it to local non-profit organizations.

Barbara Wise, executive director for the Greene County United Way, said that once the money has been collect-

ed, a panel will decide how much of the funds will go to each organization that applied.

“Last year, we raised $266,000 that we distributed to each of our partner-agencies, so we wanted to raise at least that much this year,” she said.

Some of those agencies include Community Action Southwest, Bowlby Library, the Salvation Army and many others.

As of Monday, the United Way has met that goal, and the funds are still coming in, said

“The money can really help to meed the basic needs of people who can’t afford them. It’s pretty cool.”

Barbara Wise Director, Greene County United Way

Wise.

“We’ve passed last year’s amount, and we’re still receiving donations,” she said.

“The money can really help to meet the basic needs of people who can’t afford them. It’s

pretty cool.”

According to a United Way brochure for the campaign, the United Way’s goal is to “create long-lasting changes in our local communities that prevent emergencies from happening.”

Last year, programs funded in part by the Greene County United Way provided service to more than 15,000 local residents, according to the brochure.

The brochure also explains that the funding from the campaign will meet three basic areas of need: basic needs and income, education and health.

Basic needs and income programs “help to meet a cross-section of basic needs, such as emergency services for those experiencing fires, See FUNDRAISER on B4

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Editorial

Propose a grant Make an impact on Greene County It is 2012, and the Regional Community Impact Grants are back.

The Impact Grants offer a great opportunity for students and organizations to apply to make a difference in the community.

The program gives those who receive the grant the chance to recognize an issue in Greene County and join a community partner in attempts to create a solution to the problem that they see.

The Grants are due on Feb. 10 and they have to be student lead and written and have relevant to the Greene County region. Students should also connect with a local community partner so that they can focus on either starting a new program, or adding to an existing problem.

Students who turn in a Community Impact Grant Proposal will be scored on general presentation, conceptual understanding of the request, strong argument structure, the level of need in Greene County and the value to the community.

The proposals should be specific and realistic, use a broad range of information to build and support arguments and provide relevant evidence to support conclusions.

The Community Impact Grants affect the community in the short and long term.

Students who receive the grants make a difference in the community and are seen as leaders on campus.

So make a difference, benefit the community and apply for a Regional Community Impact Grant; it’s as simple as that.

Change is a good thing Local hospital overhauls staffing, services The Southwest Regional Medical Center recently made many changes to the center that have dramatically helped to increase the efficiency of the facility.

The hospital is one of the few medical centers in the areas, and is essential to helping those people in need of medical attention.

Recently, the Southwest Medical Center partnered with Emergency Resources Management Inc. to make changes to the emergency department of the hospital.

Because of the partnership, several staffing changes will come into effect for the hospital.

The emergency department will now be staffed with physician coverage 24 hours a day, every day.

Physician assistants or certified registered nurse practitioners will also be available 20 hours a day, every day.

In addition, the hospital recently received funds from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project that helped with this expansion.

The state program gave the hospital $500,000 to help with both the emergency department and the hospital’s kitchen.

These improvements have not only helped to make the hospital more efficient, but to also make the community a better place.

Members of the community now have the opportunity to receive the best care possible at any time of the day with the quickest care possible.

The changes Southwest Regional Medical Center made to their staff and facilities will continue to provide the community with the services they need in the best way possible.

Take action to make a difference “Why are you sitting here?” a professor asked my class this week.

“Why are you going to college?”

He answered his own question before I had a chance to respond.

“Because your parents told you to,” he told us.

But inside, deep down, my soul roared, “I want to make a difference.”

But not just a difference. I – along with many of you – want to make a lasting difference, one with a purpose.

But my cries languish in the voices of every other person in this

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world.

My sense of insignificance grows as I remember that there are almost seven billion people in the world, and only some of us will change the world in great ways.

But rest easy, the famous artist Andy Warhol promised in 1979, “In the future, everyone will be worldfamous for 15 minutes.”

I don’t want only 15 minutes of fame; I don’t

Serving is an eye-opening experience What did I do on New Year’s Eve? I didn’t go to a party or partake in any typical New Year’s Eve festivities.

What did I do? I had a dance party with my amazing nieces, my brother and my sister-in-law.

Why, you may ask? Because I needed to be at the airport by 4:30 the next morning to catch a plane

even want fame.

I want to procure a change for the things close to my heart. Free trade, justice and an end to slavery – just to name a few of them.

We all live as activists.

We sign petitions, carry deep conversations and even pray.

With elections coming up, society has even stressed that your one vote really does count.

But do you realize that you vote every day?

You might shout out “fair trade” to the world, but when you buy a cup of coffee that is not certified fair trade, your voice

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to Houston, then from Houston to Guatemala City.

I’ll take you back a few months when I randomly decided I needed to go to Guatemala on a mission trip and was determined to make it happen.

After three and a half months of fundraising and worrying, it was finally time to go.

I had never been out of the country before, but that was the last thing on my mind. Did I pack everything I would need? Did I

holds no power.

Go look up hypocrisy in the dictionary.

Now go into your closet; many of your clothes could have been produced in sweatshops – one of the world’s most predominant forms of injustice.

Do you see any Abercrombie and Fitch, Hanes, LL Bean, Propper International or WalMart? Because these are just some of the companies that successfully made the International Labor Rights Forum’s Sweatshop Hall of See TAKE on B3

leave something at home or do I have my camera? Those were the thoughts floating through my mind.

My mom dropped me off at the airport and it hit me, I was going to a third world country for a week.

Wow, what did I get myself into? I said goodbye to my mom and I walked into the airport.

Soon, everyone was there and we were checking our bags.

This was really happening!

Everyone sat not knowing what to expect, nervous and excited.

After two long plane rides we were in Guatemala City. We were See WINTER on B3

Pay better attention to national politics When I was a senior in high school, my required “history” class was called Problems of Democracy. It involved a combination of economics and government.

I wanted nothing to do with that class. As someone who was always an art, music and literature lover, I didn’t really care for what I deemed the less creative subjects: math, science and history. They seemed boring and unimportant.

During the government portion of the class, we spent a lot of

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time talking about the upcoming presidential election—Obama v.

McCain.

When we discussed whom we would vote for if we could (many of us were still too young), the entire class said they were republicans.

Ask anyone in the class to elaborate on their party’s views and

they probably couldn’t.

Maybe a few said they were republicans because they were prolife or because they were in favor of gun control, but other than those two issues, they had no idea what either Obama’s or McCain’s values or plans for the nation were. And neither did I. The majority of the class chose their party because “that’s what my parents are.”

I was rather indifferent. Coming from a family with ten older siblings, there are a lot of

different personalities and different viewpoints.

So instead of having just my parents’ beliefs, I would hear many conflicting ideas.

Instead of doing my own research and deciding whom to agree with, though, I just chose to stay out of it. Of course, it didn’t really matter if I couldn’t even vote yet, I thought.

Back then if someone tried to talk to me about anything political, I would respond with, “I See FORM on B3

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Op-Ed

Take action for justice Continued from B2

Consensus needed on web piracy

ans, need to acknowledge the threat from foreign sites that make their living off copyright infringement. The Center for Democracy and Technology has argued for a streamlined version of the legislation focused on cutting off foreign sites' sales and advertising revenue. That may not be the complete answer, but it's a sensible first step that would minimize the potential for squelching legitimate innovation online. The various factions should work toward an agreement on that kind of approach rather than having the Senate try to ram through something that is still bitterly opposed by so much of the tech industry. ___ Continued from B2 This editorial originally appeared in the Los all very tired and ready Angeles Times. to get to Patzun.

After a two-hour drive through the beautiful mountains of Guatemala, finally we arrived. When we got out of the van, kids ran to us Jan. 25, 1905 true “Cullinan” shipped to him in the “Flying Saucer.” The Morri- from everywhere! It was A 3,106-carat diamond was dis- a plain box. son-Franscioni creation, produced such an amazing reward covered at the Premier Mine in in 1948, could fly farther and was after the long day we had. We unloaded our Pretoria, South Africa. The diaJan. 23, 1957 easier to throw than the pie tins. mond was named the “Cullinan” Toy Company Wham-O began Seven years later, Morrison bags, and we were off to and weighed 1.33 pounds at the mass-producing their first batch of broke ties with his partner and bed.

The next morning we time of its discovery.

Frisbees, a flying disc that would sold his idea to Wham-O. What woke up and worked.

The diamond eventually was come to be a staple of picnics, was originally dubbed the “Pluto presented to King Edward VII of beaches and college campuses Platter” became the “Frisbee” a While there we completBritain as a birthday gift. In order worldwide. year after the toy was first ed a section of their to prevent the stone from being The story of the Frisbee actual- released. The name “Frisbee” is a driveway. We had to lay stolen in transit from Africa to ly began with college students misspelling of the pie company concrete the old fashioned way—by hand. It Britain, Edward VII arranged for a from Bridgeport, Conn. that “Frisbie.” fake diamond to be shipped across would throw empty pie tins from In 1967, high school students was really hard work.

We also painted two the ocean. The steamer ship that the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871. from Maplewood, N.J. invented a classrooms and dug out a carried the hefty rock was occu- Students would yell “Frisbie!” as new game, a cross between footpied by quite a few detectives, a they released the pie tin into the ball, soccer and basketball that hill for a wall to be built.

I was really surprised diversionary tactic devised by the air. utilizes the Frisbee. This game, king himself.

Walter Fredrick Morrison and “Ultimate Frisbee,” has become by how hard working While the imposter diamond Warren Franscioni took the idea one of the most popular intramu- everyone on the trip was slowly made its way across the of a flying disc toy and made it ral sports at many colleges and and how well we all worked together. water, King Edward VII had the their own, calling their invention universities.

Every day after working we would play with the children. That was the best time of the day. approach to ignorance your way of dealing with ever actions the govern- I cannot begin to make and indifference. disappointment. ment takes, so why you understand how College is the perfect So why should you shouldn’t we have a say? amazing these children time to be open-mindcare?

We need to take are. They are beautiful, Continued from B2 ed—to figure things out If you want to have a action if we want on your own and to form good future and a steady results. Vote. E-mail hate politics,” and your own set of values career, you should care. members of Congress. quickly change the sub- and beliefs instead of If you want to have chil- Sign a petition. Spread ject. just going with the dren, if you hope they the word about issues Now, however, I real- crowd. have their best chance that are important to ize the importance of There may be a lot of for success and happi- you. Do something, anyknowing what is going Waynesburg University ness, you should care. thing. on in the nation and in students already If you complain about And if you do plan on the rest of the world. involved and interested, unemployment, health- voting this year, have This obviously includes but I know there have to care, education, the solid reasons for choosknowing about who will be others who claim environment or war, you ing your favorite candipotentially lead our they don’t care. Maybe should care. If you pay date. Never vote for country. We should you are just sick of dis- taxes or get federal aid someone just because know each candidate’s appointment in the for school, you should your parents (or sibling, opinion on issues that shape of our nation or care. best friend, etc.) did. Do affect our nation instead the corruption of many We are the ones who your research, and make of taking the lazy politicians, and apathy is have to deal with what- a difference.

While much of the nation's capital has been engrossed in the debate over unemployment, taxes and spending, lobbyists representing a huge swath of the U.S. economy have been battling over proposals to combat foreign websites dedicated to piracy. The Senate plans to take up its version soon, despite the lack of consensus about how to rein in pirate sites without censoring legitimate speech or stifling innovation.

That would be a mistake.

The bills, the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate, the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, would authorize the Justice Department to obtain court orders against foreign piracy hotbeds. Those orders would compel Internet service providers and

search engines to deter users from accessing those sites, while requiring payment processors and advertising networks to stop servicing them. The bills would also enable copyright and trademark owners to seek similar court orders against alleged piracy hotbeds regardless of where they were located.

The lead sponsors of the two bills announced that they were dropping or watering down the provision requiring Internet providers to block access to offending sites. The concession came in response to a chorus of objections from top online security experts, who argued that it would fragment the way traffic is directed online and undermine efforts to deter fraud and other cyber crimes. The White House joined in

that chorus Saturday, saying the bills "pose a real risk to cyber security and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online."

Supporters of the legislation, including entertainment companies and businesses whose brands are counterfeited online, need to acknowledge the near-futility of trying to hide a site, either by seizing their domain names or excluding results from search engines. They also should recognize the suspicions raised among tech companies by the original version of the House bill, which seemed to put U.S. websites at greater risk of being held liable for their users' infringements.

Meanwhile, opponents of the legislation, which include tech companies, social conservatives and civil libertari-

Shame 2010, which means they use sweatshops in their global production. These sweatshops employ children, force workers to spend dozens upon dozens of hard labor hours for minimal pay and even physically, psychologically and verbally abuse their workers.

Major corporations like Hershey and Nestle won’t go fair trade, but I place most of the blame on consumers. These are just two companies that can certainly afford marketers. Shocker – marketers target consumers according to what they want.

How do consumers show what they want?

Demand.

If consumers were to only buy products fair trade, ensuring justice, better working conditions and freedom, companies would have no choice but meet consumers’ demands to survive.

It doesn’t stop there.

Worldwide revenues for the pornography industry in 2006 were at least $96 billion, and the United States brought $13.3 billion in rev-

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Form your own beliefs

Winter trips teach much

enues, the fourth highest of all countries.

There are an estimated 27 million adults and 13 million children around the world who are victims of sex trafficking. And according to the U.S. State Department, human trafficking is one of the greatest human rights challenges of this century in both the United States and around the world.

Sex traffickers subject their victims to abuse, confinement, threats of violence toward the victim and victim’s family, forced drug use and shame. In Sri Lanka alone, over 10,000 children between age six and 14 are currently in brothels. This should upset you.

This disgusting industry is growing because of the demand. It holds relatively low risk with high profit potential; those controlling the sex industry will continue because they make an incredible profit.

Logically, growth happens with fuel. This industry would not grow if people were not pouring their time and money into it. So, watch what you spend and where you spend it.

Your money talks.

And in today’s world, your money talks louder than your voice.

and they taught me so much about myself. I learned that I am very materialistic and extremely self-centered.

I looked at some of the kid’s shoes and found out they only get one pair of shoes a year. Which makes me think, I own over 20 pairs of shoes.

Very eye-opening.

One of the girls that I grew quite fond of, Belen, is three years old and she is the cutest little girl ever. I loved to walk into the nursery and see her holding her arms up, wanting me to pick her up. One night I held her for over two hours. I did not want to let her go.

We danced and played all night. Her laugh was infectious.

Another little girl who I fell in love with was Lorena. She made me a friendship bracelet, a Tshirt and a beautiful goodbye card.

It blew my mind how willing the children are to give things away with how little they have.

If given the opportunity I would love to go back. It was truly one of the most eye-opening, amazing experiences I will probably ever have in my life.

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Festival returns Continued from B1 Park, planned many of Winterfest’s activities.

According to Johnson, Friends of Ryerson specifically requested the first planned event because much of the park’s history deals with Native Americans. As an archeologist and local expert, James “Fuzzy” Randolph will present the crowd with information on Greene County’s history, showcasing specific archeological findings.

“What I work with is pre-history where there are a lot of people who don’t know about it. So I want people to know who these people were. Who were these Native Americans that lived in Greene County?” said Fuzzy Randolph. “A lot of people will come up and look at the artifacts. People love it.”

Fundraiser sets record Continued from B1 natural disasters and other disruptive events.”

Education programs “assist with child and elder care, provide expanded youth educational and recreational opportunities and work with our county’s atrisk families…”

Health programs help “connect residents to low and now cost health, mental health and prescription services,” according to the brochure.

Sister Audrey Quinn, director of the Greene County Salvation Army, said that the money the United Way raises is a big help to the organization.

“We absolutely depend on the United Way’s funds,” she said.

“We’ve received over $13,000 in the past from them.”

Quinn explained that the money the Salvation Army received in

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A group of Winterfest attendees listen to one of the various speakers at last year’s Festival.

According to Randolph, much of Greene County’s history will disappear if he and those like him do not talk about it.

Randolph will discuss a variety of these treasures in Greene County, showing artifacts including the first kind of pottery made in Pennsylvania, called soapstone, an arrowhead from Greene County dating back to 10,000 B.C., wampum Indian money worth up to $1,000 and clay pipestones originally

from Minnesota.

Immediately following Randolph, the Christian men’s group, Team Greene Outdoors, will give lessons on longbow.

“It’s our desire to serve you anyway possible by promoting the Gospel in an outdoor theme,” Team Greene Outdoors’ website says. “It is our desire to see lives transformed by the power of the cross and the renewed life that comes from making a decision for Christ.”

Winterfest will begin at 10 a.m., and Randolph will discuss the area’s artifacts at 10:30 a.m. At 11 a.m., Team Greene Outdoors will give lessons on longbow, and an hour later at noon, Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Forestry will discuss how to identify winter trees. At 1 p.m., Team Greene Outdoors will teach trapping skills before DCNR Forestry again discusses how to identify winter trees at 2 p.m. Other activities at the Winterfest include local re-enactors, snowshoe lessons, kids’ crafts and activities, sledding, ice skating and building snowmen if the weather permits.

“The only thing dependent on snow is the snowshoe event,” said Johnson. “People are really good at improvising.

We picked that weekend for Winterfest, and we will do it that same weekend every year.”

Drugs pulled from shelves Continued from B1

which barely puts a dent in his weekly earnings.

The company said it wanted to make sure customers didn’t take any pills that they might be allergic to or that might become dangerous when mixed with their other medications, though it also said that there have been no such reports from consumers.

However, according to McCracken, the recall could affect the consumers of the products being recalled in different ways other than allergies, depending on the situation.

“When it comes to the chipped or broken tablets, they shouldn’t cause a significant problem,” he said. People that take the product just won’t reach the correct therapeutic levels

that the pills would normally give.”

He did say, however, that if the over-thecounter pills were accidentally switched with powerful prescription medication, it could be cause for a real concern.

“If that is the case, it could give the person who takes it excessive drowsiness and sedation,” said McCracken.

That causes a problem with consumers who don’t know exactly what pill they are taking.

According to a New York Times health guide, drowsiness happens usually when people feel “abnormally sleepy” during the day and that people may fall asleep in “inappropriate situations or at inappropriate times.”

McCracken has a solution to the problem, however.

“If you do notice that the pills have a difference in their appearance, just don’t take the pills and call your doctor.”

“We absolutely depend on the United Way’s funds. We’ve received over $13,000 in the past from them.”

Sister Audrey Quinn Director, Greene County United Way

past years from the fundraiser was put toward lodging; putting people up in motels during emergencies and helping people to pay rent.

As for this year’s campaign, Quinn would be happy with any amount of money they can get.

“Here’s the thing, in Greene County, all the non-profit agencies need the money,” she said.

“So we work together to make sure everyone gets a portion of it.

That’s the nice thing about living in a small county, it’s a lot easier to share when it comes to thing’s like this.”

Becky Adkins, Care Management Coordinator for Community Action Southwest, feels the funds that CAS

received from the United Way are very beneficial.

“We have received enough funding in the past from this fundraiser to provide safety equipment in the homes of our seniors,” Adkins said.

“We were able to install equipment like handrails and stairclimbers to make life much easier for them.”

Wise explained that projects like this are a common occurrence for the United Way. “Our office here in Greene County is just an affiliate,” Wise said.

“Our global office, located in Alexandria, Va., raises money for our partner agencies nationwide all the time.”

Quinn is thankful that the United Way holds the fundraiser every year.

“We are very grateful to everyone who donates to the United Way,” she said.

“They help many people in the county who wouldn’t get help otherwise.”

The United Way will continue to accept donations until Jan. 31.Those interested in donating should contact the United Way’s Greene County office at 724-852-1009.

Photo by Kevin Conley

Waynesburg bank robbed The First National Bank, located on High Street in Waynesburg, was robbed at 4:57 p.m. last Friday. Police are still investigating potential leads in the case.

Cameras to be set up Continued from B1 Peterson agrees that technological advancements are one of the reasons that the project was planned.

“Everyday new technology to enhance communications is developed,” Peterson said.

“Installing this technology will help people get from here to there safer and quicker.”

The contract to complete the project was awarded to Bruce & Merrilees of New Castle.

According to their contract, the project will be

completed in December.

The state Department of Transportation installed a similar Intelligent Transportation system in Allegheny County. According to Peterson, the success of that network factored into making the decision about the new installation.

“It is basically hightech surveillance and communication networks that will monitor the roadway and traffic incidents,” Peterson said. “It gives us the capability to monitor accidents, traffic congestion concerns and work zones, and then through digital messaging signs we can communicate it to motorists.”

Fullen believes the installation of the surveillance will help to inform drivers and keep them more alert when problems may arise.

“This technology that they are moving forward with will be an amazing advancement for any motorist,” said Fullen.

“It will allow us to be informed the moment a problem occurs on the interstate; therefore, most motorist will have the time to pick an alternative route to their des-

tination.”

The PennDOT maintenance staff will monitor highways for slippery spots, accidents and traffic congestion and then they will alert motorists to slow down or inform them on other problems that may occur on the roadway.

Bethany May, president of the Commuter Club at Waynesburg University, said that getting stuck in traffic is a constant issue during her commute to and from school.

“Being informed about traffic situations ahead of time will let people know where the problem is and how to avoid it,” May said.

Peterson is confident that the system will benefit Greene and Washington counties.

“It will inform [PennDOT] on motorist conditions and will keep people safer through increased communication,” Peterson said.

There will be crews located on I-70 and I-79 placing the poles and conducting the mechanical work.

There will be some single-lane restrictions, but PennDOT does not predict any traffic stops.

Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon joined the PAC as football-only members.

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While we were away...

Waynesburg hires new head soccer coach Carl Griffiths is enjoying his first few weeks at WU

“My No. 1 goal right now is to create and define the culture ... so that we’re all moving in the same direction for the same common goal.”

By Nick Farrell Editorial Assistant

Dave Floyd

So far, it seems like Senior Carl Griffiths is loving his Sports Editor new position of head men’s and women’s soccer coach of the WaynesThe time between the burg Yellow Jackets. fall and spring semesters “I’m enjoying the small at Waynesburg Universi- family feel and gotten to ty—also the time between issues of The Yellow Jacket—is a span often abounding in local sports T HIEL - 64, J ACKETS news. From bowl games and the NFL playoffs to the NHL and all your Yellow Jacket sports, the headlines are numerous.

In response to what’s been missed, here’s an overview and commen- By Aaron Thompson tary on the many events of Assistant Sports Editor the past month or so. I’ll start with the more Despite holding a 37-27 national storylines and halftime lead and keeping work my way down to Thiel at bay for the majorthose affecting the com- ity of the game, the Waymunity at Waynesburg, nesburg women’s basketincluding the most ball team was outscored intriguing to me right 10-1 over the last 7:23 to now—the women’s bas- drop a stunning 64-62 ketball team. decision in Greenville, Pa. this past Saturday afterw The Sidney Crosby- noon at Beeghly Gymnaless Pens went through a sium. brutal six-game losing Tomcats junior forward skid; lost two more key Kelly Barzak scored a players to injury; got one game-high 17 points, but back; and are now wit- none were bigger than the nessing their other big go ahead layup with 13 star, Evgeni Malkin, tor- seconds remaining as ture the rest of the NHL Thiel beat Waynesburg for during Pittsburgh’s cur- the first time since Jan. rent six-game(check after 24, 2009.

Tuesday night game) winThe Yellow Jackets had ning streak. one more shot at victory Can the Pens keep up after Barzak’s bucket, but this pace without Sid? If junior Brittany Spencer’s Malkin and James Neal three-point attempt came continue this torrid up short. stretch that they are on, Waynesburg fourthabsolutely. But that’s year head coach Sam unlikely, so the team will Jones talked about movhave to find consistent ing past the disappointscoring from somewhere ment of falling out of first else. place.

“We feel like it’s a w The 8-8 Denver game we shouldn’t have Broncos outcoached and lost,” Jones said. “We outplayed a veteran 12-4 can’t spend too much Steelers team in what was time dwelling on the disarguably the worst playoff appointment; otherwise, loss in Pittsburgh’s storied it snowballs into a losing history. (And yes, Denver did it behind the arm of Tim Tebow.)

In my eyes, though, the season didn’t turn when Demaryius Thomas took a Tebow pass 80 yards for the game-winning touchdown in overtime. No, it turned when Joe Flacco led the Ravens 93 yards in less than two minutes at Heinz Field back on Nov. By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant 6.

This Steelers ‘D’ had never let Flacco orchesThe Waynesburg trate a drive of that caliber. wrestling team is entering And when it finally did, it the most important time crushed Pittsburgh’s hope of the year—champiof title No. 7. onship time.

The aging Steelers There will be a lot of needed that bye and they pressure in the upcoming needed that home field, matches for the Jackets, as and stopping Flacco and they began the season the Ravens one more time with championship aspiwould have granted them rations. The first of these matches will take place See WHILE on C3 this coming Wednesday in

Carl Griffiths New head men’s and women’s soccer coach

know a lot of people very quickly,” said Griffiths.

“The Athletic Department has been very warm in welcoming me, and the

student athletes are regularly popping into my office.

“I’m getting to know them, they’re getting to

know me, so that’s been a fun process.”

Griffiths was hired this offseason to assume a position held by Sean

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McCarthy for the past two seasons.

Griffiths became the fourth Waynesburg soccer coach on both the men’s and women’s sides since both programs were established in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Including McCarthy, Griffiths is the second man to hold both head coaching duties simultaneously.

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Out of (first) place

Surprising loss drops Jackets to third in three-team PAC race

Tomcats defense stymies Jackets

By Jon Ledyard Staff Writer

and make a statement for the PAC Tournament, which takes place a week later.

Yellow Jackets head coach Ron Headlee believes his team is ready for Thiel, and they are not looking past the Tomcats.

“It’s becoming a good rivalry,” said Headlee.

“For us, it’s a good challenge. It’s why we work hard in the room. We respect them, and I think they respect us.”

Last year the Jackets defeated Thiel handily, 33-12, but Headlee and his squad are not underesti-

Another dismal shooting performance doomed the Waynesburg men’s basketball team in a 66-48 loss to first-place Thiel this past Saturday.

Down by nine at halftime, the Jackets could manage only 23 points in a second half in which they shot just 23 percent from the floor and made only 1of-9 three-point attempts.

For the game, Waynesburg shot 26 percent to Thiel’s 41 percent.

“We’ve been talking since Christmas about shot selection,” said head coach Mark Christner.

“We work really hard on taking the best shots we can each possession, and it’s not that we are taking bad shots, it’s that we’ve got to be able to concentrate on making them.”

The majority of Thiel’s success came from in the paint, where they held a 32-14 advantage in scoring and a 47-43 rebounding edge. Reigning Presidents’ Athletic Conference player of the year Blair Rozenblad did most of the damage for the Tomcats, finishing with 16 points and 17 rebounds.

“Thiel is very good in conversion, especially when you miss a shot,” said Christner. “They go very hard to the basket and when you combine that with their ability to get out and run and score on the break, it makes them a very tough team to stop.”

Waynesburg failed to have a single player score in double digits for the second time this season.

Freshman forward Jason

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Freshman forward Rachel Lovely (white) runs into a host of Grove City defenders in the Jackets’ most recent home game. The Jackets were upset by Thiel Saturday. streak.”

Waynesburg dropped to 8-2 in the PAC and 13-4 overall. Meanwhile, Thiel improved to 5-5 in the PAC and 5-12 overall.

The Jackets got off to a fast start in the first half, seeing their lead swell to as many as 19 points at 33-14 with 4:04 to go in the first half.

However, Thiel went on a 13-4 run to close out the first half only down

37-27.

The Jackets picked up where they left off in the second half and pushed the lead back to 13 points when junior Jessi Drayer made a layup with 9:43 left to play. From that point on, though, Thiel outscored the Jackets 21-6 to end the game. The Jackets lone point in the last 7:23 was a free throw

by Drayer with 2:23 to go.

“We just didn’t hit

shots [down the stretch],” Jones said. “We had open looks but didn’t make them, and then we just started to tense up a little bit.”

The Jackets just couldn’t find a way to replicate their first-half offensive success. In the first half, the Jackets did a good job of putting up points at the free throw line, convertSee TOMCATS on C4

Wrestling poised to begin stretch run Jackets will take on rival Thiel in final dual match of season

Photo by Kimber Blair

Freshman Chris Milligan (top) wrestles in the Jackets’ most recent home match against Ithaca. the final regular season Presidents’ Athletic Conference match against Thiel.

The Yellow Jackets can

finish undefeated in the PAC this year with a win against the Tomcats— who are also undefeated in conference matches—

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sports PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE EXPANSION

PAC adds two schools as affiliate members in football Case, CMU up number of teams from nine to 11

By Dave Floyd Senior Sports Editor Beginning in 2014, the Waynesburg football team will have two more conference foes to worry about each fall.

Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are joining the Presidents’ Athletic Conference as affiliate members in the sport of football. Those additions raise the number of teams in the league from nine to 11.

“This really is a historic day in the 55-plus year history of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference,” said Joe Onderko, executive director of the PAC. “These schools are regard-

WU hires new coach Continued from C1 begun to prepare for his first fall season with both Jacket squads.

“Both soccer teams have been eager to meet with me and learn more about me,” said Griffiths.

“We’ve already had team meetings and are already beginning the winter strength and conditioning program.

“There are a lot of details, but we’re getting that feel, and I’m getting settled in.”

The women are coming off a historic season that ended with a heart-

Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (left) and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will join the Presidents’ Athletic Conference as football-only members in 2014. These additions bring the total number of teams in the league to 11 and create the need for teams to play an unbalanced schedule. ed as some of the finest higher education institutions in the country, and we are thrilled to be adding them.”

This most recent expansion comes not long after the conference added four other schools— Thomas More in 2005, Saint Vincent in 2006, and

Geneva and Chatham in 2007.

“This is a period of expansion like we’ve never had in the PAC,” Onderko said. “And that’s

a reflection of the leadership of the [PAC] Presidents’ Council.”

Onderko explained that the Council is now out of the “active expansion

mode” it was in six or seven years ago. However, Onderko added, “That doesn’t mean we won’t act if the right opportunity comes along and it’s in the best interest of the PAC.” The addition of Case and CMU means the league will now play an

breaking loss in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Finals at the hands of Thomas More. The Jackets defeated bitter rival Washington and Jefferson by a 1-0 count to reach the championship game just three days prior to that loss.

Griffiths has noticed that the women are hungry to march back to the PAC championship once again this season with his help.

“From the women’s side, I can sense a really strong community. [The women] really love each other, and they really enjoy being with each other,” said Griffiths.

On the contrary, the men’s soccer team has not experienced much suc-

cess in the past few years.

In McCarthy’s first season as head coach back in 2010, the Jackets went winless in conference play. The men haven’t recorded a .500 record in the conference since 2000 when they went 11-7-1 overall with Jim Balach serving as head coach.

Griffiths is fully aware of the team’s recent struggles but is also looking forward to shaping this program into a winning one with the help of his athletes.

“I’ve been very excited to see the focus and excitement [on the men’s side],” said Griffiths. “I really sense that they are competitive and that they really want to work hard.”

Good recruiting can set the foundation for a winning program, and Griffiths has been working nonstop to find young talent that will transition well to the college level.

Griffiths has been in contact with quite a few recruits so far in his short time with Waynesburg, telling them about “the steps that have been taken and the plans to move forward from there.”

“We want the recruits to know that we have plans to take that next step—not just settle where we are but continue to move forward,” Griffiths said. “We want them to understand the sense of community that exists here and to help

them understand what Waynesburg is all about that family feel.”

To Griffiths, that “next step” is a “level of consistency” for both the men’s and women’s teams.

“The women have had some big victories, but I want to make sure that we consistently play at a high level and in an organized way,” he said. “The same goes for the men. I want to make sure that we have a system of play that is clearly defined, so we are all on the same page. That shouldn’t change or shift according to how talented or weak our opponent is.

“We must have a clearly defined style of play and system that allows us to play consistently and

To read what Director of Athletics and head football coach Rick Shepas’ response the recent expansion, see C4.

unbalanced schedule.

Teams will still have two nonconference and eight conference games, but two league opponents will cycle off a team’s schedule every two years.

The unbalanced schedule will not affect PAC Football Rivalry Week, which takes place the final week of each regular season. In fact, Case and CMU already play in the annual “Academic Bowl” in the last week of the regular season.

For all other varsity sports besides football, the two schools will remain in the University Athletic Association. CMU Director of Athletics Susan Bassett said, “We are firmly committed to the University Athletic Association.”

And Case Director of Athletics Dave Dials echoed that same sentiment.

Onderko said the PAC never discussed full memSee PAC on C4

allows us to build as we execute the system.”

Griffiths is also calling for a new level of commitment to professionalism, academic focus, training and holding teammates accountable.

“My No. 1 goal right now is to create and define the culture and have that be the ‘KoolAid’ that everyone is drinking so that we’re all moving in the same direction for the same common goal,” said Griffiths.

“I’m very pleased with the support I’ve felt from the Athletic Department, and I’m very excited about the support that I’ve felt from the administration as a whole.

“I’m looking forward to getting on the field.”

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Sports

Athlete of the Week

Track and field competes at WVU Two freshman break school records in second indoor meet

Ben Altmeyer erupts for career-high 25 in win over rival W&J

By Cam Posney Staff Writer

By Aaron Thompson

“The younger competitors on this team show a lot of potential. I am very pleased with the way they have adapted to the collegiate level so far.”

Altmeyer

Assistant Sports Editor Waynesburg junior point guard Ben Altmeyer has been plagued with injuries over the past two seasons.

The Pittsburgh native missed all of last season with a torn ACL, and he also missed a good portion of this season after re-aggravating the injury.

Making his first start since the early part of the 2011-12 campaign, Altmeyer made the most of it by scoring a career-high 25 points in a 69-57 victory at rival Washington and Jefferson last Wednesday.

For his efforts, he was named our Yellow Jacket Athlete of the Week.

Altmeyer also tallied two steals and three assists and pulled down five rebounds against the Presidents. He made 9-of-14 shots from the field and was extremely effective from behind the three-point line, making 6-of-8 attempts.

Altmeyer’s play was a big factor in the Yellow Jackets’ victory that helped break an 18-game losing streak in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The win was also the largest margin of victory for Waynesburg in a conference game since besting Thiel 78-61 back in the 2006-07 season.

The Jackets followed up their win at W&J with a 66-48 loss at first-place Thiel on Saturday.

The Waynesburg track and field team took the trip down I-79 to Morgantown to compete in the West Virginia University State Farm Games this past Saturday.

This was the second event that the Yellow Jackets have competed in on the indoor portion of their schedule. It was also the team’s first performance since Dec. 3, 2011, following a lengthy layoff for the holiday.

The meet was not scored, but individuals had their times taken and were placed in their respective divisions.

“As a team competing in their second indoor event of the season, I am very impressed with their

Jason Falvo Head track and field coach, Waynesburg University

hard work,” said head coach Jason Falvo. “This hard work creates a lot of excitement for the outdoor season which is right around the corner.”

One of the most impressive feats the Jackets accomplished during the meet was the amount of younger tracksters who contributed to the cause.

Two freshmen broke school records, and many others showed well in only their second collegiate meet.

“The younger competitors on this team show a lot of potential,” said Falvo. “I am very pleased

with the way they have adapted to the collegiate level so far.”

On the men’s side, the Yellow Jackets showed no signs of rust.

Sophomore mid-distance runner Justin Angotti set a new program record in the 400meter event with a time of 52.71 seconds. In the 500-meter event, freshman Lorenzo Mikulin created his own program record with a time of 1:11:08.

Another notable performance on the men’s side came from junior Andy Armor, who placed

Wrestlers hit stretch run Continued from C1 mating Thiel, who are led by their three-time AllAmerican Corey Brown (133 lbs.).

“Thiel is getting better,” said Headlee. “The PAC is only getting stronger, which I think is a result of improved recruiting. It is getting more and more competitive to recruit wrestlers.”

The two teams have already met multiple times this season, including Jan. 7 at the Waynesburg University Invitational.

“We saw them at our tournament and saw a bunch of their guys,” said redshirt freshman Ryan Walters (174 pounds). “I was actually in the finals against [Jacob Lowy)]. I was in a close match but ended up losing [3-1].

While we were away Continued from C1

both. w Pittsburgh’s major college football team, the Pitt Panthers, experienced a coaching change yet again. He had already done it to two other schools, so I shouldn’t have been shocked to hear

Photo by Kimber Blair

Senior Garett Johnston (top) controls his opponent in the Jackets’ most recent home match against Ithaca, who was ranked No. 3 in the country at the time. Waynesburg just missed out on the upset victory, 18-16.

“We are looking solid right now. We are working hard, and we plan on winning.”

The Jackets are coming of a strong showing in this past weekend’s Messiah Open in Grantham, Pa. Headlee kept many of

his regular starters home for the open tournament, opting to send many of his backups.

He said he wanted to give the backups a chance to show improvement from earlier in the season.

One wrestler in partic-

ular who stood out was sophomore Anthony Bonaventura, who won the 184-pound title by winning all three of his matches.

“I was real happy with Anthony’s performance,” said Headlee. “It was awe-

some to see Anthony come out strong in the second half of his matches. He has always been very strong at the beginning of matches but has not always been able to finish his matches the way he started.”

that High Octane—err, Todd Graham—was bolting for Arizona State. But I was.

There is good news, though. First of all, new head coach Paul Chryst appears to be the anti-Graham (has to be a plus, right?). Secondly, at least the program only had two head coaches this December-January. Last year they went through three. w The positive news isn’t so prevalent for Pitt hoops. In fact, it appears

nonexistent right now.

Khem Birch bolted; Travon Woodall was hurt; Ashton Gibbs is much too inconsistent for a preseason player of the year; and Pitt entered last night’s Big East matchup with Providence on an eightgame skid (0-7 in Big East play).

Can the team turn it around this season? Not a chance. Not in the Big East.

Here’s to hoping fivestar recruit Steven Adams, a 6-foot-10 center from New Zealand, helps Pitt fans quickly forget about the disappointment of 2011-12.

half a century.

Then, less than a month later, former coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer at age 85.

Paterno’s legacy can and has been debated for countless hours, so I’ll just leave that subject alone.

but early indications are that the most recent one was spot on. Griffiths fits this institution, and he’ll build the program up the way it’s supposed to be done.

w The West Virginia Mountaineer football team dropped 70 points in an Orange Bowl victory over Clemson. 70!

And to think Pitt could have beaten the Mountaineers in Morgantown with even a serviceable quarterback. w Penn State found a new head football coach for the first time in nearly

w The Presidents’ Athletic Conference added Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon as football-only members. Read more about that elsewhere in this issue.

From my vantage point, it certainly appears this latest expansion is certainly beneficial for the league. w Waynesburg hired a new men’s and women’s soccer coach, Carl Griffiths. You can read more about that in this issue, too.

To me, it’s similar to the situation with Pitt football. Yes, maybe the school made a mistake with the previous hire,

w Lastly, the Waynesburg women’s basketball team has certainly had an interesting few weeks.

The Yellow Jackets handled Saint Vincent and hung right with five-time defending champion Thomas More until they ran out of gas in the second half. Then, Saint Vincent beat Thomas More, and the three teams were tied atop the PAC standings.

However, Waynesburg just squeaked by a mediocre Washington and Jefferson team last Wednesday and then blew a 19-point lead in a loss to 4-12 Thiel this past Saturday.

The question now becomes, can the Jackets hang with Saint Vincent and Thomas More down

second in the shot put throw event with a distance of 13.25 meters.

Sophomore Matt Giardina placed second in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 10:18:18.

The Jacket women also performed on a high level in Morgantown.

They were led by freshman Kristen Sanders, who set a school record in the 500-meter with a time of 1:26:32. Also leading the way for the women was sophomore Bre Paul, who placed first in the 3,000meter race with a time of 11:40:83.

Junior jumper Jaimee Post finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 9.83 meters.

The Jackets will try to build off this during the remainder of the indoor portion of their schedule, with their next scheduled event set for Feb. 10.

They will head back to Morgantown to compete in the WVU Blue-Gold meet.

The starting wrestlers who did not wrestle over the weekend had a few extra days off, which could benefit the team during the challenging stretch ahead that includes the Thiel match, the PAC Championships and beyond.

Headlee said he will be relying on his veteran wrestlers to carry the team during the postseason.

“Garrett [Johnston] has been strong all season long for us,” he said. “We want to see all of our wrestlers get to where he is. Brandon [Fedorka] is getting in shape, and Alex [Crown] is getting his confidence back. Those three are the leaders of our team, and we will need them to step up.”

This coming Wednesday’s match against Thiel will get underway at 7 p.m. in Greenville.

The PAC Tournament is set for Feb. 10 at Washington and Jefferson.

the stretch and in the tournament.

Why they won’t…Saint Vincent shot dreadfully in the teams’ first meeting, and that most likely won’t happen the second time around. Thomas More has all that experience as a conference powerhouse in recent years.

Why they will (and I think they will)…Both of the remaining regular season games against Saint Vincent and Thomas More are at home, where they’ve yet to lose this season. Plus, the Jackets have developed a bit more depth than what they had in that first matchup with Thomas More.

The conference tournament is what really matters, but a first-place finish in the regular season could be a critical component to that postseason success. It would mean only one more matchup with Saint Vincent or Thomas More, and no long trip to Kentucky if the Saints were to finish first.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sports PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE EXPANSION

Shepas reacts to recent PAC additions Senior Sports Editor Dave Floyd recently spoke with Waynesburg Director of Athletics and head football coach Rick Shepas about the addition of Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon as football only members of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Here’s what Shepas had to say …

Shepas

DF: Were you aware that this was coming, or is this something that caught you off guard?

RS: I was aware of it. We scrimmage Carnegie Mellon every year, and we’ve done so for the seven years that I’ve been here. I have a great relationship with Rich Lackner (Carnegie Mellon head football coach). In my conversations with him, I knew that there were going to be issues that they were going to be having with scheduling. I knew that because of the economic crunch and cutbacks that every school was making in a number of areas, let alone athletics, I knew they were looking for a solution. Coach Lackner was really worried about it. Believe me, I can tell you he’s very excited, at least from a football standpoint, that this problem was solved.

DF: What does this mean for the team at Waynesburg and for the conference as a whole?

RS: It’s exciting for us [here at Waynesburg]; I think

it’s also exciting from a conference standpoint. This should erase any speculation, especially in regard to Waynesburg University, about how we fit into the academic world as well as the athletic world here in the PAC. Our standards and the types of students that we are recruiting here we feel are pretty special, and we feel are every bit the same caliber as the students you would find at all the best schools in the region. Having a Carnegie Mellon and a Case affiliated with us from an academic standpoint is just as good as it is from an athletic standpoint.

DF: What do the additions mean from a football standpoint in the PAC? RS: We’re excited. Anytime you can play against great competition, and you’ve definitely seen us do that anyways, [it’s a positive]. We’ve never shied away from competition. It’ll add some competition, but it will also bring some familiarity for these teams, as well. Maybe [you’ll see] some new rivalries in conference.

DF: Do you see any issues with the unbalanced schedule to be put in place?

RS: No. Everybody will adjust in the ways that they need to and just move forward. In many ways, it’ll put us in line with the bigger conferences you see at the Division I level, which will obviously be good for the conference and maybe allow for future expansion also.

bership with either school.

CMU finished the 2011 campaign with a 5-5 record that included a 2119 victory over PAC foe Grove City in the season opener.

Bassett said, “This is a momentus day for Carnegie Mellon athletics and our football program.”

She continued in a prepared statement: “Joining the PAC is an excellent opportunity for our football student-athletes and coaches. The PAC has a tradition of excellence on and off the football field.”

Case ended the season with an impressive overall mark of 9-1, capped off with a 38-24 season-ending triumph over CMU. Said Dials, “We have

great enthusiasm for joining the PAC and ... great respect for the colleges and universities that we will share the PAC with.”

Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology were two of the PAC’s four founding members back in 1955.

The two merged into a single institution in 1967, but did not start competing as one program until 1970.

CMU joined the league for the first time in 1968.

Case and CMU combined for 10 conference titles in the sport of football, prior to their departures in 1983 and 1989, respectively.

Said Onderko, “[Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon] have both been a big part of our conference in the past, and on behalf of the entire conference, I want to let everyone know how excited we are to have them on board.”

PAC football expands Continued from C2

Jacket men fall at Thiel Continued from C1 Propst led the team with eight points, while senior James Allenby led the way on the glass with seven rebounds. Waynesburg’s two leading scorers, senior Larry Alexander and freshman Jacob Fleegle, both struggled from the floor, notching only five and seven points, respectively.

“Jacob has a good understanding of the game, but his body isn’t quite there yet, and he knows that,” said Christner. “He certainly has the ability to be a pretty good player, but he needs to finish better at the rim.

“L.A. (Alexander) has had a great year for us all season. Everyone needs to understand their role and contribute offensively.”

Junior point guard Ben Altmeyer finished with just five points, coming off of a career high 25point outburst at Wash-

Tomcats stun Jackets Continued from C1

ing 11-of-12 from the charity stripe, but they were just 4-of-7 in the second half at the line. “[Senior] Hannah [Hunter] got to the foul line in the first half and [junior] Paige [Pearce] was hitting jumpers,” Jones said. “[But Paige] didn’t

Photos by Andrew Buda

(Above) Junior Kurt Bonnet (white) fights for a ball in the Jackets’ most recent home game against Grove City at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

(At right) Senior James Allenby (40) drives to the basket against three Wolverine defenders. Waynesburg lost at Thiel on Saturday, 66-48. ington and Jefferson in the previous game.

“Ben has a presence among the guys where they feel confident that he will make the right play for us,” said Christner.

“He is certainly a steadying influence and has made the choice to stick with us while battling through significant

injuries this season and last season, so he knows what this team can do.”

Altmeyer feels confident his presence will eventually lead to better play offensively.

“I think I can build the team’s offensive confidence and work to get other guys in position where they can score,”

said Altmeyer.

The loss keeps Waynesburg in last place in the PAC at 1-8 in conference action and 4-14 overall.

On the other end of the spectrum, Thiel won its 17th straight regular season game at home and stayed undefeated at the top of the conference with a 9-0 league mark.

On Wednesday, Waynesburg visited Westminster in a battle between the two bottom teams in the PAC. Results were not available at press time.

On Saturday, Waynesburg takes on Geneva at home in another game with major implications for PAC tournament seedings.

“We need to realize how important the games this week are,” said Altmeyer. “If we have a bad week this week, we are really going to put ourselves in a hole against some tough teams down the stretch, so I think that the guys are really realizing the importance of these next few games.”

play much in the second half because she fouled out.”

After scoring 12 points apiece in the first half, Hunter only scored four points in the second, while Pearce scored just three before fouling out with 4:34 to go.

This is the second time the Jackets have struggled late in the second half to score points. Against Thomas More a few weeks back, the Jackets were held without a field

goal for the last 10:24 of the contest.

In this contest, the Jackets wasted a solid effort off the bench from sophomore center Emily Miller. Miller, returning after missing the previous three contests due to an injury, scored a careerhigh 10 points. The Rockwood native also pulled down seven rebounds.

“She did a great job of staying focused,” Jones said. “She’s been improving consistently through-

out the year. We are excited about the direction she’s headed in.”

Waynesburg shot just 32 percent from the field against Thiel and only converted three threepoint shots on 18 attempts. Hunter finished with 16 points, pulled down seven rebounds and also chipped in five assists.

While Barzak led Thiel in points, senior forward Ashley Davis also tallied 14 points and had 11

rebounds.

Thiel also did a good job of holding its own on the glass, only being outrebounded 47-45 against the conference’s best rebounding team.

“We just need to get back to doing what we do well,” said Jones. “We have to defend and rebound and push the tempo to where we want it at.”

Despite the setback, the Jackets remain right behind Thomas More and

Saint Vincent in the battle for first place and the No. 1 seed in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference postseason tournament.

The Jackets were scheduled to travel to Westminster on Wednesday. Results from that game were unavailable at press time.

Waynesburg is back in action this Saturday when they host the Geneva Golden Tornadoes. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Thursday, January 26, 2012 WINTER BREAK MISSION TRIPS

Lip sync competition Volunteers do not want to ‘say goodbye’ comes to Waynesburg

By Anthony MacIntyre

Staff Writer During winter break, 46 students attended one of four mission trips offered by Waynesburg University.

These mission trips included the medical mission trip, Centro Nutricional y Hogar de Ninos, Greene County Immersion and non profit organizations.

During the medical

mission trips from Jan. 2 to Jan. 7, 13 students, Nursing Professor Dr. Terri Small and her husband went to Nassau, Bahamas and set up a health clinic for Haitian refugees.

The pastor that the volunteers met in the Bahamas, Dr. Antoine St. Louis “sparkled with energy and spirit” according to Dr. Small.

The group saw refugees come in suffer-

ing from a headache to a man with a gunshot wound.

The people needed help, because as refugees, they were not given health care, and they struggled to lived day to day.

“God didn’t put us on this earth to only serve ourselves,” said Dr. Small.

Twenty students led

by Associate Dean of Students Pat Bristor and

‘A big moment’

Director of Alumni Relations Heidi Szuminsky, attended the University’s tenth trip to Guatemala.

While in Guatemala, students volunteered at a local orphanage.

They played with the children that live there and performed maintenence around the orphanage.

They had to break up

By Kyle Oland Editorial Assistant

Not everyone in America has a voice like Mariah Carey, dances like Chris Brown or dresses as flamboyantly as Lady Gaga.

For those who do not have the talents of pop icons, the perfect competition is coming to See MISSION on D2 campus - Fake it to Make it: Lip Sync.

The competition will be held on Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

Fake it to Make it is a lip sync competition where groups of students and faculty compete to be the best lip singers on campus, Kelley Hardie, director of housing and assistant dean of student services said.

“We are encouraging groups to pick their own unique song, costumes and choreography for the competition.”

The competition will be held only one night, according to Hardie.

“We will have a dress rehearsal earlier in the day, and then the performance will be in the evening,” Hardie said.

“What is different about this competition is that the winner will be announced that evening. We will have a student vote similar to Waynesburg Idol where the students vote by text for their favorite group.”

The winning group will receive $100 and a trophy, said Hardie.

The idea for the event came from Dana Della Loggia, a sophomore accounting major, who is the special events chair for the Student Activities Board.

“I remembered seeing something similar to Fake it to Make it: Lip Sync at a different college when I was visiting in high school, and it was a huge campus wide event there, so I figured why not try it at Waynesburg?” said Della Loggia.

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Symposium to feature renowned clinicians

By Elias Lyons Staff Writer Photo by Allyson Wernert

‘Opera Arias and Duets’ was held on Jan. 24 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. The event included performances by Sebastian and Melanie Catana; they were accompanied by Pianist Inessa Beylin.

‘Opera Arias and Duets’ earns standing ovation

By Amanda Wishner Online Content Coordinator Students joined faculty and Greene County residents in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night for a one-of-a-kind performance. Husband and wife duo Sebastian and Melanie Catana, director of choral music, took to the stage at 7:30 p.m. in the performance, ‘Opera Arias and Duets.’

The cost of admission was only five dollars, although Waynesburg University students could attend the event for free.

Dr. Rhonda DePriest, assistant professor of instrumental music and director of the music program, introduced the two singers to a large crowd.

According to DePreist, the amount of people in attendance almost caused them to

run out of programs.

The programs themselves were especially unique and essential to the performance.

They each contained biographies of the Catanas and, more importantly, english translations of the various songs that they performed.

The hour-long performance began with Sebastian Catana singing Germont’s aria from La traviata by

Guiseppe Verdi.

He was joined on stage by pianist Inessa Beylin, and Waynesburg University student Julie Collins, who acted as Beylin’s page-turner; a skill that DePriest said was actually very difficult.

Melanie Catana followed her husband with two songs: “Weep you no more” and “Love’s Philosophy.”

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On Jan. 27 and 28 Waynesburg University’s Department of Music will be hosting its sixth annual Conducting Symposium in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

University students, both conductors and musicians, will perform with the entire symphonic band and 10 to 20 selected high school students from surrounding high schools under the eye and guidance of professional composers.

This year the Symposium will be featuring the world renowned clinicians Paula Crider, Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas and professional composer

Samuel Hazo. Over the two-day weekend several sessions will be taught

by Crider and Hazo.

Jacob Richie, a senior biblical ministries studies major, has attended the Symposium for four years and feels that it is a worthwhile engagement to attend.

“The sessions are invaluable for both musicians and conductors to get some leadership tips and expertise on a competitive field,” said Richie.

After a morning rehearsal the band will play live as a whole under the conducting of students and guest clinicians. The Symposium is a lab for students majorSee SYMPOSIUM on D2

Students Speak features volunteers from Guatemala mission trip

By Anastasia Barr Staff Writer This past December, 22 Waynesburg University students volunteered their time and effort to bringing happiness and joy to many young people from the country Guatemala.

On Friday, Feb. 20 “Student Speak” covered the topic of mission trips over the noon hour.

The talk showcased the Guatemala trip and the students that gave up the entirety of their Christmas break to serve the deprived children native to the area.

Junior early childhood and special education major Bethany Taylor was one of the students speaking at the event about how the trip changed their lives.

“Everyone [in Guatemala] was so grateful,” she said. “God showed me how beautiful every person is.”

Taylor just finished her second trip to Guatemala.

During her stay, she and the 21 other students took part in very difficult obstacles.

They spent their break away from their families doing hard labor to make the school a better place

“You have been told and seen pictures of the poverty and living conditions but actually seeing it for yourself can definitely change you.”

Marissa Barr Junior Biblical and Ministry Studies major

for the young children of Guatemala to learn.

They removed a driveway and repaved it, painted classrooms and spent the holiday season giving gifts to the families suffering from poverty.

“On Christmas a group of us passed out zip up

hoodies, grapes and apples,” said Taylor.

“The amount of gratitude the families showed us was unexplainable.”

Service learning is a requirement for all Waynesburg University students.

Junior biblical and min-

istry studies major Marissa Barr said traveling abroad for service learning is more beneficial because you see how others around the world live.

“You have been told and seen pictures of the poverty and living conditions but actually seeing it for yourself can definitely change you,” Barr said.

“I don’t see why people would pass up the opportunity to go, because there really is almost no excuse to not go. There are tons of ways to fund for a trip.”

Mission trips are very expensive, but there are many ways to raise the money needed.

Pat Bristor, associate dean of students and sponsor of the trip, helps every student so they have a chance to experience this life-changing event by doing everything from fundraising to sending out sponsor letters.

“After my first year traveling to Guatemala, I couldn’t help but go back again,” said Taylor. “They become your family, and the people you travel with from Waynesburg University become your family too. It’s really an overwhelming experience.”

For more information on mission trip funding, contact Dave Calvario.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Arts & Life

Students ‘appreciate the talents of others’ at Open Mic Night

By Abby Pittinaro Staff Writer On Jan. 23 students and community members gathered at Waynesburg Press for Open Mic Night.

From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. performers took turns showcasing their talents in front of the crowd.

The event was relaunched by Muse & Stone and is the first of many during the semester.

The events purpose was to promote the newest issue of Muse & Stone.

Listeners could enjoy a free cup of coffee or tea provided by Waynesburg Press if a student identification card was shown during the event.

Muse & Stone then

Opera show held at WU Continued from D1 However, she felt that her third song was especially relatable to the life of a Christian. “[This song] can be applied to many situations in our lives,” she said. “We walk into situations with uncertainty, but we trust God to see us through them.”

Melanie Catana predicted that many people in the audience had never listened to opera before and explained what made it so special to her.

“We all have emotions that are too deep

Mission trips completed Continued from D1 old driveways with shovels and other old, worn out tools.

They later restored about 64 feet of driveway, with cement that

covers the expenses for the student body throughout the course of the Open Mic Night.

“I think the event is attracting more people.

At least more people seem to be aware of Open Mic Night,” Kevin Conley, senior Public Relations major said.

“Having the music and readings under the Theater’s Marquee outside was pretty cool.”

Although the performances generally take place outside of the old Waynesburg Theater, the location of the event was moved into the Waynesburg Press because of the cold weather conditions.

This was Conley’s first Open Mic Night and he was pleased with the performances.

“I’ll continue going

Photo by Elias Lyons

Sophomores Julia Pagenelli and Lynae Byler sang a rendition of Regina Spector’s “Laughing At.” back for the rest of the semester before I graduate.”

Many students performed, but Conley had

his favorites.

“My favorite performers were Jacob Richie on the bass and Chad Green playing his unique

that we can’t them express with words,” she said. “Artists can take a beautiful painting and take something you can’t say and turn it into art. And that is how I feel about opera. You put into words and sounds emotions that you can’t put into words.”

Sebastian’s final solo song was “Perfidi!

All/anglo…Pieta, rispet-

to, amore,” Macbeth’s aria from Verdi’s rendition of Macbeth.

The moment captured by the song was “a reflective moment for Macbeth where he becomes aware of all the wrongdoings he has done,” Sebastian said.

“This is a moment that you can not find in the play, but in the opera it is a big moment.”

Finally, Collins took

to the stage to introduce the performers before the final song: a duet from La traviata, also by Verdi. Collins explained the story behind the song, which featured Melanie playing the character of Violetta Valéry.

She was a courtesan who falls in love with a man named Alfredo Germont.

Sebastian took on the role of Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s father.

During the duet, Giorgio confronts Violetta, accusing her of taking advantage of Alfredo and eventually convincing her to leave him forever.

The emotional performance ended in a standing ovation for the Catanas and Beylin.

the volunteers had to mix by hand.

After the driveway project was completed, the volunteers cleaned and painted two classrooms and began building a retaining wall where another one had collapsed.

“I would do anything to give up my Thanksgiving to go back,” said

Sophomore Steven Snow.

After they would finish working for a day, the group would then spend time with the children who were living at the Child Center, Centro Nutricional y Hogar de Ninos.

Each day of the mission trip there was a theme, ranging from sports to music to a carnival.

“Simplicity” was the one word Bristor used to describe the trip to Guatemala.

She used this word because of the children at the orphanage.

The kids made an impact on Szuminsky as well.

“Once you meet them [the kids] you don’t want to say goodbye forever,” said Szuminsky.

Director of Housing Kelley Hardie and her husband, Head Men’s

and Women’s Cross Country Coach Chris Hardie, led 10 students on the Greene County immersion.

From Dec. 16 Dec. 22 they spoke to West Greene High School students about the importance of going to college, worked at soup kitchens and served produce to around 650 people.

In addition, they worked a Salvation Kettle Campaign and raised $1,600 in just four hours.

Jan. 1 through Jan. 6 was nonprofit organizations in Nashville, Tenn.

Resident Director of Denny Hall Aimee Spicuzza led three Waynesburg students on an immersion of parts of Nashville.

Here, they spent their time working in soup kitchens, fed homeless and helped out in food ministries.

“Artists can take a beautiful painting and take something you can’t say and turn it into art. And that is how I feel about Opera.”

Melanie Catana Director of Choral Music

instrument.”

Sophomore Sociology major, Sarah Blais, went to support her friends.

“My favorite performers were Julia Pagenelli and Lynea Byler singing a rendition of ‘Laughing At’ by Regina Spector.”

This is not Blais’ first mic night and she has continued to support the event.

“I love the way the student body can come together and appreciate the talents of others.”

More than 30 student attended the event and many were pleased with the Open Mic Night the location.

“The intimate setting is perfect,” Blais says.

“I love just sitting and listening to people perform.”

Although Blais has gone to the Open Mic

Night events before, she said nothing has really changed.

“A few new performances differed, but usually the same kind of dynamic,” Blais said.

According to both Conley and Blais the event was successful and enjoyable for students.This was only the first Open Mic Night of the year and more will be planned throughout the semester.

Muse & Stone, along with the Waynesburg Press, will be putting on more shows throughout the semester to promote the University’s literary magazine.

For information on the next event, contact Muse & Stone Advisor, Martin Cockroft or look for flyers around campus.

Symposium returns

a special appearance by Dr. Samuel Hazo Sr. during the first night of the sessions.

Hazo Sr. is first state poet of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth who is McAnulty Distinguished and Professor Emeritus at Duquesne University.

Hazo Sr.’s reading would be an event for all students to attend, not just those majoring in music.

The Symposium is free to attend and is a glimpse of the music world and, for students majoring in music, the post-college world.

DePriest said she is always interested to see the reports and feedback that are written by students that attended the Symposium.

Each year, students responses to the event are encouraging.

“I read every year how the Symposium was an eye opening experience and was more than what the student thought it would be,” said DePriest.

Continued from D1 ing in music; allows them to experience what it is like to play professionally, Richie said.

Each year planning for the Symposium begins over four months in advance.

Since the event started, Associate Professor of Instrumental Music Ronda DePriest has organized the event and brought in clinicians who have been impactful on the education of students.

DePriest vouched for the beneficial effect that the event has on the students.

“The Symposium pushes students on to do better and gives everyone the shot in the arm they need to get going for the rest of the semester,” said DePriest.

This year may include

Lip singing event starts Continued from D1 Hardie hopes that the contestants will and have very unique ideas for the competition.

“Hopefully the groups will come up with creative ideas, but the song selection, costumes and choreography must comply with the University’s mission,” she said.

Hardie said she does not want the competition to be students only, but hopes the faculty will also get involved in

this year’s event.

“I think it would be awesome of some if the sports teams got together with their coaches to perform in group,” said Hardie.

“For example, if the football team and some of the coaches performed as a group, I think the students would love that. That is what we want. I want people to go all out.”

Currently, the competition does not have a host.

Anyone interested in being the host of Fake it to Make it: Lip Sync can contact Hardie for more information.

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