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A combination of precipitation and fluctuating temperatures resulted in serious flooding in Waynesburg on Dec. 18. Many Waynesburg residents' homes were affected, and some are still working to find ways to make repairs. University property, including the football stadium and TV production trucks, were also damaged.

Recovery continues after flood

Greene Co. volunteer group continues to search Repairs to university athletic complexes in the works; costs expected to exceed $500,000 for funding to repair homes damaged in flood

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

Following the massive flooding that covered much of Waynesburg University’s athletic complex in December, athletes and coaches were left wondering how their seasons would be affected, especially since initial cost estimates predicted the cleanup to be an expensive endeavor.

At the time of the flood, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Heidi Szuminsky told media outlets that the cost of replacing the artificial turf at John F. Wiley Stadium could amount to around $500,000.

The baseball and softball fields and tennis courts were also affected by the flooding, and

Mike Humiston, head coach of the baseball team, was worried that the cleanup process would be long and could potentially affect the baseball team’s season.

However, Athletic Director Larry Marshall said that there should not be a problem for any of the sports as the damage was much less severe than what was previously anticipated.

“Baseball just has one little piece of grass to fix, and it will take one day to fix it,” said Marshall. “As for Wiley Stadium, the insurance people said they would need four days to fix it, so we’ll be ready to get lacrosse in and still run our non-traditional sports.”

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By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

As Waynesburg University students boarded their respective “arks” two by two at the end of finals week, they managed to escape a flood that left many parts of Greene County under water on Dec. 18. With water levels rising up to 15 feet in some areas, a lot of damage was done to both commercial and personal residences.

For many people of Waynesburg, when the water finally subsided, there was no rainbow.

There was no olive branch. They needed help, and they needed it fast.

With Greene County Emergency Manager Greg Leathers on the scene, the first step was calling in the authorities for damage assess-

ments in order to get government-aided funding for repairs. According to Leathers, this wasn’t successful.

“PEMA [Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency] was called, they came down Monday and Tuesday and they did some damage assessment, but unfortunately, our town didn’t meet the financial assessment,” said Leathers.

What this means is although the flood damage in Waynesburg was severe, the total cost of damages did not meet the minimum amount that the government requires to provide funding. This left civilians, many of whom didn’t have funding for repairs, without hope.

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Assessment Day Alum in military visits after sending U.S. flag honored revised to fit into Lee

by Major's 2-hour time slot token of thanks

Depts. to hold own activities; campus-wide day eliminated

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Waynesburg University’s annual Assessment Day has been altered for the Spring 2017 semester. The campus will no longer devote one entire day to Assessment Day activities, but will instead complete them on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

While the former model for Assessment Day involved cancelling all undergraduate classes on one February Day, the new Departmental Assessment Time will overlap with few classes.

The university’s Assessment Committee, made up faculty and staff members that represent the whole institution, determined that Assessment Day was not the most effective method for as-

sessment.

“That committee concluded that we could be more effective by not doing assessment on one day but making assessment a more constant process, part of our everyday conversation,” said Dr. Dana Baer, university provost.

When Assessment Day was conceived years ago, said Baer, the university was administering a number of different assessment tests to the student body. Now, the only true test given on Assessment Day is the math assessment test that is required for all students to graduate.

“At that time, we were giving an English assessment test, a math assessment test and maybe some others at that point,” said Baer. “We’re just looking at assessment differently now. The way we do that had to evolve.”

Baer said the math assessment test will be offered at a different time. The critical thinking evaluation that juniors typically took on Assessment Day has been elimiASSESS >> A3

to alma mater

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

About a year ago, a Waynesburg University alumnus serving in Afghanistan with the United States Air Force sent an American flag to his alma mater. The flag, which was flown over Afghanistan during Sept. 11, 2015, was framed and accompanied by a certificate. It now hangs in University President Douglas Lee’s office.

“Here’s an example of one of our university community [members]who is serving and who also is remembering his alma mater,” said Lee. “If all [alumni] could remember their university from time to time that would be such a wonderful thing.”

In fact, that was Maj. Tom Naughton’s precise aim when he sent the flag – to express gratitude toward Waynesburg University.

Just a few weeks ago, during a university break, he shared that thought in person, with a visit to Lee.

Photo courtesy of Jim DePriest

Vice President Heidi Szuminsky, far left, and President Douglas Lee, far right, visited with alumnus Maj. Tom Naughton and family during the holiday season.

Naughton and his family were in Western Pennsylvania for the holidays and stopped by the university in response to a thank-you letter Lee had sent after receiving the flag.

“I was quite surprised to receive that – I was very honored to receive such a nice, personalized letter,” said Naughton. “He said he’d like to get together if I was ever in the area… [and] I was in the area.”

Naughton brought his wife and three children—twin nine-year-old daughters and a three-year-old son—along on the visit. Both Naughton and his wife, who also gradu-

ated from Waynesburg, enjoyed being back on campus and discovering the changes

“The university [did] so much for me,” he said.

“I loved my time there.

I just have so much to give back to the university and to be thankful for.”

MAJ. TOM NAUGHTON

Class of 2003

and advancements the university has made in the last decade.

Naughton, currently stationed at Langley Air Force Base near his home in Hampton, Virginia, said Waynesburg instilled in him values that were essential for adjusting to life in the military. He holds the motto ‘Fiat Lux’ very dear, because it mirrors the values held by members of the Air Force.

“Integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do – they’re kind of similar,” said Naughton. “Those values were incorporated into my life during my time at Waynesburg. It was easy to transition to the military havNAUGHTON >> A3

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Junior pole vaulter Mitchell Kendra set the record for pole vaulting on Jan. 21 with a vault of 4.32 meters. Kendra set the record during his freshman and sophomore years, as well.

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January 26, 2017

Student Speak attendees view, Financial Aid Office aims discuss Trump's Inauguration to reduce student loan debt

By HOLLY HENDERSHOT For the Yellow Jacket

Students eating lunch at the Beehive were able to watch Donald Trump's inauguration play out live Jan. 20. The viewing continued on the third floor of the Stover Campus Center at 12 p.m., where roughly 70 students attended the Student Speak event, hosted by the Stover Scholars.

After Trump's inauguration speech, sophomore Stover Scholars Tyler McCoy and Dan Kephart led the student discussion on the inauguration. To begin, McCoy asked what the students thought needed to happen to bring together both the leaders in the District of Columbia and the United States in light of a change of government.

"What we need are people to actually have convictions," answered junior Luke Hutchi-

son. "It's one thing to say something. It's another thing to vote your conscience."

Senior Ryan Schwertfeger continued the conversation by mentioning how Secretary Hillary Clinton attended the inauguration despite losing the election. He said that the people should stop saying rude things about the new president.

"America spoke. Whether we like it or not, this is who we have, and I think we need to give him a chance to do what he has to do," said Schwertfeger.

McCoy, remarking on Secretary Clinton's attendance at the inauguration, said, "I think it is remarkable that we've seen this show of unity here. We are lucky in the United States to have this system of government set up and a tradition of a peaceful transfer of power."

Later in the discussion,

Kephart encouraged students in the Bonner Scholar Program to answer the question of how to secure good schools, safe neighborhoods and wellpaying jobs--three things Trump emphasized as most important in his speech.

Bonner Scholar Melanie Byler responded by saying, "We have to look in the communities. When it comes down to it, it is the people in the community that are going to implement the change.

We need to, as a community, strengthen and know the individual needs of each community, because not all communities are the same.I think it really comes down to the communities coming together and supporting each other."

The next Student Speak, titled "Unspoken Image," will be occurring Feb. 10 on the third floor of Stover, hosted

by Peer Educators.

By LAUREN AULT

For the Yellow Jacket

With over $1.3 trillion total student loan debt in the United States, the Waynesburg University Financial Aid office is doing their part to keep that number from increasing.

According to Matt Stokan, director of financial aid, Waynesburg University is focusing on lower student loan debt.

“Here we have a private four-year school that is trying to counteract student indebtedness,” said Stokan.

“By keeping your cost lower and giving more institutional aid, hopefully students don’t have to borrow as much money to pay for their educational expenses.”

The office is able to accomplish their goal by setting up financial aid pack-

ages through a third party server. This server helps the university to recruit and enroll students.

“The packaging policies is determined first off to recruit students, and not to just recruit students, but to enroll good students,” said Stokan. “Good, quality students who fit our mission and who we think would come here to the university and take advantage of the opportunities that are available to them and succeed.”

These style of opportunities have been around for quite some time, but this year is the first year all students of an incoming class have received financial aid.

The enrollment management business, said Stokan, is very competitive and Waynesburg is always looking to keep up with the competition.

“When you’re dealing with enrollment management it’s a very competitive business. For Pennsylvania, the number of high school graduates have decreased over the last few years and is anticipated to continue to decrease,” said Stokan.

“There are less students to recruit from the state of Pennsylvania and, with as many colleges and universities as there are in Pennsylvania, the competitiveness to recruit a good student to your school becomes more and more challenging.”

To keep up, Waynesburg developed what Stokan calls an ‘opportunity grant.’

The grant, he said, protects students from the annual 3.5 percent tuition increase, which is lower than other schools.

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Students, Asst. Chaplain see value in weekly Chapel services

By GREG FINLEY

For the Yellow Jacket

It’s Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. Students and staff are seen singing hymns, reading scriptures, and praying inside of Roberts Chapel. Even though it’s only optional to attend every week, many students still make their attendance a priority.

Assistant Chaplain Josh Sumpter, who assists in leading the chapel services, likes how chapel brings the university together as a body of believers for thirty minutes each week.

“I think it is important to take an opportunity and slow down our week to spend time with God and other sin a time of worship, prayer and of reading the word together.”

JOSH SUMPTER

Assistant Chaplain

“In the midst of the busy college lifestyle for students and faculty, I think it is important to take an opportunity and slow down our

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University Chaplain Rev. James Tinnemeyer, a regular speaker at chapel, references Luke 7:11, telling students to find ordinary miracles in life extraordinary. week to spend time with God and others in a time of worship, prayer, and of reading the word together,” said Sumpter. “We often have work to do, relationships to keep up with, business, and we often forget about our faith during the week, and I think chapel helps bring us back to that starting place.”

Sumpter said that it is helpful to students and staff that the chapel service is optional, especially with how busy the semester can

become.

“One of the great blessings of Waynesburg University is that you have the choice to attend chapel,” said Sumpter.

At ot h e r s ch o ol s i n Southwestern Pennsylvania, such as Geneva College and Grove City College, chapel is required and students have to attend so many times per semester, said Sumpter. However, Sumpter also said that, with chapel being optional at Waynesburg, attendance

unfortunately dies down throughout the year.

“It’s a natural trend that takes place every semester; the lifestyles of students get busier, so time is crucial for students and attendance does drop throughout the semester,” said Sumpter.

“One of our hopes is to see it be steadier.”

Austin Anderson, a senior sports broadcasting and sports information major, attends the services on Tuesdays because he sees a value.

“It’s a chance for me to have organized structure of a faith community and be able to worship God in that sense,” said Anderson.

Anderson attended a Christian school before college and attended chapel there as well, which helped him see the importance of chapel in his life.

He was also part of the chapel team at Waynesburg, With such a busy schedule this semester, Anderson decidedto step away from the team, but still makes time to attend the services. For him, the option of chapel is always a comfort.

“It’s nice when I can go, the optional thing really kind of helps, because it CHAPEL >> A4

Chapel sets goals to consistently increase student attendance

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

On Tuesday, students across campus navigated their way through their morning to reach a time of unity. Briefly, students took a break from the daily monologue of classes, meetings and responsibilities to partake in the weekly chapel service held in Roberts Chapel at 11 a.m.

Since the beginning of the school year, chapel consistently offers students the chance to worship God through a selection of contemporary and hymn music, as well as listen to a short sermon from a variety of lecturers. Despite this, chapel has been different lately.

“The first couple weeks of the fall semester chapel attendance was around 300,” said Assistant Chaplain Joshua Sumpter. “Then slowly, by the time we get to the spring semester, it’s averaging around 150.”

Though the numbers dwindle through the semesters, the change in attendance is not all that puzzling.

“There is a realization that students are very busy,” said Sumpter. “So we want to provide things that might appeal to them to make chapel a priority in the midst of the busyness.”

To determine what exactly that appeal might be, Sumpter recently conducted a small survey among individuals who attended chapel regularly and those who did not.

“We always want to be asking the question of how do we continue to, not only grow chapel attendance, but faith on our campus,” said Sumpter.

While Sumpter said there are no definitive plans to change the way chapel is organized to increase attendance throughout the semester, he said he is still looking into areas where chapel can pull in more students.

Math Dept. sees a Adjuncts bring the field to the classroom Justice downward trend in Criminal instructors draw non-majors' grades on real-world

By CODY GUTHRIE For Yellow Jacket

Non-math majors’ grades have slowly dropped in the Mathematics Department, and professors have begun to discuss the next step to remedy the issue.

Dr. Richard Leipold, chairperson for the math department, believes that these decreases have a connection to student's previous education.

Leipold said that enrollment for Intermediate Math classes is up, because of the students’ need for information not previously covered in their high schools.

“So our enrollment in courses like MAT-105 Basic Skills and MAT-106 Beginning Algebra are going up,” said Leipold. “Those two courses have material that every student is supposed to know when they graduate from high school.”

Leipold said that there could be many factors causing students to enter college feeling unprepared when it comes to math.

“We are finding that many incoming freshmen are still fine with math, but there are also an increasing number of freshmen who do not have

good math skills,” said Leipold.

Leipold feels that the drop in non-majors’ grades may be attributed to how students perceive what they are learning, but said the decline in grades can also be connected to the many regulations and forms that teachers must fill out, keeping them from doing what they do best,.

“There are too many rules and reports to fill out, the teachers from k-12 are spending too much time on paper work,” said Leipold.

Dr. James Bush, professor of mathematics, said that he believes the drop in grades could be attributed to how students consume information. Bush believes that the department may have to look for alternatives to reach these students.

Math education is changing, he said, and professors need to keep up with the trends.

Bush said other schools have been trying to solve the decline in non-math major’s grades—often meeting new students needs by flipping the classroom.

“You do the lecture outside of class, and do the homework in class,” said Bush.

This would allow the teacher to see what students are having problems with.

worked as a psychologist in the State Correctional system for more than 18 years.

This experience has allowed him to meet with many types of criminals such as those convicted of serial killings, rapes and murders, and he has also worked as a psycholBy GABRIELLE COY For the Yellow Jacket ogist on their Capital Case Unit [also known as “Death Blood spatter, wire-tap- Row”]. ping and kidnappings are He uses his experience in all problems that those in the field to further enhance the criminal justice field his classes. When it comes to encounter on a day-to-day teaching criminal investigabasis. Long days are filled tion, there is no substitute emergency responses, dif- for experience in the field, fusing potential danger, pre- said Cairns. paring investigative reports “Anyone can go to school, or assessing someone’s psy- get a degree, and turn right chological appropriateness around and start teaching,” for parole. he said. “But what is that This lifestyle holds true person really doing? They for Waynesburg Universi- are just repeating the same ty’s adjunct professors. But things that they were taught. they aren’t just responsible To me, that isn’t really teachfor catching the bad guy or ing, it is just repetition.” helping solve cases—they are David Hedges, an adjunct responsible for teaching the professor at Waynesburg and next generation of criminal a retired FBI agent with 30 investigators how to be suc- years of experience in the cessful in the field by incor- field, teaches the Advanced porating their real life expe- Criminal Investigation class rience into their classes. to students within the fairly “It certainly brings a dy- new Graduate Criminal Innamic where they can teach vestigation Program. a concept, then reinforce As an FBI agent, Hedges it with life experience or worked cases that involved situations where they have wire-taps and terrorist applied the principal,” said events – such as the Boston Adam Jack, director of Grad- Marathon Bombing. In his uate Criminal Investigation. post-FBI career, he works Dr. Kenneth Cairns, who for a major manufacturing teaches Effective Behavioral company, using his previous Analysis in the program, has experience to assist him in

experiences

conducting investigations from within.

Likewise, the 30 years of experience that he gained translates over into the classroom, said Hedges, as real world examples can be given and used as support tools to reinforce the techniques that are being taught.

“I have wire taps that have been presented in federal court, and I let the students hear the tapes. I have one that I always use, where there is a kidnapping in the middle of a wire-tap, and we discuss how you would handle that, then I have the tapes to back it up,” Hedges said. “There’s no way that anyone would have this kind of material if they didn’t live it.”

Brian Kohlhepp, also an adjunct professor at Waynesburg University in the Criminal Investigation Program and a detective who oversees the crime scene investigation for the Rochester police department, sites the real world experience as a resource to help students in the program.

“I think I recall as a student, those instructors that had real life experience brought something different to the classroom that others weren’t always able to have,” said Kohlhepp. “They bring such a greater contact base and are able to help students with things beyond the classroom.”

Students within the grad-

uate program are also encouraged to challenge and justify opinions based on what they’ve learned, which in turn benefits both the professor and the student, said Cairns.

“Graduate students, by definition, are taking their education to the next level, and they have often already learned most of what is contained in textbooks,” said Cairns. “With behavioral analysis, there is no specific ‘right’ answer, and my students must learn to justify their answers with the evidence that they have discovered during their research.

There are many days that I leave class feeling that not only did my students learn something during class, but I did as well.”

The criminal justice program at Waynesburg is unique, said Jack, because professors are extremely experienced in their respected fields. This personal experience brought to the classroom helps enhance the program, he said.

“This is the premise that both the graduate and undergraduate criminal justice programs were formed,” Jack said. “Criminal justice professionals teaching courses in their area of expertise, allowing the students the opportunity to learn from someone that has done it before, not just studied or learned it from a book.”

January 26, 2017

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Students gather to bid Obama farewell Admin. to roll out

standard syllabus

By SHON MEADE Managing Editor

More than 15 students joined the College Republican Club on Jan. 19, the eve of President Donald Trump’s Inauguration, as they voiced their thoughts and opinions about former President Barack Obama.

Pizza and drinks were provided.

Junior Olivia Schultz-Falandes, political science and history double major, helped organize the event on behalf of the College Republican Club.

“It was really great to see such a good number of people come to the event and be a part of a discussion that I think needs to happen in regards to analyzing the uniqueness and historical significance of Trump’s victory,” said Schultz-Falandes.

The larger than normal turnout was a result, SchultzFalandes said, of advertising of the event on social media.

“I know that I posted about the event via my [Student] Senate Facebook page and my regular Facebook page and tried to spread as much awareness about the event as possible, as well as Ryan Schwertfeger and several of my other colleagues,” said Schultz-Falandes.

Schultz-Falandes said that the reasoning for the event taking place was to allow stu-

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Shon Meade, Yellow Jacket

The College Republicans club organized a discussion event for students to express their thoughts about former President Obama on Jan. 19. dents to voice their opinions, whether good or bad, about the former president.

“Trump’s victory represents a fundamental desire within a large portion of the country for a change in direction and a change in the political norms that were set in place by soon to be former President Obama,” SchultzFalandes said. “Our club believed that hosting this event would encourage individuals from both sides of the spectrum to come together and recognize both the achievements and the faults of the Obama presidency as well as demonstrate that civil dialogue can occur between parties with vastly different political interests.”

Students spoke out about their views about President

Obama in a variety of ways.

One student, freshman pre law major TJ Denofrio, chose to write a poem about the 44th president.

With a lot of people stressed right now, Denofrio said, over all the things they see on the television, he wanted to take a different route for expressing his feelings. Overall, the event worked out in his eyes.

“I think it went pretty well,” said Denofrio. “People get the chance to voice their opinion and demonstrate their freedoms. The fact we have the ability to do this on a college campus is what makes this country beautiful.”

S c h u l t z - Fa l a n d e s i s pleased with the turnout of the event and called it a suc-

cess. She hopes to see more events like this one occur on campus for students to get out and discuss.

“I would like to see more events like this occur in the future, where individuals with differing political opinions come together and discuss their opinions and perspectives regarding a multitude of political topics,” said Schultz-Falandes.

“I think Trump’s inauguration and his first decisions as president will offer a lot of opportunity to continue discourse pertaining to these differences.”

The College Republican Club meets bi-weekly on Thursdays at 9 p.m. This change has been made to better accommodate students' schedules.

Naughton: Alumnus grateful to alma mater

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ing already had those values as part of my life.”

Today, Naughton loves his role in the Air Force, despite the fact that it was not in his original life plan.

He and his wife both graduated from Waynesburg with bachelor’s degrees in 2003 and master’s degrees in 2005.

As a criminal justice major, Naughton originally wanted to join the Secret Service.

“One day, we went out for a criminal justice fraternity event and my wife [thengirlfriend] heard how intense that career could be on the family. She told me in the car, ‘if you want to be in the Secret Service, I don’t think we can be together,’” said Naughton. “I readjusted my goals.”

In graduate school, Naughton began pursuing military career options. He ended up attending officer training school for the Medical Service Corps in the Air Force in 2007 and has since moved around the country with his wife and has been deployed overseas.

In the Medical Service Corps, Naughton’s role has primarily been a hospital ad-

Photo courtesy of Jim DePriest

Maj. Naughton sent a flag that was flown over Afghanistan to the university with a certificate honoring and thanking his alma mater for its positive influence on his life while in college and today. ministrator. He is currently in a one-year training program as a Medical Readiness Fellow to help him understand medical planning. This July, he will move to South Korea

for a two-year assignment, during which he will focus on creating plans for providing medical care so that the Air Force medical personnel are ready for any situation.

“It’s an exciting experience – I love operational medicine in the military,” said Naughton.

As he moves forward in his family life and career, Naughton looks back on his time at Waynesburg with fondness.

“The university [did] so much for me,” he said. “I loved my time there. I loved the community and the city.

I met my spouse there. It gave me a beautiful family. I just have so much to give back to the university and to be thankful for.”

The flag that now hangs in Lee’s office was a token of that thanks and a way for Naughton to honor his alma mater.

After their recent meeting, Lee was indeed honored by Naughton’s gesture.

“It was very motivating to know that a person serving his country had time to think about his alma mater with warmth and compassion,” said Lee. “It’s just one example of the many ways that our graduates go out into the world and, no matter what they do in their walks of life, have time to pause and reflect on their time here at Waynesburg. It’s an example of the amazing community we have.”

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These actions inspired a coalition of churches, agencies and organizations to come together to form the Greene County Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD).

The Greene County VOAD consists of Catholic Charities, Greene County United Way, Salvation Army, County of Greene, Community Action Southwest, Area Agency on Aging, American Red Cross, WWJD, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Greater Waynesburg Christina Outreach, State Representative Pam Snyder and the First United Methodist Church in Waynesburg.

The group has been meeting to provide resources, support and other assistance to those who sustained damage to their homes, vehicles and other personal belongings.

The members of this group have also been instrumental in clean-ups and scouting for donations for things that have been irreparably damaged.

The group had sent specific requests for funds and replacements, mainly to local businesses, churches and other organizations. Some of the businesses that have responded include EQT, Chevron and Wayne Lumber.

As the VOAD meetings get larger and more elaborate, they have moved their way into the First United Methodist Church of Waynesburg.

Since their first meeting on December 28, 2016, Pastor David Lake became the unofficial chairperson. As chairperson, Lake said he has been very impressed with the community’s response to the flood.

“Many communities after disaster will expect handouts,” said Lake. “In Greene County, although many of them don’t have much, residents are very self-sufficient and humble. It only makes us want to help more.”

Both Lake and Director of Youth Ministries Alex Evanoff, who has mainly been working with the Emergency Response Team (ERT) to clean up from the floods, said that many of the impacted families do not

have insurance.

“Some of these families are only taking in $800 a month,” said Lake. “With an income like that, home or renter’s insurance is out of the question.”

Lake and Evanoff said the flood has left many Greene County community members without heat, hot water or safe living quarters.

After learning about similar personal stories and needs from local families, Barb Wise, the executive director of United Way and member of VOAD, said she knew what she was meant to do.

“I realized that my role was in my connections,” said Wise.

“I’m a fundraiser, so that’s what I did. I e-mailed letters to all the oil and gas people I know, and they almost all got back to me so I raised over $14,000.

That’s the exciting part.”

Approximately 30 community members have contacted the group with smaller needs, but one family is still in need of a total home replacement.

Finding a mobile home for this family has quickly moved to the top of Wise’s to-do list.

“I talked to people from

Montana and Florida,” said Wise. “All of these lenders have repos, so I would call vendors and see if they had anything.

Unfortunately, we are still looking. I’m overextending myself more than I ever have for this cause.”

Donations made for “Greene County Flood Fund” are being accepted by the First United Methodist Church, 112 N. Richhill Street, Waynesburg, Pa. 15370. All of the funds gathered will be used directly for the flood response in Greene County. Any amounts over what is needed for the victims of the December flood event will be held over for the VOAD to use for future disaster responses.

Wise is hoping that through the volunteer work of VOAD and other community organizations, the hurting families of Greene County will finally get their rainbow.

“It’s very fulfilling to me to be able to do this,” said Wise.

“We help each other in times of disaster, and now we have the disaster shelter set up in Greene County, so it all goes up from here.”

Beginning the Fall 2017 semester, all faculty at Waynesburg University will adopt a standardized syllabus produced by the Office of Academic Affairs.

The syllabus, which is currently in the draft and feedback-gathering stage, will regulate the types of information in each course syllabus at the university, though it will not affect the courses themselves.

“It doesn’t change the content of a course. It doesn’t change the way a course is taught. It’s just the information that the student gets,” said Dr. Dana Baer, university provost.

Baer said the standardized syllabus, which is common at other universities, is in part a response to the accreditation process completed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in 2014.

The commission reaccredited Waynesburg in 2014, but it left behind recommendations for ways the university could improve and better assess academic efforts.

The suggestion for a standardized syllabus was borne of the commission’s assessment that some university syllabi lacked essential pieces of information.

The second reason for the creation of a standardized syllabus, according to Baer, is the importance of course syllabi in laying out expectations for the professor and students and in serving as a reference if issues arise.

“The syllabus is really the roadmap, the guideline for the course, the contract for the course,” said Baer.

Not only should a syllabus have goals and objectives, said Baer, but it should include outcomes.

“What are you going to be able to do, to achieve, what are you going to accomplish in this course, and how can we measure that?” said Baer in reference to important items.

There are also a number of policies that should be in every syllabus—not just for

understanding between a professor and student—but also so that department chairs and/or the Provost can refer to them if a student makes a complaint. For instance, if a student disputes their grade based on their attendance in the class, the person handling the complaint will look to the course syllabus to review the attendance policy. If there is not a policy already in the syllabi., it could be a problem.

“The attendance policy at Waynesburg University is that you have to have an attendance policy. That’s it,” said Baer. “We don’t say what it is, it’s just that you have to have one. I’m really in a bad spot if there’s a grade appeal about an attendance policy and there’s not [a policy in the syllabus].”

There are several other necessary and suggested pieces of course syllabi that are outlined in a checklist of “must-haves” and “recommendations” included in the model standardized syllabus.

Faculty members’ syllabi do not have to look exactly like the model syllabus, but they must incorporate the “musthave” items.

“Hopefully everybody can just plug their [course] information in if they want, or they can cut and paste different areas,” said Baer.

The draft syllabus has been shared with the General Education Committee for review so that the outcomes and objectives in the syllabus connect to the university’s general education objectives and ultimately to the university’s mission statement. It has also been shared with Department Chairs and with the faculty as a whole so that they can offer feedback. Faculty had the option to begin adopting parts of the standardized syllabus during the Spring 2017 semester.

The university recently sent a progress report to the commission detailing areas that have been developed since reaccreditation, including the standardized syllabus, and is waiting for feedback. Once that feedback is gathered, the syllabus will be finalized and put in place for next semester.

Fields: Spring sports expected to continue

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According to Marshall, Waynesburg is waiting to hear back from the insurance company to know much money they will be reimbursed. Marshall noted that a brand new turf field is on the agenda of things to do this summer, pending approval from the board of trustees. All in all, the flooding should not have a huge impact on spring sports, he said.

“I’d say within the next week or two weeks we should see everything going well,” said Marshall. “If weather permits baseball should be good to play out there and softball as well.”

He explained that as of now, the facilities still need some work such as disinfecting and replacing equipment that was submerged in water, but there should not be much conflict because the

spring teams are still inside for several more weeks.

“Right now it doesn’t affect anything we’re doing because baseball and softball practice in the gym, and they usually won’t go out until spring break,” said Marshall.

The teams do not need to worry about playing conditions because the first part of their practice schedule is indoors, which gives the administration and insurance company time to provide maintenance to the problem areas of the affected fields.

Senior pitcher Luke Carter is simply relieved and excited that she will get to play at his home diamond for his senior season.

“Having our field means more practice time and also having the 12 or so home games that I would love to play in front of a big crowd,” said Carter. “It is my senior season, so if we were not to play at our home field, it just wouldn’t feel right.”

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nated, as Baer said the data wasn’t being used effectively, and the freshman survey will be offered online.

In addition to institutional assessments, many academic departments conducted a variety of activities on Assess-

ment Day. Some departments will weave their assessment activities in throughout the semester. Others will utilize the Departmental Assessment time for their usual activities.

The Assessment Committee hopes to make assessing strengths, weaknesses and outcomes a continuous process at the university.

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Students come together for international mission and service

WU represented in Bahamas, Jamaica and Bonaire

By RACHEL MANGAN Editorial Assistant

Over Christmas break, more than 30 students took part in mission trips. These trips included traveling to Jamaica, Bonaire and the Bahamas.

The Jamaica trip, which visited the Mustard Seed Communities, included students from education, sociology, biology and nursing major backgrounds.

“I was a sociology major, but it was mostly nursing majors, which makes sense because the Mustard Seed Communities is a care facility,” said sophomore Kelsey Prough.

The Mustard Seed Communities take in kids with disabilities who have been abandoned or their families are unable to care for them.

“It’s not as terrible as it sounds,” said Prough. “The kids who have family alive

often get visited by them.”

The Jamaica trip took place from Dec. 31 to Jan. 7. Students on the trip were responsible for helping feed and playing with the children of the community. There were also two labor projects on the trip in which the students had to weed and clear a path along the walls and paint the community’s chapel.

“We had nice weather too,” said Prough. “It rained during the night almost every night, but it was always sunny and warm come morning.”

One of the other service trips was to the Bahamas, which was a mission trip primarily for education majors, but it was still open to other majors, including criminal justice major Tori Bailey. On this mission trip, students volunteered at two different locations: the Nazarene Center and a church.

“We spent our mornings from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at

the Nazarene Center, it’s an orphanage, and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. we volunteered at the church,” said Bailey. “We spilt into groups for both of those places. I worked with kids from a wide range of ages.”

At the orphanage, groups of students worked with groups of about four kids ranging from age nine to 12.

At the church they worked with much larger groups of kids, between 15 and 20, and taught them vacation bible school style activities.

“We would teach the kids about math, science, reading and art, all while incorporating games and activities based on their ages,” said Bailey.

The last service trip was to the Trans World Radio in Bonaire. he Department of Communication service trip.

The Trans World Radio mission is to spread gospel music to the world, especially to the places with a lower number of

Christians. One of the main target areas of the radio station was Cuba, where Christianity was not allowed, or was hardly practiced, but is now more accepted. Cuba now is about eight percent Christian.

“The station is also in the process of expanding its transmission signal from 250,000 watts to 450,000 watts. To put that into perspective, the largest transmission signal legal in the United States is 50,000 watts,” said Brennan McCall, junior electronic media major and general manager of WCTV. “Basically, the signals will bounce off the ocean, off the atmosphere, then the place the signal is intended to go.”

The students in Bonaire also did a lot of manual labor, including cutting grass, doing electrical work and repairing the barbed wire fences around the transmitter towers.

“I’ve been to a third world

Photos courtesy of Tori Bailey, Kelsey Prough and Chad Sherman

Upper left, students in Jamaica pose with children from the Mustard Seed Communities. Upper right, Communication majors toured the island of Bonaire when not volunteering at Trans World Radio. Lower right, students in the Bahamas split their time at an orphanage and a church. country before and this was really nice to what I’ve experienced before. There was air conditioning and couches to sleep on,” said McCall. “Other places I’ve been to [sepa-

rate from the university], we’ve slept on concrete floors and it made us feel like we were in it with them. But this was nice that we didn’t have to do that.”

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BONNER SCHOLARS PREPARE FOR COMING SEMESTER

The scholars gathered last Friday, Jan. 20 to discuss stereotypes and prepare for coming events. Above, sophomore Bonner Scholar Stephanie Rogers directs her Relay for Life group.

The grant also aids in recruiting by allowing Waynesburg to stay attractive to families.

“It is a recruiting tool and keeps Waynesburg University competitive in the market place, and when I say keep it competitive, I mean to make it as affordable as possible for students and families,” said Stokan.

While the grant helps prospective students, Stokan explained that it also helps

current students.

“Every year, our institutional funds go up approximately a million dollars, even before the opportunity grant,” said Stokan.

“So, every year we see approximately a million-dollar increase in the amount of money we’ve given—to not just our new students, but all students.”

The financial help is something that Waynesburg doles out on an eight figure basis.

“So far, for this academic school year, we’ve awarded

$14 million in institutional funds,” said Stokan.

For Associate Director of Admissions Renee McElligott and the Financial Aid Office, the goal of the grant and all institutional funding ends where it started - keeping student loan debt low, one university at a time.

“We just wanted to give everybody as much advantage money-wise as we could,” said McElligott.

“That’s usually the bottom line, and the more money we can give up front, the more appealing it is to families.”

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makes people want to be there,” said Anderson. “I make more of a regimen to be at church more often, I highly do enjoy chapel but I don’t think it should replace Sunday morning worship.”

Anderson appreciates the length and timing of the service as well, because it fits into his schedule better. He believes that chapel should not be like a Sunday service and likes how Waynesburg makes it tactful.

Ryan Schwertfeger, a senior electronic media ma-

jor, attends chapel every week because he enjoys the chance to gather together as a university and worship God as one.

“I think it’s important that I devote time to God every day and especially go to a place of worship with my fellow students,” said

Schwertfeger. “Given that I have not found a local church that I really like and feel at home, at and I’m not a large fan of the contemporary music of Upper Room on Sunday nights, Chapel is a nice mix of old and new, a message, and a place to worship God with friends.”

IT draws closer to campus-wide Wi-Fi

By TYLER GODWIN and JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

At Waynesburg University, it is not uncommon to hear students gripe about slow internet connection. Fortunately, Information Technology Services (ITS) has been working hard to implement a reliable wireless connection that will be available throughout all parts of the campus.

“As a student, for example, you will be able to connect wirelessly in your dorm,” said Bill Dumire, vice president for Information Technology Services and chief information officer. “And then, as you take that device, whether that be your mobile device, laptop or tablet, you can take that device across campus and that wireless will follow you.”

The process of giving Waynesburg campus-wide Wi-Fi throughout the overall infrastructure project has been

in the works for approximately three years now and, according to Dumire, a big reason why it has not fully come into fruition yet is due to the age of Waynesburg’s buildings.

Dumire has also had to replace wiring and switches, building new network closets, install a new campus wide phone system and install base technology to be in place first before they could start working on the wireless connection.

Additionally, ITS has had to increase the number of access points across campus nearly tenfold for the new network.

“We’ve installed, to this point, approximately about 300 new wireless access points, and that is in all of the academic buildings and the dormitories,” Dumire said.

Dumire anticipates the testing in student’s dorms to begin at the beginning of March, and believes that this new system will be fully in place by the time students come back from

summer break. As for testing the Wi-Fi, the plan is to start in student dorms before moving on to academic buildings. All of this is done while collecting feedback from students through online surveys.

“Once we start testing, we anticipate that we have a majority of the issues worked out because our goal was to make sure before we put out, even to test with the students, that we worked out as much as we could so that it wasn’t a hindrance to the student population,” said Dumire.

With the new wireless network, students will have full control of what devices they want to connect or not connect to the campus-wide WiFi. “We have acquired licensing to allow every student on campus to connect up to three devices and students will be able to log in to a portal and self-manage those portals,” said Dumire.

Dumire also wanted to clarify to students that this new Wi-Fi system does not spell the end for wired connection systems like gaming consoles and televisions.

Waynesburg’s ITS department has been working with Cisco to vet the build of the infrastructure and get security in place so that it is seamless and students know limitations.

“We wanted to make sure that whatever solution we were given, we could stamp with a high level of security around it,” said Dumire.

“What we will be offering with the new wireless on campus is not only greater bandwidth, better coverage, but also increased security,” said Joshua Starsick, Waynesburg’s Director of Information Technology Services. “Your connections will be encrypted and certainly above industry standard in terms of security that we will be providing around the wireless infrastructure.”

At chapel, students and staff take out their hymnals and sing hymns together, and Schwertfeger looks forward to it every week.

“Hands down, my favorite part is singing the old and familiar hymns,” said Schwertfeger. “It’s not only when I hear the most people

singing and participating together as a group in Chapel, but it speaks more to the history that we are still singing the same songs today that Christians on this campus, in this community, in this state, nation and world have been singing before we were even born.”

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Wine and, now, dine Yum-Yum to move into Tommy Boys building in March

By CODY YANKULIC and ANTONIO PELLULO For the Yellow Jacket

Several Waynesburg businesses will be relocating in the coming months. The building containing Tommy Boys Tavern will soon host more than one institution, as Yum Yum Tasty Diner has worked out a lease deal to share the building with the bar.

Yum Yum is currently operating in Central Plaza, just off Roy E. Furman Highway, and will move across the street to its rear to join Tommy Boys.

The move is one that excites Yum Yum owner Annette Phillip, who said she’s ready for the change.

The change comes five months after Phillip, who also leased the restaurant’s current building, received word that the land her restaurant sits on was purchased

by Sheetz, which is right next door to the diner. Phillip wasn’t initially sure if Sheetz would buy the land when she agreed to lease her current building, but always considered it to be a route for the gas station.

“You know how Waynesburg is, there is always talk, but I knew that was an option,” said Phillip. “About five months ago, I got the word [that Sheetz bought the land].”

Finding a building in Waynesburg became a priority for Phillip, who has been in the restaurant business since she was 17 years old and

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A waitress at Yum-Yum Tasty Diner is seen serving on a busy morning at the current location. The new merged location with Tommy Boys Tavern will open in March. is currently living her dream of owning her own business. Phillip said she initially wanted to buy, but finding a building that could accommodate a restaurant was hard for her to do. That’s when the owner of Tommy Boys made Phillip a lease offer.

“Out of the blue, the owner of Tommy Boys asked me to call him,” said Phillip.

Phillip says her customers are excited about the transition to the new building. Manager of Tommy Boys Lida Orbash said the lease offer was made because Yum Yum

was looking for a place to continue their business.

“I think they were looking for a place to do it,” said Orbash, “and we just don’t utilize our kitchen equipment during the day.”

As it is now, the bar opens at 3 p.m, explained Orbash, and the kitchen itself does not open until 4 p.m. So, while the bar is shut down, Yum Yum will be open in the building on its own. Then, when the bar opens, Phillip will continue to handle the food until 10 p.m., keeping both Yum Yum’s and Tommy Boys’ food options available. Orbash said Tommy Boys will still have all the food it is known for.

“We will have our steak night, our wing night, like we do now,” said Orbash. “It will be the same food you normally get at Tommy Boys, and the same food you normally get at Yum Yum.” Both businesses are looking forward to the opportunity to share customers.

“I’ll have an excellent supper clientele, and I’ll keep most of my patrons from Yum Yum,” said Phillip.

Phillip plans to open in the new building by March 1. Operating hours will be extended and run from 5 a.m.-10 p.m, eliminating the restaurant’s previous closing time of 2 p.m.

Tommy Boys will stay open until 2 a.m. after the diner is officially closed. Both Phillip and Orbash are looking forward to the opportunity to work with each other.

“It’s in the hands of the attorneys to put together the lease agreement, we are just waiting on that,” said Orbash. “I hope it works out for both of us.”

84 Lumber ad brings Pittsburgh back to Super Bowl

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

While most Pennsylvania residents are familiar with the building supply company, 84 Lumber, other states are largely unaware of its existence. But that is soon to change, as the $2.5 billion company recently secured a 90-second advertising spot in the approaching Super Bowl.

Not only that, but 84 Lumber is relying on the Pittsburgh-based ad agency, Brunner, to manage all aspects of the debut. Brunner is estimated to be the first Pittsburgh agency in at least 30 years to produce a spot for the Super Bowl.

Steve Radick, vice president and director of Public Relations and Content Integration for Brunner, is working closely with the project. According to Radick, 84 Lumber is expanding and wants to utilize the spot to recruit ideal workers for new locations across the country.

“They challenged us to kind of tell a story for them to kind of tell who they are and what they stand for,” he said. “What better way to cast that wide net and let people know that they AD >> B4

New High St. coffee WU graduate students start small business A love of art and recycling led to the creation of The Weekly Buzz shop to provide 'quality experience'

By JOE SMELTZER Staff Writer

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

Caitlin Carlisle and her husband, Ken, are Farmers Insurance agents, located on High St., but as of recently, they are entrepreneurs.

“They say some of the business ideas you can have, if it’s something you want – a business you would want, a product you would want or an experience that you would want – that doesn’t exist then go out and create it,” said Carlisle, owner of the soonopening Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches in Waynesburg.

The Carlisles purchased Pioneer Grocery in Rogersville, Pennsylvania, from Ken’s parents, Gene and Judy Rush, in September 2016. The Rushes took what used to be a funeral home and turned it into a convenient store about 25 years ago. Now, the Carlisles are hoping to start their own successful business.

When the Carlisles took over the grocery, they knew the connection Ken had with the community was a substantial part of his life. When they heard they could have the opportunity to purchase a building in downtown Waynesburg that also made significant contributions to people’s lives, they became excited.

The shop, which is located at 78 W. High St, will be open Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. and on Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The extra hour on Fridays is because from 6 to 9 p.m., the shop will host live music.

The idea behind the live music nights is to host as many local artists as possible, which is something Carlisle believes would benefit the community.

“I think doing everything as

local as you can impacts your community so much, so we are very passionate about that in all our business and our personal life,” she said.

The layout of the business consists of large tables for work to be done but comfortable lounge chairs for those who come with the sole purpose of taking a break from their day.

The shop offers free Wi-Fi, and tangible reading material will also be available to those looking for a quiet read as they snack.

“We want students at the high school and students at the university to feel like they can bring their books and grab some coffee and come down and study and meet with their friends,” said Carlisle. “And we want business people to feel like while this is homey and comfortable, it’s still a professional enough environment to where they can conduct business or meet with clients.”

The menu includes basic deli sandwiches, which can be served hot or cold, a self-serve salad bar, hot soups and sweets, such as cookies, brownies and pie. The shop will deliver lunch to downtown locations.

She referred to the new shop as an extension of the store in Rogersville.

“We just want to do a very few number of things very well,” said Carlisle. “So we’re not going to expand our menu, we’re not going to start selling a bunch of random little things…”

Launching the shop’s Facebook page was one of the best ways the Carlisles have been able to get the news out about the business. After its creation on a random weekday evening, the page had over 100 COFFEE >> B4

Kyle Digiandomenico, along with Ryan Smith, Erin Kern and Julie Wise, created The Weekly Buzz a little over a year ago.

The Weekly Buzz is just a group of friends that came together that had a passion, said Digiandomenico, and some interest in taking things that would typically sit in a pile, or be burned o r t h r ow n aw ay, a n d transforming them into something that now has a new use. The four founders use recycled wood to create original designs. " It s t ar t e d out of recognizing a need, and reusing mater ia ls that were already there, and giving them a new purpose, a new story," said Digiandomenico.

Digiandomenico, along with Smith, Kern and Wise, are the only members of The Weekly Buzz. As far as responsibilities go, Digiandomenico and Smith gather the pallets and get the wood to its basic form. After they are done, Kern and Wise have the job of painting, hand lettering and designing the wood based on requests.

As with most businesses, a goal for The Weekly Buzz is to make a profit, but that is not the only purpose for this endeavor.

"To me, it started out as kind of a stress-reliever, we kind of just had fun with it," said Wise, who is a graduate assistant in Student Services. "Then we were like, 'We have all this stuff, why not try selling it and see what happens?' It's just kind of like friends that get together and have fun doing what we love," said Wise. "We get to express ourselves in ways that we never did before, I think."

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University employees and graduate students, from left, Kyle Digianemenico, Julie Wise, Ryan Smith and Erin Kern learned the value of repurposing through their one-yearold business.

For Digiandomenico, his primary motivation was that he is a fan of recycling, reusing and repurposing items to give them a new meaning.

"The fact that I could help take things that people would typically throw away, like the pallets, for me to be able to help turn that into something now that someone is going use and give it a new life a new stor y, kind of a new purpose, to me that's kind of exciting," said Digiandomenico.

Some of the products The Weekly Buzz creates, using wood pallets and other materials, include bottles, signs, and "candy hearts."

As with all businesses, there are some concerns.

"I think a concern that

eventually will come is what are we going to do when we all graduate." said Wise. 'We're hoping eventually to expand more into what we like, and kind of see what we can do with the company, where we can take it, what other businesses we can work with, or can we do this on our own and make it a real full-time thing?"

Both Wise and Smith are graduating this summer, while Digiandomenico and Kern are graduating next year.

For Digiandomenico, a concern is the marketing aspect of the business.

"You can only do so much without having to put some real skin into the game. Right now, we're just on Facebook," said D i g i an d om e n i c o. " We

don't have a website; we don't use ads or anything like that. If we do decide to move further into [The Weekly Buzz] how are we going to start to develop the marketing side of it?"

For t hes e four, The Weekly Buzz has been a learning experience.

"Sometimes you're working on something and it turns into something that you did not expect it to be. Just kind of seeing where you let yourself [go] - when you just put some time and energy into it what it can end up being," s aid Dig i andomenico.

"There are pieces that we've worked on where it turned into completely opposite of what we intended it to be. Nothing is ever trash.

You can always repurpose it, and reuse it somehow."

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Kids get technical at Eva K. Bowlby Library's Coding Camp

By TIFFANY MORGAN Editorial Assistant

Eva K. Bowlby Library held its second computer coding class for kids Jan. 12, formally known as PBS KIDS ScratchJr. The purpose of the class is to introduce computer programming at an early level.

It uses an app to teach children ages 5-8 how to design and create their own computer stories and games. The app also features a number of PBS KIDS shows, including WordGirl, Nature Cat and Wild Kratts.

The children have the opp or tunit y to cre ate

personalized, interactive stories, as well as games by linking programming/coding blocks. The coding blocks make their characters dance, jump and sing.

Each class session follows a specific theme, such as Outer Space. A short episode relating to that theme is shown from a selection of PBS KIDS cartoons if time allows.As well as working on their own creations, kids are assigned a task on the app during the session.

Family Literacy Assistant at Bowlby Library Susan Strnisha said that the children are

quick learners, even through expected error.

“I tell the children that this is most definitely a class where mistakes are expected and okay to make,” Strnisha said. “The kids learn exactly how to move their characters where they want them to go through trial and error.”

Strnisha said that the program is valuable to the children, who are learning real-world skills that put them in the position of actual programmers.

“Math comes into play when they need to determine on the grid how many more steps a

character may need to take to get from point A to point B,” she said. “I am always telling the kids that we can only learn more from our mistakes and that is exactly how real computer programmers work.”

Strnisha stressed that the program allows students to have fun with programming, which is her favorite part.

“The professionals rarely, if ever, get those video games and cartoons perfect on the first try,” she said. “That is what ScratchJr. is all about. And when the characters don’t do exactly what the children were planning, I hear a lot of giggles.

For me, those are some of the best moments.”

The app was released in December 2015. It is free on iPad and Android tablets.

Children are encouraged to bring their own devices if they have them, but the library provides learning pads to use during coding sessions, if necessary.

The app is a product of DevTech Research Group at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, directed by Professor Marina Bers, and the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, directed

by Professor Mitchel Resnick.

The excitement shines through the kids, as Strnisha observed.

“I am watchi ng young children create their own cartoons and games instead of watching them just passively sit by and take it all in. I get so excited when a child hits the play button and gets to see his/ her own creation play out in front of them.”

The Coding Camp will be held every other Thursday and will continue through May 18 from 5 to 6 p.m. For more information or to register, call 724-627-9776.

'Chair of Honor' placed in courthouse Dept. of Rec. rolls POW/MIA chair to remind community of 82,701 service members out new programs for the new year

By GRACE HUTCHISON Staff Writer

Greene County Courthouse held a ceremony where they placed a chair in remembrance of Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) soldiers Tuesday, Jan. 10. The chair, which is located at the end of the front hallway in the courthouse, was purchased and organized by Rolling Thunder Inc., Chapter 5 PA. Rolling Thunder’s mission is “to publicize the POWMIA issue,” according to their Facebook page. To help them accomplish that task, they host events where motorcycle riders gather and ride together from one destination to another.

“We were cont ac te d by the Rolling Thunder Chapter in Fayette County,” said Commissioner Dave Zimmerman, Chairman of the Greene County Board of Commissioners. “They had placed a chair there and were looking to do it in other counties as well.”

The black folding chair features the logo for POW and MIA soldiers where the backrest is and features text on the seat.

There is a quote on the seat, which was printed on the smooth, leathery seat in stark white writing, saying that there are more than 82,000 POW and MIA soldiers, and currently the number stands at an estimated 91,000.

Greene County is home to many veterans, and includes many veteran resources such as the Veterans Affairs and a local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post.

“As commissioners, we do all we can to help veterans,”

By ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

Grace Hutchison, Yellow Jacket

The POW MIA chair cushion reads, "You Are Not Forgotten; Since World War I, more than 82,701 soldiers are unaccounted for. This unoccupied seat is dedicated to the memory of those brave men and women and to the sacrifices each made serving this country. We Will Not Forget; 5 PA; We are all thankful, God Bless You. God Bless America."

Zimmerman said. “Each year we are given a certain amount of money to spend towards veteran’s affairs and resources.”

The chair, w hich is surrounded by velvet rope barriers, is located at the end of the front hallway of the courthouse and has the American flag on its left side.

“They had been placing the chairs in courthouses in the other counties and it allows the general public to view it more so than had it been placed in another facility,” Zimmerman said.

The brief ceremony was attended by members of the Rolling Thunder Chapter Five,

commissioners, a representative for State Representative Pam Snyder and others.

“There was probably about twenty people at the ceremony,” Zimmerman said.

Chapter Five, which is based in Hopwood, Pennsylvania, has supplied chairs in many local communities recognizing those lost in war.

In some of the counties where they have placed the chairs, they use a more permanent display, but for the Greene County courthouse they chose to section off the chair with velvet ropes. The chair will be a fixture in the local courthouse for many

years to come.

“The chair will be in the courthouse permanently,” Zimmerman said.

The chair provides citizens of Greene County an accessible way to view and remember POW and MIA soldiers.

The Rolling Thunder, who provided the chair and display, continues to strive towards their goal of public awareness and remembrance for those lost.

“I am very thankful and glad they contacted us,” Zimmerman said. “It makes the public think about POW and MIA soldiers in their dayto-day thoughts.”

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likes and people had already started talking about it.

Students from the university have shown interest as flyers around campus have sparked up conversations.

“We’re really happy to see the positive response and the excitement from

the university, the staff and the students, because that’s what we set out to do, that’s what we hoped to happen,” said Carlisle.

This week the final stage of preparation was completed, from finalizing the menu to picking the uniforms to finishing the layout. Carlisle said the excitement that has already been occurring is

what has driven them through the last week of preparation.

Carlisle said she hopes the people who stop by the shop are pleased with their experience, no matter their purpose for stopping.

“We hope that we can serve many different groups of people at all different times of the day, but still have a very comfortable environment,”

said Carlisle.

Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches will have its grand opening Feb. 6, with the doors officially opening at 6 a.m. and a ribbon-cutting ceremony occurring at noon.

For more information, visit their Facebook page or website at www.carlislescoffee. com. The shop can also be reached at 724-833-9430.

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are expanding?”

Delivering 84 Lumber's message has proven complicated though, after Fox Sports rejected Brunner's original plan for the spot.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fox said that some of the imagery in the commercial had controversial p olit ica l under tones— including ‘the wall,’ a key issue in President Donald Trump’s campaign. Despite being sent back to the drawing board, 84 Lumber is still determined to advertise during the game.

Radick said that the obstacle has revitalized their mission.

"What it's done for us is it's really shined a spotlight on the

commerical and the brand..." he said. "It has increased the internal pressure and some of the work being done here. It makes it that much more important."

According to Radick, the process for acquiring a Super Bowl ad is almost exactly like any other T.V. spot, but the investment does not stop after the game ends.

“It’s not just the spot,” he said.

“There are a bunch of other things…on-site activations, things where the logo might be put into pregame shows and other things they have there throughout the year…”

With so much pressure, Radick said the project is taking the highest priority at the agency. Everyone is taking an active role.

“It’s definitely the biggest thing we’ve done,” said Radick. “Everyone at this agency is touching this in some capacity—and that goes from interns all the way up to our CEO.” Among those interns is 2016 Waynesburg graduate Jordan Mitrik, who began working at Brunner as a digital content creator, and was immediately thrown into the action.

“It’s definitely an all hands on deck situation here at Brunner,” said Mitrik. “...Every day, people are working on the creative side of this, tracking social media, creating story boards, media buying.”

Mitrik believes that the Super Bowl spot will help elevate both 84 Lumber and Brunner in the long run.

“We are the first Pittsburgh agency to create a spot in the last 30 years or so. Hopefully, in turn, [this will] help our agency excel, and more and more creative young professionals will want to work here and look at a great place like Brunner," said Mitrik.

Radick agreed, saying that this project represents the growth and potential in the Pittsburgh market.

“I think it represents the culmination of the ground swell that we’ve been seeing for a few years now...” said Radick. “There is no reason why Pittsburgh couldn’t play at the same level of the New York and Chicago ad agencies. You start seeing the quality really take some jumps…stand up and take notice.”

O ve r t he bre a k and into the new year, the Greene County Parks and Recreations wanted to help keep their New Year's resolutions and to help build a stronger , healthier community.

T h e D e p a r t m e nt o f Recreation will be hosting a n d prov i d i n g e v e nt s that will take place over several weeks and are meant to draw the community t o g e t h e r, a c c o r d i n g to Recreations Associate April Morris. “[The goal is to] have people come in and do the program [and] enjoy themselves, get out among other residents in the county and see what is happening,” said Morris.

These events aren’t new to Greene County, as many events from previous years have been continued, for example, yoga, Zumba and The Hunting Hills Hawkeyes are just a few of the returning activities.

The Hawkeyes are a S cholastic Clay Target Program team and they of ten come b ack wit h awards said Morris.

“We h av e any w h e re between 60 and 80 kids participate every year, the kids do really great things with that program, they end up at states or nationals,” said Morris. “It’s a pretty big deal for us.”

Those are just a few of the older programs that the county has put on in years past, the newer ones include a class that covers essential oils, new craft instructors from last year and a self-defense class, which Morris said, in today’s world, can be very important. “ We g o t t h e i d e a from another place in Washington that was doing a self-defense class,” said

Morris. “I saw someone else doing and knowing what’s happening in the world today, I thought that was a good idea for women.”

Crafting, another activity for county residents to partake in, isn’t new either.

The only difference is the county is now hosting a new kind of crafting, according to Morris.

“We have done crafting before but these ones are new crafts,” said Morris.

“We have one on Sunday, where you’re going to come in and learn how to make a wreath.”

The essential oils program, according to Morris, is different than anything ever done in Greene County, but Morris said it can be resourceful for anyone.

Morris was only one of three women who helped plan these events in the Greene County community.

Joining her was Parks and Recreation Manager Pam Blaker and Day Camp Program Coordinator Traci Sokol. The trio planned a night specifically made for women.

“Ladies Dayz” is a series of days where vendors of bakeries, fitness centers and fashion retailers have deals and first hand experiences with customers.

“It’s something new we are trying this year,” said Morris. “The public comes in earn some things and see somethings they have never seen before.”

In the end, Morris’ goal remains the same, involving the community.

“You try to keep people together to know what’s happening because it gives them information. Maybe there is something out there they have never heard of before,” said Morris. “I think it’s very important to keep everyone involved on what’s going on in the community.”

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EDITORIAL

Get personal

Technology is necessary but hinders interaction Communicating with each other is the easiest thing in the world, thanks to our technology. We are never separated from our network of friends, family, peers, colleagues and coworkers, and that is a remarkable and impressive thing.

You can choose any of a variety of media and devices to contact someone, and you can do so in literal seconds— a feat that we forget is truly amazing in the history of communication in the world.

But there is a very real danger: relying so heavily on technology can result in the loss of fundamental, essential personal communication.

The Yellow Jacket does not support the notion that the millennial generation, or any generation, is flawed or doomed because of its use of technology. There is no doubt that the advances in communication we enjoy are positive in so many ways.

But the importance of personal communication has not dimmed, and absorption into a world of screens tends to allow us to forget that.

Advancement in the world, in your chosen career and in your relationships requires a myriad of skills. Technological ability is one of them. But sometimes, even more important is your ability to make real and meaningful connections with other people.

In nearly any industry or career field, we are expected to form relationships with other people—be it coworkers, clients or partners. It is difficult to establish real trust and effective communication patterns if we are unable to engage in truly personal communication.

Additionally, if we lose the ability to connect with other people on an essential human level, our relationships are likely to suffer.

It is important not to forget the art of making another person feel valued, heard and considered. It is important to learn how to truly listen, respond and engage in discourse with a colleague. It is important to remember the essentiality of personal conversations that establish trust, camaraderie, openness and commonality.

These are the things we are in danger of losing if electronic devices are our sole means of communication.

Technology is wonderful for helping us practice timely, concise and widespread communication, but it cannot help us communicate meaningfully in a personal setting.

Take every opportunity to practice personal. If, every once in a while, we choose a face-to-face conversation instead of an email or a snapchat, it will go a long way to developing conversation and engagement skills that are necessary to success.

It is not necessary to drop our phones, turn off our computers and silence the lightning-quick methods of communications we have perfected.

It is, however, necessary to ensure that they do not interfere with our ability to communicate when there is not a screen between us and the other person.

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January 26, 2017

What would happen if you said everything you thought out loud? Would you be in jail? Would your friends and family leave you for dead?

Would you be able to sleep at night?

I, for one, would be in a lot of trouble. Luckily, while I do tend to be inflammatory, I was born with a filter, which allows my brain to separate the rude thoughts from acceptable ones.

The thoughts that are marked as acceptable are the ones that slide down the conveyor belt from my brain factory to my tongue. Voila: WORDS! If it weren’t for my brain’s convenient separating feature, I’m not so sure what my current situation would be.

Of course, sometimes the filter doesn’t function properly. Sometimes the rude or

unacceptable thoughts slide down the conveyor belt anyway, and I am left with a feeling of guilt, panic, and a reaction that causes me to rapidly explain myself.

Luckily, people tend to understand when this occurs.

Everyone makes mistakes, right?

But what if, in some parallel universe, these unacceptable thoughts didn’t just go away.

What if instead of being filtered out, these thoughts were posted on a public forum where everyone—including those who would be personally impacted or hurt—saw them?

Wel c ome to D ona l d Trump’s Twitter page.

Our new president has a problem. In fact, some might call it a “YUGE” problem.

The man doesn’t have a filter. Some people think this is commendable. In fact, a lot of Trump’s supporters, during the race, claimed that his lack of a filter made him seem honest and trust-

worthy.

The awkward thing is that President Trump has a history of stretching the truth— especially on Twitter. If you don’t believe me, there’s a new Firefox extension from the Washington Post that fact-checks Trump’s tweets from the get-go. You’re welcome.

Sure, Donald Trump is the President, but does that give him a free ticket to do and tweet whatever he wants? I think not.

While tweets and other social media posts can easily be deleted by the user in a couple of clicks, the art of screen-capturing has allowed for embarrassing or otherwise inappropriate posts to stay in the public eye forever.

And the wrong type of post could cost you a friendship, relationship or worst of all: a job.

And another thing is that if these posts aren’t deleted, they can be found in archives and dug up years later. People are digging up embarrassing

and hypocritical tweets from public figures such as Tomi Lahren and Sean Spicer from more than eight years ago.

Even if you might have forgotten about your post, the people of the internet haven’t.

So what is there to learn from all this?

When posting online, we must be conscious of who we might be impacting with our words.

A very helpful way to remember is the acronym THINK: is it True? Helpful?

Inspiring? Necessary? Kind?

Sure, this is the kind of stuff they display on posters in elementary school cafeterias.

But hey, our own president needs to learn from it, so it must be valuable.

No matter what your political stance is, learn from President Trump’s mistakes: DON’T just say or post whatever’s on your mind.

Leave your true emotions and thoughts to your Saved Drafts. Drafts never hurt anyone…right?

We must understand the cost of social media BRENDAN KEANY Columnist

I stumbled across a video on Facebook last week.

The headline attached to the video read “Millennials in the Workplace,” and naturally, as a millennial who is beyond tired of hearing how lazy and entitled I am, just kept scrolling through.

A day later, I was back on Facebook, because I’m a social media addicted mil-

lennial, and saw the same video shared by several more people, some of whom I generally find to be intelligent posters.

I decided to give the video a view, totally expecting an older man or woman explaining how easy kids have it today and how we’re a part of the worst. Period. Generation. Period. Ever. Period.

The speaker was Simon Sinek, a British/American author and motivational speaker, but I had never heard of him.

“Apparently millennials,

as a generation, which is a group of people who were born approximately 1984 and after are tough to manage,” he said in the opening quote of the interview.

“They’re accused of being entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and lazy.”

I’m so happy that I didn’t turn the video off following this opening because it appeared to be following the exact plot line I had been afraid of all along, and I also have an extremely short attention span because I’m a millennial. But I hung in

there, and I’m glad I did.

After hitting on some reasons why people believe this of millennials, Sinek said something that caught my attention.

“You have an entire generation that’s growing up with lower self-esteem than previous generations through no fault of their own.”

I was starting to think that, just maybe, this guy was on my side. Then he started talking about technology.

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Is there a place for guns on college campuses?

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times Tuesday, Jan. 17.

College, we like to think, is a time of intellectual inquiry.

But it is also, as anyone who has spent any time on a campus knows, a time of boundary-testing, experimentation and alcohol-fueled parties.

Not exactly the kind of place where it makes sense to let folks wander around carrying hidden weapons.

Yet that is exactly what gunrights advocates are pushing for around the country. They succeeded most recently in Texas with a law that allows people licensed to carry concealed weapons to do so on college campuses.

With no apparent sense of irony, lawmakers made the effective date of the law Aug. 1, 2016, the 50th anniversary of the incident in which Marinetrained sniper Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas at Austin clock tower and, over a period of more than 90 minutes, killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others in what is considered the nation's first campus mass killing.

With that law, Texas became the eighth state to allow cam-

pus carry (some of those states limit weapons to employees and faculty). Nearly half the states 23 leave the decision up to college and university officials, and 19 more ban the practice.

But campus-carry drives, building on state-level Republican election wins in November, are underway in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

As the nation has learned so painfully, there is little that can be done once someone has armed himself—and it is almost always a him and starts shooting up a school or a workplace or a neighborhood, intending to kill as many people as possible. Lax gun control and the pernicious influence of the NRA have made access to militarystyle firearms far too easy, thus making people with a violent impulse born of mental illness, anger or an insatiable grudge all the more deadly.

Frankly, mass shootings are not the biggest gun violence problem afflicting American society; more deadly are the daily shootings and killings that claim fewer people per incident and attract less attention.

According to statistics gathered by the Gun Violence Ar-

chive, there were more than 50,000 firearm incidents last year, in which more than 15,000 people were killed and 31,000 more were wounded and that doesn't include some 22,000 suicides by gun.

Meanwhile, according to the gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety, there were 76 shootings on college or university campuses from 2013 to 2015.

Campus-carry advocates say that an armed America is a safer America. The NRA and its statehouse allies adhere to the disproved theory that a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun, and thus the more firearms carried around, the safer society becomes. In fact, the opposite is true. Studies have found a correlation between higher statewide restrictions on access to guns and lower levels of gun violence in those states.

Similarly, women in households where firearms are present are more likely to be shot to death by an intimate partner than they are to use it in self-defense.

It is the presence of firearms that makes violent encounters more likely to become deadly encounters. So why would anyone think it's a good idea to add concealed firearms to college campuses?

In its 2008 Heller decision, in which the Supreme Court for the first time recognized a 2nd Amendment right to possess a firearm in the home for self-defense, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the decision "should not be taken to cast doubt on ...laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings." States should recognize the unique nature of college campuses and keep the guns out.

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Cheat Sheet: Trump's first days in office are busy, controversial Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By MATT SHINKLE Staff Writer

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States this past Friday.

In what was already considered to be a hectic election cycle by many, the first official day of his presidency was already subject to large criticism by non-supporters and the media.

As reported by CNN the day after the inauguration, it would appear that the turnout for Donald Trump’s inauguration was much smaller than that of his predecessor’s inauguration in 2009, eight years ago.

The National Park Service, which oversees the National Mall in Washington DC, does not offer any estimates to how many people attended the event.

However, the Washington area transit authority has stated that as of 11 a.m. on the day of the inauguration,

Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service

Donald Trump gives a speech after being sworn as the 45th President of the United States by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. 193,000 trips has been taken on the city’s subway system that morning. In comparison, the same hour in 2009 witnessed 513,000 trips.

Press secretary Sean Spicer initially stated no one had figures on how many were in attendance for the inauguration, however President Trump asserted that he believed the crowd was huge, having said it appeared to him that there were a mil-

lion and half people there.

In addition, multiple media stations have also begun to question the validity of statements made by President Trump and others within his inner circle in Washington D.C. The new president has repeatedly made it clear that he looks down on the media, even stating that they are “among the most dishonest human beings on Earth.”

Despite the new president’s low opinion of them, media groups have not held back in continuing factualbased reporting. The New York Times has since singled out Spicer, pointing out his “false claims” and calling his statements a “striking display of invective and grievance at the dawn of a presidency.”

A war on facts continues to be prevalent within the new administration, as

within the first couple days of President Trump taking office, what were considering key components of Obama’s administration have already been removed from the White House servers – including content on climate change, health care, civil rights, and LGBT issues, according to Politifact.

All information on such issues, however, has been archived by outside sources to

protect what was considered crucial information for the future.

The Trump administration, in creating its new website, has created six pages about issues that defined the Trump campaign – energy, foreign policy, jobs and economic growth, military, law enforcement, and trade.

No pages have been created regarding the aforementioned deleted pages from the Obama administration.

Macon Phillips, who oversaw the website changes as Obama’s director of new media during the 2008 transition from Bush to Obama, says the fact that the Trump website doesn’t have pages about such issues isn’t about the administration deleting pages, but them not being a main priority for the next four years.

“Whitehouse.gov should reflect the priorities and point of view of the president. It’s a tool of that office,” said Phillips, who just ended three years as coordinator of the State Department’s International Information Programs Bureau.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week at 29.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. Moore said the Royals are always trying to remind players and staff about the present danger of driving in the Dominican Republic.

Ventura will be buried Tuesday in the Dominican Republic. Moore, manager Ned Yost and other members of the Royals are planning to attend.

-ESPN, Jan. 23

Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the five stories from last week that college students need to know.

1. Trump advances U.S. pipeline efforts President Trump has wasted no time getting to work in the White House.

This past Tuesday, President Trump signed executive actions to advance the approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

The decision to advance the pipelines trumps the efforts by former President Obama and his administration to block the construction of the two pipelines.

While creating jobs, the main scrutiny of the pipelines has been the effect it will have on both the environment and those whom live around the pipeline in case it leaks or spills.

Trump has stated during his campaign that he planned to approve both of the pipelines that were stalled for years under the Obama administration.

Obama denied approval for the Keystone XL pipeline in Nov. of 2015, while the Dakota Access Pipeline was stalled last year amid protests opposing its construction on Native American lands.

By approving the Dakota Access pipeline, Trump is likely to spark a new wave of protests, according to CNN. Energy Access Partners (EAP) indicates that the pipeline would carry nearly 500,000 barrels of crude oil a day across four states.

EAP says the DAPL would make the United States less dependent on foreign oil; however, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has still been unwilling to compromise with the pipeline crossing through alleged sacred sites and potentially contaminating the land.

-CNN, Jan. 24

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Women sing along as thousands pack the streets for the Women's March on Washington rally outside the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 21.

2. Women’s marches take place around globe Hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington DC on Saturday, the day after inauguration day, in a counter-inauguration to President Donald Trump.

Rallying near the Capitol before marchers made their way to the White House, a multitude of speakers and performers, such as Gloria Steinem, Maryum Ali, Michael Moore, and Scarlett Johansson, gathered.

In some circles, President Trump’s reputation with women was on shaky ground during the election cycle, after several altercations with Megyn Kelly, Carly Fiorina, and Hillary Clinton.

After a 2005 recording of Trump surfaced, Mr. Trump was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct by many women. He simply dismissed the recording as “locker room banter.”

Many inspiring women attended the event with the hopes of inspiring others in the crowd to get involved in being the difference they want to see, rather than just hoping for one.

“It’s been a heart-rending time to be both a woman and an immigrant in this country,” said the actress and ac-

tivist America Ferrera.“But the president is not America.

His cabinet is not America.

Congress is not America.

We are America! And we are here to stay.”

After getting the crowd to repeat a number to call Congress, filmmaker Michael Moore urged people to run for office: “This is not the time for shy people! Shy people, you have two hours to get over it.”

Also in attendance, Scarlett Johansson told a story on stage about when she visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York City shortly after her acting career started, saying she felt incredibly welcome.

-New York Times, Jan 21.

3. Young Royals pitcher dies in car accident Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday morning. He was 25.

Ventura was known in Major League Baseball for having an electric arm and a confident demeanor, which helped his team win their first World Series in decades back in 2015 against the New York Mets.

Ventura was a fan favorite

in Kansas City, where fans learned to embrace baseball once again ,and the franchise improved over the past couple years.

Ventura made it to the MLB with a 100 mph fastball and an explosive attitude. He was known for being fearless when challenging hitters inside, as well as dealing with the possible ramifications of his actions if opposing batters charged the mound.

“Obviously our prayers go out to Yordano’s family, all his friends, his teammates, our fans and everybody throughout the baseball community,’’ Royals general manager Dayton Moore said on a conference call Sunday afternoon.

“Everybody with our team and our organization is hurting deeply. This is certainly something that puts everything into strong perspective.

It’s a reminder that nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.”

Ventura was not the only ballplayer to lose his life on Sunday, as former major league infielder Andy Marte died in a separate car accident also in the Dominican Republic.

A 2015 World Health Organization found that the Dominican Republic had the highest traffic accident death rate in the Americas,

4. Executive order enacts pro-life abortion policy President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday which reinstates the so-called Mexico City Policy, barring international nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortions from receiving U.S. government funding.

Trump signed the policy, originally put in place by the Reagan administration, but was rescinded by the Obama administration in 2009 when Obama first took office.

“The President, it’s no secret, has made it very clear that he’s a pro-life president,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at his first daily briefing.

“He wants to stand up for all Americans, including the unborn, and I think the reinstatement of this policy is not just something that echoes that value, but respects taxpayer funding as well.”

Under Obama’s years, U.S. law banned direct funding for abortion services; however, non-governmental organizations that performed the procedure were still able to receive funding for other programs from the United States.

Such programs could include those related to contraceptive access and post-abortion care.

One of the largest contributors to international development assistance, the U.S. agency for International Development, is now prevented from assisting any organization that offer or promotes abortions as part of family planning.

Trump’s decision was labeled as “catastrophic,” leading to women in developing countries “paying the price,” according to Marie Stopes International Vice President and Director of International operations Marjorie Newman-Williams.

According to the charity, the services no longer provided during Trump’s first term alone could cause 6.5 million unintended pregnancies, causing 2.1 million unsafe abortions and 21,700 maternal deaths. The organization also says it will be prevented from providing 1.5 million women with contraception each year.

-CNN, Jan. 24 5. Escape tunnels found in Brazil prison Federal police in Brazil have found three unfinished escape tunnels at the Alcacuz prison in Northern Brazil.

Tensions at the prison are already high after at least 26 inmates were killed during a bloody riot 10 days ago.

Officials say they believe inmates started digging due to the persistent heavy rains that have softened the ground, making an escape possible. However, the tunnels were not finished, so it is not possible for an inmate to have escaped.

Latin America’s largest nation has experienced many prison killings since the beginning of 2017, with at least 140 dead since the new year.

The Alcacuz prison, in the northeastern city of Natal, is now the battleground in an escalating war between Sao Paulo-based First Command, Brazil’s largest criminal gang, known by the Portuguese acronym PCC, and local gang Crime Syndicate of Rio Grande do Norte.

-Fox News, Jan. 24 Information curated by Matt Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket

Millennials: There are serious, addictive properties in our devices Continued from B2

ment with social media and our cellphones releases a chemical called dopamine,” he said. “That’s why when you get a text, it feels good...

Dopamine is the exact same chemical that makes us feel good when we smoke, when we drink and when we gamble. In other words, it’s highly, highly addictive.”

I apologize if this was common knowledge to you, but this revelation really in-

trigued me. Everything to which Sinek just compared the feeling of receiving a text to, is regulated by the government because it must be dealt with in a responsible manner.

We must be 18 to gamble and smoke, and we have to be 21 to drink legally, at least in the United States, but there’s no age minimum in possessing a phone.

According to CNN, a UCLA study showed that certain regions of a teen’s brain became “activated by

likes.” More specifically, the brain’s award center was triggered fairly heavily.

This is probably the same reason that more than 1 billion people log into Facebook every day.

Roughly 13 percent of the entire world population logs into one specific social media site every day. Think about that.

“As a result,” said Sinek, “is that younger people of today are having difficulty creating ‘deep, meaningful’ relationships because they turn to a

dopamine producing device during their stressful years of adolescence as opposed to going to people. They will admit that many of their friendships are superficial,” he explained. “They will admit that they don’t count on their friends, don’t rely on their friends.

They have fun with their friends, but they also know that their friends will cancel on them if something better comes along.”

The perfect picture we see on Facebook is often not the

accurate portrayal of what that person is truly feeling.

“The science is clear; we know that people who spend more time on Facebook suffer higher rates of depression than the people who spend less time on Facebook.”

This long narrative about a fairly simple topic is that, maybe we should start heeding the warnings of others regarding our social media usage.

No longer is it just old people yelling at us from their porches for us to get

off their lawn, there is now scientific evidence that shows the dangers of something most of our generation has been exposed to from a young age.

We must learn to be mindful of our usage and use everything in moderation.

“Alcohol is not bad; too much alcohol is bad,” said Sinek. “Gambling is fun; too much gambling is dangerous. There’s nothing wrong with social media and cell phones; it’s the in-balance.”

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Wine and, now, dine Yum-Yum to move into Tommy Boys building in March

By CODY YANKULIC and ANTONIO PELLULO For the Yellow Jacket

Several Waynesburg businesses will be relocating in the coming months. The building containing Tommy Boys Tavern will soon host more than one institution, as Yum Yum Tasty Diner has worked out a lease deal to share the building with the bar.

Yum Yum is currently operating in Central Plaza, just off Roy E. Furman Highway, and will move across the street to its rear to join Tommy Boys.

The move is one that excites Yum Yum owner Annette Phillip, who said she’s ready for the change.

The change comes five months after Phillip, who also leased the restaurant’s current building, received word that the land her restaurant sits on was purchased

by Sheetz, which is right next door to the diner. Phillip wasn’t initially sure if Sheetz would buy the land when she agreed to lease her current building, but always considered it to be a route for the gas station.

“You know how Waynesburg is, there is always talk, but I knew that was an option,” said Phillip. “About five months ago, I got the word [that Sheetz bought the land].”

Finding a building in Waynesburg became a priority for Phillip, who has been in the restaurant business since she was 17 years old and

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

A waitress at Yum-Yum Tasty Diner is seen serving on a busy morning at the current location. The new merged location with Tommy Boys Tavern will open in March. is currently living her dream of owning her own business. Phillip said she initially wanted to buy, but finding a building that could accommodate a restaurant was hard for her to do. That’s when the owner of Tommy Boys made Phillip a lease offer.

“Out of the blue, the owner of Tommy Boys asked me to call him,” said Phillip.

Phillip says her customers are excited about the transition to the new building. Manager of Tommy Boys Lida Orbash said the lease offer was made because Yum Yum

was looking for a place to continue their business.

“I think they were looking for a place to do it,” said Orbash, “and we just don’t utilize our kitchen equipment during the day.”

As it is now, the bar opens at 3 p.m, explained Orbash, and the kitchen itself does not open until 4 p.m. So, while the bar is shut down, Yum Yum will be open in the building on its own. Then, when the bar opens, Phillip will continue to handle the food until 10 p.m., keeping both Yum Yum’s and Tommy Boys’ food options available. Orbash said Tommy Boys will still have all the food it is known for.

“We will have our steak night, our wing night, like we do now,” said Orbash. “It will be the same food you normally get at Tommy Boys, and the same food you normally get at Yum Yum.” Both businesses are looking forward to the opportunity to share customers.

“I’ll have an excellent supper clientele, and I’ll keep most of my patrons from Yum Yum,” said Phillip.

Phillip plans to open in the new building by March 1. Operating hours will be extended and run from 5 a.m.-10 p.m, eliminating the restaurant’s previous closing time of 2 p.m.

Tommy Boys will stay open until 2 a.m. after the diner is officially closed. Both Phillip and Orbash are looking forward to the opportunity to work with each other.

“It’s in the hands of the attorneys to put together the lease agreement, we are just waiting on that,” said Orbash. “I hope it works out for both of us.”

84 Lumber ad brings Pittsburgh back to Super Bowl

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

While most Pennsylvania residents are familiar with the building supply company, 84 Lumber, other states are largely unaware of its existence. But that is soon to change, as the $2.5 billion company recently secured a 90-second advertising spot in the approaching Super Bowl.

Not only that, but 84 Lumber is relying on the Pittsburgh-based ad agency, Brunner, to manage all aspects of the debut. Brunner is estimated to be the first Pittsburgh agency in at least 30 years to produce a spot for the Super Bowl.

Steve Radick, vice president and director of Public Relations and Content Integration for Brunner, is working closely with the project. According to Radick, 84 Lumber is expanding and wants to utilize the spot to recruit ideal workers for new locations across the country.

“They challenged us to kind of tell a story for them to kind of tell who they are and what they stand for,” he said. “What better way to cast that wide net and let people know that they AD >> B4

New High St. coffee WU graduate students start small business A love of art and recycling led to the creation of The Weekly Buzz shop to provide 'quality experience'

By JOE SMELTZER Staff Writer

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

Caitlin Carlisle and her husband, Ken, are Farmers Insurance agents, located on High St., but as of recently, they are entrepreneurs.

“They say some of the business ideas you can have, if it’s something you want – a business you would want, a product you would want or an experience that you would want – that doesn’t exist then go out and create it,” said Carlisle, owner of the soonopening Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches in Waynesburg.

The Carlisles purchased Pioneer Grocery in Rogersville, Pennsylvania, from Ken’s parents, Gene and Judy Rush, in September 2016. The Rushes took what used to be a funeral home and turned it into a convenient store about 25 years ago. Now, the Carlisles are hoping to start their own successful business.

When the Carlisles took over the grocery, they knew the connection Ken had with the community was a substantial part of his life. When they heard they could have the opportunity to purchase a building in downtown Waynesburg that also made significant contributions to people’s lives, they became excited.

The shop, which is located at 78 W. High St, will be open Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. and on Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The extra hour on Fridays is because from 6 to 9 p.m., the shop will host live music.

The idea behind the live music nights is to host as many local artists as possible, which is something Carlisle believes would benefit the community.

“I think doing everything as

local as you can impacts your community so much, so we are very passionate about that in all our business and our personal life,” she said.

The layout of the business consists of large tables for work to be done but comfortable lounge chairs for those who come with the sole purpose of taking a break from their day.

The shop offers free Wi-Fi, and tangible reading material will also be available to those looking for a quiet read as they snack.

“We want students at the high school and students at the university to feel like they can bring their books and grab some coffee and come down and study and meet with their friends,” said Carlisle. “And we want business people to feel like while this is homey and comfortable, it’s still a professional enough environment to where they can conduct business or meet with clients.”

The menu includes basic deli sandwiches, which can be served hot or cold, a self-serve salad bar, hot soups and sweets, such as cookies, brownies and pie. The shop will deliver lunch to downtown locations.

She referred to the new shop as an extension of the store in Rogersville.

“We just want to do a very few number of things very well,” said Carlisle. “So we’re not going to expand our menu, we’re not going to start selling a bunch of random little things…”

Launching the shop’s Facebook page was one of the best ways the Carlisles have been able to get the news out about the business. After its creation on a random weekday evening, the page had over 100 COFFEE >> B4

Kyle Digiandomenico, along with Ryan Smith, Erin Kern and Julie Wise, created The Weekly Buzz a little over a year ago.

The Weekly Buzz is just a group of friends that came together that had a passion, said Digiandomenico, and some interest in taking things that would typically sit in a pile, or be burned o r t h r ow n aw ay, a n d transforming them into something that now has a new use. The four founders use recycled wood to create original designs. " It s t ar t e d out of recognizing a need, and reusing mater ia ls that were already there, and giving them a new purpose, a new story," said Digiandomenico.

Digiandomenico, along with Smith, Kern and Wise, are the only members of The Weekly Buzz. As far as responsibilities go, Digiandomenico and Smith gather the pallets and get the wood to its basic form. After they are done, Kern and Wise have the job of painting, hand lettering and designing the wood based on requests.

As with most businesses, a goal for The Weekly Buzz is to make a profit, but that is not the only purpose for this endeavor.

"To me, it started out as kind of a stress-reliever, we kind of just had fun with it," said Wise, who is a graduate assistant in Student Services. "Then we were like, 'We have all this stuff, why not try selling it and see what happens?' It's just kind of like friends that get together and have fun doing what we love," said Wise. "We get to express ourselves in ways that we never did before, I think."

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University employees and graduate students, from left, Kyle Digianemenico, Julie Wise, Ryan Smith and Erin Kern learned the value of repurposing through their one-yearold business.

For Digiandomenico, his primary motivation was that he is a fan of recycling, reusing and repurposing items to give them a new meaning.

"The fact that I could help take things that people would typically throw away, like the pallets, for me to be able to help turn that into something now that someone is going use and give it a new life a new stor y, kind of a new purpose, to me that's kind of exciting," said Digiandomenico.

Some of the products The Weekly Buzz creates, using wood pallets and other materials, include bottles, signs, and "candy hearts."

As with all businesses, there are some concerns.

"I think a concern that

eventually will come is what are we going to do when we all graduate." said Wise. 'We're hoping eventually to expand more into what we like, and kind of see what we can do with the company, where we can take it, what other businesses we can work with, or can we do this on our own and make it a real full-time thing?"

Both Wise and Smith are graduating this summer, while Digiandomenico and Kern are graduating next year.

For Digiandomenico, a concern is the marketing aspect of the business.

"You can only do so much without having to put some real skin into the game. Right now, we're just on Facebook," said D i g i an d om e n i c o. " We

don't have a website; we don't use ads or anything like that. If we do decide to move further into [The Weekly Buzz] how are we going to start to develop the marketing side of it?"

For t hes e four, The Weekly Buzz has been a learning experience.

"Sometimes you're working on something and it turns into something that you did not expect it to be. Just kind of seeing where you let yourself [go] - when you just put some time and energy into it what it can end up being," s aid Dig i andomenico.

"There are pieces that we've worked on where it turned into completely opposite of what we intended it to be. Nothing is ever trash.

You can always repurpose it, and reuse it somehow."

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Kids get technical at Eva K. Bowlby Library's Coding Camp

By TIFFANY MORGAN Editorial Assistant

Eva K. Bowlby Library held its second computer coding class for kids Jan. 12, formally known as PBS KIDS ScratchJr. The purpose of the class is to introduce computer programming at an early level.

It uses an app to teach children ages 5-8 how to design and create their own computer stories and games. The app also features a number of PBS KIDS shows, including WordGirl, Nature Cat and Wild Kratts.

The children have the opp or tunit y to cre ate

personalized, interactive stories, as well as games by linking programming/coding blocks. The coding blocks make their characters dance, jump and sing.

Each class session follows a specific theme, such as Outer Space. A short episode relating to that theme is shown from a selection of PBS KIDS cartoons if time allows.As well as working on their own creations, kids are assigned a task on the app during the session.

Family Literacy Assistant at Bowlby Library Susan Strnisha said that the children are

quick learners, even through expected error.

“I tell the children that this is most definitely a class where mistakes are expected and okay to make,” Strnisha said. “The kids learn exactly how to move their characters where they want them to go through trial and error.”

Strnisha said that the program is valuable to the children, who are learning real-world skills that put them in the position of actual programmers.

“Math comes into play when they need to determine on the grid how many more steps a

character may need to take to get from point A to point B,” she said. “I am always telling the kids that we can only learn more from our mistakes and that is exactly how real computer programmers work.”

Strnisha stressed that the program allows students to have fun with programming, which is her favorite part.

“The professionals rarely, if ever, get those video games and cartoons perfect on the first try,” she said. “That is what ScratchJr. is all about. And when the characters don’t do exactly what the children were planning, I hear a lot of giggles.

For me, those are some of the best moments.”

The app was released in December 2015. It is free on iPad and Android tablets.

Children are encouraged to bring their own devices if they have them, but the library provides learning pads to use during coding sessions, if necessary.

The app is a product of DevTech Research Group at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, directed by Professor Marina Bers, and the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, directed

by Professor Mitchel Resnick.

The excitement shines through the kids, as Strnisha observed.

“I am watchi ng young children create their own cartoons and games instead of watching them just passively sit by and take it all in. I get so excited when a child hits the play button and gets to see his/ her own creation play out in front of them.”

The Coding Camp will be held every other Thursday and will continue through May 18 from 5 to 6 p.m. For more information or to register, call 724-627-9776.

'Chair of Honor' placed in courthouse Dept. of Rec. rolls POW/MIA chair to remind community of 82,701 service members out new programs for the new year

By GRACE HUTCHISON Staff Writer

Greene County Courthouse held a ceremony where they placed a chair in remembrance of Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) soldiers Tuesday, Jan. 10. The chair, which is located at the end of the front hallway in the courthouse, was purchased and organized by Rolling Thunder Inc., Chapter 5 PA. Rolling Thunder’s mission is “to publicize the POWMIA issue,” according to their Facebook page. To help them accomplish that task, they host events where motorcycle riders gather and ride together from one destination to another.

“We were cont ac te d by the Rolling Thunder Chapter in Fayette County,” said Commissioner Dave Zimmerman, Chairman of the Greene County Board of Commissioners. “They had placed a chair there and were looking to do it in other counties as well.”

The black folding chair features the logo for POW and MIA soldiers where the backrest is and features text on the seat.

There is a quote on the seat, which was printed on the smooth, leathery seat in stark white writing, saying that there are more than 82,000 POW and MIA soldiers, and currently the number stands at an estimated 91,000.

Greene County is home to many veterans, and includes many veteran resources such as the Veterans Affairs and a local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post.

“As commissioners, we do all we can to help veterans,”

By ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

Grace Hutchison, Yellow Jacket

The POW MIA chair cushion reads, "You Are Not Forgotten; Since World War I, more than 82,701 soldiers are unaccounted for. This unoccupied seat is dedicated to the memory of those brave men and women and to the sacrifices each made serving this country. We Will Not Forget; 5 PA; We are all thankful, God Bless You. God Bless America."

Zimmerman said. “Each year we are given a certain amount of money to spend towards veteran’s affairs and resources.”

The chair, w hich is surrounded by velvet rope barriers, is located at the end of the front hallway of the courthouse and has the American flag on its left side.

“They had been placing the chairs in courthouses in the other counties and it allows the general public to view it more so than had it been placed in another facility,” Zimmerman said.

The brief ceremony was attended by members of the Rolling Thunder Chapter Five,

commissioners, a representative for State Representative Pam Snyder and others.

“There was probably about twenty people at the ceremony,” Zimmerman said.

Chapter Five, which is based in Hopwood, Pennsylvania, has supplied chairs in many local communities recognizing those lost in war.

In some of the counties where they have placed the chairs, they use a more permanent display, but for the Greene County courthouse they chose to section off the chair with velvet ropes. The chair will be a fixture in the local courthouse for many

years to come.

“The chair will be in the courthouse permanently,” Zimmerman said.

The chair provides citizens of Greene County an accessible way to view and remember POW and MIA soldiers.

The Rolling Thunder, who provided the chair and display, continues to strive towards their goal of public awareness and remembrance for those lost.

“I am very thankful and glad they contacted us,” Zimmerman said. “It makes the public think about POW and MIA soldiers in their dayto-day thoughts.”

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likes and people had already started talking about it.

Students from the university have shown interest as flyers around campus have sparked up conversations.

“We’re really happy to see the positive response and the excitement from

the university, the staff and the students, because that’s what we set out to do, that’s what we hoped to happen,” said Carlisle.

This week the final stage of preparation was completed, from finalizing the menu to picking the uniforms to finishing the layout. Carlisle said the excitement that has already been occurring is

what has driven them through the last week of preparation.

Carlisle said she hopes the people who stop by the shop are pleased with their experience, no matter their purpose for stopping.

“We hope that we can serve many different groups of people at all different times of the day, but still have a very comfortable environment,”

said Carlisle.

Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches will have its grand opening Feb. 6, with the doors officially opening at 6 a.m. and a ribbon-cutting ceremony occurring at noon.

For more information, visit their Facebook page or website at www.carlislescoffee. com. The shop can also be reached at 724-833-9430.

Ad: 84 Lumber's spot will be first from Pgh. since '87

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are expanding?”

Delivering 84 Lumber's message has proven complicated though, after Fox Sports rejected Brunner's original plan for the spot.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fox said that some of the imagery in the commercial had controversial p olit ica l under tones— including ‘the wall,’ a key issue in President Donald Trump’s campaign. Despite being sent back to the drawing board, 84 Lumber is still determined to advertise during the game.

Radick said that the obstacle has revitalized their mission.

"What it's done for us is it's really shined a spotlight on the

commerical and the brand..." he said. "It has increased the internal pressure and some of the work being done here. It makes it that much more important."

According to Radick, the process for acquiring a Super Bowl ad is almost exactly like any other T.V. spot, but the investment does not stop after the game ends.

“It’s not just the spot,” he said.

“There are a bunch of other things…on-site activations, things where the logo might be put into pregame shows and other things they have there throughout the year…”

With so much pressure, Radick said the project is taking the highest priority at the agency. Everyone is taking an active role.

“It’s definitely the biggest thing we’ve done,” said Radick. “Everyone at this agency is touching this in some capacity—and that goes from interns all the way up to our CEO.” Among those interns is 2016 Waynesburg graduate Jordan Mitrik, who began working at Brunner as a digital content creator, and was immediately thrown into the action.

“It’s definitely an all hands on deck situation here at Brunner,” said Mitrik. “...Every day, people are working on the creative side of this, tracking social media, creating story boards, media buying.”

Mitrik believes that the Super Bowl spot will help elevate both 84 Lumber and Brunner in the long run.

“We are the first Pittsburgh agency to create a spot in the last 30 years or so. Hopefully, in turn, [this will] help our agency excel, and more and more creative young professionals will want to work here and look at a great place like Brunner," said Mitrik.

Radick agreed, saying that this project represents the growth and potential in the Pittsburgh market.

“I think it represents the culmination of the ground swell that we’ve been seeing for a few years now...” said Radick. “There is no reason why Pittsburgh couldn’t play at the same level of the New York and Chicago ad agencies. You start seeing the quality really take some jumps…stand up and take notice.”

O ve r t he bre a k and into the new year, the Greene County Parks and Recreations wanted to help keep their New Year's resolutions and to help build a stronger , healthier community.

T h e D e p a r t m e nt o f Recreation will be hosting a n d prov i d i n g e v e nt s that will take place over several weeks and are meant to draw the community t o g e t h e r, a c c o r d i n g to Recreations Associate April Morris. “[The goal is to] have people come in and do the program [and] enjoy themselves, get out among other residents in the county and see what is happening,” said Morris.

These events aren’t new to Greene County, as many events from previous years have been continued, for example, yoga, Zumba and The Hunting Hills Hawkeyes are just a few of the returning activities.

The Hawkeyes are a S cholastic Clay Target Program team and they of ten come b ack wit h awards said Morris.

“We h av e any w h e re between 60 and 80 kids participate every year, the kids do really great things with that program, they end up at states or nationals,” said Morris. “It’s a pretty big deal for us.”

Those are just a few of the older programs that the county has put on in years past, the newer ones include a class that covers essential oils, new craft instructors from last year and a self-defense class, which Morris said, in today’s world, can be very important. “ We g o t t h e i d e a from another place in Washington that was doing a self-defense class,” said

Morris. “I saw someone else doing and knowing what’s happening in the world today, I thought that was a good idea for women.”

Crafting, another activity for county residents to partake in, isn’t new either.

The only difference is the county is now hosting a new kind of crafting, according to Morris.

“We have done crafting before but these ones are new crafts,” said Morris.

“We have one on Sunday, where you’re going to come in and learn how to make a wreath.”

The essential oils program, according to Morris, is different than anything ever done in Greene County, but Morris said it can be resourceful for anyone.

Morris was only one of three women who helped plan these events in the Greene County community.

Joining her was Parks and Recreation Manager Pam Blaker and Day Camp Program Coordinator Traci Sokol. The trio planned a night specifically made for women.

“Ladies Dayz” is a series of days where vendors of bakeries, fitness centers and fashion retailers have deals and first hand experiences with customers.

“It’s something new we are trying this year,” said Morris. “The public comes in earn some things and see somethings they have never seen before.”

In the end, Morris’ goal remains the same, involving the community.

“You try to keep people together to know what’s happening because it gives them information. Maybe there is something out there they have never heard of before,” said Morris. “I think it’s very important to keep everyone involved on what’s going on in the community.”

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In full health, Crivelli fuels wrestling sweep in nonconference invite

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg University men’s wrestling team defeated two opponents in Saturday’s Si Ostrach Invitational. The Jackets traveled north to Cleveland, Ohio, where they would wrestle Case Western Reserve and John Carroll University.

The Jackets tied Case Western, 22-22, and the match was decided by the most points scored to open the day. After that close win, the Jackets pulled out another win against John Carroll, 21-18.

Waynesburg head coach Ron Headlee had mixed feelings on the performance of his team.

“I didn’t think we wrestled really well against Case,” said Headlee. “I didn’t think we wrestled really well, and then we came back, and I thought we wrestled really well against John Carroll. I knew that was going to be a tough match for us.”

Waynesburg got rolling in both matches with wins from junior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton.

The efforts were bolstered by senior 141-pounder Filippo Crivelli, who notched a win against John Carroll senior Sal Corrao, who is ranked

by D3Wrestle.com. The win

did not come as a surprise for Headlee.

“We knew it was going to be a tough match,” said Headlee. “I knew he could hang in there with him and getting the fall was real key for the team.”

While the win was key for the team, it was also key for Crivelli, who hasn’t had much mat time in the past couple weeks.

“I was coming off of Christmas break and I got sick, and I couldn’t wrestle W&J and wrestled a little bit last week,” said Crivelli.

“I had a good week at practice and I really wrestled good and that was a big win for me.”

While the Jackets received help from Crivelli and Buxton, they were also aided by freshman Dan Verhovsek, who notched two wins on the day and has a 14-9 record since joining the team after the end of Waynesburg’s football season.

“He just finds ways to win and keeps getting along,” said Headlee. “He has a real smart mat sense and knows what he needs to do.”

Waynesburg was also aided in their victory by senior 184-pounder Ryan Shank, who also picked up two wins on the day. The WRESTLING >> C3

Kendra breaks school record...again

Rose Huwe, Yellow Jacket

Junior Mitch Kendra, shown here in an outdoor meet last season, broke the Waynesburg University pole vault record, a record he held, with a vault of 4.32 meters to lead the Jackets to a seventh place finish at the Denison Lid-Lifter.

Team places seventh in 11-team indoor meet

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University men’s indoor track & field team placed seventh out of 11 teams at the Denison Lid-Lifter Saturday, Jan. 21.

In the middle-tier finish, there were bright spots that head coach Jason Falvo was pleased with.

“I thought our athletes did very well, considering

where we are at in the season with our conditioning and training,” said Falvo. “I was pretty pleased as a whole.”

The star of the meet for the Jackets was junior pole vaulter Mitch Kendra, who set the school record vault with a vault of 4.32 meters.

Kendra was the first person to vault indoor at Waynesburg. He set the record as a freshman at 3.97 meters before breaking it as a sopho-

more with a 4.2-meter vault. “[Kendra] did a fantastic job in the pole vault, not only winning the event but setting an indoor school record for us and his overall personal best for him in his career,” said Falvo. “We’re really excited with how he’s progressing though; he did a fantastic job.”

(Editor's Note: Mitch Kendra is a copy editor at the Yellow Jacket.)

Falvo said the focus of the meet was not so much the finish, but rather the improvement of the competitors.

“We don’t go into these non-championship meets to score and win the event; we’re going up there to use this meet as a practice, with a very specific goal for each athlete,” said Falvo. “I could T&F >> C3

Bethany's 'three-headed monster' downs women's basketball

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

The Bethany College women’s basketball team’s junior Kelsea Daugherty, senior Hayley Holenka and sophomore Sammie Weiss scored 68 of the Bison’s 76 points combined en route to a 76-69 win at Waynesburg University on Saturday.

The win was Bethany’s first against Waynesburg since Jan. 26, 2011. Bethany's head

coach Brian Sansom said that each of athlete brings in their own set of experience.

“Those three are really good ballplayers,” said Sansom. “Two of them, Kelsea Daugherty and Haley Holenka, are very experienced in these types of games, and Sammie is coming into her own. We have a three-headed monster, and when you look at the stats those are our three leading scorers.”

Daugherty, a junior for-

ward, came into the game knowing she was going up against one of the best frontcourt players, like herself, in junior forward Addy Knetzer.

In Knetzer’s first five games against Bethany (9-8, 7-3), she averaged 20.8 points and 11 rebounds. Waynesburg (10-7, 6-4) won all five games.

Knetzer had 23 points and eight rebounds Saturday, but Daugherty was better, scoring a career-high 34 points on

12-of-19 shooting, grabbing 13 rebounds and making 10of-12 free throws while playing all 40 minutes. Daugherty said she knew she had to change her gameplan when going up against Knetzer.

“I knew [Knetzer] was a very tough post player, and I knew she was going to take away my post moves,” Daugherty said. “So I just kind of started hitting outside shots and they were falling for me.”

Yellow Jackets swatted by Bison

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

Waynesburg men’s basketball has lost seven Presidents’ Athletic Conference games in the 2016-17 season. Five of those losses have come by six points or fewer, and of those five, a few have come down to one possession.

That leaves two losses that are different.

In the PAC opener in Bethany, West Virginia, Waynesburg got down early against the Bison and couldn’t fight back, bowing to Bethany by a differential of 14 points.

Saturday, things weren’t much different, outside of Waynesburg fighting back only to be put back down, ultimately dropping their second matchup with the Bison 87-71.

It was the first team Waynesburg played in its second run through the teams in conference, and after the fact, head coach Mark Christner was happy Waynesburg wouldn’t have to play Bethany again.

“We’re in a spot now where we will play every team in the conference again except Bethany. Thankfully,” Christner said.

It was the second game in a row Waynesburg (5-12, 3-7) gave up 80 points. In the previous outing, Waynesburg surrendered 84 to the Presidents

Sansom, who is in his first year coaching the Bison, said that’s the best he’s ever seen Daugherty play. “[She was] phenomenal.

One of the better games I’ve seen from any kid in our conference,” he said.

Waynesburg head coach Sam Jones has coached against Daugherty for three years, and he was impressed with her performance Saturday.

“She was strong around

Staff Report

Bethany's senior guard Antonio Rudolph blocks Waynesburg's junior wing Jon Knab en route to a season sweep of the Jackets. of Washington & Jefferson but came out victorious by scoring 92 points.

Against Bethany (12-5, 7-3), not so much.

“We took a step back defensively last week,” Christner said. “Of the 56 shots Bethany took, by my count, 21 were uncontested, and [they] made over half of those uncontested shots. We had a tough time closing out and weren’t quick

enough on the defensive end to win against Bethany.”

Waynesburg junior wing Jon Knab said the Jackets knew Bethany would be tough to defend, and said Bethany perhaps is the toughest team to play in the conference because of its athleticism and ability to spread the floor and make plays.

“They have guys one through five that can push

by you and get to the hoop,” Knab said. “There were times that we had some lapses and didn’t guard the way we know we are capable of. Some of the other cases are just them running their offense really well.

Our defense wasn’t at its peak though.”

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After losing 3 players midseason, MBB looks to make PAC playoffs

BY KYLE DAWSON AND JACOB MEYER

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

the basket, and she made her free throws, which is part of the reason for the big total,” Jones said. “That’s definitely the best I’ve ever seen her play, and she’s a great player.

But she definitely took it to a different level for sure.”

In the first quarter, Daugherty and Weiss scored 17 of Bethany’s 18 points, as the Bison and Jackets were tied at 18 going into the second

The men’s basketball team entered the season projected to finish seventh by the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Preseason Poll.

The Jackets started conference play 2-2, but the two losses were to Bethany, projected third, and four-time reigning PAC champion St. Vincent, projected second, by one point.

It was looking as if Mark Christner’s team would perform better than most expected.

And then the Fall semester ended and 2016 turned to 2017. Now the Jackets stand at 3-7, entering their game Wednesday against Grove City, and are 2-8 in their last 10 games.

The Jackets lost senior guard Christian Koroly for the season to a gruesome knee injury against Westminster.

“We lost a voice in Christian from a leadership standpoint that helped keep the guys focused through

everything,” said Christner.

“We’ve had injuries here but that one for a lot of reasons is a difficult one. He was in a ton of pain. Essentially his knee exploded, so that’s tough. A lot of people can resonate with him not being able finish his last semester on time and kind of putting his life on pause.”

When Koroly got hurt, freshman point guard Frank Bozicevic was still recovering from a fractured bone in his non-shooting hand that kept him out for most of the first half of the season. The Jackets also lost junior wing Kendall Paige to a sprained leg for two games and change in late December.

Then, freshman wing Nick Valentic, who was dealing with a chronic illness for much of the season, decided to transfer to Duquesne University. He had missed two early conference games because of the illness. “[Nick] developed an illness that effected how he was able to play late in CHANGE >> C3

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January 26, 2017 WRESTLING PREVIEW

Wrestlers prepare to face last season's conference champions

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

Rose Huwe, Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg women's indoor track & field team, pictured here at a meet last season, placed sixth in its meet last Saturday.

Distance runners lead indoor track & field at invitational

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

On Saturday, the Waynesburg University track & field team traveled to Denison University in Granville, Ohio, for the Denison LidLifter. The Yellow Jackets finished sixth out of eleven teams, but head coach Jason Falvo said the final placing wasn’t on the team’s radar.

“We went up there to put our athletes in the best position possible that we need to do as we prepare for indoor championships,” Falvo said.

Falvo said the team executed its goals Saturday and looks to continue doing so as it prepares for the indoor conference championships Feb. 23.

“I couldn’t have been more pleased with the women’s team as a whole at the meet,” Falvo said.

“I thought we put a lot on them and the way they handled it was fantastic.”

Falvo said the team’s overall success is because of the way the team is operating from the way it handles its workouts in the weight room to how it conditions to how the athletes handle themselves in the meet.

On the track, sophomore Teghan Simonton finished in third place in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:15. Falvo said Simonton was one of the women who stood out to him at the meet. “ I t h o u g h t Te g h a n Simonton did a fantastic job,” said Falvo. “We asked her to run the 3K again, which wasn’t necessarily the original plan coming in, but she shows so much promise in that race that we put her in it and the way she responded was fantastic.”

Freshman Malerie Yoder finished behind Simonton, crossing the line as the seventh-place finisher.

Senior Katie Latimer placed second in the mile run, edging out her teammate, junior Julie Gerber, by .007 seconds. Junior Elinore Loch and senior Emily Latimer rounded out the scoring for the Yellow Jackets in the event as the two finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

E m i l y L at i m e r a l s o joined her older sister, senior Olivia Latimer, sophomore Cassidy Guiser and Loch in the women’s distance medley relay, where the team finished second with a time of 13:49.

Another Waynesburg team finished in third as Gerber joined three freshmen, Katie Thompson, WOMEN'S TRACK >> C3

The Waynesburg University wrestling team travels to Greenville, Pennsylvania, for an important Presidents’ Athletic Conference matchup against rival Thiel College Friday, Jan. 27.

Coming into the match, the Yellow Jackets (10-13, 1-1) look to build from two victories this past weekend at the Dr. Si Ostrach Duals hosted by Case Western Reserve University.

Waynesburg defeated the host Spartans (2-3) 22-22, winning based on criteria, most points scored, to start the day.

The Yellow Jackets followed up by beating John Carroll University (4-5) in another tight matchup, 21-18.

Sophomore heavyweight Jake Evans proved to be the hero in both matches, walking off both by pinning his respective opponents for six points that proved to be the difference in each match.

Evans came into the day with 15 pins, good for second in the country at Division III, and continued to add to that total.

Ju n i or 1 2 5 - p ou n d e r Tristan Buxton, senior 141-pounder Filippo Crivelli, freshman 165-pounder Dan Verhovsek and senior 185-pounder Ryan Shank all posted 2-0 performances at the event.

“I think the guys are starting to believe in themselves,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “Different guys stepped up this past weekend. We want to get everyone wrestling at the same level.”

On the year for the Yellow Jackets, Buxton, Shank and Evans have all reached over 30 wins, posting re-

cords of 33-3, 30-7 and 32-3, respectively. Filippo Crivelli isn’t far behind with a 29-11 record to his name.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, freshman Shaun Wilson (9-4) and Ve r h ov s e k ( 1 6 9) have proven to be sparks at 149 pounds and 165 pounds, respectively.

The Tomcats (310, 0-1), who are the defending PAC champions, will come into this conference showdown looking to build off a 35-10 victory over Mercyhurst North East College after going 1-1 at the Mel Berry Duals, hosted

by Thiel, this past weekend.

In their lone victory, the Tomcats won seven of nine contested bouts, including three pins, two technical falls and a major decision.

During last year’s faceoff between the two PAC rivals, Thiel emerged victorious, defeating Waynesburg 2416. Then-sophomore Buxton started off the match

“I think the guys are starting to believe in themselves. Different guys stepped up this past weekend. We want to get everyone wrestling at the same level.”

RON HEADLEE

Head coach

with a victory by decision over Vince Vahaly of Thiel, and things were tied up after a pin by Thiel at 133 pounds, followed by a victory from Crivelli to bring the score to 6-6.

The Tomcats proceeded to win the next four matches to expand their lead to 19-6, which proved to be too much to overcome with three weight classes left.

Shank then won by major decision at 184 pounds to put the Yellow Jackets within nine, but then-senior Marco Crivelli of Thiel, Filippo Crivelli’s older brother, sealed the victory with a technical fall at 197 pounds.

Evans pinned then-senior Tyler Hendzel of Thiel to bring the final to 24-16.

Way n e s bu rg re tu r ns most of the starting roster from last year, with a few wrestlers also changing weight classes, including junior Landon Lohr who has wrestled at 157 and 165 pounds this year and junior Derek Hull who has been at 174 pounds for most of the year. Waynesburg’s notable editions include Wilson at 149 pounds, Verhovsek at 165 pounds and freshman Adam Rigney at 197 pounds.

For Thiel, they had a relatively significant turnover from its PAC Championship roster, losing seven seniors including Marco Crivelli, Hendzel and Jordan Smith, who THIEL >> C4

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP Men’s Basketball STANDINGS

Saint Vincent Bethany Thomas More Westminster Thiel Geneva Chatham Grove City Waynesburg Wash & Jeff

Conf. Overall 9-1 13-4 7-3 12-5 7-3 11-6 6-4 10-7 5-5 9-6 5-5 8-9 4-6 8-9 3-7 7-10 3-7 5-12 1-9 1-16

Saturday’s Box Score

BETHANY 87, WAYNESBURG 71 Bethany 41 46 87 Waynesburg 34 37 71

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Thomas More Saint Vincent Wash & Jeff Bethany Waynesburg Grove City Chatham Westminster Geneva Thiel

Conf. Overall 10-0 17-0 7-3 10-7 7-3 10-7 7-3 9-8 6-4 10-7 5-5 9-8 4-6 9-7 2-8 7-10 1-9 4-13 1-9 4-13

Saturday’s Box Score

BETHANY 76, WAYNESBURG 69 Bethany 18 14 23 21 76 Waynesburg 18 16 20 15 69

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Jon Knab..........................................19 2. Marcus Wallace................................18 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Cory Huff..................................................23 2. Andrew Beckman....................................15 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Antonio Rudolph......................................22 2. Chaice Truex.............................................17 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Ethan Moose............................................22 2. Jimmy Leichliter.......................................18 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Simon Clifford..........................................14 2. Damion King............................................11 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Tyreik Burton............................................21 2. Josh Lumbus............................................20 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Logan Hunter...........................................12 2. Anthony Bomar.......................................11 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Jarret Vrabel.............................................18 2. Deontay Scott...........................................17 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Brian Lindquist.........................................23 2. Mike Zappala............................................17 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Coy Patterson...........................................18 2. Matt D’Amico...........................................12

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Addy Knetzer....................................23 2. Katie Gehlman.................................14 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Lexi Arkwright..........................................12 2. McKenzie Black........................................9 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Kelsea Daugherty.....................................34 2. Samme Weiss...........................................23 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford.................................................27 2. Jodie Carlson............................................16 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Nikki Kiernan............................................15 2. Abby Owings............................................14 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Brijae Journee..........................................11 2. Jess Vormelker..........................................6 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Megab Sieg..............................................16 2. Ashley McClain.........................................11 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknecht....................................14 2. Rachel Durbin..........................................11 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Taylor Cortazzo.........................................26 2. Amirah Moore..........................................14 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Susie Ellis..................................................15 2. Jasmine Weems.......................................13

RECENT RESULTS

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, January 21 Wash & Jeff 73, Geneva 66; Thiel 85, Westminster 79; Saint Vincent 68, Chatham 58; Grove City 63, Thomas More 61; Bethany 87, Waynesburg 61

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, January 28 Chatham at Thomas More - 3 p.m.; Thiel at Waynesburg - 3:30 p.m.; Grove City at Wash & Jeff - 4 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Geneva - 6 p.m.; Bethany at Westmisnter - 7:30 p.m.

Carmichaels

Saturday, January 21 Wash & Jeff 86, Geneva 66; Westminster 55, Thiel 38; Saint Vincent 68, Chatham 58; Thomas More 86, Grove City 43; Bethany 78, Waynesburg 69

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, January 28 Chatham at Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Grove City at Wash & Jeff - 2 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Geneva - 4 p.m.; Bethany at Westminster

Swimming and Diving MEN RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, January 21 Westminster 120, Saint Vincent 96; Wash & Jeff 79, Hiram 67; Penn State Altoona 126, Bethany 42; Frostburg State 132, Bethany 38

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday, January 26 Westminster at Grove City - 6 p.m.

Saturday, January 28 Cabrini at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Penn State Behrend at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Wheeling Jesuit at Wash & Jeff 1 p.m.; Westminster at Mount Union - 1 p.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, January 21 Westminster 163, Saint Vincent 128; Wash & Jeff 74, Franciscan 62; Wash & Jeff 78, Hiram 45; Penn State Altoona 112, Bethany 43; Frostburg State 133, Bethany 31

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday, January 26 Westminster at Grove City - 6 p.m.

Satuday, January 28 Cabrini at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Franciscan at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Westminster at Mount Union - 1 p.m.; Chatham at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Penn State Behrend at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Wheeling Jesuit at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.

PAC M. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Scoring: Clifford, 267, TMC; Jon Knab, 254, WAY; Burton, 253, THI Rebounding: Scott, 160, WES; Cetoute, 124, THI; Vrabel, 119, WES Assists: Bomar, 87, CHA; Vaudrin, 81, GEN; King, 75, TMC Free Throw %: Stone, .878, TMC; D’Amico, .833, SVC; Burton, .833, THI

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INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

WRESTLING Wash & Jeff Waynesburg Thomas More Thiel

2-1 1-1 1-1 0-1

5-4 10-13 2-6 3-10

MATCH RESULTS

WAYNESBURG vs. CASE WESTERN RESERVE 125 lb: Tristan Buxton major decision over Matt Moy (12-3) 133 lb: Alec Hoover wins by forfeit 141 1b: Filippo Crivelli major decision over Andrew Hoover (12-2) 149 lb: 1. Michael Peterson technical fall over Shaun Wilson (16-0) 157 lb: Andrew Munn technical fall over Zach Mackall (25-10) 165 lb: Dan Verhovsek over Connor Gordon (13-7) 174 lb: Nick Thomas over Derek Hall (5-4) 184 lb: Ryan Shank technical fall over Cito Balsells (20-3) 197 lb: Gavin Dersh-Fisher over Adam Rigney (4-0) 285 lb: Jake Evans pinned Brian McNamara (1:13)

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, January 21 Heidleberg 54, Thomas More 0; Manchester 45, Thomas More 12; Waynesburg 22, Case Western 22; Wash & Jeff 32, Muskingum 18; Otterbein 39, Thomas More 15; Waynesburg 21, John Carroll 18; Wabash 56, Thomas More 0; John Carroll 33, Wash & Jeff 19; Wash & Jeff 26, Case Western Reserve 21

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday, January 26 Penn State Fayette at Wash & Jeff - 8 p.m.

Friday, January 27 Thomas More at Pete Willson Invitational - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Thiel - 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 28: Thomas More at Pete Willson Invitaitonal - 11 a.m.; Wash & Jeff at Wilkes Duals - 11 a.m.

PAC W. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Scoring: Vormelker, 134, THI; Daugherty, 128, BET; Holenka, 126, BET Rebounding: Addy Knetzer, 76, WAY; Vormelker, 62, THI; Daugherty, 61, BET

Thiel at Waynesburg 1:30 p.m.

Assists: Moore, 27, W&J; Benvenuti, 27, SVC; Stewart, 25, GRO

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Free Throw %: McClain, 1.000, CHA; Sieg, .960, CHA; Temple, .923

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Mitch Kendra, Men's Indoor Track & Field Addy Knetzer, Women's Basketball

MEN DENISON LID_LIFTER

60 Meter: 1. Jae’Len Means, 6.97, California; 11.

Mark Minjock, 7.13, Waynesburg 200 Meter: 1. Joe Vedilago, 22.00, California; 11.

Mark Minjock, 22.68, Waynesburg 400 Meter: 1. Joe Vedilago, 50.45, California; 22.

Matthew Shinkle, 55.31 800 Meter: 1. Harley Moyer, 1:58.00, W&J; 14.

Justin Simmons, 2:12.56, Waynesburg 1 Mile Run: 1. Niall Clancey, 4:35.36, Denison; 18.

Cody Nail, 4:51.99, Waynesburg 3,000 Meter: 1. Brennan Crawford, 9:13.40, Mount Vernon; 16. Joel Kuzminski, 10:01.62, Waynesburg 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Daniel Plaugher, 8.31, West Virginia; 20. Matthew Shinkle, 9.35, Waynesburg High Jump: 1. Aaron Morgan, 1.98 m, California Pole Vault: 1. Mitchell Kendra, 4.32 m, Waynesburg Long Jump: 1. Tavaris Anderson, 6.64 m, West Virginia; 5. Michael Trax, 6.21 m, West Virginia Triple Jump: 1. David Carter, 13.46 m, Denison; 7.

James Steele, 11.96 m, Waynesburg Shot Put: 1. Dylan Rippeto, 14.18 m, West Virginia; 7.

Brandon Vantine, 12.62 m, Waynesburg Weight Throw: 1. D’Anthony Dorsey, 15.38 m, Wittenberg; 4. Brandon Vantine, 13.03 m, Waynesburg

WOMEN

DENISON LID LIFTER 60 Meter: Alicia Collier, 7.92, Califonia; 12. Marla Holland, 8.46, Waynesburg 200 Meter: 1. Ajai Brooks, 26.19, Denison; 16. Marla Holland, 28.80, Waynesburg 400 Meter: 1. Christina Cook, 1:00.52, Thomas More; 9. Cassidy Guiser, 1:04.80, Waynesburg 800 Meter: 1. Summer Hill, 2:21.60, California; 7.

Mary Beth-Cunningham, 2:37.41, Waynesburg 1 Mile Run: 1. Summer Hill, 5:14, California; 2.

Katherine Latimer, 5:23.46, Waynesburg 3,000 Meter: 1. Anna Fash, 11:08.80, Denison; 3.

Teghan Simonton, 11:15.96, Waynesburg 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Jordin Fender, 9.36, Transylvania; 13. Allyson Clements, 10.86, Thomas More High Jump: 1. Hannah Hall, 1.62 m, Denison; 6.

Rachel Whitehill, 1.42 m, Thomas More Pole Vault: 1. Gabrielle Draginoff, 3.20 m, Wittenberg Long Jump: Lauren Cvechko, 5.19 m, West Virginia; 9. Caitlin Brooks, 4.35 m, Waynesburg Triple Jump: 1. Kailah Holmes, 11.11 m, California; 4.

Megan Barton, 9.83 m, Thomas More Shot Put: 1. Arlesha Cospy, 12.02 m, Denison; 10.

Jordan Simpson, 9.28 m, Waynesburg Weight Throw: 1. Arlesha Cospy, 14.60 m, Denison; 10. Ashley Hall, 9.60 m, Waynesburg

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CARMICHAELS 51, AVELLA 38 CAR: 5 16 16 14 51 AVE: 8 6 11 13 38 BETH-CENTER 40, CARMICHAELS 27 BC: 11 8 8 13 40 CAR: 6 10 5 6 27

CHARTIERS HOUSTON 84, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 53 CH: 23 20 23 18 84 JM: 5 13 18 17 53 WEST GREENE 61, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 18 WG: 18 29 10 4 61 JM: 4 5 7 2 18

GEIBEL 76, MAPLETOWN 52 MAP: 13 11 12 16 52 GEI: 18 16 27 15 76 MAPLETOWN 37, GEIBEL 34 GEI: 8 11 10 5 34 MAP: 8 12 9 8 37

ELIZABETH FORWARD 63, WAYNESBURG 40 WAY: 8 11 8 12 40 EF: 11 16 16 22 63 SOUTH SIDE BEAVER 77,WAYNESBURG 22 SSB: 31 16 22 8 77 WAY: 3 6 7 6 22

WEST GREENE 78, FRAZIER 51 FRA: 12 12 11 16 51 WG: 13 16 26 23 78 WEST GREENE 61, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 18 WG: 18 29 10 4 61 JM: 4 5 7 2 18

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CO M M E N TA R Y

Interesting players, important games should draw more fans to women's games game against Grove City, the Jackets are ranked fifth in the conference, but they are only one game behind the threeway tie for second place.

The rest of the games that the women’s team plays for the next few weeks are extremely important in them having a chance to make it to the PAC Championship game.

JACOB MEYER Columnist

Last Saturday featured two Waynesburg University basketball games.

The first was a very intriguing matchup between two of the five best teams in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. It was one team’s big three trying to take down the home team – a team they haven’t beaten since 2011. The home team holds a star player and boasts team capable of making it to the PAC final.

The other game wasn’t quite the same.

The road team is extremely athletic and is one of the top teams in the PAC, but the home team is having a bad season and may not even make the playoffs. The game didn’t have big implications – not nearly as big as the first one.

But, the fans all came out for the second, less interesting and less important game to only watch a worse team.

Why didn’t the student section go to the first game?

Because that was the women’s game.

Listen, I get it. More people

Katie Gehlmann

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

Though the student section fills for most men's basketball games, the bleachers are typically empty when the women play. want to watch men’s basketball.

It’s faster. It’s more like the game we watch and love on television.

They can dunk, even though they almost never actually do.

Student sections like saying things, at times, that may not be as acceptable at a women’s game.

I love the men’s basketball

team at Waynesburg, and I’ve seen some great moments: BJ Durham’s game-winning floater against St. Vincent; head coach Mark Christner screaming on the sideline; the 2014-15 PAC Championship game.

I’m not saying to not go to the men’s games.

I’m just saying go to the women’s games too, and here’s why.

Important games We knew coming into the season that Thomas More College women’s basketball would win the PAC title. So, the goal for any other team in the PAC is always to make it to the PAC Championship.

This current Waynesburg team has a chance to do just that.

Going into Wednesday’s

The senior shooting guard does just that. She shoots, a lot. And it’s extremely fun to watch.

She is ranked ninth in the PAC in 3-point field goal percentage, but she’s attempted more threes than almost anyone in the entire conference.

You know going into a game that KG is going to sink some threes. If she’s open from 30 feet, she’ll take it, and no one watching is ever surprised when she makes it.

Other than Nate Gearhart on the men’s basketball team, I would take Gehlmann in a 3-point shooting contest over literally anyone at the school.

She’s that good of a shooter.

Addy Knetzer And how could I not men-

tion Addy Knetzer? Knetzer is approaching her 1,000th point, and she’s only a junior.

She’s averaging a doubledouble on the season. She’s third in the conference in scoring. She’s first in the conference in rebounding by 2.4 rebounds a game and she's fifth in total field goal percentage.

Knetzer may be the best player in the PAC that doesn’t go to Thomas More College, and she plays in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse nearly every week.

But, for whatever reason, when she and the women’s basketball team plays, the student section isn’t there. *** Most Waynesburg teams don’t have a lot of fan support.

The only ones that really do at all are the football and the basketball teams.

So I’m not asking you to go to just “show support,” because there are a lot of Waynesburg teams that go without fan support.

I’m asking you to go because they’re fun to watch, they can ball and they have a chance to get a Waynesburg team back to the PAC Championship.

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the fall,” said Christner. “So he’s just a student now and hopefully he gets through and adjusts well. It’s something he’s going to have to deal with the rest of his life.”

Lastly, freshman guard Jo Jo West was not allowed to compete with the team after the fall semester ended.

“I’ve said this before; we are a good comeback team and you know what, we need to come back a bit,” said Christner. “Our league is balanced and that helps.

We are really trying to focus on some of the more individual growth. We’ve gone from being young to in some respects younger, and that’s not exactly normal.”

With the turnover of the roster has come increased roles for several young players on the team who weren’t expected to have a big impact at the beginning of the season or even by the end of 2016.

First and foremost has come an uptick in minutes for the starting five, now consisting of three wings, sophomore Brennan Smith, and juniors Jon Knab and Kendall Paige, as well as senior point guard Timmy Kaiser and junior forward Marcus Wallace. In conference play, Kaiser has played nearly 33 minutes on average. Each starter, including Kaiser, is up about a minute or two since the turnover of the roster.

Bench players have also seen an increased role.

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

Christian Koroly, pictured here in a game last season, is out for the season after undergoing season-ending knee surgery.

Freshman guard Sam Heeter went from playing in blowouts and in a few defensive situations with his athleticism, to now playing eight minutes plus per game.

He has started to find his way more into the offense beyond the arc as well as facilitating some things on both ends of the floor.

Heeter was in the closing five in a recent loss against

“Those threes Sam hit were huge for us at the time,” said Knab. “If he and the other young guys can score, it’s going to help us out a lot.”

“We said right away and we know [Sam] is having a blast,” said Christner. “He’s athletic enough and learning on the fly. As long as his feet are set, go for it. He can make shots from the perim-

“We need to find a way to get into the postseason. It's important for our young guys and for the program."

MARK CHRISTNER

Head coach

Geneva, and his two three’s that gave Waynesburg a lead during the second half against Geneva were pivotal, momentum-shifting shots.

eter, and he’s not afraid to take them.”

Carper is now playing more than 11 minutes per game and has brought energy to the floor. The adage “student of the game” is one that fits Carper, Christner said. He has been around basketball his entire life.

His father, Tad, works in the front office for the Cleveland Cavaliers. So bringing that mindset and energy is something Christner wants to see from the sophomore.

“[Clay] needs to be a positive energy guy for us and he needs to learn how to use his length and quickness to his benefit and he’s doing that,” said Christner. “[Clay’s] a guy that can do some good things for us and he’s coachable and willing to learn.”

After injuring his hand in the fourth game of the season, a two-year starter in the highest classification of high school basketball, Bozicevic is back and seeing significant time as the second point guard. Bozicevic can shoot from beyond the arc and also led the team in assists against W&J with five in his return from injury.

“I love [Frankie’s] game.

He’s going to be a guy that is unconventional a bit but he can play,” said Christner.

“In some respects for him its mid-December. He’s played guys who are really good in high school. He can play and he will continue to grow.”

Sophomore wing Nate Gearhart has also seen a slight uptick in his minutes, and scored a career high 18 in the win at Washington & Jefferson. Other players who have seen roles increase to a lesser degree than the others are sophomore wing Glen Hoffman and freshman forward Shane Johnson.

Christner said he wants to see his team continue to grow and fight through the changes and adversity it has faced thus far in 2017.

“We always talk about getting to be the best we can be,” said Christner. “It’s a big month for our sophomores and to see consistent growth from them is important.

Once we get into the offseason, we want our guys to feel good about where they’re going and where we, as a group, are going. We need to find a way to get into the postseason. It’s important for our young guys and for our program.”

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victories were sealed by 285-pounder Jake Evans, who has 15 pins on the year and is second in the country in that category.

“Ja ke Evans comes through every time for us,” said Headlee. “For him being one of the top guys in the country for falls, it is real key for us. We’re happy with his performance.”

Last semester, Headlee said the team was not where he wanted them to be just yet. Now, the tide is starting to turn.

“Last week, we had some guys that performed really well, and this week, we had

some different guys that performed really well,” said Headlee. “At least some different guys stepped up and came through when we needed them.”

Not only is the team starting to find ways to win, but they are showing solidarity in supporting each other.

“We are starting to get behind everyone, and win or lose, we are starting to support our teammates,” said Crivelli. “I think we are heading in the right direction.”

The team’s next match is set for Friday, Jan. 27, when the they head to the mats against Thiel College on the road.

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care less what the score of the meet is at the Lid-Lifter on January whatever it was.”

Instead, Falvo said the championships is what his primary focus lays upon.

“Our focus is what are we going to do at Youngstown, [Ohio], for the indoor championships and what are we going to do at Geneva for the outdoor championships,” said Falvo.

Though typically a squad

leader, junior sprinter Mark Minjock, was battling the flu and had a slow day. “[Minjock] is arguably our best sprinter, one of the top guys in the conference, he got sick, so that threw him off,” said Falvo. “I don’t think he had a bad day, but he was sick so that threw him a little bit of a workman day.”

The next meet for the Waynesburg men’s indoor track & field team will be the Jim Wuske Invitational in Alliance, Ohio, Feb. 4.

Women's Track: Team prepares for indoor PACs

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Mary Beth Cunningham and Katie Jones, to finish at 13:53. However, since Waynesburg had several teams entered in the event, only the top scoring relay team earned points for the overall team score.

Freshman Jordan Simpson was the top finisher for the Yellow Jackets in the shot put, finishing tenth.

She also finished 11th in the weight throw.

Sophomore Ashley Hall came in two spots behind Simpson in the shot put, finishing in 12th overall.

However, in the weight throw, Hall edged out Simpson by one spot, as Hall finished 10th and Simpson finished 11th.

Both Simpson and Hall threw their season personal records in the shot put in the meet. Hall also threw her personal best this season in the weight throw.

The team doesn’t compete this weekend, which Falvo said allows the team to increase the intensity throughout the week leading up to a rest and recovery day Saturday.

The team will head to West Virginia University Sunday for an afternoon practice and that will start their week of preparation for the next meet at the University of Mount Union.

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 4, when they will compete in the Jim Wuske Invitational at 10 a.m. in Alliance, Ohio.

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BASKETBALL PREVIEWS

Women look to keep up in race With playoff berth in question for first-round tournament bye men hope to take down Tomcats

By ANDY STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's women’s basketball team continues its second circuit around the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with a home tilt against Thiel College Saturday.

Waynesburg defeated the Tomcats for the 10th consecutive time earlier this season in Greeneville, Pennsylvania, 83-55. The Jackets outscored Thiel 25-5 in the first quarter and led by at least 16 points for the final 30 minutes.

“I think we did it with really good defense and they really struggled to get some good shots up, and then we rebounded the ball well so there weren’t a lot of second chances,” said Waynesburg head coach Sam Jones. “Offensively, we hit a lot of our shots, we had a lot of energy.

Typically, when we have a lot of energy, we hit more shots.”

Waynesburg connected on 10 3-pointers while the Tomcats were limited to 3-25 from beyond the arc. The Jackets dominated the glass, outrebounding Thiel 53-36 along with attempting 14 more shots on the evening.

Junior for ward Addy Knetzer led the Jackets with 23 points and 13 rebounds.

Knetzer enters the week leading the PAC with 11 doubledoubles on the season and ranks second in 20-point performances with seven through the first 17 games.

Joining Knetzer in doublefigures against the Tomcats in December were senior forward Haley Delaney and junior guard Mackenna Drazich. Delaney connected on three first quarter threes on her way to 14 points, and Drazich added 10 points and nine rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench.

Waynesburg also limited Thiel’s leading scorer, sophomore guard Jess Vormelker, to 10 points on 4-15 shooting.

“She’s going to get her points, you’ve just got to make her take twice as many shots as she usually does to get them,” said Jones.

In conference play, Waynesburg is second in the PAC with a plus-nine average rebounding margin. Knetzer leads the PAC in rebounding with over 12 boards per game, while Delaney enters the week pulling in seven rebounds per game, giving the Jackets one of the most formidable frontcourts in the conference.

Despite the rebounding success, Waynesburg ranks sixth in field-goal percentage

and ninth in both freethrow percentage and three-point percentage.

Fortunately for Waynesburg, Thiel enters the week shooting 32 percent from the field, the worst mark in the conference by four percentage points. The Tomcats are the only team to shoot worse from three than the Jackets, hitting on just 22 percent of their attempts.

After opening its PAC slate with a win against Westminster, Thiel hasn't won a conference game and is the only team in the PAC averaging fewer than 60 points per game. The Tomcats are outrebounded by an average of nine boards per game and also hold the worst turnover margin in conference play at minus 5.5.

Vormelker is the top threat on the Tomcat roster and checks in as the leader in minutes in conference play through the first 10 games of the season. In addition to averaging 16 points per game, Vormelker is second in the PAC in blocks while leading the league in defensive rebounds.

Waynesburg senior guard Katie Gehlmann leads the PAC in free-throw percentage and is among the PAC's top five in 3-pointers made.

Waynesburg’s women look to keep pace with other tophalf PAC teams – Washington & Jefferson, St. Vincent and Bethany with a win over Thiel Saturday with tip-off at 1:30 p.m. in Waynesburg.

By HUGH O’NEIL

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s basketball team struggled after its 82-70 win at Thiel Dec.7. After losing seven of eight and six in a row, the Jackets bounced back with a win against the Presidents (116, 1-9) of Washington & Jefferson. However, they could not start a winning streak, losing to Bethany 87-71 last Saturday.

The Jackets won three of four going into Christmas break, but had a team reset off out of break.

“Coming out of break it was almost like a reset which we’ve never really had, and it was a reset roster wise too, because we lost two freshmen who had played over break and soon after and Christian [Koroly] got hurt,” said head coach Mark Christner.

Christner had a message for his team after the tough losses. “‘What else can you give?

You’re a play away, you’re a basket away and you’re a stop away. So you’re close,” said Christner. “They just have to try to figure that out.

[The game against W&J] was a step in the right direction there, and hopefully we can continue and obviously win some more games.”

After losing three key players, Christner thinks the entire team is going to need to step up and fill their shoes.

“It’s not often you get to your fifth and sixth guys, and they’ve done a good job,” said

Christner. “They’re learning as the game is going on through film and as they play.”

The Yellow Jackets (5-12, 3-7) finish up the season series against the Thiel Tomcats on Saturday, Jan. 28. In the last matchup, Waynesburg outlasted the Tomcats in an 82-70 victory. There were many keys to victory for the Jackets, including four players with five or more rebounds, coupled with junior wing Jon Knab scoring 20 points and sophomore wing Brennan Smith scoring 14 points himself.

In addition, Christner compliments a certain aspect as the main reason the Jackets were able to pull away with the victory.

“The biggest thing is we got off to a really good start, and that hasn’t been the MO of this group over the course of the year, but that game we did get off to a good start,” he said.

“Thiel is a group that you have to make them play really hard.

It sounds funny, but if you can do that, typically it means that you’re playing from ahead which is a good thing.”

Being an undersized team, the Jackets have to work extra hard to get rebounds. This will be a tough task going into the game because they have to defend junior forward Clandell Cetoute, who is second in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in rebounds per game and leads the conference in blocks.

“The first time we played them, we were able to get him in a little bit of foul trouble, which helps. Brennan had a really nice game the first time we played them, and Clandell had to guard him on the perimeter,” said Christner. “We have to do a really good job in our rotations and keeping guys where we want and make them take tough two’s. If we can do that, we have a fighting chance.”

Junior guard Tyreik Burton, the leading scorer in the PAC with 19.3 points per game, was held to only 11 points in the game on Dec. 7.

“Our [team defense] was really good. Timmy [Kaiser] did a good job. He guarded Burton for most of the game individually, but yet we were in tune with where he was on the floor,” said Christner. “The goal is always to make guys who are the leading scorer or their teams uncomfortable; trying to make them do some things they don’t want to do.

Hopefully we can contain him.

On our end, we think we can.”

Tipoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 28.

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Bethany led for most of the second quarter, as Holenka, a senior guard, scored eight points in the period. Waynesburg took the lead late in the quarter, entering halftime with a 34-32 lead.

Daugherty and Weiss returned to form in the third quarter, scoring 17 points between them and retaking the lead, 55-54.

The Bison started the fourth quarter on a 16-7 run, giving them the 76-69 win and moving them to second place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

“Before the season our goal was to finish second in the conference, and the fact that we were picked seventh kind of set us off and made us want to prove everybody wrong,” Daugherty said. “So it’s a very huge win and shows how good we can be and how far we can go in the conference.”

Both teams shot 38 percent from the field, but Bethany to ok 37 free throws to Waynesburg’s five, scoring 23 more points from the charity stripe than the Jackets.

Outside of Knetzer’s 23 points, Waynesburg was led by senior guard Katie Gehlmann’s 14 points and sopho-

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Photo courtesy of Martin Santek

Bethany's Kelsea Daugherty and Waynesburg's Addy Knetzer, shown here battling for positioning in a game last season, both scored 20-plus points against each other Saturday. Daugherty scored a career-high 34 points to Knetzer's 23. more point guard Monica Starre’s nine assists.

Jones said when teams start doubleand triplete aming Knetzer down l o w, o t h e r players have to step up.

“The other people have to make shots, and no one shot the ball par tic ularly well today,” Jones said. “That’s really what it boils down to today.”

Holenka scored 11 points on the day and grabbed eight

rebounds while Weiss had 23 points, six rebounds and three assists.

Weiss, a McGuffey high school alumna, transferred from California University of Pennsylvania a month ago, and the Bison are 5-1 since she joined the squad. The sophomore guard is already scoring in double figures and starting for the Bison.

“She’s very important,” Daugherty said. “She picks us up when we’re down. She’s hits a lot of big shots and and1’s and she gets the momentum going.”

Jones has coached against a Bethany squad that has only had two double-digit scorers for the past few years, but

Saturday’s game was different because of the addition of Weiss.

Jones said finding a way to adjust their defense was difficulty for the team.

“Obviously every time that you add someone who can score like Sammie Weiss it’s difficult,” Jones said. “She’s a great player, but every time you have to defend two instead of three it makes things more difficult.”

After the Yellow Jackets faced Grove City at home on Wednesday, which is past this week's deadline for publication, they will continue their homestand with a game against Thiel on Saturday, Jan. 28.

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were all starters for their respective weight classes of 184, 285 and 141 pounds.

However, the Tomcats do return 157-pounder Brett Beltz, who last year went 17-2, and was named most outstanding wrestler at the 2016 PAC Championships, the National Wrestling Coaches Association Mid-

east Regional Most occasions.

Outstanding WresHeadlee feels tler and qualified optimistic headfor the NCAA Diing into the vision III National match, noting Championships. that some injuAdditionally, freshries have hamman 197-pounder pered Thiel.

Gage Gladysz has “ T h e y h av e b e en hav ing an had a lot of inEvans impressive rookie juries,” he said. campaign, having already “They had nice lineup at been named PAC Rookie of the beginning of the year, the Week on two separate but they’ve been depleted

with injuries, lost guys, and that kind of evens the field.”

Headlee said the key for his team against Thiel is consistency.

“We’ve been hot and cold, it’s been tough to get all the guys on the same page,” he said.

“We usually start and finish good, so it’s a matter of getting everyone in the middle all together. They will be a good challenge.”

digits before 10 minutes of the game had been played, leading 21-11 with 11:46 to play in the first half. The Jackets trailed by as few as five in the first half after that, but as much as 11.

Bethany took a 41-34 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Bethany freshman forward Chaice Truex scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half on 5-of-7 field goals. Truex took just one shot from the field in the second half. “[Truex] is probably one of the best freshman in the conference,” Christner said. “He is comfortable on the perimeter and comfortable on the block. He does a lot of things well, and he was big for them Saturday.”

Bethany shot 55 percent from the field as a team in the first half behind Truex and a handful of other players.

Waynesburg had two players in double figures at the break, with Knab scoring 11 and junior forward Marcus Wallace chipping in with 10.

Eight other players for the Jackets logged minutes in the first half and combined for 13 points.

“We’ve been stepping up on the [offensive] end,” Knab said.

“A lot of the issue was finding our roles and we’re starting to find those.”

In the game, senior point guard Timmy Kaiser scored 10 points, while sophomore wing Nate Gearhart went 1-6 from the field and 1-5 from 3-point land, scoring just three points after posting a career high 18 at W&J. Freshman wing Sam Heeter and sophomore wing Clay Carper didn’t score on a combined 0-4 from the field.

Knab said the younger guys are adjusting to their roles.

“The younger guys are here for a reason and they are very capable of competing well at this level,” Knab said. “Coach tells us all the time that what we bring is enough. If the younger guys can score well and hit some shots and bring energy, we’re in a good spot. It helps our confidence and we are able to do things well.”

Bethany was led by four double-digit scorers and a team 54 percent clip from the

field. Senior guard Antonio Rudolph scored a game-high 22 points, with Truex trailing with 17 points, while junior guard Calique Jones tallied 12 and senior forward Javonte Trujillo scored 11.

Christner said moving forward his team has to focus on getting back to its roots defensively.

“We need to get back to defending together as a unit,” Christner said. “Basketball is fun because the season is so long that you sometimes have stretches where you defend well and don’t play offense that well, and vice versa."

Knab said that despite the 3-7 PAC record, he believes the team can compete with anyone.

“It’s frustrating when you have a team come into your house and do what [Bethany] did yesterday,” Knab said. “But we’ve been right there and can compete with everyone."

Waynesburg was scheduled to play Grove City Wednesday night at home, past deadline for this week’s publication. The contest pit two 3-7 teams in PAC action, fighting for the eight spot in the standings, which is the cutoff for the PAC Tournament in mid-February.

While Waynesburg is taking it one game at a time, Christner, Knab and the players are aware of the need to win as many as possible going forward.

“We’re fully aware of where we are in the standings and know we need to win as many games as possible,” Knab said.

“That said, we’re still taking it one game at a time and focusing on each game as we go.”

Waynesburg is set to host Thiel Saturday, Jan. 28, with tipoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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While others fret, some seniors have already found work

Doors open to new members

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of Christian Wilson

The sounds of bagpipes could be heard across the campus of Waynesburg as Andrew Heisey, left, and Brad Wilson perform outside Roberts Chapel representing the James D. Randolph Kiltie Band.

Bagpipers, drummers sought to join band steeped in WU history

By TYLER WOLFE

Chief Photographer

Many generations of students have heard the sounds of bagpipes as they’ve walked across the Waynesburg University campus, normally on Monday evenings when the James D. Randolph Kiltie Band holds their weekly practices in the Marsh Center.

Bagpipes have been a part of the Waynesburg University atmosphere off and on for many decades, predominantly while the late James D. (Fuzzy) Randolph was a professor of music at the university and directed a kiltie band from the 1950’s though the 1970’s.

In the past decade, Waynesburg has seen a resurgence of bagpipes with the creation of the James D. Randolph Kiltie Band.

“Anyone can come and join – community members, students and alumni,” said Jeremy Olisar, director of the Kiltie Band, lecturer of music and

woodwind instructor. “We are looking for people to play the bagpipes or the drums.”

Olisar started playing in 2002 while attaining his undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where his instructor was Alasdair Gillies.

In 2009, when a few of Olisar’s students found out that he could play the bagpipes, Olisar started some informal classes, which led to the creation of the Waynesburg University Pipe and Drum band. In 2013 there was enough interest to start a small ensemble class for credit with about 10 students. The class lasted for only two years, partly due to the interested students graduating, and led to what it is now today, an extracurricular activity, similar to the pep band.

“In 2015 we received several large donations, one of which stipulated we change the name to the James D Randolph Kiltie Band, which we were perfectly fine with doing,” said Brad Wilson, 2013 graduate of Waynesburg

University and current band member.

Wilson spent most of his musical career playing the trumpet and noted how difficult the bagpipes can be, however they are more enjoyable to play, especially when playing alone.

“As someone who has played a wind instrument, I find it extremely challenging,” said Wilson. “But if you’re up for the challenge it’s definitely worth it.”

Andrew Heisey, assistant professor of art, started playing just to check it out and is now one of the core members of the band.

“My wife has Scottish history and I had never played before, and I saw them playing the first semester they started and wanted to try it out,” said Heisey.

“I never thought I’d get to where I am today; it really shows how you can learn to play even after you haven’t played in band or anything for a while.”

After college students graduate, they often begin the process of finding a job in their field, but for some students on Waynesburg’s campus, their future careers await as soon as they grasp their diploma.

Senior nursing majors Katie and Emily Latimer, twin sisters, were hired by Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Both Latimers had previous experience working in the hospital, which helped them to land their post-graduation jobs.

“I had clinicals there the last two years,” said Katie.

"I really liked the facility, I

liked it was a teaching hospital, so I thought it would be good for my first job.”

The high standards of Waynesburg University nursing program really set the standard and helped both Latimers land a job.

Emily credits a lot of that to the faculty and staff of the nursing program.

“Definitely the faculty and staff are the number one thing that helped prepare us,” said Emily. “They are great at what they do, they are all relating what we do in class to the clinical experience.”

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Photo courtesy of Christian Wilson

Emily, left, and Katie Latimer are among the seniors who have already found employment for after they graduate from WU this April.

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Athletes spend Student business seeks to motivate peers winter break on campus practicing

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

Three Waynesburg sports teams had to stay on campus during winter break due to games and matches scheduled over the holidays. The men’s and women’s basketball teams, in addition to the wrestling team, had events during the break.

The basketball teams were on campus from Dec. 26 until the start of the spring semester on Jan. 9, while the wrestling team was here a few days before Christmas and right after New Year’s.

Although the campus was empty, the athletes found ways to keep busy without the bustle of a full campus.

Some of the women’s basketball team had team bonding activities to ease the quietness of the empty campus.

“This year some of the team went ice skating at the outdoor rink next to PPG. We ate dinner at Bob Evans several times as a team,” said junior accounting major and basketball player, Addy Knetzer. “One of our seniors had us over for a spaghetti dinner, and we had a ‘white elephant’ party, where we exchanged gifts around Christmas time.”

Some athletes lived relatively close to campus, so going home while on break was a feasible task.

Junior wrestler and criminal justice major Tristan Buxton is only 25 miles from home. Buxton went home almost every night during the break, so being on campus the extra days didn’t affect his family much.

S ophomore pre-med major and basketball player Anna Bartman has gotten used to the winter break games. She worked with her family to make sure she didn’t miss any holiday events due to the basketball schedule.

“I have always had basketball over Christmas break and been away so it didn’t feel any different to my family, said Bartman.

“They definitely missed me being home, but they always worked around my schedule so I did not miss anything.”

The turnout to the sporting events was not affected by the absence of students.

Women’s basketball played a majority of their games on the road, but that did not stop parents and fans from attending the ones that were at home.

“The turnout was similar to what it usually is, because most of our fans consist of our parents,” said Kassidy O’Keefe, a senior exercise science major and basketball player.

“A few students come to our games, but not as much as go to the guys games so we didn’t really notice a difference.”

Being the only ones on campus had its perks though.

Students did not have the worry of being too loud during quiet hours or fighting over parking spots.

“It was actually very nice, especially because there was no fighting for a parking spot on campus, “ said Bartman.

“However, after week two of being there alone we all really started to miss everyone.”

Typical college students are constantly busy. They have classes to go to every day, usually homework and projects to go along with study ing for any upcoming tests. Tie that into extracurricular activities, such as sports, getting involved with different clubs or working a part time job while attending school.

Now imagine starting up a business from scratch in the middle of your college years, the time commitment on top of everything else that needs to be accomplished on a daily basis.

Waynesburg University juniors Derek McMonagle and Ivan Li are living that life currently. Over this past summer, McMonagle, a marketing major, and Li, an accounting major, decided that they wanted to really dive further into business while helping motivate people and build off some of their passions. McMonagle was passionate about starting a clothing line, and thus, The Untitled Company (UCo.) was born.

Before everything could get put into place, the two co-founders of UCo., which is deemed “a motivational apparel company,” had to put in long days to try to get off the ground.

“We didn’t just jump into it, we literally spent about a month straight just doing 17-18 hour days just going to class and then after class we would literally work on the business until 12, 1 or even 2 in the morning some days,” said McMonagle. “Working those 17 hour days with each other really got us to improve our business relationship and showed us how far we can really push one another and

Photo courtesy of Courtney Zofcin

Students Ivan Li, above left, and Derek McMonagle,

by Christmas tree at right, combined their passion for encouraging others to form The Untitled Co. In addition to their clothing line, McMonagle and Roomel Reese, center at right, also release a weekly podcast to encourage others. see what we can actually make out of nothing.”

From a business standpoint, the online store offers doz ens of items, ranging from men’s and women’s shirts and sweatshirts, to hats and wristbands and even attire for toddlers, all sporting the company name and their motto, “Establish your identity.” McMonagle and Li are also planning to come out with a spring clothing line that will be released within the next few months.

The name of the company is something that the two entrepreneurs are questioned about a lot, as many people are curious as to why they are “untitled.”

“It’s simply the Untitled Company because we allow others to establish their own

identity, which is our main message,” McMonagle said.

“It’s because we like to have our fans and people who follow us and our company just as a stepping stone for success in their own life and really just use it for their name and whatever they want to do in their own life.”

Starting in September of 2016, McMonagle and Li created social media pages on Twitter and Instagram to start building their brand, preparing for a launch of their online store for November of 2016.

W hile the two cofounders feel their business is relatively where they are now, they noted that things were difficult at the beginning, especially before their launch. “ I t ’s a t e s t e r w h e n

you’re building something from scratch. But now that everything is stable, everybody is on the same page,” said Li. “It’s relatively easy because everything is not as hectic and chaotic.”

Since their official website launch date in November, as the two expected, there have been good times and bad times, but they are optimistic about their short term and long term future.

“It’s definitely been a slow progression, but the first couple months of business is always rough,” McMonagle said. “There’s definitely been ups, downs and everything in between. It’s been a long coming, and we are looking forward to the future as well.”

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January 26, 2017

Country trio accompanies wings at WU SAB offers 'Moana' pre-release showing

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Staff Writer

The Student Activities Board hosted their monthly Wing Night, Saturday, Jan. 21, in the BeeHive; and the featured group of the night was the Emily Hackett Trio from Nashville, Tennessee.

An estimated 50 students came to the event to listen to the live music, while munching down on BBQ and mild chicken wings, celery, carrots, ranch, blue cheese and enjoying sweet tea and lemonade.

“It’s a really awesome event that people have gotten used to having and they enjoy coming out and listening to different music acts and having a study break,” said Special Event Committee Chair, sophomore Kyla Wolper. “I am happy with the amount of people that showed up, and everyone really seemed to enjoy it. It’s a win-win for everybody.”

Everyone at the event got a serving of six wings per plate and had the options of other sides to enjoy.

There was also a gift basket raffle; the basket consisted of items such as Oreo cookies, Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, Pringles potato chips, Skull Candy headphones and fruit snack gummies.

The Emily Hackett Trio, consisting of Emily Hackett, Vickie Vaughn and Johnny Williamson, performed some of their songs including “The Part That They Don’t Tell You,” “Gave Him Away,” “Bad Weather,” “Kick” and “Easy.”

“Performing in the college circuit is still pretty new for me,” said Hackett. “It is always fun coming to new cities and getting a little taste of

By RACHEL MANGAN Editorial Assistant

Photos courtesy of Jim DePreist

The Emily Hackett Trio performed their country music in the Beehive for a crowd of students over the weekend. Wings and beverages were also served. the nation and a taste of the world being on tour. It is so rewarding getting to get to see a little bit of everything at the same time I get to work.

I am very lucky that I get to do this.”

This is Hackett’s second time in Pennsylvania and her first time in Waynesburg, but she would gladly come again in the future.

“Anytime that people listen and hang out and ask me questions I am more than happy to come back and hang out again,” said Hackett.

Students were able to eat unlimited amounts of food while taking in the music and socializing with their peers. “[The wings] are good and I could get as many as I wanted,” said freshman

Luke Santucci. “The music was soothing, too.”

Wolper felt like the difference in genre of music really helped add to the overall atmosphere of the event.

“It was one of the best acts we have had. I really enjoyed the music,” said Wolper. “I think it’s something different

I guess than we often have here,” The Emily Hackett Trio is coming out with a new album soon, as well as a single sometime in the spring. Their latest album, “The Raw EP” can be found on their website www.EmilyHackett.com or on their SoundCloud page.

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old fashion way: googling “companies in Pittsburgh.”

She had a goal of applying to a different job every week during her off day from classes on Thursdays.

Lang eventually was able to land an interview with a PNC bank in downtown Pittsburgh where she will be working in the accounting and finance department.

Landing an interview with PNC surprised Lang.

“If you would have asked me when I went for my interview if I would end with my job I would have said no. Even after my in-

terview I was still up in the air,” said Lang. “Now when I look back to the crazy two weeks of applications and interviews I realized I was

Marie Coffman, director of Career Services and Placement, said the most important thing for seniors to have is a professional resume. just myself and let my resume show them who I am.”

For both Katie and Emily, they both had to go

through three interviews before they were hired: an human resources interview, a peer interview and a unit interview.

Marie Coffman, director of Career Services and Placement, said the most important thing for seniors to have is a professional resume.

“Absolutely a professional resume, free of errors especially spelling errors, a lot of employers are saying now they want one page,” said Coffman. “But, I went to a professional development last week, and some of them said they’re okay with two pages, but it should be two pages of relevant infor-

mation.”

Coffman went on to say that employers are looking for students with relevant experiences, internships, in class experiences and handson experience.

Another challenge for students once they have found a job is finding a residence near their job. While some students may find a job close to home, the Latimers, who are from Ohio, will be searching for a place in Morgantown in their near future.

“I actually have started looking, I haven’t physically gone down there, but I have been doing a lot online searching,” said Katie.

The Student Activities Board (SAB) will be hosting a Disney Movie Night on Saturday, Jan. 28 in the Stover Center at 8 p.m.

This marks the first time SAB will be hosting a Disney Movie Night, but they have hosted other movie nights in the past, including the most recent throwback movie night.

The featured movie is Disney’s, “Moana” which has not been released to the public yet. “‘Moana’ is a pre-release, so it’s a great opportunity for students to see a movie that isn’t available for public purchase yet,” said Emily Stowell, chairperson of the committee of novelty and showtime. “It’s a completely free event so nobody has to pay like they would to see the movie in theaters.”

“Moana” is the story of a Polynesian tribal chief, who embarks on a journey with the once powerful demigod Maui, to save her people and become a master way finder like her ancient ancestors before her.

According to Stowell, “‘Moana’” wasn’t the first choice for the event. The original idea was for the movie to be “The Lion King” to go along with the previous trend of throwback movies.

But the last time SAB hosted a throwback movie night, they were disappointed with

the overall turnout and lack of reception from those who did attend. Picking “Moana” as the movie over “The Lion King” presents students with a unique opportunity they wouldn’t get otherwise.

Changing the movie was a decision made by the committee.

“We discussed changing the movie as a committee, which includes four other people, and even though I had the ultimate say, we decided doing ‘Moana’ as a prerelease would give us the best turnout,” said Stowell.

However, the process didn’t stop there, the committee had to get permission from Pat Bristor, associate dean of students and head of SAB, as she would have to be the one to coordinate getting the prerelease movie. The group also thought it would be a good idea to throw a luau before to get people into the spirit of the movie, as it takes place in the Polynesian islands.

“The luau beforehand also gives students the opportunity to have fun, relax and socialize before the movie starts at 8 p.m.,” said Stowell.

The luau will also feature some of the props used in the “WUau” from the beginning of this year. The pre-showing luau forced the committee to move the start time back to 8 p.m. The start time was originally set for 7 p.m.

Stowell is looking forward to the showing.

“It’s going to be a really enjoyable night,” said Stowell.

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The band means a great deal to many people on campus, as they know even when there was no Kiltie band, Randolph still filled the campus with sounds of bagpipes from time to time.

“For me it means a lot to have the band back here, because I know it meant a lot to Fuzzy [Randolph],” said Ronda DePriest professor of instr umental music and director of the Music Program. “Anything I can do to support that vision I will stand behind.”

Besides playing at Chamber Works concerts at the university, the band’s first public performance was at the

2015 Jefferson Veteran’s Day parade and they have done many events since then.

“Our main focus with performances right now is to make us known throughout the community,” said Olisar.

“Eventually I would like us to be able to go to competitions.”

At their first practice of the semester they had about double the normal number of participants show up, but Olisar said the real test is if they come back.

The band practices on Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Marsh Center, and is open to anyone interested.

There is one thing that is mandator y, however, according to Olisar.

“Kilts are required for performances."

Untitled: Business seeks to counter people's lack of inspiration, drive Continued from D1

from talking to different people about how far the business has come along since the initial idea over the summer, the feedback has been positive and they have attracted a lot of positive people who jump on board with what they are trying to do at UCo. “When I tell them our timeline, they ’re pretty impressed with how quick we got everything up,” he said. “So, in general it’s a nice atmosphere that people are bringing in with us and that’s great, because if we can connect with more people like that and increase that population, that works well with us, that works well with other people, and that’s why we are excited to see how big we can make it.”

As for their market so far, McMonagle notes that most of their business have come from Waynesburg University students thus far, but The Untitled Company has reached across a bunch of states, colleges and universities. To this point, the company has reached the University of Pittsburgh, St. Francis University and

Penn State Behrend, while also spreading their message through clothing to states such as Texas, Illinois, Alabama, Michigan and even Alaska, among others.

The biggest issue that McMonagle and Li have had to deal with externally, to this point, has been with manufacturers. “ Wo r k i n g w i t h manufacturers is one of the hardest things we’ve dealt with and just building relationships with them,” said McMonagle. “ We are probably on our sixth manufacturer already now, so it was definitely hard finding a manufacturer that we could build a relationship with that could meet our budget needs and our expectations and really just produce quality products for our customers in a timely manner as well.”

Internally, the two said that they have had to learn the difference between their personal relationship and business relationship, and that has been a true learning experience for them.

“It’s a good tester to see how committed you are, where barriers are and where they are not,” said Li. “When stuff needs to get done, we will get it done before we

fool around.”

“You have to make sure you separate [our business and personal relationship] as well and we’ve learned how to act differently when it comes to [that],” added McMonagle.

McMonagle, who said that he quit his part-time job to commit himself to the company, also added that he has had plenty of doubters of his success, including his own mother, and that has really helped motivate him even further.

“It showed me that if you have a dream and you really want to chase your passion, there are going to be people outside of your world, even your parents and family that are close to you that are going to tell you ‘no, this isn’t smart you need to stick with your job and what’s safe,’” he said. “You have to really see your vision still and see that dream and how much you want it and still go after it because it’s not their dream and that’s why they don’t see it the way you see it.”

Li is thankful for his relationship with his business partner and friend McMonagle, saying that he doesn’t know if they would be to where they are now

had it not been them starting UCo. “…Sure there have been downs and ups, but I think sometimes I take for granted that I met Derek through my roommate and I found someone who [is a driven individual],” said Li. “When we started this, we were passionate about it, we were ready to go, but I felt like if it were someone else, eventually that would have faded away and it wouldn’t have been so quick.”

For the future, McMonagle and Li are looking to expand the men’s and women’s clothing lines while adding more toddler items in the short term. Long term, they are looking to continue to reach different states and colleges/ universities. They are hoping to eventually establish an ambassador program, where The Untitled Company will have representatives in these difference locations across the country.

Anyone interested in joining the UCo. family or purchasing any of their merc handise c an visit their website at www. theuntitledco.com. People can also follow their Twitter and Instagram pages for

updates, motivational quotes and information about deals they may be offering on their attire. “ There is a lac k of motivation and inspiration in this world and we figured we could bring more of that into

this world through clothing, and I feel like we’ve done a pretty good job so far,” said McMonagle. “But, we are definitely not satisfied where we are at right now, we just want to keep improving as we go forward.”

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Show affection to, as a dog 4. Barton of the Red Cross 9. The Congo, formerly 14. Martinique, par exemple 15. Archaeological find 16. Bother 17. *Track event with batons 19. Night, in Naples 20. Congregational “Absolutely!”

21. “__ beaucoup” 23. Lab rodent 24. Schoolbook, or much of its contents 25. *Romantic outing for four 27.“Romanian Rhapsodies” composer 29. Wears away 30. John, Paul and George: Abbr.

31. Under-the-sink fitting 35. For fear that 36. *Romantic ideal 39. Farmland measure 42. Steinway or Yamaha 43. Crone 46. Yellow Teletubby 49. Meditative music genre 5.1 *Machinist’s hole maker 55. Ache 56. Announcer Hall 57. Use a loom 58. What aces may count as 59. Black, in Burgundy 61. Players on the same

side ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can be 64. Hues 65. The “I” in IV 66. High season on the Riviera 67. Grain disease 68. Ruby Dee’s husband Davis 69. Period, e.g.

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2. Periodic table listing 3. Fax forerunners 4. Bawl 5. The Once-__: “The Lorax” character 6. Mission to remember 7. Houston sch.

8. Biting, as criticism 9. More wacky 10. Period with 365 días 11. For services rendered instead of cash 12. Revolves 13. Driver’s license

requirement 18. Aardvark fare 22. The NFL’s Browns, on sports tickers 25. Pour affection (on) 26. Sweetie pie 28. EMT procedure 32. Knock hard 33. Parisian pal 34. Ryder Cup org.

36. Big name in computers 37. Holiday and Days 38. Caviar 39. Firm, as pasta 40. It’s usually locked after parking 41. Attacking, as the fridge 43. Full of ghosts 44. Go along with 45. Prepares

47. L.A. Angels’ division 48. Big galoot 50. Stagecoach driver’s `“Stop!”

52. 4:1, e.g.

53. Alternative to odds 54. Theater chairs 60. Classic car 62. CAT scan cousin 63 Fannie or Ginnie

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Winter H V E V I O K S N O W M A N L

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COLD SKATES ICE SNOW

Students of Waynesburg

"Hi, I'm Annie. Originally I'm from Pittsburgh, Pa. and I'm a senior public relations major here at Waynesburg. If you see me on campus you should definitely say hi because I love to talk, meet new people and make a corny joke or two.

You can most likely find me at the gym, the fourth floor of Buhl hall or somewhere in between. I want to use my degree to help people. Therefore I'm hoping to land a job within the non-profit sector after graduation.

I'm also a member of the women's lacrosse team, Waynesburg University Public Relations Student Society of America and The Yellow Jacket. In addition to this, I have served internationally on two mission trips with the university.

Waynesburg has given me so much in the last four years. It's hard to believe in a few months I'll be a graduate. My advice to any underclassman is live it up, you only get four years of college and trust me it flies by."

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Annie McGlaughlin cheers on her Yellow Jacket Football team in the Fall every Saturday.

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Oscar nominations more diverse in 2017

By MARY MCNAMARA

Photo courtesy of Annie McGlaughlin

Y B R M M H C Q F X J W E C O

Is it time for #OscarsSoMale? A racially diverse slate of acting nominees saved the film academy from an #OscarsSoWhite threepeat, but the list of nominated directors and writers was overwhelmingly male.

As in no women in the directors’ category. (Ava DuVernay’s “13th” was nominated for best documentary, for which there is no separate directing category.)

With a nomination for “Hidden Figures” as best adapted screenplay, co-writer Allison Schroeder is the lone woman on the screenwriter lists; there is no woman nominated for best original screenplay.

Women usually make a slightly better showing in the writing categories. Last year, four of the 20 nominees were female, although 2015 was all-male. Only 17 women have won eight in original, nine in adapted screenplay.

The director’s list is a much more famous boy’s club. In

almost 90 years of Oscars, a scant four female directors have received nominations, and only one Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker” has ever won.

Other significant Oscar nominations include LinManuel Miranda, who’s “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana” is nominated for Best Original Song. If he secures the award, he will be the 13th performer in history to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony (the EGOT).

“La La Land,” “Titanic,” and “All About Eve” are tied at 14 nominations each for the most in Academy Award History. The academy is also honoring six black actors, which is a record and is helping to quell cries of #OscarsSoWhite.

Nine movies have been nominated for best picture.

Surprisingly, the star of Best Picture nominee “Arrival,” Amy Adams, was not nominated for Best Actress.

The Oscars will take place Sunday, Feb. 26, with Jimmy Kimmel as the host.

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January 26, 2017 THE BACK PAGE

Written by Mitchell Kendra Designed by Joe Buchanan It’s no secret that the weather and the roads in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, can get a little dangerous when snow and ice cover the ground in winter. But because the university is home to people from all over the country, not everyone has dealt with these conditions before. Find out how to be prepared for driving in dangerous weather and road conditions in Pennsylvania.

CLEAR YOUR CAR OF SNOW If the snow has already fallen and covered your car, it’s a law in the state of Pennsylvania that the snow must be cleared off of your vehicle BEFORE leaving for a trip of any length. This includes clearing all windows to make sure that the driver’s vision is not blocked by snow still on windows and/or windshields and making sure the headlights, taillights and mirrors are free of snow and ice. Ensure that the windshield wipers in the front and back are able to function properly so continued snowfall can be cleared for the entirety of your trip. Snow must also be removed from the hood, roof and trunk area of a car. If major snow and ice isn’t cleared from your vehicle and subsequently affects the driving of those around you by flying off of the car, you can face a fine.

BUCKLE UP When it comes to winter driving tips, the American Automobile Association’s website (AAA) stresses the following, not just in winter, but all the time: use your seat belt. While it’s important to wear a seat belt every time one is in a vehicle, it’s especially important to wear it during winter or other dangerous conditions. According to an article on the Department of Motor Vehicles’ website, “Statistics show that most accidents occur during rainfall, when driving on icy or snow-covered roads, as well as when driving in fog.”

FILL UP YOUR TANK

AAA also recommends keeping your car’s gas tank at least half full. This is important for when a drive becomes longer than expected due to weather. The only thing worse than getting stuck on the road due to bad weather is getting stuck because your car ran out of gas. If conditions are extremely bad, running out of gas can lead to being stranded on the side of the road, which can lead to more significant problems.

SLOW DOWN When faced with having to drive in dangerous conditions, driving slow is the best thing to do, according to AAA. “Give yourself time to maneuver by driving slowly,” as AAA stated, which not only benefits your car, but lets the other cars on the road have a safer time in the conditions. Accelerating and decelerating are always to be done slowly during hazardous conditions due to the ability to regain control. Slowly accelerating after a stoplight will allow the car’s tires to have traction and the driver to have better control of the car, and decelerating slowly far in advance for a stop will allow for a safe and controlled stop. AAA also recommends increasing the distance between you and the car in front of you from three to four seconds to about eight to ten seconds and says this “will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop.”

Any time you’re driving in hazardous conditions, AAA says it’s a good practice to inform others of your leaving and final destinations and estimated time for the drive and then contact those people again once your destination is safely reached.

BE SMART The bottom line: if the weather is bad and you don’t absolutely need to leave, then don’t. Avoid the risk of endangering yourself or others.

AAA states, “Don’t tempt fate: If you don’t have somewhere you have to be, watch the snow from indoors.”