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Provost gives cultural lecture in Rome Student body to join

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

A Waynesburg University official went abroad this past summer to present lectures on cultural geography.

Dr. Jacquelyn Core, provost and vice president for academic affairs, lectured in Rome and near Venice from July 12-17 for the University of Dallas’ Shakespeare in Italy academic travel pro-

gram. isolation, but it’s “It’s re a l ly a another to have culturally-enrichthe opportunity ing exp erience to study it in the to be able to talk settings.” about something Core said the like Shakespeare’s program at the plays in the conUniversity of Daltext in which they las is one where w e r e w r i t t e n ,” students study Core said. “I think S h a k e s p e a r e ’s Core that’s the benefit of works that are set the program. It’s one thing in Italian cities. to study Shakespeare in Core’s lectures were main-

ly about the geography of Rome and the geography as it impacted the setting of the Shakespearean plays.

“We visited some of those historic sites, so some of the lectures took place in the actual sites rather in a traditional classroom,” Core said. “For example, one of the lectures I gave was in the Pantheon in Rome.”

alumni throughout homecoming weekend Student body encouraged to attend activites on Oct. 2 and 3

is not the only event that students can participate in throughout the weekend.

“Friday, we’re declaring it Black and Orange Day, and we want people, not to just wear black and orange, but See CORE on A4 really be spirited,” said Bristor. “We’re going to walk

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor around during lunch time, and people who are wearing Homecoming, by design, black and orange, we will give is intended for alumni of them a pin, but we’re hoping Waynesburg who are trav- that others really go all out eling back to their roots as with orange hair, painted college students; the event is faces and things. Those who not necessarily intended for are most spirited will go in students; however, there is for a raffle.” a plethora of activities and The winners of the raffle events that students can par- will be announced at the pep the admissions office. That doesn’t ticipate in throughout home- rally. mean the policy is not advertised, coming weekend.

The activities do not stop Palko said.

According to Pat Bristor, there, however. On Friday, “Most of the time when we talk the associate dean of student the women’s tennis team has about housing, I would say that it services, Waynesburg wants a match at 3:30 p.m., and does come up, so we do try and let to remain true to its mission then at 7:30 p.m., weather them know, but sometimes, no, it in many of the activities as pending, there will be a pep doesn’t come up,” she said. “It dealumni travel back to witness rally in Johnson Commons. pends on the conversation.” the state of the If the weather SEE PAGE D4 FOR A does not hold Despite the newness for Waynesuniversity. burg students, the Waynesburg “We’re tryFULL HOMECOMING up, the pep policy is not atypical. Many similar ing to cram rally will be SCHEDULE schools in the area — like Geneva, the van, which moved to the Grove City and Washington & Jefis sticking to our mission of gym. Also, on Friday night, ferson — have housing policies comservice,” said Bristor. “We’re Waynesburg Idol will be havparable to Waynesburg’s. trying to fill a 12-passenger ing its finale at 8 p.m.

Mary Cummings, senior vice presvan with clothing, food, hyOn Saturday, the Homeident for student services and enrollgiene products and paper coming 5K will kick off the ment, believes the policy makes sense products. Really anything festivities at 8:30 a.m., and for schools like Waynesburg. that the Salvation Army can then from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 “If you’re going to talk about use. Our goal last year was to p.m. JacketFest will occur in the city of Pittsburgh, like Carlow, fill a van, and we filled almost Johnson Commons, which is Pittsburgh and CMU, they are in the one and a half.” actually an alumni event, but middle of an urban area, so they don’t Bristor also noted that student organizations help have the capacity on campus,” Cumthere is added incentive for with the celebration. mings said. “But I think if you look students who want to donate The football game will beat small private [universities] we’re items to the Cram the Van gin at 1:30 p.m., and at halfnot unusual to have the four-year ondrive. time, the homecoming king campus residency.”

“For every 10 items that and queen will be crowned.

As for students’ claims of being a student donates, they can Following the game at 8 p.m., unaware of the policy, Cummings put their name in a raffle,” there will be an ice cream sonoted the university’s website shows said Bristor. “We have a TV, cial with musician Anthony Waynesburg is a four-year, on-resia Keurig and a Magic Bul- Mossburg. dence campus. let. So, we thought if we had “He sings Christian music “I would say, ‘did they ask the some bigger prizes and in- and general music, and he’s question and did they look at our centive to help us, we figured also going to share his testiit would be a good way to see mony with the audience,” said See HOUSING on A4 participation.”

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Majority of freshmen unaware of off-campus housing policy Administration stresses information readily available to prospective students

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CURRENT FRESHMEN NOT AWARE OF POLICY BEFORE ARRIVING ON CAMPUS

By JACOB MEYER

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Despite being in place for more than a year, a majority of the incoming freshmen class say they were unaware of the new housing policy restricting them from living off campus.

A survey by the Yellow Jacket found 66 percent of freshman students were not aware of the policy before arriving on campus for freshman orientation in August. More than half the students said they believe they were not adequately informed of the policy before deciding to attend Waynesburg.

Director of Admissions Jacqueline Palko, who was not in the position at the time of the policy change, said the admissions staff does not make it a point to address the policy during prospective students’ visits to campus — though the students usually ask about the policies. The topics discussed by admissions counselors and tour guides during visits all depends on the flow of the conversation, Palko said.

“A lot of times when you meet with

FRESHMEN BELIEVE THEY WERE NOT ADEQUATELY INFORMED OF THE POLICY

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FRESHMEN THINK BEING UNABLE TO LIVE OFF CAMPUS IS A 'BIG DEAL' prospective students and families you let them drive the conversation, because you ultimately want to listen to what their concerns are for the day,” Palko said.

The off-campus living policy is not mentioned in the student ambassador handbook given to the tour guides in

Biology department plans nature trail lab for students

By GRANT LONG

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University will be able to add yet another unique item to its resume with the construction of a field biology lab and nature trail.

The story begins many years ago when there was a nature trail behind Thayer Hall but has since eroded away and has become overgrown. This trail was naturally made by deer, other wild animals and people looking for a short cut across town.

The idea of a permanent trail has been in the mind of Dr. Janet Paladino, assistant professor of biology and faculty director of the project, since 2006.

“Most universities do have

a field station, or a nature trail, or a naturalized area, and we (Waynesburg University) never had one,” said Paladino. “Here in Waynesburg there is very little of that. There are not any hiking trails within a 40 minute distance.”

The biology department wants the trail to be a learning tool for students and for the surrounding community.

“We want to revitalize that trail and do a restoration of that trail and maintain it so that there can be places that people can go back to and study forests,” said Paladino A lot of work will have to put into the trail before it will be useable. The biology club is paying for the plants and eventually the club may have to purchase materials for a

bridge, according to senior biology and environmental science major and student director of the nature trail project, Nathan Ribar.

The major expense right now is man hours. Finding people to give up their time is a challenge, according to Ribar.

The trail is in its early stages with some work being done this fall. The bulk of the work is set to start in the spring.

After the trail is cleared of invasive species and other hazards, it will still need to be cared for and kept in good condition. The beginning stages of building of the trail will be the most vital to its upkeep.

Register to stay on campus over Fall Break Waynesburg University's to remain on campus over 2015 Fall Break begins break.

Saturday, Oct. 10 and Students wishing to remain continues through Sunday, on campus must sign up by Oct. 18. The university's fall Tuesday, Oct. 6 to inform the break is a recently instated Residence Life staff that they tradition, beginning in the fall will remain in their dorms of 2014. or houses. To sign up, visit While students cannot the Residence Life tab on remain on myConnect. campus during Choose the link for THE WU HOW-TO Thanksgiving, Fall Break Sign-Ups, An occasional series Winter and Spring and fill out the mach Breaks and most activities form with all nights you will come to a halt, residence be remaining on campus. halls and on-campus houses Students remaining on will remain open during Fall campus for one or two nights Break for students. due to sports or mission Most fall athletics remain trip departures must still in session throughout the complete the sign-up form on month of October, which myConnect. requires athletes to stay on If you do not complete campus during Fall Break. the sign-up form by Oct. 6, Students who cannot easily you will not be permitted to travel home can also choose remain on campus.

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Quinton Aaron, who played Michael Oher in "The Blind Side," visited Waynesburg's campus to general excitement on Thursday, Sept. 24.

After stadium-opening game was cancelled in the spring, WU baseball set to face WVU on Friday, Oct. 2.

Four singers will compete for the top prize in Waynesburg Idol this Friday after the pep rally.

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October 1, 2015

Published politics expert presents to multiple student groups Author of seven books shares insight with students

Honors Program kicks off new year

By MATTIE WINOWITCH For the Yellow Jacket

By MITCHELL KENDRA Managing Editor

Thursday night, students interested in the Executive Branch of government gathered in Alumni Hall to listen to a guest speaker.

Dean of the Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College, Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto, concluded a long and eventful day at Waynesburg University as he gave his final speech.

After Dr. William Batchelder, director of the honors program, saw Pestritto at a conference in New Haven, Connecticut, and saw his abilities as an instructor, Batchelder wanted to get him on campus to speak.

Batchelder was enthusiastic to have had the opportunity to get Pestritto on campus speaking to students and said that he believes that Pestritto did an “outstanding” job.

Since the Honors Program and the Stover Scholars cosponsored Pestritto, both of the programs benefited from the opportunity to listen to Pestritto alone.

After having a discussion with Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, Dr. Larry Stratton, and

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Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto speaks to students in Alumni Hall Sept. 24. Pestritto delivered four different speeches to different groups on campus.

Dr. Richard Waddel’s classes at 8 a.m., Pestritto moved into McCance Auditorium to speak with some of the students in the Honors Program for a colloquium.

Pestritto then had a luncheon with the Stover Scholars and spoke with them about the graduate program at Hillsdale College and encouraged them to look into graduate programs, specifically the one that Hillsdale offers.

Pestritto’s last speech of the day was a lecture titled “Rule by Law or Executive Fiat? How Agencies Govern Without Consent,” and he spoke about how the Executive Branch delegates responsibilities to the administrative state.

Pestritto, who is an assistant professor of politics

at Hillsdale and a published expert, spoke about why it is necessary to have knowledge on the topic of how the federal agencies are able to make their own rules under the Executive Branch because Congress does not give full details to these agencies. In order to keep themselves in order, they write the rules and regulations for the job they are doing.

Stratton referred to this as the agencies “fill[ing] in the blanks from the broad sweeps of authority from which Congress gave them.”

Stratton commented on the importance of the administrative state, saying that that the textbook in one of the political science classes “refers to the administrative agencies as the fourth branch of government” because of

their significant importance.

However, people today are disagreeing that the agencies should be able to do this because they believe that having the Executive Branch give agencies the power to write their own rules should be under the Legislative Branch instead of the Executive Branch. Pestritto said that, although this idea goes against what our founders said, over time our society has changed, and the government that we need does not fully comply with what the Constitution says.

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On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m., the Honors Program commenced its first event of the year: a colloquium presented exclusively for the honors students.

Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto gave the colloquium. Dr. Pestritto is a graduate dean and a politics professor at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.

The topic of the colloquium appeared from selections from the Federalist Papers, specifically Articles 6 and 9. The Federalist Papers are made up of a total of 85 articles and essays composed by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Honors Program Director, Dr. William Batchelder, organized the colloquium.

“What we are attempting to do with the Honors Program is to introduce them to thinking in-depth about complex issues. Of course, one of the most important complex issues that we can think in-depth about is the American founding,” said

Batchelder on the colloquium in relation to the Honors Program.

This event was on a different topic than another event in the same evening, which was also presented

by Pestritto. However, that event was a public lecture versus the intimate presentation offered exclusively to the Honors students.

“Something like [this lecture] is something that I prefer to do. That is, talking to a smaller group of students and interacting because it is more like what I do in my day job, which is to teach,” said Pestritto.

The addition of these private events is one of the few changes the Honors Program at Waynesburg University has made in the past year.

Students in every major are now welcome to be a part of the program, as long as they meet the requirements. Those chosen to be involved have access to academic opportunities and events.

This event was the first of many events that the Honors Program will offer this year. Events such as this can work as both a reward for current members and as a motivator for students aspiring to join.

Alumnae return for annual luncheon CSI professionals workshop at WU

By JESSE SERRA

“Without their support, our students wouldn't have many of the opportunities they are afforded Waynesburg University’s with today.”

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board of Institutional Advancement will hold their sixt h annua l Alumnae Luncheon on Friday Oct. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Southpointe.

This all-women event is meant to better serve and network the university’s female graduates.

During the event, speaker Veronica Zsolcsak '72, president of Schawbel Consulting Services and vice president of Operations for Schawbel Technologies LLC will be in attendance.

Both alumnae and women who are heavily involved in the work of the university will be in attendance.

This is a time for old, recent and present friends to collectively bond as a group. It allows a different feel from other events, which also involve male alumni.

This event in particular encourages relationship building and campus up-

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dates to keep Waynesburg University like home to these graduates and allows for a designated time and place to thank Waynesburg graduates for their constant financial support.

Waynesburg alumni pay for twenty-five percent of university expenses and student tuition.

“Without their support, our students wouldn’t have many of the opportunities that they are afforded with today,” said Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Victoria Beppler.

According to Beppler, this luncheon and many other events that Alumni Relations coordinate allow the university to reconnect with those who have not been back to the school in years.

Institutional Advance-

ment is currently in contact with approximately 15,000 alumni.

In order to sustain mutually beneficial relationships with these graduates, networking, professional and entertaining events are essential.

Beppler, as well as many other alumni relations staff, strive to keep Waynesburg graduates informed, involved and updated to keep them excited about their alma mater.

To inform and encourage these alumnae to attend, the Alumni Relations staff sent postcards as well as emails and created social media posts to spread the word to the appropriate audience; however, the communication does not end after an event has passed.

Institutional Advance-

ment strategically keeps Waynesburg graduates involved and informed as best they can -- not only for the benefit of the school, but also to thank these people for their support and contribution.

Their work brings awareness to the university and community of how alumni support the school.

In order to entertain and reunite Waynesburg’s alumni, Mary Fox, event planner for Institutional Advancement, coordinates with other staff in the department to collectively and strategically plan events.

Future events include alumni reunions involving President Lee, recent graduate events, and specific targeted alumni across the board will be invited to attend.

Gathering these specific groups together calls for and convenient locations where the most alumni could attend.

Many alumni will also visit campus this weekend for the Homecoming festivities.

WU to participate in national service day

By SHON MEADE Managing Editor

A long-standing tradition on the campus of Waynesburg University is the dedication that students have for giving back to others. The principles of “Faith, Learning and Service” are emphasized within the University’s mission statement.

Starting this year, the Center for Student Leadership will be hosting a WU Make a Difference Day. This event is being held in correlation with USA Today’s worldwide Make a Difference Day. This event is held annually on the fourth Saturday in Oct., this year falling on Oct. 24.

Kelley Hardie, the assistant dean of student services, is overseeing this project.

According to Hardie, the event is a tradition where people from across America are encouraged to volunteer and give back to the community.

“It fits perfectly with the

mission of Waynesburg University: faith, service and learning,” said Hardie.

Students at Waynesburg are inspired to live their lives following that mission.

WU Make a Difference Day will have a variety of different volunteer opportunities going on throughout the day, both on campus and off campus. The majority of these events will be taking place during the afternoon or early evening in the community.

Some of these community service opportunities and their locations are as follows: helping out at the Humane Society; work with World Vision; CBM ministry; assisting at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home; university park clean up; flower planting around campus for the spring; volunteering at the Crisis Pregnancy Center; Lion’s Club Park maintenance; and opportunities at the Eva K. Bowlby Public Library.

Professors and faculty

members will also be participating alongside students throughout the day.

“I’m interested in contributing because it will help me get Bonner hours,” said Andrew Brunette, a sophomore biblical ministry study major and Bonner scholar.

“But the main reason I want to participate is to help the community. It’s about making a difference.”

Because WU Make a Difference Day falls on the football team’s senior day, there will also be fundraisers going on during the game. For instance, there will be a fundraiser at the game for student and football player Kurt Detwiler, who was involved in an automobile accident late this past spring.

Head football coach, Rick Shepas, is also getting involved in the service activities, along with the football team as a whole to support their fellow team member.

The football team has organized a spaghetti lunch and

dinner to take place at the First Baptist church; the proceeds will benefit Detwiler.

In addition, The Lamplighters touring choir will be performing at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home.

According to Hardie, Martin Hall will be working with the Center for Student Leadership to encourage people to join in. There are fliers around campus promoting the event.

“Hopefully we have students that fall in love with the service, and that they want to help in the future,” said Hardie.

This is why a lot of the activities listed above are located in or around Greene County.

Students are also encouraged to wear the shirts they are given during orientation weekend.

If interested in helping out in any way, the service tab on myConnect is open for students to sign up and volunteer.

By TAYLOR WHITE

For the Yellow Jacket

Though most students assume the classrooms are closed during the summertime, this past summer, Waynesburg University opened its doors for professionals eager to expand their knowledge on crime scene investigation. The University hosted a four-day long basic crime scene investigation training which was held June 8 -12.

The training was conducted by Janice “Jan” Johnson, the president and owner of Forensic Pieces, a company located in Florida put together to help the law enforcement community through educational and professional consulting. Prior to opening Forensic Pieces, Johnson was a certified senior crime analyst and a senior crime laboratory analyst, serving over 22 years until June of 2001. She was the chair of the Board of Directors and president of the International Association of Identification and currently teaches a num-

ber of courses in the areas of both crime scene and bloodstain patterns in the United States and abroad.

Adam Jack, the chairperson for the Criminal Justice and Social Sciences Department and Michael Cipoletti, Assistant Professor of Forensic Science, were responsible for contacting Johnson to teach the training.

“Jan is a world renowned expert in crime scene investigation, and it is an honor to have her travel to Waynesburg University to provide training,” said Jack. “She has worked on numerous high profile cases in Florida and has also appeared on ABC News in the past as a consultant.”

The program was a 40hour introductory level crime scene investigation course with 12 attendees from different parts of the country who came to Waynesburg University for the training.

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Students travel for Design Conference Blackboard update brings convenient mobile phone app

By EMILY HACKMAN Multimedia Team

Two c om mu n i c at i on students will travel to the hometown of Mardi Gras for the American Institution of Graphic Arts Design Conference.

Whitney Waters, senior digital design major, and Lindsay Orzechowski, junior digital design major, will be attending the conference in New Orleans for Waynesburg University’s AIGA student group from Thursday, Oct. 8 through Saturday, Oct. 10.

“I am very excited to attend the conference and see the city of New Orleans,” said Waters. “I am also excited to establish new connections, gain new perspectives, and meet the big names in design.”

Orzechowski is also ex-

cited to travel to “The Big Easy” state.

“I am excited to travel to New Orleans and learn from the experts as well as make connections,” said Orzechowski.

Orzechowski is the president of Waynesburg University’s AIGA student group and is planning to bring the knowledge that she will learn from this experience back to the chapter.

AIGA was founded in 1914 and is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force.

This is the first time that any member from the university’s student group will attend a conference.

Waynesburg University has

had a design club on campus for the last five years, but it was only a year ago the Waynesburg University group became affiliated with AIGA. “AIGA is an opportunity to express and discuss design with others who share the same passion that I do,” said Waters.

According to the conference website, “the AIGA Design Conference brings the design community together to experience proactive speakers, local culture, exhibitions, professional development sessions and face-to-face roundtables with design heroes.”

The conference includes lectures from B ert Aldridge, creative director of Xero, Gail Anderson, partner in Anderson Newton Design and Carol Bebelle, co-founder and executive

director of Ashe Cultural Arts Center, among other well-known designers or professors of the art from around the world.

The conference provides students with the unique experience to learn from professionals in the field through hands-on activities. Some of the workshops that both Waters a n d O r z e c h ow s k i c a n participate include making monograms, touring local design studios, taking a walking tour of New Orleans to see the design elements native to the city and having portfolios reviewed by professionals.

There are also opportunities to personally meet Deb Adler from Adler Design, Doug Powell from IBM Design and Ann Willoughby from Willoughby Design in roundtable sessions.

Senate welcomes new members, new year

By IAN BARCLAY

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Student Senate has started the 2015-2016 school year with a new executive board and newly elected freshmen senators.

Near the end of the last school year, the Student Senate elected Michael Merten as president, who oversees the meetings. Clarice Hune was elected as executive vice president, who runs the elections and recycling committee.

Derrion May was elected as the academic vice president, who is in charge of the faculty meetings and takes notes for them.

Anthony Juliani was elected as social vice president, who is in charge of getting the Student Senate’s name out there.

Additionally, Ryan Schwertfeger was elected as secretary, who takes care of the minutes for meetings, and Jessica Sassman as treasurer, who keeps track of the money were elected.

When asked what he likes most about being president, Merten jokingly said, “the

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The 2015-2016 members of Student Senate plan a new year with a newly elected executive board, including new freshman senators. power!” He then went on to say he enjoys setting the mood for the meetings and that he can have the meetings be laidback, but can be serious when necessary.

The Student Senate also held an election earlier in the month for the class of 2019 to vote for their Senators. AJ McClure, Tyler McCoy, Madeline Szewczyk and Elizabeth Trump won the election and were sworn in at the Sept. 22 meeting.

McCoy said he joined the Student Senate because he

wanted to serve the student body.

“Life should be lived in sacrifice to others; at first such a life is difficult but in the end it is the only life worth living, and it is the life Christ desires for us,” said McCoy. “Serving in the Student Senate is just a small part of my service to others.”

Similar to McCoy, Trump joined due to her determination to make a difference here at Waynesburg.

“I chose to join Student Senate because I wanted to be

a part of a group on campus that is responsible for making decisions that can benefit our wonderful university for the students,” said Trump.

In addition to the freshmen Senators, Dawson Laabs, a senior, was sworn in as a Senate member during the same meeting.

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Kirby works with TPS to utilize grant

By JOHN LYDIC Staff Writer

A member of the Waynesburg faculty will be lending their knowledge to assist in the creation of a new application and educational project.

Barbara Kirby, project director for the Teaching with Primary Sources Program, will provide knowledge and oversight in the development of KidCitizen Expandable Mobile and Online Apps for Elementary Grades on Congress and Civic Participation.

According to Kirby, she will serve on an advisory team to oversee the production of the program and eventually the product, which will help teachers with students from kindergarten to fifth grade use the Teaching with Primary Sources program.

The application will be free to all users and will provide assistance to all educators, professors, alumni who are teachers and others.

Waynesburg became a partner of the Teaching with Primary Sources program in 2003 as part of a pilot program and is now a leader of the eastern region working on behalf of the Library of Congress to recruit other institutions that conduct professional development.

“The program is designed to promote inquiry critical thinking and equip teachers with what they need in their classroom,” said Kirby.

Waynesburg is a partner with the University of South Florida and will work in conjunction with a couple, Ilene and Michael Berson, to coordinate and develop this application program using the Primary Sources, according to Kirby.

The couple, along with Waynesburg and USF, will partner with Muzzy Lane software, a provider of educational software, to develop and implement the application and educational program.

This project became available after funding was provided via a grant through the Library of Congress.

“At the beginning of the year, the Library of Congress put out a notice of funding availability, called NOFA’s,” said Kirby. “They were looking for someone to develop these apps for android and iOS products that would be engaging to kids, use the library’s primary sources in a civics arena and they are looking for people who could develop these apps with the end goal being more knowledge about civic participation for students.”

Waynesburg, as the coordinator of the eastern region, has the ability to issue institutional dollars to other universities in the region such as Virginia Tech, North Carolina and other large educational institutions.

“It’s a joy to work with top notch educators and the beauty is Waynesburg comes with unique knowledge of

this TPS program and effective methods on using the Primary Sources,” said Kirby.

Development began gearing up and collecting sources and ideas before the grant was awarded so the project was already underway and in the process of design, according to Kirby.

The ability to work with this program and provide a connection in education is what Kirby believes brings such value to the partnership.

“Having the connections have been really phenomenal,” said Kirby. “Working with pre-service teachers, our alums who are teachers and our professors, it’s phenomenal. Also, working with professionals from across the country, it’s always good to connect the dots where we can and to see people who are studying the same ideas with like interests.”

The application is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016.

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New Jersey and Connecticut Crime Lab, people from the Pittsburgh area, a detective from New Castle, and some police officers.

Waynesburg students that have an interest in crime scene investigation were given the opportunity to attend the professional introductory training. Andrew Montini, a sophomore forensic science major, was the only student who took advantage of the offer.

“It was once in a lifetime,

honestly,” said Montini.

“Once you go out in the field, you are going to have to take these classes, but as a student taking them while at a university, as an undergraduate is impossible, but Adam Jack made it possible.”

Montini is accustomed to sitting in a classroom with other students passionate about forensic science, but sitting in a classroom with crime scene professionals was something he was not used to.

“I’m a student amongst all these professionals. I felt so out of place, but it was worth

it,” said Montini.

After the professionals completed their 40-hour course, they had a newfound appreciation for the Waynesburg University Criminal Justice and Forensic Science programs and the opportunities for the students that are offered here.

"Investigators from all over the country were introduced to Waynesburg University and they loved it here.

They could not believe the in depth practical exercises that we put students through, the crime scene house that we have for practical exercises,

and the unique way that we instruct criminal justice and forensic science at Waynesburg University,” said Jack.

“They came never hearing of WU and left telling me that they would recommend these programs to anyone interested in criminal justice or forensic science.”

Waynesburg University will be hosting a basic bloodstain pattern analyst training program this upcoming June, which will also be conducted

by Forensic Pieces. For more information, contact Adam Jack at ajack@waynesburg. edu.

user to grade assignments.

These improvements give faculty the ability to have This past August, Waynes- assignments graded in a fair burg University completed and equal manner that they an upgrade to the Blackboard did not have access to before. online system. This upgrade The Blackboard upgrade offers many improvements also makes some changes and fixes, allowing both to how the SafeAssign tool students and faculty a more works. According to Dueffective tool to add to the mire, students once had to learning in the classroom. dig through multiple pages “Blackboard, with this to get to SafeAssign, but upgrade, is trying to make now it is easier to access and it easier for students to use identify. their service,” said William “SafeAssign is a product Dumire, vice president and that is part of Blackboard chief information officer of that allows students to information technology ser- check that their work has vices (ITS). not been accidently plagiarized without proper citation and also gives a report to the “SafeAssign is a instructor on students’ asproduct that is part of signments,” said Dumire.

Collaborate sessions are Blackboard that allows now easier to access, as well. students to check that With a new default file extheir work has not tension, collaborate sessions been accidently plagia- are now more efficient for users to join. rized without proper With these improvements, citation and also gives a Waynesburg University now report to the instructor offers its students a deal to download the Blackboard on students’ assignApp for mobile devices withments." out charge. However, the app WILLIAM DUMIRE does currently come with Vice President for Information some limitations.

Technology Services and Chief “It is not a full-fledged Information Officer version of Blackboard. It will give you a quick glance of grades and assignments, but The biggest improvement is not a full replacement and students will see is a solution is not convenient for submitto many browser compatibil- ting assignments on mobile ity issues regarding newer devices,” said Dumire. versions of Internet Explorer, Dumire went on to explain Mozilla Firefox and Google that Blackboard is planning Chrome. The new update on giving the app a major allows students with these update that is expected to web browsers, who once be released over the next had compatibility issues, to few weeks. Once this update access Blackboard without is released, and ITS can be having to download a differ- sure of the exact functions ent browser. and parameters of the app, While students may not a statement will be released directly see all benefits of containing more details. this upgrade, faculty can For assistance with any use these improvements to Blackboard issues, or any the benefit of the students. other technology issues, the One such improvement al- ITS Help Desk, located on lows instructors to view their the second floor of the Wicourses’ Blackboard page as ley Armory, offers 12 hour if they were a student with service from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., the simple click of a button. Monday through Friday. The Another improvement ITS Help Desk can also be instructors can make use of contacted by phone at (724) is anonymous and delegated 852-3413 or by email at helpgrading. Instructors can now desk@waynesburg.edu. ITS hide students’ names from help can also be requested submitted assignments for using the Online ITS Reanonymous grading. Del- quest Form found on the egated grading gives faculty Waynesburg MyConnect the ability to allow a specific page.

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For the Yellow Jacket

Stover: Guest speaks on politics, history Continued from A2

by the possibly necessary change of government.

“The kind of government required might not be the kind of government that the Constitution allows,” said Pestritto.

Pestritto brought his most popular book “Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism” and said that Woodrow Wilson was the first to suggest to the progressives that it was time for change.

Batchelder believes that this speech was important for college students to hear.

“I think that most students have no idea it has happened,” Batchelder said on the changes of the Executive Branch doing what the founders would have thought should be done by the Legislative Branch. “They read the Constitution in civics class, and they assume that this is still exactly how things are done.”

Batchelder continued to say, “Even though it wasn’t what the founders had in mind but now times have changed and government has

evolved and now we have to do that.”

Batchelder said that it is important for college students to attend the event to hear and comprehend what Pestritto had to say.

“I think that a lot of college students do not understand that Congress has in large measure delegated their constitutional responsibilities and their particulars to the Executive Branch,” said Batchelder. “And I think that’s really important for any citizen to know, not just college students.”

Pestritto concluded his speech with a question and answer session, and several members of the audience stood up and made remarks based on the powerful ideas that Pestritto had shared.

Throughout his speech, Pestritto raised several important points of which raised valid questions.

“The questions he raised [during the events throughout the day] go to the heart of our constitutional system and the accountability of the government to the people,” said Stratton. “It was important to take his questions seriously.”

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October 1, 2015

University prepares for prospective student visitation days

By ZACHARY MEDOVIC For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University has many opportunities for transfer students and upcoming prospective students to visit campus and get a feel for the school. Some of these opportunities include visitation days and overnight visits.

The admissions staff has scheduled two visitation days for the 2015 fall semester. The first of these will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in Roberts Chapel.

The second will be on Nov. 7, starting at the same time and place.

“Visitation days are a great way for upcoming new students to start to get a good feel for the university,” said Jackie Palko, the director of admissions, “Letting them see the campus and meeting faculty is a great way for

them get a good feel for the University.”

After registration, prospective students have the opportunity to take a tour of the campus, meet current students and meet faculty members in their area of interest. Families will also get the opportunity to learn about the admissions process, different scholarships and financial aid.

The university and Aladdin Food Service will be providing a banquet style buffet at the Benedum Dining Hall for visiting students.

“Getting to know a prospective student is a great experience,” said Zac Yonko, a secondary education major, who participated in a visitation day prior to coming to Waynesburg University. “You are selling the university as an experience because for most it is their first experience with the university.”

Another chance for trans-

fer students and upcoming freshman to see the university is overnight trips. With these visits, students get a glimpse of what life is like as college student.

The trip includes staying in a resident hall with current students, eating in the Benedum Dining hall and attending a few classes that are relevant to their prospective majors. “Showing students around and letting them see what Waynesburg is really like is a great experience, not only for them but for me as well,” said Shon Meade, an electronic media major and student ambassador. “I always hope that prospective students see how great the school is, along with how outgoing the professors are here.”

Admissions have scheduled one overnight visit for the fall semester, which will be held Nov. 15 and 16.

“Students get the chance to

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Waynesburg University will hold two fall visitations for prospective students on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 7. learn about our mission and academic programs,” said Palko “This is key if we want them to come to Waynesburg as new students.”

In order for student numbers to remain consistent, these visitation days and

overnight visits are becoming increasingly important, according to Palko.

Anyone that would like more information about visitation days or overnight visits or cannot make the scheduled visits and are still

interested in Waynesburg University, or would like to sign up for a visit, can contact the admissions office at admissions@waynesburg. edu or by calling 1-800-2257393. The university requires at least a two-week notice.

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One of Core’s favorite parts of the trip included students reenacting scenes from Shakespeare’s plays in the actual settings.

“They performed scenes from Shakespeare’s plays on the actual places they happened in the play,” Core said. “For example, they did scenes from the ‘Merchant of Venice’ in the Jewish ghetto.”

Core said Waynesburg University is pursuing a partnership with the University of Dallas.

“This was an opportunity I was given to lecture and it was an opportunity to see their campus and their operations and get to know the people who manage that campus,” Core said. “So we can make it an institutional decision whether or not that would be a good decision for us.”

Core said Waynesburg

Photo courtesy of Dr. Jacquelyn Core

Provost Dr. Jacquelyn Core traveled to Rome, Italy over the summer to give lectures regarding Shakespeare's plays in conjunction with the University of Dallas.

University is nearing an agreement to have a summer study abroad program with the University of Dal-

las.

The Shakespeare in Italy program is facilitated through the University of

Dallas’ Eugene Constantin Campus in Due Santi, which is a historical district south of Rome.

Core said the summer study abroad program—if it is agreed upon—would be a beneficial option for students.

“It’s a completely different experience to see the scene unfold in the place that Shakespeare had written it,” Core said.

“It’s really an incredible experience to see the scenes play themselves out in their natural setting.”

Core said she cherished the opp or tunity to go abroad and experience the culture while also being able to lecture.

“I love to travel, so any time I get an opportunity to travel and lecture, I’m always willing to do it,” Core said.

“I’ve given a lot of conference talks, but I think it’s the only time I’ve been invited to speak abroad.”

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“The field biology class will be pretty strongly focused on that and getting some actual experience like working with the plants and stuff you might find in the forests around here,” said Ribar.

The new trail will help the biology and environmental science departments in various ways.

“It’s really nice to be able to go out and have that resource available to us, especially for classes,” said Ribar. “In the past we have had to go off site or off campus to do research.

For example, for an ecology laboratory we would have to go to game lands or wetlands.

To have this resource on campus will be very helpful.”

Paladino said some highlights for the new trail will be stairs leading down to the

practice fields and a bridge across Purman Run. However, the exact layout of the course is still up in the air.

According to both Paladino and Ribar, an official project completion date is not yet know.

At the present time, Ribar is a senior in the department and hopes to have some sort of tangible path to show others and have something to work with before the end of the year.

Ribar says he also hopes to check in with Paladino and others in charge after graduation and can hopefully volunteer his time to still be a part of it.

Ribar is open to suggestions from other students and would greatly appreciate any students interested in becoming involved with the project to contact him at rib8351@student.wayesburg. edu.

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Bristor. “We’re hopeful that people will come out and enjoy that.’’

Because attendance for the events have not been very good in the past, Bristor decided to clump the events together on the weekend in an effort to raise involvement and participation.

“Sometimes when we planned a lot during the week, our attendance really suffered,” said Bristor. “We were trying to limit it more towards Friday and Saturday, and just make it more festive

instead of little things here and there.”

Bristor wants to remain focused on the goal of homecoming throughout the process so that Waynesburg University can be shown in the best light to the alumni.

“When we think of homecoming in general, it’s really about the alumni coming back,” said Bristor. “We want to showcase who we are by keeping in our mission of faith, learning and serving.

We want people coming back to campus reuniting with their friends that are here, but also seeing that we’re still strong with our roots.”

website?’" Cummings said.

"Each prospective student that comes in here asks different questions about what’s important to them. And so we candidly answered any questions; [as for the housing policy,] we have it clearly out on our website.”

For some visiting students, the housing policy may not have come up during a visit because it wasn't an issue, she said.

“Maybe that wasn’t one of the things that was important to them when they were choosing a school, and so they didn’t ask that question or they didn’t look at our web pages and find it,” Cummings said.

Moreover, because of the amount of information given to students and parents on tours, the information could have been looked over, she said.

“I’d say there’s probably some percent of what we tell them on a tour that goes in one ear and out the other, because they’re looking this way or there are multiple peo-

ple on the tour and they’ve turned to the side to talk to their parent while another person is asking a question,” Cummings said.

In the end, while students may believe they weren't given the information, Cummings said the information is in fact made available to them.

"It’s in black and white on the website, I can say that for sure," she said. "Even if no one said it to them verbally."

Regardless of how the policy is advertised, nearly half of the students surveyed did not consider the restriction to be important; only about 40 percent of those surveyed considered the policy to be “a big deal.”

Anecdotally, Palko found students don't have a problem with the policy.

“For the students, I’m not really sure that it’s been an issue,” Palko said. “I recruited all last spring, and I didn’t have one student tell me that they didn’t want to come to Waynesburg because of the housing policy. So that hasn’t been something that we’ve experienced.”

In an interview last semes-

ter when the policy was announced, Cummings said the university made the housing policy decision to better the lives of the students by providing a safer community on campus.

“On-campus [housing] is where we can provide what we say we are with Waynesburg University, which is the comprehensive control of community living,” said Cummings in April.

The phrase "comprehensive control" caught some students' attention, and while Cummings does not recall using the particular phrasing, she does believe the policy is designed for students' best interests.

“On-campus is where we can truly use our policies, which are designed around safety,” Cummings said.

In addition, while students living off campus are not required to abide by residence life policies, the community expects the university to be responsible for those students.

"When issues arise off campus, there is a clear expectation on the part of the community that the university

own those situations," Cummings said. "Yet we don’t have control of those situations.”

The changes to the offcampus housing policy prohibits any student in the 2018 graduation class or after to live off campus at any point in his or her four years at Waynesburg.The previous policy allowed students the opportunity to live off campus in their senior year.

Now, only three exceptions allow a Waynesburg student to live off campus: a student who is commuting from a parent’s permanent home address; a student who requires special housing arrangements due to geographic location of educationally related activities; or a student is a senior that matriculated prior to Fall 2014 and is not a member of an athletic team requiring oncampus residency.

––– Editor's note: The Yellow Jacket survey included 56 freshmen students and was conducted in six different Fiat Lux classes. For more information of how the survey was conducted, see the editorial on B2.

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one who showed the most interest in the position.”

With a semester starting, the Student Senate has plenty of new plans for the University.

The recycling committee will be continuing the recycling on campus where they will put recycling bins in dorms and buildings.

“We had a lot of participation, and it was a very successful year last year with recycling,” said Schwertfeger, a sophomore electronic media major.

The Campus Beautification Committee for Student Senate is working on the Buhl Hall Garden and getting the rest of the work for it done. There is also a plan to put in a live Christmas tree for the winter

season for students to decorate.

Student Senate is busy planning for the annual Harvest Fest on Oct. 29 held in Johnson Commons. Senate has said that they would like to plan an event around Thanksgiving, which will feature a game night.An Amendment to Senate Bylaws is in the process of being placed. This will lay out new policies and allocations of funds.

Mary Cummings, the senior vice president for Student Services and Enrollment at Waynesburg University, will be presenting these policies at some point soon.

Stratton believes that Student Senate is a great way for developing young students.

“Student Senate is a wonderful way to hone their skills and become better people,” said Stratton.

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'Blind Side' actor welcomed at Waynesburg University

By ANTHONY CONN Managing editor

In the past few years, Waynesburg University students have had the chance to see numerous special guests on campus.

Two springs ago, Christian music artist Michael W. Smith treated students and faculty to a performance in Roberts Chapel. Last year, musician Jared Anderson did the same, drawing another large crowd.

In addition to musicians, students always show excitement when dogs are brought on campus during finals week to provide an escape from studying.

When actor and producer Quinton Aaron stepped on campus last Thursday afternoon, there was no question about who Waynesburg’s most popular visitor was in recent years.

Quinton Aaron, most notably known for his role as Michael Oher in the movie, “The Blindside,” spent time at Waynesburg University last week.

Aaron did not simply stumble onto campus on a whim; he came with a purpose. Aaron is part of the Beating the Odds Foundation’s Quarterbacks of Life program.

This foundation, founded

by Rocco Scalzi in 1990, aspires to inspire America’s youth to never give up in life.

Beating the Odds visits high schools around the United States with special guests,

Photo courtesy of Madison Orton

Quinton Aaron visited campus to take part in the shooting of a promotional video for the Beating the Odds Foundation.

When not acting, Aaron travels to schools around the country to inspire others, sharing his story of perseverence.

sharing stories of perseverance and triumph.

Aaron has been a part of Beating The Odds for five years. Before coming to Waynesburg last week, he spoke at a high school, sharing his story.

His objective for coming to Waynesburg was to be a part of a promotional video for Beating the Odds, which was shot on campus, mainly in the Johnson Commons. Coordinated by Chuck Bailey and other members of Waynesburg University faculty, Aar-

on, along with senior Public Relations major Megan Bayles, shot the video Thursday and Friday. In addition to being a part of the video, Aaron made time for pictures with students and also let WCTV interview him in the campus television studio.

For Aaron, spending time with others gives him a platform for sharing lessons learned in his life. Growing up in the Bronx had its ups and downs. Despite living in poverty at times, he pursued a career in acting with support

from his aunts and uncles.

Meanwhile, his mother’s health was declining.

“I was at the lowest part of my life,” said Aaron. “Bills were piling up. My mom had been disabled for a while so she wasn’t working. Lack of work was not allowing me to be able to put food on the table for my mother and brother. After she passed it just harder.”

Then came his breakthrough: the lead role in a movie about a man whose life took a dramatic turn for

the better.

After being contacted by the director of ‘The Blind Side”, Aaron accepted the role of Michael Oher.

“It took a little getting used to because of the fact that I had never had that much responsibility on film before,” Aaron said. “It was something I was definitely willing to take head on. It was something I had always wanted.”

Aaron said that it did not take long to fully master Oher’s personality as depicted in the film script. He said that

the director suggested not reaching out to Oher prior to filming to better grasp his personality because he is different now than he was in the time period “The Blind Side” portrays.

“The Blind Side” made a statement at the box office in 2009, bringing in over $255 million Aaron says that since then he has done work in television and a few films.

His main priority right now, however, is weight loss.

“For “The Blind Side” I was given a trainer and nutritional chef,” Aaron said. “I just had to do what they told me to do.

I put on a lot of weight after ‘The Blindside”.

Aaron said that he recently lost 120 pounds. He has been making a conscious effort to exercise and eat healthier for upcoming projects.

“I have goals that I’ve set for myself,” said Aaron. “My opportunity to live healthy and get up and do what I love – that’s my motivation.”

Amidst the business that comes with being an actor and producer, Aaron sees value in traveling and speaking to America’s youth through the Beating the Odds Foundation. He hopes to inspire those he meets to pursue their dreams.

“There are no rules that say we cannot make our dreams a reality,” Aaron said. “I always tell kids to go out and go after their dreams and make them real. They’re only dreams because you haven’t figured out how to do them yet.”

Carmichaels spreads Alzheimer's awareness 5K seeks to end local hunger

By ANTHONY CONN Managing Editor

Those in attendance at the Greene County Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday morning hope that the event and its activities will not soon be forgotten. Held at Wanna B Park in Carmichaels, the walk gave participants a way to show their support for Alzheimer’s research.

“I just love getting the families together and showing our support for bringing awareness to the disease,” said Ashley Hathaway, who has been a part of the walk for four years.

Hathaway walks in honor of her grandmother, who has been battling Alzheimer’s for 10 years.

Like Hathaway, many of those at the Walk did so for personal reasons.

Plastic flowers were available to everyone that wanted to express their reason for walking. Blue flowers represented those with Alzheimer’s disease, purple represented those with family members with the disease and orange flowers were given to supporters that sought an end to the disease.

For Sue Voithoffer, these flowers were a reminder of sad times, but also a vessel of inspiration. Voithoffer lost her mother and grandmother to Alzheimer’s.

Because it runs in her family, Voithoffer has taken it upon herself to exercise her physical and mental health.

She said she has begun to eat better and walk more often.

Voithoffer also wants to her children to

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Two 5K participants were given flowers in memory of loved ones living with Alzheimers Disease and those lost. hold her accountable if she shows any signs of memory loss.

In the meantime, she plans to continue to support the research and events aimed at understanding Alzheimer’s.

“It means a lot to raise money to stop this disease,” Voithoffer said.

Jessica Nicklow, a member of the Greene County Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee for three years, operated a table at the walk and hopes that others appreciate the effort put forth by the committee.

“To me this is really important,” said Nicklow. “I want to be here doing my best part to help so that nobody has to have such a hard time with Alzheimer’s.”

Kendall Lewis, a student at West Virginia University, knows these hard times firsthand. On Saturday she walked in honor of her grandmother currently struggling with Alzheimer’s.

“Most people don’t realize how bad Alzheimer’s really is and how it affects so many people,” said Lewis. “There’s never been a survivor and there is no cure. This [walk] means everything to me.”

Behind the day’s events was Melissa Cuppet, chair of the Greene County Walk to End Alzheimer’s. She had been planning this walk since the conclusion of last year’s activities.

“I think it went very well,” said Cuppett.

“I feel that things went smooth and everyone seemed to have a good time.”

Amidst the sad reminders of loved ones lost to Alzheimer’s, hope was present at Greene County’s annual walk.

Cuppett said she would like to expand into Fayette County in the future and offer more walks for those in neighboring towns.

Based on the support shown in Greene County, the future looks bright in the fight against Alzheimer’s.

By MICAH STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

On Sept. 26, the Bravo Company 1-110 Inf., held a 5K Run/Walk at the Pennsylvania National Guard Readiness Center in Waynesburg to raise money for the Corner Cupboard Food Bank.

The first annual Race to End Hunger featured a 5K Run/Walk, as well as a 2.5K Family-Fun Fitness Walk.

According to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Greene County has 5,150 people that are categorized as “food insecure.”

To help diminish this growing number, some members of the community have stepped up and taken action.

Albie Rinehart, director and volunteer for the “Race to End Hunger,” is one of those who have taken the time and effort to help bring positive change in the county. When asked who would be participating in the event, he was quite clear that this was an all-inclusive event.

“It is open to all churches, schools and to the community,” said Rinehart.

Many businesses and institutions, as well as individuals, sponsored the event, including Waynesburg University.

The James Farrell Post gave $5,000 to the event, and provided the honor guard for the event’s opening ceremony as well.

When asked what he hoped participants would get out of the event, Rinehart hoped they would feel “the satisfaction that they are participating in an event for those whom are less fortunate, as well as benefitting personally through exercise.”

Family alpaca farm opens grounds, merchandise for public use

By LUKE GOODLING

For the Yellow Jacket

Over the weekend, Lippencott Alpacas, a fourth generation family farm operated by Lena Galing, opened up to the public, offering farm tours, workshops and discounted merchandise for all those who attended.

During the past 10 years in its operation, Lippencott Alpacas has grown in size.

Galing started the farm with just five alpacas, but now that number has grown to 20.

Last weekend marked the National Farm Day for Alpacas, and Lippencott Alpacas was just one of the countless farms countrywide to open

up their farm to the public.

“We raise and breed alpacas for their wool. The wool, organized into six different grades, can make scarves equivalent to cashmere,” said Galing, while she explained the purpose of raising their alpacas. She went on to further explain the six different grades of the fiber.

“Grade one is defined as baby fiber, though it is important to understand that it doesn’t reflect the age of the alpaca,” she said.

Through the six different grades of the fiber, artists have the flexibility of creating items as fine as shawls and socks to rugged boot liners and stadium seat pads.

“[Alpaca fiber] is also warmer and less scratchy than other natural fibers,” said Galing.

As the only alpaca farm in Greene County, Lippencott Alpacas had a large turnout for the weekend’s activities. “[It was] very successful,” Galing said. “Considering all the activities taking place in Waynesburg this weekend between the football game and Touch a Truck, I can’t feel bad.”

She estimated between 300 and 400 people passed through the farm on Saturday alone.

There were a variety of activities for both children and adults. Alpaca fiber felt-

ing was a large draw for the younger audience. By using a wet felting technique, participants would ‘aggravate’ the fiber with water and soap, eventually bonding together the individual hairs to create balls and other simple shapes.

In addition, proper alpaca handling and training techniques were displayed with a few members of the audience being permitted to enter the pen with the animals.

Lippencott Alpacas hosted more than just alpacas at their event, they also had a variety of vendors; one of those including Moore’s Hot Dog Stand.”

However, this past weekend was not the only opportu-

nity prospective visitors had to tour the small family farm.

“Our farm store is open all year around, and we offer farm tours for anyone over the age of six,” said Galing. ”Just make sure you call first since this is a working farm.”

The farm store itself offers a vast range of fiber-related products.

“Our extreme weather alpaca socks are the best seller here,” said Galing.

The store also has yarn, long johns, rugs, and placemats, as well as knitted items such as hats, sweaters and scarves.

For those looking to purchase an alpaca, Galing not only recommends their fiber,

but also enjoys their temperament.

“If you are stressed, the best thing to do is go spend time with an alpaca; It will calm your every nerve,” said Galing.

Throughout October, Lippencott Alpacas will be attending festivals throughout the region every weekend.

One of their appearances will be at the Oglebay Fall Festival, where attendees will have a chance to meet two alpacas from the farm.

For students wishing to schedule a farm tour, contact Lena Galing at 724-852-4084 or through their website: http://www.lippencottalpacas.com/.

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Surveying the scene

Freshmen surveyed regarding housing policy In this week’s front-page story on freshmen awareness of the housing policy, we report a majority of students were unaware of the change to the policy and nearly half felt they had not been properly informed of the policy.

The story began as a result of rumblings among the student body that the incoming class was surprised by the policy, or at least not fully cognizant of it. We were not going to report anecdotal evidence, of course, and so we felt it important to systematically gauge the experience of the freshmen class in relation to the housing policy. As such, we conducted a survey of Fiat Lux classes to ensure these anecdotes accurately reflected reality.

The final story, which took about three weeks to complete, found that most freshmen did in fact report not knowing about the policy and felt they were not given proper information about it. We also spoke to members of the administration, who stressed that the information was available to the students before they arrived on campus and the expectation was that most students were aware of the policy.

Between the survey and interviews, our reporting found that there does seem to be a disconnect beIt is our hope that this tween the expectations information helps prompt of the administration and the experiences of changes in the way the freshmen themprospective students are selves. And, because informed of the housing of the nature of the story and in an effort policy so as to avoid “surprises” for future classes. to ensure transparency, we felt it important to discuss the way we collected the data.

The main purpose of the survey was to ask freshman students about their knowledge of the off-campus living policy and their thoughts on the policy. The survey was pilot tested to ensure validity and reliability of the measures and then given to a sample of six Fiat Lux classes, which represented roughly 14 percent of the 395 members of the freshmen class.

A total of 56 students from those six classes were surveyed, and 12 students — commuters, baseball players and football players — were excluded from the final results because the changed policy did not affect them. The final sample of 44 students represents a little more than 11 percent of the freshmen class and, while not a true random sample, is believed to be roughly representative of the entire class.

The 10-item survey featured Likert-scale-style questions to gauge students’ agreement with several statements. For example, “I believe I was adequately informed about the policy by Waynesburg University before enrolling at WU.” Neither the Fiat Lux professors, nor the students in the six classes, were told the purpose of the survey before taking it so as not to skew results. They were all told the survey was being given to gain the perspective of the freshman class.

And in the end, we found that the perspective of the freshman class was fairly clear on this topic.

It is our hope that this information helps prompt changes in the way prospective students are informed of the housing policy so as to avoid “surprises” for future classes.

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October 1, 2015

It’s a very rare day in the history of my life. I am about to eat some crow on a recent column I wrote in regard to boring campus weekends and the lack of a common school spirit at different events.

Perhaps, I should have written the column at a different point in time considering the wide array of events planned for the students this upcoming weekend.

Although, I would still love to see huge, unifying events scattered throughout the year, this weekend is a solid step in the direction of making campus more lively and fun for students.

As many students have complained in the past and present, it is now our turn to show school spirit this week.

As students, we need to show the school organizations and administration that we want to have more

activities on campus, and this means several things.

First, we have to participate in the events that are provided. For example, this weekend there are a ton of opportunities to showcase our school spirit.

Friday Oct. 2 is a campus-wide declared Black and Orange Day. Wear your Waynesburg garb, and if you really want to get into the Jacket spirit, paint your face and dye your hair.

Show the school that we have school spirit in the simplest ways.

Participate in the Cram the Van service project.

Bring as much food, hygiene supplies and paper products as you can so that we can support the Salvation Army.

Show up to the pep rally on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., and then join one of the more popular events on campus, WU Idol, at 8:00 p.m. in the GPAC. There’s a football game on Saturday afternoon and the football team is looking to defeat the Grove City Wolverines

to help head coach Rick Shepas win his 66th game.

A w in wou ld pl ace Shepas in sole possession of Waynesburg University football’s all-time wins list.

Of course, not everyone will be pleased with everyting.

People complain about anything they can think of complaining about, but we cannot let the negativity from some affect the attitudes of everyone else.

And this week, I realize that my attitude was wrong. As a memb er of the student body, we should have a say in the things that students can do.

So, let your ideas be heard. Use the paper as a platform, talk to administration, and please, as I have learned, instead of simply complaining, do something.

The administration is more receptive to ideas than students give credit for, so make your voices heard.

Student participation in events makes college a great experience.

It’s actually kind of funny, but I am going to take us back to the beginning of freshman year — in high school.

What was the one thing that faculty, upperclassmen and your parents likely encouraged you to do as soon as you entered freshman year?

For me, at least, it was to get involved in everything that you’re remotely interested in, and then some things you’re not interested in.

Getting involved and getting connected is a great way to begin your high school career.

I had a blast getting involved with high school extracurricular activities, and it is the same in college.

I would certainly still love to see more events that unify the campus at Waynesburg; however, I do believe we should take advantage of the times we can share as a campus community, and getting involved in the multitude of events for homecoming this weekend will be a great start.

Students: Waynesburg is your home, too KIMMI BASTON Columnist

In my home tow n , I know what the issues are.

I know which areas need the most help and what problems we collectively struggle with.

I know about the social divides and the battles between community members. I am aware, and I care.

I only live in that town for a third of the year. For eight months, I live here, in Greene County – in Waynesburg. And what do I know about this town?

Not much.

I’m in love with Waynesburg University, and so it has become my paradise – an island, if you will, in the middle of a place rife with need.

Greene is the eighth poorest county in Pennsylvania based on per capita income, with nearly 4,700 people in poverty according to the Greene County Community Food Bank.

Additionally, at the time of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article from January of last year, Greene had the highest rate in Western Pennsylvania of deaths from illegal and prescription drug overdoses – approximately 28 per every 100,000 residents.

I don’t want to dwell solely on the problems in our town and county, but right now it’s just the opposite.

All I can see are the good things about Waynesburg because they are what benefit me.

I know I’m not the only one who lives in semioblivion of the suffering

that surrounds us every day.

A large portion of our student body spends their time contently sheltered on the oasis that is our campus, forgetting that there’s a whole world outside.

A typical resident student spends the equivalent of almost three years living in Greene County, but we spend very little of that time as citizens.

I’m calling for an increase in citizenship. I call this place home, and I know a lot of you agree with me. Why aren’t we acting like it?

I’m not asking anyone to start attending town hall meetings or court proceedings. You don’t even have to start going to service sites – although that would help.

It all starts with just giving the same amount of at-

tention and care to issues in the community as you would in your hometown.

Remember that Waynesburg University is not an island. It’s part of a town, a community, a fellowship.

R e a lize t hat Gre ene County and the town of Waynesburg do an awful lot for us as college students, and it’s only right we should give back when we can.

Understand that even though the issues in our area don’t show themselves in front of us every day, they still affect everything and everyone in the county.

Your name may not be on the Greene County census, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a part of this community.

Let’s start pulling our weight and acting the way any hometown deserves.

Walking By Faith: Jason Falvo Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Jason Falvo, assistant football coach, head coach of the track and field team and life skills instructor, as part of a series of weekly converstaions with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith.

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

Q. When did you first come to Waynesburg and what led you here?

A. My decision to come to Waynesburg as student was a bit of a journey. My family was living in town and my father was the lead pastor at First Assembly of God church in town.

I originally spent my first four years at school at Juniata College pursuing a degree in Elementary Education.

I left there with just a few credits left and actually enrolled in West Virginia University [WVU]. This was against all advice I was being given.

I never stepped foot on WVU campus for class and was searching for a place to finish my degree.

With a few calls to Head Football Coach at the time Dan Baranik, I was asked to be a student coach for the team and thus enrolled in Waynesburg for undergrad in 1999.

Upon finishing my degree, in three semesters I was able to secure a graduate assistant coaching job at Muskingum College and earned my degree in education curriculum.

I would still remain in contact with members of the team and coaching staff from my time at Waynesburg. New Head Football Coach Jeff Hand and I met a few times out recruiting for our football teams.

A few weeks after our first real conversation, Coach Hand had an opening and approached me about it. I was very blessed to be offered the full time job in football here in 2003.

I do feel it was a very God

ordained situation.

Everything that needed to fall in place for me to return to Waynesburg did at the perfect time. This was not by chance. God truly planned for me to come back to Waynesburg and be near my family.

I was able to be home at a place that was and still is perfect for me to support my family as three members of my immediate family passed See FAITH on B3

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Cheat Sheet: Pope Francis visits United States for first time

Editor's Note: The following is a synopsisof a recent topic trending in world or national news.

BY MATTIE WINOWITCH For the Yellow Jacket

Last week, Pope Francis visited the United States for the first time. His visit included a stop in Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia.

According to a news report from WLNS, the reason that Pope Francis visited the United States was due to the World Meeting of Families.

The World Meeting of Families is a four-day festival that is held every four years. During the festival, there is often a papal visit or appearance.

In this case, the World Meeting of Families festival was held in Philadelphia, and Pope Francis gave the papal visit.

While in the United States, Pope Francis spoke to a multitude of different people. including victims of sexual abuse, prisoners and those devoted to

Courtesy of MCT Campus

Pope Francis arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan to an enthusiastic crowd on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015.

Christ.

In Washington, D.C., Pope Francis completed many “firsts”. According to CNN, he became the first pope to speak to Congress.

He als o canonized someone for the first time

on American soil, “lifting Spanish missionary Junipero Serra”.

In New York, Pope Francis visited the 9/11 Memorial, and also gave a speech at the U.N. General Assembly on selfishness and cli-

mate control.

In Philadelphia, Pope Francis gave a mass on Sunday in the heart of Phi ladelphia, and t he crowds were packed on Benjamin Franklin Boulevard. According to FOX

News, Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday to close out his six-day American trip with a “message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and

a warning to America’s bishops.”

The mass closed out his week-long trip to the United States.

“It was a beautiful thing and also different. Washington, the welcome was warm but more formal; New York was a bit exuberant; Philadelphia very demonstrative,” he said through a translator.

According to TIME, Pope Francis also gave a personal reflection that described his experience as a whole: “When the plane leaves after a visit, I see the faces of so many people.

I get the urge to pray for them and say to the Lord, ‘I came here to do something, to do good, perhaps I have done wrong, forgive me but protect all those people who saw me, who thought of what I said, who heard me, even those who have criticized me, all of them.’ That is what I feel.”

Church Officials have announced that the next Vatican-sponsored event will be held in Dublin, Ireland in 2018.

In The News: Ten headlines you need to know this week

1. Mars has water In a news conference, NASA confirmed that liquid, salty water does exist on the planet Mars.

Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters said, “Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past - under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars.”

A Reconnaissance Orbiter gathered the information, and though NASA is very confident in their findings, further research is ongoing.

The discovery could play a huge role in NASA’s goal of launching a manned mission to Mars by the 2030s.

-Sep28, Fox News 2. America willing to work with Russia, Iran President Obama said in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly that America is “prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict.”

However, he did note that there cannot be “a return to the pre-war status quo” once fighting has subsided.

President Obama also called the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, a “tyrant” and said that a “managed transition” is needed to a more inclusive leader.

The UN is expected to discuss the Syrian Civil War and the refugee crisis at length during their time in New York.

-Sept. 28, BBC News 3. TSA finding record number of guns According to new statistics from the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), a record number of guns were found in carry-

Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus

President Barack Obama spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, proclaiming that America would work with Russia and Iran to resolve conflicts. on baggage over the course of one week in mid-September.

Agents discovered 67 guns in baggage with 56 of those fully loaded.

In addition, agents also found gunpowder, knives and stun guns among prohibited items being stowed.

Guns and gun parts are prohibited in carry-on baggage, but passengers can check those items if they are declared with the airline before boarding.

Fines for bringing these items on board without following guidelines can be up to $11,000.

-Sept. 28, NBC News 4. Dalai Lama goes to Mayo Clinic The Dalai Lama is currently resting at a Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for a “medical evaluation,” according to a spokeswoman who declined to give more details.

The Tibetan spiritual leader was scheduled to speak in Colorado, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Utah in about three weeks,

but was instead told to rest for several weeks.

The Dalai Lama, 80, is rumored to not be ill, but merely there for a check-up appointment, according to a source based in India.

-Sept. 28, CNN News 5. Taliban captures major city in Afghanistan The country of Afghanistan announced on Monday that Taliban forces have captured a northern city after many battles with government forces. This marks the first time the Taliban has taken over a major urban area since the United States invaded in 2001.

Current information indicates that the Taliban has control over a courthouse, hospital and other government buildings; including a prison that Taliban forces let all prisoners go free.

This marks a setback for the Afghan government who has been trying to secure their own country since the United States largely left.

-Sept. 28, Fox News

6. Cecil the lion leader wants case thrown out Lawyers for the tour guide who led the way for a U.S. dentist to kill the protected Cecil the lion wants his case thrown out of court.

Theo Bronkhorst, the Zimbabwean hunter who chaired the expedition, was charged with “failing to prevent an illegal hunt.”

Lawyers, however, say that the charge was “not clear and the circumstances do not constitute a chargeable offence.”

Bronkhorst denies he did anything wrong saying that the correct permits were obtained to kill an elderly lion that was outside the boundaries of the national park.

The trial has been adjourned until mid-October at which time the magistrate will decide where the trial will go.

-Sept. 28, BBC News 7. PA Turnpike to test cashless tolls Officials from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced they will be

launching a pilot program starting in 2016 to make two interchange tolls cashless.

Locally, drivers at the Beaver Valley Expressway and the Delaware River Bridge in eastern Pennsylvania will either need to pay tolls via an E-ZPass.

Or, they must have their license plates scanned as they drive through the toll plaza, receiving a bill later in the mail.

Turnpike Commission Chairman Sean Logan says that interchange upgrades will be required, but it should help free the flow of traffic that commonly builds at toll plazas.

til Oct. 5 to register for the November general election if they are not currently registered to vote.

Eligible voters must be a U.S. Citizen for at least one month before the election on Nov. 3, be a resident of the state and election district for at least 30 days before the election and be at least 18 years old.

One can apply to register by going to a PennDOT photo and driver’s license center, going to a county voter registration office, or even by using a new online system located at www. votespa.com.

-Sept. 28, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

-Sept. 28, WPXI News

10. County reacts to Clean Power Plan A public “listening session” was held at Waynesburg Central High School on the Clean Power Plan being pushed by the federal government last week.

State Representative Pam Snyder said in a press release that the sessions are being held to discuss what the State Department of Environmental Protection plans to do to cut carbon emissions in the state by 30%.

Speakers at the event were mainly against the regulations, saying how the plan would reduce tax revenues coming into local communities and the counties, stunting any positive job growth many areas of southwestern Pennsylvania have started to see over the past several years.

-Sept. 28,

8. Aloca to split in two Pittsburgh-based Aloca announced that it will split into two independent companies.

One will focus on its bauxite, aluminum and casting operations while the other company will focus on engineering, transportation and global rolled products businesses.

The hope is that the split will boost the company’s shareholder value while also separating the weaker and stronger parts of the company to try and ensure a better general business outcome.

The aluminum side of the company will retain the Aloca name, but the name of the new offshoot company is not yet known.

The split should be official and completed by the second half of next year.

-Sept. 28, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 9. Voting registration deadline approaching PA Voters will have un-

Greene County Messenger

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Faith: Falvo feels he is 'where the Lord has called me to be'

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by 2005.

If God didn’t open the door for me at the perfect time I would not have had the opportunity to spend the time I did in those last days.

I am truly grateful.

Q. How do you demonstrate your faith in your position on campus?

A. I trust I demonstrate my faith daily in how I show God’s love to the students and staff I am in contact with each day.

I have been involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes [FCA] club on campus and directly involved with the football and track and field huddle groups.

Football’s FCA huddle meets every Monday and track and field has meet on Wednesdays.

In recent years we have had small group Bible studies in my office, which are such a blessing.

The small groups are a yearto-year activity depending on how the students would like to do this and have primarily been with the track and field team on top of the FCA huddles for football and track and field.

It is something I truly enjoy doing and love seeing how the Lord is feeding into the lives of our student athletes.

Q. Any specific moments in interacting with faculty or staff touched your faith or affirmed your faith?

A. For me there are so many. When my father passed away in 2004 the love and outreach from our Waynesburg family was so great and they definitely showed God’s love to my family and me.

More recently the Bible studies and FCA huddles are so great. The way the

Lord uses that time to plant seeds, speak life and grow our student/athletes during these meeting is such a special thing.

To be able to work at an institution that allows me to speak freely and share the good news to the people I am around is something that is so special to me. It something I do not take for granted.

To hear and see how on campus how the Lord is working in the lives of our student and staff is amazing and truly affirms that this is the place I want to be at.

Q. What do you find yourself needing to be reminded of?

A. I need to be reminded daily of my purpose on this earth and campus. It is not only just to coach and mentor these students in sports but to share God with them as well.

It is so easy for us to get tunnel vision on our job or day-to-day stuff and we forget we are called to serve and share the Lord with those we are around.

I need reminded that my purpose is the spread the good news of the Lord and not just coach a sport.

On my judgment day before the Lord I will not be asked how many championships I won, but how many lives came to know the Lord

by my actions and obedience to the Lord.

My daily mission is to see lives changes for the Lord, not to win a game.

Q. Do you feel you are where God wants you to be?

A. I definitely feel at this time I am where the Lord has called me to be. That is a daily prayer of mine.

To lead me where the Lord wants me, to put in my life what He wants and take out what He wants.

Until He opens a door, as He did to lead me here, to go to another place or school I will be here.

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Jackets lose three in a row for first time since 2006 Offense struggles to sustain drives in loss to Bethany

By JOHN LYDIC Staff Writer

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

Junior tight end Daniel Davis dives and flips into the end zone for his second score of the game. Davis' touchdowns were the lone scores of the game, though, as the Jackets lost to Bethany 27-14.

Waynesburg offense shut out in the second half

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Down 17-14 with 1:21 left in the first half, the Waynesburg offense had a chance to either take the lead going into halftime, or try to get a first down running the ball and go into halftime down three points.

The Jackets decided to go for the score, and after two completed passes by freshman quarterback Jake Dougherty, a timeout and two unsuccessful pass plays, Waynesburg was forced to punt the ball back to Bethany.

With only 29 seconds remaining in the half and two timeouts, Bethany quarterback Lincoln Reyes completed all five pass attempts on the 61-yard touchdown drive to give the Bison the 24-14 lead. The junior quarterback hooked up with senior wide receiver Eric Blinn for the

7-yard score. The Bison (2-2, 1-1) would go on to win the Presidents’ Athletic Conference contest over the Jackets (1-3, 0-2) 27-14.

“We’re in a two-minute drill, and we’re trying to move the ball,” said Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas.

“It’s one of those situations, it’s not a sudden change situation, it’s a three-and-out situation, but at 22 seconds left we have to defend on any points. We didn’t get that done, and those are the momentum situations I’m talking about.”

Waynesburg got on the board first, as Dougherty hit junior tight end Dan Davis for a 12-yard score to put the Jackets ahead 7-0.

Bethany did not take long to respond, though, as Reyes hit a wide-open Tyler Ambush, who totaled a gamehigh 177 receiving yards on six receptions and a touchdown, for a 74-yard score to

tie the game at seven on the first play of the drive. The junior quarterback completed 24 of 36 pass attempts for 342 yards and two touchdowns.

“It’s only game number four for him and he got the ball down the field for the first time in his career,” Bethany head coach Bill Garvey said. “So he had a really nice game, and hopefully we can continue that as we go forward here.”

Two drives later, Bethany would start on its own 7-yard line after a great punt by junior punter Jonathan Hager.

The Bison would drive all the way to the Waynesburg 4-yard line, but the Jackets prevailed, forcing Bethany to kick a field goal.

The Bison would increase their lead on their next drive, as junior running back Jalen Holmes, who totaled 121 yards on 29 carries and a touchdown in the game, sprinted for a 33-yard score.

Bethany now led 17-7 with about eight minutes remaining in the half.

Waynesburg answered back quickly, though, as it took the Jackets only two plays to score considering the drive started on Bethany’s side of the field. Dougherty, who ended the day completing 29 of 41 passes for 216 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, rolled out to his left and hit Davis who flipped into the end zone to decrease the deficit to three points.

“I was really happy to see Daniel have that success this past week,” Shepas said. “I think it was great for him, as well as the team. We just want to continue with that progression for him blocking, as well as catching the ball.”

The Blinn touchdown that increased the Bison lead to 10 See FOOTBALL on C4

After a third consecutive loss for the first time in nine seasons, the Waynesburg University offense is looking to continue in its progression and find sustained drives, according to head coach Rick Shepas.

“The goal for us is to get first downs and stay on the field, no matter how we manufacture that,” said Shepas. “We haven’t been an explosive play team yet, other than in the punt and kick return game. We need to manufacture first downs, then manufacture touchdowns.”

Waynesburg opened Saturday with a scoring drive of nine plays encompassing 50 yards to take the early lead, but after that drive the offense had few sustained drives the rest of the game.

Other than a second scoring drive and a fourth quarter red zone interception, Waynesburg had 11 of its 14 drives go fewer than 30 yards.

“Offensively we scored on our first possession,” said Shepas. “We had some hustle plays, which were key. You know Jerry’s [Lawman] fumble recovery on Dan Davis’ fumble that was huge. He recovered his own fumble as well.”

Freshman quarterback Jake Dougherty threw 41 times in the game, and despite the final result, Shepas saw more steps

from his young quarterback.

“I thought [Dougherty] made improvements,” said Shepas. “I thought his eyes down the field especially in the first half were great but at the same time we understand he is also getting his water wings and he’s learning about college football and I think that’s evident in his play on the goal line.

He rushed his fake and he rushed his throw. That is a freshman mistake. He has been throwing a great ball though.”

Shepas also identified another bright spot in the offense Saturday in junior tight end Dan Davis.

“I was really happy to have [Davis] have that success this week,” said Shepas. “I thought it was great for him as well as the team and I thought with that progression for him, as well as his blocking, it was good football.”

With the score 27-14 in the fourth quarter, Waynesburg had three opportunities to drive down the field, but the three series resulted in a total of 60 yards, a punt and two turnovers on downs.

“The bottom line is we don’t need to press,” said Shepas. “We don’t need to score a touchdown on every play. We just need to get first downs and keep the opponent off the field and some of the untimely penalties aren’t helping us in down and distance situSee OFFENSE on C4

Volleyball dominates Chatham in 3-set win Freshman runner

emerges for Jackets

By ZACHERY ZALAR

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets volleyball team used an early 7-3 run to foreshadow the outcome of their Presidents’ Athletic Conference match against the Chatham University Cougars.

From the first ser ve, Waynesburg dominated on the court to end a six-game conference-losing streak and garnered its first straight set sweep of the season.

“It feels great especially since all of the starters did their job,” said senior libero Jessica Dorazio. “We were able to get non-starters some playing time and that should always be our goal-to get everyone into the game."

Waynesburg used the momentum from the early run to put the pressure on Chatham and never took their

Kuzminski would commit to Waynesburg.

“The school sells itself,” Freshman Joel Kuzminski said Hardie. “I knew Joel knows he picked the right liked the university from the university when deciding start. He came in during the where to go to college. winter and met the team and “Waynesburg had the best from there I knew we won opportunity for me to run him over.” and had a great Kuzminski has [academic] scholbeen putting up arship that I could impressive times not pass up,” said as a freshman.

Kuzminski.

The first meet the Ku z m i n team competed in ski could not say at Grove City Colenough on how lege, he finished Waynesburg was 22nd of 73 runthe best fit for him ners placing with to go to school. a time of 18:01.

Kuzminski He is a native of The second race of Hopewell, Pennsylvania and the year was at Bethany Colis studying accounting here lege where Kuzminski placed at Waynesburg.

22nd of 149 runners with a Head coach Chris Hardie knew from the start See KUZMINSKI on C2

By JOHN BABOS

For the Yellow Jacket

Dillon Tierney, Yellow Jacket

The volleyball team, pictured here in a match against Grove City last year, won its second PAC game of the season in straight sets. foot off the throttle. Not only did they win in straight sets, but they also won each set by scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-10.

“We really played great as a team, which really helped and we had a lot of energy out there on the court,” said freshman outside hitter Lexy

Waldman.

One of the circumstances that stood out in the game See VOLLEYBALL on C3

Following bye week, cross country heads to New York for meet

By ROBERT MCKINNEY For the Yellow Jacket

This past weekend, the Waynesburg University women’s and men’s crosscountry teams had a bye week. With this extra time the Jackets prepared and are continuing to prepare for the upcoming Mike Woods Invitational in Geneseo, New York. The trip to New York will be the team’s farthest meet away from Waynesburg

this season and will require an overnight stay.

Waynesburg head coach Chris Hardie touched on the bye week and how his team is preparing for the six-hour trip to New York.

“With a bye week, typically it’s a tougher week; it actually becomes where you take the race out but add a speed workout,” said Hardie. “Make Monday and Friday tough and make sure we back them down, but we

didn’t put too much pressure on them.”

The bye week helped the cross-country teams because the next few meets, including the upcoming Mike Woods Invitational, will be the toughest meets so far this season, according to Hardie.

“It is a rise in competition, and we have to compete at the same [high] level, and there’s so much more pressure in a pre-regional meet [referring to the Mike

Woods Invitational this upcoming weekend], we are in kind of a competition mode,” said Hardie. “We’ve had a few tune-up races that were a little bit smaller. The next four meets will be difficult, higher competition, [the] fields will be huge [and] will be fast courses.

The message is to continue with the plan, compete hard and race to the next level at some point in the next eight weeks.”

Sophomore Julie Gerber, who posted a team leading 12th-place finish at the Saint Vincent Invitational with a time of 19:38.8, said the trip will help her and the team.

“I want to improve my time, and stay positive mentally,” said Gerber. “It is one of our farthest trips and it is a really great way to bond with everybody on the way there and back.”

Sophomore Elinore Loch knows the upcoming course

very well, as she is from Syracuse, New York. According to Hardie, Loch spent time practicing on the course as a teenager and will likely have the best advantage out of any runner on the team.

Senior Ben McAuley, who led the men’s team with a 63rd-place finish and a time of 29:36.6 at the Saint Vincent Invitational, said he is confident and ready for his See XC on C2

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COMMENTARY

Baseball to take on WVU in fall game Youth causes fall sports dip in success

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Last week, I wrote a column about the youth of the football team and how their decline is a natural progression of most college sports teams.

Youth and inexperience, caused by several key players lost in almost every fall sport, is plaguing the fall athletic season on campus.

When teams lose so many key players in one graduating class, it is difficult to expect similar success the next season considering the players being asked to step in, whether or not they are freshman, have yet to be depended on to perform at the collegiate level.

It’s disappointing that only a few months after receiving the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Men’s All-Sports trophy most of the fall sports

teams have taken a turn for the worst.

The football team is attempting to replace a firstteam quarterback, wide receiver, tight end and offensive lineman. Almost all of the rest of the skill position players for Waynesburg appeared in the second-team and honorable mentions last season.

The replacements for those players are ones who have either not played at the college level yet, or used to be role players and are now key players being depended on.

With youth comes potential, and several players on the football team have great potential. Freshmen quarterback Jake Dougherty, defensive back Justin Willkow are just a few freshmen who have shown solid play this season.

The men’s soccer team is off to a disastrous 0-9 start to the 2015 campaign after a 9-7-4 finish and a playoff birth last season.

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West Virginia baseball was set to begin a new era six months ago by going back in its roots to find an opponent to play to open its new state-of-the-art stadium, Monongalia County Ballpark. The roots went deep into the history books, and Mountaineers’ Director of Athletics and Associate VP at the time Oliver Luck found that opponent in the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets.

When West Virginia baseball got its start, its first game ever was against Waynesburg College, which helped to fit the desire for an opponent to help usher a new era in rather well, according to Luck.

The game was set to be played March 17 and was going to open the ballpark.

But, just as quickly as an opponent was found, a harsh winter forced the construction of the facility to be delayed, thus the field was not ready, and the game was canceled.

“I think our guys and even

the university were a little disappointed the game got canceled,” said Waynesburg head coach Mike Humiston.

“We had a feeling that a lot of students and people from around Waynesburg were going to make the trek south for the game, so sure it’s disappointing from that end, and because we didn’t get to play a really good team.”

The game that was supposed to be on tap as a regular season game for both teams, is now being played as a fall scrimmage for both teams.

This not only will still allow the Waynesburg players an opportunity to have the experience against a Division I baseball team, but to have an experience playing on a still new, Division I fa-

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time of 29:34. The last meet was at Saint Vincent College where he placed 67th of 168 competitors with a time of 29:42.

“I want to see the team close our pack running,” said Kuzminski. “We should be running together to help pass Grove City.”

Kuzminski is competing with top Jacket runner, senior Ben McAuley. Kuzminski is always finishing right behind McAuley in every meet so far.

“Ben [McAuley] is a great leader, who has a great pace,” said Kuzminski. “Ben is one of two seniors on the team who has been here the most and is pushing the team to get better.”

Kuzminski has a lot of po-

tential to be like runner Jonathan Blatt, who ran here in 2013 and was very successful, according to Hardie “Joel reminds me of Blatt, who was a top-10 runner for us,” said Hardie.

Blatt was a very successful runner for the Yellow Jackets, and Hardie sees a lot of Blatt in Kuzminski.

“Kuzminski can be a top 10 runner here in Waynesburg cross-country history,” said Hardie.

Hardie said Kuzminski has to have a great offseason if he wants more success as a Yellow Jacket. It’s hard for him to have a great off season because after the cross-country season, Joel will be competing in indoor track then will go straight into outdoor track.

“Cross-country and track is an 11-month sport where

cility, which Humiston said will be a fun experience for his team.

“It’s going to be an eye opener in a few ways for our guys,” said Humiston.

“One way is it’s going to be exciting for our guys to not only play at the facility, but to actually play against Division I talent. They are going to get to see how Division I athletes carry themselves in game situations.”

Humiston said Waynesburg will be playing to compete at a high level, and the playing time will be treated as if it were a regular season game.

“It’s going to be just like a normal game,” said Humiston. “We’re going to start with our guys. Of course it’s also a chance to rotate some

younger guys in, but obviously everyone is not going to play.”

Humiston said he actually joked with now senior ace Brian Resnik about going eight innings, knowing he would be up for the challenge if it were reality. Resnik responded with, “That’s fine with me.”

The game is a chance to rekindle a little bit of nostalgia from the past and a chance for Waynesburg’s players to have an experience that could both serve as an eye-opener on and off the field, according to Humiston.

It will be a single, nine-inning contest, as opposed to the norm for Waynesburg in the fall which is playing two seven-inning games against Division II Wheeling-Jesuit, as per the NCAA allowance for 18 innings in the fall against an outside opponent.

The game is set to take place Friday, Oct. 2, at 5 p.m. at Monongalia County Ballpark.

The ballpark is located at 2040 Gyorko Drive at the University Town Centre in Granville, West Virginia.

they only have a month off for an offseason,” said Hardie. “Joel needs to have a great offseason where he needs to put on muscle and needs to be stronger,” If Kuzminski has a great offseason, according to Hardie, he can compete for the number one spot next year for the Yellow Jackets.

From his past meets Kuzminski is finishing second for the Jackets.

“I want to get my time under 28 minutes by the end of the year,” said Kuzminski.

If Kuzminski can do that then he will be competing with McAuley who is having a great season this year.

The Yellow Jackets travel to Geneseo, New York for the Mike Woods Invitational Saturday. Start time is scheduled for 11 a.m.

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teammates to show their ability.

“I’m really looking for our guys to step up from how they have been working in practices and translating that into a race, because we have seen some really great practices,” said McAuley.

The senior said the travel does have an affect on the runners during the race.

“I think it definitely does [affect runners]; some people don’t sleep well when they aren’t comfortable in their environment,” said McAuley. “The biggest worry I always have is tightening up [during the bus ride] and not having my legs for the race.”

The Jackets get to preview the course Friday night when they arrive.

On the day of the race, members of both teams are allowed to walk through the course and gather a feel for the path.

Gerber plans to use the course walk-through as an advantage.

“The big thing for me is to know the course I’m running on,” said Gerber. “If there’s a part I know is difficult I’ll walk it a few times.”

Hardie’s biggest concerns are the lack of course knowledge and weather conditions the day of the race. Although these are concerns, Hardie is comfortable with his team and thinks they are ready for the upcoming meet.

The women's cross-coun-

try team are still ranked this week. The United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association weekly Regional Rankings came out and the women's team held on to its ninth spot in the Mideast Region. Waynesburg has held the spot for three weeks straight after the preseason rankings slotted Waynesburg at number 10.

Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Grove City fell down two spots from sixth to eighth. Grove City has won the PAC Championship the past 26 years in crosscountry.

The Yellow Jackets return to the course Saturday for the Mike Wood Invitational at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Start time is scheduled for 11 a.m.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL STANDINGS

Thomas More Case Western Reserve Wash & Jeff Bethany Geneva Saint Vincent Westminster Carnegie Mellon Grove City Thiel Waynesburg

Conf. Overall 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-3 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-3

Saturday’s Box Score

BETHANY 27, WAYNESBURG 14 Bethany 7 17 3 0 27 Waynesburg 7 7 0 0 14

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WAY - Davis 12 yd pass from Dougherty, (Lewis kick); 8:13; BET - Ambush 74 yd pass from Reyes (Ray kick), 7:59 Second Quarter: BET - Ray 22 yd field goal; 11:59; BET - Holmes 33 yd run (Ray kick), 8:06; WAY - Davis 21 yd pass from Dougherty, (Lewis kick), 7:13; BET - Blinn 7 yd pass from Reyes, (Ray kick), :04 Third Quarter: BET - Ray 23 yd field goal, 1:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Dougherty................. 29 41 216 2 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Lawman................................ 19 94 0 Leavell........................................2 26 0 Waynesburg receiving

REC YDS TD Barnes.................................. 7 80 0 Cooper........................................4 63 0 Bethany passing

COM ATT YDS TD Reyes........................ 24 36 342 2 Bethany rushing

ATT YDS TD Holmes.................................. 29 121 1 Hannah.......................................5 16 0 Bethany receiving

REC YDS TD Ambush.................................. 6 177 1 Blinn............................................ 12 107 1

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, September 26

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

Conf. Overall 0-0 8-1-1 0-0 5-3 0-0 4-2-2 0-0 4-2-2 0-0 4-3-2 0-0 4-4-1 0-0 2-7 0-0 1-9-1 0-0 0-9

Saturday’s Box Score

MOUNT UNION 2, WAYNESBURG 0 Mount Union 2 0 2 Waynesburg 0 0 0

Saturday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 2, MARIETTA 1 Waynesburg 1 1 2 Marietta 1 0 1

Second Half: WAY - Goal by Murphey (assist by Hackman), 50:33

Saturday, September 26: John Carroll 4, Geneva 1; Muskingum 3, Saint Vincent 0; Thomas More 2, Marietta 0; Wash & Jeff 0, Heidleberg 0 (2OT); Mount Union 2, Waynesburg 0

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 25: Carnegie Mellon 3, Grove City 1

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, October 2: Westminster at Thiel - 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 3: Maryville at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Bethany - 1:30 p.m.; Geneva at Grove City - 2 p.m.

Sunday, October 4: Thomas More at Saint Vincent 2:30 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive: Brian Runyon, Junior F, Thomas More Deffensive: Tyler Little, Senior GK, Westminster

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Gebhardt, 959, TMC; Cuda, 825, CWR; Dougherty, 805, WAY RUSHING YARDS: Benger, 701, CMU; McKinley, 429, WES; Ruffing, 421, W&J TACKLES: Hayden, 47, BET; Quinlan, 41, GEN; Quinn, 40, WES SACKS: Darden, 4.5, TMC; Shane, 4.0, THI; Armstrong, 3.5, WES

POINTS: Bruening, 24, CHA; Toohey, 21, W&J; Seig, 16, CHA

Offensive: Sam Benger, Sophomore RB, Carnegie Mellon Defensive: Donavan Hayden, Senior LB, Bethany Special Teams: Damon Black, Sophomore WR, Saint Vincent

7-0-1 7-0-1 6-1 5-1-1 5-3-1 4-3 4-5 3-4 2-5-1 0-7-1

RECENT RESULTS

UPCOMING GAMES

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

SCORE RECAP

First Half: MUR - Goal by Tirabassi (assist by Harsh), 36:31; MUR - Goal by Dages (assist by Akindipe), 42:31

Bethany 27, Waynesburg 14; Carnegie Mellon 35, Geneva 7; Case Western 41, Thiel 6; Saint Vincent 48, Grove City 28; Thomas More 45, Westminster 14 Wash & Jeff at Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Case Western at Bethany - 2 p.m.

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

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

SCORE RECAP

INTERCEPTIONS: Phillips, 2, WES; Lammers, 2, TMC; Jeter, 2, WES

Saturday, October 3rd

WOMEN’S SOCCER

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

GOALS: Bruening, 10, CHA; Toohey, 10, W&J; Simko, 7, WES

First Half: MAR - Goal by Locher (assist by Archer), 5:16; WAY - Goal by Nichols, 34:42

Friday, September 25: Grove City 1, Mount Union 0 Saturday, September 26: Point Park 3, Geneva 0; Saint Vincent 2, Muskingum 1; Thomas More 2, Ohio Northern 0; Waynesburg 2, Marietta 1

ASSISTS: Juniet, 7, TMC; Lilley, 5, THI; Runyon, 5, TMC

6-0 5-0 6-1 4-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 1-6 0-4 0-6

7-3 15-1 15-5 8-6 5-11 5-15 2-15 1-14 5-10 1-13

WAYNESBURG 3,CHATHAM 0 Chatham 20 17 11 Waynesburg 25 25 25

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 25: John Carroll 3, Westminster 2; Stevenson 3, Westminster 0

Saturday, September 26: Bethany 3, Grove City 0; Bethany 3, Waynesburg 0; Grove City 3, Waynesburg 1; Thiel 3, Saint Vincent 1; Wash & Jeff 3, Thiel 1; Wash & Jeff 3, Saint Vincent 1; Westminster 3, Brooklyn 1; Case Western 3, Westminster 1

UPCOMING GAMES

Sunday, October 4: Thomas More at Saint Vincnent - 12 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive: Julie Flagge-Echols, Sophomore F, Thomas More Deffensive: Nicole Lapia, Senior GK, Grove City

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

KILLS: Dak. McKenzie, 191, BET; Day. Mckenzie, 171, BET; Hughes, 165, GEN ASSISTS: Lauber, 386, BET; Ayers, 355, WAY; Fessler, 331, TMC BLOCKS: Yoho, 56, WES; Muhammad, 54, BET; Sanders, 52, BET DIGS: Parker, 358, BET; George, 265, SVC; Baer, 263, THI

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Aaron Palmer, Football

Karleigh Murphey, Soccer

WOMEN’S TENNIS STANDINGS Conf. Overall 6-0 4-2 5-4 4-5 6-2 1-6 5-5 0-7 0-8

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 25: Saint Vincent 9, Thiel 0; Wash & Jeff 8, Penn State Altoona 1; Wash & Jeff 6, Penn State Behrend 3 Saturday, September 26: Geneva 8, Penn State Altoona 1; Westminster 6, Saint Vincent 3; Thomas More 9, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Grove City at Waynesburg- 1:30 p.m.

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3-0 3-0 4-1 2-1 3-2 1-3 1-4 0-3 0-3

Team

Saturday, September 26 DICKINSON LONG-SHORT INVITATIONAL 8. Geneva, 108 pts.

Individual DICKINSON LONG-SHORT INVITATIONAL: 1. Ryan Archer, Carnegie Mellon, 10:55.07; 2. Elias Howard, Dickinson, 10:55.14; 3. Jorge Maidonado, NYU, 10:55.16; 22. Josh Duffle, Geneva, 10:58.55

Friday, October 2: Chatham at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 6 p.m.; Thiel at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 6 p.m.; Geneva at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 6 p.m.; Westminster at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 6 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 3: Grove City at Greater Louisville Classic - 9:30 a.m.; Thomas More at Greater Louisville Classic - 9:30 a.m.; Saint Vincent at Mike Woods Invitational - 12 p.m.; Waynesburg at Mike Woods Invitational - 12 p.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team

Saturday, September 26 DICKINSON LONG-SHORT INVITATIONAL 21. Geneva, 226 pts.

SHENANDOAH-HORNET HARRIER INVITATIONAL 5. Saint Vincent, 108 pts.

Individual

Nicole Bishwaty, Senior Right Side, Wash & Jeff

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

MEN RECENT RESULTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday’s Box Score

Saturday, October 3: Waynesburg at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Chatham at Wash & Jeff - 3 p.m.

Friday, October 2: Westminster at Thiel - 6 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

GOALS: Juniet, 9, TMC; Walker, 8, THI; Loew, 7, GRO

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

Saturday, October 3: Heidleberg at Bethany - 11 a.m.; Westminster at Grove City - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Saint Vincnent - 11 a.m.; Geneva at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Chatham at Franciscan - 2 p.m.; Denison at Bethany - 3 p.m.; Geneva at Saint Vincent - 3 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Grove City - 3 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES

ASSISTIS: Politis, 8, CHA; Benjmin, 6, CHA; Johns, 5, SVC POINTS: Juniet, 25, TMC; Walker, 19, THI; Runyon, 17, TMC

STANDINGS Conf. Overall

CROSS COUNTRY

Friday, October 2: Thomas More at Miami-Middletown - 3 p.m.; Geneva at Wash & Jeff - 3:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Waynesburg - 3:30 p.m.; Westminster at Mount Union - 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 3: Grove City at Thomas More - 10 a.m.; Muskingum at Wash & Jeff - 10 a.m.; Mount Aloysius at Bethany - 11 a.m.

DICKINSON LONG-SHORT INVITATIONAL: 1. Emma Doughman, Marywood, 11:36.29; 2. Angelina Blondo, Desales, 11:36.35; 3. Sofia Canning, Dickinson, 11:36.36 SHENANDOAH-HORNET HARRIER INVITATIONAL: 1. Hannah Chappell-Dick, Eastern Mennonite, 19:24.9; 2. Katherine Lehman, Eastern Mennonite, 19:46.6; 3. Shelby Shrader, Shenandoah, 19:51.9; 23. Rachel Glatt, Saint Vincent, 21:50.2

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, October 2: Wash & Jeff at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 5:15 p.m.; Thiel at Wash & Jeff Invitational 5:15 p.m.; Chatham at Wash & Jeff - 5:15 p.m.; Geneva at Wash & Jeff - 5:15 p.m.; Westminster at Wash & Jeff - 5:15 p.m.

Saturday, October 3: Thomas More at Greater Louisville Classic - 10:15 a.m.; Grove City at Greater Louisville Classic -10:15 a.m.; Waynesburg at Mike Woods - 11 a.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Men’s: Josh Due, Freshman, Geneva Women’s: Maggie Czapski, Sophomore, Saint Vincent

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Strong second half gives Yellow Jackets win over Marietta

By STEVE SAMEK

For the Yellow Jacket

On Saturday, the Waynesburg University women’s soccer team traveled to Marietta, Ohio to take on the Pioneers in the final nonconference game of the 2015 season.

As both teams entered the contest on losing streaks, Waynesburg came into the match having lost four in a row, with a record of 2-4.

Marietta entered play with a winless record of 0-8.

Waynesburg would come out victorious, ending the four-game skid, defeating Marietta 2-1.

The host Pioneers started off the scoring with a goal in the 5th minute by Danielle Locher and assisted by Layne Archer on a shot from inside the six-yard box.

Waynesburg fought back and tied the game with a goal off a free kick from the right of the semicircle.

It was sophomore defender Sam Nichols with the kick to notch the first goal of her

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Sophomore forward Nikki Davis leaps for a header in a game earlier this season against Capital University. collegiate career.

Even with the score even at halftime and scoring a goal, Nichols was frustrated with her team’s performance in the first half.

“It was a slow first half,”

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Waynesburg University had two athletes that stood above the rest. Senior linebacker Aaron Palmer was all over the gridiron for the Yellow Jackets while senior midfielder Karleigh Murphey came through in a crucial moment on the pitch.

Palmer showed is leadership through his performance on the field. The Leesburg, Virginia native lead the team in solo tackles with 10 and total tackles with 14. Saturday’s performance put Palmer over a 100 total tackles for his varsity career.

Murphey netted her first goal on the season Saturday.

The goal was also the gamewinning goal as the women’s soccer team defeated Marietta

said Nichols. “We played down to their level of play [in the first half].”

A halftime pep talk from head coach Laura Heethuis and a change in strategy helped to improve play in

Palmer

College 2-1 to finish nonconference play. The goal was scored six minutes into the second half of the match.

The women’s soccer team will take their 3-4 record on the road to open conference play as they will face Bethany College.

First kick is slated for 11 a.m.

The football team will look to end their three game losingstreak on Saturday, as they will host Grove City for homecoming. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

get the win and move on.”

Scott said the win will give the team energy heading into PAC play.

Moving forward, the Jackets are entering the conference portion of their schedule. The team went 4-4-1 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference last season finishing in 5th place. The Jackets are ranked in that same 5th position in this year’s PAC preseason poll.

Heethuis doesn’t believe in the polls, but she does believe in her team.

“On any given day anyone can win,” said Heethuis. “If we play the way they know how we could surprise a lot of people.”

Passing well, getting behind defenses and a strong backline were mentioned by Heethuis as the skills necessary for her team to compete against conference foes.

Waynesburg tests their PAC readiness with a matchup at Bethany College Saturday. The match is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

Jackets’ golf teams look to PAC Championships

By RJ LEISIE

Sports Convergence Editor

Murphey

the second half.

“Once we could play to feet we were unstoppable,” said Nichols.

Unstoppable was the theme of the second half as the offense took control of

the match, as the Jackets had possession in the offensive zone for most of the half. On defense, strong play by the Waynesburg backline kept the Pioneers away from senior goalkeeper Ciara Scott.

The Pioneers failed to register a shot on goal or any shots during the second half.

“I didn’t even touch the ball in the second half,” said Scott.

Way nesburg outshot Marietta by a margin of 152, with 11 of Waynesburg’s shots on goal. Marietta could only muster one shot on goal for the game.

Waynesburg would get the game-winning goal at the 51st-minute mark of the second half. Senior midfielder Karleigh Murphy netted her first goal of the year off an assist from sophomore midfielder Sara Hackman.

The 2-1 win stopped Waynesburg’s losing streak at four matches.

“Not quite what we looked for, but we played well,” said Heethuis. “[We’re] happy to

The Waynesburg University women’s golf team participated in a dual match against Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe Thiel College. The Jackets fell to the Tomcats by a final score of 508 to 444.

Freshman Abbey Richards carded a team-best 86.

Richards score was also the second lowest amongst all competitors. Junior Alyssa Mondl for Thiel shot only two shots better than Richards with an 84.

“I felt like I could’ve shot better overall,” said Richards.

“I had good drives but then

would have bad second shot.

Also I left putts on some of the greens.”

“She has the drive to succeed,” said head coach Sam Jones. “No matter how she is playing she is always looking for something to improve on and better herself.”

Sophomore Cassie Hudson had the second lowest score for the Yellow Jackets with a 134. Senior Nicole Zimmul, junior Andrea Losko and freshman Denia Muldanado rounded out the five for Waynesburg.

“Overall, we are a young team,” said Jones. “We continue to improve as a whole and get ourselves closer to the [rest of the PAC]. We

keep cutting our shots behind every year.”

The men’s golf team competed Monday in the Westminster Fall Invitational. Hiram College’s Austin Jenkins was the medalist with a 77.

Thiel won the team portion with a total of 319.

“Scores were definitely higher than normal,” said Jones. “The conditions definitely were not ideal. Josh Miller had his best day overall and Tyler Miller performed his normal in the case of leading the team.”

The next event for both golf teams is the PAC Fall Championships on Friday and Saturday. Last year the women’s team finished last

out of the seven teams that participated.

“I want to help change the past experiences for us,” said Richards. “I know I can hang with some of the best in the conference, and I want to show that.”

The men had a similar experience at the PAC Fall Championships as they finished last out of the eight teams that partook.

“We have definitely improved as a team,” said Jones.

“Now we are just trying to gain a spot and move up the scoreboard."

This year’s PAC Fall Championships will take place at Cedarbook Golf Club in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.

Missed scoring opportunities lead to Waynesburg loss

By WESLEY BRISTOR

For the Yellow Jacket

Entering Saturday’s match against the University of Mount Union, the Yellow Jackets looked to end the nonconference season on a positive note with a win over the Purple Raiders.

Waynesburg, coming into the game without a win, began the game with a more aggressive offensive strategy from the start, according to head coach Brad Heethuis, but it was not enough to conquer the visiting Mount Union squad, as the Jackets lost 2-0.

Within the first 20 minutes of the game, the Yellow Jackets had a new plan of attack for the Purple Raiders, which was to go on the offensive.

Waynesburg controlled the ball more effectively, which led to more opportunities for the Jackets as they had four shots early on, but none turned out to be successful.

“We have to finish chanc-

es that we are given,” said Heethuis.

Waynesburg held the Raiders in check for most of the first half keeping them scoreless up until the 37th minute.

Junior midfielder Nathan Tirabassi of Mount Union hit the back of the net for the first goal of the match.

The shot was a chip goal just over the outstretched arms of senior goalkeeper Nathan Ribar.

Quickly thereafter, Mount Union scored once again in the 42nd minute, when sophomore Stephen Dages made the score 2-0.

The score was 2-0 at the half and that ended up being the final score of the match.

The second half consisted of the Raiders controlling the ball much more than they did in the first half resulting in Mt. Union out-shooting Waynesburg 13-5 in shots during the half, which proved to be too much for the Jackets.

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Senior forward Victor Browne, pictured here in a match earlier this season against La Roche, is one of two returning starters to a young Waynesburg team.

But the effort was noticeable by senior goalie Nathan Ribar, as he ended the game with 11 saves and pitched a shutout in the second half.

Overall, Mt. Union outshot te Jackets 18-2, while winning the shots on goal category 13-6.

Senior Victor Browne paced what offense Waynesburg did have, registering three shots, two of which were on goal. Freshman Matt Porter also collected three shots but only one of his was on target.

Waynesburg’s schedule

will now be solely Presidents’ Athletic Conference games, which are more important as to the fact that these are the games the Jackets need to win to have a chance to make a run in the playoffs.

“We have stuff to work on, but we are going to keep

progressing with one week until conference play,” said Heethuis. “We have to get better every day.”

For some teams, conference play is when the season really begins, and can serve as a new start for a struggling team.

“Conference play is the beginning of a new season,” said Ribar. “We have to put everything behind us due to us having more to play for in conference. We also have to play with heart and with a chip on our shoulders.”

Waynesburg fell to 0-9 with the loss and will be back in action Saturday, Oct. 3 when it travels to Bethany, West Virginia to battle the Bethany Bison.

The match will serve as the first of two straight conference games on the road.

The latter of the two will be in Crestview Hills, Kentucky against Thomas More College.

Match time against Bethany is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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was the fact that Waynesburg pressed Chatham against the wall and forced them to take timeouts to compose themselves. This was a huge confidence boost for the Jackets, as they have started the year 1-13. After the win, the Jackets stand at a 2-14 record with a 2-6 mark in the PAC. “We don’t get a lot of chances where other teams are calling time outs because we are always the ones calling time outs,” said Dorazio.

“That being flipped around kind of gives us a lot of motivation and lets us know that we are good team and have the rest of the year to look forward to.”

In order to combat the slow start, the team has start-

ed to team build and even use a certain technique to help them stay loose and continue to come together as a team.

“We started doing this thing before every game our coaches would show us players a couple motivational videos or come up with some motivational saying and that kind of gets us pumped up and gets our mindset right for the game,” said Dorazio.

“Today we did a lot of team building and teamwork videos and that set the tone for tonight and we really played as a team.”

Volunteer, graduate assistant coach Colin Nelson had further information on this new tradition.

“Before every game for the past two weeks, we have met up in one of the second floor classrooms to show

them videos, motivational videos,” said Nelson. “We decided to change it up during this past weekend with the tri-match and played some funny videos of volleyball players making some crazy mistakes and doing weird things so that was kind of our attempt to loosen them up and that tends to be our big issue is when we get too uptight is when we start playing worse."

This topic, along with the high energy and the work the team did to go on large runs was really a theme.

“We beat them [Chatham] the last couple of years including last year, but it was closer,” said Nelson. “We let them in it and we let their energy out drown ours but in the third set we put it all together and were really

strong at serving, which was really the key today, which was strong serving.”

The win gives the Jackets newfound confidence during a rough start, but the players are focused on using this momentum and turning the season around.

“The girls, they know they have the talent and they have been fighting against something, an unseen force, and they are trying to overcome that and so they bring the energy but never had momentum and belief in themselves,” said Nelson. “So this game will hopefully give us that for the rest of the sets for the rest of the year.”

The Jackets will take on Saint Vincent and Geneva in a tri-match Saturday. Both matches begin at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

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October 1, 2015

Week five football preview: Grove City

By ANDY STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University football team looks to end its first three-game losing streak since 2006 in the homecoming game against Grove City at John. F Wiley Stadium on Saturday.

Waynesburg fell in its first home game of the season in its Presidents’ Athletic Conference matchup against Bethany 27-14. The Jackets fell to 0-2 in PAC play and 1-3 overall on the season.

Junior tight end Dan Davis caught a pair of touchdown passes from freshman quarterback Jake Dougherty for both scores on the day, but it was the Bethany pass catchers that were the story of the game.

Bethany senior Eric Blinn and junior Tyler Ambush both accounted for more than 100 yards receiving and key scores to answer Waynesburg’s opening drive, and to take a two possession lead in the waning moments of the first half.

Waynesburg’s defense allowed three second half points, but the offense was unsuccessful in both of its red zone trips with an interception in the end zone and multiple penalties leading to

a turnover on downs.

Grove City enters week four of its season in search of its first victory since Nov. 16, 2013. The Wolverines went winless a season ago and dropped their first three contests of the 2015 season, as they have already had its bye week.

Last season Waynesburg’s defense recorded its second shutout of the season and the Jackets won at Grove City 350. Quarterback Carter Hill threw for 311 yards and five touchdowns in the victory for Waynesburg.

Progress to success Saturday’s game is the fifth start for Dougherty at the collegiate level after starring for Red Bank Valley High School for four seasons. He’s completed 60 percent of his passes and thrown for eight touchdowns through the first four weeks of the season, but also has thrown four interceptions, two coming in the red zone and two coming in two-minute drill situations.

“I don’t think there’s any way that we can make things any easier than they’re going to be for him,” said head coach Rick Shepas. “It’s just time and college snaps and the speed of the game. He

needs to go through this thing for a year and see the conference. There’s not going to be a replacement for experience and for time” Dougherty’s 805 yards through four weeks places him fourth in passing in the conference, only trailing the signal callers from W&J, Thomas More and Case Western who are a combined 9-1 on the season.

Dougherty will be tested against a top four pass defense in the PAC in Grove City. The Wolverines only trail nationally-ranked Thomas More and Washington & Jefferson in oppos-

ing completion percentage and yards per pass attempt, ranking them third in the conference allowing opponents to connect on just 52% of passes for only 5.5 yards per attempt.

Takeaways After forcing five turnovers against Muskingum in week one, the Yellow Jacket defense has forced only one turnover in the last three losses. The secondary has been riddled with injuries to junior Josh Mundell, senior Dontae Gibson and sophomore Christian Breisinger,

all of whom have missed time. The secondary has not recorded an interception since the week one win at Muskingum.

“Against Muskingum we got home on our pressures and we were able to pressure the ball and get those turnovers,” said Shepas. “We haven’t pressured well in the last three weeks.”

The Waynesburg defense will attempt to get back on track against an offense that has surrendered the second most sacks and thrown the most interceptions in the PAC despite playing one fewer game because of Grove City having its bye in week three.

Second-half struggles Quiet second halves for the Waynesburg offense have been a constant in the Jackets’ three-game losing streak.

Waynesburg has put up 14 points in six second-half quarters in losses to Saint Vincent, Geneva and Bethany. The Jackets squandered two trips to the Saint Vincent 20-yard line as well as two red zone possessions against Bethany with turnovers and penalties.

“We’re just shooting ourselves in the foot with not

being in good yardage situations,” said Shepas. “Part of that is progression, part of that is an unfortunate breakdown at the wrong time and part of that is penalties. At the end of the game in Saint Vincent and last week, we had some penalties and some drive killers.”

The Jackets were a combined 6-23 on third down and 2-7 on fourth downs in the second halves during the three-game losing streak.

In losses to Saint Vincent and Geneva, Waynesburg’s scoring output in the first quarter exceeded the offensive production the rest of the game.

Route to 66 On Saturday, Shepas will continue his search for his 66th career victory, which would make him the all-time wins leader as a head coach at Waynesburg. Shepas’ first career victory came back on Sept. 24, 2005 in a 28-7 victory over Manchester University in his second career game.

With a win Saturday, Shepas would reach 66 wins with just 43 losses, passing Frank Wolf, who won 65 games at the helm of the football program at Waynesburg College, while losing 63.

Women's tennis drops home match Meyer: Key losses far outweigh

By CODY YANKULIC

For the Yellow Jacket

The women’s tennis team squared off against school rival, the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, Thursday, falling by a final score of 8-1.

Despite the loss, there were a few positives for head coach Ron Christman and the Jackets.

In doubles play, all three doubles teams were able to play a relatively competitive match against the Presidents (4-0,3-0). With the lowest score of all three matches resting at 8-2, the Jackets (08,0-3) played better doubles tennis than against their previous opponent, Alderson Broaddus.

In singles play, first singles player senior Rachel Klemash won her match in singles against the Presidents' Courtney Brennan.

Klemash won in straight sets by final scores of 6-3 and 6-3.

The other five Jackets' players competing in singles matches dropped their respective matches in straight sets, and the closest set during those five matches was

a 6-2 first set score in fifth singles where Waynesburg's senior Amanda Hooker squared off with W&J's Brianna Morrison. All of the other sets in singles play went either 6-0 or 6-1, which eventually amounted to those five losses in singles.

The doubles teams for Waynesburg did not fair well either for the Jackets against the Presidents, as the matches went 8-3, 8-2 and 8-2, respectively.

When asked of his team’s play on the court, Christman gave the notion that conistency has been an issue and that injuries to key players plagued the team this year.

“We lost a match 6-0 or 6-1 that we could’ve won,” Christman said. “It sounds like an impossibility, but a W&J player would serve three times and all three times we would return the three shots and score three points. We got tentative after that and lost the set. This happened on literally at least four of the courts.”

Christman explained if they could constantly play aggressive they would be

able to win matches.

Christman also went on to explain that the team is playing a little banged up.

“One and two are playing a little dinged,” said Christman “Each are missing a match or two but are playing. Number four had a foot problem but is back.

Number five is now healthy.

Numbers six through nine all have some sort of injury.

All of them are playing. We just have to watch what we do.”

With consistency and injury hindering the team’s play, Christman explained the team goal is to focus on individual matches to put a good number of girls in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament.

“At this point, we are trying to win as many individual matches as we can and get as healthy as we can for the tournament,” Christman said.

The Jackets next match is Friday, Oct. 2 when they entertain the Saint Vincent College Bearcats at home.

Start time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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The Jackets lost two AllPAC players in forward Cody Lemke and midfielder Nick Brommer. Other key starters lost for the team include midfielders Ray Malone and Trent Spear and goalkeeper Brandon Daughtry.

Freshmen midfielders Matt Porter and Matt Hlasnick as well as freshman defender Kaylib Young-Argyle are a few of the young players being asked to replace the seniors lost from last season.

Women’s soccer is 3-4 on the season after earning an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Tournament bid last year.

Waynesburg graduated All-PAC honorable mention defender Erica Nordlund, as well as fellow starting defenders Taylor Bombalski and Jordan Eicher. The Yellow Jackets also graduated forward Natalie Abraham and midfielder/ forward Becky Hotek.

The Jackets return goal-

keeper Ciara Scott and AllPAC second team forward Karleigh Murphey, along with sophomore forward Nikki Davis. The team is relying on newcomers Tiffany Mina, Natalie Fortna and McKenzie Shaffer to start.

The women’s tennis team is still searching for its first win of the season, as they own a 0-8 record on the season. Last season the Jackets finished with a 10-5 record. The Jackets lost key contributors Lauren Cowden, Alyssa Daniel, Madison DuBrock and Ellen Limback to graduation.

The top player for the Yellow Jackets is senior Rachel Klemash, while newcomer Aubree Brown has joined her on the first-doubles team.

Men’s cross country lost several key players by graduation including one of the best runners in school history in Brandon Dugan and two topseven finishers John Allison and Luke Feldner. Brendan Keany, who was the team’s best runner last season, did not return to the team this

season to take advantage of more opportunities in his major.

Freshmen Joel Kuzminski and Jacob Pryor are young runners the team is hoping will step in and continue the success the program has established the past two years.

Volleyball is 2-14 on the season, but has been competitive in more matches than last year. The Jackets have an experienced core and are one of two fall sports teams having better seasons than last year.

The other is women’s cross country, which is possibly having one of its best seasons in school history as top runners Julie Gerber, Elinore Loch and Teghan Simonton are pacing the Jackets to topten regional rankings.

The youth in almost all these sports will hopefully turn into success in future seasons, but as last year was the highest of highs for Waynesburg sports, the fall 2015 sports may prove to be a precursor to a year that is one of the lowest of lows.

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ations we are throwing the ball down the field when we need a yard to stay on the field.”

Shepas also said the success of the offense and other parts of the game come down to putting the young players in their comfort zone.

“We have to do a better job as coaches making sure we are very specific and are identifying what the situation is when we are on that field,” said Shepas. “Some of the third-and-short situations, we are throwing the ball down the field when we need a yard to stay on the field.”

Running back Jerry Lawman believes the key to getting the offense started is capturing the atmosphere of the game.

“I would say we need to play with more emotions and everybody needs to just step up,” said Lawman. “We’re starting to play as a unit and [Dougherty] is getting more and more confidence every week at quarterback, and now we need to just play how we are capable of playing.”

Shepas believes the adjustments and overall season is

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Senior running back Jerry Lawman logged another solid day for the Jackets, as he totaled 99 yards in the loss to Bethany. just a learning process for many of the young players on the team, but it comes down to making the plays that need to be made and not overdoing it.

Shepas said the offense did a better job this week of getting senior wide receiver and running back Willie Leavell more involved in the offense.

Leavell totaled 26 yards on the ground on two touches, 17 of which came on a draw play at the end of the first

half. The senior also added four receptions on the day.

“I thought we got him involved a little bit more and a part of this thing too is I don’t think there is any doubt everyone is competitive,” said Shepas. “I don’t have any doubts that our players want to win; they do. Our coaches want to win and I think in every circumstance I think we can probably say we are all trying to do too much.”

Waynesburg looks to take

its next steps forward as they return to John F. Wiley Stadium Saturday, Oct. 3 when they sqaure off against the Wolverines of Grove City College.

Waynesburg will enter the contest winless in its last three outings, dropping their record to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in the PAC. Grove City has lost all three of its games this season and has already had its bye week. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

points entering halftime was a fade route to the end zone.

Blinn would finish the game with 12 receptions for 107 yards and a score.

“No question people have to know where he [Blinn] is at all times and roll coverage that way,” said Garvey. “It certainly freed up Tyler Ambush today because of what they were doing coverage wise. He’s just a really great player, and as he goes we go sometimes, and even today if we can’t get him going we have to get other people going.”

The Waynesburg defense allowed about 370 yards of offense to the Bison in the first half, but would hold the Bison to only three points in the whole second half. The defense forced several threeand-outs in the second half, as well as having two goal line stands in the game to hold the Bison to field goals.

“We want to negate explosive plays, which have plagued us this year,” Shepas said. “We just want to keep focusing on fundamental football.”

Despite the defenses effort in the second half, the offense

could not put the ball in the end zone when they had their chances.

The first of these chances was early in the fourth quarter, when on a first-and-goal from the 6-yard line, Dougherty forced a pass to the end zone, which was intercepted by a Bethany defender.

“We ran a sail route with our tight end and what happened was I should have thrown it early on a line drive to him, but I threw it late and tried to pop it up over top,” Dougherty said. “They’re really athletic, and you can’t do that in the red zone. Good play on his part, bad play on my part.”

On Waynesburg’s next drive, the Yellow Jackets entered the red zone again, but two penalties caused the drive to be halted and the Jackets turned the ball over on downs.

The Bison would go on to defeat Waynesburg 27-14.

Junior wide receiver Kevin Barnes Jr. led the Jackets in receiving with 80 yards on seven catches.Senior linebacker Aaron Palmer totaled 14 tackles in the game.

Waynesburg will take on Grove City College in the Jackets’ homecoming game Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m.

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Sounds of Disney take over WU Idol

By TEGHAN SIMONTON For the Yellow Jacket

On Friday Sept. 26, students lined up outside the Goodwin Performing Arts Center in preparation for Round Two of Waynesburg Idol. All of the contestants from last week’s Round One prepared a song for this week’s round, not knowing for sure if they would have the chance to perform it.

“I don’t particularly like that because I feel like you get all pumped up, and then you get there and you don’t know if you made it or not,” said contestant Renee Watts, a senior early childhood education major.

In the beginning of the show, four contestants were eliminated from the competition. The remaining eight contestants sang songs revolving around the theme: Disney.

First to perform was sopho-

more biology and pre-med major Sarah Flowers, singing “Stranger Like Me” by Phil Collins from the movie “Tarzan.” Although Flowers had trouble remembering the lyrics, the judges still complimented her excellent vocal range and strong voice.The next performer, Renee Watts, sang “Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid.”

“Totes adorbs,” said judge Brandon Szuminsky, instructor of communication.

After Watts, junior secondar y education major Amber Lambing sang “Mother Knows Best” from “Tangled.” Lambing impressed the judges with her

ability to keep up with the fast-paced song, all the while acting out the scene.

Performing “This is Me”

by Demi Lovato was Denise Branthoover. The crowd clapped after her performance, and judge Frank Pazzynski, associate professor of education, complimented her powerful voice and theatrical background.

Elisabeth Gray was next, singing “Colors of the Wind” from “Pocahontas.” She confessed her excitement for the Disney round and her love of “Pocahontas” to the audience.

Brad Gillepsie had the audience laughing with his rendition of “Make a Man out of You” from “Mulan.” Gillepsie engaged everyone with his faux seriousness and his use of different voices for the song.

“There’s a lot of things going through my head right now,” Szuminsky said. “It was definitely an experience.”

Next was

Mattie Winowitch, singing “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus.

“Hannah Montana is my girl,” said Winowitch.

Several members of the crowd gave Winowitch a standing ovation at the performance’s end.

The last on stage was Rebecca Strang, who chose to sing, “What Dreams are Made of ” by Hilary Duff.

“Who doesn’t love Lizzie McGuire?” Strang said at the end of her performance.

Judge Vikki Beppler, assistant director of alumni relations, complimented Strang’s great range, saying it was a great way to conclude the show.

The theme for next week’s round of competition is "Throwback," and another sizable audience is likely expected, as Waynesburg Idol has been a well-attended event thus far.

Comparing WU Idol to other talent showcases, Flowers said, “It’s a lot more fun and more casual, since like the only people there are your friends or the other people’s friends. And plus, everybody enjoys music.”

The finale will be held on Oct. 2 in Johnson Commons at 8 p.m., weather permitting. The rain location is the GPAC. Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Sarah Flowers, sophomore biology pre-med major, sang "Strangers Like Me" from Disney's "Tarzan" to fit in with the Disney theme.

Homecoming 5K continues to bring in a larger crowd

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

The Waynesburg Homecoming 5K race will be entering its 19th year of existence when the gun goes off at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

According to Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, the race started out as a parade; however, that event was not working as well as they had hoped.

“We used to do a parade, to be honest,” said Bristor.

“And the parade was fair, at best, I’ll say.”

The parade idea was ditched due to its cumbersome nature and unpredictability in turnout because of the weather.

“The parade would go from the Baptist Church to the police station, so it was really just three or four blocks,” said Bristor. “It was a lot of work, it was difficult to get trailers for students to build floats. When we could secure them, we couldn’t get them until the night before, and there was no place to build the floats if it was raining. It was just a lot of work for a ‘hopefully this will work out’ type of thing.”

19 years ago, Bristor and a colleague decided to run with the 5k idea, and it has been a success ever since.

Students are essentially investing in themselves if they choose to sign up because the proceeds help fund Waynesburg missions trips.

“The proceeds are actually going back to the students in that the money goes back to the mission trip fund,” said Bristor. “So the service learn-

ing scholarship fund, so if anybody going on a mission trip applies for scholarship money, then that’s where the money comes from.”

Last year’s race raised $4,380, and this year, even more money is expected due to the record-setting enrollment numbers.

“Right now, we have close to 100 participants signed up between the students and community, but mostly students though,” said Bristor. “This year, I think, is the highest we’ve ever had pre-registered. I think we’re about 15 higher than last year, so hopefully we’ll have a really good turnout.”

There are a couple of ways to sign up for the race.

Students can go to the tab located on the Waynesburg MyConnect page in the bulletin board.

Also, students are able to sign up on the day of the race; sign-ups begin at 7:30 a.m.

One thing that Bristor noted was the discount for students. The price of entry is $20, but for students, it is $10 because the Student Activities Board covers the other half.

Furthermore, students possess the opportunity to win prizes, even if they are not quite good enough to win the race.

“We have a raffle for different things that have been donated to the program, so participants’ names get randomly drawn from the registration forms,” said Bristor.

“And if they registered by Sept. 18, they were guaranteed a t-shirt.”

CMA's incorporate faith into students' residence hall experience

By JENNY SCHOUPPE Chief Photographer

Throughout a student’s time at Waynesburg University, faith, service and learning become three words that are put into action.

For Resident Assistants [RA] and Christian Ministry Assistants [CMA], these words are acted out on a daily basis.

For senior urban sociology and psychology minor

Madison Peretta, her desire to become an RA came from a previous RA’s ability to serve her and help her grow in her faith.

“Rebecca Lane was my RA sophomore year in Burns and she was a constant encouragement,” said Peretta. “She balanced her crazy schedule and still made time to stop in my room and invest in our relationship. She invested in helping me find my worth, which in turn helped me to

find some of my worth in Christ.”

Due to Lane’s ability to invest time into a relationship with Peretta, Peretta now wants to give back in the same way to the girls who now live in the rooms of Denny Hall.

“I really enjoy investing in and taking care of others and this position allows me to do exactly that while working with a team,” said Peretta.

“This position helps you to

grow and learn in so many ways while getting to build lasting relationships in the process.”

Now as an RA Peretta works to incorporate faith into her daily interactions.

“I try my best to be intentional in every conversation and relationship,” said Peretta.

“I would say I see my faith playing the biggest role in those little conversations that happen unexpectedly. You

can’t plan intentional and meaningful conversation, so even when I have a lot on my plate, I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get to talk to my residents.

I am blessed to be in this position and I try my best to let my faith speak in those little conversations whether it is through encouragement, reassurance, or through the silence of listening. I want my faith and trust in Him to show through my relation-

ship with my residents, and I think that is best shown when I take the time out of my day to stop and take advantage of those random conversations because some of the best conversations happen in those unexpected moments.”

Similar to Peretta, sophomore youth ministry major Andrew Brunette tries his best to spread God’s word See FAITH on D2

Students build partnership with WTAE Campus collects

donations despite rainy weather

By MITCHELL ROSS

For the Yellow Jacket

For David Ocepek, Fridays in fall have become routine.

Go to the television studio, get the camera, gather the crew and go to the football field.

Ocepek, a senior sports broadcasting major, has found a way to combine his passion for sports, his love of people and an opportunity to advance his career.

“I’ve always had a fascination for high school football and I wanted to stay involved with it. I knew they were looking for a camera operator to go out on Friday nights and shoot high school football highlights,” Ocepek said.

“I approached Bill about it, and then I went out and shot some highlights, and he said I was good enough to shoot.”

Bill Molzon is in his 43rd year at Waynesburg University. He is the Director of TV Operations for the Waynesburg University Department of Communication. He is an advocate for practical experi-

'Cram the Van' participation not deterred by delayed kick-off

By TYLER WOLFE

For the Yellow Jacket

Shon Meade, Yellow Jacket

Seniors David Ocepek and Michael Dummer shooting highlights for WTAE at the Washington high school game against Burgettstown on Sept. 11. ence in your field of study.

“It shows ‘here’s what I can do’ as opposed to just ‘here are the courses I’ve taken and the grades I’ve earned,'” Molzon said.

For over 30 years, Molzon has helped students gain experience through working directly with television stations in the local Pittsburgh

market.

Andrew Stockey, WTAE Sports Director, agrees with Molzon when it comes to experience for students.

“For the students, it gives them an opportunity to work in a professional atmosphere,” Stockey said. “Where they are dealing with deadlines, dealing with

other professionals who do this for a living. I think there is a lot to learn on both sides.”

There is a common gr ound between Stockey and Molzon that led to the relationship that exists today between WTAE and Waynesburg University.

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Despite rain cancelling the kick off, the Student Activities Board (SAB) hopes this year’s Cram the Van will still be a success, as they've raised their goal.

Cram the Van is an annual event during homecoming week hosted by the SAB where students bring items to be donated to the Greene County Salvation Army, trying to fill the university’s twelve-passenger vans.

“The goal this year is to fill two vans,” said Mary Hoffman, senior English

secondary education major and co-chair of special events for SAB. “Last year, we filled one and a half vans, so we decided to raise the goal to two,” said Luisa Singletary, senior professional writing major and co-chair of special events for SAB. Items being accepted range from clothes and shoes, to non-perishable food items, to even cleaning and baby products.

The van is located in the chapel parking lot and is open for donations around lunch and dinner times; the event runs until Saturday, Oct. 3.

Rain this week caused a slow start for the event, but the Student Activities Board does not think the rain will be a concern.

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The science of coffee explained through barista's expertise

By RJ LEISIE

Sports Convergence Editor

When most want a cup of coffee, they put the type of coffee to their liking in their coffee maker. Most do not think about the science that goes into what seems like a simple cup of coffee.

Last Thursday Sept. 25, over 20 Waynesburg University students and faculty learned about what all goes into a good cup of joe, thanks to the Waynesburg University’s chapter of the American Chemistry Society.

“I wasn’t the biggest into science and specifically chemistry when I was in school,” said Frank Battista, barista at Commonplace Coffee Company. “However, my love for coffee has really shown me that chemistry has an influence on everything.”

To start off the evening, Battista explained how there are multiple parts to making a good cup of coffee. He first went into the time from roast, which is how long it has been since the coffee

Paul Hicks, Yellow Jacket

Frank Battista goes over the steps it takes to make coffee and all that goes into the process during the Science of Coffee event on Sept. 25. The coffee created was then distributed at the end to drink. bean has been roasted. Battista said that the longer it has been since the roasting date, the more the flavor starts to dissipate.

From there, he moved onto water temperature and how it can make the flavors stronger or weaker. Along with the temperature of the water, the turbulence caused by the pouring of the water

has an effect on the coffee because some grinds may get soaked while others do not.

Other factors include the grind size of the coffee and the type of filter used.

“Depending on the taste you want, depends what different procedures you use,” said Battista. “Even the smallest changes can have diverse effects on a single cup.”

Battista then demonstrated different brewing methods and how they can vary the taste; even the pH and conductivity levels are affected. Acidity or base is measured by pH, and conductivity is the measurement of ions.

After brewing diverse beans with different roast dates and mixing up the way

it was brewed, students had the opportunity to taste the samples and put them to the test. Everyone got a small sample of each brew, and, after tasting, perspectives were given on how each one felt on that specific palate. The feelings varied, but it was exactly what B was hoping for.

“Everyone has their own tastes, likes and dislikes,”

said Battista. “I love hearing everyone’s opinion because it lets me get a feel for the people I am serving. From there, I can give them advice on what would suit them the best.”

The real results were then revealed and the correlation between pH and conductivity was surprising. The types of coffee that most felt had a bitter taste were the same ones that had a higher pH level. The conductivity level was also higher.

“When something is more acidic, there are more ions,” said Chairperson for the Chemistry Department Evonne Baldauff.

When someone f irst thinks about coffee, they do not look at all the factors; they normally just want the caffeine fix.

As Battista brought up, coffee can have a relationship with everything.

“Coffee is the window into the world,” said Battista. “It relates to science, economics, politics. It has an impact with a lot more than folks think.”

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By TYLER WOLFE

For The Yellow Jacket

On Wednesday Oct. 7, the Marsh Center will be filled with music as the Waynesburg University Symphonic Band hosts their fall concert.

The band will perform a variety of American musical pieces, including “As Summer was Just Beginning,” “God’s Country” and three songs from the movie franchise “Star Wars.”

“For this year’s fall concert we chose a simple theme, just to play music that fits well for a band,” said Ronda DePriest, associate professor of instrumental music and director of the music program. “We are playing some pieces from ‘Star Wars’ to give a tip of the hat to John Williams, the composer, with the release of the new ‘Star Wars’ movie in a few months.”

The concert will start at 5:15 p.m. in the Marsh Center, which is below Roberts Chapel.

The Symphonic Band consists of around 30 members this year and is already off to a great start, said DePriest.

“This semester’s band is a young band, with a lot of freshman, but they have already proven to be a strong and talented ensemble,” said DePriest. “Normally we are still piecing together the songs the week of the concert, but we have already run though the entire concert a

week before.”

Band members are eager to perform their first concert, with all the work they have put into it so far.

“I am really excited for my first concert at Waynesburg,” said Mandi Pascarella, freshman youth ministry major and music minor. “My favorite piece from the concert is ‘God’s Country,’ a fairly fast and upbeat song that everyone will love.”

DePriest considers the fall concert the band’s midterm, and they are inviting the audience into the class.

“It really helps the band to have an audience because when they’re in front of people, it brings out the true band,” said DePriest. “We will take the good and the bad from this concert and apply it to the Christmas concert to help create the best sound.”

The band program is still growing, with DePriest teaching at Waynesburg University for 10 years now, but the program has started to find its identity. There is a core group of upperclassman in the band that the freshmen can look up to that is helping the program grow.

Admission to the concert is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend.

No reservations are necessary. For more information, contact Ronda DePriest at rdepries@waynesburg.edu or 724-852-3420.

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“Eve n t h ou g h t h e re wasn’t a kick off, students still brought stuff to donate,” said Singletary. “People recognize that it is a Waynesburg University tradition and still brought out clothes, shoes and even a sewing machine.”

All donations are welcome, even if its one shirt or bags full of clothes.

“I encourage students to bring a shirt that they haven’t worn in a while or even go out and buy some clothes,” said Hoffman.

“Every donation, no matter how small, counts.”

“If you’re going to buy food, try planning ahead and make sure everything you buy could be a meal,” said Singletary. “For instance, if you are going to

get dry pasta, make sure to buy a jar of sauce to go with it.”

For every 10 items donated, students will receive a raffle ticket for grand prizes. There is no limit for the amount of tickets you can get by donating.

A Keurig 2.0 and a Magic Bullet are a few of the prizes that students have the chance to win in the raffle.

All of the items collected will go to the local Salvation Army and will be distributed to the Waynesburg community.

Students are encouraged to continue to donate directly to the Greene County Salvation Army, even after the event is over this Saturday.

The Sa lvat ion Ar my accepts donations year round and is located at 131 West 1st St. by the railroad tracks.

“I’ve known Bill forever.

While getting to know Bill, we began to talk about the idea and the concept,” Stockey said. "It’s something he felt would be beneficial to students, and certainly would help us.”

WTAE’s Operation Football showcases local high school games on their Friday night newscast.

Fo r ov e r a d e c a d e , Waynesburg University students have been contributing highlights.

In exchange for a graphic and a verbal courtesy, Waynesburg students provide WTAE with highlights from games that are on the fringe of their coverage area.

“We don’t normally get down to Washington, Fayette and Greene Counties. Those are areas that are tough to get to. Schools that wouldn’t normally get on television are now getting on. It helps to spread our brand,” said Stockey.

“Even if we didn’t get the courtesy graphic and we didn’t get the verbal courtesy, if our students have the

opportunity to shoot footage for Pittsburgh’s ABC affiliate, that’s a great opportunity for our students to put that on their demo reel for when they get into the job market.”

On a typical Friday night, Ocepek will shoot highlights of the game he was assigned, accompanied by a logger (someone tracking what happens on the field) and a few other students.

After they get the footage, they will then take it to WTAE’s studio in Wilkinsburg.

Here the students have the privilege of meeting the news anchors and editing the game highlights to be used for the news.

“It’s a great way to get into the ‘tent’,” Molzon said. “It goes beyond a station tour.

You get to meet the people who do TV news and TV sports for a living.”

But why would a commercial news station want Waynesburg students working for them?

“Because they’re good,” Stockey said. “It’s professional quality, you work in a professional type environment [at Waynesburg] where you have everything but get-

ting paid for what you do. I have no problem saying this group of young people is representing WTAE.” In recent years, Molzon has started sending students from his Introduction to Electronic Media class along with Ocepek. In the class, communication majors learn the basics of Adobe’s Premiere Pro video and editing software, the same software used by the editors at WTAE. “It’s evolved into a multifaceted learning opportunity,” Molzon said. “It’s a confirmation and endorsement that there is a value to learning Premiere Pro. It’s not just a piece of software you’re learning at Waynesburg, but it’s also used in the market place.”

In Ocepek’s mind, inexperienced students coming along with him is nothing but beneficial.

“A lot of my first experiences with underclassmen are on Friday night WTAE trips,” he said. “I get to work with all these kids and start building working relationships and, in some cases, friendships.”

Michael Dummer, senior sports broadcasting major,

reflected on his experience with WTAE. He has spent many Friday nights as Ocepek’s logger.

“It goes beyond high school football, and it goes beyond camera work and getting to go to the station, it’s the people I get to work with every Friday night,” said Dummer. “How many students can say on a Friday night that they are potentially advancing their career with a TV station?”

“It’s a good start especially while you are in college. It’s great when we see some of these students go on to get jobs or use this material to build a resume,” Stockey said.

“You did this for an ABC affiliate, top 25 market, and that says a lot when you are doing it over and over again.”

Once again, this Friday night, David Ocepek will be under the Friday night lights to enhance his professional career.

“Every time you walk in the building they have a way of making you feel appreciated. They appreciate the time and effort we put into it. It’s a really neat feeling,” Ocepek said. “It’s the people. That’s why I love to do it.”

Faith: New ideas implemented to build fellowship Continued from D2

throughout Thayer Hall.

“My main mission in life is to lead people to Christ, and becoming a CMA gave me the perfect opportunity to do that,” said Brunette.

“My faith impacts me by giving me the ability to just love people like Jesus loves people. I like to have fun, but I do take the CMA position very seriously as well.

Establishing friendships with these guys is a gift I have been blessed with.”

Something unique that Brunette has implemented this semester is a Bible study and worship time held once a week.

“My bible study is called Fusion,” said Brunette. “It takes place in Thayer hall and it’s just a place to come have fun while talking about Jesus. We play a game at the beginning then do some crazy stupid, yet fun activities, and then I have three freshmen guys who play worshipmusic for us then after that we have a theme verse that we talk about, and relate that to our everyday lives.”

The study so far is well liked among the residents and Brunette looks forward to continuing it throughout the rest of the school year.

He believes it is a fun and simple way to connect with the guys on his floor and in his dorm.

“It’s a great way to show them love and compassion

and showing them I care about them,” said Brunette.

“Also, it gives me the opportunity to tell guys that Jesus is a ‘cool dude’.”

For the RA’s in upperclassman dorms, it can be more challenging to reach out to their residents.

“Since I was a RA in the underclassman dorms the past two years and now I’m in East this year, it definitely is harder to build community,” said senior international missions major Jen Brown.

“I just have to challenge myself more and get out of my comfort zone more. I try to knock on girl’s doors and write letters to try to build relationships that way.”

Since the community aspect in upperclassman dorms is so different, Brown tries her best to lead and make connections with her residents through her actions.

“I’m more of a quiet and reserved person so the biggest thing I have learned is that I don’t need to be the most vocal person in the room to be a good leader,” said Brown.

“I try to lead by example. I try representing myself well, whether it is walking around campus or within my dorm.

I try my best to be a positive source or light within someone’s life.”

Senior computer science major Austin Orth felt a similar struggle being a CMA in Willison Hall, but found the ability to create

community through a Bible study called Night Watch.

On Thursday nights at 10 p.m., Orth invites the guys within his building to his room where they discuss scripture and relate it to a TV show on Netflix.

“We first talk about scripture and how it relates to our lives; then continue by watching Netflix and relating the scriptures to what we watch,” said Orth.

“The Bible study is grow-

ing every week and I’d like to think it is a fun way to make it easy for the guys to talk about their faith.”

For the RA’s and CMA’s of Waynesburg University, it is a daily process to incorporate Waynesburg’s mission of faith, service and learning into the lives of their residents.

They encourage those living in the dorms to get involved and hope to grow as a community of believers.

October 1, 2015

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS

1. Frozen treat shown on its package with syrup 5. Computer storage media 10. Sunscreen letters 13. Maxwell House decaf brand 15. From Taiwan, say 16. On the __ vive: alert 17. *Strapless handbag 19. www address 20. “Whoops!”

21. “Get this away from me” 23. Former great 26. Carolyn who created Nancy Drew 27. “Aha!” 28. Home __: Lowe’s rival 32. Old Russian autocrat 33. Neglect, as duty 35. “Ten-hut!” reversal 37. “Oh yeah? __ who?”

38. *Party favors holder 41. Physique, briefly 44. __ Field: Brooklyn Dodgers’ home 46. Piano practice piece 48. Sagan’s sci.

50. Wined and dined 53. Frosty flakes 54. Physical therapy, briefly 56. “Better luck next time!”

58. Pizza seasoning 61. Like much fall weather 62. Very angry 63. Warning in a roller coaster, and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues 68. Org. for shrinks 69. Fur fortune-maker 70. “Everything all right?”

71. Introverted

72. Start of a wish 73. Texter’s goof

DOWN

1. PC undo key 2. 65-Down’s lass 3. Bearded antelope 4. Bavarian “fest” month 5. Novelist du Maurier 6. Ames sch.

7. “What can I help you with?” iPhone app 8. __ cow: big income producer 9. Go furtively

10. *Runner-on-third play 11. Dog Chow maker 12. Coffeemaker insert 14. Workout woe 18. Cleared weeds, say 22. Nero Wolfe and Sam Spade, briefly 23. Snake’s sound 24. “Off the Court” author Arthur 25. *Carpe diem 29. Blue Ribbon brewer 30. Horseplayer’s letters 31. Herbal brew 34. CIA Cold War foe 36. Mellow, as wine

39. NFL official 40. Consumed 42. Smell 43. Damp at dawn 45. Blow one’s own horn 47. “The Waste Land” poet 48. Kitchen allures

49. High-ranking angel 51. “Play another song!”

52. Singer Celine 55. Persian faith that promotes spiritual unity 57. Perfume giant 59. Poet Ogden

LAST ISSUE'S SOLUTION

WORDS OF WISTIM

FILM REVIEW:MOUNT 'EVEREST' ISN'T WORTH THE CLIMB

By TIM NERAL

Edditorial Assistant

There is a specific scene cataloged in the script where Jon Krakauer, whose novel this film is loosely based on, asks a group of everyday men and women why they want to climb Mount Everest. The room remains silent. Eventually one character says he talked to a group of kids in a school and wants to prove to them that if he can do the impossible, they can, too. Another said that he feels composed on the mountain, an idea I struggle to accept since he suffers in the cold for the remainder of the film.

There are a lot of people who do not climb mountains, and a large majority of them have never considered climbing one of the seven summits.

This leaves the film with an uneducated and uninformed audience who knows little about the motivations or emotions involved with such a trek; yet, the writing that can hook the audience is vague, and to compound the problem, shooed under the rug. Removed from the thrill and rush that climbers may or may not receive from this film, the payoff of “Everest” is

60. Not fooled by 64. George Bush’s org.

65. 2-Down’s fellow 66. Dance for teens in socks 67. Fight ender, briefly

unclear, if not non-existent.

This makes the movie’s debut all the more depressing because at the beginning of 2015, the film was swarming with Oscar buzz. It features a cast of Oscar-nominated actors like Josh Brolin and Jake Gyllenhaal, along with actress Keira Knightley, and

the visual spectacle that was betrothed for the screen was enticing.

While the film can be given a pat on the back for recording the biggest September worldwide IMAX opening with $7.2 million, it’s just as worthy, if not more so, to mention how far this film is

from the cinematic mountain it is trying to climb.

I saw this film in 3D, and while the landscape is visceral and the visuals are inspiring, the hunger is there. This is Everest, one of the globe’s most enticing and dangerous endeavors. Surely there is more to offer than this.

Like “Black Mass,” which also received some Oscar buzz this past spring, the sincerity is absent and the tension is molded rather than birthed naturally.

With a plot playing second fiddle to the true happenings of the story and tonal shifts too rampant, our cast of Oscar-nominated actors attempts to derive empathy from its audience. If audiences developed a care for the characters, they would have been engaged in the illusion of loneliness and cold that’s trying to be aroused here.

The script, however, especially in the dialogue compartment, competes with Everest for the Most-BarrenItem-On-Screen-Award. The dialogue is a sham and never diverts to themes of life, the pursuit of endurance, the empowerment of the human will, or the will to fight. Everything in this story is plot-

based, and call me cynical, but this plot is boring.

The characters, coupled with the writing, are the most downtrodden element of this debacle. Jake Gyllenhaal, who’s demonstrated great range in the recent films “Prisoners” and “Nightcrawler,” is flat-out ignored.

Josh Brolin is given little screen time and Knightley is a sideshow. The inability to originate emotion leaves an insensitive audience leagues from where the film should have wanted them to be: close and personal, engulfed in the snow and bitter wind.

With a small clap for the visual department set aside, a ride down the highway with your sleeves rolled up might bring as much cold and indifference as “Everest” will force upon you. Baltasar Kormakur’s youth as a director is exploited, leaving more experienced Hollywood thrills taking instructions from a novice storyteller. Had a greater emphasis been put on the crisp detail and magnitude of Everest, it might not have been so easily noticed, but as it stands, “Everest” is more of a climb for the people that made it than the audiences who watched it.

TWITTER TWENDING

By TIM NERAL

Edditorial Assistant

Snowden signs up Edward Snowden, who worked for the National Security Administration (NSA), fled the U.S. in 2013 after leaking materials of U.S. intelligence to the world.

On Tuesday, he found a way to speak to the rest of the world once again: Twitter.

Snowden’s first tweet, “Can you hear me now?” had been retweeted 83,000 times as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept.

29, and he already gained 767,000 followers. Snowden’s profile says, “I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public.”

Snowden is currently following one account: the NSA. Character counting The 140-character days of Twitter may soon be no more. An article from recode.net reported Twitter is creating a new product to expand the social media platform. In April, Twitter added a “retweet with comment” option, allowing people to share their opinion on tweets and dissolved the 140-character limit on private messages.

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THE BACK PAGE

HOMECOMING TRADITIONS By: Mary Hoffman Designed by: Lindsay Orzechowski

Homecoming has become an American pastime, but every tradition must have a starting point. University of Missouri claims to have started the tradition in 1911 when the Director of Athletics, Chester L. Brewer, decided to encourage all alumni to come back for their rival game against University of Kansas. However, University of Illinois and Baylor University also lay claim to starting the annual tradition.

Whatever the beginnings, nearly every high school and university now holds their annual homecoming festivities: homecoming courts, queens and kings, football games, parades and pep rallies. Waynesburg University continues its own traditions including the Waynesburg Idol Finale, Cram the Van, Jacketfest and the 19th Annual 5K Run and Walk.

Jacketfest has become a well-known tradition at Waynesburg University.

All alumni are encouraged to come before the football game, meet current students and catch up on the happenings of their alma mater.

Participating organizations have some Jacket-oriented activity for their table.

Last year included face paint, classic Yellow Jacket newspapers, corn hole, old yearbooks to browse, Waynesburg University stickers and photo booths.

Cram the Van encourages students to become more involved in the local community by donating food and clothing to the local Salvation Army. This year, Student Activities Board is hoping to fill at least two vans. Alumni are welcome to donate Saturday at Jacketfest or at John F. Wiley Stadium before the football game.

Oct This year, the Waynesburg University Alumni website, WaynesburgUnited, predicts more than 10 student organizations represented at Jacketfest, 11 class reunions taking place over the weekend, and nine affinity groups represented including athletic training, biology, chemistry, forensic science, environmental science, gospel choir, Stover scholars and Vira I. Heinz scholarship recipients.

The class of 1965 will be celebrating their 50th reunion this year; a special celebration dinner will be held with Waynesburg University President and Mrs. Douglas Lee starting Saturday at 11 a.m. It seems appropriate this year falls on their 50th class reunion because, as the university is in the midst of renovating Stewart Hall this year, the class of 1965 can remember Stewart Hall renovations when they attended class. 50 years ago, the fourth and fifth floors were added to the building.

Friday 2 3 pm to 5 pm - President’s Reception 3:30 pm - Women’s Tennis 7 pm - All Alumni Celebration (Reservations Suggested) 7 pm - Pep Rally 8 pm - Waynesburg Idol Finale

Saturday 3 8:30 am - Waynesburg University’s 19th Annual 5k Run & Walk 10:30 am to 2 pm - Alumni Check- In 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

- Academic and Affinity Group - Jacketfest - Come-and-Go-Brunch

10:45 am - Men’s Tennis 11 am to 12:15 pm - Class of 1965 Brunch with President and Mrs. Lee 1:30 pm - Football Game vs. Grove City

Key: Alumni Event Student Event All Are Welcome

Halftime - Alumni Tent at then Back Gate - Crowning of Homecoming King and Queen Post Game - 5th Quarter Steak Cookout (Reservations)

Although homecoming in 1965 looked much different from what it does in 2015, alumni are certain to come back and cheer on their alma mater for a hopeful football win. Traditions have been made to make Waynesburg University’s homecoming a success. For additional information and a full schedule of alumni homecoming activities, go to www.WaynesburgUnited.com. Don’t forget to use the official Waynesburg University Homecoming hashtag for all of your homecoming adventures: #waynesburgalumni.