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Big step toward accreditation taken as site visit concludes

By JACOB MEYER Managing Editor

From Nov. 2-5 the Middle States Commission on Higher Education conducted its site visit as part of the 10year accreditation process.

With accreditation from

Middle States, Dr. Jamie Jacobs, dean of institutional effectiveness and planning, said the degree students receive is much more valuable than if the university loses the accreditation.

The site visit consisted of seven people making the vis-

For most commuters, starting the day is ‘not a pretty process’ homes with their backpacks filled with every book for every class, every assignment As the sun rises, and for the day and every recreWaynesburg's campus has ational item needed: make yet to wake up; as security up, workout clothes, lunch, is unlocking the buildings; etc. There is no ‘I’ll be right and as students are hitting back,’ for them if they forgot their snooze alarms for the something. third time, some students sit Tutson rubs her shoulders in their cars waiting. and readjusts the weight of Some have been up for the bag half way to campus hours. as she watches her breath Kara Forse has been up appear as a cloud and then since 4:30 a.m. She makes slowly dissipate. sure she puts on an extra Meanwhile, Kristen Willayer of clothing to help son pops her trunk and her stay warm before her quickly runs and grabs one car warms up. She of three crates that double checks to J A C K E T L I F E never leave her make sure she has An occasional series car. One for food everything a nursing — that should be student will need for the day. bigger — one for school Her home is in Pittsburgh, materials, and one she calls so if she forgets something, her clothes crate. She rumshe’s screwed. She makes the mages through slippers and one to two-hour drive — belts to make sure she has depending on the traffic — some appropriate clothing and then circles the campus for lab. She is a sophomore searching for that rare park- secondary education major ing spot. Maybe she will find focusing on chemistry, and one; maybe she will have to the dress code for lab has make one. become stricter this year; so Now, she sits and waits if she forgot it, she won’t be as her engine runs and the able to attend lab. clock ticks another minute “I live in my car,” Wilson closer to when her class be- explains with the nods and gins and she can exit her car. reassuring ‘yes’ and ‘me too’ Meanwhile, Jennifer Tut- of numerous other commutson and Eric Brownfield begin the walk from their See COMMUTERS on A3

it, one of which is the chair of the self-study committee, while the other six are people who have been in similar roles at Middle States institutions, such as deans, provosts and faculty members at Middle States institutions.

The university has ap-

proximately 60 meetings set up for the site visit for people in the library, Student Services, senior staff, groups of students, alumni, members of the Board of Trustees and faculty.

A specific meeting the Middle States representa-

tives had was held with seven students at Waynesburg. The meeting was held on Nov. 4 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Of the seven students at the meeting, four were Leadership Scholars, two were Stover Scholars and one was a Bonner Scholar.

“Judging on who ended up being there, I think the way they did it was they wanted representation from each different aspect of campus,” said sophomore pre-law major Paige Carter. “We’re all very See MIDDLE STATES on A2

Fundraiser ends with $8,000 donation

By CHELSEA DICKS Managing Editor

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RJ Tonks, senior sports management major, receives a check for $8,000 dollars, the result of a six-week fundraiser for his mobility treatment. Seniors Ashley Clark (left) and Kaitlyn Marteney assisted the presentation.

Student says he's now one step closer to commencement goal

By NICK FARRELL Executive Editor

The last time Waynesburg hosted a Presidents’ Athletic Conference football game, RJ Tonks, senior sports management major, wore a black crown on his head at halftime after he was named homecoming king.

During halftime of

Waynesburg’s most recent home football game on Saturday, Tonks was again welcomed onto the field — this time presented with a check for $8,000, the result of the “Rise Up For RJ” fundraiser.

“I was blown away by how much money was raised. I never thought it could be that much,” said Tonks. “It’s incredible to know I have the

support of so many people, not just here from the students, faculty and staff, but also back home from my family and friends from high school.”

Tonks needs this money to pay for a treatment in Georgia that could change his life.

Tonks’ motor skills are limited due to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis,

which he contracted when he was 8 years old. As Tonks explains, that long medical term boils down to a scar the size of a pinhead on his pons, something that has affected his motor skills to the point where he has had to use an automated wheelchair to move about.

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Christian aspects of climate change examined Speaker: U.S. must acknowledge China's recent rapid growth

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The climate crisis, and what can be done to help solve the problem, has become a reoccurring topic in recent years.

On Oct. 29, Ben Lowe, a National Organizer and spokesperson of the Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, came to Waynesburg to speak about creation care and climate action: what it is and why it is important as Christians to work to ensure a better environment.

“Creation care is caring for the creation of God,” said Lowe.

Not only does it include caring for the environment, but caring for animals, plants and humans as well.

Lowe also said that to love God and to love thy neighbor is what climate action is all about, because caring for the environment will, in turn, affect how we care

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Ben Lowe, spokesperson of the Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, shares details about his book Doing Good Without Giving Up at his lecture Oct. 29. for each other. Additionally, the benefits of climate action include creating a better environment that will allow for clean energy

economies, creating millions of jobs, getting rid of deadly and harmful pollution and establishing a sustainable economic progress

as the norm, according to the YECA website.

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Waynesburg University welcomed Elbridge Colby, the Robert M. Gates Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who presented “Why We Should Worry about China, and What We Can Do about It” Oct. 30.

Colby focuses on strategic deterrence, nuclear weapons, conventional force, intelligence and related issues with CNAS. Colby served as the policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense’s Representative for the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an expert advisor to the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission and a staff member on the President’s Commission on

the Intelligence Capabilities of the U.S. Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Colby has also worked with the State Department, as well as the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

Colby explained in his lecture how China is growing and what the U.S. should do in response to the nation’s rapid growth.

“I urge that we trust and work with China, but at the same time balance them,” Colby said. “Good fences, after all, make good neighbors.

But to make this work we need to be strong, and to be strong we need to both restore economic dynamism and be more selective in how we apply our power.”

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Water damage in store keeps Ten Thousand Villages closed

By JENNY SCHOUPPE Convergence Editor

The Waynesburg Ten Thousand Villages store will no longer be accessible for students and community members this holiday season.

The store, that has usually been located at 49 S. Washington Street in Waynesburg, will no longer exist due to flood damage that occurred to the building.

Ten Thousand Villages is an independent, nonprofit, charitable organization. All sales revenue generated by Ten Thousand Villages and any surplus earned by operations is retained within

Ten Thousand Villages. Surpluses are used to increase purchases from artisans and to finance the growth of Ten Thousand Villages retail network.

Waynesburg University’s Department of Business has taken charge of running the store for the past few years, and this year the department has been forced to come to the realization of no longer having a building for the store.

After finding out about the loss of the store space, the challenge became finding a building that would volunteer a space to hold the store in for free.

“Our advisors are in charge

of picking a location,” said Kaitlyn Marteney, president of the business club. “They haven’t been able to find any other building to hold the store in.”

The store not only provided a unique shopping experience for the Waynesburg community but also real work experience for business majors.

“I agree with the decision to not cram the store into a random classroom or building but I’m a little disappointed that it won’t be happening this year,” said Joshua Dains, vice-president of the business club. “I was looking forward to working on Ten Thousand Villages and

the experience I would gain but I know it was an all-ornothing kind of thing.”

The store that is only open for the holiday months and is known for unique handmade gifts, jewelry, home decor, art and sculptures, textiles, serve ware and personal accessories has been a popular place to shop for university students. All the products that have been sold at the store have represented the diverse cultures of artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

According to the Waynesburg University website, “In early November 2009, the storefront opened on High Street and closed in late De-

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cember. During this time the shop grossed over $13,000 in sales. With this sales amount, Waynesburg University raised $2,030 for the Mission Scholarship Fund. Through the Ten Thousand Villages partnership, Waynesburg University is able to support fair trade and continue to serve the world.”

Waynesburg University has partnered with Ten Thousand Villages, a fairtrade organization, for many years. Each year at Christmas time, students, faculty and staff volunteer their time to provide fair-trade goods to the community by opening a shop in downtown Waynesburg.

Change in Spanish professors causes shuffling of class times

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tinnemeyer: let god in your lives

Through Ten Thousand Villages sales, one directly impacts the lives of real, small business artisans in locations where the only other alternatives would be unjust wages and poverty. The store sales also contribute to Waynesburg University’s Mission Scholarship Fund.

Through this fund, students are able to serve their community and the world through mission’s trips that they would otherwise not be able to participate in if they had not received a mission scholarship.

Dains said it is up to the business department to see if there will be a search for another building.

The Rev. Jim Tinnemeyer, university chaplain, explained to students in his chapel address Tuesday that God wants to walk aside the students in their lives. Tinnemeyer encouraged students to surrender themselves to God, so he can work on their lives the way He wants to.

Waynesburg University recently welcomed a new Spanish professor. Lisa Dunn took over the role about three weeks ago just before fall break.

This change stems from the previous professor, Tatiana Alvarez-Calderon—hired mid-September—needing to go back to Columbia due to an illness in her family.

This caused a change in class day and time for students. The Elementary and Intermediate Spanish classes went from meeting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the morning and afternoon to having night class on Tuesday and Thursday.

“I worked with Brian Carr to look at student’s schedules to see what would work for students with their current classes,” said Dr. Robert Randolph, chair of the English and Foreign Languages Department. “This allowed us to select a time that not only worked for Lisa but also one that allowed the students to

still partake in the class.”

The environmental shift to students was something Dunn wanted to work on at a slow pace. As she is also a lecturer of Spanish language at West Virginia University, Dunn is confident teaching all levels of Spanish.

“I was very sensitive to the students because I wanted them to not have any anxiety over the change. This way they could learn better,” said Dunn. “I wanted to get to know them and have them get to know me. This way they could be confident in my teaching styles, so we can go forward positively and learn Spanish.”

Typically, it is difficult to hire a teacher after a semester has already started, but Waynesburg was able to find one that, according to Randolph, fit the role well.

“We had looked at the neighboring schools to see who they had teaching their Spanish programs; that’s how we found Lisa,” said Randolph. “It turned out See SPANISH on A3

Registration nears Senate, ITS to revamp Senate webpage for underclassmen

By RYAN SCHWERTFEGER For the Yellow Jacket

O utd ate d. St a g n ant .

Bland. Almost pointless.

Some students and members of the Waynesburg University Student Senate have used these strong adjectives to describe the Student Senate’s current webpage. However, those feelings will not be true for long.

A newly formed taskforce called the Student Senate

Website Committee has partnered with Waynesburg University’s Information Technology Services to revamp, update and bring transparency to Student Senate through their webpage, found in the form of a tab located on the myConnect homepage.

John Wicker, Student Senate treasurer and chair of the Website Committee, explained this was a priority sent straight from the top of the Senate because of

the current lack of outreach, knowledge and public information about Student Senate among students on campus.

“The website development committee happened to be one of the objectives [Student Senate President Joshua Dains] wanted to accomplish,” said Wicker. “For one thing, both Josh and my fellow committee members want to make it easier for people to get to know all of the senators through a biog-

raphy page and show that they are human beings that want to help all of the students on campus.”

Guiding the committee throughout its webpage upgrade is ITS Applications Training and Support Specialist, Dave Patton.

Patton noted that while several steps will need to be taken to update the Senate page, the most important See SENATE on A3

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involved on campus, and I think they wanted people who truly have a sense of what Waynesburg is about.”

Carter said the meeting had no faculty or staff from the university, and she believes that made the meeting more insightful for the Middle States representatives.

“It was better for it just to be students,” said Carter. “We didn’t feel like we needed to say anything to appease [the faculty and staff]. They must have trusted us enough to spread the actual mission statement of Waynesburg University.”

Carter said the meeting ran as one large interview, in which the Middle States representatives asked questions about topics ranging from Student Senate to the admission process.

Other topics the students were asked about were the allocation of student activities fees, student life, why students transfer and the direc-

tion Waynesburg is heading.

“They definitely didn’t hold back on their questions,” said Carter. “They asked us very informative and inquisitive questions, and we were able to answer honestly.”

The seven students were chosen by the university to meet with the Middle States representatives.

“We’ve been doing this accreditation for a long time, and for Waynesburg to trust me to be a part of that from the student perspective was definitely an honor,” said Carter.

Carter believes students should care about the accreditation process with Middle States because, like Jacobs said, the ramifications if the university is not accredited are severe.

“Through the Middle States, we are able to receive federal funding,” said Carter.

“Without this we would lose so much funding that our tuition would go up.”

This meeting was an example of just one of the nu-

merous amounts of meetings the Middle States representatives held on their site visit with not only students, but also faculty and staff. After the site visit, Middle States will write a report, and the formal decision on whether or not the university will continue to be accredited will be made in March 2015.

Middle States may make recommendations on things the university should change or work on, and they will check back in five years to see if the suggestions were applied.

“Then they’ll write a report, and let us know how we’re doing,” said Jacobs.

“They will send that to the Middle States Commission, and they will make a decision on our accreditation in the spring.”

Jacobs said something many people do not know about accreditation is that it is always in progress.

“This process takes a long time,” said Jacobs. “People think that accreditation happens every 10 years, which is true. We do have our site

visit every 10 years, but it’s an ongoing process on deciding what we do, working towards common goals and documenting what we do.

Once everything is done, we will start all over again.”

Jacobs said this is a process that students may not be interested in at other institutions, but that is not the case at Waynesburg University.

“One of the things that I’m really grateful for here is that students have shown an interest,” said Jacobs. “I think it’s important for students to know that this happens because this is part of the big planning. I’m really grateful that everyone is willing to participate, from students to staff to faculty, people have been remarkably helpful.”

Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series about the Middle States accreditation process. A story will appear in next week’s Yellow Jacket further explaining the Middle States site visit.

Students must plan next term with advisors

justice—have group advisement sessions as well, before individual meetings occur.

“I’ll give them the rundown of what they can expect, what courses they have to have in the spring to stay on pace,” said

By REBECCA BURCHAM Copy Editor Jack. “Then I will also have an upperclassman who has alThat time has come again. ready registered come in and As the fall semester is begin- take them through the process ning to wind down, prepara- of putting classes into their tions for the spring semester [Self-Service] carts, seeing are already underway, and one what classes are open, which of the most classes are important Remaining Registration Periods closed.” aspects of Accordthis prepa- Sophomores: Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. ing to Jack, Freshmen: Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. rat ion is the volunscheduling teer upperRegister on Self-Service for classes. classmen, While who guide most upperclassmen know new students through the the drill, freshmen and soph- actual process of registering omores may feel like they using the university’s Selfneed a crash course—or re- Service program, are a great minder—on the process of asset to use. registration. In its simplest “The students can ask [upform, registration is a two-step perclassmen] questions like, process: a one-on-one advise- ‘Where do I go to put this in ment meeting, which is then my cart? Where is my cart? followed by the actual registra- How do I do this?’” said Jack. tion for classes.

“So the things that [students] Adam Jack, chairperson wouldn’t know just by getting for the criminal and social on, that’s how we go about the sciences department, has ap- initial meeting.” proximately 60 advisees rangIndividual advising meeting from freshmen to seniors. ings are a key element in the “The student is required registration process, as every to meet with their academic student has to meet with his advisor prior to their date of or her academic advisor to apregistration,” said Jack. “The prove his or her plan of classes advisor and the student will for the upcoming semester. compile a list of classes and al- Students—regardless of class ternate classes for the student year—are always instructed to to register for. The student come to these meetings with will then choose the courses a plan. on Self-Service and put them According to Jack, before into their cart. When registra- their individual meeting with tion opens for their class, they their advisor, students should process the request.” look through the university While each student is re- catalog, which is emailed to quired to have a one-on-one every student in advance of advisement meeting, some departments—like criminal See REGISTRATION on A3

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Writing contest welcomes high school students Senate: Webpage revamp to focus on relevant information

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part would be the training of a member of the Senate to be able to make the appropriate edits necessary on a day-today basis.

“We will be the support to help the assigned student editor make the changes at their own pace and at their own fingertips,” said Patton.

While the official student page editor will most likely need to be confirmed by the Senate, Wicker noted that Student Senate Secretary Chelsea Dicks would be the most logical choice to assume the role.

“The administrative training process is definitely an important step, and we would most likely have our secretary be the administrator of the website since she takes care of all the minutes and agendas of the Senate meetings,” said Wicker.

“She would be the one who would need to be constantly updating the website with the new documents, and so she needs to know how to use the website and upload the information so we do not have to always rely on ITS to do something for us.”

As for the page content, both Patton and Wicker agreed not only should information be up-to-date but should contain a variety of information that can answer questions about the Senate.

Patton reiterated that the biggest threat to the goals of the overhaul is the potential “staleness of information”

that could exist, but he added that while ITS will certainly help with any problems posting or updating the page, ITS is “not in the writing business, so submitting and posting content will be up to the person in the posting role.”

Wicker said that his committee has already been working on what aspects to keep about the webpage and what will be new and improved.

“One of the most important things is that we keep our comment box where students can ask the Senate any question they might have for us,” said Wicker. “While it is also important to have the constitution and bylaws posted, most students come to our page because they are probably in need of something. For example, if that’s information about past and upcoming meetings, then meetings and agendas need to be not only up to date but also easy to find.”

Bill Dumire, chief information officer for Waynesburg University, praised the website committee in saying that the Senate is taking an organized approach to updating the site.

“This update will be beneficial to our students so they can have easy to access information on the senate’s myConnect page,” said Dumire.

What remains to be seen is whether other groups and organizations with myConnect webpage tabs will be inspired to update their own pages upon seeing the newly upgraded Senate tab.

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The John C. Knox Writing Contest on Nov. 1 welcomed 15 high school students to compete for cash prizes.

Students take notes as Lanny Frattare, assistant professor of communication, spoke about his 33-year career as a Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster during an hour-long news conference.

Young writers compete for cash prizes at inaugural event STAFF REPORT

Students from various local high schools visited the university's Department of Communication for its inaugural John C. Knox Writing

Contest.

Fifteen aspiring journalists and writers participated in an hour-long news conference with Lanny Frattare, assistant professor of communication.

Frattare's comments mainly

focused on his outlook on life, his career as a professional baseball announcer for the Pittsburgh and his brief stint as a professor at Waynesburg.

After that, students had two hours to generate a pro-

file story about Frattare in the Mac Lab in Buhl Hall.

The top three finishers will be notified of their placing within a few weeks and will receive a share of $1,000 in prize moeny.

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that she had a supervisory role over Tatiana [AlvarezCalderon] at West Virginia University. Since they had previous work experience together, they were able to meet up and discuss how Tatiana had been teaching the class and grading. I feel this

made the transition easier for students.”

Dunn is enjoying the different atmosphere at Waynesburg. She likes the smaller college community compared to other schools Dunn has been with, such as WVU and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

“I am happy to be here. I look forward to next semes-

ter and to get a fresh start,” said Dunn. “I would like to do some exciting things with the students. To me, culture is so important. I’d love to involve more of that in activities, make Spanish more in-depth and make it fun. I would also love to get to know the international community on campus and become involved with them.”

Though Dunn is a parttime employee and her contract is only semester-to-semester, she is excited about coming back. Randolph is also happy to have her on board in the department.

“She’s extremely qualified,” said Randolph. “She’s so willing to help students and become involved on campus.

We were really lucky.”

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registration periods, and have an initial plan of classes to take for the semester, as well as a backup plan.

“That streamlines the process of our meetings,” said Jack. “It really helps you head off some of the problems you have down the road. We get them in a process freshman year, and they know they have to come prepared.”

Evonne Baldauff, chairperson for the chemistry and forensic science department, said some of her students are very organized.

“They have an Excel spreadsheet, they have everything mapped out for the next four years, and it’s wonderful,” Baldauff said.

Baldauff added that some students aren’t always prepared initially with their own academic plan, but advisors should remind them that advisement meetings are intended to be discussions and not directions.

At the conclusion of the individual meetings, students

will be “cleared” by their advisors to register at the appropriate time. Junior and senior registration have already opened; sophomore registration will begin Nov. 13 at 11 a.m., and the freshmen will follow on Nov. 20 at the same time.

Jack added the purpose of students bringing their own plan is to prepare them for the workplace once they leave Waynesburg.

“We’re trying to get that structure in place where you have to be self-sufficient,” said Jack. “You have to know exactly what comes next; you have to be task-oriented.”

Baldauff also emphasized the importance of students creating an individualized plan for themselves.

“You don’t want to go in to meet your advisor with no clue,” said Baldauff. “You want to show that you’re prepared and take ownership of your own schedule. Your advisor then should work with you to make sure you’re taking the right courses, so that you’ll be able to graduate in the specified amount of time you have remaining at Waynesburg.”

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ers who go through the same morning routine to attend Waynesburg University. “It’s not a pretty process.”

A process that does not allow snooze buttons to be hit more than once.

A process of driving through the horrible traffic at the bottleneck in Waynesburg.

A process that, according to multiple commuters, makes one look like they are homeless and living out of their vehicles.

A process that, according to Student Services, 19 percent of Waynesburg University’s student population goes through every morning.

“Where are all these people? That is a large number,” said Wilson, president of the commuter club who never sees those numbers at events or meetings.

According to Mary Cummings, vice president for Student Services, the Commuter Club is one of the biggest accommodations that the university provides for students choosing this lifestyle in college.

“We try to provide a way

for them to network with folks that are in the same situation,” said Cummings.

“And I would say that most of the things we do are through that commuter club.”

A couple things that have been initiated to make life a little better for commuters is the Starbucks opening at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8:00, and the breakfast that occurred in October.

Advisor of the commuter club, Chaley Knight, said that creating a place for this group of students has been a difficult process, but the breakfast seemed to be a hit.

Running from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m., Knight saw many commuters coming in and out of the Organization Room throughout the entire time period. Some students took the time to sit down and enjoy the Keurig coffee, pancake muffins and good company.

“This event seemed to work for them a lot better than others,” said Knight.

“The large time span gives them the freedom to work around their schedule.”

The commuter club plans to host more of these breakfasts to give students a place to go rather than taking naps in their cars.

This is another part of the commuter lifestyle: they don’t feel a part of campus life all the time.

With most activities going on within the evenings, many of them struggle to make it to Waynesburg Idol plays, and the like.

Wilson understands that this is not the university’s fault; it is just one of the inevitable truths of living at home while going to college.

“We live two lives,” said Wilson; one life within the bubble of Waynesburg University and one life at home.

On campus they have all of the responsibilities as every other student: homework, friends, classes and a social life, but they also have another life at home, full of responsibilities such as dinner with the family, loading the dishwasher and going to see grandma with their parents on Sunday.

“We have to try to keep up with both,” said Wilson.

“You know, normal students focus on life here on campus, and then during breaks focus on home life, but we have to focus and keep up with both at the same time.”

Cummings agrees that this can be a difficult lifestyle.

“The bigger challenge is that commuter students tend to only be here based on their schedule,” said Cummings.

“For a commuter student to come back to campus for a meeting is a little bit harder.”

This is a problem Wilson knows all too well.

Commuters are a group that have 257 students behind it, 324 if off campus housing students are included, and yet she has trouble getting double digits to attend commuter meetings.

“My goal these next two years is to give commuters a voice,” said Wilson, but she realizes she needs help to do this.

Wilson is striving to give the close-to-a-quarter of Waynesburg University students more of a presence on campus.

She wants to focus for the next two years on getting the commuter’s their own team during Residence Life events and freshmen orientation week at the beginning of the year, creating more events that commuters can easily be a part of and just getting their club out there so students realize they exist.

“I want to let people know that we are here,” said Wilson.

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climate action and creation care is, Lowe spoke about why it is important and what can be done to help.

“We do have solutions to climate change,” said Lowe.

“We get to choose how we want to move forward.”

Lowe stressed that it is important to care because this generation is inheriting the issue of how to properly care for the environment, and caring for creation is a Christian responsibility.

“God not only created people, but He created the entire world, and therefore we should take care of the

world because it belongs to God,” said junior environmental science major Tori Whitty.

Whitty believes it is important to take care of the environment because it is something that affects everyone, and there are simple things that can be done to help.

“I definitely recycle, and ever since I was younger, I was conscious of energy,” said Whitty. “I make sure that, just because I don’t have to pay the electricity bill, I should turn the lights off and not leave that energy running.”

Aside from the simple things, Lowe said the YECA

has started a national initiative with a main goal to build moral will to pursue the solution for the climate crisis. Through the initiative, Lowe speaks at various places and events to engage Christians, and even some who are not, to make them aware of how they can help.

“Creation care needs to be part of our lives,” said Lowe.

Lowe said that it is important to participate in creation care because we, as Christians, are called to do more that change our individual lives and we need to be involved in the movement that is calling for change.

According to the Young

Evangelicals for Climate Action website, the YECA was formed on Feb. 3, 2012 by a group of evangelical students and young professionals at a retreat held by the Evangelical Environmental Network. The mission of the YECA states, “We are young evangelicals in the United States who are coming together and taking action to overcome the climate crisis as part of our Christian discipleship and witness.”

Those who are interested in taking a stand against the climate crisis and want to participate in creation care can visit www.yecaction. org for more information on what they can do.

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Food service presents donation to university Waynesburg again

By JOHN LYDIC

Multimedia Manager

A relationship that has been developing since 1999 brought Waynesburg University and Aladdin Food Management together in a bond that was represented in a check awarded to the university. On Monday, Oct. 20, Aladdin Food Management President and CEO of Aladdin Food Management Services Tom Cusimano and Aladdin District Manager Joe DeSalvo presented Waynesburg University President Douglas G. Lee with a check on behalf of the university.

“We have had a great relationship with Aladdin for

a number of years,” said Lee. “They have always stepped up and supported projects of the university.”

Aladdin has contributed multiple donations over the years, including a contribution to Roberts Chapel — which was dedicated in 2011.

DeSalvo said the relationship has remained strong for so long because of the groups’ common backgrounds.

“Aladdin is able to directly align with the university’s mission, as we are small enough to care but big enough to maintain a competitive edge in dining services,” said DeSalvo.

“Every year, Aladdin makes a donation as part of our

annual commitment to the university.”

According to Lee, the donation from Aladdin is intended to help fund the renovations that are currently ongoing in Stewart Science Hall.

This donation was just one of two other donations the university received that week. Lee also mentioned that a $100,000 and $50,000 donation were given to help with funding for the project that will be completed in 2017.

Lee noted that money given to the university will impact the entire community in ways that may not be directly observable, but have a

great impact.

“Any money given to the university helps everyone,” said Lee. “No matter where it is allocated, it helps and ultimately benefits the students.”

As the university analyzes where to spend the current donation, DeSalvo believes the bond between Waynesburg and Aladdin is one that will continue and sees the changes that can be made as a result of the check.

“Needless to say, Aladdin is proud to partner with faith-based institutions like Waynesburg University and sharing in their mission, thus, resulting in a teamed success,” said DeSalvo. “Together we can do more.”

Tonks: Fundraiser gives big boost to student Continued from A1

Tonks said receiving more treatment at Carrick Brain Centers in Atlanta, Georgia greatly increases his chances of achieving his goal of walking unassisted at commencement. He believes he is “really close to walking right now.”

“Quite a few people have said to me that they’d love to see me walk unassisted at graduation,” said Tonks. “It’s my personal goal, but it’s also other people’s goal for me.

That donation shows that they care and they want me to get better. They want to see me walking unassisted.”

Students in the Business Club led this six-week fundraiser for Tonks. Students and Waynesburg fans sported black t-shirts emblazoned with the name of the cause during a “black out” at the Saturday game against Thomas More. The football team also wore its alternate black uniforms.

University President Douglas G. Lee, who presented the check to Tonks at halftime of Saturday’s football game, recognized the displays of support the Waynesburg community shared with Tonks.

“I think it speaks volumes for first, the great hearts that our students have and secondly their ability; abilities that allow them to go above and beyond what the ordinary expectation is,” said Lee. “When you have been blessed with those types of

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University President Douglas G. Lee (left) shares an emotional moment with Jani Rybacki, the mother of RJ Tonks, after the halftime presentation Saturday. abilities long-term, you’re going to be blessed. It demonstrates that the students at Waynesburg aren’t just happy getting by and that’s a wonderful gift to have in life –that type of motivation to do more than just what’s expected.”

Josh Dains, senior business major, said he and a few other members of the business club came up with the idea for the fundraiser after Tonks returned from his internships at Carrick Brain Centers.

“Over the summer, he was expecting to get a lot of treatment and basically do as much treatment as he was actually working. It was opposite — he ended up working a lot and didn’t get a lot of treatment,” said Dains.

“Basically, he came back

to school and said ‘I didn’t make as much progress as I was hoping.’ I was talking to a couple students, mainly Kaitlyn Marteney and Ashley Clark, and said ‘let’s see if we can get him down for more treatment.’ It was one of those deals where it didn’t turn out as well as he wanted it to, and we had to figure out a way to get him down there.”

Dains added that the fundraiser’s leaders only hoped to generate $6,000 for Tonks, enough to pay for his $5,500 treatment and also cover the cost of some travel expenses.

Instead, they were able to present a check for $8,000 to Tonks and will give him an additional $322.01 that was received after the check was written. That’s nearly enough to pay for two trips to Carrick Brain Centers.

Throughout the entire fundraising process, Tonks said he and his family knew very little about the number of shirts sold and the amount of money made.

What Tonks did see, according to Dains, was an outpouring of support from the student body at Waynesburg, whether it was through the purchase of one of more that 600 t-shirts sold for $15, in the form of a different donation or through shared words of encouragement.

“What we did wasn’t extraordinary in the sense that we sold t-shirts for a fundraiser. It was extraordinary in the sense that so many people came together for it,” said Dains. “For something like that, it went infinitely better than we could have ever hoped it would.”

Colby: China becoming more formidable

Continued from A1

Colby said that ever since then-leader of China Deng Xiaoping’s decision in the 1970s to transition China from an impoverished and stagnant Marxist dictatorship to a more open-market economy, China has grown at or near 10 percent annually for the last three and a half decades.

While this may be concerning, Colby said China is sure to encounter major bumps and roadblocks in the future.

China’s growth rate has already shrunk to, at best, about 7.5 percent, which is a major step down from where they were previously, despite it still being a very healthy rate of growth.

Colby said that China’s economy has passed America’s economy in overall size regarding to certain matrixes.

China is expected to pass the U.S. economy in size — even when measured in dollar value — sometime in the next decade, according to Colby.

Colby said over the past 35 years, China has been growing in strength and waiting to flex its muscles, but now it is flexing its muscles and trying to be more influential on the international stage. “[China] is increasing its defense budget by at least 10 percent a year and building a formidable military designed first to obtain military supe-

riority in the western pacific, especially vis-à-vis us, and then effectively project power throughout the region and beyond,” Colby said. “At the same time, it’s taking a far more assertive stance toward territorialist disputes in both the East and South China seas.”

Because of this, Colby said, China’s military has gone from a huge peasant army that was unable to control islands just offshore, to almost being as formidable as the United States.

The fear from the American perspective, though, is many Chinese have come to the conclusion, since the economic downfall of 2008, that the United States is a declining power and a military giant with a economic and social feet of clay.

Colby then raised the question, “Should we really care about China’s assertiveness in the far-off western pacific, or care enough to do anything potentially very risky or costly about it?”

Colby said the answer to this question is “yes”. He said the United States should care and should be willing to do potentially very risky or costly things about it.

He did explain, though, that this does not mean the United States should try to go to war with China.

“China’s rise is a boom to all of us, including the many impoverished people who are

rising to prosperity of middleclass life in China,” Colby said.

“But we do want a growing and increasingly bumptious and confident China to see that molesting or failing to take into account our interests would be harmful to its prosperity and security. We want the Chinese to keep doing what they have been doing, which is to respect our power and influence, such as they adapt their behavior to accommodate — at least in some degree — our interests.”

To be able to do this, Colby believes the United States needs to become a more stable nation economically.

“We need to revitalize the foundations of our national strength, particularly our economy, and focus our efforts

more strategically abroad,” Colby said. “In this respect, coming to an agreement on our public finances that liberates rather than retards growth is essential. Economic vitality and prosperity are not only important for our pocketbooks, our personal well-being and all of our futures, but from sustaining our credibility and reputation abroad.”

After the 20-minute lecture, Colby answered questions from students for half an hour, answering almost ten questions.

“I was very impressed by the questions; they were very thoughtful questions,” Colby said. “[They were] better than a lot of the questions I hear in Washington D.C., that’s for sure.”

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touted, this time for job placement

By OLIVIA LATIMER News Editor

One of the reasons for Waynesburg University’s outstanding reputation is the continued ability to achieve high rankings across various aspects from multiple organizations year after year.

Recently Waynesburg was named a top value school

by Educate to Career for the second year in a row.

Waynesburg was named number 104 out of more than 1,200 schools on an index that, to be in the top third of schools on the list, means doing an outstanding job in the area of graduate student placement.

According to ETC, factors such as the percentage of graduate students employed in their field of study and earnings are measured.

It also looks at default rates and the amount of students who graduated within four to five years of study.

Marie Coffman, director of career services and placement, attributes Waynesburg’s success in these rankings to several different aspects.

“Classes are doing a great job of preparing students and the amount of volunteer opportunities for students certainly helps a lot,” said Coffman. “In addition, Waynesburg has a solid reputation, which itself is attributed to several things such as our nursing and education departments, for example.”

Coffman believes it is important for Waynesburg to disseminate for not only prospective students, but for employers as well. She said if a school has a good reputation and a recognizable name—which these rankings help Waynesburg achieve—an employer will take that into consideration while looking through student résumés.

According to Coffman, career services and placement does everything in its power to track down Waynesburg’s graduate students and find out where they ended up.

These numbers are important for not only their statistics, but helping to create relationships with employers that could be beneficial to current students nearing graduation.

For the 2013 graduates, Waynesburg’s placement rate was 97 percent, a number career services and placement works diligently all summer to compile.

That's up from 96 percent the previous year, which was, at the time, a recordhigh number for the institution.

Coffman mentioned career services and planning

provides a number of services to help students in the search for a job after graduation. Some ways Waynesburg does this is by setting up job fairs specific to individual majors and will also check student résumés.

“We try to get in touch with as many employers as we possibly can,” said Coffman. “We also take every effort we can to review student résumés. That’s something I hear a lot of complaining from employers about, when students have mistakes on their résumés. Students can bring their résumés up to us anytime and we will help them out.”

One thing Coffman believes can be improved upon in terms of getting high rankings such as these is for students to be more willing to think outside the box and be flexible. She also stressed the importance of internships.

“I think ever y major should have an internship requirement,” said Coffman. “We need to be more encouraging of our students to reach out more.”

Coffman also stated having high rankings as a top value college are important in attracting top students.

“We want to be able to get valuable students to come here who are going to try to make a difference,” said Coffman. “We also want employers to get to know us.”

Coffman said not only are these numbers important to prospective students, but also the parents of these students who want to ensure their child will be getting a quality education at Waynesburg and a better chance at succeeding in their field of study after graduation.

These rankings, according to Coffman, are also important to current students, as they serve as motivation and encouragement for what is to come after college.

“Things like these help to push students more and give them a positive influence,” said Coffman. “Everyone needs encouragement.”

Coffman believes these achievements are great not only for attracting future students and employers, but also for showing students the depth of care Waynesburg has for them.

“It shows our passion for our students,” said Coffman.

“It gives us a sense of fulfillment and also pride for our graduates.”

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Large upsets and close calls in election Corbett, Solobay and White lose re-election bids; Republicans take Senate

By YELLOW JACKET STAFF Following Tuesday’s General Election, only one Greene County incumbent in a competitive race was smiling.

Governor Tom Corbett and state Sen. Tim Solobay both lost re-election bids while Rep. Bill Shuster retained his seat in Congress representing the 9th District.

In the race for governor at the top of the ballot, Corbett became the first governor to lose re-election in the state’s history.

Democratic challenger Tom Wolf garnered 55 percent of the statewide vote to Corbett’s 45 percent. In Greene County, Wolf fared slightly better, taking 56 percent of the county vote to Corbett’s 43.8 percent, according to the county’s website.

Wolf recently visited the town of Waynesburg on Oct.

26 to campaign.

In the county’s sole competitive Congressional race, Shuster, running against Democrat Alanna Hartzok, lost Greene County 46.9 percent to 52.9 percent, but won in the district overall by a wide margin, 64 percent to Hartzok’s 36 percent.

The map of the 9th Congressional District, which Shuster has represented since 2001, was recently redrawn by the Republican-controlled statehouse to include the eastern part of the Greene County.

Shuster’s fellow Republican Tim Murphy, who represents the 18th Congressional District and the remaining portion of Greene County, ran unopposed and was easily reelected.

Murphy earned 98.2 percent of Greene County votes, though only about a third of county voters cast a ballot in the race.

Also running unopposed on Tuesday was Democrat Rep. Pam Snyder, who represents Greene County and the 50th District in the General Assembly.

The 50th District includes all of Greene County; Bethlehem Township and Cetnerville in Washington County; and Brownsville, German Township, Luzerne Township, Masontown and Point Marion in Fayette County.

Snyder took in 94.6 percent of the slightly more than 7,500 votes cast in the county.

In the other race to represent the county in the General Assembly, Solobay, the incumbent Democrat who has held the seat since 2011, lost his reelection bid to Republican challenger Camera Bartolotta.

Solobay barely edged the challenger in Greene County, 50.1 percent to 49.7 percent, but was handedly defeated

Investigators look for the paranormal at local museum

By MATT KOLL

Editorial Assistant

Families from all over the Greene County area flocked to the Greene County Historical Museum on Halloween night to participate in something truly ghostly.

The Greene County Historical Society hosted its “Flashlight Fright Night” where there were plenty of attractions to keep everyone entertained while enjoying in the Halloween spirit.

There were lantern-lit tours of the historical museum as well as reenactments of scenes from the museum’s past, in addition to a haunted walk that led visitors on a foreboding trail behind the building.

But what may have been the most compelling part of the evening was the chance to seriously talk about the paranormal.

The Western Pennsylvania Paranormal Hunters were set up in a barn on the property, showing off its many discoveries of paranormal activity in many locations all over the United States, including Kentucky, Florida and California over the past six years with those who were intrigued.

“We started this group back in January of 2008,” said TJ Porfeli, the co-founder and lead investigator of WPPH. “My co-worker and I really enjoyed the show, ‘Ghost Hunters,’ and we both had paranormal experienc-

overall 46.4 percent to 53.2 percent, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State website.

Bartolotta’s largest margin of victory came in Solobay’s home county of Washington, where Bartolotta won by nearly 10 percentage points.

The 46th Senate District that Bartolotta now represents includes parts of Allegheny, Beaver, Washington and Westmoreland Counties in addition to all of Greene County.

Despite losses for the Republican Party in Green County, the Pennsylvania Republicans gained at least eight seats in the state House, giving them their largest majority in the House in more than 50 years, according to the Associated Press.

The Pennsylvania GOP also gained seats in the Senate as multiple Democrats in addition to Solobay lost re-election.

Museum's haunting past

es when we were younger.

Throughout the years we’ve continued to build up and have become bigger.”

WPPH now has 14 investigators and uses equipment including audio, video recorders, cameras, EMF detectors (spirits can manipulate EMF fields, helping to locate them) and flashlights.

The group considers Greene County to be their stomping ground for finding paranormal activity.

More specifically, the group says that the Greene County Historical Museum is the most haunted location they have ever been to.

“We have been [to the Greene County Historical Museum] on six separate occasions and every single time we have had experiences,” said Porfeli.

“It’s pretty common to have activity in a place like this. There were people mistreated here and it was also occupied by the mentally insane for some time.”

When the crew has visited before, they captured mostly voices and consider this an “intelligent haunting” as there was an attempt to directly communicate with the investigators from the paranormal, as the words “sit right here” were heard on the audio devices being used.

As part of the event, a raffle was held for the opportunity to investigate with the para-

'We for years have had paranormal activity' Photos and story by ABBY WERNERT Chief Photographer

The Greene County Historical Society held its second annual Flashlight Fright Night on Oct. 31. The event included a number of attractions, including a haunted walk throughout the house including the basement (Top), a zombie trail walk and fortune telling. The house was filled with people volunteering to be ghosts, haunting spirits and even creepy grandmother knitters (Left).

“My favorite part of the night was the zombie walk,” said junior psychology major Josh Parnell. “It was really scary.”

The Historical Society also brought in a professional ghost hunting team to show evidence of paranormal activity.

“We for years have had paranormal activity here,” said Eben Williams, Administrator and Curator of the Greene County Historical Society.

Williams said he had hired the team because they provided the best scientific evidence and have been great friends to the museum ever since.

The profits from the night go to help support the operational cost of the museum.

See HAUNTING on B4

SAME THROUGH SERVICE - PART FIVE

Domestic Violence Services to benefit through High Impact

By KIMMI BASTON Managing Editor

As the High Impact Initiative at Waynesburg University continues full steam ahead, more opportunities are being uncovered for relationships between students and the community to benefit both nonprofit organizations and students themselves.

The Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania is one such nonprofit organization that they are working with.

The Greene County Sat-

ellite Office, located near campus on North Morgan Street, has a relationship with the university that could be greatly enhanced through the High Impact program.

The DVSSP mission, according to their website, is “to increase awareness of domestic violence and its effect on the community, to empower those victimized by providing advocacy and safe and effective services and to work for social change designed to eliminate domestic violence.”

It serves abuse victims in Greene, Washington and

“Domestic violence and dating violence absolutely does occur in Waynesburg, in Greene County and on the Waynesburg University campus.”

CHERYL MCCREADY

Satellite office coordinator

Fayette counties by offering shelter for victims, hotline services, counseling and various prevention and advocacy programs.

Cheryl McCready, satellite office coordinator in Greene County, emphasized the significance that programs for awareness of domestic violence have in the community.

“The Greene [County] office presents programs to adults in churches, businesses, agencies and wherever we can,” said McCready.

“This is important because we want to be very visible in the community so that we can let people know that it is not okay to hurt others and that there is help available for

victims of abuse.”

McCready added that all of the programs offered by the DVSSP are free and confidential for everyone.

The DVSSP is also, according to McCready, the only place in Greene County to obtain a Protection From Abuse order.

McCready said that the DVSSP and the university have a long-standing partnership that includes the service of Bonner students at the office and invitations from faculty members to have DVSSP workers speak or give presentations to

classes.

However, McCready feels an increase in student volunteers at the office would be beneficial.

“The agency is a small non-profit agency, so volunteers are greatly needed and appreciated,” said McCready. “ The staff in Greene [County], though open only during the day Monday through Friday, is small and relies heavily on volunteers to keep the office open.”

Students are needed to help in a variety of areas, See SERVICE on B4

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Operation Christmas Child easy but impactful The holiday season is quickly approaching, and family and friends soon will take part in the age-old tradition of exchanging gifts on Christmas morning. For a lot of children, this is the best time of year. After all, Christmas means the chance for nice, new toys under the Christmas tree. Some children, though, are not as fortunate to experience the joy of receiving a new toy on Christmas.

Operation Christmas Child, which is held every year in November, aims to provide children in need – from all across the world – with both toys and everyday items. The goal of the project is to fill shoeboxes with things we might have taken for granted as children and have them delivered to these children for Christmas. It is easy to participate in the project, especially for those who want to give back but lack the time to commit to a larger community service project. Organizations across

campus encourage everyone to donate at least one item.

These items can be from one of four categories: toys, school supplies, non-liquid hygiene items or accessories.

In those categories, items such as pens and pencils, notebooks, combs, toothbrushes, socks, sunglasses and jewelry can be donated.

Even the simplest of toys can be used. Toys such as dolls, toy cars, yo-yos and jump ropes are accepted as donations.

While it might not seem like anything extravagant, it is important to remember that these children do not typically receive much on Christmas. Even the littlest thing has the ability to make these children happy. Try to remember the joy in receiving presents on Christmas morning. Keep in mind that some children may never know that joy. Donating to Operation Christmas Child allows children to get more of the Christmas experience.

Kimmi baston Columnist

Each semester, we make an appointment with our advisor within a period of a few weeks to discuss our schedules for the coming semester. Is it usually difficult?

Do they tell you they don’t have time to meet with you one-on-one?

Maybe a few have difficulty scheduling each of their advisees, but the vast majority of advisors at Waynesburg University have no problem meeting with each of their students before they schedule their classes. Now imagine you’re a student at Penn State University or Ohio State University. There’s a good chance you won’t get to meet with your advisor at all during scheduling time, and if you do, it’s probably in a group setting.

But you’re a student here, at Waynesburg. Waynesburg,

where we only have one full-size dining hall. Where housing is at a premium and there’s no Honors dorm.

Where campus is silent on the weekends and many student activities have an average attendance of about 15 people. Where, according to most of the student body, there’s absolutely nothing to do.

I l i ste n to stu d e nt s constantly complain about these and other issues. Each of these gripes comes down to the fact that we are students at a small, private, Christian university, where everything is a world apart from state schools. Much of the complaining that all of us do is pointless, and there are two ways to change our attitudes. First of all, getting upset is illogical. We all knew before we moved in freshman year what sort of school we were attending. It shouldn’t be a surprise that our campus has many of the characteristics of all small colleges.

Also, our campus is restrained by actual, literal and physical boundaries that make it truly impossible for us to have special Honors housing or extra dining halls.

If we realize this, maybe all of the “brilliant” solutions we come up with that we wish administration would implement won’t seem like such great ideas after all.

The second real solution to help us stop seeing so many “issues” is to remember and be grateful for the benefits of Waynesburg life. Our classes don’t take place in lecture halls with more than 100 people. This is something people around this campus say frequently, but do we realize how great that fact really is? Our professors call on us by name, and we have ample opportunity to ask any questions we need to.

Teaching Assistants don’t exist here. Not only will we never have a class taught by someone who doesn’t even have a Bachelor’s degree, but our work is graded by a

learned professor and not a student in the same year as us.

Though it may not seem like it, we have far less bureaucracy than state schools do. Visiting one office will usually get us the answer we need, while state school kids may have to run across a miniature city three times to find out where they can submit an add/drop form.

Most importantly, our small campus helps to make us feel that each of us counts.

We’re known by our name, not our ID number. We can easily get that one-on-one time with professors, and we can have administrative issues resolved within a day.

I’m guilty of complaining, too. We all are. But I ask that from now on, instead of harping on Waynesburg for lacking a second cafeteria, you sing the praises of our staff and faculty for giving us such an individualized, quality education on our wonderfully compact and convenient campus.

A common-sense solution to parking issues jacob meyer Columnist

A common complaint of students at Waynesburg – or at any college, really – is parking. Freshman complain they’re technically “not allowed” to have cars on campus. Students who live in dormitories complain there are not enough spots in their respective dorms. Commuters complain there are not enough spaces in common parking lots.

Complaining doesn’t get anyone anywhere, so let’s come up with a commonsense solution to the issue that will benefit all parties, as well as the university, and

fix problems that can easily be resolved.

Step One: Paint lines in every parking lot. If the university doesn’t want to spend a lot of money on this, there are plenty of students that would take minimum wage to spend time out on the first or the last day of break to paint lines.

Step Two: Count every parking spot. Step Three: Make the parking passes for on-campus students specific to their respective dorms.

Step Four: Only hand out as many passes as there are spaces. This will ensure that there are only as many cars as spaces for on-campus students. Step Five: Make parking passes accessible to everyone. Technically, the rule is that freshman are

not allowed to get parking passes unless they have circumstances in which they need a car on campus. That policy would be eliminated, granting anyone of any grade a parking pass regardless of circumstances.

Step Six: Raise the prices for parking passes. Since everyone can have a pass, if the price stays at $20 they will come at a first-come, firstserve basis.

If the parking pass price is raised, passes would be allotted to those who really need them. Even though fewer passes may be sold, the increase in price for the set amount of passes will profit the university.

Step Seven: Regularly monitor all university parking lots to ensure all the ve-

hicles in the lots have parking passes. This is the most important step of them all, because if this is not done, then the previous six do not matter.

People could argue the university would lose money by this solution, because in the current system they sell more passes than spots. But not everyone who parks on campus buys a pass. I decided one day this week to go out in the Martin Hall lot and count the number of cars that had valid parking passes.

I discovered only about 40 percent had valid passes.

While this plan fixes the parking problems for on campus students, it leaves out See PARKING on B3

Pass/fail alternative

Students can take course without hurting GPA Everyone has a different approach to scheduling.

Some select courses based on the times they are offered, avoiding early morning classes. Others seek classes that are less work-intensive.

Hopefully, all students seek courses that will add to their knowledge and prepare them for their careers. Regardless of their scheduling method, it is probable that most students have had a desire to take a course that did not fall under their major or general education requirement umbrella.

Waynesburg offers many courses that can benefit students personally or professionally, but when scheduling, students may fear that adding an extra course will affect their GPA or overwhelm their workload. However, there is a solution to this dilemma. Students may not be aware that there is a pass

or fail option for courses outside of their major or general education requirements. This means that the letter grade students earn in the course will not be calculated in their GPA. If students earn a D- or higher in the course, students will receive three credits and it will simply be counted as a pass on their GPA. This is an alternative for students interested in a course but turned off by the negative effects it may have on their GPA. However, do not mistake this opportunity as one that enables students to slack off while receiving credits. Instead, the pass or fail option is for those who desire to learn about a topic but don't want the course to interfere with the work needed for their required courses.

To take a course on a pass or fail basis, students may visit the Registrar for more information.

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Walking by Faith: Jacquelyn Core Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Jacquelyn Core, vice president for academic affairs and provost, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith.

By SAMANTHa Peer Op/ Ed Editor

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

A. I came at the beginning of May of 2014. The mission is what led me here. I had practiced law for years and I was working in Higher Ed. I transitioned to WVU, and President Lee approached me about a Vice President position for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning. I had been doing similar work at WVU, so President Lee approached me about coming and I made the change.

The job was a huge pay cut for me, but I couldn’t pass up the mission. I thought about it and I prayed about it for a long time, and I felt like it is where God wanted me to be.

Q. In what ways do you demonstrate your faith in your position at Waynesburg?

A. I am really blessed because I get to interact with a lot of different people and do a lot of different things.

Needless to say, as an administrator, I get to work with the faculty and we have an amazing faculty.

Watching and working with them as we try to incorporate faith into the classroom here and as we try to integrate the mission of putting faith in our learning, and learning and faith in our service, is one way I can live out my faith. I get to show my faith in the classroom as well. I love to teach and I think there are a lot of opportunities to incorporate faith into the classroom. I think the best way we can show our faith is being who we are, because that is what makes us different than other universities.

Q. Have any specific moments, whether in interacting with students or fellow faculty members, touched you spiritually or affirmed

your faith?

A. That happens everyday.

I remember the first day that I came here to interview, and the president had told me that I would be able to feel Christ’s spirit moving on the campus whenever I came.

It is not that I didn’t believe him, because I did, but I did not expect it to be as palpable as it was.

The day I came here, I had a really contentious morning. I was in a meeting where people were fighting and screaming at each other, then I came here and President Lee showed me a tour of the university during Christmas time. He walked me to the Stover Center, and the nativity was there on the first floor. I told President Lee that I came from a place where people were scream-

ing at each other, and you guys have baby Jesus. I still think about that a lot, because I think that has been emblematic of my journey to get here and my journey.

I tell people who don’t work here or go to school here of how wonderful it is and how much I love it.

Sometimes when I begin to talk about Waynesburg, about 10 minutes in their eyes will start to glaze over – and I know that they are having trouble believing me because I am so effusive about it. This is the kind of place that has a special character and that touches me everyday, whether it is in being able to help students with a problem or working with faculty to keep this place great.

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Cheat Sheet: United States to join forces with Iraq Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

On Monday, the New York Times reported the most recent development in the Middle East: the United States will join Iraqi forces in the spring.

The United States is joining Iraq in hopes that progress can be made in restoring a more peaceful region.

The Islamic militant group, ISIS or ISIL, is a radical terrorist organization that has prompted the United States to launch a series of airstrike on Syria in an attempt to stop its progression toward major cities. These strikes have generated little success in slowing down its advancement.

According to the New York Times, “American officials have stated that the goal is to break the Islamic State’s occupation in northern and western Iraq, and establish the Iraqi government’s control over Mosul and other population centers, as well as the country’s major roads and its border with Syria by the end of 2015.”

The New York Times reports that both the United States and Iraq view halting advancement of the Islamic State as a top priority.

Many ISIS fighters have

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Soldiers with the Iraqi army's 6th Division patrol a busy roadway in Abu Ghraib, a majority Sunni town 18 miles west of Baghdad. Abu Ghraib is the gateway from the west to Baghdad and its international airport. The army, backed by Shiite militiamen, is struggling to hold the town of 200,000 from Islamic State militants, who have seized large swatches of northern and western Iraq this year. invaded Iraq via Syria in the past few months, and these ISIS fighters are the targets of the upcoming attack.

“Iraqi security forces, backed by American-led air power and hundreds of advisers, are planning to mount

a major spring offensive against Islamic State fighters who have poured into the country from Syria,” the New York Times said. “[It is] a campaign that is likely to face an array of logistical and political challenges.”

Several efforts have already been made by Iraqi and Kurdish forces to benefit the upcoming offensive, as both groups recently created momentum in securing territory under attack or already captured by the Islamic State.

However, the New York Times argues that the most important factor in preparing for a successful attack will take place this winter.

According to the New York Times, “The major push, which is being devised

with the help of American military planners, will require training three new Iraqi Army divisions – more than 20,000 troops – over the coming months.” The strategy, phrased in its most basic roots, essentially calls for the attack of fighters from the Islamic State through isolating them in major strongholds.

If this plays out successfully, it could allow Iraqi and Kurdish troops to fight an Islamic State unit that has been weakened through the cutoff of supply lines and reinforcements. Of course, with most of the Iraq Army training for the major spring offensive, it could lead to further Islamic State momentum in northern and western Iraq as the group will face less opposition.

As a result, officials believe that many killings will occur in the coming months.

The United States wants minimal involvement in the execution, but is preparing a planned attack.

“It is a balance between letting them develop their own plan and taking ownership for it,” an anonymous military official said. “[It’s] ensuring that they don’t stretch themselves too far and outpace their capability.”

Information curated by BRENDAN KEANY For the Yellow Jacket

In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the 10 stories from last week that a college student needs to know.

1. Students raise money for RJ Tonks The Waynesburg University home football game on Nov. 1 was a “black out”.

Those in attendance supported senior RJ Tonks in wearing black t-shirts that said “Rise up for RJ.” The money from the shirts went directly to the treatment that would allow Tonks to walk unassisted during graduation.

During halftime of the game, President Douglas G. Lee and the Business Club gave a check to Tonks for over $8,000. The donations kept coming until the conclusion of the game and the final amount raised was $8,322.

The goal was $6,000 for the treatment, excluding the cost of transportation, food and a place to stay, so exceeding the $6,000 reassured the family of their ability to pay miscellaneous costs.

– Waynesburg, Nov. 3 2. Cal U football players charged after assault Around 2 a.m. on Oct. 30, numerous California University of Pennsylvania student athletes were involved in a brutal off campus fight off.

The incident happened outside of Spuds Restaurant, located near campus. After beating the victim, Lewis Campbell, until he was unconscious, five football players were arrested during practice, reported WPXI Channel 11 News. On Saturday, a sixth player turned

himself in and was taken into custody. According to WPXI, Campbell was taken to the hospital following the assault, suffering from a “severe brain injury”, but no update has been given to his condition yet.

The six arrested players were suspended immediately and the football team forfeited its game against Gannon University, reported WPXI. – WPXI Channel 11 News, Nov. 1

3. Waynesburg’s fall play opens The Waynesburg University Players will be presenting their fall play “Room Service” from Nov. 5 until closing night, Nov 8. The play takes place in the 1930’s when a producer has to take care of his employees while secretly staying in the hotel longer than expected.

The director of the show is Edward Powers, the director of the theater program and a professor of theater here at the university. The show begins each night at 7:30pm in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, and admission is free. To order tickets, reserve your seats online at Waynesburg.ticketleap.com/roomservice.

– Waynesburg, Oct 24 4. Brittany Maynard takes own life After being told that she only had about six months to live last spring, Brittany Maynard took her own life on Nov. 1, reported People Magazine. Doctors told Maynard she had six months to live last spring after she was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, according to People magazine, which is a

severe brain tumor.

Told of the pain that would come when it was time for her to pass, Maynard searched for other options. Living in Oregon, Maynard found out about Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act: “terminallyill Oregonians to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose,” was the explanation given on Oregon. gov.

Having a terminal brain tumor and knowing that soon the painful death would begin, Maynard wanted to avoid the extreme pain that the doctors had described to her. The National Review referred to the act that allowed Maynard’s decision as assisted suicide, as it is official named.

– People Magazine, National Review, Nov. 2-4

5. Condé Nast heads into World Trade Center September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers fell during the worst act of terrorism that the United States has ever faced in its history. But now, after twelve years of construction, 1 World Trade Center as it has officially been named, is standing tall reported the New York Post.

Condé Nast, a publishing company, has been reported by both the New York Post and the New York Magazine to be occupying floors 20 through 44 of the “Freedom Tower”, as is has been nicknamed, 104 floor skyscraper.

The company started moving some of its employees into the building on Nov. 3, but “moving all 18 magazines and 3,400 employees will

take until February,” said the New York Magazine.

– New York Post and New York Magazine, Nov. 3

6. Bringing in the votes On Nov. 4 the ballots opened for the 2014 elections for the House of Representatives and for the Senate.

The problem occurring in the state of Pennsylvania is that Democrats are hoping to get as many seats in the House of Representatives as the Republicans, but there was a seat that was redistricted to a highly dense Republican county, York County.

“Senate races to watch included an open seat outside Philadelphia held most recently by Republican Sen. Ted Erickson, a district in the Poconos that was moved east from Allegheny County and an open Democratic seat in the southwest,” reported the Observer-Reporter.

The Guardian wrote an article in 2013 about the results from the Bush/Obama presidential election regarding people from ages 18-28, and the number of votes for Republicans is significantly above the average vote.

–Observer-Reporter, Nov. 4 7. High school student planned to bomb school High school student at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology panned to kill people at his school. “Authorities say the boy was a suspect in vehicle break-ins that occurred Saturday on York Road in Monkton. When officers interviewed him, they learned he planned to go the school with a gun and two explosives to kill people,” reported

the Baltimore Sun. During his confrontation with the police he is reported to have told them that he had three homemade explosive devices at home and had planned on using them along with a gun to kill people at his school.

While the student is only 16 years old, he was charged as an adult with “possession of a destructive device, theft and a handgun violation,” according to the Baltimore Sun. The incident reportedly happened two years after a student of another local school injured one of their classmates after taking a gun to the school.

– Baltimore Sun, Nov. 3

8. Fast and Furious movie opening day released “Furious 7”, the newest movie that was in production at the time of Paul Walker’s death, had a trailer released on Nov. 1. The cast that worked with Walker – Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, and Tyrese Gibson – were all present during the trailer premiere and there was a tribute to Walker beforehand, according to the New York Daily News.

Walker’s brothers Cody and Caleb ended up joining the “Fast and Furious” team in order to finish their brother’s part, reported the Vulture. The New York Daily News reported that the release date for “Furious 7” is April 3, 2015.

– New York Daily News, Nov. 1 9. Three teenagers killed on Halloween According to the Huffington Post, during trick-

or-treating hours on Friday night, three teenagers girls were killed during an apparent hit-and-run that happened in Santa Ana, California. Jaquinn Ramone Bell, the driver of the car, was found to have had a suspended license when he was arrested on Sunday.

The Huffington Post reported the teenagers killed during the hit-and-run were 13-year-old twin sisters Lexi and Lexandra Perez and their friend, Andrea Gonzalez.

“Friends and family of the slain children are raising funds for their memorial services with a GoFundMe page created for the twins, having raised a little more than $32,000 as of Monday.

A second page for Andrea Gonzalez has raised a little more than $21,000,” reported the New York Daily News on the coping families.

The Huffington Post stated “At the scene of the crash, residents have set up a makeshift memorial with photos, dozens of balloons, flowers and candles. " – New York Daily News & Huffington Post, Nov. 3 10. Another PA bridge suffers The Dellville Covered Bridge caught fire early Monday, Nov. 3. The bridge was “added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,” reported the Observer-Reporter. According to the Observer-Reporter, although the cause is unknown, flames overcame the old bridge, built in 1889.

– The Observer-Reporter, Nov. 3 Information curated by YURIKA BLEVINS For the Yellow Jacket

Faith: Core compelled by mission Parking: Action needs to be taken Continued from B2

Q. Coming from a secular school, have you enjoyed the opportunity to work in a Christian school?

A. I have. It is very different, and I think when you work in a secular environment, your demonstration of your faith has to be only in your actions and in who you are. I think that is fundamental to being a Christian; that if you live your life and treat others in a way that people wonder “why is everything so good for her?”

If you’re loving towards all people and you’re kind, that is the biggest example of Christ’s love. However, when you work in a secular school, there is a part of you that you have to shut down.

If you’re teaching in the classroom, you can’t talk about how what you are teaching is a part of God’s call for us.

You can’t talk about how your faith impacts what you’re doing. You can’t pray about your decisions. One of the things that I love most about this place is that almost all the meetings begin with prayer. I think that re-

ally grounds us and starts us, in whatever our task is, from a place where we understand what the real purpose is of what we’re doing, and we can focus on that together. That is very different.

I am glad there is a diverse student body, and I don’t think that I would want us to be a closed campus where we only accepted Christians, because I think we have a wonderful opportunity to share God’s love with people growing in their faith. Being in a place where a lot of people share their faith underpins everything you do very differently.

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

Continued from B2

A. I do. I think that little things happen all the time that affirms that for me. If I think about the directions and the movement and the alignment of people, when different people come up with the same ideas at the same time, or when you think it would be great if X would happen and then it does, that is how God speaks to us.

That is how He tells us “this is where I want you to be.”

commuters. It will increase the number of spots for commuters in common parking areas by a few, but problems for commuter parking will always exist on every university campus. And maybe that’s okay.

Commuters pay $6,000 less than students that live on campus to attend Waynesburg. Fixing parking for commuters is not worth the money from the university

to either create a garage or another parking lot for such a small school.

If the university decides to create a garage or another parking lot for a school of 1,400 students, expect a tuition increase.

Every college has parking problems on its campus; it’s impossible to have a perfect parking system.

Enacting this commonsense plan, though, will make the parking on campus better for all parties, including the university.

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November 6, 2014

Local group ties university mission to volunteer work

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN For the Yellow Jacket

Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Another small business in Greene County closes its doors. The Shoe Show, located in the Big Lots plaza near interstate 79 closed officially Sunday, Oct. 26. The slot in the plaza where the store was located was bought out by escape nail salon. There has been talk that the store will reopen somewhere in Waynesburg but nothing has been made official at this time.

Service: Campus, town work to end violence Continued from B1

including hotline services, working one on one with victims, speaking and presenting programs, or behind the scenes office activities.

Bonner students have served at the DVSSP, which McCready says is extremely helpful because they need to complete so many hours and therefore serve at the agency for an extended period of time.

Anyone who volunteers at the agency and wants, at some point, to work with victims must complete a 45hour training before they can do so.

As such, it is important that students who want to serve there begin their ser-

vice before they reach their senior year, so that there is time after the training for them to get work experience.

“Relationships with the university and DVSSP could be enhanced by students teaming with the agency when they are freshmen and those early on in their educational experiences,” said McCready.

“That way, the students would be trained in procedures and be there long enough to become comfortable in working with victims of abuse. Their commitment early on would enable long term help for the agency, as well as mentoring and work experience for the student.”

McCready also said that the university could better relations with the DVSSP if

administration and students became more involved in preventing domestic and dating violence on campus with presentations and speakers.

She affirmed that each year, the DVSSP hotline receives calls from university students and students at other nearby colleges asking for help.

“Domestic violence and dating violence absolutely does occur in Waynesburg, in Greene County and on the Waynesburg University campus,” said McCready.

“University administration participation and approval of domestic violence activities would be beneficial to all.”

McCready also suggested that students could help the agency and their fellow stu-

dents by being involved in National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in February.

Volunteers are needed to spread information and help coordinate activities.

McCready sees the High Impact goal of deepening the university’s relationships with community partners as being a positive thing.

For the DVSSP, this new relationship means raising far more awareness about the dangers and costs of domestic violence within the county and the campus.

In reference to enhancing her agency’s relationship with Waynesburg University, McCready said, “An on-going commitment and partnership there would be very helpful.”

Haunting: Investigators spend night in museum Continued from B1

normal hunters the following night. About 10 adults were chosen from the raffle and agreed to join the investigators for another late-night investigation of the museum.

The museum again did not disappoint.

“During the night we captured what sounded like a child or a woman laughing,” said Porfeli. “Then, upstairs in the hallway in the front of the building we heard mumbled voices.”

The group also had some interaction with the equipment as, when prompted, a flashlight was turned on by itself. The investigations are always safe, but are always sure to frighten those involved.

“I think we all had a great time, but they were definitely spooked when the flashlights were turned on,” said Porfeli.

“We were able to play back the laughter right away on the audio device right after we captured it and many of them claimed it gave them the chills.”

Be sure to meet with your advisor!

The WPPH works with many different clients to supply its services, including private homes, museums and historical buildings like the Greene County Historical Museum.

The group helps people determine if their houses are actually haunted and what that haunting might be, as well as helping them determine the next step in removing the spirits.

“For the Greene County Historical Museum, we did our investigating to document activity that’s been

going on for years there,” Porfeli said. “In this case, we investigate to further bring to light the history of the building.”

Up next for the paranormal hunters, they will be investigating the Carrie Blast Furnaces in Rankin, Pennsylvania followed by a visit back to Waynesburg two weekends after that to investigate Fischer Antiques on South Church Street, which is also owned by the president of the Greene County Historical Society, Mark Fischer.

Many would say that service is the backbone of Waynesburg University.

The Greater Christian Outreach of Waynesburg is a great place for students to tie in Christian roots with service that will benefit the Greene County area.

The outreach has extended to the community in more ways than one and is making Greene County a better place for all its residents.

The outreach, founded by Cathie Carpenter, originally started as a small rooted organization known as the West Waynesburg Jesus Distributor.

WWJD had programs including Vacation Bible School and Backyard Bible Club.

Carpenter then re-rooted her family to the Waynesburg area to help with the ministering attempts.

Eventually, by following the footsteps of Jesus, WWJD has evolved into the Greater Christian Outreach and now ministers to the Christian needs of Waynesburg.

The mission of the outreach is to give the opportunity for every person living in the greater Waynesburg area to see, hear and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the collaboration of the full body of Christ.

They reach out to over 600 people in the area with an army of over 100 volunteers each year, and together they identify issues such as poverty, homelessness, lack of literacy, and abuse and neglect.

Many come from lowincome families; therefore, the services are provided free of cost.

“As a Christian organization, we recognize that Jesus Christ is the answer to the hopelessness that many

of these deep needs create,” said Director of Leadership Ashley Beaman.

“Jesus is sufficient to restore people to Himself, and in doing so, provides wise counsel and a moral standard to live in a way that frees us from the entanglement of sin.”

Many events are held within the outreach, aimed at both youth and the community.

Some of the youth events include Monday Night DropIn, Thursday night youth group, Saturday Night Live, coffee houses, and game and movie family nights. Some events for the community include the annual School Clothes Drive, Fall Community Day, various holiday dinners, and a community block party.

Waynesburg has a great relationship with the outreach, including youth mentoring and tutoring services.

In fact, the nursing and education departments use their services as a way to observe and learn.

Their hope is that through their tutoring and youth programs, university students will have the chance to make a lasting impact on children and youth.

They also hope for their connection with the university to grow in the next year.

Those passionate for service should contact Beaman directly via cell phone – (724) 710-1393 – or email – bea7953@student. waynesburg.edu – or the After-School Program or the youth.

For contact with 3,4,5 Alive, the bible-teaching ministry for third, fourth and fifth graders, you may contact Julie Edgreen at (724) 627-7848.

All of the programs listed above require at least a semester-long commitment from students.

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Jackets shouldn't fret after coming up short CARSON FOX Assistant Sports Editor

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Waynesburg's Ray Melone, seen here in an Oct. 24 match against Washington & Jefferson, scored the lone goal for the Jackets in their 2-1 double-overtime loss at Grove City Tuesday. The goal was his first of the year.

Jackets suffer heartbreak after 2OT loss in PAC Tournament, earn highest finish in program history

By ROB LONGO Sports Editor

All good things must come to an end.

The Waynesburg men’s soccer team found out the hard way Tuesday after a 2-1 loss at Grove City in double overtime in the semifinals of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. Even though the Jackets lose, they clinched the best finish in the conference in program history.

It didn’t take long for the Wolverines to get on the board. In the 7th minute, Grove City’s Dale Reese found the back of the net on a long through ball from Nich Leaman to put the Wolverines up 1-0.

“We came out timid,” said senior defenseman Trent Spear. “By the time we realized it, they were already a goal ahead. They came out strong and we came out

scared. We weren’t going into tackles hard.”

After multiple chances throughout the day in the second half, Waynesburg finally broke through in the 80th minute. Senior defenseman Ray Melone took a corner kick, bent it toward the net and somehow, the ball found its way home to level the score at one.

“We had a bunch of corner kicks up to this point and we were knocking,” said senior midfielder Nick Brommer. “[Melone] was playing in good balls the entire time.

Honestly, I think he shanked it. It might have hit the keeper’s hands and went in.”

Either way, the Jackets found a way to score a late equalizer and force the game to extra time. After a backand-forth first-overtime period, no winner was determined.

However, in the 103rd minute, Grove City’s Stephen

Betteridge’s low shot found its way underneath Waynesburg goalkeeper Brandon Daughtry and in to send the Wolverines to the PAC finals Saturday at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to face top-seeded Thomas More, who beat Geneva in overtime Tuesday. “[Daughtry] made a great save minutes before where it was the same identical play,” said Spear. “They made solid runs up top. I think it was just the defense was tired because it was hard to step at that point in the game.”

Tough field conditions also didn’t do Waynesburg any favors. The grass pitch at College Field was soft, which forced defensemen in the deep corner on one side of the pitch to tread lightly.

Paired with strong wind gusts that favored one side of the field, play was determined by the attacking ends for each team.

“I think the wind played a factor in the first half,” Spear said. “The field conditions were pretty weird. The grass was nice, but it was kind of muddy and squishy. In the first half, my left corner was a mud pit. The first time I went in, I wasn’t expecting that and just went sliding in.

That might have played a factor because I just was worn down from running in and trying to jab on defense. It definitely threw it off because it’s not that same push you get off turf or regular grass.”

Despite the loss, the season for Waynesburg may not be over. The Jackets will find out Monday if they qualify for the East Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.

If Grove City upsets Thomas More Saturday, that would allow Waynesburg to be the best team by record in the conference, due to the fact that the Saints aren’t members of the ECAC.

It would be fair to say that the men’s soccer team’s 2-1 loss in double overtime at Grove City Tuesday in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs was devastating, but it wouldn’t be right to call it a disappointment.

Despite giving up a goal in the seventh minute, Waynesburg did what it has done all season, and that was battle till the final whistle blew.

As the gorgeous, fall Tuesday afternoon wore on, and the chance to play at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the PAC Championship grew slimmer, it was senior Ray Melone who came through with the equalizer with a little over 10 minutes to play in regulation.

The match mirrored the Jackets’ 2-1 hard-fought double overtime victory on Oct. 3 against these same Wolverines from Grove City, as both teams took over 50 shots combined, without either team hitting its breaking point.

Unfortunately for Waynesburg, the season and the team’s dream of playing at Highmark Stadium ended when Grove City finally got the best of the Jacket defense, and the team was left to pick up the pieces after a defeat.

Again, absolutely devastating – especially for Waynesburg’s nine seniors.

The story of these nine seniors is reminiscent of the coaching carousels that are so prevalent in college sports these days. When the nine seniors joined the Waynesburg University men’s soccer

program, which was then led by head coach Sean McCarthy, they joined a program that in 2010 went 5-13-1 and also went winless in conference play. One year later, the nine seniors welcomed a new head coach to the program and went on to record a .500 record.

During the second year of the Carl Griffiths era, Waynesburg went on to have its best season this century, finishing at 10-4-3.

The Jackets’ 2013 season was highlighted when the team was amongst the leaders in Division III for goals per game average, after posting an impressive 7-1-1 nonconference record. Once again, devastation hit the team when it did not qualify for the PAC playoffs and then Griffiths bolted for what is considered a “better” program.

Still, the coaching transition did not affect the core of the team. Credit is much deserved to first-year head coach Brad Heethuis for keeping the team together early on in the season when the Jackets suffered threeconsecutive non-conference losses.

But you have to credit the core of seniors even more for the team’s on-field success that followed. Waynesburg recorded two victories and two ties in its overtime matches this season, while also overcoming last season’s shortcoming by getting into the PAC playoffs.

Much of the credit deserved has to go to senior goalkeeper Brandon Daughtry, who was a wall in net for the Jackets all season long.

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Football's title hopes diminished after loss to Thomas More

By JACOB MEYER Managing Editor

This season, Waynesburg has won close games by result of late-game drives against Geneva, Westminster and Thiel.

The Jackets had the same chance twice at the end of Saturday's game against Thomas More, but this time couln't capitalize and lost 21-14. Sole possession of second place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference standings was on the line for either team coming into the contest.

With the loss, Waynesburg (7-2, 5-2) – barring improbable upsets by Thiel over Washington & Jefferson and Case Western Reserve over Thomas More Saturday – gave up the chance to play for a share of a PAC championship against W&J Nov. 15.

“It’s tough to be hard on situations like that because we’ve been so clutch throughout the year and closing minutes of the game,” said senior quarterback Carter Hill. “I take a lot on my shoulders for not getting us started earlier, but I can’t ask anything more from these guys, and I’m glad

we gave the effort today.”

After a Waynesburg touchdown that cut the Thomas More lead to seven points in the fourth quarter, the Saints started with good field position on their own 37-yard line, but only mustered one first down and were forced to punt.

Waynesburg took over with about six minutes left in the game, with the ball on its own 20-yard line. After only one first down and a senior running back Willie Leavell three-yard rush, Hill, who finished 22-40 with 201 yards and two touchdowns,

threw three straight incomplete passes to give the ball – and seemingly the game – to Thomas More.

Taking over with 3:38 left in the game, the Saints pounded the ball with their senior running back and third leading rusher in Division III, Domonique Hayden, who totaled 29 rushes for 142 yards and a touchdown. After gaining two first downs, Thomas More had the ball within yards of a game-sealing touchdown.

Waynesburg’s defense did as it did the whole game, though, and bent but did

not break.

They forced the Saints to attempt a 35-yard field goal, which was blocked by junior linebacker Aaron Palmer, who did not play the end of the first quarter and the whole second quarter because of an ankle injury sustained in the game. The ball was recovered by senior linebacker Kyle Richey and the Jackets once again had life with the hopes of an upset win in sight.

“Right when I blocked that field goal, I thought that the offense was going to go score,” said Palmer. “The

whole season we’ve had such great confidence in our offense, and they always perform.”

The offense did not step up and perform, though.

The Jackets then took over on their own 23-yard line with only 51 seconds left and no timeouts. With time for only one play left, Hill threw a deep pass as time expired from the Thomas More 38yard line that landed incomplete.

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Women's XC snags Hardie nabs PAC Coach of the Year program's best finish Waynesburg runners honored by PAC

By LUKE CAMPBELL

By BRENDAN KEANY Staff Writer

A murmur spread throughout the fans that watched the race.

Too close to call. Where did Grove City’s fifth girl finish? Who won on that sprint to the line? What places did Waynesburg’s topthree finish?

For a long time, an uneasy tension fell near the finish line of the cross country course at Bethany, West Virginia as the race was too close to call. Waynesburg and Grove City were the two

powerhouses going into the race, and they sure went for the dramatic ending.

Head coach of the crosscountry program and recently voted women’s crosscountry Coach of the Year in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, Chris Hardie, recalls the emotional period of time following the race, and he took the opportunity to remind the team of their amazing achievements regardless of the way the PAC championship scores panned out.

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First and second place for the women’s cross-country team has become a familiar position throughout the 2014 season, as it has accomplished that feat in four of its six competitive events.

Excel lent individual performances from senior Annette Aho and freshmen Julie Gerber andElinore Loch, who each earned first-team All-PAC honors, led the well balanced Yellow Jackets with numerous top-10 finishes throughout the year.

Unfortunately, Waynes-

First-Team

Fr. . . . . . . . . . Julie Gerber . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd Fr. . . . . . . . . Elinore Loch . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:52.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th Sr. . . . . . . . . . Annette Aho . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:55.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th

Second-Team

Fr. . . . . . . . . . Angie Marchetti . . . . . . . . 24:15.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Fr. . . . . . . . . Kerianne Hensel . . . . . . . . 23:32.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th

Honorable Mention

So. . . . . . . . . . Katie Latimer . . . . . . . . 24:45.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16th

burg came just short of capturing the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship to 26-time defending champion Grove City Saturday at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships in Bethany, West

Virginia.

However, all-conference laurels and a team sportsmanship award were not the only accomplishment the Yellow Jackets garnered Saturday.

Head coach Chris Hardie

was named the PAC Women’s Coach of the Year for the first time in his five seasons at Waynesburg.

This award, which is primarily given to the winning coach of the championship race, came as a surprise to Hardie.

“I am proud of it,” said Hardie. “It’s definitely an honor, but I didn’t expect it because normally the winner of the conference gets that award. I think it shows that in our conference, they [the PAC] are seeing that we are progressing in the right direction.”

See HARDIE on C4

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November 6, 2014

PAC Sports Network resumes Volleyball wraps up season broadcast schedule with soccer with tri-match loss at Bethany

By KYLE DAWSON

Editorial Assistant

An unsung hero is defined as a person that makes a substantive, yet unrecognized contribution.

When people today think of unsung heroes they think of the key cog on a sports team who does the little things to help the team win, but isn’t a star.

As little as this definition is used, it’s even more rare to describe a non-human object.

“The [Presidents’ Athletic Conference] Sports Network is absolutely an unsung hero,” said Joe Onderko, PAC Commissioner. “People, I don’t think realize how much work the guys put into it. It’s not just getting to the gym on game day and doing the game. There’s so much more that goes into it that perhaps people don’t see.”

Back in 2011, an idea came to fruition for Randy Gore, Justin Pyles and David Singer.

“We wanted to do a stream of the PAC basketball games,” said Gore, who is a broadcaster with the PAC Sports Network and an owner of the media outlet. Gore also works as the Director of Media for North Allegheny High School and is the playby-play voice of the Washington Wild Things during the summer.

“We petitioned the conference to see if they would be interested and fortunately they were,” said Gore. “So we put together the PAC Basketball Game of the Week series and we have expanded from there.”

From t he b asketb al l broadcasts, the PAC Sports Network has since added a blog, social media accounts, more advertising and furthered its production of special feature stories on athletes, schools and other things around the PAC. The halftime features have been airing since the creation of the outlet, and according to Kat Ghion, broadcaster for the network and Waynesburg alumna, center around the “feel-good” stories.

“You never know from just watching athletes on the field what their backstory is and what kind of person they are,” said Ghion. “The features took off from the get-go. I was really glad and still am that people realize there are things about the people in the sport that are worth knowing.”

Ghion has done features since to beginning and said she can think of five or six immediately that she had the most fun with.

“I remember one specifically that I did last year about a Waynesburg NAIA basketball team that went to the Final Four,” said Ghion.

“I got to talk to coach Marisa and players that were there and get pictures. It was cool to learn about the history of not only my alma mater but really the history of basketball too, because at that time, the NAIA was right with, if not bigger than the NCAA.” PAC Assistant Commissioner and Director of Communications Kevin Fenstermacher praised the features put on by the staff at the PAC Sports Network.

“They really get in-depth,” said Fenstermacher. “They learn a lot about our kids and come up with some fantastic special features that perhaps are not common around Division III athletics. These features, I think, are kind of the hallmark of what they do.”

Gore said the features are something they use to showcase the conference and programs at the schools, as well as the student-athletes and coaches.

“We really try to think outside the box with those,” said Gore. “There are interesting stories we add to convey to our audience. It adds a face to the conference and the student-athletes both on broadcast and on the blog.”

Another interesting aspect to the PAC Sports Network is that it calls attention to the conference and showcases the events going on. It is no longer just the basketball games. Last year, the network started covering baseball for the PAC Tournament, soccer for the PAC Championships

and even less-covered sports like volleyball. This Saturday, the PAC will continue its trend, and live-stream broadcast the PAC soccer championships at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“Basketball and football are the big things, obviously,” said Ghion. “I took it as kind of my mission to start covering volleyball on the blog and we ended up broadcasting the finals as well. The feedback has been cool to get from the athletes, coaches and fans appreciating their sport was being covered more extensively than the regular recaps.”

The PAC Sports Network is not actually affiliated with the conference as some may think.

“It is a unique partnership,” said Fenstermacher.

“They are passionate about what they do and the fans of the PAC are benefitting from it. They work really well with us, but we try to mesh our agenda with their agenda to encapsulate the great things going on.”

The main goal in the end for Gore and his staff is to really showcase the conference and everything in it. With all the work the staff puts in and the growing audience of the conference, the staff and PAC administrators expect the network to grow even more.

“We are trying to add a face to the conference and showcase it, but a lot of work goes into it,” said Gore. “The work pays off when some of the viewers give us feedback.

When you hear from those people and they appreciate what you do, that is when all the work pays off.”

Perhaps after a few years, the PAC Sports Network has surpassed the definition of an unsung hero. Perhaps it is a star.

“I do not think it is an unsung hero anymore,” said Ghion. “People are starting to realize who we are. Sure, at first it was a bit of an unsung hero, but now, it has grown, and people expect it to be there, and look forward to the broadcasts, and then interacting with us.”

By LAUREN DRANE

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University volleyball team competed in their final tri-match of the 2014 season on Saturday, losing to both Presidents’ Athletic Conference foe Bethany College and non-conference opponent, Kenyon College.

In its final PAC match against the Bison, Waynesburg lost by scores of 25-13, 25-10 and 25-15.

“The scores don’t say much,” said head coach Stephanie Benkowski. “The team played well together and had the never die attitude.”

Offensively, junior Kourtney Skinner totaled 12 kills in the loss to the Bison, which led the Yellow Jackets in the match. Sophomore Rachel Lang and freshman Bridget Bobby tied for second in kills with four a piece.

Waynesburg’s starting setter, Delaney Denniston, tallied up a total of 21 assists throughout the match to help her team.

Defensively, Waynesburg held Bethany to a .297 hitting percentage, totaling 53 digs

in the victory. Junior Jessica Dorazio led the team with a total of 18 digs and Meghan Balogh finished with 16 digs.

“Our team came together and played harder and more determined than we have all year,” said Dorazio, the team’s captain. “I was both impressed and proud that we fought and didn’t just let them have the easy way out. Being one of the last place teams in the PAC, they probably expected us to give up, but we did the exact opposite.”

The loss over the Bison moved the Jackets to 2-16 in the PAC. The second match of the day left the Jackets with their fourth consecutive loss. Kenyon swept Waynesburg with set scores of 25-11, 25-20 and 25-13.

Offensively, Lang led the team in kills with seven, and Denniston led the team with 11 assists. With a total of 20 digs between the two, Denniston and Dorazio created half of the team’s total digs for the match.

“We played sluggish and slow to start and before they knew it the first set was over,” said Benkowski. “They start-

ed to wake up and play better the next set but it was too late they already gave Kenyon the momentum and the drive to finish the match.”

Skinner finished the season with 297 kills to lead the team in that category while Denniston ended with 389 assists accompanied by Dorazio’s 480 digs.

Although the 2014 season may have not been as successful as the Jackets would have liked, they still have another year together.

There was only one senior, Tori Kramer, who missed the entire season due to an ACL injury the Jackets plan on having a majority of their team return next year as well as new committed recruits.

The team looks to improve their record of 2-16 in the PAC and overall record of 6-29.

“Basic skill training and team bonding/building is something that we can always work on,” said Benkowski.

“Starting from the moment we stepped off of the court on Saturday we started to work on meshing together for next season.”

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otal point in the season for Waynesburg. With postseason aspirations on the line, Daughtry recorded a shutout and seven saves against a higher Geneva team in the standings on a night in which his team was outshout 16-4 by the opposition.

One of the most deceiving statistics in PAC soccer is saves, as it is usually the goalkeepers on the weakest teams who have the most saves, because their teams are getting shot on mercilessly.

Going against the trend, Daughtry led the PAC in saves this season with 113, and those who follow the

men’s soccer team know how critical each one of those Daughtry saves were for WU Footy’s chances at the postseason.

Fe l l ow s e n i or C o d y Lemke also deserves a ton of credit for his memorable moments on the pitch this season, which included the game-winning goal in double overtime against Grove City earlier this season, while also shattering his numbers from last season.

But in reality, it was a full team effort by the Jackets this season, as junior Victor Browne was tied for the team-lead in goals with nine; senior Nick Brommer will more than likely be headed back to the All-PAC team for

his 15 points this season; and sophomore Chad Palucka’s two goals in the season finale versus Saint Vincent garnered him Men’s Soccer of the Week honors by the PAC this past week.

As is the old cliché, it is sometimes hard for a team to find a silver lining in a loss.

Especially in this case, with a shot at Highmark Stadium and the PAC Championship on the line, it is difficult to find the words to console WU Footy.

But given the adversity that this group of seniors and the entire program has faced in the past four seasons, there is absolutely no reason for the Jackets to hang their heads.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 6-0 8-0 6-1 7-2 5-2 7-2 5-2 6-3 3-3 3-5 3-4 3-5 3-5 3-5 2-4 3-5 2-4 2-6 1-5 2-6 0-6 0-8

Saturday’s Box Score

THOMAS MORE 21, WAYNESBURG 14 Thomas More 7 7 7 0 21 Waynesburg 0 7 0 7 14

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: TMC - Tarrant 8 yd run (Budke kick), 8:48 Second Quarter: TMC - Hayden 6 yd run (Budke kick), 11:43; WAY - Cappan 14 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), :30 Third Quarter: TMC - Cohorn 51 yd pass from Gebhardt (Budke kick), 5:59 Fourth Quarter: WAY - English 4 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 9:09

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD C. Hill......................... 22 40 201 2 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Forsythe................................ 15 30 0 Leavell.................................. 3 14 0

STANDINGS

Conf. Overall 7-0-1 16-2-1 6-2 12-6-1 5-2-1 10-6-3 5-2-1 9-7-4 5-3 9-9-1 3-4-1 7-10-1 2-6 6-14 1-7 2-15 0-8 2-15

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

Tuesday’s Box Score

GROVE CITY 2, WAYNESBURG 1 (2OT) Waynesburg 0 1 0 0 1 Grove City 1 0 0 1 2

SCORE RECAP

First Half: GRO - Reese (Leaman assist), 6:11 Second Half: WAY - Melone, 79:51 Second Overtime: GRO - Betteridge (Wurmlinger assist), 102:53

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, October 31: Waynesburg 3, Saint Vincent 1; Saturday, November 1: Geneva 1, Bethany 0; Thomas More 4, Grove City 1; Wash & Jeff 5, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, October 31: Saint Vincent at Waynesburg - 8 p.m.

Friday, November 7: PAC Soccer Championships: Grove City at Thomas More

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive: Chad Palucka, Sophomore Forward, Waynesburg Deffensive: Alex Dean, Senior Defender, Thomas More

Waynesburg receiving

WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS

Conf. Overall Thomas More 9-0 18-1 Grove City 8-1 9-9-1 Westminster 7-2 14-4-1 Wash & Jeff 5-3-1 9-7-2 Waynesburg 4-4-1 8-8-3 Thiel 4-5 6-14 Bethany 2-6-1 5-12-1 Saint Vincent 2-6-1 2-15-1 Geneva 2-7 3-15 Chatham 0-9 3-15

Friday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 3, SAINT VINCENT 1 Saint Vincent 1 0 1 Waynesburg 1 2 3

SCORE RECAP

First Half: WAY - Murphey, 19:51; SVC - Dobracki (Johns assist), 29:56 Second Half: WAY - Byler (Withers assist), 68:04; WAY - Murphey, 69:30

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, October 31: Waynesburg 3, Saint Vincent 1 Saturday, November 1: Geneva 4, Bethany 1; Westminster 9, Chatham 0; Thomas More 2, Grove City 0; Wash & Jeff 6, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 7: PAC Championship: Grove City at Winner of Wash & Jeff at Thomas More

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive: Josie Madden, Freshman MF, Wash & Jeff Deffensive: Megan Barton, Sophomore GK, Thomas More

REC YDS TD English.................................. 7 49 1 Thompson............................. 6 50 0 Thomas More passing COM ATT YDS TD Gebhardt................... 15 23 279 1 Thomas More rushing

ATT YDS TD Hayden.................................. 29 142 1 Tarrant................................... 6 27 1 Thomas More receiving

REC YDS TD Cohorn.................................... 4 121 1 Leonard.................................. 4 46 0

RECENT RESULTS

STANDINGS

Westminster Saint Vincent Wash & Jeff Bethany Grove City

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

MEN

RECENT RESULTS

UPCOMING GAMES

UPCOMING EVENTS

Offensive: Ryan Radke, Sophomore QB, Thiel Defensive: Joe Turner, Junior DE, Wash & Jeff Special teams: Todd Jeter, Freshman CB, Westminster

Friday, November 7: Mount Union at Saint Vincent - 5 p.m.; West Virginia Wesleyan at Wash & Jeff - 7 p.m.

Saturday, November 8: Baldwin-Wallace at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Penn State Altoona at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Carnegie Mellon - 1 p.m.; Rochester at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at York - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Allegheny - 1 p.m.

STANDINGS

Westminster Saint Vincent Wash & Jeff Bethany Grove City

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

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 1: Westminster 152, Bethany 94; Grove City 152, Saint Vincent 118; Wash & Jeff 167, Frostburg State 82; Wash & Jeff 149, Alderson Broaddus 95

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, November 7: Chatham at Carnegie Mellon - 4 p.m.; Mount Union at Saint Vincent - 5 p.m.; West Virginia Wesleyan at Wash & Jeff - 7 p.m.

Saturday, November 8: Chatham at Carnegie Mellon Diving Invitational - 11 a.m.; Penn State Behrend at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Baldwin-Wallace at Bathany - 1 p.m.; Penn State Altoona at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Carnegie Mellon - 1 p.m.; Rochester at Grove City - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at York - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Allegheny - 1 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Men: Zach Ligus, Senior, Saint Vincent Women: Megan Bilko, Junior, Grove City

VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Conf. Overall

Team Saturday, November 1 PAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Saint Vincent, 31 pts.; 2. Grove City, 40 pts.; 3.

Waynesburg, 85 pts.; 4. Thiel, 140 pts.; 5. Thomas More, 149 pts.; 6. Westminster, 154 pts.; 7. Geneva, 175 pts.; 8. Bethany, 211 pts.

Individual PAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1.

Brandan Moretton, 26:40.4, Saint Vincent; 2. Daniel Christianse, 26:42.7, Grove City; 3. Sawyer Palonder, 26:52.4, Saint Vincent; 4. Brendan Keany, 26:58.9, Waynesburg; 5. Peter Christiansen, 27:02.3, Grove City

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, November 7: Grove City at Wooster Twilight 5k Challenge

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Saturday, November 1 PAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Grove City, 29 pts.; 2. Waynesburg, 37 pts.; 3.

Saint Vincent, 134 pts.; 4. Thiel, 136 pts.; 5. Geneva, 137 pts.; 6. Westminster, 152 pts.; 7. Thomas More, 170 pts.; 8. Bethany, 173 pts.; 9. Chatham, 268 pts.

Individual PAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Emily Rabenold, 22:38.4, Grove City; 2. Julie Gerber, 23:11.1, Waynesburg; 3. Stephanie Houston, 23:34.7, Grove City; 4. Duncan Sarah, 23:49.5, Thomas More; 5. Martha Mihm, 23:52.7, Grove City

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, November 7: Grove City at Wooster Twilight 5K Challenge NO PAC RUNNERS OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK

Swimming and Diving

Saturday, November 1: Westminster 160, Bethany 109; Saint Vincent 143, Grove City 132; Wash & Jeff 135, Alderson Broaddus 87; Wash & Jeff 168, Frostburg State 83

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

MEN RECENT RESULTS

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Saturday, November 1: Bethany 34, Grove City 9; Thiel 40, Carnegie Mellon 27; Washington 28, Case Western Reserve 17; Wash & Jeff 51, Geneva 12; Westminster 28, Saint Vincent 14; Thomas More 21, Waynesburg 14 Saturday, November 8: Carnegie Mellon at Chicago - 1 p.m.; Case Western Reserve at Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Geneva - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg University Bye Week

CROSS COUNTRY

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

16-2 27-4 16-2 25-12 15-3 22-9 10-8 13-16 9-9 16-14 8-10 14-11 8-10 18-13 6-12 13-16 2-16 6-29 0-18 0-27

Saturday’s Box Score

KENYON 3, WAYNESBURG 0 Waynesburg 11 20 13 Kenyon 25 25 25

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, October 31: Thomas More 3, Geneva 0 Saturday, November 1: Bethany 3, Kenyon 0; Bethany 3, Waynesburg 0; Wash & Jeff 3, Saint Vincent 1; Thiel 3, Grove City 0; Thomas More 3, Westminster 0; Kenyon 3, Waynesburg 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 7: PAC Semifinals: Winner of #5 Westminster/#4 Thiel at #1 Thomas More - 6 p.m.; Winner of #6 Wash & Jeff/#3 Geneva at #2 Bethany - 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 8: PAC Championship: Winner of semifinal 1 vs. Winner of semifinal 2 - 4 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Jessica Knaley, Junior Middle Hitter, Thomas More

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Coughlin, 2296, W&J; Hill, 2151, WAY; Gebhardt, 2057, TMC RUSHING YARDS: Hayden, 1251, TMC; Ruffing, 1158, W&J; Forsythe, 1080, WAY TACKLES: Pratt, 87, W&J; Quinlan, 79, GEN; Hayden, 76, BET

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Lowe, 29, GRO; Lemke, 22, WAY; Browne, 19, WAY

SACKS: Raddar, 12.5, BET; Turner, 10.0, W&J; Butler, 6.5, TMC

GOALS: Lowe, 10, GRO; Elsea, 9, THI; Runyon, 8, TMC

INTERCEPTIONS: Cannon, 6, GEN; Heck, 5, WES; Lopuchovsky, 5, WAY

ASSISTS: Proctor, 10, SVC; Loew, 9, GRO; Lehan, 7, TMC

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

SHOTS: Loew, 58, GRO; Proctor, 55, SVC; Hanna, 54, W&J

KILLS: Da. McKenzie, 432, BET; Dy. McKenzie, 401, BET; Hughes, 354, GEN ASSISTS: Lauber, 1253, BET Fessler, 900, TMC; Trageser, 854, GRO

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Chad Palucka, Men’s Soccer Julie Gerber, Women’s Cross Country

BLOCKS: Freyermuth, 112.0, WES; Algriere, 96.0, GRO; Bennett, 89.0, W&J DIGS: Mouch, 631, BET; Castigliano, 558, TMC; George, 557, SVC;

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

GOALS: Huber, 32, TMC; Flagge-Echols, 21, TMC; Ruzzini, 16, W&J ASSISTIS: Flagge-Echols, 14, TMC; Huber, 13, TMC; Work, 11, TMC

N/A

SHOTS: Berg, 93, THI; Huber, 83, TMC; Flagge-Echols, 82, TMC SAVES: Sawyer, 164, CHA; Sasak, 118, BET; McMullen, 116, GEN SAVE PERCENTAGE: Barton, .889, TMC; Lathrop, .835, GRO, Page, .809, WES

Yellow Jacket

November 6, 2014

Weekly Awards

As the fall sports season comes to a close, two underclassmen stood out for their respective Waynesburg University athletic programs, thus garnering this week’s Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week Palucka Gerber awards. Sophomore men’s soccer player Chad Palucka is honored for the first time for his performance on the pitch for the men’s soccer team, while freshman women’s cross-country runner Julie Gerber is honored for the second time this season.

In the two final regular season games for the men’s soccer team, Palucka played a pivotal role in the Jackets’ efforts of getting to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs for the first time since the conference went to its current four-team tournament format.

In the first win, a 2-0 shutout against Geneva, Palucka scored on his lone shot 2:33 into the tilt. The eventual game-winner went in off a Geneva defender.

Palucka’s heroics continued in the Jackets’ crucial 3-1 victory in a “win and in” match against Saint Vincent College last Friday. In the 78th minute of play, Palucka scored off a cross by junior Victor Browne to put the Yellow Jackets ahead 2-0. The Shaler High School graduate’s fifth goal of the season was his third game-winner. He also received PAC Player of the Week laurels for his efforts.

Gerber had a very successful day on the course at the PAC Championships for the women’s cross-country team.

Gerber placed second overall, as the Jackets finished second as a team in the team standings at the event.

Gerber led the Orange and Black as its top finisher with a time of 23:11.1, and earned First-Team All-PAC laurels in the process. Gerber was also nominated but was not declared the PAC Women’s Runner of the Week.

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Offense sputters in loss to Thomas More

By AUSTIN ANDERSON For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University senior quarterback Carter Hill and his offense did not have the greatest of games on Saturday against Thomas More. Hill completed 22 of his 40 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns.

Hill saw the offensive effort Saturday as sluggish despite facing the conferenceleading Saints defense.

“Hats off to Thomas Moore, they are a great defense,” said Hill. “Thomas More is consistently a great team. We knew that but we needed to capitalize, and we just didn’t execute good enough in practice this week.”

Normally, those numbers would be considered solid for a quarterback. But Hill has averaged 243.8 passing yards-per-game this season.

Not to mention, the Jackets only were able to rush the ball for 45 yards on Saturday.

Waynesburg normally averages 176 yards-per-game on the ground.

Senior running back Jake Forsythe has rushed for 1,089 yards this season, which averages out to 131.2 yards-per-game. On Satur-

day, Forsythe only ran for 30 yards. Despite the poor rushing performance, Hill praised the offensive line for their efforts.

“The offensive line did a great job keeping guys off of me,” said Hill. “We knew that they were aggressive and we knew we might not run the ball as effectively. You just have to adjust. I thought we adjusted well. We just didn’t execute.”

The Yellow Jacket offense only had one drive longer than 33 yards on the afternoon. That drive did not happen until the fourth quarter.

Senior wide receiver Bernie Thompson knew this was not the first time the offense has not been explosive out of the gate.

“We came out slowly like we’ve done all year,” said Thompson. “This type of offense is of playmakers. We’re all explosive. We just started getting in our grove. Hill finally found his groove. He was able to hit me a few times and hit Andrew a few times.”

To beat a team like Thomas More, Waynesburg needed to be efficient on both sides of the ball. Normally, the concern for a game like this would be the defense, which is ranked fifth out of 11 teams

in the conference in total defense. But the Waynesburg defensive unit stepped up by only allowing 21 points to the top-scoring team in the conference. Hill described the effort on the other side of the ball.

“Incredible, they don’t get enough credit,” said Hill. “[Defensive Coordinator Scott] Venick and the coaching staff don’t get enough credit for what they do over there. To slow Thomas Moore down and give us a chance at the end. The defense always seems to give us a chance when they need to.

We can’t thank them enough.

Hats off to them.”

Junior middle linebacker Aaron Palmer led the defensive charge that allowed Waynesburg to stay in the game. He had eight tackles and had a key field goal block late in the fourth quarter.

Palmer has large expectations for the offense for every game.

“We always expect the offense to score,” said Palmer.

“We haven’t necessarily played a defense to this caliber of Thomas Moore coming up to this point. I would say that my confidence is always high on our offense.

They are always going to get

the job done.”

Despite understanding the fact that Thomas Moore is a solid defense, Palmer had his frustrations about the offense on Saturday.

“We have so many different playmakers on offense that I don’t see how we could not get the job done,” said Palmer.

The Thomas Moore secondary played tight on the Waynesburg receivers. Some could argue that that the Saints were guarding tighter than what is allowed.

Despite not receiving those calls, Hill was not looking for excuses when it came to the team’s effort on Saturday.

“I’m glad the referees let us play a little bit,” said Hill. “It should never come down to a flag, or a penalty, or a call.

It should never be in the refs’ hands. It should be in our hands.”

The Yellow Jacket football team now has two weeks to improve their offense before the conference-leading Presidents from Washington and Jefferson College.

Waynesburg and Washington & Jefferson square off at John F. Wiley Stadium Nov. 15. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Football: Winning streak snapped by Saints Transition year ends for women's soccer Continued from C1

opportunities, but a couple miscues here and there kind of hindered that process,” said head coach Rick Shepas.

“There were just a couple of plays out there that we didn’t make.”

It seemed as if too much time was run off the clock on the previous Thomas More drive, and Shepas said it occurred twice, once after a Hayden rush out of bounds and again on an offensive penalty. Shepas said he talked to the officials during the game and was told the running of the clock was at the discretion of them.

Prior to Saturday, Waynesburg won four games which were decided by six points or fewer. In three wins against Geneva, Westminster and Thiel, the offense came up clutch at the end of the game, but in the loss, the offense drove all the way down-field at the end of the game to come up short on the last play against Bethany. Those four teams have a combined PAC record of 10-15.

Against the toughest opponent the defense has faced all season, the defense stepped up and held the Saints to only 21 points.

“Domonique Hayden came into the game rushing the football very well, and he got his yards no doubt about it, but holding them to 21 points was significant,” said Shepas. “The game never really got away from us and in turn we had our chances offensively, but it was definitely a week our defense played well.”

By MATT KOLL

Editorial Assistant

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

Zac Capan was one of two Jackets to score for Waynesburg in Saturday's 21-7 loss. The senior tight end scored on this 14-yard reception late in the second half.

Palmer, who recorded eight tackles to go along with the blocked field goal, thinks the better the opposing offense is, the better the defense will play.

“I just think it was the hype behind the game made us play a whole lot better,” said Palmer. “Some of the teams we’ve played in the previous weeks we’ve played down to their level.”

Ten of Waynesburg’s 14 drives ended between the Waynesburg 38-yard line and the Thomas More 38yard line.

“It’s going to be a tough film session,” said Hill. “I thought we had a great week of practice. We prepared well, we had a good game plan, but we just didn’t execute when it came down to it.”

Senior running back Jake Forsythe, who eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark when the Jackets visited Thiel a little under two weeks ago

and rushed for 422 yards over the last two games, rushed 15 times for only 30 yards, which was his worst clip of the season.

“We didn’t do as well up front with running the football,” said Shepas. “We went into the game with a strong run-game emphasis, as well as a lot of run-game checks for different fronts that we would see. We didn’t see near the type of fronts we expected, which means Thomas More did show a lot of respect for Jake Forsythe and our offensive line and how we’ve been running the ball.”

The Saints got out to a 14-0 lead early in the game thanks to touchdown runs from freshman running back CT Tarrant and Hayden, respectively.

The lone first-half score for the Jackets came with 30 seconds remaining in the half, when Hill completed a 14-yard touchdown to senior

tight end Zac Capan to make the score 14-7 at halftime.

Thomas More's Jensen Gebhardt completed a 51yard touchdown pass to Goose Cohorn to increase the Saints' lead to 14 points.

Hill then completed a fouryard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Andrew English, on the next drive to cut the Waynesburg deficit to a touchdown. Despite the overall goal of going into the last week of the season with a chance to win or share the PAC title, Shepas is still satisfied with the play of his team.

“I think our guys have stepped up and met the challenge head on,” Shepas said. “We haven’t been able to play perfect football in any circumstance, but I couldn’t be more proud of the way our guys have played.”

The Jackets return to action Saturday, Nov. 15 when they host Washington & Jefferson College at 1:30 p.m.

It was a year of change for the Waynesburg University women’s soccer team, but the end result stayed virtually the same.

T h e 2 0 1 4 c amp ai g n marked the first year for head coach Laura Heethuis, who was fresh off a volunteer assistant position at her alma mater, Michigan State University.

“There are a lot of changes when you have a new head coach,” said junior goalkeeper Ciara Scott. “But [Heethuis] came in with an open mind and so did we, and it worked out well for us as the season went on.”

Defender Natalie Abraham had to endure the coaching transition during her senior season.

“It isn’t easy going through a coaching change,” said Abraham. “Everyone’s nerves were crazy high coming into preseason, because no matter what year you are, it’s like being a freshman and having to prove yourself all over again.

But we stuck it out, and everyone was really welcoming to [Heethuis] and everything they had to offer us and teach us.”

The Heethuis era certainly got off to a fast start, as the team came out of its two-game tournament at Defiance College and its first home against Franciscan with a 3-0 record.

“It was pretty big to go undefeated in that opening tournament,” said Scott. “It

was [Heethuis’s] first win with us and we played really well, so it was a great way to start out the season.”

The Jackets played four of their next five games on the road, and went 0-3-2 during that span.

They would continue their road woes throughout the season, going 2-5-1 on the year away from John F. Wiley Stadium.

So despite the coaching changes, Waynesburg finished its season at 8-8-3 overall, and 4-4-1 in conference play, a year after finishing 8-8-1 and 5-3-1 in the conference.

Each of the past two seasons, the Jackets have had to settle for a fifth-place finish in the President’s Athletic Conference standings, just outside of being one of the top-four teams in the conference and earning a berth into the postseason.

“I think we all wish it would have ended a little differently and we would have gotten into the playoffs,” said Heethuis. “We all knew we were capable of doing so and had the talent for it. But we definitely made a lot of strides as a group together.”

One of those strides was finishing games and playing through some tough games to gain victory.

Heethuis believes the match-up against Geneva late in the season encapsulated the team effort in 2014 and how the season went overall.

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Men's cross country takes third place at PACs

By NATE LABISHAK

For the Yellow Jacket

This past Saturday, the men’s cross-country team traveled to Bethany, West Virginia to compete in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships.

Waynesburg did well in the team standings by placing third out of the nine teams competing.

Sophomore Brendan Keany continued his consistent season by finishing fourth out of the 99 total runners.

In the race, the top-seven finishers in Saturday’s championship race received AllPAC First Team recognition.

Runners who placed eighth through 14th earned AllPAC Second Team honors and runners finishing 15th through 21st claimed honorable mention recognition.

With the fourth place finish, Keany was lauded with first team recognition; however, he wasn’t the only Yellow Jacket who garnered recognition from the conference. Sophomore Cody Nail was named an honorable mention with his 17th place finish Overall Keany seemed happy with his performance.

“It was an honor to be first team All-PAC because that was my main goal heading into the race,” said Keany.

“To be mentioned in the same sentence and seen in the same photo as some phenomenal runners is humbling.”

Keany is used to this sort of attention because throughout the year he’s been Waynesburg’s most consistent and decorated runner.

With that big of a field of

runners, Keany didn’t seem to be rattled and tried to focus on the race in itself and control what he could.

“It definitely was a confidence boost to come in fourth place,” said Keany.

“However, I don’t want to become complacent with that.

If anything it makes me hungrier for next season. I’m still going to work hard, maybe harder than I ever have to get better.”

Last year at the PAC Championships, Nail placed 20th and received honorable mention.

“It means a lot to me receiving honorable mention this year,” said Nail. “As a team, we knew this year was going to be very competitive to place in the top twenty.

Last year I received the same award but for 20th place.

Getting this award again, but

for 17th place shows to that I am improving as a runner.”

With the Jackets placing third, both Keany and Nail feel it should be a confidence boost both individually and with the entire team heading into regionals.

“I’m hoping that now since my heart for running and drive to compete is back that I can come into regionals and peak at the right time,” said Nail. “I want to help the team get a higher rank in the region.”

Keany is using the PAC championships as a boost for the NCAA Dvisiion III Mideast Regionals that will take place Nov. 15.

“I really have no expectations for regionals,” said Keany. “But I’m just going to go all out and leave nothing on the table because I have nothing to lose.”

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Wrestling Preview: Jackets look for three-peat

By RYAN LEGARSKY

For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University wrestling team looks to defend its Presidents’ Athletic Conference title this coming season for the third-straight year.

Coming into this season, there are a lot of changes in the line-up for the reigning PAC Champions. The biggest change being former Captain Anthony Bonaventura switching roles after graduating, and coming back as a graduate assistant.

“It’s great to have [Bonaventura] still around,” said head coach Ron Headlee.

“He really knows this team, and still having him here to teach the guys will really help us out.

Bonaventura graduated after getting a silver medal in the 174-pound weight class at the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships, and moved onto coaching after an illustrious career in a Jacket singlet. He is not the only starter who will not return to the team this season, though.

Also not returning from the championship team of last year is Cameron Fine who wrestled in the 184-pound weight class, and made it to the National Championships of the NCAA Tournament. Sam Lomardo is another wrestler who has graduated, as well as Dan Bruni.

A surprise for the team this year is senior Jake Vi-

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Waynesburg's Luke Lohr is considered one of the top wrestlers in the nation this season after his first trip to the Division III National Championships last year. tolo, who will not return after winning the PAC Title at 141-pounds, but will instead join the military and return to the team next season.

“Of course we are going to miss him this season,” said Headlee. “He’s a PAC Champion that won’t be back, but this is what he wants and I know he’ll be back next season ready to compete.”

With the handful of wrestlers who are not returning, there are plenty of wrestlers on hand that are waiting to compete.

At the 125-pound weight class, junior Gordan Bieber will return to the mat after going 17-21 last season.

Also listed at the 125-pound

weight class is freshman Tristan Buxton who was very impressive during the annual Orange/Black Wrestle-offs held this past weekend.

Returning at 133 pounds, sophomore Filippo Crivelli is looking to repeat as the PAC Champion in the weight class after finishing last season with a record of 24-20.

Joining him at 133-pounds is redshirt freshman transfer Zach Swarrow, who comes to program after transferring from Pitt-Johnstown. Swarrow is a former two-time Pennsylvania high school state place-winner at Beth Center.

“125 and 133 are going to be key,” said Headlee. “ Criv-

elli came on real strong at the end of last season, and Bieber has been working hard.”

Moving on to the 141-pound weight class is where the question marks for the team starts. With the absence of Jake Vitolo this season, the weight class is still up in the air. Sophomore Dom Ciaramella and freshman DJ Grindle are expected to battle for the starting spot.

Ciaramella comes in to this season after going 11-8 for the Orange and Black last season, while Grindle arrives at Waynesburg after winning over 140 high school matches.

Moving to the 149-pound weight class, junior Chris

Little will move into the spot, which last season was senior Luke Lohr’s. Little looks to improve on his 4-10 record from last season.

After losing Sam Lombardo at the 157-pound weight class, second-year senior Luke Lohr will look to conquer another weight class, as he is expected to take over at 157. Lohr was also ranked as the number-five 149-pounder by D3Wrestle. com, and number-six by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The reigning All-American is also joined by his brother, freshman Landon Lohr at the weight class.

Another change from last season sees freshman Derek Hull out of Canonsburg, who is expected to take over at the 165-pound weight class. Hull was a state-qualifying wrestler at Chartiers-Houston.

At 174-pounds, there is another change from last season as senior Sam Guidi is expected to make the jump up from 165 to 174. After falling just short of a PAC Championship and a trip to the National Championships last season, Guidi is excited for his chance at a new weight class.

“I just was not 100 percent last year,” said Guidi. “I had to drop a lot of weight to get to 165, and now at this class, I feel like I can be stronger, and I’ll be able to stay healthier for the entirety of the season.”

At 184-pounds, senior Patrick Jennings is another

wrestler who finds himself expecting to start at a new weight class this season, as he is expected to move down from 197 pounds.

“This class is better for me,” said Jennings. “It’ll be a challenge, but this weight class is more my size.”

S enior G ennaro B onaventura is expected to take over for Jennings in the 197-pound weight class.

Expected to also compete at 197 is sophomore Cody Klempany, who transferred from the University of North Carolina and competed at heavyweight. Prior to going to Chapel Hill, Klempay was a star a Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He recorded a 151-24 career record with the Big Macs, while also becoming a two-time PIAA AAA state place-winner (third and sixth), a three-time Powerade Tournament finalist and the 2010 Powerade Champion at heavyweight.

To round out the 10 weight classes, junior Greg Kumer looks to retain his PAC Title at the heavyweight division.

Also looking to see time on the mat at 285 is senior Dan Mahon, and freshman Shane Lowman.

The Yellow Jackets look to pick up their third-straight team PAC Title, and fifth in six seasons.

Waynesburg is not the only team in the PAC that looks to remain strong, as Thiel will be returning all 10 of its starters from last season.

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“The women were extremely nervous, and I could sense they needed some help maneuvering through the confusion,” said Hardie.

“We had a quick team meeting to prepare the women for the news, good or bad. I explained that they ran really well, did all they could and that we were proud of their effort.”

Now it was time for the award ceremony. To build the nervous tension even more, the women waited for the men’s award ceremony to conclude while holding hands and hoping for the best. Then, Joe Onderko, commissioner of the PAC, made the announcement of the day.

“And in second place, with 37 points, the Yellow Jackets of Waynesburg University!”

A mild and slightly disheartened cheer echoed from from the fans of Waynesburg and the team alike.

The women’s team came up a mere eight points shy of

the now 26-time defending team champion, Grove City Wolverines.

Women’s team captain, senior Annette Aho, described her thoughts as the team realized the announcement.

“I promised myself that just because we took second, it doesn’t mean we were not worthy of first,” said Aho. “I will always be disappointed about second. I’ll probably think about it for a few years after leaving Waynesburg.

But, in the end, I hope it inspires future Waynesburg runners to strive towards that championship.”

Although Saturday ended in disappointment, the women experienced a solid race from top to bottom by placing five runners in the top13 spots. Freshman standout, Julie Gerber, added another great race to her rookie collegiate season by taking second place with a time of 23:11.

“I was happy with my performance,” said Gerber. “I was happy that I was able to better my time on the course by almost 30 seconds from

when we ran there earlier this season.”

Freshman Elinore Loch and Aho placed sixth and seventh in the race, respectively. To round out the scoring the top-five for the Jackets, freshmen Angela Marchetti and Kerianne Hensel finished ninth and 13th.

“The team ran a superb race,” said Hardie. “Despite the slick conditions, the team ran some solid times and really elevated their level of competition. For that extra effort, we were very pleased.”

The women will get another opportunity to take down their rivals from Grove City Nov. 15 for the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals.

The women go into the meet as the number 10th ranked team in the region, and expectations are high for the young squad.

“The ultimate goal would be a top-10 finish in our region,” said Hardie. “It’s a very tight race this year, but we have the talent to make that big jump.”

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“It was a ver y tough game for us," said Heethuis.

"It was a fight to the finish but that’s how our season went.”

“There were times where we knew we were the better team and for some reason to come out on top, or let the team stay in it longer than we should have. But at the end of the day, we ended on a good note just like that Geneva game.”

The good note Heethuis referred to was the Geneva victory, along with a win at home to Saint Vincent last Friday to round out the season.

For Abraham and the other seniors, the strong end to the season meant a great deal.

“It was so awesome. We had a rough couple games, so the overtime win against Geneva was so much fun and really exciting,” said Abraham.

“Then in the Saint Vincent game, we played good soccer

and had a lot of fun. It was a really special day and I’m going to remember it for a long time.”

The senior class that will graduate in May possessed seven roster spots, including six starting positions on this year’s squad. Five of those starters were part of a defense that was fifth in the PAC in goals allowed per game. Their absence will be missed not only with their play in games, but their leadership and work ethic every single day.

“The whole class was very good leaders and great role models,” said Scott.

“Even if it was the way they hustled in practice or keep everyone’s spirits up, it was something to learn from.

The underclassmen are going to have to step up to fill those shoes.”

Although Heethuis only knew her seniors for a couple of months, she was very impressed with their performances and has helped them look to the future.

“I’ve only known them for a short period of time, but

I’m very proud of them,” said Heethuis.

“The message I was always sending to these players is that soccer is fun, but they are going to make a difference in the world through their careers and that’s the biggest impact they can possibly make.”

As one year ends, another begins. As soon Heethuis will assign offseason workouts, focusing on individual player development.

Heethuis and her players are disappointed they did not reach their ultimate goal of the postseason in 2014, but will still remember the campaign with great dignity and priceless memories.

“Obviously, we didn’t get where we wanted to be: the PAC tournament, and that’s really frustrating and hard to swallow,” said Abraham.

“But, that doesn’t take away from all the things we did accomplish. We did a lot of good things this year, played with some really good teams, and regardless of where we ended up, played some really good soccer.”

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The one thing that didn’t come as a surprise to Hardie was the successful season thus far, as there were high expectations from the beginning.

“We had really high expectations and thought it was maybe a year that we could compete for a conference championship,” said Hardie.

“As the year progressed, we saw that we got some regional attention, which is always nice, because we’ve never really had that here.”

The attention that reflected in the polls only seemed to unite the already closeknit team even more.

One thing that has remained constant throughout most of his coaching experience was the dependence of colleague Michelle Cross, who assists with the women’s team.

“She is one of two people that I can fully trust with any one of my athletes,” said Hardie. “We’ve worked together for so long that we can

answer each other’s questions and we know what training advice to give our athletes.

It really helps that [Cross] is a very young, gifted and brilliant training coordinator.

She has a perfect plan for the women.”

Since Hardie took over the head coaching duties in 2010, changes, especially in recruiting, have been made to continue to improve the program for days like this past Saturday.

“We are really into character,” said Hardie. “We go out and watch these athletes more than other cross-country and track teams would, because we don’t want them to come into a system that they wouldn’t fit into. We have to be competitive in the recruiting market by bringing in the right individuals that fit our program’s needs.”

But getting these high school athletes and keeping them here for their entire four years is an entirely different monster.

“There are factors that can be controlled as a coach by keeping them happy and

in shape, while working on some team-building things,” said Hardie. “But there are other outside factors, such as financial reasons or their major not working out, that can’t be controlled.”

Hardie went as far as saying that if the nucleus of young talent on the team remains intact, he feels as if they could compete for nationals in the upcoming years.

However, Hardie is the first to admit that continued improvement is still much needed for this program to reach the next level.

“Our young runners have to be able to grow in the big races,” said Hardie. “Next year, we know what to expect and will be a little more aggressive. I whole heartedly believe we had the talent to beat [Grove City], it was just a matter of confidence and executing the game plan.”

Even with the individual accolade awarded to Hardie, his focus has remained set in stone on one thing.

“I would trade it all in for a championship,” said Hardie.

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Proceeds from campus festivities benefit Project Bundle Up

By NORTHE CAMPBELLESCALANTE For the Yellow Jacket

The Greene County trickor-treaters joined Waynesburg University Oct. 30 to celebrate the Harvest Festival in Johnson Commons and the annual Pumpkin Bowling event hosted by the student-run radio station, WCYJ-FM. The event captured the eye of a lot of people and even attracted some new faces.

“This is my first year going to the Harvest Festival on Halloween,” said Derrion May, junior marine biology major. “I was really surprised seeing the amount of clubs out here supporting Project Bundle-Up and the community.”

The event hosted a variety of games, activities and provided lots of goodies for the little children.

Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

Senior international studies major Colin Nelson prepares to face off with Waynesburg University President Douglas G. Lee at the university's annual Pumpkin Bowling event, a part of the Harvest Festival on Oct. 30.

Gracious Shavers, senior human services major expressed how much she looks forward to the students and faculty participating in Pumpkin Bowling.

“I always make sure I stay long enough to see who is crowned champion of the Pumpkin Bowling Tournament,” said Shavers. “Sometimes I wish my name would

get called so I could win the championship, but then I remembered how bad of a bowler I am.”

Other students like May also enjoyed watching the

Pumpkin Bowling Tournament and seeing a student take home the championship this year.

“It was great seeing President Lee out here greeting

each table and participating in Pumpkin Bowling,” said May. “I could tell he really enjoyed the game and he showed his competitive side.

Even though he didn’t win his loss will be remembered.”

A number of clubs and organizations participated in this year’s Harvest Fest by coming up with a Halloween theme for club.

“There are a lot of really cool things here at Harvest Fest this year,” said Michelle Dunseath, senior public relations and design major and president of AIGA Design Club. “We are the Disney Villains this year and there are other clubs supporting Harvest Fest, and one dressed up as the Ninja Turtles.”

Dunseath appreciates that the university is always trying to give back and supporting the community and See HARVEST on D2

Spiritual questions Actors fill the stage with ‘Room Service’ raised at campus movie showing

Hit film ‘God's Not Dead’ raises tough questions

By DANIELLE SCHUYLER Editorial Assistant

On Oct. 28 Waynesburg University’s Student Activities Board hosted a movie night in the Beehive, inviting all students to share popcorn and beverages while viewing Pure Flix’s 2014 film, “God’s Not Dead,” which has been critically scrutinized.

The film only had an estimated $2 million budget, but created enough buzz in Hollywood to gross $9,244,641 in the United States on its opening weekend.

As of Aug. 3, 2014, “God’s Not Dead” raked in $60,753,735 in the United States alone.

The movie received a nearly even amount of positive and negative reviews from critics.

“This movie is an extended exercise in evangelical wish fulfillment,” said Michael Gerson, opinion writer for The Washington Post, in a piece he composed on March 31 for the Post’s website.

The movie tells the story of a college student named Josh Wheaton who stands up for his Christian beliefs in class with an aethist professor.

His professor asks the students to sign a statement saying that "God is dead," and the student refuses.

He goes on to debate the subject and presents a compelling argument that God is still alive. The professor, who blames God for negative happenings in his life, angers.

In the end, most of the class suports Josh's stance and defeats the professor's faithless views.

Finally, the Newsboys play their song "God's Not Dead" and dedicate it to Josh for his efforts.

In an interview on March 25 with The Blaze – an online informational pit stop for entertainment news – Russell Wolfe, Pure Flix Entertainment chief executive officer, made a contradicting remark, encouraging people to give the movie a chance.

“What the movie does is it silences [and] quiets people down in a dark room, and it takes them to a place that they won’t even let their best friend take them,” said Wolfe.

“They’re asked that question, ‘Is there or isn’t there a God?’ and then they need to answer that themselves.”

The main character, Josh Wheaton, was criticized for how the scriptwriters staged his arguments.

“Josh might be the Almighty’s worst advocate since William Jennings Bryan,” said Scott Foundas, chief film critic for Variety, in a March 22 review he posted on the entertainment giant’s website.

Despite picking out the motion picture’s glaringly obvious one-sided agenda, Hollywood Reporter film critic Stephen Farber still gave “God’s Not Dead” some credit for its good points.

“The film is slickly produced, with a competent cast, and although it sometimes

Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket

In the days leading up to the premiere of "Room Service," Waynesburg University's fall play, the cast members rehearsed dilligently. The comedy, set in the 1930's, premiered on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and will run through Saturday, Nov. 8. It tells the story of a group of actors living in a hotel and struggling to pay the bills they rack up.

“Something like [this movie] gives you a fundamental lesson to always stay true to yourself, what your beliefs are.”

CODY ADAMS

Junior nursing major

stacks the deck shamelessly in defense of its credo, it does allow a few dissenting voices to slip into the debate,” said Farber in a March 21 commentary on the Reporter’s website.

Critic opinions aside, Waynesburg University students set aside a little over 113 minutes of their Tuesday night for the thought-provoking spectacle.

One student in particular was touched by a message of encouragement that he interpreted from the film.

“The professor thought [God] was quote, ‘dead,’ and this student went all the way out to the ends of the earth to prove him wrong, which I thought was pretty interesting,” said junior nursing major Cody Adams. “You know, there are people with a lot of things that happen to them and just say, ‘You know what? God? There’s no such thing, because why would He let good people like that suffer?’ And that goes back to well, if you have faith, you shouldn’t have to worry about stuff like that. Something like [this movie] gives you a fundamental lesson to always stay true to yourself, what your beliefs are.”

Christmas in a shoebox to bring joy to many

By GRANT LONG

For the Yellow Jacket

Have any empty shoe boxes laying around your dorm room? Not sure what to do with them? Put them to good use for the Operation Christmas Child shoebox drive on campus.

OCC is a branch organization of Samaritans Purse, based in Boone, North Carolina. OCC sends “Christmas” gifts to children all around the world during different times of the year.

Waynesburg University is asking students to pack their own boxes for the program.

There are a few guidelines students should follow during packing.

Any size shoebox or other plastic storage container can be used.

Small toys, stuffed animals, school supplies, toiletries and anything else a child might enjoy can be used to fill the box.

INSIDE THE BOX Use any size shoebox or other plastic storage containter can be used

Types of things to include in your box:

• Small toys • School supplies • Toiletries • Each child will receive a 12-lession booklet titled “The Greatest Journey”

A full list of suitable items for shoeboxes can be found at: www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child.

A link will be posted on the myConnect bulletin board for students wishing to participate in the program.

A full list of suitable items for shoeboxes can be found at www.samaritanspurse.org/ operation-christmas-child.

Along with a shoebox full of toys and other fun things, each child will receive a

12-lesson booklet titled “The Greatest Journey.”

According to the OCC website, “The Greatest Journey is a dynamic approach to discipleship – including 12 engaging Bible lessons – that

local trained teachers are using to instruct the next generation of believers on how to become devoted followers of Christ and boldly share their faith with others.”

In the next few days, a link will be posted on the myConnect bulletin board for students wishing to participate in the program.

“I would like to see 200 full boxes, but in the end, quality is what counts, not the quantity,” said Theresa Butler, the student contact for the OCC program at Waynesburg.

Waynesburg University students can watch videos on the OCC website concerning how to pack a box, where their boxes are going and the impact of a simple gift.

Completed boxes can be dropped off in the Center for Service and Leadership on the first floor of Stover through Nov. 17. Students with further questions can contact Theresa Butler or Kelley Hardie.

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Costume contest victors crowned at Halloween celebration

By PAULA BITTNER

For the Yellow Jacket

On Halloween night, superheroes, villains and many other costumed figures came out to the annual Halloween Dance and Costume Contest hosted by the Student Activities Board.

Food and refreshments were provided while DJ Dave from Moon Township provided the music for the evening, ranging from Top 40 to classic hits.

The costume contest took place about an hour after the dance started and was judged by Laurie Steere, Anthony Jarrell, Chris Kellner and Ashley Kelver, four of Waynesburg University’s resident directors. University t-shirts and mugs were the prizes for the contest.

Cassie Gates, a junior biochemistry major who dressed up as Walter White from “Breaking Bad,” won the best individual category in the costume contest. She explained that one of her

Paula Bittner, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University Resident Directors celebrate Halloween at the Student Activities Board's annual Halloween dance and Costume Contest on Friday, Oct. 31. professors let her borrow the pieces to complete the costume, including a safety suit with a respirator facemask, gloves and a stick-on beard.

Mary Hoffman, a junior secondary English education major, and Charles Cook, a junior biology/pre-med major, won best couple as Cu-

rious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat. Emily Wydratt, a freshman nursing major, took the prize for best homemade costume.

The Justice League was recognized as the best group costume.

For most people, Halloween is the perfect time to find

or make a creative costume and spend time with friends.

For others, especially those who do not live in the United States, it is a truly different experience.

According to Alice Lee, a business major from South Korea, the Halloween dance was her first glimpse into

how those who live in the United States celebrate Halloween.

“There is no Halloween in Korea,” she said. “A few people will celebrate themselves, so this is a new experience for me.”

Aisling Wilson, a business exchange student from Ire-

land, shares what Halloween is like in her home country.

“It is not a big deal in Ireland,” she said. “Some kids dress up and trick-or-treat while some have house parties.”

People in Ireland do not carve pumpkins or decorate, so Wilson feels that Halloween is much more exciting here in the United States.

Gracious Shavers, a senior human services major and member of SAB, was worried that the turnout of the dance would be affected by other campus activities. However, she estimates that approximately 75 people were in attendance.

“They had a great time dancing and people really got into the costumes,” she said.

“The costumes were creative and fun.”

Julie Wise, another member of SAB, was impressed with those who showed up to the event. She said that this was one of the best years where people actually dressed up and danced.

Returning artist brings original work to campus Harvest: Popular

Pumpkin Bowling draws students and faculty

By YURIKA BLEVINS

For the Yellow Jacket

Rock, Pop and Soul singer and songwriter Steve Everett made his third trip to Waynesburg to perform a few of his songs and some covers while students ate and socialized in the Beehive at noon on Monday.

According to his website, Everett is from Nashville, Tennessee but was born in Albany, Georgia.

His music is a blend of acoustic guitar with catchy, melodic hooks and hip, clever lyrics to form his upbeat and fun musical style.

Everett studied music performance at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

Everett has had the opportunity to play on numerous stages, from The House of Blues to acoustic home shows.

Everett also toured the country with Sister Hazel and Michael Tolcher and his debut album, “Reciprocity,” was nominated for Album of the Year at the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards.

Everett played his acoustic guitar during the performance, which gave the songs a more vintage sound. One song he sang was “Sofa in the Sea.” He said he wrote this song while he was sitting along the water in Charleston, South Carolina.

Everett also did a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Lego House,” and sang other songs that weren’t on his album, including “Honeybee” and “Switch.”

During his performance, the Beehive was filled with students and some professors wanting to just sit and enjoy their lunch.

“The performance was very inspirational and fun,” said freshman business ma-

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organizations like the local Salvation Army.

“It is really exciting that not only half of the proceeds go to our clubs and organizations, but they also go to Project Bundle-Up, said Dunseath. “It is really important to keep kids warm and safe in the winter especially if they can’t afford a coat because coats can be pretty expensive.”

The community of Waynesburg and the university students know what it means to support on another.

“I am proud to be a stuRoomel Reese, Yellow Jacket

Nashville artist Steve Everett returned to campus for the third time on Nov. 3 to share some of his original music with students at lunchtime. jor Cam Hinkle.

During the performance, there were free reusable cups being handed out by the Student Activities Board to encourage students to come to

performance events by guest musicians like this one.

“It was really nice to relax and enjoy some good music with friends,” said sophomore mathematics/ second-

ary education major Taylor Garrett. “I saw Steve when he came for wing night last year, and it was fun to hear him play a mix of old and new songs this year.”

dent here at Waynesburg University because we are a university that strives to be involved with the community,” said Shavers. “Harvest Fest is an event that I support because of what it stands for and I think we had a great turnout this year.”

Every year the university students look forward to seeing children dressed up parading Jonson Commons but for some this will be their last year.

Shavers said, “I can’t believe this is my last year as a student celebrating Harvest Fest with my fellow classmates, but I hope to come back next year.”

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS

1. Wine order 6. NFL linemen 10. European capital 14. Kind of comprehension 15. Basket 16. Land in un lago 17. Duck royalty?

20. It may be taken 21. French 101 pronoun 22. In the cooler 23. Iowa city on I-35 25. Highly skilled ones 26. Heck of a pop?

31. Symbol seen in viola music 32. Parisian map line 33. Oracle 37. Edinburgh souvenir 38. Army post merged with McGuire AFB and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst 42. Youngest goal scorer in MLS history 43. Hops kiln 45. Took top honors 46. Exasperated cry 48. Trader who doesn’t take the market seriously?

52. Some runners 55. Betrayed, in a way 56. Like most tupelo leaves 57. His epitaph reads “And the beat goes on” 59. Part of a roof 63. Classified instrument?

66. Language that gave us “plaid” 67. Green Gables girl 68. Provider of store melo dies 69. Caustic cleaners

70. __ swings 71. Slanted columns

DOWN

1. Mountain passes 2. Angler’s item 3. The “Toreador Song,” for one 4. 19th-century trail termi nus 5. Utah luggage tag initials 6. Pick 7. Vegan menu item 8. Garden divisions

9. Spring resort 10. Vital pair 11. Town including part of Fire Island 12. Pick 13. Florist’s inventory 18. Not-one link 19. Longtime Connecticut senator 24. Offend 25. Gulf of __ 26. Numerical prefix 27. Sports regulatory org.

28. Canopy components at the Mall in Central Park

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

29. Quaff 30. Verb type: Abbr.

34. One titled “Lord” 35. Do lawn work 36. River past Duisburg 39. Uncommon bills 40. Bashful companion?

41. Green stone 44. Sleeping sickness car-

riers 47. Seemed logical 49. Place for a nest egg 50. Gave up the ball 51. “Time __ the essence” 52. Roadside business 53. Creamy white 54. Memory problem 57. Czech Republic’s

second-largest city 58. Wine opener?

60. Carving tool 61. Historic “Impaler” 62. Comics screams 64. Carolina quarterback Newton 65. Letters before a view, maybe

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THE BACK PAGE

e m i t r u o y e g How to mana

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By Rebecca Burcham Copy Editor

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lot can be said about time. There’s never enough of it; you can’t buy it; once it’s gone, you can’t get it back; and so on. In college life, these sayings are especially true. Managing your time can be difficult, especially if you are swamped in schoolwork for what seems like 25 hours a day, eight days a week.

Before the next panicked wave of “I don’t have enough time for all of this!” hits, take some time to think about how to best manage the time you do have. Here’s a few tips to consider:

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Prioritize… and Reprioritize As Necessary

It’s vital for college students – or anyone, for that matter – to allow room for flexibility. Even go so far as to start planning for the unexpected. Because no matter how on top of things you are, life just happens sometimes. You’ll get sick, your laptop will crash, your roommate will have some kind of drama and you’ll lose your cell phone. Maybe all at the same time. But having good time management skills means that, when things shift around, you’ll be able to deal with it instead of suddenly finding yourself in a crisis.

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Don’t Procrastinate

Seriously, it’s a bad idea. You get a syllabus in each class for a reason: knowing when large assignments and projects are due allows you to plan ahead and ensure you have adequate time to complete. Get a calendar or a planner, and write down meetings, class times, every assignment that has a due date. Spacing these large assignments out within reason will allow you the time to deal with your workload in a steady flow, not a gigantic tidal wave.

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Don’t Forget Your Own Health

With all the effort put out into schoolwork and social activities, it’s easy to forget about yourself.

Don’t forget to set aside adequate time to sleep and eat regular meals. If you stay up a little too late here or there, or don’t eat a healthy dinner every night of the week, it’s usually okay; your body can find its own rhythm again after the disruption. But making those actions patterns in your college life – as opposed to exceptions – is a bad idea. Enough sleep and a proper diet can make all the difference in your ability to manage your time well in school.

In order to stay on your game, you have to be physically and mentally able to play your game.

Practicing a little self-care can go a long way in making sure you can take care of all you need to do with your limited time while in school. Also, try to plan a bit of down time to just relax. Just because your daily calendar goes from 8 a.m. to midnight doesn’t mean you can.

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One Day at a Time

Above all, try not to stress yourself out. That probably doesn’t mean much coming from a college newspaper, but consider that fact that people didn’t create this idea. God did: Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself (Matthew 6:25). So take things one step at a time, and with proper planning and lots of deep breaths, you can create an effective system to balance your time between academics, the social scene and yourself.

Balance Academics with a Social Life

One of the reasons college life seems amazing is because there always something fun going on that you want to be a part of. Unfortunately, college is also incredibly challenging for the same reason.

It can be hard to find a balance between the two.

One suggestion to find this balance is by using fun social activities as a reward for finishing a project.

This way, instead of feeling like you’re missing out on something while you’re at work or school, you can remind yourself that there will be something fun you can do once you’re done.

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