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Senior orchestrates project to preserve nearby cemetery Students plan to maintain, document old gravesites

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Down Roy E. Furman hig hway and ne ar t he Waynesburg University baseball fields and tennis courts, a small, scrappy, forgotten cemetery rests on university-owned land.

According to Dr. William Batchelder, the last time the graveyard has been serviced may have been as long ago as the 1970’s, and it desperately needs the attention.

“It’s just falling apart,” he said. “There is one tall, grand monument that is in pretty good shape, and the rest of it is varying from precarious to actually broken monuments…It’s in bad shape.”

But that is all set to change, as the university’s honors program is soon to initiate an extensive cem-

etery restoration program, beginning with a workshop March 18. Senior history major David O’Donoghue is responsible for the project’s creation and its development. A Waynesburg native, O’Donoghue says that the cemetery has always had his interest, and he now finally has the opportunity to help.

“I guess as a kid, I went to church just beyond the cemeter y, on the same route,” said O’Donoghue.

“And it just kind of stuck in my imagination as a place that was just kind of spooky.”

O’ D o n o g h u e b e g a n working with the university's maintenance department last year, mowing the grass at the cemetery every once in awhile. Then, he decided he could take it further.

“I reached out to the Director of the [Facilities Planning and Management]…Terry Sattler,” he said. “And he was pretty open to the idea of the History Club taking over care

S E X UA L A S S AU LT O N C H R I S T I A N C A M P U S E S

People don't like talking about sexual assault.

That complicates colleges’ efforts to combat sexual assault on campuses across the country. In many Christian communities, there's an additional stigma associated with issues often related to sexual assault, like drinking and premartial sex.

So, Christian colleges like Waynesburg University have the additional task of facing the policy issues surrounding sexual assault cases.

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From the Catholic Church in the early 2000s,

Alumna's life still shaped by Bonner scholar experiences

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Chaley Knight was originally drawn to Waynesburg University because of its mission combining faith, learning and service.

“Community service was a big part of middle school and high school, and I always wondered how I would cont i nu e t h at in college,” said Knight.

“There was such an emphasis on a major and getting good grades, so I was c on cerned how I would intertwine those.”

The Bonner Scholar Program became the perfect solution. Knight didn’t know about the program until she attended Merit Day, a scholarship day for accepted students. She interviewed

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for the Bonner Scholarship on the spot, learning about the program as she went and realized how much she wanted to get into it. And she did.

When Knight, now a counselor at the university, graduated from Waynesburg University with a psychology degree in 2004, she joined a community of Bonner Program alumni that now spans a quarter centur y.

As the Bonner Program at Way nesburg prepares to c el ebr ate its 25th anniversar y, current a n d former B o n n e r Scholars reflect on the program’s place at Waynesburg.

“I think it just meshes so well with our mission statement,” said Knight, “so to be one of the universities in KNIGHT >> A2

Christian schools like Bob Jones or Cedarville,

By JACOB MEYER

the topic of sexual assault in Christian communi-

Sports Editor

to big Christian schools like Baylor and to small

cess that goes through the university is separate from anything that occurs with the local police.

“We strongly encourage students to report to the Police Department,” Humiston said.

ties and schools has been addressed in the news

Tom Helmick, director of Human Resources

more and more.

and Title IX coordinator, said that any possible

Sexual assault surely isn’t an issue just at Christian schools.

discrepancies in the numbers would have to be attributed to

The consensus of several studies done in the past ten years,

low reporting, because everything that makes it to his door is

including a 2015 study by The Washington Post, is that one

investigated thoroughly.

in five female college students report being sexually assaulted in college.

“We can only follow up on things that get reported,” Helmick said. “We investigate everything that gets reported to us and

But schools like Waynesburg, where school policy addresses

follow the policy we have in place.”

different things than some non-Christian schools, in addition to the sensitivity of abuse, face a particularly stigmatic battle.

“We always listen to the issues that are brought forward and follow up on them,” he said.

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From 2013-15, only two attempted rape cases and zero sexual offense cases—a catchall phrase for any sexual contact

When it comes to abuse in Christian environments, Boz Tchividjian is the most well-known figure on the topic.

or behavior without consent of the victim—have occurred

After working as a prosecutor and as a leader of a sexual

at Waynesburg University, according to the Department of

crimes unit, Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vid-jin) started

Public Safety.

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And while many students may see these numbers as too

ronment – in 2004. GRACE deals with all forms of abuse,

low, those that deal with sexual assault cases at Waynesburg

and Tchividjian has consulted with churches and Christian

University say the low numbers are due to low reporting.

organizations alike to develop “policies and procedures that

Reporting is an issue at all colleges and universities, which is reflected in The Washington Post’s poll, which says only

address abuse issues and how to not only prevent it but how to respond correctly to it,” he said.

12 percent of victims reported their assault to the college or the police.

Christian schools have an added layer to address in sxual assault cases, as Tchividjian said Christian universities may think

Waynesburg University numbers do not include a com-

that low reporting rates are better for the school’s reputation.

prehensive picture, as Director of Public Safety Michael Humiston said the pro-

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Six people were killed at a mosque in Quebec on Sunday, an event which occurred one day after a mosque in Texas burned to the ground.

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February 2, 2017

Senate passes bill to install at least two bottle fillers on campus

By BRENDAN KEANY Student Senate

On Tuesday, members of the Waynesburg University Student Senate unanimously voted to pass a bill that will ensure water fountain upgrades on campus. Several fountains will be added or updated to include the automatic bottle fillers that are already present in Stover Campus Center and Miller Hall.

The goal is to install a new water fountain with a bottle filler on the bottom floor of the Eberly Library near the coffee bar. The total cost of the fountain is $1,050, but due to a $1,000 private donation, Student Senate is only responsible for $50 of the cost.

Also, the water fountain on the fourth floor of Buhl Hall nearest to the men’s bathroom will be receiving a bottle filler upgrade. Due to two separate donations, one for $400 and one for $25, the Senate will not need to pay a dime of that cost.

Olivia Schultz-Falandes, a sophomore senator and drafter of the water fountain bill, explained that there still are some hoops to jump through before the location of the Eberly Library fountain is ultimately decided.

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The Student Senate passed a bill Tuesday to install bottle fillers in two campus locations. The bill was crafted by Senator Olive Schultz-Falandes, above right.

“Basically what needs to happen is that there would be some form of communication with Terry [Sattler],” said Schultz-Falandes.

“There is no set location on the bottom floor of Eberly Library, and that would need to be something that maintenance explores and that we need to communicate with Sattler about.”

If there were to be a problem with installing a foun-

tain in the bottom floor of the Eberly Library, the second option would be to replace the fountain in the old gym just outside the men’s bathroom.

Junior s enator Shon Meade voted ‘yes’ because he was tired of waiting for the fountain in Buhl to be fixed.

“I voted yes because I have been waiting months for the fountain of the fourth floor of Buhl,” said Meade. “If my

vote meant that the fountain would get fixed quicker, I was all for it.”

The vote came a week after the Student Senate decided to table the bill due to some glitches and discrepancies in the process.

According to Student Senate President Ryan Schwertfeger, some of the language of the original bill was not completely accurate, and the Senate was informed that it could not use that much money on “capital purchases.”

Despite the delays in the process of their respective revisions, Schwertfeger said he is pleased with the passing

of the bill on Tuesday, especially since it was one of the items he was most passionate about coming into this academic year.

“I’m very happy that it passed,” said Schwertfeger.

“I remember after getting sworn in, and I went around asking people what they wanted to see...and a lot of students said that they wanted more water bottle fillers.

I didn’t realize how many other students really liked it.”

Schultz-Falandes would like to see the continuation of upgrading water fountains on campus because she believes it’s a topic that students feel strongly about.

“I felt this was really important because it’s an issue that does need to be solved,” she said. “Whether it’s continued by the university administration in the future or whether other installations may be voted on in the future, I think there are many water fountains on campus that are broken or not functioning well, and I think it’s frustrating for a lot of students. I think the money being spent is worth it because the job of student senators is promote the general welfare of the student body and to make sure their experience on campus is the best that it can be.”

Knight: Bonner offers Bristor 'truly loves' job at Waynesburg alumna chance to pass lessons on to children FACES OF WAYNESBURG

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Pat Bristor knows her reputation precedes her.

She’s busy.

She’s tough.

She knows some people call her “the b-word.”

“If I come across that way, I’m sorry, but I’m pretty straightforward,” Bristor said.

“It’s like tough love. I love the students, I do. I love every single one of [them],” she said.

Bristor has been working with Waynesburg students longer than the vast majority of current students have been alive. She started at Waynesburg University in February 1995, and Monday, Feb. 6, will mark the beginning of her 23rd year.

Bristor, the Associate Dean of Students, has been tasked with an impossible job for the last 22 years—making 1,000plus college students happy.

“I truly love my job here, but it’s not always easy to do what I do,” she said. “It’s difficult to please 1,200 students.

There’s no way we can—the Student Activities Board (SAB) [Office1]or me.”

Whether she’s working together with SAB, a leader of a club or a regular student, she considers everything a learning experience for the student.

“I can’t do things for them, because that’s not going to help them,” Bristor said.

She’s been working in higher education for her entire adult life. She said she never decided she wanted to work in higher education; it just happened.

Bristor was a Resident Assistant when she was a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. A year after she graduated she took a job at Keystone Junior College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, working in Residence Life.

After Keystone, Bristor moved onto working in Residence Life at La Roche for nine years before applying to Waynesburg.

Bristor thought the position was tailored for her. The college was looking for a Director of Student Activities who could also coach volleyball. Bristor had experience in higher education and student activities while also coaching volleyball at La Roche.

“It was like God made this position just for me,” Bristor said.

She didn’t expect Waynesburg to be a long-term destination.

“I kept my apartment in Pittsburgh for almost a year,

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Though taking a job at Waynesburg was originally supposed to be temporary, Associate Dean of Students Pat Bristor is about to start her 23rd year at WU. because I was convinced that I wasn’t going to stay here,” she said. “This was going to be a stepping-stone.”

Then, only a month into being at Waynesburg, Bristor participated in her first Habitat for Humanity mission trip with the college, and that’s when she started to see that Waynesburg was the place for her.

“Looking back I would say the service component was

“Pat, you're the heart and soul of the university.”

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President, SAB

very attractive to me,” Bristor said. “It helped me realize that I enjoy giving back and enjoy helping others and Waynesburg gave that opportunity to me to do that while I was still getting paid. I just fell in love with the mission of the university. It really opened up my heart and got me thinking about who I am as a person and the direction I was going in my life and where I wanted it to go.”

After that trip, much of Bristor’s favorite memories are when doing service. She’s gone to Habitat more than a dozen times since that trip.

Bristor has also served in Guatemala almost every year

since 2004.

In Waynesburg, she’s the chair of the Board for Salvation Army, a Board member for Habitat for Humanity and a worker at St. Anne’s Soup Kitchen.

At the university, she loves teaching her service learning class, and she serves alongside SAB at their Adopt-AHighway site.

Bristor has felt the positive impact service has caused in her life, and she hopes to be a “servant leader” for students at Waynesburg. “[I’m] trying to help students to understand that this is what we do and we do this is out of the kindness of our heart,” she said. “Show them what to do and how to do it rather than telling them.”

More than serving alongside students, Bristor loves seeing the growth students undergo in their four years at Waynesburg.

“I remember students when they come as freshmen,” she said. “I like watching the growth and being a part of that growth and challenging students.”

One of those students is junior nursing major Marian Chearney, who is the president of SAB. Chearney had Bristor for Fiat Lux as a freshman, before starting to get involved with SAB the next semester and working in Student Services since her sophomore year.

Between working in the

office three days a week and leading SAB with Bristor, Chearney knows “the real Pat Bristor,” as she described it.

“I think a lot of people don’t see the other side of Pat—the kind, compassionate, woulddo-anything-for-you side.

People don’t see that because Pat is so busy that she’s going from task to task to task. She has her mindset and knows exactly where to go and what to do.”

While Bristor wants to play a part in students’ development, they have a similar impact on her.

“I would say they help me stay young,” she said. “They keep me on my game.”

Bristor and the students closest to her still stay in contact, and over 23 years, it’s a lot of students.

“It warms my heart when students contact me and ask me if I’m free,” as she quickly rattled off 10 students she’s had lunch with recently or is going to soon. “It means the world to me that these students care enough about our relationship and some of the experiences we had.”

Last week Chearney went into the Student Services office for work, and Bristor approached Chearney and a few other student workers.

“I don’t know why they want to write a story about me,” Bristor said.

“Pat,” Chearney said, “You’re the heart and soul of the university.”

the country who has had a Bonner chapter for as many years as it’s been around just makes complete sense.”

Despite the passage of time, much of what Knight experienced as a Bonner scholar remains the same today. She served an average of 10 hours per week at sites of her choice and spent two summers serving, as well.

Knight began her Bonner career as a Girl Scout leader, but during her sophomore year, she discovered the Best Buddies program. Best Buddies pairs a college students with someone in their community who has intellectual disabilities. Waynesburg University did not have a chapter, so Knight started one.

She and other students became best buddies with people in the Waynesburg community who had intellectual disabilities, taking them bowling, roller skating and dancing, and it was this experience that began to shape Knight’s new worldview.

“Being introduced to specific communities that I’ve never really had direct contact with before, like Best Buddies – I feel like they’ve impacted my life,” said Knight. “[People with intellectual disabilities] embrace life to the fullest, they’re always very happy, very carefree. They taught me to be relaxed, and to not take things for granted.”

These same lessons were revealed to Knight on her mission trips with Habitat for Humanity and to Guatemala and through her service at other sites during college.

The exposure to new and very important ways of living is one of the longestlasting remnants of the Bonner Program for Knight.

Knight admits that balancing Bonner and schoolwork was tough, and she took on too much.

“I wanted to serve everywhere,” she said.

In addition to her many ser vice sites and trips, Knight was highly involved on campus, including being on a Student Activities Board committee and involved in Chapel services.

Still, Knight’s love for Bonner and for Waynesburg

Knight University was not diminished by her overwhelming schedule.

After graduation, she worked at Messiah College for a year, helping to create their Bonner Program.

Then, she returned to Waynesburg and served as a Resident Director for two years, earning her master’s degree in counseling.

She left again, working in community mental health and drug and alcohol counseling for four years. But then, a job in the Waynesburg University counseling center opened up.

“I remember sitting in a class my sophomore year and – it was where you make that dream inside but you don’t really tell anybody – it was to work here one day,” said Knight. “The position opened, and I applied – I believe there were close to 90 applicants. But I got the job.

Definitely a dream-cometrue.”

Knight has been a university counselor for more than five years, and while a fulltime job and raising a family makes finding time for service difficult, she works to guide her children to a life of service.

“I’m always directing my kids to see those windows of opportunity to serve those that may be in need or to keep an open perspective, even within the school district or their classroom or the world at large,” said Knight. “I think being a Bonner has affected my life in a way that I will teach my children, and hopefully my children’s children, to embrace community.”

As the Bonner Program continues to impact students, Knight will take lessons that Bonner experiences taught her into the rest of her life and work.

“I learned the importance of the body of Christ,” said Knight. “We as a community need to help one another.

We need to work together as we move through life in all different areas.”

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Allergies lead students away from Caf

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Waynesburg University does all that it can to assist students with severe food allergies, officials said. But sometimes, students are disappointed.

“It’s a difficult process because a lot of the times students don’t get the answer they want,” said Brian Carr, director of the Center for Student Success and Disability Services.

Carr receives a large number of complaints dealing with food allergies and insensitivities like Celiac disease and lactose intolerance, a common problem in higher education.

“Dietary needs are really on the rise right now…” he said. “And it’s only going to continue, because there are a lot of different conditions and things that exist out there that ultimately require students to have access to certain foods or the elimination of other foods…And it’s a challenge more for food services because they’re the ones that are providing the accommodation.”

Junior nursing major Julie Gerber can speak to that challenge, as she suffers from gluten intolerance and cannot consume wheat and many other grains. Gerber said she cannot eat anything offered in the dining hall, even things that claim to be “gluten free.”

“I have Celiac disease, which means I can’t eat wheat flour, barely or oats,” said Gerber. “So with Celiac disease, you can’t eat any gluten, and if you do, you get very sick. I am very sensitive to cross-contamination, so that’s why I can’t eat at the [cafeteria].”

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Junior Julie Gerber, who has a gluten allergy, prepares her own food instead of going to the dining hall, as cross-contaimination is a concern for her.

Gerber said that she often felt frustrated by the cafeteria’s options, and chose to not to eat there any longer, despite paying for a meal plan.

“I did try eating there, and even though they did prepare a gluten-free dish for me, I still got sick from it. So for me, being that I got so sick, it just wasn’t worth it for me to keep trying to eat there.”

Sophomore Cassidy Guiser has several food allergies that cause her to exercise caution in the cafeteria—including mushrooms, pineapple, shellfish, rice and a fructose intolerance. Guiser said that she often has to confine her food selections to salads, unable to eat most things served in the "Tradi-

tions" line or even many of the cereals selections. And she, too, is sensitive to contamination in the cafeteria.

“It’s frustrating because its forced when you go there and there are only the certain times, and when I get there late, like after practices, there is nothing I can eat,” said Guiser. “And everything has already been contaminated, so I get sick off of that, too.”

Carr affirmed that contamination from the other substances in the cafeteria is a major issue presented when accommodating certain students, making the process all the more complex.

“Cross-contamination is something we need to know about, and usually documentation has to be consistent with that,” said

Carr. “Cross-contamination is a fear for a lot of students with food allergies…that’s where food services come in.

If they are saying they can prepare things that are not cross-contaminated, then that’s one thing. That’s the access. If there is not…then that’s where we have to look at some other avenue.”

Without the specificity, Carr said that legally, there is little he can do—his hands are tied.

Guiser said she has never felt the need to inform Carr or Student Services about her allergies, and has just learned to avoid certain foods. She doesn’t consider her allergies to be as severe as someone like Gerber.

“It’s just too much of a hassle and I never know when I’m going to actually be at lunch,” said Guiser. “[Food Services] talked to us when I first came and told me they could do different things for me, but it was pretty much I would be eating the same thing every day.”

Carr said that he has often worked cases where dining services have exceeded expectations to help a student, but this kind of accommodation by the cafeteria requires students to form a relationship with food services.

“They have to continually notify someone,” he said. “…

And a lot of times they don’t want to do that or they don’t want to follow through with it. But when their health is kind of imperative here, we want them to take advantage of the fact that they kind of need these things. And we want them to prioritize their health, so they don’t just start doing things on their own again, or choosing not to eat at all when they’re paying for something.”

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for the cemetery.”

The concept quick ly gained popularity, so much so that it found interest within the Honors Program, which was willing to contribute funds for the project’s success.

“It was a good way for the project to grow beyond the History Club and it ensured that it would grow and become something, I suppose,” said O’Donoghue.

Since then, O’Donoghue has been busy contacting locals about the site, gaining authorization to work there and organizing the f irst workshop—which will include a professional conservator, who will teach students how to properly reset, repair and clean grave marks.

O’Donoghue said it is important for students to learn this skill in order to continue the restoration program for an extended period.

“We hope to use the skills that we learn there to continue the project and move it forward,” he said. “It’s a project that’s going to outlast the workshop itself. It’ll probably outlast the semester.”

In addition to regular grounds keeping, O’Donoghue’s program will include research and documentation of the grave sites and those buried there, documenting inscriptions on grave markers and creating a photographic record

and researching the history of the property itself. Assistant Professor of History Dr. Karen Younger’s Public History Course will also be mapping the graveyard as a class project.

O’Donoghue said that involvement with this project is an excellent opportunity for those interested in public history or historical preservation.

Batchelder also emphasized the significance of the program to the community outside of the university.

“If you want to talk about the importance of historical memory to the community,” he said. “When Waynesburg takes over a piece of property that has strong connection to the history of the borough and the history of the county, we are always delighted to try and help to preserve that history and to help tell that story.”

O’Donoghue and Batchelder are currently in the process of finding honors program students to “carry the torch” and proceed with the restoration after O’Donoghue graduates this semester.

A colloquium introducing the project last week was met with great fervor, said O’Donoghue.

“Ever ybody who I’ve talked to within the administration or within the [history] department has been very enthusiastic about the project,” he said. “…It’s gained a lot of attention from qualified and interested students. I think it will reach its end point.”

Stigma: Sexual assault a sensitive subject on Christian campuses

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“In their mind, they benefit from the silence, so ‘Why would we want students to speak up when that could impact our reputation?,’” he said. *** The Title IX process for sexual assaults on all federally funded college campuses, including Waynesburg, is complex.

They are not handled in the Department of Public Safety like most other crimes, but rather by a group of administrators, faculty and staff more accustomed with the Title IX procedure. When it is time for Humiston to submit the yearly report required by the Clery Act, he will get the numbers for sexual assaults from Helmick.

Despite the complexity, Helmick said the sexual assault policy at Waynesburg is a thorough process to ensure fairness for all parties involved.

A main part of the process is the investigation. There are several Title IX investigators, made up of faculty and staff members at Waynesburg.

Adam Jack, chairperson for the Criminal Justice and Social Science Department, is in his sixth year as a Title IX investigator at Waynesburg. Jack graduated from Waynesburg in the mid-1990s before becoming a police officer, detective and criminal investigator.

Jack still works in the criminal justice field, serving as a detective for Greene County and as a criminal investigator for the Waynesburg Borough.

Jack thinks the handling of sexual assaults at Waynesburg is done well, because many of the people handling the cases as investigators are former criminal justice professionals, like himself and James Tanda, instructor of criminal justice and Supervisory Special Agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“I believe we’re in a good spot compared to other schools, because we have peo-

ple here who have been criminal investigators and who have worked in the court system,” Jack said. ***

Tchividjian, a grandson of famous evangelist Billy Graham, has investigated and worked with numerous Christian communities and churches—of all denominations—to improve how they handle abuse. GRACE has even done an independent inquiry at Bob Jones University in South Carolina—one of the several Christian institutions to be in the news for how it mishandled sexual assault.

He said the fundamental problem in Christian communities when it comes to sexual abuse is victim-blaming.

“The victim is the focus instead of pointing the focus where it needs to be,” Tchividjian said. “So there’s still a lot of dynamics within Christian cultures that, in my opinion, are largely naïve to sexual assault and are still looking at this as both parties are somewhat responsible, depending on what she was wearing or what she was drinking or the fact that she was out late.”

The investigators at Waynesburg, Jack said, are purely “impartial fact-finders” and that they are “not trying to paint any picture other than what the facts are.”

He also said the investigators do their best to make the process as easy as it can be for victims.

“Those people are in fact victims, and they don’t want to report often times for the fear of being revictimized,” Jack said. “I don’t mean by the perpetrator, but I mean by the process. As an investigator and as a detective in my professional life, I try to make it so that they’re not revictimized, so I do my best to take everything into account.”

After the Title IX investigator makes his or her report, it goes to Helmick, who then decides whether the case should be forwarded to Student Services for a further hearing.

Following the hearing comes

“I think we have a very good process here at the university and that we are probably light years ahead of many other institutions out there.”

ADAM JACK

Title IX Investigator Chair of Department of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences

a decision, which ranges anywhere from recommending counseling, to temporary removal from the university to irrevocable expulsion, Helmick said.

Helmick does not want victims of sexual assault to fear being punished if he or she violates school policy.

“If you are, we aren’t going to penalize you for that.

It wasn’t your fault that you were assaulted,” Helmick said.

“There are lots of mitigating factors of why people report and don’t report. I can’t speak for everyone why they do or don’t, but if that occurs we encourage everybody to report.” *** Tchividjian said there is a “very unique dynamic” between Christian versus nonChristian colleges in terms of sexual abuse, mostly due to differences in policies at Christian institutions.

A main policy that Tchividjian said victims fear punishment of is alcohol use, which often is a factor in sexual assault.

In The Washington Post’s poll, 62 percent of respondents said they had been drinking alcohol before they were sexually assaulted. On a dry campus like Waynesburg University and most Christian colleges, Tchividjian said the chance of the victim reporting decreases due to the victim’s possible violation of the institution’s alcohol policy.

“What happens is a student goes out and drinks, breaking the rules and getting raped and now this student is already feeling the shame because they’re blaming themselves—because they just had sexual contact and they know that’s wrong,” Tchividjian said.

“They’re thinking ‘I also broke the rules,’ so they think they

must have contributed to this in some manner. So there’s a tremendous amount of shame and embarrassment, and it usually points to silence.”

Along with alcohol policies, some Christian schools also consider premarital sex a violation of school policy.

Waynesburg University officials interviewed said administrators and staff aren’t naïve to the fact that students have sex, and there isn’t anything in the Code of Conduct regarding premarital sex.

Grove City College, which is in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with Waynesburg, was named the eight most conservative college in the country by BestColleges. com. Grove City’s most recent student handbook online does consider premarital sex a violation of the students’ “commitment to Christian community.”

Grove City also has strict policies regarding opposite sex visitation, which restricts where the students can be if they have an apartment, requires the lights to be on and for the door to be open —even specifying it must be open at least four inches.

Assistant Dean of Students at Grove City John Coyne said students sometimes claim the policies restrict their “freedom” or prevent them from “being an adult.” He thinks they make campus life safer and protect students by “discouraging environments that may make it easier to do some form of sexual violence.” “[Our policies create] a completely different environment than when no one knows you’re there, it’s the middle of the night, the door is closed and there’s no accountability,” he said.

Chris Hardie, Waynesburg University assistant dean of Student Services and a Title IX

investigator, said the policies at Waynesburg—stricter than most schools, but more lenient than Grove City’s – are effective at protecting the students at the school. When investigating sexual assault cases, Hardie said the universiy's foundation of faith does not affect the way investigators handle cases.

“I don’t judge,” Hardie said.

“If the victim comes forward, I want to do everything I can to help her or him, and that’s my main focus. It’s not about my Christian faith.”

Jack thinks Waynesburg is better at handling sexual assault cases than other colleges.

“I think we have a very good process here at the university and that we are probably light years ahead of many other institutions out there,” he said. *** Coyne and Jack said clear communication from the administration to faculty to students about sexual assault is vital to combat the taboo nature of sexual assault.

Both schools hold information talks with the freshmen class during orientation to talk about consent, the Counseling Center and how students can report.

At Waynesburg, Jack and Mary Hamilla, who has worked in the counseling center for 15 years, talk to the incoming students every freshman orientation.

Hamilla said the talk used to be more intimidating toward the men, but a change in recent years focuses on the positive role men can play in reporting inappropriate activity by their peers.

It is a Title IX requirement for universities to have places where victims can report sexual assault and the case does not have to be investigated. A focus for all students during the talk is that there are three places such on campus: the Counseling Center, campus ministry and Student Health Services. If a victim goes anywhere other than these places to report, the case must be investigated.

Jen Shiring, nurse director

of Student Health Services, said that while occurrences are rare, she points students to the right avenue, whether it’s where to get tested for STDs or how to get in contact with the Counseling Center.

Hamilla isn’t unaccustomed to counseling sexual assault victims; she used to be the coordinator for sexual assault services for Fayette County’s Women’s Resources Center.

She understands the shame many victims feel and the myriad of reasons they may not want to report.

She thinks that feeling may be more likely at a Christian college, and she does her best to guide the victim through the process.

“I encourage them to get a rape kit done, so if they decide to prosecute down the road, there’s some evidence,” Hamilla said. “I walk the line carefully between empowering them and validating that it’s a tough thing to go through prosecution like that, so [there’s] no judgement if they don’t [report].” *** A group of students at Waynesburg lead “Take Back the Night” every spring —a sexual assault awareness event.

The group, the Waynesburg University Peer Educators, know that people don’t feel comfortable talking about sexual assault, but they put on the event every year to inform the campus and give victims a chance to share their stories.

One of those victims, Alexandria Peters, a junior sociology (political science) major at Waynesburg, has relived her assault and told her story the past two years at the event.

She thinks it’s important and empowering for her and the other students who share their stories.

“I think it’s a step in the healing process—a step in the right direction to getting closure to getting to terms with what’s happened,” Peters said.

“It’s a way to deal with those emotions in a positive way and be able to share that with people.”

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SOAR pilot ground lessons to take flight in Greene County

Greene County Airport to offer 10-12 week flying courses

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Support Our Aviation Res ources (SOAR) President Max Loughman is a professional pilot and has been in the airline industry for several years.

That profession started small at the Greene County Airport, an opportunity that he would like to provide to others.

SOAR is offering pilot

ground school, which is expected to last for 10-12 weeks, for anyone in the Waynesburg area who is interested.

According to L ou g h m an , t h e re are quite a few. “ We h a v e a l o t o f interest,” said Loughman.

“We are trying to get them (younger kids) interested in flying.”

T h e g rou n d s c h o o l comes at a key time for the airline industry, which is currently in a pilot famine.

According to an Agence Fr an c e - Pre s s e ar t i c l e from May of 2016, the shortage is being caused by many factors, with the two biggest being

government regulation and compensation.

O ver half of all air travel is done by regional airlines and not large airline companies, such as Delta Air Lines or United Airlines. Regional Pilots receive an average salary of $27,350, while their large airline counterparts make $103,390.

For young pi lots, a license costs anywhere from $150,000-$200,000.

Another big reason is a rule change enacted by the government after a crash in Buffalo, New York.

Pr i or to t h e c r a s h , young pilots only needed 250 hours of flight time to qualify for their license;

pilots are now required to obtain 1,500 hours of flight time to be eligible.

“There [are] thousands of pilots needed right now,” said Loughman. “We would love to do our part, a couple of kids a year or something.”

While the industry is dire need, most pilots start at small airports, such as the Greene County Airport. Pilot ground school is the first step for anyone seeking to become either a private or professional pilot.

While at ground school, students will cover many topics that include weather, aerodynamics, airport operations, federal

aviation regulations and navigation.

“It’s just kind of a broad across the board science,” said Loughman.

Loughman also explained that SOAR is always looking for high school or college-aged students with an interest in flying.

“We’ve been reaching out to the high schools and the local community and if guys and girls are interested, and they can come out and take a look at it,” said Loughman.

“We would love to see the universities get involved.”

Whi le re aching out to the community and measuring their interest

in flight is a goal of SOAR, Loughman said the main goal of his group is very simple.

“My group is just trying to keep the airport alive,” said Loughman. “We are just trying to create an interest in aviation.”

For a ny on e w h o i s interested in attending pilot ground school or for any additional information, Jeff Halliday can be reached at 7249 9 8 - 6 9 7 3 , or c ont a c t Loughman himself, at 724-344-9693.

Although there is no cost for the school, a $50 donation is requested at some p oint during the class.

Lavern's Place diner going on 30 years of low-priced service

By ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Janice Gottschalk serves weekly as the head cook and coordinator for Erin's Inside/Out Cafe. While she does feed people in a literal sense, she also thinks the fellowship helps to feed the souls of those in attendance.

Food for the soul

Free dinner at local church aims to feed community

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

Erin’s Inside/Out Café began in August 2012, on the front porch of the Waynesburg First United Methodist Church. Located on N Richhill St. was Janice Gottschalk, who, one day, had donuts, coffee and water out for by-passers. Five men stopped and ate.

As the summer went on, there was one man who appeared to eat several donuts each time he appeared.

Gottschalk realized that this might be the man’s dinner.

After a few months, she started adding sandwiches and chips, what she referred to as ‘picnic food’ to the selection.

Gottschalk became the chief cook for the people who came, as more and more started coming. She said she was feeding almost 35 people before she started needing help.

She wasn’t able to carry it anymore—literally, the pots became too heavy for her to carry herself.

She is now the coordinator for the café, which serves about 70 people every Monday and Wednesday, and has, on average, 15 volunteers.

Erin’s Inside/Out Café is open from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., or until the café runs out of food. The café is not all-

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

A memorial plaque and a photo of Erin Jedlowski, the woman behind the Inside/Out Cafe, hangs in the back of the chapel at First United Methodist Church. you-can-eat, as it continues to provide simple meals and beverages; however, it does supply to-go meals so that people are able to pick up a meal for family members who are unable to attend.

The café was named after Erin Jedlowski, who was the director of Missions Youth at Waynesburg First United Methodist Church. Jedlowski died in a car accident when several members of the

church were on their way during a mission trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Gottschalk said the internal injuries Jedlowski suffered were too severe for her to make a recovery, so Jedlowski’s parents made the difficult decision to take her off of life support and donate her organs.

Now, the café is able to help those in need just as

Jedlowski did.

“We wanted to honor her life and her dedication to Christ by taking this idea that she had given us about taking what goes on inside of church to the outside,” said Gottschalk. “Therefore we got the inside/out café, Erin’s Inside/Out Café.”

Pastor David L ake acknowledged the plaque and picture of Jedlowski in the back of the chapel in her honor. He said the café is “really a living legacy for her,” as it serves people the way she used to give back.

Gottschalk said that while the café was created to feed people of the community, it also builds relationships. She refers to the café as a type of relational ministry. Lake believes the café is especially impactful during this time of the year.

“It’s pretty important this time of the year to give a warm place for people to come in and use the restroom and get washed up if they need to and sit down and socialize and have a nice hot meal,” he said.

Lake, who has only been at the church since July 2016, said because of his schedule, he is unable to make Monday nights. But he usually attends the Wednesday dinners to help serve coffee to attendees and to socialize with some of the people. He said Erin’s Inside/ Out Café is simply fascinating.

The regulars agree.

“The friendships with ever yone here and the hospitality of everyone here is fantastic,” said Marvin Miller, a member of the community SPAGHETTI >> B4

L av e r n’s P l a c e i s a reminder to the small Waynesburg and Jefferson c om mu n it i e s of w h at community really is and what it really means.

The small diner is about four miles off Roy Furman Highway and ser ves not on ly Way ne s bu rg customers, but also those from Jefferson as well. The diner is going on 30 years, following a failed bar that was in the building before.

The owner of Laverne’s Place is Lavern Thistlehide herself, who has been the owner of the restaurant since 1987, and since t h e m i d - 1 9 9 0 ’s , h e r son, Bill Thistlethide, has taken over running the restaurant.

The diner has become a staple in the two communities because of its low prices, and Bill understands the purpose of keeping his prices low.

“She keeps the prices down because we make most of our stuff here, all our daily specials are done here. Meat loafs, sauces,

pies, cakes, dumplings – it’s all made here,” said Thistlehide. “We keep the prices low because our clientele is 55 or over and on a fixed income.”

Thistlethide was originally just the handy man of the restaurant. He previously worked jobs out of state and construction jobs in state, but eventually came to help his aging mother run the restaurant.

“Money is not good, it’s a minimum wage job,” said Thistlehide. “I do this because of my mother – she is 83 years old, she doesn’t need to be up here these kind of hours.”

Lavern ’s Place is what e ve r yon e w ant s t h e i r favorite restaurant to be.

Walk in, be referred to by first name and have great food for a great price: these have become the expectations for regulars Ron and Linda Paes.

“Bill makes excellent food, good soup, plus the people – we all socialize,” said Linda. “It’s my home away from home.”

As the years have gone DINER >> B4

Greene County's geocaching program returns for 2017

By EMILY HACKMAN

News Convergence Editor

G r e e n e C o u n t y ’s Department of Park and Recreation “Cache Me If You Can” geocaching program, which garners national attention, is back for its fifth consecutive year in 2017.

Treasure hunters will have to scour the county to find the containers that hold their reward.

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game where participants use a global positioning system (GPS) to f ind hidden caches or treasure that are situated in public locations.

Parks and Recreation Manager Pam Blaker is in charge of the geocaching program for Greene C o u n t y. To h e r, t h e program always ends up as a success to both the Department of Recreation and those who participate.

“It is a very successful program,” said Blaker.

“[Geocaching] gets people to go out to the parks and is a neat idea for families and children.”

APRIL MORRIS

Greene County Parks and Recreation Assistant

“Each year, we see new people participating both from the surrounding community as well as from across the state. We also had people as far away as Texas, Arkanas and Michigan complete the program.”

Greene County Parks and Recreation Assistant, April Morris, said that the national geocac hing website adds to the success of the program.

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EDITORIAL

Trump and media

We must stay informed, pay attention to news Mass media has been under fire for approximately the past two years, as President Donald Trump has questioned the authenticity of multiple news stations during his rise to the White House. The only outlets that society is able to accurately obtain information from are slowly losing the trust of those they rely on across the country.

The Yellow Jacket neither supports or opposes President Donald Trump – however, objective reporting through factual based information and interviews is something we strive to do effectively and efficiently.

Trump has clashed heads multiple times with the media throughout his short political career. From the coverage of his statements as a Republican presidential candidate to the size of his inauguration crowd and many more in between, President Trump has not shied away from questioning the media’s intentions and calling them “biased.” While some news outlets advocate for certain partisan issues, the necessity of objective reporting cannot be overexpressed.

Having now created the term, “alternative facts,” discussion becomes strained and argumentative, as party representatives cannot even agree on the facts within the conversation. However, only when people communicate effectively can they achieve great things – defeat disease, achieve unity and make great discoveries.

Now—more than ever—is the time to subscribe to news outlets that offer pertinent information and breaking news. The Washington Post, the New York Times, and other large media newspapers offer subscriptions for relatively low prices, even for college students.

Staying informed is important in this day and age.

Without objective reporting through factual based information, a country can be run off of pure fear and manipulation rather than the truth. Great insights into the American perspective are provided every day through journalism that seeks to tell a human story. Rejecting the opportunity to even acknowledge these stories is near the peak of ignorance.

Lastly, do not be afraid to be yourself. Support what you support, and be bold. Being the change you want to see in the world is more than just a quote on the back of some high school’s graduation shirt.

Simply posting on Twitter that you are in support or opposed to something accomplishes absolutely nothing.

Seek facts. Information. An argument. Something solid to stand on.

No matter what side of a debate you are on, it is instrumental to your own cause to understand both sides of the argument. Climate change, abortion, immigration – all of these issues are still widely debated today in society due to the Presidential Election back in November. Simply standing your ground, refusing to budge at all solves nothing. Seek facts and information.

Couple that with an attentive ear to not only listen, but understand another’s reasoning as well, and you are well on your way to being a more than solid American citizen.

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February 02, 2017

Hi, I’m Teghan, and I run cross countr y. No, four miles at once really isn’t that much.

Yes, I actually do enjoy running sometimes. Yes, cross country actually is a sport—did you catch that PAC Championship banner unveiling?

When people find out I am a long distance runner, or when I am trapped at an awkward family reunion with great-aunts and uncles I haven’t seen in years, I know I will be bombarded with these

questions—ever y time, without fail.

Also occurring ver y often: someone will say something along the lines of, “Oh you run cross country? That’s not a real sport.”

Stop. Just stop.

Cross country is certainly not a mainstream sport—no one congregates with their friends Sunday afternoons, surrounded by hot wings and buffalo chicken dip, to cheer on the nation’s fastest 10k runners.

And aside from that brief period of Olympic glory every four years, few can ever name a national running personality.

I was shocked to find

out that my own mother doesn’t have the faintest idea who Steve Prefontaine is. Come on, Mom. But all of these things— the following, the fan base—is that what qualifies a physical activity as a sport? What makes a sport?

If you ask me, it’s competition. It's grit. It is achievement.

Ever ything you love about football and baseball exists in cross country—you just haven’t been paying attention.

You probably lost interest when you didn’t see a ball or goal/hoop/end zone. But in reality, the best cross country teams have interesting, complex

racing strategies, elevating teammates to get across the line quicker and toying with competitors.

We have a game plan, and our team scores points, just like any other.

Also, to be frank, you have no idea how hard cross countr y runners work. I think a lot of bystanders are under the incorrect notion that we just go out for a pleasant, easy jog every day.

These same bystanders tend to be the ones who can’t handle jogging for a single lap around a track, but I digress.

Anyway, we don’t do that.

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World is really not all doom and gloom BRENDAN KEANY Columnist

I’m tired.

I’m tired of going on social media to see my “friends” argue about politics by posting some B.S. video that they somehow think definitively proves their viewpoint.

I’m t i re d of p e opl e identifying themselves as conservatives or liberals, Republicans or Democrats.

I’m tired of the negativity.

So, for the next 200 words or so, I’m just going to list a bunch of facts to show humanity is not ending as we know it, and

that we are much better off than our political division makes it seem.

“B e t w e e n 1 9 9 1 an d 2010, the mortality rate of cancer fell by 20 percent” (The Chive).

“Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half ” (PolitiFact).

“Boys and girls are enrolling in primary school at nearly equal rates, and there are half as many children out of school today as there were 15 years ago” (PolitiFact).

“The vast majority of hungry people live in developing regions, which saw a 42 percent reduction in the prevalence of undernourished people between 1990–92 and 2012–14” (World Hunger).

“In the 1940’s, 300 of every 100,000 people would die as a result of war. Now it’s less than one” (Wonderful Engineering).

“In 2001, 557,000 were murdered worldwide. By 2008, that number had dropped to 289,000. The homicide rate is declining in 75 percent of nations” (Wonderful Engineering).

See? There are a lot of positive things happening in the world right now, but many people are too focused on the nuances and neglect to see the big picture.

O ne of my f avor ite things that my mom taught me was a simple way to understand exactly what I’m currently describing.

Take a napkin. Now draw a small dot on that napkin and fill it in. Describe what you see.

If I had to bet, I would say a majority of you focused on that dot, completely disregarding the white space around it.

I’m not naive, and I’m not here to say the issues of today are small and unimportant.

In fact, there are a ton of problems in the world today.

We still witness terror, disease, war, unrest, racism, hatred—the list goes on. We are far from a utopian society—nowhere near a perfect place.

However, many people DOOM >> B3

BUILDING OUR CAMPUS

Waynesburg boasts robust, diverse history The following is an overview of the history of Waynesburg University as part of the Building Our Campus series.

By TIFFANY MORGAN Editorial Assistant

Waynesburg University, formerly known as Waynesburg College, was founded in 1849.

The institution received a written grant from the Pennsylvania State Legislature March 25, 1850, establishing "a college or public school for the education of youth in the English and other languages, literature and the useful arts and sciences."

According to the Waynesburg University website, leaders from the Pennsylvania Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church founded Waynesburg College in 1849 by establishing a mission to open "an institution of higher learning within its bounds."

The first president, The Rev. Joshua Lougrhran was appointed by the institution in 1850, and served for five years at Waynesburg.

Initially the institution functioned as two separate units—the men’s college and

the female seminary.

The female seminary, led by a principal, had a separate seal, met at a separate location, conducted independent commencement exercises and offered diplomas instead of degrees.

The course of study for the women was also shorter than the men’s—therefore, the first class to graduate from Waynesburg College, the class of 1852, consisted only of females.

A few years later the full collegiate course of study was made available to women who chose to pursue it, and in 1857, Waynesburg College became the first school in Pennsylvania and one of the first in the nation to present degrees upon women.

C ommemorat ions of Wa y n e s b u r g ’s f o u n d ing have been occurring throughout its existence.

In the 1937 issue of Waynesburg’s "Mad Anthony" yearbook, an annual Founder’s Day Chapel service was covered.

In addition to that coverage, a 14-page article was published in the Washington Observer Reporter June 11, 1949, to commemorate Waynesburg College’s centennial.

During the same year, the college published a centennial series entitled "A Christian College Comes of Age: 1849-1949."

Janet Brown played a key role in establishing the university’s modern Charter Day Convocation.

Brown worked at Waynesburg from 19851991 as Director of College and Church Relations and Director of Development.

In March of 1987, Waynesburg’s first official Charter Day celebration, as we know it today, took place and was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg.

During this time, the institution was under the supervision of its thirteenth president, Dr. J. Thomas Mills, Jr., who held office from 1983-1988.

After the 1987 ceremony,

the students, faculty and staff started what would become a Waynesburg tradition; gathering in front of Miller Hall for a Charter Day photo.

According to the 1987 issue of Waynesburg’s "Mad Anthony" yearbook, Charter Day was held to "celebrate the long life of the college and to salute the senior class."

Today, Waynesburg University continues the tradition of honoring its founding through an annual Charter Day celebration.

Although the names of the different commemorations and the activities associated with them have changed over the years, what will always remain as a dedication to keeping the founding spirit of 1849 alive through faith, learning and serving.

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Cheat Sheet: Canada mourns mosque shooting in Quebec Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

One day after a Texas mosque burned to the ground, six people were killed and eight others injured during a mosque shooting in Quebec.

All of those killed were men between the ages of 39-60, said the New York Times.

According to CNN, Alexandre Bissonnette is being charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five attempted murder charges, and he is also being investigated for an act of terror.

Fox News reported that Bissonnette is 27 years old and was a student at Laval University, which is located near the mosque.

“In what was described as a coordinated attack, witnesses say at least two gunmen wearing black f ired indis criminately into dozens of worshipersincluding families-in the mosque...Authorities have

Tribune News Service

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a town hall meeting on Jan. 12, in Ontario. Trudeau recently condemned the Quebec mosque shooting that ocurred on Sunday, which resulted in the death of six men. not released a possible motive, but police are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.

They’re also trying to determine if the shooter had accomplices,” according to CNN. There has been an outcry from those within the Muslim community, as well as those who support the community following these two events, which coincidentally occurred the following days after

Trump signed an executive order that prohibits people from certain countries from entering the United States.

According to BBC, a GoFundMe page received around $1 million to rebuild the aforementioned pulverized mosque located in Victoria, Texas.

The same report does also state that officials have yet to determine the cause of the fire, which started early Saturday morning.

As for the shooting in Quebec, two people were arrested following the incident, but police now say only Bissonnette is being charged, while the other previous suspect is now considered to be a witness.

This mosque, located in the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center, has dealt with crimes in the past, as recently as last year.

“Last year, the cultural center received a wrapped pig’s head and a magazine

with a pig on its cover, saying ‘Bonne Appetit,’ according to a post on its Facebook page,” said CNN. According to the New York Times, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as several other Canadian politicians, condemned the attack with the general message being one of solidarity and unity overcoming violence and separation. “ Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in

a cowardly attack on a mosque in Quebec City.

My thoughts are with victims & their families,” said Trudeau via Twitter.

He also released a statement on behalf of the nation.

“While authorities are still investigating and details continue to be confirmed, it is heart-wrenching to see such senseless violence,” he said. “Diversity is our strength, and religious tolerance is a value that we, as Canadians, hold dear.”

Around the continent, extra security measures are being taken to prevent similar attacks.

According to Newsweek, “Canadian police visibly patrolled mosques and schools in Muslim communities in several cities on Monday following the shooting attack.”

The New York Times stated that mayor Bill de Blasio said New York police were providing more protection for mosques as well.

“All New Yorkers should be vigilant,” he said on Twitter. “If you see something, say something.”

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

1) Immigration ban affects Muslim nations President Donald Trump relieved acting Attorney General Sally Yates of her duties Monday night.

She had directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend Trump’s controversial executive refugee and immigration ban.

Yates, who assumed the positon while former President Barack Obama was in office, was replaced by Dana Boente, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Yates had “betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States.”

The executive order, signed on Friday, had temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.

Yates had previously said in a memo that she was not convinced that Trump’s order was lawful and that its defense was consistent with the department’s obligation to “always seek justice and stand for what is right.”

Rich Lowry of National Review said that nowhere in the Constitution does it say the U.S. can't take a break from immigration.

Boente, 62, will lead the Justice Department until Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is confirmed by the Senate later next week.

-Fox News Jan. 30

Tribune News Service

Demonstrators converge in reaction to the executive order travel ban on Sunday, Jan. 29, outside Terminal 5 of O'Hare International Airport.

2) Against UN resolution, Iran tests missile U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday that Iran has conducted a ballistic missile test in violation of a United Nations resolution.

The launch of the missile occurred at a test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, on Sunday.

The medium-range ballistic missile flew 600 miles before exploding in a failed test of a reentry vehicle, officials said.

Iran defense minister Brigadier Gen. Hossein Dehqa n said in September of last year that Iran would start production of the missile.

Put in place just days after the Iran nuclear deal was signed, U.N. resolution 2231 calls on the Islamic Republic not being able to conduct such tests.

Yet, this is believed to be at least Iran’s second test since July.

The resolution originally was supposed to bar the country from conducting

such ballistic missile tests for eight years and went into effect on July 20, 2015 with the help of President Obama.

The landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers does not include provisions preventing Iran from conducting such tests.

Iran claims the tests are legitimate because they are not designed to carry a nuclear warhead.

-Fox News Jan. 30 3) Boy Scouts to now allow transgender boys Having been its stance for more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America announced on Monday that the group will now begin accepting members based on the gender listed in their application, meaning transgender boys can now join the organization.

“For more than 100 years, the B oy S couts of America, along with schools, youth sports and other youth organizations, have ultimately deferred to

the information on an individual’s birth certificate to determine eligibility for our single-gender programs,” the group said on its website.

“How e v e r, t h at ap proach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state.”

This new information reverses a polic y that gained controversy late in 2016 when a transgender New Jersey boy was kicked out of the organization around a month after having joined.

“After weeks of significant conversations at all levels of our organization, we realized that referring to birth certificates as the reference point is no longer sufficient,” Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said in a recorded statement on Monday.

T h e B oy S c o u t s o f America ended its ban on openly gay youths participating in its activities in 2013, while two years later

it ended its ban on openly gay adult leaders.

-New York Times Jan. 30

being called into question.”

-CNN Jan. 30

4) Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees In the wake of Donald Trump’s recent temporary immigration bans from seven Muslim-majority countries, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz had a unique way of fighting back.

S chultz announced on Monday that the coffee behemoth intends to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in 75 countries. Special focus is to be made for those who acted as interpreters or as support personal for U.S. military.

In a letter Sunday to Starbucks employees, Schultz made sure to reiterate the company’s backing of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Dick Durbin’s (DIll.) for their support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Additionally, the company once again stated it’s work of “building bridges, not walls, with Mexico” following Trump’s border wall plan announced earlier this week.

In the piece, Schultz stated he was worried about the temporary order prohibiting U.S. entry for migrants from the aforementioned countries.

“I write to you today w it h de ep concer n, a heavy heart and a resolute promise,” Schultz opened his letter. `“We are living in an unprecedented time, one in which we are witness to the conscience of our country, and the promise of the American Dream,

5) ACLU receives $24 million in donations In the weeks after his Nov. 8 election, President Donald Trump has had a surprising impact on the American Civil Liberties Union.

In fact, they received so much money in online donations – $15 million – than an official with the century old organization called the flood “unprecedented in our history.”

They received that $15 million before he was even inaugurated.

Spurring massive protests across the country and globe, President Trump signed many executive orders, making good on a few of his campaign promises regarding women’s rights, the environment and immigration within the United States.

This past weekend alone, the ACLU received $24 million in online donations from over 350,000 people, a spokesman told The Washington Post early Monday morning.

Such a sum of money supersedes its annual online donations by six times.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director told Yahoo News.

“People are fired up and want to be engaged.

What we’ve seen is an unprecedented public reaction to the challenges of the Trump administration.”

-The Washington Post Jan. 30 Information curated by Matt Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket

XC: Our sport is your punishment Doom: We're actually making strides Continued from XC

We have extensive lifting schedules to build power and prevent injury; we have speed workouts that keep our lungs gasping and muscles screaming for relief.

We pound up hills that leave us huffing and puffing, limbs feeling useless and defeated, and then we go down to the bottom and start all over again.

We have long days, when we run—not ‘jog’—for miles and miles, reaching the double digits. Rain, snow or blistering heat, there is not day off.

My point is, it is hard work—work that most other sports use only as punishment when athletes don’t perform well.

There may not be a game

Everything you love about football and baseball exists in cross country — you just haven't been paying attention. to play, but there is grit and grind.

We compete; we win; we lose—just like any other

sport.

I know it is not the most exciting thing to watch.

The non-runner won’t typically be excited to stand on the sidelines of a cross country course— often the middle of a wet, grassy field on a chilly November morning—eagerly awaiting to hear the results of a race.

But try not to underestimate runners.

We are like any other athletes, and we work tirelessly to improve ourselves and our team.

We go to practice, we fight through injuries, we get banners.

Take us seriously.

hold the view that we are going downhill.

We, as humans, are sliding into an abyss and we have no way of getting out.

The United States, and the rest of the world, for that matter, is trending down. I just found several reasons that the opposite claim could be made.

We are learning to combat disease.

We are learning how to eradicate poverty.

We are learning the importance of education and keeping kids on that path.

We are learning how to feed the hungry.

We are learning how to deal with problems

through diplomacy, as opposed to war.

We are learning how to coexist.

This may seem like a strange time to share this viewpoint, considering the news out of Quebec this week, as well as the news of banning people from certain countries from entering the United States.

[I am not expressing my viewpoint on this issue one way or another—simply noting the sadness in knowing some people felt it a necessity.]

However, there have been phenomenal efforts made by people of all backgrounds to make sure

differences in race or religious preference are supported.

The last 50 years have been remarkable for the advancement of humans, but right now, people are focused on red states and blue states, calling people bigots and snowflakes and judging people based on their political preferences.

Of course we’re not perfect, and it will continue to be an arduous process.

There are extremists on all sides of the coin.

But before you let a shared Facebook video convince you that the end is near, think of how far we’ve come.

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February 2, 2017

USO celebrates 75 years of helping veterans in need

By GRACE HUTCHISON Staff Writer

T h e Un i t e d S e r v i c e Organizations (USO) is celebrat ing t heir 75t h anniversar y of helping veterans in need, both at home and overseas.

On the USO website, the organization outlines their mission as “to serve the men and women in the U.S. military, and their families, throughout their time in uniform.” Their focus is providing the 21.8 million veterans currently living in the U.S. and the 1.4 million active military members with services making life more pleasant both on and off of the battlefield.

According to Dalene W i l s o n , t h e Ve t e r a n Affairs Director in Greene County, there are over 3,600 veterans in the county who could have benefitted from the USO in the past.

"Pennsylvanians should be proud of their strong militar y participation," said Wilson. "It shows our patriotism."

At their 180 different locations worldwide, they help deployed soldiers, veterans, their families and soldiers transitioning to life back at home. The USO is a private, nonprofit organization, so it is not funded by the federal government, but is instead run by the generosity of donors. Their staff is made up mostly by volunteers, though they do offer careers and leadership positions.

Even with 180 different USO centers, the y are still not able to access all overseas soldiers. To those that they cannot access, they have provided 3.2 million free international prepaid calling cards for soldiers to use to contact loved ones.

The USO’s functions include sending care packages and video m e s s a g e s t o s o l d i e r ’s children and providing Wi-Fi, calls to loved ones, movies and video games to people in combat.

T h e i r m o s t p opu l a r offering is providing

c a l ling to love d ones, even in the most remote places that soldiers are stationed. Their Wi-Fi connection has allowed soldiers the opportunity to video chat while their wives are in labor and delivering their children.

As of 2014, soldiers had pl a c e d m ore t h an 1 . 4 m i l l i on c a l l s t h ro u g h the USO to loved ones back home.

According to t heir website, 22,762 ser vice members reported that their morale was positively impacted by USO2GO in 2014. USO2GO is a mobile form of the USO centers.

Instead of being buildings, they bring movies, video games and food to soldiers in tents in order to assist those who they otherwise may not have been able to.

The USO is also wellknown for their mission to connect soldiers, not only with their loved ones, but American culture and entertainment. They have publicly received donations from 63 celebrities, including former President Barack Obama.

Since the USO began in 1941, they have sent countless singers, actors and entertainers to the soldiers overseas to brighten their stressful days and show support from their home.

One of their most wellknown advocates is Steven Colbert, former host of The Colbert Report, who filmed his show for a week in Iraq.

He incorporated soldiers into his show, as well had them in the audience. His support of the USO and their mission earned him the title of “Mr. USO” in 2009.

The USO’s mission of connecting soldiers with loved ones and providing veterans with care after their return home continues to benefit service members and their loved ones 75 years after their creation.d ones and providing veterans with care after their return home continues to benefit service members and their loved ones 75 years after their creation.

Top: Breanna Fazio, Yellow Jacket; Bottom: Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

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With an original goal to finish construction by April 2017, the First Federal Bank's extension on High St. is right on schedule. The building's construction is to be mirrored off the historic Allison Building, the originating location of Waynesburg's Rain Day celebration. According to the Sept. 8 issue of the Yellow Jacket, the new building will demonstrate the bank's growth as they pursue expansion.

Cache: Up to 50 visitors participate in challenge

Continued from B1

“Geocaching.com provides a lot of the traffic to the caching sites,” said Morris. “It gets people to out to the parks and is a neat idea for families and children.”

“C a c h e M e I f Yo u Can,” showcases eight of the local recreation sites in Green County. These locations are: Mon View Park (377 Stoney Hill Road, Greensboro), Wana B. Park (355 Ceylon Road,

C ar michaels), Gre ene River Trail (Greene Cove Trail Head, Millsboro), G r e e n e R i v e r Tr a i l site 2 (Old Crucible Mi ne Site, C r u c ibl e ) , Greene County Airport (417 E Roy Furman Hw y), Greene C ounty Te n n i s C o u r t s ( 9 0 0 Rolling Meadows Road, Way ne s bu rg ) , Gre e ne C ounty Fairgrounds (107 Fairgrounds Road, Wa y n e s b u r g ) , a n d A l p h a Aq u at i c s ( 2 0 0 E R o y F u r m a n Hw y, Waynesburg).

Participants are requested to fill out the “Cache Me If You Can” bro chu re t hat c an b e fou nd on t he Gre e ne County Parks and Recreation website, www. co.greene.pa.us, with the pass codes that are located in each hidden cache.

The brochure also includes clues of where the caches are hidden.

“O n a v e r a g e t h e r e are 40 to 50 visitors the complete that geocaching challenge,” said Morris.

Participants are

asked to send the codes along with their name, address, phone number and t-shirt size to the Department of Recreation (107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg) or by email at pblaker@co.greene. pa.us to receive a “Cache Me If You Can” t-shirt, Greene County souvenir coin and a recognition letter of their accomplishment.

The Gre ene C ounty Parks and R e cre at ion geocaching program will run until Dec. 31, 2017.

Diner: Regular customers keep business moving Spaghetti: Gottschalk looking for replacement

Continued from B1

by and the people have gotten older, Lavern’s Place has become a social club for those past their prime and no longer looking to go to bars for goodnights.

T h e Pa e s h ave a l s o become friends with people in the restaurant on Facebook.

“At our age, do you see us going down to the local bar?” said Ron, a retired coal miner.

Even those who don’t go as often still see the value in such a small business that also provides s u c h g r e at m e a l s f o r great prices.

“I know lots of people; I know Lavern , it’s just comfortable,” said June Schriber, who has been coming to Lavern ’s for eight years.

The staff themselves have gotten into a routine of the customers, knowing drinks and orders before they sit down to order. “ We h a v e a l o t o f customers that are re g u l ars ,” s ai d S ar i na Gilbll, a server at Lavern’s Pl a c e. “Wit h a l ot of customers, you don’t know their names, you just know what they drink, so as soon as they come, they know we know what to get them.”

Bill doesn’t know when he will retire, but he said

Continued from B1

who has been a regular for about a year now.

Gottschalk said she hopes to find someone at the end of this year to replace her as coordinator so that she can simply be there for relational ministry.

Lake said the Waynesburg

First United Methodist Church isn’t the only church that provides meals to members of the community. Word of mouth, which was how Erin’s Inside/Out Café became so popular, is one of the ways people are learning about the different options they have available.

For more information, contact Gottschalk at 724998-1302.

Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Decorated for Valentine's Day, Lavern's Place Diner is ready for yet another season of family-style business.

that his mother will most likely sell his business after he retires. Nevertheless, he still enjoys what he does.

“The best part of this whole day is when I can walk from the back kitchen and I get an 85-year-old man telling me she used to make spinach rice for 45 years,” said Thislethide.

“But mine is better than hers—now that is a compliment.”

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Women's basketball avoids home upset with 2nd half comeback

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

The last time Waynesburg University’s women’s basketball team faced Thiel was earlier this season, and the Yellow Jackets outscored the Tomcats 25-5 in the first quarter alone. A month and a half later, the story wasn’t quite the same for the Yellow Jackets.

“We definitely came out slow,” said senior guard Katie Gehlmann. “We always talk about getting a good start. I really didn’t know why we

came out like that; we beat them by [28] last time.”

After the first quarter, Thiel led by two. By halftime that margin was even larger as the Tomcats, who were 1-10 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play entering the game, led 32-22. Through the first half, there were a range of aspects the Yellow Jackets were struggling to accomplish. Head coach Sam Jones said the team was missing the details to the game.

“We were lethargic,” said Jones. “We didn’t play with a lot of energy, and we didn’t

pay attention to detail.”

Some of that detail, Jones said, was the coverage on junior forward A d d y K n e t z e r.

T h rou g h the game, Knetzer, the leading point scorer for the Jackets, was often triple teamed. Although Jones said the team is accustomed

to dealing with similar situations, they struggled to execute against Thiel. “ [ I n the] first half, we tried to make adjustments,” said Jones. “We really just tried to get back to what we should have been doing, but we didn’t quite pull that off at any point in

the first half.”

With unsuccessful attempts to get the team back on track, Jones entered the second half of the game with an uncharacteristic lineup that gave a few bench players additional playing time.

Freshman guard Erin Joyce was one of the players to receive substantial playing time. “[The changes were] just trying to wake the whole team up,” said Jones. “Something different – do something different that hadn’t been done.”

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

In a game Saturday against Thiel, the team with the best scoring margin in the conference, the Waynesburg University men's basketball team lost 74-58.

Christner frustrated with team's effort in blowout loss For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s basketball team continued its Presidents’ Athletic Conference schedule by hosting the Thiel Tomcats Saturday, Jan. 28.

When the final whistle sounded, the Jackets found themselves on the wrong end of a 74-58 final.

Af te r d e fe at i ng Grove C it y Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Jackets came in with the hope of another victory to continue a playoff push but got a rude awakening instead, according to head coach Mark Christner.

“I didn’t think we played very well.

I didn’t think we prepared very well.

It’s certainly my responsibility to get the guys ready to play,” said Christner. “I think it’s their responsibility to have the requisite energy, which we didn’t have.”

Even though Waynesburg shot 13 percent from the field in the second half, Christner did applaud Thiel for their perfomance Sautureday, and the way they played his team.

“Give credit to Thiel, I thought they were pretty good. I thought they were assertive,” said Christner. “I was really disappointed with second half effort.

It was pretty poor. There is a preparation level from our standpoint, but if you don’t [prepare] as hard as you can and as well as you can, you’re going

WBB >> C4

Kendra battles health to make it over the bar

'We didn't play like a group that believed it could win.'

By ANTONIO PELULLO

The change to start the second half of the game, according to Jones, worked.

Not only did more baskets begin to fall for the Jackets, but the defensive efforts improved as well – as Thiel was limited to single digits in both the third and fourth quarters.

“I thought we played really good defense in the [second] half,” said Jones.

“We limited [Thiel] to eight points in the third quarter and seven points in the

to get your rear end whooped like we did today. We didn’t play like a group that believed they could win.”

Junior guard Jon Knab had 18 points for Waynesburg, continuing his strong season in scoring. However, Knab said he didn’t do enough for the team Saturday.

“I still think I could have done a lot more to get my teammates open,” said Knab. “It just wasn’t enough to get the job done [against Thiel].”

In the “disappointing loss,” Knab said his team could have played better, echoing his coach’s sentiments.

MBB >> C4

A total of 23 receptions for 484 total yards.

These are the end of the football season statistics for Waynesburg University junior starting wide receiver Mitch Kendra – the way most people on campus know Kendra.

While Kendra can be found on the gridiron in the fall, when winter and spring roll around, Kendra’s holding a 15-foot pole and pursuing another passion: pole vaulting.

Pole vaulting has brought many accolades to Kendra, including school record holder for best indoor track & field vault and Presidents’ Athletic Conference Champion for the outdoor track & field season.

However, this success wasn’t always guaranteed nor did it look achievable a few years ago. *** Washington, Pennsylvania, is home to Trinity Area Senior High School, Kendra’s alma mater. The school pole vault record, said Kendra, is 14’6” and was set in 1976. By his senior year in 2014, Kendra was set to try his hand at making history – that is, until the night of March 13.

Kendra, his teammates and his coaches were playing a game of pickup basketball for fun. Kendra passed the ball down court to one of his coaches just like any other pass, but this time after releasing it, he knew something was

wrong.

“It felt like I had been hit by a sledgehammer right in the sternum,” recalled Kendra.

Being a three-sport athlete, Kendra went to track practice earlier that day and thought a break was all he would need.

As he tried to make his way off the court, a buddy passed him the ball, hoping Kendra would place it in the net.

“I punched it back in his direction,” said Kendra.

Thinking he needed rest, Kendra fell asleep early that night, but his symptoms were not resolved the next morning.

“I couldn’t even sit in a chair,” said Kendra. “Everything hurt.”

Later in the day, Kendra's coach made him go to the nurse, who told Kendra to go to the hospital and Kendra was apprehensive.

“It’s going to be a lot of money,” Kendra told his mom.

“I don’t want to do that.”

Regardless of his dispositions, Kendra found himself in a hospital room. Doctors took X-rays of his chest and returned with his diagnosis: a collapsed lung.

“I was in shock,” said Kendra. “I didn’t even know a lung could collapse.”

To refill the lung with air, doctors would stick a tube the size of a McDonald’s straw into Kendra’s side and fill his lung back up. The procedure, the doctors said, would only keep him in the hospital for a couple days, until it didn’t work. Kendra’s two-day stint KENDRA >> C3

Despite disappointing first three years, Delaney excelling for women's basketball

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

The normal college athlete has a natural progression in his or her career.

He or she plays a role as a freshman before becoming a starter and improving to reach his or her peak as an athlete as a senior.

For Waynesburg University women’s basketball player Haley Delaney, though, this isn’t the case.

The senior forward is playing the best basketball of her college career. Actually, she’s playing far better than she did in her first three seasons – starting every game, doubling her minutes and more than doubling almost every other per game statistic and shooting percentage.

She is finally playing the way she knew she could all along, becoming a key player on a Waynesburg team vying to

get to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship. ***

Waynesburg head coach Sam Jones remembers the long drives to Cincinnati – Mainville, Ohio, to be exact – to watch Delaney play in high school. Her 6’1’’ height, combined with her outside game intrigued him.

“She showed the ability to have guard-like skills even at her height and still be able to do the things that we asked her to do as a post player, which I liked in our system,” Jones said. “I envisioned her spending a lot more time at the 4, but early on she spent more time at the 5 here, which isn’t what we intended.”

A player as tall as Delaney typically can’t play outside, but as a high school sopho-

more, Delaney was on varsity. On a team with experienced frontcourt players, Delaney played guard as the tallest girl on the team, continuing to play outside for the rest of her high school career.

“I shot a lot of threes in high school,” Delaney said of the shot she didn’t often shoot in college until now.

Jones’ plan for Delaney was for her to play the four – use her height down low but also utilize her outside game.

A sprained PCL in her knee set her back to start her freshman season. She came off the bench in 22 games, logging 10.5 minutes a game and shooting 24 percent from the field.

“It made coming in and playing as a freshman even harder when I returned from my injury,” Delaney said.

Going into her sophomore

season, the plan for her to play the four changed, leading Delaney down a path of playing a position she wasn’t comfortable with because it was best for the team. *** Jones recruited Courtney Sargent, another frontcourt player, along with Delaney.

As a freshman, Sargent played in 25 games, starting 12, for the Jackets. She shot 62 percent from the field, scoring 10.5 points grabbing 7.4 rebounds in only 19 minutes a game. Sargent transferred after her freshman season, though, leaving a hole in the post.

Without Sargent, the Jackets were in need of another player to step in at the five, which ended up being Delaney.

Addy Knetzer was a freshman at the time, splitting

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

Haley Delaney is playing double the minutes she played last season and ranks third on the team in scoring at 10.8 points a game entering Wednesday. time with Delaney in the post.

Delaney played in all 27 games that season, starting 16 of them, shooting 30 per-

cent from the field and grabbing 4.4 rebounds a game.

“I was just trying to have DELANEY>> C4

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February 2, 2017 CO M M E N TA R Y

Freshman Kenneth Burrs returns from Sixth-place finish injury, propels Waynesburg to PAC win would be a success for men's basketball

By TY MCELIECE

For the Yellow Jacket

In a rivalry match for the Waynesburg University wrestling team, the Jackets were able to defeat Thiel 3212 Friday, Jan. 27. Waynesburg trailed only once during the night, and in six of its seven victories it scored bonus points.

Nothing Thiel threw at Waynesburg surprised them, according to the head coach Ron Headlee.

“We knew [Thiel] had some guys out of its line up due to injury that will probably be back for the [Presidents’ Athletic Conference] tournament,” said Headlee.

“But other than that, nothing really surprised us.”

Junior Tristan Buxton got the ball rolling, winning his match 12-3 at the 125-pound weight class.

The win continues a good run for Buxton, putting his record for the season at 34-3. The major decision served as the seventh win for Buxton by that decision, improving his record in bouts decided by major decision to 7-1.

Thiel’s only lead of the night came when Waynesburg had to forfeit its match at 133, giving Thiel a 6-4 lead.

Senior Filippo Crivelli has been hot as of late and this was no stopping point.

Crivelli has won his last four bouts by either pin or major decision.

He won his 141-pound bout by a 14-5 major decision.

Freshman Shaun Wilson won his 149-pound match by forfeit, which extended Waynesburg’s lead to 14-6.

The Tomcats answered back with back-to-back decisions at the 157-pound and 165-pound classes to

KYLE DAWSON Columnist

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Freshman Kenneth Burrs defeated Thiel's top wrestler, freshman Gage Gladysz, 5-3 last Friday. cut Waynesburg’s lead to 14-12.

Junior Derek Hull got Waynesburg back on track with a 12-4 major decision at the 174.

Senior Ryan Shank had a very dominant 17-1 technical fall at 184 pounds, which gave the Jackets a 23-12 lead.

The win of the night, according to Headlee, came from freshman Kenneth Burrs. He made his return to the lineup after missing more than two months with a knee injury that he suffered during the Washington & Jefferson Invitational.

Burrs faced off against freshman Gage Gladysz, who has been looked at

as Thiel’s top wrestler this season.

Earlier in the season, Gladysz beat Burrs 7-5 at the W&J Invitational. The match was close, but Burrs was able to beat Thiel’s standout 5-3, clinching the win for the Jackets.

“I knew I could’ve beaten him before, but I knew that this time I had to wrestle smarter,” Burrs said.

Burrs said he is hopeful that his knee injury will not affect his season moving forward. Headlee called Burrs’ win a “good revenge win.”

For his efforts in his win at Thiel, Burrs was announced as Waynesburg's male athlete of the week.

Although the Jackets had already secured the win, sophomore heavyweight Jake Evans was able to record his 18th pin of the year sticking his opponent in just 1:07 to wrap up the night.

Evans leads not just Division III but also Division I and II as well. He averages just over three minutes per win.

The win is also Evans' 33rd of the season, improving his record to 33-3.

The dual portion of the schedule ends on Wednesday, Feb. 1, when Waynesburg hosts Division-II Seton Hill at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. The match will start at 7 p.m.

At the end of the 2014-15 basketball season, the men’s basketball team at Waynesburg was the defending Presidents’ Athletic Conference runner up.

Waynesburg basketball had its winning culture restored – a culture set by the man their current fieldhouse is named after.

The university had seen arguably its best men’s team since a team led by legendary head coach Rudy Marisa, a team which made an appearance in the NAIA Final Four back in 1988. Maybe the only other teams in that discussion since Waynesburg became a Division-III school are the PAC-runnerup team in 2005-06 and the PAC Championship team in 1995-96. That 1995-96 team is the only team to win a men’s basketball PAC title in Waynesburg’s history.

That team, though, was made up by a core group of seven seniors, two of which are in the record books as 1,000-point scorers: Jason Propst and current graduate assistant Jacob Fleegle.

That team was really good.

That’s not an outlandish statement.

Senior guard Timmy Kaiser was on that team, but played 2.9 minutes per game.

Now-junior wings Jon Knab and Kendall Paige didn’t see much time on that team.

Christian Koroly wasn’t on that team.

The 2015-16 team saw transition. It saw BJ Durham return as the only player left on the team to have started more

than one game. He started 28 of 29 games in 2014-15. Last year’s other key contributors, Nate Labishak and DJ Ritchie, had not seen more than 15 minutes per game in 2014-15. Knab started almost all of last year’s games, and he was a reserve the year prior, a garbage time guy.

I don’t say all this to pity this year’s team. I don’t even say it to excuse this year’s team from what was, entering Wednesday’s game at St. Vincent, 6-13 and had only beaten Washington & Jefferson, Thiel and Grove City in conference play.

The team that had been seemingly unbeatable at home by schools not named Bethany College for years, has one conference win at home this season.

Prior the start of this season, the Jackets had two seniors rostered. It had one player who consistently started games in Knab.

The other four who played significant minutes were Paige, Kaiser, Koroly and now-sophomore wing Brennan Smith.

Fast forward to the beginning of February…Koroly is gone. Knab, Kaiser, Smith and Paige are now starting every single game.

In a balanced and unpredictable conference, Waynesburg can throw away all of that information I just threw out there and make a postseason run and make this season successful.

All it has to do is finish sixth or better.

Finishing sixth or better allows the Jackets to – most likely – avoid St. Vincent and Bethany in the first round.

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PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP Men’s Basketball STANDINGS

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

Conf. Overall 11-1 15-4 9-3 13-6 8-4 12-7 7-5 12-7 6-6 10-7 6-6 9-10 4-8 8-11 4-8 6-13 4-8 6-13 1-11 1-18

Saturday’s Box Score

THIEL 74, WAYNESBURG 58 Thiel 38 36 74 Waynesburg 36 22 58

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS

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

Conf. Overall 12-0 19-0 9-3 12-7 8-4 12-7 8-4 11-8 8-4 10-9 5-7 10-8 5-7 9-10 3-9 8-11 1-11 4-15 1-11 4-15

Saturday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 55, THIEL 47 Thiel 14 18 8 7 47 Waynesburg 12 10 17 16 55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Jon Knab..........................................18 2. Timmy Kaiser...................................10 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Cory Huff..................................................19 2. Nate Peters...............................................13 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Andrew Williams......................................15 2. Chalique Jones.........................................13 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Ethan Moose............................................20 2. Matt Dragan.............................................14 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Damion King............................................15 2. Sawyer Pauly............................................15 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Josh Lumbus............................................18 2. Tyreik Burton............................................14 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Alex Schoppen.........................................12 2. Josh Randall.............................................12 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Jarret Vrabel.............................................26 2. Deontay Scott...........................................13 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Sean Stinelli.............................................27 2. Mike Zappala............................................13 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Austin Ford...............................................17 2. Coy Patterson...........................................11

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Katie Gehlman.................................16 2. Addy Knetzer....................................9 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Lexi Arkwright..........................................14 2. Katie Lavenburg.......................................10 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Sammie Weiss..........................................23 2. Ashley Duthie...........................................15 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford.................................................27 2. Jodie Carlson............................................16 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Nikki Kiernan............................................15 2. Madison Temple.......................................13 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jess Vormelker..........................................14 2. Danyelle Lucido........................................11 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Ashley McClain.........................................18 2. Jesse Hinkle..............................................9 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknecht....................................17 2. Jackie Mathews........................................13 Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Rachel Bellhy...........................................22 2. Danielle Parker.........................................15 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Jasmine Weems.......................................20 2. Susie Ellis..................................................12

RECENT RESULTS

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, January 28 Thomas More 95, Chatham 69; Thiel 74, Waynesburg 58;Grove City 68, Wash & Jeff 61; Saint Vincent 73, Geneva 60; Westminster 74, Bethany 66

UPCOMING GAMES

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

Carmichaels

Saturday, January 28 Thomas More 94, Chathm 45; Waynesburg 55, Thiel 47; Wash & Jeff 69, Grove City 61; Saint Vincent 70, Geneva 51; Westminster 67, Bethany 60

Swimming and Diving MEN RECENT RESULTS

Wash & Jeff Waynesburg Thomas More Thiel

Saturday, January 28 Cabrini 137, Bethany 49; Westminster 154, Mount Union 146; Wheeling Jesuit 115, Wash & Jeff 111; Saint Vincent 178.5, Penn State Behrend 98.5

MATCH RESULTS

Thursday, January 26 Westminster 174, Grove City 126

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, February 4 Westminster at Clarion Diving Invite - 1 p.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Thursday, January 26 Grove City 176.5, Westminster 120.5 Saturday, January 28 Cabrini 187, Bethany 40; Franciscan 221, Bethany 38; Westminster 171, Mount Union 127; Wash & Jeff 141, Wheeling Jesuit 87; Saint Vincent 160, Penn State Behrend 78; Grove City 127, Chatham 113

UPCOMING GAMES

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

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

WAYNESBURG 32, THIEL 12 125 lb: Tristan Buxton (WAY) over Giuliano Graziosi 4-0 133 lb: Vince Vahaly (THI) wins by forfeit 141 1b: Filippo Crivelli (WAY) major decision over Vincent Mion (THI) 14-5 149 lb: Shaun Wilson (WAY) wins by forfeit 157 lb: Austin Bonacci (THI) over Landon Lohr (WAY) 11-4 165 lb: Chris Nuss (THI) over Dan Verhovsek (WAY) 6-2 174 lb: Derek Hull (WAY) major decision over John Simms (WES) 12-4 184 lb: Ryan Shank (WAY) technical fall over Cam Cianci (THI) 17-1 197 lb: Kenneth Burns (WAY) over Gage Gladysz (THI) 5-3 285 lb: Jake Evans (WAY) pinned Cody Ellis (THI) 1:07 Exhib: Adamy Rigney (WAY) pinned Cody Ellis (THI) 4:02

Satuday, February 4 Westminster at Clarion Diving Invite - 1 p.m.

RECENT RESULTS

PAC M. BASKETBALL LEADERS

PETE WILSON INVITATIONAL (DAY 1) 29. Thomas More, 8.5 pts.

Scoring: Moose, 293, GEN; Jon Knab, 286, WAY; Huff, 278, GRO

7-6 11-13 2-6 3-11

Friday, January 27 Waynesburg 32, Thiel 12

Rebounding: Scott, 186, WES; Cetoute, 141, THI; Vrabel, 138, WES

Saturday, January 28 Wash & Jeff 45, Keystone 12; SUNY Oneonta 32, Wash & Jeff 12; Wilkes 42, Wash & Jeff 8

Assists: Vaudrin, 94, GEN; Bomar, 93, CHA; King, 85, TMC

PETE WILSON INVITATIONAL (DAY 2) T-29. Thomas More, 8.5 pts.

Free Throw %: Stone, .867, TMC; D’Amico, .845, SVC; Athey, .839, BET

UPCOMING GAMES

WHATS ON THIS WEEK WCYJ-FM Westminster at Waynesburg 1:30 p.m.

WCYJ-FM, WCTV, WUSN

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Katie Gehlmann - Women's Basketball Kenneth Burrs - Wrestling

Friday, February 3 Thomas More at Thiel - 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 4 Waynesburg at Baldwin Wallace - John Summa Invitaitonal - 10 a.m.; Wash & Jeff at Baldwin Wallace - John Summa Invitational - 10 a.m.; Thiel at Baldwin Wallace - John Summa Invitational - 10 a.m.; Thomas More at Baldwin Wallace - John Summa Invitational - 10 a.m.

PAC W. BASKETBALL LEADERS

Scoring: Arkwright, 388, GRO; Owings, 337, TMC; Daugherty, 336, BET

WOMEN ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL

60 Meter: 1. Meghan Roby, 7.73, Bellarmine 200 Meter: 1. Meghan Roby, 25.04, Bellarmine; 4.

Christina Cook, 26.39, Thomas More 400 Meter: 1. Christina Cook, 58.49, Thomas More 800 Meter: 1. Erin Crone, 2:22.28, Bellarmine; 19.

Kelsey Etheron, 2:40.54, Thomas More 1 Mile Run: 1. Erin Crone, 4:59.89, Bellarmine; 25.

Shannon Sullivan, 6:06.06, Thomas More 3,000 Meter: 1. Abby Pongracz, 11:37.04, Bellarmine 5,000 Meter: Emile Hobbs, 19:22.50, Rose-Hulman 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Amanda Schnabel, 8.78, Bellarmine High Jump: 1. Jaclyn Setina, 1.69 m, Rose-Hulman Pole Vault: 1. Bridgette Mangold, 3.65 m, Bellarmine Long Jump: 1. Cienna Jordan, 5.12 m, Wash & Jeff Triple Jump: 1. Megan Barton, 10.21 m, Thomas More Shot Put: 1. Crystal Hopkins, 13.45 m, Kentucky WES; 6. Kayla Harley, 10.14 m, Wash & Jeff Weight Throw: 1. Crystal Hopkins, 16.76m, Kentucky Wes; 5. Kayla Harley, 12.41m, Wash & Jeff

MEN

ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL 60 Meter: 1. James Glenn, 6.95, Kentucky Wes 200 Meter: 1. James Glenn, 22.38, Kentucky Wes; 5.

Eddie Wintergalen, 23.67, Wash & Jeff 400 Meter: 1. Josh Hennig, 50.94, Rose-Hulman; 6.

Alex Severino, 52.61, Wash & Jeff 800 Meter: 1. Deko Ricketts, 1:54.75, Wash & Jeff 1 Mile Run: 1. Nick Matteucci, 4:19.58, Wash & Jeff 3,000 Meter: 1. Kenndey Schneiders, 9:21.34, Rose-Hulman 5,000 Meter: 1. Domnic Patacsil, 15:16.58, Wabash; 11. Ross Klocke, 16:12.38, Thomas More 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Ben Stone, 8.54, Bellarmine; 2.

Zach Hans, 8.64, Thomas More High Jump: 1. P.J. Schafer, 1.95 m, Wabash; 3. Logan Winkler, 1.92 m, Thomas More Pole Vault: 1. Nick Palmer, 4.52m, Rose-Hulman; 2.

Brandon Hutchison, 4.52 m, Wash & Jeff Long Jump: 1. Logan Winkler, 6.46 m, Thomas More Triple Jump: 1. Ezugo Onejeme, 13.49 m, Wash & Jeff; 7. Wesley Lewis, 12.69 m, Thomas More Shot Put: 1. Josh Himes, 14.82 m, Rose-Hulman; 6.

Todd Lewis, 13.17m, Thomas More Weight Throw: 1. Dillon Pruett, 16.00 m, Bellarmine; 13. Tom Hutchison, 11.58 m, Wash & Jeff

Rebounding: Addy Knetzer, 224, WAY; Daugherty, 193, BET; Vormelker, 169, THI Assists: Temple, 94, TMC; Moore, 92, W&J; Owings, 74, TMC

UPCOMING GAMES

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

Free Throw %: Katie Gehlman, .912, WAY; McClain, .906, CHA; Seig, .877, CHA

WPIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP

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BURGETTSTOWN 60, CARMICHAELS 31 BUR: 12 17 12 19 60 CAR: 10 2 8 11 31 CARMICHAELS 61, BENTWORTH 14 BEN: 2 4 4 4 14 CAR: 21 22 10 8 61

JEFFERSON-MORGAN 56, AVELLA 53 AV: 15 14 11 13 53 JM: 19 11 11 15 56 JEFFERSON-MORGAN 53, MONESSEN 34 JM: 13 19 12 9 53 MO: 8 6 10 10 34

AVELLA 84, MAPLETOWN 24 AVE: 33 24 15 12 84 MAP: 10 6 2 6 24 AVELLA 46, MAPLETOWN 43 MAP: 5 3 14 21 43 AVE: 6 11 18 11 46

BELLE VERNON 68, WAYNESBURG 48 WAY: 9 10 11 17 48 BV: 13 17 20 15 68 CHARLEROI 78, WAYNESBURG 21 WAY: 4 6 4 7 21 CHA: 28 16 15 19 78

MONESSEN 83, WEST GREENE 46 WG: 10 9 13 14 46 MO: 21 22 28 12 83 WEST GREENE 86, MONESSEN 17 MO: 2 4 4 7 17 WG: 35 31 20 0 86

February 2, 2017

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Runner exceeds expectations in both XC and track

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

Elinore Loch, a Waynesburg University junior cross country runner and track athlete, was a valuable role on the conference-champion cross country team and is doing the same for the track & field team in its indoor season.

During cross country season, she was one of the top runners on the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship team that knocked off Grove City from its 27-year run atop the conference, finishing seventh overall in the championship race. Recently, she broke Waynesburg’s school record in the 500 meter with a time of 1:23.75.

“Her breaking the school record in the 500 meter was not necessarily a surprise, albeit that record was pretty good,” said head coach Jason Falvo. “[Ellie] is so talented… so when she put out that time early, it’s a testament to how she worked over break and a testament to her dedication…

I’m not surprised and very pleased.”

However, she feels that her greatest accomplishment is something other than personal athletic triumphs.

“My greatest accomplishment ever is learning how to manage three part-time jobs, run two sports and be a chemistry major,” said Loch with a laugh.

All jokes aside, Loch is an extremely diverse individual, working part-time as a tutor, a lab assistant in the chemistry department and a worker in the cafeteria on campus, all while doing her own research.

And she is doing all of that in addition to running anywhere from 25-30 miles per week, not to mention the intense course load of being a chemistry major with a concentration in biochemistry and a biology minor.

“She fits exactly what we look for in a student-athlete, and as a Waynesburg University student,” said Chris Hardie, head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams. “Service is important to her, academics come first, she is very family oriented and she has just a little bit of an edge to her in terms of competition.

She likes to compete.”

Prior to coming to Waynesburg, Loch attended Faith Heritage School in Syracuse, New York, which is a small multi-denominational Christian school, graduating as the valedictorian in a 24-person graduating class. She said she was not very highly recruited out of high school, noting that a lot of schools wanted her to come because she had good SAT scores, but Waynesburg stood out because of Hardie’s efforts.

“Waynesburg really stood out in that respect because Hardie’s very, very, very good at recruiting,” said Loch. “My mom used to joke that he kept the postal services alive my senior year. He was sending me something almost every week.”

Hardie said that once she got here, he knew that Loch was going to be a good runner for the team, but wasn’t too sure how good yet, promptly giving her the nickname, “the wildcard.”

“Probably from the first

Rose Huwe, Yellow Jacket

Elinore Loch, pictured here leadingthe pack in a meet last season, broke the school's 500-meter indoor record earlier this season. week that I met her on campus and watched her train, I started to call her ‘the wildcard,’ which is her nickname now…but I knew she would be a trigger for us if she had a good race we would do well,” Hardie said. “Definitely that freshman year we knew she was going to be something special because she worked so hard.”

Once embedded into the program, she really began to establish herself, especially in cross country where she finished the season with 1st team All-PAC laurels.

“I never thought I could run that fast in my entire life,” Loch said. “Hardie and Michelle Cross, the women’s coach, did a really good job coaching, es-

pecially my group of freshmen that year. They knew exactly what to do and how far they could push us.”

However, her initial transition was a little difficult into cross country and track, as both Hardie and head men’s and women’s track coach Jason Falvo said.

“She was the do it all person for [her high school] in track, so when she came to us she was used to doing multiple things,” said Falvo. “When you get to college, you kind of need to specialize a bit, so that was a little bit of a struggle for her, but, over the last couple of years, we have been able to get a plan together that fits her personality, as well as what her body can handle.”

Times got a little difficult for the rising star heading into her sophomore cross country season, as a heavy course load began to take its toll on her.

“I was taking a lot of difficult classes…because we started to get into the core classes and the classes got harder, so my cross country season suffered, because I was not used to the stress, and I didn’t know how to handle it,” Loch said.

Loch was able to rebound from a tough sophomore cross country campaign and proceeded to break the Waynesburg track record in the 800-meter with a time of 2:23.

Now in her junior year, coming off the PAC Championship in cross country, she has established herself as one

of the leaders for both teams.

“She’s been a great mentor for the young athletes in cross and track. She’s really taken on a good leadership role,” said Falvo. “It’s one thing to take on a leadership role, but it’s another to take on a leadership role and do it the right way.

She’s really doing it the right way; I’ve been really pleased with her with that.”

Loch feels that the most important thing she has done at Waynesburg is to be the best teammate that she can possibly be.

“My greatest accomplishment is being a teammate.

Not necessarily being a really good runner, but a teammate for people when they need it,” Loch said. “Winning is great and all, but there’s nothing like it when people say ‘Hey, thank you,’ for something.”

Looking to the rest of the track season, expectations are going to remain high for Loch.

“I expect her to be a key component for what we’re trying to do here in the indoor season come indoor championships,” Falvo said. “We’re going to put a lot on her, and we’re going to ask her to do a lot, and we’re going to need her to do a lot.”

Loch is confident looking at the rest of the track seasons and into cross country at the beginning of her senior year this coming fall, noting that she feels like the indoor and outdoor track teams, as well as the cross country team, can all compete to win the PAC Championship.

“Things honestly look really good right now for the next year and a half, and I’m excited about it,” said Loch.

Kendra: Junior hopes to break his own record, pole vault 14.5 feet Continued from C1

would become a two-week stay, thanks to surgery that left him wondering if he could ever return to athletics.

“This was nothing,” said Kendra of his initial thoughts on the diagnosis. “At one point, I had already had two chest tubes, and I [thought], ‘I don’t even know if I will be able to do anything.’”

In order to fix the collapsed lung, doctors had to insert much larger tubes into Kendra’s side to suck out the air from around Kendra’s deflated lung. The complex procedure would keep Kendra in the hospital for two weeks.

“It was senior year, and I was being recruited for football and track by numerous schools,” said Kendra.

After being released from the hospital two weeks later,

Kendra was unable versity. After recovto be active. ering from surgery, Unable to parKendra missed ticipate, Kendra, most of his senior who was agreed track season and upon by coaches as his focus shifted a team captain beback to football. fore he was injured, “I was nervous,” was encouraged to said Kendra. “It’s come to practices really different goKendra and meets. The exing from going over perience left him with a differ- a bar and landing on the mat ent perspective. to catching a ball and having “I was able to take a step a kid hit you with a 15-yard back and appreciate the sport head start.” more,” said Kendra. “I learned Despite his fears, Kendra a lot about the sport of track & made it through football seafield in general.” son without any problems Kendra would finish his se- from his lungs and soon his nior season without the school worries shifted toward the record and his personal record track. Being as it was getting standing at 12’6”. close to the one-year anniversary of his season-altering *** injury, Kendra was nervous.

On April 14, 2015, WaynesIt is August of 2014 and burg participated in the WestKendra is starting school and minster meet on a cold day. football at Waynesburg Uni- Kendra had on lots of layers.

“My expectations for him are high. I expect for him to win conference and compete at nationals."

JASON FALVO

Head coach

After taking a warm up lap around the track, he felt extremely exhausted and was having a hard time catching his breath. He'd felt this before.

“I tried to eat it off after warm up laps,” said Kendra, but food was not his problem.

It wasn’t long till he realized what was happening. This time, it was the opposite lung.

“I didn’t want to believe that was what it was,” said Kendra.

Track & field head coach Jason Falvo knew of Kendra’s past and remembers the day it happened.

“I sat in the hospital with him,” said Falvo. “It was not good.”

While in the ambulance, the

EMT told Kendra she could not feel his lung moving and that she could not find a pulse.

Kendra’s opposite lung had partially collapsed.

After arriving at the hospital, a weird and miraculous turn of events transpired.

“When we made it to the hospital and got to the room, and they took an X-ray and my lung was fine,” said Kendra.

No one could comprehend how his lung had re-inflated.

“It was kind of like it collapsed and came back itself,” said Falvo. “It was really weird.” *** Two years in the future, and

currently a junior, Kendra has not had any problems with his lungs since that day. He’s also added more than a foot to his vault since he left high school.

Last year, Kendra broke his own personal record and school record for the second time with a vault of 14’1”.

For three years, 14’6” has alluded Kendra. Since his senior year of high school, he has been denied the satisfaction of launching himself higher than that mark, which Kendra still considers his current goal. So while his school and personal record sit at 14’2”, Kendra has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

“My expectations for him are high,” said Falvo.

“I expect for him to win conference and compete at nationals.”

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

Dawson: MBB season can still be a success Continued from C2

ner doesn’t want to play Bethany again, that is unless, obviously, it’s for a PAC title or possibly a right to play for one. So of course he does want to again, but not in the first round of the playoffs.

As of Wednesday morning, Bethany sat in fourth place in the conference standings.

Bethany has four games left against Grove City, Chatham, W&J and Thiel, three

teams in the bottom half of the conference and a Thiel team they’ve already beaten this season. It played Thomas More Wednesday and has a home game against St. Vincent left, who it already beat this season. If Bethany lost to Thomas More Wednesday, it makes their case for second more difficult, but it’s still possible.

Waynesburg doesn’t want to play them in the first round, and it’s a safe bet to assume the Bison have a good

chance at the No. 2 seed.

St. Vincent is more than likely going to be the top seed come tournament time. And not much else needs to be said about the Bearcats other than they’re the four-time reigning champs.

If Waynesburg gets the No. 6 seed, and all falls into place, they’ll have a good shot to avoid those two teams in round one. They’re better suited to play Westminster or Thomas More anyway.

The bigger reason why finishing sixth is important is it gives the Jackets a season that – despite all the adversity they have faced this season – exceeds expectations.

Waynesburg was picked to finish seventh in the PAC Preseason Poll. That’s a finish and prediction even Christner said was justified.

Finishing better than that preseason ranking with everything that has happened to this team would be a success.

Let’s be real for a second.

Koroly’s injury has been debilitating for this team.

At the time, Koroly was the team’s second leading scorer.

He was a vocal leader. A guy that had been there done that in a Jackets uniform that

could help mentor a young team. A guy who drained six threes in a game to St. Vincent, leading their head coach, DP Harris, to call him “ridiculous.” Take him away.

Take away Nick Valentic and Jo Jo West, two rotation players, the first of which was arguably the seventh man in the rotation.

With that turnover, increase the starter’s playing time and insert guys like sophomore wing Clay Carper and freshman guard Sam Heeter into roles and increased minutes, even Christner didn’t see them having this season.

A young team got younger.

An inexperienced team got more inexperienced.

Success isn’t always defined by championships.

A team can have a successful season in the grand scheme of things without winning one.

It’s about taking steps forward and growing as a program.

If at the end of the day, this team finishes better than its preseason ranking, with everything that’s happened, you can check 2016-17 off as a successful season.

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February 2, 2017

BASKETBALL PREVIEWS

Despite 3-9 PAC record, women Men return home hoping to not overlooking Westminster bolster PAC playoff chances

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg women’s basketball team will be back at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse Saturday, Feb. 4, when Westminster comes to the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference matchup.

When the teams met the first time around the PAC circuit, the Jackets were able to pick up a road victory over the Titans 74-64.

“We outrebounded them, which is always a big key,” said Waynesburg’s head coach Sam Jones. “We had pretty good ball movement in the second half. With [Westminster], they always play really hard and tough, so it’s just a matter of keeping the ball moving and winning that battle on the boards.”

For Jones, the Titans effort was a point of praise.

“They’ve always played hard, and they played well when we played them [at Westminster],” said Jones.

“They hadn’t won any conference games at that point.

They’ve since won three conference games, so they have the same intensity and hard work, but play with a

little more confidence, which makes them a dangerous team.”

Westminster proved they are not to be taken lightly last Saturday, as the Titans pulled off a 67-60 upset over Bethany, who entered action Wednesday in third place in the conference. But Waynesburg learned not to overlook Westminster last season when it suffered an 83-80 loss at Westminster to a team that, at that point, was just 1-16 overall.

The Titans are led by senior guard, Rachel Durbin, who averages 11.9 points a game to lead the team. Last time around, Durbin led all Titan scorers with 14 points.

“We’ll guard [Durbin] the way we guard kids who have her talents and her strengths, and we’ll try and take those

away from her and pressure the ball a little bit,” said Jones. “We have to just buckle up, she’s a kid who plays hard for all 40 minutes. We’ll just do our best to make every shot she takes a contested shot.”

In the first meeting between these two schools, Waynesburg sophomore point guard Monica Starre had possibly the best performance of her career, as she turned in 13 points and 11 rebounds.

“Monica’s a great rebounder, and I think that was one of the biggest things that she did,” said Jones. “She just took the shots that they were giving her. She was more aggressive in taking her shot when it was a part of the flow of the offense.”

Entering action Wednesday, Waynesburg was tied for third place with St. Vincent and in action against the Bearcats past this week's deadline for publication.

Westminster stood at 3-9 in conference play and played at home against W&J Wednesday.

Waynesburg and Westminster’s PAC contest in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, is scheduled to tip off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

By HUGH O’NEIL

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's men's basketball team had a hard time containing junior forward Clandell Cetoute of Thiel, who is one of the more dominant players in the paint in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Way n e s b u r g w i l l have the opportunity to contain another great player in the paint Saturday, Feb. 4, when Westminster travels to Waynesburg.

We s t m i n s t e r j u n i o r guard and forward Deontay Scott, who leads the PAC in rebounds, totaled twelve rebounds when the two teams faced off back in January.

“Deontay is a little unorthodox, but he gets the job done. He’s a little wider, whereas Clandell is a little longer,” said Waynesburg head coach Mark Christner. “He’s an experienced junior, so for us we have to be disciplined in terms of staying down. We have to be able to move him off the block. Deontay effects the game through his ability to rebound his own miss, and that’s what we need to contain Saturday.”

When the teams played

in January, Westminster came out on top, 58-52.

“We have some work to do. I think Westminster is pretty balanced. They have some good perimeter guys, some good post guys and they are fairly experienced,” said Christner. “What has happened prior can be helpful, and at the same time, hopefully we have grown.

Both of us are probably a little different of a team from when we played in early January.”

Christner has an idea of what his team needs to do to perform against the Titans.

“We have to be able to defend some of their weak side screen actions. We didn’t do a great job the first time we played them, especially in the first half with some of

the screen actions away from the basketball that ended up creating open shots for them,” said Christner. “The second thing is, offensively, we need to be able to score in the mid-range just a little bit against them.

I didn’t think we were able to do that effectively enough the first time that we played them, and I think we have the ability to do

so.”

Christner has learned what is essential in order for the team to succeed, even though Christner said he realizes that not every game is the same, and they can’t only focus on game film.

“The consistency and preparation from day to day is really important. I think we learned that last week. I think we played really well [Jan. 25 against Grove City],” said Christner. “Any time you get into the second cycle, essentially, you’re kind of tossing the film aside from the previous game, because it’s a little less about what had just happened and a little bit more about what’s to come.”

Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse Saturday, Feb. 4.

Delaney: Return to natural position leads to better output for senior Continued from C1

a positive attitude and do whatever coach asked me, because at that point that’s when coach asked me to start playing more in the post,” Delaney said. “At the beginning I was really against it, because in high school it was about shooting threes.”

Delaney took her sophomore season as a step forward, but the following season took her a step backward in her mind.

She played less – a lot less.

She played every game, but came off the bench in all but one of them to relieve Knetzer, who was now starting nearly every game. She played 13 minutes a game, six fewer than she played as a sophomore.

When a sophomore starts, Delaney thought, they don’t usually return to the bench as a junior. What made it even more difficult for her was that when she did play, she wasn’t playing her game.

She felt trapped in the post – confined to a game that wasn’t hers, but a game she had to play because the team needed her there.

“It was definitely frustrating, because I was uncomfortable with the position and I was working on it, but it was hard to adjust to,” Delaney said. “Plus the minutes I did get I probably put a lot of pressure on myself that I needed to do well in these few minutes to show him that I can play more.”

The season ended and Delaney looked back on her three years in disappointment, but she knew she only had one more year left.

“I put a lot more pressure

Lindsay Orzechowski, Yellow Jacket

Entering Wednesday, senior forward Haley Delaney was 12th in the conference in rebounds per game and second in blocked shots per game. on myself and I forgot why I was playing the game and my love for the game and that I should be doing this because it’s a game,” Delaney said.

“I just wanted to have fun in my last year,” she said. *** To start the season, Delaney was starting at the four.

She was hesitant to shoot a ton at the beginning, only shooting 16 shots in her

first three games. Conference play started, and she scored 10 points in a win against Bethany and then 11 points, the last being the game-winning free throw, in a win against Grove City.

Then Waynesburg traveled to Thiel, and Delaney played one of the best stretches of minutes any player can have.

She started the game off with a made 3-pointer. A few minutes later she makes back-to-back free throws –

an aspect of her game she struggles with.

She gets a steal on the next possession and then drains another three. Delaney then assisted a Jacket 3-pointer on the next possession. Then she capped off an 18-2 run to start the game for Waynesburg with another 3-pointer, ending the first quarter with 11 points.

Delaney said playing a position that she’s comfortable with is a big part of her success this season.

“I eventually got OK with being in the post and accepted it, but being able to do more equally of both being inside and outside definitely helped me,” she said.

“It’s encouraging being able to play where I like to play.”

Then Delaney played one of the best games of any women’s basketball player at Waynesburg.

She scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots on 10-of13 shooting in a win against the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. She shot 3-of-4 from 3-point range and made both of her free throw attempts.

“She played out of her mind,” Jones said.

On the season, Delaney is shooting 31 percent from three, filling a void of outside scoring the Jackets lost from the season before. Delaney has a tendency to get hot from three this year, like she did against Thiel.

Against Geneva, the Jackets were up one to start the second quarter. Delaney hit three straight 3-pointers, and three minutes into the quarter, they were up 10.

Against Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg was down a point about halfway through the fourth quarter before Delaney hit back-toback threes, propelling the Jackets to a win over W&J. “I definitely think that it has come in handy and helped the team,” Delaney said. “Maybe a couple coaches were surprised, but after a few games and I started hitting them [they realized] after watching film. It’s definitely something I can utilize now more than in the past few years.”

Now, Delaney is playing

nearly 30 minutes a game and is a top-three scorer for the Jackets.

She’s averaging 10.8 points a game this season. She’d scored 10-plus only seven times in her first three years.

She’s grabbing 6.7 rebounds a game with four double-digit rebound games, something she’d done only once in her first three years.

She’s put up a double-double in four games this season, something she’d never done in college before.

In the PAC, Delaney is 20th in scoring, 12th in rebounding and second in blocked shots. Her versatility, Jones said, is her biggest asset to his team.

“Sometimes I think in the past she’s kind of got stuck in her own mind of what role she was supposed to fulfill and this year she’s just trying to be a great player,” Jones said. “Sometimes the shots fall and sometimes they don’t, but she’s blocking shots, she’s getting assists.”

As Waynesburg attempts to make it to the PAC Championship, Delaney is playing the way she had hoped she did all along. For Jones, though, her improvement this season doesn’t come with the unnecessary hope that it would have come earlier.

“Every player’s path is different, and how they get to the end point is great,” Jones said.

“I’ll take the senior year being the peak, even if there were some valleys in between some of the others years. I think that speaks to her maturity level and her willingness to be coached and learn. I’m just happy that we see it now and it’s really a benefit to our team.”

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“[Christner] was just disappointed. We were too; we are a much better team than how we played,” said Knab.

“We know we can play a lot better than we did.”

For Waynesburg, junior wing Kendall Paige led the team in the loss with four rebounds, freshman guard Sam Heeter added a pair of

threes and Knab had 10 of his 18 points from the free throw line.

Thiel was paced offensively by junior forward Josh Lumbus, who contributed 18 points to the dominant offensive effort, while junior forward Clandell Cetoute, the PAC’s leading shot blocker, blocked six shots.Christner said the only thing his team can do is move on from the tough

loss.

“If you don’t play well or hard, you’re going to get beat no matter what, so that’s the lesson, then you’re done and move onto the next week,” said Christner.

The Jackets continue their season in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, when they take on the St. Vincent Bearcats Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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fourth quarter. Defensively, it definitely contributed and benefited our cause.”

Gehlmann led the Yellow Jackets in scoring, with 16 points including 4-4 from the free throw line.

“I felt good. Some of my shots weren’t falling but that’ll come and go I guess,” said Gehlmann. “I just tried to get to the foul line as

much as I could because I’m a good foul shooter so I just try and get there – I just try and help my team.”

With the additional efforts from the defense and more success with field goals, Waynesburg managed to take the lead and take the conference matchup 55-47.

After Thiel, Waynesburg has a tougher opponent to face next: St. Vincent.

Knetzer said that further team unity will be a con-

tributing factor against the Bearcats.

“We just have to come out wanting it [against St. Vincent,]” said Knetzer.

“We have to play together; we can’t play divided basketball. We can’t care about anything other than playing together – that’s got to be in every game.”

The women will tipoff in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME, 1:30 P.M.

MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME, 3:30 P.M.

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The crowds between two games on Jan. 28 illustrate more students attend the men's game than the women's, which coaches say may be due to the pace of the men's game and the earlier timing of the women's game. The majority of the students shown in the women's game photo are members of the men's team.

Student attendance at basketball games unequal

Pace of play, time of day possible reasons why men's games draw larger crowd than women's

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

Student sections are a common aspect of the atmosphere at many different college and university sporting events. This is no different at Waynesburg, where there typically is a student section filling the bleachers behind the hoop for men’s basketball games this time of year.

This trend has been at Waynesburg for many years, but only recently have a lot of the arrangements been made through Twitter. The account, which can be followed at @WUSTUDENTSWARM, was created in December 2014 by Joe Malta, who is now

a senior sports management major with a minor in marketing. Malta, who has been a wide receiver on the football team the last few years, said he and then-senior quarterback Carter Hill were looking to create a positive atmosphere by arranging a student section at basketball games.

Malta said that he usually talks to his friends and other students to try and gauge what themes would be good to do at the basketball games, noting that they have done whiteouts, blackouts and even Christmas sweater themes, which was a popular one.

The atmosphere that they bring, Malta said, is something he thinks the players tend to feed off of during gameplay.

“I feel like the players are like ‘Hey we got some people here for the game, chanting us on,’ and just playing sports knowing you have the whole university behind you, having your back and trying to change the game and cheering [you] on to get a win,” said Malta. “I feel like that brings energy to them and shows that the university cares about them and they want them to succeed.”

Head men’s basketball coach Mark Christner thinks that the student section has been a positive addition to the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, especially in a year where the team is, as of Jan. 31, tied for seventh place in the conference.

“We’ve been told by more than one coach

in the league that we have maybe the best student section….I think any time you can play at home and play well at home, people that are there will rally behind you,” said Christner. “…Hopefully the brand of style of basketball that we play and hopefully, how hard our guys play most of the time is something that is fun to watch and attractive for people to come watch, even if the results aren’t there.”

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Music faculty showcase expertise on stage 'Addams Family' cast excited to play unexpected roles

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

It’s not often that college students have the chance to watch their professors perform what they teach.

On Jan. 27 at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, Waynesburg’s students got that chance, as the university hosted its “faculty recital.”

Two full-time faculty, Melanie Catana, director of choral music, and Dr. Ronda Depriest, professor of instrumental music, teamed up with 10 adjuncts to make up the concert.

“We cover the gamut with our part time instructors,” said Depriest, who is the chairperson of Waynesburg’s Fine Arts department. “They are gifted, gifted musicians and gifted teachers.”

The recital is not an annual event, as it is held every other year.

“With part time faculty, they’re all professional musicians, so their schedules are pretty hectic,” Depriest explained. “We do it every other spring so it doesn't cause too much trouble for our part timers, but it gives them a place to show their skills and talents.”

The faculty recital is an opportunity for students who are majoring or participating in the fine arts department to

By HOLLY HENDERSHOT For the Yellow Jacket

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Full- and part-time faculty in the Fine Arts Department performed in a recital Jan. 27 to display the expertise they share with their students each day. learn from their professors. very well so I wanted to come song that you’re about the “That’s what we hope,” hear for myself, plus to sup- sing.” said Depriest. “We hope port the music department Catana agrees that watchthat the students see some since they do so much for ing the faculty can impact of the goals that the teachers us," said Dziak. students. are trying to move them to.

Catana says that, while the “I think it’s really imporI think if you see the profes- thought of singing in front of tant because students usually sionalism on stage from your somebody unfamiliar with only see their professors as professors, it’s got to help the her work is something that teachers in the classroom,” students.” comes up, it is not the main said Catana. “I think a lot of Another such student is focus for an artist. times they don’t realize that Heidi Dziak, who is a fresh“Mostly, what you’re these teachers are all perman accounting major, but thinking about as a perform- formers, and they’ve studalso sings in Waynesburg’s er is trying to get in charac- ied an instrument for several touring and concert choirs. ter,” said Catana. “You’re years and are proficient. I Dziak said that she attended thinking about that charac- think it’s important for stuthe recital mainly to hear ter that you’re singing and dents to experience that so Catana, her instructor for what that character is going they can kind of make those both choirs, sing. through, and how to express types of goals for themselves "I'd heard that she sings their thoughts through the too.”

The cast of Waynesburg University’s spring musical have already begun rehearsal for “The Addams Family” theater production, which will show March 21-25.

Auditions for the musical consisted of acting, singing and dancing. More than 25 people auditioned for the musical, each hopeful to acquire a role. Many of them were surprised and excited when they learned about their respective character roles, seeing new challenges and experiences to place under their belts.

Sophomore Megan Cook, for example, was taken aback after earning the role of Pugsley.

“That’s one role I really hadn’t thought that I fit into,” she said, “because I always imagined Pugsley as the little boy. But I think it will work out well, and I really think the cast will be fun.”

Cook auditioned for “The Addams Family” because of her love for musicals and being on the stage.

“I was very excited to do ‘The Addams Family’ because I found the show a few years ago and I wanted my high school to do it, but we ended up doing another musical, so I’m excited to be able to have the opportunity to play in it now.”

Sophomore Kayla Coughlin, who played Ariel in Waynesburg’s rendition of “The Little Mermaid” last year, also auditioned. She expressed the same joy to be involved in the theater department once again.

“I love musical theater,” said Coughlin. “I especially love doing it here, because you just get a different group of people than you typically will get for theater.”

Coughlin was also surprised to receive her role: Grandma.

“I didn’t think they were even going to have me read [the part],” she said. “They didn’t have me read it during auditions, and then they let me do it during call-backs, and I was ecstatic.”

Coughlin will be using MUSICAL >> D2

Prospective students required to audition for music program New selections chosen for this year's auditions

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

At Waynesburg University, prospective music majors or minors have an opportunity to get their feet wet before enrolling in college through music auditions.

Ronda DePriest, director of the Music Program, along

with Melanie Catana, director of choral music and instructor of vocal music, will oversee performances from high school students on a date that has yet to be determined. Auditions are open to any high school senior looking to attend Waynesburg University.

People who choose to audition do not have to be looking for a degree in the fine arts administration, and the auditions are also open to students who are looking for scholarships.

DePriest will observe the

instrumentalists auditioning, while Catana will watch the vocalists.

“We want to hear anyone who is making plans to come to Waynesburg [University] as a music major or minor,” said DePriest. “We’d like to hear them in the spring before they come to the campus.”

The auditions have been going on for several years, but the format stepped up when a degree in music ministry became an option.

“The repertoire that we ask students to come in with is a

little more toward a collegiate audition,” explained DePriest.

“We ask everyone to come in with a lyrical piece, and a more technical piece and then we run them through scales so we can get the ranges and just hear them on their instrument and voice.”

Auditions are quite common in the music world and for both students and instructors some challenges come with the process.

“I think part of it is on the student side, is getting through some of the nerves,

learning how to present their best product,” said DePriest.

“A lot of these musicians are young, and have different levels of experiences.”

For DePriest, one of the goals of the auditions is to help students get accustomed to what could be their home for the next four years.

“I think this gives [students] a ‘foot in the door,’” said DePriest. “We can already line them up with some ensembles. When that happens, they come in already having a musical fam-

ily here, especially those first few months. So I think they feel more a part of the overall scheme of things by going in and auditioning early and getting that done.”

For the faculty, there are a lot of areas they will evaluate.

“We’re looking for the possibility for the best success in our program for their students,” said DePriest. “We’re listening to tone quality, range, and just overall musicianship It gives us as instructors a better idea of how to help each student succeed.”

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Performing at WU reminds artist of own collegiate dreams

By RACHEL MANGAN Editorial Assistant

On Thursday, Jan 26, the Student Activities Board held the regularly popular coffeehouse event, featuring the musical artist Rachel Brown. Brown started from humble beginnings as a college kid with a dream of what she wanted her career to be.

Students have many choices when it comes to attending college, but Brown took a different approach, taking a year off in-between graduating high school and starting college. In that time, she bought a guitar and a book on how to play and her love and dream blossomed from there. Brown attended Harvard University for film studies, but her real passion was in making music. She often played at open mic nights and various other venues every chance she got.

“School was hard and a lot of the workload was stuff you didn’t want to be doing,” Brown states on her website. “Music was a really great way to release frustration. It was therapeutic, the

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After arriving from New York, Rachel Brown performed for students during Coffeehouse Jan. 26. Brown has been dreaming of being a performer since her own college days - something that has now become a reality. perfect place for me to pour out whatever anxiety I was facing.”

Brown’s most well-known song “Bumblebee” is what really kick started her career, gaining praise from well-known celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Jay Leno, while also drawing the attention of other musicians.

Ultimately this lead her to New York for the opportunity to perform for them.

“It’s really cool when people notice something you’ve created and worked hard at and find meaning in what you’ve made,” said Brown.

Brown started off her performance Thursday night with a cover of Lorde’s “Royals,” and then immediately moved into one of her original songs. Interestingly though, Brown is not just a single artist/performer anymore.

Despite performing at Waynesburg as a solo act, in her time as a growing artist, she has added eight members and has formed a band.

The group still maintains the front runner’s name but has named the newest EP “Rachel Brown: The Band.”

In her time since graduating, Brown has become a skillful guitar and ukulele player.

Brown performed an ar-

ray of covers and original songs while students moved about the Beehive getting coffee, snacks and a free Waynesburg coffee mug.

“I didn’t really get into music until later in college, but playing at Waynesburg [University] is still a reminder of what things were like when I started,” said Brown.

The students took the time to enjoy Brown’s per-

formance quietly listening while doing homework, studying and enjoying their coffee and snacks.

The crowd made sure to show their support, clapping at the end of each song and eagerly receiving Brown’s humble “Thank you’s.” Students were also encouraged to stay for the entirety of the performance with promise of raffle prizes, but there was a catch.

Students had to be present at the end in order to get the prize. Prizes included various Brown merchandise such as copies of each of her EPs, a snack basket and others. The students were given tickets while waiting in line for their coffee. At the conclusion of the event, the winners of all the prizes were named and Brown said her last thank you before packing up her instruments.

“My favorite part of performing, whether it be at a college, or a coffee house, or a concert - my favorite part will always be sharing the songs I’ve written in hopes of somebody being able to connect with the music,” said Brown.

Ethnic Food Fair Senior art student displays 4 years of work to offer tastes of various countries

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

The Ethnic Food Fair is returning Tuesday, Feb. 7, in honor of Black History Month.

“Students are allowed to come and sample a bunch of different foods from different cultures,” said Director of Student Activities Pat Bristor. “It’s just a time to come together and sample a bunch of different foods.”

It is a chance for students to widen their horizons, while being able to remain on campus, and at the same time, enjoy some new cuisines, according to Bristor.

“It’s just an opportunity to come and learn about different cultures and try some different food,” said Bristor.

Many different groups are preparing dishes for the event—the Multicultural Club, International Students, the Students Activities Board and anyone interested in making food are encouraged to participate.

The food also gives an opportunity for students and professors alike to socialize about the food and the different cultures involved.

“It is intended for people to experience other people’s cultures, to see the different foods people eat,” said Bristor. “It is a very social event.

There are a lot of students that come and engage in conversations.”

Bristor’s favorite part of the event is the food, but she does enjoy seeing the students interact and the kind of impact an event like this can have.

“I like to taste the food of course,” Bristor said. “But I think what I do like is the fellowship in the larger community, people coming together in the event, seeing students being seen together.”

Mary Woessner, secretary of Student Services, has already started to prepare, but has yet to decide on what she is going to make.

“I haven’t decided what I am going to prepare yet,” said Woessner. “I travel quite a bit; I’ve tried food from all over the world. Last year I made a Hungarian dish that had homemade noodle’s, ham and gravy.”

There are never many leftovers, but there is sure to be enough food for everyone, Woessner said. She said it can be a challenge to cook for so many people.

Woessner also reflected on how the event can be helpful and enjoyable for all.

“It’s free, it’s something for them to experience it gives them the opportunity to try foods from all over,” said Woessner.

Musical: Cast plans how to best play roles Continued from D1

a unique voice for the part of Grandma, which she is experimenting with in rehearsals.

“I had all these crazy ideas for things that I could do to be as creepy and awkward as possible,” she said. “It’s nothing like I’ve ever done before and nothing I’d ever imagined I’d do, but it’s really fun.”

Freshman English literature major Kaleb Jefferson who also has prior theater experience, got the role of Gomez, which he said was unexpected.

“It was a good sense of ‘I did something,’ you know?” said Jefferson. “I was really happy with it.”

Jefferson said he is pleased with his first experience in Waynesburg University theater so far, and has been learning to how to “capture

the emotion of being over the top, while also in control.”

“It’s been complicated,” he said, “but it’s worth it.”

Freshman pre-law and history major and theater minor Tré Thomas works the role of Stage Manager for the show. This is the first time Thomas has ever been a stage manager for a theater production. Thomas said he has felt called to take the position ever since acting in the fall play last semester.

“I have been praying a lot and I got a calling from God that I need to start moving more backstage in the musicals and in theater,” he said.

“I really got [the calling] last semester when I was in fools, so I talked to Eddie Powers and we figure this out a little earlier. I’m just trying to make more of a transition from on stage to backstage.

While stage managing presents a new challenge for

Beneath Benedum Dining Hall reside all forms of art, from the soft piano chords and the choir singing hymnals to the bright paintings and detailed sculptures lining the halls. A walk down the hall, following the works of art, will end in a room on the right that is filled with art created by senior art major, Maggie Denniston.

Denniston revealed her senior art exhibit Jan. 31. The exhibit is a requirement for all art majors, and hers will be open all month long.

The walls are covered with oil paintings, graphite drawings and other mediums of art.

Denniston, who was mostly focused on graphic and fashion design prior to college, said her passion for art stems from a trip overseas before she came to Waynesburg University.

“It started when I was on a trip to Amsterdam in summer 2013. I was immersed in art there,” said Denniston.

“I was also still deciding on what I wanted to do at WU,

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Senior Maggie Denniston created a gallery displaying her artwork from four years of college. The gallery opened Jan. 31 and will be open through February. so I talked to an art therapist that I was interested in, and that’s what I wanted to do and it seemed like a great path.”

Denniston’s favorite medium to work with is pencil, due to the ability to get hard detail in those pieces and create symbolism within them.

It is logical, then, that Denniston’s favorite piece is one of this medium.

“Beauty in the storm, it’s

a pencil drawing. It was just very symbolic of my style and what I do with my art,” said Denniston. “There is a lot of meaning to me emotionally, and I did it when I was staring to take myself seriously as an artist. It’s also my biggest drawing.”

Preparing for the show was a momentous task and Denniston said she learned all the stages on how to prep from

the class every art major takes their senior year. She said although it was a lot of “winging it,” she was prepared. Denniston had to paint the room, learn the lighting, test it out and really take what the class taught her and apply it to her exhibit.

Denniston hopes her exhibit fills people with joy when they walk in and view her work, since art brings her joy.

She also hopes who people visit her exhibit will become more engaged and interested in the art.

Denniston, who also has a psychology minor, plans to become an art therapist someday and said Waynesburg has done a great job preparing her for that day.

“I think it was about the guidance I got here at Waynesburg and how to prepare to set up a future I wanted,” said Denniston. “I talked with Andrew Heisey and the psychology department about how I could become an art therapist.

That’s how I got a psychology minor and earned the credits.”

Denniston is currently in the process of applying to numerous graduate programs, focusing on art therapy.

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Jones believes the reason for the lack of student attendance has to do with the nature of the men’s game compared to women’s games.

“I say this, wishing it were different, but the men’s game is faster,” Jones said.

“It seems more exciting, you have to actually understand and enjoy the game of basketball I think because our games aren’t that fast paced, because we’re not guys. I think that’s why we have to be even better.”

Another reason Jones believes that the student section isn’t as prominent at the women’s games compared to years prior is that they are not winning as much as they did a few years ago, and while their overall record is solid at 12-7, as of Jan. 31, four of those losses have come at home.

“The two years we won 20 games, attendance was a lot better,” said Jones. “Our style’s a little different than it was back then, we pressed a lot more back then. But honestly, we won…you gotta win, and you gotta win a lot. And I think that would help us.”

Zach Meads, a senior psychology major and child development minor, is typically front and center in the student section. He thinks

that as a whole, the students at Waynesburg should put a bigger priority on supporting the women’s team.

“I definitely think we should tr y to get a big crowd for them,” Meads said.

“They’re in the gym everyday hustling, so we should definitely show that we appreciate them in that way.”

Malta says that a big part of why he thinks less people go to the women’s game is due to other obligations that some student athletes, specifically the football players, have during the week and weekends.

“There are really good players on the women’s team, that tells by their record… it’s not that they have a bad team or anything, that’s not the reason we don’t go,” said Malta. “There are just some time conflicts for [us].”

Overall, Christner has been pleased with the turnout by all that attend the men’s games, but thinks one group in particular could have a better showing at both men’s and women’s games.

“We really appreciate people who come to watch us play,” said Christner. “It’d be really fun to see more faculty [members] at games…I think that, not only for basketball but just generally speaking, [it shows] how connected [it is] on our campus.”

Students can look to get involved with the student section by following the Twitter account for updates prior to the games about themes and other news. The next home games will be Feb. 4 against Westminster College in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference matchup, with the women’s game starting at 1:30 p.m. and the men’s

following it at 3:30 p.m.

“We’re going to keep doing the student sections the rest of the year, and the more people we get, the more effect we can have on the game,” Malta said. “We just want to see every sports team at the university succeed, so, the more people we have, the better so we can make that happen.”

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February 2, 2017 THE BACK PAGE

SUPER BOWL LI The Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots will face off at Super Bowl LI Feb. 5. The game will be played in Houston, Texas, and kickoff will be at 6:30 p.m. EST. The following is a breakdown of two of the hottest quarterbacks this season in terms of statistics.

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TOM BRADY

MATT RYAN

Brady was selected near the end of the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.

NFL experience: 17 years

Ryan was the third overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.

NFL Experience: Nine years

PLAYER BREAKDOWN In the 2017 season, Brady threw for 28 touchdowns, two interceptions, 3,554 yards and finished with a 112.2 passer rating. Brady missed the first four games of the season due to a suspension.

In the 2017 season, Ryan threw for 38 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 4,944 yards and finished with a 117.1 passer rating. Ryan threw a touchdown to 13 different receivers this season, according to an article by ESPN, which is an NFL record.

Brady has been selected to 12 Pro Bowls and two First-Team All Pro teams, has the most career playoff games played in (33) and has started all 33. His accolades also include two Associated Press NFL MVP Awards, along with three Super Bowl MVPs.

Ryan was named the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2008 and has been selected to four Pro Bowls and received his first First-Team All-Pro selection team in 2016. He will make his Super Bowl debut against the Patriots.

Brady will join head coach Bill Belichick in the seventh Super Bowl appearance by the two, the most appearances all-time by a player and most all-time by a coach. The Patriots are 4-2 in Super Bowls during the Brady-Belichick era, according to Reference.com, which started during the 2000 NFL season.

According to an infoprahic from CBS Sports, the Falcons are averaging the most points per game this season with 34.4 ppg, including the playoffs.

However, Ryan and the high-scoring Falcons will face the top defense in terms of points allowed per game, also from the CBS Sports infographic, with only 15.2 ppg allowed, including the playoffs.

Brady, who is in playing in his 17th year, has won 11 conference championships. According to an article by Darren Hartwell for NESN, that’s a record for conference championship games played and more impressively, more than all but four NFL teams.

While Brady and Ryan were the top two quarterbacks this season, according to an article by CBS Sports, Ryan finished ahead of the more-than-likely future-hall-of-fame Brady. Ryan finished first in yards per attempt, passer rating and quarterback rating while Brady finished second.

Ryan was also selected to a First Team All-Pro compared to Brady’s Second Team All-Pro selection.

Wide receiver Chris Hogan was Brady’s go-to target in the AFC Championship, finishing with nine catches for 180 yards and two touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Hogan, who was an undrafted free agent pickup by the Patriots, finished with the same exact stat line as Falcons receiver Julio Jones. The Falcons look to contain Brady and Hogan in the Super Bowl.

Wide receiver Julio Jones was Ryan’s top target in the NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers. Jones finished with Julio Jones nine catches for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Jones will more than likely be covered by Patriots cornerback, Malcom Butler, who made the game-sealing interception in Super Bowl XLIX. Jones has been one of the most difficult aspects of the Falcons offense to defend throughout the season and Ryan will look to continue throwing to Jones in the Super Bowl.