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Grant Oliphant, current president of the Heinz Endowments, will be visiting Waynesburg Universi ty Thursday, March 14 at 11 a.m. in Alumni Hall. Oliphant will address students in a town hall-structured meeting where they will be able to ask questions about vocation, career paths and the role of college.

Way n e s b u rg U n i ve rsity President Douglas G. Lee said he is eager for Waynesburg students to get insight on what life may be like post-graduation.

“Mr. Oliphant has really done some amazing work throughout his life,” Lee said. “I would love for him to talk about how he got from point A to point B and the nuances that happened all along the way on that journey.”

Throughout his career, Oliphant has done a wide variety of work with organizations including the Heinz Endowments, the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Pittsburgh Promise, which he helped launch.

Lee said he is impressed by the work Oliphant has done and is excited to have a fresh perspective on campus.

“It would also be a wonderful opportunity to continue that objective to bring inf luential people to Waynesburg,” Lee said.

“This is just one of those other oppor tuni ties—a learning experience for our students that sort of develop as a result of the work we’ve been doing to build relationships.”

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factor students consider when deciding on a particular institution.”

In December, Waynesburg College Factual recognized Waynesburg as a “Best For the Money” school in the top five percent nationwide and ranked as the second-best in Pennsylvania.

Lee believes the low-cost, yet high-quality education Waynesburg provides is a big factor for drawing in prospective students each year.

“I think what helps us is our mission, but also the value that we provide,” Lee said.

Residents of the Ray Hall “apartment” that sustained fire damage Feb. 19 have been cleared to reenter their room, says Matt Pioch, director of housing.

The accidental f ire, which ignited in the room’s ki tchen, caused minor burns and the hospitalization of one resident. The burn wounds were treated quickly and the student returned to campus the same evening, said Pioch.

“We don’t have a student that’s been massively harmed,” Pioch said.

In a week from the incident, the repairs were completed and the room was deemed safe for residents to re-enter.

During the renovations, residents were offered a spare room within the building to accommodate cleaning and repairs.

“We really tried to just be as accommodating as possible,” Pioch said.

The fire caused approximately $10,000 in damage, thoug h sprinklers and alarms acted almost instantly after the blaze started. .

“The sprinkler system did a fairly good job of putting out the fire,” Pioch said. “But the fire department was also called.”

The sprinklers poured such a significant amount of water to extinguish the fire, they soaked the carpeting located in the kitchen, resulting in maintenance having to run extractors in an attempt to absorb the liquid.

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by The Chronicle of Higher Education, it’s evident that due to a general decline in undergraduate enrollment, private Christian institutions especially are fighting to keep prospective students and newly-enrolled freshmen interested.

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ticle was the importance of an institution’s value.

“The cost of a four-year college degree is at the

As many Christian institutions struggle, Waynesburg uses mission as solid foundation President Douglas G. Lee is familiar with the tactics utilized to make a private Christian institution “survive,” but he said one thing he was shocked to find wasn’t mentioned once in this ar-

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forefront of the public attention in the last several years and Waynesburg is a national leader in value and outcomes,” Lee said. “That is definitely a distinguishing factor that is also a very large

Fine Arts adjunct professors face challenges, sacrifices TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

Ron Jesiolowski wakes up each morning in his Moon Township home, about an hour away from Waynesburg University. Some days he will drive down to the university to teach students drawing and watercolors. Others, he will teach adults at Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley. And on some other days, he will volunteer at a Presbyterian senior citizen home, providing art lessons to 80 through 90-year-olds.

After working as a director of design in corporate America for more than 40 years, Jesiolowski said he felt compelled to teach art, to give back.

“I’ve always been an artist since I was born,” Jesiolowski said. “I’ve always wanted to give back, so this was a way to do it with the new generation.”

In the United States, institutions of higher education have shifted to rely more on adjunct and part-time faculty. These instructors differ from tenure or tenuretrack professors and are less expensive to retain—with lower salaries and fewer benefits. At Waynesburg, part-time faculty are used to supplement curriculum and offer unique expertise, said Dr. Dana Baer, provost.

"Using adjuncts and parttimers allows colleges and universities to increase the diversity of the teaching staff,” Baer said. “The instructors, meanwhile, can count on flexible hours and less academic demands-part-time professors in Fine Arts, for example only teach up to nine credits, or three full classes a semester, compared to the six full classes of a tenured professor.”

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Ron Jesiolowski, an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts department, balances his position at the university with several other commitments. challenges.

As an adjunct instructor in Waynesburg University’s Fine Arts Department, Jesiolowski said, sacrifices have to be made: whether that is financial compensation,

time teaching students or involvement in the university.

The greatest challenge, he said, is money. Given the work that goes into teaching a class, grading work and

forging connections with students—on top of commuting to and from Waynesburg, Jesiolowski said the compensation is “minimal” for part-time faculty.

Though he has worked at

Waynesburg University for almost five years, Jesiolowski said that part-time workers can never achieve the level of inclusion and acceptance that comes with the tenuretrack. They aren’t included in department-wide meetings, and their sporadic schedules prevent them from establishing permanent bonds with students.

There is a lack of personal relationships across the board, he said, because he isn’t “permanent” here.

“You can’t really help students to the degree that you’d like to,” he said.

“You can’t really commit to them, knowing you can be disposed of. It’s that lack of personal relationship that comes with not being permanent.”

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Aladdin Food Service introduces new meal options TYLER GODWIN

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Following a recent allorganizations meeting that included Waynesburg University student leaders from many clubs and organizations on campus, Food Services Director Lesley Davis is intent on meeting the students wishes and desires in the Benedum Dining Hall and Beehive.

After gathering some feedback from the meeting, as well as student suggestions throughout the past few months, Davis, along with the Aladdin corporate offices, are attempting to make changes to the overall dining experience at Waynesburg.

“It’s so nice when students come to me and tell me that something is wrong, because we are human, and there are things we do miss,” Davis said. “We try to be as perfect at our job as we can, but in the days of call-offs and weather and things like that, people sometimes get scrunched into doing two or three jobs, and sometimes we may miss something.”

The first and most immediate change that was made after the meeting was the addition of grilled chicken on most days in the Beehive.

Before, students could only

get grilled chicken on certain days at Benedum Dining Hall.

Now, in what Davis calls a “trial run,” grilled chicken has been added into the weekly rotation at the Beehive as a healthy alternative that students desired.

“It might not be up there every day, but we are going to try it for a while to see how it goes,” Davis said. “It was brought to our attention, and then some kids said they would like to see that healthier option.”

The addition of grilled chicken is just another change in an overall gradual transition that Davis said she has been pushing for since the start of the Fall 2018 semester. Some of the changes, particularly in the Beehive, have included extending lunch hours, now ranging from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., the addition of graband-go salads and wraps and reorganizing the flow of the lines, to name a few.

“It’s something the students want. We are going to give it a try,” Davis said.

“Whether we can consistently do that, it’ll just have to depend. And we usually try to do things like this on a trial basis. Doing what we did up at the Beehive this last Fall has been a trial basis.”

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As part of the food changes, the Beehive now serves grilled chicken, and Benedum Cafeteria is now open unil 4 p.m. with light lunch options for students.

Dining Hall is open until 4 p.m. for lunch in a limited capacity, with sandwiches, soup and salad still available to anyone eating later in the afternoon.

Going forward, Davis said there are many plans and ideas in the works, but they’ll have to either go through corporate or Waynesburg University first, since Alad-

din has a contract with the university.

One of the most notable things Davis hopes to continue is having “monotony breakers,” such as the Carnival Day food this past Tuesday which included funnel cakes, corn dogs and cotton candy. The idea is to try and give students more selections weekly and monthly

so that it’s not “more of the same” every day.

Davis also mentioned she is looking for more variety through a culinary team called the Culinary Road Show, which has eight to 10 chefs from universities all over the country that put monthly programs together, send new recipes and give them fresh ideas.

One of those ideas that Davis said will be implemented, called “seasonal plate,” stems from this, which will provide the students with more choices.

“We’re going to try to run it three to four times per month,” Davis said. “It’ll be these fresh, new ideas coming from the corporate world, and we’ll showcase it.”

One of those ideas that can be anticipated soon, Davis said, will be a ramen noodle bar that will include different varieties of noodles, broths and meats that will be available for students.

“Hopefully when you guys come back from spring break, we will try and get it ready to roll out,” Davis said.

“That’s how the corporate end is now helping me a little more to give us some ideas.”

Davis also encourages students to come and discuss any issues they have with their food or suggestions they have so that she can address it as soon as possible.

“It is just so nice when the students will just come to me when they find something wrong. Because a lot of times, it may be the product itself from the company, so when something like that happens I need to know so that I can contact the company immediately,” Davis said.

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In the wake of the current opioid epidemic, Waynesburg University will be hosting an event sponsored by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Prevention Network, called “Creating Change in Communities: Navigating Resources.”

The program will be held in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center Friday, March 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Dr. James Hepburn, program director for the Master of Arts in counseling, said the event will be useful for attendees interested in either counseling, education or social work. Additionally, he sees the program as a way for citizens of Waynesburg to come together.

“It is going to provide state of the art information that can be useful to people who are out in the field,” Hepburn said, “but just as importantly, it brings the communities together.”

Hepburn attended a networking event, spon-

sored by the same organization last year and was impressed by how it allowed people with common interests to discuss those interests with each other.

“It brings all of those people involved in prevention and treatment together,” Hepburn said.

“It’s really a good opportunity for them to be able to interact with each other, to network together and to see what other people are doing [in the field].”

Hepburn stressed that bring ing communities together could make a difference in fighting addiction.

He said “Creating Change in Communities” is vital to places like Greene County, especially considering the current addiction-ridden society in the county.

“I think a lot of people feel hopeless about the opioid epidemic,” Hepburn said. “We need to find ways to look at what’s working, what’s effective and how to move forward.”

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In an era surrounded by ever changing technology, colleges can struggle to keep up with advancements in order to best prepare their students. This can create a technology gap from college to real life, in turn reducing a student’s chances of employment. One department at Waynesburg University strives to make sure its students have the technological tools needed to be best prepared and possibly better prepared than other university students.

The Education Department at Waynesburg understands the need for 21st Century learning and has taken steps to ensure their students learn and understand the positive impacts technology can have on a classroom and its students.

Waynesburg’s Department of Education is aware that school districts throughout Pennsylvania have different technology standards and expectations. Some schools have few devices, yet others are 1:1, meaning that all children have a device or computer to enhance their learning.

With the knowledge that more school districts are aspiring to implement 1:1 programs, Dr. Julia Bausman, associate professor of education, jumped at the chance to secure a grant that places iPads into future educator’s hands to better embed technology into their lessons. Bausman explains that the use of the devices is, “based on the students they are tutoring and will support the pre-educators understanding of how to help one child at a time.”

The grant Bausman received was funded through The Department of Education, geared toward Early Childhood majors, and provided enough funding for her to buy iPads for students in one class. After researching it, Bausman applied for the grant because she felt it would help her class.

“Not only [would it help them] grow in their technological understanding but also better support the Greater Waynesburg Christian Outreach after school program,” she said.

Bausman said her students complete a field experience and spend an average of between one and three hours a week assisting stu-

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The education department is now providing iPads for students to use in the field. dents with any educational difficulties Bausman teaches Typical, Atypical Development 6-9 (ages 6-9) as a course for freshman education majors.

Within this class, students focus on cognitive and communication development, as well as social and emotional development that coincides with current research on best practices. Through the grant, Bausman found a way to embed technology into the course and believes this

the iPads.”

The technology course is helping teach the students how to use diagnostics, SMART boards and other advancements to help the future educators better prepare their students.

For Bausman, education technology is “ever changing,” and gives incoming freshman at Waynesburg an in-depth hand at using specific technology during their field experience better preparing them for a future

“I think it's a good opportunity, and what is really nice for most of the freshman education majors is the fact that we have a technology course that helps us incorporate the iPads.”

SOPHIE KIPE

Freshman Education major

will help college students understand the best ways for younger students to gain knowledge. “[The grant will] help students understand best practices for today’s students to learn and develop their skills with the support of technology,” she said.

Sophie Kipe, a freshman in Bausman’s class also finds the program to be beneficial.

“I think it’s a good opportunity,” she said, “and what is really nice for most of the freshman education majors is that fact that we have a technology course that helps us incorporate

teaching career.

“In Pennsylvania, a big part of training our preservice teachers is getting them ready for being in schools,” said Bausman. “[The initiative] will help to build the students’ technology competency and additionally give incentive to the students they are tutoring.”

Kipe feels that the initiative is helping to give students hands-on experience.

“It is nice to be able to get used to separate apps for specific age groups,” she said. “Seeing the kids enjoyment and excitement even though they are still learning

is powerful.”

Simply giving each student an iPad and telling them to find ways to use it with the children they are tutoring is not appropriate, so Bausman implemented ways to support this initiative in her class. After receiving their new iPad, students review rules and expectations on proper care, appropriate handling and proper use, said Bausman.

“We are completing projects that are in step with their field placement for this class, but another piece is that the freshmen additionally take a technology class.”

She explains, “With those professors, students get introduced to even more on how to implement and use technology effectively and appropriately.”

With constant technological advances, Waynesburg’s Education Department must combat the constant shifts. As the average lifespan of the iPads is four years, Bausman said she is seeking for funding to replace the iPads when they are outdated.

Kipe said she loves the ability to have an iPad when teaching her tutorees, “I thought it was a really awesome thing when she told us, and it’s a great opportunity.” She said. It is a way for the kids (from GWCO) to get experience with the technology as they study different topics like reading, writing and math with these fun little games!”

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Adjunct Continued from A1 Department reaps specific benefits from relying on part-timers, said Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the department.

First, bringing in parttime faculty allows for a wide range of viewpoints and expertise, a valuable asset when teaching artistic skills, Heisey said. The Music Program, for example, employs part-time instructors to teach different instruments.

“Because we have parttimers coming in, they get a different perspective,” he said. “We need that expertise.”

Second, many of the parttimers in Fine Arts are still practicing artists and musicians, which adds to their credibility and expertise, Heisey said.

When the goal is to provide the best resources available to students, Heisey said it is useful to bring in such a “diverse” group. Still, it can cause some burdens.

Heisey said he is the only full-time professor in any of the visual arts. With “quite a big community of part-timers,” he said it can be difficult working around scheduling conflicts, and the department can’t always depend on a part-timer to take on more responsibilities.

“The downside is, you can only rely on that person so much,” Heisey said.

Heisey knows the greatest burdens fall on the part-timers, themselves, though. He said many of them are employed at other institutions outside of Waynesburg and have to travel long distances to make it to all their different jobs. They have to find and pay for their own health insurance and must work harder to make ends meet.

Heisey said at least one part-

Connect Continued from A1 “That’s what we have to do.”

Another aspect Lee said contributes to students choosing Waynesburg over other institutions is the university’s overall commitment to student success, both inside and outside the classroom.

“This is a very large reason why our post-graduation placement rates are always near 100 percent in the surveys we receive from our graduates,” Lee said.

This pursuit of success

time faculty member in the Fine Arts Department relies on food stamps.

Jesiolowski believes the Fine Arts department is likely better than others, though. He said Heisey makes a concerted effort to meet the needs of parttimers whenever possible-but that doesn’t stop them from being left out from the university community as a whole.

“There’s so much I feel I have to give and so many ideas I have to improve the program or even the environment,” Jesiolowski said.

“But you don’t have a voice.”

For Jesiolowski, it feels “like a one-way street.” While tenured faculty receive funding for special projects and additional schooling, part-timers aren’t given the same attention and compensation. They aren’t invested in, he said.

On the other hand, Baer said Waynesburg takes active measures to include part-time faculty in the academic community: allowing access to facilities and scholarship dollars, invitations to professional development initiatives and other programming.

“It’s important because they are part of our community,” Baer said. “They do touch our students, just like full-time faculty.”

For Baer, the primary goal is to provide a valuable education, while making fiscally responsible choices for the institution.

At Waynesburg, parttime faculty are especially utilized in professional programs, like the Criminal Justice Department and the Department of Communication—and Fine Arts. Baer said these part-timers often work day jobs in their professional fields before teaching, and students benefit from their experience.

“It’s intentional because you’re getting folks who

and education is also done through the development of new programs and majors, along with external partnerships and special events.

Lee said he was blown away at the turn-out of the “Big Dream Gathering” event that took place on campus earlier this month. To him, it was a testament to what the university needs to start focusing on more.

“That’s what our students are interested in — that’s what they are going to need; adaptability and problemsolving skills,” he said.

More than anything, Lee said it all comes back to the university’s mission of faith, learning and service.

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Jesiolowski said he believes the Fine Arts department does a better job than other university departments to meet the needs of part-time faculty, but he still feels 'left out' from the community.

are in the field,” she said.

“There’s value to that.”

The success and satisfaction of each part-timer is a case-by-case basis, Baer said. Most part-timers at Waynesburg are ei ther employed in their professional fields or teaching at other nearby institutions, like California University or CCAC, which eases the financial burden. Teaching part-time is helpful depending on each “personal situation,” she said.

At many insti tutions across the country, adjunct professors have unionized in recent years to rally for employment benefits, funding and other privileges. In 2013, the death of a long-time adjunct professor at Duquesne University, who lived several

“I truly do believe that the concept of mission at Waynesburg University is taken very seriously by all and that truly has made a tremendous difference,” Lee said. “It is not something that we just talk about rather, it is something that we do.”

Even if every other aspect of the university crumbled, Lee said to have a mission “that really resonates with people” could be a sole sustaining factor.

“It’s not easy,” Lee said, “but without a mission or without something people can identify with or wrap their arms around, there's no vision — there’s no future.”

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years in oppressive poverty while suffering from cancer, drew considerable attention to the working conditions in practice.

Many nearby universities, including Robert Morris and Point Park, have established unions. Adjunct rights have been at the forefront of higher education news for several years now, as the number of instructors achieving tenure progressively declines.

Baer said Waynesburg isn’t following the national trend—with a consistent amount of full-time faculty and a steady reduction of the number of part-timers, the university does not rely on

Fire Continued from A1 lot of water really quickly,” Pioch said.

The sprinkler heads had to be replaced following the fire, but that was a quick fix, said Pioch.

The f ire itself also stained the ceiling tiles, which Pioch said looked damaged and carried s m o ke re s i d u e w i t h i n them.

The ceiling tiles in the kitchen portion of the apartment were totally replaced, and the dorm’s housekeeping staff also removed ash residue.

The financial responsibility for the damage and replacement costs, to Pioch’s understanding, will fall under the university’s fire insurance.

“In the case that i t wasn’t an accident the student would be liable [for the costs],” he said.

Pioch was the resident director on duty when the f ire ignited at approximately 6:15 p.m. The responsibility of being on-

Heinz Continued from A1 During the event, after Oliphant speaks for about 15-20 minutes, Melinda Roeder-Skrbin, instructor of communication, will act as a moderator for the “town hall” portion and ask questions that have been submitted by students in advance.

Skrbin said having an event like this on campus will be a tremendous opportunity for students.

“To be able to benefit from his expertise is really important for students who are either deciding on

part-timers like many other institutions. In fact, Baer said, Waynesburg would like to hire more full-time faculty and improve the student to faculty ratio.

Jesiolowski has no hard feelings about the shortcomings of a part-time system. Working in corporate America, he said the challenges of working with part-timers is no different in any other industry. As a director of design, Jesiolowski said he, himself, struggled to make contractors feel like “part of the team.”

“When there’s communication that goes around that says you don’t get benefits,”

he said, “You can’t help but have a feeling of segregation—of ‘us’ and ‘them.’”

He also said the university benefits a lot from the “seasoned, real-world experience” of many adjuncts.

Baer said this is always an objective when bringing part-time faculty to the university.

For Jesiolowski, the monetary reward was irrelevant to his desire to “give back” and serve through education. That was worth all of the burden, he said.

“It’s giving back,” Jesiolowski said. “It’s the ability to help the next students. It’s the love of teaching and the love of helping other people.”

call rotates between resident directors weekly and allows there to be a designated head in charge in case an incident such as a fire occurs, said Pioch.

“The big thing is communication,” Pioch said.

“We want everybody that needs to know about a situation to know as quickly as possible.”

The incident offers the resident life staff an opportunity to remember the kitchen safety protocol.

it is cause for alert and to evaluate safe practices,” Pioch said.

This is the f irst f ire that has occurred in a campus building since Pioch began his position as director of housing and the most significant fire the campus has had in a number of years according to Pioch.

“Any time a fire happens in a building it is significant because of the impact it has on our stu-

“Any time a fire happens in a building it is significant because of the impact it has on our students.”

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“If a f ire is going to start a kitchen is typically where it happens,” Pioch said.

He hopes the fire offers a refresher to those who use on-campus kitchens located in the dorms and houses.

“Anytime there is a fire

dents,” Pioch said. “But at the same time, if we were going to have a fire this is the type of fire that you would like to have. No one was seriously hurt, it was isolated to a small area, the sprinklers went off and the fire department arrived quickly.”

a major or career path or getting ready to graduate,” Skrbin said.

Skrbin also reflected on the concept of students making connections with individuals in the Pittsburgh area, and how this might not have been an option for students in the past.

“A generation ago, a lot of college graduates had to leave the Pittsburgh area to be able to find jobs in their chosen fields,” Skrbin said. “The city has gone through several renaissances, so now there are more opportunities than ever before with such a diverse economy.”

While students who at-

tend the event will hopefully walk away with new knowledge and insight, Lee said he is also hoping that Oliphant will gain a new respect for Waynesburg’s campus and mission during his visit.

“When folks have the opportunity to see who we are and to meet our students and staff, they are impressed,” Lee said.

“We want to bring great people here and to get the message of Waynesburg University out there.

I’m excited about the opportunity that [this event] provides.”

Additional information on the event will be released closer to the date.

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Church, university students partner in outreach efforts EMMA HERRLE

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The Waynesburg Bible Chapel, located on East Greene Street, reels in Waynesburg University students, who make up a large portion of their congregation. The Bible Chapel embodies the attitude of church elder and fulltime pastor, Larry Douglas, regarding the student congregation.

“The biggest dynamic is this: our sincere love for them,” Douglas said.

“There’s a genuine, deep love for them and their presence. It’s a sincere affection.”

Students are making their mark in this small town church by speaking on Sunday mornings, leading worship, cleaning, helping with the children’s ministry and attending mission trips.

Douglas said whatever the church is doing, former and current Waynesburg students are somewhere in the mix. Some prominent leaders include senior nursing major, Jonah Cooper, and graduates Matt Cross and Tom Schlosser.

Since its beginnings as a household bible study over 30 years ago, the church has blossomed into a community-wide outreach.

Church elder and pastor, Jay Buckhalter, gave his philosophy behind outreach and ministry.

“In a lot of ways, it’s just been about doing the next thing that’s in front of you

and genuinely loving people no matter where they are in their faith walk,” Buckhalter said. Buckhalter has opened his home on multiple occasions to college students by providing luncheons for students following Sunday morning services or offering a place for them to stay.

He has seen more than 70 students gather at his home Sunday afternoons for a home cooked meal and fellowship. He said he believes it is important for students to have a home away from home available to them in Waynesburg.

“One girl, believe it or not, just came over and laid on our carpet because her dorm room didn’t have carpet,” Buckhalter said.

They have also welcomed those who are sick as well as students looking for a place to stay over the summer.

The ministry of Waynesburg Bible Chapel has extended within the borders of the Waynesburg University campus as well.

An on-campus bible study spawned from the outreach efforts of the Buckhalters.

A life group, led by The Bible Chapel’s worship coordinator, Mat thew Stewart, and Buckhalter’s daughter, Waynesburg University graduate Christin Schlosser, meets on campus Tuesday evenings. They usually attract about 25-30 students, said Douglas.

The church’s leaders,

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Waynesburg Bible Chapel church members worship and pray with students from Waynesburg University. including Douglas, Buckhalter and Stewart, also regularly meet with students in the Beehive of the Stover Center or at various locations off-campus for one-on-one mentoring, counseling, coffee or lunch.

“We really want to partner with students and see their faith come alive,” Buckhalter said.

Doug las values the

unique political and philosophical discussions he has had with students. He commented on the significance of the diverse and youthful community of people he is surrounded with.

“Without fail, every single one of them has a story that they are in the process of developing,” Douglas said. “Some of them draw, some of them paint, some

of them play, some of them are quiet and there’s just such a variety of people.”

While preaching the gospel and word of God is the ultimate task at hand for those ministering at The Bible Chapel, students have been able to pour back into these leaders as well. “ The students here, without question, have enlarged our hearts and our

vision of what we can do,” Douglas said. “They have given us more people to love. We see them, and our hearts race to them.”

The Bible Chapel testifies as a place for students to feel welcome and get involved. Services are held Sundays at 10:45 a.m., and relationships beyond the attendance of Sunday morning services are encouraged.

Student Senate plans campus events Groups prepare to travel, serve for spring break MALARIE YODER

For The Yellow Jacket

Student Senate held it’s weekly meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss events, problems and more. Two events are on the horizon for Student Senate to assist in creating transparency between the senate and the Waynesburg University student body.

At the last meeting, the senate decided to hold a Student Senate Question and Answer. The event was planned during a committee meeting, held after the regular sessions.

Benjamin Dodge, head of the event planning committee, shared how the senate developed the idea for the Q&A event.

“One week, freshman senator Eli Jennings came up with an idea of having a panel of senators and then having people able to come up and ask questions,” Dodge said.“Then, the next couple of weeks, we came up with a press conference sort of idea.”

The Student Senate sitdown Q&A is planned for March 14 at 8 p.m. in the Beehive.

“We are going to have members of the senate, primarily the executive board, sit in the Beehive, in a press conference set up and ask the public to be there, and anyone can ask any question they want to the senate, as long as it’s a fair and on topic question.” Dodge said.

Opioid Continued from A2 When the Southwestern Pennsylvania Prevention Network contacted Hepburn regarding the venue for the event, he spoke to Sarah Bell coordinator of Academic Communications, who is helping organize the program

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The senate is planning both a "Q&A"-based event and an event titled "Student Senate Family WUed," a spin-off of "Family Feud."

Thoug h i t won’t be exactly like a traditional press conference, because instead of a bunch of people yelling, there will be a formal process for people to follow in order to participate.

“We will have a formed line so one at a time, they can ask their question, so it is a bit more organized than everyone shouting,” he said.

The senate is prepared in the case that people do not have questions prepared. Dodge does not want anyone to worry about not being able to develop questions, so the Student Senate will

have some general topics to help get the conversation started.

Dodge also said they will be serving hot chocolate, other beverages, chips and dip for people who come.

The goal of the Student Senate Q&A is to connect the student body with the senate and allow people to recognize that they are there for them.

“People can see what we are doing and that we are active on campus and then maybe even run for student senate, or get the word out about platforms they already have,” Dodge said. Additionally,

the election for student senate is toward the end of March and students must submit petitions by March 22. Dodge is excited and hopeful that the panel will get the word out.

A second event, Student Senate Family WUed, was brought up at the meeting and will be occurring later in March.

The event will soon be announced to the public.

The basis for the questions and content will be campus life in a Family Feud style game.There will be prizes, however, they have yet to be determined by the senate.

“[Waynesburg University] is always looking for opportunities to offer trainings, community services and resources on campus,” Bell said.

For Bell, the program can benefit the community not only by having the tough conversations, but also by offering continuing education credits.

Throug h this event, professionals in counseling, social work and

education will be able to receive continuing education credits.

“I think bet ter preparing students in those f ields, as well as preparing professionals in the area, will improve how our community can work,” she said. “ That has a ginormous impact on our community as a whole.”

Bell said that one of the event’s central focuses is to teach professionals

and students about prevention and better ways to help those individuals who are stuck in the vicious cycle of addiction.

“As a community resource, it’s immeasurable,” Bell said. “It’s a free training that people can come to and not only gain continuing education credi t, but really learn more about prev e nt i o n a n d h ow o u r area is specifically being impacted.”

For many college students, spring break means vacation, trips to the beach and sunshine.

For others, spring break is simply a time to spend back home with family, away from the busy noise of the school week. However, members of sports teams and other groups at Waynesburg University who will be using spring break as a time to serve.

Members of the track team, for example, will be traveling to Wilmington, North Carolina, for a mission trip over spring break. Participating members will stay on campus until March 3.

Isaac Orahood, sophomore education major and member of the tack team, does not get to go home often, being from Pymatuning Valley, Ohio.

Although Orahood is missing out on an opportunity to see his family, he is excited to help out on the mission trip.

“I’m kind of disappointed because I don't get to see my family that much,” Orahood said. “But I’m looking forward to helping people because we get to help people with housing and we get to different jobs so I’m excited for that.”

T.J. Hyland, sophomore criminal justice major and Bonner scholar, will also be attending a service trip over spring break. Instead of working in the United States, Hyland is going to the Dominican Republic with Wine to Water as a part of a trip for all Waynesburg students.

Hyland believes there are benefits to serving over break.

“The importance of students serving over spring break is to show that they are willing to spend their free time doing something

that will benefit more than just themselves,” Hyland said. “It’s a way to get out and experience something while making a difference.”

Orahood is familiar with campus procedure during breaks. He is also a member of the football team and stays on campus over fall break during the season. He said campus is a much different place without the busy movement of students during a normal school week.

“This fall over break we had football during the break so we had to stay here during the week,” Orahood said. “It was pretty interesting because there’s really not a lot of people here so you kind of have to go to different dorms that you normally wouldn't go to and you hang out with different people.”

The application to stay on campus during a break has been made easier thanks in part to Matthew Pioch, director of Housing.

Pioch said roughly 150 students will stay on campus this spring break for various reasons. Orahood said the process is made even easier for athletes by their coaches who complete the form for members of their respective teams.

“With sports we normally don’t have to fill out the request form [to stay on campus over spring break] because the head coach usually fills that out,” Orahood said. “So that part was pretty easy.”

As for what Orahood will be doing with his two days on campus before leaving for the service trip, he said he will try to unwind and appreciate his time on campus without having to study or go to class.

“I’ll be here this weekend and I’ll probably just watch movies and relax before we head out to North Carolina.”

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A Different College Town Teghan Simonton, The Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University and its surrounding area do not look like the typical college town. Business owners and university students discuss how the school interacts with the community.

University and community operate on ‘different planes’ TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

Aside from the roaring big rig trucks that pass through High Street periodically, Waynesburg could be considered a quiet town, with a population of less than 4,000 and most shops closing by 8 p.m. The region has been sustained by the coal and natural gas industries for the past three decades; still, Greene County is ranked as the second-poorest in Pennsylvania.

In the midst of the mining and drilling is a small, private Christian university. With about 1,300 undergraduate students, the majority of which are residential, the region’s conditions have shaped the university’s history and

relationship with its surroundings.

Waynesburg University attracts a different kind of student, said the institution’s president, Douglas Lee, due to its mantra: “Faith. Learning. Service.”

Lee believes the university’s mission inspires students and the way the school interacts with its surrounding areas.

“I really think the relationship between the university and the town are complementary, that one cannot exist without the other,” Lee said. The two are both working together for the “common good of the county and for the region.”

Waynesburg isn’t so much a college town as it is a town with a college inside it. Shops and com-

munity organizations are mostly dedicated to the region’s coal and natural gas mining. The town has few of the amenities that typically thrive around college students—there are no coffee shops, one sit-down non-fast-food restaurant, and one tavern, frequented by both town residents and students.

Colleges have historically helped boost the economies of small towns with declining populations and struggling economies, like Parsons College, in Fairfield, Iowa. The Atlantic featured Parsons precisely for the way the town grew to rely on income from the school. According to the article, institutions can produce research or technology that is later turned into new businesses, at-

tract students and their spending in local shops and boost the number of permanent residents.

The effects universities have on rural towns can take many forms, and in a remote area like southwestern Pennsylvania, small universities like Waynesburg take a different approach and face different challenges. *** For Drew Johnson, operating a business in Waynesburg seemed like a promising prospect. He opened Waynesburg Coffee Company just up the street from campus in August 2017.

He wanted his shop to be unique, so in addition to classic coffee beverages, he sold lemonade,

hotdogs and gelato. He wanted to stimulate the sense of community, so he used coffee beans from a local producer in nearby Washington. He wanted to attract college students, so he included tables, Wi-Fi and a prayer board.

Taking advantage of the university’s presence was always part of Johnson’s plan. He said they were the “market we were shooting for.”

“The college is definitely a big asset,” he said.

But for Johnson, the business never came easily. In Feb. 2018, he acquired another restaurant down the street, Coach’s Cafe, and ended up closing the original coffee shop due to overhead costs. He dedicated all of his time to the cafe, essentially selling the

same items as before. He had regulars, but he began to notice the flux of students steadily decreasing.

Still, Johnson said he wanted to keep students coming in, so he worked with the university directly.

Working with the Waynesburg Student Activities Board, he hosted an event to show attendees how his coffee was brewed and other coffee trivia, offering a free beverage with the promotion activity.

“Overall I think people enjoyed it,” he said. “ I think every single person who attended the event came to the shop at least twice during the next week.”

Events were generally successful, but Johnson said it was difficult giving COLLEGE >> B4

WVU Medicine expanding with clinic Pizzeria chain to open seventh location in town LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

The West Virginia University Medicine building being constructed in Greene County is different from the other facilities spread across West Virginia. Once construction completes this fall, MedExpress Urgent Care will merge into the facility and collaborate with WVU Medicine for the first time.

Jessica Belt, director of Ambulatory Nursing at W VU Medicine said the partnership made sense, given the fact that MedExpress Urgent Care is already established in the area.

“They have a MedExpress which is right there at the interstate interchange,” Belt said. “They are actually going to be closing that one down and moving over into this same facility.”

Right now, Belt said the two organizations will combine once the W VU Medicine building opens Sept. 15. The MedExpress currently in Greene County won’t close until it’s moved over to the new building, Belt said.

MedExpress isn’t the only operation joining WVU Medicine, however.

Dr. Darrell Donley, an internal medicine doctor in Waynesburg, will receive space in the new building once it’s completed. While Donley has been in operation for many years, Belt said within the past year and a half he’s joined WVU

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Luke Goodling, The Yellow Jacket

WVU Medicine is building a new urgent care facility in Greene County.

Medicine. Once all aspects of the new building come together, Belt said it will be an ‘anchor’ featuring a range of specialists on top of Dr. Donley’s internal medicine experience.

“It will be our primary care anchor,” Belt said. “But then, we will also have an OBGYN; we’ll have orthopedics and several different specialties in orthopedics and our heart and vascular institute will have physicians there as well for cardiology and vascular.”

Belt said the new building serves a dual purpose of providing care to existing patients as well as bringing new ones to WVU Medicine.

“We assume that what we are doing is we are providing access to our patients that are current-

ly being seen,” Belt said.

“But our goal is obviously to then gain more of the Waynesburg population because we can provide care for them right there.”

Just like the other WVU Medicine buildings, Belt said it will serve some educational purposes for medical students. However, Belt said the use of the Greene County facility won’t be predominantly for students.

“We do education in all of our facilities, but it’s not a primary site for our education,” Belt said. “So, while we may have some medical students, I do see there being the ability to collaborate and partner with the Waynesburg nursing program to have that opportunity to see what it’s like in a clinic facility.”

Since breaking ground on the building last year, Belt said construction plans have already altered to open up more exam rooms.

“When we initially designed the building, we had designed for about 23 exam rooms and one procedure room,” Belt said. “After we broke ground we changed that a little bit…We had such a great response from the Waynesburg community that we decided to add to that and go ahead and build out some of that shelf space.”

The expansion will now include 30 exam rooms and two procedure rooms, according to Belt. Construction on the building is now under roof, Belt said, and workers have begun the drywalling process.

Fat Angelo’s Pizzeria, a restaurant franchise chain, is currently under renovation in preparation for the opening of their seventh store.

The franchise owner is Tom Richards. He bought the chain from Bob and Debby Cochrane six years ago, after the couple created the operation in 2009. The Cochranes later became partners with Richards, and now own a few stores.

“Bob and his wife Debby saw how much things have turned around and how much the business picked up, and they wanted to get back into it,” Richards said.

Since Richards bought the business, the franchise has blossomed. It’s opened five stores since he took over, Waynesburg becoming the sixth. The high quality food “sells itself” Richard said, and the employees’ training is based around one theme: happiness.

“I want people to come here and question if this person is happy all the time whenever they see us,” Richard said. “They should just ooze friendliness and happiness.”

The trio hopes to continue their success in Waynesburg. While the

town already has three pizzerias—Dominos, Pizza Hut and Scotties Pizza— customers still drove from Waynesburg to the Fat Angelo’s Masontown location, said Bob Cochrane.

The established business, plus the economic development of the town, made Waynesburg a prime location for their next store, Cochrane.

“We went over there and we saw Walmart was growing,” Cochrane said.

“We saw West Virginia is putting up a medical center there. Then we saw the growth from Sheetz doing a second store. EQT’s been growing...You see a lot of development coming in.”

The manager of the Waynesburg location will be Chaz Grooms, the franchise’s Information Technology specialist. He created Fat Angelo’s website, their ISO app, phone systems and other IT needs. “ I ’ ve b ee n d o i n g s o well in the company that they wanted to give me something,” Grooms said “So they offered me this buy-in on this location in Waynesburg.”

Richards and Cochrane said 90 percent of the employees hired are recovering/recovered drug addicts, including Grooms, who has been sober for PIZZA >> B4

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The glory days of celebrity award shows have come to an end.

Gone are the days when Americans would gather around their standard definition televisions and watch to see who were the best of the best in film and music industries.

Nowadays, not many

Take a break

Use your time wisely during the upcoming week Spring Break is almost underway. This is a time where school work and college life can get pushed to the wayside, giving students the freedom to spend their time as they please.

However, with this break comes great responsibility.

Spring Break, along with all university-sanctioned breaks, is an opportune time to take a break from the fast paced college life and turn attention to things put to the side.

There is catching up on sleep, binge-watching a Netflix series, hanging out with friends back at home, eating mom’s homemade cooking and other hobbies.

Is this the best way to spend break, however?

While taking care of yourself and relaxing is necessary, breaks contain more time than what is necessary to self-maintain.

There are a total of 168 hours in the seven days of spring break (not including the two days for those who need most of a day to travel to and from Waynesburg University). That's a lot of time that could be used for endless possiblitlties.

Some people might want to fill that time with mindless television and video games. Others might want to spend their time hanging out with friends from back home.

But what if those hours were used differently?

While goofing off is great, these breaks can be used for more beneficial things also pushed to the wayside.

Updating your resume, looking up job opportunities, reading about a new skill or tip or working a few days at the part time job for cash are just a few things. Even visiting your grandmother who is always asking about you too much to the point of annoyance would be productive time used.

There are so many ways to improve yourself and invest in others within those 168 hours. Students, however, sometimes waste away those hours because the new season of "Stranger Things" just released, or your high school friends want to hang out 25 times that week.

Learning should be a lifelong goal. Students, however, are in a time of their lives where most of their time is dedicated to developing themsleves for their future careers. Now is the time to learn as much as possible , and Spring Break provides an oppurtunity to explore topics that have been neglacted while at college.

While productivity is important, for those who have been hardcore grinding for the past two months, perhaps a week of relaxation is exactly what you need. Don't be afraid to listen to your body and mind and do what you need to stay sane and recharge for the final half of the semester.

It's not often that busy college students get an entire week to focus on themselves. Just keep in mind not all that time should be used towards pleasurable things. Everything, from binge watching to learning a new language, must be enjoyed in moderation, our else it becomes unhealthy or stressful.

With that said, The Yellow Jacket would like to wish everyone a healthy and happy break.

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versies. The acts of Hollywood have caught up to its award shows, and the dropping of television viewership has shown people are fed up with them.

For starters, who the awards are given to has been controversial. White male film directors or artists winning over people of differing color has brought up cries of racism. This seems to happen at least once a year between the Academy Awards, Grammys, MTV

VMA’s and other big name award shows out there.

Just this year, Spike Lee turned his back to the Green Day producers as they walked up to receive their award. He did not explain himself when asked by reporters why, but he left a silence that makes us assume there was a civil rights motive, especially in light of his Oscar acceptance speech.

Then, there are the AWARDS >> B3

Positivity more purposeful than fame ANDREW HREHA

EDITORIAL

people care about these ceremonies. The 2019 Oscars had their second lowest viewership since 1974.

What’s happening is that the whi te dominance, politically driven nature of these ceremonies has come to a crossroads. The past decade has seen a continued push back of racism and immoral politics in every avenue of human life.

Hollywood is notorious for having an abundance of scandals and contro-

Columnist

W hy are you here?

What is your purpose?

This is a question that was posed to me last week during a discussion. More specifically, this is a question that has been posed to me more times than I have cared

to keep track of. If this question is new to you, then you’ve simply been ignoring it.

Growing up, being famous was my one true dream job. I wanted to be everything from a famous athlete to the lead man for a world famous rock band. My biggest fear was irrelevance.

This dream carried with me throughout my childhood into my teen years.

As a lifelong Christian, I knew every person had a purpose, I just thought mine was to be famous.

The problem with this, as I learned throug h much internal debate, is that fame is ultimately irrelevant and time moves much too fast for anyone to be remembered forever. Common knowledge of recent history teaches most of us about legends in our respective fields.

For me, these legends are great writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald or Jimmy Breslin. However, most are hard pressed to come up with examples of leaders in their field from 200 years or farther into history. The lesson here is to not get too hung up on your legacy.

T h e re we re p eo p l e 200 years ago that were IMPACT >> B3

VOICES OF WU

Students react to WU's Got Talent HOLLY HENDERSHOT News Editor

One of the most exciting and well-attended events at Waynesburg University each year is WU’s Got Talent. The event is based off the popular television program, “America’s Got Talent.”

This past Friday, the G o o dw i n Pe r fo r m i n g Arts Center was packed full of students, overnight prospective students and parents.

Many of the attendees were surveyed to discover why the event is so popular. Many of the students replied they enjoyed the event for its humorous content.

A few of the humorous parts of the show that students especially enjoyed were the silly introduction video, the host personalities and a few of the competing acts.

One of those acts included junior Nick Burgess’ and Nathan Blake’s magic and gymnastics skit, which started the night off.

In the gymnastics

skit, Burgess’ arms were arranged to look like Blake’s legs , as Blake did all sorts of “extraordinary moves” with them.

Burgess hid the rest of his body behind a table to make it look like him and Blake were one person.

“I thought it was hysterical,” sophomore Andrew Hreha said. “Most the people around me didn’t realize that they [Burgess’ arms] were supposed to be legs in the first act.”

Junior Connor Hoffman’s humorous poem readings received second place in the show.

“I really enjoyed Connor’s [poem reading],” Morgan Long said. “He made me laugh so hard.”

On a campus where time is stretched and student life can be extremely busy and stressful, many expressed it’s nice to break up that monotony with events such as WU’s Got Talent.

Other students who were surveyed preferred the less humorous talent, who displayed their skillful aptitudes with style on the stage.

One of those acts was a baton-twirling routine, presented by sophomore Madison Walker.

Althoug h Hof fman hopes people enjoyed his act in the show, he added he was “really impressed”

by Walker’s performance.

“I think that took a lot of skill and was just super impressive,” Hoffman said.

Junior Rebecca Fremd said she hopes there will be more active acts like Walker’s in the future.

“I really thought the baton twirler was amazing,” Fremd said. “It was really exciting to watch. I hope next year has more active stuff like that to watch.”

Many of the students also commented on how the hosts of the show,

freshman James Gallucci and senior Megan Cook, made the show more enjoyable to watch.

Most of the students who attended, however, thought the most amazing act of the night was the piano and vocal duet performed by sweethearts Andrea Mellinger and Andrew Gordon.

“I liked Andrew and Andrea’s [performance] because they both did an excellent job displaying their talents in a romantic way,” said sophomore Erynne Kubat.

It is no surprise so many students com mented on this performance, as Mellinger and Gordon came in first place for this year’s event, receiving $100 as a prize.

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Cheat Sheet: R. Kelly turns himself in to Chicago police EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

Late last week, American singer, songwriter and former NBA professional basketball player R. Kelly was arrested in Chicago for 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

This is the latest development in a career filled with sexual abuse accusations and arrests.

Last Saturday, a judge set the bond at $1 million for charges that Kelly abused four females over a span of 12 years. Steve Greenberg, Kelly’s attorney, stated he is pleased with the bond.

“Right now he’s presumed innocent,” Greenberg said. “We haven’t seen any reason to believe that these allegations are credible.”

However, many would say otherwise. Earlier this

year Lifetime debuted a documentary series titled “Surviving R. Kelly” which had a runtime of six hours over six episodes. The series documents Kelly’s success as a singer and the sexual abuse accusations which have been prevalent throughout his career.

In 2003, Kelly was arrested on multiple counts of child pornography.

However, two months later the charges were dropped after the judge said the photos were illegally obtained from Kelly’s possession. In the years following, similar accusations followed Kelly.

After more claims of abuse rose to light earlier this year, a “#MuteRKelly” movement started. Since then, multiple musicians have publicly apologized for working with Kelly in the past or collaborating in songs. Rap Artist Chance the Rapper tweeted an apology saying, “…the truth is any of us who ever ignored the R. Kelly stories,

or ever believed he was being setup/attacked by the system (as black men often are) were doing so at the detriment of black women and girls.”

Later, Pop Artist Lady Gaga voiced her regret for working with him on a song released in 2013 titled “Do What U Want.” On Twitter, she wrote, “I’m sorry, both for my poor judgement when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner.”

Even Kelly’s estranged daug hter, Joann Kelly, posted a statement on her Instagram story addressing the accusations against her father , writing “I do apologize if my silence to all that is happening comes off as careless. That is my last intention… It has been very difficult to process it all. Let alone gather all the right words to express everything I feel.”

Following the public backlash, Sony Music Entertainment dropped Kelly from their artist roster in mid-January, and he was

Tribune News Service

R. Kelly walking away with Steve Greenburg after Kelly posted his $100,000 bail Feb. 25. removed from the RCA Records website.

The most recent allegations reveal that Kelly apparently spit on a pair of victims. This claim was supported by a shirt one of the victims wore at the time of the incident which

tested positive with Kelly’s DNA. At the time of the incident, two victims were 16 years old, one was between 14 and 16 and the other was 24, according to a description by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.

After Chicago police is-

sued a warrant for his arrest Friday, Kelly turned himself in a few hours later.

He was driven to the police station in a black van and wore a dark hoodie under a blue jacket and ignored questions from reporters on the scene.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

TYLER GODWIN

Assistant Sports Editor

1. Robert Kraft video recorded with prostitutes in Floridian spa According to CNN, New Eng land Patriots Owner Robert Kraft is facing charges of soliciting prostitution as part of a large-scale sex trafficking crackdown in Florida that has led to hundreds of arrests, according to Florida police. The 77-year-old billionaire is among more than 100 people linked to several central Florida day spas and massage parlors suspected of being used for prostitution and targeted by law enforcement during a months-long investigation. According to police, Kraft visited the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, on two separate occasions.

Video footage shows him receiving “paid acts” in a room at the spa and surveillance video shows him being driven to the spa, police Chief Daniel Kerr said last Friday. “We categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity. Because it is a judicial matter, we will not be commenting further,” Kraft's spokesperson said.

The investigation is still ongoing.

-CNN Feb. 22 2. Texas judge opined

Impact Continued from B2 at the top of their fields who no one remembers.

Success, power and fame are great, but none of these things stand the test of time. So what’s the point of it all?

Everyone has a reason to be here, and there is a reason you are placed in the tiny segment of the giant timeline of eternity you are in. You could have existed at any other time in human history, past or present, but you exist here, now, today.

That itself is pretty powerful, and could serve as a purpose of its own. Still though, if you can’t be

male draft is unconstitutional

Ferocious winds roared across the eastern United States from a potent "bomb cyclone" that hit the country this weekend. As of Monday,

550,000 homes and businesses were still without power, Doyle Rice of MSN. com reported. By the middle of the day Monday, nearly 80 million people were under high-wind warnings or advisories across parts of 14 states, according to the National Weather Service. At least 1,200 flights were canceled in the region Monday, according to FlightAware.“Wind gusts of up to 81 mph were reported from the storm, toppling trees and power lines. Giant chunks of ice spilled over the banks of the Niagara River across from Buffalo on Sunday, creating bizarre, Tribune News Service 30-foot-tall ice mounds.

At one point early Mon- A bomb cyclone hit easturn United States last weekend, which caused power outages to day, 650,000 were without thousands of citizens' homes. power,” Rice said. The storm came from the same sy on the legacy of slavery, 5. California man dedo for Mr. Coley and our stem that brought copious but he closed it out with an clared innocent after 39 community,” City Manamounts of snow to Los An- impassioned plea to turn year incarceration ager Eric Levitt said in geles and Las Vegas, record out the vote next Novema statement, adding that snow to Flagstaff, Arizona, a ber. “The 2020 presidenCraig Coley, a man from going to trial would be blizzard and bitter cold to tial election is around the Simi Valley, California, is costly and irresponsible. the upper Midwest, as well corner. Let’s all mobilize. set to receive $21 million According to CNN, in isas floods and deadly torna- Let’s all be on the right side from a federal lawsuit af- suing the pardon, Brown does in the south. of history. Make the moral ter wrongfully spending said he had requested in choice between love versus 39 years in prison for a 2015 that the state Board -MSN.com hate,” Lee said. “Let’s do the crime he did not com- of Parole Hearings invesFeb. 25 right thing. You know I had mit. According to CNN, tigate the case, and the to get that in there.” Trump Coley was incarcerated board heard from at least 4. President Trump took to Twitter to voice his for a double-murder back three law enforcement claims Spike Lee called displeasure in the speech. in 1978. The Simi Valley officers who opined that him racist in Lee’s Oscar “Be nice if Spike Lee could Police Department re- a detective in 1978 “misacceptance speech read his notes, or better opened the case, which handled the case.” Coley yet not have to use notes eventually led to him be- had no prior criminal rePresident Donald Trump at all, when doing his racist ing pardoned by then- cord before the murders, was not a fan of Spike Lee’s hit on your President, who Governor Jerry Brown Brown noted, and he was speech after accepting his has done more for African in 2017. His convictions a model prisoner, dedifirst Oscar for his movie Americans (Criminal Justice were eventually vacated. cating himself to religion.

BlacKkKlansman this past Reform, Lowest Unemploy- He then was declared in- He also earned two deSunday at the 91st Acad- ment numbers in History, nocent, which paved the grees and began work on emy Awards. Trump went Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost way for state compensa- a master's, according to after Lee for his remarks any other Pres!” Trump tion. “While no amount the state Victim Compenabout the current admin- tweeted. of money can make up sation Board. istration, calling his speech for what happened to a “racist hit” on Trump.

-USA Today Mr. Coley, settling this -CNN Lee's speech was focused Feb.25 case is the right thing to Feb. 24

the most important person in your tiny segment of time, how do you find that purpose?

We don’t know how much time we have. We never know when our existence will come to an end. Every day is a gift, and each moment in that day is a micro opportunity to make an impact.

So last week when my resident assistant in Thayer Hall asked me this question as a part of a Resident’s Life educational event on philosophy, I answered with what I have found to be the best answer for myself: To make the most positive impact on as many people as I can during my time here.

While becoming a famous something (who

knows what I’ll end up doing) would certainly help increase the number of people I can positively impact, this is a purpose I can fulfill each and every day. Each day is full of opportunities to improve the lives of others. Whether it is offering a smile to a passing stranger who looks like they are having a bad day or taking the time to listen to a loved one about t h e i r d ay. P l u s , w h o knows what I’ll end up doing, there’s a chance I’ll become famous.

Don’t get lost on legacy. If no one is going to remember your name in a thousand years anyway, why not make the most in the moments you were put on this planet to live out?

A federal judge in Texas declared Sunday that an all-male military draft is unconstitutional. The judge ruled that “the time has passed” for a debate on whether women belong in the military, according to USA Today. The decision deals the biggest legal blow to the Selective Service System since the Supreme Court upheld the draft registration process back in 1981. The case of Rostker v. Goldberg determined a male-only draft was “fully-justified” because women were ineligible for combat roles at the time.

U.S. District Judge Gray Miller ruled that, while historical restrictions on women serving in combat “may have justified past discrimination,” men and women both now have the equal ability to fight. “Yes, to some extent this is symbolic, but it does have some real-world impact,” Marc Angelucci, the lawyer for the men challenging the Selective Service System, said.

“Either they need to get rid of the draft registration, or they need to require women to do the same thing that men do.”

-USA Today Feb. 24 3. Bomb Cyclone travels from New York to Arizona

Awards Continued from B2 speeches: they are too p o l i t i c a l . If s o m eo n e makes a comment even remotely out of line, someone else will call them out for immorality or improperness. To use this year’s Oscars again, President Trump called out Lee because his Oscar acceptance speech was a “racist hit” against him. All Lee described was the journey of African-American freedom in America and encouraging everyone to vote against the ideal that’s also inside these awards.

Let the winners say what they want without fear of

ridicule of breaking code or judgement of negative assumptions.

There’s even been people inside the awards who have protested against the show. Marlon Brando sent Sacheen Littlefeather in the 1973 Oscars to reject his award and protested against Hollywood negatively stereotyping against Native Americans.

On a less pressing issue, people forget when t h e s e s h ow s h a p p e n .

They happen about the same time each year, yet people barely think about them.

Most don’t know any of the celebrity award shows are happening until the day of, and others don't even know the awards occured at all until the day or two af-

ter. Part of the problem might be that ads for the Grammys or Oscars occur mainly on television.

Most people these days, especially teenagers and young adults, are on the internet.

The internet giants like YouTube and Google use algorithms that cater to people’s tastes.

So if they aren’t interested in celebrity affairs, they will not see ads for such occasions, like the Oscars.

Arguing that one movie is better than another is one thing. Arguing one movie won over the other because of the bias unmoral nature of the judges is another. Americans are tired of the latter. Therefore, we stop watching.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Businesses miss Hot Rod's after fire Project underway to improve area water systems JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief

Last fall, Waynesburg lost one of its most popular restaurants when Hot Rod’s House of Bar-B-Que caught fire at around 4 a.m. Sept. 6.

While it was instantly clear that it’d be a while before the restaurant could resume operations, owners Rodney and Stephanie Phillips were hoping to have their restaurant up and running before the end of March.

The renovation process however hasn’t been ideal, and Hot Rod’s is still closed indefinitely. When asked to comment, Hot Rod’s said there were no new updates to report regarding if and when the restaurant will reopen.

Prior to the fire, the Phillips had planned on selling the restaurant that they have owned for more than a decade. The intention was for the family to move to accommodate their son’s pursuit of a bull-riding career. The fire, however, put a dent in those plans.

When Kristy Valet, owner of 5 Kidz Kandy, found out what had happened at Hot Rod’s, she was devastated

to hear that such a tragedy had struck a local business.

That sadness intensified when Valet saw the fire’s damage first hand walking by the restaurant.

“My heart was broken for [the Phillips family]” Valet said. “Somebody called, and myself and a friend walked up, and it was just— your heart was broken. It was tragic, especially having a business, you know how much time and effort, blood and sweat and tears that you put into that.”

Valet feels that losing Hot Rod’s for an extended period of time has negatively impacted not only Waynesburg residents, but also the other business operations in Greene County.

“I think anytime you lose a business, it directly affects all the other businesses,” she said. “With less people coming into town, it gives an overall feeling of sadness whenever you see something like that.”

While Valet isn’t close with either Rodney or Stephanie, those three— along with the rest of Greene County’s business owners—share a bond in working in a tight-knit area, and do what they can to

help each other out, she said.

“We try to send each other business,” Valet said.

“If somebody comes in and they have something that I don’t have, I have no trouble saying ‘well, try South Side Deli’ or any other place. And I know other businesses send people to me for things. We try and work together as much as possible. It’s a small community.”

Located around the corner of Hot Rod’s is Don Patron’s Mexican Grill. One of its managers, Alejandro Solis, said while business at Don Patron’s hasn’t been greatly affected because of what happened at Hot Rod’s—due to the two restaurants having drastically different food choices— there has been an impact.

“It has changed a little bit,” Solis said. “Not a lot, because the food is not the same, so we’ve lost a little bit of businesses, but not a lot.”

For Valet, Hot Rod’s was an attraction to those living and driving through Waynesburg, and its absence affects the people, and by the same token, the business aspect of Greene

County.

“I think [Hot Rod’s] definitely brought a lot of people to town when they were open,” she said. “It affects everybody. When less people come into town, less people come in your store. If they’re not coming to town, and they’re not driving through, they cannot think about you.”

Valet has grown familiar with the cycle of her store going down in July and August before picking back up in September. This year, she said, business didn’t increase the way she had grown accustomed to.

“Usually in September, [5 Kidz] starts to pick back up, and this year I really have not seen an upswing in attendance,” Valet said.

“I had a really good Valentine’s Day, but overall, the traffic isn’t what it used to be.”

While the fire that hit Hot Rod’s in the wee hours of an early Thursday morning had ramifications for the town of Waynesburg, above all else, Valet’s thoughts are with the Phillips family.

“I wish Steph and Rod all the best,” she said. “My heart still breaks for them.”

Pizza Continued from B1 four years. Richards himself has been sober for more 14 years.

“One of my sponsors had a business before,” Richards said. “He gave guys in recovery a safe place to spend the day, [so] they wouldn’t have to be around drugs or alcohol. I loved that he did that, and I just hoped that one day I’d be able to do it…

Everything has fallen into to place to do that.”

People are always punished for their illegal and immoral deeds. Cochrane said they want Fat Angelo’s to reward their good deeds and hard work.

“So people can see that, if you work hard for us and you’re faithful, you get a chance to earn something with us,” said Cochrane.

College Continued from B1 people a reason to come in on a daily basis. His efforts ultimately wouldn’t be enough, and anyway, relying on students as his main customers would backfire: in summer 2018, when the vast majority of students were away from campus, Johnson’s sales plummeted.

It got to the point where he didn’t have enough regular, non-student customers, and he could no longer afford to reorder supplies.

The cafe was closed permanently by August, about a year after Johnson opened his first coffee shop.

“The needs of the community and wants of the community are very diverse from what students want,” Johnson said.

Now that it’s all over, Johnson is still grappling with what went wrong. He wasn’t the most consistent shop owner, he said, as far as store hours and service quality goes; and he thinks he should have done better marketing. He was overworked and had too small a staff. But he also thinks his business, and other businesses in the tiny town, could have benefitted from a stronger relationship with the university.

Johnson said small businesses on High Street should be making more of an effort at reaching students and marketing to them directly. Likewise, the

Edward Boice, The Yellow Jacket

Fat Antonio's Pizzeria, a franchise with five other locations in the region, will open a restaurant in Waynesburg soon.

Richards and Grooms said the Waynesburg Fat Angelo’s Pizzeria restau-

rant could open as soon as the end of this month. The building still needs renova-

tions and they need state approval for access to the borough’s sewer lines.

university should work with businesses like his. Only then, he believes, can the community really thrive.

“There’s a mutually beneficial relationship there, and if one of the parties isn’t participating, then both of the parties lose,” he said.

Many students and faculty describe the campus as a “bubble,” a quiet hub of learning amidst the noise of the trucks and the coal train down the street. Katie Jones, a junior forensic science student, said there is a clear absence of the typical college atmosphere in Waynesburg, which for the most part, is beneficial.

“This is both good for me and also not,” Jones said. “This lack of ‘college town’ environment forces me to focus on my homework and studying, but it also gets boring. In order to have a fun night, a student must travel at least a half hour, and that can be tough to do.”

Jones was a frequent customer of Waynesburg Coffee Company, sometimes visiting twice a week.

She didn’t go as much when they merged with the cafe, though. She said the location was inconvenient and the atmosphere had changed, and she also felt the hours didn’t adequately serve college students.

Now, she said, there is no pressing reason for a student to venture out into the community.

“The town and university are so separated because, I feel, there aren’t any events

or gatherings to bring us together,” she said.

While Johnson tried taking advantage of the university, he had too many other failings to really make it work. Johnson is an example of how the university and the surrounding community continue to operate on separate planes.

In Waynesburg, where five small businesses have closed in the last year, Johnson said it can be like the university isn’t there at

A lifelong resident of Greene County, McMillan chose to situate his photography headquarters in Waynesburg precisely because of its location. Its proximity to I-79 made commuting to Pittsburgh or Morgantown simple, and he still enjoyed the quiet life outside of a city.

For as long as he can remember, McMillan said Waynesburg University has been a steady presence, but not one that was as widely-

“We never see any kids walking downtown,” he said. “I get that there’s nothing down here to see.”

BEN MCMILLAN

McMillan Photography

all. Businesses don’t typically seek to involve students by offering deals and promotions, and students don’t typically venture to High Street for their entertainment.

On the other hand, some other business owners, like Ben McMillan, owner of McMillan Photography, said the university does have a clear role in the community and its economy, even if it’s not plain to see. The town is rural and operating a small business is hard, he agrees—but that just comes with the territory.

“We never see any kids walking downtown,” he said. “I get that there’s nothing down here to see.”

reaching or omnipresent as in larger college towns.

In his business, he would sometimes welcome photography students as interns, one of which became one of his best full-time photographers. The university has always hosted events on campus that are open to the community, too—art exhibits, theatre performances, classes and workshops.

McMillan doesn’t think the university needs to try any harder to work with the town—the town just needs to wake up to the opportunities the university brings.

“The public just doesn’t take advantage,” McMil-

RACHEL PELLEGRINO Editorial Assistant

As of this week, the Dunkard Valley Water Extension Project is underway.

Through this project, Dunkard Valley Joint Municipal Authority and Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority will unite in an effort to update Dunkard Valley’s outdated system.

“Southwest Water will be taking over Dunkard Valley’s service system and it will all be replaced with new piping, new valves, n ew eve r y t h i n g ,” s a i d Charles Mallory, DVJMA board president. “It’s all in line to just make everything better for our customers, so we have good clean reliable water.”

Tim Faddis, manager of SPWA, said after estimating costs, his organization decided to enter into an agreement with DVJMA. “ The Dunkard Valley Joint Municipal Authority’s System is at the end of its useful life; DVJMA has been looking for a solution for a good while and reached out to some of the local water suppliers,” Faddis said.

Mallory said they have clean water right now, but their system is old. The Dunkard Valley system was initiated back in the early 1950s. So, as Mallory put it, this project is “a way to upgrade.”

DVJMA represents 512 customers in Greensboro and Monongahela townships. Due to the outdated system, these customers have experienced water problems throughout the years. Mallory said there have been water breaks in the winter and spring because the system is old.

“By bringing big lines in and all new lines we won’t get into having breaks and things,” Mallory said.

In addition to new lines, this project will also upgrade Dunkard Valley’s 100,000-gallon storage

lan said. “I don’t think Waynesburg is any different from any other small town.” *** The “bubble” ends with the university’s strong emphasis on service.

Students are constantly volunteering in the community; in such a povertystricken area, there are plenty of opportunities.

Waynesburg students are currently working with nonprofits in the area including the Humane Society, the Salvation Army and the local food bank, among others.

As one of the state’s poorest counties, some organizations have grown to rely on volunteerism at Waynesburg.

The university’s Bonner scholars—students who receive a scholarship in exchange for community service initiatives—provide 140 volunteer hours each semester. The university also hosts a “Day of Service” once a month, facilitated through the Waynesburg University Center for Service Leadership. On these days, students split up and work at nonprofits around Greene County for a whole day.

Lee said the university provides close to 50,000 community service hours each year, with at least 43 separate entities.

Lee is always looking for ways to connect with the world just beyond campus. The university re-

tank to a 1 million gallon storage take. So, if anything happens they’ll have a lot more water to back it up.

Mallory said the idea of this project was initially brought up about three years ago; however, there has been a hold up because of money.

“It’s been awhile, it’s been a process, but it’s the same process anybody would have to go through if they wanted a PENNVEST grant,” Mallory said.

According to the SPWA press release, the project’s cost totals $12.8 million.

Most of the money will cover replacing the water lines, while the rest will cover the new 1milliongallon water storage tank.

This money will primarily be coming from loans and grants. SPWA accepted an offer from PENNVEST Jan. 10. The SPWA press release stated the offer totaled $14.1 million and was comprised of a $5.1 million grant and a $9 million loan.

Now that they have the money, the project can begin.

“It’s starting right now, it’s already underway, and it has to be completed by November of this year,” said Mallory.

The project must be completed by November because there is a 300day limit to complete this project. During this time, Mallory said customers will not be affected. However, Dunkard Valley customers will experience an increase in monthly rates when the project is complete.

“There will be a separate rate district set up for this project area and those customers will pay a debt service each month with their water bills,” said Faddis.

Mallory said they are anticipating a service charge of about $20, so the cost will increase for Dunkard Valley customers from $40 to about $58.

cently added a Center for Entrepreneurship, which is meant to encourage students to think innovatively to solve community problems and promote economic development in the region.

The school also partners with the company, Chevron, for a Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, which partners with corporations for the same purpose. The center builds relationships with corporations in the area, fostering discussions and creating speaker series about best practices, volunteerism, networking and more. Lee wants the university to be part of the collaboration among public servants, private industry and other factions to “become part of the solution,” to the region’s struggles.

Whether or not Waynesburg University ultimately boosts the Greene County economy, contributes to the population or stimulates income is unclear. Historically, the university is one of the lowest-costing private institutions in the state and rated as a Best Value School by U.S. News.

Some argue this indicates a sensitivity to different incomes and socioeconomic standings. For Lee, the objective is simply to keep moving forward.

“We have built such a solid foundation of service and outreach,” Lee said. “Where do we go next with that?”

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

The sting of defeat

Photo courtesy of Connor Tibbe

Waynesburg University finished third in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships with a team score of 91, which was 33 points behind first place.

After consecutive championships, Jackets relinquish streak to Westminster Track prepares for the outdoor season COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

As the indoor track & field season ends for Waynesburg University athletes, the outdoor track & field season is just beginning.

The season is set to start on March 9-10 in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the Seahawk Invitational at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

“What’s exciting for both men and women in indoor and outdoor is that the differences are mostly due to javelin and disk,” said jumping coach Luke Payson. “So, even though I don’t coach throwers, as a coach on TRACK >> C4

MATT MANSFIELD For The Yellow Jacket

Maybe it’s the end of a dynasty, or maybe it’s just a start to what could be another great run for the Waynesburg University women’s track & field team.

Although the Yellow Jackets reign as PAC Champions ended Feb. 21 at Youngstown State University, the team had several standout performances by young athletes, which bodes well for the future, according to head coach Michelle Cross.

Coming into the meet, the Jackets found themselves in a peculiar position. They were not favored to win, said Cross, but they had a target on their backs after winning the previous two years.

“I told the team we were an underdog dynasty,” said Cross. “We weren’t expected to win, but we were still the team to beat.”

The women’s team third place at the indoor championships. Cross added that the team’s lack of depth hurt the team this season. The Jackets had 21 members on the team, which made it difficult to keep athletes fresh in a one-day championship meet.

“It’s an adjustment having such a small team,”

said Cross. “We had to put just about everybody in multiple events.”

Being well-rested wasn’t an option for the Black and Orange, especially for their distance runners.

“Even though we lost, you can't be mad about it. I can't be mad at the girls for running their best and not winning.”

MICHELLE CROSS

Head coach

But, as she has all season, freshman Aubrey Wingeart put on a strong performance; picking up a win in the mile run, taking second in the 3,000-meter race and finishing third in the 5K. “I was nervous to have to run all three events, but I knew I could do it. I tried to just run consistent splits in order to conserve energy,” Wingeart said. “This past season should motivate us for the future. I hope to win multiple championships over the next few years.”

The women were strong in the 3,000-meters, where freshman Gloria Reed, sophomore Nicole Shelton and senior Teghan Simonton all placed in the top six, and each ran for a personal record.

Sophomore Katherine Fair also set a PR in the 60-meter hurdles, where she placed second and finished with a time of 9.5 seconds.

Junior Mary Beth Cunningham ran the 400-meter race in a time of 1:05.3, grabbing a seventh-place finish and contributing to the team score.

“Even though we lost, you can’t be mad about it,” said Cross. “I can’t be mad at the girls for running their best and not winning.”

The PAC tournament was a disappointing ending to an otherwise strong indoor season according to Cross, but the women’s team is now turning its attention to the outdoor track season, which begins March 9-10 at the Seahawk Invitational at UNC Wilmington.

The team still has championship aspirations, and Cross believes the outdoor PAC Championships, slated for April 25-26 at Westminster College, will yield better results for the team.

“The meet is split into two days, which will really help us out, especially with us having such a small roster,” Cross said.

Two Jackets punch Jones, Trax break multiple WU records ticket to compete in national tourney LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor

TYLER GODWIN

Assistant Sports Editor

For the second-straight season, senior 285-pounder Jake Evans and junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs will represent Waynesburg University at the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Each wrestler finished in second place at the Division III Southeast Regional Tournament at their respective weight classes. Collectively, the Yellow Jackets placed ninth out of 20 teams in the region.

“I’m just proud of the guys,” head coach Ron Headlee said. “We still have two qualifiers, you always want more but the guys wrestled hard.”

Evans, the returning DIII 285-pound national champion, rolled to three straight victories to start off the two-day event to

make it to the title bout.

There, he squared up with the No. 2 seed in Lycoming College’s Garrett Wesneski, ranked fifth nationally in DIII. Wesneski managed to just get by Evans, defeating him 5-4 for his first DIII loss of the season.

“It wasn’t one of his better matches, but it’s always better to happen [at regionals] where you have one of those matches,” Headlee said. “And I think it takes a little bit [of pressure] off. It’s hard going in with no losses coming in like that at DIII and defending [his title]–there’s all that kind of pressure.

Now I think it settles you in and now you have to work a little harder and you have to know that everybody’s gunning for you.”

The Elizabeth native has now extended his NCAA BURRS >> C3

JaWuan Jones never competed in indoor track & field until this season. When he began the season seven weeks ago, his primary goal was just to stay in shape for football. Since then, he’s broken Waynesburg University’s school record in the 60-meter dash and finished one spot away from qualifying for nationals.

“It’s just kind of been fun this year because it’s been discovered that he is good,” track & field head coach Michelle Cross said. “He has that element of a runner, that as a coach, it just gives you goosebumps because he just has that wolf pack mentality where if he sees someone in front of him he sees red and you just see that heart immediately come out.”

Jones competed in outdoor track & field events throughout high school but gave up the sport after he was recruited to play football for Waynesburg University. Despite being away

from track & field since 2014, he returned. After his sophomore year playing as a wide receiver, Jones decided to use track & field as a conditioning method to stay in shape during the offseason. “[Cross] got me on board, because when I first came I didn’t know what I was going to do,” Jones said. “But the more I started practicing, the [coaches] were telling me like, ‘yeah we think you can do big things in these events.’”

As a sprinter, Jones primarily competes in events like the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Cross said she attributes a portion of his success to natural athleticism, but also his fighting spirit.

“He’s definitely very, very talented,” Cross said. “But, I would also attribute that to he is a competitor—he hates to lose. He’s one of those people who legitimately hate to lose and hates to lose more than he likes to win maybe.”

This year, Jones came RECORDS >> C4

Photo courtesy of Connor Tibbe

JaWuan Jones placed second in the PAC for the 60-meter dash and set a new school record of 7.10 seconds.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Softball sets goal to make playoffs Jackets to play 10 games in 5 days to start season MITCH MONTANI and CHACE JOHNSTON Staff Report

When the Yellow Jacket softball team starts its season March 7 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, it will have a new coach at the helm.

Brett Shimek will enter the diamond for his first season as head coach this spring. He brings a wealth of experience to the table, and replaces Richelle Hall, who led the Jackets for the past four seasons.

“I ’ve coached travel sof tball for about ten years now with multiple different organizations,” said Shimek. “I feel like I have the coaching background and pedigree to come in here and be successful.”

Shimek has built his resume from experience being the head coach of the Pennsylvania Lady Knights, who are a 16-and-under fastpitch softball team based in Canonsburg. Additionally, he’s been the assistant coach of Waynesburg Central High School softball team for the past five seasons.

Shimek isn’t fazed by this transition to a new environment, which will include coaching older players, but he notices a distinct difference in the collegiate athletes already.

“I feel like the players that are here want to be here, and it’s more of a passion and a love for the game,” said Shimek.

Waynesburg sported a 12-20 overall record last season, which included a 5-13 mark in the Presi-

MIKE TRAX

For The Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesy of Mitchelll Kendra

The softball team will begin its season in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the Fast Pitch Dreams Spring Classic March 7. dents’ Athletic Conference.

This placed Waynesburg in ninth out of 10 teams in the conference. Shimek, however, is excited about the experience that the team returns and believes it can be a key attribute for this year’s team.

“We have a veteran team coming back,” said Shimek.

“So, that experience has prepared them for having a different result this year.”

When discussing which specific players he expects to play a key role, Shimek was straightforward about expecting his whole team to come through.

“I’m gonna say everybody,” he said. “We have 18 players on our roster and I feel like everybody is a vital piece to this program.”

Shimek also believes that an old-fashioned coaching philosophy will help to guide his team.

“I believe if you can pitch and play defense then you can compete and win those close games,” said Shimek. “We will produce runs and steal runs when needed.”

When it comes to pitching, however, Shimek said senior Courtney Messenger, as well as sophomore Emma Kubalak, will lead the way from the circle.

Messenger appeared 22 times in 32 total games last spring.

“Pitching is going to be important for us,” said Shimek. “Courtney Messenger and Emma Kubalak are going to be important

parts of us, in being successful this season.”

The goals for the team are direct, and Shimek has his sights set on Waynesburg softball reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

“We want to have a winning season and we want to make the PAC playoffs,” he said. “They’re big goals, and we’re hoping that we can come through.”

The Yellow Jacket softball squad will open up its season March 7-9, with a series of doubleheaders in the Fast Pitch Dreams Spring Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The first game is set for the March 7 at 1:30 p.m. against Penn State Abington.

As the Waynesburg University baseball team prepares for its 2019 season, head coach Mike Humiston has high expectations for the team.

“Our expectation for this year is to be in the top four teams in our conference which will put us in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament,” said Humiston. “We have a numerous [amount] of seniors that will be instrumental to our success.”

The PAC recently released the annual preseason coaches’ poll. The Yellow Jackets are projected to finish sixth out of the nine PAC schools.

Last season, the Yellow Jackets finished ninth out of 10 teams in the conference.

Humiston looks at the poll as motivation for the Yellow Jackets.

“The PAC coaches’ poll doesn’t mean a lot for our team,” said Humiston. “Being picked to finish sixth in the conference is motivation for all us.”

One of the top returning athletes on the team is senior infielder Tyler Reis.

Last season, Reis led the team with a batting average of .342 in 111 at bats. The senior also led the team in on-base-percentage and homeruns with a .463 average and seven, respectively.

Reis is expecting great things from the team this year and that will come from

the team chemistry.

“I expect great things from the team this year,” said Reis. “We have a lot of young new talent that helped our overall team chemistry.”

Reis also mentioned that some of the new athletes are adapting to new positions that they are not used to but believes they will handle it well.

“Many of the new players are practicing at new positions they are not used to,” said Reis. “But we are talented enough to make the adjustments and perform well when the time comes.”

The Yellow Jackets will open its season in Winter Haven, Florida to play in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.

Humiston hopes that the early season tournament will be a turning point for the Yellow Jackets.

“Our thoughts are to win more than we lose,” said Humiston. “Once our players hate losing more than they like winning, it will be a turning point for our program.”

For Reis, he is excited to get the season started and see what the team can do.

“I’m excited for Florida and excited to see how the guys will play together,” said Reis. “We have the talent and have what it takes to compete.”

Reis is one of the top players on the team and contributes his success to his training.

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PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Conf. Overall Saint Vincent 14-2 22-5 Grove City 10-6 15-11 Chatham 9-7 19-9 Westminster 9-7 13-15 Wash. & Jeff.

8-8 10-16 Waynesburg 7-9 8-18 Geneva 6-10 9-17 Thiel 5-11 7-19

STANDINGS

Bethany

Geneva

4-12 5-20

Saturday's Box Score

Westminster 95, Waynesburg 68 Westminster 50 45 95 Waynesburg 27 41 68

Saint Vincent Wash. & Jeff.

Grove City Bethany Chatham Westminster Waynesburg Thiel

Conf. Overall 15-1 23-4 13-3 19-8 10-6 16-11 8-8 13-13 8-8 12-14 6-10 9-18 6-10 8-18 4-12 8-20 2-14 4-20

SWIMMING & DIVING MEN RECENT RESULTS 2.16.19 PAC Championships Grove City (1st) - 948 pts.; Westminster (2nd) - 864 pts.; Saint Vincent (3rd) - 619 pts.; W&J (4th) - 294.; Bethany (5th) - 180 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, February 23

Saturday's Box Score

Westminster 88, Waynesburg 80 Westminster 11 16 26 35 88 Waynesburg 16 20 14 30 80

Kenyon Fast Chance Invite

WOMEN

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

WRESTLING

PAC Championships

STANDINGS Conf. Overall Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff.

Thiel

2-0 7-8 1-1 7-4 0-2 5-4

MATCH RESULTS Div. 3 Regional Championships

MEN - 5th (of 9) Top Waynesburg Performers 60 Meter Dash - Jawuan Jones (2nd) 7.10; Triple Jump - Michael Trax (1st), 13.33m.

Day 1

WOMEN 3rd (of 9)

Waynesburg 10th (of 20) 45.50 pts.

W&J 12th (of 20), 37.50 pts.

Thiel 15th (of 20), 19.50 pts.

Top Waynesburg Performers One Mile Run - Aubrey Wingert (1st) - 5:18.02; 60 Meter Hurdles - Katherine Fair (2nd) - 9.57.

Day 2 Waynesburg 9th (of 20), 64 pts.

W&J 12th (of 20), 53.50 pts.

Thiel 15th (of 20), 27.50 pts.

Kenyon Classic MEN

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Brennan Smith..........................370 2. Matt Popeck..............................350

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Andrea Orlosky.........................450 2. Haley Porter...............................316

Grove City Top Scorers 1. James Wells................................412 2. Justice Rice.................................289

Grove City Top Scorers 1. Kate Balcom.................................368 2. Jess Bowen...................................331

Bethany Top Scorers 1. Allayasa Bray................................256 2. Trey Shifflett..............................214

Bethany Top Scorers 1. Sammie Weiss..............................309 2. Ashley Duthie..............................283

Geneva Top Scorers 1. Ethan Moose.................................405 2. Eric McGee.....................................252

Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford.....................................515 2. Lauren Tipton..............................233

Thiel Top Scorers 1. Terrance Holloway .......................402 2. Alonzo Brown.................................273

Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jess Vormelker..............................556 2. Destiny Johnson..........................329

WOMEN

Chatham top Socrers 1. Isaiah Brown.................................439 2. Will Sandherr................................399

Chatham top Scorers 1. Katie Sieg......................................432 2. Ashley McClain..........................387

800 Meter - Kathryn Thompson (6th) - 2:27.83

Westminster Top Scorers 1.Austin Armwood........................299 2. Dylan O' Hara..............................281

Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknecht.......................299 2. Jackie Matthews..........................262

60 Meter Hurdles - Katherine Fair (2nd) - 9.57.

Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Cameron Seemann.......................406 2. Primo Zini..........................................295

Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Danielle Parker...........................408 2. Alie Seto........................................350

Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1.Tom Kromka....................................428 2. David Stephen...............................415

Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Madison Kollar............................370 2. Maria Morgan.............................261

RECENT RESULTS Saturday 2.23.19

RECENT RESULTS 2.16.19 PAC Championships Westminster (1st) - 906 pts.; Grove City (2nd) - 878 pts.; Saint Vincent (3rd) - 535 pts.

60 Meter - JaWuan Jones (2nd) - 7.10 200 Meter -Zachary Cannon (21st) - 24.63 800 Meter - Micah Kurka (10th) - 2:05.17

Individual Yellow Jacket Placers

1 Mile - Nathan Jecelin (9th) - 4:42.93

Dylan Williams (125) - 8th

Long Jump - Michael Trax (6th) - 6.52m.

Josh Kuslock (133) - 4th

Triple Jump - *Michael Trax (1st) - 13.33m.*

UPCOMING EVENTS

Anthony Welsh (174) - 8th

Shot Put - Ryan Vantine (6th) - 12.99m

Saturday, February 23

Jake Evans (285) - 2nd

Team Finish 5th

Kenyon Fast Chance Invite 400 Meter - Mary Beth Cunningham (7th) - 1:05.35

1 Mile - Aubrey Wingeart (1st) - 5:18.02

UPCOMING GAMES Individual Division 3 National Championship

3000 Meter Run - Aubrey Wingeart (2nd) - 10:43.29 Shot Put -Jordan Simpson (2nd) - 10.85m.

YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FEMALE Haley Porter - Freshman, Women's Basketball

PAC Championship:

RECENT RESULTS Saturday 2.23.19

Chatham 64, Westminster 61

PAC Championship:

MALE Jake Evans - Senior, Wrestling

Saint Vincent 70, Wash. & Jeff. 48

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Carmichaels

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‘I just fell in love with the process of team building’ Basketball plays pivotal role in upbringing of asst. coach JOE SMELTZER Copy Desk Chief

This past basketball season, Waynesburg University added a new dynamic to its women’s basketball coaching staff in graduate assistant Jasmine Jenkins.

At just 24, Jenkins brings youth to head coach Sam Jones’ bench, and also h i g h - l eve l ex p e r i e n ce as a four-year member and two-year starter at Vanderbilt University.

For Jenkins, basketball was more than a hobby and even more than a way of going to college for free.

For her, the game led her out of Gainesville, Georgia, a place she described as “the hood.”

“Honestly, I don’t think I would be a productive citizen [without basketball],” she said. “I think I would still be stuck in the hood because basketball introduced me to a lot of my mentors, a lot of great people that kind of helped

guide me to make better decisions in life. So, it’s scary to think [where I would be] if I didn’t have basketball. I don’t think I would be here in Waynesburg.” *** To put it mildly, Jenkins didn’t have a normal childhood.

Gainesville has a population of roughly 40,000 and a poverty rate more than double the national average according to DataUSA. As if witnessing gang fights while waiting for the school bus and being offered drugs by dealers on a street corner weren’t troubling enough, Jenkins’ parents got divorced when she was just 10. This meant that instead of worrying about typical childhood staples like homework, toys, and TV shows, Jenkins had to be the primary caregiver for her younger

siblings.

“As a 12-year-old, I was trying to figure out how my three younger brothers were going to eat,” she said.

One aspect of Jenkins’ life that wasn’t different from a typical American girl was sports.

this day, because I think there are so many life lessons within the game that you could learn, and it helps you improve as a person, well for me now as a coach.”

To improve her skills while keeping herself in line, Jenkins spent a lot of

have in certain situations, why it’s important to pay attention to how you carry yourself,” Jenkins said.

“How to give feedback, how to take feedback. So he was a blessing for me for sure.”

Through her desire to improve, Jenkins made

“That's why I'm still in love with it to this day because I think there are so many life lessons within the game that you could learn, and it helps you improve as a person.”

JASMINE JENKINS

Assistant coach

Early on, Jenkins was a soccer player, idolizing Mia Hamm. As she transitioned to her teenage years, however, her focus shifted to basketball.

“I just fell in love with the process of team building and leadership in basketball, because I think it helped me grow as a person,” she said. “That’s why I’m still in love with it to

time at the local Boys & Girls Club, where she met its athletic director, Ken Huffman. It was through mentors like Huffman that Jenkins learned valuable life lessons, and always kept busy instead of giving in to the temptations offered on the streets.

“He taught me how to speak properly, how to dress properly, how to be-

sure she would never lose sight of her goal. People like Huffman knew Jenkins had potential, and she was determined not to let any material possessions get in the way of her goals.

“I was mature enough to understand that I had an opportunity, and there were just things that just didn’t coincide with the success of the opportunity

which was college basketball.” *** Jenkins was just 15 when the future of her Division I basketball career were started. Playing in a tournament, it took young Jasmine just one game to receive her first Division I offer.

After the game, she was approached by a coach from the University of Alabama—Birmingham. Usually, Jenkins says, when schools first discover a high school player, they don’t make an offer on a whim.

“Usually they find you, then they court you [before offering] you, but [UAB] offered me the very same day,” Jenkins said.

When Jenkins visited UAB, she knew the bigcampus life was something she wanted to experience.

Although she wound up choosing Vanderbilt University because of the lively, musical culture of Nashville, Tennessee as JENKINS >> C4

COMMENTARY

Jackets deserve better in All-PACs BRANDON ROSSI Columnist

Photo courtesy of Connor Tibbe

After finishing the indoor season, the men's track & field team will begin the outdoor season March 9.

Jackets place fifth at the conference championship COREY FISCHER

For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s track & field team traveled to Youngstown, Ohio for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships this past weekend.

For the men, Waynesburg placed fifth out of the nine teams at the event. JaWuan Jones–the first-year track athlete competing in his hometown–won the silver medal in the men’s 60-meter dash. Jones posted a 7.10 second time. Westminster senior Jaevon Hardy took gold with a 6.77 second finish.

Waynesburg topped the charts in the men’s triple jump as well, with junior Mike Trax finishing at the top of the standings. Trax broke a Waynesburg record with his 10.33 meter championship performance, breaking his own record that he set previously.

“Since it was the championship meet, it means a lot more to me,” Trax said. “It’s one thing breaking a school record in a meet that doesn’t

Baseball Continued from C2 “I have done everything in my power to give me as much as an advantage over my competitors when I step up to the plate,” said Reis.

“I’ve showed great progress over the years and I know I have more room to grow.”

Other key performers returning for Yellow Jackets are seniors Tyler Godwin and Mitch Nordstrom as well as junior Justin Buberl.

mean much, but doing it where it matters for the team brings more meaning to it.”

Trax noted that the fifthplace finish overall wasn’t what the team had hoped for.

“On the men’s side we did what was expected, but not what we wanted,” Trax said.

He mentioned that some things were out of their control in each event that effected the overall performance of the team.

“There were some events where we were expecting points, but did not get any,” said Trax.

With a lot of talents coming back for the men’s team, Trax will be one of the senior leaders next season.

“I have one more year left, so I have to continue to improve on that jump,” he said.

Waynesburg is going to be represented when both teams track & field picks back up in the spring for the outdoor season at the Seahawk Invitational at UNC Wilmington in Wilmington, North Carolina, March 9 and 10.

As the season progresses, Humiston wants the team to continually improve.

“I want the team to continue to get better at every practice and game,” said Humiston. “I want every coach and player to be able to look into the mirror and say I left everything on the field, if we do that the wins will come.”

The Yellow Jackets are hopeful to have a better season than the previous year.

The season will start March 3 in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational when they face Penn State Altoona.

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference basketball season has concluded, and new teams rose from the ashes.

With the departure of Thomas More, both the Saint Vincent women and Chatham men claimed championships for their respective genders. For Chatham, it’s the first PAC title in any sport since becoming a fulltime member in 2007.

In addition, the end of the PAC season brings us the All-PAC awards. As you can expect, a lot of people have differing opinions on who should have been put where.

First, let’s look at the women’s All-PAC awards. For the cream of the crop, Thiel’s Jess Vormelker was named Player of the Year, Grove City’s Kate Balcom received Defensive Player of the Year, Thiel’s Destiny Johnson won Freshman of the Year and Chatham’s first-year head coach David Saur picked up the Coach of the Year.

Burrs Continued from C1 wins record to 179 heading into the national tournament, and also has 28 pins this season, which leads all of DIII. Burrs, who was competing for the first time since the Kalahari Duals this past December due to an injury, also won his first three matches of the day before taking an injury default in the title bout, which Headlee said was a precautionary move since he already qualified for nationals.

“His movement looks good, I thought his conditioning–I was a little skeptical about it because it was his first time back– but he did well,” Headlee said. “It was good to see his excitement for winning and things like that. If he wrestles [well], we can have two All-Americans.”

In total, f ive Jackets competed on the second day of the tournament for the chance to go to n at i o n a l s . S o p h o m o re 133-pounder Josh Kuslock came within one win of qualifying for the national tournament but came up just shy in the third-place

Personally, I think that these nominations were the right choices, especially with Vormelker winning Player of the Year. She helped lead a Cinderella-storied Thiel team that entered the playoffs as the eight seed and fought its way to the semifinals. She has been one of the most consistent players in the PAC for the last couple of seasons and, without her presence, one could argue that Thiel wouldn’t have even been in the playoffs to begin with.

Also, Thiel’s Destiny Johnson was the only player in the PAC to average a doubledouble with 12.2 points per game and 11.3 rebounds per contest. So, the honor was well-deserved for her as well.

Looking at Waynesburg University’s honorees, sophomore Andrea Orlosky received 2nd-team All-PAC while Monica Starre was an honorable mention selection. Personally, I believe Orlosky and Starre should have been bumped up to a 1st-and-2nd-team distinction, respectively.

Looking at the statistics, Orlosky was third in the PAC

in scoring with 17.3 points per game, only behind Geneva’s Callie Ford (21.5) and Vormelker (19.9). If Orlosky was named 1st-team All-PAC, she would be the 2nd-leading scorer amongst the nominations. Plus, she was a very versatile player being able to score and also rebound the basketball, finishing fifth in the conference in rebounding with 8.2 per contest.

Speaking of rebounding, Starre was third in that category, averaging 9.1 per contest, only behind Thiel’s Johnson and Westminster’s Emily Fromknecht. She led the conference in steals at a 3.1 average per game. Starre also finished the year third in the PAC in assists with 3.8 per game, and she also averaged 11.9 points per game.

She contributed in all facets of the game night-in and night-out.

The only point guard that I would personally put ahead of Starre, is Vormelker. Some could make the argument that Geneva’s Callie Ford was more successful. However, Geneva only won four games this year and in many games this season, Ford’s points

came in garbage time.

Now looking at the men’s side, it gets more convoluted.

There are only two individual awards: Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. Saint Vincent’s Tom Kromka won the Player of the Year award, and rightfully so, given his dominating presence for the last few years.

However, where I disagree is the Coach of the Year.

Saint Vincent’s D.P. Harris failed to get arguably his best team in the last four years to the PAC Championship. Yes, the Bearcats were dominant in the regular season, but a program the caliber of Saint Vincent’s men’s basketball team is well-aware that none of it matters if you don’t win it all.

With that said, Chatham’s David Richards should have been this year’s recipient for coach of the year. He took a Chatham squad, that was just four years old, and won PAC gold for the first time in school history. Not to mention, it was Richards’ first year as the head coach. He won all three of his playoff

match with a 10-9 loss to Delaware Valley freshman Russell Benson.

In that match, Kuslock trailed 6-0 in the first period before battling back to make it 9-6 in favor of Benson heading into the final period. Kuslock managed to tie the score at nine with a late takedown, but Benson picked up an escape to barely edge the PAC-Champion.

“You never blame guys being aggressive, but Josh got a little overaggressive and got caught for six points [early]. He just kept his composure and kept fighting back,” Headlee said. “At one point he almost had four back points instead of two–that would’ve been huge in the match. Just came up a little bit short, but [he] still had a great second semester for us.”

Kuslock f inished his sophomore campaign with 19 wins.

Freshman 125-pounder Dylan Williams and redshirt-sophomore 1 74 - p o u n d e r A n t h o n y Welsh each placed eighth in their respective weight classes. Both needed three-straight wins on day two to make it to nationals, but they lost their first matches of the day

to drop into the seventhplace bouts.

Williams was just 8-22 on the year heading into the regional tournament but was coming off a PAC title at 125 pounds and snagged two more wins to place during the two-day event. Welsh, who transferred into Waynesburg for the spring semester, completed his first year as a Yellow Jacket with an 18-7 record.

Headlee was pleased to see Williams’ ability shine at the regional tournament after a slow start to his season.

“I just knew with his conf idence–he has the ability in the room, and I’ve known that, it was just a matter of him believing in himself,” Headlee said. “I think winning PAC’s helped him and getting that one win–sometimes i t just changes [your mentality].

He wrestled well all weekend.”

In the regional tournament as a team, Waynesburg placed the highest of the three PAC schools, coming in ninth. Washington & Jefferson placed 12th in the event, while Thiel took 15th place.

Six total wrestlers from the PAC, which only has three schools that sup-

port wrestling programs, punched a ticket to the national tournament in the event. Three W& J wrestlers and one Thiel wrestler will join Evans and Burrs to compete for a national championship.

Headlee anticipates the 285-pound weight class to be extremely competitive, with three contending wrestlers undefeated against DIII opponents, making Evans’ road to repeating difficult. “[Jake is] definitely going to have to be ready, it’s not going to be easy. [He’s going to] train hard these next two weeks,” Headlee said. “He’s usually up for a good challenge and after a loss he’s even better, so hopefully he will refocus.

That’s his goal–to come back and win it.”

The NCAA Division III National Tournament will take place Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 in Roanoke, Virginia. Evans will look to defend his national title from last year, while Burrs will look to place as an All-American after going 1-2 in the tournament last year.

“That’s the goal, to try and come home with two All-Americans…it’d be nice to come back with that again,” Headlee said.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Evans with opportunity to repeat as national champion DYLAN CLELAND

Assistant Sports Editor

For the third straight season, the Yellow Jacket wrestling team will send more than one member of its squad to the NCAA Division III National Championships for a chance to earn two national titles.

Senior heavyweight Jake Evans and junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs earned the right to compete in the national tournament after last weekend where they were both silver medalists in their respective weight classes at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regionals, falling just short of taking home a first-place finish.

Head coach Ron Headlee originally had a goal of four of his men to move onto nationals, but some of the seeding didn’t provide good match-ups at the regional tournament. “ We had some good things and bad things, I don’t think it was our best effort at regionals,” said Headlee. “We had a couple things that didn’t go our way and we couldn’t quite get it going. We just couldn’t find a way to get it done this weekend.”

Jenkins Continued from C3 well as the university’s academic reputation, it was through her first visit that she knew she not only wanted to play college basketball but play it at the highest level.

“From that moment on,” she said. “That was the goal was to go to college for basketball because I saw how the game could change my life and my reality.” *** Vanderbilt University is a far cry from “the hood” of Gainesville. When Jenkins arrived on campus in August 2012, the faces she saw weren’t those of dealers looking to sell drugs, but rather students of one of country’s most respected private institutions, some of which having polar opposite backgrounds from Jenkins.

While Jenkins found it difficult to relate to students outside of her teammates, she saw the shift in culture as a positive; a sign of how far she had come from Gainesville. “ Ye a h [ V a n d e r b i l t ] def initely was a culture shock, just because outside of my teammates, it was just hard to relate

Track Continued from C1 the team I am very excited that a portion of our team will be able to participate.”

Head coach Michelle Cross said for the women’s team, that they have a lot of very talented athletes, but there isn’t enough of them. So, they will have to find the best way to utilize each one of them. She added that it will be much easier to practice now that the outdoor season is beginning.

“We can finally practice outside on a track instead of in a gym,” said Cross.

“They can now go 100 percent in practice instead of having to work on just bits and pieces.”

As for Payson and his jumpers, they prefer the indoor season because they don’t have to worry about rain or any other inclement weather. He added that jumping is very

Photo courtesy of Gennaro Bonaventura

During the regional meet, Jake Evans lost his first Division III match of the season against second-seeded Garrett Wesneski, who is the fifth-ranked wrestler in Division III, 5-4. Evans heads to nationals with 179 career wins.

Evans looks to repeat as the 285-pound national champion after defeating James Bethel of Oneonta State in the title match last year.

“It’ll be good, but it’s hard going in there,” said Headlee. “You have a lot of pres-

sure on you going in there, you haven’t lost at all to a Division III guy and there’s work that needs to be done.

He got that match out of the way and has a loss now.

I just think it’ll help him be focused and he won’t have as much pressure going into

the tournament.”

Burrs also made a run at a title in the 197-pound classification last season, however, he fell short and just scored team points at nationals. He didn’t wrestle all semester until the regionals as he was held out

to anyone,” she said. “It was just difficult making friends because it was just different. It was much of a culture shock, but it was a beautiful culture shock because I was able to see there is something better.”

“Something better” still was the NCA A tournament, which Vanderbilt qualified for as an at-large bid. Awaiting the Commodores in the second round were the University of Connecticut Huskies (UConn). The result was no different than most of the UConn’s games; a 33-point win. Nonetheless, Jenkins was thrilled to be playing against the premier program of women’s college basketball. Even more exciting was the fact that UConn’s best player, Maya Moore, was another Georgia resident who grew up roughly a half-hour away from Jenkins.

“It was just a dream,” she said. “Like ‘Holy smokes I could be that girl as well.’”

For the rest of Jenkins’ career at Vanderbilt, she helped the Commodores make one more NCA A tournament her sophomore year. After college, she considered playing basketball overseas— even going as far as to sign with an agent—but didn’t find the right opportunity.

After a year working at the same Boys & Girls club which was a second home for her, Jenkins got a coaching opportunity through a connection with Jones and Jenkins’ associate director at Vanderbilt, Candice Storey Lee. She found out a graduate assistant opportunity at Waynesburg was available.

She then interviewed for the job, got it, and recently completed her first season.

“First of all, she had a great rapport with the athletes,” Jones said. “They valued her opinion and insight, as did I, but [particularly] the athletes. She had played college basketball, and gone to class, stuff like that. She played at such a high level; they were automatically intrigued to what she said.”

Jenkins, a 5’8 guard in college, worked primarily with that position. One of the players she mentored was freshman guard Haley Porter. For Porter, Jenkins’ knowledge of basketball was beneficial in all facets of the game.

“She’s a very self less leader,” Porter said. “Anytime you want to get in the gym; whether she’s busy or not, she’s always making time for you to help you get better.”

Shortly before Waynesburg returned to campus for the spring semester, Porter suffered a sprained

ankle and fell into a shooting slump. Jenkins encouraged Porter, and eventually, the freshman snapped out of it, climaxing with a 27-point performance against rival Washington & Jefferson Feb. 6.

“She was reassuring me that I know I can shoot the basketball,” Porter said. “I know my shooting abilities, and I just have to realize that while I’m playing, and eventually, they’ll start to go in, I just have to keep shooting. So that really helped my confidence.”

Only a year into coaching, Jenkins already intends on being a head coach one day. Overall, while Jenkins is proud of what she accomplishes, she feels that her success is owed to mentors who set her on the right path and led her to what she hopes to be a long career in the game of basketball.

“I think, yes people draw strength from my success story, but the thing is there can be 10,000 other success stories out of Gainesville, Georgia if they have the right mentorship,” Jenkins said. “So I think it’s a bittersweet situation because yes, I did see success, but there are 10 other Jasmine Jenkins’ in Gainesville Georgia that just need mentored and given some guidance.

dangerous in bad weather and he has seen a lot of people slip and fall in his years as a track & field coach.

“In outdoor season, we have some meets where the weather is not ideal a n d s o yo u r n u m b e r s aren’t going to be good because of that, but I am excited to do outdoor,” said Payson.

The practices for the jumpers, however, will remain the same and Payson’s goal is for the jumpers to be able to build and be at their peak by the end of the season.

“Going into outdoor things don’t change a lot for jumps–we are still doing a lot of the same stuff and there’s no real differences,” said Payson.

“It does g ive achieved development, but for me developing-wise we hope to build. So, we use indoor as a building block and build on what we learned worked or didn’t work.”

Payson said that the largest difference between

being a football, baseball or basketball coach compared to a track & field coach is numbers.

“What’s nice about being a jump coach is I don’t have to guess and see if you’re doing better, the numbers tell me,” said Payson. “So, one of the things that I like to do as a coach is I like to think of the fact that I want everyone to be doing their best at the end of the season.”

Track & field is mostly an individual sport even though they keep scores for the team according to Payson. The one goal though that will always remain for the Yellow Jackets is to get better every day.

“We want to develop people, that is people that deal with pressure, people that can deal with stress or disappointment and people that can deal with not doing as well as they want to because the reality is we are not human-doings we are human beings,” he said.

***

Records Continued from C1 close to setting the school record in the 60-meter dash in the penultimate meet of the season at the Kenyon College Classic where he ran a time of 7.15 seconds.

The following week, at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship, he had one last opportunity to break the record before the indoor season ended.

During the championship meet, Jones finished with a time of 7.10 seconds in the finals. The time broke Waynesburg University’s school record and secured Jones a second-place finish in the PAC. Jones wasn’t the only Yellow Jacket to break records in the championship meet.

Junior Mike Trax broke a record he previously set in the triple jump. From the perspective of Cross, she knew Trax had the potential to be a record-breaker

with an injury. However, a second-place finish sets up Burrs with a chance at a national title of his own.

“Ken coming back from injury, finding a way to get it done, basically wrestling with just one hand this week,” said Headlee. “He’s

PAC

just trying to see how he feels after that injury.”

Headlee believes that no matter what the result of the trip to nationals brings for Burrs and Evans, the impact of Evans on the Waynesburg wrestling program has been nothing short of “unbelievable” and will be felt for years to come. “ U n b e l i eva b l e ,” s a i d Headlee. “Having a national champ and having a chance to go back for a second year.

If his one loss has any indication of how he receives wins, I think he’ll bounce back and we’re just happy he has had an awesome career at Waynesburg and the best one in a long time for anyone that’s ever stepped on the mat for us.”

As Burrs and Evans head to nationals, Headlee expressed his gratitude for the support that the university and the student body show for the wrestling program.

“We appreciate everyone following us and hopefully we can get Jake and Ken through,” said Headlee.

The NCAA Division III National Championships will be held March 8-9 in Roanoke, Virginia at the Berglund Center.

games by a combined seven points, two of which were on the road. One of those teams, Saint Vincent, was undefeated at home at the time as well, and Chatham won more road games than anybody in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

A g a i n , ret u r n i n g t o Waynesburg men’s hoops, the two players most would consider to be the best on the team in sophomore Matt Popeck and junior Brennan Smith garnered All-PAC recognition. Popeck got 2nd-team, whereas Smith ended up with an honorable mention.

While Popeck’s 2nd-team nomination is justified, Smith’s value was extremely overlooked. There are only three forwards that were selected to the All-PAC teams, and Smith was one of them as an honorable mention.

Kromka and Geneva’s Ethan Moose were the other two, both finishing as 1st-teamers.

To me, it is absolutely ludicrous that Smith is an honorable mention. He was ranked in the top-10 in almost every category and led the team in most shooting categories, not to mention rebounds. In his comeback season, he was the sparkplug for the men’s basketball team, especially in

the middle of the conference schedule.

Not to mention, all five of the 2nd-team All-PAC nominations are guards.

There is a very easy case for Smith to be switched with, for example, Thiel’s Alonzo Brown. Smith was top-10 in scoring in the conference at 14.2 points per game, while Brown barely averaged over 10 points per game.

While Brown’s scoring average is fourth amongst 2nd-teamers, the player who averages the fewest points is Chatham’s Anthony Bomar, who makes up for his low scoring output with leading the conference in assists and steals. His 5.6 assists per game is also 26th in all of Division III. With all of this being presented, two of the more allaround players on both the women’s and men’s teams got snubbed from a higher nomination on the All-PAC teams. Starre’s presence on the court as the senior point guard was undervalued after flirting with a triple double in many games, while Smith was shooting the lights out of any gymnasium he stepped in.

While Starre’s collegiate playing career has come to a close, Smith still has a very good chance to boost his stock in the coming year, and possibly garner himself at the very least a 2nd-team selection, if not being one of the five honored as an AllPAC 1st-teamer.

since last year.

“The very last meet of the year we were down in Maryland at John Hopkins University and he PR’d on that very last meet,” Cross said. “It was like all these things he has been learning technique-wise kind of came together and clicked in his head.”

After spending his freshman year primarily focused on improving technique, Trax said the results aren’t always immediate.

“When you have to learn technique it really sets you back,” Trax said. “You’ll be jumping great, but once you try to like learn the technique at meets you won’t jump as good.”

By focusing on finding confidence in his athletic ability, Trax began to find increased success during meets.

“If you don’t have confidence going in, it really affects your jumping,” Trax said. “My freshman year when I didn’t really have confidence and I was so young, it was a weird ad-

justment.”

Even when Trax worked through perfecting his technique, Cross saw Trax’s ability to learn from his mistakes.

“He just kind of shrugs off when something goes poorly,” Cross said. “He kind of has the ability to look at it for what it is, put it aside and refocus, which again is a skill that is very difficult to teach someone how to do.”

At the conference championship, Trax had no difficulty focusing on the task at hand. Primarily, he wanted to finish first, but resetting the school record in the triple jump wasn’t completely out of his mind.

“I knew I could do it going into it, but my goal was to just win PAC’s and answer that No. 1 seed I was ranked at,” Trax said. “After my first couple of jumps I was like, ‘I’m right there, I can keep pushing for the record.’”

Ultimately, Trax rebroke the school record with a triple jump of 13.3 meters, which gave him a first-place finish in the conference.

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Luke Goodling, The Yellow Jacket

SIERRA MEDINA For the Yellow Jacket

There are 16 practices left until an audience will experience this year’s musical, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” The department of fine arts is collaborating to provide a show with perspective and heart, said Edward L. Powers, director of theatre.

Both featured theatre productions this year have had the central theme of judging someone by their character rather than their first appearance.

The striking similarities between the morals of “The Boys Next

Door” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” was simply coincidental, said Powers.

“It’s not that I picked both of these shows for this year on purpose, it’s just a coincidence. Over the summer I read it [‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’], listened to the music, saw a production of it

each other as people. We all have our own problems, we shouldn’t look at others differently.”

Getting into character requires some changes in normal behavior.

Faye has to speak differently, as well as create an artificial hunchback.

“It’s been really tough. My back

“It's an interesting thing to explore our human condition. What makes a monster and what makes a man?”

EDWARD L. POWERS

Director of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

and thought this is a story I think we can do,” said Powers. “Certainly ‘The Boys Next Door’ had the comedy aspect of it, but also had some real heart to it. ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ is not a funny musical, it’s a more serious musical, which appealed to me.”

One of the prominent themes in the story is a line in the song, “The Bells of Notre Dame” said Powers.

“It’s an interesting thing to explore in our human condition, what makes a monster and what makes a man? Quasimodo is pure of heart. Yet we perceive him as being a monster because he is different,” said Powers.

Thomas Faye, junior music ministry major and the actor portraying Quasimodo, articulates how the lead role offers a unique perspective.

“I think he [Quasimodo] fits me pretty well, I can relate to how he thinks and feels. It’s all a matter of really getting into the character, it’s kind of a challenge,” said Faye.

“Even though we all may be different in our own way, we are all people. Whether we look, act or even talk different we should all respect

hurts after practice, during practice, while I’m onstage and while I’m offstage, but it’s gotten better,” said Faye. “I’m going to have a hump [during the official performances] on my back, which will help and I won’t have to lean as much as I do right now.”

The recent practice cancellations due to weather, sickness and prior commitments have made staying on schedule more challenging, said Powers.

“We haven’t progressed as much as I think we should be at this point in time.

There are a lot of other factors as well,” he said.

“But on the other hand, we are making progress every single rehearsal, we just have a major task ahead of us.”

Powers said he would like the audience to expe-

rience a different kind of musical: a narrative form in which the audience is being directly spoken to, as well as embracing the sobriety of the show, displaying the tender heart of Quasimodo.

“I surely hope that people do enjoy the show as much as we all love it, that they would get something out of it and understand the message that we’re trying to bring forth,” said Faye.

Opening night for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” will be on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on March 27 and run through Saturd a y , March 30.

Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket

Lead cast members rehearse scenes and songs during practice Feb. 26.

Audience select WU's Got Talent champ Role playing club focuses on games, holds first meeting DYLAN CLELAND

Assistant Sports Editor

Last weekend, the Godwin Performing Arts Center was filled with current Waynesburg University students along with prospective students due to an admissions overnight event. They gathered for the annual Student Activities Board show “WU’s Got Talent”, which showcased the talents of campus students.

Sophomore couple Andrew Gordon and Andrea Mellinger sang a duet of “God Gave Me You” by Blake Shelton, while Gordon also played the piano.

Their performance captured the loudest crowd reaction of the evening and won them first-place, which earned them a $100 prize.

Heading into the night, Mellinger and Gordon hoped for the best, but found the experience to be worthwhile regardless of the outcome.

“We were hopeful and

COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

Photo courtesy of Ryan Smith

Talent during the Feb. 22 show included baton twirling, a comedian reading poems and musicians. thought we might have a chance, but honestly to us it didn’t matter if we won or not,” Mellinger said.

“It was [about] being out here and singing together

and doing it,” “But I didn’t expect it.”

Gordon agreed with his girlfriend in that they never expected to win, but went in with posi-

tive, high hopes for what the duo could achieve on stage.

“We we’re being very TALENT >> D2

Many students at Waynesburg University like to gather together to battle each other in a variety of games, with one of the most popular being role playing games. Zachary Porter, freshman secondary education major, noticed this cult following of role playing games and started an RPG Club for students to connect and start games together.

“I decided to create the RPG club mainly because I know that there are a lot of people on campus like me and my friends who like to play RPG games,” Porter said. “But the problem with them is [that] they require space to play in.”

Originally, Porter and his friends played in the

lounge of Thayer Hall, but due to other people occupying the space they created a club so that they can rent out spaces such as the third f loor of Stover. The club’s vice president, Clare Rainone, sophomore art major, the organization is trying to create three games: Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and a new game called Starfinder.

“We want to find other DM’s and for them to be like ‘Hey we have this many number of players and we have been playing consistently,’” said Rainone. “We want to be able to check in consistently, so we can see if these guys who like role playing games will want to do events with us.”

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Creative majors misunderstood as easy, hold same challenges as other disciplines EDWARD BOICE Op/Ed Editor

Art majors face a series of questions and judgements for their To Andrew Heisey, chairperson of the Fine Arts Department, majoring in art is time consuming since students strive to create the best art they can. Because of the time involved, Heisey recommends students take no more than two art classes per semester.

“It’s the time you put into your work,” Heisey said.

“What makes it difficult for the art major is that you can’t do it just anywhere. I can’t study in my dorm. I can’t go to the library. I have to go to the studio. The amount of time it takes to complete the projects is incredible.”

All art forms are hampered due to necessary steps and restrictions, Heisey said. The studio in the Fine Arts Center is only open until midnight, limiting students’ time on projects. Before a student begins their project, , a design and plan must be made for each piece, explained Alex Lawrence, senior art major and digital design minor.

Then there is the preparing of clay or brushes and clean up afterwards. The actual project is just as time consuming, said Lawrence. For

instance, a ceramics project can take a couple days to complete.

“The amount of time you’re in the library, in lab, in lecture or whatever is the time we are in the studio working,” Lawrence said.

“We put the same amount of effort [other students] do studying wise.”

Just like learning business models or the mechanics of writing, ti takes a similar time to learn the tools and skills of an artist for any field, said Kathryn Thompson, marine biology major and art minor.

“There’s a lot of skill going into it you have to learn,” Thompson said. “I think artist have some natural born abilities, but it also takes a lot of hard work, practice and hours of hunching over your project to get it to look perfect.”

Like English students who care about their creative nonfiction stories, art majors care the same about their work, Heisey said. To become skilled in the arts and retain the skills learned, skills must be continuously practiced just like an instrument. Setting time aside to practice those skills is just like students in other majors who want to do the best they can in their field.

“There are students that come to the classes, they’ll

just do something and say it’s good enough,” Heisey said. “But an art major says ‘no, that is not good enough because I know all this about design, putting together composition and what things look good together,’ that they put a whole lot more time into completing a piece than somebody else’s.”

Students will disregard art as a serious major, Lawrence said, , because the arts are a fun expressive form, which makes the projects seem easy to accomplish. While creating art is fun, Lawrence said the expressive form can become stressful.

“If you start doing a piece and you absolutely hate it, you have to either start over or make it better,” Lawrence said. “Most of the time you can’t start over because you have a time limit.”

Even art minors feel the brunt of the department’s homework time constraints, explained Thompson.

“It still fills up a lot of my time because I have to come in outside of class hours to work on projects and make sure I get stuff done,” Thompson said. “Thankfully this semester I do not have any labs. It’s been a little easier on me, but still difficult.”

Heisey has asked students whether art classes are easy or not. He received

Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket

Learning fundamental skills with different media and homework projects are time-consuming tasks expected of art majors. responses of “shocked” disbelief that anyone would say such a thing when they put so much time into their work like any other student passionate about their field.

“If it’s such an easy major, then why aren’t more people doing it? Everyone looks at somebody’s else’s yard and and says the grass is greener. People always do that,” Heisey said.

‘Dramatic increase’ in service at WU Games COREY FISCHER

For The Yellow Jacket

The Center for Service Leadership at Waynesburg University has been sending volunteers across the world for many years, assisting non-profits and leaving Waynesburg’s footprint of service around the globe.

The Center for Service Leadership provides service learning trips during the summer and school breaks through partnerships with more than fifty local, regional and international service agencies.

Waynesburg students, who serve for the Center for Service Leadership, take classes in learning, networking and volunteering across Greene County and all other regions.

Waynesburg University educates its students to make connections between faith, learning and serving.

Focusing on their Christian roots, Waynesburg encourages its students to trans-

form their communities and the world.

Each week the university hosts a day focused entirely on service, suitingly labeled Service Saturdays. On this day each week, many Waynesburg students volunteer across the county

imagined,” Cumberledge said.

The students make a difference, especially for the non-profit organizations that can use a great amount of support every day. Kelly Hardie, assistant dean of students and the head of

“Without our students helping, it would be very difficult for those non-profit organizations to get as much done.”

KELLEY HARDIE

Assistant Dean of Students

and local areas. Saturday, Feb. 23, students went to the Greene County Historical Society, where the group served all afternoon.

Executive Director of the Historical Society Matthew Cumberledge noticed the impact of the volunteers on how the event was executed as a whole.

“Fantastic, the students were getting way more done then I could have

Center for Service Leadership, mentioned the impact her students make for those non-profit organizations.

“Without our students helping, it would be very difficult for those nonprofit organizations to get as much done,” Hardie said.

Hardie has been a Yellow Jacket for nearly 16 years, and she continues to give back to the community of Waynesburg.

As the Assistant Dean of Students Hardie builds relationships with students while spreading the mission of the university.

Service Saturday provides an opportunity for students to dive into the community surrounding the university, says Hardie.

“I think it’s an awesome way for our students to learn more about the county that they are serving in,” Hardie said. “And also how important it is to give back to that same county.”

In recent semesters there has been consistent increases in the number of volunteers and total hours served, says Hardie.

“Specifically at Waynesburg University, our service numbers have dramatically increased this year.” Hardie continued to speak on the continuous growth, “This is the most ever trip participants we have had on service trips.”

This growth, says Hardie, is likely to continue far into Waynesburg’s future.

Continued from D1 Through creating the club, Porter and Rainone have learned there are a lot more people on campus that play role playing games than they expected. Porter’s goal is to get people involved in their community.

“My goals are to foster the hobby,” Porter said.

Obviously I know I want to get people involved because I found that if people try it out they usually want to keep doing it. ” “So, with a club that brings in a wider potential of audience to get people interested in the game.”

Rainone said the organization isn’t meant for specific times and places to play. They just want to help students to communicate with each other and create games.

“We just want to have a list of people on campus who play the game. We aren’t going to restrict them to specific times,

Talent Continued from D1 reserved and obviously hoping for the best but expecting the worst. But we were definitely overjoyed to win,” Gordon said.

T h e i n s p i rat i o n fo r auditioning and choosing the right song were closely related.

They wanted to pick a song that meant something to each other and could express the glory and love they share with each other for God. “Basically, it was a decision we made together.

We figured it would take two of us to put something like this together,” said Gordon. “We’re overjoyed that we found this connection through singing and music and again we’d like to give God the glory, but at the same

Photo courtesy of Dorissa Large

Connor Hoffman, junior biblical ministry major, read his comedic poems during WU's Got Talent Feb. 22. time it’s amazing to do this together.”

Mellinger wanted to make sure that since God gave her the talents of singing and performing, she shared it with others.

“I do believe that God

gave me this talent to sing [and play piano], I play as well,” she said. “It’s just a matter of doing something and not being afraid and doing it as a couple and doing something that we love for our Father that

we also love.”

Junior Connor Hoffman provided the crowd with some laughs on his journey to taking home the second-place prize of $50 in the competition with his act entitled “Comedic

Poetry.”

Sophomore Madison Walker finished in third and was rewarded $25 after her baton twirling performance.

Along with the acts, while the votes were be-

as long as it’s on campus and under campus rules then it’s ok with us,” Ranioe said. .

Both Porter and Rainone have been playing role playing games for the past handful of years. . Porter said he enjoys both sides of role playing games.

“I have done both roles that are in a RPG game… I really enjoy both sides of it,” he said. “…my favorite thing about them is that people can basically play as whatever character you want. I have many memories of laug hing out loud.”

Anybody interested in being a part of the RPG Club can contact Porter or Rainone.

“It’s a game and a hobby that isn’t really going anywhere anytime soon, so, I mean, you can play this stuff forever and it will never get old in my opinion,” Porter said.

“It’s a lot of fun and I would recommend it to anyone who is just looking for an activity to blow off some steam and cool down for a bit, chill and relax,” Rainone said.

ing counted, Christian Wilson, senior dig i tal design major, proposed to his girlfriend, Waynesburg alumnus Emily Haywood after performing a duet on stage with Heidi Dziak, junior accounting major.

In taking a look back at the entire experience, Mellinger shared some encouraging thoughts for those who might be “on the fence” about auditioning for a show like WU’s Got Talent.

“My advice to people [on the fence about auditioning], is that if you’re scared, don’t be because whenever you do it once, you’ll be hungry to do it again,” Mellinger said.

“Your fears shouldn’t be on stage because if you’re doing it for the glory of God, he is giving you the talent so you shouldn’t have the fear. Lay all of your fears and worries on Him and rely on God.”

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52 Practical joke 55 Inexact lunch time 56 Mom's and dad's dads

59 Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way 61 Set a price of 62 Miners dig it 63 Sides of an issue 64 Michael of "SNL" 65 Snake's sound 66 Bogs 67 London's __ Gardens

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25 Radio host Shapiro 27 India's first prime minister 30 "__ tree falls ... " 31 Underhanded 33 "Yuck!"

34 Former Energy secretary Steven 37 Days long gone 38 *Hiker's carryall

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THE STUDENTS

of Waynesburg

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a series that highlights the experiences of Waynesburg University students.

My name is Gailan Williams, I am a junior psychology major with a minor in counseling from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. At home, I am the fourth out of six (A lot of siblings I know).

I am also the proud owner of a bird named Sebastian who has an awful attitude and probably hates me, but I love him very much. If you’ve talked to me before for a long enough time, I have probably talked to you about either my fish (His name is Barbosa, he lives with

me at school) or my bird. I am very passionate about animals

“I am very passionate about animals and I love learning about them.”

GAILAN WILLIAMS

Junior Psychology Major

and I love learning about them and taking care of them. My mom wanted me to become a biology major at first, but, once I heard of the horror that is organic chemistry, I decided that psychology was a better fit.

I am also involved in things at Waynesburg: including being a cast member in the improvised comedy group WU’s line (Being a middle child does wonders to the sense of humor) as well as being a resident assistant, both things I have a lot of fun with. I try to stay as involved as I can on campus, especially in the arts and theater, both are things that I like but wouldn’t claim to be very good at either.

All things considered, coming to this university was probably the best decision I have ever made. The people I have met here have been some of the best friends I have made in my life and I wouldn’t change it for a thing.

Photo courtesy of Gailan Williams

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Written By: Mattie Winowitch Designed By: Elaina Spahmer

5 Ways to Stay Heart-Healthy During National Heart Month While February is best known as the month of loving one another and celebrating Valentine’s Day, many don’t know that it’s also National Heart Month. The heart is one of the body’s most vital organs, pumping the body’s blood supply and giving power to the body’s cells. While the month is nearly over, it’s not too late to show your heart some “love” and to promote heart health throughout the entire year. That said, here are five ways to promote heart health: 1. Don’t smoke.

Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Not only are the chemicals used in cigarettes and other nicotine products carcinogenic (meaning that they can cause cancer), but they also are very hard on the cardiovascular system, thus putting a strain on your heart. Don’t forget that products like vapes, e-cigarettes and Juuls are not an exception.

2. Eat heart-healthy foods.

While the delicious fare at the local McDonalds or Sheetz may be tempting, your heart might not thank you in the long run. Without limiting the intake of high-fat or high-sugar foods, your body can easily put on additional weight that may lead to obesity or heart disease. To take care of your heart, avoid any processed foods and stick to eating a balanced diet with five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

3. Get moving.

For college-aged students, it is easy to live a sedentary lifestyle. Between sitting in class, sitting at the lunch table and sitting on your couch or in your bed, there is a lot of sitting that happens throughout the day. To avoid the negative impacts from a negative lifestyle, try to move at least once every hour.

It’s also recommended to get around 30 minutes of physical exercise every day to promote heart health.

4. Eliminate (excess) stress.

Stress and college can go together like peanut butter and jelly, but this can be detrimental on heart health. Eventually, getting used to reacting negatively to stressful situations can lead to an increased risk of heart attack. Reduce stress by practicing mindfulness or deep breathing, or even taking up an activity that gives your mind rest. Remember, no issue is worth putting your body in jeopardy.

5. Get a check-up.

When is the last time you went to the doctor’s office for a physical? Many college-aged students end up in an in-between stage for health care once they turn 18 and are too old for the pediatrician.

Don’t let this deter you from getting routine check-ups or finding a new primary care practitioner. Pay attention to your body, and if you notice something wrong, or if you know your family has a genetically-linked disease related to heart health, research your options and find a health care provider that works for you.

Source: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/keep-your-heart-healthy