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Lee: WU aided by enthusiasm of Board of Trustees appointees By NICK FARRELL Executive Editor
Two newly appointed members of the university Board of Trustees are set to begin their terms this month. Both Laura Ellsworth, a partner at Jones Day international law firm, and Mary Ann Meloy, a former associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison under President Ronald Reagan, will join the Board of Trustees this month after their election in September 2014.
Douglas G. Lee, university president, said the university’s mission and prospects attracted Ellsworth and Meloy, even though they aren’t university alumnae. “Both of those women are well-respected leaders in the community,” said Lee. “What is exciting to me is that, though not having any prior relationship to Waynesburg, they are really enthusiastic about the direction of the school and the mission of the university, so much so that
Upcoming Charter Day serves as reminder of institution's founding By KIMMI BASTON Managing Editor
On a sunny March day in 1987, the students and faculty of Waynesburg College gathered together on the lawn of Miller Hall for a celebration. A short time later, Dr. J. Thomas Mills Jr., president of Waynesburg College from 1983-1988, led the senior class down the street to First Presbyterian Church. There, Louis E. Waller, a champion of equal rights and a Waynesburg College
By MATT KOLL
Although it is the shortest month of the year, the cold, bitter winter associated with February often leaves people feeling like it is the longest. It is no different for the students and staff on the campus of Waynesburg University, as temperature lows occasionally drop into the single digits and winter
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they’re willing to become part of this movement.” Ellsworth has received abun-
By JACOB MEYER Managing Editor
With the implementation of the fall break, in turn causing a shorter winter break, in its first year, the university Provost would like to see one thing to work on with future academic schedules. “I am very committed to
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storms blow through the area. The maintenance staff and Director of Facilities Planning and Management Terry Sattler are making sure they are always ready. “We check the forecast multiple times a day, depending on what it looks like,” said Sattler. “We are staffed almost the entire week, 24/7.” The one gap in the staffSee MAINTENANCE on A4-
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Students cheer on the men's basketball team during last year's conference playoff game against Washington & Jefferson. While attendance at playoff and rivalry games is often large, some students don't attend athletic events because of other conflicts.
Teetering participation at home sporting events reflected by mixed student outlooks, busy extracurricular schedules By JENNY SCHOUPPE Convergence Editor
The roar of the crowd at a sporting event can be enough to pump up any athlete. Athletes are used to performing in front of an audience, and they thrive in the energy that an audience can provide. Along with those who support the athletic teams, though, come students who would rather focus on other aspects of the college experience.
Students may attend sport- tae Gibson, who also started ing events for a variety of at cornerback for the Waynesreasons. Some atburg football team. “I tend for the social J A C K E T L I F E also like watching a aspect; others attend An occasional series variety of sports and because of their love I think that supportfor sports, and some may at- ing other athletes is a great way tend simply to support their to be interactive among each friends and fellow classmates. other.” “I think that it’s nice to be The support from the stusupportive to all of the sports dent body does have a positive team, which is why I try to effect on those athletes who make it to all of the sporting spend hours practicing. events that I can,” said senior “It is a great feeling knowcriminal justice major Don- ing many of our peers and
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students “can really accomplish something,” and the Christian values emphasized at Waynesburg will create a great foundation for students to lean on after they graduate. “I think there is a certain deliberateness about the vision, focus and planning at Waynesburg that’s tied to a celebrated past,” said Ellsworth. “The future vision of the school is so clear to the faculty and administration, and that vision is so student-focused.”
trustee, spoke to the crowd as a living representation of the college’s mission. The photos taken that day — of the throng on Miller’s lawn, of the seniors filling the streets, of the audience in the church — document Waynesburg College’s first ever Charter Day. The events of that day in 1987 were in recognition of Waynesburg College’s founding by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1849 and
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dant recognition for her work with Jones Day and was named one of Pennsylvania’s “Best 50 Women in Business.” In addition to her background in law, Ellsworth is vice chair of the board of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is a board member with the Imani Christian Academy in Pittsburgh. She also delivered last year’s commencement address. Ellsworth believes the size of the university community is one that promotes an environment where
not having Christmas break start as close to Christmas as it did this year,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Core, university provost. “I didn’t set the schedule for this past year, but going forward I would like to see students out of here a little earlier. I don’t like us ending the Friday before the week of Christmas.” In the two years prior to the addition of the fall break, 2012-13 and 2013-14, the winter breaks were 30 days long. With the implementation of a nine-day fall break, though, the winter break in
2014-15 was only 23 days. “This semester was an anomaly,” Core said. “When a calendar changes the breaks are going to change too. Where Christmas fell on the calendar this year made it short. I think it will work out in most years that we don’t have to start the semester out any earlier, and we can still can finish earlier.” In the proposed 2015-16 academic calendar in the Waynesburg University catalog, the winter break is also supposed to be 23 days. No matter how the cal-
endar falls the winter break will still be 23 days long, but its relation to Christmas will change year-by-year. If it starts further away from Christmas day, students will come back for the spring semester earlier. If it starts closer to Christmas day, as it did this past fall semester and will this fall semester, students will come back for the spring semester later. Mary Cummings, vice president for Student Services, said an option the university
classmates support something that we are passionate about outside of the classroom,” said junior psychology major B.J. Durham, who is also a member of the Waynesburg men’s basketball team. “We definitely try and support all the other athletic teams that we can because of the support that they give us.” A lot of student athletes support other athletes because See JACKETS on A4
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S NAMEPLATE Editor’s Note: As the Yellow Jacket enters its 90th year of publication, we’re going back into our archives to reprint 10 iconic nameplates from our past in advance of the unveiling of a new nameplate in the April 23 Commencement Issue. This week's nameplate dates back to 1957, when a then unprecedented 768 students were enrolled
at Waynesburg College. This prompted the construction of a new dormitory: Thayer Hall. An infographic in an issue the following year showed that male enrollment tripled that of female enrollment. In addition, the Yellow Jacket profiled "Freshman Days," where new students were required to complete various tasks between Matriculation and Homecoming.
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Local high schools and middle schools are partnering with the university to grow in their faith and relationships with each other.
Cassidy O'Keefe, a women's basketball transfer from Division II Slippery Rock, has provided a much needed jolt defensively for Waynesburg.
The Fine Arts faculty have announced a schedule of events for the spring term.
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Professor's information processing application book published By NIKA ANSCHUETZ
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Dr. Elizabeth Wang, associate professor of computer science, sat in her office scrolling through hundreds of emails, reflecting upon her work. Fourteen months, hundreds of emails and 18 chapters culminated into one massive book project. Wang served as an author and coeditor for a book titled, “Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics and Healthcare,” published by IGI Global. According to IGI Global, the book “merges the fields of biology, technology, and medicine in order to present a comprehensive study on the emerging informa-
tion processing applications necessary in the field of electronic medical record management.” Wang was granted sabbatical leave by the university and proposed the project to IGI Global. In the spring of 2014, Wang left the United States and headed to China to begin her journey. As an author and co-editor, Wang was responsible for writing the preface, gathering interested authors, drafting and reviewing the proposals and acting as a liaison between authors and the publisher. “I collaborated with two other co-editors, Ruowang Li from Pennsylvania State University and William Perrizo from North Dakota State
University, on this project,” said Wang. “We submitted a book proposal to the IGI Global publisher in June 2013.” Wang worked on the book project with her former Ph.D. advisor as well as her son, who is a Ph.D. candidate at Penn State. Working with her son on such an esteemed project was a dream come true, according to Wang. Throughout the duration of the project, email was a critical component. Wang was in contact with various authors all around the United States. Wang even asked Waynesburg ITS to expand the capacity of her email inbox so she could store more important emails. “My inbox exploded
twice,” said Wang. “I was in constant communication with so many people from around the world.” While Wang is a published author, she called this book project experience a new learning process. “Although I published many papers and book chapters before, a book project was brand new to me,” said Wang. “The initial stages of the project were especially the most challenging part with many uncertainties.” To students who have had Wang as a professor, her work co-editing a book does not come as a surprise to them. Cameron Allen, senior mathematics and engineering major, recalls his experi-
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ence with Wang as a professor. “She pushed me to focus and actually learn material,” said Allen. “The things I learned in Dr. Wang’s classes have stuck with me and I use them today in higher level courses.” Allen is proud of Wang’s accomplishments as a researcher and published author. “I am very proud to know and have had an internationally published professor,” said Allen. “Her intelligence and accomplishments astound me. I wish her luck with everything else she chooses to pursue, even though I know she doesn’t need the luck.” The book can be purchased on IGI Global’s web-
Student to speak at next chapel service By MITCHELL ROSS
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The Rev. Jim Tinnemeyer, university chaplain and director of faith and service, spoke about the importance of students incorporating their faith in their service at his chapel address Tuesday. Tinnemeyer related faith in service to the New Testament reading of John 14: 1-14.
Travel abroad program to Ireland now available By ZACHARY DIBERADIN For the Yellow Jacket
Waynesburg’s graduate program now offers its Travel Abroad Program to undergraduate students. Janice Crile, director of Business Programs, has led this program for the past seven years. Recently, working with Dr. Jacquelyn Core, provost, they have decided to offer the program to undergraduate students for the first time in 2015. The program is a oneweek, intensive international business trip to Ireland during the fall semester break from Oct. 9-17. The trip will be a combination of sightseeing, courses and meeting with globalized businesses based in Ireland. “Dr. Core and I thought
it was a great opportunity for undergraduate students who want to travel abroad but can’t travel for an entire semester,” said Crile. According to Crile, enabling business students to have experience in different countries helps them understand different worldviews and international business operations. It also helps by expanding their cross-cultural communication, even in a prominently speaking English country. During the trip, students have the opportunity to speak with high level managers, owners, entrepreneurs and CEOs based in Ireland that have a company that is recognized on a global scale. One of the main stops on this trip will be the Guinness Storehouse, which was rated
the biggest tourist attraction in Ireland in 2014. “During this trip, we get to see businesses’ supply chain, production plant process, production abroad and distribution channels,” said Crile. Kelly Mehal, senior business management major, is excited they now offer this program to undergraduate students. “Being able to visit Ireland and speak with high level management and even owners of international businesses would be really beneficial to our curriculum,” said Mehal. “We would get to see how international businesses operate on a global scale.” This opportunity to interact with such successful business people will add real-world experience to the
business program’s academic course load, according to Mehal. In many cases, business professionals deal with international relationships and have to treat them delicately. “I believe if we expand our world views from a western perspective to a global one, it will give us a better opportunity and experience in our future endeavors,” said Mehal. The trip costs about $2,020 per person and the additional cost of airfare. To reserve a spot today, a $250 deposit is required. Breakfast and dinner are included throughout the trip to all students and guests. For more information about the Travel Abroad Program, please contact Crile at jcrile@waynesburg.edu
New curiculum keeps up with technology Comp. Sci. courses focus on developing platforms By BO THOMPSON
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The Computer Science department is offering new classes to keep up with evolving technology. Recently, the department has offered new classes like cryptanalysis and smartphone programming. The cryptanalysis class covers the basic methods of encrypting and decrypting data. The smartphone programming class studied and worked with the coding
language of Android devices. The department will continue to offer more special topic classes. “We try to give the students a wide variety of classes,” said Richard Leipold, chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. In the coming semester, the department would like to offer an ethical hacking and web server class. Ethical hacking is where a hacker works with a company and continues to try and hack their systems to find weaknesses and correct them. Students taking this class will learn a new set of skills and have more opportunities opened up for them in the field.
“There are a lot of jobs in the government for hacking,” said Leipold. “If you know how to hack, you should be able to stop another hacker.” In the coming semester, the department is trying to add a web severs class. According to the target tech website, a web server is a program that uses the client and server model and the Web’s Hypertext Transfer Protocol. They serve the web pages to the web users. Web severs are being used all the time and have become very important to our society. “Web Sites, App Store, Market Place, Medical Records, Student Records and many other areas use Web Servers,” said Robert Horwatt, professor of computer
site as well as several other distributors, including Amazon. Several foreign publishers, primarily in Asia, have purchased rights to translate the newest releases into their own language. The book project provided Wang an opportunity to work with scholars and researchers from across the world. In addition to working with such researchers, she also worked with 20 reviewers and editorial advisory board members. Wang credits the success of her sabbatical to the university as well as God. “I want to thank the university for granting me a sabbatical leave so that I could work on a big project like this,” said Wang.
science. Horwatt would like to teach the web severs class next semester. Horwatt said the students will work with several different skills in the class. “Projects would be building a web server, installing all the necessary components, followed by coding assignments, to use what was installed and configured,” said Horwatt. When offering special topic classes, the department has to be cautious. The classes can only be taught once or twice. After that, the classes have to become permanent. With everything changing See TECHNOLOGY on A3
The current chapel series, “Faith and Service,” has challenged students to grow in faith and to look for opportunities to serve God and others. The Rev. Jim Tinnemeyer, director of Faith and Service, said the motivation for the series comes from the three pillars of Waynesburg University: Faith, Learning and Service. “In the fall, we did a series on ‘Faith and Learning,’ and so, an obvious follow-up to that would be in the spring, having a series on ‘Faith and Service,’” said Tinnemeyer. “As we so often talk about here, those three are so important, not only in the life of students here at Waynesburg, but also in the lives of our staff and faculty.” Through a variety of speakers, the four-part series has focused on practical ways to improve in these important areas of life. The series began with Waynesburg University President Douglas G. Lee speaking on Jan. 20. Lee sp oke ab out t he stor y of King David and Mephibosheth from II Samuel 9. He discussed how David was a shining example of kindness and a “man after God’s own heart.” Lee concluded by telling the crowd that they can look at David’s life for an idea of what the framework for faith and service should be in their own life. The following week the chapel speaker was alumnus Patrick O’Brien. O’Brien communicated on what faith and service may look like whenever you are not in full-time ministry. “Whatever you do is a noble profession,” said O’Brien. He continued on to encourage the audience to seek out opportunities to serve in the local community and to model their lives
after Jesus. The third message of the series came this past Tuesday when Tinnemeyer discussed faith and service through the lens of John chapter 14. He explained what it means to live a life that allows you to be an instrument to do great things for God. “Our God has always been on a mission to make the impossible the possible for humanity,” said Tinnemeyer. “What will God do with your one wild and precious life? Just ask Him.” The “Faith and Service” chapel series will culminate this coming Tuesday, Feb. 10, with the only student speaker of the semester, senior biblical ministries major Dylan Ziegler. Ziegler said he is excited for the opportunity to speak and that he believes implementing student speakers is a great way to connect chapel with the student body. Ziegler said he will be speaking on a thought he heard on a podcast recently by Timothy Keller called “Imitating the Incarnation." The message, Ziegler said, is that true service and giving of yourself requires you to be uncomfortable. “It requires us to empty ourselves, just like Christ emptied Himself," said Ziegler. “When we serve others, when we come together as a kingdom community, we are imitating what Jesus did in the incarnation, when he came to earth. He gave up all his wealth to come to us.” Ziegler hopes students and faculty alike will be challenged and encouraged through the idea of emulating Jesus through service. “Giving and self-sacrifice is at the center of reality for Christians," said Ziegler. “And that’s what we are called to do, we are called to imitate our Creator.” Ziegler will speak at chapel Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. in Roberts Chapel.
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the official charter given to the college by the State of Pennsylvania on March 25, 1850. “Charter Day, essentially, is just a celebration of the founding of the university,” said Courtney Dennis, Waynesburg University’s coordinator of institutional advancement and history. “We were founded with the original purpose of the training and preparing of Presbyterian ministers to go out into the frontier of the country and to establish Presbyterian churches and to create congregations. It’s a pretty huge undertaking and a very noble thing to do, and it’s great that today we’re still honoring that tradition and those roots that we have and doing God’s work.” Dennis has been compiling information on Charter Day from a variety of sources, but publications from before the mid-1900s are difficult to come by. It seems that Charter Day as it is known today did not exist before 1987, but there
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Former college President J. Thomas Mills Jr., the deans of the university and the department chairmen stand before the student body during the 1987 Charter Day service at First Presbyterian Church in Waynesburg. is evidence, according to Dennis, that the college celebrated the anniversary of its founding in earlier years. The Mad Anthony yearbook from 1937 mentions the “annual Founder’s Day chapel,” indicating that Founder’s Day was recognized in the past. Additionally, the Washington Observer, a local newspaper, celebrated the college’s centennial with 14 pages dedicated to the
momentous anniversary in 1949. In 1985, Janet Brown, director of College and Church and director of development, began work at Waynesburg College. She was instrumental in initiating the 1987 Charter Day that set the stage for the future. Since then, certain traditions have been a part of every Charter Day in the intervening years.
The tradition of gathering the faculty and students on the lawn of Miller Hall continued, as did the college’s salute to the senior class and recognition of outstanding seniors. The procession of the senior class from Miller Hall to the Presbyterian Church was also a tradition until Roberts Chapel was built on campus. In 2014, Charter Day was celebrated with the inaugu-
ration of President Douglas Lee. “We thought that would be the ideal time to inaugurate a new president,” said Dennis. “We sort of combined that milestone with the commemoration of our founding.” Both were celebrated for about a month on campus and included a variety of events and recognition of dozens of notable alumni.
This year, Charter Day is set for March 25, and those coordinating the event hope students will be more involved with the occasion and its purpose. “It’s important for everybody to participate,” said Dennis. “We’re doing a good job trying to educate the student body and our faculty and staff about our origins. It’s important to hear the message, hear the story. It’s a nice way to honor the university.” The schedule of events for the historic celebration has not yet been determined, but Dennis hopes the campus community uses the time to remember the people and events that were important throughout Waynesburg University’s history. “It’s not so much about the event itself; it’s the reason why we’re having it in the first place,” said Dennis. “It’s a time to reflect upon our beginnings, who founded us, why we were founded, what our original mission was and just sort of reaffirm that. We want to reenergize ourselves to continue that work that we started so long ago.”
Ola: Accreditation site visit team Calendar: Fall break committee to keep best interest of students in mind offers ‘constructive feedback’ By ZACHERY ZALAR
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Late in 2013, Waynesburg University’s business program was approved for candidacy for accreditation through the Accreditation by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. Way nesburg applie d through this organization because they aligned with the university’s policies and values, according to Dr. Gordon McClung, professor of marketing. The department is in year two of the process, which, according to iacbe.org, usually takes 2-4 years. “We’ve made excellent progress toward this longterm goal,” said Dr. J Christian Ola, interim department chair. “A representative from the IACBE conducted a formal site visit [in January] and provided some constructive feedback for the department.” “We are working on that feedback in an attempt to get our year-long self study in place for the fall this year,” said Ola. “We’re hopeful that can occur, but we are still reviewing the suggestions right now.” Once the process is completed and the department wishing to be granted accreditation is under that veil for seven years, the organization
must reapply. “The academic business unit prepares a new self-study, undergoes a new site visit, and is reviewed for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Board of Commissioners,” according to the IACBE official website. This brings up a natural progression point that must be asked to understand the topic: “What does it mean for a business program to be accredited through the IABCE?” The IACBE official website outlines this point in detail. “In its accreditation reviews, the IABCE implements a quality assurance process that involves a comprehensive set of accreditation principles,” according to the website. The nine principles that the mentioned organization look at closely are outcomes assessment, strategic planning, curriculum, faculty, scholarly and professional activities, resources, internal/external relationships, international business education and educational innovation. “I’m confident that the university will make decisions that are consistent with the long-term mission and visions of the university,” said Dr. Ola about the accreditation process. “They’ve been doing this successfully for a long time and there is no reason to think this will be any different. As
an example, look at the recent agreements the university has reached with WVU’s medical programs. Current students and future students should begin to feel the impact of those agreements soon. Likewise, I would suspect business students could experience the same impact if accreditation is secured in the future.” After last semester, the business department’s chair position was left vacant. Filling this void and taking over the responsibilities of department chair last week was Ola, a doctor of business administration who has been at Waynesburg since last September. A lot goes into this process and requires a whole department to work in sync with each other. “It’s a very lengthy process that requires much coordination between the business department, Waynesburg University administration and the IACBE,” said Ola. “All three must work closely together to ensure that the mission and vision of the university remains consistent while simultaneously, the processes and rigor of the IACBE are met. While there is plenty of overlap, there are sometimes areas that need to be further addressed. That is where we are right now.”
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looked into, but will most likely not pursue, is to spread out the beginning of winter break and Christmas is starting the semester earlier in August. “If you push August back and try and come back a week earlier, you now have an extra week in the dorms in August, the hottest month, with no air conditioning,” Cummings said. “It’s also very tough for fall athletes as well as Residence Life because they’d be coming back in very early August.” Core said the plan for the academic schedules in the future is for Thanksgiving break to stay a week long so students who live farther away from campus can still go home for the holiday. Core also said the finals schedule of having a Monday study day and finals from Tuesday to Friday will continue to be employed. Despite believing the new academic schedule is in the best interest of the students, Core said if administration is notified the student body does not like the fall break they would consider changing the schedule. Core said the university is “not wedded to” the new academic schedule where they would not be willing to change for the benefit of
the students. According to Core, a fall break committee has been constructed to make sure the intention of the fall break is being achieved. The committee is made up of a representative from each academic department, Student Services and one from athletics. Core believes the first year of the new academic schedule was a success. “We got some feedback in the Counseling office that students did better with the addition of a fall break,” Core said. Cummings said the main goal for the fall break in her aspect of it—mission trips— is trying to take out as many barriers to students serving in the fall semester as possible. “If you think about travel, the most expensive times to fly are during Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Cummings said. “We were pretty much putting the trips off to a time where it’s most expensive, but you’re more likely to have travel delays.” Since the fall break is in its beginning years of conception, Cummings said it will take a few years to achieve this goal, but she hopes to have more students serving during the fall break in future years. DeRon Scott, junior creative writing major, was a student who went on a mission trip during the fall break this year. Scott went on the Greene County Immersion service trip while staying in
his house off campus. Scott could not go home for the fall break because he lives in San Diego, California, and the costs for the flights there and back are too much. Originally, Scott was upset with the implementation of the fall break. “I don’t get as many opportunities to go home, but I do during Christmas,” Scott said. “For the breaks like spring break and fall break, I can’t go home.” Senior sociology major Rachael Brown would have preferred the schedule before the addition of a fall break. "I didn't enjoy it mainly because all of my friends were still at school," Brown said. "I didn't see the point in having a fall break. I would have rather had class, pushed through it and had the four weeks for winter break." Despite his original dislike of the fall break and shorter winter break, Scott now thinks it is for the betterment of the student body. “When I think of everyone else, it was a time to take a break from school,” Scott said. “Even though I didn’t leave, it was a chance to take the time to get ready for more work. I feel like last semester, it was really needed because how difficult things seemed to start out. In past semesters, we would have had to wait until Thanksgiving to get a break, but I don’t know if I could have done that this semester."
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so quickly, a technology that is popular right now may be obsolete in two years. In 2006, Microsoft introduced the Zune music player. In a few short years, Microsoft discontinued selling and making the devices. If the department introduced a class in which it taught that coding language, it would have been a waste. The coding language was no longer being used. It can be a very hard decision when deciding whether a class should be offered or not. Zach Hancher, sophomore
computer security and forensics major, explained how the department has given him new opportunities. “I am now able to expand my studies to become more aware of the evolving technology that surrounds us as a society,” said Hancher. “I think I’d really enjoy studying about all of the new exciting technology that is just now emerging, such as virtual reality and holographic technology.” The department will always have to adapt and keep up with the new technologies to keep up with the field the students will eventually be working in.
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Bonners team with Leadership Scholars for biannual retreat By REBECCA BURCHAM Copy Editor
On Jan. 23 and 24, the university’s Bonner Scholars participated in one of their biannual leadership retreats in an all new way. For this retreat students stayed on campus, using their time together to workshop their own leadership skills as opposed to venturing out into the community to serve, something they’ve done in the past. According to Adrienne Tharp, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program, the students had dinner together in the cafeteria Friday, and that evening they viewed and discussed a documentary titled “Born into Brothels.” The scholars also participated in an activity for their issuebased projects – which are required of Bonner Scholars – as well as held discussions regarding their progress within these projects. “They’ve been working on [the projects] all year,” said Tharp. “But we wanted to
set aside some time so they could really look at their projects.” Bonner Scholars are required to participate in one issue-based project, also called IBPs. Individual scholars choose a Bonner studentled service project to join, and they work within the community to accomplish certain goals. There are four issues for the scholars to choose to work with in their projects: Teen Dating Violence Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Empty Bowls – which partners with the Community Foundation of Greene County – and a cheesesteak fundraiser, which will take place on Feb. 20 in the Bee Hive. The funds raised there will go toward programming and repairs for the location of the Bonner students’ who chose this project as their IBP, according to Tharp. Tharp added that one of the activities the scholars participated in over the weekend was called Big Hairy Auda-
cious Goals. This activity had the scholars answering specific questions regarding their IBPs to ensure that the projects were meeting the proper requirements and goals. Saturday, the Bonner Scholars teamed up with Leadership Scholars for a day of workshops and activities on campus. “We had several [Leadership Scholars] come and help assist with some different leadership activities and team-building activities,” said Tharp. “The Leadership Scholars chose which activities they wanted to do with [the Bonner Scholars].” One activity involved the scholars assessing and identifying their own personality traits in regard to their leadership skills. “It was interesting for them to use that [activity] throughout the rest of the session, to see where those traits and different things applied,” said Tharp. Many participants learned
something new about themselves through the exercise. “The activities were designed to help discover more about yourself,” said Melanie Byler, freshman athletic training major and Bonner Scholar. “The theory behind it is the more you know about yourself, the better you can serve those around you.” Over 50 Bonner scholars and six Leadership Scholars attended the retreat. All Bonner students are required to attend the biannual retreats, and Tharp believes that these times are very beneficial to the scholars. “It’s one of the few times a semester where they are actually all together,” said Tharp. “So it’s just an opportunity for them to continue building community within their classes but also amongst the whole group.” Tharp added that the retreat was also a time to go over new business and program updates, but continuing to foster a sense of community through service is one of
the main goals of the event every semester. “My hope is that they are continuing to build community and focus on leadership,” said Tharp. “But it is also an opportunity for them to develop the skills that they already have, whether it’s in leadership or communication, and how to implement those things at their service sites.” Teamwork was a resounding theme for some. “My biggest takeaway from the weekend was that, as Bonners, we have to work together. We have to support each other, and the service we do is important even if it is small,” said Byler, who is serving in the Suicide Prevention IBP. “The need isn’t going to go away unless someone steps in to help. I can be that someone. The retreat reminded me of what it means to be a Bonner student, and what it means to serve because I care.” Caley Blankenbuehler, junior secondary mathematics
education major and Bonner Scholar, liked the changes new to the retreat this semester and said exchanging a day of service for workshops over the course of the weekend was beneficial. “I liked that we were able to work together with [the Leadership Scholars] to plan an event. It was a fun and interesting day,” said Blankenbuehler, whose IBP is Teen Dating Violence Awareness. “We did a lot of activities that allowed us to grow together as a group. I loved that I was able to interact with a bunch of Bonners and Leadership Scholars who I don’t usually get to interact with.” The shift in plans proved fruitful and caused those in charge to think of even more ideas for the next retreats. “Overall, I think the weekend was successful,” added Tharp. “It was just kind of a nice change for students. Overall, I think things went well, and I have some ideas for how to improve retreats in the future.”
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it’s a way of paying back the support that they may have received during their season. Durham thinks attendance at men's basketball games has increased this winter. “I believe attendance has been up this year and as the year goes on we get more and more attendance from students,” said Durham. “I believe we have more students coming to games this year is because we are just a team that plays very hard and people like to see that in student athletes.” Some students attend athletic events because it is a way for them to feel connected to the sports they love and maybe even once participated in. “I feel like sports have always been a huge part of my life and I occasionally miss
being involved in them,” said junior criminal justice major Rebekah Clendaniel. “Since I no longer am playing sports, going to games and cheering on the athletes is my way of still staying connected to the sports I love.” Clendaniel admits to attending a lot of the home games for almost all of the men’s and women’s athletics. She even plans her work and other activities around the athletic schedules. “I keep track of a lot of the home games,” said Clendaniel. “I try my absolute best to make it to home games of a lot of the different athletic teams. I even try to avoid working on Wednesday nights or scheduling night classes on Wednesdays so I can make it to home basketball games.” There are students, however, that also have several rea-
sons why attending a sporting event is not a top priority. “I have only attended one athletic event, a football game, during my time here at Waynesburg,” said junior education major and Bonner Scholar Caley Blankenbuehler. “I normally have too much school work or community service or prior commitments to attend to. I guess I would go if I didn’t have anything else to do, though.” Having commitments to other activities seems to be a large reason why students struggle to have time to make it down to the gym or field. “Since we attend a small liberal arts college that offers a lot of options, students have a lot of activities that cause them to get over-involved,” said junior biblical studies major James Glisan. “That’s not a bad thing, but it may cause some students
to not show as much support as they would like.” Glisan said the athletes themselves play a huge role in the amount of students who come out to support them. “There are some athletes who seem arrogant and expect support from the student body,” said Glisan. “It is a fine line. Athletes can come off as ungrateful and need to show more appreciation for their fans. Maybe more students would want to attend.” Durham hopes to see attendance increase as the basketball team's season wraps up, and hopes students who don't regularly attend games will join the crowd. “We [student athletes] try show appreciation towards our fans by going out on that court or field everyday and play as hard as we can,” said Durham.
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Meloy’s background is in government affairs and media relations. While serving on Reagan’s staff, she represented the president among numerous national and international organizations. In her home state of Pennsylvania, she has served in numerous public service roles, such as deputy secretary of the Department of Community Affairs and deputy secretary of the Department of Aging. “The school is one of
Pennsylvania’s real gems,” said Meloy. “Students want to be in school; they aren’t there because someone is making them go there.” Meloy said the greatest part of Waynesburg’s mission, in her mind, is the effort to create people who are true leaders in society. “What’s most important is the vision to produce leaders [at Waynesburg],” said Meloy. “We can produce educated people like robots, but the step beyond that is to become a leader not just in your profession, but in your own life.”
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ing comes at an eight-hour period between 11 p.m. on Sunday and 7 a.m. on Monday. During this time, Sattler brings in a crew that is not directly related to the university to aid in the clearing of campus if the conditions get dangerous enough. So far this winter season, some nasty conditions were forecasted for this timeframe but none have come to fruition, much like this past weekend. For Sattler, it’s always important to prepare for the worst, and at the very least, for what is forecasted. “Depending on what’s predicted to happen, we try to pre-treat sidewalks and our parking lots when we can,” said Sattler. “Especially on days like [Friday, Jan. 30] when there was freezing rain, we like to get out there and pre-treat for that.” The maintenance staff also has somewhat of a priority system as to what areas of campus it covers first, depending on the time of the day and the day of the week. “On the weekend, we try to get around Benedum [Dining Hall] first, so students have a way in and out of the dining hall,” Sattler said. “If we are starting to react to the event first thing in the morning, then we try to get to the areas of the classrooms first. We do make an attempt on our rounds that we have the student movement taken care of first.” Rock salt for campus use is ordered on a bulk basis, usually bought 20 pallets of bags at a time. It takes approximately two to three
pallets to securely cover even a light snow on campus. This winter, Sattler and his staff have experienced many mornings where even a little snowfall has prompted action and the need to clear off the campus. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a half inch or four inches of snow, it takes about the same amount of time to get the campus clear, and that’s about eight hours,” said Sattler. “Clearing the campus includes all the sidewalks, parking lots and entr y steps.” The university is only responsible for these things because it does not own any streets on campus, as it is Waynesburg borough property. The school is not even responsible for the sidewalks running through the parks on campus, but Sattler makes sure the sidewalks running from the top of the hill down to Stewart and Willison Hall — located on Washington Street — are plowed and cleared thoroughly. There is not a set amount of time that the staff has to react by, but the school does expect preparedness when dealing with student safety. “The university’s expectation is that we always be ready, and that’s what we strive for,” said Sattler. “We are not perfect in that, but we certainly strive to make sure that we are always open.” As for delays and cancellations of classes due to weather and campus conditions, Sattler is consulted on his opinion of the readiness of the campus but the senior staff ultimately makes the decision. Sattler suggests that students wear proper footwear,
like winter boots, to ensure there are no accidents. He also would like to hear from
anyone who experiences a dangerous spot on campus so his staff can address it.
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Crossroads brings community and university together
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(Left) A group of middle school students sit and listen to a lesson Josh Sumpter gives at Crossroads. (Above) Jennifer Miller left, and Bailey Fudala right, run for an embrace during a football game. (Below) Bree Echegaray gives a big muddy smile for the camera.
Crossroads youth group helps all ages grow in their faith with God By REBECCA BURCHAM Copy Editor
It’s 5:45 p.m. on a Sunday night. The streets are dark and silent, and walking into the side doors of First Presbyterian Church, all is silent there too. For a few more minutes, at least. Josh Sumpter is downstairs in the youth room, discussing the upcoming night’s activities with a group of young adults. As the director of the youth ministry, he is preparing to lead the evening’s youth group. However, the responsibility of that leadership is shared with 13 others: the individuals, currently parked in bean bags and plush chairs, who live on campus just up the hill. Crossroads, the youth ministry at First Presbyterian Church, currently has 13 Waynesburg University students
serving as youth leaders to middle school and high school students. For the last 10 years, Crossroads has partnered with university students as they seek to impact a younger generation of students in their faith. According to Sumpter, the student leaders can understand middle school and high school life because they have been there and can provide a great example for the younger students. “The teens look up to the university students,” Sumpter said. “Sometimes our kids think that parents and adults are a little out of touch, and so having university-level students that come in to build relationships with them is very inspiring, not only to me, but to our kids as well.” However, the Crossroads youth aren’t the only ones being taught to grow in their faith. In this case, the teachers are
learning just as much as the students – if not more. Jennifer Miller, a junior pre-med/ biology major at the university, joined Crossroads as a student leader during her freshman year. Her interest was sparked at a meeting during orientation week, and she was hooked from then on. “I really enjoy the company of junior high kids. So I got connected.” She currently leads a small group of eighth-grade girls – a group she has been with for three years now and will continue to lead through the girls’ high school careers. “I really like the feel of connecting with someone on many different levels,” she says, returning a wave that a younger girl offers from where she is waiting across the room. “So, not just [being] See CROSSROADS on B4
Show searches for Uniontown Bigfoot Sauté and Save to By ANTHONY CONN
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Southwestern Pennsylvania received its sixty minutes of fame last week, as the region was featured in Animal Planet’s show, “Finding Bigfoot.” The Sasquatch hunting team, consisting of biologists, experts, enthusiasts and skeptics explored the hills of Uniontown this past August. The episode, “Paranormal Sqatchtivity”, aired Jan. 25 on Animal Planet. The team welcomed the Keystone State, describing it as a perfect place to look for Bigfoot. “We have returned to Pennsylvania, one of the best, squatchiest states in the country,” said Matt Moneymaker, founder and president of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. Moneymaker’s first stop during the episode was a 70-acre farm in Uniontown. The owners of the farm shared their story of experiencing Bigfoot, as well as
some ghost activity. This episode was unique to the season series because it focused on paranormal findings instead of just Sasquatch. According to the “Finding Bigfoot” team, Pennsylvania has a rich history of ghosts. Throughout the episode, the team met with the witnesses and listened to their stories. Many were convinced that Sasquatch and the supernatural have a direct correlation. To see the magnitude of Sasquatch activity in the area, the “Finding Bigfoot” crew held a meeting in Uniontown’s State Theatre. This was the show’s largest venue for a town hall meeting in its history. According to State Theatre’s accounting coordinator, Pat Walters, over one third of the main floor was full of witnesses eager to tell their stories. “It’s amazing how many people have stories of seeing Bigfoot,” said Walters. Several of the witness testimonies
prompted investigation and re-enactments by the team. Two girls provided a cell phone video as evidence. Unfortunately, and quite predictably, the video was too blurry to deem as true evidence of Sasquatch. Cody Hillberry, senior sociology major, lives in Sycamore, Pennsylvania. Despite living less than an hour away from Uniontown, Hillberry has not come across the fabled creature. “I’ve heard stories of bears, but not Sasquatch,” said Hillberry. Others in the area could not be more certain of the beast, telling the “Finding Bigfoot” team all they knew. A woman from the area shared her personal encounter with beast in the mountains. The woman said that she came across Bigfoot while on a trail over 40-yearsago. “I knew it was not a bear,” she said. “Because a bear does not squat. A See BIGFOOT on B4
Couple charged with alleged child abuse By JOE SMITH
For the Yellow Jacket
WAYNESBURG—Two Waynesburg locals completed their preliminary hearing for alleged child abuse, Jan. 29. Brandon Litten, 22, and Nikia Harris, 23, were arrested Dec. 16, by Waynesburg Borough Police Officer Lisa J. Sowden due to allegations of child abuse against their two-year-old son. The police were informed of the child abuse by the maternal grandfather of the young boy and also gave his testimony against his daughter Harris and Litten at the
preliminary hearing. According to borough police, the boy, who at the time was one-year-old, was so consistently covered in bruises all over his body that the grandfather noticed and could not ignore after a while. Litten has been charged with three counts of simple assault, one felony count of aggravated assault, eight counts of recklessly endangering another person, eight counts of harassment and three felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Harris has been charged with three counts of recklessly endangering another
person, two counts of harassment, three felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of giving a false statement. Magisterial District Judge Louis Dayich is presiding over the case. An arraignment hearing was held on Jan. 22 and a preliminary hearing was held on Jan. 29. Litten’s bail was set at $50,000, and Harris’ bail, set at $15,000, have both been posted. Both are being confined to the Greene County Prison. After the preliminary hearing, the case was decidedly transferred to the Court
of Common Pleas. For Litten, this is not his first appearance in court. The court records show that in January, 2012, Litten was arrested for disorderly conduct and driving under the influence of a schedule one controlled substance in, but those charges were dismissed. In April 2012, Litten was arrested for driving under a suspended or revoked license. Harris has no previous arrest record, but charges against Harris were dropped after she was taken to court by her landlord, Parkview Knoll, in April 2014.
help area's hungry for long-term effect By SAMANTHA PEER Op/Ed Editor
Almost 13 percent of Greene County residents are food insecure, and the Child Food Insecurity Rate in Greene County is 20.6 percent. A trend of a lack of jobs that spans over decades has led to generational poverty in isolated populations of Greene County, which makes food insecurity more prevalent. To be food insecure means to lack reliable access to a suf-
“The goal of the food demonstration is educating individuals in the kitchen, ideally to demonstrate affordable and healthy recipes...”
CAITLYN DAVIN
AmeriCorps VISTA with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
ficient quantity of affordable and nutritious food where you live. Food insecurity is magnified when coupled with other issues such as a decrease in two-parent families, a growing population, drug and alcohol addiction, poor education dependency on Welfare, rising unemployment and homelessness. The Greene County Food Security Partnership organization seeks to help combat
the issue of food insecurity and sometimes the relating problems in the area of Greene County. Through the combined efforts of public services, private organizations, businesses and organizations, the Greene County Food Security Partnership attempts to increase access to public and private food assistance programs and engage the community in an attempt to end hunger. The Greene County Food Security Partnership will be presenting a four-part educational series that features a food demonstration and an educational presentation to try and address this local problem. The event is entitled “Sauté and Save.” “The goal of the food demonstration is educating individuals in the kitchen, ideally to demonstrate affordable and healthy recipes, often including common items received from food assistance programs,” said Caitlyn Davin, AmeriCorps VISTA with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. “The educational presentations vary in topic, but this series will include home gardening, couponing, budgeting, and nutritional information.” Sauté and Save is a free event taking place at the Corner Cupboard Food Bank. The series will take place once a week for four weeks See HUNGER on B4
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Prepare for future The real world won't be scary if we get ready now
Fact: time flies during these four years of college.Sure, there are long days where an hour class feels like three days and Friday seems forever away; but looking back, time seems to move far too quickly. As freshmen, we look ahead and think how long four years can seem. Then we are sophomores and see another three years. Then it becomes two, and before we know it, we are seniors about to enter the real world. The real world: a place where there are no grades – we keep a job or get fired; a place where late work is usually not accepted; a place where it is not acceptable to wear sweatpants to work and we actually have to look presentable. All this comes faster than we realize, and most of us spend these four years not taking advantage of the time allotted to us to work on our professional selves. To be honest, that is what we are supposed to be using this time for. We should be working on our resumes to
make sure that they are up to par with the other people who have five, 10, 15 plus years on us. We should be working on our interview skills, memorizing the fundamental basics of eye contact, professional speaking and professional dress, doing research on the company before the interview and knowing what the position we are applying for consists of. We should be taking advantage of free summers to apply for internships. This way, we will have some experience within interviews and our field of interest, have to create a professional level resume and possibly get some work experience that will help us once we are out of college. The jump from the last day of our senior year and the first day of our careers should not be a hard one to make. It should be a smooth transition because before that last day, we have already created those professional career versions of ourselves, and we are ready.
KImmy Baston Columnist
During the last two weeks, my Instagram feed has been overflowing with “#sisterhoods” and “#bids”. The increasingly popular hashtag “#bidnight,” referring to the invitations students receive to officially join a fraternity or sorority, seems to caption half of the photos I see. No Waynesburg students will be receiving a bid this weekend, a fact which I think reflects positively on our campus. Greek life was eliminated from Waynesburg University’s campus years ago, with much controversy surrounding the reasoning behind the decision. Based on the headlines concerning Greek organizations that appear quite frequently between September and May, it seems to me that no matter the reason for
Waynesburg’s lack of fraternities and sororities, it’s a good thing. Of course, it’s perfectly true that many, if not all, Greek organizations are philanthropic. But there’s also no denying that membership in a fraternity or sorority lends itself all too easily to substance abuse and irresponsible behavior. If we’re going to talk about negative behavior, we have to talk about pledging, which is the time in a brother or sister’s membership that is often filled with hazing. Following a period of increases in dangerous behavior on campus, Dartmouth College has banned pledging in Greek life. This means that the probationary period where inductees are not yet full members is being eliminated. In fact, the Boston Globe states that a number of schools around the country and even some specific Greek organizations are following this trend and
outlawing pledging. Why? Probably because a student’s time as a pledge is when the most dangerous and even deadly activities occur. USA Today explains that there has been at least one hazing-related death every year since 1975. This may not seem like a significant number at first – but that means dozens of students unwillingly gave up their lives simply for admission to a Greek organization. Just two months ago, a West Virginia University student died as a result of binge drinking at a pledge event, according to ABC News. Tragic headlines like this one are more usual than they should be. Understandably, Greek organizations do not want to be defined by events like this. But I believe it’s important to be aware that with Greek life comes a tendency toward irresponsibility and therefore intense scrutiny on the be-
havior of involved students. I’m fully aware that there are many, many Greek organizations that don’t endorse substance abuse or any dangerous activities. Plenty of fraternities and sororities are focused on service to their schools and communities, and it is unfortunate that such groups often don’t make the news. But at Waynesburg, we’ve got the opportunity to make as big a difference in the community as Greek organizations do, and it comes with no strings attached. It seems to me that Waynesburg has all the good things that Greek organizations profess to provide – close-knit communities, fellowship, service – and we have no chance of generating negative headlines regarding the debauchery of a Greek student. None of us have a chance of joining a sorority or fraternity during our college career – but I, for one, am grateful for that.
Buying local only a short-term solution Jacob Meyer Columnist
In last week’s issue of the Yellow Jacket, a story was printed in the Region section titled “Officials pleased with two years of ‘Buy Local’ efforts.” “Buy Local, Buy Greene” is a campaign that was started to educate people in Greene County about the improvements that can be made to the local economy if more people bought local goods. According to the Greene County website, 35 retailers and 100 consumers have taken part in the campaign. This obviously sounds like a good thing,
right? An impoverished county urges people to buy more local goods to benefit local businesses, which in turn increases job growth and stimulates the economy. Well, in the short term, it is. In the short term, the local businesses and local government will all benefit. If people in Greene County buy more things locally, businesses will have more money and in turn will be able to hire more people. Good and good. It’s good for the government because whenever businesses are doing well, the government is happy. Remember the whole tax thing? Yeah, they’ll be happy. So this seems too easy, and too good to be true. If something in life seems too good to be true,
it probably is. Encouraging people to buy local – and assuming they actually listen – is a form of protectionism on a small scale. Protectionist economies do not grow. The quality of Greene County products is clearly not as beneficial to consumers as non-Greene-County products. They are also more likely to be more expensive. In the long run, this “Buy Local” campaign will reduce the quality of Greene County goods and increase the prices. But, despite Greene County businesses on the whole not being good enough, these “Buy Local” efforts want consumers in the county to buy local products because of the short-term benefits.This situation is like a dad coddling
his daughter learning to ride a bike. Everyone learns to ride a bike by falling first and getting back up. Business is the same way. Businesses have to fail, which they have in Greene County, in order to learn how to be successful. By not allowing them to fail, or always using training wheels, the economy will always be mediocre compared to what it could be if it were allowed to compete. At some point, the training wheels have to come off for us to learn how to ride a bike. This “Buy Local” campaign is a form of training wheels for businesses in Greene County. If the products aren’t good See LOCAL on B3
Support the Jackets Sports teams at WU worthy of recognition
When members of the student body achieve something sensational academically, members of the university community rally around them and, in ways, cheer them on. Waynesburg’s athletic teams are worthy of this sort of recognition. On top of their classwork and studies, they put in countless hours preparing for games and matches, all the while striving for that same goal of success. With winter sports seasons coming down the home stretch, there are plenty of opportunities to spend a fun night with friends and root for the home team. Tomorrow, the wrestling team hosts a match. In addition, the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse will play host to Presidents’ Athletic Conference basketball games for two of the next three Saturdays in February. The wrestling team is the defending conference champion. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams ad-
vanced in their respective conference tournaments last season. All three teams are poised to repeat and achieve more this season and would certainly appreciate the support from the student body along the way. The college experience all depends on what the students make of it. Waynesburg can be a place that’s considered “no fun” if students elect to stay in their dorm rooms rather than attend sporting events. But as more students take the time to support these winter sports teams – who play all home games at an on-campus venue – then more students will take note of the fun environment that forms. The players on the court will also recognize this and school spirit as a whole will increase. All it takes to make the Waynesburg experience great is a little more student initiative. Support your classmates this month at a game, and relieve a little stress also.
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Walking by Faith: Pam Abbe Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Pam Abbe,tutor coordinator, director of the Knox Learning CenterEducational Enrichment Program, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith. By samantha peer Op/ Ed Editor
Q. When did you first come to Waynesburg and what led you here? A. I came here to work in the late ‘70s, but I actually went to college here. I transferred here and spent two years here as a student. I came back because I was familiar with the area and I was very attached to rural lifestyle, the town and the southwestern Pennsylvania culture. Q. How do you demonstrate your faith in your position at Waynesburg? A. Primarily through my concern and devotion to education and the individual students and their growth. How I do that is being invested in them
as a part of what my personal meaning is. I try to share with students about growth and about what is valuable in life, which is to be fully developed. Education is a part of that, but it is also the compassion that we have for each other and what we invest in one another. It is not just a job, it is what you are passionate about and how you care for other people. I think young people are at a crossroad in their life and are vulnerable because they are still very young. I strive to reassure young people that they all have something to give and God loves everyone. God doesn’t love smart people or athletic people more. Everyone has their contribution and they are so valuable as an individual. I attempt to reinforce that for young people because life is tough and we fall a lot and we need people there to pick us back up. I try to do that in my care for students. Working with academic support, students can be vulnerable in terms of pulling through. To be able to get people through the hurdles they encounter, not just as college students but also as youth, is what I strive to do. Again, they are at a crossroad in which they are strug-
gling with their identity, their faith and their growth, so I try to be some type of role model and encourage students not to be shy about asking for help. I encourage them to ask questions, be proactive and believe in themselves. I think of learning as something that is very holistic; it is not just the community, it is all of us together as a group, whether it is in the classroom or student services outside the classroom. Q. Have any specific moments, whether in interacting with students or faculty, touched you spiritually or affirmed your faith? A. Definitely. I fundamentally believe that because the faculty and students are so sincere and responsive that it strengthens my faith in knowing that there is hope and
there is love and there is a community. It feels as though we are in this together. That is what churches can do and what communities should do: be there for each other. It also ties to the history of the college. There is a sort of ethos that carries on, it is something that you can’t pinpoint and that no one can take credit for. It is almost like the spirit of the school. I think that is what makes it unique because there is something here that is very special. It is reflected in the personal ties of getting to know one another. It isn’t in the big picture; it is more about small things like building relationships. Q. What do you find yourself needing to be reSee FAITH on B3
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Cheat Sheet: Obama rethinks assisting Ukraine Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.
According to CBS News, President Obama is reconsidering sending lethal support to Ukraine. He is remaining concerned about the effect the step will have and the risks of a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia. A senior administration official said Obama is alarmed about the surrounded Ukrainian military’s capacity for using highpowered, American supplied weaponry. The United States has limited their supplies to Ukraine’s military to nonlethal aid. Some officials have been insistent to the President to step up the assistance. CBS News reported that an official said Obama is willing to take a fresh look at supplying Ukraine with lethal aid, along with other options for calming tensions, since there has been a recent rise of violence in the eastern part of the country. Obama wants to discuss the
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Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) soldiers of the "Sparta" squad clear debris in the destroyed Donetsk Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The airport fell to the pro-Russia separatists after weeks of fighting between DPR soldiers and the Ukrainian government's troops. issue with European leaders. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is said to be visiting Washington next week to dis-
cuss the issues with Obama. Merkel told CBS that Germany will not provide weapons to Ukraine. Merkel also
said, “It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily.”Pro-Russian rebel fighters are pushing toward
the Ukrainian military in eastern Ukraine to try and surround them. On Friday, Jan. 30, at least 12 civilians
were killed due to the entire area of Debaltseve becoming a battleground. Obama and several European leaders have focused their efforts to end Russia’s advances on Ukraine on sanctions targeting Moscow’s most cost-effective economic sector – as well as individuals close to Vladimir Putin – said CBS News. Since the predicament between Ukraine and Russia began early last year, the U.S. led NATO alliance has attempted to strengthen the Ukrainian military’s command, control, communications and computer capabilities, as well as improve logistics and standardization, cyber defense, military career transition and the rehabilitation of injured troops, according to CBS News. But the alliance has no military hardware of its own; therefore, each of the 28 member nations is free to help Ukraine. Information curated by YURIKA BLEVINS For the Yellow Jacket
In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the 10 stories from last week that a college student needs to know.
1. Japan struggles with hostage crisis Japan is vowing to take down the Islamic militant group that calls themselves IS (Islamic State) following a video that shows IS beheading Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist. Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said he would expand his support to countries fighting IS. This video came only a week following the beheading of another Japanese man, Haruna Yukawa. The militant group cites Japanese aid to rival countries as the reason for the deaths. -BBC News, Feb. 1 2. Arizona economy boosted by Super Bowl Super Bowl XLIX proved profitable for the state of Arizona. An estimated $500 million has been generated through small businesses and other agencies as over 100,000 people were brought into the state because of the football game. Over one mil-
lion people participated in the event through monetary purposes or organizations, and 6,000 media personnel from around the globe were asked to cover the event. -azsuperbowl.com, Feb. 1
3. Romney not to run in 2016 For almost a month, there was speculation that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be running for presidency in 2016. However, in an announcement over the weekend, Romney told the nation that he is not interested in running for office in 2016, in what many people claim to be a shocking turn of events. Many of the Republican hopefuls for the nomination have offered thanks and respect to Romney for his dedication to the party and wish him well in his future endeavors. -ABC News, Jan. 30 4 . Me a s l e s s p r e a d s through California In just one week, the number of measles related cases in California climbed a staggering 54 percent. 91 cases of the disease have
been reported since the main outbreak in Disneyland, up from the 59 known cases last week. Parents of students in the Golden State have even asked a school district to bar anyone without the measles vaccination from coming to school. The school has declined this request, but pressure for change is building. -CNN News, Feb. 2
5. Microscopic robots could be ingested Medicine is turning robotic; at least, that is the hope. In a single teaspoon, billions of microscopic robots could be ingested by the human body. At ETH Zurich, mechanical engineer Brad Nelson is making robots that are guided externally by a magnetic field. Using these robots would be a much less invasive way of reaching vital areas of the body, such as the brain and heart, with pinpoint precision. This technology is ready for the first clinical tests on human patients this year, according to Nelson. -CNN News, Feb. 2 6. Man completes seven
marathons in seven days Most people have difficulty completing one marathon in their lifetime, but Tim Durbin, 31, decided to go for seven marathons in seven days, on seven continents. Durbin, the only American to compete in 2015’s World Marathon Challenge along with 11 others, began his ultra-running career after watching his great uncle compete in his early 70’s. The event began in Antarctica, and 180 miles later, Durbin accomplished the feat. His next big challenge is running the distance of the equator, 24,901 miles, within the next 10 years. -salon.com, Feb 1.
7. Phil predicts six more weeks Much to the dismay of those who love warm weather and sunshine, the world’s most famous groundhog declared six more weeks of the winter season. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and, according to the German legend, this means more than a month of snow flurries and bitter cold. It was a smaller crowd than usual that gathered to watch the
furry rodent’s decision, as 11,000 people stood in the rainy cold. The number was down from the 15,000 usually expected to turn out for the event. -Observer Reporter, Feb. 2 8. Gas prices continue to drop Local gas prices have decreased significantly over the past several months, and it appears that the trend will continue. However, Pennsylvania natives are still paying top dollar at the pump when compared to many other regions from around the country. The average price for a gallon in the state of Pennsylvania is down $1.25 when compared to just one year ago; yet, the average price remains in the top ten most expensive in the country. -Herald Standard, Feb. 1
9. WVU to pay fine for hazardous waste West Virginia University has agreed to pay a $24,769 fine due to hazardous waste violations. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection enacted the fine as violations were discovered
during an inspection of the WVU Engineering facility. The violation included the failure to keep a hazardous waste container closed and failure to properly respond to a spill of used oil. A consent order requires the university to submit a corrective plan. -Observer Reporter, Feb. 2 10. Three-year-old boy shoots parents A three-year-old boy shot his father and pregnant mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this past weekend. The boy found a handgun in his mother’s purse and fired one round that hit his father’s lower back, then proceeded to catch his mother’s shoulder. The father was treated and released in stable condition, while the mother is hospitalized in stable condition. The condition of the unborn child is unknown. The district attorney’s office is still considering whether to charge the parents with criminal negligence. -CNN News, Feb. 2 Information curated by BRENDAN KEANY For the Yellow Jacket
Letter to the editor
President Obama needs to keep his word Faith: Pam Abbe Editors Note: The following is a letter submitted by WU students from the RESULTS Team
To Whom It May Concern: Kids everywhere deserve the chance to reach their full potential. Immunization isn’t just about jabs in the arm. It’s about protecting children against early death and giving them the chance to thrive: to grow up healthy, go to school, and build a better world. Since 2000, Gavi has worked with low-income
countries, donor nations, and the private sector to bring global immunization rates to an all-time high. In January 2015, Gavi will be seeking $7.5 billion in order to vaccinate 300 million more children by 2020, which will save over five million additional lives. Gavi is also helping build healthcare infrastructure so that poor nations can handle crises, like Ebola. It’s a wise investment. Vaccines are a “best buy,” with a low cost and a payoff that extends far beyond an individual child. Gavi’s plan to vaccinate 300 million more
children will generate $80100 billion in economic benefit - through both health system savings and increased economic productivity. It’s the Administration’s chance to keep its promise. President Obama has made a personal commitment to helping end the preventable death of children. A congressional allocation of $1 billion to Gavi will not only help save more than five million lives in the years ahead; it will be the down payment on ending unnecessary child death once and for all. This should matter to the Waynesburg community be-
cause child deaths from preventable diseases are a moral outrage in a world with the means to stop them. n addition, we can’t grow our economy without the economies of Africa and Asia growing as well. This requires the survival of their populations past five years of age. Urge your members of Congress—Senators and Representatives—to support this important topic! Sincerely, Trenton Bromenschenkel, Charles Cook, Stephanie Tress and Mary Hoffman
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pay attention.
minded of?
Q. Do you feel you are where God wants you to be?
A. Being mindful of the moment I am in and cherishing every small thing around me. I need to be attentive to who I am as a faithful person. I think I am a mindful person, but I realize that I often get sidetracked. Just in talking to someone, sometimes you have to be mindful in spite of many distractions. When you settle into yourself and do things out of care, I think your faith is strengthened and that it comes back to you. But you have to really
A. Yes. When you are doing something that you love to do, it’s not work, because it’s everything that you are. It’s your personality, your rootedness and your faith. I am really blessed that way, because I did not have a clear vision of where I would be when I grew up. To end up where I am and in what I am doing, I am very fortunate. I try to thank God every day, because I am blessed to have what I have.
Local: Buy products based on their quality and price Continued from B2
enough or cheap enough for consumers to want to buy, then they don’t deserve to be bought. This same thing happens on a larger scale as well. Efforts by “patriots” occur very often to support American businesses by buying their goods here rather than from overseas. Americans say they’ll spend a few extra bucks to buy a shirt that says “Made in America” on the tag. Sure, it sounds good. But, people who buy American just to benefit their
country are actually doing the opposite. They should buy American products because those products are the best products for them, not because they are local or American. General Motors put out a crappy product at a high price for years and got away with it. How? Many Americans would rather buy an American made car than a foreign one. In the short term, GM won. They made a bad product at a high price, which equated to high revenue. In the long run, though, they lost…badly. Most Europeans and Asians did not
drive GM vehicles because the price was too high for the quality they were receiving. This made GM less profitable on the global market, which caused GM to spiral down – requiring a ridiculous government bailout – like a dad coddling his daughter by keeping on the training wheels.This same concept works on a smaller scale with Greene County. People in Greene County should buy products that are of the quality and price that is best for them. If they think they should buy Greene County products just
because they were made in Greene County, then good for them, but it really won’t help anything. So, what can be done to help jumpstart the Greene County economy if it’s not the “Buy Local” campaign? The government must encourage business growth without keeping the training wheels on too long. A way to do this is to lower taxes for new businesses so they can survive in a tough economy without the burden of taxes from governments. New York has started an initiative that no business in its first 10 years of existence will
pay sales, property or business taxes. This encourages new businesses, but it still allows unsuccessful ones to fail. Buying Greene Countyonly products is like putting a bandage on a cut. Bandages help in the short term, but they are not the reason the cut is healed. Antibiotics, such as Neosporin, are put on the cut to expedite the healing process. Lower taxes for new businesses would be like the Neosporin to the cut that is the Greene County economy. The only way the cut can truly be healed is by the body going through
its natural processes to heal it. The only way the Greene County economy can truly be healed is the economy going through its natural process to heal it. The “Buy Local, Buy Greene” campaign will not heal the economy. The campaign is more like putting a bandage on the cut and not having the body go through its natural processes of healing. We are the economy. Only we can decide our future. The only thing that will make Greene County more prosperous is the innovation and intelligence of the people in Greene County.
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Hunger: Event shows promise, help Bigfoot: Show sets up in Uniontown Continued from B1
beginning on April 22 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The event will take place again April 29, May 6, concluding on May 13. The registration deadline for the event is April 17. Sauté and Save was held in October-November 2014 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. “We had positive feedback from the event in the fall, so we decided to host another series,” said Davin. “As long as people are enjoying the event and receiving useful information, we’ll
keep hosting the events.” The Greene County Food Security Partnership hope to expand the event from Waynesburg to other communities in Greene County. “In the future, we may look into expanding to other communities in Greene County, to help bring these resources to individuals who are more restricted by transportation issues,” said Davin. In addition to Sauté and Save, the Greene County Food Security Partnership is in the process of creating an outreach packet that will be distributed throughout the county. “The idea behind this
distribution is that when an individual or a family is food insecure they might not come straight to the food bank, because they just don’t know where to turn, so our goal is to get the information and resources out there so that these places that are like community staples or centers, can help serve anyone who comes in who needs assistance,” said Davin. Though the Greene County Food Security Partnership is taking strides to end hunger, help is welcomed. To find out more about how you can aid in the fight, contact Caitlyn Davin at cdavin@gpcfb.org.
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bear’s front arms will sort of hang down in front of them. This thing… the arms were hanging off of both sides of its shoulders like humans’ [arms] would do. They were much longer.” The “Finding Bigfoot” show did not spot the creature during their trip to Uniontown. However, that has not stopped their search. The rest of season six will resume in the northeast part of the United States. It takes a lot of faith to search for a creature you
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The logo for the show on Animal Planet, "Finding Bigfoot." personally have never seen. Sasquatch hunting is not for everyone. “I think that it would be fun,” said Hillberry. “But I probably couldn’t
make a career out of it. I couldn’t take it seriously.” “Finding Bigfoot” airs on Animal Planet on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
Crossroads: Local schools and university work together to build faith Continued from B1
here with them once a week talking about God and my faith and our religion, but I also like to see them outside of this atmosphere too. This Sunday night atmosphere isn’t what our lives are like every day.” Miller enjoys hearing the stories and experiences from the younger girls she connects with. From Miller’s perspective, everyone has different things they can relate to and different reactions to certain situations – and she finds the differences in perspective refreshing for her own faith. “The messages that Josh gives here are deep for the kids, and they’re just like nice little reminders sometimes [for me],” she said. “And then, working here with these kids makes me want to be the best in my faith that I can be, for them … I know that I need to be at the top of my game so I can help them and not lead them astray.” Miller also draws on the support system created by the student leader. “We’re all really caring for one another. We’re just willing to help each other out.” She smiles at a few other passing girls, then nods. “It’s been pretty cool.” Sumpter wraps up his talk with the youth leaders and asks for a volunteer to pray. One of the girls does so, and the preparation meeting concludes just as a wave of middle school students floods into the open basement. The kids and youth leaders all scatter around the large room as Sumpter starts up the sound system. A few start up a game of ping-pong; a few start forming clusters to talk together about their weeks of university or middle school classes; a few are imitating the thumping bass and singing along to the music – it’s a song, fittingly, by Jesus Culture – that is blasting through the loudspeakers. It’s just past 6 p.m. now as Sumpter rallies a few of the student leaders in the center of the large room. “4-Square! 4-Square going on, right here!” 4-Square – an interesting game that is a staple at Crossroads. There is even a poster dedicated to the game taped to the wall: ‘Official Crossroads 4-Square Rules’. Three of the student leaders immediately jump into the square with Sumpter and start a game. It isn’t competitive by any stretch – it’s just a fun game, loose and easy and natural. After a few passes, Sumpter steps out and the leaders take over from there, beginning to play the popular game amongst themselves. As the clock ticks past six, more middle school kids start trickling through the doors. The music is still blasting, and a growing chatter joins the noise as the younger students seamlessly join the leaders in rotating positions for 4-Square. There are over 50 people in the basement of the church by the time everyone is accounted for, but the atmosphere is one of familiarity.
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MaCottie Denjen shows off his muscles for the camera.
Everyone is on a first name basis, and no one is left out. Some of the kids continue playing ping-pong while the game of 4-Square continues in the center of the open room. It gets intense. A few of the boys seem determined to take each other’s heads off with wild passes – they are told to relax – while the girls standing outside the square squeal and duck at any loose bounces. A few of the male leaders are shooting hoops in a basketball arcade game, while younger boys desperately try to block their shots. It’s no use. Height difference is too much of an obstacle in a basketball battle of middle school versus college. Jennifer Miller talks with a few of the girls in her small group, while Joshua Hennigh, another leader, plays noholds-barred foosball with a younger boy. It is impossible to tell who won, but neither seemed to care. They were laughing. This is the scene every Sunday night at Crossroads. The first half hour or so of the two-hour block of time the middle school group meets is dedicated as an “open time” of games and talking between the kids and leaders. A larger group activity follows that everyone participates in – including the student leaders. “It’s about building connections,” says Sumpter as the kids prepare to play the night’s game: Ga-Ga Ball. Upon its execution, Ga-Ga Ball can be viewed as minidodgeball in an “awesome arena of awesomeness” – dubbed so by Sumpter and created by turning nine rectangular tables onto their sides and boxing in the 4-Square court. The kids and student leaders who want to play all pile into the arena and find a place along the edges. The game begins, and soon everyone is doing their best to strike the dodgeball on a bounce and hit the lower legs of another player to eliminate them. The field is quickly thinned in the first game, and soon only three student leaders remain in play. The watching crowd of kids start cheering for Hennigh. A few moments later, he wins the game. The second game finds everyone once again cheering for Hennigh. “If you get Josh Hennigh out, you get free pizza!” calls Sumpter, trying to encourage the younger kids as Hennigh continues to dominate the game. Everyone is laughing, encouraging their friends or banging out a drumroll on
the walls of the makeshift arena, but Hennigh is in the zone. He wins again. The third game finds another bounty placed on Hennigh’s head. “If you are the person who knocks Josh Hennigh out of this game, we will pause the game for a moment of silence. And then, you will also gets first dibs in line for snacks,” offers Sumpter over the rising chatter and cheering. The offer is quickly accepted and the moment of silence does come, as Hennigh is eventually taken out by members of his own fan club. In the fourth game, a strategy emerges. For the boys – hit the ball as hard as possible and hope it hits someone. For the girls – lay low and hope the boys take each other out. The final game is smeared by an in-arena argument between Hennigh and one of his small group members. As the ball flies around them, the two decide the only way to solve their argument is with a heated game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Both are promptly eliminated. Both just laugh. At around 7 p.m., high school students begin to arrive while the middle school students head toward the back of the room for snacks – ice cream, mozzarella sticks and mini-pizzas – prepared for them by three of the youth’s moms. The middle school and high school programs overlap during this period of “open time,” where the kids and student leaders can mingle together to eat, play games or just chat. The middle school students meet at Crossroads from 6-8 p.m., while the high school group arrives at 7 p.m. and stay until 9 p.m.. Sumpter wanders the room with a bowl of ice cream, stopping and sitting with several kids to ask “What’s up?” or “How are you guys?” It’s a simple action that speaks volumes, and it demonstrates what Sumpter believes the ministry is all about: building connections and building one another up. It’s 7:15 p.m. now. Everyone gathers around the small, elevated stage on one side of the room. Their chairs form a half circle around the stage as Sumpter tests the microphone. “Welcome to Crossroads Post-Thanksgiving Special,” begins Sumpter. He quickly reels off a few announcements – an invitation for a ministry-wide trip to a trampoline park and several service opportunities within the
community – before beginning the prepared slideshow for the night’s message. The first slide holds a picture of a single word: ‘pray’. “It’s a reminder to me that we need to get focused a little bit,” said Sumpter. “What we want to do now is just pray and settle ourselves down so we can focus on what God might say to us tonight.” After the prayer, Sumpter moves to another slide, this one holding a picture of a young boy imitating an older man – a son imitating his father. “I sort of imitate [my dad] in the way I look, the way I act, the way I think, and sometimes that’s a little creepy,” says Sumpter as he walks the small stage in front of the now-quiet audience of youths. “But really it comes naturally. We see people do things, and we want to imitate them.” Another slide appeared on the projector screen. This time, the slide held a scripture verse – Ephesians 5:1-2. ‘Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children, and live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to the Lord.’ “We come to this crossroads in our life where we have to choose what we want to imitate or reflect, right? And we can choose God, or we can choose the world,” says Sumpter, holding the rapt attention of the listening students. “So I see this [verse], it says ‘be an imitator of God,’ and I think of Jesus. What does it look like for my life to imitate Jesus?” “Then it says ‘hey, you are dearly loved children, and because of that, you should life a life of love,’” he continues, pausing for a moment. The room remains silent. “Live a life of love, because Christ loved us.” He indicates to the students that this is not a suggestion from scripture, but a command. A command to be imitators of Jesus Christ; to live a life of love; to offer oneself in willing service and sacrifice. After a closing prayer, the student leaders begin to disperse with their small groups. Each of the 13 Waynesburg students has a small pocket of kids that they connect with in these groups each week. Several groups retreat into the youth room. A few groups venture elsewhere. Six eighth-grade girls follow Miller, their student leader, up three flights of stairs to their small group meeting
place: the Green Room. Aptly named, the Green Room has green walls, green tables and green(ish) carpeting. A huge clock hangs on the wall, but it is silent. The entire floor is silent until the girls arrive. Despite the two sofas and three lounge chairs in the room, the girls all pile onto the floor in a tight circle, eagerly chatting with each other. Miller lets them share stories of being locked out and getting paper cuts before bringing her girls partially back on topic with a light question – to get the giggles out before the review of Sumpter’s message. “If you could describe your personality as a Thanksgiving food, what would you be?” Half of the girls immediately yell out “Yams!” The other half do not know what yams are, prompting a fiveminute discussion that ends only when one of the girls shouts “Who cares?” and sends the group off in laughter again. The path of conversation grows serious then, as Miller’s next question has the group rereading the scripture Sumpter presented earlier and picking out what stuck out to them. “Fragrant offering,” says one of the girls when it is her turn, and the others all nod in agreement. “I don’t understand.” Miller slowly translates the verses, explaining why an offering might be described as ‘fragrant’ based on Old Testament practices. “So, ‘fragrant offering’ as in, like … a good sacrifice?” The girl who originally asks the question now clarifies it. “Yeah,” agrees Miller. “Gotcha.” The girl makes an ‘ok’ gesture as Miller nods, looking down at the open Bible in her lap – looking at the passage in Ephesians. There is a moment of comfortable silence before she continues. “Do you guys think it’s hard to live a life of love?” she asks. The girls exchange shrugs and glances. “Sometimes,” says one. “All the time,” claims another, mentioning the difficulties they are presented with at school in the form of sixth graders – also known as “the sea of munchkins.” After laughingly reminding the girls that they “used to be those munchkins,” Miller shares with the group how encouragement is a huge part of living a life of
love. “You may not realize it yet, but you have a lot of power with your words and how you speak to other people,” says Miller. “That’s my challenge for you guys this week. Think about what things you can do in your lives to show people love and be more encouraging.” One of the girls makes a heart with her hands toward the other girls in the group, and everyone laughs – but the action is representative of the entire night, and even representative of what the university leaders do for the students they work with every week: live a life of love. As the middle school students leave for the night, and the high school students have their turn with 4-Square and other games, several student leaders linger in the hallway together. At the end of the night they will return up the hill to another week of homework and exams, but for now – they stay. They stay between the college and the church, not fully in either place and yet completely in both of them. The connection between Crossroads and Waynesburg University is built in the students’ demonstration of the university mission: faith, learning and service. Faith – by spreading the message of Jesus Christ through lives of love and reverent imitation of God, knowing that younger students are also imitating them. Learning – by teaching their young peers in a relatable way, while also creating lasting relationships and learning from their own students. Service – by stepping outside of the campus ‘walls’ and taking on a role of responsibility and leadership in the community while also encouraging their younger students to be involved in service. All of these aspects are there. But for Sumpter, the Crossroads ministry truly centers on building relationships and helping the kids and student leaders alike grow in their faith as they impact – and imitate – one another. “Part of it is proximity, because we’re close to the college, and part of it is just that vision that we have for our ministry to our youth: to see college students impact the lives of the next generation that’s right behind them.”
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Men's and women's basketball earn wins at Grove City 18-2 second half run propels Waynesburg past Wolverines By KYLE DAWSON
Editorial Assistant
The men’s basketball team capped off a solid week with a road win at Grove City College on Saturday, winning by a final score of 69-55. Midway through the opening half, with the Jackets down 12-11, Waynesburg went on a 9-0 run on the account of three three-point makes, two by junior B.J. Durham and the third by senior Kenny Klase. Waynesburg, with the run, took an eight-point lead and never looked back, keying in defensively on a disciplined Grove City offense. “Grove City is so disciplined offensively with its actions that you really have to concentrate the whole time,” said head coach Mark Christner. “It’s a different challenge than when we play some other teams in our conference. If you don’t concentrate on defense, their actions lead to baskets, and you can get beat. I thought we played very well defensively and it translated to the offensive end too.” Senior captain Jacob Fleegle, who scored 11 points in the win, was able to chip in defensively, and said the
team did a good job of dictating Grove City’s actions. “We didn’t let them get comfortable,” said Fleegle. “We were able to take things away that they usually rely on for success on offense, which threw off their rhythm and tempo. For us too, playing solid defensively was very beneficial to making runs.” The 9-0 run to take the lead was not the only lopsided run the Jackets enjoyed Saturday. The other came in the second half, when Grove City managed to cut Waynesburg’s lead to one, and Waynesburg was able to break off an 18-2 run that lasted just under seven minutes. This run put the difference at 19 with just over three minutes to play. O ve r a l l, t he Ja cke t s boasted five players scoring between nine and 13 points, four of whom scored in double figures. Klase, and fellow senior, Thomas Ellis, led the effort with 13 points apiece, while Durham and Fleegle scored 11 each. Junior transfer D.J. Ritchie was able to can nine points off the bench in the win. Ellis, who spent the last couple of seasons filling the sixth-man role for the Jackets, highlighted the team’s
Women avenge early season loss to GCC By AUSTIN ANDERSON For the Yellow Jacket
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Waynesburg's DJ Ritchie seen here in a game earlier this season, provided a spark for the Jackets off the bench at Grove City Saturday, scoring nine points. depth as a big reason why they won Saturday and have been winning this season. “Our depth is what really makes us such a dangerous team,” said Ellis. “We don’t have to count on a certain guy to score 20 a night. A lot of different guys can score which makes it hard to defend us.” Christner said that Ellis brings a lot of energy to the game and is a big help off the bench. “Thomas [Ellis] has been a key player for us,” said
Christner. “So many of our guys bring energy off the bench and give us quality minutes. Having a lot of depth and energy is a good problem to have.” Moving forward, the Jackets will, according to Christner, have to play well in February, as they have in recent years, in order to accomplish some team goals. “We’re still trying every day at practice to get to our best,” said Christner. “We know and acknowledge that it starts in the gym before
Finding her place at Waynesburg Tenacity learned in high school leads to playing time at WU for transfer O'Keefe By LUKE CAMPBELL
Sports Editorial Assistant
In ninth grade, Kassidy O’Keefe made her way to tryouts for the Chartiers Valley High School varsity women’s basketball team. These tryouts served as an opportunity to grab one of the highly sought after positions on the successful Colts varsity roster, or settle for making junior-varsity in order to continue her maturation process as a basketball player. But O’Keefe didn’t make either. She was assigned to the run-of-the-mill freshman team, which she served as the captain. “That was depressing,” said O’Keefe. “But I decided to keep working at it. When I didn’t make it, I just decided
to work harder. It prepared me to be a leader on the court.” But exactly one year later, she made the jump from the freshman team straight to the varsity-starting lineup for her sophomore year. Those three years consisted of a 64-18 record, but unfortunately led to two heartbreaking semifinal losses in her junior and senior seasons under head coach Spencer Stefko. O’Keefe then got the opportunity of continuing her basketball career at several schools, including Division II Slippery Rock University, which eventually became her collegiate destination. “I really liked the campus and knew a bunch of people going there,” said O’Keefe. “It just didn’t work out how I thought it would.”
the game, and that’s where the work needs to be put in. We are going to play well this month just as we always have, and we are going to be a threat.” The Jackets will look to capitalize on a Washington and Jefferson team on Saturday that is playing poorly in PAC play, before traveling to Thiel and Bethany next week on Wednesday and Saturday, Feb. 14. Tipoff for Saturday’s home game from is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
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Despite holding a 15-point lead early in the second half, Waynesburg (10-9, 7-5) found itself trailing by one to Grove City (7-12, 5-7) with 1:10 to play in regulation. After a missed shot by sophomore guard Katie Gehlmann with 43 seconds remaining, the Jackets were able to snatch the offensive rebound and junior forward Heather Davis made a layup with 35 seconds remaining to secure the lead for good. “I was talking to [Davis] about it today - she doesn’t even know how that went in,” said senior guard Hayden Giuliani. “We knew we had to get it inside, because even if we got fouled, we could score at the foul line. We knew we had to get a bucket. When you are confident, and you know you need to score, it happens.” That was not the lone contribution for Davis in the ballgame. She led her team with 13 points, going three-for-five beyond the 3-point line, and she had six rebounds as well.
Rewind three months. The women’s cross-country team was hot. The squad came off a nail-biting second place finish in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship race just behind Grove City and placed an impressive 12th spot at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship race. Five freshmen consistently placed in the top-seven team finishers throughout the season. Three months later, head coach of the track team, Jason Falvo, sees the potential for improvement in the distance events on the track because of the talent displayed during the cross-country season. “I think we have a chance for the women’s distance team to improve upon last
year’s performance in the indoor and outdoor season,” said Falvo. “Each year, our distance team is different with different strengths and weaknesses. This year’s team looks strong in depth and focus.” The depth is there for sure. With freshman standout Julie Gerber as the headliner of the talented distance squad due to her second place finish at the PAC Championship race, the team possesses several top runners. Freshman Elinore Loch and senior cross-country captain Annette Aho placed sixth and seventh in the race, respectively. Freshmen Kerianne Hensel, Angela Marchetti and Cameron Wade also look to be solid new contributors for the track team this season. Sophomore Katherine See DISTANCE on C3
Thomas More football Hilvert's resignation leaves door open for WU football coach Hilvert resigns ROB LONGO
By CARSON FOX
Assistant Sports Editor
Last week, news broke that Jim Hilvert, head football coach at Thomas More College, resigned to take the same position at LaSalle High School outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Hilvert, who wrapped up his eighth season on the sidelines in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, earned three Presidents’ Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors and six PAC titles. In eight years at the helm of the Saints’ program, Hilvert recorded an overall record of 67-19 and had four NCAA Division III playoff appearances, while also finishing in the top-20 nationally three times.
In an official statement on the school’s athletic website, Hilvert thanked his supporters for the “unbelievable journey” and he said he will always remember the great friendships that he has made throughout his time at TMC. The split with Thomas More was a cordial one, at least through the eyes of President David A. Armstrong, J.D. “Coach Hilvert is the winningest coach in Thomas More College history and he will forever be a legend for Thomas More football,” said Armstrong in Thomas More’s official statement. “We appreciate all he has done to continue the tradition of Thomas More College as one of the See GONE on C3
Sports Editor
It’s funny how life works out. Take a look at the Waynesburg football team. After an Eastern College Athletic Conference Southwest Bowl loss against Buffalo State to end the season, the Jackets treaded through a bit of turmoil. Some of this turmoil included holes to fill up and down the lineup; mostly on the offensive side of the ball and a potential coaching change, which would cause even more chaos. However, those issues seemed to take care of themselves. There are still some holes heading into spring practices, but a few transfers
after last semester may ease the transition after losing countless seniors. Head coach Rick Shepas got beat out for the Youngstown State head coaching position by fellow Youngstown alum Bo Pelini. Of course, there’s no shame in getting passed up for a man that was fired from Nebraska with a winning record. But one of the biggest factors that could help out the Yellow Jackets next season is the news that broke last week nearly 300 miles away. Thomas More head coach Jim Hilvert announced he was resigning from his post to become the head coach at LaSalle High School, a Division II high school in Ohio. It’s an interesting move for Hilvert to say the least, since he is moving from the college
ranks to high school. To each his own, however. That is not my place to judge, as I’m sure there were other factors that influenced Hilvert’s decision to leave. Any way you slice it though, it’s good news for the Jackets and other football programs around the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. During his tenure, Hilvert compiled a 69-19 record, going undefeated in the regular season twice, winning at least a share of the PAC crown six times and made the NCAA Division III playoffs four times. Even though Waynesburg found some success the past couple of years against Thomas More, this is definitely good news for the Jackets. Like Waynesburg, the Saints will have some missing pieces next season as well, none bigger than
running back Domonique Hayden, who was the twotime Player of the Year in the PAC. No matter who the next coach is at Thomas More, he will have his hands full. Hilvert’s resignation comes at a bad time, as many high school seniors are making final decisions on where they will spend the next four years of their lives, as marked by National Signing Day yesterday. Hilvert’s replacement will have to act quickly to salvage a decent recruiting class this season. Not only does recruiting play a factor, but so does the system. The Saints athletic committee conducting the coaching search would be sagacious to hire within to keep the system similar. See HILVERT on C3
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Chatham's move to co-ed affects athletic teams Addition of men's teams removes imbalance in PAC By RJ LEISIE Staff Writer
In May of 2014, the board of trustees at Chatham University voted to make the previously all-women institution into a co-ed campus. The start of this will take place in the fall of 2015. Along with the addition of academics for men comes the addition of athletics as members of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Chatham already is a member of the PAC in women’s athletics, but it will now have six sports for men starting in the fall. Chatham will feature baseball, basketball, crosscountry, track and field, swimming and diving and volleyball. All of these sports pertain to Waynesburg University except for swimming and diving and volleyball. “A new program gives the conference more depth, and this will help us regionally when teams seek regional rankings,” said Chris Hardie, head coach of the men’s cross-country team. “A new program also brings with it some threats. Our region is already saturated with quality schools for cross-country, so this only makes recruiting in our region a bit more difficult.” Track and field head coach John Falvo shared similar thoughts with Hardie. “It is always a positive thing when more athletes come into the conference and you see growth in your conference,” said Falvo. “I am excited for what Chatham will bring to the PAC.” With new programs, it is rare to begin the program with a winning season, but it has happened in the PAC before. Geneva College added a baseball team in 2011 and finished with a 20-17
record. Saint Vincent College had similar results, as the Bearcats finished with a 26-20 record in 2004. “With a new team, it is hard to begin winning right away,” said the Waynesburg head baseball coach Mike Humiston. “Unlike Saint Vincent and Geneva, it takes time.” Recruiting the local area now becomes even more difficult than before. Chatham is literally starting from scratch to build rosters for the men's teams. “One more Division III school is going to make it harder to look for the better kids,” said Humiston. “All the PAC teams were already looking in the same area but adding another school just increases the difficulty.” Once teams are finally formed, new schedules and conference games add into the factor. With cross-country and track and field not really having to worry about individual meets, the other sports start to think how it can work out in their favor. “The addition of men’s basketball at Chatham helps the PAC in terms of balancing the schedule,” said Mark Christner, head coach of Waynesburg’s men’s basketball team. “It gives us more flexibility and another travel date with the women’s team, which can help with the budget.” The new addition to the PAC has some upside but can also create some difficulty for the conference. With scheduling and conference play already having dealt football some issues, it could have an impact on the some of the other sports. Deciding when and what games are a part of conference play can have an impact on the conference.
February 5, 2015
Youth of men's track and field has immediate impact By JEFF CHAMP
For the Yellow Jacket
The Waynesburg track and field team is young, to say the least. More than half of the team is made up of underclassmen, while the senior class makes up just 21 percent of the roster. Despite the inexperienced roster, the team has set an expectation for the underclassmen to make an impact. “The freshman and sophomore class is really deep and has a lot of talent in every
event,” said senior distance runner Luke Feldner. “We definitely lean on them a lot.” Freshman Mitch Kendra is the first vaulter in Waynesburg indoor track and field history and continues to push himself to set the bar for future indoor Jacket vaulters. Kendra, who is also a sprinter and member of the football team, didn’t feel any pressure from the start of the season. “I didn’t have nerves,” said Kendra. “I just didn’t know what to expect.”
Kendra could have a huge impact over his next four years partially due to the lack of competition in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. “In our conference, [Kendra] is going to compete really well because there is not a lot of vaulters,” said Feldner. Another member of the freshman class who has garnered some attention is freshman sprinter Mark Minjock. “The upperclassmen here are wonderful,” said Minjock. “I have made many friends
on the track and field team, more than I could have imagined.” Those few upperclassmen on the roster have made sure to teach the younger athletes the right way of doing things. “We have been making sure the underclassmen have been working hard, living up to their potential, and making the right decisions,” said Feldner. “I think we have more upperclassmen leadership on our team now than See MEN on C3
Women: Jackets pick up pivotal conference win Continued from C1
“She was playing really well,” said head coach Sam Jones. “She is a talented player. She did a nice job of hitting some shots, rebounding and playing some defense.” Waynesburg did have 30 points in the paint, thanks in part to freshman forward Addy Knetzer’s 12 points. “It gives us a post presence inside,” said Jones. “It diversifies it to where we are not just trying to make sure we make a bunch of shots. It gives us that inside presence, both on the boards and as an offensive threat to help open up shooters, and help get you a higher percentage shot.” Waynesburg also shot 63 percent (12-of-19) from the free throw line, which is concerning to Jones. “We always want to shoot better from the foul line than we do,” said Jones. “We’ve had a couple games where we have been really strong. Sometimes it’s a matter of who gets there. Sometimes it’s a matter of focus, but it’s something that we definitely talk about or concerned about when it doesn’t go the way we want to.” The Yellow Jackets started off the game slowly, as they were down by as many as seven points for most of the first 10 minutes of the game. But three made layups by Knetzer turned the game around for the Jackets. “[Knetzer has] a great
Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket
Seen here in a game earlier this season against Westminster, Waynesburg's Heather Davis collected a team-high 13 points in the Jackets' win at Grove City. presence, and when they front the post, it’s easy. She has hands like gloves,” said Giuliani. “So when we throw it inside to her, she can be really effective and get the other team in foul trouble.” The teams traded leads for the next few minutes, but a basket from junior forward Maura Bobby gave the Jackets a 22-21 lead with 7:05 remaining in the opening half. Waynesburg went on a 16-3 run in the next five minutes to extend its lead. Giuliani pointed to the press defense played by Grove City as the reason why the Jackets started slowly. “I don’t know why the press stunned us so much at the beginning, and we got out of our groove,” said Giuliani. “But once we started
attacking, and they did get out of the press, we came out on fire. We started hitting shots and became a lot more confident.” With a little more than 18 minutes remaining, Waynesburg held a 49-34 lead. Less than nine minutes later, that lead was completely evaporated, as the Wolverines took a 55-54 lead. Grove City senior guard Kelsey Shirey made four 3-pointers during the run. “[Shirey’s] incredible. We know going into the game that we can’t just let her shoot like that,” said Giuliani. “That comeback was all her. She’s a great shooter. If you let her get hot, then it’s going to happen like that.” Even though the game featured many scoring runs,
Jones admitted his coaching style does not differ no matter what the score is, thanks to the veteran talent the team has. “We have a bunch of juniors and seniors who all play,” said Jones. “We’ve been in all these situations before. We talk all the time about you got to shoot the same when you are up 20 or down 20, or up one or down one. You can’t think about the situation.” Waynesburg welcomes Washington & Jefferson to the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse for a battle on Saturday. On Jan. 3, the Jackets overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to stun the Presidents by five at the end of regulation. Tipoff of Saturday's game is slated for 1:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Saint Vincent Thomas More Bethany Thiel Waynesburg Geneva Grove City Westminster W&J
Conf. Overall 9-1 14-5 9-2 14-6 7-4 12-8 7-4 11-9 7-4 11-9 4-7 7-13 3-8 8-12 2-8 5-14 0-10 1-18
Saturday’s Box Score
WAYNESBURG 69, GROVE CITY 55 Waynesburg 31 38 69 Grove City 24 31 55 Saturday’s Box Score
SAINT VINCENT 86, GENEVA 66 Saint Vincent 46 40 86 Geneva 20 46 66 Saturday’s Box Score
THOMAS MORE 77, WESTMINSTER 71 Thomas More 31 46 77 Westminster 37 34 71 Saturday’s Box Score
BETHANY 61, THIEL 59 Thiel 29 30 59 Bethany 30 31 61
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Kenny Klase.........................13 2. Thomas Ellis.........................13 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Jalen Clark............................18 2. Nate McGovney.....................16 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Jimmy Leichliter...................18 2. Chase Vaudrin.......................11 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Tyreik Burton.........................13 2. Khari Bess..............................12 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Delonte Joyce.........................20 2. Calique Jones.........................15 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Austin Ford.............................18 2. Pat Jones................................14 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Mitch Marmelstein...................19 2. J.T. Schwartz............................12 Washington & Jefferson Top Scorers No game on Saturday Westminster Top Scorers 1. Deontay Scott...........................24 2. Paul Carswell............................12
RECENT RESULTS Saturday, January 31
Bethany 61, Thiel 59; Saint Vincent 86, Geneva 66; Waynesburg 69, Grove City 55; Thomas More 77, Westminster 71
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, February 7 Thomas More at Thiel - 3 p.m.; Washington & Jefferson at Waynesburg - 3:30 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 6 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 7:30 p.m.
PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Delonte Joyce, Senior Guard, Bethany
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Thomas More Saint Vincent W&J Waynesburg Bethany Grove City Thiel Westminster Chatham Geneva
Conf. Overall 12-0 19-0 11-1 17-2 9-3 15-4 7-5 10-9 6-6 10-9 5-7 7-12 3-9 4-15 3-9 4-15 2-10 5-14 2-10 4-15
Saturday’s Box Score
MEN’S/WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, February 7: Thomas More at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Washington & Jefferson at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Bethany at Chatham - 2 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 5:30 p.m.
PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Kelsie Daugherty, Freshman Forward, Bethany
WRESTLING STANDINGS Conf. Overall
WAYNESBURG 69, GROVE CITY 64 Waynesburg 41 28 69 Grove City 31 33 64
Thiel 2-0 12-6 Waynesburg 1-1 15-7 W&J 0-2 2-12
Saturday’s Box Score
RECENT RESULTS
SAINT VINCENT 87, GENEVA 63 Saint Vincent 51 36 87 Geneva 30 33 63 Saturday’s Box Score
THOMAS MORE 88, WESTMINSTER 50 Thomas More 41 47 88 Westminster 22 28 50 Saturday’s Box Score
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 82, CHATHAM 51 Chatham 22 29 51 Wash & Jeff 40 42 82 Saturday’s Box Score
Friday, January 30 Thiel 22, Waynesburg 14
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, February 7 Thiel at John Summa Tournament - 10 a.m.; Washington & Jefferson at John Summa Tournament - 20 a.m.; Waynesburg at John Summa Tournament - 10 a.m.
PAC WRESTLER OF THE WEEK Nick Sutton, Junior Thiel
BETHANY 70, THIEL 66 Thiel 32 34 66 Bethany 31 39 70
PAC MEN’S BASKETBALL LEADERS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rebounding: Scott, 146, WES; Knudsen, 139, GRO; Resnik, 136, W&J
Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Heather Davis.....................13 2. Addy Knetzer......................12 Thomas More Top Scorers 1. Sydney Moss.......................22 2. Nikki Kiernan......................16 Geneva Top Scorers 1. Heidi Mann..........................14 2. Miranda Heaney...................14 Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jaclyn Watkins.....................16 2. Taylor Ketler.........................16 Chatham Top Scorers 1. Jesse Hinkle.........................12 2. Megan Sieg..........................10 Westminster Top Scorers 1. Rachel Durbin......................11 2. Kylie Cook............................11 Grove City Top Scorers 1. Kelsey Shirey........................22 2. Cayley McClean....................12 Washington & Jefferson Top Scorers 1. Taylor Cortazzo.....................19 2. Valerie Dunlap......................12 Bethany Top Scorers 1. Kelsea Daugherty.................27 2. Hayley Holenka....................16 Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Drew Meeker........................15 2. Shalia Williams.....................14
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, January 31: Bethany 70, Thiel 66; Washington & Jefferson 82, Chatham 51; Saint Vincent 87, Geneva 63; Waynesburg 69, Grove City 64; Thomas More 88, Westminster 50
Scoring: Mumford, 377, TMC; Joyce, 368, BET; Resnik, 349, W&J
Free Throw Percentage: Mumford, .859, TMC; Kett, .836, SVC; Marmelstein, .811, GRO Assists: Bess, 95, THI; Mays, 82, TMC; Vaudrin, 80, GEN
PAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LEADERS
Scoring: Moss, 391, TMC; Watkins, 330, THI; Mathers, 318, SVC Rebounding: Dunlap, 189, W&J; Mann, 185, GEN; Daugherty, 169, BET Free Throw Percentage: Wainscott, .811, TMC; Ingel, .796, CHA; Mann, .779, GEN Assists: Naples, 76, BET; Schmidt, 74, SVC; Moss, 70, TMC
MEN RECENT RESULTS
Team Saturday, January 31 SPIRE MIDWEST OPEN This Was An Unscored Event ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL 7. Thomas More, 22 pts. Individual ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL MEN 60 METER DASH 1. Justin Thomas, Mississippi, 6.98; 2. Nick Alaniva, Washington, 7.10; 3. Licas Nare, Thomas More, 7.13 MEN 200 METER DASH 1. Lucas Nare, Thomas More, 22.44; 2. Jeremy Phillips, Rhodes, 22.68; MEN 400 METER DASH 1. Joseph Conti, Wabash, 51.10; 2. Josh Hennig, Rose-Hulman, 51.92; 17. Mitchell Kriege, Thomas More54.43 MEN 800 METER DASH 1. Brendon Mattiuz, Rose-Hulman, 1:57.16; 2. Fabian House, Wabash, 1:58.53; 16. Brandon West, Thomas More, 2:09.31 MEN 1 MILE RUN 1. Josh Clark, Washington, 4:14.79; 2. Fabian House, Wabash, 4:18.89; 40. Alex Henn, Thomas More, 5:40.08 MEN 3000 METER RUN 1. Andrew Catanese, Washington, 8:49.26; 2. Colin Rinne, Wabash, 8:51.46; 29. Jaime Leon, Thomas More, 11:08.83 MEN 5000 METER RUN 1. Adam Togami, Wabash, 15:05.63; 2. Jacob Becker, Rose-Hulman,15:10.37; 17. Aaron Fuller, Thomas More, 18:24.17 MEN 60 METER HURDLES 1. Ronnie Posthauer, Wabash, 8.14; 2. Nathan Mueller, Wabash, 8.51; MEN HIGH JUMP 1. Robert Eason, Rhodes, 2.01m; 2. Jay Baker, Rhodes, 1.91m; MEN POLE VAULT 1. Brian Ulrich, Bellarmine, 4.75m; 2. Nick Alaniva, Washington, 4.60m; MEN LONG JUMP 1. Jeremy Phillips, Rhodes, 6.68m; 2. Nick Alaniva, Washington, 6.53m; 9. Wesley Lewis, Thomas More, 6.07m MEN TRIPLE JUMP 1. Blake Piedrahita, Rhodes, 13.70m; 2. Jeremy Phillips, Rhodes, 13.39m; 12. Zack Kurtz, Thomas More, 11.93m MEN SHOT PUT 1. Derek De St. Jean, Wabash, 15.12m; 2. Charles Spaeth, Rose-Hulman, 15.05m; 16. Nick Kohrs, Thomas More, 10.82m MEN WEIGHT THROW 1. Derek De St. Jean, Wabash, 16.92m; 2. Zac Erba, Rose-Hulman, 15.45m; 16. Demetris Coasey, Thomas More, 10.61m
UPCOMING EVENTS Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg- 1:30 p.m. WCYJ-FM, 99.5 The Hive, WUSN
WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Thomas Ellis, Men’s Basketball
Addy Knetzer, Women’s Basketball
Saturday, February 7: Thiel at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Waynesburg at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Saint Vincent at YSU National Invitational - 10 a.m.; Bethany at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Grove City at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Wash & Jeff at Bob Shannon Invitational - 12 p.m.; Thomas More at Bob Shannon Invitational - 12 p.m.
WOMEN RECENT RESULTS
Team Saturday, January 31 SPIRE MIDWEST OPEN This Was An Unscored Event ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL 5. Thomas More, 40.5 pts. Individual ROSE-HULMAN ENGINEER INVITATIONAL WOMEN 60 METER DASH 1. Meghan Roby, Bellarmine, 7.87; 2. Cidnei Johnson, Bellarmine, 7.91; 7. Christina Cook, Thomas More, 8.21 WOMEN 200 METER DASH 1. Meghan Jones, Bellarmine, 24.93; 2. Meghan Roby, Bellarmine, 25.77; 6. Christina Cook, Thomas More, 26.92 WOMEN 400 METER DASH 1. Chelsea Temple, Rhodes, 59.06; 2. Tori Goodwin, Bellarmine, 1:00.77; 16. Katrina Hlebiczki, Thomas More, 1:05.30 WOMEN 800 METER 1. Annalise Wagner, Washington, 2:20.17; 2. Ellen Toennies, Washington, 2:21.90; 23. Sarah Duncan, Thomas More, 2:39.59 WOMEN 1 MILE RUN 1. Ellen Toennies, Washington, 5:07.94; 2. Caitlin Carroll, Bellarmine, 5:09.80; 22. Sarah Duncan, Thomas More, 5:48.96 WOMEN 3000 METER RUN 1. Lucy Cheadle, Washington, 9:49.62; 2. Annie Marggraff, Washington, 10:47.96; WOMEN 60 METER HURDLES 1. Amanda Schnabel, Bellarmine, 9.07; 2. Anna Grace Govero, Mississippi, 9.45 WOMEN HIGH JUMP 1. Jaclyn Setina, Rose-Hulman, 1.58m; 2. Anna Grace Govero, Mississippi, 1.53m; 7. Sierra Hoskins, Thomas More, 1.43m WOMEN POLE VAULT 1. Claire Simons, Washington, 3.55m; 2. Abby Harris, Bellarmine, 3.25m; WOMEN LONG JUMP 1. Kiana Grant, Mississippi, 5.19m; 2. Sydney Race, Bellarmine, 5.15m; 4. Julia Echols, Thomas More, 4.83m WOMEN TRIPLE JUMP 1. Kiana Grant, Mississippi, 10.58m; 2. Gabriele Razma, Rose-Hulman, 10.56m; 4. Megan Barton, Thomas More, 9.96m WOMEN SHOT PUT 1. Erica Christy, Franklin, 12.17m; 2. Kira Curry, Rhodes, 11.60m; 4. Felicity Britt, Thomas More, 11.15m WOMEN WEIGHT THROW 1. Camille Lannert, Bellarmine, 14.67m; 2. Samantha Headley, Thomas More, 13.69m
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, February 7: Grove City at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Thiel at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Waynesburg at Jim Wiskee Invitational 10 a.m.; Saint Vincent at YSU National Invitational - 10 a.m.; Bethany at Jim Wiskee Invitational - 10 a.m.; Wash & Jeff at Bob Shannon Invitational - 12 p.m.; Thomas More at Bob Shannon Invitational - 12 p.m.
PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Men’s Track: Lucas Nare, SR., Thomas Moore Men’s Field: Nick Jones, SR., Thiel Women’s Track: Christina Cook, FR., Thomas More Women’s Field: Cassidy Sheppard, SO., Westminster
Yellow Jacket
February 5, 2015
Weekly Awards
Both of Waynesburg University’s Athletes of the Week came off the bench to deliver solid efforts on the basketball court; thus, receiving the awards for their performances. Thomas Ellis, a senior Ellis Knetzer from Fresno, Ohio led the team in scoring this past week by averaging 13 points per game, while hauling in an average of six rebounds in the contests. Ellis’ efficiency was also noted, as he shot .500 from the floor and the same from three-point land. His performance certainly helped push the Jackets to a 2-0 record on the week, by trouncing Westminster College 81-60 last Wednesday. The team stayed hot during its travels to Grove City College Saturday and delivered a 69-55 victory over the Wolverines. On the women’s side, freshman Addy Knetzer completed a great week on the floor by averaging a team-best 15.5 points during the two match-ups against Westminster and Grove City, also. The former ChartiersHouston Buccaneer averaged 22.0 minutes per contest, while hitting 19 points on Wednesday and chipping in another 12 on Saturday. The women achieved season sweep of Westminster, as they knocked off the Titans 73-47 Wednesday, and they also squeaked out a five-point victory in the 69-64 defeat of the Wolverines from Grove City Saturday. The men and the women host Washington & Jefferson College on Saturday at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. The women tip-off at 1:30 p.m., while the men’s game begins at 3:30 p.m. After Saturday's matchup against the Presidents, the men's and women's basketball teams head on the road to Greenville, Pennsylvania to take on the Thiel Tomcats Feb. 11. Tipoff for the women's game is slated for 5:30, with the men tipping off shortly after the conlclusion of the women's matchup.
Hilvert: Now is the time Continued from C1
Implementing a new coaching style and system can take some time. The transition varies from program to program. One way or another, the perfect storm is brewing for the Jackets. Coming off a his-
toric win against Washington & Jefferson last year, momentum is running in the right direction for Waynesburg. The next couple of seasons would be the time for the Jackets to win that elusive PAC title and clinch that coveted automatic playoff berth. to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Men: Youth not a problem Continued from C2
we ever have.” After placing ninth out of the 12-team field at the Denison University LidLifter back on Jan. 24, the Jackets turned their off week into looking forward to the upcoming Jim Wuske Invitational hosted by the Uni-
versity of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. The event’s start time is scheduled for 10 a.m. Following the Jim Wuske Invitational, the men's track and field team will be back in action Feb. 20 at nearby West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Start time for that meet has yet to be determined.
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Wrestling drops final PAC match at Thiel By ZACK ZEIGLER
Editorial Assistant
The Waynesburg University wrestling team was soaring high after a 22-17 victory over rival Washington & Jefferson College last Wednesday. On Friday, however, the Jackets were disappointed after the Thiel Tomcats defeated them by a score of 22-14 “It was a tough matchup,” head coach Ron Headlee said. “There were some key match-ups we knew we could win, but in the end, it just didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to.” Thiel started the night off on the right note at 125 pounds, as Vince Vahlay was able to defeat Waynesburg’s Gordan Beiber by a score of 2-1 in a match that was decided by a single riding point. Sophomore Filippo Crivelli was able to tie up the score at three with a 6-1 decision win over Thiel’s Trevor Wood in the 133-pound match-up “We tried to steal the win in the 125-pound match-up, but in the end we were not aggressive enough on the night, and it showed in the result,” said Headlee. That was the closest the Jackets would get to tying the score on the night. After Crivelli’s victory, Thiel’s Nick Sutton was able to earn six more points when he pinned Waynesburg’s D.J Grindle in 2:05 making the score 9-3 in favor of Thiel. Senior Luke Lohr brought some life back for the Jackets, pulling them within one
Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket
Pictured here in a match earlier this season, Waynesburg's Luke Lohr improved to 24-3 on the season at Thiel Friday with a technical fall at 149 pounds. point with his 20-3 technical fall win over Nick Hart. Thiel won the next matchup with Sean Byham’s 5-2 decision over returning Waynesburg starter Chris Milligan in the 157-pound weight class. It was Milligan’s first time in the starting lineup since last year, as he initially did not go out for the team in the spring. “Milligan is a guy who works hard every day,” Headlee said. “Going up against Byham is no easy task, and it is hard for a guy to win coming off a break like he did.” After that, senior Sam Guidi’s 1-0 win in the 165 -pound matchup gave the Jackets some life once again, as it made the score 12-11 in Thiel’s favor. Thiel would win the next three match-ups, however, including a 17-5 major decision victory in the 174-pound weight class, as they started
to pull away from the Yellow Jackets by 11 points. The night ended on a positive note, as junior Greg Kumer was able to defeat Thiel’s Blake Heim in the 285-pound matchup thanks to a 4-3 decision. “I though Kumer wrestled a great match,” Headlee said. “He was the aggressor in the match, and that’s what allowed him to win.” Even though the Jackets were all but out of it at that point, the win for Kumer is still an individual victory. With the loss, the Jackets currently sit in second place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference behind the Thiel Tomcats with a 1-1 conference record. Though, the Jackets still boast a respectable 15-7 record overall. When asked how he will approach the next match, Headlee said that they are going to use a lot of back-up
guys so that they can get a chance to wrestle. Waynesburg will only be sending two of its regular starters to the mat tonight when the Jackets take on Penn State Dubois. “These guys have been working hard all year, and they are only one or two points behind the other guys, so it will be nice to give them a chance to wrestle,” Headlee said. The match, which will be held at the Rudy Marissa Fieldhouse, is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Following tonight's match, the Jackets will take part in the John Summa Memorial Tournament Saturday at Baldwin-Wallace College in Brea, Ohio. Start time for the tournament has yet to be announced. Waynesburg wraps up the regular season with the PAC Tournament Feb. 13.
Wrestling with one more tune-up before PAC's Jackets head to John Summa Memorial Tournament Saturday By RJ LEISIE Staff Writer
Coming off a difficult loss to Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Thiel College last Friday, the Waynesburg University wrestling team is working to keep their eyes focused on the main goal: a PAC Tournament Championship. Before the team can accomplish this goal, the Yellow Jackets will compete in the John Summa Memorial Tournament in Berea, Ohio, which is hosted by Baldwin Wallace University. Head
coach Ron Headlee sees this tournament as a great opportunity for the entire team in a multitude of ways. “We are going to use this time as an chance to give some guys more mat time,” said Headlee. “It also allows us to rest some guys with PAC’s in a week.” The No. 21 Yellow Jackets have been led by senior Luke Lohr. Lohr, who started out the year at the 157-pound weight class, has been down to 149 for some weeks and is undefeated at that weight class. He is currently ranked sixth, according to Intermat-
wrestle.com at 147. “He has some good workouts the past couple weeks,” said Headlee. “He has some tougher competition this weekend with some good teams from our region.” Other senior Sam Guidi has also been a contributing factor to the team’s success as of late. Guidi hasn’t posted a bad record from any standpoint. On the year, Guidi has a record of 30-3, with his losses coming only when competing up a weight class at 174. “This weekend is a good test to see some of the top
ranked kids in the region,” said Guidi. “Winning Saturday could put me in contention to be the number-one seed at regionals, and that would be extremely beneficial.” Chris Milligan, a senior who did not go out for the team at the beginning of the year, got himself back into the swing of things before the end of the season. Headlee mainly looks at this weekend for Milligan to get more mat time in competition. Also, sophomore Filippo See WRESTLING on C4
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Latimer will be back after qualifying for ECAC’s in the steeple chase as an individual last season. With all of these pieces coming together for the team, coach of the distance team in track Michelle Cross has some pretty high expectations. “I’m expecting that the team continues in the same venue of performance they exhibited with cross-country,” said Cross. “I think PAC wise, performances in distance events will once again be more of a dualistic battle with Grove City, and that gives us the potential to carry a large part of the team
points in the PAC meet.” An inexperienced distance squad was defeated by a more experienced, both in age and accomplishment, Grove City team during the cross-country season. Much of the same concern is shared for the track season, but Cross believes in the leadership established on the team to help combat some of the inexperience. “We really look for leadership centered around some of the more seasoned athletes who have done a fantastic job of stepping up,” said Cross. “But, I also have more confidence with this group. We have began to see what they respond to in training, how they responded in pressure situations, and the general at-
titude they exhibit towards track. All these things have only increased my confidence in them, though they are young.” Once such runner who will be depended upon to lead the younger freshmen through the stretched and laborious track season is Aho. The women’s cross-country captain already sees some of the improvement in the younger runners. “The freshmen have done a good job at moving from the cross-country program to the track program,” said Aho. “They are ran very differently and while both sports entail running, the dynamic of training is very different.” The coaches and upper-
classmen are impressed with how the freshmen are progressing through the track season. There are high hopes for this squad as it prepares for the PAC Indoor Championship meet on Feb. 26. However, this weekend, the entire women’s track team is traveling to the University of Mount Union to participate in the Jim Wuske Invitational. Regardless of the talent on the distance side of the track team, Falvo expects the same intangibles from them as any other member on the team. “I expect a relentless work ethic and team first attitude,” said Falvo. “This is what we expect from all of our athletes.”
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premier programs in Division III. Along with our Athletic Director Terry Connor, our assistant coaches and student-athletes who have made this program what it is, we will continue the great legacy left by Coach Hilvert. We know that he will be a friend of the TMC program for many years to come. We wish him and his family the best of everything as he goes to an outstanding high
school here in the Cincinnati region. We’ve always had an excellent relationship with LaSalle High School and we now know that it will only be made stronger.” At LaSalle, Hilvert replaces Nate Moore, who chose to take the head coaching position at Massillon High School, where Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas previously coached at prior to taking over the Yellow Jacket program. LaSalle is coming off a 14-1 season, which included
a Division II state title with a 55-20 win over Nordonia. LaSalle only lost this season 24-21 to St. Xavier, another athletic high school powerhouse in Cincinnati. “The opportunity to coach at LaSalle was something that made me so excited that I had to contact Athletic Director Dan Flynn and place my name in consideration,” said Hilvert in LaSalle’s official statement. “Coaching in the GCLSouth and leading the young men in the LaSalle football
program are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.” It will be interesting to see if the next head coach at TMC will keep the core of the team intact or lose key players to transfers, and how the next coach will respond to the graduation of the PAC’s defending two-time player of the year running back Domonique Hayden. Thomas More is actively looking for Hilvert’s replacement. No frontrunners to replace Hilvert have been announced at this time.
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As men's basketball finds success, so does Klase Veteran senior ups scoring output while cleaning offensive glass By JACOB MEYER Managing Editor
In the first 11 Presidents’ Athletic Conference games going into Wednesday’s contest against St. Vincent, senior wing Kenny Klase leads the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team in scoring, field-goal percentage and rebounding. Starting all 11 PAC games for the Yellow Jackets heading into Wednesday’s contest against St. Vincent, Klase is averaging 11.1 points per game while shooting 54.9% from the field, 33.3% from behind the arc and 75.8% from the stripe. Klase is also grabbing a team-high 5.3 rebounds per game in conference play. Head coach Mark Christner credits Klase’s play this year to his variety. “He’s a guy that isn’t offensively unbelievable at any one thing, although his midrange game is probably his best, but he’s good at the rim and he’s shot the three a little better,” Christner said. “He’s also gotten to the line a little more than in previous years. That variety for him is very important.” Klase shot 55.9% from the field in the nine games in the month of January, averaging 11.8 points per game,
Klase scored in double digits in seven of the nine games, including a 19-point, 11-rebound performance against Thomas More on Jan. 24, in which he shot 8-10 from the field. In the nine game stretch, Klase has three double-digit rebound games, including two double-doubles. Christner said he wants his seniors to have the best year of their careers, and he thinks that is the case for Klase so far this season. “He’s taken every experience that he’s had to become a guy who is dependable and consistent on offense,” Christner said. “I think for him, finding shots is something that’s a continual process, and he’s found a groove and stayed in it for a long time.” Christner credits Klase’s success this year compared to previous seasons to being a more mature overall player. “As you get older, you understand where you’re good,” Christner said. “Sometimes when you’re young, you’re fearless and you’re just going to go. But when you get older, you’ll learn where your shots are. Kenny is a guy who we’ve really tried to take fewer threes and take more midrange jumpers, which I think is a lost art in the game.”
Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket
Pictured here in a game earlier this seasona against Westminster, Kenny Klase is averaging 10.0 points per game as of Wednesday. Last season, Klase started all 28 games and averaged 7.7 points per contest. Despite playing the wing and being only 6’1”, Klase leads the team in rebounding and is very efficient around the rim. “He has good strength, and a good feel and control at the rim,” Christner said. “He has good size, and has a good feel of his body, and when to go off one foot or go off two feet and when to get to the other side of the rim.” Klase said being better and more aggressive around the basket is something he’s been working on while at Waynesburg. “This summer I really tried to get stronger because it helps inside,” Klase said. “I’m not one of the tallest guys or strongest guys, but
the strength I’ve added has helped inside.” Klase credits his success this season to taking more high-percentage shots rather than forcing shots. “I’m just trying to run our plays and take easy shots,” Klase said. “I think when I look at my shot selection, I’ve had a lot of layups, floaters, shots around the paint and pull-up jumpers.” The improvements from the rest of the team, namely guard B.J. Durham and wing D.J. Ritchie, has been instrumental in Klase and the rest of the team getting easier shots. “When you look at B.J., he’s a threat, especially behind the three point line, and
he’s a great passer,” Klase said. “He’s a great playmaker, so when teams have to go outside the three-point line and guard him, it gives the other players, including me, to get easier shots. The same thing goes with D.J. He’s big and he can score in and away from the basket, so he’s helped the rest of us get easier shots.” Since the team is so deep, usually running 10-11 players who play double-digit minutes, teams can’t key on one scorer, according to Klase, but rather have to play team defense, which attributes to himself and the rest of the team getting easy buckets. “If you look at the box scores we have a bunch of
different guys scoring in double digits every night,” Klase said. “We don’t have one guy scoring 30 points a game. Our depth helps with the ball movement and our offense getting easy buckets.” On the season going into Wednesday’s game against St. Vincent, Klase was second on the team in ppg (9.7) and field goal percentage (46.2%), while leading the Jackets in rebounding (4.7). The senior was also ranked ninth in conference in offensive rebounding, averaging 1.9 rebounds per conference competition. Fellow Yellow Jackets Tyler Miller and Jason Propst were also ranked in the top-15 in that category.
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bility of starting out fresh at a new school. That new school was Waynesburg University – which was one of the places that was near the top of O’Keefe’s list coming out of high school. “Waynesburg was one of my top choices from the beginning,” said O’Keefe. “I’ve always regretted going to Slippery Rock instead of here.” She immediately noticed the 180-degree difference from the two universities, both in academics and coaching. “ The programs were different because athletic training was not associated with exercise science,” said O’Keefe. “Here at Waynesburg, we take some of the same classes with athletic training majors and you need to know some of that stuff.”
Head coach Sam Jones eased the transition process for O’Keefe after establishing a rapport with her during the recruiting process. “Coach [Jones] reminds me a lot of my high school coach,” said O’Keefe. “I am still close with coach [Stefko] and they both really, truly care about us. Not just in basketball, but life outside and in the classroom. They are very encouraging.” Positive vibes on the court and on campus have encouraged O’Keefe since leaving Slippery Rock during her sophomore year. Despite the switch from Division II to III, O’Keefe relishes the opportunity to be a part of a winning program like her high school team, rather than suffering through the loses at SRU. Even though O’Keefe is sharing time due to a deep Yellow Jacket roster, she admits that getting breaks throughout the game have helped her tremendously.
“I think it’s very helpful because when you get in there, it gets very tiring,” said O’Keefe. “We have a bunch of people that can come in.” Already, O’Keefe is known as an aggressive defensive presence on the court, which was something that was instilled in her during high school. “In high school, we focused on defense a lot,” said O’Keefe. “Defense wins championships and creates offense. I really just believe that defense is all heart.” Since transferring, the sophomore has found a home in Jones’ system and knows that it isn't all about her, even though O’Keefe eventually does want to crack the starting lineup. When asking O’Keefe about if she would ever think of leaving Waynesburg, her answer was simple as she chuckled and nodded. “No, I love it here.”
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Crivelli has been gearing up for the remainder of the season. Crivelli has been dealing with some injuries and the main goal for him is to get back into the motion and be crisp on the mat. In his sixth season as head coach, Headlee has brought four PAC Championships to Waynesburg, and this year hopes to prove no different than the last. “We are focused on winning the PAC,” said Headlee. “Yes we will not look past this weekend, but our main goal is next Friday.” Waynesburg travels to Baldwin Wallace Saturday for the tournament, and then will gear up to travel to Washington & Jefferson College on Friday, Jan. 13, for the championships. “I think it’s really important to get hot at the right time, and there’s no better time than now,” said Guidi. “I feel like the team is ready to bounce back after last week’s loss and win out the rest of the season.”
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Last season, Waynesburg's Filippo Crivelli, here at a match earlier this season, won a conference crown.
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Since transferring from Division II Slippery Rock, O'Keefe has seen action in 11 games for the Jackets, and averages 14.4 minutes per game off the bench.
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Decisions about Self-expression takes the stage live entertainment based on mission By DANIELLE SCHUYLER Editorial Assistant
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Sophomore Business Management major John Wicker sings "Riptide" at Waynesburg University's open mic night on Jan. 31. A number of students featured original songs or covers at the late night breakfast event.
Student acts featured during open mic night at late night breakfast By SHON MEADE
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Waynesburg University students let their voices fill the Bee Hive on Saturday night. The Student Activities Board hosted a late night breakfast and introduced an open-mic night to the annual event. Students were able to express themselves in the form of poetry, guitar playing and especially singing. Breakfast foods were also provided and helped feed the crowd while their peers went up to the stage to perform. Scrambled eggs, french toast sticks and bacon were out for students to enjoy together.
Soon after the event started at 10 p.m., the performances got under way. With only three people originally signed up for the open- mic portion, more people were invited to come up and perform. Freshman sports broadcasting major Adam Kirasic, who wasn’t initially signed up to sing, came up as the first act of the night. He sang “Your Man”, originally sung by country singer Josh Turner. “I was a little nervous because I walked in and was asked to perform”, said Kirasic, “but I’m glad to perform and enjoy it no matter what.” Up next to perform was sophomore business management major John
Wicker. Wicker not only sang more than one song, but he performed them acoustically with his guitar. The first song he played was “Riptide” by Vance Joy. After that song was completed the audience wanted more so Wicker kept them coming. One of the next songs he played was “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry, the halftime singer in Super Bowl XLIX. Wicker said he wanted to get students an early taste of what they would be hearing during the Super Bowl the following day. His take on it, however, was based on a cover version and lyrics by Boyce See BREAKFAST on D2
Selecting live entertainment for college campus visits involves more work than people may realize. The Student Activities Board at Waynesburg University goes through a listing of standards that verify whether artists are a match with the school’s mission and reputation, and then they choose artists like Gary Johnson and Steve Everett to perform on campus. “We choose artists that would appeal to the standards of the university,” said Gracious Shavers, senior human services major and chairperson of the Music Committee for the Student Activities Board. Waynesburg University’s SAB relies heavily on the National Association for Campus Activities in order to discover musicians, bands and other entertainers to invite onto campus. NACA is an organization based on increasing and enriching campus engagement in higher education settings. Adopting and applying an inclusive culture, NACA aspires to remain ethical, respectable and responsible. Keeping up with corporate social responsibility, the association offers volunteer opportunities and scholarships to industry professionals and those in undergraduate and graduate programs. Tying this ethical mission
to their purpose of engaging college campuses nationwide, NACA holds national conventions for artists, students and campus staff so they may interact and establish relationships. The conventions also contain educational programs with the focus, according the NACA website, “on topics such as professional and student leadership development, programming, multicultural education, campus organization dynamics and advising, and current trends in the field of campus activities.” NACA maintains an atmosphere of connections being formed and knowledge being expanded under an umbrella of secure ethics. The company also aspires to go beyond its current reach. “I would like to see NACA delve more into technology and the virtual world,” said Toby Cummings, NACA’s executive director. “I would also like to strengthen our program so that there is material developed that goes beyond engagement outside the student environment. Procuring artists on college campuses…it’s important. Engaging the young people is crucial.” There is an unspoken truth known among faculty, staff and students involved with the Student Activities Board at Waynesburg University See MUSIC on D2
Fine Arts faculty Club celebrates Indian culture, cuisine announce musical and artistic events By ABBY WERNERT
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Waynesburg University offers students many events during the academic year, On Feb. 12, in the Marsh Center at noon, a Performing Arts Series entitled, “Of Ebony Embers”, will be performed. Later that evening, the group will hold a concert in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Melanie Catana, instructor of Vocal Music, hosts this event. This event is free and open to the public. “I love to teach many different types of music to my students, as well as offer them a variety of music they haven’t encountered yet before.” said Catana. Students can still sign up to be involved in the different categories of choir within the next week. On Monday, Feb. 16, the Waynesburg University Faculty Music & Theatre Recital is at 7:30 p.m. in the GPAC. Also on Feb. 16, the Waynesburg University Faculty Art Exhibition is set to begin. The opening reception is from 6-8 p.m. in the Benedum Fine Arts Center Gallery. This exhibit ends on March 20. Assistant Professor of Art Andrew Heisey very much enjoys being in the art department because it is different than any other subjects. “The classes aren’t just a lecture where I teach and students listen and then leave class, it is a professor and student relationship,” said Heisey. “For not being an art major, Professor Heisey made the experience very fun for me as well as for the rest of
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Feb. 12 “Of Ebony Embers” Feb. 16 Faculty Art Exhibition Faculty Music and Theatre Recital Feb. 25 Symphonic Band Mid-Winter Concert April 8-11 Spring Musical the students,” said senior Forensic Accounting major Colin Roble, a former student of Heisey’s sculpture class. On Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 5:15 p.m., the Marsh Center hosts the Waynesburg University Symphonic Band Mid-Winter Concert. it will feature mostly folk songs and melodies. Ronda DePriest, director of the Music Program and associate professor of Instrumental Music, loves working on fundamentals of music with students. “I love when students hear a sound that they produce that surprises them and I enjoy concerts because the students finally get to share what they have been learning and working on,” said DePriest.? Lastly, on April 8-11, the spring musical “Once Upon A Mattress” will be held in the GPAC at 7:30 p.m. This musical is a comical telling of the Princess and the Pea fairytale. For more information, go to the Calendar of Events on the Waynesburg University website.
The Multicultural Club is hoping to bring culture and awareness to the students of Waynesburg University. The club has planned cultural days every month for each semester in order to “bring ethnicity to Waynesburg University students and faculty and to inspire others to enrich their lives with culture from foreign countries on their own,” said Casey Wiltshire, junior finance major and secretary of the Multicultural Club. During the fall semester, the club hosted events that taught about Korean and Native American culture, while “Christmas Around the World” was held in December to show how different cultures celebrate Christmas. Last Thursday, Jan. 29, the club held a “Celebrate India” day. The club chose India because a lot of the members were interested in the country and one of the club’s members, Caley Blankenbuehler, visited the country last summer after receiving the Vira I. Heinz Scholarship. The members of the Multicultural Club came up with a list of ways to make sure they were bringing culture to campus while also getting students interested in what culture was being presented. “The easiest thing was food. We can have crafts
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Students indulge in traditional Indian cuisine during the Multicultural Club's event celebrating India's culture, a part of their exploration of various nationalities. sometimes, we have information, we’re trying to do music,” said Wiltshire. Students who stopped at the table were treated to food originating from India, such as curry chicken, rice and fried bananas. “I was on my way to the cafeteria when I saw the food set up on the table and noticed they had a small selection of vegetarian food, which the cafeteria doesn’t really have a lot of,” said junior environmental science major Tori Whitty. “I really like the fried bananas.” In addition to the food, the club also featured facts about India. For example, cricket is a very popular sport in India. According to Wiltshire, the price conversion rate between the dollar and the rupee was something he
did not know about prior to the event, but found it to be something interesting he learned while preparing and working the event. A lot of the information used in the event was gathered from not only online sources, but from those who have traveled abroad as well. “There’s a lot of people on this campus who have traveled the world and have those experiences, especially faculty, and we can bring those experiences in as well as online resources,” said Wiltshire. Besides the cultural awareness days, the club also hopes to inform the students through various cultural experience trips. In the past, the Multicultural Club has visited different churches and is trying
to plan a trip to a mosque sometime in the future. The club has also visited restaurants featuring foods from other cultures, such as The Golden Pig, a Korean restaurant located in Cecil, Pennsylvania. Wiltshire said the club’s purpose is to get other people into learning about other cultures as well. “I think it’s important to learn about other cultures because it allows us to be more open-minded and get a better sense of the world,” said Whitty. “From that, we’re able to form our own opinion on things.” The Multicultural Club wants to expose students to various cultures in the world learn about foreign countries in a way that is educational, entertaining and enjoyable.
Students make the best of winter weather By KIMMI BASTON Managing Editor
The Google results for the search “entertainment in Greene County, Pennsylvania” span two pages – a total of 34 hits – and include air-
ports and newspaper offices among the sparse attractions. The same search for State College, Pennsylvania yields more than 100 results. Unlike students at Penn State University, this is the challenge Waynesburg Uni-
versity students face during the winter months – what is there to do in Waynesburg during the snowstorms and negative wind chills? Many students find the answer to this in the winter weather itself.
Lori Williams, a junior human services major, said students can find creative ways to make the most of the weather when the snow keeps them from traveling. See WINTER on D2
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Musical guest sheds new light on song covers with vocal effects By YURIKA BLEVINS
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On Feb. 3, Waynesburg held Noon Tunes with Gary Johnson in the Beehive. Johnson is a musician from Sylvan Beach, New York. His parents were his inspiration to become an artist. At his performance, he played an acoustic electric guitar with a looper – a device that allows artists to sound like they have a whole band with them. The only difference with Johnson’s looper is he had it modified so it can do more things. Johnson's performances utilize the looper to create a full-band sound, including vocal effects and other instrument effects, as well as amplification.
Roomel Reese, Yellow Jacket
Gary Johnson performed at Waynesburg University on Feb. 3. Johnson performs some original songs, but specializes in covers sung with vocal effects. Ed Sheeran is also known for using this type of technology.
Johnson performs every show by text request, which allows for more audience
participation along with a more fun and upbeat show. Johnson is mainly booked
to perform covers of other artists for his shows. His reason for doing covers for the show at the Beehive is because he knows students are not going to be interested in songs they do not know let alone do not like. So his answer is to do covers of songs students are familiar with. Among his covers were Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Getting Back Together” and Outkast’s “Hey Ya.” Although Johnson does a lot of covers, he does have his own album as well, which includes members of The Fray, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Boston and more. Some of Johnson's original songs include "The One," "Seven Days," "Please Stay," and "Give Me a Reason."
His entire debut album can be downloaded for free at his website, www.gjsolo. com. Johnson has recorded songs with members of bands like The Fray, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, and Boston. His music is part of a film soundtrack released in 2014. Whether he is doing covers or singing his own songs, Johnson said he loves what he does for a living. He was voted 2014 Musician of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine and 2015 Best Male Performer. Freshman bio pre-med major Sarah Flowers said she really liked the performance and she thought it was funny. Other students enjoyed the performance as well and seemed very intrigued.
Waynesburg takes on Winter Jam Winter: Fun found in simplicity By DANIELLE SCHUYLER Editorial Assistant
Thousands of rumbling footsteps echoed through CONSOL Energy Center, giving a voice to the anticipation of WinterJam’s 20th year of concert tours. On Jan. 31, Waynesburg University students were fortunate enough to be a part of this moment in history. According to WinterJam’s website, the tour was formed by Christian band NewSong as a way to give people an opportunity to enjoy and be encouraged by music without having to spend a lot of money. On this occasion, guests only had to pay $10 to see 10 recording artists and a guest speaker. There are no tickets, so every individual has an equal opportunity to get front row and floor seating. “[I was most excited about] getting to see all of the artists together,” said sophomore children and youth ministry major and ‘Writers of Waynesburg’ blogger Beau Walmer. “These are groups that you may pay $35 to $40 to see in concert
and this event enables everyone to come who may not have a lot of money, like us college students, for only $10 at the door, unless you paid through the university, which was only $5.” WinterJam was a place for community. “I was really excited to go to WinterJam to see Francesca Battistelli and Skillet,” said freshman Destiny McCune. “I was also pretty excited to go knowing my old youth group would be there and I could have a chance to see them.” Coming together to enjoy music and experience the power and love of Jesus Christ, everyone – regardless of their ages – witnessed what some believed to be an awesome experience. “My favorite part of WinterJam was being able to worship the Lord with my friends and with other Christians that I was able to meet at the event,” said Dean Hodgdon. “Seeing CONSOL Energy Center packed with people worshipping the Lord was pretty awesome. Seeing Christians, both young and old, singing to bands like
Skillet was also pretty entertaining.” WinterJam has created an experience that guests may find entertaining even if they have little to no knowledge about the Christian music scene. “I was most excited to see all the bands perform live,” said English creative writing education major Bonnie Strang. “I’m relatively new to worship music or Christian singers in general, so just seeing some of my favorites live and experiencing some new bands.” There was no mistaking it; WinterJam was a hit with the Waynesburg University student body. They talked about how pleased they were with making the decision to attend the concert experience and would definitely go again. “All in all, I couldn’t be happier that I decided to go to WinterJam,” said Hodgdon. “I had a great time with friends and we made a number of memories. If there was ever another time Waynesburg University went to WinterJam, I would be sure to sign up without hesitation.
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“During the winter we have to make our own fun because sometimes we can’t go anywhere,” said Williams. “I enjoy going sledding down Purman Run and making snowmen in Johnson Commons.” Melissa Mekula, sophomore psychology major, and her roommate acknowledge that the university seems very quiet in the winter, but they, too, take advantage of the empty campus on weekends to enjoy the snow. “The campus is really pretty, so I like to hang out outside,” said Mekula. “It’s nice because there aren’t many people on campus so you can relive your childhood playing in the snow in the parks and you won’t be in the way.” Mekula said she also looks forward to the trips the school offers during the winter, such as opportunities to go ice skating at PPG Place in Pittsburgh. Similarly, sophomore psychology major Heidi Evans looks to events outside the university to keep her-
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Senior Biology major Christy Ritter sang "Halo" at Open Mic Night and invited the audience to sing along with her to engage the students who attended.
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Avenue. Amber Lambing, a secondary English education major, went up and performed a song titled “One Heart” that she wrote herself. “I was nervous because not only was I performing it in front of people, but it was something personal to me”, said Lambing, “but it felt good to finally share.” The audience met her with a loud applause at the end of her song and showed that they greatly enjoyed it. Another student who went up to the mic to share her talents was senior biology major Christy Ritter. She performed by herself and sang a song she felt passionate about. Ritter sang “Halo”, by Beyoncé, and encouraged the audience to sing the chorus with her
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Freshman secondary education major Katie Kondrick, freshman nursing major Tyler Windsheimer and junior business management major Amber Carney performed “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift. Initially they were not interested in partaking in the
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that the school has beliefs that parallel with NACA. “I am glad that Waynesburg University is on the same page with NACA,” said Shavers. “This makes it easier for us to book artists. We rely on NACA for most of our performers. NACA does a great job on providing artists from different music background and talent. Having performers from all over the states come to a small school such as Waynesburg and share their love for music
with us is always an enjoyable time.” Cummings said students are given opportunities through these events to add to their professional background. “Students need to understand that employers want them to be well-rounded. They need to do more than just work in the classroom,” said Cummings. “Students need to embrace these opportunities that are offered to them. Graduates who engaged in more enriching activities are the ones getting hired.
singing, but were encouraged by their friends to do so. Wicker came back to end the show as it was getting late and the crowd was leaving. The final song that Wicker
performed to close the show was “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran. “The late night breakfast was more successful this year than in previous years,” said Chris Kellner, the Resident Director of Willison Hall and supervisor of the event. “It was a great night and was good to see so many people come out and perform.” Kellner plans on making the event an annual event.
self occupied during colder months. “Life at Waynesburg during the winter months can be long and slow and draining,” said Evans. “However, I have a lot to look forward to with Jubilee coming up and Habitat for Humanity.” As a Campus Ministry Assistant, Evans also plans to start a new Bible study in her dorm to keep herself and her residents busy. Some Waynesburg University residents simply immerse themselves in classes and extracurricular activities to make the most of their time on campus. Junior biochemistry major Trenton Bromenschenkel stays active with his yearround commitments and social activities. “Life at Waynesburg in the winter is very busy for me between schoolwork, campus clubs, work as an RA and tutor, exercise and friends,” said Bromenschenkel. “I enjoy weight lifting at the gym, visiting new restaurants and playing music with friends.”
While many of the attractions Greene County offers, like parks and golf clubs, aren’t accessible in winter, the area does offer some indoor entertainment. Waynesburg is home to several unique restaurants, and Pennsylvania’s Tourism website lists historical sites in Greene County that can be toured any time. In addition, students have access to nearby entertainment in Morgantown, West Virginia and Pittsburgh. When the weather prevents excursions into towns, the campus community can always use days indoors as a time to relax. “With the weather being so cold and unwelcoming outside, it is completely okay to stay inside with friends and settle down with a comfortable blanket and watch a movie or just hangout,” said Cassie Gates, junior biochemistry major. “I am not much of a winter person, but I love the excuse to make hot chocolate and cuddle up with a good book.”
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BY KARA BEMER
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uper Bowl XLIX was a competitive battle as the Seattle Seahawks faced the New England Patriots. While 111.3 million people tuned in to see the final outcome of the game (28-24 in favor of the Patriots), there were many other sources of entertainment throughout the game. The halftime show featured Katy Perry, dancing sharks and a throwback appearance from Missy Elliot, giving all of the viewers at home a chance to reminisce their 2000 self. In addition to the game and halftime perfor-
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Budweiser, “Lost Dog” Ad Meter rating: 8.10
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Always, “Like a Girl” Ad Meter rating: 7.0
Budweiser claims the first spot for the third year in a row. This year, the advertisement included an adorable golden retriever puppy finding his way home. The puppy encountered a scary wolf, and just when things seemed like they were going to get rough, the puppy received help from the Budweiser Clydesdales. It’s pretty clear that Budweiser knows how to melt hearts with a furry golden puppy in danger – who could resist?
Always used a funny and touching strategy to convey their message. The commercial begins with adults showing us what it looks like to run, fight and throw “like a girl”. There are adult women and men acting clumsy and goofy, as women are stereotyped to be. Then Always asked young girls what it looks like to run, fight and throw “like a girl”, their responses are the complete opposite: the little girls were as fierce as warriors. A message read, “a girl’s confidence plummets during puberty, but it doesn’t have to. Let’s make #likeagirl mean something.” We see what you did there Always, and we liked it.
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Fiat, “Blue Pill” Ad Meter rating: 6.87
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Microsoft, “Braylon” Ad Meter rating: 6.74
We all knew what the little blue pill meant, but who knew it could buff out one of the smallest cars out there? While this commercial was slightly inappropriate, it was also a crowd favorite. Fiat’s new automobile, the 500X, will find attention from many when it hits the market this spring.
Braylon is a double amputee and was fitted for his first pair of prosthesis at 11 months old. Microsoft shows Braylon walking, running and playing sports at various ages. The commercial explains that due to Microsoft’s technology, Braylon’s ability to do physical activity has been enhanced and has helped Braylon “show courage in the face of reality.” Microsoft knew Braylon was a true fighter and touched America’s hearts to overcome hardships through empowerment.
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mance, there were commercials. NBC sold 30-second commercial spots this year for $4.5 million each – a high price, but Super Bowl commercials are notorious for their high impact due to the amount of viewers and the fact that some people look forward to the commercials more than the actual game. Overall, while there were some commercials that tickled the audience, there were many that pulled at our heartstrings and displayed a strong sense of family as well. Here’s a breakdown of this year’s top advertisements, according to Ad Meter.
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Doritos, “Middle Seat” Ad Meter rating: 6.71
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Dodge, “Wisdom” Ad Meter rating: 6.64
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Toyota, “My Bold Dad” Ad Meter rating: 6.59
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Coca-Cola, “Make it Happy” Ad Meter rating: 6.50
When you board your flight, there’s usually a couple thoughts running through your head. (Please don’t let anyone smelly, sick, noisy or annoying sit next to me. In fact, I wouldn’t even mind if no one sat next to me.) Well, the man featured in this commercial went to extreme lengths to have no one sit next to him until a beautiful blonde walks down the flight isle. The man smiles at her and waves a bag of Doritos her way. She approaches to take a seat with a baby strapped along her that he didn’t see before. The disappointed man ends up sharing the Doritos with the baby and being crammed for space the rest of the flight. Doritos – as usual – made many chuckle during their commercial.
What’s it like to be 100 years old? Dodge focused on some of our 100-yearold citizens in America who shared some valuable advice. Some advice that was given shed honesty and sense, and other advice was mischievously humorous. Either way, Dodge has celebrated 100 years and apparently grown wisdom in what we want in a car, as they showcased their fast sports car being driven by a centurion.
A dad reflects on all of the memories he has shared with his daughter as he is driving her to the airport in his Toyota Camry. There are good times and hard times for the girl, but in the end her dad is always there for her. He drops her off and is tearing up, as she is about to leave to be a part of the military. The commercial was touching and sweet for many viewers.
Coca-Cola chose to take a minute to show the world their new campaign, “Make it Happy.” They displayed a world with more kindness and positivity, and it looked lovely compared to the negative scenes showed – which can be brutally true in todays society. Coca-Cola wanted to remind you of what your parents may have said when you we were young: “be nice to one another.”
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