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Campus Relay for Life aims for $15,000

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

Waynesburg University will be holding its 11th annual Mini Relay For Life on April 9 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Johnson Commons. This year’s theme, “Kicking Cancer off the Board,” involves student-led clubs and organizations incorporating a gaming aspect into their displays

or booths.

According to Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of students, the Relay for Life advisors picked the theme at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.

“We actually meet in September and have a very large planning meeting with all the advisors of Colleges Against Cancer,” she said. “Everything is planned way ahead

of time.”

In the past 10 years, Hardie said Waynesburg University has raised an estimated $100,000 for cancer research.

This is purely thanks to the devotion of the participating organizations and the kindness of those who attend the event, including students, faculty, staff, community members and families, said Hardie.

“It’s probably one of the most successful events on campus,” she said.

With over 1,000 participants in attendance during each Mini Relay For Life event held in the past on campus, reaching this year’s goal of $15,000 seems attainable to Hardie.

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For many, WU is home away from home Students from far away adjust to college life

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

For junior criminal justice major Madison Orton, being comfortable in the town of Waynesburg comes from the familiarity. The small town of Waynesburg and its surrounding woods remind Orton of her hometown: Independence, Virginia.

She said her dorm room is set up, for the most part, like her bedroom at home, and there are all sorts of decorations in the room, especially for the holidays. Last Christmas, snow-like decorations hung from the ceiling and a miniature Christmas tree lit up the room. Pictures – dozens of them – and the festive creations help remind Orton of her real home.

But Orton said she refers to Waynesburg as her home away from home.

“I’m home here and then home-home is like my family’s home,” said Orton.

She said being away from home hasn’t taken much of a toll on her. If anything, the decision to attend a university

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Junior Madison Orton is far from her home in Virginia, and it can be a challenge to be away from her family. But Waynesburg has become a home away from home. so far from home has helped her grow.

“It’s more about me being on my own, where I’ve become independent and I don’t depend on my parents anymore,” said Orton.

Becoming independent from one’s parents isn’t necessarily an easy task, as it requires maturity and selfdiscipline. But it’s one Orton has embraced.

Growing up and moving out is a rite of passage. Going away for college is one way students are able to become better equipped for when they move out of their parents’ house.

Being able to take care of oneself while in college will make doing so after college easier.

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Orton said she has grown from her experience of being

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away from home.

Since her first week on campus, she said being away from home has gone well.

Orton said that right from move in, the university keeps students busy and that from her own personal experience it was hard to think about being away from home.

“Freshman orientation is so involved it doesn’t give you the chance to think about how far away you are from home,” said HOME >> A3

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ITS begins tests for full-campus Wi-Fi roll-out After trial run in Willison, all dorms to have wireless soon

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Waynesburg University’s Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) began testing a new Wi-Fi network with residents of Willison Hall this week.

While campus community and academic buildings are currently equipped with wireless internet, residence halls have, until now, lacked university-provided Wi-Fi. The test in Willison is a precursor to rolling out the new wireless network for the rest of campus, according to Bill Dumire, vice president for ITS and chief information officer.

“At the end of the testing, which we estimate should take about two weeks, we’ll send out an anonymous survey that the students can then report back on and provide any input or feedback they have,” said Dumire. “Then, we’ll take a look at that and make any tweaks that we can and then we’ll plan to follow up and see if we’re going to roll out before commencement or we’ll wait until after commencement.”

That decision, said Dumire, is based on whether rolling out the new network would interfere with or add extra stress to students in the days before Finals Week.

Once the university wire-

less network is established in residence halls, students will not be permitted to have their own personal Wi-Fi access points.

“That really is to benefit the students, because any sort of personal wireless access point that they would install could be operating in the same bandwidth as the university’s, and it will cause congestion,” said Dumire.

This congestion would lead to significantly slower internet speed, which Dumire is keen to avoid. In fact, Dumire said one of the chief benefits of university-wide Wi-Fi will be increased speed, along with coverage across the entire campus. Testing the network in Willison is partially intended to test that speed.

“I’m hoping for the most part that testing is just a formality – that students will find that coverage is greatly enhanced, that speeds are greatly enhanced, and that we’ll really make it worth their while to disconnect their personal devices and connect to the university’s [Wi-Fi],” said Dumire.

According to an email Dumire sent to Willison residents to notify them of the wireless network test, ITS will perform security scans to ensure personal wireless access points are not in use.

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Admin. to recognize donors Popular former caf worker at president's awards dinner remembers students fondly

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

Ninety-nine of Waynesburg University’s supporters will be on campus April 1 for the President’s Donor and Scholarship Recognition Dinner that will take place in Alumni Hall.

For the Waynesburg administration, it’s a way of saying ‘thank you’ to those who have heavily invested in the university, according to Heidi Szuminksy, vice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations.

“The purpose is to bring together our biggest supporters

of the university for the purpose of thanking them and helping them to see how their support makes an impact here at Waynesburg,” said Szuminsky. “The people who are invited are our major donors, our major volunteers, our planned giving donors and those who provide scholarship resources.”

The university defines ‘major donors’ as people who give $20,000 or more to Waynesburg in a given year, and Szuminsky asserted that their graciousness is what allows the school to function, especially because student tuition only covers a portion

of the cost to successfully run the school.

“What a lot of people don’t understand...but what students pay in tuition only covers about 75 percent of what it actually costs to educate them here,” said Szuminsky. “The rest of that is made up from the financial support from individuals, foundations and corporations, and anyone who gives donations to the university.”

Szuminsky will be the MC for the event, and President Doug Lee will be the dinner’s keynote speaker. Also set to

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By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

As most senior and junior students can recall, Janice Clutter was a long-time employee of Waynesburg University, often times seen swiping cards at Benedum Dining Hall during the dinner and lunch hours. Clutter, soft spoken and genuine, left the university in 2013 due to a job opening closer to her home.

“I loved my job at the school but the drive was getting the best of me,” said Clutter.

When she worked at Waynesburg, it was a 40-minute commute one way on a

good day. However, if the roads were being worked on, that same drive was bumped up to 90 minutes.

“The lady I knew was retiring and the post office is 10 to 15 minutes away from house,” said Clutter. “I heard about the job from a friend and applied. I wasn’t ready to quit working yet.”

Since her departure from Waynesburg, you can find her appreciating life in the small southwestern town of Crabapple with her grandchildren, family or even at a monthly get together with her friend group that has been intact for over 35 years.

“I am wonderful, I am enjoying my time now,” said Clutter. “I work part time [at the post office] and I am done by noon, so I spend time with my family, sister and friends. I work a little and play a little.”

Reading and gardening are also two of her favorite pastimes, often enjoyed in the summertime. Clutter joked that she definitely likes reading more than students do, since she does not have to study and read all the time much like the typical college student.

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CARLISLE'S FINDS SUCCESS

DO FOOD QUALITY AND PRICE MATCH UP?

After two months of operation, Carlisle's coffee and sandwich shop has found success in the Waynesburg community.

A columnist discusses the matchup between the food provided at Waynesburg and the cost associated with mandatory meal plans.

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LEADING THE PACK Sophomore softball player Alex Lawrence is one of the best hitters in the PAC and leads the team in nearly every offensive stat.

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MUSICAL SOLD OUT FOR THREE DAYS After months of nightly, hourslong rehearsals, the cast of The Addams Family musical was excited to perform for sold-out audiences several nights in a row.

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Peer Ed. conveys value of time in nature Award-winning

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By JOE SMELTZER Staff Writer

Waynesburg University’s Peer Educators (Peer Ed) hosted “Lost Within The Trees,” an event designed to promote the benefits of spending time outdoors Thursday, March 23, on the second floor of Stover Center in the Student Organization Room, Some features of the event included a tent, a hammock, a list of hiking destinations in Waynesburg and construction paper that encouraged students to think of their outdoor experiences.

“The goal [of the project] is to be able to demonstrate how being outside has benefits for our emotional, spiritual and physical health,” said Renee Belisky, a senior psychology major who worked with Peer Ed in planning the event.

Belisky had envisioned this type of event since the Fall 2016 Semester. She said that planning the event was not overly complex.

“We really just needed a tent, a hammock, and some information,” said Belisky. “So not a whole lot of planning.”

For Belisky, an objective for the event was to raise awareness for people who do not take full advantage of the

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Last week, the Peer Educators sought to inspire students to spend more time with nature, using a variety of outdoor activities — including pitching a tent. outdoors.

“I think it’s a good time to just be able to be still for a little bit and just to kind of stop,” said Belisky. “To show that there’s a great resource right there that we can go and do that. A lot of people, I feel like, don’t take complete benefit, or be able to see that no matter what your skill level is, you can still benefit from being outside.”

Belisky said that she had loved the outdoors for a while, but that love blossomed this past summer when she lived and worked at Mt. Rushmore through “A Christian Ministry in the National Parks.” “[Mt. Rushmore] was pret-

ty much my playground, in a way,” said Belisky.

Of all the things that Belisky enjoyed about putting the event together, she said she especially liked relating back to her major.

“Probably looking about how [the outdoors] helps with mental health, just because of my major, but also being able to incorporate my love with the outdoors,” said Belisky. “I really liked being able to see how it’s impacted my life, but also being able to share that passion with others I think was my overall excitement.”

Another psychology major who contributed in planning “Lost Within the Trees” was

junior Lauren Bailey. Bailey was involved in putting together the specific features for the event, and also did research on the benefits of being outdoors, as well as parks where students can be outside.

“I just really love being outside,” said Bailey. “I can see the benefits myself of when I spend time outside and when I don’t spend time outside, so I think it’s something important to educate students on.”

For Bailey, the biggest thing that the event showed was the educational aspect of being outdoors, as well as specific ways to experience those benefits.

Melinda Roeder was home at her apartment when she got the phone call. She needed to get her photographer because an F4 tornado had struck the small town of Spencer, South Dakota, about an hour away from the news station that recently hired her.

The first thing she saw was lights. Blinding, disorienting lights accompanied by sirens.

There were police crews and fire trucks lining the roadway into town, and as they drove in, signs of debris began to appear: tree limbs, whole trees, shingles and mailboxes all leading to piles that were once people’s homes.

By the time Roeder arrived, it was about an hour and twenty minutes after the tornado hit.

By now, people were walking around trying to comprehend what had just happened to them. “Ex-

Roeder pressionless,” as Roeder described them.

All that was left standing of one home was an interior bathroom where the woman who owned it took shelter from and survived the windy devil that killed six victims.

As a young girl was sobbing at the thought of the tornado returning, Roeder got to work. She was a reporter and needed to cover the story, but the enormity of the situation left her feeling directionless.

“This entire town was leveled by this tornado and it was overwhelming, at first,” said Roeder, “But then I just ROEDER >> A4

English Dept. aims to inspire with wall recognizing alumni

By BRANDON WILLIAMS For the Yellow Jacket

At Waynesburg University, the school tries to maintain relationships with its alumni and attempts to stay connected with students of the past, present and future. For the English department, this means making an alumni board for all to see on the third floor of Buhl Hall.

Professor of English Jamie Dessart, who is the creator of the wall, likes the alumni board as a way to remember past students while also inspiring current ones.

“The purpose is to show what our graduates are doing, celebrate their lives and service, as well as to help answer the question of ‘what do you do with an English major?’” said Dessart.

The alumni board is large, stands out and grabs attention. The board has an orange canvas and a silver lining, with

a myriad of students faces on it. Under the pictures of the students is a small excerpt on when the student graduated and what is currently going on in their lives.

Dessart has high hopes for her current group of students.

“I want them to see the possibilities for their futures,” said Dessart. “I also want them to stay in touch through social media so that one day they can make the board as well.”

For the students who have made the wall, Dessart says all of them were asked to be on the wall and agreed.

In showcasing the alumni, the current students can see what to work towards and can set goals of making the wall in their future. The wall can bring back memories as well.

Current students who may have known the people on the wall can look at the success of former students after graduation.

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WU introduces annual walk for autism awareness

By CHACE JOHNSTON

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University will be holding its first annual Autism Awareness walk and run event Saturday, April 1. The event was created by Ryan Lemmon, a junior pre-law major. Lemmon conceived the idea from a service trip that he participated in last year.

Another person that is involved with the event is Assistant Dean of Students Kelley Hardie, who sees the event as a chance to unite the university in a central cause.

"This is the first time that we have ever tried an event like this. I feel that this could bring the university together, and we could educate people about autism and what it does to a person mentally," said Hardie.

Lemmon had the idea for the event during March of last year and thought that this year would be a great time to create the event because the county does not hold many events for autism.

The push for publicity for the event will start this week on Tuesday, when Ryan and other students will be creating posters and hanging them up in the Stover Campus Center.

The posters will include the signs of autism and the impact autism has on a person. Lemmon is confident the event will be a large success.

"I feel like this event is going to go very well. I just want to show people what autism is and what itís like to be effected by autism,î"Lemmon said. "I also think that this event is going to be a big event for the university."

For Kelley and Lemmon, the event is personal.

"We've both had either had members of our family or we have either seen or know someone that has had it, and at a younger age, people that have autism tend to get either picked on or bullied," said Lemmon. "When you are in a mindset like that, you honestly have no idea on how to [understand] from the person['s] with autism stand point, but from a person that is seeing it happen, you need to be the one that goes out of your way to make a difference and stop the bulling, and if you do that, then you will be the [one that] is making a difference."

For more details about this event please contact either Kelley Hardie at 724-8523461 or her email at khardie@ waynesburg.edu.

their faces and it shows they haven’t left us here at Waynesburg,” said Dr. Bob Randolph, chairperson for the English and Foreign Languages Department and professor of English.

Randolph would like to see his current students make the board one day, and says that many of them can in fact be on it one day.

“Seeing the pictures and looking at all of the names - almost all the current faculty can say something about these students,” said Randolph about the memories he has of the students on the alumni board.

For English students who come across the board, the students can see what degree their job can bring. They don’t have to follow the same exact path that the alumni did, but what the board does show is what these people did in graduating through the English department.

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SPRING RETURNS TO WAYNESBURG

After weeks of constantly shifting weather patterns, the campus community enjoyed a long stint of warm weather. Students have flocked outside in the past week to bask in the spring. Above, Mark Quigley and George Standish throw a football in Monument Park.

Students find calling with Ed. Dept.

By TIFFANY MORGAN Editorial Assistant

According to a national statistic, two out of every three college students change their major at least once. State statistics say that at least 50 percent of incoming college students are undecided about their majors. Waynesburg University senior Olivia Latimer realized she was in that same position when she decided she wanted switch her major to education going into the fall of her junior year.

“I changed my major because after two years as a journalism major in the communication department, I still felt unsure of what I wanted my future to look like in that field,” said Latimer. “I had great experiences in the [Department of Communication], learned a lot, and was good at what I did, but I felt scared that I wasn’t passionate enough about that career.”

Latimer knew she wanted to work with kids when she went to change her major, and that sparked her interest in education.

“I decided to try to picture myself doing something I loved that was closer to my heart, and a field that I could continue to grow in,” said Latimer. “As I have always loved young children, I decided to change to early childhood education my junior year.”

Latimer knew about the

Education Department, which helped her make the decision.

When thinking of switching her major in the summer of her sophomore year, Latimer emailed the then-Chairperson of the Education Department Debra Clarke. Once she got more information, she knew what she needed to do to make the change.

Latimer found it easier to switch when she realized her friend, Ashley Kapp, also wanted to be in the Education Department. Kapp had previously changed her major twice before going into education her junior year.

“It would have been a lot more difficult not having somebody who I knew was right there in the same boat as me,” said Latimer.

Kapp also found it easier to go into education with Latimer by her side.

“I honestly couldn’t have made it through without Olivia,” Kapp said. “We transferred into the department at the same time and we were both in the same position and her friendship made the transition so much easier and enjoyable.”

Latimer did struggle with seeing her fellow classmates graduating without her while she still had another year to go.

Although Latimer struggled with seeing that, she realized one more year was not a big concern to her.

“I always thought, what is one extra year in school com-

pared to a lifetime in a field that I might not enjoy,” said Latimer. “So I found it more than worth it to deal with that fifth year.”

Current Chairperson of the Education Department Yvonne Weaver said that although education majors have a rigorous schedule, students can find success once they find a niche.

“Once the students make that decision on what they want to do in the education field, they can get on track,” Weaver said.

Weaver added that Waynesburg’s education program prepares students and shows them what they’ll be doing in the field. This is especially true during their senior year.

“Waynesburg’s program

their senior year really prepares them well because they’re out in the school from the time the school district starts,” said Weaver. “So not only are they out the entire year but they even come back early depending on when school district starts.”

Brian Carr, director of the Center for Student Success & Disability Services, also said for students changing their major, it is a matter of having an informed decision.

“The career piece was always something that was more…appealing to me and just helping students to figure out their purpose in life and their calling in life and just knowing that there’s resources here to help students and that they’re not alone,” said Carr.

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day of fun and festivities including 22 “teams,” right now is the hard part: planning and coordination.

“Right now, we are finetuning the schedule and making sure all the details are prepared for the day of,” said Hardie. “We have the schedule pretty much completed, but we just have to make sure all the details are done.”

To prepare for the event, teams are already starting to fundraise, and the annual Daffodil Days fundraiser just wrapped up. While daffodils may seem like a silly item to purchase, Hardie said, teams are able to raise a lot of money for cancer research through these sales.

“This year’s Daffodil Days was a very successful fundraiser,” said Hardie. “We ended up raising a couple thousand dollars.”

In the past four years, Hardie has worked out a rhythm with the officers of the Colleges Against Cancer club, which is the on-campus

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Planning for the Mini Relay for Life, to be held April 9, began last September. The theme for the event this year is "Kick Cancer off the Board." organization responsible for coordinating Relay For Life. However, that smooth rhythm is about to change as every single officer in Colleges Against Cancer will be graduating this May. “We are currently looking for brand new officers in every single role,” said Hardie.

On Friday, April 7, Colleges Against Cancer will be having elections to figure out who will be filling these new roles next year. For Hardie, her feelings are mixed about losing her senior officers, but she is hopeful for the future.

“It’s exciting, but it’s also scary at the same time,” said

Hardie. “But it’s good because we are starting fresh, and I think that’s a good thing.”

If any students are interested in working with the American Cancer Society or taking on a role in Colleges Against Cancer, contact Hardie at khardie@waynesburg. edu.

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wireless network.

While Dumire expects some students may have concerns about this, he emphasized that wired internet connections will still be available in all dorms so that such devices can be hooked up with via Ethernet cables.

“A number of devices are really not best equipped to operate on the wireless network, especially game systems,” said Dumire. “If you’ve got [internet], it really is better to connect the device, especially with download speeds now.”

Devices without Ethernet ports can still be hooked up to wired internet if stu-

dents purchase an Ethernet adapter.

The Willison test also provides a chance to find out whether students have issues registering their devices on the wireless network, which will be a new requirement. Students will be permitted to register three personal devices on the network, which may be a combination of mobile devices, tablets, laptops or wireless-enabled desktops.

Students can take their devices to the ITS Help Desk in the Wiley Armory for assistance registering their devices, or they can register devices themselves using instructions under the Help tab on myConnect.

The three-device limit, according to Dumire, is due

to the cost associated with licensing each registered device.

“Every device that connects to the network, there is a license that has to be paid,” he said. “We sort of balanced it and said, okay, this is going to be the cost for licensing, and this is going to be what most students will be using it for.

That’s where we came up with the three device limit.”

Registering devices also promotes the enhanced security that the new system features. By working with Cisco, a networking software company, Dumire said the latest in security technology has been applied.

In fact, Cisco and other outside vendors have been working with Waynesburg

ITS for the last year to assess every building on campus and create full wireless internet coverage.

“This is meant to be a secure, stable network that will follow the student from the dorm to the classroom and back,” said Dumire.

Dumire said the university is increasing from about 30 wireless access points to nearly 300. He believes the shift to university-provided, campus-wide Wi-Fi will be very beneficial for students, not only because of technical advantages, but also because a universitysupported system means ITS is fully committed to troubleshooting the wireless network, as opposed to students’ personal wireless access points.

students daily and build relationships with them is something Clutter sincerely misses from her time as the face of the cafeteria.

“I truly miss you kids,” said Clutter. “I miss seeing your faces every day. I miss you guys coming in every day telling me your dreams.”

She also misses the opportunity of baking daily and trying out new recipes in the cafeteria.

“I liked finding out what people like and what they didn’t.” said Clutter.

When asked about what she wanted to tell students, Clutter replied with to always stay positive.

“I would tell them to always stay positive, that you’re gon-

na get knocked down,” said Clutter. “Life is not always gonna be kind, but you have to persevere because things will get better. s long as you stay positive and have a smile to give somebody.”

She said you never know what anyone is dealing with on a daily basis and a smile could be just what that one person needed that day.

“It doesn’t hurt anybody nor does it hurt to be kind,” said Clutter.

She wishes her best to the students whom she has been fortunate to know. She has kept every note, card or keepsake from the university in a keepsake box.

As a last word for her former pseudo-grandkids or students, Clutter said, “Go out and do good things in your life.”

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speak will be Waynesburg senior Amy Hawley, who will discuss the importance of scholarship assistance in higher education.

“I was asked to share my experience at Waynesburg University and how the donors have really impacted my personal journey, here,” said Hawley. “I have received scholarships through a donor and through the criminal justice program.”

Two people will be recognized at the dinner as winners the Golden Key Award, which is presented to someone, whether it is an alumnus or friend of the university, who is dedicated to a lifetime of significant leadership. Additionally, the Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to an alumnus who shows devo-

tion to the university’s mission of faith, learning and service.

The alumni counsel has the final say in who wins these annual awards as the nominees are presented to the counsel, and then the members vote.

According to Event Planner Mary Fox, who oversaw the logistics of this event over the course of nine months, there are a couple of changes to the donor dinner this year as opposed to years previous, and one of them is the date.

In years past, the donor dinner was strategically placed around or on Charter Day, but this year, the dinner comes more than a full week later.

“It truly is very important in the life of the university,” said Szuminsky of the entire event. “It’s an opportunity for us, as a university, to say ‘thank you.’ It’s so important because we are incredibly grateful for these people.”

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Orton. “You are focused on ‘oh my gosh what are classes going to be like…’”

Keeping up with her studies has kept her from thinking about missing home. “‘…And oh my gosh I’m meeting all of these new people it’s awesome.’”

The friends she has made also occupy a lot of her time, which also keeps her mind off of missing home. “‘…And oh my gosh I don’t have anybody to tell me what to do,’ so you have all of these exciting things going on that you don’t even think about the negatives [of being away from home].” *** All college students have to face different challenges; it’s a learning experience for everyone.

Orton said her uncle, Matthew Stokan, is the reason she found out about Waynesburg University. Stokan, director of financial aid at Waynesburg, told Orton of the forensic science department the university had – as that was what she had planned on studying.

Although she has changed her major from forensic science to criminal justice, Orton said she is still in a good program. *** Grace “Rae” Beck is from Arizona. She faced a culture change when moving into Waynesburg for her first semester. Getting ready for fall break this past semester was exciting to her since she had not been home since leaving in August.

However, with one day left until break, she found out she would not be able to see one

of her family members ever again.

Beck’s father had died.

She had a distant relationship with him but it wasn’t easy news to take.

At one point during the break, she was close to making the decision not to return to Waynesburg. Heading back across the country to finish a tough semester, Beck did not know if she would return after fall break. But she did.

She came back and finished out the calendar year. And after Christmas break she returned this semester – which brought a fresh start to her new classes.

Heidi Evans is also from across the country.

As a freshman, now-senior Evans came to Waynesburg from Anchorage, Alaska. Not only was she knew to the unfamiliar, small town of Waynesburg, but it was 90 degrees and humid her first day on campus – something she was not used to.

Evans changed her major, after realizing partway through her sophomore year that she did not want to be a part of the nursing program.

Evans decided to leave the program that was the deciding reason she came to Waynesburg University.

But she didn’t decide to leave the university. She didn’t even consider it.

“I never thought about transferring, it never really cross my mind,” she said. “I knew that I had been brought to Waynesburg for a reason’ I knew that God wouldn’t send me across the country for nothing.”

She joined the psychology majors and added a minor in childhood development – something she hopes will eventually land her a job at a school someday. ***

Orton said there were a few tough times freshman year that caused her stress.

But overall, with the help of her friends, her support of her family and her strong mindset, Orton didn’t let these difficulties hold her back.

Orton has stayed on top of her academics since at college, as by this point in her life it has become second nature to her.

Although Orton changed her major, she does not regret her decision to come to Waynesburg, nor did she consider transferring to another university.

Friends are one of the ways Orton has been able to cope with being away from home.

Throughout the semester Orton spends weekends spending time with friends, either on campus or driving to the nearby Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the city offers a countless number of entertaining activities.

Orton also has several nonimmediate family members in the city who have provided her with quality family time.

But she’s here to receive an education; that’s her main focus. She stays on top of her academics and she said keeping herself busy with going over notes, studying and preparing for tests was able to keep her mind off of missing her family.

She said her friends were always there for her to talk about what was stressing her and to listen when she needed help.

Beck, who is a transfer junior by credits, came to Waynesburg after transferring from Arizona State University.

She used to have a fiveminute ride to school from her apartment to ASU. But she didn’t like it.

She trusted her five-day visit at Waynesburg that she had five years ago, as a 16 yearold in high school, when she attended the Sports Broadcast-

ing camp.

Now she has a five-hour flight home.

She isn’t comfortable here in Pennsylvania. It’s not that she doesn’t like Waynesburg; she just strongly prefers Phoenix.

But why would she leave what seemed to be a rather good situation at ASU? A full tuition scholarship, admittance into the W. P. Carey School of Business – one of the best in the nation – and right near her hometown: Beck had all these factors going her way.

At first, she thought she was to be there. But it turned out to be more of a convenience.

“I was wrapped up in the glamor,” she said.

She wasn’t making the most out of her situation. That wasn’t what she wanted to do.

Since the age of five, Beck remembers wanting to become a sports announcer. In 2001, Beck remembers the Arizona Diamondbacks winning the World Series and the passion she heard in the voice of the announcers was what drove her to set her goal to become a sports announcer.

She has the love for sports, the passion that is an unteachable trait.

One time when she was nine, she took her parents’ video recorder, set it up and preformed her own mock sports report.

Now at Waynesburg, she is living out her dream of wanting to become a sports announcer under the wing of one of Pittsburgh’s most prominent announcers, Lanny Frattare.

Because she wanted to have a purpose and she wanted to follow her dreams, Beck, who will have one full semester left until her graduation in the fall of 2017, said that spending these several semesters away from home will be worth it in the end.

*** Because Thanksgiving, spring and Easter break are all either a week or less off, Evans was not able to make a trip home for those times that would be home time for other students. Throughout her first year at Waynesburg, she was only able to go home for Christmas break – the only other time she went home was after finals week when she would remain home for the entire summer.

She said several of her friends have taken her in for these times when she is unable to go home.

Evans’ experience isn’t like most college students. She has a four hour time difference when calling back home – the saying “only a phone call away” doesn’t apply to her. The first people she runs and tells things to are her roommates and her best friends, who she says are always immediately available for her no matter the news.

Late night or weekend phone calls are her only option – she is not able to call home every time something worth her parents’ knowledge occurs.

Evans phone broke once and she had to go to an AT&T store and learn the process behind purchasing a new one – something college students are usually only faced with after moving out.

Evans said living at Waynesburg caused her to grown up faster than she thought. *** Now, returning home for the students who can’t wait all semester to be back home seems weird.

Evans said that instead of waiting to call her parents for things she jumped in and

started taking responsibility for herself. She said being on her own took some getting used to.

Flying alone – something unthinkable for some college students – is something Evans has done several times during her time at Waynesburg.

Evans herself, not her family, organizes all her flights she takes to and from home.

She planned her flight home after Christmas break Dec. 20, while the last day of finals was Dec. 16. She wanted to spend a couple more days with her best friends.

“Honestly, when you’re from so far away, your friends become like sisters, or brothers to you,” she said.

Evans said that although she was nervous her first semester at Waynesburg, she believed she was here for a reason.

After spending three and a half years here, she said she has come to love the East Coast.

The nursing program made her attend Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania, but a calling caused her to stay.

Now, she’s currently looking into graduate schools in Pennsylvania.

But her success living on her own, over halfway across the country from home, isn’t the only thing that will keep her around.

“And I’ve made too many close friends, I wouldn’t want to give them up right away at all, I wouldn’t trade them for anything,” she said.

Like Evans, for Orton there is nothing uncomfortable about being away from home anymore. In fact, Orton said going home is almost strange for the first time in her life.

“It’s weird going home now because I feel like it’s not my home anymore, because the dorm [room] is now like my bedroom and Waynesburg University is now my home,” said Orton.

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Orientation Board prepares for new students' weekend

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

As students arrive at Waynesburg University in August, the New Student Orientation Leaders are some of the most visible people on campus. They’re the students who help out with the games and numerous activities that take place during orientation the weekend before classes begin.

However, the planning for that weekend starts well before the leaders know what they will be doing. Along with Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, there is a group of nine people planning that weekend, known as the New Student Orientation Board.

This year, board members went through an interview process in early March after applications were posted on myConnect in mid-February.

According to Michelle Keith, a member who is now going on her second year of being on the board, the group has already met three times in preparation for the

new batch of Waynesburg students. The exact responsibilities of the board extend a decent amount.

“We meet with [Bristor] several times before we even meet with the rest of the leaders, and we detail out what exactly is going to be happening each day,” said Keith.

“We plan the theme for each night, the activities, games, and once we get that all figured out, we meet with all of the leaders to give them the agenda and let them know what they’re doing, detail the expectations for them, and then we arrive a day before the leaders in August.”

The group still has one more meeting before they divulge their plans to the student leaders.

According to Keith, some of the theme has already been decided, and it will likely be a throwback theme—which will focus on music, candy and games that were popular around the time of students’ childhood.

“We think of themes for the individual events, if there is one,” said Keith. “This year, we’re going to be doing a

Michelle Kieth, Yellow Jacket

The New Student Orientation Board plans all activities for orientation weekend, and includes: top row, Madison Rush, Michelle Kieth, Matt Emerson, Shon Meade, Kyla Wolper, Sadie Breon; bottom row, Marian Chearney, Marissa Lusky, Bethany Shields. throwback Thursday, so like 90’s nostalgia type stuff. We’ll get candy like Fruit By The Foot and Gushers and stuff like that. We’ll have childhood games and music from the 90’s and early 2000’s.”

While there are individual themes for specific events,

Keith emphasized that the overall theme of orientation week remains as the mission of the university.

“The theme every year is faith, learning and serving, but that’s more of the day activities,” said Keith. “Thursday, there’s matriculation and

moving in and stuff. Friday is learning, so that’s when you meet with your academic departments, and then Saturday is service, which is the big service project. Sunday is faith again because we have the big Chapel service on Sunday.”

After planning, the work does not end for the orientation board. When they get back to campus, they must prepare packets for incoming students, prepare the games and activities, divide tasks amongst the leaders and help with check-in duties.

While much of the work may not be as center-stage as being a leader—as that job requires much more student interaction—Keith said that she decided to be involved with the behind-the-scenes work due to a good experience with a Fiat Lux supervisor.

Keith wanted to become involved with the board due to one of her Fiat Lux supervisors during her freshman year, now-senior Taylor Garrett. Keith appreciated Garrett and learned of her looking into getting involved with the board, and Keith was inspired to do the same.

“I absolutely adored [Garrett],” said Keith. “She was going for board last year, and I said ‘oh this looks really cool.’ She had such a great impact on me that I wanted to do the same thing.”

Academic Affairs adjusts exit Business Dept. prepares to strategies for senior students offer new economics course Changes made to surveys, interviews

By RACHEL MANGAN Editorial Assistant

With the end of the year approaching, seniors are wrapping up their college careers. This year, changes have been made to the exit interview process in order to make a simpler and faster method of closing out their time in college.

The changes were originally implemented for the December graduates as well to give the Office of Academic Affairs an idea of how the change would be received.

The biggest of these changes was making the one-on-one portion of the process into a group interview. “[The] group[s] were good, we had four people in my particular group,” said December graduate Steve Samek. “One guy seemed to dominate the conversation, but I would say it was a more efficient process.

Just as long as the groups don’t get too big.”

That was the most substantial change, but the questions and options of the online survey also received some touching up. Many of them were given prewritten answers along with a fill-in-the-blank option of “other” if that student’s particular situation or response didn’t appear for the predetermined options.

“The predetermined answering options are based off the write-in answers of previous surveys seniors have filled out in years past,” said Assistant to the Provost, Sarah Bell. “The options were made based off the most common responses. We also wanted to include a write-in option because someone might want to put in an answer that differentiates from the common answers.”

Much of the survey revolves around the experiences of the students in their time at Waynesburg. Like any survey, it starts with a name and some basic information before the question portion of the survey begins. Then, there is a brief fill in the blank section where the student is asked to fill out their experiences in various categories including academic, social, advisor and spiritual experiences at

the university.

The next section is where the predetermined answers begin to show up in the survey. The questions revolve around service experiences, the time the students spent in Fiat Lux and things they wish they had done differently.

After that, the survey includes a commentary on suggestions for the university, advice on how to succeed and a testimonial of the university.

With this, the Office of Academic Affairs wants to get student feedback.

“We really want to know what they suggest to us,” said Bell. “We aren’t going to take what they say as them bashing the university; we want to hear their honest suggestions because they may have a really good idea that could help students in the future.”

There is still time for seniors to schedule their exit interviews. To do so, they need to fill out the online survey and choose an exit interview session and then submit the online document.

Along with the option for a fill in the blank answer as opposed to the predetermined answers, if a student would rather have an individual exit interview as opposed to a group session, that option is also available.

By ALEX LYONS

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University Business Department is introducing a brand new economics class for the 2017 Fall Semester. Currently listed as a Special Topics class, the course is entitled Economics Policy Seminar, with the course code ECO 395.

According to Waynesburg economics professors, one of the main reasons for adding the class was to make it easier for students to obtain an economics minor. Adding the class to the Waynesburg schedule was a collaborative process between the interim Business Department Chair Adam Jack, Provost Dana Baer and Professor of Economics Dr. Lawrence Stratton.

The process to add the class was pretty easy, according to Jack.

“Dr. Stratton proposed the ECO course and I approved it,” said Jack.

Several students played a significant role in the startup of the course, as they approached Stratton about adding it.

“It emerged when some students expressed interest in having an economics mi-

nor,” said Stratton.

An economics minor at Waynesburg requires 21 credits to graduate, with most of those credits currently included as part of the required courseload for almost every business student.

The four required courses that most business students currently must take are Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Principles of Financial Accounting and Principles of Managerial Accounting. To obtain a minor, three additional Economics classes are required.

With the addition of Economics Policy Seminar and Money and Banking that is already offered, students would only need only one more class to obtain a minor in economics. The remaining class could be another economics class at another university or a different class at Waynesburg.

The new course will build on both the microeconomics and macroeconomics classes, which are prerequisites.

This course will examine the parameters of contemporary fiscal monetary and international economic

policy debates and the major theorists and political figures who are engaged in the economic issues.

Stratton said that a number of his economic students wanted to learn more about the subject after completing the prerequisites.

“A c o u p l e s t u d e n t s wanted a course that went deeper in economics,” said Stratton.

Stratton said students will use two books for the course: “Economic Issues and Policy” by Jacqueline Murray Brux, as well as “Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined” written by Nicholas Wapshott.

At this time, the class is only a special topics class, but Stratton believes the class could be added to the schedule cycling on a two-year basis. The class currently has 14 of the 18 seats filled.

“I am t r u ly l o ok i ng forward to teaching the course,” said Stratton. “I also look forward to solid economic debate between the students.”

Starting next fall, Economics Policy Seminar will be taught every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. in Room 218 of the Eberly Library.

Roeder: Professor uses reporting experience to help Waynesburg students Continued from A2

kind of jumped into it, and at first, it was nerve wrecking. But then, I really felt like I got to connect the dots and tell some really compelling stories. Not just about what happened or the statistics of how many people died or how may homes were destroyed, but actually finding the story behind the story.” *** Ro eder had recently graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and was hired by a local NBC affiliate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

After South Dakota, Roeder took her love of reporting to Evansville, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland and Atlanta, Georgia.

“Reporting has taken me places I never would have been,” said Roeder.

She has interviewed a serial killer, covered a story about a sheriff accused of taking drug evidence and later found guilty of that and rape, covered the Kentucky

Derby, covered University of Kentucky sports and even flown with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

But of all places for her career took her, she chose Waynesburg University.

Around the age of 38, Roeder began to consider her future.

“I couldn’t see myself being 50 years old covering blizzards outside reporting,” said Roeder. “So I started to think about how to hit that reset button on my career.”

“[It's] not just about happened...but actually finding the story behind the story.”

MELINDA ROEDER

Adjunct Professor

After guest lecturing at Towson University outside of Baltimore and receiving inspiration from her husband, Roeder made the decision to earn her master’s degree and begin a teaching career at Waynesburg University.

Now, her career is no longer finding the stories,

Mattie Winowitch, Yellow Jacket

Melinda Roeder, an award-winning reporter, returned to the Pittsburgh area to raise a family and become a professor at Waynesburg University. Now, she teaches communication students to develop their own skills. but teaching how to report stories and building genuine relationships with students.

“Once you’re my student,

you’re always my student,” said Roeder.

She loves to watch student progress from week to

week; she believes that the results are in the products and work produced by them.

Dave Cross, a senior electronic media major and one of her current students, said that Roeder teaches students how to tell a story through video. Not only that, but she has them practice what she is teaching through constant hands-on projects.

“She is always willing to help and wants to help,” said Cross.

Anytime she interacts with a student now, she asks herself the question: “What advice would I want a teacher to give my daughter?”

Roeder did not just move to the area to teach, but she also wanted to return to her hometown to start a family.

Taking her first job across the country was a leap of faith to her, because family is an important aspect in her life.

“I talked to my mom every single day, and my grandparents almost every single day,” said Roeder.

“My mom and grandmother would watch the weather report and they would call me and be like, ‘Oh no, we hear it’s going to snow where

you are.’ Even though I was far away, they still worried about me.”

Now, Roeder is beginning her own family and the move to the Pittsburgh area and the change to teaching at Waynesburg allowed her to reconnect with her family.

“I love being able to call up my mom and say, ‘Hey do you want to go to lunch today?” said Roeder. *** Now, 19 years after the fresh-faced college graduate approached the aftermath of a tornado, she stands in front of class of college students, doodling in the notebooks, staring at the wall and struggling to keep their eyes open.

Her eyes flick across the classroom attempting to make eye contact with the handful of students engaged in her lecture.

As she reflects upon her own experience in the field as a television reporter, she says, “The video should take you on a journey. It should make you feel something.”

To Roeder, that is what reporting is.

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New coffee shop experiences success in first two months

By SAM CHADWICK Editorial Assistant

Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches opened its doors bright and early Feb. 6. Located on High Street in Waynesburg, the shop has been a hit ever since.

The shop, w hich is owned by Caitlin Carlisle and her husband Ken of Rogersville, Pennsylvania, quickly gained popularity among members of the community.

Many customers visited Carlisle’s on opening day to check out the newest addition to t he main drag of Waynesburg and customers have continued to visit the shop since then.

Business has been great since opening the shop, said Carlisle.

“We are very happy with the amount of business we have and that it is steady through the day,” Carlisle said. “It’s interesting to see the different crowds through the day – business

people, families [and] students.”

Opening Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches was more than just another business endeavor for the couple as they had high hopes of meeting the needs of the Waynesburg community.

“When Ken decided this is the next business he wanted to start it was from identifying what the downtown lacked and what it seemed that the community wanted and needed,” said Carlisle.

“There was a lot of hoping that we had identified all this correctly and we were meeting an actual need of downtown. We’ve been very pleased that our instincts were correct.”

The menu at Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches consists of coffee and sandwiches of course, as well as soup and a salad bar.

“The foundation of this business is to have high quality, fresh food that

can easily fit into your day, but still feel special,” said Carlisle. “The items currently on our menu are our top sellers and best combinations.”

It t a ke s a l ot of convincing to get them to add anything to their menu. A lot of people already have their own variations of the menu items though, which makes it hard to get bored when ordering, says Carlisle.

If they have the ingredients, they will make it for you.

One very special menu item, the “Stinger Sandwich,” will be making its debut in the near future, said Carlisle. A contest to determine the ingredients of t h e s an dw i ch w a s recently held in the shop and on Facebook. The contest quickly gained popularity and the results will soon be announced to the public.

“We wanted the students at the university to feel

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Since opening in February, Carlisle's Coffee & Sandwiches on High Street has been fairly sucessful amongst college students and locals. at home with us, and we wanted the university to see that we are thankful for their continued support,” said Carlisle. “A clear winner emerged from the contest and we have been testing it and it’s amazing. It will probably be a finals week special announcement.”

Keep an eye out for the debut of the “Stinger Sandwich” – a tribute to Waynesburg University.

Carlisle could not believe the overwhelming support that the shop has received since opening back in February.

“People now feel very at home here and we feel like

we are a part of people’s lives,” Carlisle said. “I thought it would take longer for this to set in, but the customers have been so enthusiastic.”

Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday COFFEE >> B4

Dollar Tree moving to Walgreens location Empty Bowls to

help feed Greene County children

By JOE SMELTZER Staff Writer

The D ollar Tree in Waynesburg is changing location in the next few weeks.

The store, which is located on 55 Sugar Run Rd., is set to merge with t h e l o c a l Wa l g r e e n s Pharmacy.

The move is set to take place this year between the middle of April and the beginning of May doubling t he store’s current size.

According to Addy Snider, assistant manager of Dollar Tree, the upgrade in size will allow for a larger selection of items for shoppers.

“We’re going to have a lot more products,” said Snider. “There will be a frozen section, and a refrigerated section as well.”

The move, according to contractors, has been in the works for a couple of months now.

Snider said that she was notified of the move sometime around the end of January and the beginning of February.

The main reason behind Dollar Tree’s decision to move is to expand its business, as well as to add more items for the price of a dollar.

As for the challenges that come with the move, Snider said that she and her coworkers would not know the specifics of those hurdles until the transition comes to fruition; however, she expects the increase in

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Dollar Tree, which was originally located in the complex behind McDonald's, will now be in Walgreens' old location. According to Asst. Manager Addy Snider, this newer, bigger space will allow for a larger selection of goods.

items to be something that will take some time for the current staff—as well as their loyal customers—to grow into over a period of time.

“I know that we are going to carrying a lot more merchandise, so that will probably be one thing that we will have to get used to,” said Snider.

“We don’t have a freezer or a refrigeration section here, so once we get over DOLLAR >> B4

This Saturday, April 2, Waynesburg University B onner Scholars are partnering with the Community Foundation of Greene County to host an Empty Bowls event at the National Guard Readiness Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This Empty Bowls event is meant to raise awareness for childhood hunger in Greene County, as all money raised from the event will go towards the Weekend Food Program, which provides meals for students from the five surrounding Greene County school districts on the weekends. “[It is meant for] children who maybe just aren’t getting enough to eat at home or maybe there’s scarce resources, so that way they come back [to school] on Monday ready to go and they’re not sluggish and t he y ’re fo c us e d,” s aid Adrienne Thar p, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program.

The event is in its fourth year as a Bonner studentrun event, and this year, junior Kenny Knouse is taking charge of the event with help from seniors Amanda Groft and Sydney Green. The three Bonner Scholars have been focusing on different aspects of the event, with Knouse focusing

on gat her ing supp or t from local Waynesburg businesses, Groft working with the Washington area and Green covering the Uniontown area trying to gather as many donations of food and other items as they can.

“It’s definitely a lot of work,” said Thar p.

“[It is meant for] children who maybe just aren't getting enough to eat at home.”

ADRIENNE THARP

Coordinator, Bonner Scholar Program

“Students that are working on it are definitely learning a lot of real life skills. Event planning, working with the community, networking [and] leadership. They are leading their peers with this. They’re having to make calls and go out in the community asking for donations and support.”

A lot of planning has gone into the event, according to Groft and Green, who said that they feel like they have been preparing for this year’s Empty Bowls event since last year’s ended. For the BOWLS >> B4

Local VFW post celebrates Vietnam Veterans Day with event

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

During his presidency, Barack Obama designated March 29 to be known as “Vietnam Veterans Day,” the last time troops were sent to Vietnam in 1973.

To acknowledge the day this year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Post #4793 in Waynesburg hosted an event to remember those that fought and died in the Vietnam War. T he e ve nt w as hel d Wednesday, March 29, and

has been held for the past five years.

According to Rick Black, the senior vice commander of Post #4793, there were several veterans who spoke ab out t he war dur ing the event.

"We give the Vietnam War vets a chance to say whatever they want to say…then we encourage those who are not veterans to come honor Vietnam veterans,” said Black.

A meal was provided to those in attendance, as music bounced through the dining hall.

Post #4793 adopted the idea to celebrate Vietnam Veterans Day to honor those from Greene County who lost their lives in the war.

A veteran of the Navy himself, Black said he can tell during these events that it’s difficult for the men and women who severed in the war to talk about it, especially when surrounded by a room full of other veterans.

"It means a whole lot, especially for those who were on the ground,” said Black. “A lot of them have a problem with it now—it’s something

they don't like to talk about.”

Black said that during events like these, sometimes veterans who fought in any particular war will get too overwhelmed to even speak.

"We had a couple guys last year that got up there and started to talk about it and they just couldn't do it," said Black. "Everybody is different.”

This event for Vietnam Veterans isn’t the only thing Post #4793 has been up to.

For the past several months, Black has been able to reserve a traveling Vietnam

War memorial to remember the lives lost.

"You would be lucky to have one of these walls every ten or twelve years,” said Black.

The wall Black has provisioned is a three-fifths replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. It will coincidentally be coming to Waynesburg at a time when many former community members and veterans will be returning to the area.

"That particular weekend is Homecoming weekend for [Waynesburg University],"

said Black, "See, the thing is, there is a lot of alumni relatives and everything that will be coming to the game that were in Vietnam or had relatives in Vietnam."

According to Black, the wall was once in Washington County about ten years ago, but it has never made the trip to Greene County.

The memorial will be in Greene County from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2.

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We're prepared

Avoid worrying about the next step because we're ready Have you ever noticed how lower levels of an institution make claims that are generally incorrect about higher levels in that same institution?

That was a poor way of phrasing it, so how about an example?

When we were in elementary school, every teacher we had would claim the next grade was going to be grueling, the teachers were going to be tougher and we would have so much extra work to do. For the most part, we believed our teachers, and why wouldn’t we?

However, we would get to that next grade only to find out that our work was basically just building on what we had already done the year prior, and the teacher was still a sweetheart, minus a few rare exceptions.

The best scare tactics were seen in eighth grade when our middle school teachers were preparing us for the “rigors” of high school. Of course, high school can be tough, but still, the teachers there claimed that college is even tougher and the professors are mean and nobody cares about excuses or feelings.

Certainly, college is tough, at least if you’re doing college the correctly. However, in general, the professors are understanding, the workload can be strenuous but with more free time and once again, the actual coursework continues to build on what we already know.

The material begins at the most basic level, and as students progress, the work becomes of higher intensity, but it often doesn’t feel that way due to the nature of progression.

This was an extremely long-winded example, and I may have even lost myself, so I hope you’re still with me. The point is to not worry.

I have heard so many students worried about beginning an internship or job, and they’re worried that they aren’t prepared for what is beyond the campus at Waynesburg University.

From someone who has had the privilege of having two internships in consecutive summers, employers want to see their interns and employees succeed. Of course, just like the “bad” teachers that we all had at some point during our academic careers, there will be some bosses and supervisors who seem to enjoy making our lives miserable for no reason.

Remember, however, that all of us got through those teachers, which is why we’re in college, ready to take on challenges that the real world presents.

Education is a wonderful thing, and everyone at Waynesburg should be proud of the achievements they’ve made thus far. Just like we did in elementary school and high school, we need to trust that out professors and our experiences will give us the foundation for a successful career to build upon.

The stress and the worrying doesn’t get you anywhere besides your own head. We’ve come far in our success, and there’s no reason to believe it will stop any time soon.

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March 30, 2017

When I returned home for Fall Break my freshman year—after my longest stint away from home, about seven weeks—I didn’t realize how much I had missed home-cooked meals. Then my dad made steak for dinner.

I was sick for the rest of the night. And I was sick after every meal that week.

Looking back, I realized that for the past seven weeks, I hadn’t eaten meat—like at all. I had picked up a cut or two in the Traditions line in the cafeteria, saw the pink color, tasted the raw, uncooked flesh, and eventually learned to stop trying. Basically, when I got to college, I had accidentally become a vegetarian, and returning

home was a shock to my digestive system.

Now, since this experience, I have tried to make it a priority to eat some form of meat while I’m at school, but I think this demonstrates a larger issue facing students in their daily life.

I know I am not the first person to complain about the food here at Waynesburg University.

So, I don’t want to bore you with my daily laments about the lack of options, the nonsensical pricing or the complete disregard for quality. But, I will do it anyway.

I try to be understanding when it comes to Aladdin food services—they are feeding a lot of kids, and it is impossible to please everyone.

I get it; no big deal. But one thing I just can’t wrap my head around: when is it ever okay to serve raw chicken to hundreds of students?

I get it; accidents happen,

nobody is perfect.

But that particular accident has occurred to me about once a week since I came to Waynesburg, and I’m just a little bit tired of the nausea. It doesn’t seem like too much to ask of food services to fully cook the food we are paying a lot of dollars for.

That brings me to my next point: the price. On average, one meal in Benedum Dining Hall costs about $11 for a 14-meal plan based on quick and unofficial math—I’d say that’s decent, if you take advantage of the buffet style.

In that particular case, you can get as much food as you want/need for a relatively low price.

Now let’s talk about the Beehive.

For the same single $11 meal swipe, you get a comparably miniscule selection of food and you are only allowed about 3 items, with

much smaller portions than what is allowed in the cafeteria. This just does not make sense.

Not only that, but if you live in a dorm, as most students must, you don’t have a choice but to pay for a meal plan—it is in the university’s contract with Aladdin.

While it may make fiscal sense for the university to partner with food services in this capacity, it simply isn’t fair to students, who now have to pay for food that many will not—or cannot—even eat.

It completely takes away the students’ choice of how to spend a significant portion of their funds.

For the most part, I think Waynesburg University allocates our money very reasonably and transparently—and that is admirable, because not all universities are like this. But it all falls apart with this compulsory meal plan.

Believe it or not, millennials read a lot MATTHEW SHINKLE Columnist

I recently purchased two classics by George Orwell this past month to reread because I loved reading them back in high school for an English class I otherwise remember nothing else from.

Animal Farm provides a wonderful outlook on politics, while 1984 was actually a best seller on Amazon shortly after Donald Trump was named president-elect back in November of this

past year.

Go figure.

Reading is often considered a lost art nowadays with the prominence of television shows and movies providing a much more graphic way to experience stories – giving the viewers sight and sound that’s obviously unavailable in a book.

However, a book is much more personal. As the reader, you can experience the situations much differently than the previous person to have picked up that same book. Much more thrilling for fans of Stephen King and other such authors of the horror genre, for ex-

ample, the human mind can often be the scariest medium.

I digress.

Recently, when I would be reading Animal Farm in between classes over the past few days, I would need a third hand to count the number of times I would have the same exact interaction with friends who saw me reading the book.

“What class is that for?”

“It’s not for a class.”

They would often remain silent for a few moments, before then squinting their eyes and looking even more confused than before.

“Then why are you read-

ing?”

Believe it or not, multiple studies show that Millennials are the most well-read generation ever. This may be to contrary to popular belief, but according to the latest Pew Research Center survey, 18-29 year olds are the age group most likely to have read a book in any format over the past year, actually preferring printed books over e-books.

While it can be assumed that many read for a specific purpose, such as work or school, nearly as many agreed they read “for pleaBOOKS>> B3

Gorsuch should not get stolen Supreme seat The following is a Los Angeles Times editorial.

A decade ago, we urged the Senate to confirm John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court even though he was a conservative judge nominated by a conservative president and was likely to pull the court to the right for decades to come.

We backed him, despite our disagreements with his judicial philosophy, because we believe that presidents Democrats and Republicans alike are entitled to significant deference when they nominate justices to the high court, so long as the nominees are well qualified and scandal-free, respect precedent and fall within the broad mainstream of judicial thinking.

Under normal circumstances, that same reasoning would lead us to support the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch. Like Roberts, he is conservative but competent, with more than a decade of experience on the appellate bench and a “well qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. But these are not normal times.

Not after the outrageous obstruction of Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination for 10 full months by Senate Republicans. That debacle

began in March 2016, when President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate and well-respected appeals court judge, to fill the seat on the court that had become vacant with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Instead of doing what the Constitution requires and offering their advice and, if merited, their consent, Senate Republicans refused even to engage in the process.

They denied Garland a confirmation hearing and in many cases wouldn’t even meet with him _ on the hastily fabricated pretext that a president in his final year of office shouldn’t be allowed to name a new justice because ... well, it was never really clear what the supposed principle was behind this self-serving position.

They stonewalled the nomination until Obama was safely out of office and a Republican had won the election. And now, with Gorsuch subbed in for Garland, their cynical and dishonorable strategy is about to deliver its rewards.

Some people think it’s hyperbolic to suggest that the seat was “stolen.” But how else to describe it?

Republicans took the opportunity to fill the vacancy away from Barack Obama without justification and de-

livered it up instead to Donald Trump. Gorsuch could now tilt the balance on the increasingly polarized Supreme Court for the next 30 or more years, influencing rulings on free speech, gay and transgender rights, campaign finance, abortion and gun laws, among other subjects.

He may not be outside the mainstream of judicial thinking, but he is a textualist, an originalist and a likely ally of the court’s conservative justices.

The Republicans’ underhanded ploy to subvert the Garland nomination has put the Democrats in an untenable position. They can now do what would ordinarily be the right thing to do _ by going high after the Republicans went low.

They could grumble a little bit but then decline to filibuster, or they could even vote in favor of Gorsuch effectively

capitulating in the quixotic hope that an act of good faith would encourage the Republicans to behave more honorably in the future.

Alternately, they can go down kicking and screaming.

We say “go down” because no matter how hard they kick or how loud they scream, they seem unlikely to win this battle. The reality is that without filibustering, they don’t have the votes to defeat Gorsuch.

And if they do mount a filibuster, Senate Republicans can vote to do away with the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees entirely. Under either scenario, Gorsuch gets his job.

To be clear, Democrats and Republicans share the blame for the long roll down the slippery slope of polarization and dysfunction in the judicial selection process. (Some Democrats have even suggested GORSUCH >> B3

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Cheat Sheet: Ryan unable to muster GOP support for ACHA Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

Those who are concerned about such things have already learned the fate of the American Health Care Act. Without a single vote cast in support or dissent of the bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the legislation from the floor on Friday afternoon after realizing that the bill likely didn’t possess enough support to pass.

This was a momentous day in Washington D.C., conservative or liberal, as the repealing of Obamacare was one of the tenants of President Trump’s campaign.

However, with a vast majority of Congress held by the Republican party, it was the GOP who couldn’t get this bill to pass, which CNN notes as a demerit on Ryan’s political record.

“We came up short,” Ryan told reporters. “We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.”

Of course, the Democrats

Tribune News Service

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a Republican health care briefing on Tuesday, March 21, on Capitol Hill. Ryan is taking heat for failing to get his healthcare bill passed. did not want to vote for the bill that would repeal what many call the greatest domestic achievement of Obama’s presidency.

However, the members of the GOP who weren’t for the bill didn’t like it for numerous reasons, according to Politico.

The Freedom Caucus, which is a very conservative monetary body within Congress, fought against this legislation because it wasn’t conservative enough

for their liking.

In fact, North Carolina representative Mark Meadows said that he couldn’t vote for the bill because he promised his constituents something else.

“I promised the people of North Carolina’s 11th District that I would fight for a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act and a replacement with a market-driven approach that brings down costs and provides more choices for the American

people,” said Meadows.

With liberals and far-right conservatives not on board, Ryan called Trump and suggested that the votes weren’t there, and the wisest approach would be to remove the bill from the floor.

Trump went on the defensive following the withdrawal, and he blamed the Democrats for the bill not passing, even though it’s the Republicans who own both chambers of Congress.

“We had no Democratic

support,” said Trump. “They weren’t going to give us a single vote.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, member of the Democratic party, responded to the rescinded bill by taking a shot at the White House and all those involved in the writing and logistics of the AHCA. “In my life, I have never seen an administration as incompetent as the one occupying the White House today,” said Schumer, the

New York Democrat who spars often with Trump.

“Today we’ve learned they can’t count votes and they can’t close a deal. So much for the art of the deal.”

Despite the name calling and blame passed to both sides, Trump has called for bi-partisan support in the future to make legislation that works for everyone.

“Both parties can get together...and have a better bill,” said Trump. “Having bipartisan would be a big, big improvement.”

According to Fortune, a Quinnipiac Poll in late March discovered that a mere 17 percent of Americans were pleased with the provisions in the AHCA compared with the 36 percent of Americans who were pleased with the ACA in December of 2009. Obviously, health care is a major cause for concern for both parties, and it appears that many things still need to be figured out.

Now what?

According to CNN, the GOP is now looking beyond healthcare and will be focusing its efforts on tax reform, which by most accounts, will also not be a simple task.

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

1. WWII vet waits 70 years for Purple Heart Oscar Davis Jr. has waited 72 years for something he was told he would receive decades ago.

The 92-year-old veteran from North Carolina was finally awarded a Purple Heart that he earned during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. Davis received the award while surrounded by members of the 82nd Airborne Division, whom he served with in World War II. “He’s still one of us,” Capt.

Andrew Hammack told The Fayetteville Observer. “He’s just not currently reporting for duty.”

While in Belgium’s Ardennes forest back in 1944, Davis and his squad were being shelled by German forces when the young radio operator was knocked down by a piece of shrapnel. Davis, who was a private at the time, was protected by the radio on his back, but the German artillery barrage knocked down a tree that fell on him and paralyzed him from the waist down for three weeks.

Davis was told long ago, going back decades, that he would receive the Purple Heart, however the paperwork for the award was never signed, delaying the award being given to him for more than seven decades.

“This has been some day,” Davis told The Observer. “I couldn’t believe all this was going to happen. I just want to thank the Lord.”

- Fox News Mar. 26 2) Protests in Russia result in arrests Thousands of people poured into Moscow’s Pushkin Square this past Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian govern-

Tribune News Service

Opposition supporters participate in an anti-corruption rally in central Saint Petersburg on March 26. Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country on March 26 to protest at corruption. ment and corruption in what was a continuation of a series of demonstrations taking place throughout the country.

Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, leader of the movement against President Vladimir Putin, was arrested while walking from a subway station to the demonstration, according to Associated Press journalists.

The protests were the largest coordinated outpouring of civilians in such a manner since 2011-2012, when demonstrations took place after a parliamentary election. Thousands took place in these most recent protests all across the country.

The protests Sunday focused on reports by Navalny’s group claiming that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has amassed a collection of mansions, yachts and vineyards.

The alleged luxuries include a house for raising ducks, so many placards in Sunday’s protests showed mocking images of yellow duck toys.

“People are unhappy with the fact that there’s been no investigation of the corruption allegations,” said Mos-

cow protester Ivan Gronstein.

At least 40 people were confirmed to have been arrested during the protests.

- Fox News Mar. 26 3. Trump reverses climate regulations Environment Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Sunday that President Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that will undo the “Clean Power Plan,” formally put in place by the Obama administration to reduce carbon pollution from power plants to help fight climate change.

Pruitt challenged the plan during his time as Oklahoma’s attorney general, and believes the executive order will help put in place progrowth and pro-environment approaches to regulation in the future.

“We’ve made tremendous progress on our environment, and we can be both pro-jobs and pro-environment,” Pruitt told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.” “And the executive order’s going to address the past administration’s ef-

fort to kill jobs across this country through the Clean Power Plan.”

This original place was set in place by the EPA to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired and natural gas power plants.

The original goal was to reduce these greenhouse emissions by over 30% by 2030 – states would be required to meet specific carbon emission standards based on energy consumption.

While it was also considered an important way to follow the climate treaty signed in Paris in 2015, Pruitt has stated the order is not bound to the international agreement so they do not need to follow it.

“The Clean Power Plan is not tethered to ... the Paris Accords,” he told Stephanopoulos. “And so this is an effort to undo the unlawful approach the previous administration engaged in, and to do it right going forward with the mindset of being pro-growth and proenvironment. And we can achieve both.”

- CNN Mar. 26

4. Cincinnati shooting leaves one dead Shor tly after 1 a.m.

Sunday, the Cameo Night Club was in chaos as a man with a gun killed one and injured approximately 15 others.

Those entering the club were searched for hidden weapons by electronic wands before being let in, however a witness told CNN affiliate WLWT that he still heard around 20 gunshots in the club.

“It was just a lot of chaos, obviously, when the shots went off,” Cincinnati Police Department Capt.

Kimberly Williams said.

“People (were) just trying to get out of harm’s way.”

Cameo has a history of violent incidents, WLWT reported.

“We are aware of it. It (the club) has had some challenges in the past,” Neudigate said.

Multiple assaults were reported at Cameo from 2014 to 2016, affiliate WXIX reported. Police say several people were able to sneak guns into the club and are suspect to believe that possibly more than one person was involved in the shooting.

They also believe the events could have stemmed from an altercation earlier that day.

Police also clarified that the shooting was not related to terrorism.

One patient was treated for a gunshot wound and released from Anderson Hospital, said Nanette Bentley, hospital spokeswoman.

Another person walked into West Hospital with a non-gunshot injury and was treated and released, Bentley said.

In Cincinnati alone, there have been at least nine since 2013.

The most recent was Februar y 28, when six people were shot at an

apartment building in the Northside neighborhood.

- CNN Mar. 26

5. More states pushing for internet privacy The federal government is currently in the midst of rolling back regulations that limit access to consumers’ online data.

The Senate recently approved the rollback about a week ago, and the House is expected to follow suit this week. However, states are fighting back.

Illinois legislators are considering a “right to know” bill that would let consumers know what information and data is being collected by companies, and also make them aware of what kinds of businesses they share such information with as well. European consumes already have this right, yet privacy advocates in the United States are still fighting for this regulation.

Illinois is not the only state where state legislators are disagreeing with the positon of the federal government, as California and Connecticut recently updated their laws that restrict government access to online communications, with New Mexico expected to follow later this year.

Last year, Nebraska and West Virginia passed laws limiting how companies can monitor employees’ social media accounts.

“More and more, states have taken the position that, if Congress is not willing or able to enact strong privacy laws, their legislatures will no longer sit on their hands,” said Chad Marlow, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union.

- New York Times Mar. 26 Information curated by Matthew Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket

Gorsuch: It's not GOP's seat to give Books: Try reading at your own pace Continued from B2

in the past that presidents shouldn’t fill Supreme Court seats in election years.) And as that selection process has become increasingly politicized, the court itself has become more ideologically riven as well. Although there are differences between Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, for example, on some important First Amendment issues, it’s also true that in recent years,

justices appointed by Democratic presidents have tended to vote for “liberal” outcomes and justices appointed by Republicans for “conservative” outcomes. That polarization is a bad trend.

The judicial system works best when justices are neither rigidly ideological nor biased along partisan lines.

To get there, we need a less highly politicized selection process, along with a measure of cooperation, compromise and civility in Congress.

For the moment, though, it is imperative to remind the world of what the GOP did.

By all means, let’s hear a cri de coeur from the Democrats, even if it is in vain. The Republican misuse of power took partisan obstructionism to an extraordinary new level and must not be ignored now as if it never happened.

President Obama’s nominee was robbed of his right to a hearing, and the Senate Democrats have no obligation to be complicit in the theft.

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sure” or “to keep up with current events.”

In essence, don’t knock reading – a majority of your peers probably do it.

I’ll be the first to say that the reason for those whom hate reading probably feel that way because they were simply not interested in the required reading for school.

To suggest another, being forced to read for a class is

actually the worst.

Half the experience is reading at your own pace and having enough time to digest and think about what happened in that chapter.

Whether it be fiction, nonfiction or an educational book, moving at your own pace dictates how much you will enjoy the book.

If you pick a book you are truly interested in, it will be thrilling to get into the pages, following your favorite character, and see-

ing how they traverse the storyline.

Most importantly for me though, as someone who is writing a book, I love to search for the hidden meanings and small moments the author leaves for only the most observant of sleuths. Rather than binging that new series on Netflix this weekend, try going to the library and picking an interesting book for yourself. You can thank me later.

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Local blood bank Carlisle's: Shop to extend hours for finals week holding drive to help local hospitals Continued from B1

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

There is no substitute for human blood, said Taitia Shelow, marketing specialist at Central Blood Bank. The same statement is repeated all over the organization's website: "Despite miraculous advancements in medicine, there is no substitute for human blood."

Central Blood Bank is hosting a blood drive today, March 30, at its location in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Shelow said that donors at these events are imperative for all of the areaís hospitals and the wellbeing of patients as medical facilities rely on a stable blood supply, mainly provided by donors during blood donor events. " You r d on at i ons d o stay in the area," she said, explaining that Central Blood Bank is responsible with providing a lot of the blood products distributed to hospitals across the Pittsburgh region.

C entral Blo o d B ank has 22 community donor centers, as well as several mobile sites across western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Shelow said Central Blood Bank has become an institution in the area, and is dedicating to helping the medical community.

"We've been around a long time, and we provide blood products to hospitals in the area," said Shelow.

"And we just have a strong reputation for what we do.

We've been doing it a long time, and I know we have a great staff that does their best to make everybody feel comfortable and make it as easy an experience as possible."

But Shelow said that what Central Blood Bank does would be irrelevant if not for the donations that make everything possible.

"We just help facilitate it," she said. "It's really the donors who are the ones giving. That's why we appreciate each and every donor; every school and college and workplace [that comes out]."

According to the organization's website, "Central Blood Bank must see 500 donors each day to ensure an adequate blood supply for area patients in need of transfusions."

Shelow said that ever y single one of those donations makes a monumental difference.

"We tell people a lot-and we say it a lot because it ' s i mp or t a nt - - b l o o d donation saves lives," said Shelow. "One 15-minute donation can save up to three peopleís lives. Every two seconds, someone loses blood."

According to Shelow, every patient who receives a blood donation most likely in dire need of that donation.

[Donors] are directly having an impact and they are people in the area; they should know the real value of their donations."

At t he blo o d dr ive, and any other day by appointment, volunteers have the option of donating blood, or donating just platelets.

Shelow said either option has enormous benefit to recipients.

"A lot of cancer patients need platelets to keep them healthy enough to continue with chemotherapy," said Shelow. "People can do strictly platelet donation. It takes a little bit longer, but itís extremely helpful."

For Shelow, working at Central Blood Bank gives her a whole new appreciation for the giving nature of people, and it's a rewarding experience just to see it.

"It's given me the utmost respect for people who donate," she said. "It's a really selfless act. They are giving their time, whether it is 15 minutes or 2 hours [for a platelet donation] and itís really impacting someone's life."

For the blood drive occurring today, Shelow hopes the public considers that impact. " [ Pat i e nt s ] may not be able to thank donors p e r s o n a l l y, b u t t h e y are very appreciative of the donation."

Dollar: New location expected to bring more customers, jobs to area Continued from B1

there, we’re going to figure out how the setup is and all that stuff.”

As for the benefits of the move, Snider says she is hopeful that multiple different business aspects will tremendously improve within the next few months of the new location.

“It’s definitely going to bring in more clientele,” said Snider. “We will have more products. It is going to be a bigger store.

That will probably be the biggest impact, and it will also bring in more jobs as well, because since we are expanding, we are going to need more staff, so that helps out the community.”

Overall, Snider is eager for the move, yet concerned at the same time, as some questions remain unanswered as they start to move.

“It’s kind of everything wrapped up into one,” Snider said. “It’s exciting that we’re moving to the new building and that we’re going to carry all of these new products. But at the same time, it’s a little scary because we don’t know how many more

through Thursday. On Fridays the shop is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. with live music between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The shop is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Finals week for Waynesburg University students begins on Monday, April 24, and Carlisle knows that it’s a hectic and stressful time for everyone involved.

C a r l i s l e’s w i l l b e extending its hours and staying open until 11 p.m. that week for university students only.

“It’s possible that we are the only ones excited about finals week,” Carlisle said. “Brewed coffee on the house and we will have limited menu options available.

Study, hang out, relax.

Please have your IDs with you if you stop after hours – we want to keep everyone safe.”

The owners of Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches are pleased and grateful of the continued support

Kyla Wolper, Yellow Jacket

Carlisle's has aimed to keep an open menu and plans to add more items to satisfy customers. Shop owner Caitlin Carlisle said until then, if customers want something they don't have that's not on the menu, they'll try their best to make it. from the Waynesburg community.

C arl isl e’s is on t he lookout for some “new, awesome things” to add to

the walls inside the shop, said Carlisle.

Those artists looking to leave an impact on their college town before

graduating now have an opportunity to do so.

For more information, contact Carlisle's at 724833-9430.

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students, the fall semester is a lot of logistical work, while the spring semester really kick starts the planning aspect of the event. “[At the] very beginning of this semester, I sent out additional thank-you letters to everyone who donated and played a part in last year’s [event] and told them about how well we did and asked if they were interested in donating again,” said Groft. “Then a month later, I started going to businesses face to face asking if they’d be interested in donating, and then a week or two later we started handing out fliers.”

At the event, many local businesses, including 5 Kidz Kandy, Hot Rods, Carlisle’s and others will contribute donations in some way, shape or form. There will be food and drinks readily

available for those attending the event, including soup, bread, cookies, cake, coffee and many other items, there will be Chinese and silent auctions and everyone who is there will get their own personal ceramic bowl, which is meant to symbolize the idea of hunger in the community, according to Tharp.

Additionally, local artist Jennifer Adamson will make ceramic bowls of her own to donate to the event. There are many people from the area that will donate canned goods and artistic pieces to the event, according to Groft.

Aladdin, Waynesburg University’s food service prov ider w i l l a ls o b e contributing the Empty Bowls.

As the event continues to grow each year, the Bonner students are looking forward to see how much growth the event will have

made from last year.

“I’m hoping for as good if not better than last year,” said Green. “We had about 220 people come last year.

We raised a little over $6,000. I would really like to do that or better this year.”

Green added that she really enjoys how the event allows her to make a difference on those children that have not been as fortunate and don’t have the same privileges that people often overlook.

“I never really experienced hunger as a kid, so I feel like nobody else should have to, and I kind of feel like I’m helping to contribute to that,” said Green. “I feel like we should help at least the kids in our communities because they’re going to be our next generation.”

For those interested in participating and contributing to the Empty Bowls event, tickets can

be purchased prior to this Saturday at the Center for Service Leadership on the first floor of Stover for $15, or they can be purchased at the event for $20.

Anyone lo oking for more information about the Empty Bowls event can follow the Facebook and Instagram accounts for the event, or reach out to Knouse at kno1566@ student.waynesburg.edu.

“One of my favorite things with service is focusing on hunger awareness. It’s always just something I’ve be called to,” said Groft. “So what I get out of it is knowing that the work I’m doing is directly benefitting those kids and the work from the event is raising awareness so the community is completely involved in it and we also help out local businesses which is really important to Greene County. And our leftovers help local soup kitchens, so it just cycles.”

VFW: Vietnam wall memorial coming in Sept.

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for the VFW, Black said it was not an easy or short process

to find a time to get the wall.

"It takes three, four, five or six months,” said Black.

“You have to get after them.

It's tough to get on it, and it's

costly.”

Because of the cost, Black also said their VFW post is open to any monetary donations.

To make a donation to VFW Post #4793 to go towards the Vietnam wall or similar causes, contact Post #4793 at 724-627-3720.

customers we’re going to get, and are we going to have the right products in the store? How’s our setup going to be? Is the layout going to be OK?”

“We will have more products. It is going to be a bigger store.

That will probably be the biggest impact."

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WHATEVER YOU DO

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With the store now changing buildings, there is some sentimentality surrounding the move.

According to Snider, feelings have been split among members of the community.

“It’s kind of been a mixed reaction that we’ve gotten from customers,” she said. “Some people are really excited that we’re moving, and some people are like, ‘Oh no, you guys are perfect the way you are, But I think, for the most part, it’s exciting.”

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University centers search for football head coach around mission

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Following Rick Shepas’ retirement three weeks ago, Waynesburg University is searching for a new head football coach.

Shepas, who spent 12 years at Waynesburg and is the school’s all-time leader in wins, retired for a multi-

tude of reasons, including his health and age.

The Rev. Jim Tinnemeyer, vice president of Student Services and head of the head football coach search committee, said the university wants the search to be based around the university’s mission.

“The major thing would be that we’re really looking for

Defense lets pitching down in doubleheader against NAIA school

By CHACE JOHNSTON

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University softball team welcomed an NAIA member, Carlow University, to town Monday, March 27, for a doubleheader.

The Yellow Jackets dropped the first game 7-3 and tied the Celtics 4-4 in the second game.

In the first game, senior Lyndi Gareis started in the circle for Waynesburg, facing Carlow pitcher Madison Miller.

The Celtics jumped out to a 7-1 lead going into the bottom of the sixth inning before sophomore infielder Keri Renzler tried to mount a comeback when she drove in a run in the sixth, before a double steal produced the game’s last run in the seventh.

Head coach Richele Hall said

Carlow’s offense had no troubles picking up the ball in the beginning of the game.

“In the first three innings, they hit our pitcher pretty hard,” Hall said. “We made a few defensive miscues, but after that, we didn’t give up a run until the sixth inning.”

For the Jackets, the problem was primarily defensive, with four errors playing a major role for the team’s defeat.

Gareis, who gave up seven runs, five unearned, would pick up the loss in the game, after allowing 10 hits and walking two.

Offensively, Renzler and sophomore outfielder Cat Allstatt contributed the most for the Yellow Jackets. Renzler went 2-for-3 from the plate and drove in a runner. Allstatt managed to go 3-for-4 as well SOFTBALL >> C3

Women's track & field places second in first outdoor meet of season

By TY MCELIECE

For the Yellow Jacket

In what head coach Jason Falvo called a solid meet and a good start to the outdoor portion of the season, the women’s outdoor track and field team started its outdoor season with a second-place finish at the Carnegie Mellon Mini Invitational on Saturday, March 25.

Junior Marla Holland competed in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes for the Yellow Jackets and placed fourth in both events at the invite. In the 100-meter, Holland posted a team-best time of 13.4 seconds, and in the 200, she had a time of 28.2 seconds. Sophomore Cassidy Guiser had a third-place finish in the 400-meter with a time of

1:03.3, as well.

The team had many standout performances in the distance events. Freshman Katie Thompson took fourth in the 800-meter with a time of 2:25.7. Junior Angie Marchetti nabbed third in the 1,500-meter for the Yellow Jackets in the first outdoor meet of the season.

The Jackets dominated the 5,000-meter run.

Senior Emily Latimer, junior Julie Gerber and sophomore Teghan Simonton placed second, third and fourth, respectively. Latimer had a time of 18:35.4, Gerber posted a time of 18:35.4 and Simonton rounded it out with a time of 18:57.1. In Simonton’s perforWT&F >> C2

someone who fits the mission at our school, who we are as a Division III school and a Christian university,” Tinnemeyer said. “Having that kind of fit with both the kind of experience and the sport at that level, and how the individual would be a good fit for the Christian mission for the school.”

Tinnemeyer said there

h ave b e e n a “ h e a lt hy amount” of applications and that the search is a national search.

“The search is national; we’ve put in some advertisements through the NCAA, so we’ve had a lot of interest from folks from all over,” Tinnemeyer said. “So we’re now at the stage, as you would in any other pro-

cess of hiring in higher Ed, where you do the advertisement, which we’ve done, and then you get to look at the resumes. That’s where we’re at now, is looking at the candidates that have made an application and now we’re looking at who we want to talk to.”

While the search is national, that doesn’t mean the

committee won’t look internally to fill the position, if a current Waynesburg coach applies, Tinnemeyer said.

“We are looking at any and all candidates who make applications,” Tinnemeyer said.

“We’re obviously reviewing anything we get. What I mean by ‘national search’ is COACH >> C3

Lawrence's potent bat leads softball Sophomore leads team in nearly every offensive stat

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

When Alex Lawrence was looking at where she wanted to go to school as a senior in high school, the initial decision was pretty easy for her.

“I was actually sold on St. Vincent,” Lawrence said.

The current Waynesburg University sophomore first baseman on the softball team wasn’t even planning on coming to Waynesburg initially, but after some more talks with the coach at St. Vincent, she realized her opportunity to play might not be as good there. Without the guarantee of a roster spot, Lawrence looked elsewhere and had a connection with head coach Richele Hall at Waynesburg, having played for her in the summer previously for the Pittsburgh Lady Roadrunners.

“Well, I’m going to go to a school where I know that I’m going to play, because I’m not going to risk not playing in college,” Lawrence remembers thinking when deciding where to go to school.

She decided going to a school where she knows she can play on would be best for her.

Hall, knowing the type of player Lawrence was, made it a priority to try and convince her to come to Waynesburg University to play softball.

“I kept in touch, got the job at Waynesburg and reached out to her [in her] senior year,” said Hall. “I wanted to bring her in. I knew she would be able to help us [immediately]. It ended up working out that she came to Waynesburg and wanted to play softball, so I am glad I kept the contact open [with Lawrence].”

Now, as a sophomore, Lawrence is not just the best hitter on Waynesburg’s softball team, but statistically one of the best hitters in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Lawrence, who is an art major with a minor in marketing, came to Waynesburg from Chartiers Valley High School, roughly 40 minutes north of Waynesburg University in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. She played softball three out of her four years in

Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Sophomore Alex Lawrence, pictured here in a game last season, ranks near the top in the PAC in several offensive categories. high school, noting that she took her junior year off to focus on her work in school. She said that Waynesburg stood out to her because it had the major she wanted and the school itself felt secure.

“I came and I met [Andrew]

“She is the one I want to be up at the plate. She is a gamer."

RICHELE HALL

Head coach

Heisey, [assistant professor of art], and I toured the school and it just felt comfortable here,” said Lawrence.

“St. Vincent was OK. I thought it was a little intimidating. It’s more laid back and comfortable here.”

Heading into her freshman year,

she said the softball team acted as a second family for her and helped ease her into college life. As she headed into her freshman softball campaign in the spring last year, she had earned the trust of Hall by becoming the starting first baseman before they even played a game.

“I expected her to make an impact initially, [but she] needed to earn a position [and] outperform upperclassmen. I’m not shocked that she earned [that] starting position,” Hall said. “She is dedicated, [giving] 110-percent when she is there. She was leaps and bounds above other options at first base and she proved herself with her bat…She came in and earned it, and I’m happy that she did.”

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Baseball takes two of three in conference-opening series

By ANTONIO PELULLO and KYLE DAWSON Staff Report

Shon Meade, Yellow Jacket

Tyler Reis, pictured here in a game earlier this season, hit two home runs in the series against Westminster.

Waynesburg University’s baseball team started its Presidents’ Athletic Conference portion of the schedule against Westminster over the weekend, winning two out of three games to open conference play 2-1.

The Jackets lost the nineinning game against the Titans Friday, March 24, by a final of 2-0, before sweeping the doubleheader in the series by scores of 11-8 and 10-3 on the road at Westminster College Saturday.

“Our objective in every conference series should be to win two out of three,” said head coach Mike Humiston.

“Being able to do that is important and we were able to do that with two wins [Saturday].”

After Friday’s 2-0 loss at the hands of the Titans, Humiston thought his team overlooked Westminster.

Entering action Friday, Waynesburg’s senior class had never lost to Westminster and had outscored the Titans 98-28 in nine games over the course of three seasons.

“We swept them last year so I think our guys probably thought ‘same old Westminster,’ but we’ve been saying for the last few days we needed to be ready to play,” said Humiston. “We knew they weren’t as bad as last year. The law of averages had to catch up to us at some point, but it shouldn’t have been today. We didn’t do what we had to do to win.”

The first inning was the undoing for the Jackets Friday, as senior pitcher Luke Carter walked the leadoff hitter.

Westminster freshman in-

fielder Jarret Johnson then hit a ground ball towards second base. Waynesburg sophomore second baseman Tyler Reis bobbled the ground ball, allowing both runners to be safe.

After a bases-loading single, cleanup hitter and sophomore designated hitter Michael Douds singled, scoring both of Westminster’s runs in the 2-0 final.

Carter surrendered just two hits the rest of the way.

“He pitched pretty well [after he settled down,]” said Humiston. “It’s difficult to pitch, and credit him for doing so, when that little guy in the back of your head is saying ‘I’m going to get this loss because nobody is hitting.’

His teammates didn’t help him out today and that’s unfortunate because he pitched well.”

Humiston said the differ-

ence was Waynesburg not hitting.

The Jackets had just four hits and were held hitless by Westminster junior starting pitcher Joseph Salmen through five and two-thirds innings before sophomore right fielder Eli Kucherawy broke up the no-hit bid.

Salmen, with the complete game shutout, has now pitched 18 innings on the season in two complete games and has given up just one earned run. He has given up three total runs and struck out 17 opposing hitters.

It was just the fourth time under Mike Humiston that Waynesburg was shut out in a nine-inning game. The last time it happened was March 13, 2013, when the Jackets fell to Ripon College in Florida, 14-0. Westminster

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March 30, 2017 COMMENTARY

Throwers lead men's track to 3rd-place finish WU baseball position battles don't add up

By TY MCELIECE

For the Yellow Jacket

In the first meet of the outdoor season, the men’s track & field team took third at the Carnegie Mellon Mini Invitational.

According to head coach Jason Falvo, it was a disappointing performance.

“It was an underwhelming performance,” said Falvo. “We are a better team than what we showed.”

Junior Mark Minjock competed in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. In the 100, Minjock placed third with a time of 11.4 seconds. In the 200-meter, he took second with a time of 23.1 seconds.

Although Minjock said his form isn’t where he wants it to be, he is feeling good switching between the indoor and outdoor season.

“Coming off a good indoor season, I have not skipped a beat," Minjock said. "My form wasn’t at its best, but as the season goes on I will continue to get more comfortable and continue to improve and greatly cut down my times."

Freshman Mike Trax followed up his incredible indoor season with a strong start to the outdoor season as well.

Trax finished second in the high jump clearing 1.7 meters – just two inches shorter than the winner.

Trax also took second in the long jump. His best jump of the day was measured at 6.3 meters.

Senior James Steele then took third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.

Steele had a jump of 6.1 meters in the long, and in the triple jump, his best jump was at 12.6 meters.

Several Yellow Jacket throwers placed in the top four of their respective field events at the meet.

Senior Brandon VanTine took fourth in the shot put with a mark of 13.4 meters.

Freshman Vinny Giordano and senior Aniellio DeStefano finished third and fourth, respectively, in the discus. Giordano had a throw of 38.3 meters, while DeStefano’s throw was 37.8 meters.

To round out the throwers, freshman Ryan Brownfield

KYLE DAWSON Columnist

Teghan Simonton, Yellow Jacket

Freshman Ryan Brownfield placed third at the CMU Invitational with a javelin throw of 49.6 meters. took home a third-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 49.6 meters.

After the first official meet of the outdoor season, Falvo said it is time for the team to determine just how motivated they are.

“We need to figure out how

bad we want it,” said Falvo.

The Yellow Jackets finished behind host Carnegie Mellon and Allegheny to take third at the invite.

Waynesburg’s next meet is set for Saturday, April 1, when it travels to Bethany for the Bethany Invitational.

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mance, she beat out her previous record, which Falvo said was impressive.

“Simonton ran the best I have ever seen her run, crushing her previous best record by 12 seconds,” said Falvo.

The women’s 4x400-meter relay team, which consisted of Guiser, Thompson, junior Elinore Loch and freshman Taylor Clarkson, placed second Saturday, crossing the line at 4:19.

Junior Addy Knetzer destroyed her competition in the shot put as well.

Her best throw of 12.66 meters bested the second-place finisher by almost a meter; the throw also broke the meet’s record.

Knetzer took third in the discus as well, with a toss of 34.8 meters. At the time, Knetzer said she did not realize she broke the record.

“It was a lot of fun throwing against girls from [Pittsburgh] and Duquesne even though they were unattached,” said

Knetzer. “I actually got to throw against the same girl who beat me in high school and took first at states. Facing her again and watching them throw pushed me to step up my game."

Although she broke the record, Knetzer said she still saw room for improvement. “[I’m] okay with this performance as a starting point,” said Knetzer. “It’s not about the first place and breaking records to me; it is about doing my personal best, and I think I am capable of more than [the

performance] Saturday.”

Freshman Carli Polczynski had a solid debut in the javelin for the Yellow Jackets. She won the event with a mark of 35.83 meters. She also took second in the discus, with her best throw being 24.4 meters.

Freshman Ashley Hall had a third-place finish in the hammer toss, with her best going 28.5 meters.

Next on the schedule for the Yellow Jackets, the team will travel to Bethany on Saturday, April 1, for the Bethany Invitational.

With every sports team comes position battles. Every team has them, even at Waynesburg. We've seen them this year and will for years to come.

Even with the fact the baseball team is off to its best start since the senior class arrived at Waynesburg, the team is dealing with position battles of its own.

There are several, including an outfielder position and some pitching spots, but the two that stand out the most involve a senior and a freshman. Those two are at third base and catcher.

At third base, the battle involves senior Cam Bernhardt and freshman Justin Buberl.

At catcher, senior Ben Miller and freshman John Przybylinski are the two jousting for playing time.

At third base, head coach Mike Humiston has gone with Bernhardt for the majority of the early season. As of March 28, Bernhardt has eight hits in 38 at bats, including a double, a home run and 10 RBIs. Buberl has six hits in 20 at bats including a double and a run batted in.

Both players sport a .333 on-base percentage.

As a senior, Bernhardt has the trust of the coaching staff to perform at a high level and is being afforded the opportunity to do so, as he should.

It’s not uncommon for Humiston, and good teams at that, to trust their seniors.

After solid junior seasons and very slow starts to their

senior years, Ben Shorthouse, Eric Crum and Neal Yakopin were afforded the opportunity to continue to play through slumps and perform how the coaches knew they could. Affording them that chance paid off with a playoff run by the Jackets. That was just two seasons ago. Crum and Yakopin both struggled mightily at the plate, while it took an incredible, late-season surge to get Shorthouse to where he ended up statistically.

This year, Humiston has, so far, trusted Bernhardt and other seniors despite their respective slow starts to the season in their final year with the program.

The career trajectories of Bernhardt and Miller are all but identical. Miller played his freshman season at Susquehanna University and had three hits in 16 at bats, while Bernhardt was hitless in five freshman-year at bats for the Jackets.

Both Bernhardt and Miller had stellar sophomore years that exceeded expectations.

Bernhardt had an on-base percentage of .465, hit three home runs and drove in 24 runs. He was walked 23 times and hit by 10 pitches. Miller hit six home runs in 78 at bats, an average of a home run every 13 at bats, while splitting time with thenjunior catcher Tyler Rubasky.

Junior year was horrendous for both players.

This season, both have had rough starts.

Despite the two having similar track records, Bernhardt is still the starter, while Miller is now locked in a battle with Przybylinski.

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PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP BASEBALL STANDINGS

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

SOFTBALL Conf. Overall 3-0 6-7 2-0 7-3 2-1 9-4 2-1 7-7 1-2 5-9 1-2 4-10 0-0 7-5 0-2 5-7-1 0-3 6-11

Saturday’s Box Score

ELMHURST 7, WASH & JEFF 3 Waynesburg 232 003 0 10 Westminster 010 100 1 3

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, March 24 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5, Wash & Jeff 4; Westminster 2, Waynesburg 0 Saturday, March 25 Waynesburg 11, Westminster 8 (Game 1); Grove City 9, Geneva 8; Grove City 13, Geneva 0 (Game 1); Thomas More 4, Saint Vincent 3 (Game 1); Grove City 7, Geneva 2 (Game 2); Saint Vincent 5, Thomas More 4 (Game 2); Waynesburg 10, Westminster 3 (Game 2); Sunday, March 26 Thomas More 18, Saint Vincent 4

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, March 31 Geneva at Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City - 4 p.m.; Bethany at Westminster - 4 p.m.; Waynesburg at Wash & Jeff - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 1 Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Grove City at Thiel (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Geneva (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Bethany (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg (Game 2) - 3:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Geneva (Game 2) - 3:30 p.m.; Westminster at Bethany (Game 2) - 3:30 p.m.; Grove City at Thiel (Game 2) - 3:30 p.m.

STANDINGS

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

Conf. Overall 0-0 10-6 0-0 10-6 0-0 7-5 0-0 8-6 0-0 7-7 0-0 6-10 0-0 5-9 0-0 4-9-1 0-0 3-10 0-0 1-8

Monday’s Box Score

WAYNESBURG 4, CARLOW 4 Carlow 100 000 3 4 Waynesburg 100 030 0 4

WINS: 14 different players all tied with 14 wins ERA: Salmen, 0.50, WES; Malone, 1.21, SVC; Eliadis, 1.33, TMC

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WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

WOMEN STANDINGS

CARNEGIE MELLON MINI INVITATIONAL

CARNEGIE MELLON MINI INVITATIONAL

100 Meter: 1. Ajai Brooks, 12.71, Denison; 2. Chenix Yuan, 13.26, Carnegie Mellon; 6. Caitlin Brooks, 13.60, Waynesburg

100 Meter: 1. Andre Bryan, 11.28, Allegheny; 2. Allen Baugh, 11.35, Allegheny; 3. Mark Minjock, 11.45, Waynesburg

200 Meter: 1. Debarati Bhanja, 27.33, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Jerilyn James, 27.46, Carnegie Mellon; 4.

Marla Holland, 28.20, Waynesburg

200 Meter: 1. Allen Baugh, 22.84, Allegheny; 2. Mark Minjock, 23.13, Waynesburg

Conf. Overall Transylvania 1-0 6-1 Wash & Jeff 1-0 1-4 Saint Vincent 0-0 3-2 Franklin 0-0 1-1 Westminster 0-0 0-0 Thomas More 0-0 0-3 Mount St. Joseph 0-0 0-4 Thiel 0-0 0-4 Hanover 0-1 3-4 Waynesburg 0-1 0-5 Saturday’s Box Score

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, March 24 Carlow 7, Chatham 6 (Game 1) - 3 p.m.; PittGreensburg 11, Waynesburg 0 (Game 1) - 3 p.m.; Carlow 3, Chatham 2 (Game 2) - 5 p.m.; Waynesburg 11, Pitt-Greensburg 1 (Game 2) - 5 p.m.

BRYN ATHYN 15, WAYNESBURG 3 Waynesburg 1 2 3 Bryn Athyn 13 2 15

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, March 24 Penn State-Abington 20, Waynesburg 4; Trine 11, Mount St. Joseph 8

Saturday, March 25 Wittenberg 6, Thomas More 1 (Game 1; Westminster 4, Pitt-Bradford 1 (Game 1).; Grove City 4, Mount Aloysius 0 (Game 1); Franciscan 2, Waynesburg 1 (Game 1); Thiel 9, La Roche 4 (Game 1); Saint Vincent 9, Juniata 3 (Game 1); Thomas More 3, Wittenberg 1 (Game 2); Pitt-Bradford 9, Westminster 2 (Game 2); Waynesburg 15, Franciscan 14 (Game 2); Juniata 5, Saint Vincent 4 (Game 2); La Roche 5, Thiel 3 (Game 2); Mount Aloysius 2, Grove City 1 (Game 2)

Saturday, March 25 Bryn Athyn 15, Waynesburg 3

UPCOMING GAMES

Sunday, April 2 Westminster at Thomas More - 11 a.m.; Chatham at Mount St. Joseph - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Transylvania - 1 p.m.; Trine at Franklin - 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 1 Thomas More at Saint Vincent (Game 1) - 12 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Chatham (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Geneva (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Bethany (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Thomas More at Saint Vincent (Game 2) - 2 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City (Game 2) - 3 p.m.; Waynesburg at Chatham (Game 2) - 3 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Bethany (Game 2) - 3 p.m.; Westminster at Geneva (Game 2) - 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 2 Thiel at John Carroll - 1 p.m.; Thomas More at Marietta - 1 Sunday, April 2 Wash & Jeff at Marietta (Game 1) - 1 p.m.; Westminster p.m. at Allegheny (Game 1) - 2 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Marietta (Game 2) - 3 p.m.; Westminster at Allegheny (Game PAC BASEBALL LEADERS @) - 4 p.m.

Batting AVG: Salem, .488, WES; Laumann, .455, TMC; Patrice, .455, THI RBI: Lawrence, 19, TMC; Martin, 17, SVC; Beighley, 17, GEN

LACROSSE (ORLC)

PAC SOFTBALL LEADERS

Batting AVG: Sainato, .528, GEN; Gostomoski, .500, SVC; Faice, .476, THI RBI: Farkosovsky, 24, GEN; Noel, 13, SVC; Dickerson, 12, TMC WINS: Farkosovsky, 8, GEN; Emert, 5, SVC; Weiss, 5, BET ERA: Aughton, 0.98, GRO; Wooton, 1.23, GRO; Emert, 1.60, SVC

Sunday, March 26 Albion 18, Franklin 6

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, April 1 Saint Vincent at Thomas More - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Mount St. Joseph - 4 p.m.; Westminster at Hanover - 4 p.m.

MEN STANDINGS

Wash & Jeff Thiel Westminster Transylvania Mount St. Joseph Saint Vincent Bethany Hanover

Conf. Overall 2-0 3-6 1-0 6-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 4-3 1-1 1-7 0-1 1-5 0-2 3-5 0-2 1-8

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, March 25 Westminster 14, Mount St. Joseph 8; Thiel 11, Hanover 10; Wash & Jeff 17, Bethany 4; Saint Vincent 10, Wabash 6

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, April 1 Saint Vincent at Mount St. Joseph - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Transylvania - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Hanover - 1 p.m.

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

400 Meter: 1. Sarah Cook, 57.55, Carnegie Mellon; 2.

Suki Almeida, 1:02.46, Franciscan; 3. Cassidy Guiser, 1:03.31, Waynesburg 800 Meter: 1. Rose Ciriello, 2:21.29, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Ariel Tian, 2:23.66, Carnegie Mellon; 4. Kathryn Thompson, 2:25.71, Waynesburg 1500 Meter Run: 1. Erin Persson, 4:47.97, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Rachel Reolfim 4:57.92, Carnegie Mellon; 3. Angie Marchetti, 5:00.37, Waynesburg 5,000 Meter: 1. Aparna Alavilli, 18:12.68, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Emily Latimer, 18:35.46, Waynesburg 100 Meter Hurdle: 1. Leah Kendrick, 15.74, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Sommer Farber, 16.82, Carngie Mellon; 400 Meter Hurdle: 1. Janelle Lunde, 1:12.20, Franciscan; 2. Keegan Barone, 1:13.22, Carnegie Mellon 3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 1. Emmalyn Lindsey, 12:14.99, Carnegie Mellon High Jump: 1. Emily Swanson, 1.51 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Rebecca Fortner, 1.51 m, Carnegie Mellon; Pole Vault: 1. Grace Yee, 3.68 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2.

Michelle Karabin, 3.38 m, Carnegie Mellon Long Jump: 1. Autumn Hair, 5.08 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Debarati Bhanja, 4.97 m, Carnegie Mellon; 4. Caitlin Brooks, 4.56 m, Waynesburg

400 Meter: 1. Sean Parenti, 51.78, Allegehny; Johnathan Perry, 51.88, Carnegie Mellon; 800 Meter: 1. Brady Wilson, 1:57.60, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Mark Moody, 1:58.47, Carnegie Mellon; 9. Andrew Kingan, 2:08.78, Waynesburg 1500 Meter: 1. Evan Yukevich, 3:59.51, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Curtis Watro, 4:01.77, Carnegie Mellon; 13.

Michael Cappelli, 4:31.59, Waynesburg 5,000 Meter: 1. Stephen Law, 15:40.00, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Jacob Halasowski, 15:43.29; 7. Joel Kuzminski, 16:27.01, Waynesburg 110 Meter Hurdle: 1. Donald Boyer, 15.71, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Isaac Reed, 16.20, Denison; 5. Matthew Shinkle, 16.61, Waynesburg 400 Meter Hurdle: 1. Donald Boyer, 56.09, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Cameron Wilkerson, 58.07, Carnegie Mellon; 4. Matthew Shinkle, 1:02.16, Waynesburg 3000 Meter Steeplechase: 1. Harrison Branch-Shaw, 9:50.47, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Hunter Hartshorne, 9:54.28, Carnegie Mellon; 3. Jacob Pryor, 10:31.00, Waynesburg High Jump: 1. Reed Farber, 1.84 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Michael Trax, 1.79 m, Waynesburg Pole Vault: 1. Thomas Mansfield, 4.46 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Kyle Weaver, 4.01 m, Carnegie Mellon

Triple Jump: 1. Autumn Hair, 10.40 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Sommer Farber, 10.19 m, Carnegie Mellon;

Long Jump: 1. Andre Bryan, 6.57 m, Allegheny; 2.

Michael Trax, 6.32 m, Waynesburg

Shot Put: 1. Addy Knetzer,12.66 m, Waynesburg; 2. Arlesha Cospy, 11.70 m, Dension

Triple Jump: 1. Eloy Fernandez, 13.34 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Dhroovaa Khannan, 12.79 m, Carnegie Mellon; 4. James Steele, 12.67 m, Waynesburg

Discus: 1. Arlesha Cospy, 39.68 m, Denison; 2.

Kiersten Chuc, 34.90 m, Carnegie Mellon; 3. Addy Knetzer, 34.83 m, Waynesburg Javelin: 1. Carli Polczynski, 35.83 m, Waynesburg; 2. Jenna Farruggia, 34.54 m, Allegheny Hammer Throw: 1. Kiersten Chuc, 45.91 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Alexa Barriero, 36.86 m, Carnegie Mellon; 3. Ashley Hall, 28.52 m, Waynesburg

ORLC W. LACROSSE LEADERS

Goals: Nelson, 25, SVC; Ward, 21, TRA; Larochelle, 20, W&J

Shot Put: 1. Kurtis Williams, 14.30 m, Allegheny; 2. Kenneth Sladick, 13.84 m, Carnegie Mellon; 4.

Brandon Vantine, 13.49 m, Waynesburg Discus: 1. Jacob Schofel, 42.63 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2.

Kenneth Sladick, 39.69 m, Carnegie Mellon; 3. Vincent Giordano, 38.34 m, Waynesburg Hammer Throw: 1. Jacob Schofel, 53.84 m, Carnegie Mellon; 2. Kenneth Sladick, 47.07 m, Carnegie Mellon; 6. Blake Feldner, 33.06 m, Waynesburg Javelin: 1. Zachary Casagrande, 52.25 m, Allegheny; 2. Ivan Maldonado, 51.11 m, Denison; 3. Ryan Brownfield, 49.67 m, Waynesburg

Assists: Nelson, 11, SVC; Ward, 9, TRA; Oliver, 8, TRA Saves: Dent, 62, TRA; Franey, 43, SVC; Mulokey, 37, W&J Shots: Oliver, 52, TRA; Nelson, 51, SVC; Ward, 45, TRA

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WPIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Carmichaels

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Mapletown

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Girls Softball

Girls Softball

Girls Softball

CARMICHAELS 9, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 6 JM: 204 000 0 6 CAR: 230 103 x 9 CARMICHAELS 12, BURGETTSTOWN 0 CAR: 200 051 4 12 BUR: 000 000 0 0

CARMICHAELS 9, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 6 JM: 204 000 0 6 CAR: 230 103 x 9 JEFFERSON-MORGAN 14, GEIBEL 4 GEI: 001 03 4 JM: (11)03 0x 14

MAPLETOWN 12, CLAY-BATTELLE 8 MAP: 103 233 0 12 CB: 300 003 2 8 MAPLETOWN 15, TURKEYFOOT VALLEY 5 MAP: 012 0(12) 15 BUR: 010 22 5

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WAYNESBURG 11, WEST GREENE 1 WG: 100 00 1 WAY: 222 5x 11 No Game This Week

WAYNESBURG 11, WEST GREENE 1 WG: 100 00 1 WAY: 222 5x 11 WEST GREENE 5, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 3 US: 012 000 0 3 WG: 000 302 x 5

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Men's tennis loses two of three matches in nonconference invitational

By HUGH O’NEIL

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s tennis team traveled to Marietta College for the Beren Tennis Invitational over the weekend.

After losing their first match 8-1 against the College of Mount St. Joseph on Friday, March 24, the Yellow Jackets went 1-1 on Saturday.

The team was able to defeat Muskingum University 6-3 before losing to Penn State Altoona 8-1.

Only one Yellow Jacket was able to pick up a win in the College of Mount St. Joseph match. Sophomore Josh Denham, who was moved to first singles, won his match 6-1, 7-5.

Missing some of their key players, the Yellow Jackets were not at full strength for the entire weekend according to head coach Ron Headlee.

“Each of our matches we were without one of our better players. The first day we were without our number one, Jonah Cooper,

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Sophomore Jonah Cooper, pictured here in a match last season, said serving is one of the more important aspects the Jackets need to work on this season. [and the] second day we are without our number three, Adam McKnight,” said Headlee. “I think that was

definitely a disadvantage for us.”

The Muskingum match, however, had a different

outcome. Sophomores Jonah Cooper and Josh Denham went 2-0 in the match, including an 8-0 doubles

win. Freshman Jordan Pastoria also went 2-0 in the victory, including an 8-2 win with freshman Tanner McKnight at number two doubles.

Freshman James Zeremenko added a 6-0, 6-3 victory to cap off the second victory over Muskingum in the season.

“Muskingum had different players at different positions,” said freshman Paul Zalakar. “They switched up their one to six spots from the last time we played.”

Because of this, Zalakar faced the same man from the March 17 match, Yozabro Igari. Zalakar was able to win the first set, 6-3, before losing the second set and the tiebreaker.

“We did not play the lob very well as a team,” said Zalakar. “We need to bounce back and get a conference boost against Thiel.”

Denham was once again the lone winner for the Yellow Jackets in the Penn State Altoona match, winning 6-4, 6-3. Cooper won the first set but fell in three sets in his number one sin-

gles contest.

In the third match in just two days, Headlee did not make excuses but saw progress.

“I don’t think we were physically drained,” Headlee said. “I think the other team outplayed us and some of the matches, they were better than us, but we are definitely improving.”

With a positive outlook, Headless said he hopes the team will be ready to perform at maximum effort when conference action begins.

“I think we’re getting better each time we go out on the court,” Headlee said.

“We are learning some things we are doing wrong and capitalizing on them.

Hopefully we will be ready as we start our main [Presidents’ Athletic Conference] competition.”

The Waynesburg University men’s tennis team resumes action Tuesday, March 28, when Thiel College travels to Waynesburg University.

The match is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Struggles in first half plague women's lax Softball: Runners left on base hurt Jackets

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University women’s lacrosse team traveled to southeastern Pennsylvania for nonconference play against Penn State Abington on Friday, March 24, and Bryn Athyn College on Saturday, March 25. Both games resulted in losses for the Jackets.

The Friday match against PSU-Abington ended in a 20-4 win for the Nittany Lions, but the second half was much more competitive than the first for the Yellow Jackets.

In the first half, Waynesburg (0-5, 0-1) was outscored 15-0, but in the second half, it was only outscored by one goal, 5-4.

Head coach Stephanie Benkowski saw her team struggle in the beginning, but did take a liking to the improvements the team was able to make in the second half.

“Friday’s game was a bit rough,” Benkowski said.

“We played well in the sec-

Hall said Messenger’s effort was adequate for the team.

“She pitched well; she faced for the Jackets. However, the their top of the lineup for the contributions by Renzler and fourth time, which any good Allstatt would not be enough, hitting team is going to give as the team left more than a you a battle [with],” said dozen runners on base. Hall Hall. “You also have to take said the team could not afford into consideration that NAIA to leave runners on base in school give scholarships, so games. for us to hang around with “We couldn’t get our play- them was a big confidence ers batted in. We left thirteen booster for the team.” runners on base and that’s Lawrence led the Jackets at something that we can’t do,” the plate by going 2-for-3 in said Hall. the second game. Overall, AllIn the second statt hit .500 over game, Waynesburg the doubleheader, started sophomore going 3-for-6. MesCourtney Messenger and freshsenger in the circle man infielder Raagainst Carlow’s chel Skon collected starting pitcher three hits each in Nicole Hall. the doubleheader Game two got off as well. to a much stronger Hall said if it was start for Waynesnot for the perforburg. After Carlow mance of Carlow’s Messenger scored in the top of shortstop, it could the first inning, sophomore have been a different series first baseman Alex Law- for the Yellow Jackets. rence recorded the first of “I feel like we got robbed her two RBI in the contest to on a few plays by their shortknot things up in the bottom stop, [who] made some plays, of the frame. which if she didn’t, this would The Jackets took their first [have been] a completely diflead of the doubleheader ferent game,” said Hall. when they strung together Waynesburg was scheduled three-straight, two-out hits to host Point Park University in the fifth to go up 4-1. for a doubleheader WednesHowever, the Celtics man- day, March 29, past this week’s aged to plate three runs in deadline for publication. the top of the seventh to tie The Jackets return to acthings back up. Waynesburg tion Thursday, March 30, at was unable to score in its half home against Mt. Aloysius in of the inning and the game a doubleheader. First pitch is was called due to darkness, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. leaving the game in a 4-4 tie.

Messenger worked all sev- Editor’s Note: For a en innings of game two. Three recap of Wednesday’s of the four runs she gave up doubleheader against were earned while allowing Point Park, visit seven hits and a walk and theyellowjacket.org. striking out three Celtics.

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Senior attacker/midfielder Abbie Miller, pictured here in a match last season, scored three goals and assisted on another goal in two matches last weekend. ond half, but we were too far behind from the first half to make up the difference. The second was 5-4 so [the] second half was way

better,” said Benkowski.

Penn State Abington (30) was led by sophomore midfielder Melissa Felicetti, who had five goals in the game.

Saturday, the women lost 15-3 to Bryn Athyn College (3-0). Sophomore midfielder Sabrina Colbridge had three goals and one assist for four total points, while s ophomore midf ielder Laura Clymer scored four goals, leading the game for Bryn Athyn.

For the second game in a row, Waynesburg struggled in the first half but cleaned up its play. According to Benkowski, it was an overall better game.

“They played very hard the whole game,” Benkowski said. “We met a team that was faster than us as a whole, and we had a hard time matching up against them.”

The road trip totaled five hours. Benkowski was unsure if the long drive to the games had an impact on the team performance.

“I’m sure it did a little, being in vans for almost five hours,” said Benkowski.

“We improved on groundballs; our movement and transition wasn’t bad overall.”

Waynesburg has struggled all season, as it is still winless on the year, but with the addition of new players, the transition has been difficult.

“Having a background and knowledge of lacrosse [is important],” Benkowski said. “We are super athletic, but lack the skills as of now.”

Although the team is struggling, Benkowski is hopeful the team will improve as conference play begins in the next week.

“The team is working hard and giving it their all,” said Benkowski. “I’m very proud of their effort during every game. As a whole we are getting better. It just takes time.”

The Jackets were scheduled to play a conference game against Thiel Wednesday, March 29, past this week's deadline for publication. Waynesburg plays next Saturday, April 1 against College of Mount St. Joseph at 4 p.m.

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that we are getting applications from all over.”

Along with Tinnemeyer on the committee are two Waynesburg University professors, Michael Cipoletti and Richard Krause, two other vice presidents, Heidi Szuminsky and Shari Payne, as well as Athletic Director Larry Marshall.

Tinnemeyer said, as applications continue to come in, the committee is meeting once or twice a week to look over and discuss their applications.

“We will be meeting at least once a week,” Tinnemeyer said. “But when we get to the point where we’re having the interviews that

will probably be more than once a week.”

Tinnemeyer said the university does not want to rush the process to find a new coach, so deadlines have not been set for the following steps of the process, which include the hiring of a new coach.

“I think we want to balance having a really good person who’s a good fit for the university, but we’d also like, if we could, to have someone who could be up and running for the beginning of the fall season,” Tinnemeyer said. “So we don’t have that drop dead date, but it’s kind of that balance of not being pinned into having a person by that date and you could be put in a situation where maybe you’re not ready.”

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March 30, 2017

SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL PREVIEWS

Yellow Jackets start PAC schedule Baseball set to play against with doubleheader at Chatham preseason conference favorite

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

The Waynesburg University softball team will begin Presidents’ Athletic Conference play on Saturday, April 1.

Prior to Saturday, the Jackets have played many nonconference opponents, such as the University of Pittsburgh Greensburg and Franciscan University. The schools are all comparative to conference opponents, according to head coach Richele Hall.

“I think York College that we faced in Florida and Capital College are pretty similar to Thomas More and Westminster,” said Hall. “I think a lot of the competition we faced is pretty similar to the PAC.” Entering conference play Saturday, the team holds a 4-9-1 record and the team, according to Hall, should be competitive with their opponents and fare better.

“I think that we will do pretty well in conference play,” said Hall. “Our challenges will persist against Thomas More and Westminster. As far as the other schools in the conference, I think we will fare pretty well against them.”

Hall added that although Thomas More and Westminster are a little stronger and

more athletic than Waynesburg, it didn’t mean they can’t beat the two teams. In addition, she expects the team to play well against Chatham Saturday.

“I expect us to fare well,” said Hall. “I expect us to be aggressive at the plate and have a solid pitching performance from Messenger, Gareis [and] Allstatt.”

The team’s pitching staff consists of sophomores Courtney Messenger and Cat Allstatt and senior Lyndi Gareis.

Of the three, Messenger holds the best record at 4-2 and Gareis the best ERA at 3.54.

Messenger, Hall said, will be crucial to the team in future games.

“Messenger has to continue to be successful on the mound,” said Hall. “If we have to ride her for conference ball, we will.”

In addition to needing

strong performances from Messenger, Hall added they needed offense from sophomore clean-up hitter Alex Lawrence, the team’s top hitter with a batting average of .457 and a total of 12 RBI. “For us to be successful, we need Alex to continue to stay successful,” said Hall. “She’s been doing a good job for us in the number four spot.”

Hall also mentioned they needed consistency from freshman catcher/outfielder Rachel Skon, who is hitting .304.

“Every game matters; every at-bat matters. They need to be ready to go at all times,” said Hall. “One error or little mistake could cost us a win in conference and that could be the difference between us making it or not making it in the PAC tournament.”

While the PAC tournament is still a little more than a month away, Hall said she would like fans to keep one thing in mind.

“The competition has been strong so far,” said Hall. “Even though our record doesn’t show it, we are a confident team.”

The Jackets are slated to take on the Chatham Cougars on the road Saturday. First pitch is at 1 p.m.

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

Presidents’ Athletic Conference play continues this weekend for the baseball team as it gets set to battle with Washington & Jefferson in a threegame series.

The series comes after a scheduled doubleheader against Thomas More that, weather permitting, was played Wednesday, March 29, past this week’s deadline for publication.

Last season, Waynesburg swept the W&J Presidents by scores of 2-0, 2-1 and 5-2, respectively.

Head coach Mike Humiston knows not to expect that result again, but said his team’s goal in the series is to win two out of three.

“More likely than not, you play the nine-inning game first and it’s important to win that first one,” said Humiston.

“Keeping in mind we want to win two of three every series, winning that first, nine-inning game helps to take some of the pressure off in the doubleheader."

In the series last season, then-junior pitchers Derek Whalen and Luke Carter notched wins, while thensenior Brian Resnik won the

third game to complete the sweep.

W&J went on to lose in the conference championship game last season, while Waynesburg missed the playoffs.

The Presidents return each of their top four hitters, as well as almost all of its starting lineup, with the exception of Michael Ruffing, who started all 40 games at shortstop for the Presidents last season and hit .292 with 17 runs batted in.

Humiston has a few players in mind who can impact the series in a big way for W&J. “They’re a good team and tied with Thomas More in the preseason poll for first place,” said Humiston. “They’re bringing back their top four pitchers and a bunch of position players. Their catcher [Derek Helbing] is one of the best in the conference and Nick Vento is an all-confer-

ence guy from last season. It’s going to be a tough series and we have to play some of our best baseball.”

The four pitchers that return for the Presidents are junior Bryce Schnatterly and seniors Trevor Kerr, Joe Vita and Riley Groves. All four of those were in the top seven last year statistically in the PAC. After a doubleheader sweep of Westminster Tuesday, March 28, the Presidents sit at 9-3 overall and 4-0 in PAC play.

Seniors Luke Carter, Derek Whalen and Jacob Meyer set to get the nods over the weekend against W&J. Should weather permit the nine-inning game to be played Friday, Carter will start, with Meyer and Whalen going Saturday in the home doubleheader.

If it rains, Humiston said the teams would try and play the nine-inning game Sunday, which would mean Whalen will pitch that day, with Carter and Meyer handling the doubleheader.

Friday’s nine-inning contest is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Ross Memorial Park in Washington, Pennsylvania, while Saturday’s doubleheader is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

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down, swinging one of the best bats on the team and batting in the middle of the lineup every game. She finished second on the team with a .305 batting average and .388 on-base percentage, leading the team in doubles with eight, and home runs with four, even earning PAC Player of the Week one time last season.

“She is very consistent; the team can count on her, [and] I can count on her,” said Hall. “[If we need a] clutch hit...she is the one I want to be up at the plate. She is a gamer.”

Heading into her sophomore campaign, expectations for Lawrence grew, as she needed to take on more of a leadership role on a team that currently features just three seniors, four sophomores and six freshmen.

Coming out of Florida, Hall named Lawrence as one of the team captains because of her strong performance and how she has taken some of the younger players on the team under her wing.

“She is a leader. I actually named her a captain this year.

I saw her emerge in Florida,” said Hall. “I wasn’t going to name captains but ended up naming her a captain. She took on a leadership role among freshman, her class and upperclassmen.

People look up to her no matter what age they are.”

L aw re n c e said that her expectations for herself this season are pretty high.

“I strive to have a .500 batting average,” Lawrence said.

“Coach [Hall] looked at me and said ‘If you don’t hit .500 this year, something is wrong,’” she said laughing.

At this point in the season,

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Sophomore Alex Lawrence, pictured here in a game last season, also serves as the team's everyday first baseman. a .500 batting average might of power,” said Hall. “She has nobody that dislikes a person not be too unattainable for really worked hard [at hitting] and everybody is there for a the standout sophomore, as line drives all over the place… reason, [and] everyone is part through March 28, Lawrence [She’s] driving the gap a lot of a puzzle.” was hitting .457 with 10 dou- more, using her lower body As the season progresses, bles, two home runs, 12 RBI, more. [I’m looking] for her Lawrence is excited to see a .479 on-base percentage and to continue it this season and what the rest of the season 37 total bases. through the rest of her career.” will bring for her and the team.

She leads Waynesburg is alAs a whole, the team cur“I definitely see us making most every offensive category, rently boasts a 4-9-1 record as the playoffs,” Lawrence said. and is up near the top in many of March 28, but Lawrence is “Especially with how Florida categories in the PAC. She is optimistic that the team will went, definitely better than last fifth in the be competitive in the confer- year, definitely being in the top PAC in bat- ence, noting she has seen a lot four in the PAC, because we ting aver- of good things from different were ranked eighth, so we age, third players on the team. are going to show them that in slugging Lawrence said no matter we’re up there. I don’t think p e r c e n t - what happens, the team com- any PAC team has practiced age, first in petes and will always put up harder than we have.” d o u b l e s , a fight and never hang their Hall is extremely appreciatied for third heads if things aren’t going tive to have Lawrence as a key i n h o m e their way. member of the team for the runs, tied “[I’m] definitely looking next two and a half seasons. for third in forward to seeing how we do “Alex brings something RBI, fourth this year,” Lawrence said. “I to us that we don’t have. She in hits and know we are going to be win- makes our team stronger from first in total ning a lot of games with the a leadership standpoint. Havbases. She was also named talent we have on the team. I ing her bat and power makes PAC Hitter of the Week for mean, there’s so much talent us a better team,” said Hall. her play in Florida during the on the team, and I don’t think “I’m very thankful that she team’s spring trip.

I’ve had a team that I’ve played made the decision to come to “She looks phenomenal; we for that has actually looked Waynesburg and glad she is a have been working a lot on this good. Everybody backs part of our team and is a Yelour hitting, generating a ton up each other. There’s really low Jacket.”

shut Waynesburg out 16-0 in April of 2011, scoring 12 runs in the ninth inning of that contest.

“I thought [Salmen] was pretty good. He kept us off balance,” said Humiston. “We once again didn’t hit. We had more errors than runs and when that happens, you’re going to lose [more often than not].”

Waynesburg got hits from senior shortstop Nate Mori, freshman catcher John Przybylinski, Kucherawy and Reis.

Saturday would provide a different narrative, as Waynesburg scored a total of 21 runs in two games to sweep the conference doubleheader.

Humiston described the first game of the doubleheader as a see-saw affair.

After one, Waynesburg trailed 1-0, then a three-run home run by senior first baseman Jonathon Kletzli in the top of the third inning gave the Jackets a 3-1 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, Waynesburg would give up four runs, making it 5-3 in favor of Westminster.

“I thought we came out a little bit sluggish and then started doing the things we typically are supposed to do [well],” said Humiston.

After the teams continued to trade runs, the Jackets entered the seventh inning down 8-5, before scoring six runs in the inning with big hits by freshman outfielder Addis Crouch and senior shortstop Nate Mori mixed into the effort.

Senior pitcher Scott Hefty had some trouble getting the final out of the game, leading Humiston to bring in freshman pitcher Mason Miller to get the final out.

“We got the lead after a while, then we gave up the lead, then our guys ended up

sealing the deal. It’s nice to have somebody like Mason Miller come in and close the door like he did,” said Humiston. “It was a hard-fought game. We had some timely hits and played defense pretty well.”

In game two Waynesburg never trailed as sophomore second basemen Tyler Reis hit two home runs in the first and second innings, respectively, to account for Waynesburg’s first five runs. Reis then added a sacrifice fly in the third inning to give him six RBI on the afternoon.

Along with scoring 10 runs, the Jackets were led by senior pitcher Derek Whalen, who pitched seven innings allowing three runs and five strikeouts. Whalen was able to finish the game even knowing that he was almost out of gas heading to the bottom of the seventh.

“I like having the mentality when I’m starting a seveninning game that I’m going to go out there and throw the whole thing,” said Whalen.

“I think I threw 97 pitches or something like that, [but] I was good until about the seventh inning. I think I started to feel a little gassed and we had that long inning [at the end because of it].”

After the doubleheader sweep, Waynesburg was scheduled to resume conference play Wednesday, March 29 against Thomas More. The doubleheader was scheduled to be played past this week’s deadline for publication.

The next series for the Jackets is this weekend as the Jackets do battle with the Washington & Jefferson Presidents. The nine-inning contest is scheduled for Friday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. in Washington, Pennsylvania.

The two teams will then play a doubleheader Saturday in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, with first pitch of game one scheduled for 2 p.m.

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ble catcher. He has started to prove that with six hits in 22 at bats. Miller has just three hits in 18 at bats, but has a home run and has been on base seven times besides those hits with five walks and two HBP’s.

I don’t care about a player’s

batting average, especially after 20 at bats. The sample size is not large enough, and that is in most cases at the collegiate level, to judge a hitter at the plate. You should look to on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and more stats along those lines, as well as how good the at bats are and their practices. Batting aver-

age is the most overused and overrated statistics in all of baseball. That’s at every level.

In this case, Miller’s .167 batting average doesn’t show the quality of at bats he has had. Factor in a sliding play by a Westminster right fielder and a hard-hit ball right at the left fielder in the Finlandia game, and his average is bet-

ter. Those two instances alone hurt him by 100 points..

To go along with that, Miller has been with the current pitching staff for three years.

At the collegiate level, pitchers’ comfortability throwing to their catchers is important.

More familiarity only benefits the tandems. Miller’s experience there isn’t to the fault

of any Waynesburg catchers: they’re younger, but that should help Miller's case.

In order to win a championship this season, Waynesburg needs several of its seniors to play like they did their sophomore years. I am all for trusting the vast majority of this team’s seniors including Bernhardt, as he is, and Miller.

We know these guys can play; the've competed at a high level.

The key now is affording these players the opportunity to break out and return to the form we know each is capable of. Not only have they earned it, but Bernhardt, Miller and others can help lift this team to its first PAC title in over a decade.

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WU Players perform sold-out shows

By EMILY HACKMAN

News Convergence Editor

Waynesburg University’s drama club, The WU Players, performed “The Addams Family” from March 22 to March 25 to sold-out shows in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center (GPAC).

Emily Mielcarek, a senior international studies major, played Wednesday Addams in the musical.

Mielcarek is no stranger to the stage, with “The Addams Family” being her 12th production at Waynesburg University. She has been a stage manager and assistant director for many of The Addams Family the plays and has held the roles of Princess musical brought a Winifred in “Once Upon A Mattress” and spooky yet humorous DeLacey in “Frankenstein.”

“A struggle that the cast faced collectively performance to was the pressure to create a performance in Waynesburg University such a short time while being involved in last week. The doors were other commitments,” said Mielcarek. “An open for students and enormous amount of work goes into makcommunity members ing a musical what it is. We would rehearse to come out to watch for three-plus hours a night, every night the performance in the for eight weeks.”

Goodwin Performing Arts The amount of time that goes into each Center performance and the preparation behind the scenes is extensive in order to have a Photos by Grace Hutchison and successful musical from building the set, Tiffany Morgan; photo memorization of lines and assembling the illustration by Shon Meade costumes.

Elizabeth Nicodemus, a sophomore sports management major, was an ancestor flapper during this year’s spring semester production.

“One of the struggles the cast faced was having everybody there every night during rehearsals,” said Nicodemus. “A bunch of people had night class and we did a pretty good job of working around everyone's conflicts, but as we got closer to the show, it was harder to run scenes without some of the main characters.”

Michelle Frye, a junior advertising and public relations major, had an additional role to play in the musical besides being Uncle Fester’s love interest, The Moon. She was the makeup designer and coordinator.

“It was a challenge on how to assemble 15 plus people into special effects death makeup,” said Frye. “Showtime was at 7:30 p.m. and I had to be at the GPAC every day at 4:30 p.m. in order to get everyone, including myself, into makeup. Even with help it was still was quite a job to take on.”

Some other challenges that the cast faced was balancing school work and the musical.

“Often times I felt myself ignoring school work to practice and refine my role,” said Mielcarek.

“It is a delicate balance between show commitment and also school commitment.”

But after four years of being a part of the drama department, she believes that she has mastered the balancing act of class work and the performances.

Edward Powers, professor of theater and director of “The Addams Family,” praised the students for their hard work and dedication.

“The students worked very hard and the energy that they got from the audience took it away from being another rehearsal,” said Powers. “The characters seemed more alive when it was seen by an audience. Every performance is different, every moment is different and every day is different. The musical lives here on the stage for a very short time and then goes away, but it will stay in the hearts and minds of those involved even after it vanishes.”

The musical was a success overall with Thursday to Saturday’s performances being sold out. There were approximately 800 people who saw the show during its time on Waynesburg University’s campus.

The next performances for the Waynesburg Players are the student directed One Act plays which will be held April 10 and 12 at 8 p.m. in the GPAC with this year’s theme of Dating and Death.

Local churches benefit from efforts of BMS majors Students help local youth by combining service, learning

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Service is a huge part of the Waynesburg community and for biblical & ministry (BMS) majors, a lot of them work or volunteer with church's in the Waynesburg area and even in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Sophomore youth ministry major Brett Thumm has been working in parking lots with Foundry Church

Staff Writer

The Stover Scholars took their annual trip to Washington, D.C., from March 23-24, meeting with prominent figures in government, business, politics and other professions. After arriving back on campus, many of the Stover Scholars impacted Waynesburg University by talking to their friends and others at the university about what they learned, the interesting places they saw and the people they met with on this year’s trip.

What the Stover Scholars learn on these trips relates to all different majors and helps them in their future careers said Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership. Stratton, who plans the Stover Scholar D.C. trip every year, hopes to see the benefits of the trip pass on to other students at Waynesburg University.

“Whenever any student at Waynesburg does something, it expands the network and the reach of the university,” said Stratton. “The experiences and conversations about the experience

hopefully will encourage students to set their sights on being leaders in the political, economic and legal worlds.”

Stover Scholars have met with more than 100 prominent leaders over the six years and seven trips the program has taken to D.C. This year, those leaders included Georgetown University Law Center Professor Randy Barnett, Republican U.S. Representative Tim Murphy, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Victor Wolski and Fox News Political News Correspondent and Host Tucker Carlson.

Melissa Sargent, director’s assistant for the Stover Program, believes that meeting leaders from a variety of different careers helps students in their everyday life and future careers.

“We meet with individuals across careers,” said Sargent. “They’re not all politicians, they’re not all business leaders, and I think that it really helps students get comfortable speaking, asking questions, making eye contact, those important things that you need to do in life, getting a job and moving up in a career.”

This year was freshman Stover Scholar Harrison Scott’s first D.C. trip with the group. One

of his favorite parts about the trip was a private tour of the National Archives by historian Jessie Kratz, where the Stover Scholars saw the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

“I was just thinking, wow, Ben Franklin’s hand wrote that,” said Scott, speaking about seeing the historic signature on the Declaration of Independence.

Sophomore Stover Scholar Olivia Schultz-Falandes, who also went on the trip, said she also especially enjoyed seeing the National Archives, since she is a history and political science major.

“Just standing in the same room with these, like, 300 year old documents is such a surreal experience,” said Schultz-Falandes. “It’s absolutely surreal, the opportunities that come about from visiting these various places in D.C.” This is Schultz-Falandes’ second trip to D.C. with the Stover Scholars. She said the trips are difficult to compare.

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Opportunities for students abroad prove to be endless

By TIFFANY MORGAN Editorial Assistant

From Northumbria University, MacGregor has seen more than just the nation of England while studying abroad. The week of March 14, MacGregor ventured out to see Iceland, leaving footprints behind.

“Iceland is quite honestly a completely different environment from England,” said MacGregor. “After being in England for a few months, I have gotten quite comfortable with the environment and everything that has to do with Newcastle. It was interesting to see the nervousness that I had experienced from leaving the states in the beginning of January return as I was preparing the night

Stover Scholars meet professionals on D.C. trip

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in Morgantown, and for Thumm, it has been a perfect step.

"When I came here I just bounced around church's because there are so many church's around Waynesburg, and I hadn't found one I stuck with because I was bouncing around the ones I liked,” said Thumm.

"As soon as I walked into the Foundry, this is where I need to be, this place feels like home."

Even though Thumm has not been cleared to work with the children because all of his clearances have yet to go through in the state of West Virginia, he still loves volunteering at the church.

“They’re definitely different in the people that we get to meet and the experiences that we have with each trip,” Schultz-Falandes said.

Schultz-Falandes believes that the Stover Scholar D.C. trip impacts the whole university.

“Even though it’s not open to all students, as it’s just a Stover Scholar experience, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t touch other students,” SchultzFalandes said, “because it does, through the way we communicate our experiences to other students and our professors.”

before leaving for Iceland.”

MacGregor was feeling as nervous about traveling to Iceland as he did when he first came to England to study abroad.

“It was almost identical to the feelings of traveling to England for five months, even though I knew the trip to Iceland was only going to be for five days,” said MacGregor. “It was especially nerve wracking because I was renting a vehicle for these five days and I had not driven anywhere for nearly two months. Let me just say that it was a breath of fresh air to see people driving on the [right] side of the road for a change. I did not realize how much I had missed beBREAK >> D2

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Brothers perform at final spring Wing Night Singer/songwriters

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Staff Writer

The Student Activities Board (SAB) Wing Night was held Wednesday, March 22, and had a music duo from Buffalo, New York play for the students. The Doyle Brothers, who have been around music their entire lives, performed their spin on some popular songs as well as took requests from the audience.

"We started doing this about 7 years ago, this whole project as a duo with [Todd] playing the Cajon and us both singing and stuff," said singer Ryan Jacob Doyle.

Ryan Doyle is the younger one of the two brothers, and they both love working together and going to different gigs at universities and having fun.

"We have been going to colleges a lot for the past five years or so,” said Ryan Doyle. “I would say that going to colleges is by far one of my favorite projects because this project is very petite, it is not your common rock band where you write some songs and put out a record and you tour on it. Our project is more built on being a

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The Doyle Brothers, a duo from Buffalo, N.Y., performed at Wing Night on Wednesday, March 22. chameleon you know, as in we can play any sort of event in any room."

The students in attendance were able to eat four wings each for starters with flavors including Hot Wings, BBQ and Garlic. They could also get carrots, celery, lemonade and sweet tea.

"I like it. I enjoyed the music a lot, the rhythm, the song choices, it is just a mix of everything,” said freshman Daniel Albright. “The wings were good too; they reminded me a lot about wings from a pizza place."

Ryan and Todd Doyle

really got the students involved, allowing them to request songs or letting them sing along to the songs they knew.

"You guys stumped us today with Sticks and YMCA," said Ryan Doyle.

Students also got to put their names into a drawing for a gift basket that had items such as Oreo cookies, Pringles potato chips, candy and other sugary items.

"It was really good, I thought that the [Doyle Brothers] did a really good job singing old songs, that everyone likes so they can

sing along," said sophomore Julie Sipes, who is a member of SAB. The Doyle Brothers’ main goal is to perform near New York City, which is where they both live now, especially since Todd is now a father.

Wing Night was actually the duo's first gig since the birth of Todd's child.

"It is interesting because we have been around college towns long enough that we know how the music industry works and bands have to evolve,” said Ryan Doyle.

“So, we as a whole have a lot of songs from 90s bands that we grew up with listening to, that when we first started playing in college towns it was what the college kids wanted to hear because we were all the same age. Now it is hilarious because for a while we have had to learn all these new contemporary pop songs that people would know and it is fun to consistently learn new music, but it is interesting because the songs we would usually go to and play people would not know them. Now 90s songs are back and kids want to listen to the songs their parents listened to when they were kids."

to play original songs at April Coffeehouse

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board (SAB) will be hosting the first Coffeehouse of April when it hosts Beth//James April 6.

Beth//James is a duo from Austin, Texas, that consists of singer-songwriters Mikaela Beth Kahn and Jordan James Burchill – the name of the duo came from the combination of their middle names. According to their website, the two met in 2008 at University of North Texas and played in several bands together before becoming a duo only a year ago.

Beth//James’ debut EP, “All In Life,” will be released April 28.

“Their genre is indie folk, so a little different than what we’ve had before in the past, but we wanted to kind of cater from each [student’s] likes of music,” said Erin Kern, a graduate assistant with Student Services.

Although the group will

bring a different genre to campus, Kern said that she believes the group will be perceived well by Waynesburg students.

She said that she believes the students from SAB chose to bring Beth//James to campus because of the harmonies that the group performs and the fact that the group writes their original music.

While the group writes their own songs, Kern believes the group does play covers of popular songs and will incorporate the two together.

Students are encouraged to attend the event to experience the relaxed environment and enjoy listening to the artists that the SAB takes their time to select to bring to campus. Those who attend will be given a ticket at the beginning of the event and after the event is over, will turn their ticket in to receive the WU Coffeehouse.

The event will start at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, in the Beehive.

Break: While studying Upper Room team revamped for future abroad in England, student visits Iceland

By GRACE HUTCHISON Staff Writer

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ing in a car until the moment I started adjusting the seat in the car,” said MacGregor.

MacGregor noticed one huge difference from being in Iceland, and that was the price.

“Iceland is by far the most expensive country I have ever encountered. It is nearly impossible to find a meal for under $10 and if you are looking for a place to sit down and eat, it is easily $25 a person and up,” said MacGregor.

In addition to food prices, souvenirs can also have high costs. MacGregor looked forward to getting a t-shirt from Iceland but it was a little out of the question, starting at $35, which MacGregor found ridiculous.

“To anyone complaining about gas prices back home, just be aware that the price per gallon in Iceland came to about $8.00. I quite honestly do not understand how they afford anything in Iceland,” said MacGregor.

Something MacGregor found priceless were the sights he explored.

“The scenery was simply remarkable. The black sand beaches were unlike anything I had ever seen before,” said MacGregor.

MacGregor added the beaches in Iceland don’t compare to the typical beaches he has vacationed at previously.

“I’ve gone to the beach

so many times before – the typical white sand, hot sun, disgusting saltwater taste as soon as you get out of the car sort of beaches,” said MacGregor. “But here in Iceland, I found myself getting out of the car and being cold. While we were exploring the shoreline, it started to snow as well – something I’ve never seen before.”

In addition to the black sand beaches, MacGregor took in the 15-minute scenic walk to the largest glacier in Europe: Varnajokull.

“The sheer magnificence of this natural wonder was beyond words,” he said.

“Driving up towards the area, it looked just like the other areas of Iceland: looming mountains over the horizon, snow in every direction, lots of people, the usual tourist attraction scenery. But as we got closer and closer to it, you could tell that this was not going to be like any other mountain or waterfall attraction dotting the Icelandic map. This was something special.”

MacGregor gets more opportunity than the location he resides in for schooling while being abroad. MacGregor’s experience in Iceland was an adventure he said he would relive if he had the chance.

“It was easily all that I expected it would be and so much more! I absolutely loved everything about the country and I would love to go back and experience it all

As a bright spring day darkens into night, Lauren Bailey leaves her dorm in Ray Hall, switches the magnet on her door to indicate her destination, and quickly makes the short walk down to the Chapel.

“It is always peaceful walking to the service,” said Bailey, a junior psychology major with minors in counseling and biblical ministry studies.

Bailey is one of approximately 150 students, community and faculty members that make the walk towards the Chapel on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. to attend Upper Room.

Upper Room, a weekly student-led worship service for Waynesburg students and community, is organized by a “Leadership Team” that is comprised of seniors who are passionate about their relationship with the Lord and helping others grow in their faith, according to Faculty Advisor for Upper Room Joshua Sumpter.

“We look for leaders that understand the vision of Upper Room and see our purpose,” Sumpter said. “Jesus is the center of the ministry.

Ultimately they care about this campus, they want to see it grow in its relationship with God.” The Leadership Team each year is active from the beginning of the fall semester until Spring Break, when the new team steps into leadership.

The reason for the switch that takes place near midterms is to help ensure a smooth tran-

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From left to right, Cara Paraska, Sarah Flowers, Andy Brunette and Lauren Bailey will take over the Upper Room Leadership Team, replacing graduating seniors. sition from one team to another, according to Sumpter.

“Our hope is that past leadership has time to really work alongside with the new leadership, and so that we’re not starting from scratch every semester,” Sumpter said.

Two of the members of the Leadership Team from the Fall 2016 semester who have already stepped out of their roles are Amy Hawley, former testimony coordinator, and John Wicker, former worship leader and president of Upper Room.

Hawley, who describes her time spent as a part of Upper Room as “a gift,” continues to attend Upper Room weekly though her time as a leader has ended.

“It is almost always bittersweet to leave an organization that you have put your heart and soul into, and invested a great amount of time to,” Hawley, a senior Criminal Justice and Psychology

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"I love it, it's so much fun, it's a newer church it's only been around for two years now and I just love it so much," said Thumm. "They get to see how kind of crazy I am and I have fun with them."

Sophomore youth ministry major Mandi Pascarella is paid to work with first Baptist church on Sundays and over the summer, and she, like Thumm, enjoys the work she does.

"I love it," said Pascarella. "So, I work at a summer camp with their youth and kids and it's nice to translate what I learn there to church ministry, so getting to watch the kids grow and things click in their head is nice."

Pascarella once had a les-

son about sharing where she put different amounts of macaroni in everyone's bowl then the children had to share amongst themselves and at the end put it all in one bowl.

"I let them try to put it all in one bowl and they made a mess of it," said Pascarella.

"The best part was after we cleaned up all the macaroni I asked them to relate it back to the bible lesson we learned and they could."

Pascarella had doubts on whether she could work with the children, as she would like to work with more middle schoolers and high schoolers, and now working with five to eight years became a challenge.

"I learned not to reason with them as much, everything they think comes out, you'll be teaching a lesson

about one thing and then I had a boy tell me about his dog," said Pascarella. "I'm kind of learning to relate what they are saying to the lesson and pull them back in and I didn't know I could do that."

Pascarella only spends a few hours a week prepping for the Sunday lesson and then spends the time at the church on Sunday morning and feels that she doesn’t have to worry about school.

"I don’t feel it hinders my school work which helps making it a lot of fun and, like I said, it's like summer camp and I love it so much," said Pascarella.

Sophomore youth ministry major Veronica Steen is a youth developmental professional over the summer and during the school year she works with First Chris-

tian church of Waynesburg preschool.

She just loves the child dynamic.

"They are really fun because they have such a different dynamic,” said Steen.

“All the little kids are different, so when we do songs some of them are super into it and when we do bible some of them are super into it and drawings and all the things little kids like to do.”

Steen said she has really been able to learn how to be patient while working with kids.

"It makes me a lot more patient because I have to be really patient with kids and I'm generally an impatient person so getting to work with kids just brings out that side of me: time management and patience," said Steen.

dual major, said.

Hawley will be able to guide Bailey as she begins her time serving as the new testimony coordinator.

“Amy did an amazing job and really fit the position well to her personality, and now I am trying to do the same,” Bailey said.

According to Bailey, the past leadership worked very well together as a team. A member of that team was Wicker, who began his leadership role in Spring 2016.

“Some of the most encouraging changes I have witnessed is the ways in which our team members have grown in their confidence with leading, myself included, how we’ve come to collaborate as a team,” Wicker, a senior marketing major, said.

Though Upper Room is largely student-led by students such as Wicker, the faculty advisor oversees Up-

per Room services.

Before Sumpter began his role as faculty advisor in 2016, Resident Director Anthony Jarrell held the position for two years.

“It's becoming easier the older I get because I have seen God continually raise up new people and be faithful to the ministry He has sustained,” Jarrell said of seeing seniors leave their leadership positions.

Upper Room serves to many as a reminder of another week completed, a marker of time that will continue to cycle long after the graduating seniors have walked out the white wooden doors of the Chapel for the final time.

“They really have made great impacts on the lives of students on campus. As the new team is going into our senior year, we want to take on those roles and be those leaders on campus,” Bailey said.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Candy in a strawlike container 9. "The Great Santini" Os car nominee Michael 15. Do-it-yourself style 16. One often checking boxes 17. Partly 18. He broke Walter's NFL career rushing record 19. Was sharply critical, with "out" 20. Adopted great-nephew of Claudius 22. Everyday list ender 23. Common pledge 24. Composer/conductor Boulanger 26. Philosophers in the news since 1985 33. Like many fliers 34. Fictional place near Atlanta 35. Internet __ 36. Put one's foot down?

37. What smart alecks do 40. Swift of fiction 41. Binged (on) 43. Fabrication 44. "Running on Empty" (1988) actress 46. Basics 49. Ruin partner 50. Metaphor words 51. Dept. in a "Law & Or der" spin-off 53. Piece of work 55. Like Miss Congeniality 59. Compression-utilizing weapon 61. Forbidden zone

63. Beckett genre, with "the" 64. Whirlpool protection, perhaps 65. Designer Johnson 66. 2003 film with the tag line "He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice"

DOWN 1. Dr. __ 2. New York school 3. 66-Across setting, brief ly 4. New York school

5. Ticket generator 6. Body stretcher?

7. Agcy. with complicated schedules 8. Colossus and Cyclops, e.g.

9. Collapsible topper 10. Dragon habitat 11. Tree that can form natural tunnels 12. Daughter of Anne Boleyn 13. Blowout 14. Deco pseudonym 21. Sweeps on a gridiron 25. Watson's creator

26. Evergreen with edible pods 27. Estée Lauder subsid iary 28. Spreadable sausage 29. Goes after 30. Pearly coating 31. Behave theatrically 32. They come before fi nals

38. Superficially attractive thing 39. Colloquial language features 42. __ Spiegel: German magazine 45. South American desert 47. Human __ 48. Burned a little 51. Scandinavian import

52. Vague feeling 54. Turner of old TV? 56. Land near Albion 57. Paving stone 58. Casual farewell 60. The Theatre Cat in "Cats" 62. Tiny tube travelers

LAST ISSUE'S SOLUTION

Students of Waynesburg

"My name is Jordyn Wyllie, I grew up in the small town of Grove City Pennsylvania. It seemed like there was nothing to do there, but shop at the outlets and play sports. In high school I played Volleyball, Basketball, and Track. Being a three-sport athlete didn’t give me much time to participate in much else. When I came to college I decided to play only Volleyball and Basketball, in the hopes of having a free season. After a year of playing both, I realized that my heart was calling me to get involved in something so much bigger than myself. While I continue to play volleyball, I stopped playing basketball and decided to coach instead. At Waynesburg University, I have had the incredible opportunity to work with Greene County Special Olympics.

This organization allows me to combine my passion of sports and children with disabilities. This past year I have served as the head basketball coach which has encompassed weekly practices as well as games and recruitment events. The athletes in this program have changed me in ways I couldn’t even imagine. Each athlete fearlessly tries any sport that is put before them, and they do it with courage and perseverance. They have taught me more than I could have learned in my special education classes, and they challenge me more than I had anticipated. They encourage one another regardless of the team they are on, and they love with no boundaries. I wish everyone had the opportunity to watch each individual grow and develop each week.

More importantly, I wish that everyone could have their hearts touched in the same way that mine has been by this incredible program. I’m so thankful that Waynesburg has given me such a rewarding experience, I look forward to staying involved in Greene County’s Courtesy of Jordyn Wyllie branch for the next two years, and the Special Olympics Jordyn Wyllie spends her free time volunteering with organization as a whole for the rest of my life."

-Jordyn Wyllie

the Special Olympics.

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March 30, 2017 THE BACK PAGE

THINGS TO CHECK OFF BEFORE COMMENCEMENT Written by Emily Hackman

Designed by Joe Buchanan

Congratulations, soon-to be-graduates! You’ve made it through four years of college and are about to begin the next chapters in your lives, whether that be finding a job or continuing our education in graduate school. But before you jump into the next phase of life, there are still some things you probably need to complete before you grab that diploma.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER MARCH

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Wednesday, March 29 – Starting on this day students are able to pick up their caps and gowns in

the Waynesburg University Bookstore. To order your cap and gown, use the Machform on the MyConnect tab. Caps and gowns will be available to pick any day after March 29 until April 30 during normal bookstore business hours.

Wednesday, April 5 – Mandatory Senior Class Meeting –This meeting will take place in the

Goodwin Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. and provide critical details on Commencement activities and details on the Senior Class Gift.

Thursday, April 13 – Senior Etiquette Luncheon – To attend this event, please RSVP to Marie Coffman in the Career Services Center by Thursday, April 6.

Wednesday, April 26 – Turn in your mailbox key to the mailroom by this date. Failure to turn in

your key will result in a $25 fine and will delay the process of receiving your diploma and forwarding of your mail. The key must be returned in the tan envelope that was provided in the graduation packet. First class mail will be forwarded to the address listed on your records as your home address unless you notify Stacey Griffin in the mailroom with a new address.

DON’T FORGET...

To pay any of your fines that have accrued over the past four years, especially for overdue books and movies you checked out from Eberly Library.

Order your lunch tickets for the day of Commencement. Tickets for this buffet-style luncheon should be purchased in advance online and presented at the door. There are a limited number of seats per time slot. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are $8 per person in advance and are non-refundable. You can order your tickets at waynesburg.ticketleap.com/commencement-luncheon-tickets-2017.

Join the Alumni Family by going to waynesburgunited.com and update your contact information in the Stay Connected tab.

By updating your information, you will receive the alumni newsletters, as well as have the ability to network with other alumni and stay informed about alumni events.

Commencement schedule 10 A.M. 11 A.M.

Graduates and Faculty Arrive at the Marsh Center in Roberts Chapel for Baccalaureate Procession Line-up Baccalaureate Service in Roberts Chapel

11:30 A.M. Graduate Buffet Luncheons in Benedum Dining Hall and Stover Campus Center 12:30 P.M.

Guest Seating Begins for Commencement Service

1 P.M.

Arrive at Commencement Procession Line-up Locations Bachelor’s Degree Candidates will robe in the Gymnasium at 1 p.m. Graduates will line-up alphabetically in double files by degree.

2 P.M.

Commencement Service Graduates are not permitted to carry gifts, flowers, etc. during the academic exercises. Guests and graduates are asked not to use cell phones during the ceremony. Use of cell phones during the ceremony, including the procession across campus, is disruptive to guests, students, and ceremony participants.

Post-Commencement - Welcome to the Alumni Family Reception Immediately following the Commencement ceremonies, please join the Waynesburg University Alumni Office and the Alumni Council for a reception for graduates and their families in Fountain Park (rain location: Benedum Dining Hall).

For any additional questions, e-mail commencement@waynesburg.edu or check out the Commencement tab on MyConnect.