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Unhealthy living in Greene County not a factor to WU

By Sarah Bell Executive Editor Greene County ranked 65 out of 67 in a statewide health survey outlining all of the counties in Pennsylvania.

As one of the highest employers in the county, Waynesburg University may seem to be a reflection of the county statistics; however, according to Roy Barnhart, senior vice president for Finance and Administration, the county’s rank in the statewide rating does not reflect the university.

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Fired up for service

“I think if you look at state statistics with counties with high correlations of poverty, you’ll see that Greene County is on it.

I’m aware of the issues of poverty in Greene,” Barnhart said. “I think, for one thing, if you take into account that university staff, faculty and students, you have a group not disadvantaged to poverty.

You also probably have a group more educated to lifestyle for their health, which leads them to live healthier lives.”

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Solobay’s grants improve literacy Thyreen, Lee present check for new truck to volunteer fire company

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President Timothy Thyreen and President-elect Doug Lee presented a check to the Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company. Thyreen and Lee donated the first of five installments on a new fire truck.

By Katherine Mansfield Copy Editor Plans for a literacy program in progress: check.

Money allocations for a business park: check.

Money allocations for a new sewage line: check.

As Tim Solobay’s first session comes to a close, the Pennsylvania senator has begun reflecting on his progress and preparing future legislation.

He recently published “The Solobay Report,” a five-page publication that highlights the senator’s

accomplishments and explains ongoing and upcoming projects.

Four of Solobay’s firstterm projects are already underway to provide Greene County with higher literacy rates and cleaner water, new jobs and an updated sewer system.

Central Greene school district was a benefactor of Solobay’s grants: the district was one of 56 districts statewide to receive the literacy grant that 329 school districts applied for.

By Kelly Witas Staff Writer

Waynesburg University was providing community service as usual.

On Thursday, March 28, Waynesburg University President Timothy R. Thyreen and Presidentelect Doug Lee presented a check to the WaynesburgFranklin Township Volunteer Fire Company.

The $10,000 check was the first of five installments totaling $50,000 to offset the $417,000 cost of See SOLOBAY on A2 the township’s new 2013

Sutphen rescue pumper firetruck.

“These guys put their life on the line, and they do that for the community.

But if we also had a fire at the university they would be there,” said Thyreen.

“It’s important for us to help them with this because it’s something quite special, and it’s great to recognize them and also Mr. Fox for all of his years of service to this community.”

The donation was in honor of Robert Fox, former president and mem-

ber of the fire company, who died May 15, 2012.

Fox was an active member of the fire company; he joined in May 1948 and responded to calls until 2009. He spent 62 years as a member of the company and was President for 28 of them.

“With the death of Mr. Fox, I thought it was a way of recognizing him in terms of what he has done for the volunteer firemen, but also what he’s done for the community,” Thyreen said. “We were able to help the volunteer firemen who

help Waynesburg University but also recognize Mr. Fox.” Fox was also a local businessman who served as mechanic, partner, owner and president of Waynesburg’s Fox Ford Inc. from 1946 until the time of his death.

Over the past 10 years, Waynesburg University has donated $80,000 to the volunteer fire company for the purchase of the Fire Simulation Training Trailer and a new fire truck.

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President-elect addresses impacts of irresponsible actions

By Phil Henry Staff Writer Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states: every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

“Do what is right,” said Doug Lee, Waynesburg University Presidentelect. “If you do what is wrong, it will catch up to you.”

Lee was a guest speaker to Sut Sakchutchawan’s, associate Professor of Business Administration and Director of International Studies, microeconomics class on March 20, where he talked about the legal impact of irre-

sponsible actions of companies.

During his presentation, Lee discussed specific examples in which managers of companies attempted to cover up shortcuts they were making in their businesses.

“Do what you want to have written in the paper about yourself,” said Lee. “Decisions are key.”

One example Lee explained to Sakchutchawan’s class regarded the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster in 1930, where 195 workers were killed.

The deaths were caused by careless deci-

“Do what is right. If you do what is wrong, it will catch up to you.”

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sions that the contractors made to save time and money. Lee stressed the fact that our current decisions have a bigger impact on the future and our society than we might think.

“When one decision is made, several things will follow,” said Lee. The Hawks Nest led to major repercussions. Congress passed the Occupa-

tional Safety and Health Act in 1970, which ensured that employers provide employees with an environment free from recognized hazards.

Sakchutchawarn thought the students took something away from Lee’s speech.

“Students were able to learn about the lawsuit from the irresponsibility

leaders had an equal and opposite impact on the workers, their family members, the community and the environment.

“Always do the right thing,” said Lee, “or it will come back to haunt you.”

Aaron Henry, junior political science major, enjoyed Lee’s speech.

“I will take away an important lesson on ethics and doing the right thing,” said Henry. “In my opinion, Doug Lee’s speech projects him as a very intelligent man, good leader and good fit for the new president of the university.”

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Students react to the unseasonal weather that the region experienced during the last few weeks.

For many, the winter weather has become and inconvenience.

The game commission announced that hunters bagged two percent more deer.

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of the companies,” said Sakchutchawarn. “[Lee] is a leader who will be able to convince students about what they will be facing in the future.”

Lee had advice to offer the students who attended the speech. He stressed the fact that students should be familiar with their field of study in a real-world situation before they graduate.

Lee advised students to gain real-world experience prior to applying for a job.

Lee gave several more examples of companies that took shortcuts in order to benefit themselves. Their decisions as

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Disaster preparedness event informs students, community

By Lucas Diethorn Assignments Editor This past Thursday, Waynesburg University senior nursing students held a disaster preparedness event in the Stewart auditorium.

“The purpose of the class is to educate the community on safety and wellness and try to get involved in Greene County and as a university, and bring different health aspects to their attention,” said Brittney Nard, senior nursing major at Waynesburg University.

Nard and other nursing majors were concerned about how the people in Greene County, as well as the students at Waynesburg University, would react if a disaster did occur in the local community.

Nard is hopeful that this event will do exactly what it originally set out to do – she is hopeful it will prepare people for any disaster that could impact Greene County.

“A big thing that we have been trying to focus on for the last few years is disaster preparedness for the college because this is one of the biggest areas in Greene County, so this is where everyone would come in case of an emergency. We wanted to do something to make disaster preparedness more known to the community.”

Nard works at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where she heard a speech by Robert McLafferty on the preparations that can be made if a disaster or emergency were

Solobay reflects Continued from Page A1 “Literacy is different than what people think it is,” said Annette Veitmeier, director of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology at Central Greene. “Literacy is a base for success – especially for those early years. Getting parents and sisters and brothers to talk and have oral language skills and listening skills, that really creates the foundation for success.”

The literacy program Central Greene founded with Solobay’s grant money is now in its second year.

The program provides the district with professional development, classroom supplications, summer programs and family engagement and benefits students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. “[With the grant money], we purchased some smart tablets for pre-K classes; we purchased books for elementary schools,” said Veitmeier. “We have purchased resources for the classroom and the students. We’ve had a wonderful experience with the program.”

Veitmeier said that the district has been able to implement the program exactly as it planned to, and that the school has been able to expand the program

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(Above) John Lippert, an emergency medical specialist, discussed different safety tips and what students should have in their cars case of an emergency. (Below) Lippert and Robert McLaffery, EMS, spoke to a room of students. to occur.

Nard invited McLafferty and his friend John Lippert to speak at Waynesburg.

Both men are emergency medical services specialists and work in the emergency room at Children’s Hospital.

McLafferty and Lippert appeared before any student who could attend the event on Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon and spoke about safety tips and plans for what to have in your car or where to meet in case of an emergency.

They also said that remaining calm in an emergency situation is key – panicking does not

beyond Central Greene.

“We are actually partners with Waynesburg University,” said Veitmeier. “They are very active in our literacy program and this grant; the education program has been phenomenal. We’ve gone into the college level and Waynesburg [has] really come on board and really have done great things with us.”

Great things are happening elsewhere in Greene County, courtesy Solobay’s grants.

The Greene County airport was awarded $250,000 for the development of a business park.

According to an article on the Greene County website, plans for the airport’s development were finalized in the spring of 2011.

Grant money will be used to extend the airport’s taxiway to connect hangars to the runway. Its front-facing property will become a business park developed by non-aviation related businesses. The Lower Ten Mile Joint Sewer Authority was allocated $4 million to complete phase two of its sewer line update. The authority will install 15,000 LF of sanitary sewer lines and restore and upgrade the currently overloaded pump stations.

The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Carmichaels was also awarded a $250,000 grant for the improvement of wastewater treatment in the borough.

help the situation.

Melanie Crash, profes-

sor in the nursing department at Waynesburg, was

the advisor to the meeting and is hoping that more

events such as this one will be planned in the future for both the community and the university.

Crash was excited about the event.

Nard matched Crash’s excitement and was hopeful that the event would be beneficial to those in attendance.

She is hopeful that the students who attended the event can take their newfound knowledge back to their families or use it when they are working in the community to benefit the people that they encounter on a day to day basis.

“The safety of the campus is important,” Nard said.

“Everybody should know how to handle disaster situations and how to keep their friends and loved ones safe. Hopefully this was something that the students can take back to their families and share with them.”

Crash, Nard and the nursing department hope that the event will lead to more exposure for the department and the university, as well as educate students on many different situations and safety precautions.

Nard said that getting more students involved in bettering the campus, as well as the community, will be helpful to a large scope of people in the long run.

“We try to educate the campus as much as possible in the nursing department,” said Nard.

“The more people get involved, the better.”

Mock Crime Scene provides students with ‘real-world insight’ to forensics

By Luke Campbell Staff Writer On Saturday, March 23, Waynesburg University held its spring installment of the Mock Crime Scene Workshop.

Approximately 25 students partook in various activities including a bloodstain pattern analysis, biological fluids analysis, gun shot distance determinations and general crime scene processing.

These mini-workshops lasted all morning.

After lunch, the students were split into teams and were given a crime scene to thoroughly process.

The students were asked to preserve and collect evidence and submit it.

The program concluded when the whole group got back together to discuss the crime scene and each student was awarded a certificate and a t-shirt.

Many were involved in making this a very helpful learning experience for students interested in the forensic science and criminal jus-

tice fields.

Waynesburg staff members Michael Cipoletti, Faith Musko and John McIllwain organized the event.

Special guests from the Pennsylvania State Police ran the early activities.

“The main object of the MCS workshop was to provide students with some real-world insight to criminal justice and forensic science careers,” said Cipoletti, chemistry and forensic science professor at Waynesburg University.

“Dramatic TV shows like CSI and NCIS get a lot of young people interested in the careers, but they do very little to explain what the jobs are like realistically. Hopefully we are giving the students a more accurate perspective of what forensic scientists and crime scene investigators do.”

Multiple criminal justice and forensic science students volunteered to serve as team leaders, assistants and scene role- players.

“It was exciting seeing young people become so involved

with their future endeavors,” said sophomore criminal justice major Phill Szalla.

However, the event offered great recruiting opportunities because it allowed prospective students to interact with current students and instructors.

Nicole Williams, a student at Frederick Community College in Maryland, attended the event as a prospective transfer student.

“I always wanted to be a crime scene investigator,” said Williams.

“This was the perfect opportunity, and I would do it again if I had to.”

Admissions counselors were also on hand to answer questions and to give campus tours.

“Overall, I was pleased with the way the MCS was run this year,” said Musko, forensic science professor. “As a first-year faculty member and first-time organ-

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izer I was a bit nervous; however, with the support and experience of Professor Cipoletti and Professor McIlwain, we were successful.”

Mock crime scene workshops are held twice a year: once in the spring semester and another in the fall.

“We definitely plan on continuing these programs,” said Cipoletti.

“We are constantly working with our instructors and students to brainstorm new ways to present the workshops. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something you never would have expected happens.”

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Health discussed Continued from Page A1

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A life-changing experience Chapel guest speaker August Hurst, Waynesburg alumnus, talked about how WU helped him to find his faith.

Hurst was a Bonner Scholar and said his mission trip to the Pittsburgh Project changed his life.

Relay for Life planned at Southpointe

By Josh Norkevicus Staff Writer Michael Bednarski has experienced the impacts of cancer firsthand.

“My brother had gastrointestinal stromal tumor, known as GIST,” said Bednarski. “It’s been five years and he just had a scan in February and it’s clear, so he’s very, very lucky.”

GIST is life threatening if not treated, but programs like Relay for Life fund research for drugs that fight this disease.

Those who donate to cancer research have blessed Bednarski, director of graduate enrollment in counseling and education,

and his family.

“What my brother benefited most from was the drug Glevac and that was a drug that was developed years ago, so we were the beneficiaries of earlier funding to create that drug,” said Bednarski.

“They’ve clinically proven that the drug keeps cancer away.”

To this day, Bednarski’s brother believes that it was faith and services like Relay for Life that helped him recover.

Ashley Canning, coordinator of instructional technology, has also been affected by cancer in her personal life.

“I have had several family members battle cancer

and they won, but I also had some close friends lose to it, too,” said Canning.

Canning hopes people see the worth in donating to research programs such as Relay for Life.

“Cancer touches everyone,” said Canning. “It’s a worthy cause to donate time and money to. I’d like to see cancer cured someday; every bit helps and I’m glad to help with that.”

The American Cancer Society has deployed its weapon, Relay for Life, to help combat cancer by raising money for cancer research.

The influence of Relay for Life years ago helped

create Waynesburg University’s very own Relay for Life program that stretched across the main campus and onto the graduate campus at Southpointe.

Relay for Life became a crucial part of Southpointe’s service program in the summer of 2011.

Bednarski has been an active staff member since the development of the program.

“I’ve helped with selling some of the name badges, daffodils and I actually rode up to the other centers to deliver daffodils and walked in the Relay for Life every See RELAY on A4

Greene County ranked near the bottom of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute survey because of high rates of obesity, single-parent homes, poverty and sedentary lifestyles. Barnhart does not believe the survey will have a negative impact on the university or recruitment. He said that it’s individual choices that determine health, not the county you choose to study or live in.

“There are 16,000 or 17,000 people involved. If you find this population anywhere, you’ll find certain people who smoke or certain people who eat bad, but I would concede that it’s lower here than it is with the general population,” Barnhart said.

“How do you tell people specifically what it is they should have in their diet?

How do you tell them, ‘No, you can’t smoke’?

One of the obligations of education is people have the opportunity to make their own decisions.”

The survey is age adjusted, so the older population in Greene County is not a reflection of the survey’s results. In addition, the younger population at the university did not skew the statistics.

However, the survey is determined by factors such as prevalence of smoking and obesity and if communities are amendable to walkers and recreational opportunities. The air quality in the area, number of fast-food businesses and amount of violent crime are part of the sum as well.

“Fast food’s everywhere,” said Barnhart. “A lot of the traffic down there is interstate traffic. I wouldn’t blame the success of fast food entirely on the local populous,” Barnhart said.

Barnhart said that poverty is directly correlated to the health of an area.

Additionally, as a resident of Greene County for many years, Barnhart said that he, like many other county residents, sees the poverty that exists within the county.

“Poverty is a driving cause of obesity and the associated health problems that go with it,” he said. “There are difficulties here. When you think about it, there are also opportunities. It kind of indicates that there are folks who want to rise out of that. Poverty seems to exist, for me at least, in pockets. People haven’t had the opportunity to rise above the challenges they face.”

However, as Barnhart previously said, these statistics would probably not apply to many of the students, faculty and staff at the university.

That being said, Barnhart still sees the health issue in Greene County as a serious issue.

“It’s a big, big problem,” Barnhart said. “There’s so many moving parts of it that it’s hard to contemplate what all the avenues are that it should be approached from.”

The only counties that were ranked lower than Greene County were Fayette and Philadelphia counties.

Last year, Greene County was ranked No. 66 on the list.

The purpose of the annual survey is for people to take action and to make their communities a better place if a need is evident; Greene County did move up one spot this year.

According to the website for the nationwide survey, the results are intended to provide “roadmaps to health,” with the slogan, “Improving your community’s health takes work. You can get it done.”

The website lists national partners, community grants and project ideas to help counties ranked at the bottom of the list; the site encourages residents and local students to “take action” and “find out how to go far beyond the ranks.”

Students can visit countyhealthrankings.org for more information.

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University donates Continued from Page A1

By E.J. Coleman “The support that Waynesburg University has given the fire company over the years has made it possible for us to purchase equipment we are able to purchase today to better serve the community,” said Ron Fox, WaynesburgFranklin Township Volunteer Fire Company President. The University has also donated over $430,000 to Waynesburg Borough for the purchase of new police cars, improvements to borough infrastructure, downtown beautification projects, contributions to the Borough Master Plan, recreational fields and parks maintenance and

Relay planned Continued from Page A3 year it was here,” said Bednarski.

Canning is also an active member who donates her time to Relay for Life.

“I mostly participate in the fundraiser: I’ll help pitch in and create the online page for the team,” said Canning. “We also have a meeting once a month in Peters Township for Relay for Life, where a coordinator comes in. I

Staff Writer

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President-elect Doug Lee and President Timothy Thyreen presented a check to the fire company president, Ron Fox, and the fire chief, Jeff Marshall, on March 28. construction equipment.

Wednesday, the fire truck was delivered to the station. That night, mem-

bers of the volunteer fire company learned how the brand-new truck operates.

The truck is equipped

with sets of lights on all sides to help grab the attention of drivers when answering a call.

attend those every so often to help pitch ideas.”

In terms of setting up the events, Bednarski said that the majority of the staff is involved and that Tamela Dessify, a secretary and chair of the committee for the Relay for Life fundraiser at Southpointe, played the most crucial role in the creation of the program.

“She’s the shepherd of the whole program. Without her this wouldn’t have happened.”

Through growing in participation, the money raised from the Relay for Life event in 2011 increased by 400 percent

in the year 2012.

“We are hoping to get at least a little more. I wouldn’t say a whole bunch more, because donating right now in this economy is tough. Even a few hundred dollars we’d be happy with,” said Bednarski.

“We’ve got support from multiple organizations, multiple students and a group that periodically comes up and makes donations.”

In Waynesburg University’s mission, there is a call for service: engage students to be servants and citizens in their local communities and to take responsibility for involve-

ment in the world in which they live.

“Cancer is one of the most deadly killers,” Bednarski said. “The more money we can raise to support the research speaks to the founding of our school in terms of service and serving others.”

Relay for Life raises over $400 million each year and Waynesburg participants help the organization reach that goal.

“It’s a great causes and I hope that everyone is passionate about it and can donate time or a monetary donation,” Canning said.

This past month at a conference held at Princeton University, a Waynesburg university faculty member was awarded the opportunity to attend the third annual symposium in honor of Dr. Georges Florosvsky.

Ezekiel Olagoke, professor in the university’s humanities department, was given the opportunity to participate in the conference sponsored by various different educational departments and groups within Princeton.

At the conference, Olagoke attended various presentations that featured key speakers who spoke on topics relevant to the basic axis and scope of Georges Florosvsky’s Neo-Patristic Synthesis.

In addition to learning about many different theories, such as the Origen of Alexandria and Hermeneutical Implications of Transfiguration, Olagoke was able to come away with some valuable opportunities.

The presentations that Olagoke attended were held in what was a significant historical setting on the Princeton Campus.

Olagoke sat in the same room where Albert Einstein first delivered his Theory of Relativity.

“Sitting in the same

lecture hall that Albert Einstein delivered his theory in was a very gratifying experience,” said Olagoke.

“It was great to be surrounded by scholars in a setting where such a big contribution to society was first presented.”

Scholars from all over the country attended the conference, which allowed for a lot of interaction between various professors from different colleges and universities.

Olagoke is a very highly respected faculty member of students and staff members at Waynesburg University.

Britney Spencer, senior human services major, expressed great admiration for the work that Olagoke does with students like her. “[Olagoke] is very engaging with us and he encourages us to continue to pursue growing in knowledge even after we have graduated,” said Spencer. “He is a great model for someone who aspires to become a true scholar, always seeking to learn more.”

Olagoke was honored to attend.

“It allowed me to not only network but come back intellectually refreshed for the most part.

Overall it was a wonderful experience,” he said.

Thursday, April 4, 2013 AFTER FIRE

Consol still unsure when local mine will resume regular production

By Kyle Edwards Senior Editor After several days of conducting tests, CONSOL energy is still uncertain as to when its Blacksville No. 2 deep coal mine will reopen.

According to CONSOL Spokesperson Lynn Seay, advance teams began entering the mine last Wednesday.

“Following early morning elevator checks at the Kuhntown portal, the first two CONSOL Energy

advance teams entered the Blacksville No. 2 mine,” Seay said.

“They conducted an initial examination of the active mining area near the Kuhntown portal, repaired one discharge line, isolated electrical power in the Kuhntown bottom and established a source of electrical power through one borehole to the Kuhntown bottom.”

Seay explained that extensive exploration in this area is ongoing among the six advance teams that are rotating

“It is still unknown when the Blacksville No. 2 mine will resume production.”

Lynn Seay Spokesperson, CONSOL Energy Inc.

shift by shift to provide needed rest for each team.

The mine was originally closed down Tuesday, March 12, at 2 p.m. when smoke was reported coming out of the mine’s Orndoff shaft.

All 121 miners were immediately evacuated through the mine’s Kuhntown portal, with no injuries reported, leaving 650 workers idle.

According to a company press release, CONSOL drilled three

Tag ‘em and bag ‘em Pennsylvania Game Commission reports hunters bag two percent more deer during this year’s hunting season

new vertical boreholes into the mine near the Orndoff shaft to increase the volume of water pumped into the mine.

CONSOL also announced that the company had completed a plan to re-enter the mine, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration, state and United Mine Workers officials had approved.

CONSOL said it completed drilling six to eight other boreholes for the insertion of walls to isolate fire

from sources of oxygen.

Seay explained that the advance teams were a part of that plan.

“The teams have performed routine weekly electrical checks on five vehicles and began charging three,” she said.

“Several compressed air dewatering pumps have been installed so that advance teams can expand their examination to the Orndoff shaft area of the mine.”

Seay said that the results of the readings See MINE on B4

Youths learn leadership, discipline from Young Marines

By Lucas Diethorn

By Chelsea Dicks

Assignments Editor

Arts and Life Editor The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released a statement that hunters bagged about 2 percent more deer this season than last.

The game commission last Monday estimated 343,110 deer were harvested during the 2012-2013 hunting seasons.

That’s up from 336,200 during the 2011-12 hunting seasons.

The increase was driven by a five percent increase in antlered deer killed.

For the most recent season, hunters took 133,860 bucks, up from 127,540 last season.

The harvest of antler-less deer also increased slightly, from 208,660 in 2011-2012 to 209,250.

The game commission’s executive director Carl Roe said the most recent season was slightly above the average harvest.

The commission began trying to stabilize the deer population in most areas of Pennsylvania in 2005, which is the year they began tracking yearly harvest numbers.

Those figures surprised Joe Keffer, owner of The Sportsman’s Shop in New Holland.

“It certainly is not what I would have expected to hear based on the comments from the hunters who come through [the store],” Keffer said.

“What those hunters are telling us, it’s never been this bad.”

Most hunters who head to north-central Pennsylvania and frequent The Sportsman’s Shop reported seeing

Photo (above) by Collin Hillberry Photo (right) by Angela Wadding

(Above) West Greene resident Collin Hillberry, 17, poses with a deer he shot on Jan. 12. The Pennsylvania Game Commission released a statement recently that hunters bagged about two percent more deer this season than last.

(Right) The Pennsylvania Game Commission began trying to stabilize the deer population in most areas of Pennsylvania in 2005 - the year they began tracking the yearly harvest numbers.

few deer, according to Keffer.

“They’re talking about not seeing anything,” he said.

Former Pennsylvania Game Commission board member Stephen L. Mohr of Bainbridge doesn’t dispute the

agency’s tally of deer harvested this past season.

However, he said hunters generally aren’t satisfied with the state’s deer hunting.

“I’d be interested to know how many of those deer were taken

on private property versus public land,”Mohr said.

“The hunters who have to hunt public land are not at all satisfied. And if that many hunters aren’t satisfied, See HUNTERS on B4

With backs straight, feet together and chins high in the air nine young members of Washington County joined the Young Marines association.

The organization accepts new recruits only three to four times a year and honors the new members with a recruitment ceremony.

Now that the recruits are in, they will undergo the training process.

It begins with the new recruits focusing on the program itself.

They start out learning about the Young Marines and other information needed to do well within the program.

Then it is 2-3 months of physical training and boot camp.

This part of the initiation process focuses on the body and strengthening physical attributes.

The last step is a weekend camping trip that is not the normal roasting marshmallows around a campfire and singing songs.

The Young Marines camping trip consists of written and oral tests.

If the member passes, they will be an honorary member of the Young Marines association and a graduation ceremony will take place.

The Young Marines is a program for both boys and girls ages 8 through the end of high school that serves as an education and service program.

The members will be introduced to many

new activities: rappelling, hiking, rope bridges, camping, military tributes, rock climbing, swimming, trips to Paris Island and DC and CPR training, according to wcyoungmarines.com.

“The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral and physical development of its members,” according to wcyoungmarines.com.

“The program focuses on character building, leadership, and promotes a healthy drug-free lifestyle.”

The program is led by active, inactive and retired marines who see a need for organizations like the Young Marines to teach kids good character.

The program was created to give children the opportunity to surround themselves with a good environment rather than the sex, drugs and other common problems now a part of the teenage maturing process.

Becoming a member of the Young Marines is not a recruiting opening for the military.

Being a member of the program is not early training for the military either.

Anyone with any future career aspects can join the program and not have to worry about having a military career thrown at them.

“Many people believe this is a Military style boot camp for troubled kids - that is not our function,” according to wcyoungmarines.com.

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Avoid the ‘conspiracies,’ save money As I spend my time in the Jacket office on Monday and Tuesday evenings, there is a lot of talk about conspiracies.

I have a belief that there are many conspiracies in life. But maybe the best way to describe them is not conspiracies, they are just things that I view as not useful. The biggest one, and the one I argue about the most, is water – specifically bottled water. Why do we insist on buying something that comes out of a faucet for free? If it is cleaner in the bottle,then you can simply go to Walmart and buy a Brita filter. It works just the same, trust me; I have one.

Then you can just pour the water into a canteen or a coffee mug and save money. It makes sense right? It might be small, but saving money in small amounts can add up in the end. That is really what I mean by conspiracies, just a way that you can save money

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and help yourself out in the long run. In this life you have to take every advantage that you can to get through it. I never really thought this through until speaking with my dad over Easter.

We were cutting wood that we use to burn during the winter time to heat our house; something we do very frequently. I asked him why we sweat and break our backs all just to heat the house instead of paying for the oil to run the furnace. He told me that he has been doing it for 30 years because it saves money in the long run and helps put money aside for other things.

For instance, we take a family vacation every year. He said that the only way we get that weekend away to relax is

by saving money through the process of cutting wood. I never thought of it that way, but it makes sense. Once again, just saving a little money here and there and you can take a vacation. It’s weird how it works, but it works.

Buying in bulk is another way to save a little.

My father bought 10 chains for the chainsaw at one time because he got a discount. Normally you don’t need that many different chains at one time but he saved money; as he put it, “You can never have enough chains.”Now getting back to things that we waste our money on, or as I call them, “conspiracies.” I think listing them would be the easiest: Yes, I suppose lettuce is good for you but lets consider what it is. It is 99 percent water, or close to it. Other than that it is pretty similar to grass. So to save money you could do two things,

you could grow it yourself because it’s not that hard or you could just eat grass. It’s that simple and it will save you a couple bucks. So that might be a little picky of me, but seriously I am only trying to save money on some things that I do not really need.

In reality who needs to eat grass?Also one of my pet peeves is the situation where you buy a bag of chips and only a quarter of the bag actually has chips in it. Again, saving little bits of money here and there is a big help. What I mean by conspiracies is something that we don’t really need to spend money on because we can get it elsewhere and for a much better bargain.

Whether it is bottled water or even lettuce, there will always be a less expensive way. And the more money we save the more enjoyment we can have in this life.

All you have to do is find the “conspiracies.”

University helps support the community Over the past few weeks, Waynesburg University has been doing an outstanding job helping out in the community.

On March 28, President Timothy Thyreen and future president Doug Lee presented a check to the Waynesburg-Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company for $10,000 to help offset the cost of a new fire engine. This is just the first in five installments the university will donate, with the total donation totaling $50,000. That same day, Waynesburg University senior nursing students held a disaster preparedness course open to the community on what to do in case of emergencies.

Not only Waynesburg enhancing the community, but they are enhancing the university as well. With the addition of a new fire truck and the public being educated on disaster relief, the students at Waynesburg should be able to sleep peacefully at night, heaven forbid if a disaster really does strike.

As Waynesburg University continues to grow from where it was just a decade ago, they are trying to improve the community to better the residents of this town.

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Discovery of ‘Gate to Hell’: Fact or fraud?

You might have trouble believing it, but scientists have officially discovered the “Gate to Hell” – or so they say.

It might sound like something straight out of a movie or television show, but seriously.

Italian scientists claim they found the ruins of Pluto’s Gate in Turkey – they made the announcement at an archeology conference last month (there are poisonous vapors and everything), according to Discovery News.

Francesco D’Andria, professor of classic archaeology at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy, led the research team.

He told Discovery News that he used “ancient mythology as his guide to locate the legendary portal to the underworld.”

He added, “We found the Plutonium by reconstructing the route of a thermal spring. Indeed, Pamukkale’ springs, which produce the famous white travertine terraces, originate from this cave.”

The Gate, apparently, had a thick mist that

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was “immediately fatal to any who entered.”

Reporters have aligned this finding with Strabo’s writings from around 24 B.C. “This space is full of a vapor so misty and dense that one can scarcely see the ground. Any animal that passes inside meets instant death.

I threw in sparrows and they immediately breathed their last and fell.”

Apparently, the Gate still has the same deadly effects.

Scientists claimed that birds that flew in the area of the Gate were “instantly killed.”

In addition, there are other such “gates” around the world, including “The Door to Hell” in Turkmenistan, which has been on fire for at least 40 years (the natural gases in the area have stayed ignited during that time). It might be because I’m a typical-

ly skeptical person, but I would kind of like more proof.

In a really horrifying way, I might think that it was cool if this report were true. And, it is Discovery News, after all – why would they lead me astray?

Great source or not, when I first read this article I thought, for sure, that it was an April Fool’s Day joke. I hate April Fool’s Day. It’s the perfect day for me to lose trust in every reliable organization ever. I hate being pranked. I hate the idea that people would make up a story as a joke.

I mean, I get it. It’s funny, I guess.

It’s just not for me.

So, I’m skeptical.

What if the archaeologist just wants attention? What if they decided that they finally wanted to discover something (I mean, I would get pretty impatient digging through dirt all day)?

What if it really was an April Fool’s joke?

(For the record, I really hope it’s not a joke because if it is, it was

very well played and reported by numerous credible sources.)

After everything is said and done, if the “Gate to Hell” really was discovered in Turkey, I am never going to Turkey.

Also, just for the sake of asking more questions that you probably don’t know the answer to – why would anyone actually want to find the “Gate to Hell”? That doesn’t even sound appealing to me. Not going to lie.

I know, I know – it is probably one of the biggest archeological finds of all time.

The fact of the matter is, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near something that makes “any animal that passes inside” meet instant death.

Sorry, that’s just not for me. But props to the people who were committed enough to their work to find the gate, if they really did. I love the idea of scenes from a horror film being pulled into reality (and, in case it’s not implied, this is sarcasm).

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Op-Ed

Peace with N. Korea only sensible path A wonderfully scary world of robots President Obama’s recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement.

The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly raid on a flotilla attempting to take supplies to Gaza.

The president should employ that same sort of diplomacy toward North Korea. An increasingly dangerous confrontation is building between the United States and North Korea.

The outrageous rhetoric pouring out of Pyongyang makes it difficult to do anything more than dismiss North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. But abandoning diplomacy would be extremely dangerous.

The North Koreans are convinced that nuclear weapons are the only thing keeping them safe from a U.S. attack, and recent flights of nuclearcapable U.S. warplanes over the Korean peninsula only hardened that conviction.

As distasteful as it may seem, we need to talk directly with the North Koreans. They will not give up their nuclear weapons at this juncture, and for the

United States to demand that they do so as a precondition for talks will only lead to greater tension, including the possibility of a military explosion. Would it not be better to negotiate a peace treaty? The George W. Bush administration took the position that engagement with Pyongyang would reward bad behavior, and that seems to be the approach of the Obama administration too. But though the North Koreans often sound like belligerent lunatics, there are certainly many reasons to engage, particularly on a peace treaty, an idea Kim Jong Un might well embrace. In August 1973, U.S. Ambassador Philip Habib learned that opposition leader Kim Dae-jung had been kidnapped in Tokyo and was on a small boat about to be thrown into the sea.

It was widely assumed (and later confirmed) that South Korea’s intelligence service, the KCIA, was responsible.

But Habib did not jump into his sedan and confront autocratic President Park Chung-hee with an accusation.

Habib first wrote Park a letter, giving him time to construct a response that kept Kim alive and enabled Park to deflect

responsibility for the kidnapping. In December 1980, I witnessed close up a confrontation that failed. Kim Daejung had, at that point, been sentenced to death on trumped-up charges of treason. Outgoing President Jimmy Carter sent Defense Secretary Harold Brown and me to Seoul to confront South Korea’s president, Chun Doo-hwan, on the matter. Our instructions were to tell him, essentially, to release Kim “or else.” This approach failed utterly, and Kim was on the verge of execution.

The incoming Reagan administration, led by Richard V. Allen, was astute enough to offer Chun a visit to the White House to keep Kim alive. In order to see Reagan, Chun released Kim, who went on to become South Korea’s president and receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Granted, these experiences were in South Korea, a place very different from its northern neighbor. But diplomacy works around the world.

We can’t simply order Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear ambitions.

Dialogue is needed, and Obama should reach out to those who have negotiated successfully with North Korea to help craft

an approach.

Next month, South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit Washington to meet with Obama.

I was in Seoul in 1974 when a North Korean agent trying to kill her father, President Park Chung-hee, fired and missed, killing her mother instead.

Still, Park Geun-hye visited Pyongyang in 2001 and met with thenPresident Kim Jong Il. When I congratulated her for doing so, her response was: “We must look to the future with hope, not to the past with bitterness.”

Park calls her policy toward North Korea “trustpolitik,” and she would undoubtedly be pleased to find thinking compatible with that policy in the White House, as would China’s new president, Xi Jinping, who has already called Park, offering to help ease tension between the two Koreas.

The alternative to diplomacy is escalating conflict, and that would be a terrible mistake on the Korean peninsula.

Negotiating a lasting peace is the only sensible approach. ___ This editorial originally appeared in the LA Times.

Tiger doesn’t care, why should you?

“Winning Takes Care of Everything.”

These five words were the focus of Nike’s latest ad on Facebook as they appeared in front of a crouching Tiger Woods reading a green, preparing to attempt a putt.

The ad came after Woods became the world’s No. 1 golfer two weeks ago when he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

It was supposed to signify how he overcame the downfall he experienced in 2009 and ascended back to the golfer we once knew.

When I first saw the ad, I thought it had an “in your face” boldness to it.

Here was Tiger Woods, admitting he was wrong, but instead of continuing to apologize, owned up to it and said he just doesn’t care anymore.

I’m not mad at Tiger Woods or Nike for creat-

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ing this ad. I loved it.

The ad was a lot more than in just Tiger being unapologetic. It shows that although Tiger has made some awful mistakes, fans and foes alike have their own flaws too.

Since the ad came out, quite a few people have been up in arms about what the message entails.

They feel like Woods hasn’t done enough in their eyes. After his personal life was ruined in the public eye, people can’t accept the fact that in three years, Woods is back contending for major championships again.

These people are hypocrites.

We thought Tiger was

the closest thing to perfect a human could be in the public eye. He had what seemed to be a perfect marriage, was a great family man and was in the middle of one of the greatest golf careers ever.

We thought he was the perfect role model for kids.

But even when Tiger was at the top of his game, he never showed any type of example of his ability to be a role model.Throughout his career he has thrown tiny temper tantrums on the course when things don’t go his way. He swore when bad shots were taken. That doesn’t really scream, “I want to be your kids inspiration.”

If and when I have kids (God willing), I don’t want someone else showing them how to be a loving husband and father.

That’s my job as a parent.

I’m not excusing

Tiger’s behavior, but you can’t expect him to be someone he’s not.

Just because he is one of the most dominant athletes in the world again doesn’t mean he has to abide by what you want him to be.

Tiger Woods and Nike said it in five brief words.

He doesn’t care about what you think anymore.

He doesn’t care of he’s not your kids’ role model, and quite frankly, he shouldn’t.

Tiger’s finally being himself for the first time in his career. Instead of walking around like everything in his life is perfect, he’s brought the braggadocious side of him back. Accept the new, real Tiger Woods.

Get rid of the image of him ever being a role model to you or your children. He obviously doesn’t care, so why should you?

This Week in History

By Rob Longo Editorial Assistant April 2, 2004 The State Correctional Institution of Greene County implements a new emergency alert system. The system is being installed in all 26 state correctional institutions across the state. The alert system sends out an automated telephone message to residents that live in a onemile radius from the prison in case an emergency erupts, such as an escaped prisoner. The new sys-

tem can place 10,000-15,000 phone calls per hour, if needed.

The new restaurant was relocated to South Washington Street.

April 7, 2006 The First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg youth group hosts a film festival on Waynesburg College’s campus. The event took place at the Waynesburg Theatre & Arts Center, and six short films premiered. The youth group raised $1,900. All proceeds went towards Relay for Life.

March 31, 2010 Part of High Street was shut down for the demolition of a building that housed a restaurant, a bar and a jeweler. The businesses that were closed are Lam’s Chinese Garden, Hudson’s Jewelers and the Colonial Inn. The building took 12 hours to completely demolish. Within the year, the owner of Lam’s Chinese Garden re-opened the restaurant under the name New Lam’s Garden.

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Remember that Disney channel original movie, Smart House?

It was so cool to imagine a house cooking dinner or cleaning your room for you.

But the “cool factor” of a smart house lost its charm when the house stopped listening to its homeowners and did whatever it pleased.

The nightmare of a house holding its owners hostage and of robots taking over the world is scarily close to becoming reality.

Last year, Autom the weight loss robot was introduced to the market by inventor Cory Kidd of MIT’s Media Lab. Autom is super cute: weighing in at just five pounds, the boxy white robot has startlingly large blue eyes and a sweet face. She tracks your daily caloric intake, offers you advice and feedback and encourages you to eat healthier.

Autom makes it difficult to stray from your diet – she’s just too darned cute to disappoint.

It may seem unbelievable, but Autom isn’t the only robot making life more convenient for human beings.

Nanda Clocky is an alarm clock that forces you out of bed. She allows you to hit the snooze button once; after that, she rolls around your bedroom, blaring obnoxiously loudly, until you get your butt out of bed and into gear.

Dressman the German ironing robot dewrinkles clothing using hot air, saving you precious minutes in the morning. And Roomba the vacuuming robot sweeps your floors.

These robots are miraculous job and time savers.

But there is one robot that now saves you miles, as well. Recently, various developers have introduced driverless cars – or “robot cars,” as I like to call them – to the market. Robot cars are so cool. In theory.

According to a recent article in TIME magazine, driverless cars could reduce more than 30,000 deaths from crashes, a third of which are alcohol-related and many others that are the result of texting while driving. They reduce pollution.

And they keep those crazy senior citizen drivers in control of their vehicles. Because, well, that grandma would

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Columnist

simply be along for the ride.

A robot car would be so neat to own. If I had a robot car, I would wake up late and do my hair and makeup on my daily commute to Waynesburg University. Or I’d study on the ride to school. I’d probably ask my car to pick up pizza for me (no one delivers to my house atop Mansfield Mountain) or pick up my sister from her track practice (sometimes I don’t want to drive ten whole minutes to the high school stadium to simply turn around and drive back home).

A robot car would solve so many of my, and many other Americans’, first world problems.

But robot cars might not be as cool as you think.

Robot cars aren’t professionals. Like cars with human drivers, robot cars are susceptible to crashes. How will they know when to stop at a red light? How will they know when to stop at a stop sign? And how can they react to someone who runs a red light or a stop sign when they can’t see an accident coming?

More importantly (for some): who will be responsible for a robot car crash? Should the car’s manufacturer be liable for damage done in a driverless car crash? Or should the driverless car’s app developer take the blame? How do companies price insurance for robot cars? And are robot cars really the way to go?

Call me paranoid, but what happens when a robot car gets hacked and, instead of taking you to the movies, drives you into a sadistic criminal’s driveway? What do you do when your robot car gets tired of your music choice and drives you over a cliff?

The likelihood of that happening is slim to none. But still.

Robot clocks and robot vacuums and robot cars are convenient.

They make life easier.

But sometimes easier isn’t better.

Sometimes, doing things for yourself is the most efficient way of getting things done.

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PennDOT announces highway deaths in 2012 third lowest on record

By Kyle Edwards Senior Editor In a recent press release, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that the number of highway deaths in 2012 was the third lowest in state history.

According to the release, there were 1,310 people killed in crashes on Pennsylvania roads last year - only 24 more than in 2011.

Areas of highway safety, strengthened by laws signed by Governor Tom Corbett, also saw reductions in fatalities and crashes.

Mine reopen unknown Continued from B1 confirm that the fire is out.

“Since entering the mine, gas levels have remained steady and consistent.

The advance teams were brought to the surface for approximately six hours on Friday while officials evaluated the increase of oxygen levels at the established boreholes from the surface,” Seay said. “The teams reentered the mine at approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday.”

Seay said that CONSOL Energy’s team remains on-site around

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If interested in becoming a part of the Washington County

“While highway fatalities increased last year, we’re encouraged that, historically, deaths on our roadways are trending downward. However, our highway safety mission will continue,” said PennDOT secretary Barry J. Schoch in the release.

“Each life lost on our highways is someone’s relative or loved one, and we keep that in the forefront of our minds when we pursue engineering, education and enforcement tactics aimed at keeping our roads safe.”

PennDOT data from police reports also shows that there were 124,062 crashes on

Pennsylvania roadways in 2012, a decrease from 125,322 in 2011 and fewer than the 144,542 Pennsylvania crashes 15 years ago, the release states.

According to the release, following the December 2011 implementation of increased driving safety requirements for young drivers, signed into law by Corbett, fatalities in crashes involving a 16 or 17year-old driver decreased to 44 - 22 fewer than in 2011 and “significantly fewer than the 133 such fatalities 15 years ago.”

The law increased behind-the-wheel training requirements, placed a limit on the number of

the clock to continue monitoring gas levels and to oversee the situation.

“It is still unknown when the Blacksville No. 2 mine will resume production,” Seay said.

More information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

Blacksville No. 2 employees are being notified that they are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits and their benefit plan remains in effect.

CONSOL said it is working to put employees back to work as soon as possible.

Blacksville No. 2 produces approximately 400,000 tons per month under normal operations.

Hunters bag more deer

invested $50 million over the last five years for safety improvements at about 4,000 locations.

These include lowcost safety measures such as centerline and edge-line rumble strips; curve-related treatments; sight-distance and intersection improvements; and removing frequently hit trees and other fixed objects.

PennDOT also invests about $20 million annually in state and federal funds for safety education and enforcement efforts statewide, the release states.

Though many fatal crash categories saw

fewer fatalities in 2012, there were increases in some areas.

Fatalities in crashes involving drivers 65 years-old or older increased from 244 in 2011 to 276 in 2012.

Pedestrian fatalities increased to 168 in 2012 from 149 in 2011, and motorcyclist fatalities increased to 210 from 199 in that time period, according to the release.

The lowest number of traffic fatalities ever recorded in Pennsylvania occurred in 2009, when there were 1,256 fatalities.

For more information on PennDOT’s safety initiatives, visit www.JustDrivePA.com.

Continued from B1 that tells me the deer herd is not right.”

Mohr is chairman of the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania’s board, which has opposed the Game Commission’s deer management program for years.

This was a good sign compared to the 2010 season when the harvest numbers reached the lowest in 23 years of deer hunting.

In West Virginia this past deer season, the number of deer harvested was down slightly from the previ-

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Young Marines association as a recruit or part of the staff, log

passengers a young driver can transport and made not wearing a seat belt a primary offense for young drivers, the release states.

Corbett also signed into law a ban on textbased communication while driving, which went into effect in March 2012.

PennDOT crash data shows that crashes involving drivers using phones decreased from 1,152 in 2011 to 1,096 in 2012.

There were eight fatalities in those crashes and 57 fatalities in crashes involving distracted drivers in 2012.

According to the press release, PennDOT has

onto wcyoungmarines.com where you can download the

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Preliminary numbers show West Virginia hunters harvested a total of 56,173 bucks during the recent two-week buck firearms season. ous season.

Preliminary numbers show West Virginia hunters harvested a total of 56,173 bucks during the recent twoweek buck firearms

application.

The program does have a cost, but they promise that once a member, the cost will be worth it.

The Washington County Young Marines association is trying to create a better environment for children now, and a better future for them to come.

season.

The season ran from Nov. 19 through Dec. 1, according to Frank Jezioro, director of West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.

Overall, officials found the 2012 season brought in seven percent less bucks than the 2011 harvest, which brought in just over 60,000 deer.

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Women’s track wins at CMU

More than just a coach

Huwe and Sowers dominate the podium for women while Blatt breaks record on the men’s side

By John Lydic Staff Writer Waynesburg packed three events into its track and field schedule on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets were rewarded with an overall victory in the women’s competition and a new individual record on the men’s side.

Both Waynesburg track and field team competed at the Carnegie Mellon Mini-Invite on Saturday. The men’s team also sent some of its members to the Washington & Jefferson Invitational.

The women finished first out of five teams at the CMU Mini-Invite. The men took third out of five teams, and added a 10th-place finish at W&J. The women’s side tallied 171 points during their victory, 42 more than the host Carnegie Mellon.

The big stars of the day on the field side were senior Carly Schubert and junior Rebecca Rapp. The two teammates finished one-two in the discus event. Schubert took first with a distance of 36.75 meters, while Rapp was right behind at 36.53.

With those finishes, they also qualified for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

Schubert also took first in the shot put event with a distance of 11.45 meters.

After missing her junior season due to injury, Schubert, the PAC gold-medalist in the discuss in 2011, has not missed a beat despite missing a year of action.

Senior Megan Sowers took first in the javelin by blowing out the competition with her 40.70-meter toss that topped the next best throw by nearly 11 meters.

On the track, senior Rhea Huwe had another impressive outing. She won the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 13.13 and 27.18 respectively.

“The meet went well,” said Huwe. “It was better than we could have hoped for, mainly because of the weather.”

Huwe wasn’t the only top finisher for the Jackets, as senior Megan Fortna took gold in the 3000-meter with a time of 11:31.81 The men’s team competed in two meets on Saturday and were led by sophomore Byrum Louco at the CMU Mini-Invite. The sophomore won the 400-meter hurdles by two seconds with a time of 54.83 seconds.

Louco gave credit to his coaches after his final heat.

“I think our success has a lot to do with our coaches,” said Louco. “We definitely would not be here with-

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President Timothy Thyreen (left) and John Wiley admire the campus from the balcony of the Stover Campus Center during Homecoming weekend in 2010.

Thyreen calls the late John Wiley one of the most influential people in the development of Waynesburg University over the last century

By Kyle Oland Sports Editor

In the words of Timothy Thyreen, president of Waynesburg University, John Wiley exemplified what it meant to be a Waynesburg man. He was the type of man the original founders of Waynesburg University in 1849 envisioned its students becoming upon graduation.

“There was no compromise in his integrity,” said Thyreen. “He was just a rock and steady, and yet he was a gracious gentleman. He would do what was right regardless of the consequences.”

Wiley, the late football coach who holds the highest career winning perSee TRACK on C4 centage in Waynesburg

history, passed away on Monday, March 25 at the age of 92.

Born in Greene County, Pa., Wiley went on to attend Waynesburg College where he played football.

During his time on the Yellow Jacket football team, Wiley played in the first-ever televised football game against Fordham University in 1939.

That same season, Wiley earned Little All-American Football honors.

Following his playing career at Waynesburg, Wiley played five seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1946-50.

After retiring from professional football, Wiley was contacted by thenpresident Dr. Paul R. Stewart and asked to

return to his alma mater to become the 10th football coach in program history.

Alan Wiley, the youngest of the late coach’s sons, remembers his father’s feelings of being able to return to the school where the Wiley’s had a rich history of football.

“Dad’s uncle, Asa Wiley, coached at Waynesburg before him and all of his brothers played football at Waynesburg,” said Alan Wiley. “He was very excited to come back home and work at the university where all of his brothers and sisters attended. It was probably the greatest thing in his life at the time when he came back to Greene County.”

As the head coach from 1951-54, Wiley instilled in his players the same values by which he lived his life.

“He was more interested in the kids’ development in academics,” said Thyreen. “All of his thoughts were on doing what was right; he had a profound sense of rightness.”

While Wiley encouraged his players to express values such as integrity and hard work, he also produced some of the best teams in Waynesburg football history. During his tenure, Wiley’s teams regularly faced off against bigger schools such as West Virginia University.

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Jackets shutout at home; key starter injured Isaiah Cochran aggravates old injury Tuesday

By Nick Farrell Assistant Sports Editor On a chilly April day, the men’s tennis team’s racquets were ice cold.

Waynesburg (1-3) was blanked in its home match against Marietta (6-

3) 9-0 on Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets had not played a match since March 23, and according to their head coach, had missed out on a significant amount of practice time between the two

matches.

“You can’t make those excuses,” said Ron Christman, the 15th year head coach of the Jackets. “You just want to be as sharp as you can, and we weren’t quite there. It just shows how talented we are; that with a little more time on the court, we could be a lot stronger.”

The biggest disappointment of the afternoon came in the first singles match that featured Way-

nesburg’s Isaiah Cochran and Marietta’s Ashton Whiteleather.

After winning the first set 6-3, Cochran only took one game in the second set and then dropped the tiebreaker set, 10-4.

During the first set, Cochran aggravated an abdominal injury that he sustained last season, and his play suffered.

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Photo by Ryan Harr

Jon Anderson readies his serve on Tuesday. The senior is approaching Waynesburg’s all-time wins record.

Thomas More sweeps softball in PAC doubleheader

By Eric Bost Sports Editorial Assistant The Waynesburg Yellow Jacket softball team had a rough outing on the road Monday when they were swept in a doubleheader against conference opponent Thomas More College.

The Jackets (8-6, 0-2)

came out strong against Thomas More (12-10, 3-1).

Both teams fought hard,

but one inning in each game lifted the Saints to two more Presidents Athletic Conference victories by final scores of 9-0 and 6-4.

Jacket starting pitcher Carrie Maier performed well through the first four innings of game one, as both teams were all notched up at 0-0.

It was the bottom of the fifth inning where it all came undone for the Jackets, as a couple mistakes gave Thomas More a huge advantage.

“We blew a gasket,” said Waynesburg head coach Lou Giachetti. “I tell the team all the time that we can’t have train wreck innings, and we

had a train wreck inning.”

After Maier only allowed five hits in the first four innings, the Saints were able to figure her out, earning five hits and six runs in the fifth.

After a leadoff single and a passed ball started the inning off, the Saints took advantage of runners in scoring position when

pitcher Mamee Salzer singled up the middle to knock in the game’s first run.

After another passed ball and a wild pitch, Thomas More suddenly had a 3-0 lead. The Saints fed off the momentum and went on to win 9-0.

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With 21 on the horizon, Pirates must end streak Kyle Oland Sports Editor

The number 21 is synonymous with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

For years, Roberto Clemente, perhaps the greatest man to ever don the “P” on his hat, wore the number 21 on his jersey. On April 6, 1973, the number was retired in remembrance and honor of Clemente, who tragically lost his life when a plane carrying him and relief supplies intended for Nicaragua crashed.

At PNC Park, the right field wall is 21 feet tall, honoring the Hall of Famer. While the Pittsburgh Pirates have respectfully immortalized Clemente’s number in their franchise, that same number many equate to the great Clemente could very well be tarnished this season.

Currently, the Pirates are enduring the worst consecutive losing seasons streak in North American sports history, having had a losing record for 20-straight seasons.

This year, the Pirates are on the cusp of their 21st consecutive losing season. For everything great that the number 21 is to Pittsburgh, another losing season could potentially mar that historic number.

As an unbiased writer

who has never called myself a fan of the Pirates, I point the blame on the management of the Pirates. To be clear, the current front office management is not to blame; Neal Huntington, the current general manager, entered an organization in disarray when he was hired at the end of the 2007 season.

Since his arrival, Huntington has steadily rebuilt the franchise. Over the last two seasons it seemed as if a winning record was likely, until late season collapses extended the losing streak.

In 2011, the Pirates finished the season with a record of 72-90. Last season, Pittsburgh improved its record by nine games, finishing the season at 7983, just three games off the magical .500 mark.

With losing season No. 21 just around the corner, the Pirates desperately need a winning streak – not just for Clemente’s sake, but for the sake of the fans.

Currently, I am employed by the Pirates and I witnessed my first Buccos home-opener on Monday. What I witnessed was a stadium full of loyal fans.

Despite cold weather and snow flurries throughout the morning, fans packed PNC Park.

Despite 20-straight losing seasons, thousands arrived early to tailgate and discuss the prospects of the upcoming season.

To be honest, the scene I witnessed Monday was not what I was expecting.

Being from Baltimore, I endured 14-straight losing seasons from the Orioles.

The difference between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, though, is that despite the losing seasons, somehow the fans still find a way to get excited in Pittsburgh.

For years, the Baltimore fans would just grumble on Opening Day that the Orioles had little hope of erasing the streak. Of course, it ended last season to the delight of the fair-weather fans that call themselves “diehards.”

In Pittsburgh, the fans genuinely care; in some cases, too much. As an outsider to the Pittsburgh region, I have noticed that you Pittsburghers wear your black and gold and don the Pittsburgh “P” on your hats as if you were sporting the red, white and blue of America.

Everywhere I looked Monday, whether I was at the stadium or back at Waynesburg, I saw black and gold.

If the trend of improvement from the past two seasons continues, the Pirates could very well reach the .500 mark that has eluded the city of Pittsburgh for so long.

For your love, your passion and your history, you don’t deserve another losing season – you don’t deserve to see Clemente’s number tainted.

You deserve this streak to end.

New surface to be installed in gym Fieldhouse upgrades to begin in June

By Matt Jones

“As a player, I am overjoyed to hear about our new floor. Getting a wood floor will be very benefical as well.”

Staff Writer

Elaine Hasek Junior Forward

Waynesburg University will finally get something that puts it in line with the other Presidents’ Athletic Conference schools.

That thing is a new hardwood basketball playing surface.

After years of griping from players and coaches, the basketball teams finally got their wish.

The Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse is the only basketball facility in the PAC that doesn’t have a hardwood playing surface.

Come June, that will all change.

Roy Barnhart, senior vice president of finance and admissions, felt it was time to join the PAC ranks and renovate the court.

With many of Waynesburg’s competitors within the PAC fielding topnotch basketball facilities, Barnhart and university officials made the call to upgrade Waynesburg’s court.

“We have been looking at getting a new court for some time now,” said Barnhart. “It needed some repairs and we felt that it was time to replace it.”

The renovation, which will cost nearly $170,000, will be a two-month process that will begin in June and end in July, according to Barnhart.

The process will involve raising the floor two inches higher to square up with the ply-

wood base and removing and reinstalling the bleachers.

There was much collaboration involved in the planning of that new court.

“Both head basketball coaches had a lot of talks with the contracting company,” said Barnhart.

Head men’s basketball coach Mark Christener and head women’s basketball coach Sam Jones were able to incorporate ideas that ranged from what kind of court to install to what kind of design would be used.

The court style that was chosen by the coaches and executives is from Connor Manufacturing, a company that has been involved in the making of many high-quality basketball courts, most notably the courts that are installed during the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

In addition to the fresh, sleek look, the Marisa Fieldhouse’s new surface will better serve Waynesburg’s athletes, as newer surfaces have proven to cut down on serious injuries.

Jones, along with many players and coaches, is excited about the new court system.

“Overall, we’re just excited about getting a hardwood court,” said

Jones. “We’re also excited about the fact that we can incorporate our logo and colors, which are unique to the area.”

One of the players who is looking forward to the new court is junior forward Elaine Hasek, a member of Jones’ women’s basketball team.

“As a player, I am overjoyed to hear about our new floor,” said Hasek.

“Getting a wood floor for the future will be very beneficial as well.”

The new court will provide a player-friendly surface and will help with gaining exposure for recruitment.

Jones believes that the court will be a great selling point to incoming recruits for the basketball programs.

With both the men’s and women’s programs on the rise, the new surface could elevate them further in the conference ranks.

“Sometimes, not having a hardwood court can be an issue with recruitment,” Jones said. “This now gives us a great tool to help bring in players to our programs.”

When the renovation is finished, Jones hopes that Waynesburg will have one of the highest quality surfaces in the PAC as both Waynesburg programs stride toward success.

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Athletes of the Week Presidents pound Jackets on diamond Junior cleans up at the plate; senior dominates events at CMU

By Nick Farrell

By Carson Fox Staff Writer

Roman

Schubert

Assistant Sports Editor Over Easter weekend, a couple of Waynesburg athletes put together fantastic performances in their respective sports and for their efforts are lauded as Athletes of the Week.

Junior Clay Roman put up some dominant figures on the diamond that helped Waynesburg win a three-game series against the Bethany Bison. The centerfielder, who is in his first year with the Yellow Jackets, went 10-for-12 against the Bison in games on Thursday and Saturday.

Roman recorded a double, three RBI and three runs scored in those three contests against Waynesburg’s rival from West Virginia.

After Saturday’s games, Roman garnered a .463 batting average, a .524 on-base percentage and a team-high six stolen bases.

Roman continued his hot streak during Tuesday’s twin bill at Washington & Jefferson, when he went 5-for-8 and drove in a run for the Jackets.

Senior women’s track and field athlete Carly Schubert also put together a strong performance that helped her team take first place at the Carnegie Mellon Mini-Invite.

Schubert won the 15-woman discus event with a 36.76-meter toss, narrowly edging fellow Jacket Rebecca Rapp. In the shot put, the senior claimed first-place laurels again with a top distance of 11.45 meters.

After missing her junior year due to injury, Schubert has made a successful comeback in the early portion of her senior campaign. The senior won a PAC title in discuss during the 2011 season and seems ready to make a run at another title this year.

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference rewarded Schubert for her efforts, as she was named Women’s Field Athlete of the Week on Monday.

Tennis loses at home Continued from C1 tear that is on my rectus abdominal muscle,” said Cochran. “I couldn’t serve, I couldn’t hit my backhand – there was a noticeable difference [in Cochran’s play] between the first set and the second set.”

The muscle that Cochran reinjured is commonly referred to as the “abs” and is necessary to all movement of the torso.

Heading into Wednesday’s Presidents’ Athletic Con-

ference opener against Bethany, Cochran was concerned that the injury would continue to hinder his play.

Christman hoped that his standout sophomore would overcome his injury in the tiebreaker set.

“Anytime we get into a tiebreaker, I think we should be mentally strong enough to win,” said Christman. “When we need to win 10 points to win the whole match, we ought to be able to put those 10 points together.”

In another close match, Marietta’s Teddy Daub defeated Waynesburg’s Jon Anderson, 6-1, 6-4.

The Waynesburg baseball team haven’t beaten the Washington and Jefferson Presidents since May 9, 2009.

Since then, the Jackets have gone 0-9 against their rival, and Tuesday evening provided no change, as W&J scored 22 total runs.

Waynesburg (9-8, 2-3) looked overmatched in its doubleheader against W&J (10-5, 7-1). Neither offense of defense was effective as the Presidents took down the Jackets 9-2 and 13-4.

After taking two of three from Bethany over Easter break, Waynesburg had momentum on its side going into Tuesday’s twin bill. W&J was ranked in the Division III pre-season top-25, so head coach Mike Humiston and the Yellow Jacket squad knew they had to play good baseball to come away with a victory.

“When you look at it on paper, we’re just as good they are,” said Humiston. “I don’t know if it’s a psychological thing, but they definitely weren’t 16 runs better than us.”

Reigning Presidents’ Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week Eddie Nogay Jr. started game one for the Presidents.

Humiston considered Nogay as one of the best pitchers in the PAC and knew his batters could not fall behind in the count if the team was going to be successful against him.

In six innings pitched, Nogay recorded seven strikeouts, five hits and allowed only two runs.

On the other hand, Waynesburg starting pitcher J. Jay Paskert was shelled in his three innings pitched, as he surrendered nine runs on nine hits, with only one strikeout.

Humiston said that Paskert still has to get back in playing shape after multiple transfers have kept him from playing baseball.

“I don’t mean to make excuses but we have to remember that J. Jay has been out of the game for a year and a half,” said Humiston. “He still has a bit of a ways to go before he’s back to where he was and he can continue to help us win baseball games.”

Waynesburg knew it would have to score runs to keep up with the Presi-

“He was more consistent than me, which I’m not used to,” said Anderson. “I played fine, he’s just a little bit better, got to more balls than me.”

Christman thought that Anderson’s play got better later in the match.

“I actually thought he was going to pull this match out, and I was surprised he didn’t,” said Christman. “That last game that he lost, I thought for sure that he’d pull that out and get back on and win that second set so that he could get into a tiebreaker.”

Anderson, a senior, is chasing history for the Yellow Jackets. He is just three wins away from breaking Emile Khoury’s all-time wins milestone.

Khoury set the record of 31 wins in 2011. Anderson could potentially break that record at home on April 6 if he wins his next matches against Bethany and Washington & Jefferson.

In second singles, Marietta’s Alex Schaeffer defeated Philip Littlejohn, 6-1, 6-1.

“He just placed the ball exactly where he wanted it and I just hit it back to

him instead of trying to get him to move some more,” said Littlejohn.

Anderson and Littlejohn teamed up in second doubles and gave Waynesburg its best shot at a point in doubles play. The tandem fell to Daub and Karl Grant, 8-6.

“We work well together,” said Littlejohn.

“When we’re aggressive, we won pretty easily most of the time.”

Marietta’s first doubles team of Whiteleather and Schaeffer shutout Waynesburg’s top tandem of Cochran and Colin Phillips, 8-0. Cochran and Phillips have been held winless during Waynesburg’s recent three-match skid.

With little time between matches during the upcoming week, Christman said that the Jackets will need to learn from their mistakes and remain focused during this tough stretch in their schedule.

“Each player has to learn from this match and then apply what they learned,” said Christman.

The Jackets travel to W&J today for a PAC match at 3:30 p.m.

dents, who had beaten their opponents by a combined score of 42-2 in their five home victories.

That trend continued, as the Presidents scored all nine of their runs in the first three innings and cruised to a 9-2 victory in game one.

One bright spot for the Jackets in the first contest was junior center fielder Clay Roman, who comes of a hot week at the plate that saw him hit .463.

Roman went three for four at the plate, including knocking in David Houseman in the fifth inning to score Waynesburg’s first run of the day.

Not much else went well for the visitors in the early game.

“We really just wanted to put game one behind us,” said senior shortstop Kyle Sasala. “We didn’t do well in any of the three facets of the game so we just wanted to put it behind us.”

In game two, the Presidents’ hard hitting continued, this time against Waynesburg freshman pitcher Connor Furwa. In just two-thirds of an inning, Furwa gave up seven runs on seven hits and walked a batter.

“Connor pitched extremely well in his last appearance down in Florida against a nationally ranked team in Trinity,” said Humiston. “He just

didn’t have a very good day, but we still have a lot of games left and he’s going to get better.”

After giving up an RBI single and getting a fly-out to center, sophomore pitcher Thomas Ellis gave up four runs on five hits and recorded a strikeout.

The Presidents scored 11 runs in the first three innings of game two and scattered two more runs later in the evening to win 13-4.

The Jackets did show some life in the fourth inning, as they batted through the order and scored four runs on four hits, thanks to a couple fielding errors by the Presidents.

“I saw some good things from our younger guys today,” said Humiston. “If nothing else, the fourth inning did show our guys are resilient and they take pride in themselves and this program.

The Jackets will look to put these two road games behind them when they will take on the Saint Vincent Bearcats on Friday.

With a couple days of practice ahead, Waynesburg will have the chance to regroup before it travels to Latrobe for its 3 p.m. game.

“We’ll get back to working hard on everything,” said Sasala. “Hitting, pitching, fielding – everything.”

Wiley more than a coach

degree from the university.

Thyreen, who has lead a resurrection of Waynesburg University over the last two decades, said that without Wiley, the drastic transformation of Waynesburg’s return to its original mission of 1849 would not have been possible.

“When he was on the board, nobody challenged him because he was respected,” said Thyreen.

“When people would want to put the brakes on [Waynesburg’s] transformation, he simply said no.

He would say, ‘This is who we are and what we are – we are going back to 1849.’”

Growing up, Alan Wiley witnessed the determination of his father firsthand.

“There were times in my life when I myself agreed to do something,” recalled Alan Wiley, “and maybe those decisions or agreements as a kid were not as good as I thought they would be, so I would want to change them, but my dad influenced me to finish what I started.”

While John Wiley no longer has a direct impact on the direction of Waynesburg University, his memory and leadership will be forever remembered with his character traits eternally represented by the University he once called home.

“He was one of the most important people in the development of Waynesburg University over the last century,” said Thyreen.

“Without John Wiley, Waynesburg University would not be where it is today.”

Continued from C1 petition, Wiley still holds the record for career winning percentage (.710), compiling a 22-9-1 career record.

He also was the first Waynesburg coach to ever defeat nearby rival Washington & Jefferson, and is still one of only three coaches to accomplish the feat.

In 1995, the late Yellow Jacket coach was forever immortalized on Waynesburg’s campus when his namesake was used in the naming of John F. Wiley Stadium.

Along with coaching for Waynesburg, Wiley also served as a linemen coach for the University of Pittsburgh when John Michelosen, Wiley’s coach when he played for the Steelers, asked him to join his coaching staff at Pitt.

Inducted into the Washington-Greene County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, Wiley will be forever remembered as one of the greatest sports figures to ever come out of Greene County.

While the accomplishments on the gridiron are what many will remember Wiley for, Thyreen said that Wiley was more than just a coach for Waynesburg University.

During his later years, Wiley was asked to join the board of trustees for Waynesburg. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

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University hosts Steelers basketball team

By Nick Farrell Assistant Sports Editor The Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse played host to the Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers basketball team on March 27. Members of the faculty and student body represented Waynesburg on the court against some of Pittsburgh’s football stars in an 83-62 Steelers win.

The score line wasn’t important though – it was the unique experience that was worth playing for.

For one night, students had the opportunity to see some familiar faces from the campus community compete against professional athletes like Charlie Batch and Antonio Brown.

“It was a great event,” said Associate Athletic Director Pat Bristor. “It was definitely an opportunity for students to see faculty and staff interact on a completely different level than they’re used to. It was very interesting to see the competitive side of many of our faculty and staff members.”

Some Waynesburg students, including women’s basketball players Jessi Drayer and Brittany Spencer and men’s basketball Student Assistant Aaron Schuster, teamed up with faculty members like Richard Blake, librarian, and Adam Jack, chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice.

Bristor was pleased with the student turnout, an estimated 350 people, and appreciated the support of the home team. She was also impressed with how well the team played without practicing together.

“They all moved a lot better than I would have,” said Bristor. “It appeared as if our faculty-staff team was in pretty good shape.”

During the offseason, groups of Steelers travel to different venues to display their athletic talents on the hardwood. Charlie Batch, a 15-year NFL veteran and a member of the squad that traveled to Waynesburg, has been a part of this program for a long time.

“People don’t get a chance to see us outside of our helmets, so to come out here and get a chance to interact with people – that’s what it’s all about,” said Batch.

“It starts with our owners, the Rooney’s, and they believe we’ve given back to the community, and what better way for the players to come out and represent the team than in the fashion that we do.”

Kelvin Beachum, a seventh-round draft pick in 2012, is getting his first experience with the Steelers basketball operation this spring. He said that basketball was his first love “about 80 pounds ago” and that he has enjoyed travelling around Western Pa. to hit the hardwood at different high schools and colleges.

As the tallest player on the floor, Beachum was expected to dunk several times, but never did.

“They want me to dunk, but I [didn’t] feel like dunking,” said Beachum. “I told somebody that if they gave me Icy Hot I would dunk, but nobody gave me any Icy Hot.” During the contest, Waynesburg’s players were outsized and outmatched by the Black and Gold, but that

didn’t stop players like Chris Kellner, resident director of Martin Hall, from enjoying the experience.

“It was awesome,” said Kellner. “I’m really glad that some of the guys came that I’ve watched on TV before like Batch and Beachum. It was really cool that the school did this and that they were willing to come down.”

He added, “Everyone signed [my shirt] on the back, so I’m going to frame it. I know a couple of my friends who are huge Steelers fans are going to be pretty jealous.”

At the beginning of the game, Brown, one of the Steelers’ top wide receivers and the team’s MVP in 2011, opened the scoring by draining back-to-back 3-point shots. He scored 20 points in the first half, 18 of which came from beyond the arc.

Batch was the unofficial scoring champion on the night with 27 points, all of them from 3point range. Brown finished in a close second with 26 points.

A couple of Yellow Jackets turned in doublefigure performances as well. Both Kellner and Jack scored 10 points during the game to pace the home team.

Waynesburg was within five points during the third quarter, but could never muster enough scoring to overcome the Steelers late in the game.

Admissions Counselor Dave Floyd said that keeping up with the Steelers wasn’t easy to do, even as a former Waynesburg athlete.

“It’s something I’ve never experienced before, that’s for sure,” said Floyd. “I felt really overmatched on the inside against some of those guys.”

Like Kellner, Floyd appreciated the opportunity to share the floor with some of the professional athletes that he watches on Sundays during the fall.

One of the best moments of the night was when Anne Schrock, resident director of Burns and Ray Halls, became the victim of the evening’s only tackle.

After securing the basketball after a miss by Schrock, Beachum took off for the other end of the floor and knocked Schrock to the ground in the process. The 303-pound offensive tackle was subsequently whistled for a travelling violation and jokingly flagged by the officials.

Bristor hopes that the Student Activities Board will invite the Steelers back for another game in a few years.

“I don’t know about every year; I think this is one of those bigger events that, if we do it every year, we won’t get the same reaction,” said Bristor.

“I would like to think that we could bring them back again in the near future.”

Antonio Brown Photo by Kimber Blair

Softball falls to Saints

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out them.”

Sophomore Lorenzo Mikulin was just short on winning the 400-meters.

He took second with a time of 51.83 seconds.

In the field events, senior Christian Jackson nabbed a first-place finish in the long jump with a 6.1-meter leap. In the javelin, freshman Mike Martin missed out on first place by a slight margin with his 49.35-meter throw.

After seeing both his teams succeed in a variety of events, head coach Jason Falvo was excited about Saturday’s showing and the team’s future.

“I have been very pleased with our young athletes,” said Falvo.

“The freshmen all-around have done a very good job.”

After the meet at CMU, Huwe thought the women’s team had the looks of one that could reach great heights in the post-season.

“We can win the PAC’s,” said Huwe. “We just have to mentally prepare for that.”

The men’s team also

“It wouldn’t have mattered if it was 1-0 or 8-0,” said Giachetti. “If you don’t score, you can’t win.

We’ve been successful this season by being aggressive and not taking called strikes. We were real passive at the plate. We looked like a team that hadn’t played in 11 days.”

After the game ended after the sixth inning, the Jackets had to quickly forget the shutout loss and get ready for their next game with the Saints.

Waynesburg’s offense finally got going in the second game after Thomas More had two mistakes of their own in the third inning.

After a passed ball and a throwing error led to Waynesburg’s first run of the day, third baseman Ashley Clark singled up the middle to bring in another run.

Waynesburg couldn’t manage to maintain the lead. Thomas More immediately grabbed hold of the momentum in the top of the next inning, scoring five runs to take control of the contest.

Once again, Waynes-

Photos by Kimber Blair

Top: Senior Rhea Huwe explodes out of the blocks in the 100-meter during Saturday’s meet at CMU. Huwe took first in three events Saturday (100, 200, 4x100).

Left: Sophomore Byrum Louco prepares to clear a hurdle in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday. The sophomore won the event with a time of 54.83 seconds. sent some runners to the Washington & Jefferson Invitational.

Having some of the team missing was different for the men.

“It was a little weird at first, but once we got

started, everyone just focused on their event and what they had to do to win,” said Louco.

The leader of that group of men at Washington & Jefferson was junior Jonathan Blatt, who set a

school record in the 10,000 meters by finishing second with at time of 34:15.74.

Both teams will be back in action Saturday as they travel to the Bethany Invitational.

burg’s mistakes in the inning led to the relinquishing of the lead.

“I have to give them [the Saints] credit for hitting the ball well and putting it in play, but we didn’t make plays,” said Giachetti. “The fourth inning was a combination of hits and mental errors.”

Waynesburg tried to come back in the sixth inning when catcher Brittany Hott doubled to left field and brought home two runners.

It was too little, too late, however, as the Saints were able to hold off Waynesburg to pull out the 6-4 victory.

The loss moves Waynesburg back in the conference standings, as it starts off 0-2 in PAC play.

Despite getting off to a slow start in league play, Giachetti said that there is plenty of time for his team to solve its problems and prove critics wrong. Waynesburg was picked to finish ninth in the PAC. “We’re a little banged up right now, but we just have to stay confident,” said Giachetti.

The Jackets will look to rebound from the sweep when they host Geneva Thursday for their PAC home-opener. The first pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Muse & Stone prints spring edition After a year’s hiatus, the literary magazine publishes its first issue

By Vic Haynes Staff Writer The Muse & Stone has widened the scope of submissions.

Starting with this spring’s issue, Waynesburg University’s journal of literature and arts will now incorporate works specifically about Waynesburg University students’ service learning experiences. “[It’s a] change in direction for the magazine, aiming to be more intimate with the spirituality of the campus,” said Amanda Hill, student executive editor of Muse & Stone.

Last year, the Muse &

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Stone accepted submission globally. Anyone from anywhere who was interested in having a piece of work within the magazine could apply for a submission. This year, the Muse & Stone has changed the applicable submission to only the Waynesburg University’s residents.

“This change takes away some of the intimidation,” said Hill. “[Students] no longer have to compete with thousands of submissions, giving it more of a home feel.”

Between 75 and 100 Waynesburg students submitted works for this

“It’s a change in direction for the magazine aiming to be more intimate with the spirituality of the campus.”

Amanda Hill Executive editor of Muse & Stone

spring’s issue; three-fifths of those submissions were service writings. Hill said this was an amazing response for the first issue that is in-house only. Dr. Robert Randolph, staff advisor of Muse & Stone, loved the service writings so much that he wanted to read them again.

“Some of these pieces

are powerful and bring me to tears,” Randolph said. “[Students] go on these trips with expectations, and what they find is humanity in themselves and in others and a deeper understanding of faith.”

The magazine consists of poetry, fictional writings, creative non-fiction and photography exclu-

sively from currentlyenrolled Waynesburg University students. Many of the works are short stories, fiction and creative non-fiction. But this spring, over half of the Muse & Stone’s content consists of service-learning writings.

“This gives students outside of the English major an outlet,” said Hill. “The service writings open it up for people of other majors to express their experiences and creativity.”

Randolph said the publication is a way for students to express themselves.

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“This is who we are, our identity,” said Randolph. “This campus shows a lot of creativity, and this is the way our creativity is shown through service.”

Kayla Bleckley, a Muse & Stone staff reader, said that she loved reading the submissions, because it gave her insight to the thoughts of her peers.

“It is so interesting to read the poetry and other works of my peers, who I see every day,” said Bleckley.

The spring issue of Muse & Stone is scheduled to release within the month of April.

Students react to weird weather

By April Bellizio

By Rob Longo

Staff Writer

Editorial Assistant

Upper Room auditions took place in early February for new members of the group. Each Sunday students are welcome to go to the chapel at 8 p.m. to worship with their peers.

Upper room is a chance to take a break from the stresses of school and work and just worship.

Aside from music, students have the chance to hear a themed story or a classmate’s testimony.

Shonah Russell, sophomore human services major, has served on the worship team for two years and recently shared her testimony at the first Upper Room with the new team.

“You have to step out of your comfort zone and be vulnerable to share with others and how God has come through in your life,” said Russell.

The February Upper Room was unique because it was the introduction of a new team.

New team members are interviewed on more than just their musical talents.

Before the interviews are conducted, the current Upper Room team comes together to make questions for the questionnaire.

Junior psychology major K Scarry recalled how they meet as a team and pray many times for each person and really look over the questions and interview.

Relay for Life and Shave to Save.

The Ovarian Egg Hunt is an activity that CAC started four years ago and has held each year since.

In each of the 130 eggs that were planted around Waynesburg’s campus, there was a slip of paper containing an interesting fact about ovarian cancer.

The CAC believed that this was a new and intrigueing way to help educate the community.

Over the past several weeks, western Pennsylvania and most of the midAtlantic region have been experiencing unseasonal weather.

Instead of spring-like temperatures in the midfifties, the region has been facing temperatures lower than normal – and sometimes even below freezing temperatures with brutal wind chills. According the accuweather.com, 27 days in March saw temperatures that were below the average.

For some Waynesburg University students, the wintery-like weather is causing quite an inconvenience.

“I don’t mind the snow and when it’s cold outside, but I don’t like it when it’s in April and its cold out,” said sophomore business management major Blake McCarty. “I like to go running outside, so it’s discouraging.

Running outside is important for McCarty, as he is preparing to run in the Pittsburgh Marathon May 5.

“For me, it’s a little harder to get motivated,” McCarty said. “I think sometimes the cold air is difficult to breathe in. It’s more encouraging when it’s warm out.”

Blistering temperatures have also slowed the spring sports season for all levels of competition. Junior mathematics major Andrew Zahn is a coach

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Photo by: Dave Keening

The Waynesburg University’s chapter of Colleges against Cancer (CAC) sponsored the ovarian egg hunt which gave any student walking around campus the opportunity to pick up an egg filled with knowledge and gifts.

Egg hunt raises awareness

By Olivia Latimer Staff Writer

Plastic eggs of all different colors sat waiting throughout the campus for curious students to retrieve them.

Each contained knowledge and gifts.

Some students happened upon these little treasures with glee, others went hunting for them. It is all the same and in good fun during the annual Ovarian Egg Hunt.

The Ovarian Egg Hunt is a clever activiSee AUDITIONS on D2 ty that occurs at the

same convenient time each year (right around Easter) to help raise awareness about ovarian cancer.

On Wed. March 27, 130 of these plastic eggs were distributed across the entire Waynesburg campus for students to find.

“The purpose is to educate the campus community about ovarian cancer,” said Kelley Hardie, advisor of the Colleges Against Cancer chapter and assistant dean of students at Waynesburg University.

CAC is a nationwide association of both faculty and students from institutions all over.

The goal of CAC is to work with the American Cancer Society in hopes of one day eliminating cancer.

These people want to show the world that although they are young, they want to and can make a difference.

Other than the Ovarian Egg Hunt, some of the activities that the CAC chapter sponsor are Think Pink Week, Safe in the Sun,

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Printing issues a concern Bisque & Brew draws big crowd

By Anthony Liberatore Staff Writer

Late nights of studying and typing last-minute papers in the Knox Lab seem to be the norm around Waynesburg University’s campus. Printing PowerPoint slides to follow along in class seem to have replaced traditional note taking all together.

Though some kids have their own personal printers, many students still rely on the Knox Lab for paper when their funds are low.

Even when funda are not low, many college students do not pass up the chance for ‘free’ material.

This has resulted in an alarming amount of money being spent on printer paper in Knox Lab, located below the Eberly Library.

There is also the Mac lab on the fourth floor of Buhl Hall and the lesserknown computer labs on the bottom floor of Hanna

Students hunt for eggs Continued from D1 The eggs were filled with other things than the paper, such as teal colored rubber wrist band for ovarian.org.

Some of the interesting facts that were found inside the eggs included symptoms of ovarian cancer, ways to diagnose ovarian cancer, treatments for ovarian cancer, and other facts such as:

Auditions take place Continued from D1 New Upper Room team means there has to be a first performance in front of the student body.

The team performed together for the first time on March 24.

Though two Upper Room members were missing the overall team members believed the first show went really well.

“It can only get better from here,” said Russell.

“I was really happy with how it went God really calmed our nerves.”

A new team means new changes including the addition of new instruments.

Scarry talked about how the team is hoping to expand by allowing the community to keep growing.

She said it is something that they have been praying for and working towards for years.

She believes that it is a good process.

An event coordinator was also added this year in hopes that the team will be able to do more events through Upper Room and be able to have a better presence.

They hope it will bring

Hall.

Pam Abbe, whose office is located inside the Knox computer lab, said that the amount of paper the computer labs go through in a week is very excessive.Hannah Kopacz, a sophomore, said that she visits the lab regularly to print off papers for academic purposes only.

Another student, who asked not to be named, said they are in the lab at least twice a day to print off anything ranging from papers to PowerPoints to schedules of their favorite sports teams and pictures for their dorm wall.

The Knox Lab and the other labs on campus are used for anything and everything.

Printing paper is in high demand because of the inappropriate and unneeded use.

Waynesburg University gives students these resources for free, and they ask for the commu-

“Globally, approximately 200,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year,” and “Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death among women in the U.S.” 20 of these eggs also contained a message on the back of the cancer fact.

On the back was a surprise for the lucky student telling them to go pick up a special prize in the student services office.

These prizes were all

in a larger sense of community with the students who attend Upper Room and also crete a bigger buzz for the group.

“Upper Room allows me to keep my mind on track,” said Paladin. “It also allows me to escape from all the work that I have.”

Many of the team members have served on other worship teams prior to coming to Waynesburg University.

Freshman athletic training major, Savannah Paladin, spoke about serving on a worship team back at home.

“I really felt called to serve in the same way; Upper Room is perfect,” said Paladin.

Russell has also taken part in other worship teams and enjoys the fam-

nity not to abuse them.

Students should use Knox for printing school papers, projects, and PowerPoints, not for personal decoration or gain.

Stealing paper has not been an issue thus far, although several students admitted to printing off blank pages so they could have their own stock pile of paper for personal printers in dorms.

On average, students spend about 30-45 hours a week in the Knox lab and an average of 30-40 documents are printed within the same week.

Zac Gobbel, junior business major, said that he spends an average of two hours per day in the lab below Eberly Library.

“I print about 30 pages a week, but that’s strictly for my classes and studying,” he said.

As the school year winds down, the school will be looking to conserve as much money as possible.

the Student Activities Board about six years ago to create the event.

Rohanna said that Bristor came to the shop to take some pottery classes and thought that it would be an activity students would enjoy.

The two began collaborating and the event took off.

“I get to relax and paint,” said Robson. “It’s a relief from such a stressing major.”

Robson and her friend Kiran Vittal, also a nursing major, painted a stack of turtles and a house, which they will receive tomorrow after they are fired and an email of completion is sent.

“Last semester, we painted pumpkin lights for our rooms,” Robson said. “I still have mine, but I don’t leave it on.”

Each semester the Bisque & Brews have great turnouts for the events.

Rohanna said that after switching the events from Saturday mornings to Monday evenings after classes have ended increased the turnout by an extra 40 students per event. When asked about this event compared to others, Rohanna said that the event was number one on the list of favorites by students; this and Bingo were the top contenders.

But all good things must come to an end.

“I’m sad though – this is the last one of the semester,” said Vittal.

Vittal also said she likes to come to as many of the events on campus as possible, but cannot attend them all because of work or classes.

“Students get a break and they can relax, be creative and express themselves,” Robson said as she added the finishing touches to her house.

Each semester there are three Bisque & Brew events. The next event will not take place until next semester.

stuff in the weight room and getting some drills in the gym,” said Zahn.

At the same time, maybe everyone just became accustomed to the unseasonal temperatures that were experienced last March.

The only difference was that these abnormal temperatures were on the other end of the spectrum.

Last year, 24 days in March were above the average temperature.

Eleven of those days

saw temperatures breaking 70 degrees; rising to 80 or above on multiple occasions.

Although the region will not quite see seasonal temperatures quite yet, the upcoming forecast looks better than in previous weeks.

In fact, the expected temperatures for next week are expected to be above the average, with the temperatures being in the sixties and seventies most of the week.

By Samantha Cumpston Staff Writer

“I’ve never heard of anyone having a really bad time at one of these,” said nursing major Katie Robson about the The event, held the Tuesday before Easter Break, was the reason that the Beehive was so crowded March 26.

Students gathered for the Bisque & Brew to paint pre-prepared ceramics and to enjoy each other’s company. Gloria’s Ceramics & Greene Gifts, a small consignment shop in Rogersville, provided the ceramics for the event.

Seasonal ceramics are offered for students to paint, such as pumpkins for fall, snowmen for winter and birdhouses and pots for spring.

A variety of stones with sayings and quotes on them, animals, mushrooms and other creative items were also available to paint. Patty Rohanna, donated by the owner of Gloria’s CeramAmerican Cancer ics & Greene Gifts, partSociety.The eggs were nered with Pat Bristor and available to find all over the campus grounds from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and prizes were able to be claimed in student services until 3 p.m. that same day.

Make sure to keep an eye out through the Continued from D1 year for the fun programs put on by the with the Waynesburg Colleges Against Central track and field Cancer chapter and team. prepare to search for “We can’t do as much eggs in next year’s outside work because of Ovarian Egg Hunt for the weather,” Zahn said.

“We’ve already had a few facts and prizes. meets cancelled.

Waynesburg Central isn’t the only school that has had to postpone spring ily atmosphere Upper sporting events.

Room has.

Varsity sports at the As an Upper Room university have also had team member, forming a events cancelled and better relationship with rescheduled.

God is a big part.

Nearly every sport has “You learn to share life been affected by this, with one another,” said whether by games being Scarry. “To walk through backed up to set up a comtrials together, but also pact schedule to teams celebrate.” fighting for gym time for It allows the team to practices. see God’s faithfulness The end result of bad working within students weather? Coaches and who attend Upper Room, teams have to get creative while also allowing the with the little practice students to open up and time they have. have others pray for the “We’re doing a lot of burdens they may have.

Spring goes rouge

“Students get a break and they relax, be creative and express themselves.”

Katie Robson Nursing major

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