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University welcomes Class of 2021
Record-breaking class exceeds admissions goal by one student
By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor
Waynesburg University welcomed its largest freshman class to date with the class of 2021 this fall. According to Dr. Shari Payne, vice president for enrollment, 451 new students were enrolled, barely surpassing the Admission Office's “very
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ambitious” goal of 450. “We’re so pleased,” said Payne. “It’s a combination of freshman and transfer students, and it’s our largest freshman class ever.” This year’s enrollment goal was a significant increase from last year’s target of 420 students, said Payne, but the admissions staff never doubted their ability to reach it. By monitoring trends in key high school markets, noting graduation statistics and popular majors of study and accounting for the university’s own capacity for housing students, they were able to calculate the figure. “It’s a little bit of art and a little bit of science, coming up with a goal,” said Payne. Payne said that, to effectively recruit new students, the Office of Admissions must plan months ahead of time. In order to reach this year’s record-breaking enrollment numbers, significant adjustments were made to their game plan. According to Payne, there was a noticeable increase in Waynesburg’s inquiry
pool, which can be attributed to a combination of marketing strategies that have been employed over the years, said Payne. “A lot more digital marketing,” she said. “We’ve changed the recruitment territories where our admissions counselors travel; and we’ve really been working hard to develop relationships with guidance counselors in our primary market areas. So, it didn’t just increase on its own – we had a strategy.” Once a student inquires about Waynesburg, said Payne, the Admissions staff changes their programming and communication plan, to get the student to fully commit to attending. Most significantly, said Payne, Waynesburg’s admitted-student program has received added resources in the past two years, which has helped bolster the recruiting process. The program designates time for admitted students to be invited back to campus to receive awards, after they have received financial aid packages. It is meant to show prospective students that not only can they afford to attend Waynesburg, but they can become a part of the community as well.
“We really beefed up that program and it’s been really, very successful as a conversion event,” she said. “Bringing someone from the ‘admitted’ status to committed to the university.” Although the class of 2021 is the largest class Waynesburg has ever had, Payne said that no real strain has been placed on the university’s housing capacity or studentto-faculty ratio. “So, we’re pretty tight right now, but we haven’t exceeded our capacity yet,” said Payne, explaining that this year’s class essentially took the place of the class of 2017— Waynesburg’s most recent graduating class—which was also exceptionally large. "There is even room for growth," she said. In fact, Payne said the Office of Admissions has already begun working toward its enrollment goal for next year: 450, again. Staff members are scheduled to start visiting high schools as early as next week, and are working Saturdays and evenings in preparation. “This is a real team effort, there’s a team of people that work really hard…” she said. “It takes a whole campus to recruit, and we really appreciate all the work they put it.”
WU-Fi: Campus now wirelessly connected Waynesburg listed as one of 'best colleges' in national ranking By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor
After months of waiting, Waynesburg University students and faculty were finally given what they have asked for: campuswide Wi-Fi. According to Bill Dumire, vice president of In for m at i on Te c h n o l ogy Ser vices (ITS) and chief information officer, “WU-Fi” was four years in the making. “When I first started over four years ago, part of what I was charged with was to come in and evaluate all of our IT resources,” Dumire said. “That was an area where we as an institution had not made any investments for a period of time. We had a lot outdated equipment across campus.” In order to get a stable, secure and usable wireless environment on campus, the entire ITS department needed to strengthen the backbone of the network. After bringing in various outside consultants to evaluate the systems that were already in place, they ended up going with Sysco,
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While it was a long wait for the promised campus-wide Wi-Fi, ITS said the results are fast, functional and secure for all registered users. which is the leader on the networking side of equipment. The analysis? The buildings on campus were (and still are) rather old. While Dumire said the old buildings are admirable from a historic standpoint, from an ITS standpoint, they can be a nightmare. “When the buildings on this campus were con-
structed, the thought of networking never occurred to those folks in the process,” Dumire said. “We had to go back and ‘retrofit’ a number of the buildings with wiring closets that complied with the appropriate standards. We had to re-cable every building, every floor on campus, every office on campus.” After going from hav-
ing 30 Wi-Fi access points on campus to 250 access points, they then had to make sure we had a stablewired network. They then mapped out each area and estimated bandwidth, tested everything and ensured the onboarding process for faculty, staff and students would WIRELESS >> A3
Waynesburg University recently ranked in the top seven percent of MONEY Magazine’s 2017-18 “Best Colleges for your Money” ranking list. Out of 2,400 colleges that were originally considered, 711 made it to the final rankingWaynesburg came in at number 170, making it the tenth highest ranking university in Pennsylvania. “This award speaks volumes on the excellence of the entire university overall,” said Waynesburg Un i v e r s i t y P r e s i d e nt Douglas G. Lee. “Our programs have great reputations, but that is thanks to the achievements of ever y member of this institution.” For judging purposes, 27 data points were ex-
amined, including quality of education, graduates’ earnings, estimated market value of alumni’s average job skills, affordability and outcomes. For L e e, t hes e dat a points are components of an honest institution. As a Christian university, he believes it’s clear why Waynesburg University ranked so highly. “You hear stories out there about huge debt loads that students have, but when we look at what we’re doing here, we are doing extremely well in RANKING >> A3
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HURRICANE IRMA WRECKS FLORIDA
After four years, PennDot has finished the $15.1 million dollar project to improve traffic flow at Freedom Bridge.
As cleanup efforts begin in Florida, some experts ponder if such dangerous storms will become more common place in the immediate future because of climate change.
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ROMANIAN ORPHAN CHOIR PERFORMS
Sophomore running back Jarves Crews never played at the collegiate level until last Saturday. In his first game for the Yellow Jackets he led all running backs in total yards.
A touring Romanian Orphan Choir recently gave a performance in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center (GPAC).
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Waynesburg students aim to serve Hurricane Harvey relief effort By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor
Hurricane Harvey, a categor y three hurricane, hit Houston, Texas on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Some Waynesburg University alumni were impacted, including a Board of Trustees member. Waynesburg's faculty and staff immediately responded to this natural disaster by searching for a way to help.
Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of student services, has been working with students and faculty to start raising money and developing a plan for a service trip. Hardie said in the next few days, there will be a student initiated fundraiser to bring awareness of the hurricane. Hardie talked to a student who came to her about developing a fund for those affected. Those
donations will be sent to a Christian International Relief Organization known as Samaritan's Purse. "I am working with a student that is enrolled in a leadership class here on campus that wants to do a donation collection of moneys to send to Samaritan's Purse so they can use that in their relief efforts currently and that is going to happen within the next few days,"
said Hardie. Kristen Stone, network analyst, contacted Hardie about information on how to reach Samaritan's Purse. Hardie then began to get in contact to try and initiate a service trip through their program, "We have had several faculties, staff and students express an interest in forming a service trip," said Hardie. Hardie planned to set up a meeting and discuss
opportunities with the Board of Trustees member about volunteering at their local church in addition to a separate service trip. Waynesburg students and staff are not alone on wanting to serve and reach out to those in Houston. Hardie said the service trip is on hold until further notice from Samaritan's Purse. "Currently right now,
they are being saturated with individuals, groups that want to volunteer and currently only professional crew are permitted to serve in Texas, so my hope is that we can be able to form a trip either this winter or spring break," said Hardie, "Right now we have done everything we could possibly to form a trip, weíre just waiting on the green light with Samaritan's Purse," said Hardie.
University gains John F. Wiley restored after flood damage new partnership with A.W. Beattie By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
On Thursday, Sept. 7, Waynesburg University signed an articulation a g re e m e nt w it h A . W. B eattie Career Center, agreeing that students from A.W. Beattie can now transfer six credits to the university. For the time being, the credits can only go toward the education department, but a relationship between the schools will lead to the possible addition of more courses. Shari Payne, vice president of Student Enrollment, has seen these kinds of agreements before and was able to easily make the transition. "Usually these agreements are between two higher education's intuitions, a community college and a four-year school," said Payne. "This agreement is between a university and a school that houses mostly high school students. The university began the process by looking into classrooms to examine what kind of materials the students were learning. According to Payne, they were "college level materials," so under the guidance of the Education Department, they continued on towards an agreement. A.W. Beattie has students all over the Pittsburgh area. The school has many different education options from cosmetology to teaching. The two schools were introduced to one another because of two students who attended A.W. Beattie, whose advisor reached out to Waynesburg.
Payne credits a lot of the success of the agreement to Chairperson of the Education Department Yvonne Weaver. Payne said when the two schools sat down to discuss possibilities, materials such as curriculum guides and testing requirements were shared to figure out how the two programs could coexist for six credits. Waynesburg soon felt comfortable with the classes and were able to set a suitable standard. "Students, to receive the credits, have to hold a 3.0 G.P.A. and pass the NOCTI test, which can be compared to the AP test, and if they are able to do that, they receive the credits," said Payne. Provost Dr. Dana Baer felt excited by the opportunity of the two schools coming together and what it will mean for Waynesburg University. "This is an opportunity for the university to partner with A.W. Beattie to help do two things; to help educate students who are going to address community needs and to build a relationship between Waynesburg University and outside parkers," said Baer. Both Payne and Baer said this is just one of the many opportunities the university continues to become involved in. "We are always exploring different opportunities and areas," said Baer. "It's an ongoing dialog with many different programs." Payne said the university will continue looking for opportunities to better the school, especially with A.W. Beattie.
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Massive flooding in Dec. 2016 left John F. Wiley Stadium's turf field heavily damaged and in need of replacement. The new turf was installed over the summer of 2017.
Brodak: New field higher quality than original 2006 field By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
Nine months ago, multiple feet of muddy water laid overtop the field at John F. Wiley stadium. Fast forward to this past weekend, Waynesburg University’s football team ran onto a newly restored turf field to play its home opener. Flooding this past December rendered the 10-year-old field wrinkled, buckled and useless. Serving as the home field for Waynesburg University athletics, including soccer, football, and lacrosse, university officials began the process of starting constructing on a new playing surface. St ace y Bro d a k, v ice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations, served as a spokesperson for the project and said before construction started on a new field, the university formed a committee which included various coaches for input.
“The way the process worked is we formed a committee between athletic coaches and also the business office to be certain they had input on what had been selected and that we were choosing the best materials,” said Brodak. Field Turf, the same company that put in the original field, was selected out of multiple bids and the committee moved forward with a monofilament and slit filament blend for the new field. Although the overall field design remained original, both end zones were darkened. According to Brodak, the new field is of a higher quality then the original field put in back in 2006. “[The field is] a synthetic blend between two types of material that we used, which ultimately they felt would be a better-quality field for us,” Brodak said. “I would say in some ways, just due to the 10-year time change, it was a bit of an upgrade to us in
addition to being new.” Construction of a new field, according to Brodak, was originally priced between $400 thousand to $500 thousand. However, Brodak said due to the flooding, the university was able to involve insurance, though it is still being determined to what extent. According to Brodak, it is estimated insurance will be able to cover a large portion of the cost. Teams are able to get onto the field for games or practices, but the project nor the final expenditure is finalized. “I did ask the business office and they were a little reluctant to give us a specific date [of completion],” Brodak said. “These things are dependent on both parties reaching an agreement and settling the finality of it.” In addition to putting in a new turf surface for the stadium, Brodak said there were improvements to the stadium’s drainage in at-
tempt to circumvent future cases of high water. “One of the things they did want to go in and do was not just lay another field without having some assessment… we ultimately did have a little bit of drainage [improvement] – to help try and prevent [flooding] from happening again,” Brodak said. Brodak said the overall project went well, though ultimately delayed by two weeks due to a wet summer and a design flaw. “I think it went pretty smoothly… the only thing we were hopeful of was obviously would have been getting done a little sooner,” Brodak said. “It had a production issue… it was something to do with the color of the imprint on our logo…. [Field Turf] caught it before they ever sent it to us.” This season the football team will play five games on the field, along with men’s and women’s soccer home games.
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just how prepared Waynesburg’s nursing students were during her 22 years working for West Virginia University Medicine in a level one trauma center and academic learning center, and wanted to come be a part of that education. “It’s really nice to experience the students,” said Sexton. “To see the spark in someone’s eye when I tell them something and they get it for the first time.” Sexton is in the process of applying to Waynesburg to get her doctorate in nursing. Jennifer Roy, instructor of Business Administration, looked at multiple schools in the Pittsburgh area to teach full-time at before choosing Waynesburg. Roy said she chose the school for its
unique mission. “I think you have many schools incorporate faith in their mission, however, to bring that service component into the mission speaks volumes,” said Roy. Originally from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Roy received her undergraduate f rom B oston University and her MBA at Queens University of Charlotte. Now, Roy lives in Butler County. Roy says she hopes she can help her students feel as excited about business as she does. “I am passionate about bu s i n e s s , an d I h op e to impar t that enthusiasm to the students,” Roy said. Roy believes her new position will also help to grow
her mentally and spiritually as an instructor. Takashi Suyama moved to Pennsylvania all the way from Oregon to start his new position as an assistant professor of chemistry. Suyama received his undergraduate degree at Oregon State University and his PHD at the University of California. For the 2016-17 school year, Suyama taught classes at Corban University as a fill-in chemistry professor. When looking for full-time work, Suyama said he was interested in a similar experience of a small Christian university. As both Suyama and his wife were curious about living on the other side of the country, Suyama widened his search and
found Waynesburg University. Suyama said it didn’t take long for his students to find out that he’s “really all about Jesus.” “I hope that my students would remember me as somebody who loved Jesus and loved organic chemistry,” Suyama said. As a long-term goal, Suyama said he wants to acquire an MMR machine for the school to help undergraduate education in organic chemistry research. Melinda Roeder-Skrbin, a new instructor of communication, served at Waynesburg University as an adjunct professor for one and a half years before gaining an opportunity to work fulltime this year. Roeder-Skrbin said she
originally decided to work at Waynesburg because she “felt ready for a fresh challenge,” and Richard Krause, chairperson of the Department of Communication, reached out to her. “A small Christian school with a strong sense of community, [Waynesburg University] was everything that I was looking for,” RoederSkrbin said. Roeder-Skrbin graduated from Duquesne University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and, after spending 20 years in broadcasting, went back to school to receive her master’s in communications of leadership studies at Gonzaga University. As a Communication
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This year, Waynesburg University welcomed five new faculty members and one new staff member to the university. Another previous faculty member has also been welcomed into a new role. Paula Sexton, after receiving a master’s degree in nursing with a focus in education earlier this year, took a position as an instructor of nursing at Waynesburg University beginning this fall semester. Sexton said she wanted the position because of Waynesburg’s mission of faith, learning and service and the reputation of the nursing department. Sexton said she got to see
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NET VUE GRANT HELPS BRING AUTHOR TO WAYNESBURG, ENABLES 'PATHWAYS' INITIATIVE
'Wine to Water' founder comes to campus 'Beyond Fiat Lux' Doc Hendley speaks to university about working as humanitarian program designed for faculty and staff By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor
D o c H e n d l e y, t h e founder of Wine to Water, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the water crisis in third world countries, and author of "Wine to Water, How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World. Tuesday, Sept. 12, he spoke to students on his service work and topics discussed in his book in Rob er ts Chap el on Waynesburg’s campus. Doc Hendley wasn’t a straight A student. He was not an exceptional athlete either. Doc Hendley isn’t perfect; he’s made his fair share of mistakes. Growing up, his father was a pastor and he was raised in a highly conservative household. So, how could someone as ordinary as Doc Hendley make such an extraordinary difference in the lives of so many people? “I was my own worst enemy, thinking a guy like me can’t do anything significant,” said Hendley. Hendley went from being a simple bartender to a CNN Humanitarian Award winner for his work in helping people in third world countries gain access to clean water. The drastic change came after a sleepless night in which Hendley could not get the phrase “wine to water” out of his head. As a Christian, Hendley was highly familiar with the phrase “water to wine”, but could not understand why the phrase was backwards to him that night. He spent the rest of that night researching water and decided that the water crisis was something he wanted to dedicate his life to improving. Six months later, Hendley was living in a third world country teaching people how to develop clean water and give them better access to it. “We all have the ability to make a pretty massive impact on the world,” Hendley said of his work as a humanitarian. There were multiple occasions where Hendley could have lost his life, serving in highly hostile environments, like the civil war zone of Darfur. In one particular instance, Hendley’s convoy was attacked and he nearly lost his life. The event gave him a different outlook on life and he dedicated himself to helping people. Three years after founding Wine to Water, Hendley was nominated by a friend for a CNN Humani-
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As the founder of Wine to Water, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the water crisis in third world crisis, Doc Hendley was invited to speak to the students, faculty and staff at Waynesburg University.
tarian Award. His friend never mentioned doing so to him until Hendley received a phone call from CNN informing him he’d made the top ten. “At first, I thought it was a joke, that one of my friends was just messing with me,” said Hendley. “But then they informed me that they were soand-so from CNN and I was like, oh, this is really happening.” Through the awards process, the small and humble organization was suddenly thrusted into a national spotlight. The platform CNN provided the organization with gave people a very intimate view of the work they were doing and showed them the validity of it. Wine to Water was given a one-hour documentary featuring some of the most important and life changing work the foundation did to give and improve access to clean water to those without it. After the documentary aired and Hendley received his award, Wine to Water’s support doubled and continues to grow at a steady rate today. “What [CNN] did for us was pr iceless,” Hendley said. H o w e v e r, H e n d l e y thinks that the people of third world countries are
often misrepresented to the people who want to help improve their living conditions. Often times, Hendley explained, these people are portrayed to be “absolutely miserable in their lives,” a portrayal that simply isn’t accurate. “In a strange way, they are happier than we are,” said Hendley. “There is too much noise in our lives today for us to truly fathom their joy in the simple things.” Hendley admitted to going into culture shock the first time he went to another country to help people. “Sometimes, doing service in third world countries is more beneficial for the people doing the service than the local communities,” Hendley said. Doc Hendley described that there is much to be learned from other people’s cultures. Even as an adult he considers himself to be a student. During his lecture, he offered a word of advice to students in attendance. “Never stop being a student. Everyday there is something in the world to be learned and absorbed,” said Hendley. Hendley’s book, Wine to Water: How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World, was chosen this year to be the book read and discussed in
Waynesburg University’s Fiat Lux classes. Much to the excitement and appreciation of Fiat Lux professors and mentors, students have been very engaged and interested in the reading. Assistant Provost Dr. Leichliter-Krause has seen a particularly good response from students about the text. “The reception to Wine to Water has been tremendous,” said LeichliterKrause. “It’s really exciting, for me, to have students who want to continue to read the book outside of class.” There were several students who expressed their excitement to LeichliterKrause, in the days prior to Doc Hendley’s lecture in Robert’s Chapel, to meet Hendley and ask him questions about some of the experiences he outlined in his book. Through the platform provided by CNN, his book outlining his experiences and work, the lectures he gives and the stories on the organization’s webpage, Doc Hendley and Wine to Water have been able to reach out to and educate thousands of people on the world’s water crisis and ways they can help. “We were created,” said Hendley, “made to love and help each other.”
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be as painless as possible. Four years later, Dumire said the results are worth the hard work. There are currently over 1,800 people on campus logged in and using the wireless. “So far, we’ve received a lot of positive feedback,” said Dumire. The current device limit for the wireless connection is three devices per student, but students are able to view and edit those at any time at wifi-devices.waynesburg. edu by logging in with their MyConnect username and password. Students can also mark a device “lost” or “stolen” on this page. One drawback many students are experiencing from the campus-wide Wi-Fi is the banning of the possession of personal routers and wireless printers, as they might interfere with the overall connection. However, according to
Aaron Seymour, director of network security and systems, this was done to provide students with a faster, more secure connection. “A main reason why we had to ban the use of personal access points and routers was because there are only three non-overlapping channels in the traditional GHz range we normally use,” Seymour said. “The problem is when you only have three channels, it doesn’t give you too many options.” The use of routers or wireless printers is prohibited on campus and will result in disciplinary action from the university. “We want to build a single community resource that we can all use, and for that to happen, we all have to make certain concessions for the greater good to have wireless everywhere,” Seymour said. IT’s main goal in creating a secure wireless connection was to ensure that students
would be safer from hacking than they were with their own personal routers. “Rather than deploying an open network that one might encounter at a Starbucks or a McDonalds, we made a commitment from the beginning that once you were connected, all of your data would be encrypted and safe,” Seymour said. However, Dumire wanted to make it clear that while the Wi-Fi is campus-wide and distributed by the IT Department, they are in no way aiming to violate student privacy. “I never want anyone to think that I or anyone else working in the IT department is sitting down and scrolling through every website and browser that they are using,” said Dumire. “That’s absolutely not the case. None of us would even begin to have time to do that. We would only do that if we had reasonable suspicion to do so.” While Dumire says that
WU-Fi has been well-received on campus, the project is not done. “Even though it’s implemented and wireless is working, it’s sort of a continual process to get feedback and to work through the hiccups,” said Dumire. In order to help address some of the early-on issues, the IT Department has released a new ITS tab on MyConnect featuring policies, user guides and support links. The page also features a live Twitter feed where updates on outages and other important information will be posted for the students. “We want everyone to have access to the help they need, and we are here to provide it,” Dumire said. For students or faculty who still need help connecting, they can visit the ITS tab, tweet to the @WUIT_ CIO account or walk to the Help Desk for support Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
From Aug. 8 through 10, faculty and staff were invited to attend an on-campus retreat sponsored by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). The retreat circled around enabling faculty and staff to help students realize and find their calling in life. On the first day of the event, attendees participated in a dinner which was followed by keynote speaker Dr. Timothy Clydesdale, author of the book The Purposeful Graduate. He also opened up the days activities the following day. Wednesday's agenda was full of speakers and presentations and lots of hands-on activities for those in attendance to participate in and try out the different approaches and techniques in helping students discover who they are, how they learn best, and who they want to be. Assistant Provost Dr. Marie Leichliter-Krause and Academic Grants and Projects Coordinator Genna Steele gave a presentation on the opportunity of $500 mini grants that staff can apply for. "We would like to see a lot of programming on vocation around campus," said Leichliter-Krause. "We would love to have people apply for the mini grants. Faculty and staff are encouraged to apply for programs, activities, workshops, any idea they have where they can work with students on calling and vocation." The mini grants can help to fund or partially fund those activities. One of the most prominent accomplishments from the retreat was held on the final day, Aug. 10. That was the introduction and workshop the “Pathways Explore Your Purpose” program. The “Pathways Explore Your Purpose” program includes a giant spinning wheel
which is focused on exploring students, but can be useful to all students. The wheel consists of several symbols and a deck of question cards and help cards. There is a mountain, which stands for values; hands, which stand for service; a map, which stands for learning; and a lamp, which stands for faith. There's also a compass, which has questions on how you live intentionally; and a back pack, which asks questions on sustinance. "All of the questions on the are supposed to thought provoking. We have some questions that are so deep and students who have already done this activity have had stop and think about how they would really respond to these types of questions," said Leichliter-Krause. "There's one that says 'If you died tomorrow, what would be on your tombstone?' They're really meant to make you reflect.” They used this during the scavenger hunt that first-year students took part in and many students had answers that were "full of so much thought and depth" as opposed to the "surface answers" they staff expected. The idea for the wheel came from DePaul University, where they also had a wheel and shared they're idea with staff. Students and staff will have opportunities to utilize the “Pathways Explore Your Purpose” program with or without the wheel and can find was to adapt it to a course or major. The final event to take place at the retreat was the unveiling of the new Fiat Lux book students will be reading in class along with discussing and doing activities around. “Wine to Water”, “How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World” by Doc Henley, founder of Wine to Water is this year's Fiat Lux book.
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that criteria,” Lee said, “I think that’s a great witness to who I think we are.” As university president, Lee said he is continually impressed with the institution and the accomplishments of its students, faculty and staff. For Lee, it is receiving awards like the MONEY Magazine recognition that gives him the opportunity to reflect. “It really motivates me because I know we are making a difference and having a great impact at this moment of education,” Lee said. “Amidst all of the controversy and debate, we’re making a substantial impact in what we’re doing here.” As stated on MONEY’s website, “MONEY’s Best Colleges for Your Money rankings are the first to combine the most accurate pricing estimates available with all reliable indicators of alumni financial success, along with a unique analysis of how much ‘value’ a college adds when compared to other schools that take in similar students.” For L e e, t h is a c c o lade is repres ent ative of the reputation of the university itself, which
he personally holds in high esteem. “Matters like these are what grow the reputation of the university,” said Lee. “That is important because there is nothing better than to have a calling card from a place with a great reputation. When students leave here, what Waynesburg is known for is a great school with a great reputation. People are more inclined to want to talk to and hire our graduates.”
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Lee said he plans to lead the university to more awards by motivating all members of the university to continue their level of excellence. “We need to keep doing what we’re doing and stay committed to the mission and the work we’re doing,” Lee said. “That is the root of our recognitions.”
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For Brodak, Waynesburg a perfect fit Grad program now provides students with online classes By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor
Stacey Brodak is the definition of homegrown. A n at ive of Gre e ne County, Brodak was born and raised in the surrounding Waynesburg area. After graduating from Carmichaels High School, Brodak attended West Virginia University (WVU) for her undergrad in English, and ended up getting her Master of Business Administration back at Waynesburg University. She began her first career at the Greater Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau where, for 17 years, she grew from a secretary into the executive director. “I l e a r n e d a l o t o f skills through that process because it was like owning my own small business,”Brodak said. “I was responsible for all budgeting and auditing, in addition to managing the team.” Brodak has also served as the Senior Director of Donor Relations at WVU, as well as the senior advisor for government, community and media relations for Noble Energy, where she managed all aspects of communications and government relations for the company’s B usiness Unit. “In all of my different roles, I learned a tremendous amount about stewardship and gained a wide variety of skills and contacts,” Brodak said. Passionate about serving her community, Brodak has also ser ved as the president of Washington County Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and currently
serves on the boards of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, the Marcellus Shale Coalition and the ARC Human Services Foundation. All the while, Brodak never lost touch with Waynesburg University. “I was invited to speak at a former alumna lunch,” Brodak said. “That’s just one example of how the university kept providing opportunities for me. I liked that.” In 2016, Brodak was i nv it e d t o wor k w it h Waynesburg’s Office of Institutional Advancement and Student Services to help plan for the Class of 2020’s Day of Service. Because one of her tasks in the oil and gas industry was finding strategic partnerships, she was the woman for the job. “I made looking for a way to contribute back to the university while also finding a partnership that made sense a priority,” she said. One of the most moving experiences Brodak has ever had was obtaining her certificate in Corporate Citizen Leadership from the Boston College Center of Corportate Citizenship. After giving gifts to the community for years, she said this certificate shaped her thought process. “I learned that it doesn’t matter how much you give and it doesn’t matter where you’re giving,”said Brodak. “It’s about the impact you have with the gifts that you give.” It’s this mindset along with her expertise that led to her becoming the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement and University Relations. “It really feels like this
By: JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
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Stacey Brodak , a WVU alumna, originally came to Waynesburg to get her master's degree in Business Administration. She is now the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement and University Relations. was meant to be,” she said. “The timing worked out perfectly as the position opened up, and I just happened to be available with a nice partnership with the university in my wheelhouse. It was such a nice fit.” Today, Brodak feels at home in her new role. “Ever y person who I introduced myself to on campus said, ‘Welcome to the Waynesburg University family,’” she said. “Some of those people weren’t even employees. It was so genuine and sincere, and you could just tell it is a family environment here.” She is also impressed by
the students on campus. “The quality of our students is absolutely amazing,” said Brodak. “The energy they bring to the university only motivates me to do a better job for them.” As she becomes acclimated to her new position, Brodak is committed to promoting the university. But, as she reflects on her educational and professional journe y, she can’t help to think back to where it all began all those years ago. “It feels like a calling,” she said. “I know this is where I am supposed to be.”
Students receive national journalism award
Two Yellow Jacket student reporters attend EIJ conference in Anaheim By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor
Once a year, hundreds of journalists gather in a city somewhere in the United States to network, discuss trends in the field and learn from one another. The Excellence in Journalism Conference (EIJ) is the largest journalism event in America, and this year, two journalism students from Waynesburg University were able to attend. Mattie Winowith and Teghan Simonton, executive editor and managing editor of the Yellow Jacket, respectively, travelled to Anaheim, California last week to attend the three-day conference. “It was such an incredible experience,” said Winowitch. “Just to be in a huge room with other journalists – people who are passionate about the same things we are.” Winowitch and Simonton went to EIJ to receive a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists, having won first place recognition for In-Depth Reporting among small schools across the entire country. The award acknowledged a series printed in the Yellow Jacket over the past two semesters, “Ongoing Drug Issues in the Community.” Both Simonton and Winowitch helped author the fivepart series, along with two
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Teghan Simonton (left) and Mattie Winowitch (right) at EIJ.
now-graduates, Anthony Conn and Kimmi Baston. “ We w e r e h o n e s t l y shocked to find out that we’d won,” said Simonton. “We just felt incredibly honored and excited to have our hard work appreciated in such a monumental way.” The series explored various aspects of the heroin epidemic ravaging Greene County and surrounding areas, said Simonton. The reporters who worked on the stories conducted dozens of interviews with community members, as well as students and faculty of Waynesburg. The award marks the first time Waynesburg students have ever been nationally recognized for journalism.
Despite countless hours of work on the series, though, Winowitch and Simonton did not originally think they would be able to attend EIJ, for financial reasons. But after their award garnered attention from local newspapers in July, an anonymous donor decided to change that. “A very generous donor gave an enormous sum to Waynesburg, just to be used for our trip,” said Winowitch. “We can’t even say how grateful we are. There aren’t words to describe that kind of selflessness.” Additionally, and completely coincidentally, both Simonton and Winowitch received student fellowships
from the Columbia School of Journalism, which covered their travelling costs and registration fee. They were two of only five students chosen from a number of applicants. “I don’t even understand how it all came together so perfectly,” said Simonton. While at EIJ, Winowitch and Simonton were able to attend a “J-expo” job fair, career profile critiques and several breakout sessions that explored journalism’s changing landscape. Sessions covered topics ranging from data journalism, reporting on natural disasters, covering hate groups and “pressing the president.” “My favorite part was a session that discussed womens’ role in journalism,” said Winowitch. “Even though we’ve been so successful, there is still a lot that females have to overcome, so it was a very relevant, interesting topic.” Both students said they made valuable connections with other journalists, and learned lessons that they can bring back to their work at the Yellow Jacket. “I really loved talking to reporters, editors and educators from all over the country,” said Simonton. “It’s amazing to know we are all on the same team, and we can all learn from each other.”
Waynesburg University’s graduate and professional studies program is introducing new online programs to graduates and professional studies students. Over the past two decades, Waynesburg’s graduate programs, which include business, nursing, education, counseling and criminal investigation, have grown from the first location in the south hills of Pittsburgh to campuses in Monroeville, Cranberry, Waynesburg and now online. For Mary Cummings, senior vice president of graduate programs, a primary objective of the new online courses is to be convenient for students. “For students, convenience has always been a big factor,” Cummings said. “For those students, we had the locations surrounding Pittsburgh. So, it was 20 minutes from where they live. Now as people’s lives have gotten busy and technology is going forward, there’s more of an interest in keeping the convenience factor by having it done online.” The software used for these courses will be Idesign, a company that specializes in online course development. Cummings said that a course design team at Idesign took place about four months ago, and there was an exchange of information and testing before the courses launched two weeks ago. Since Waynesburg’s graduate courses are only eight weeks long and run once a week, it can be challenging for graduate students; some of which have full-time jobs, to attend on a regular basis. According to Cummings, the online setup has been in the works for over six months. “If you think about business people who are traveling, they sometimes can’t even commit to our accelerated courses,” Cummings said. “If you think about criminal investigations, those are law enforcement people that are working 24/7 shifts and can't predict whether they’re going
to be available, and similar to BSN nurses that are already in their health care field.” For Cummings, the biggest challenge of putting together the online programs are that this is a new endeavor. Cummings is confident, however, that this first experience will be beneficial when putting together the second set of online courses “Probably the biggest challenges for us were that we were doing it for the first time,” said Cummings. “We’re already planning a second batch of courses and starting development right now. The [people] that are working on the second batch will be able to look at our courses that we did in the first batch and have some idea of what they’re trying to build.” Cummings said that a primary objective of the online courses is simulating the traditional classroom experience. “It’s not a matter of just taking a one-and-a-halfhour lecture and recording it, and then having someone watch it,” Cummings said. “It’s a matter of trying to take what you’re learning, chunk it into sections that are smaller bytes, and maintaining that energy and the interest just as you would in a live classroom.” The main classes that are using the online features at the moment, Cummings said, are RN to BSN, and the masters of criminal investigation and the MBA program. As for the future, Cummings cited Idesign’s ability to progress rapidly as a perk. “We’re working one semester at a time on [those three courses] said Cummings. “One of the really interesting things about Idesign and one of the reasons we chose them is that they have built in a process of continuous improvement. So, for each one of these new courses, we will go through two cycles of continues improvement, updating those courses from what we’ve learned once we’ve taught them and had actual students and gotten some feedback on them, looking at how the courses have worked.”
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instructor and the new faculty advisor for WCTV, the campus television station, Roeder-Skrbin said her goal is to grow the electronic media program and WCTV, but also to “challenge the students to be involved in as much as they can.”
Roeder-Skrbin is currently enrolling in a program to get her Ph.D. next year. Ben Brudnock is the new director of Graduate and Professional Enrollment. Brudnock said that after working for 15 years with big banks in the country, the position at Waynesburg University was the right position for him at just the right time.
Having lived near Pittsburgh for most of his life and also graduating from Waynesburg University, Brudnock said working at Waynesburg “was like a homecoming” for him, and the transition into his new workplace has been great so far. “After a decade and a half in a large for-profit corpo-
rate environment, it’s really wonderful to be working for a non-profit university that promotes and believes in the same values and morals that I hold,” said Brudnock. Anthony Boone was the final addition to the group. Boone is the assistant professor of counseling in the grad program.
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Four years later, Freedom Bridge completed
PennDOT finishes multi-million dollar walkway project By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
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The new additions made to Freedom Bridge include lanes to help improve traffic flow and safety. The cost of the project is estimated to land at $15.1 million.
In Waynesburg, a ribbon has been cut, signifying the closure of a multi-million dollar project that took roughly four years to complete, which aimed to increase the safety of Freedom Bridge. The project was contracted at $15.1 million dollars and involved opening up a bottleneck that the bridge had created with only single lanes entering and exiting the intersection. Besides the expanded lanes, the project contractor, Gulisek Construction LLC, changed the hydraulic open-
ing of Freedom Bridge, allowing more water to pass by. The project also involved two new railroad overpasses. According to Valerie Petersen, a PennDOT media spokeswoman, the project was created with roadway safety in mind—and the extended time it took to complete did not come as a surprise. “A lot of our projects take many years to complete because of the large footprint that it would be in and [Freedom Bridge] was right in the general business district,” said Petersen. BRIDGE >> B4
Carlisle's closed, Waynesburg Coffee Co. opens for business local owners site crime New shop offers in county as cause community, By JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
After less than six months, Carlisle’s Coffee & Sandwiches, owned by Ken and Caitlin Carlisle, is no longer in business. Caitlin Carlisle does not see the closing as a normal case of a business shutting down. A robbery took place at Pioneer Grocery, also owned by the Carlisle’s, Monday July 3. According to Caitlin Carlisle, this initiated a “snowball of events” that led to the sandwich & coffee shop closing down. “In the last several years, there has been a crime problem in this entire area of the county for a lot of different reasons,” Caitlin Carlisle said. “This is a very rural area. We don’t have local police, and we use the state police, but they’re pretty over maxed to capacity. A lot of the other stores [in Rogersville] have been suffering in the same way.” Carlisle said that the recent robbery happened at the tail
end of several incidents, including one in which her mother-in-law and four-yearold son were held up. “They threatened to shoot [my son] in his head while they were standing there,” said Caitlin Carlisle. Everybody involved with the robbery has been identified. But according to Caitlin Carlisle, getting the situation resolved has not been easy.
“You hate to end anything successful, and I think as business people, you're never really happy with the decision.”
CAITLIN CARLISLE
Carlisle's Coffee & Sandwiches
“We struggled to get any resolution,” said Caitlin Carlisle. “We just have a big problem for a lot of different reasons.” CRIME >> B4
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By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor
On a Thursday afternoon, Drew Johnson, co-owner of Waynesburg Coffee Company, is behind the counter. Behind a glass case and an assortment of brightly colored gelato, he balances a phone between his ear and shoulder, ordering more coffee beans while he gives his 2-week-old son a bottle. Waynesburg’s newest hangout opened Aug. 16, with the vision of a traditional coffeehouse vibe; but Co-Owners Drew and Laura Johnson have hopes for it to be more than just another coffee shop. “We want somewhere local where everybody knows your name, and people are comfortable coming here,” said Laura Johnson. “And [to] be here for anybody that needs us, as well.” For Waynesburg Coffee Company, one of the ways this comes into effect is a
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Drew Johnson, co-owner of Waynesburg Coffee Company, runs the store with his wife, Laura Johnson, while they raise their infant son and a toddler. prayer board, where customers and community members can write anything that troubles them, anything they normally wouldn’t ask for. “We were hoping that led into kind of helping the community improve itself, however that may be,” said Drew Johnson. “I just think Waynesburg could use some more positivity like that.”
Keeping the business focused on community is part of Waynesburg Coffee Company’s entire business model—with the gelato and coffee beans each coming from small businesses in nearby Washington, Pennsylvania. “We’re trying to keep things local, you know,” said Drew Johnson. “We’re trying to include other businesses,
do things that help other businesses thrive.” Coincidentally, Waynesburg Coffee Company’s opening comes just shortly after another local coffee shop, Carlisle’s Coffee and Sandwiches, permanently closed its doors. According to Drew Johnson, the two shops would not have been competitors – they would have helped each other, in the spirit of community. In fact, Drew had wanted to be involved with Carlisle’s when it first opened, which only fueled his long-time dream of owning his own coffee shop. “I had been wanting to start a coffee shop for a few years…and I had worked for Starbucks in the past,” said Drew Johnson. “And I had wanted to recommend some things to Carlisle’s when it first came along – I was really excited about it – and [Laura] said to me, ‘Well, why don’t you just start your own?’” Originally a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee, Drew Johnson said he drew a lot of inspiration from local shops and from his time working at the major coffee chain. COFFEE >> B4
Independent movie filmed in Waynesburg First Federal bank finishes construction of new extension By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN and JONAH PHILLIP Staff Report
Movie production companies Cineworx Productions, Dreaming Droids Productions and Tredd Productions filmed a science fiction horror film called “Night Zero” in Waynesburg Saturday, Aug. 26. “The movie is about a substance that is released that makes people lose their inhibition and they start getting a little violent,” said Tredd Barton, producer of Tredd Productions. “It’s [also] about a story of a couple that is going through some rough times and it’s a classic story of them bonding together to fight the hazardous conditions and find love again.” Barton said Waynesburg as a film location by chance. “The director said I need a street shut down for three blocks, I need to film inside a courtroom and it needs to look like a nice courthouse with a historical look,” said Barton. The reason they decided to film in Waynesburg instead of Washington, Canonsburg or McKeesport was because Waynesburg was the first one to call back—the very next day to be exact. Three days later, Barton met with Waynesburg’s City Council, the Greene County Commissioners, the Chief of Police and the Chief Judge
of Greene County, and they all signed off the paperwork in four days. They shot the movie Aug. 26 at night, while students were simultaneously moving into the university. Barton said that “Night Zero” is probably the best movie he has been a part of. “It went perfect,” said Barton. “The director was extremely happy and that there were no issues.” Most of the people from Pittsburgh that came to help with the movie shoot had no idea where Waynesburg was, Barton said. Now, some of the other producers he knows have since asked him about Waynesburg, and showed interest in shooting movies in the area sometime down the road. “If Waynesburg is known as a town that is friendly to film making, [the town] might be surprised how often people will make films there,” said Barton. The date for the movie premiere has not officially been announced yet, but it should be soon. The movie trailer was released last Friday, Sept. 8. Barton said that he is trying to get the premiere to be in Waynesburg, free for the public. “Night Zero” will also be able to be found in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Red Box, Amazon Prime and Netflix—a major success for Indie Film makers, Barton said. “I just want to thank Waynesburg. They bent over backwards for us,” said
By TYLER GODWIN
Sports Convergence Editor
Photo courtesy of Tredd Barton
A science fiction horror film, "Night Zero," was filmed in Waynesburg Aug. 26. Barton. “It was amazing how helpful they were to us to make this film... when an Indie film shows up, people are usually like ‘oh yeah you are making a film.’ Waynesburg was not like that, Waynesburg was like, ‘what do you need to make this film?’ And gave me what I asked for.”
After the 2013 demolition of the historic Allison Building, the birthplace of Waynesburg's iconic Rain Day, there was a vacant gap in the middle of the town. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County wanted to give back to the Waynesburg community by purchasing the land and using that area to build a new building. That new building, which had its grand opening July 28, the day before Rain Day, looks extremely similar to the old Allison Building. "It was [made to resemble to Allison Building] as much as structurally and architecturally possible," said Chuck Trump, vice president of First Federal, siting the building's sign, its green metal roof and its facade as examples.
The new building is a two-stor y, 6,500 square foot addition and serves as a mortgage center for the bank, which was looking to expand as the business continued to grow over the years. Trump said that First Federal was simply running out of room for new employees, and the addition to the bank also provides work space for those employees that may not have had a lot of office space. "Growth is good. [But] with growth, comes additional needs for personnel," Trump said. "Honestly, that was part of the justifications for the build - not necessarily being mortgage space need, but a need for other departments. We built the center for the mortgage department to fill the needs for these other offices. We BANK >> B4
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EDITORIAL
Start off correctly
My dad and I have always had the same relative interest in movies and books. Meaningless action or adventure doesn’t draw us in – it needs to mean something more than what it looks like at face value. For this reason, we are huge Stephen King fans, and have waited many years for the movie ‘It’ to finally come to the big screen.
We’ve read countless novels and watched multiple movies or TV shows based around his often-scar y stories. In the new movie, Bill Denbrough has a massive stutter that he struggles with throughout his entire childhood, especially after the loss of his kid brother, Georgie, at the hands of the evil creature that lurks within his hometown. “He thrusts his fists against the post, and still insists he sees the ghost.” This is the phrase Bill repeats to himself frequently
in order to overcome his fear of being embarrassed by his stutter, and he also uses this to help him defeat Pennywise the Dancing Clown before he terrorizes more children in the town of Derry, Maine. Fears are meant to be faced – now I understand, could I have picked a more outlandish example to choose from? Probably not. However, this is just the type of example that should help most people understand that the fears we may have in our actual lives
are downright dumb and beatable. Many of us lack confidence, myself being a great example. No matte r w hat t he challenge is, it’s always worth attempting. The person who says he can and the person who says he can’t are both usually right, because it’s about mindset and the effort one puts forth in achieving that goal. Pers ona l ly, I was in speech therapy until middle FEAR >> B3
A student-athletes' life isn't ideal, but worth it MITCH KENDRA Columnist
I’m going to preface my argument with the fact that I’m not stating that I am better than those who don’t associate with me but rather I’m going to give some insight into my life. Being a student-athlete isn’t easy. I’m sure you’ve heard someone complain about this exact statement
at least once a week, once a day or even at every visit to the cafeteria. I’ve complained. But I shouldn’t, because no matter how difficult it is being a student-athlete, it’s what I want. But it’s not easy. It’s extremely demanding. Waking up earlier before an 8 a.m. to get in a workout isn’t “fun.” Staying up late working on an assignment isn’t a great idea. Because unlike the typical student who
may have the ability to nap from the end of their class at 11 a.m. until dinner time, student-athletes are either watching film or getting a quick lift in or doing homework in our spare time. This isn’t fun, constantly going from task to task to task. But what is fun is being able to compete on the weekends. While it does suck at times, missing out on fun and social times, I think at the end of the day it’s worth
it to me. No, my nights don’t usually consist of “just chilling,” or having “nothing to do” or playing video games all night. But I’m OK with that. Sometimes my academics and athletics conflict with one another, it’s bound to happen ever y now and then. And while I take my academics seriously, sometimes the academics suffer – although not as much as the athletics do. ATHLETE >> B3
We all eventually succumb to procrastination Procrastination. We are all guilty of it—some more than others. The idea that you will be able to complete a task or assignment later that day, later that week or later that month is something that becomes extremely toxic. As the new school year at Waynesburg begins, it behooves all of us to get off to a great start in our classes, extracurriculars, jobs and personal lives. The first few weeks are always the easiest of the year. We coast through syllabus week, maybe have a couple smaller assignments to do, but typically nothing too major. Do not get complacent because of the slow start. As we sit here most of the way through the third week of school, things are already beginning to pile up. Tests are rapidly approaching. Speeches are coming up shortly. Projects and papers are being assigned. It is way too easy to brush off a lot of these things and think, “I will get around to it eventually.” Once that starts to settle into your brain, you get into trouble. Big trouble. All things seem to be due on the same night or during the same week, and it becomes really difficult to catch up and get everything done in a timely and appropriate fashion. Your work starts to suffer, you may not put your best effort into your assignments or studying and your grades will begin to reflect that. Falling into a hole this early in the semester is very tough to bounce back from. Tests get more difficult and cover more material as the semester trudges along. Your professors begin to demand more and now you have to work even harder and spend much more time on things to get a decent grade. Expectations go up. The stress will build up and can really get to you. Staying up way too late to finish assignments and studying will impact you negatively over the course of the semester. Making sure that you are utilizing free time effectively during day the is essential. If you have a few hours in the middle of the day to get a head start on the paper due next week, do it. Study in the days leading up to a test, not just the night before. More information sticks in your brain if you’ve seen it multiple times, rather than cramming last second. Don’t break out the Xbox and PlayStation until you have a head start on work that needs to get done. There is always time for that once more important things are finished. Don’t take that nap. We all love naps, don’t get that mixed up, but if you are planning everything well and making the most of your time, you theoretically will be getting enough sleep that you won’t be exhausted by 2 p.m. every day. Be productive. It might not be the most enjoyable thing in the world to do your work well before it’s due, or at least start it in advance, but trust me, you will not regret it. You will regret staying up until 3 a.m. doing homework. You will regret the poor test grades and lower GPA. Do not fall into the procrastination trap. Do your work early and with full intent and effort. Be the best student you can possibly be to start this new school year. Those habits will carry with you as the semester dwindles down and your college career continues advancing forward.
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STARTING THE CONVERSATION
Brunette hopes to help others find Christ The following is an interview with Andy Brunette, a Youth Ministry major and Psychology minor, as part of the Starting the Conversation series. By MATTHEW SHINKLE Q: Were you raised in a religious household? A: “My mom was Catholic, my dad kind of wasn’t really involved with the church at the time, so he was kind of looking for a church. But my mom, whenever I was born, started to go to a non-denominational church and so that was the church upbringing I was put in. "I was brought into this kind of non-denominational Pentecostal setting. I consider myself to just be a child of God, because that’s really what I am. I’m a Christian – more emphasis on the ‘Christ’ part of it because there’s a lot of Christians, but it’s hard and it hurts seeing that Christian is just a title for some people. "For me, it's more like I'm a child of God. I would say if I could go by one title, it would be 'a son who is loved by his father' would be the title, and that just has so much signifcant meaning to it.” Q: Are there any significant events in your life that helped bring you closer to your faith?
A: “The biggest event of my life was the passing of my father definitely, it was very tragic and it was very sudden and unexpected. Right before my father passed away, I rededicated my life to Christ – I was like “okay, I’m definitely going to follow Jesus… this is what I’m going to do,” and literally like two months after that, unexpectedly, my father passes away. "That was a very hard time for me because in my mind… I just rededicated my life to Christ and then this happens, so what do I believe now? I didn’t want to go to God with what I was struggling with because I didn’t really now what to think. But I’ve experienced God’s love through people… and there’s a difference between God taking somebody and God receiving somebody – God doesn’t take people, God receives people. "He would never do anything to hurt me. I also realized while growing in my faith that there is another force at play here - what Satan likes to do is he likes to do kind of attack and kind of slither away back into the corner and try to make it look like God is the one who did all this.” Q: How has Waynesburg helped you grow in your faith?
A: “This being my fourth year, it’s made me see just a lot of different perspectives
of what people have concerning Jesus, concerning faith, concerning the Bible. I’ve seen a lot of different perspectives of people… and it really helped open my mind to different questions. I definitely will say that one man here that has really helped me a lot is Josh Sumpter – as silly as it sounds, just his posture and his approach to talking to students – like he actually wants to invest me and actually what’s to not what’s going on. "He actually wants to walk with me through, not just college, but my walk with Jesus, and that means a lot to me because that’s exactly a spitting image of what Jesus will do.” Q: Is it neccesary for you to share your faith with others? A: "It's exetrmely important, it's extremely neccesary I should say, because put it this way - it's my job. I'm not just saying that because I want to go into ministry, I'm saying that as a Christian, it is like the job
to spread the news of Jesus Christ. "This is how I see it, everyone you look at, every single person you pass by - there's only two places they're going - they're going to Heaven or to Hell, there is no inbetween. That's just how it is, that's how it is outlined in the Bible, that's what it says and that's what I believe. My mission, I see it like this... [Jesus] came to destory the worst of the Devil, as well as to give us salvation. How I see that is my mission isn't to get to Heaven, because I believe in the finished word of Jesus, I know where I'm going. It's to destory Hell for a living. When I leave this place, everyone I know, I want to see come to know Jesus. And it's not easy, because there's some people that just won't have it, but that's where prayer comes in, and prayer and faith and a hundred percent committing your life to Christ and giving your whole heart, that's where that all comes in."
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Cheat Sheet: Hurricane Irma could have been much worse Editor's Note: The following is a synoposis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. By MATTHEW SHINKLE Editorial Assistant
Hurricane Irma ravaged much of the state of Florida, with Republican Gov. Rick Perry having stated that over six million people in his state are now without power, as of 11:45 a.m. Monday morning. Additionally, Miami City Commissioner Ken Russel says that parts of the city that he represents were pretty much “completely submerged” after Irma. Luckily, things appear to already be clearing up due to the city’s infrastructure and draining system. As the clean-up and rescue efforts begin with the storm dying down on its way to Georgia, some experts are warning that Irma could have been much more dangerous and powerful had it not slammed into Cuba on its way to the Sunshine State. “There’s a huge differ ence between a [Category] 3 and 5 when it makes landfall,” said Ryan Maue, a meteorologist at
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Dramatic beach erosion is seen along St. Catherines Island after Hurricane Irma on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, on the Georgia coast. Weatherbell Analytics. “Barbuda is an example of that. It was wiped.” Nearing the U.S. mainland, Irma was downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 4 hurricane after losing some of its power and hitting the northern coast of Cuba. While still dangerous, its winds dropped considerably, from an estimated 170 mph
to around 115 mph as it made landfall in Florida. “This is obviously not the worst-case scenario for Florida overall,” he added, noting that “it would have been much worse” had Irma hit Florida 20 to 30 miles to the east. The slight change in direction would have caused much more devastation, according to Weather Underground Me-
teorology Director Jeff Masters, such as much stronger winds, more rainfall and tornadoes directly hitting the city. Despite the weakened hurricane, Masters believes Hurricane Irma will become one of the top five costly hurricanes in the history of the United States, trailing behind Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas and Louisiana just last month.
Despite the heavy cost of destruction and the loss of human lives from such strong storms, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change during and immediately after their destruction. “To have any kind of focus on the cause and effect of the
storm versus helping people, or actually facing the effect of the storm, is misplaced,” Mr. Pruitt said as Irma approached Florida. “To use time and effort to address it at this point is very, very insensitive to these people in Florida,” he added. Meanwhile, Ben Kirtman, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, believes failing to discuss climate change in moments such as now hurts both Florida and the rest of the country. “It’s precisely the conversation that we should be having right now. I’m not sure what’s insensitive about that,” said Dr. Kirtman, who evacuated from Florida on Wednesday. “It’s really important to direct resources and funds to the crisis on the ground at the moment, of course. But I don’t see why what’s causing these storms and what’s contributing to making it worse is necessarily mutually exclusive.” Hurricane Jose, the fourth hurricane to form over the past few weeks in the Atlantic Ocean, was located by the National Hurricane Center to be 640 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico as of 5 p.m. Tuesday evening.
In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the five stories from last week that college students need to know.
1. ‘It’ scares away initial expectations and slow summer in Hollywood The new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel “It” brought in an estimated $120 million for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema at the North American box office alone during its first weekend in theaters. The movie broke the previous record for a film debuting in the month of September, making it the largest opening for such a film. The long-awaited movie broke the previous record by an estimated $75 million, and according to Warner Bros., it is the largest opening for a horror movie in history. Despite solid numbers, it was only the third biggest opening of the year, with Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2” outdoing Pennywise and the Losers Club in their first weekend. Most box office analysts agree “It” shattered expectations for its release, as many predicted the film would open in the range of $70 $80 million. With that being said, the haul for “It” comes at a great time for Hollywood, as the film industry is coming off its worst summer at the box office in two decades. “’It’ put some much-needed air back in the box office balloon,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore. “Suddenly the entire narrative has shifted from doom and gloom to optimism. ‘It’ effectively hits the reset button and creates new found momentum.” -CNN Sept. 11
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Pennywise the Dancing Clown, from Stephen King's 'It,' has been scaring children and adults for decades – and had a terrific first night at the box office. 2. Credit Card debt piling up for Americans Americans are piling up more credit card debt than ever before, according to a new study released this past Monday. According to Personal Finance website WalletHub.com, who conducted the survey, U.S. consumers added approximately $33 billion in credit card debt during the second quarter of 2017, making it the secondhighest point of debt since the end of 2008. The site also went on to predict that by the end of 2017, Americans will pile up more than $60 billion in new credit card debt, meaning that, in total, the U.S. is currently headed towards well over $1 trillion in total credit card debt. Such a report comes on the heels of the worst year for credit card debt since the Great Recession, when U.S. consumers ended the year with $87.2 billion in new credit card debt. The average household credit card balance has risen to nearly $8,000 for 2017, meanwhile the total credit card debt in the country is
over $930 billion. It is estimated that just around 56% of college students have credit cards, with a large chunk of students making purchases without having the funds to pay the bill. -Fox News Sept. 11th 3. Dog dies after eating sugar substitute B e n ny, a 2 - ye ar- ol d schnauzer-terrier mix, died this past week after getting in to his owner’s garbage and eating a cupcake made with xylitol, a popular sugar substitute. An alert was sent to the other residents in the area of Alameda, California, about the dangers of pets eating human foods. “Ye ste rd ay B e n ny, a 2-year-old dog that lives here in Alameda, ate a cupcake out of the compost that contained xylitol and passed away,” the Sept. 5th alert to residents said. “While heartbroken, Benny’s family wants to make sure that other dog owners are aware of this poison” Dr. Michael Miller, a veterinarian at Providence Veterinary Hospital & Clinic
in Alameda, was sure to explain in the alert that xylitol is very toxic to dogs and can be found in many everyday products, such as chewing gum, breath mints, nasal sprays – and a favorite for some dogs, peanut butter. “It’s best to avoid xylitol completely and use other sugar substitutes,” Miller said in the alert. “If you cannot avoid using products containing xylitol, then make absolutely sure they are stored out of reach of your pets.” According to, Benny’s owners, Zac Bowling and his fiancé, their dog began vomiting after he ate the cupcake, causing them to rush him to the hospital after googling the potential side effects of pets having eating xylitol. -Fox News Sept. 11 4. United Nations passes new sanctions on North Korea The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea Monday. This move comes just one
week after the nation carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test. The resolution has six main objectives according to a US official familiar with negotiations. Such goals aim to: cap North Korea’s oil imports, ban textile exports, end additional overseas laborer contracts, suppress smuggling efforts, stop joint ventures with other nations and, lastly, sanction designated North Korean governmental entities. “Today, we are saying the world will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea, and today the Security Council is saying that if the North Korean regime does not halt its nuclear program, we will act to stop it ourselves,” US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said following the vote on Monday. Originally, the US first circulated a draft resolution that called for a full ban on exports of oil to North Korea and asset freeze on leader Kim Jong Un, the Worker’s Party and the government of North Korea. However, the US later removed the full oil embargo and softened much of the language towards foreign workers. “These are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea,” Haley said. “They give us a much better chance to halt the regime’s ability to fuel and finance its nuclear and missile programs, but we all know these steps only work if all nations implement them completely and aggressively.” -CNN -Sept. 11th 5. According to Bannon, Russia investigation has been “waste of time” Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview that the investigation into Don-
ald Trump and his campaign has been a complete “waste of time.” In the interview conducted by CBS’s Charlie Rose Bannon was asked if he believed that Russia tried to damage the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Bannon said that he had seen the intelligence reports about Russia and said that he would not divulge classified information, but did say that he thinks “it’s far from conclusive that the Russians had any impact on this election.” Rose pressed further by asking why the President is reluctant to criticize the Russians. “He criticizes them all the time,” said Bannon. He went on to slam national security officers in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, both of which denounced Trump as President. Bannon said that it was “the geniuses” of the Bush administration that helped cause the trade imbalance with China and US involvement in Iraq. However, Bannon has one criticism of Trump. “Trump has believed that changing ‘personalities’ could help him effect his agenda,” said Bannon. “And that’s not what the institutional logic is.” Bannon believes that over time Trump will have a “greater appreciation that this is a city of institutions, and you must engage them as institutions, not as personalities.” In mid-August B annon was dismissed among reshuffling in the White House. He has since returned to his role at Breitbart News. -CNN Sept. 11 Information curated by Matthew Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket
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school. Logically, I hated public speaking and any situation where I would speak in front of more than five people. Howe ve r, I c ame to Waynesburg University as a communication major, and committed myself to beating that challenge I faced my entire life. Although I’m still puzzled, I now host multiple
TV shows on the campus television station, as well as the radio station, and enjoy the opportunity to speak in front of others about something I feel passionate about. Of course, such accomplishments never come without work and sacrifice. If you want to b e a nurse, study more and apply yourself. Hou rs and hou rs of studying isn’t going to be the most fun thing in the
world – but keep your eyes on the prize. In sports, if you want to be top in the conference in a specific stat or event, work harder than you ever have before. Outside of your work ethic, you could even commit yourself to a better and healthier diet. Or, if you want to defeat your childhood fear, whether it be a clown or public speaking – you just might be able to do that, too.
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But the awesome thing about athletics is that it ca teach so many life lessons and skills that are easily transferable. No, I’ll never have to pole vault at work once I graduate, but if I can stay disciplined enough during my jumps then that skill will carry over into my career. I won’t ever have to remember how to get open
against a defender to catch a pass, but if I perfect my technique as a wide receiver then I’ll perfect what I create in the work field. I love being a studentathlete. I love competing. I won’t ever have to outhustle the rival team down the last 100 meters of the track but if I’m a hard worker I know I’ll always be able to beat out my competitors because of this work ethic. I might not ever have to work out ever again, but
after doing it as an athlete, I’ve learned to understand how much healthier it could make me later in life. So maybe I’ll do it because I know it’s good for me. I’m blessed to have the opportunity to participate in the sports I love. And that’s the key as a Division III athlete: You have to love what you’re doing. While this might not be ideal to some people, it couldn’t get any better for me.
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High St. hosts '50s-themed car show Dept. of Recreation
hosts new wellness class on essential oils
By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor
Rat rods crept down High Street in Waynesburg. Adults and children alike participated in bubble gum blowing and hula-hoop competitions. People from near and far gathered to celebrate their passion: the 1950s. Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful’s '50s Committee hosted the sixteenth annual '50s Fest and Car Cruise Saturday, Sept. 9. High Street was shut down for most of the day, as classic cars and music from the “Golden Age” blared from speakers and people filled the street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Doug Wilson, an adjunct professor of communications and co-chair of the '50s committee, serves as the master of ceremonies. He said the event was originally conceptualized to attract people to the area. “[The event started as] a way to bring people into Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, to see what our town has to offer,” said Wilson. “From there it has it has continued to grow and expand: a lot of downtown businesses have specials. Some places will have people dressed up from the era.” While the event usually attracts a large crowd, the attendance truly relies on the weather, said Wilson. “These people are very particular on bringing their vehicles out…some of them have literally tens of thousands of dollars tied up in their vehicles,” said Wilson. “This year, the sunny day and cool temperature was the perfect combination.” Indeed, more than 145 registered cars, trucks and motorcycles were in attendance – although Wilson acknowl-
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Above, town resident views classic cars at '50s Fest and Car Cruise. Right, Waynesburg University junior nursing major Kristina Fisher poses in '50s costume next to one of the vehicles for display.
edged that there were more that didn’t take the time to do the free registration. Wilson said there is a mix of locals and visitors for the event. While there are no trophies at the event, as most of the crowd prefer to simply enjoy the environment, Wilson said there is a prize for the person who drives the farthest to attend the event. This year’s winner traveled 244 miles from Ohio, and there were two people who were noted as honorable mentions for their 211-mile trips.
Wilson is one of the core committee members that has attended every event and said each one is a lot of fun. The committee is always looking to attract new spectators every year, in addition to bringing returners back. The event also has many crucial sponsors, who, according to Wilson, help with the financials. The event has not changed drastically from its first year, but Wilson noted that the committee makes it a priority to ask attendees for feedback and ways to improve the event
every year. According to Wilson, the event is going strong and he believes the tradition will carry on for many years to come. A fan of the “Golden Age” himself, Wilson said he most values the bond created by people at the event. “[My favorite aspect of the day would have to be] the comradery,” said Wilson. “The music, the cars – the whole atmosphere brings everybody together. Everyone that comes out to the event is just there to have a good time."
A new educational wellness series by “Essentially Yours,” featuring essential oils and their uses, is now taking place in Waynesburg. The series, called “Thankful Thursdays,” had its second session last week at 6 p.m., and will continue to meet on the the first Thursday of each month. The cost to participate in “Thankful Thursdays” is $5, and the sessions will take place in the 4-H Building at the Greene County Fairgrounds, with the exception of October’s meeting, which will meet at the Alpha Aquatic Water Park. The sessions will have different activities based on a new focus each month. This month, the focus was aromatherapy jewelry, and participants made their own bracelets with lavastone and clear and frosted quartz beads. The themes for the next few months will be Make-Over your Laundry Room, Beautify Naturally and Christmas Make and Take Workshop. All of the sessions will include projects for participants to complete and take home for use. Kelly Mackey, a wellness advocate for doTERRA, an essential oils company, is the instructor for the sessions. Mackey has been working for doTERRA, for almost two years, and said that working there has given her knowledge about essential oils and their benefits. Mackey said she was interested in beginning these
sessions partly because of the recent interest she has noticed. “With essential oils becoming more common and up and coming now, people are very interested in them, so [the sessions are] just a common ground place for people to get together and begin to learn more and learn from each other about their benefits and uses,” Mackey said. One of Mackey’s main goals is safety, as essential oils can be very potent. “I want people to learn how to use them safely and wisely, but [also make sure] that they do use them because they do have benefits to you,” Mackey said. Those who come to the sessions will also get a chance to discover which oils their body responds to best, via an iTOVi scan, a device which measures the frequency response in a person’s body. Any participant’s first iTOVi scan is free and each succeeding scan is $10. Mackey said the sessions will continue as long as there is interest, and she is already brainstorming creative ideas for upcoming “Thankful Thursdays.” “We can always learn different ways to use [essential oils] and to incorporate them into our daily lives,” Mackey said. Essentially Yours has also included rewards cards. Each time someone attends a session, they get a mark on their card, and they will receive free items and essential oils deals after attending five, 10 and 20 sessions.
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Caitlin Carlisle said that shutting down the sandwich shop had nothing to do with profitability. “I want people to know that it’s not like ‘hey one of our other businesses was robbed, and we’re closing down,” Caitlin Carlisle said. “You feel under attack after a while; this is a recidivist family that…. they’re not dodging the penal system, but they bounce off of it.” Ken Carlisle, who along with his wife opened Carlisle’s Insurance Company in 2015, has seen a drastic increase in crime over the past few years. “Up until a couple of years ago, I could leave my wallet in the car and I wouldn’t worry about it,” Ken Carlisle said. “It’s terrible the way it is. I ordered a metal grill to the front door so [robbers] can’t break in that way anymore. It keeps getting worse and worse.” The situation has gotten so concerning for Ken Carlisle that he now owns three guns for protection. A lot of time was devoted
to the security issues at Pioneer Grocery. Because of that, as time went on, Caitlin and Ken had to be at their Rogersville shop on a regular basis. Keeping an eye on the safety of that store, in addition to the managing their other businesses and the insurance agency, was a big factor in shutting down the coffee and sandwich shop. “From a business owner’s standpoint, we don’t do things just slightly,” Caitlin Carlisle said. “We are committed to everything we’re doing, and we saw that having a coffee shop just did not fit into our future plans with how we have to handle things in Rogersville and our other businesses.” Caitlin Carlisle said that the decision to close the shop was not an easy one. “We put [closing down] off a bit longer than we probably should have,” said Caitlin Carlisle. “We did not want to do this at all, but just out of respect for what other things we have to do. [We] just could not make it work.” Even as some time has passed, the decision of shutting down the coffee and
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Less than six months after its opening, Carlisle's now sits empty. sandwich shop does not sit well with Caitlin Carlisle. “I’m still not comfortable [with closing],” Caitlin Carlisle said. “You hate to end anything successful, and I think as business people, you’re never really happy with the decision. But you only want to do things to the best that you can be.” Caitlin Carlisle said that Waynesburg University students have also expressed disappointment with the coffee and sandwich shop
closing down. “There’s definitely been some upset students, and I’m with [them] there,” said Carlisle. “It is upsetting. It’s part of the college experience that we were so excited and proud to be a part of.” The storeowners expressed sorrow at their inability to overcome the situation, and frustration at the insufficiencies in Greene County’s penal system. Ken Carlisle said that there was another break in attempt
just a month prior to the July 3 robbery, in which a gunman came in through the side door before retreating after hearing the alarms. One of Ken’s fears is that the crime situation will escalate to the point of fatality in the future. “If it comes down to it, god forbid, I hope this never happens…. someone somewhere is going to get shot and get killed. Then maybe we’re going to realize that we better start being proactive instead of reactive.”
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“We’re very similar to what Starbucks would offer, but in a fresher and more specialized capacity,” he said. “Like for instance, the gelato…just trying new things, having a more diverse and eclectic menu.” L au r a Joh ns on a d d ed, “They’re corporate, we’re local.” The co-owners are making plans to extend their hours, which are currently Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., within the next three weeks, and are initiating some special
events—including live music, trivia and vintage video games. The shop also has a loyalty program, similar to a digital punch card, that the Johnsons hope to introduce to students. “We would really like the feedback from the students,” said Laura Johnson. “You know, what days would they like [to stay open later]? What would they like to see?” As Waynesburg University students adjust to their schedules, the Johnsons are anticipating an increase in customers and business. They are already starting to see the prayer board fill.
Petersen said having to coordinate the project with the railway was an additional asset that had to be dealt with. Other factors with the project included times of high water on Ten Mile Creek, which runs directly under the bridge. Notably, in December 2016, there was flooding in the general area after heavy rainfall. Although Petersen said the flooding and occasional high water did not directly impact the time of completion of the project, construction was compromised during those times. “We couldn’t do any work during that time [of high wa-
ter],” Petersen said. “Any time there is high water and you are working on a bridge, you cannot do that type of work, for the safety of our employees.” A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the project Wednesday, Aug. 30, which state and local officials attended. Active construction on the site has ended, allowing traffic to revert back to normal flow; however, Petersen said the project is not yet finalized. Because of this, Petersen said the final cost of the Freedom Bridge project is still pending. But, according to Petersen, the cost will be close to the original contracted amount. After the conclusion of the project, Petersen said the pa-
tient motorists in the Greene County area made the project successful. “The key thing is that PennDOT goes out to try and work and clean the roadway to keep them in good repair and design projects like this,” Petersen said. “During the time frames we are working on projects like this, we are very thankful for the motorists in the general area of the community [who are] able to accommodate our projects while we are out there.” Moving forward, Petersen said there are not any construction projects to the extent of Freedom Bridge in the immediate future, but PennDOT is always working towards safer roadways for motorists.
knew there were people that needed offices, but we knew they weren't going to be available until that project came to completion." In addition to its practical uses for the bank, Trump and other executives felt it necessary to pay tribute to the Allison Building's history with a plaque honoring Rain Day. Additionally, the wall on which the plaque hangs is its own historical element. "The brick face that the plaque outside is fixed to are brick from the original Allison Building," Trump said. "That was a cool gesture too." Along with the Rain Day plaque, the bank's addition has a small interior hallway that Trump said he would like to see serve as a museum-type area. "It's a simple, small, narrower foyer, but at some point in the future, we would like to have historic landmarks of the association or the town in that foyer just as a display area where every six months we might rotate through things," said Trump. During the completion of the project, the feedback that First Federal received from the community was extremely positive, Trump said. "There are many compliments from folks that were aware of what stood there once as the Allison Building," Trump said. "It was evident that we were attempting to resemble that structure as much as possible. The brick, the green roof, the tie into the building - we received a lot of compliments that it just looks nice aesthetically. It just looks like a nice addition to the original bank building."
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Replaced field brings excitment with work at hand By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor
Following a flood in December 2016, Waynesburg University’s John F. Wiley Stadium needed a new turf surface. The repair process began June 20, with the old surf surface being ripped up, however, inadequate
weather during the repair process slowed down the process and pushed date of completion back. With the process being delayed two weeks on top of the original time of completion, the field was not finished before the Yellow Jacket football team returned to campus. For the first several prac-
tices of the season, the football team practiced at Perman Run, which is where the team used to practice every day many years ago. The team also utilized the intramural softball field and Waynesburg Central High School’s newly renovated football field. However, the field was completed near the end of
the second week in August. The women’s soccer team stepped foot onto the field for the first practice on the new surface Aug. 22 during a morning practice. Men’s soccer head coach Brad Heethuis, who is also an assistant coach for the women’s team, said that the new surface has created an exciting environment.
“They were pumped,” Heethuis said. “They were pumped to get out there. I think everyone knew, that old stuff was on its last leg and just to get a new - a brand-new, awesome turf surface, everyone was excited about it.” The football team later took the field for their own practice, but it was cut
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short after a heavy rainfall and lightning. The football team was then able to practice on the field leading up to its season opener at Muskingum University. The Yellow Jackets played their first football game on the new surface when they hosted FIELD>> C3
Women's soccer blows lead, ties in OT
Smithley takes over as interim head coach
By BRENNAN SMITH
For the Yellow Jacket
By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 12, Rick Shepas walked off the field for the last time as the head coach for Waynesburg University football and the search for a new football coach began for the Yellow Jackets. By early summer, a decision had been made and the search ended right where it began, at Waynesburg University with former offensive coordinator Chris Smithley being named interim head coach. However, according to Smithley, he never applied for the positon, but was requested to accept. Realizing the seniority of the other coaches in the program, Smithley said he felt he shouldn’t apply. “I didn’t feel like it was my place to apply,” said Smithley. “Coach Venick is on staff, coach Falvo was on staff – those guys have the seniority. I felt like it was my place to just sit back and whichever direction it went, I was going to support them.” Although Smithley was one of the younger coaches on staff last year for the team, his history with Waynesburg University goes back to when he attended as a student, playing football as a quarterback and a receiver before graduating in 2008. “I played here and then I was a graduate assistant here [at Waynesburg University],” Smithley said. “In my time as a graduate assistant, I had roles in strength and conditioning, secondary coach, defensive lines coach, offensive lines coach and then after that I had a short stint at Washington & Jefferson for four years where I coached linebackers for one year and secondary and spe-
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Last year Chris Smithley served on the coaching staff as an offensive coordinator before being asked to take on the position of interim head football coach. cial teams for three years.” One of the biggest goals Smithley said he has for the football program is returning to the level of play they were at when he was a player and a coach. “Just that mentality of hardnosed, physical football – discipline, accountable players to their teammates and the program, giving it everything that they got on every play,” said Smithley. “Just that work ethic is something I really want to get back and instill in these young guys and make them understand that this is what Waynesburg football is all about.” Around him, Smithley has brought in new parts to the coaching staff, who all mirror his desire to pursue a physically tough football program.
Offensive Coordinator Joining Smithley this year, new to the program, is Offensive Coordinator Erik Foust, who also serves as an offensive lines coach and recruiting coordinator. Foust has spent 22 years coaching high school football throughout western Pennsylvania with a focus in the Indiana and Westmoreland county areas. Foust’s relationship with Smithley goes all the way back to high school where he served as a defensive coordinator for the team Smithley played on. With similar goals and values in coaching, Smithley said Foust makes a solid fit in the program at Waynesburg. “We carry a lot of the same values and morals because we kind of grew up in the same place,” Smithley said. “We both played for the same
high school head coach – he coached with my high school head coach – so there is a lot of similarities in what we are trying to drive and what we are trying to get done here.” One of the bigger focal points for the season, Foust said, is the offensive line. “Currently, I’m really focusing on the offensive line – trying to get that established and building tremendous continuity and depth in the offensive line,” Foust said. According to Foust, accomplishing the goal of a strong offensive line starts with team chemistry, which the team is already trending towards. “Chemistry is huge, it’s all about chemistry, building great chemistry with each other – teamwork,” Foust said. “Communication is a tremenCOACHES >> C4
The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team hosted La Roche College Tuesday, Sept. 12. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead at halftime, the Yellow Jackets were unable to keep the lead as the Redhawks notched two late goals to force overtime. During overtime, neither team would be able to find the back of the net, resulting in a 2-2 tie. The Yellow Jackets started off strong, with a goal by senior forward Nikki Davis in the 12th minute of the match. The goal was Davis’ team-leading third of the season. Then shortly after, sophomore midfielder Christina Golonka notched a goal of her own, her first of the season, on a cross by senior forward Melanie Byler. Byler’s assist was her first of the young season. The Yellow Jackets went into the half up 2-0, looking like they were in control. The Redhawks made some adjustments at halftime, including switching their goalkeeper for the second half. La Roche scored a goal in the 72nd minute of the game when Redhawk junior midfielder Ryleigh Gapzinski buried a rebound, cutting the deficit to one. Before the game even began, senior defender Sam Nichols said she knew the game was going to be hard fought. “Before we stepped on the field, we all knew this was going to be a physical, competiWSOC >> C2
In first collegiate game, sophomore breaks out By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
In a run concentrated offense, the Waynesburg University’s football team lost one of its leading running backs a day before the second game of the season with a pulled hip flexor. That was when sophomore Jarves Crews got called up; before Saturday he had never taken a snap at the collegiate level. According to interim head coach Chris Smithley, the decision to bring in Crews was automatic. “It’s nothing crazy for us, its next guy up for us and the next guy up was [Crews]...” said Smithley. “That’s the mentality that we have here – it’s the next guy up.” The work was cut out: last year the Westminster College football team led the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in total defense, allowing an average of just 4.4 yards per carry – the fewest out of 11 teams. Despite the competi-
tion, Crews said he trusted the game plan. “Just trusting the process… no matter who is going to be running back – no matter who – our coaches are always best in those situations,” Crews said. “It’s always just stick with the game plan than trusting my ability or what I can do in my positon.” Smithley said the playing position presented Crews the perfect occasion to demon-
stamp on this thing and say ‘this is what I’ve done over the years…I either seize this opportunity or I let it go the way side.’” Crews turned opportunity into exhibition, leading all players on the field in gained yardage, totaling 80 in the afternoon with 17 carries. According to Smithley, it wasn’t Crews ability to stack up yards that came as a surprise, but rather the ease in which he
"This was an opportunity for [Crews] to make a stamp on this thing and say 'this is what I've done over the years... I either seize this opprotunity or I let it go the way side.'" CHRIS SMITHLEY
Interim head coach
strate his worth to the team – an opportunity he had never gotten his first year with the Yellow Jackets. “This was an opportunity I was excited about,” Smithley said. “This was an opportunity for [Crews] to make a
did it. “I shouldn’t say I was surprised, but it went above expectations – just his ability to break tackles and keep moving on his feet,” Smithley said. “I didn’t see that. I knew he was going to work
hard; I knew he was going to run hard; I knew he was going to get us yards…Just some of those snaps he was just breaking tackles after getting first hit.” Moving for ward, Smithley said the team will look at Crews in a different light after his accomplishments against Westminster. “[Crews] opened a lot of eyes across this coaching staff and the locker room,” Smithley said. “Not that he didn’t have any respect before, he had a ton of respect before – but now? The respect that he is going to have in that locker room, CREWS >> C3
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Jarves Crews spent his freshman year playing on the junior varsity team
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Men's XC enters season with depth By MATTHEW ZERFOSS For the Yellow Jacket
Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket
Sam Nichols, a senior leader on the Yellow Jacket defense, said the team's effort was high in the tie.
WSOC: Jackets unable to maintain 2-0 lead
I instantly knew that we couldn’t let our heads down,” said Nichols. The Yellow Jackets held on through the rest of regulation as the scored remained tied at two. Each team had multiple chances throughout the overtime periods, but neither team was able to put the finishing touches on the game. As a team, Waynesburg managed eight shots, six of which were on net.La Roche had 26 shots, with just 11 of those being on frame. Fraser finished the game stopping nine-of-11 shots on goal in 110 minutes of action. Waynesburg is back on Friday, Sept. 15, for its third straight home game.
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tive game. I think our effort as a team was there,” said Nichols. La Roche played a physical game, as they had two yellow cards in the second half. With seven minutes left in the game, the Redhawks tied the game 2-2 when senior forward Vanessa Ceravolo knocked one past senior goalkeeper Heather Fraser. As the momentum continued to swing towards La Roche, Nichols said the team needed to keep focus to prevent La Roche from getting a game-winning goal. “When La Roche scored the second goal to tie it up,
With two weeks into its season, the Waynesburg men’s cross country team looks to improve as the season progresses. Last Saturday, Sept. 9, the team performed in its second event of the 2017-2018 season at the Bethany Invitational. The team lost three seniors last season, but ended up placing fifth out of fourteen teams with their younger team. “The cross country team competed at a high level and that did translate to some very good scores,” said head coach Chris Hardie. “Overall, the way they performed matched up with the results they had visually, which is the style to watch how the runners compete.” Hardie was impressed with
the efforts from the younger members of the team. “I think they competed well, at a really high level and that did translate to some really good scores and some good times on paper,” Hardie said. “I am really happy with that overall.” Freshman Mac Colomb finished 20th overall in the event, posting a time of 28:06. Colomb’s time was the best out of all Waynesburg men’s cross country runners. According to Hardie, Colomb had a stellar performance and stood out at the Bethany Invitational. Freshman Matt Durgin placed 29th overall with a time of 28:35, which was Waynesburg’s second-best time among competitors this past Saturday. Freshman Jordan Payne tallied the third best time for the Yellow Jackets with a time of 28:51.
“I feel that getting more sleep the night before helps me focus more on the race and not to joke around,” said Colomb. “I really have not been a captain on the team and with the wisdom of [senior] Matthew Shinkle, it helps calm [me] down.” Colomb was also lauded by the Presidents’ Athletic Conference for his efforts, claiming PAC Men’s Rookie of the Week honors. Durgin was pleased with his performance, but always has a mindset of getting better day in and day out. “I feel that getting stronger every day, improving my speed but getting the mileage down is the main thing,” said Durgin. “[Junior] Joel Kuzminski is the hardest worker in my opinion and his work in the summer shows me that I need to keep training to have good
seasons in the future.” Kuzminski finished fourth out of all Waynesburg runners with a time of 28:54. Rounding out the top five of Waynesburg runners was freshman Matt Mansfield, who logged a time of 29:02, which was 39th best out of the 139 runners. Overall, the Waynesburg men’s cross country team had seven runners that finished within a period of just over a minute and a half of each other. Six of the seven runners that were on top were freshmen, a glance at the potential depth the team holds. As the season progresses, Hardie looks for the veteran returners to creep up in the mix and decrease their times. With hard work from every runner on the cross country team their chances to comMXC >> C4
Invitational was a testament of team strategy By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor
Coming off the most successful season in program history, in which the Waynesburg University Women’s Cross Country team was able to snap Grove City’s 27-year streak atop the Presidents Athletic Conference standings, Coach Chris Hardie still sees a potentially brighter future ahead. This past weekend, the Yellow Jackets traveled to Bethany, West Virginia to partake in the Bethany Invitational. The women finished seventh out of 16 teams – however, the
standings weren’t what the coaches were watching. The team maintained its No. 5 ranking in the NCAA Division III Mideast Region by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. “We wanted to give the top six a rest, and so strategically we talked to everyone in that top six to kind of figure out what was a break for them,” said Hardie. “Was it a break if [they] just got into the race and hit a pace, or helped [their] teammate by pushing them in a group.” Ultimately, the senior girls on the team, Julie Gerber and
Angie Marchetti, who are also the team’s captains, decided to run and help the other girls on the team with pacing during the race. Pack running, having multiple runners from the same team together, has been a strong suit for the team in recent years. However, cultivating those groups takes training and time during the season. “[The women] went two miles... it was a strategy to hit a pace, which they all did, so having Julie and Angie was perfect for that second group,” said Hardie. “And then at two miles they could break off if they felt good, which a few
did – Gianna [Pugliano] and Katherine [Fair] did as well.” Already, Marchetti sees a lot of potential in the freshmen class. “We have a strong freshmen class, on both the men’s and women’s [team],” said Marchetti. “I think it’s exciting to see them come out and perform – they all definitely have the potential, with the talent they have, to make more history for the program.” Thanks to help from Gerber and Marchetti, the coaches feel the team largely hit their times and accomplished the WXC >> C4
PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS Carnegie Mellon Wash & Jeff Case Western Geneva Saint Vincent Thomas More Westminster Bethany Grove City Thiel Waynesburg
MEN’S SOCCER Conf. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overall 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
Saturday’s Box Score
WESTMINSTER 28, WAYNESBURG 7 Muskingum 7 7 0 14 28 Waynesburg 0 7 0 0 7 First Quarter: WES - Kimu Kim 3 yd run(John Cybak kick), 4:49 Second Quarter: WAY - Alec Watts 12 yd pass from Tyler Perone (Garret Guthrie kick), 3:13; WES - Kimu Kim 3 yd run (John Cybak kick), 4:42 Third Quarter: Fourth Quarter: WAY - Dominique Mickinley 10 yd run 9John Cybak Kick), 4:53; Kimu Kim 2 yd run (John Cybak) :14
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Waynesburg rushing
ATT YDS Crews....................................... 17 77 Doswell-Hardric........................ 5 10 Waynesburg receiving
REC YDS Kendra.................................. 6 26 Walker.................................... 2 18 Westminster passing COM Columbo.................... 12
TD 1 TD 0 0 TD 0 0
ATT YDS TD 21 112 0
Westminster rushing
ATT YDS McKinley.................................. 21 78 Williams................................ 7 48 Westminster receiving
REC YDS Paulinellie................................. 34 84 Johnson.................................... 2 31
Geneva Grove City Bethany Thomas More Thiel W&J Westminster Waynesburg Saint Vincent
Conf. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overall 3-0 3-0-1 3-2 3-2 2-2 2-2 2-2-1 1-1-1 1-3-1
TD 1 0 TD 0 0
WAYNESBURG 2, FRANCISCAN 3 Franciscan 0 3 3 Waynesburg 1 1 2 First Half: WAY- Goal by Thomas Drake, 23:25 Second Half: WAY - Goal by Nate Kummer, 49:35 FRA-Goal by JP Bobak 55:28; FRA-Goal Leo Herrmann, 65:32; FRA - Leo Herrmann, 77:24
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, September 8 : Wilmington 1, Thomas More 2; Saint Vincent 1, La Roche 4; Wooster 0, Grove city 1; Pitt Greensburg 0, Thiel 1 Defiance 0, Westminster 4
LA ROCHE 2, WAYNESBURG 2 2OT La Roche 0 2 0 0 OT 2 Waynesburg 2 0 0 0 OT 2
SCORE RECAP
First Half: WAY - Goal by Nikki Davis, 12.52; WAY - Goal by Christina Golonka, 27:06; Second Half: LAC - Goal by Ryleigh Gapzinski, 72:45; LAC - Goal by Vanessa Ceravolo, 82:21
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, September 8: La Roche 2, Saint Vincent 1; PittGreensburg 1, Bethany 0; Franciscan 1, Thiel 20
Sunday, September 10: Thiel 1, La Rochre 5; Wilson 4, Bethany 0
Sunday, September 10: Thiel 2, La Roche 4 ; Wilson 0, Bethany 4
UPCOMING GAMES
UPCOMING GAMES
STANDINGS Westminter Grove City Thiel Bethany Geneva Saint Vincent W&J Thomas More Chatham Waynesburg
Conf. 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-4
Overall 6-1 4-4 6-4 5-4 2-7 5-3 2-4 3-4 4-2 1-8
Tuesday's Box Score
THIEL 3, WAYNESBURG 0 Thiel 25 25 25 Waynesburg 12 17 19
3 0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Waynesburg Kills
Guiser.............................................................5
PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS
POINTS: O'halloran, 11, GEN; Carleton, 7, GEN; Cisse, 7; WES; Iregui, 7, WES
ASSISTS: Oliver, 4, THI; Lugan, 3, BET; Iregui, 3, WES SAVES: Bove, 32, WES; Antonoplos, 26, SVC; Conrad, 20, THI
Team Friday, September 9 BETHANY INVITATIONAL 4. Geneva, 101 pts.; 5. Waynesburg, 151 pts.; 11. Chatam, 257 pts., 12. Bethany, 285 pts Individual BETHANY INVITATIONAL 1. Alex Kitony, 26:22, OVU; 2. Brett George, 26:23, CALU; 3. Caleb Pell, 26:24, ABU
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, September 15: Saint Vincent andThomas More at National Catholic Invitational 5 p.m.Saturday 16 -Bethany and Westminster - Waynesburg, Grove city, Thiel, Chatham, W&J at Allenghenny Classic.
RECENT RESULTS
Waynesburg Digs Proper...........................................................14 Thiel Kills Williams...............................................6
Team Friday, September 9 BETHANY INVITATIONAL 6. Geneva, 189 pts.; 7. Waynesburg, 193 pts.; 10. Chatam, 233 pts., 15. Bethany, 378 pts
Thiel Assists
Saturday, September 16: Kenyon vs. Thomas More - 1 Allen........................................................11 p.m.; Penn State Behrend vs. W&J - 2 p.m.; Hilbert vs. Saint Vincent - 4 p.m.; Muskingum vs. Waynesburg - 2 RECENT RESULTS p.m. Friday, September 8: Alfred 1, Thiel 3; Bethany 0, Sunday, September 17: Thiel vs. Mount Aloysius Allegheny 3; Geneva 1, Kenyon 3; Alfred 2, Bethany 3:30 p.m.; Chatham vs. Medaille - 4 p.m.; Westminster 3; Thiel 3, Allegheny 0; Thomas More 3, Heidelberg 0; vs. Susquehanna - 6 p.m. Muskingum 3, Geneva 0; KILLS: Hughes, 105, GEN; Lydic, 80 , W&J; Yoho, 72, WES ASSISTS: O'Dell, 221, SVC; Hartshorn, 211, GCC; O'Brien, 210, WJ BLOCKS: Muhammad, 42, BET; Yoho, 29, WES; Buchanan, 24, GCC DIGS: Parker, 201, BET; Proper, 147, WAY; Coughlin, 130, W&J
RECENT RESULTS
WOMEN
Saturday, September 16 W&J vs. Frostburg State - 1 p.m.; Bethany vs. La Roche - 1 p.m.; Hilbert vs. Saint Vincent - 2 p.m.; Thomas More vs. Kenyon - 3:30 p.m.; Fredonia State vs. Geneva - 4 p.m.; Grove City vs. Otterbein - 7 p.m.; Muskingum vs Waynesburg - 8 p.m.
PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS
MEN
Zuchelli.............................................................10
Friday, September 15: La Roche vs. Grove City - 4:30 p.m.; Pitt-Bradford vs. Geneva - 5 p.m.; Mount Aloysius vs. Waynesburg - 6 p.m. ; Hiram vs. Bethany - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 17: Thiel vs. Mount Aloysius - 1 p.m.; Westminster vs. Penn College - 2 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Waynesburg Assists
Friday, September 15: Westminster vs. Carnegie Mellon - 6:30 p.m.; Mount Aloysius vs. Waynesburg - 8 p.m.
Bridgewater 25, Thomas More 23; Thiel 22, Saint Vincent 25; Carnegie Melon 42, Rochester 14; W&J 47, Grove City; Westminster 28, Waynesburg 7; Geneva 34, Bethany 13 Saturday, September 16 Waynesburg vs. Carnegie Melon - 1:30 p.m.; Thiel @ Bethany - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent vs. Geneva - 7 p.m.; Grove City vs Case Western Reserve - 7 p.m.; Thomas More vs W&J - 7 p.m.
4-1 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-4 0-2-1 0-4
Saturday, September 9: Hiram 0, Grove City 4; Westminster 1, Mount Union 4; Wooster 2, W&J 1; Hilbert 0, Chatham 4; Geneva 0, Mount Aloysius 1; Augustana 0, Thomas More 2
GOALS: O'halloran, 5, GEN; Carleton, 3, GEN; ARTEGA, 3, BET
UPCOMING GAMES
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Saturday, September 9: Franciscan 0, Bethany 2; W&J 4, Hilbert 0; Thomas More 0, Ohio Northern 3; Westminster 1, Mount Union 2; Allegheny 1, Grove City 2;
RECENT RESULTS Saturday, September 9
Chatham Thomas More Westminster Geneva Grove City Waynesburg Thiel Bethany W&J Saint Vincent
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday's Box Score
Last Tuesday's Box Score
SCORE RECAP
SCORE RECAP
Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS Perone........................ 11 24 83
STANDINGS
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Rossman........................................................19 Thiel Digs
Individual BETHANY INVITATIONAL 1. Alyson Pierce, 23:33, CALU; 2. Julie Friend, 23:33, CALU; 3. Rachel Timberlake , 23:34, MU
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, September 15: Saint Vincent andThomas More at National Catholic Invitational 5 p.m.Saturday 16 -Bethany and Westminster - Waynesburg, Grove city, Thiel, Chatham, W&J at Allenghenny Classic.
Saturday, September 9: Bluffton 1, Thomas More 3; Waynesburg 0, W&J 3; Wooster 1, Bethany 3; Chatham 1, Westminster 3; Oswego State 0, Thiel 3; Wittenberg 3, Thomas More 0; Waynesburg 0, Grove City 3; Denison 3, Geneva 0; Saint Vincent 3, Chatham 2; St. John Fisher 3, Thiel 0; Bethany 3, Penn State Behrend 0; Otterbein 3, Geneva 0; Grove City 3, W&J 0; Saint Vincent 0, Westminster 3;
Mac Colomb, Men's Cross Country Heather Fraser, Women's Soccer
UPCOMING GAMES
PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS
WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Thursday, September 14: Penn State Behrend vs Thiel PASSING YARDS: Rowse, 575, W&J; Navarro, 517, SVC; Clien, 420, CMU - 7 p.m. ; W&J vs. Waynesburg - 7 p.m. ; Penn State Fayette vs. Saint Vincent - 7 p.m. RUSHING YARDS: Marshall, 466, GEN; Pitts, 357, TMC; Dorsett, 292, SVC TACKLES: Blacharczyk, 24, WAY; Davis, 23, WAY; Friday, September 15: Adrian vs. Thomas More - 3 Gatling, 23, BET; p.m. ; Oberlin vs. Chatham - 4 p.m. ; Grove City vs. Ohio SACKS: Hansel, 2.5, TMC; Marra, 2.5, W&J; Gray, Wesleyan - 5 p.m. ; Kenyon vs. Thomas More - 7 p.m. ; 2, SVC Pitt-Greensburg vs. Chatham - 8 p.m. INTERCEPTIONS: Johnston, 1, BET; Chrissis, 1, CWR; Murgo, 1, W&J
PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS
POINTS: Vernail, 10, CHA; Trozzi, 7, WES; Sieg, 7, CHA GOALS: Vernail, 4, CHA; Davis, 3, WAY; Robinson, 3, CHA ASSISTS: Birsic, 2, WES; Thomas, 2, WES; Candella, 2, THI SAVES: Vazquez, 29, BET; Page, 23, WES; Heyman, 22, TMC
GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan
Carmichaels
Mapletown
Waynesburg Central
Football
Football
Football
Football
JEFFERSON-MORGAN 12, MONESSEN 14 Jefferson-Morgan 6 0 0 6 12 Monessen 0 8 0 6 14
CAMRMICHAELS 13, OUR LADY OFTHE SACRED HEART34 Carmichaels 6 0 0 7 13 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 6 14 6 8 34
MAPLETOWN 12, WEST GREENE 42 Mapletown 0 6 0 6 12 West Greene 6 16 6 14 42
MCGUFFEY 35, WAYNESBURG 0 Waynesburg 0 0 0 0 0 McGuffey 0 7 7 21 35
Friday’s Box Score
Friday’s Box Score
The Jefferson-Morgan Rockets came up short this week, falling 14-12 against Monessen. The Rockets were firing out of the gates early after an 80-yard pass from Jacob Broadwater to DL Garrett. Monessen wasn’t going down without a fight though, responding with a 7-yard run and converting on a two-point conversion by Tote Rhome. It proved to be too much as that conversion helped Monessen get the win.
Carmichales came up short this past weekend, losing to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 34-13. Garrett Ponick catches a 24yard pass from Kevin Kelly in the second quarter. Jacob Lowry scores off a 52-yard run in the fourth quarter. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart proved they were the better team that night.
Next Game: vs. Union 9/15 - 7 p.m.
Next Game: @ West Greene 9/15- 7 p.m.
West Greene Football
Friday’s Box Score
Friday’s Box Score
Mapletown hosted West Greene this week, and although they lost, running back Dylan Rush broke the schools all-time scoring and rushing records. Rush would only go to score twice in this game. A six-yard touchdown rush in the second quarter and three-yard touchdown rush in the fourth is all that it took to break the record. Mapletown will look to avenge their loss when they travel to Avella on Friday night.
The Waynesburg Central Raiders are not off to a great start, losing to McGuffey 35-0 and dropping to 0-2 early on. McGuffey was responsible for all of their touchdowns that evening. Waynesburg has only put up a total of 13 points this season.
West Greene gets off to a fast start early on this season knocking off Mapletown 42 to 12 and advancing to 3-0. Nathan Brundock catches a 45-yard pass from Zach Pettit in the first quarter to give them the early lead. Pettit adds on with a 57-yard run making it 22-6 in the second quarter. The Pioneers would not look back after that and go on to pick up the win.
Next Game: @ Avella 9/15 - 7 p.m
NEXT GAME: vs. Elizabeth Forward 9/15 - 7 p.m.
NEXT GAME: vs. Carmichaels 9/15 - 7 p.m.
Friday’s Box Score
WEST GREENE 42, MAPLETOWN 12 West Greene 6 16 6 14 42 Mapletown 0 6 0 6 12
September 14, 2017
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Smithley puts focus on offensive front With more experience, men's soccer teamhopes to take next step
By TYLER GODWIN
Sports Convergence Editor
Interim head football coach Chris Smithley knows that the team’s offensive production begins with one thing: his offensive line. “That’s where it starts—it starts up front,” Smithley said. “If they play well, the whole offense is going to play well. Because if you’re running the ball well, now you’re opening up the play-action pass, you’re keeping your quarterback off the ground and he’s feeling confident. I think 100 percent of the success that we have as a whole offense would be based off our offensive line play.” In the first game of the season against Muskingum, a 19-0 defeat, the Waynesburg offense struggled in multiple aspects with a total accumulation of 113 yards. The run game was nearly non-existent, gaining just 18 yards on 34 carries. Week two, however, was a different story in terms of the run game. While still accumulating fewer than 200 yards of offense, sophomore running back Jarves Crews carried the ball 17 times for 77 yards. The offensive line as a group from week one to week two, Smithley said, has taken key steps to helping open the offense up more. “We are making those improvements across the board,” Smithley said. “I think that everybody says that you make the most improvements as a team between Week One and Week Two. I don’t think there’s any doubt that our offensive line
By JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket
Chris Smithley said the offensive line was a recruitment focus for the team during the offseason. has made those strides. We still have a long way to go. I think there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done, but we’re going to continue to do our best job as a coaching staff to bring these guys along and put them in situations where they can be successful.” As the run game for the Yellow Jacket offense starts to hit its stride, Smithley feels that sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone will improve his game with better decision-making on how to set his linemen—something Smithley also thinks he can help out with more. “In our offense, the quarterback sets the protection,” said Smithley. “The reason he sets the protection is so that he knows where he’s going to get hit from. He knows that if he wants to protect his
backside and see it coming from his front side—he’s in full control of that…That’s more on me to prepare him better into making some better decisions on setting the protection.” The starting offensive line features three seniors in Nick White at right tackle, Hunter Six at right guard and JT Colosimo at left guard, while the left tackle and center positions are manned by sophomores Alex Paulina and Cody Edwards, respectively. While these guys have seen a majority of the work through two games, there are other players that Smithley feels have been solid thus far and will continue to make an impact for the line down the stretch. “[Sophomore] Tanner Six is a guy that you’ve seen a little bit of up to this point. He’s
a guy that will start rotating a little bit more,” Smithley said. “Eric McDowell is a freshman. He’s a guy that works his butt off, keeps his head down and just is grinding. He’s a guy that has a lot of potential to be a regular rotator in our five.” As the Yellow Jackets prepare to host Carnegie Mellon this coming Saturday, Smithley’s goal for the team remains clear, and it starts with the five men up front on the offensive line. “Just continuing to take the next step in running the football is really a major goal of ours. We’re not going to quit,” Smithley said. “We’ve made a 100 percent commitment to get that run-game going, and whatever it takes we’re going to work through this until we get that thing right.”
Men and women's tennis still winless By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
On Saturday, Sept. 9, both men’s and women’s tennis traveled to Frostburg State where neither team came out with the victory, as the men were defeated 5-4 and the women were swept 9-0. Although the men lost, head coach Ron Headlee was impressed with his team performance “We were real close, I thought we were going to be able to pull two matches,” said Headlee. “I thought we played well for the first time, I thought our two doubles played really well, then the third team were two guys that never played together.” The men had two matches go to the third set but eventually went to Frostburg. One of
the matches were junior Jonah Cooper who lost 6-3, then won 6-3 and lost 10-7. Although that was not the match up Headlee highlighted, he looked at first year player junior Brain Drake who was able to go three sets and 10-3 in the final set which ended up being the key decision. “The first time [Brain] ever played it came down to him,” said Headlee, “There was a lot of pressure on him, it was his first time he ever played tennis like that.” Headlee mentioned that Drake struggled later in the match because he had never been in that late of a tennis match and his arm tired down. “He played really well and practiced really well, just getting him the competition sometimes he played well in the first set and then his arm
started to get little tired,” said Headlee. “Then he lost a little bit on his serve going into the tie breaker set.” The women struggled to win sets and without returning Aubree Brown, who was their best player last year, they are in a rebuilding year. “We found out this summer she wasn’t going to be able to play, you know that’s going to be a big hole,” said Headlee. “That’s one bad thing about tennis, you move everyone up the line and you are playing in a position against a harder opponent each time the strength isn’t there right now, it just makes it harder, I just tell the girls play harder and don’t get frustrated.” Headlee knows that as the team rebuilds this season with newer players, it’ll be difficult to reestablish the program and
he knows players are going to be in difficult positions. “It’s going to be a struggle for us all year, we have our number one out probably not going,” said Headlee. “Everyone have to play up the line and that’s really rough on the girls, they’re playing positions they probably shouldn’t be playing in.” But even with some rebuilding, Headlee said he is staying positive and thinks his team can win. “I also think that we have a good shot of winning against Muskingum if we could go out it would be nice to go out on win on that one,” said Headlee. The men’s tennis team will face Muskingum next on, Sept. 16. The women, will compete against Thiel past publication date then go on to play Grove City on Thursday, Sept. 14.
Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket
The new turf field, which is a monofilament and slit filament blend, has a similar design as the previous field, but this time with darkened end zones.
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and fell to Westminster College Sept. 9. Interim Head Football Coach Chris Smithley said an energetic environment, similar to that of the soccer team’s, was present during the football team’s first practice on the new surface. “It’s created an excitement within the team to have a new surface to play on and to practice on,” Smithley said. “I think it turned out great, the guys love it, it looks great – it looks fantastic. It’s just a
positive energy that it’s brought to the team and to the program as well as the athletic department as a whole.” Smithley remembered the days when he was a Yellow Jacket and the team received the school’s original turf field. “I would say that when we got the last field in 2006 – I was playing – and it’s very similar when it’s fresh,” Smithley said. “I think there was an excitement then just because of the fact that we were getting turf and we didn’t have it in the past. And now this,
I think there was the same type of excitement, but yet it wasn’t this is a completely new thing – it’s just fresh, it’s nice, it looks good – the whole design of it is top of the line.” Heethuis said the new field is different to play on compared to the old turf, which was at the end of its time. “Certainly, players and coaching staff can definitely tell a difference,” Heethuis said. “Just the biggest thing is the bounce of the ball and how it rolls. The old stuff, that ball moved quite a bit, but this new turf plays a lot
more like grass so it’s a little slower actually, but we like it. It’s been great.” Field Turf is the company that was selected from different bids to complete the replacement process. Field Turf was the same company that installed the original field in 2006. While the basic design from the original turf remains ver y similar, the orange “W” at midfield is slightly larger, the football team now has two end zones with black backgrounds and the women’s lacrosse team has brandnew orange lines.
It’s been three years since the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team qualified for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament. In the 2014 season, the Yellow Jackets posted a 5-21 conference record, earning them the third of four playoff spots. After losing nine players to graduation, Waynesburg has gone 5-28-2 overall and 3-11-2 in conference play in the two years since, missing out on the postseason both years. Although the Jackets finished seventh out of nine teams in the PAC last season, Waynesburg raised its win total by three games, and did so with almost exclusively underclassmen making up the starting lineup. Head coach Brad Heethuis, who is in his fourth season at the helm, hopes to see improvement out of several key contributors that are returning from last year’s squad. “We have probably similar rosters [to last season],” said Heethuis. “But if you look at the core of it, the guys are a year older, and have more experience.” One of Waynesburg’s weaknesses last year was its inability to close out games. The Yellow Jackets went to double overtime on four occasions in 2016 and won just one of those contests. For junior forward Austin Zurik, who led the team in goals last season with three, finishing will be essential to a successful season. “Last year, I think we improved a lot [from 2015],” Zurik said. “What we needed to improve a lot more on was finishing, which I think is our strong suit this year. I’d say from [my] freshman to sophomore year, we improved as a team, but we just couldn’t close out games. We need to improve on finishing.” Zurik, junior goalkeeper James Snyder and sophomore midfielder Justin Bu-
berl are some of the key returning members from last year’s squad. There are also freshmen who are contributing, such as defender Steven Haines, forward Daniel Holt and forward Thomas Drake, who are seeing significant playing time. An example of Waynesburg’s struggles in tight games took place in a Sept. 5 loss at Franciscan. With goals from Drake and sophomore midfielder Nate Kumar, the Jackets led 2-0 with less than 35 minutes to play. But three tallies in a little over 20 minutes, two by Baron senior forward Leo Herrmann, put Franciscan ahead for good and Waynesburg suffered its first loss of the season. Heethuis cited fatigue, as well as Franciscan feeding off the momentum from its first goal as reasons for the defeat. “Overall, whether it was tired bodies from having three games in five days, or just kind of tired minds, we quit playing our brand of soccer,” said Heethuis. “Coupled with Franciscan [gaining] momentum from the home crowd. So it wasn’t one thing per say. Franciscan played well, didn’t quit and put us under some pressure. Leo is a beast up top, and he got the job done for them. We had opportunities, and they didn’t go our way at the end. That’s soccer.” Zurik cited complacency as a primary reason for the loss. “Once we got up 2-0, I think we kind of got comfortable,” said Zurik. “We stopped playing that long ball and started possessing. So I think we just got too comfortable. We let them change their game, and we didn’t [change ours].” Waynesburg’s next contest is Friday, Sept. 15, against Mount Aloysius at John F. Wiley Stadium. After that, the Jackets have four more non-conference games before opening PAC play Sept. 29 when they travel to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to take on St. Vincent.
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I’m excited to see how this week goes for him just because some of the things he’s done out there.” However, the spot that Crews earned on the team wasn’t always there, nor the confidence. “Freshman year I didn’t see myself being a big contributor to the team,” Crews said. “Because of the running backs [the team] had last year and the coaches liked using them.” But, according to Crews, it went deeper than just a pair of veteran running backs getting the snaps over him, it was an entire mentality he had to change. “I had a chip on my shoulder because I didn’t get into varsity at all,” Crews said. “I was on the scout team going against a starting defense and I think it opened up my eyes, just doing what I do in practice and I came into spring ball with the mentality that I could be a [starter].” With the senior class graduating last year, Crews began to realize he was getting closer to his first collegiate game than he may have originally thought and everything started to fall into place. “It definitely clicked for me during spring ball, because I was really impressed with myself in the weight room and I knew the situation we were in,” Crews said. “We were down running backs and I just thought I had the opportunity to definitely be a part of this offense and that’s when it clicked for me.”
The trust Smithley exhibited on game day for him, Crews said, was a confidence boost. “[Smithley] never saw me play in a real game before; he didn’t go away from the run game; he didn’t think we needed to pass it more because we have a new running back [with me on the field,]” Crews said. “He just stuck with me, he believed in me, and I think that helped a lot – it helped my confidence a lot.” Though Smithley never saw Crews under actual game pressure, he had seen enough in practice to know Crews had the qualities required. “[Crews] has been fantastic. [Crews] is a guy that doesn’t say anything to anybody; he works his butt off; he’s attentive in all the film sessions,” Smithley said. “He’s top of the line as an individual, not just as a football player.” Down the line, Smithley said Crews has given the coaches all the reason they need to keep putting him in games. “[Crews] has put a stamp in being involved in some sort of package for us in some sort of way,” Smithley said. “Just because of what he did for us [against Westminster…] now these other guys have to work to get ahead of him – he’s taking the job right now.” Yet for Crews, it’s a simple matter of just wanting to play football on Saturday’s. “I just love playing football – I love this team – I can’t really complain now that I’m actually getting some [game] time I think,” said Crews. “It’s always good to play football on Saturdays.”
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September 14, 2017 WEEK THREE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSIT Y
Football tasked against toughest opponent yet this season By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
For three consecutive years, Waynesburg University football has lost the first two games of its season. This year, the schedule only gets harder for the Yellow Jackets, as they face Carnegie Mellon University, a school that has started the season undefeated. The Yellow Jackets come into Week Three still looking for their first win of the season after losing to Westminster 28-7. Following a shut out by Muskingum the week prior, the Jackets offense looked to get on the scoreboard for the first time this season against a Westminster defense which led the conference last year in total defense, allowing on average just 16.6 points per game. After the Titan’s drove the ball 72 yards on 15 plays, capped off with a three yard quarterback keeper by senior Kimu Kim, Westminster got on the board first in the opening quarter of the game. However, after nearly a game and a half of scoreless offense, sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone broke the dry spell with a 12-yard pass to senior tight end Alec Watts. That would be the only
scoring drive for Waynesburg University though. Westminster added another score before the half to put the Titans up 14-7. The defense kept the Jackets within reach for three quarters, but then, in the fourth quarter, Westminster put the final touches on a 28-7 victory with a pair of rushing touchdowns. Carnegie Mellon University enters the matchup against the Jackets coming off a dominating 42-14 victory over Rochester in its home opener. After an uncharacteristically weak performance in Week One for senior running back Sam Benger, who last year was titled ECAC South Offensive Player of the Year, he put together a dominating performance recording his fifth career four touchdown game. Benger paced the offense, totaling up 208 yards on just eight carries -- an average of 26 yards per carry. In the Tartans first play of the game, Benger got Carnegie Mellon on the board with a 92-yard touchdown. Also getting in on the scoring for the Tartans was senior wide receiver John Prather, who came up with an 18-yard pass in the end zone during the second quarter. Sophomore running back Willie Richter
a l s o got involved, returning a punt for an 86-yard touchdown. L a s t season visiting Carnegie Mellon, t h e Ye l low Jackets kept it competitive, but eventually were defeated by the Tartans 35-23. Offensive Composure
For the Yellow Jackets, the biggest flaw this season has been a lackluster offense, which has only found the end zone a single time across two games. To keep pace with the Tartans, who averaged over 34 points a game last year, the Yellow Jacket offense will have to find the end zone multiple times, something interim head coach Chris Smithley said is possible through the game plan. “I feel like we are going to have a really good game plan,” said Smithley. “We spent a lot of time on [the game plan]...just coming out and executing and doing our job and being sharper and being disciplined to do
the right t hing – t h at’s what we really need to look for on an offensive side.” Pieces are coming together offensively for the Yellow Jackets. Last week, sophomore running back Jarves Crews played in his first collegiate game of his career for the Yellow Jackets, filling in for an injured junior Austin Wilson, and led all rushing for Waynesburg with 80 total yards. Another running back on the verge of returning for the team is junior Ben Ciero, who had to miss the first two games of the season. Last year, Ciero combined for three touchdowns off 239 yards and ended the season second on the team in rushing. With Ciero set to return soon, as well as a newfound threat in Crews, the running backs are set in a pivotal role for leading the offense according to Smithley. Smithley also feels the offensive matchups presented in the game against CMU
could be favorable for the Yellow Jackets. “I think some of our matchups are better from an offensive standpoint than we were against Westminster, but maybe on the other hand from our defense to our offense it could be a little bit different,” Smithley said. Stop CMU’s Run Game As much as the Yellow Jackets must construct a threat in the running scheme, they are also tasked with shutting down CMU’s greatest offensive threat: Benger and the run game. Already, just two completed games into the season, Benger leads the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in multiple statistical categories. Most notably, Benger leads in yards per rush, with 8.1 per carry and 130 yards per game. Benger also leads the PAC in touchdowns with five in just two games. Smithley said the defense would have to be operating on all levels against CMU to find a way to damper the running game, which additionally requires help from special teams. “This might be a team that just got the running game that makes it difficult,” Smithley said. “It
might be a more difficult game defensively and then from special teams. We have to win that phase too.” In the opening two games of the season, the Yellow Jackets have been stronger on the defensive side of the ball. In Week One, the Yellow Jackets kept Muskingum scoreless for nearly the entirety of the first half of the game. Then, with 10 seconds remaining in the half, and aided by a face mask penalty, Muskingum was able to get on the scoreboard. T h e n i n We e k Two, against Westminster, the defense kept the game to a single possession difference until the fourth quarter. Currently on defense, senior linebacker Brent Blacharczyk leads the team with 13 solo tackles as well as 11 assisted tackles for a total of 24. Junior linebacker JohnGlen Davis is second on Yellow Jacket defense with 23 total tackles, eight of which being solo takedowns. If the Jackets can continue to improve offensively, defensively and also in the special teams, Smithley said its only time until the dividends start to pay off. “We got to do a better job in all three phases of the game,” Smithley said. “We’ll keep improving...”
Volleyball struggles after winning first match MXC: Senior runners lead team at Bethany By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant
The Waynesburg University volleyball team has struggled since recording its first win in the first match of the year against Pitt Greensburg. After traveling to Washington, Pennsylvania for a tri-match against Presidents’ Athletic Conference rivals Washington & Jefferson and Grove City this past Saturday, Sept. 9, the team hosted another PAC rival, the Thiel Tomcats. Unfortunately, the Yellow Jackets were unable to come away victorious, dropping all three conference matches. It started with the women falling to W&J 3-0. Then, the team struggled against Grove City, also getting swept by the conference opponent. After losing 25-22 in the first set against W&J, head coach Stephanie Benkowski felt her team did a poor job recovering as they lost the next set 25-7. “Overall, we did play horrible,” Benkowski said. “I mean, the first and third set we didn’t play horrible, but the second set was really rough.” In the Grove City match, Benkowski thought her team wasn’t able to come back from falling off in the first W&J set. “I don’t think to be honest we recovered from the W&J game. I think we had our heads down and we never
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Freshman outside hitter Hannah Colvin goes up for a serve in a match earlier this season. came out of it no matter what we tried,” said Benkowski. “It wasn’t working, so we tried different things, but we never recovered.” On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Yellow Jackets were home against the Thiel Tomcats and first-year head coach Tyler North. According to North, his team’s fast-paced offense was on fire. The Tomcats had 25 more kills than the Jackets
with 40 kills total. “The fact we are not the biggest team overall to run it fast helps us so we can get a little more one-on-one,” said North. “But, as you saw, when it goes a little awry it’s a little risky, but [it’s] riskreward. We are playing the percentages, [and we feel] the risk outweighs the reward.” In the backcourt was sophomore libero Alyssa
Proper, who had the duties of staying in the backcourt all game and trying to work with other back row players to adjust to the quick passing game. “We tried to take away the line shot - that was a big one. It took us a couple sets, but after that we tried to pinch in and they hit deep,” said Proper. Benkowski believes her team needs to be more open and pay attention to what she is telling them to make those adjustments. She also added that they have seen fast teams like Thiel in the past, but were slow Tuesday night. “We were trying to adjust but they have to listen and actually make those adjustments,” said Benkowski. “We have seen other teams run that today. We were just slow.” Proper was a bright spot for the Jackets in the loss, according to Benkowski. She said the second-year starter libero helped lead her team. “She’s our quarterback of our back row,” said Benkowski. “She’s always moving and passing balls. I mean, she does a good job.” Benkowski said one of the biggest struggles during the night was blocking. “It’s not about hitting hard, it’s about getting around the block and we opted to not do that today,” said Benkowski. The volleyball team will be back Thursday, Sept. 14 against W&J.
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pete for the PAC Championship looks good this year and for years to come, according to Hardie. One thing to keep an eye on throughout the upcoming weeks is that Waynesburg has a competitive advantage and disadvantage. “Our depth is probably one of the deepest teams in the conference so we will have to utilize that,” said
Hardie. “The disadvantage for us is that we may miss a front-runner which we really haven’t had in a while. During Brendan Keany and Ben McColly’s career, we had a front-runner, but now we are missing this and somebody has to step up and get some of the low points for us.” The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Allegheny Cross Country Classic. The meet is scheduled to start at 10:40 a.m.
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goal of paces for the two-mile mark. Collegiate runners are permitted to wear watches during races to see their time as they run, however Hardie and Assistant Coach Michelle Cross agreed that only the designated pack leader of each group was allowed to wear a watch during this race. “It was really kind of a ‘feel’ thing,” said Hardie. “So, they didn’t get a split coming through, and that was kind of the strategy for at least our top 15, and then we gave paces to runners 16-22 and had them
hit a pace, which worked really well too. So very successful day in terms of strategy, it was implemented very well.” Overall, the differential from runners one to five for Waynesburg was just 28 seconds – the smallest time gap of the day in the women’s race. The freshmen duo of Pugliano and Fair ended up placing 32nd and 38th in the race, with Pugliano already making some history for the program, earning her first PAC Women’s Rookie of the Week honor. The women are in action next Saturday, Sept. 16, when they head to the Allegheny Cross Country Classic.
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dous factor, the guys are really buying into that stuff. I know Week One we didn’t get the results we were looking for, but we certainly saw some great positive things to build on individually and as a unit.” Foust said the program is capable of accomplishing the goals of the coaching staff by taking care of the smaller details of the game. “I just expect to go out every week and be the best we can be, I’m a person that believes you have to prepare every week to win every week,” Foust said. “We have to prepare to win every week, I believe in the little things, doing the little things
right and it’ll take care of the big things.”
see,” Radakovich said. “It’s a matter of executing them and having good fundamentals, having good route fundamentals which obviously is catching the ball and the big thing for us is being perfect on all the little things.”
RB and TE Coach Zach Sterling enters his first year with Waynesburg University after spending the previous two as a graduate assistant at Bethany College. Previous to working with the Bison, Sterling spent a year as a student assistant with the offensive line at SUNY Brockport, his alma mater. During his time at Brockport, Sterling’s football career included being listed twice as a member of D3Football. com Team of the Week. With the Yellow Jackets, Sterling will serve as a combination of a running backs and tight ends coach.
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Graduate Assistant Moving in as a new graduate assistant for the Yellow Jackets, Brian Radakovich will also work with wide receivers. Last year, Radakovich spent time with Thiel on the coaching staff recruiting players and coaching running backs. The common goal of improving the teams running
game and offensive line coordinates with the wide receivers, Radakovich said, and how they approach the game. “Offensively, we try to be a physical old school type team, we want to run the football and where the receivers come into, that is being physical type wide receivers – guys that are going to sell out and get excited
about blocking,” Radakovich said. With a focus on perfecting the details, Radakovich said he believes the wide receivers have the ability to help propel the offense towards what the team needs. “We just talk about perfection all the time, being precise, our mindset is our concepts are going to work against whatever defense we
Through the changes to the coaching staff for the 2017 campaign for the Jackets, Smithley said the biggest goals for the program is solidifying the running game. But ultimately, Smithley said the staff all share a common goal of getting the program back to a winning record. “I just want to get back to Waynesburg football – where we’ve been in the past,” Smithley said.
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Singing for a purpose
Judges select WU Idol participants after auditions By JOE SMELTZER
Editorial Assistant
Paul Hicks, Yellow Jacket
President Douglas Lee smiles with the Romanian Orphan choir representing their community Caminul Felix after their performance Sept. 5.
Romanian Orphan choir performs concert By KADEN HURLEY Editorial Assistant
The Romanian Orphan Choir came to the Goodwin Performing Arts Center Sept. 5 for a one hour musical performance that included singing, instruments and personal stories. The concert began with an introduction to an organization entitled Caminul Felix, which provides homes and families for Romanian orphans. Caminul Felix has two villages, comprised of 16 homes, which, according to their web-
site, provide “loving adoptive parents and an extended family”. Each house has a mother and father and approximately 12-15 abandoned children and orphans. “It’s a large family, but it’s a family,” Filipe said. A mother in the program is Anca Bodog, who sang along with the choir and spoke about her “challenges and blessings” during the performance. “I had to get used to having kids before I was a mother,” Bodog said, who has since had two biological daughters while mothering the orphans in the Caminul Felix. After living
with 12-15 children in the villages for over a decade, Bodog decided to share some of her parenting wisdom. “We have two goals for our children: to have them know God and to prepare them for life,” Bodog said. In 1990, after a revolution took place in Romania, the number of orphans grew tremendously, prompting Linda and Lars Hornberg to found Caminul Felix. They created the first village with help of churches and volunteers from Sweden for the abandoned children by providing them with families offering “love and security."
Support for Caminul Felix grew after, in the mid-90s, news stories broke in the U.S. about the inhumane conditions Romanian orphans were living in outside of the villages. Caminul Felix still relies heavily on private and corporate financial support, which is one of the reasons the choir tours through churches and venues throughout the US. The choir, which is composed of parents and children in from Caminul Felix, represented 10 of the 200 children currently supported there. The
The purpose of the collaboration is to have the skillset of how to be able to work in an entertainment environment like running a theater or concert hall. “By putting the art administration program in the business department, it opens up the door. We can create this entertainment business major – and then you can concentrate in other areas,” said Heisey. In addition to the business and fine arts departments working together, Heisey said the ultimate goal of collaborating with the business administration program, is to work with more majors as one. “It would be great if we can create something that’s a little broader than just the fine arts department,” said Heisey, “so it’s kind of a new way of looking at that we’re still figuring out what that means and working with
other departments. The goal is to really work in union.” Heisey expressed his optimism for this year and the change with his new chair position. “I love working with the students, I am so excited the students are back. I love seeing them in class,” said Heisey, “what’s been really neat about the chair position is I get to work with other students but also, I get to work with other parts of the university, which I’ve never had the opportunity to do. I have had a bunch of meetings with Institutional Advancement or talk with the registrar and it’s just been neat to work with other groups on the campus that I didn’t always get the chance to talk with. I just enjoy working with people and that’s been fun.” Heisey is looking forward to the collaboration with de-
partments to give the students further opportunity so artists can make a living. “You can be both the artist but you can also be running the business and that’s so important. Artists really need that background because they need to sell their product.” Heisey’s love for his job and the students creates a growing environment for himself, as well as students. “The students are fantastic. I’ve had great experiences with students that come and go out of class, we have great conversations,” said Heisey. “What’s really great about Waynesburg in the fine arts is I am in the midst of creativity all the time. It is so much fun to see students who aren’t here necessarily for an arts major. Seeing that they can do the arts, whether they’re in choir or in the symphonic band, or in an art class.”
Tuesday, Sept. 5, and Wednesday, Sept. 6, the Waynesburg University Student Activities Board (SAB) held auditions for the annual singing competition, Waynesburg Idol, from 4p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday’s auditions were held in the Marsh Center, while Wednesday’s were in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center (GPAC), which is where WU Idol will take place. Graduate Assistants Erin Kern and Luke Carter, as well as Residence Director Anthony Jarrell and junior Kayla Wolper, worked together as part of the SAB to organize the event. Kern, who also helped organize the event last year, was in charge of coordinating the online forms that students needed in order to sign up for the auditions. Carter, who is in his first year of setting up this event, made sure that flyers were put out correctly regarding the dates for auditions, as well as the live performances. Carter also assisted Kern with contacts and ideas for WU Idol. As a residence director, Jarrell is involved with several SAB events, and, as past WU Idol performer with a background in music, Jarrell welcomes the opportunity to take part in WU Idol. Of the three, Jarrell has the most seniority regarding WU Idol. This will be the ninth time Jarrell has participated, as he performed once as a stu-
dent, and is in his fourth year helping to produce the event. Jarrell was a music minor while getting his undergraduate degree at Waynesburg from 2009-13. For Jarrell, while voice tone and pitch are factors when evaluating a singing audition, it is also essential as a judge to look at a performance from the standpoint of those who will be listening in the audience. “Basically [the judges] are trying to put ourselves in the minds and in the ears of the average listener, who may or may not have any music experience,” Jarrell said. “[As a judge] you really go with your gut reaction. What we’re going for as judges is; did we enjoy that?” Jarrell also cited not letting personal feelings be a factor in the decision making as another challenge in evaluating auditions. “It’s also really hard when you have somebody audition who you really like,” Jarrell said. “You want them to succeed, but sometimes you have to kind of remove your opinion or be honest if the person’s not ready for this experience, and that’s hard.” Like Jarrell, Kern is an experienced singer, who also has played the piano. For Kern, having people who are experienced in music is important when judging auditions. “I think it’s good that we’re all here judging the auditions,” Kern said. “Then IDOL >> D2
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Students get a taste Fine arts department undergoes changes of Pittsburgh at SAB-led food tour By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor
The fall semester has brought several new changes to Waynesburg University’s fine arts department. The department has teamed up with the business administration department. Additionally, leadership roles within the fine arts department were established. The changes were made to the Chairperson in the department. Andrew Heisey took over this role who is also a professor of art and art program director. Heisey said the university wanted to push the art administration program further by giving an art major with more benefits in the business world. “What we had been working is a program that’s not just art music and theater but [kind of] the entertainment business,” said Heisey.
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Saturday, Sept. 9, Waynesburg University students traveled to Lawrenceville for the food tour where they were able to try an arrange of foods in a more modernized area of Pittsburgh. "Burgh Bits and Bites" food tour takes people are all over Pittsburgh or specific places, this tour focused in Lawrenceville and took students to six different restaurants all in walking distance. The different restaurant’s chef will make different meals as the students move along. This was the first time something of this nature was done Waynesburg and this was an opportunity to try something new
the university has never done. There were 12 spots to fill but only nine were filled, according to Pat Bristor, associate dean of students there were many reasons why the turnout did not meet the goal. "It's $20 so students don't want to go until they know what it is and if other people like it," said Bristor. "Because it's our first time doing, it we have to commit to a certain number and the tour groups are 10-12 people. Our tour group is reserved to 12 just to see how it goes." Bristor thinks once students come back they will excite other students to go on the food tour FOOD >> D2
Student former contender for Penguins National Anthem By SHON MEADE
For the Yellow Jacketr
Her passion for singing started at three-years-old. She picked up the hymnbook in church one Sunday and from there her love for singing took off. She performed in church groups and chorus through her schooling. Even here at Waynesburg, she partakes in the various musical groups on campus. Taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way, Heidi Dziak made sure to give it everything she had. Most recently for this sophomore accounting major, Dziak was selected
as a finalist to sing the National Anthem in this year’s Kraft Hockeyville. The preseason Penguins game originally scheduled to play at the winning arena of that contest, the Rostraver Ice Garden, is now being played at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex on Sept. 24. Here the winner would get the opportunity to sing the anthem for those in attendance and also on NBCSN’s broadcast. “I always thought that it would be cool to sing for the Pirates or the Penguins or even the Steelers,” said Dziak,” just to be able to say that I did that.” Dziak said she found out
about the contest from a friend who mentioned that Kraft Hockeyville was running a Facebook contest where people could submit a video of them singing the anthem to enter. Anyone from the age of twelve to twenty-seven could enter. Dziak said she waited till the last second, but made sure that she entered. Two weeks after submitting the video, she was chosen as one of ten finalist who would then move onto an in person audition. On Sept 6, Dziak made her way to the Hard Rock Café in Pittsburgh, a venue that she said as really fun just to be at.
Photo courtesy of Hedi Dziak
“I love rock and roll and it was really cool to learn about the venue,” said Dziak. While there, Dziak had the opportunity to sing a song of her choice acapella style in front of the panel
of judges. I sang ‘Someone like you’ by Adele,” said Dziak. “I get compared to Adele a lot, so she’s my main woman.” One of the judges was Jeff Jimerson, the Pittsburgh Penguin’s own national anthem singer for games. Dziak is no stranger to singing the anthem. She has performed it at every one of her high school sporting events, in addition to also singing for the Washington WildThings a few times. Most notably, she was chosen after auditioning to sing for the Future Business Leaders of America
State Finals in 2016 in front of over 6,000 people. Going up against others her age in the in-person audition, Dziak was chosen to go first in front of the other contestants. “With my lovely luck I got to go first,” said Dziak. “Of course I was nervous.” Despite giving it her all, Dziak was not chosen. From the 10 who tried out, 3 were chosen to move onto another round where they would have to sing the anthem in person for the panel of judges. Though a little upset over not winning, Dziak doesn’t mind and it won’t stop her from continuing her passion for singing.
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Cast members announced for upcoming fall play 'Hamlet' By HOLLY HENDERSHOT Conce Editor
The cast list for this year’s fall pla The cast list for this year’s fall play, “Hamlet,” was announced Monday and consists of 16 students playing roles and four students participating in other ways. Because of the amount of parts the play involves, some cast members will be playing more than one part, and the play has been abridged to better fit into the preferred length of time. Director and Professor of Theatre, Edward L. Powers, said
he chose to do Hamlet partly because it was time for another Shakespearean play in the Waynesburg University theatre. “It is important to keep Shakespeare alive in the theatre,” said Powers. Powers wanted to choose a Shakespearean play that would be familiar and interesting to the audience and present a challenge for those performing. “Shakespeare is a challenge not only for the actors, but it’s also important for the audience as well,” said Powers. Although most of those who
SAB hosts first movie night of fall semester By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor
As the sun began to set Friday, Sept. 8, students gathered in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center as the Student Activities Board showed the summer’s top-grossing movie; “Wonder Woman.” Sadie Breon, a junior psychology major, is the chairperson of novelty and showtime for SAB and carefully selected the film to be presented. “Wonder Woman,” which made approximately $814.6 million worldwide, starred Gal Gadot as the determined heroine. Breon recognized the crowd-pleasing quality of an action flick. Breon and the members of SAB must consider selecting movies that are not only mission-compliant but appeal to everyone. Students made their way to the GPAC before the 8 p.m. start time, most were dressed in comfortable clothing to relax during the movie. One of the students wrapped in blankets was freshman nursing major Morgan Conley. “I think it’s a good way to get involved and meet new people on campus,” Conley said on attending the event. Two weeks
into the semester, Breon was offering the movie night as an outlet for students to decompress from stress caused by the start of the school year. “It’s nice to see people coming out and hanging out together and taking a break from studying,” Breon said. “Wonder Woman” was originally planned to be shown outdoors on a screen in front of the GPAC, but was moved indoors due to the bad weather conditions. Breon and other members of SAB began setting up the GPAC at about 7:30 p.m. Breon, who admittedly enjoys the hectic fun of setting up just as much as many of the events themselves, prepared the popcorn machine, refreshments and tables. During the movie, the SAB also offered popcorn and drinks to the viewers. There was also a basket that was raffled to those in attendance. Inside the basket were prizes aimed at movie-night essentials, including candy, popcorn and movies. “Throughout your four years here if you go to the events and if you interact with people, I feel like you’ll have a much more fun experience in college and just in general,” Breon said.
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choir has travelled to a variety of states including Illinois, Michigan and Virginia to raise money for the villages. One of the 10 singers was 12-year old Adrianna Vidican who shared her story between songs. She arrived at Caminul Felix in 2013 after her mother was imprisoned for drug trafficking. Before her mother was jailed, she had spent most of her life in and out of foster care. “The loneliness is gone and the house is always full,” Vidican said. Vidican, who now aspires to become a neurosurgeon, goes to a Christian school and says she owes her happiness to the
village. “It’s nice to feel like you belong to someone,” Vidican said. The program included songs as well as instrumental pieces featuring two trumpets and a flute. Adam Zozo, one of the over 400 people to have been raised in Caminul Felix, shared his story of survival after losing his family. “I was amazed by the new love and the parents I was blessed with from the Caminul Felix,” Zozo said. Bodog, after parenting children and seeing them “flourish” through Caminul Felix, spoke openly about how it has affected her life. “ L ov e i s a d e c i s i on ,” Bodog said.
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themselves. "I think once people come back and talk about [the food tour], it could more successful the next time," said Bristor. "Every time we try something new students are hesitant to do it." Matt Pioch, director of housing, went on the tour and thought the students enjoyed it. "We got a good understanding of lower Lawrenceville and Pittsburgh as well as had the opportunity to taste some great food," Pioch said. Along with the food, those who went on the tour were also able to receive some cultural experience. "Lower Lawrenceville has a
really interesting culture vibe going on, that’s rate as one of the most hipster neighborhood in the U.S. there is a lot of reclaiming the old and putting a new spin on it," said Pioch. "We went to one restaurant which was called Frankie which had been around for 80 years." On the trip back from the event, students talked about the experience of seeing a part of the city they've never seen before. "We had a lot of positive feedback. I think some students went into a food coma from eating so much; we had some nappers," said Pioch, "Everybody that was talking about it really enjoyed the experience kind of getting to see a different part of Pittsburgh that they weren't usually exposed to."
auditioned for the play are upperclassmen, who have already been involved in at least one play at Waynesburg University, this was freshman criminal justice major, Veronica Kayona’s first time auditioning for any production at the university. Kayona said she decided to get involved in the theatre because she was looking for an activity to be part of outside of classes, and then she became excited about the fall play. “Shakespeare is someone I appreciate because he brought so much to the theatre,” said
Kayona. “So, I thought Hamlet would be good to audition for.” Kayona was involved in two musicals and a theatre class in her high school before graduating, and said that she quickly warmed up to the Waynesburg stage during auditions. “[The] first time going up on the stage, I was nervous, but after doing the read-throughs of the script, [I] was perfectly fine, because I got more and more comfortable with it,” said Kayona. Many cast members who are used to Waynesburg productions are just as excited for the show as
those who are new. Senior English major, Shawn White, playing the part of Hamlet, said he is “so excited” about Professor Powers’ fall play choice. “To end my college career with a Shakespeare is so amazing,” said White, “and ‘Hamlet,’ nonetheless.” Although he has been in many plays, including playing the lead role of Leon in last year’s fall play, “Fools,” White believes playing the role of Hamlet presents a new challenge for him to tackle. “Portraying the complexity of
Hamlet is going to be a challenge, for sure,” said White. “I have to be careful not to portray Hamlet too stoically, but also not as a complete loon. His struggle with sanity is a delicate line to portray, but I think I can do it.” White said “Hamlet” will likely be the last play, other than the one-act plays, that he will be involved in before he graduates, but he “couldn’t imagine a better show to end with.” “Hamlet” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center on campus Nov. 8-11.
Musician Lakin performs at Coffeehouse By RACHEL MANGAN Associate Editor
Southern California native, Lakin, performed at Waynesburg University’s first coffeehouse of the year as a one-woman show, with nothing more than a guitar and a looping station. Lakin was welcomed to the campus for her performance by a full house of students. In addition to students packing into the Beehive for Lakin’s performance, students were also anticipating the introduction of the new series of coffee mugs that students receive at each coffeehouse. Lakin performed her one-woman show sound as though there were several performers through the use of a looping station. “I got my first looping station, it was like a miniature version of the one I have now, back in 2009,” said Lakin. “It took me probably about the first year to really learn how to understand how it worked because you’re singing and you’re playing and trying to stomp on all the buttons to build the sound.” Lakin explained that once she got the hang of the basics of what each button did and how many loops she could layer, she started to get more creative in her own songwriting. The looping station has proved to be an attention-grabber in her performances, thanks to a growing popularity of its use along more
Tiffany Morgan, Yellow Jacket
Singer 'Lakin' performed both covers and original songs onstage with a guitar and looping station as students drank coffee out of complimentary mugs beginning at 8 p.m. Sep. 6 in the Beehive. Students gathered at the tables and lounged on couches. prominent artists. “A lot of people will recognize what I’m doing now because a lot of artists in the limelight have started using it, so they actually know what it is,” said Lakin. Lakin is not just a cover artist, she also writes and performs her own original music. Her music features stories turned-to-song based from events in her own life, events she sees, or something she thinks people need to hear.
“I want people to remember the stories I tell through my music,” said Lakin. “You never know what someone may need to hear and what they may be going through. I want my songs to speak to them on a relatable level.” Lakin has also adopted the challenge of writing songs from other people’s point of view. “It opens up a whole [other] door of themes and ideas to consider how someone else might feel about a situation because you and I
can other experience what you and I experience, but how does someone else feel?” said Lakin. Lakin enjoys playing a wide range of musical genres with her roots in soul, but her performances feature other genres like pop and jazz. The coffeehouse mugs this year will be featuring a different campus building on the mug. The first mug debuted from the collection was a black mug featuring Miller Hall.
University President hosts 'Snack Chat' By SHON MEADE
For the Yellow Jacketr
Friday Sept. 8, a new event made its way to campus, one that President of Waynesburg, Doug Lee hopes to see more of. Snack Chat is an open invitation event that welcomes students into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee. This allows students to talk with them over some snacks about anything they would like to. For one student this gave her an extended period of time to talk with President Lee rather than just in passing. “I have always enjoyed chatting with the Lee's,” said Marla Holland, senior psychology major. “it has always been fairly brief so I thought that this event would allow
for more time to chat.” Over the summer, Marla was a recipient of the Vira Heinz Scholarship and study abroad in Austrailia. The Snack Chat gave way for Holland being able to tell President and Mrs. Lee about her travels. She also said that President Lee was attentive and actually listend to what she was saying. Snacks of chips, vegis and smores were also provided to accompany the chats. Well over 50 students were in attendance over the course of a few hours. Most importantly, Holland said how important it was to see how active the president is in what his students do across campus. “These events are important for students to be involved in all sorts of ways on
Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket
Freshman criminal justice major Jacob Daschbach lounges on the President's porch during the event. campus and to understand that the faculty and staff here are on your team,” said Hol-
land, “they care about you and want to know what they can do to support you.”
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[the singers] step out [of the room] so we can talk and get an overall sense of how they did and if they would move on or not.” Carter, who picked up his undergraduate degree from Waynesburg this past April, is in his first year of organizing WU Idol. Carter sees staying on top of things as essential in setting up the event. “Just trying to figure out exactly what we’re looking for with all the performers,” Carter said. “Kind of just getting everything set up, mak-
ing sure everything is going to be on time and what we’re going to set up for the weeks to come. It’s not really difficult, but fun to set up.” Another contributor is Kyla Wolper, a special event committee chair for SAB. One thing that Wolper enjoys about WU Idol is discovering some of the talents of her peers. “One of the most fun parts is seeing people during auditions and on stage that I didn’t know could sing,” said Wolper. “People that I’ve known for [a long time], just to be able to see them in their element.
It’s really cool just to be able to see them shine in that way.” In total, 16 students auditioned for WU Idol, each performing a one-minute acapella. One of the people auditioning was junior digital design major Christian Wilson. Wilson is no stranger to the stage. As a sophomore, he appeared in the fall play and spring musical, and is trying out for “Hamlet” this fall. For Wilson, WU Idol is an opportunity to live out a hobby in front of an audience of his peers.
“I like singing,” Wilson said. “I may not like when I have to hear myself sing on recordings. But people [encouraged me], so I said ‘OK, I’ll give it a whirl.” For his audition, Wilson performed “Soul of a Man” by Brendan Urie. Wilson described it as a “high-powered” song, which appeals to him. The first round of Waynesburg Idol is Friday, Sept. 15, in the GPAC, followed by “Waynesburg Idol II,” Friday, Sept. 22 and the finale will be Friday, Sept. 29. All performances are scheduled for 8 p.m.
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How Well Do You Know WU? Written by Ashley Hall
Designed by Cheyenne Nester
1. What year was Waynesburg College founded? A. 1849 C. 1852
B. 1850 D. 1853
2. What church founded Waynesburg College? A. First Presbyterian Church C. Waynesburg Bible Chapel
B. Female Seminary D. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
3. What is the oldest building on campus? A. Hanna C. Chapel
B. Miller D. Stover
4. Who built Miller Hall?
A. Reverend Joshua Loughran C. Waynesburg College students
B. Janet Brown D. A.B. Miller
5. How many academic departments are there within the university? A. 20 C. 23
B. 18 D. 12
6. How many sports teams does the university have? A. 24 C. 21
B. 18 D. 20
7. How many undergraduate majors does the university offer? A. 23 C. 35
B. 72 D. 13
8. How many minors does the university offer? A. 13 C. 24
B. 49 D. 35
9. How many buildings are on campus? A. 18 C. 23
B. 21 D. 13
10. What does “Fiat Lux” mean in English? A. “Let There Be Light” C. “Wine to Water”
B. “Faith, Learning, Service” D. “Waynesburg Experience”
11. When was President Douglas G. Lee’s first year as president? A. 2009 C. 1981
B. 2013 D. 2012
12. What was President Douglas G. Lee’s title preceding his presidency? A. Chancellor C. Executive Vice President
B. Executive Assistant D. Provost
13. Waynesburg University was the first college in Pennsylvania to offer what? A. Stover Scholar Program C. Admission to female students
B. Bonner Scholar Program D. Financial Aid
14. Who was Waynesburg College named after? A. General “Mad” Anthony Wayne C. Wayne Brady
B. Wayne Gretzky D. Lil’ Wayne
15. Where are the three branches of Waynesburg University located? A. Washington, Monroeville and Southpointe C. Cranberry, Monroeville and Uniontown
B. Cranberry, Canonsburg and Southpointe D. Cranberry, Monroeville and Southpointe
16. How many people make up the faculty and staff? A. 72 C. 208
B. 235 D. 185
17. Who is Waynesburg’s Chancellor? A. Jim Tinnemeyer C. Timothy Thyreen
B. Ferdinand Dolfi D. Dale Campbell
Answers: 1. A 2. D 10. A 11. B
3. B 4. C 12. C 13. B
5. B 6. D 7. A 14. A 15. D 16. B
8. D 9. C 17. C
Source: waynesburg.edu