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Baer: University approach to budget cuts is 'proactive, positive' Waynesburg affected by national trends in higher ed.

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

During the budget revision process this year, Waynesburg University administrators cut the university’s budget in response to the national higher education climate. Staff and faculty across campus are decreasing expenses to better balance the operational budget; financial aid has not been negatively affected by budget revisions.

Dr. Dana Baer, university provost, said the university’s

need to spend less money is not a new phenomenon, nor is it unique to Waynesburg.

“There’s a whole conversation going on nationally about affordability of education – whether it’s worth it to get a degree,” said Baer. “We’re not alone in terms of those pressures.”

Colleges and universities across the country are better assessing how they use money, particularly as media pay more attention to the cost of higher education.

Baer said three environmental factors are particularly impacting Waynesburg’s need to reassess the budget. The national economy is generally unfavorable, which affects the university’s investments.

Additionally, there is more competition for graduate pro-

grams in the Pittsburgh area, causing graduate enrollment to drop off.

Finally, the government is pressuring accrediting organizations like the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which accredits Waynesburg, which then puts pressure on Waynesburg to better assess.

Baer said the university does an excellent job of assessing how dollars are being used, which has allowed them to be proactive in better balancing the budget without affecting student tuition.

“We’re committed to providing quality, affordable education, so that option of raising tuition dollars is not an attractive option for us,” said Baer. “We have to look then at how we increase the

income coming in or how we reduce expenses. The beautiful thing is, we’re doing both.”

Baer’s office, Academic Affairs, is working with the university’s Chief Financial Officer John Olon and with the Office of Institutional Advancement to both cut unnecessary spending and bring more money into the university.

To decrease spending, academic departments across the university were asked to cut their budgets. Olon’s office helps to pinpoint areas where spending can be decreased.

Baer said department chairs responded favorably to the announcement.

“We have people here who are committed to teaching,

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Grants an option for project funding

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

Across the nation, higher education institutions are under more and more financial scrutiny. But even as Waynesburg University, like other colleges, trims expenses, faculty and students continue to need financial resources for enrichment and research projects of all kinds.

At Waynesburg, two university offices are joining forces to help departments

across campus find grant funding for their projects.

Genna Steele, academic projects coordinator, and Bill Coates, executive director of Institutional Advancement, are spearheading the effort.

“We are working to encourage more grant writing and grant making across campus,” said Coates. “We’re working on a formalized process to encourage people to seek as much private GRANTS >> A4

Waynesburg named Pgh. endowment sends six students abroad I. Heinz 'top nursing school' Vira fund aims to women in national ranking educate through travel

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University is a small school, but it has gained national acclaim in a major academic field: its nursing program.

R e c e n t l y, N u r s i n g Schools Almanac published a ranking consisting of over 3,299 collegiate nursing programs.

Of the 3,299+ nursing p r o grams that were ranked, Waynesb u r g Un i v e r s i t y ranked 49th, which was among the top 1.5 percent of all schools considered.

“It’s a ranking that was distributed nationwide,” said Dr. Nancy Mosser, chair of Waynesburg Uni-

“It's a reflection of the dedication and commitment that the faculty has to our program.”

DR. NANCY MOSSER

Chair, Nursing Department

versity’s nursing department. “It’s through the national publication, and what they did was look at the perceived value of the background. The program’s academic prestige, offered

programs and overall student success were all considered.”

Mosser said she was pleased with the ranking.

“Absolutely, I am proud.

It’s a reflection of the dedication and commitment that the faculty has to our program and reflects on the hard work of our students and g r a d u at e s ,” said Mosser.

“I think that’s indicative of the program quality of Waynesb u r g Un i v e rsity.”

As reported earlier by Waynesburg University’s website, the school ranked 27th among private nursing schools and 12th in the mid-Atlantic region, which includes Delaware; Washington, D.C.; Maryland; New Jersey; New York and Pennsylvania. John Hopkins University took the top spot in the midAtlantic region, with the University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, New York University and Thomas Jefferson University rounding out the top five.

Waynesburg ranked sixth out of all the Pennsylvania schools considered, with the University of Pennsylvania topping the state.

The University of Pittsburgh, Villanova Univer-

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By GRACE HUTCHISON and ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN Staff Report

Six of Waynesburg University’s female students were awarded the Vira I. Heinz scholarship in March 2016, granting them a minimum of $5,000 to travel anywhere in the world to gain more knowledge for their collegiate studies.

The scholarship, provided through the Heinz Endowments, is given to young women who wish to travel and who have never gone outside of the United States. The was designed to encourage young women to explore issues around the world and to experience different cultures.

Each of the 13 participating schools are typically given three spots for which the young women can compete.

This year, because of the quality of its applicants, Waynesburg was granted six spots.

The young women selected for this opportunity traveled to places that included Australia, Senegal and Germany.

The six young women chosen were juniors Moesha Godwin, Melanie Byler and Alexis Prettiman and seniors Summer Fiori, Anna Narehood, Maranda Valentino.

Godwin, a junior psychology and child development major, traveled to Adelaide, Australia.

“I was able to intertwine my trip with my psychology major by engaging with the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians,” Godwin said. “Through this I was able

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Waynesburg University was awarded six slots for the Vira I. Heinz Women in Global Leadership Scholarship Program. Among the six Waynesburg women who studied abroad, Melanie Byler traveled to India (above) and Anna Narehood studied in Germany (left). to build relationships and hear the stories they wanted to speak on about their life.”

While in Australia, Godwin had the opportunities to volunteer at a Family Fun Day for indigenous people and to travel to a place called Kangaroo Island, where she spent four days.

Melanie Byler, a junior athletic training and exercise science major, traveled to Mumbai, India, where she earned service learning credits through Carroll College.

Since third-world countries do not have athletic training programs and her major is a healthcare profession, Byler chose to observe general healthcare. During her time overseas, Byler observed in hospitals and traveled the country on the weekends.

Byler decided to apply for the scholarship because her older sister did the program as well.

“I always wanted to go abroad, and my older sister had done it, so I knew the

program was a good one,” said Byler. “I wanted to break out of my comfort zone, and I knew the program would enable me to do that.”

Byler’s favorite part of the trip was seeing the Taj Mahal, which she said was breathtaking.

“The Taj Mahal really does look like a painting, because there is nothing behind it but sky,” said Byler. “It was mind boggling.”

UPPER ROOM AN OUTLET FOR STORIES OF OBSTACLES Last week, senior Austin Anderson shared his faith story and how he overcame the challenges he faced as a kid.

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The women's cross country team finished second out of 15 teams at the Bethany Invitational last Saturday, allowing the Jackets to move up to eighth place in the regional rankings.

After learning to play guitar in high school, junior music administration major Rachel Philip released her debut album on iTunes last spring.

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Bonners aim to understand local poverty WU students lead discussion of power in U.S. government

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Through the C enter for Service Leadership at Waynesburg University, students spend thousands of hours each year serving impoverished populations. To better understand the effects of poverty on the people they serve, Bonner Scholars and Fiat Lux students took part in a poverty simulation. in the Rudy Marisa Field House on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The event was put together

by Coordinator of the Bonner Scholars Program Adrienne Tharp, who had to cancel last year’s poverty simulation because of a snowstorm.

“This is a simulation. It’s not real life,” said Tharp.

“Students will learn empathy, and whenever they are out in the community serving, they have a better understanding of what our members of the community are going through.”

Students were placed in 'families' of one to four students and given a background scenrio. They had to figure out how to survive a simulated month. The month was broken down in 15-minute increments, which would represent one week.

The families had limited education, little to no work experience and were already deep in debt or on the brink of forcing themselves into debt.

Eight of the 21 families were evicted from their home at one point, and two families

By HOLLY HENDERSHOT For the Yellow Jacket

Harry Oakes, Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg's Bonner Scholars hosted a poverty simulation Sept. 10 with the goal of shedding light on the lifstyles and situations of the commuities they serve. decided to merge homes because the cost to live in separate homes became too much, forcing seven people into one house. merging made expenses easier to pay.

“Having these two families, we both had a little more income to put towards our mortgage and some of other bills, making it easier to make ends meet,” said freshman Rebecca Mohnkern, who took the role of a married mother with two children.

Of the 21 families, only four were able to purchase food to feed their families every week.

One of these families was the Morris family. Matt Morris, who was portrayed by sophomore Rebecca Bittner, was also one of four to receive a job out of the 11 applications.

“I got a job, and I was able to be the primary income,” said Bittner. “Although, if it was real life and I was a 17-year-old, I wouldn’t want to put my entire paycheck to pay bills.”

Bittner was one of the few who had success, but many of the students were portraying an individual who had no education, a criminal record, no work experience and no money to take care of a family.

“I have currently $10 to my name, I owe $500 for gas, which means I have no gas in my house. I have not paid for clothing. I owe $70 to the bank and we are sitting [in the house],” said Grace Sumney, who portrayed Gloria Gonzalez, a single mother of a threeand four-year-old.

There were also students who depended on government funding, such as freshman Harry Oakes, who portrayed Therese Trisket, an 85-year-old widow collecting social security benefits.

“I didn’t have the trouble that the others family had,” said Oakes. “I was starting to run out of money, so I had to figure out how to get money, which wasn’t too easy.”

Tharp said the experience was valuable for participants.

“I know several of the students were required to participate because it was part of our fall retreat for the Bonner program, but students really seemed to enjoy the opportunity, and it was something unique and different," said Tharp.

The first Student Speak event of the year was held at the Stover Campus Center Friday, Sept. 9. Student Speak is a monthly event, which started four or five years ago, where students come together to talk and debate about current events in society.

Stover Scholars were responsible for the event this month, and the dialogue was led by junior Nick Cordova and sophomore Micah Stanko. The topic of the discussion was “Bush, Obama and Executive Power.”

Roughly 50 students attended the event.

Cordova and Stanko started the discussion by asking students the question, “Have recent presidents gone too far in using executive power to circumvent Congress?”

Afterward, Cordova and Stanko gave the definition and a brief history of executive power, and they explained how the issue of presidents potentially overusing it is nonpartisan. Then, they spoke on the use of executive power by both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

After giving a brief history, Cordova and Stanko began the student conversation by

asking, “Can the president ignore the constitutional limits of his power in order to save the nation?”

“The president does not have that authority. He is not given that authority by the constitution,” added another student at the event. “And Congress doesn’t and will never give him that power.”

Junior Luke Hutchison, who identifies as a libertarian, agreed with this statement and continued the conversation, mentioning how the use of executive orders in the past has been “unconstitutional [and] illegal.” He believes that the large number of executive orders that have been issued in the past proves that the power has been abused.

Intern at the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership Frido Firshing took the conversation in another direction, when he mentioned that “the reason the president has executive power is [for] times of crisis.”

“Maybe it’s a good thing to have this executive order in times of crisis…[so we] can act immediately,” added Firshing.

Later, sophomore Dan Kephart argued that there are two key problems.

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Graduate campus to share Cranberry space with other colleges

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

The previous North Hills location of Waynesburg University’s Graduate and Professional Studies (GAPS) program in Seven Fields has moved to Cranberry, Pennsylvania. The move included merging into the Regional Learning Alliance (RLA).

The RLA, according to its website, is the region’s most modern technology-based conference and training center. For the purposes of adult education, the RLA is one of the best in the area.

According to David Mariner, director of graduate programs, the reason for the move was due to an expiring lease at the Seven Fields location. Mariner said that the only options they had were to either stay in Seven Fields or to find other options in the north.

“We’ve really targeted the North Hills for people that work or live north of the city as a potential market for our graduate programs,” said Mariner. “As we were

Photo courtesy of Eric Konopka

When Waynesburg University's building lease in Seven Fields expired, the graduate program leaders opted to move to the Regional Learning Alliance building in Cranberry, Pennsylvania, shared with 10 other schools. looking around, the Region Learning Alliance became a viable option for us.”

Mariner said this move will benefit the GAPS program from a marketing standpoint.

“The Regional Learning Alliance does a lot of corporate training, so on a daily basis annually, there’s about 50,000 people that go through corporate training that will be passing through

that building and seeing Waynesburg University,” said Mariner. “From a marketing perspective, that was an added bonus.”

Mariner also said that more people are familiar with the Cranberry Area than Seven Fields, so he believes that was an added bonus.

Another benefit for those who will now attend the RLA is the nicer classrooms and

learning atmosphere. CEO Justin Griffith mentioned just a few of the assets that the RLA has to offer.

“The students, faculty and staff at Waynesburg University now have a campus in Cranberry Township that offers technology-based classrooms with support at all times, a writing center for students, outdoor meeting areas and a wide host of amenities making it an ideal

environment in an ideal location,” said Griffith.

Mariner also commented on the new space, saying that it is a definite upgrade from the Seven Fields location.

“The classrooms are awesome and are probably more comfortable and have more technology than the ones we currently have,” said Mariner.

The RLA is also unique in that it is a shared space by

over eight local universities and two other learning institutions making it the largest collaborative campus in the nation.

“At night, Room 101 could be Waynesburg’s MBA, and the next night it could be Geneva’s Counseling program,” said Mariner.

Mariner said it is nice to be able to share this space without any competition.

“We are not going head to head with these other institutions, we are sharing the space,” said Mariner. “It is a very positive relationship there.”

With the location only about five miles from the previous Seven Fields location and just off of I-79, the adult students were not too caught off guard when they started class at the end of August.

“They’re just coming to class at night, so for them they just came to a nicer desk with a nicer chair and a nicer chair and more technology,” said Mariner. “It’s been received very positively.”

Partnership with WVU offers students med school interviews

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Ediitor

Today, representatives from West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine will travel to Waynesburg University to meet with freshmen biology pre-medical majors.

At the meeting, the representatives will discuss the application process for a partnership that Waynesburg holds with the School of Medicine. Through the partnership, Waynesburg students have the opportunity to meet medical students and faculty members at WVU and are given a guaranteed interview upon application to the medical school.

According to Dr. Bryan Hamilton, professor of biology and liaison for the partnership, if selected, students are in control of their experience with mentors.

"Once they're in, then they"re matched up with medical students that they

can email, phone, go down and meet, tour, sit in a class, that kind of stuff," he said.

"Just sort of pick their brains in terms of the ins and outs of applying to medical school, what it's like once you get into medical school."

In addition to a student mentor, the pre-med majors are also given a faculty contact at WVU for directing questions. This also opens the door for shadowing opportunities, including surgeries and other medical procedures.

"It's incumbent upon them to reach out and make these connections," said Hamilton. "It's really up to them to take advantage of the opportunity that's available."

The promised interview is a massive incentive to become active in the program, said Hamilton.

"Because you can have a 4.0 GPA and get the best scores on the [Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)] and still not get

accepted because of the interview," he said. "On the other hand, you can have marginal GPA and MCAT scores and still be impressive in the interviewÉmy impression from talking to the WVU people is that the interview is critical."

According to Hamilton, the program has been in the works for approximately two years, though it did not begin taking students until 2015.

"We had been in contact with WVU for a long time, but especially since [American Medical Student Association (AMSA)] started," said Hamilton.

Hamilton said that the former AMSA president worked hard to bring speakers from WVU to Waynesburg, including a member of the admissions committee who was familiar with Waynesburg's former provost, Jacqueline Core.

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COLLISION IN THAYER PARKING LOT

A Mustang leaving Pollock's parking lot on the afternoon of Sept. 8 collided with a parked car in the Thayler lot. That car hit two others, resulting in all four cars needing to be towed, though no one was injured.

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Students experience Italy, Greece via study abroad partnership

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

For seven weeks over the summer, three Waynesburg University students had the opportunity to study abroad in Italy through the University of Dallas.

The university has a campus approximately 45 minutes outside of Rome that the students called home for about a month and a half.

“We lived on campus and we took classes there, and we each took two different classes,” said Matt McDermott, a senior biblical ministry major. “Some of the classes offered were theology, literature, philosophy and a history class.”

Waynesburg’s own Karen Younger, assistant professor of history, and Dr. Nancy Mosser, director of nursing, co-taught a history course that focused on Roman medicine, history and women’s studies.

The other professors came from the University of Dallas.

However, some of McDermott’s favorite learning moments came off campus, as the students would be allowed to travel into the city alone or as a group.

“They would give us free time where we could just go into the city. If we just wanted to go into Rome, we could do that,” said McDer-

mott. “In addition to that, we did a ton of class trips. Like every week, we were going to different cities; we went to Florence and Assisi, we went to a city that was mainly ancient ruins called Ostia, and they actually gave us a lot of free time to travel too.”

Also, there were eight days of the program that were completely dedicated to free time to do anything the students wanted. They were allowed to make their own travel accommodations, and they were not limited to Italy.

According to McDermott, there were students in the program that traveled as far as Spain, Switzerland and Budapest, but McDermott figured there was enough to explore in Italy.

Amy Hawley, a criminal justice and psychology student at Waynesburg who wants to pursue law school, was actually the one who introduced McDermott to the trip.

She wanted to explore an educational trip while at Waynesburg, and she stumbled across a flier that led her to the program.

“I think that we have a lot of missions trip here at school, which I love and think it’s an amazing thing that we do, but I didn’t know about as many opportunities to study abroad,” said Hawley. “So when I saw the flier it seemed like it would be

worth looking into, and then once I heard what the actual program looked like, it was something that I absolutely wanted to do.”

Hawley also noted a major lesson she learned while on the trip, and it wasn’t an academic lesson.

“One of the conversations I had was with a younger boy whose name was Florence,” said Hawley. “He was 15, and I was asking him ‘What do you want to do when you grow up? Do you want to go to university? What are your plans?’ And he had made this kind of shocking statement that, ‘I’m not going to a university. If I don’t work, I die.’

And it was just something I don’t think we always think about, and we are afforded so many more opportunities in that way.”

After the six weeks in Italy, Hawley and McDermott decided to take advantage of an extra week offered by the program, in which they traveled to Greece. While in Greece, they were able to experience the Acropolis, as well as many other ancient ruins.

“I would definitely encourage more people to go,” said McDermott. “Everyone who was on the trip, like the staff, was great, the campus itself is beautiful, and it’s amazing how much they were able to pack in seven weeks was incredible.”

Photos courtesy of Matt McDermott

Through a recently developed partnership with the University of Dallas, three Waynesburg students studied abroad this summer in Rome, Italy.

Dallas and Waynesburg professors taught classes at the Rome campus, and the students had the opportunity to explore Italy and Greece outside of classes during their seven-week stay.

Pgh. theology school to host camp at WU Gradute nursing Partnership staffer named to with seminary national committee was 'natural,' WAY N E SBU RG — Te resa Robinette, coordinator of student enrollment and professional development for Waynesburg University’s Graduate and Professional Studies program, was recently named chair-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Graduate Nursing Admissions Professionals (GNAP) awards committee.

“I am very excited to have been asked to be a part of a national group and to represent Waynesburg University,” said Robinette. “I look forward to learning and sharing with others from across the country.”

Robinette will work directly with the chair of the GNAP awards committee in exploring potential candidates for the GNAP’s annual awards: the Best Practice in Graduate Nurse Recruiting Award and the Sandy J. Cody Service to the Graduate Nursing Admissions Professional Leadership Network Award.

Waynesburg will benefit from Robinette’s appointment through networking and the sharing of best practices for the application, enrollment and retention strategies of

graduate study in nursing.

GNAP is comprised of nursing education administrators and faculty whose purpose is to provide an opportunity for those most involved in recruiting graduate nursing students to share their successes, develop new strategies and to establish a resource network of peers.

Founded in 1849 by the

“I am very excited to have been asked to be a part of a national group and to represent Waynesburg University.”

TERESA ROBINETTE

Coordinator of Student Enrollment

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and is one of only 21 Bonner Scholar schools in the country, offering local, regional and international opportunities to touch the lives of others through service.

says Chaplain

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

For the first time ever, the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is planning to hold its annual summer camp on Waynesburg University’s campus in June 2017, said the Rev. Erin Davenport, co-director of the Miller Summer Youth Institute.

“Why make the change?” said Davenport. “The great resources of Waynesburg University and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary together are stronger than us apart, and Waynesburg [has the] opportunity to offer college credit for our program.”

The summer institute, normally held on the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary campus, is aimed toward building connections and relationships within a community of students who are interested in studying theology and religion.

“What makes it special is the community that it builds of faithful young

Christians who are trying to discern who God is calling them to be, what is God calling them to do,” said Davenport.

Co-director of the Miller Summer Youth Institute, the Rev. Derek Davenport, added that students who attend the event often find that they are not alone in their interests and are able to forge new relationships.

“It gathers a specific type of person who wants to study that sort of stuff in the summer,” said Derek Davenport. “They get there and they have the chance to ask…experts in the fields these really deep questions and find out there are other people asking the questions [too].”

According to University Chaplain Rev. James Tinnemeyer, Waynesburg University will now have a role in those connections, introducing students to the Christian life on campus and the other camps that Waynesburg offers.

“I think it’s a very natural collaboration,” said Tinnemeyer. “I think it’s a great way for high school students to experience all the wonderful things about the camp, now located on a college campus that’s…more so closer to where they are in life.”

During the week of camp, students will take classes taught by faculty members from both Waynesburg University and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, focusing on church history, biblical languages,

“Students who have come to the Summer Youth Institute have gone on to a whole lot of different things. But each of them sees what they're doing as a way to serve God."

DEREK DAVENPORT

Co-Director of the Miller Summer Youth Institute

archaeology and other related areas.

They also participate in service projects, tying in to the idea of taking leadership in the church.

“The two big questions that the Summer Youth Institute tries to ask and help them answer is ‘Who is God calling me to be?’ and ‘What is God calling me to do?’” said Erin Davenport.

“Our goal is to not answer questions but to ask better questions.”

Derek Davenport added that, in this way, the camp encourages students to explore a variety of fields.

“Students who have come to the Summer Youth Institute have gone on to do a whole lot of different things,” he said. “We’ve got folks that have gone into accounting, into medicine, into finance, into church ministry. But each of them sees what they’re doing as a way to serve God and they see what they’re doing as a ministry of God.” The Summer Youth Institute is a pilot program that the directors hope to duplicate in the future, usually gathering around 24 students from all around the country.

Erin Davenport said that the camp creates a lasting experience for those students, and geographical distance has no impact on the connections made.

“The community lasts beyond the week,” she said.

“We follow up throughout their college career…the program and the community is strong and active.

Even though we’re from all around the country, we’re very engaged in one another’s lives.”

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out its duties,” Kephart said.

“It’s not stepping up to make the laws to give the president the decisions he needs in order to be able to act… And at the same time we have a president who is deserting the power of congress and stepping out of the sphere where he’s supposed to act, according to the constitution.”

The next question Cordova and Stanko asked was, “Is it time for a new order; for a new system; for a new day?”

“The general public does still hold the constitution in high regard,” said another student present at the event. “[Now] we have been better able to scrutinize whether acts are unconstitutional and we’re able to deal with those problems in a shorter time span… [because of] the media.”

The last question asked was, “Should we define the

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Students gathered in the Stover Campus Center Sept. 9 for a student-led discussion of whether U.S. presidents have too much power in the nation. president’s ability to move in foreign affairs more specifically than the constitution does?”

“There does need to be a stronger check on what the president can do and how these executive orders can be used as it relates to foreign af-

fairs,” said Hutchison.

Junior Sarah Flowers agreed with Hutchison.

“The system of checks and balances was put in place in our governmental system to avoid the usurping of power so one person or one group of people would not have more

power than each other, so our democracy and our liberties would be kept intact,” said Flowers.

The next Student Speak event will take place Friday, Oct. 14, and the subject will revolve around the upcoming election.

sity, Drexel University and Thomas Jefferson University rounded out the top five in the state.

Although Mosser is happy with where the nursing program is at, she is always looking to improve.

“I think that we are improving all the time, and as a result of those improvements, I think it’s possible that our ranking can continue to improve as time goes on,” said Mosser.

Duquesne University finished just behind Waynesburg at 13th in the midAtlantic region. Other PA schools that Waynesburg ranked ahead of include In d i an a Un ive r s it y of

Pennsylvania at 28th, Penn State University at 30th and Robert Morris University at 33rd.

Of the public schools that were ranked, the University of California-San Francisco was the best of the bunch, with the University of Maryland, University of Washington, University of Michigan and Louisiana State University in the top five.

Waynesburg also finished ahead of some more well known schools, such as University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and the University of Missouri.

The feats the nursing program has achieved have put it in a national spotlight.

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Alexis Prettiman, a junior criminal justice and international cultures dual major, traveled to Dakar, Senegal, and Rabat, Morocco, for the summer.

“I decided to study through Vira Heinz because I have always wanted to go abroad,” said Prettiman. “Vira Heinz offered me wonderful resources and a great support network to be successful my first time abroad.”

Prettiman’s experiences abroad included participating in a traditional dance in Senegal, as well as hiking the Rif Mountains in Morocco.

Another recipient, Summer Fiori traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Fiori, a psychology major, took credits with Chiang Mai University and studied Buddhist philosophy and Thai Language.

Fiori said 2015 Scholarship Recepient Addie Pazzynski was her reasoning for applying.

“I have been a friend with Addie since we were in middle school together,” said Fiori. “So being friends all these years later and watching her, in my opinion, grow and change because of her international experience, inspired me to apply for the same program.”

Fiori’s favorite part of the trip was the week she spent as a volunteer in the Elephant Nature Park.

“I literally lived in the jungle for a week, where I slept in a bamboo hut, in a mosquito net on the floor. Talk about culture shock,” said Fiori.

“During this week I learned about elephants and their exploitation for tourism.”

Fiori stated the quote, “Mai pen rai,” which is Thai for

Scholarship program taking applications for summer 2017

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Photo courtesy of Summer Fiori

Summer Fiori found time to explore Thailand during her study abroad experience through the Vira I. Heinz scholarship program.

“No worries,” was used frequently for motivation and a reminder to stop and enjoy the moment.

Anna Narehood, a forensic chemistry major, decided to use her scholarship to study at the Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg, Germany.

“I decided to apply for the Vira Heinz Scholarship because I have always wanted to travel,” Narehood said. “I have also always wanted to go to Germany to experience my roots. Receiving this scholarship was one of the best experiences in my life, and will be remembered throughout the rest of my life.”

Narehood enjoyed international weekend trips while abroad, where she visited a total of six European countries including Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Italy.

Maranda Valentino, a history secondary education major, chose to visit St. Petersburg, Russia, while studying through Peter the

Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University for five and a half weeks. Valentino chose to study in arts and culture rather than education because she felt it would have a greater impact on her future teaching lessons in history and social studies.

“I remember when I was in high school, I was always a lot more interested in what the teachers were saying when they were talking about trips and experiences they had around the world,” said Valentino. “I wanted to learn as much I possibly could overseas and bring it back to the United States and use it to add another dimension to my lessons.”

While in Russia, she had the opportunity to take classes in Russian language and Contemporary Life in Russian.

She also visited multiple sites outside her residential city, such as Moscow, Novgorod and multiple churches and palaces.

Valentino says her favorite

part of the trip was her host family and their daily rituals.

“After dinner, we would have chai and sit around the dinner table watching the news and eating cookies,” said Valentino. “Obviously I could not catch onto everything being said, so if a story came on that they thought was interesting, they would interpret it so we could talk about it.”

She hopes to return and visit them in the future.

According to the six young women that were selected from Waynesburg’s student body, each given a once-in-alifetime opportunity, opening their eyes to new cultures and expanding their knowledge of the world.

“This scholarship also gives me the opportunity to inspire more woman like me to study abroad and gain global knowledge,” Godwin said.

For more information about the scholarship, interested female students can contact Program Coordinator Pat Bristor.

The Vira I. Heinz Women in Global Leadership Scholarship allows up to three female students from 13 different universities to study abroad over the summer. The women can study wherever they choose, under the stipulations that they go for at least four weeks and earn six credits.

To be eligible for the scholarship, women that apply must be of sophomore or junior status, have at least a 3.0 grade point average and have never traveled outside of the country.

“Those are the basic requirements,” said Pat Bristor, associate dean of students. “Then the institution has requirements. So, one of our three candidates has to fall under one of the designated diversity indicators set forth by the Heinz Endowment.”

Those indicators include disability, racial/ethnic minorities, financial need, sexual orientation, etc.

Bristor said that the application process is already approaching, with two out of the six interest meetings completed.

“So the student will turn in their application [Nov 1], and then there will be an interview process with a committee. And then after that, they’ll be notified around Thanksgiving,

and then we have a couple weeks period of time to finalize their program of study,” said Bristor.

The women can receive a minimum of $5,000 to put toward their experience, with an extra $1,000 automatically given to those who choose to study in a non-western country.

To prepare potential scholars for their process, Bristor said Waynesburg University and the Heinz Endowment holds multiple workshop activities for the scholarship winners.

“Once they’re in the program, there is a weekend retreat that the Heinz Endowment puts on, and then there’s also a debriefing retreat when they get back,” said Bristor. “We meet with the students, preparing them and assist[ing] them with their travel, with immunizations, making sure they understand what they have to do and things like that.”

Bristor said that all eligible women are encouraged to apply for the scholarship.

“I find [it] really interesting that we’re giving money away for this great opportunity and very few actually follow through with it,” she said. “…This is very intimidating, but it’s also very empowering.

And that’s what Vira Heinz wanted to do—to empower women to be independent and be global citizens.”

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committed to students, committed to providing a quality education – it’s what they do,” said Baer. “They’re not going to let a little budget bump stop them.”

At the same time, staff and faculty members are looking for creative ways to fundraise.

When departments have a specific need, Institutional Advancement can help them find a donor willing to donate to a specific project. Departments can also work with Institutional Advancement to write grants that can fund faculty and student endeavors.

Baer emphasized that university departments are engaged in constant dialogue about adjusting the budget.

“It’s very much a collaborative effort, very much an open conversation,” said Baer. “This is a time to be creative.”

She also explained that,

despite budgetary challenges, the university is maintaining the quality of its academic programs. Graduate and Professional Studies are undergoing major changes as Mary Cummings, recently named executive vice president of graduate studies, works to increase graduate enrollment.

Additionally, undergraduate programs continue to receive regional and national recognition for the work they do.

“We’re not suffering programmatically,” said Baer.

“We’re very much committed to maintaining services and opportunities we’ve provided to students before.”

As administrators continue to evaluate how money is being used, Baer said their efforts are focused on spending wisely.

“We’re very proactive,” said Baer. “We’re really being good stewards about working within our means.”

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plete an application near the end of their freshman year, which includes an essay, supporting documentation and a minimum grade point average.

"Basically demonstrating that you're serious about medical school, what your interests are, what your plans are," said Hamilton.

According to Hamilton, the program benefits students for a multitude of reasons, as it gives them more contact with those who can

influence admissions decisions.

"It's not the same as getting into medical school," said Hamilton. "But it will give you a chance to boost your resume heading towards that application process, gets you known to the people who matter down there. You know, if you're a serious student and you're conscientious, good people skills, going out of your way to go the extra mile: they see that; that's going to go a long way to influencing their decision come admissions time."

and public funding as possible through grant making.”

Grant money is always available from private, corporate and government organizations that make charitable contributions.

Nationally, charitable foundations distribute approximately $52 billion of their $715 billion in assets on an annual basis.

“It’s amazing the amount of money that is out there,” said Steele.

Steele, who works in Academic Affairs, serves as the initial point of contact for faculty members looking for funding.

If their project could fit the criteria for a foundation’s grant, Steele works with Coates in Institutional Advancement to help the faculty member write a grant that will get them the funding they need.

Depending on the organization, a project needs to meet certain criteria and often align with the organization’s aims.

Projects must also align with

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requesting help writing a grant.

“This is something we’ve always done; it’s just something we need to formalize and be more aggressive about,” said Coates. “We want to coordinate and communicate.”

While the formalization of the grant making process is not directly borne of the university’s budget cuts this year, it serves as a good opportunity for faculty to enrich students’ education now, and in the future, when finances may be tight.

“It fits in tough budget times and good budget times – we want to encourage people on campus to seek funding, and we will be a resource to help with that,” said Coates.

“We have some great history in grant making at the university. We really want to continue that.”

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9/11 REMEMBERED ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

REFLECTING. REUNITING.

Waynesburg: VFW honors local first responders

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

Shon Meade, Yellow Jacket

Men, women and chlidren all gathered at the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11.

The American flag was flying high as the crowd reflected on what happened there 15 years ago.

Shanksville: Stories are shared and respects are paid at Flight 93 Memorial

By SHON MEADE Managing Editor

Two wom e n w a l ke d alongside the tall, stone walls engraved with dozens of names.

All of a sudden, they stopped. They had reached the name they searched for.

Georgine Rose Corrigan.

On this day, Judi Hasselkus and Shere Lichtenwald were reunited. For the first time in years.

Just over 15 years ago, they were a trio. B est friends since high school, the group tried their best to always see one another.

“We went to school together, graduated together.

The three of us were like the three musketeers, or Larry Moe and Curly,” said Shere. “We’ve been friends forever.”

All three, originally from

Woodville, Ohio, went their separate ways but always stayed in touch.

Today, however, the trio is finally together once more — well, almost.

Judi and Shere b ent over and placed bouquets of f lowers underneath the name of their beloved friend. ***

As people Sunday reminisce about what happened, the sky was just as blue as it was all those years ago, white puffy clouds filling in the baby blue skyline.

On September 11, 2001, hijackers overtook Flight 93 with intentions of harming innocent American lives.

However, passengers on the plane overpowered them, crashing the plane into a Pennsylvania field outside

of Shanksville.

Georgine was one of 40 passengers on that United Airlines flight that became part of the terrorist attack.

OnSunday, hundreds congregated in that Shanksville field for a ceremony that took place early in the morning on the anniversary of one of the nation’s most devastating terrorist attacks. Family members and friends of the victims, state representatives and Boy Scouts, flight attendants and bikers came out to pay tribute.

As the ceremony progressed, the names of those lives that were lost were read aloud, accompanied by the ringing of a bell to symbolize their silenced voices. *** To be here, Judi and Shere made long trips to honor

their friend. Judi traveled in from California, and Shere made the trip from just south of Toledo, Ohio.

Georgine was 55 years old when she passed away, and well into her prime, said Shere. “ He r f u t u r e l o o k e d bright,” said Shere. “Brighter than it had been in a long time.”

Emotions were flowing as the friends gathered around the name of their missing third.

“Its very hard,” Judi said as tears poured from her eyes. Fifteen years had not dulled the pain. “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over it—[it] doesn’t get any easier.”

Judi and Shere have both experienced the loss of loved ones due to sickness 9/11 >> B4

As the rifle squad fired their rifles into the sky, a short moment of silence was heard in the usually bustling town of Waynesburg.

The crowd, made up of veterans, family members of local first responders and members of the community, was startled with each blow, but the men standing in uniform were as still as stones with their hands dutifully at their heads.

According to Rick Black, the senior vice commander at Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #4793 and creator of the event, this was the second annual Patriot Day Commemoration held in Waynesburg. Black is a Vietnam War Veteran and has been a member of Post #4793 since 1969.

The purpose of the event, Black said, was to recognize the first responders of Greene County.

“We want to be able to bond together and support people that all help us, so we can honor what they do,” said Black. “That gives us a chance to work together.

The commemoration began with an introduction by Master of Ceremonies Terry Hoyle Jr. After an invocation

by Zane W. Mitchell and the national anthem and pledge of allegiance, a wreath was laid to honor those who have fallen with the words, “Lest We Forget,” inscribed on a ribbon wrapped around it.

The keynote address, given by retired Honorable Judge Terry H. Grimes, was dedicated to those who gave their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

“When we crawl into our beds at night, we have to keep in mind not only what happened 15 years ago, but also the tragedies that happen day

in and day out,” said Grimes.

With veterans, those currently serving and first responders in attendance, the Master of Ceremonies asked everyone where they were when the world stopped turning.

“I can remember watching it on TV,” said Black, as his eyes looked into the horizon.

“It still makes me cry today.”

The ceremony ended with a playing of “Taps,” and a benediction, along with dinner waiting inside, prepared by those who planned the event.

According to Hoyle, the event has grown since it first began, and he hopes it continues to get bigger as the years pass.

Other than the area’s first responders, the event was also held to honor members of the Civil Air Patrol, including squadrons 606/603 and local boy scouts in Troop 1280.

More than anything, the members of the VFW want to become more instrumental in the community and be able to be somewhere for families to grow.

In the past few months, VFW Post #4793 has helped with many community events including Memorial Day services, Waynesburg University ROTC graduates and funerals for local veterans of war.

“A lot of people think we’re just a bar, but we are far beyond that,” said 40-year member of Post #4793, Martin Wilson.

As the flag was slowly brought to half-mast, memories flooded in, whether they were of family members, friends, or those that lost their lives Sept. 11, fifteen years ago.

“We are still fighting through it,” said Black. “But we are better because of it.

Local festival helps Annual 50's Fest held in Waynesburg teach outdoor skills

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

By MATTHEW SHINKLE For the Yellow Jacket

The Outdoor Heritage Festival made its return to Ryerson Station State Park this past Saturday, Sept. 10, after being relocated last year to the Jacktown Fairgrounds.

The festival was from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and was hosted jointly by the park and the Friends of Ryerson, a volunteer group.

While the festival is typically held at Ryerson, Park Manager Alan Johnson said the event was, fortunately, able to be relocated to the Jacktown Fairgrounds last year after the dredging of Duke Lake and the mess created during the process.

Otherwise, the festival may not have happened.

The park, now back to its regular flow, is open once again.

“It seems to me people are happy to get back in the park,” said Johnson. “Day use was closed all last year, like the swimming pool for example, but things are now back to normal here.”

The Outdoor Heritage Festival, having grown steadily over the past five years, usually draws a crowd of about 500-600 people in attendance, and focuses on the rural lifestyle.

“It’s mostly about teaching the primitive skills for people to have and observe,” said Johnson.

The event was littered with vendors, and the Outdoor Heritage Festival has also had reenactments of certain times in history at the event, to add education to the day festivities as well.

The overall theme of the festival focused on the outdoors. This has been a consistent element over the past few years, However, according to Johnson, there have been other events held in the park, which can show the versatility of the area..

“Arts in the Park was previously a festival we had here,” said Johnson.

“It was at the end of September, we just moved some dates around to avoid conflicts with larger events later in the year – but the concepts stayed the same, hunting and fishing.”

The Depar tment of Conservation of Natural Resources Bureau of State Parks Educators was at the event to give lessons on campfire cooking, how to make candles and some teachings on the wildlife in the area.

More events will be held at Ryerson Station State Park in the future.

The sound of Dion’s “Run Around Sue” blared from the speakers and the roar of tailpipes could be heard on Main Street. The 50’s Fest and Car Cruise had descended upon downtown Waynesburg for another year.

The event took place Saturday, Sept. 10, in downtown Waynesburg. The show, which always takes place on the second Saturday in September, had 156 cars register.

The event, said Doug Wilson, co-chair of the 50’s Fest Committee, is good for the community.

“The nice thing about this is it’s a family event,” said Wilson. “It is appropriate for all ages, from the kids to the adults.”

Wilson further elaborated, saying that many of the families in attendance were nostalgic upon seeing a car that their parents had driven.

The Waynesburg and Greene County Community have been coming to the car show for the past 15 years, and the first event, said Wilson, had humble expectations.

“At the time, if we had 5075 cars, we would be happy,” said Wilson. “Our first year, we had 200 cars.”

The event was created was to help bring people to downtown Waynesburg. It was the idea of several local business-

Mikayla Hagerty, For the Yellow Jacket

Seeing 50's-themed apparel and old-fashioned cars was considered the norm at this year's 50's Fest and Car Cruise. men, said Wilson.

“A group of individual businessmen got together and tried to come up with an idea of how to bring people into Waynesburg,” said Wilson. “One of them suggested a car show and [the committee] said, ‘Why not?’”

After that success, the show has become a familiar sight for the second weekend in September. The consistency and timing of the event, said Wilson, helps to bring good numbers every year.

“For a lot of cruisers, this is the last car show of the year,” said Wilson. “A lot of the cruisers put it on the calendar, and it will always be the sec-

ond weekend in September.”

The local businesses certainly haven’t abandoned the festival. The 50’s Fest is sponsored by many local businesses, and their sponsorships, said Co-Chair of the 50’s Fest Committee Shelly Brown, is what keeps the festival going.

“All of the downtown merchants support this,” said Brown. “We really have a lot of unique and interesting shops in downtown Waynesburg. The stores stay open and put on specials.”

As noted by Brown, many of the shops stay open on Main Street, including 5 Kidz Kandy, which had a full parlor. She also explained

that the event has garnered an audience outside of the state lines. Several entries in the show came from over 100 miles away.

The show was not without a variety in cars, as a Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT and a Ford 1924 Model T were some of the cars on display.

There are a few things, said Brown, which separate the 50’s Fest and Car Cruise from the many other car shows, such as the fact that the show involves an actual cruise.

“I think this event is unique in car events because it is an actual cruise,” said Brown.

“Just like the old days, we cruise the streets.”

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Take precaution

Ensure safety through receiving campus alerts Tragedy happens. It is part of the inevitable. Flipping through history’s pages and skimming over today’s top news headlines would only further enunciate that fact.

We live in a world of tragedy—a world of entropy—a world where things collide and chaos ensues.

As humans, a majority of us can process the idea of devastating things happening, but rarely do we think of ourselves in those situations.

But we need to.

As members of an institution, not to mention a Christian one, we should stop feeling exempt to the law of tragedy.Campus security has been more active in the past month than they were in the Spring 2016 semester.

An e2campus alert was sent out Sept. 9 due to shady activity in the area.

Although the alert was cleared, it still begs the question…did you get that alert?

If you didn’t, you need to.

Right now.

Stop putting it off. Stop relying on your friends or your roommates to spread the word.

Be aware, or as the kids these days say, “stay woke.” It might save you or someone else’s life. The world needs one less tragedy.

September 15, 2016

If I mention Gary Johnson to the average person in the United States, that person would respond similarly to how the libertarian candidate responded to a question about the unrest in Syria.

“Who is Gary Johnson?”

Yes, the third-party candidate’s response to a question on MSNBC’s popular

morning show “Morning Joe” to a question about what he would do with Syrian capital of Aleppo if he were POTUS was a major gaffe.

His margin for error is miniscule, and that did not bolster his case. He just put a piano on his back as he fights this uphill battle.

Johnson’s strongest quality is what he isn’t, because what the former governor of New Mexico isn’t is more desirable than what he is.

He isn’t Donald Trump.

He isn’t Hillary Clinton.

Unfortunately, Johnson isn’t a great presidential candidate either, but he is better than both Trump and Clinton.

If this election were a race between turtles, he would be the fastest.

In my book, that’s a 'W.' This is my first ever election, and I am not having either of those two candidates on

my resume.

Unfortunately, Johnson isn’t a great presidential candidate either, but he is better than both Trump and Clinton. If this election were a race between turtles, he would be the fastest.

His foreign policy knowledge may have been shot down by a simple question on a morning TV show.

He has controversial stances, as do all libertarian candidates, which lead voters on both sides of the aisle ELECTION >> B3

Find balance between schoolwork and work KIMMI BASTON Columnist

Last Sunday, I emptied my backpack in my living room, turned on my computer, opened my notebook, checked my planner – and stopped.

I then looked at my ro om m at e a n d a s k e d , “What should I do first – the work I’m getting paid to do or the work I’m paying to do?”

As a senior, I’m in that weird position where I’m doing big-girl work for a big-girl job in the big-girl world, but I’m also just a student with classes and tests. I’ve always got work to do, and the fact that it’s

for two very different facets of my life makes it hard to prioritize.

A lot of students experience something similar the further they progress in their college career.

As student life begins to merge with professional life, be it a part-time job, internship or other position, it can be difficult to sort out what work should come first – and the idea that you’re being paid for one and not the other is only part of the conundrum.

Faculty members’ attitudes are often split down the middle on this subject. Some believe students should put all their effort into grooming their professional future. Others believe absolutely nothing

should come before work for their class.

Neither of these is the best choice.

We’ve got to find a way to do both. It’s challenging, especially as seniors with dozens of things on our plates and slowly declining motivation.

But attending to both academic and professional endeavors is crucial and smart.

Let’s talk about money first, since that’s how my brain distinguished between the two.

At first, it seems obvious – of course I’m going to work on what I’m getting paid to do.

But then again, I’m paying a lot of tuition dollars to attend classes where I get homework and have exams.

Isn’t it a waste of money to push those tasks to the side?

So whether you’re paying or getting paid, the work is equally as important to your present and your future.

Arguably even more important is responsibility.

Superiors can penalize you for not completing both schoolwork and workwork.

Plus, you’ve likely invested a lot of time in both your job and your education. You’re responsible for completing both kinds of work on time and to the best of your ability.

I’m saying that neither work for school nor work for your employer should be at a higher priority.

PRIORITY >> B4

'Sharing' tips

Think before posting; people are watching Society has adapted to communicating more online than in person, it seems. People spend more time glued to their phones than actually looking at the world around them.

With that all being said, it’s very important to play it safe and smart when using social media. Apps such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram may possess some people to post photos or statuses about all of the partying one may have done over the weekend.

During the job search, businesses will look at social media accounts to investigate an applicant’s lifestyle.

Sure, having an account set on private will block people from seeing some content, but that creates the perception that there’s something to hide.It is necessary to keep social media clean and appropriate.

Make sure the bios on these accounts are kept professional, as these are some of the first things that people see. Profile pictures should be kept simple and recognizable.

Thinking before one posts is also very important.

Posting statuses with curse words is never smart. Posting statuses about bosses or professors is unwise, as word travels fast. These things can come back and haunt prospective opportunities.

Remember, what happens on the Internet stays on the Internet. Things don’t go away anymore.

Go back and review social media accounts to make sure that a business would feel comfortable hiring someone with the lifestyle and level of professionalism that is being portrayed.

We live in an age where social media plays a major role in success; start using it intelligently.

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FAITH ON CAMPUS: AUSTIN ANDERSON

Anderson appreciates just how far he's come Editor's Note: The following is an interview with senior sports broadcasting major Austin Anderson as part of the Faith on Campus series.

By BRENDAN KEANY “A cool line that my dad always shares is that I went from being mute to being a communications major,” said Austin Anderson, with his trademark smile and infectious laugh that could be easily heard several tables away.

Now a senior at Waynesburg University, Anderson reflected on his life and the events that led up to him sharing his story of faith on Sunday evening at Upper Room.

It’s a story with a tumultuous beginning.

“I was missing some vital signs of progressing as a young toddler,” said Anderson. “By the age of 2, I still wasn’t speaking, and I had some sensory neurons that weren’t firing, and my family urged my parents, which they agreed, to having me get checked out. A bunch of different specialists back home, they basically came to the conclusion that I had a severe form of autism, and that the chances of me functioning normal were slim to none.”

His parents were persistent, however. They

refused to accept the diagnosis that could potentially land Anderson in a group home because his care would have been too burdensome.

Finally, they found an alternative. “ Through a family friend, who had similar experiences with their child, we were referred to a doctor in California by the name of Michael Goldberg, who’s in the Los Angeles area,” said Anderson.

“Basically his philosophy is that he thinks there’s actually a lot of kids who get diagnosed on the autistic spectrum...and that a lot of people who have similar symptoms may have something totally different than autism, what he calls neuro-immune dysfunction syndrome.”

Without getting wrapped up in the medical jargon of the condition, Goldberg treated Anderson like he had a virus: with various medication and treatments, some not well accepted by much of the medical community, but helped Anderson nonetheless.

“At about the age of 12, I was fully recovered from that, and I’ve functioned normally pretty much ever since,” he explained.

Since then, Anderson noted that he still struggles. A lack of self-confidence has been prevalent

in his life over the past several years, and he mostly attributes that to missing out on some critical stages during the developmental years of his life, especially in the social realm.

“I don’t have any sideeffects, per se, of what I had back then, but there are things that I would call consequences that kind of lived on because I wasn’t functioning normally at crucial stages of life,” he said. “One thing is that I have a lot of self-doubt, and it has carried on even throughout high school and college, even when I’ve had some really solid relationships and friendships...but I’ve been working through that.”

However, he noted that he has become much better over the past year.

The point that Anderson wants to share is that Christians must “keep on fighting the good fight.”

He emphasized that had his parents given up on him, he would not be

a senior sports broadcasting major, possess a job announcing sports for MSA and exploiting a lot of the opportunities granted to him by the university’s Department of Communication.

Because of that, he is “forever grateful” to his parents, and knowing his background and how differently his life could have been, it eases the burden of the daily stresses of life because he knows that he has already made it so far.

“For me and my case, I’m not really sure where I’m going to be,” said Anderson. “But the thing I can look back on for me is that I need to be grateful for how I got to this point, and it can kind of ease and relieve the stresses in knowing that God’s hand is on me, and that’s not to say that I’m not going to do anything to progress in life, but I live in that comfort despite the uncertainty that exists with this last year of college.”

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Cheat Sheet: 250,000 already dead in Syria before ceasefire Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By BRENDAN KEANY

For the Yellow Jacket

Last Thursday Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, struggled in an interview on “Morning Joe,” in which he did not understand what “Aleppo” is.

Of course, as a presidential candidate, albeit a lesser known one, Johnson received a ton of backlash for his lack of knowledge on the Syrian conflict that has lasted almost five years and has resulted in the death of close to 250,000 people.

Ironically, just days after Johnson’s display of ignorance toward the subject matter, Aleppo was in the news again.

According to CNN, airstrikes continued in Syria on Saturday through Sunday and killed 90 people and injured hundreds more.

What makes the situation even more newsworthy is that “the surge in violence came just hours after the US and Russia announced a new ceasefire plan,” according to CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Chandrika Narayan.

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Syrian students stand on rubble of damaged buildings at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district in February.

However, the ceasefire, which does have the support of the Syrian regime, does not take affect until sundown on Monday.

“US Secretary of State John Kerry said the accord, announced after hours of talks in Geneva, would prevent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s air force from flying combat missions anywhere the opposition is present, calling this provision the “bedrock of the agreement,”’ according to CNN. The question remains: What’s the next step?

Many Syrians remain critical of the deal because it seems like a band-aid.

“It’s in the general interest of the Syrian people to stop the rivers of blood, and stopping bloodshed is the first step,” said one Syrian in Aleppo, according to CNN. “It’s a good step, but what’s the guarantee that it will remain in place?”

The skepticism is understandable, as Syria has been ripped apart by violence over the last five years.

As Johnson portrayed a lack of knowledge toward

the situation, it’s safe to assume that many people aren’t following this situation.

Here’s a timeline of the Syrian conflict outlined by BBC: The Arab Spring caused a ton of turmoil in northern Africa and the Middle East.

Many nations’ leaders were ousted from power due to pro-democracy protest and demonstration.

“By July 2011, hundreds of thousands were taking to the streets across the country,” according to BBC. “Opposi-

tion supporters eventually began to take up arms, first to defend themselves and later, to expel security forces from their local areas.”

Then, as the opposition grew larger, and Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad didn’t want to relinquish power, the country fell into a bloody civil war.

“Violence escalated and the country descended into civil war, as rebel brigades were formed to battle government forces for control of cities, towns and the countryside.

Fighting reached the capital Damascus and second city of Aleppo in 2012.”

Now, the conflict is more than just one side versus the other.

It has also become religious in nature, as the country’s Sunni majority is fighting against Assad’s Shia sect.

Further, countries such as the United States and Russia have joined the fight.

With numerous reports of war crimes, such as blocking off civilian access to food and water, and chemical weapons used in Damascus in 2013, Syria has become today’s quintessential example of a humanitarian crisis.

Syria’s economy is in shambles. According to BBC, the unemployment rate is above 50 percent, which is up severely from 14 percent in 2011. Almost 70 percent of the population is living in poverty.

Even worse than the economic impact of the conflict has been the human impact.

According to the United Nation’s estimates, Syria’s population currently sits at 17.9 million, which is down from the estimated 24.5 million before the conflict, and most importantly, 13.5 million of these people are “in need of humanitarian assistance.”

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 a college student needs to know.

1. Clinton’s health may be problem for Dems As if this election cycle wasn’t already filled with drama, another wrinkle has been added to the fold.

Hillary Clinton’s health.

According to Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, Clinton struggled through the 9/11 ceremony, as she felt overheated and needed to recover at her daughter’s apartment.

However, Cillizza also noted that the temperature in New York City at the time was only in the low 80’s.

He believes this will be a huge storyline in the coming months leading up to the election.

“Hillary Clinton falling ill Sunday morning at a memorial service on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will catapult questions about her health from the ranks of conservative conspiracy theory to perhaps the central debate in the presidential race over the coming days,” he said.

To further this sentiment, David Schuster, an Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist based out of New York, tweeted that the Democratic National Convention may be getting a little worried about her health as well.

“Clarification from dem operatives @HillaryClinton pneumonia: Expect emergency DNC meeting to CONSIDER replacement. #HillarysHealth,”

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President Barack Obama evokes the iconic Rocky statue, saying he felt as if he had run up the Rocky steps and had victory, then he looked behind him and there was Hillary Clinton, during a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 13 in Philadelphia. via his Twitter feed.

He later added information saying that the committee would choose current vice president, Joe Biden, to be the replacement if Clinton withdraws.

-Sept. 11 Washington Post 2. House passes legislation for 9/11 families Despite the threat of veto by the Obama administration, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would pave the way for families of the victims of 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia on Friday.

The Senate passed the same bill in May, but arguments over where the bill would put diplomatic relations complicated the issue, according to CNN. Hous e Sp eaker Paul Ryan voiced his opinion on the bill and stated that the Senate’s overwhelming support of the bill would

lead to its success in the house.

“This bill passed overwhelmingly in the US Senate, so I think that those concerns have been taken under consideration, and members are acting accordingly, and that’s why this bill will pass,” said Ryan.

Saudi Arabia, of course, has denied any responsibility in the attacks, but CNN noted that 15 of the 19 hijackers were citizens of the country.

Also, many proponents of the bill, such as Senator John Cornyn, argue that it’s simply another way to combat terrorism across the globe.

“Today’s vote sends an unmistakable message that we should combat terrorism with every tool we have, and that the families of those lost in attacks like that on September 11th should have every means

at their disposal to seek justice.”

-Sept. 9 CNN 3. NCAA latest to pull from North Carolina According to the Huffington Post, the NCAA has decided to withdraw any championship events from North Carolina because of specific anti-LGBT legislation.

The consequences are massive considering North Carolina was expected to host the first and second rounds of the Division I men’s basketball tournament.

The president of the NCAA, Mark Emmert, believes that “fairness” is the driving quality behind the decision to withdraw.

“Fairness is about more t h an t h e opp or tu n it y to participate in college sports, or even compete for championships,” said

Emmert.

“We believe in providing a safe and respectful environment at our events and are committed to providing the best experience possible for college athletes, fans and everyone taking part in our championships.”

The NBA was quick to act, as the organization moved the 2017 NBA AllStar Game out of Charlotte in protest of the laws.

These actions come in response to the laws that target the LGBT community. In March, North Carolina became the first state to restrict public bathroom access for transgender people.

The Huffington Post ran an article in April outlining the economic impact of the laws, and some estimates ran as high as “billions of dollars.”

-Sept.12 Huffington Post

4. Apple’s iOS 10 update off to shaky start The new software update from Apple that became available on Tuesday rendered many devices temporarily useless, according to CNN. “Not long after the company rolled out its new mobile operating system, some users complained it “bricked” their iPhones and iPads,” said Selena Larson of CNN. “Bricking refers to an issue that blocks access to your phone with a black screen.”

Larson, however, notes that problems are usually expected with new software updates, but users should be wary of updat-

ing their phones until its clear that the kinks have been worked out.

If users really want to update their phones, it is recommended that they back up the data on another device to prevents its complete loss.

There are some advantages to the new update, including improved messaging and photos, and users will have the ability to delete default apps.

-Sept. 13 CNN 5. Americans receive raise According to the Census Bureau, “The typical U.S. household’s income rose 5.2 percent in 2015 to $56,516. Even with the solid gain, that remains below the median household income of $57,423 in 2007, when the Great Recession began.”

NBC News said that the American economy is finally starting to benefit the middle class, even though the unemployment rate has been steadily declining since 2009.

Furthermore, the poverty rate is beginning to fall. “ T h e prop or t i on of Americans in poverty also fell sharply last year, to 13.5 percent from nearly 14.8 percent,” according to NBC. “That is the largest decline in poverty since 1999.

There were 43.1 million people in poverty last year, 3.5 million fewer than in 2014.”

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I know, that doesn’t help – I still don’t know what order to write my to-do list in.

But I know that somehow, in whatever way works for me, it’s important for me to get both kinds of work done.

More importantly, I’m telling you not to hang your diploma before you leave Waynesburg. It’s not that I think you won’t graduate.

It’s just that it’s too easy to check out of school and into the next phase of life before

graduation – and that’s not right.

You’ve put too much time, energ y and hard work into college to walk out now.

You owe it to yourself and everyone who’s helped you along the way to put just as much effort into your final semesters of college as you did freshman year.

At the same time, you can’t ignore the fact that the real world is coming faster than a freight train.

Professional development and maintaining connections while in school is

essential to your post-graduation success.

Don’t turn down professional opportunities just because you’re still a student.Trust me when I tell you that if you manage your time well, you can fit everything in.

Those who say you’ve either got be 100% immersed in school or chasing professional opportunities at a full sprint need a new perspective.

Your present and your future are equally important – and I have faith you can prioritize them both.

to steer clear of him.

He is for gay marriage and against the insensitive things Trump says, but he is for states’ rights to display the Confederate flag.

He would eliminate the corporate tax, legalize marijuana and wants to make immigrating to the U.S. easier.

Almost all voters wholeheartedly disagree with at least one of those ideas, leading them to not even consider Johnson.

But considering Trump and Clinton are both receiving high unfavorable ratings, voters are opening

up to the possibility of a serious third-party candidate for the first time since Ross Perot in the late 1990s.

Johnson is consistently polling between nine to 12 percent. A candidate must be polling at 15 percent or better to be included in presidential debates, the first of which is in two weeks.

Johnson has said that if he doesn’t get on the debate stage, his chances of becoming POTUS go from small to impossible.

Johnson clearly won’t trump Donald or Hillary in the popular vote, but if he wins a few states, then he could prevent either candi-

date from the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the election.

It isn’t likely, but Johnson is polling well in several states, including New Mexico, the state he used to govern.

In that case, Congress would decide the next president. While it’s still a long shot that Johnson would win if it even came to a congressional vote, it’s still a shot.

They could look at the socially liberal, fiscally conservative candidate as the best of both worlds – or the least worst of both worlds – between both major party candidates.

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September 15, 2016

Carmichaels preparing for bridge festival Save the bees:

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

This weekend the Greene Academy of Art will be hosting the annual covered bridge festival in Carmichaels.

The covered bridge festival, now in its 46th consecutive year, allows the community to celebrate the historic bridges throughout Greene County and Washington County. The main event for the festival will be held at the Greene Academy of Art, which is near a covered bridge in Carmichaels.

Schelley Anderson, secretary of the academy, said that one of the reasons behind

the festival is because of the many bridges within the area. “[We celebrate] because [the bridges] are so old and there are so many…” said Anderson. “In Greene County there are two that are still standing, used and celebrated. The other eight are in Washington County.”

At the festival, according to Anderson, there will be crafters, food, music, horsedrawn wagon rides through the local covered bridge, face painting, a petting zoo and other attractions for the community. For the participants of the covered bridge festival, Anderson said that many visit multiple covered bridges

in the area during the day. “[Participants] rotate, they come here then they go to the White Bridge…then they’ll go to the ones in Washington County,” said Anderson.

“They just migrate from one to another because there are different things at each bridge.”

The bridge closest to the Greene Academy of Art was built, according to Anderson, in 1889. However, Anderson said that not many people realize that there was a previous covered bridge at the same location that dated back to 1845.

Additionally, the Greene Academy of Art itself is

steeped in historic significance. Anderson said one half of the building, constructed of stone, was built in the 1790s and was formerly a church. The other half, made of brick, was built in 1810 and was originally used as a school.

Both the covered bridge in Carmichaels and the Greene Academy of Art are on the National Register of Historic Places.

The festival itself will be taking place Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sept. 18 from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m.

The event is free to the public and will happen rain or shine.

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and age. This was incomparable to those, however.

“Its not like when someone dies of an illness. This was so quick and unexpected,” said Shere. “Nobody in the world would have thought anything like this could have happened."

Judi agreed.

“Its harder than losing a loved one in the family if they were sick,” said Judi.

“You know, you kind of expect it - but this you never did.” ***

Shon Meade, Managing Editor

Judi and Shere, above, leave flowers for their friend Georgine who passed away on Flight 93. Georgine was only 55 years old.

Among the crowd were members from the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group. More than 20 members from Chapter Two out of Akron Ohio made their way to Pennsylvania. The organization is dedicated to helping veterans, according to Vice President Jim Jarrett.

The group of bikers escorted two busloads of children to Shanksville so they could learn about and understand the sacrifices that were made on this day all those years ago. The kids came out to learn about an event that wasn’t even part of their life, Jarrett said, surrounded by people who lived through this tragedy.

“Fifteen years ago, some of these kids weren’t even alive,” said Jarrett. “There’s not much in the textbooks.

It’s up to organizations like us to teach them.”

The group wants to make sure that no one forgets what happened, as well as the emotions that are tied to it.

“I tear up,” said Jarrett, wiping his eye. “Its very heartfelt what was going on here — we don’t want anyone to forget.”

munity. Linden, however, never got to meet Deora, as he started dating her mother after the tragedy. He’s heard about her and the impact she made on those around her. He’s a firm believer that she helped take out the terrorists on the plane.

Linden made sure that he was able to make it the memorial on Sunday, as he traveled from Annapolis, Maryland.

This isn’t his first time, however, as he has come here a number of times to honor the daughter of his girlfriend.

“We’re here on the 15th anniversary to see what’s going on and sustain the memory,” he said.

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Each year, United Airlines sends representatives to the memorial to pay their respects.

One of them, Lezlee Sims, stood in the family area right after the anniversary ceremony. In her hand she held a rose, which she said represents her fallen comrades.

“They’re heroes, and ‘sheroes,’” said Sims.

At her side were at least 10 other flight attendants who were there for the same reason as her: to remember what happened.

"It's important for me to be here," said Sims. "They sacrificed the ultimate and it's important that they are remembered."

Most Americans can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the world stopped turning on Sept.

11, 2001.

For Carl Watson, he remembers being in jail.

He was a corrections officer working in the control tower when he received a phone call telling him a plane flew into the World Trade Center. At first he thought nothing of it.

That changed later on that day when he learned the full scope of the attack on American soil.

“At that point, I knew that someone was assaulting America,” he said.

Watson is an Air Force veteran who served for 18 years and six months, opting for early retirement.

Three weeks before the attacks, his son enlisted in the Army. He served for eight years, doing two tours in Iraq because of the events of Sept. 11.

Today, Watson and his wife made the seven-hour trip from Rome, New York, for the second time to honor those who passed away in the attacks.

“It’s a good way to remember what happened,

*** The youngest passenger on the plane, Deora Bodley, was only 20 years old; her whole life was ahead of her. Gregory Linden, the boyfriend of her mother, recounts that she was recently engaged. She had hopes and dreams. She had so much to offer.

“That’ll never happen now,” he said.

Deora was idealistic and was very active in her com-

Left, crowds joined together to mourn and pay their respects at the visitor's center in the memorial. From that height, the field where the plane crashed is visible. especially what these individuals at Flight 93 did on that day,” said Watson. “It honors them for their sacrifice.”

Having a strong military background, Watson realized that too many people don’t appreciate the things that people have to do so others can sleep peacefully at night.

“Too many people take too many freedoms in this country for granted,” said Watson. “A lot of people don’t understand, they don’t discuss the sacrifices that people make here in America.”

Watson hopes to see more people recognize the sacrifices that are made, and

ing for called Laing – “Was my baby on that plane?” she asked. Confused, Laing turned on the TV and learned of the destruction.

Laing contacted the military unit to find out that they were coming home the following day, and let the soldier’s mother know.

He hung up. Then he called his then-fiancé to tell her what was happening. Three weeks later, he shipped out to serve.

Today, Laing is doing work in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for a year. He and his family made the short trip out to pay their respects.

“We thought it was a good opportunity since we were so close to come

“It's a good way to remember what happened... it honors them for their sacrifice.”

CARL WATSON

Visitor at Memorial

seeing the youth that were present at the event helped him believe that more.

“We came here to show honor and respect to the families — to show them that people even 15 years later, wont forget the sacrifice of their family members,” said Watson. “To let them know that they died just as bravely as any hero on the battlefield.” *** Chaplain Colonel John Laing, the senior Army chaplain for the state of Texas, brought his wife and children with him to the anniversary ceremony.

Just like Watson, Laing is a military man. Fifteen years ago, Laing was waiting for a group of soldiers to arrive home by plane. At the time, he didn’t know another airplane had hit the World Trade Center The mother of one of the soldiers he was wait-

to the memorial and [can] honor the families and reflect upon the prices that are paid for the freedoms that we have in this country,” said Laing.

“Whether it’s the heroes on the plane, or the military members or the public service personnel, this was a good opportunity to help our kids understand something about sacrifice and some of the great things about this country that we enjoy that others in the world don’t.” *** No one’s reason for visiting the Flight 93 memorial is the same – but their reason for remembering is.

Fifteen years later, a community mourns the loss of that fateful day — just as they did in 2001, just as they will fifteen years from now, just as the nation will forever.

Washington forum informs community

BY MATTHEW SHINKLE For the Yellow Jacket

Perry Arlia makes sure to save himself 120 pounds of honey each winter.

Having been a beekeeper for nearly 50 years, Arlia is well aware of the health benefits honey offers—as a sugar substitute, for example—shown by the fact that he hasn’t eaten sugar in 25 years.

He is also aware of the many threats that have decimated the honeybee population for the past couple decades. At a honeybeekeeping forum at the Buffalo Township Building in Washington County on Sept.

8, Arlia addressed dozens of eager community members on the topic of reviving the insects.

“It’s almost critical – that’s how important it is,” said Arlia, who is also the President of the Washington County Bee Association.

“Honeybee’s pollinate about one-third of the food in the world; that’s not just what we eat—but for our livestock, our dogs, and so on.”

Having founded the Washington County Bee Association approximately four years ago, Arlia has made it a point to help bring back the honeybee, at least in the local area. The group, which currently has 93 members, spreads from Washington County to Greene County and even parts of Fayette County.

“I’ve seen in the past 10 years the cause of the concern for our honey bees,” said Arlia. “More and more individual people are getting involved in it, and it is helping.”

At the forum, Arlia ad-

dressed numerous ways that an individual can help with the honeybee population.

Not only is raising bees a possibility—although he recommends you first get involved with an established ‘professional’ beekeeper— but planting more wildflowers and that can be pollinated by honeybees are other options as well.

“We think in the springtime that flowers are our biggest producers of pollen and nectar,” said Arlia. “But our deciduous trees really are – our trees are the biggest.”

Aside from the topic of why honeybees are important, Arlia and those in attendance also went in depth on who’s really in charge of the colony – the queen bee.

She runs the colony, making sure everything runs smoothly and keeps the honey production constantly moving forward. If everything runs according to plan, the queen should hardly be noticed, according to Arlia. However, there are three events that signify the colony is in the midst of a queen change. Although this is perfectly natural, it is still something to track when managing honeybees so as to follow along with the colony’s cycle.

In 2005, Arlia said there were no ‘feral’ hives in the country in 2005. There are many alleged reasons why this was the case and what exactly it was that killed them off: ranging from rising temperatures to carbon dioxide emissions to the increase in pesticides and herbicides.

However, thanks to organizations like his, the species appears to be back on the rise.

Local thrift shop moves to High Street location; seeks for more volunteers

By KAITLYN MOORE

For the Yellow Jacket

Cherry Door is a thrift store that has been a part of the community for over 20 years, but now, it can be found at a new location.

The thrift store was located on Elm Drive before moving to its current location on E. High Street.

The founder, Peg Pollock started Cherry Door in the 1980’s, and it is now run by a staff of volunteer helpers.

Patti Wilson, a member of the volunteer staff, said she thinks the move will really help with the flow of more customers. Wilson said they have already seen more traffic in the store due to the new location.

“I don’t know about when other people work, but it has been consistent with customers coming in,” said Wilson.

This is not Cherry Door’s first move. The store originally started out on Morris Street, then moved to Greene Street and then to the Ross Auto Parts building. Another move took it to Elm Drive and then to its current location on E. High Street.

June Shriver, one of the oldest volunteers at 88 years old, said the new location will help the store gain traffic with the local students at Waynesburg University.

“The university kids probably haven’t discovered us, but when we were down on Greene St., they used to walk that far,” said Shriver. “But when we were down by the high school, we didn’t get them anymore. Now we will get them back because they are right up the road.”

Because they are limited on space, Wilson said accepting big furniture is not really in the best interest of

the store, but if there is room for it they will take it.

“When we moved in here, we actually thought it was going to be a bigger building,” said Wilson. “It looked bigger, but once we got in here, we are not able to put out quite enough stuff.”

Wilson is hopeful that Cherry Door will work out all the kinks that come with a new store location.

Cherry Door sells a wide range of merchandise, and everything is at thrift store pricing.

The main things you can find at the store are small items such as dishes and kitchenware. Clothing and children’s items are also popular.

Both Wilson and Shriver mentioned that the store will soon have a jewelry case to display the wide variety of jewelry they have.

All the proceeds made from Cherry Door are donated to local hospitals, which in return are given to students in the medical field as scholarships.

If a student receives the scholarship, they are required to give a year’s work to hospitals in Greene County after they graduate.

Volunteer Peg Wilson, who was still there working on her day off, said that being a volunteer at Cherry Door is a great opportunity, especially for the locals.

“It is a great place,” said Wilson. “I’ve been a volunteer here for 13 years in December.”

Cherry Door is looking for volunteers, and is hoping that the new location will bring in a lot of new people that are interested.

Anyone interested is urged to stop in the store or to call at 724-627-6291.

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Women's cross country places second at Bethany Invitational Latimer places third, named PAC Runner of the Week Runner passes kidney senior captain Jess Bish said. HowSports Convergence Editor ever, Bish said that along with the success comes the recognition of the When the Bethany Invitational started on Saturday, work required to stay at that level.

Sept. 10, Waynesburg’s women’s cross country team knew “It’s nice to know that we can be in they’d be without national qualifier, junior Julie Gerber. the competition with the Division II Even without their top runner, the Jackets, the favorite teams and a nationally-ranked team,” in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, ran to a second said Bish. “But at the same time, I place finish in the field of 15 at Bethany. think it motivates us to be better In just the second meet of the season, the Jackets and we know we have to work found success in both the freshmen and the vethard to stay in that position.” eran runners on the team. Although there were For the freshmen, Hardie said a few Division II schools at the meet, the Jackets there were no times that really finished in second place behind Oberlin College, who stood out. However, Hardie is ranked 32nd in the Division III preseason polls. said he was pleased with their For Waynesburg, senior Katie Latimer fincontinual development. On the ished the race first, placing third out of a day, Hardie said freshman Katie field of 156 competitors with a final time of Thompson was impressive along 23:43. It was more than two minutes better with freshman Taylor Clarkson, than her time at the same event last year, and who, despite not being completewas second best among the Division III runners at ly healthy, ran a “gutsy” race. the event. For those efforts, Latimer was named PAC Additionally, Hardie said freshRunner of the Week. man Malarie Yoder stands out Katie was also lauded by the Eastern Collegiate as an excellent teammate.

Athletic Conference as the Corvias Division III “Yoder is someone who South Women's Runner of the Week. is just an amazing teamKatie’s twin, senior Emily Latimer, would finmate,” said Hardie. “She is ish second for Waynesburg with an eighth-place always there for her teamtime of 24:16. mates and she was again Sophomore Teghan Simonton rounded out this week. She stepped up the top three with a time of 25:13. in a seven spot that really Overall, head coach Chris Hardie said he was helped us get another spot pleased with the team’s effort against the tough off Cal U, so she competition, which led the Jackets to move up was vital in that to eighth in the United States Track & Field and way by taking Cross Country Coaches Association Mideast a couple points regional rankings. away.”

Senior Katie “[I was] very happy with the performances.

AdditionLatimer finished third They were going into a really competitive field ally, from the out of a 156-runner field with a lot of Division II teams as well,” said “f reshman at the Bethany Invitational Hardie. “I was particularly worried about the perspective,” three teams around us—so the one through Hardie said last Saturday, good for four with Oberlin.... that was a national comfreshmen second of all Division petitor for us. We didn’t see [them] a lot, but Mar y B eth III runners. Latimer was to run head to head with them pretty early Cunningham named the Presidents' Athletic in the year gave us a good idea as to where and Katie Jones Conference Runner of the Week we are.” continued to and a Waynesburg Athlete of the The success against the tougher compeWeek. tition found in the Division II teams WXC >> C3

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with Trump’s father when she was approaching the finish line, and when HarS ophomore wome n’s die saw her last 400 meters cross country runner Liz he knew something was Trump was taken to Wheel- wrong. ing Hospital after finishing “Trump was going a lot the 6-kilometer slower than she race at the Bethhad when I had any Invitational seen her previon Saturday, Sept. ously at the three10. mile [mark],” HarTrump said she die said. “[There felt normal before was] a lot of pain the race, and she on her face, and was excited, as her stride was Bethany’s course a little out of is one of her fawhack.”

Trump vorites to run.

Hardie said Ne ar t he t h i rd - m i l e there’s a “delicate balance” mark, Trump started expe- for cross country runners riencing pain in her side, between injury and pain. which she said she assumed “Sports are all different was just a cramp. with whether or not some“By the last mile is when one is injured or just banged the pain really started, and up a little bit,” Hardie said. then by the last 800 meters I “We do balance that. You’re knew it wasn’t just a normal constantly running to a cramp,” Trump said. point where you’re in pain.

Trump was overcome It’s hard to say it that way, with pain at the end of the but it is the truth.” race, causing her to collapse Despite the pain she ran across the finish line. through, Trump knows that “The trainer tried to help, it could have been worse. thinking that maybe it was “It was a blessing that it dehydration or something wasn’t something worse, along the lines. After a few and we were thankful for minutes of the pain con- that,” Trump said. tinuing, it became clear that What got Trump through that wasn’t it,” Trump said. the pain the most was the “Thankfully, my parents support from her teamwere there and were able to mates and coaches. take me to Wheeling Hos“What I remember most pital, and after a CT scan vividly about it was the there, they found out that amount of people that were I had actually passed a kid- around me, helping me,” ney stone during the race.” Trump said. “Our assisCross country head coach Chris Hardie was standing TRUMP >> C3

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Football falls again, starts season 0-2 for first time since '06

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

Waynesburg fell to Westminster on the road Saturday, Sept. 17, 28-7 to fall to 0-2 on the season. Despite starting 0-2 for the first time since 2006, head coach Rick Shepas isn’t panicking yet, as Saturday’s loss was against a fast team with a good offense and a veteran core that won nine games last season.

Realizing his team is young and needs time and more reps, Shepas said his team is trusting the process.

According to Shepas, the team splits the season into three separate sections. Training camp and the first three weeks of the season fall in the “perception” section.

“We can start settling in now,” said Shepas. “Before week one we had guys on scout teams for the first time after battling for positions all camp so we were too slow getting through that. Last week was the first time dealing with a practice roster. We can do the things we need to do to get better. With a young team you have to anticipate things, and we have. We’re ready to grind and get better.”

Shepas noted a few things

that he thought his team did well Saturday, as well as a few areas that need improvement.

Defensive Physicality

Another week and another solid game for the defense of the Jackets, Shepas said.

Senior nose tackle Zach Machuga and junior defensive end Brad Grinnen continued to be forces in the trenches.

Grinnen made seven tackles, one for loss, while Machuga made eight tackles, two for loss, and forced a fumble that was recovered by senior defensive end Aniello DeStefano.

“Machuga and Grinnen are bringing a ton of intensity and playing physically and well,” said Shepas. “We give away an award named after Mike Czerwian that is one of the highest honors you can get on our football team, and we don’t give it way generously, but both of them have earned it.”

Shepas thought the defense matched the physicality of Westminster in the loss, which is something he set out for his defense to achieve last week.

The defensive line held the run pretty well in Saturday’s loss, but will face an even

bigger challenge this coming week in the form of Sam Benger of Carnegie Mellon, who was one of the top running backs in Division III last year.

Dougherty's legs

In Week One against Muskingum, sophomore quarterback Jake Dougherty said he missed some passes.

In Week Two against Westminster, his final stat read 12-26 for 103 yards and two fumbles lost.

Shepas said his signal caller looked more comfortable on the field than he did the week FOOTBALL >> C4

Mackenna Drazich, Yellow Jacket

Junior wide receiver Mitch Kendra was the leading receiver for the Jackets for the second straight game, as Waynesburg falls to 0-2 on the season.

Late score keeps Jackets from being shut out

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

In the challenging Westminster matchup last weekend, offensive struggles underlined the Waynesburg’s 28-7 defeat.

The Jackets were shut out until the fourth quarter, when sophomore quarterback Jake Dougherty ran in a 1-yard touchdown with 6:13 left in the game.

From the perspective of head coach

Rich Shepas, he said the veteran stature of Westminster’s defense was a challenge, along with their speed.

“I just think under the circumstances of this particular game, you know, it was a tougher matchup for us offensively with their veteran secondary and matching speed for speed, in many cases [was] more speed than what we had,” said Shepas. “It was a tough matchup, especially in press coverage.”

However, the offensive struggles

were not due to a lack of opportunities.

Eight drives ended in Westminster territory, with only one ending in a score.

Shepas said there were some significant misplays that led to the difficulty of cashing in on created opportunities.

“I think we played some more people both up front and a couple more guys at receiver, which I think is good,” said Shepas. “But then we also made some OFFENSE >> C4

Despite late 3-2 lead, women's soccer drops match to Oberlin

By MARCUS WALLACE For the Yellow Jacket

Torrential downpours and lightning storms were the cause of several sporting event delays last Friday night, Sept. 9.

With storms enveloping most of Western Pennsylvania, local college and high school teams had to deal with lightning and down pouring rain and delays, making for a long night of sports in the

area.

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team hosted Oberlin College last Friday at John F. Wiley Stadium[1].

Ultimately, the Yellow Jackets were not able to come out victorious in the end and suffered a 4-3 loss to the Yeowomen.

The game was delayed for 75 minutes due to lightning while rain was also pouring down on the pitch. Playing

in the rainy conditions, according to Waynesburg head coach Laura Heethuis, benefitted the Jackets.

“The rain actually helped us out a little bit, because Oberlin is used to playing very technical on the ground style,” she said. “Because of the rain, the slippery surface made it a little bit more sloppy, so I think we were able to capitaTrumpe on that.”

Oberlin started the match on fire, with senior forward

Taylor French scoring a goal off a junior midfielder Hannah Cook pass for the Yeowomen. Waynesburg fired right back, though, when junior forward Nikki Davis put in her third goal of the season just over two minutes into the game.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, the Jackets took a 2-1 lead with a goal scored by junior forward Melanie Byler, assisted by freshman midfielder Christina Golonka.

The Jackets were able to keep the lead as the game went into halftime.

Coming out into the second half, Oberlin was able to tie up the game with another goal from French, assisted by junior forward Gwennie Gardiner. The Jackets were able to again respond quickly to get back ahead, this time with a goal by sophomore forward Natalie Fortna. Waynesburg held the lead for 25 minutes until Oberlin was able to tie

it with a goal by senior midfielder Carolina Oehlerick, assisted by senior midfielder Tyler Sloan.

Only a few minutes away from overtime, the Yeowomen eventually scored the goal to put them up 4-3 and win the match when Gardiner scored off a pass from Cook.

Freshman goalkeeper Courtney Syfert played the full 90 minutes of the match SOCCER >> C4

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September 15, 2016

Women's tennis swept by former PAC champs At start of season,

volleyball loses 7th straight match

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Facing the defending Presidents’ Athletic Conference Champion in any sport is a tall task, especially for a young Waynesburg women’s tennis team that did just that against Grove City Tuesday, Sept. 13.

The Jackets (0-2, 0-1) lost the match to the Wolverines (2-3, 2-0) by a final of 9-0.

Waynesburg dropped the first two doubles sets, but the number one doubles started very well where they scored a few early points before ultimately losing the set. “[In] the first doubles match, we were right there with them,” said head coach Ron Headlee. “There’s not enough time playing together, just knowing where to be on the court, those kind of things.”

Tuesday’s match was only the second of the season

By ELIZABETH NICODEMUS For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University volleyball team continued its season Tuesday night, playing three sets against the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

The team was swept in those three sets, dropping the matchup by scores of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-13.

Waynesburg’s 2016 campaign now stands at 0-7 and the Jackets have won one set.

“The team has shown tons of promise. We are improving every day,” said head coach Stephanie Benkowski. “Practices have gotten way better, and the team as a whole is playing better. Individually and as a

Tyler Wolfe,Yellow Jacket

Senior Heidi Evans played for the number four singles match and the number two doubles match in the Jackets' 9-0 loss to Grove City. for the Jackets and Headlee said he noticed the girls still needed more practice.

The Jackets only scored points on three of the nine total sets. The first doubles team of Aubree Brown and

Wendy Wall scored the most points of any doubles pairing.

The only Jacket to score any points in the singles sets was junior Wendy Wall, who scored four points

against her Grove City counterpart. Going into the match, Grove City was a team that Headlee had expected to be good, though TENNIS >> C4

team we just have to figure out how to play a whole set without giving up a bunch of points in the middle of the set.”

I n Tu e s d a y ’s m a t c h against Pitt-Greensburg, the Yellow Jackets were led on offense by senior middle hitter Rachel Lang, who registered seven kills and two aces, sophomore outside hitter Jordyn Wyllie, who added seven kills and one ace and sophomore outside hitter Lexy Waldman who had six kills.

On the defensive side, sophomore setter Sydni Ayers led the team with a team and game-high 27 assists and seven digs. Senior defensive specialist Emily VOLLEYBALL >> C4

Yellow Jacket Athletes of the Week Katie Latimer

Sydni Ayers

Senior cross country runner year, and it led Waynesburg’s Katie Latimer led all Waynessecond-place team effort at the burg University runners at event.

Saturday’s Bethany College For her efforts, Latimer was Invitational by placing third honored as the Presidents’ out of 156 runners with a time Athletic Conference Runner of 23:43. of the Week.

Not only did the Chagrin Latimer and the Jackets will Falls, Ohio, native place third at run next on Saturday, Sept. 17, the event, but her mark was the at the Saint Vincent College Insecond best among Division III vitational.

Latimer runners at the invitational.

The course is the same one Her time was more than two minutes the team will be running in October for better than her time at the event last the PAC Championships.

Sophomore setter Sydni Ayers week with 27 assists and seven led the way defensively and in set digs, both team highs, in a nonup work for the volleyball team conference matchup at Pittthis past week.

Greensburg on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Ayers notched her first douThe Manhattan, Montana, nable-double of 2016 when she retive and the rest of the Jackets corded a match-high 27 assists will compete in a Presidents’ and 11 digs during Waynesburg’s Athletic Conference tri-match 3-1 loss at Frostburg State on Friin Waynesburg today, Thursday, day.

Sept. 15.

She added 25 assists and seven The Jackets will play matches Ayers digs, both of which were team against Westminster and Saint highs, during Wednesday’s PAC match Vincent College at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., reagainst Grove City, then completed the spectively.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

Saint Vincent Wash & Jeff Westminster Case Western Reserve Bethany Geneva Thiel Thomas More Carnegie Mellon Grove City Waynesburg

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2

Saturday’s Box Score

WESTMINSTER 28, WAYNESBURG 7 Waynesburg 0 0 0 7 7 Westminster 7 14 0 7 28

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WES - Bill Majeda 3 yd run (Justin Dahl kick), 11:11 Second Quarter: WES - Majeda 2 yd run (Dahl kick), 9:51; WES Paul Columbo 78 yd run (Dahl kick), 3:09 Fourth Quarter: WES - Jaevon Hardy 54 yd pass from Columbo (Dahl kick), 12:45; WAY - Jake Dougherty 1 yd run (Garret Guthrie kick), 6:13

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Dougherty................. 12 26 103 0 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Walker................................... 8 38 0 Dougherty............................. 13 36 1

STANDINGS

Conf. Overall 0-0 5-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2-2 0-0 1-1-1 0-0 1-2-2 0-0 1-2-1 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-4

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

0-0 3-0-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1-1 0-0 2-2-1 0-0 1-1-1 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-4

OBERLIN 1, WAYNESBURG 0 Oberlin 0 1 1 Waynesburg 0 0 0

OBERLIN 4, WAYNESBURG 3 Oberlin 1 3 4 Waynesburg 2 1 3

SCORE RECAP

SCORE RECAP

Second Half: OBC - Goal by Adam Chazin-Gray (Assist

by Nick Wertman), 53:09

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 9 Thomas More 5, Spalding 0; Oberlin 4, Geneva 0 Saturday, September 10 Mount Union 1, Wash & Jeff 1; La Roche 2, Saint Vincent 1; Denison 0, Westminster 0; Grove City 3, Allegheny 0; Bethany 4, Alfred State 1; Hiram 4, Thiel 1; Oberlin 1, Waynesburg 0; Centre 3, Thomas More 0 Sunday, September 11 Westminster 1, Marietta 1; Muskingum 1, Bethany 1

UPCOMING GAMES

Waynesburg receiving

Westminster passing COM ATT YDS TD Columbo................... 14 23 161 1

Saturday, September 17 Frostburg State at Wash & Jeff - 2 p.m.; Geneva at Fredonia State - 2:30 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Hilbert - 3 p.m.; Grove City at Heidleberg - 3:30 p.m.; Waynesburg at Capital - 4 p.m.; Bethany at Franciscan - 4 p.m.; Kenyon at Thomas More - 5 p.m.

Westminster rushing

Thomas More Grove City Wash & Jeff Geneva Chatham Westminster Saint Vincent Bethany Waynesburg Thiel Friday’s Box Score

Saturday’s Box Score

Friday, September 16 Thiel at Pitt-Bradford - 3 p.m.; La Roche at Bethany - 3 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Westminster - 7:30 p.m.

REC YDS TD Kendra.................................. 3 41 0 Johnson................................ 4 38 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Friday, September 9 La Roche 3, Saint Vincent 0; Grove City 4, Anderson 1; John Carroll 1, Thomas More 1; Oberlin 4, Waynesburg 3

Waynesburg Kills

Morgan......................................................... 7 Waynesburg Assists Ayers.............................................................27 Proper...........................................................20 Frostburg State Kills Cheatem........................................................19

Sunday, September 11 Wash & Jeff 4, Ohio Wesleyan 1; Westminster 1, Muskingum 2

Frostburg State Digs

UPCOMING GAMES Friday, September 16 Marietta at Geneva - 4 p.m.; Thomas More at Kenyon - 5 p.m.; Penn State Altoona at Bethany - 5 p.m.

POINTS: Betteridge, 13, GRO; Runyon, 12, TMC; Carleton, 10, GEN

RECENT RESULTS

GOALS: Runyon, 6, TMC; Carleton, 5, GEN; Betteridge, 4, GRO

Sunday, September 18 Westminster at Penn State Behrend - 2 p.m.

Westminster 28, Waynesburg 7; Thomas More 41, Bridgewater 17; Wash & Jeff 65, Grove City 13; Geneva 21, Bethany 0; Saint Vincent 32, Thiel 30; Carnegie Mellon - Bye; Case Western Reserve - Bye

ASSISTS: Betteridge, 5, GRO; Smith, 3, TMC; Young, 3, THI

Frostburg State Assists Torres............................................................26 Scepura........................................................16

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 9 Penn State Behrend 3, Saint Vincent 1; Westminster 3, Morrisville State 1; Thiel 3, Allegheny 2; Kenyon 3, Geneva 1; Ohio Northern 3, Thomas More 0; Frostburg State 3, Waynesburg 1; Mount Union 3, Bethany 1; Westminster 3, Penn State Behrend 0; Morrisville State 3, Saint Vincent 2; Ohio Northern 3, Geneva 0; Wooster 3, Grove City 0; Wash & Jeff 3, Frostburg State 0; Franciscan 3, Chatham 0; Baldwin-Wallace 3, Bethany 1; Kenyon 3, Thomas More 1; Thiel 3, D’Youville 2

Team Saturday, September 10 BETHANY - BISON INVITATIONAL 5. Waynesburg, 135 pts.; 11. Bethany, 277 pts.

HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL 9. Grove City, 273 pts.

Individual BETHANY - BISON INVITATIONAL 1. Alex Kitony, 27:25, Ohio Valley; 2. EJ Douglas, 27:31, Oberlin; 3. Hayden Harrison, 27:42, Davis & Elkins; 18.

Jordan Castro, 29:31, Bethany; 21. Joel Kuzminski, 29:55, Waynesburg

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, September 17 Thiel, Thomas More, Wash & Jeff, Waynesburg, Saint Vincent, Chatham, Bethany, Grove City, Geneva at Saint Vincent Invitational - 9:30 a.m.; Westminster at Penn State Behrend Invitational - 11 a.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, September 10 BETHANY - BISON INVITATIONAL 2. Waynesburg, 65 pts.; 8. Wash & Jeff, 218 pts.; 12.

Bethany, 312 pts.

HARRY GROVE SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL 8. Grove City, 256 pts.

Individual BETHANY - BISON INVITATIONAL 1. Summer Hill, 22:43, California (Pa.); 2. Linnea Halsten, 23:41, Oberlin; 3. Katie Latimer, 23:43, Waynesburg; 9. Kathrin Lehnert, 24:33, Bethany

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, September 17 Thiel, Waynesburg, Grove City, Bethany, Chatham, Thomas More, Wash & Jeff, Geneva, and Saint Vincent at Saint Vincent Invitational - 10:45 a.m.; Westminster at Penn State Behrend Invitational - 11:45 a.m.

POINTS: Ruzzini, 10, W&J; Toohey, 10, W&J; Grimm, 9, W&J

ASSISTS: Powell, 284, BET; Borders, 260, TMC; Barker, 187, WES

UPCOMING GAMES

GOALS: Toohey, 5, W&J; Heckman, 4, GRO; Nikki Davis, 4, WAY

BLOCKS: Yoho, 36, WES; Muhammad, 29, BET; Eich, 20, W&J

SACKS: Brad Grinnen, 4, WAY; Snedeker, 3, W&J; Blango, 3, BET

ASSISTS: Orihel, 4, GEN; Ruzzini, 4, W&J; Birsic, 4, WES

DIGS: Sweeny, 177, THI; Massinger, 150, SVC; Alen, 149, THI

Saturday, September 17 Case Western Reserve, Grove City, Defiance, Westminster, Muskingum, and Denison at Delaware, Ohio - 10 a.m.; Bethany, Thomas More, and Chatham at Thomas More 11 a.m.; Mount Aloysisus and Penn State Fayette at Saint Vincent - 11 a.m.; Geneva and Nazareth at Susquehana - 11 a.m.

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

SAVES: Gentry, 31, THI; Page, 28, WES; Riddle, 20, BET

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Coughlin, 669, W&J; Stewart, 649, SVC; Kuntz, 498, TMC RUSHING YARDS: Tarrant, 328, TMC; Benger, 251, CMU; Holmes, 190, BET TACKLES: Hayden, 27, BET; Simmons, 23, GRO; Quinlan, 20, GEN;

INTERCEPTIONS: Freeman, 3, BET; Elk, 2, THI; Guya, 2, CMU

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Carmichaels

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

Football

Football

MONESSEN 40, JEFFERSON-MORGAN Monessen 14 13 13 0 40 Jefferson-Morgan 0 0 0 7 7

WEST GREENE 3, CARMICHAELS 0 Carmichaels 14 19 22 3 West Greene 25 25 25 0

MAPLETOWN 15, WEST GREENE 6 Mapletown 7 2 6 0 15 West Greene 0 6 0 0 6

MCGUFFEY 17, WAYNESBURG 0 McGuffey 0 10 0 7 17 Waynesburg 0 0 0 0 0

Next Game: @ Union 9/16 - 7 p.m.

RECENT RESULTS

KILLS: Yoho, 130, WES; Dy. McKenzie, 117 , BET; Da. McKenzie, 96, BET

SAVES: Appleby, 33, BET; Conrad, 30, THI; Bohn, 27, SVC

Volleyball

The Jefferson-Morgan Rockets dropped their third straight contest of the season losing to Monessen last friday night by the score of 40-7. Once again Colton Davidson provided the team’s only offense with a 3-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. Monessen runningback JAron Youngblood lead the way for Monessen with two TD runs on the evening.

MEN

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

Football

Friday’s Box Score

CROSS COUNTRY

Saturday, September 10 Heidleberg 3, Geneva 1; Penn State Behrend 3, Thiel 1; Grove City 3, D’Youville 0; Wooster 3, Saint Vincent 0; Bethany 3, Denison 0; Allegheny 3, Westminster 2; Westminster 3, D’Youville 1; Case Western Reserve 3, Bethany 1; Allegeheny 3, Grove City 0; Saint Vincent 3, Thiel 0; Heidleberg 3, Thomas More 0; Bluffton 3, Thomas More 0; DePauw 3, Geneva 0

Katie Latimer, Women's Cross Country Brent Blacharczyk, Football

Jefferson-Morgan

FROSTBURG STATE 3, WAYNESBURG 1 Waynesburg 9 25 11 20 3 Frostburg 25 23 25 25 1

Saturday, September 10 La Roche 4, Thiel 2; Bethany 1, Defiance 0; Hilbert 2, Chatham 1; Wash & Jeff 2, Wooster 2; Anderson 3, Geneva 2; Westminster 3, Marrietta 0; Grove City 2, Hiram 1

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

7-3 3-5 3-5 5-4 4-5 3-5 1-4 5-2 0-6 0-8

Friday’s Box Score

RECENT RESULTS

Westminster receiving

Saturday, September 17 Wash & Jeff at Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Bethany at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Geneva at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Carnegie Mellon - 1 p.m.; Case Western Reserve at Grove City - 7 p.m.; Westminster - Bye;

1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1

Waynesburg Digs

Saturday, September 17 Westminster at Juniata - 1 p.m.; Chatham at Franciscan - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Hilbert - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Mount Aloysius - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Capital - 2 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Penn State Behrend - 2 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Grove City - 3:30 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES

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

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Sunday, September 18: Mount Aloysius at Thiel - 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 10

STANDINGS Conf. Overall

First Half: OBC - Goal by Taylor French (assist by Hannah Cook), 1:25; WAY - Goal by Nikki Davis, 2:37; WAY - Goal by Melaine Byler (assist by Christina Golonka), 33:18 Second Half: OBC - Goal by French (assist by Gwennie Gardiner), 47:46; WAY - Goal by Natalie Fortna, 51:31; OBC - Goal by Caroline Oehlerich (assist by Tyler Sloan), 76:39; OBC - Goal by Gardiner (assist by Cook), 88:03

ATT YDS TD Columbo................................ 10 126 1 McKinley................................ 22 47 0 REC YDS TD Hardy...................................... 1 54 1 Paulinellie.............................. 4 36 0

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

West Greene Football

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

The Carmichaels Mighty Mikes won all three sets against the West Greene Pioneers last Thursday night as they took a 3 sets to none victory. Aubree Ferek lead the way for Carmichaels with nine service points and 13 digs on the day. Jadyn Barnish and Grace Kerr shared the team lead in assists with 16 a piece. The win puts Carmichaels at 1-1 going into their matchup against Jefferson-Morgan

The Mapletown Maples picked up their second win of the 2016 season by defeating the West Greene Pioneers by the score of 15-7. The score sat at 9-6 Mapletown going into the third quarter when Dylan Rush took the ball 71 yards for a touchdown that would eventually put the nail in the coffin on West Greene. The Pioneers only score of the day came via a 55 yard TD run by Ben Jackson.

The Waynesburg Central Raiders were shut out by the McGuffey Highlanders last Friday by a score of 17-0. Running back Christian Clutter scored both touchdowns for McGuffey on runs of four and 20 yards. The other points came on a 39yard field goal by Tague Nicolella. With the loss Waynesburg falls to 0-2 on the season going into their matchup against ETrumpabeth Forward

The West Greene Pioneers dropped their third straight game of the 2016 season losing to the Mapletown Maples by the score of 15-7. The score sat at 9-6 Mapletown going into the third quarter when Dylan Rush took the ball 71 yards for a touchdown that would eventually put the nail in the coffin on West Greene. The Pioneers only score of the day came via a 55 yard TD run by Ben Jackson.

Next Game: @ Jefferson-Morgan 9/13 - 7 p.m.

Next Game: vs. Avella 9/16 - 7 p.m.

NEXT GAME: @ ETrumpabeth Forward 9/16 - 7 p.m.

Next Game: @ Carmichaels 9/16 - 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

MAPLETOWN 15, WEST GREENE 6 Mapletown 7 2 6 0 15 West Greene 0 6 0 0 6

September 15, 2016

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Men's soccer shut out at home in 1-0 affair against Oberlin Malfunctioning lights at Wiley shortens match

By BRYCE WALTER

For the Yellow Jacket

An unusual set of circumstances brought Saturday’s nonconference, men’s soccer match to a halt 20 minutes short of the normal 90 minutes.

Due to a malfunction in the lights at John F. Wiley Stadium that forced the lights to be shut off at the risk of catching fire, the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team was handed its third loss of the season, by a final of 1-0 to Oberlin College.

Through half time, neither team had scored despite Oberlin getting off 13 shots against the Jackets.

For Waynesburg, it was s ophomore goalkeep er James Snyder, who would serve in the net for the Jackets through the entirety of the match. In the first half of shut out play, Snyder was able to save all five shots on goal by Oberlin.

However, the shutout bid for Waynesburg would end in the second half of the

match, when senior midfielder Adam Chazin-Gray of Oberlin scored the only goal in the game at the 53rd minute. Chazin-Gray’s goal was assisted by senior midfielder Nick Wertman.

Leading up to the light failure, head coach Brad Heethuis said the team had an encouraging sequence of plays.

“Right before the game ended, we had a good sequence of a throw in, and shot on goal that led to another throw in that we were not able to take,” said Heethuis.

From the perspective of junior defender Bryan Sontag, he said that if it had not been for the shortened game the outcome of the game could have been much more favorable for the Jackets.

“We feel that we would have been able to tie the score if we were able to play the rest of the second half,” said Sontag.

After the stadium lights failed, the match had to end prematurely at the 70th minute mark, leaving the

Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Sophomore goaltender James Snyder saved five shots, allowing one goal, in the Jackets' 1-0 loss to Oberlin College last week.

Jackets in a tough 1-0 loss, been able to score one goal, proached the game differtheir third of the season and which was put in by junior ently. second loss in a row. defender Zach Mitschke in a “Against Oberlin we came In the match, the Yellow previous home game against in with a different mindset,” Jackets put up six shots— Pitt-Bradford.

Hennigh said. “We executed three of which were on Senior Chad Palucka, our game plan very well, goal—but despite their ef- sophomore Matt Hlasnick, and other than a few slipups forts they were unable to and Sontag all had a shot on we played well.” find the back of the net, goal for the Jackets.

Despite the loss, Hensomething the team has The Jackets lost to Ober- nigh said there are things struggled with all season. lin last year 8-0. Senior the team can build on from In the four opening season defender Josh Hennigh the game against Oberlin. games, Waynesburg has only said this year the team ap“Losing 1-0 is a disap-

pointment, but it is an improvement from last year and we hope to carry that into the rest of the season,” Hennigh said.

Going forward, Sontag said the Yellow Jackets look to rebound from the loss.

“We expect to bounce back with a win,” said Sontag. “We were disappointed to not be able to finish the game, but we’re looking forward to the next game.”

Heethuis said that the team made steps forward in the match against Oberlin and that with continued perseverance the team will perform well.

“We want to continue off of the positive strides we made against Oberlin and come out with a victory, we know that it won’t be easy but we are confident we can get the win with hard work and discipline,” said Heethuis.

The Yellow Jackets face off next against the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg at Greater Latrobe High School, today, Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m.

The match against the Bobcats starts a string of five conference games for Waynesburg before returning to PAC play.

Fifth-place finish exceeds Men's golf starts season slow, men's XC coach's expectations shoots 144 shots below leader

By DREW VORCE

For the Yellow Jacket

Entering the Bethany Invitational Saturday, Sept.

10, head coach Chris Hardie wasn’t expecting a great finish in the 12 team field for the men’s cross country team.

After all, the Jackets were set to compete against nine Division II teams, and only two fellow Division III teams.

So when Waynesburg’s men placed fifth and beat the majority of those Division II squads, Hardie was pleased, considering his team also had six runners placing in the top 40 overall.

“It was better than I thought we were going to do,” said head coach Chris Hardie. “Out of nine Division II teams, we were able to beat seven of them, and that is something I didn’t think was possible.”

The top three finishers for the Yellow Jackets this past weekend include sophomore Joel Kuzminski, who placed 21st overall with a time of 29:55, senior Brendan Keany who finished 24th with a time of 30:03 and freshman Justin Lewis, who came in 26th with a time of 30:09.

For the Jackets’ leading runner, Kuzminski said he was pleased with his performance.

“I am very happy with

my time,” said Kuzminski.

“I knew it was going to be a tough race going in, and if you can power through that, you will come away with a good result, and I did.”

Saturday’s race put the team’s conditioning to the test, as temperatures reached into the mid-90s, according to Hardie. For some of the runners, it was the hottest race they have ever run, according to Kuzminski.

“It was one of the hottest races we have ever run in,” said Kuzminski. “It’s exciting to see our team perform so well in that kind of heat. It was a good team effort.”

As one of Waynesburg’s top runners this year, the men’s team will look to Kuzminski for leadership on and off the course, according to Hardie.

“In the last ten days, he’s gone up another notch in my mind,” said Hardie. “He’s the frontrunner on this team, both in his physical ability and in his leadership abilities.”

As the next event approaches, Hardie is looking to challenge his team and wishes to see some of his runners improve upon their previous times.

“This is probably the hardest training week we have this year” said Hardie. “We will have three days of hard training with one recovery day in there.”

The coaches want their runners to maintain – or even increase – their endurance and remain sharp in the midst of the long breaks between events that the team is presented with at times. “We have harder practices than we do races sometimes,” said Hardie. “It is important to us because we want to sharpen the sword.”

With a hard training week leading up to the race, as well as the continuing warm temperatures, it may be difficult for some of the runners to achieve personal best scores.

“Next week will be hot as well,” said Kuzminski. “We will have to hydrate the night before and hydrate a lot before the race.”

After a fifth place showing at the Bethany Invitational, the runners now shift their focus to their next race on Sept. 17, where the Waynesburg men travel to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to compete in the Saint Vincent College Invitational. The Jackets are determined to improve on last year’s finish, in which they placed 11th out of 16 teams.

This race will not only provide an opportunity to see how the men stack up against many of their Presidents’ Athletic Conference competitors, but it also offers an early preview of the course used for the PAC Championships, to be held in October.

By ANTONIO PELULLO and KYLE DAWSON Staff Report

Waynesburg’s men’s golf team struggled in its first outing Tuesday, Sept. 13 by shooting a four player combined 457 en route to placing eighth out of the eight teams that competed at the Grove City College Fall Invitational.

The team finished last out of eight teams at the Grove City College Fall Invitational, in which four of the five Waynesburg golfers got their first experience at a collegiate level tournament.

Head coach Sam Jones said that he did not enter the tournament with preconceived notions about the team’s performance.

“It was the first day. I didn’t really come in with any expectations,” said Jones.

A four player score of 313 was shot by Saint Vincent that won the Invitational, while the two teams Grove City College sent to the course shot a 315 and 324 to round out the proverbial podium.

Senior Justin Smith said home-course advantage is a factor with a course as tough as Grove City Country Club, which has held USGA events in the past.

“You know, Grove City played two teams and homecourse advantage was a fac-

tor and is a lot of places,” said Smith. “They are able to practice that course regularly so they know where to hit the ball and everything else.”

Only one player shot under 100 for Waynesburg at the tournament, which was freshman Alex Orlandini, who shot a 94, which was good for a 31st-place tie at the tournament, in which 41 competitors hit the fairways.

For the two seniors on the team for Waynesburg, senior Justin Smith shot 129 and competed in his first collegiate tournament, while senior R.J. Leisie shot 114. Smith would finish 40th on the afternoon and Leisie would tie for 36th place.

The two other golfers who attended the tournament were freshman Hugh O’Neil, who shot a 141, and junior Tyler Windsheimer, who shot a 120 at the tournament. Windsheimer and O’Neil finished in 38th and last place, respectively, for the Jackets.

With the results of the first tournament of the year for the Yellow Jackets, Jones said no one had impressive scores.

Smith echoed Jones’ thoughts, in saying that the course was one of the hardest he’s every played and most of the other four golfers for Waynesburg agreed.

“For some of us, including me, it was the first time we

ever competed in any sort of tournament,” said Smith. “I didn’t know what to expect.

I was just out there seeing if he could shoot a good score.

But the course was incredibly difficult. The green speeds were inconsistent, there was lot of fescue [tall grass] and it [the course] was longer than most of us were used to.”

From the perspective of Jones, he said it was not the team’s best day golfing with the team having a lot of room to grow with the freshmen heavy roster.

“First tournament of the year, first time out, none of the guys shot their best score by any stretch of imagination,” said Jones. “It’s early in the season, and golf takes a lot to improve.”

Smith agreed.

“It’s tough for us to get out and practice as a team and even in some cases individually,” said Smith. “We can practice more, hit more in the simulator and get out on the course more, but it’s tough because of our different schedules with classes and everything.”

Waynesburg will have a week off before hitting the course again, Tuesday, Sept.

20 for a dual match against Thiel College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The dual match is set to be played at SouthPointe Golf Club and begin at 9 a.m.

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tant coach Michelle Cross prayed for me before I went to the hospital, which meant a lot. People [were] getting my stuff and helping me to the car. It was amazing seeing their support.”

Running through a kidney stone is one of the most unique things Hardie said he has seen in his eight years of coaching.

“For her, it shows me resolve and grit. It’s something I haven’t seen. Immediate pain, and you’re only halfway through the race and you still have get through half. How you do that, I don’t know,” Hardie said. “I don’t know how she fought through that because every step it had to be painful.”

Trump said she understands how mental cross country can be and that this is just another mental

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Sophomore Liz Trump battled through a kidney stone and finished the race at Bethany last Saturday. hurdle she will have to jump over.

“I think it’ll be a mental thing that I have to overcome, not letting that kind

of scare me into not running my hardest,” Trump said.

Trump and Hardie said they do not know if the she

will run Saturday, Sept. 17, at Saint Vincent. Trump wants to r un, but she doesn’t want to risk further injury. Hardie said whenever the doctors think she is ready to run, and Trump feels that she is good to go, he has no problem allowing her to run.

Hardie said Trump’s race at Bethany is something he will never forget.

“I told her at the very least it’s a story she’ll have for the rest of her life, that she overcame this amazing obstacle. A really big obstacle that she ran almost a mile with complete side pain that ended up becoming something bigger than we thought it was,” Hardie said.

“She did something remarkable that she’s going to remember the rest of her life; I know I will. It’s something that I witnessed and I still can’t believe it happened. It’s pretty amazing.”

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perform well for the team.

For the entirety of the freshman runners, Hardie said he has never seen an incoming class so prepared in his years of coaching cross country. Even after just starting the season, Hardie said he no longer considers them as freshmen.

“Overall, as a freshman class they are ready for collegiate running. I can tell already,” said Hardie. “Out of my eight years in cross country, this is the first time I’ve seen a freshman class within a couple of weeks be really ready for the 6K. I don’t even know if we could consider them freshmen anymore. They are at the point where they are kind of veterans already even after

a race or two.”

For the freshmen, it was the first time they ran a 6K at the collegiate level at Bethany. Despite that factor, Bish said that their training contributed to their success.

“I’ve been really impressed by the freshman, they have been working really hard, and even in the short term that they’ve been here, [they] all have improved,” said Bish. “[Improvement] came through in the meet I think. It was all of their first 6Ks They weren’t used to the distance and they still – from the training – ran really well.”

Waynesburg's next race, at the Saint Vincent Invitational, will be run at the same course as the PAC Championships. The race at Saint Vincent will take place Saturday, Sept. 17.

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September 15, 2016

WEEK THREE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: CARNEGIE MELLON

Defense looks to stop All-American Tartan RB

By ANDY STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University football team opens its conference season Saturday, Sept. 17, with a trip to Pittsburgh for a meeting with Carnegie Mellon for the first time in conference since the Tartans joined the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in 2014.

The Jackets dropped to 0-2 on the season with a loss at Westminster last Saturday with a final score of 28-7.

Carnegie Mellon had its bye in Week Two, but the Tartans seek to bounce back after a shocking loss in the opener against University Athletic Association foe Washington (Mo.).

Waynesburg and Carnegie Mellon locked horns in an ECAC South West Bowl game in 2012, which Waynesburg won 28-24.

Improve Passing Game The Jackets are young in the backfield and along the offensive line with freshmen starting at left tackle, right guard and the top two tailback spots

on the depth chart. Dougherty is returning his top two wideouts from last season, including All-PAC honoree senior Kevin Barnes Jr. and senior Tim Cooper.

Dougherty finished fifth in in the PAC in passing in 2015 with a 60 percent completion percentage, second-best among starters. Through two games, Dougherty ranks ninth in passing with a 51 percent completion percentage.

“Cooper’s not on the field, Kevin Barnes is getting double-covered and the other guys are all inexperienced,” said Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas. “Mitch got open and made a couple plays on Saturday. It just takes practice time.”

Last season, Barnes was Dougherty’s favorite target, hauling in 50 passes for 773 yards and eight touchdowns, putting him among the conference leaders in each receiving category. This season, Barnes has been the focus of Muskingum’s and Westminster’s defenses, and he’s been limited to six catches for 48 yards in two games.

Freshman Ta’Vaughn John-

son and Aaron Jenkins saw the field at the receiver position against Westminster with senior Tim Cooper out with an injury.

“We just need their skillset, and we need the speed,” said Shepas. “There’s a young receiving corps developing here. It’s become a little bit of the balancing act.”

Stop Sam Benger Junior running back Sam Benger led Division III in

rushing in 2015 and became the 21st player in Division III history to eclipse 2,000 yards when he finished with 2,092 yards on the ground and 22 touchdowns.

Benger racked up 251 yards and three touchdowns in the loss to Washington. It was his sixth career 200-yard rushing effort in his career, and has been held under 100 yards rushing once since starting at running back for CMU in 2015.

Despite not playing in Week

Two, he’s the second leading rusher in the PAC in terms of total rushing yards.

“Try to make them onedimensional puts it on the quarterback to make plays,” said Shepas. “They’re going to balance in run-pass and try to make you defend the field. The best thing for us to do is make them one-dimensional and stop the back.”

Waynesburg piled up 12 tackles for loss last week against Westminster and 11 against Muskingum in the opener.

Benger carried the ball 42 times against Washington and was only stopped for a loss four times.

Scouting CMU

Carnegie Mellon returned 18 starters from last season’s 8-3 team that collected a postseason win with a 48-13 win over Bridgewater State.

“We’ve scrimmaged for 11 years and we played one bowl game against them so we are very familiar with each other,” said Shepas. “Our bowl game preparation is the history we have from them from [2012].”

Among those returners, three were named preseason All-Americans by D3Football. com. Benger appeared after leading the nation in rushing, but two Tartans joined him from the defense.

Senior defensive end Brian Khoury led the PAC with 13.5 sacks last season and was a finalist for Cliff Harris Award, which goes to the top defensive player in Division III. Junior safety Drew Fitzmorris was tapped for All-American status in the preseason after leading the conference in interceptions last season.

Fitzmorris did not play in Week One, and his status for Saturday’s game is unknown.

Last season, the Tartans finished with a plus-12 turnover margin and picked up where they left off against Washington, forcing four takeaways.

However, CMU has a firstyear starter at quarterback with junior Brian Jangro taking over for the recentlygraduated Andrew Hearon.

Jangro passed for 253 yards, a touchdown and interception against Washington in his second career start for the Tartans.

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prior. Part of the issue Saturday was good press coverage played by the secondary of Westminster, as well as an athletic front-seven that challenged the trenches, Shepas said.

However, it was the ability Dougherty showed running the ball, netting 36 yards, a would-be 51 yards taking out sacks, and a touchdown on the ground, that impressed Shepas.

“We were happy with the way Jake stepped up and ran a couple of times,” said Shepas.

“Some of those plays got us going a bit. Those runs loosened it up a bit. Teams aren’t expecting him to run the football. It allowed us to move the ball between the 40-[yard lines] a bit.”

Offensive struggles Westminster had the top

statistical defense in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference last season. It returned most of those players and in some cases, got faster than it already was, making it a tough matchup, according to Shepas.

In certain areas, Shepas saw improvement and was pleased, but said the offense made some big mistakes in key situations.

Freshmen running backs Whitney White and Chad Walker both carried the ball eight times for 25 and 38 yards, respectively.

Shepas said White had a few breakout runs, which is something he attributes to the week of practice he had.

“I think it was because he worked a lot harder in practice in the week leading up to the game [than last week],” said Shepas.

Sophomore running back Ben Ciero carried the ball just three times for seven yards in the loss, compared to the 12

rushes for 73 yards against Muskingum From a receiving standpoint, senior wide receiver Tim Cooper did not play, Shepas said due to a nagging injury, and Cooper’s classmate, junior wide receiver Kevin Barnes Jr., was still double teamed every chance the Titans got, as Muskingum did the week before.

“Physically, teams aren’t going to stop doubling Barnes,” said Shepas. “We can try and move him around more, and we will, but besides going to the empty set more often, there’s not much physically we can do to help him.”

Barnes Jr. has six catches through two weeks. Filling the void has been junior wide receiver Mitch Kendra, and Shepas again praised the work ethic and play of Kendra, as well as freshman receiver Ta’Vaughn Johnson, who saw more time Saturday in the loss, catching four passes for

38 yards.

“We have a group of young receivers we like a lot,” said Shepas. “We need their skill sets. And that’s not to say [seniors] Joe Malta and James Steele won’t see their time but we have a good group getting experience. It just takes reps.”

Shepas also said, unlike last week against Muskingum, coaches were able to get more guys out there on the offensive line to keep them fresh and getting snaps.

“We were able to develop more of a rotation,” said Shepas. “That’s key for us going forward.”

Shepas maintained his position from last week that the guys on the offensive line proved they belong. *** Waynesburg will travel to Carnegie Mellon Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. .

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Nowakowski and sophomore defensive specialist Cassidy Guiser had six digs a piece.

As a team, the statistics weren’t all that different from those of Pitt-Greensburg, outside of the point differential. UPG had just six more kills as a unit, three more service aces and five more assists, while both teams registered four blocks.

The big difference came in the digs department, where the Bobcats trounced the Jackets 67-26.

Waynesburg will now turn its attention to its next outing which is scheduled for today, Thursday, Sept.

15 as the Jackets will host a Presidents’ Athletic Conference tri-match with West-

minster College and Saint Vincent College making the trek to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

In last year’s meetings, Waynesburg was 0-2 against the Titans of Westminster dropping the matches, 3-2 and 3-1, respectively, and did not win a set in two matchups with Saint Vincent, dropping both matches 3-0.

“This team has a ton of promise and is already better than in August,” Benkowski said. “We just need to show others how good we are.”

Waynesburg will compete in the first and third matches of the event, playing Westminster at 4 p.m. and Saint Vincent College at 8 p.m. The middle match will see Westminster take on Saint Vincent at 6 p.m.

Tennis: Jackets drop first Offense: 'There's no reason for us to panic' way Jake stepped up and ran a net of 25 yards on the af- experience through practice.

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said there was an upside to playing good teams. “ Those teams expose your weaknesses,” said Headlee. “They got us in the hole a lot. We have to mix up our shots and get a little better.”

The shots Headlee was referring to were evident during the course of the match, as many t imes Waynesburg players “set up” Grove City players for hard returns, according to Headlee. The pace of play was noted by sophomore Aubree Brown.

“I thought Wendy and I played a solid doubles match,” said Brown. “That was a fast paced match, and Wendy handled it really well.”

Brown and Wall scored three points in their set, the most of any Jacket doubles team in the match. Brown said a prolonged period of time in between matches and playing styles took their toll on the first doubles set.

“Our last two matches got rained out, and Wendy and I haven’t played since Saint Vincent,” said Brown.

“I think it was just [our] playing styles [that led to problems].”

Brown said it took the whole season for her and 2015 graduate, Rachel Klemash, to play smoothly together.

It to ok s o long t hat

Brown said it was not until the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship where she felt both her and Klemash gelled. Communication, said Brown, is something her and Wall would have to work on.

“I think communication [needs improvement]—and our movement—[we need to] know where we both are on the court,” said Brown.

While Brown and Wall scored several points in their doubles match, Wall was the only Jacket to put up points in the singles matches, something Headlee made note of.

“She played really well today,” said Headlee. “That was a good girl she was playing, and she was right with her.”

Wall was the last Jacket to finish her singles match, as the second set held at 2-1 for several rallies.

Despite the loss, Headlee said the women are still trying to get better and he is pushing them to be better.

“Each time the girls come out we have to get a little bit better,” said Headlee. “They want to get better, and that is going to be a positive for us.”

The Jackets look to rebound Friday, Sept. 16, in New Concord, Ohio, as the Jackets square off against the Muskingum Muskies.

The match is a short break in PAC play before four conference matches in the coming weeks.

key mistakes at some critical times that stopped us from moving the ball.”

With the offensive struggles, Shepas said he felt that sophomore quarterback Jake Dougherty – who went 1226 passing with 103 yards on the afternoon – had improved from where he was in the last game against Muskingum.

“I was real happy with the

plays when there wasn’t much to get us going a little bit,” said Shepas.

The effort by Dougherty, Shepas said, allowed the team to move the ball better when compared to last week.

Another positive found in Waynesburg’s offense on the afternoon, according to Shepas, was in the form of freshman running back Whitney White—who rushed for

practice the week before.

“I thought we got some good breakout runs by Whitney White as running back, because I think he practiced harder during the week," said Shepas.

Going into the Jackets’ next game against Carnegie Mellon University, Shepas said the team needs to improve its consistency. Additionally, Shepas said that the team needs more

the run game, keep people spread out, continue to get better,” said Shepas. “We obviously haven’t gelled yet.

There’s no reason for us to panic; we’re just an inexperienced team, and we need those practice reps and need time.”

The Jackets will travel to Carnegie Mellon Saturday, Sept. 17. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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for the Jackets, and Heethuis said she is happy with her development so far.

“It’s crucial. Right now we have a revolving door of goalkeepers coming in and coming out,” Heethuis said.

“I think Courtney [Syfert] earned a full 90 minutes in this past game, so that was excited for her and for us as a program too. She’s really starting to step it up coming off the line making big saves and also doing really well in the air.”

This loss, just as the previous losses, was decided by one goal. For the Jackets to get over that hump for future games, Heethuis said they need to improve the little aspects of the game. “[We need to] sharpen up defensively a little bit. We’re still working on the kinks in the back,” Heethuis said. “So

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Junior forward Melanie Byler scored one of the three goals for the Jackets on a header in a 4-3 loss to Oberlin last week. once we start to get to know each other a little bit better, we’ll start to be more sound

defensively and offensively.”

Waynesburg is scheduled to play again, tonight, Thurs-

day, Sept. 15, on the road against Pitt-Greensburg at 6 p.m.

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Students gather weekly for frisbee, fitness, fellowship

By TYLER WOLFE

Chief Photographer

Every Sunday afternoon, a few dozen kids head down to John F. Wiley stadium to play ultimate Frisbee, rain or shine, all school year long.

Russ Schneider, resident director of Willison Hall and Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO) Campus Minister, has been facilitating the intramural Frisbee games since he started here five years ago.

“When I was hired here, I asked about what intramural sports they offered and there wasn’t any Frisbee at Waynesburg and I thought it would be a great opportunity to start it,” said Schneider.

“It gets me interacting with more students outside of the dorm.”

Schneider played Frisbee when he was in college and considers it to be a good workout for all people, athletes or non-athletes.

“Frisbee actually falls under campus ministry and is one of my activities I run through the CCO,” said Schneider. “I would be doing it even if I wasn’t an RD and still worked here.”

The way the game works is each team of around eight has one end zone that they

are defending and attempt to score in the opposing team’s end zone. The object of the game is to move the Frisbee down the field by completing passes to teammates. Games are typically played to 10 points and two or three games are played per afternoon.

On any given Sunday, aside from breaks and holidays, there are anywhere from 20 to 40 students that participate from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Over the past five years, not much has changed about the games except that some of the seniors have matured over the past few years and realize that it’s not all about winning, Schneider explained.

“When you first start out it tends to be all about winning and getting the most catches but I’ve seen a lot of the upperclassmen realize its more about strategy, skill, being a team player and just having fun,” said Schneider.

The games are open to men and women, and students are not committed to play all semester.

“It’s a very diverse group of kids, people from a lot of different majors,” said Austin Anderson, junior sports broadcasting major.

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Students gather every Sunday afternoon to play frisbee down at Wiley Stadium. Led by Resident Director Russ Schneider, the crowd ranges from 20 to 40 students interested in playing.

“It brings together a lot of different people that would normally have no reason to interact with each other making it a really cool experience.”

Anderson has been playing since his freshman year and finds it a great way to make new friends.

“I’ve been playing ever

since Russ invited me when I lived in Thayer hall,” said Anderson. “I am notorious for my good catching skills but being a bad thrower, and it hasn’t really gotten much better over the past three years, but in the end, its not about the skill.”

A lot of students start going their first semester at

Waynesburg and continue to go back each week.

“I started going my first week of college and it was one of the best things I’ve done here so far,” said Jonah Cooper, a sophomore nursing major. “You compete against each other and have a great time, and from theses experiences you now have a

common ground with people that you wouldn’t normally have.”

Frisbee is open to Waynesburg University students no matter the skill level or past experience.

For more information on the games or transportation contact Russ Schneider at rschneid@waynesburg.edu.

Junior releases debut E.P. on iTunes Waynesburg Idol:

Who made the cut, what's yet to come

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

Photo courtesy of Rachel Phillip

Rachel Phillip, a junior at Waynesburg University, has recently released an E.P. on iTunes. She traveled for a photo shoot for promotional pictures to go along with the album.

Rachel Phillip writes her own music and releases album online

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

Singer-songwriter and Waynesburg University student Rachel Phillip recently released her first EP, "Spectacular" on iTunes. This was also her first time in a professional recording studio.

Although she had never recorded before, Phillip who is studying music administration with a business con-

centration has been singing her entire life.

After learning to play guitar in high school, Phillip started playing local coffeehouse gigs with a few fellow musician friends and progressed to doing larger shows. Some of these larger shows included performing at the Rex Theatre in the South Side, and Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, PA. At Mr. Smalls, she was

an opening act for popstar Andy Grammer, whose hits include "Honey I'm Good" and "Back Home."

Phillip said performing at Mr. Smalls was a turning point in her music career.

"That performance was such a confirmation for me for the sound that I want to have," said Phillip. "It also proved that performing on a stage was something that I really wanted to do."

Phillip said the performances she had gave her the practice and experience in the field that she needed.

"The past five years have really developed my performing capabilities," said Phillip.

In addition to doing covers of popular songs, Phillip started writing her own music. But she said to do so, PHILLIP >> D2

It is that time of year again and the popular singing competition, Waynesburg Idol, is back on campus. Auditions wrapped up Sept. 7, and golden tickets were given out to ten students.

Waynesburg Idol, or "WU Idol," is one of the most popular Student Activities Board (SAB) events of the year.

SAB Vice President and junior criminal justice major Marissa Lusky said SAB is eager to see how the competition pans out.

"We are very excited to see some new and old talents take the stage this year, and hope students have a fun time sharing their voices," said Lusky.

The 10 students competing include Denise Branthoover, Emily Mielcarek, Elaina Spahmer, Ricquel Williams, Megan Leiter, Kayla Coughlin, Megan Cook, Heidi Dziak, Harrison Scott and Mason Morgan.

Senior international business major and veteran to the Waynesburg Idol stage, Emily Mielcarek, stated she thought auditioning again

was a good way to start her final year on campus. Mielcarek competed her freshmen year and said she practiced non-stop to find the perfect song. This year, she hopes to take a less serious approach and have fun as she competes for the last time.

Mielcarek prepped for her audition in the music rooms under the Benedum dining hall. She sang the classic Britney Spears song, "Baby One More Time" for her audition.

"I sang 'Baby One More Time' by Brittney Spears for the audition," said Mielcarek.

"I wanted to do something fun and silly that showcases my voice and my personality."

Fellow contestant and sophomore early childhood and special education major Kayla Coughlin, is a new face to WU Idol but not to the stage. Coughlin played the title role of Ariel in Waynesburg University's production of "The Little Mermaid" in Spring 2016.

Coughlin stated she wanted to participate last year but stage fright got in the way. It wasnít until after performing IDOL >> D2

Local artist's work showcased in campus fine arts gallery

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

The Waynesburg University Department of Fine Arts will present a Guest Art Exhibition in the Benedum Fine Arts Gallery from Monday, Sept. 12, to Friday, Oct. 7. The exhibit, featuring the work of local artist David J. Lesako, will open with a reception Sept. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend.

As an “en plein air” landscape painter, Lesako’s paintings reflect the real visual conditions of an outdoor scene instead of a predetermined look. As a resident

of Greene County, he aims to document a small part of southwestern Pennsylvania with his nature paintings.

While he prefers to work with pastels, Lesako’s portfolio also includes oil and watercolor pieces.

In addition to working as an instructor of art at Waynesburg University, Lesako has also taught art for 30 years in Central Greene School District in Waynesburg. His art has been displayed at West Virginia University, Artbeat Gallery in Waynesburg and West Liberty University. For more information about the exhibit, contact the Benedum Fine Arts Center at 724-852-7638.

Gailan Williams, Yellow Jacket

Left, artist David J. Lesako stands in front of one of his pieces on display Benedum Fine Arts Gallery.

Above, junior Mark Minjock gazes at one of the pieces of art during the exhibit's opening reception on Monday, Sept. 12.

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September 15, 2016

Students wind down their day with first Coffeehouse, new artist

By MITCHELL KENDRA Copy Editor

The lights in the Beehive were dimmed as students lined up for the first annual coffeehouse for the 2016-2017 academic school year. Gerard Smith took the mic at 8 p.m. with his acoustic-electric guitar.

Smith, a New York City native, made the seven-hour drive to Waynesburg after accepting an offer from the Student Activities Board to perform on campus.

“It was awesome,” said Smith. “People were kind of winding down their school day; it was cool to be a part of everyone’s evening activities.”

Students were in and out of the Beehive, some students were grabbing a cup of coffee during a break in their night class, others stayed for the entirety of Smith’s performance and other students came to the coffeehouse halfway through.

The campus-famous mug that the first 100 students at the coffeehouse received was a bright orange mug with a condensation ring on the face, with “Waynesburg University est. 1849” on the inside of the ring.

Smith, who does have a band he performs with at bigger venues, is currently touring to different colleges across the country solo. After staying Monday evening in Waynesburg, he made an eight-hour drive to Westchester County,

Breanna Fazio and Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Over 100 students came out for the first coffeehouse of the semester. They flooded the Beehive where they recieved a free mug, provided by the Student Activities Board. Coffee and snacks were also put out for students. Most studied and did homework as the music played in the background

New York, where he will be performing later today.

Following New York, Smith will head down south to the University of Mississippi for a show on Sept. 20.

He said it’s great having a band to perform with, but for the college shows, he usually does the types of shows only require him and his guitar.

Smith said the performeraudience relationship of a solo, coffeehouse-type performance is different from a venue that includes his entire band. He said if he were to bring his band to the smaller shows, it wouldn’t be as personal, as “there’s a certain intimacy that you lose.”

Smith started off the

evening by welcoming the crowd, then kicked off his performance with a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Following Smith’s cover of the classic, Smith brought out one of his personal songs, titled “Odessa.”

“Odessa,” compared to Smith’s version of the King

of rock n’ roll’s hit, was played a little louder and carried a more up-tempo rhythm. “[My favorite song to perform would be] my song ‘Odessa’ that I like to play a lot; it’s kind of up-beat,” said Smith. “It’s a [more fun] song; some of my stuff tends to be mellow and [‘Odessa’] is an up tempo one.”

The ability to change both his tempo and song choice – from covers to his own written music – was one of the reasons Smith said he enjoys the college performances.

“I really like ‘Creep’ by Radiohead,” said Smith. “I do it a little bit mellower than Radiohead, but it’s always a fun one to perform.”

Some students were doing homework, others relaxed with several snacks from the event and several girls were even braiding hair while listening to Smith.

He said he especially liked Waynesburg’s coffeehouse because the crowd has a relaxed vibe as they are winding down from the school day. He also interacted with several of the students close to the stage throughout the show.

“I’d like to say thank you very much for having me, I enjoyed this,” said Smith.

Smith sang nine covers and five of his own original songs during his coffeehouse performance. Some of the covers he sang were Mike Posner’s “I Took a Pill in Ibiza,” “Creep”

by Radiohead, Vance Joy’s “Riptide” and Johnny Cash’s “The Long Black Veil.”

He ended the night with a cover of “Yellow” by Coldplay, and then thanked the crowd for stopping by to listen to him.For those looking to listen to more of Smith’s music, he is present on social media: Gerard Smith Music on Facebook and Instagram and Gerard Smith on Twitter.

Cuteness too much to 'bear' at library event Nursing Dept. offers outreach program to high school students Children play in the "bear cave," which was a make-shift play area made specifically for Bowlby Library's Teddy Bear Picnic. The children could take a break from reading, snacking and making art.

Sam Chadwick, Yellow Jacket

Bowlby Library's Teddy Bear picnic invites children to read

By SAM CHADWICK Editorial Assistant

This past Saturday, children gathered on the large, wooden, wrap-around porch of the Bowlby Library for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic.

With their favorite stuffed toy in hand and a family member by their side, the children were greeted at the top of the library steps with a smile and name tags for both themselves and their furry friend.

The Teddy Bear Picnic always takes place on the second Saturday in September, and with a teddy bear theme, said Kerry McClure, children’s director at Bowlby Library.

McClure has worked under this position for 16 years.

She oversees the Teddy Bear Picnic as well as any other programs geared towards children.

On average, the Teddy Bear Picnic draws in about 30 children, says McClure, typically between the ages of three and five years old.

The event is slightly different each year, with different activities for the children to enjoy.

“It’s like a celebration of the end of summer going into fall and we’re trying to get one last picnic in for the season,” says McClure.

While attendance was slightly lower than in previous years, a group of about

15 children spent their Saturday morning playing with blocks, crawling through a make-shift bear cave, blowing bubbles at a bubble station, doing arts and crafts and eating a free bagged lunch. Part way through the event, McClure, the children and all of their animals gathered under a tree and read two bear-related stories.

Aside from the annual Teddy Bear Picnic, the Bowlby Library offers many programs for children such as story-time, which is also run by McClure.

“Everything that we do here is free and for this event the only thing you need to bring is your favorite stuffed friend,” says McClure. “The

kids get to come and enjoy the afternoon with [their teddy bears].”

Brandy Rohrer, mother of three young boys and frequent visitor of the Bowlby Library, decided to bring her three sons to their first Teddy Bear Picnic this past Saturday.

“We come here often and the kids go to story-time and all the other events,” says Rohrer. “It’s really a great resource for the kids, plus we live right around the corner so its convenient.”

The library is withen walking distance for students.

For more information on upcoming events at the library, visit its website evakbowbly.org.

WA Y N E S B U R G — Waynesburg University will host Nursing as a Career Day for high school students interested in pursuing nursing on Thursday, Oct. 6.

“Nursing as a Career Day is held as a recruitment event that specifically highlights the Nursing Program, allowing prospective students to observe faculty in the lab and ask current students general questions about the program,” said Dr. Nancy Mosser, chair and director of the Department of Nursing and professor of nursing.

The day will highlight Waynesburg’s Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing; it will include tours, meetings with faculty, financial aid information and lunch.

Additionally, prospective students will be given the opportunity to have a discussion with student representatives of Waynesburg University’s Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania.

Students will also have the opportunity to explore the University’s sophisticated simulation lab with Waynesburg University nursing faculty and nursing students.

Specifically, students will learn how Waynesburg’s nursing students experience complex patient care in simulated situations and discover how the simulation lab provides an effective environment for students to learn and apply cognitive, psychomotor and decisionmaking skills for clinical practice. They will get to go inside and see the sim lab

and see how it operates.

In addition to its Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, Waynesburg University also offers a RN to BSN program, Master of Science degree in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Business Administration program and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

Recently, Waynesburg University was ranked a top nursing school nationwide by the Nursing Schools Almanac. Waynesburg, ranked No. 49, was among the top 1.5 percent of the more than

“Nursing as a Career Day is held as a recruitment event that specifically highlights the Nursing Program.”

NANCY MOSSER

Director of the Department of Nursing

3,200 schools that were considered.

This is added to the other rankings that Waynesburg recieves on behalf of their nursing program.

For more information or to register, call 1-800-2257393 or go to waynesburg. edu/visit and select Group Visit.

Registration will begin at 9 a.m. in room 104 of the Center for Research and Economic Development on the campus of Waynesburg University.

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in both Waynesburgís Got Talent with fellow contestant, Megan Cook, and the Spring musical that she gained the confidence.

Coughlin is most looking forward to seeing how all her fellow contestants do and how they showcase their talent through song.

"I’m honestly most excited to hear all of the performances, since this year,

every single person can really sing," said Coughlin. "A lot of the voices are similar, but the personalities are totally different, so I’m looking forward to seeing each person shine in their selections."

Coughlin picked her song based on familiarity and vocal range. She was thankful for having close friends also in the competition to practice and bounce ideas off of.

"You definitely don’t want to go up on stage with a song you don’t know backwards

and forwards, even if your voice is perfect for it," said Coughlin. "On the other hand, there is a balance between challenging yourself and biting off more than you can chew. I tried to pick songs with attention grabbing aspects while keeping them within my range and style." The first round of Waynesburg Idol will take place Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. The song choice: "Guilty Pleasures."

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she needs a lot of inspiration.

"Usually when I write a song, I don't just sit down and write it," said Phillip.

"It has to be something I'm going through or something I'm experiencing at the time."

For Phillip's EP, she said the songs included are some of her favorites from the past few years. For this specific recording, she maintained an acoustic sound.

"I wasn't trying to make it into something really professional sounding because that comes from years and years of recording experience and really good production," said Phillip.

Phillip said she spent time at the studio, at school and had other responsibilities, but collectively worked on "Spectacular" for 2-3 weeks alongside a drummer, another guitarist and her producer, Dave, who she said she plans on working with again in the

future.

Although acoustic was her goal for this album, Phillip said she wants to move away from that to a more professional pop sound.

"I'm currently working on another album that will sound more finished and more pop-sounding," said Phillip.

Phillip's current EP, "Spectacular" is on sale now on iTunes for under $4. Her Youtube channel also features some of her work.

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Live fall to the fullest in Western Pennsylvania As the season of fall approaches and Waynesburg University students get back into rhythm on campus, Greene County and the surrounding area offer a wide variety of fall-related activities students can take advantage of. Try one of the following when you’re in the mood to celebrate the cool weather and changing leaves:

Written by Emily Hackman Designed by Joey Buchanan

Cheer on your favorite football team.

• The Yellow Jacket Football team will play at Wiley Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 24, against Case Western Reserve University; Oct. 8 against Geneva; Oct. 15 against Thomas More; and Nov. 12 against Washington and Jefferson.

• SAB is offering a trip on Oct. 9 to see the Pittsburgh Steelers play the New York Jets at Heinz Field.

Wander through a pumpkin patch in search of the perfect pumpkin.

• Bedner’s Farm and Greenhouse has pumpkins for sale in their shop or farmstand, plus a pumpkin patch to pick your own perfect pumpkin in the field. They also have a corn maze, fresh pumpkin pies and a tractor-pulled hay rides. (315 Coleman Road, Mcdonald, PA 15057) • Simmons Farm has pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand plus a pumpkin patch. They also have a corn maze, a kiddie (mini) corn maze, a hay bale maze and a cider mill where you can purchase fresh apple cider.

(170 Simmons Rd, McMurray, PA 15317) • The SpringHouse has a corn maze, a pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins in the field, a hay bale maze and tractor-pulled hay rides. (Route 136, Eighty Four, PA 15330)

Be terrified at a haunted house.

• Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House (1 Hundred Acres Drive Bethel Park, PA 15102) is Pittsburgh’s largest and most extreme haunted attraction spanning over one mile and ranked as one of the top haunted houses in the world. You will come face to face with some of the most terrifying zombies, creatures, monsters and products of your worst nightmares.

• Demon House Haunted Attraction (417 Coyle Rd, Monogahela, PA 15063) has a variety of activities in addition to their haunted walk-through.

CORN MAZE

Get lost in a corn maze.

• Gearhard Farms offers a corn maze that is reconfigured each and every year so as to best challenge returning visitors.

Take a hike through the woods.

• Oglebay in Wheeling, West Virginia, has paved, unpaved and biking trails with sights to see the beautiful fall foliage.

• Cooper’s Rock in West Virginia has more than 20 trails to hike for any type of hikers. The trails range from easy to difficult and from half a mile to 5 miles.

Attend homecoming.

• Waynesburg University’s homecoming is Oct. 7-8 with activities for everyone throughout the weekend. From JacketFest celebrations to the crowning of Homecoming King and Queen, it is a festive and fun time for all current student and alumni.

Sources: http://hundredacresmanor.com/ http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/PApwest.php http://www.demonhouse.com/

http://popularpittsburgh.com/pittsburgh-fall-festivals-3/ http://www.oglebay-resort.com/walkingtrails.html