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Multi-hour commute not a deterrent for profs Undergraduate

Professors stay commited to teaching despite hours of driving

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

Dr. James Bush has been teaching at Waynesburg University for 25 years. For all 25 of those years, he has lived on the east end of Pittsburgh.

A professor of mathematics by trade, he can’t help but count the time he’s spent in his car and how many miles he’s driven in the last quarter-century.

It takes Bush 58 miles to get to Waynesburg every day, a 116 mile round-trip. In the last 25 years, Bush has driven nearly 500,000 miles to and from work, totaling more than 7,500 hours in the car.

Bush hates his commute, but said that it is worth it.

“I feel like I’m part of a family here,” Bush said.

“I’ve got one of the greatest jobs on the planet. I really like my position in the department. I get to teach a lot of the upper level courses. I really get to stretch here. I love the students here. I’ve been at other places, but I’ve found that the students are very real here.”

Bush surely isn’t the only

university employee with a long commute; James Tanda, instructor of criminal justice administration, lives in Butler County and travels 140 miles and three hours round-trip. Tanda, who has been at the university for four years, said the mission of Waynesburg University is what makes it worth the commute.

“I love the university and I love the work, or I wouldn’t be doing that,” Tanda said.

“It’s exhausting at times, but it’s worth it when I get here. I always tell people that the toughest part of my day is getting here and getting home. Everything else in between is just great, meaning, while I’m here it’s just great.”

Tanda has three children, and he said the commute, at least 15 hours a week in the car, is something that takes away from family time.

“That’s time that is away from the family,” he said.

“It’s difficult often times to get that back.”

Dr. Chad Sherman, an assistant professor of communication, understands the difficulty a long commute can have on a family.

Sherman, who is in his sixth year at Waynesburg, lives 60 miles away in Greensburg and travels about two hours round-trip.

His wife teaches first grade in Indiana, Pennsylvania, which is also an hour away from Greensburg. Sherman

has a nine-month old son, and he said it is difficult spending 10 hours a week in the car when he could be spending some of that time with his son.

“It stinks that there’s time where I could be spending time with my son, and I’m in the car driving or stuck in traffic,” he said.

“He gets up around 6 a.m., so I get to see him right as I’m leaving for work at least and then I’m home before my wife comes home, so when he’s home I’m already there and I can spend as time with him as I can before he goes to bed.”

While the commute isn’t ideal, Sherman said it allows both him and his wife to have the careers they want.

“It allows us both to have careers in what we went to college for, what we really want to do. We both really love our students,” Sherman said. “Plus, at Waynesburg, I don’t have to deal with large classes. Like there are bigger colleges closer to Greensburg that have bigger classes, and I would probably teach the same class two or three times a semester. So I wouldn’t be able to teach as diverse of a range of topics that I’m interested in.”

Bush’s wife works only one mile from where they live in

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Students lead suicide prevention program

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

What began as a simple presentation for a peer education training class has now evolved into Suicide Prevention and Depression Education (SPADE). This is Waynesburg University’s newest program dedicated to fighting the effects of depression.

SPADE gave a presentation to students Tuesday, Sept.

27, in Alumni Hall. There, they introduced themselves and explained the program’s goals and objectives.

The student creators, Melanie Kauffman and Joshua Sneeringer, used a deck of

“All of us here have dealt with something... and we just want to be there for you guys.”

JOSHUA SNEERINGER

SPADE Student Leader

cards to represent the many faces of depression, as well as the theme of their organization. They demonstrated how

Athletic Training to be eliminated Master's program only option for future Athletic Training students

By LAUREN DRANE

For the Yellow Jacket

The Athletic Training (AT) program at Waynesburg University will no longer be accepting students into their undergraduate program. Instead, it will be offering an accredited masters program for Athletic Training.

The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), Board of Certification and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the governing bodies of Athletic Training, have sent notice to all undergraduate AT programs nation-wide that the undergraduate degree will dissolve in 2022.

“Not all programs are going to be able to make this transition,” said Joseph Shaffer, Waynesburg University Athletic Training Program director. “The potential is to get the number [of programs] down low enough to make it more competitive.”

This change is partially due to the increased interest in the AT field. With over 333 baccalaureate-level professional programs, NATA

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Joshua Sneeringer and Melanie Kauffman led an evening of presentations about the ubiqiuty of depression and suicide prevention awareness. each suit can carry its own positive or negative connotation—with the spade being like a shovel, literally thrown into the dirt.

The metaphor contributes to the group’s purpose of teaching people their worth as a person, as Kauffman said, “If a card gets lost or damaged, the deck is ruined.”

Kauffman explained that the organization is meant to create an open community for students who are strug-

gling with depression, selfharm or thoughts of suicide.

“We want to start kind of a movement here in Waynesburg,” she said. “It’s kind of like a support system… where people can talk freely.”

Sneeringer added that, while the group is studentbased, all of the members are present because they care about their fellow classmates.

“We aren’t counselors,” he said. “But all of us here have dealt with something…and

we just want to be there for you guys.”

Following the initial introduction, the presenters provided statistics on the rate of suicides and depression— including that 117 suicides occur each day, and that it is one of the leading causes of death in the 15-24 year-old demographic. A short video was shown describing the efforts to curb those numPREVENT >> A3

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believes, according to Professional Education in Athletic Training research study, that because of its complexity and sophistication of subject meter, switching to a master’s program will better align athletic trainers as peers to the health care profession. I Shaffer was brought in to help facilitate this upcoming transition.

Shaffer sees this as an opportunity for growth, and a perfect fit for students who want to excel in their profession.

“Through the graduate program [students] won’t have to worry about the undergraduate general core that they have to take or other courses that they may take because of their minor,” said Shaffer. “It’ll give them a lot more time to focus on their specific area of study.”

Erin Leaver, assistant athletic trainer, mirrors off Shaffer’s statement by also incorporating undergraduate student-athlete AT majors that have a heavier workload.

“Not only are they going to classes and clinical, but

Preparation is already underway for the 10th annual mini Relay for Life in spring 2017. Last Friday, Waynesburg University Relay for Life board members and team captains conducted the first planning meeting for this year’s Relay for Life.

Relay for Life will be taking place on Sunday, April 9, 2017, which is earlier than in previous years due to Easter break. It will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Johnson Commons with an opening and closing ceremony, live music and over 20 different themed booths.

“This year our theme is Kicking Cancer off the Board,” said Allison Cote, senior early childhood education major. “Each team will pick a different board game

to represent at their table.”

The spring 2016 Relay for Life, Relay Around the World, resulted in nearly $25,000 being raised, with almost $9,000 being raised through online donations.

“This year we are going to try to incorporate more survivorship throughout the months leading up to the event and a bigger focus on survivorship on the actual day of the relay,” said Cote.

The first Relay for Life fundraiser of the year will be a new food delivery service that will take place during midterm week.

The “Dial a Dog” fundraiser sponsored by the Waynesburg University Colleges Against Cancer chapter will allow students to order the delivery of hot-dogs and study snacks anywhere on RELAY >> A3

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In his first career start, redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Perone threw four interceptions in a 35-7 loss to Case Western.

Waynesburg Idol kicked off Friday, and contrary to previous years, no contestants were eliminated. Instead, eliminations will be announced at the start of the next round of the competition Sept. 30.

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COMMON READING COMES TO FIAT LUX

Library Kindles offer dual campus benefit New Fiat Lux course Students may reading demonstrates access freshman university mission text on Eberly's e-reader devices

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

The return of students to college campuses in the fall means the purchasing of numerous textbooks. This year, new students at Waynesburg University have at least one required book they don’t have to buy.

Incoming freshmen and any student new to campus who is enrolled in Fiat Lux, the university’s introductory freshman course, will not have to buy the book “Empty Hands” by Sister Abigail Nletko. The book is a common read for the Fiat Lux class, meaning everyone in the class is required to read the book.

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Students can rent the Kindle Fire e-readers for up to 3 hours at a time. They must remain in the library while in use.

However, thanks to a plan

by Evening/Weekend Access Services Librarian Jewel Wrick and a couple of Kindle Fire e-readers, students will

not have to foot the bill for the book.

“We got the Kindles to download the common read,” said Wrick. “That’s

another way kids could have that book without having to buy it.”

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Waynesburg University’s introductory freshman course, Fiat Lux, has been developed during the last few years to revolve around the university’s three-part mission. The semester-long course that all freshmen are required to complete is divided into segments to address faith, learning and service.

This year, a committee of university staff and faculty added a common read to the course to tie those three segments together. All freshmen currently enrolled in Fiat Lux will read the book “Empty Hands: A Memoir” by Sister Abegail Ntleko.

The university is also planning to hold a Skype ses-

sion with Ntleko in October, though the date has yet to be determined.

Dr. Marie Leichliter-Krause, associate dean for first-year programs and member of the committee that selected the book, said it exemplifies the university’s mission. Ntleko, known as Sister Abe, describes in her memoir the challenges she met living in South Africa.

“Sister Abe – she lives our mission,” said LeichliterKrause. “Faith – Sister Abe grows up in a Zulu nation but herself becomes a Christian.

She has to overcome many obstacles including extreme poverty [and] racism to earn an education, so we’ve got learning. For service, she becomes a nurse and a lay minister.”

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Ed. majors serve local children Nursing, criminal justice programs ranked nationally through community partnership WAYNESBURG, PA— Waynesburg University's criminal justice program was recently nationally recognized as a best value in the 2017 College Factual "Best Colleges Nationwide" rankings published by USA Today.

The criminal justice program placed in the top 10 percent, ranking No. 25 out of 373 similar school programs in the nation and ranked No. 1 in the state of Pennsylvania.

"We are thrilled to have the Criminal Justice Administration Program recognized as a best value, particularly being number one in Pennsylvania," said Adam Jack, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences and associate professor of criminal justice.

"The hands-on nature of our program, paired with the recognition of a cost effective education, will certainly set us apart from other schools."

Additionally, Waynesburg University's nursing program was recently recognized as a best value in the same College Factual rankings.

The nursing program placed in the top 5 percent, ranking No. 14 out of 483 similar programs in the nation.

The nursing program was also recently named a top nursing school in the United States by the Nursing Schools Almanac.

Waynesburg, ranked No. 49, was among the top 1.5 percent of the more than 3,200 schools that were considered.

"It is such an honor for Waynesburg’s nursing program to be recognized on a national level," said Dr. Nancy Mosser, chair and director of the Department of Nurs-

ing and professor of nursing.

"It is wonderful to see the hard work and dedication of our faculty, staff and students to be validated through such prestigious rankings.”

College Factual measures a variety of factors in determining top ranked colleges by major, such as early career and mid-career earnings; major focus and market share; post-graduate resources; related major focus, breadth and concentration; accreditation; and overall school quality.

Additionally, Waynesburg University earned the distinction as a "Best College for the Money," ranking No. 147 out of the 1,208 schools identified across the nation

by College Factual.

In recent months, the University has also been recognized as a best value by U.S. News & World Report, College Factual, The Economist, The Brookings Institute and Educate to Career.

By JAKE DIGUILIO

For the Yellow Jacket

Education majors at Waynesburg University have been dedicating some of their time to working with the Greater Waynesburg Christian Outreach (GWCO) program this fall semester.

Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Julie Bausman has been a key factor in getting university students acquainted with GWCO. “For the first semester the secondary education majors and the middle level education majors go down once a week and help out in the after school program with homework and playing with the kids in the park,” said Bausman.

Waynesburg University students are to sign themselves up for a particular day and are required to spend three hours with the children doing various activities.

“The students get to help the children with their

homework every day and it’s usually one on one time and sometimes there is two children per Waynesburg student, but most of the time it’s one on one so they get undivided attention,” said Bausman. “I like the idea that they really get to know the children personally and they can see the positive influence on these children. It exposes our students to what children face every day after school which I think is important for teachers to know the level of homework that the children are bringing home.”

B o b by G r i s h a b e r, a freshman secondary history education major, has been a part of the group of students who have attended GWCO during the semester.

Grishaber said that while volunteering, he helps the kids with their homework, and also plays basketball and football outside with them.

“I do not know what type of situation these kids are

facing at home, but when I am with them it gives me a chance to be a positive role model for them,” Grishaber said.

Grishaber works as a tutor for three separate children, and works with each of them individually for a half an hour on schoolwork.

Grishaber said that the children the university students are helping are not the only ones benefitting from this program. The education majors themselves are also learning a lot from them.

“These kids have taught me to keep working hard no matter what situation you’re facing or how your day is going,” said Grishaber.

Grishaber plans to continue visiting the kids and working with GWCO, even after completing his class requirements.

“Yes, I will [continue working with the kids] as soon as possible because I love seeing the impact I can make on these children and seeing them succeed,” said Grishaber.

Students network with grad schools at on-campus expo Future plans examined with help of visiting representatives

By ANTONIO PELLULO For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University hosted 31 universities and colleges at a Grad School Expo Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. Some of the schools in attendance, along with Waynesburg University, included West Virginia University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Akron.

The main goal of a graduate school expo is to get students thinking about their future, according to 2001 Waynesburg University graduate Jerry McCombs, the assistant to graduate admissions at Slippery Rock University. “[Our goal is] to help educate about the process, because the graduate admission process is a lot different from the undergraduate process,” said McCombs.

School representatives at the event emphasized that planning is essential to moving on to a graduate degree program.

“If you’re thinking about not only law school, but any

grad program, you need to plan well in advance even if you have a standardized test,” said Nolan James, director of admissions and financial aid for the University of Akron School of Business Law. “Plan, leave yourself time to adequately study for those tests. Most programs require a letter of recommendation. Be static and leave plenty of time for that.”

Waynesburg graduates who are now enrolled in graduate programs were in attendance to illustrate how graduate degrees can help

“We are just looking to help educate students and help them understand what this graduate degree can do for them”

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WVU Graduate Assistant

students.

“We are just looking to educate students and help them understand what this graduate degree can do for them,” said Megan Bayles, a member of the 2016 Waynesburg University graduating class, now a graduate assistant with Reed College Media Online Programs.

Abby Pittinaro, coordi-

nator of graduate programs at Waynesburg, and member of the 2014 Waynesburg graduating class, feels spreading information is important to help lead students. “[We are] spreading the word of programs we have, answering questions, basically guiding these juniors and seniors on what they want to do for the next part of their life,” said Pittinaro.

Students also shared their thoughts of the event.

“It’s important to get the most information as early as you can to make the most informed decision that you can,” said sophomore Micah Stanko.

Senior David Martin said the assortment of graduate schools present was helpful.

“I was pretty satisfied I have a pretty short list of where I was considering going,” said Martin. “Two of the schools I wanted to go to were here so I was pretty happy about that.”

Other students learned about programs they had no idea existed.

“I learned about programs at schools I hadn’t heard about,” said junior Maura Fenske. “Even the universities in our [athletic] conference have graduate programs I didn’t know about.

It was definitely informative and I plan on attending next year as a senior.”

Kyla Wolper, The Yellow Jacket

At the Graduate School Expo, held in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, students could browse through displays from dozens of different graduate schools and programs.

Representatives from several institutions were present to inform undergraduates about different academic opportunities.

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Grad. nursing program seeks Campus faculty, staff, students recruits internally, externally join for annual Day of Service

By CHEYENNE NESTER For the Yellow Jacket

Amidst one of two heavy recruitment periods, The Graduate Nursing program at Waynesburg University is entering its fifth week of classes.

Teresa Robinette, coordinator of Enrollment and Professional Development for Graduate and Professional Studies Programs (GAPS), says that her calendar is starting to fill up.

From benefit fairs hosted

by UPMC, to education fairs at the St. Margaret School of Nursing, Robinette’s schedule is full.

She will be representing Waynesburg University and talking about the programs that are offered.

Something that helps Robinette with the recruiting process, she says, is her ability to answer questions using her own experience.

“I am a graduate of the [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] program here at Waynesburg, plus I’m also a student in the [Masters of Science in Nursing] program,” said Robinette. “I’m able to give them a real world experience of what it’s about.

Because I can answer those questions honestly and truthfully because I’ve been there, done that.”

Robinette, who was just recently elected chair of the Graduate Nursing Admis-

sions Professionals awards committee, has begun to improve the use of social media to help with recruitment.

She continues to also uses her new title to look for additional ways to bring in new students, since she gets to speak with people nationwide.

“I like it because I get to communicate with people from across the country,” said Robinette. “They all

“Classes are small and personal and the graduate faculty members are exceptional.

They have broad and varied experiences that promote an environment of excellence in the programs.”

TERESA ROBINETTE

Coordinator of Enrollment and Professional Development

have the same thing and that’s where I learned about this social media—from them."

Unlike other graduate programs, Waynesburg places an emphasis on evidencebased practice. In the words of Dr. Kimberly Whiteman, co-director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, this is Waynesburg’s “market niche.”

Dr. Nancy Mosser, chairperson for the Nursing Department, as well as director and professor of nursing, also commented on what makes Waynesburg stand out.

“Classes are small and personal and the graduate faculty members are exceptional,” she said. “They have broad and varied experiences that promote an environment of excellence in the programs.”

B ot h R o bi n e tte an d Whiteman acknowledged that the faculty takes the time to get to know each of their students, with Whiteman saying that they “help them make career decisions, so like counseling them.”

This approach is something that, Robinette says, makes the students more than just a number or a face, but a person.

For current senior undergraduate nursing majors who are looking to attend graduate school at Waynesburg University, there are three degrees to choose from: Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Masters of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice. Additionally, the Masters of Science of Nursing degree offers programs in administration, nursing education, nursing informatics and executive leadership.

All of the Masters programs have accreditation until 2024.

Day of Service Opportunities

By ANDREW BRNCIC

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University holds an annual Day of Service for the Greene County community. This year, the event will be held Oct. 1.

Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of students, is planning the event and said that students are encouraged to come out and support this event, which will have a positive impact Greene County and Waynesburg University.

Waynesburg’s Day of Service will include a number of different projects with different jobs spanning all over Greene county.

“We have opportunities with [Eva K.] Bowlby Library, some on-campus opportunities, domestic violence, Corner Cupboard Foodbank, Historical Society, Adopt-A-Highway,” said Hardie. “There are a number of different volunteer work opportunities.”

Hardie also indicated that all of the male residence halls will be teaming with the Center for Service Leadership on the project.

The Waynesburg Day of Service has been an annual project that Waynesburg students, faculty and alumni have participated in over the years.

However, this year, the Day of Service will have some slight changes from

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Eva K. Bowlby Library Buhl Hall Garden First United Methodist Church American Cancer Society Sting Swing Camp Agawma Bridge Street Commons Greene County Historical Society Adopt-A-Highway Corner Cupboard Foodbank WU Nature Trail

previous years.

“We have new service partners that we are working with, different from last year,” said Hardie.

According to Hardie, this year’s Day of Service will have even more opportunities than last year.

Each of the projects will begin at 9 a.m. and go until 5 p.m., or until the job is finished. Students will travel from place to place in Waynesburg University vehicles driven by volunteering students.

“When students register to volunteer for one of these sites, it’s automatic that they will be added to the transportation for that site,” said Hardie.

Hardie said the day of service will benefit the community and the Waynesburg University campus by allowing students and

faculty to get out and do good, while meeting new people and building new friendships.

“Last year we had a little over 200 volunteers participate, faculty staff, students and alumni,” said Hardie.

“We are hoping for about the same amount, a little over 200 total.”

Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, said students can sign up for the day of service through the service tab on myConnect.

Bristor added that the day of service will have roughly 12-20 people for each project and spots for each project are limited – she encouraged students to sign up quickly.

“Students can sign up online, so to have that opportunity to look at what is available and pick a location ahead of time,” said Bristor.

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campus.

“A phone number will be set up for students to text in their order of either a hot dog for $2 or a combo consisting of a hot dog, bag of chips and drink for $5,” said Kelley Hardie, Relay for Life sponsor.

All money raised from this fundraiser and the Waynesburg University Relay for Life will then be donated to the Greene County Relay for Life.

“We choose to give our monies to the Greene County Relay for Life so all the money raised here stays within the county,” said Hardie. “We are helping to provide a wide range of services that benefit individuals living here in Greene County.”

While Hardie says the focus of the event is to give back to the community, Cotes stresses the significance of it.

“I feel like it’s one of the most important causes in our

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Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

Each year, students lead and execute a campus-wide Relay for Life event in the spring. Planning has already begun for the event in 2017. country, cancer can happen to literally anyone and we’ve all been touched by it,” said Cote. “Relay is a way to help bring everyone together for such a worthy cause.”

Due to the sense of community it brings, Hardie looks forward to the Waynesburg University Relay for Life each year.

“It just provides hope to so many people,” said Hardie.

“Not only does it bring the community of Waynesburg University together, but it brings the community of Greene County together for that one cause, and that’s truly amazing to see everybody come together to support one another and ultimately

to make a difference for those that they love.”

There is still time to form a team or join an existing team for the 2017 Relay for Life as many organizations on campus sponsor a team each year.

For those looking to get involved with Relay for Life, contact Kelley Hardie at khardie@waynesburg.edu.

bers by a larger organization called To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA). According to Sneeringer, SPADE hopes to participate in fundraising activities for some of these greater programs as the group grows.

Members of SPADE then shared personal testimonies, in order to encourage audience members to do the same. Cara Paraska was the first presenter to share her story of coping with depression in her lifetime.

“Our testimonies are to show you guys that you’re not alone,” said Paraska. “We’ve gone though this; we’ve been there; and we know it sucks.”

During the testimonies, students explained that depression can manifest in many different ways and

have a variety of causes, but can be overcome with a strong community of caring friends.

“I still struggle with some bad days, but I learn to make a choice. Being joyful is a choice,” said Sneeringer. “The reason why I want [SPADE] to go well is because I didn’t have some one come up to me and say ‘What’s wrong, Josh?’”

SPADE aims to strike a bond with students, to encourage honesty amongst the group and create a system of responsibility and support. “[It is] up to us as a community to remind each other that our lives matter,” said one of the testimonial speakers, Mariah Castle.

After the final speaker, the audience was invited to stay and be arranged into small groups to discuss and share their own stories.

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they are also going to their respective sport’s practices,” said Leaver. “When they get to the graduate level, they no longer have to worry about that. They would get the chance to do their clinical hours for the sport they normally would play in.”

Shaffer is looking to do a three plus two program, where students spend three years getting an undergraduate degree and two years in the masters program.

“We are looking at the Exercise Science program to be that undergraduate catalyst,” said Shaffer. “You can graduate from any university you want, with any major, as long as you meet the prerequisites.”

Looking into the future of Waynesburg University’s AT program, Shaffer said that he hopes enrollment increases

15 to 20 graduate students per year.

Offering matriculated students who get into the exercise science track a shortened year is one possible incentive to keep those students at Waynesburg University for their Master’s Degree.

With support from the administration at Waynesburg University, Shaffer said that the first step in the transition is to get institutional approval by creating a curriculum that will best fit both faculty and prospective students.

Once institutional approval has been received, Shaffer will turn over to CAATE to get a substance change, since the undergraduate program is already an accredited program.

Shaffer plans to work on the curriculum and seek institutional approval after he defends the final phase of his dissertation later this month.

the east end of Pittsburgh, so the weekends are their time to “kick back.” But if they go anywhere, she drives.

“Fine, you’ll be doing the driving,” he says. “Don’t make me get in the car and drive. Don’t make me do that.”

Bush said the drive typically isn’t a problem in the early fall and late spring, but when the weather turns for the worst, Bush calls on a friend who lives in town to help him out.

“I’m grateful to my friend Paul Sielski, [professor of mathematics], because occasionally I can stay over at his place, especially when the weather is bad,” Bush said.

“That’s the most stressful time of year. That’s when I get cranky.”

Bad weather can turn Tanda’s commute from an hour and a half into two or three hours. What comes with driving that much, and driving in bad weather that often, is the breakdown of his vehicle.

“My c a r is just three years old and it has 105,000 miles on it already,” he said.

“Tires, fuel, wear and tear on Bush the vehicle is an expensive part of that long commute.”

Tanda said the price of gas, especially at its’ peak of nearly $4 a gallon, would cost him hundreds of dollars a week. That’s no different for Bush, who said the amount he has paid for gas in the last 25 years is astronomical.

For Sherman and his wife, who travel about 200 miles combined a day, they spent about $700-800 a month on gas when prices were at its apex.

“At that point, that was right after we got married, so that was our second highest bill. Our rent was a little bit more,” Sherman said. “Our second highest bill was gas, which is very sobering and not so fun to think about.”

Sherman said he is lucky

Sherman that he typically doesn’t hit traffic with his commute – something Bush wishes he could say. Traffic dictates the time Bush leaves for work and the time he leaves to go home.

Bush leaves at 5:30 a.m. and arrives at Waynesburg at 6:30 a.m. When he leaves work depends on what day it is and what his traffic apps say. Bush can tell what type of traffic it is by the way the cars are moving.

“I can be in a traffic situation, and I can know whether it’s routine or if there’s an accident,” he said. “I can just tell by the pattern that it’s moving.”

Bush said he gets unnerved when traffic is caused when people slow down to see a parked police car

that has just pulled someone over.

“I just want to lay on the horn,” he said. “I really, really hate that.”

Bush said Tanda he listens mostly to NPR or WJPA, but he will turn on classical music if he needs to relax.

Tanda loves talk radio, but he listens to Van Morrison to relax, “because of all the road rage around me on the highway.”

Sherman has 22 different podcasts on his iPhone, which he listens to at 1.3 times normal speed.

What they listen to speeds up the drive. Speeding does the same, and Sherman admits he typically drives 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, while Bush follows the speed limit on cruise control.

Tanda, the criminal justice instructor, said he obeys the law.

“But I do keep up with the flow of traffic,” he said.

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Health Services addresses common misconceptions about the flu University to prepare students for flu season with clinic days

By MACKENNA DRAZICH For the Yellow Jacket

While spreading holiday cheer is perceived as a joyous time, the spreading of the flu and influenza can put a damper on the season.

The flu vaccine provided through clinics at Health Services, along with other precautions, can offer some immunity this season.

The amount of Americans who get the flu shot has increased over the past few years.

“You see more people wanting the flu shot, asking for it and even being educated on it,” said Jennifer Shiring, nurse director of Student Health Services.

With flu viruses constantly changing, the World Health Organization reviews and recommends a composition of the vaccine each year.

“They predict what strain of the flu they think they’ll

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The flu clinics are being held Oct. 5 and Nov. 8, in Health Services, located in the Wiley Armory. Students must come ready with insurance cards; most insurance companies are accepted. see this season,” said Shiring. Health Services, located in the Wiley Armory, is offering two flu clinics. The first will take place on Oct. 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the second will be on Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There are multiple ways to become more susceptible to

the flu. Cold temperatures and low humidity can irritate the airways, thus causing inflammation. Smoking damages the lining of a person’s airways, giving way to a higher risk of the common cold and flu virus.

Stress and lack of sleep can both lower your resis-

tance to infection and raise the intensity if you were to catch the flu.

“I would say our peak season here is October, especially when you hit midterms,” said Shiring.

The clinics are offered to students, faculty and immediate family of faculty. Lorie

Whiddup, pharmacist and diabetic specialist at Rite Aid Pharmacy in Waynesburg, will be administering shots this year on campus.

The quadrivalent flu shot is available as well, and is designed to protect against four different flu viruses.

The quadrivalent is given

upon request and availability.

“I would recommend that people get it as soon as they can because it does take two full weeks to get full immunity,” said Whiddup.

Students are already catching minor cold symptoms. Influenza spreads quickly and easily from person to person.

It is in the best interest for students to use other forms of prevention, which includes hand washing, staying home when sick, coughing and sneezing into tissues, getting adequate sleep and sticking to a healthy diet.

Students should have their insurance card present at the appointment. Walkins are also welcome.

Although most insurance companies are accepted, under the circumstances of the uninsured and insurances that are not covered, the flu vaccine can be obtained through the Pennsylvania Department of Health Greene County State Health Center located at 432 E Oakview Dr. Waynesburg, PA 15370.

For more information about the flu shot, students can call 724-825-3332.

Read: Required Fiat University opens state-of-the-art data center Lux text illustrates faith, learning, service Continued from A2

Leichliter-Krause said Ntleko lives her life in service to others, which, combined with her vocation, makes her a prime example of what Waynesburg hopes its students become.

While Fiat Lux has included a common read, or a book that all students read together, in the past, this is the first one in several years. According to Leichliter-Krause, a common read provides an opportunity for students to develop their critical thinking and communication skills.

“When you have a common read, you’re exposing students to a lot of new ideas, encouraging them to think and ask questions, and you’re really creating a sense of community,” said Leichliter-Krause.

“You’re creating common ground for discussion.”

The university works to add into classrooms practices that allow students to make connections between out-of-class experiences and in-class content. Leichliter-Krause said a common reading for all freshmen is one such practice, as it will expose students to the world and drive discussion about important topics.

Ntleko’s story involves many issues facing South Africa, including poverty, hunger and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

“There are so many issues that this book deals with,” said Leichliter-Krause. “It just has

so much to offer the students.

This is a way for them to see and visit a place they may never set foot on.”

Leichliter-Krause hopes students, after reading “Empty Hands,” are able to make the connection between the book and the university’s mission.

“When you have a common read, you're exposing students to a lot of new ideas, encouraging them to think and ask questions, and your'e really creating a sense of community.”

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Associate Dean of First-Year Programs

“I want them to be able to say, ‘Absolutely, I can see that Sister Abe is a shining example of faith, learning and service,’” said Leichliter-Krause.

The book will not be a permanent part of the Fiat Lux course. A newly-formed advisory committee will select a new book for the Fall 2017 Semester. In the meantime, Leichliter-Krause recommends all students, upperclassmen and freshmen alike, engage with “Empty Hands.”

The book is available on two e-readers, which were recently purchased by Eberly Library.

Photo courtesy of University Relations

The university data center, which opened Saturday, is home to the most important technology services, infrastructure information and other technical essentials.

New equipment in Stewart to host technology for all WU locations WAYNESBURG, PA— Waynesburg University recently opened a state-ofthe-art data center, located within the newly renovated $23 million Paul R. Stewart Science Hall.

A highly specialized facility, the data center will host the most critical information technology services, as well as equipment, infrastructure and operations. The centralized location benefits the University’s main campus and all remote locations.

As Waynesburg University continues to explore partnerships with local communities, foundations,

institutions of learning and other national and international organizations, as well as develop long-term entrepreneurial engagements, the new data center offers the necessary, high-tech infrastructure required to build, maintain and expand the information technology resources required for such initiatives.

“In essence, the data center serves as the technical backbone upon which partnerships, engagements, economic development and outreach programs can be fully supported,” said William Dumire, Waynesburg University’s vice president

for information technology and chief information officer.

The center will als o maximize the University’s overall service and equipment organization. This should dramatically reducing downtime, expediting necessary repairs and enabling the University to rapidly deploy new services and equipment over time.

“The data center allows Waynesburg University to carry out all daily operational and educational activities that rely heavily on the various technological systems used throughout the University,” said Du-

mire.

Founded in 1849 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg University is located on a traditional campus in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, with three additional sites located in the Pittsburgh region.

T h e Un i v e r s it y i s a memb er of t he C ouncil 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.

Kindle: E-readers available to rent for students Continued from A2

The common read is a new requirement in the Fiat Lux classes and was put in place by Dr. Marie LeichliterKrause, associate dean for first-year programs, and an advisory committee.

“Empty Hands is a memoir that chronicles the life of Sister Abegail Nletko. According to the book synopsis, Nletko is a Zulu nurse and child healthcare activist who dedicated her life to helping others.

Living in rural southern Africa, Nletko faced the oppression of apartheid and poverty and overcame both to earn a nursing degree.

After graduation, Nletko began to build upon her legacy, which is the main focus

of the book, by taking in orphaned babies whose parents died of AIDS. The opportunity to provide the students easier access to the book was the Eberly Library’s main goal, said Wrick.

“The Kindle was our idea to have another resource for those that need to have access to that book,” she said.

While access was important, according to Wrick, so was the ability to hold digital copies instead of paperback.

“I asked Director Rae Redd and said, ‘Hey, we should think about buying a Kindle or two, because if they keep doing the common read, we can just buy it digitally each semester, instead of buying two paperback copies,’” said Wrick.

Now, the library is the owner of orange and purple

Kindle e-readers. Although the library offers free rental of the readers, there are some regulations.

According to the user agreement sheet, students that rent the readers must keep the reader in the library, leave their student ID at the circulation desk, return the device directly back to workers at the circulation desk and accept liability for any damage caused to the readers.

Wrick also explained that there are a few regulations on time allotted to each student. Students are only allowed to check the readers out for three hours at a time and must return the readers 15 minutes before the close of the library.

Wrick also said that any access to apps or the camera or features of that nature are

blocked, since the readers use the library’s Amazon account.

While the readers serve the main purpose of providing another outlet for Fiat Lux students to read the required text, they have also taken on another role in the library.

Wrick explained that the Kindles are used by student workers to keep track of library attendance, replacing the clipboard students currently use, and keep track of the coffee bar inventory.

“It’s easier to read everyone’s handwriting and they don’t have to do the math.

It totals it for them,” said Wrick.

Any student looking to borrow an e-reader should stop by the circulation desk located on the second floor of the Eberly Library.

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Touch a Truck: Interactive event encourages kids to explore

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, the First Baptist Church of Waynesburg held its sixth annual Touch a Truck event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event started back in 2011 as an activity for the children and families of the community to enjoy and spend a Saturday exploring various vehicles.

Each year this event has grown with promising momentum. At last year’s event, over 700 children and their families showed up.

This year, an even bigger number attended, as over 800 people attended the event. An increase in attendance that large is promising for such a local event.

“It’s very exciting to see us growing in numbers so drastically each year we have this event,” said Dawn Mankey, one of the event coordinators.

There were many forms of entertainment and interactive activities for children and their families to partake in and enjoy. The main attraction of this event, Touch a Truck, includes a wide variety of vehicles.

These vehicles ranged from first responder vehicles, including police cars and fire trucks, to construction vehicles such as backhoes, dump trucks, cranes, a tow truck and many others.

This event is extremely interactive for the kids, and they had free reign to investigate, touch, climb into and honk the horns on any of these vehicles.

“The kids could do what-

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During the sixth annual Touch a Truck event, members of the community were invited to explore buses, trucks, police cars and other forms of transportation.

Hosted by the First Baptist Church, the event helps children to start thinking about their future career paths and aspirations.

ever they thought was necessary to discover and investigate each of these vehicles,” said Mankey. “They love honking the horns. They

could basically do everything except drive them.”

Each vehicle had someone stationed at it to ensure the safety of each child and

family at the event. Other vehicles at the event included a school bus and a water truck.

Apart from this event revolving around the interac-

tive vehicle stations, there were many other forms of entertainment available to children and their families.

Kids could have their fac-

es painted or have Giggles the clown make them a balloon animal.

There was also a piñata, a photo booth, a church-sponsored scavenger hunt and snow cones. Med express also made an appearance to hand out first aid kits.

The Touch a Truck event is completely free of charge and open to all.

Every child in attendance was given a free t-shirt, a coloring book with crayons and a bible handed out by the staff working the event.

“This is an event for the community,” said Mankey.

“It’s an event to bring the people of the community together.”

Each person who attended the event was given the same gift bag, the opportunity to explore, and access to a wide range of entertainment.

“It was wonderful to be able to honor God,” said Mankey. “You’re giving every person, no matter class, dignity, or worth, both faith and equality. That [includes] every worker, congregation member, college student, and child, [who are all] equal in the eyes of God.” The many sponsors who have joined the cause of the Touch a Truck event made it all possible, according to Mankey.

“None of this would be possible without the sponsors we have around the community,” she said.

The event is projected to continue for many more years in order to bring the community together through exploring and learning about vehicles, safety and faith.

Local churches provide outlet for students Greene and Wash.

First Baptist and First Presbyterian Church host open-door events counties now part of Uber driving routes

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

Local churches are often looking for ways to supplement their congregations.

One way to do this is through community outreach. By reaching out to Waynesburg University students, where faith is a major component, Waynesburg’s First Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church can make this a reality.

At First Presbyterian Church, director of discipleship Becky Juliano has been the director of discipleship of ministry since 2008.

“Essentially, I oversee all of the adult programs, so I coordinate anything college aged or above,” said Juliano.

To bring in Waynesburg students, First Presbyterian host dinners every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., which all students are welcomed to attend.

“Personally, I am on campus meeting students and spending time talking about life and faith with them, helping them grow in their walk with the Lord,” said Juliano. “Community-wise, the last Friday of the month, we always do a good neighbor dinner, where anybody who wants or needs a meal can get dinner for free. This draws in a lot of new people.”

Waynesburg University senior Heidi Evans is the daughter of a pastor at First Baptist Church, and grew up around the church environment.

“When I was growing up, I was either at home, at church, or playing one of my sports,” said Evans. “Without [church], I didn’t know what to do with my time.”

Evans is familiar with both First Baptist and First Presbyterian Church.

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

Uber driving, the popular alternative to taxis, has recently expanded its reach to seven counties in the Allegheny area.

After operating in Pittsburgh for two and a half years, Uber is now expanding to nearby counties, including Washington and Greene County. The new push by Uber will give greater access to not only those looking for a ride, but also potential drivers themselves.

Dan Bracey, a resident of Washington County, started driving for Uber in Nov.

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At the First Baptist Church in the Waynesburg area, university students are invited for a relaxing night of made-to-order beverages. Waynesburg student Annikki Woods participates as a weekly barista.

“I go to [First Presbyterian], and have been going there for about three years.

My role here is different than it was at home,” said Evans.

“When [the church] needs something, such as cooking for Wednesday dinner, I will happily join in and do whatever I can to help out.”

Evans is more involved with First Presbyterian than she is with First Baptist.

However, she does help out with First Baptist’s coffeehouse, which is run by Erin Pagel.

“The coffeehouse is a time for students and community members to come together

and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in a quiet and fun atmosphere,” said Pagel. “You can do homework, play games or simply hang out and talk.

The people who perform are usually students, so it is also a time to support classmates and other students.”

For her first three years of college, Evans was a campus ministry assistant, but stepped down before her senior year. However, she is still active with her faith.

Just like Juliano, Evans is also a strong advocate of First Presbyterian’s Wednesday dinners.

“Dinner is free to all col-

lege students,” said Evans.

“They provide a meal on Wednesday evenings, and many students know each other from classes, so it’s a good time.”

To Evans, the reason behind the outreach to university students is to provide another outlet of support and acceptance.

“The main objective is to have a welcoming atmosphere for college students, to connect with the church and the community and to support what our students are involved in on campus and in the community," said Evans.

2015. Although Bracey said his full-time job is working for a waterproofing company, Uber provides him with additional work during the slower months.

“I go around and look in basements every day and tell people how much it’s going to cost to fix them,” said Bracey. “In the winter it’s our slow time of year so Uber became a nice little sideline while [business] was slow.”

Bracey said that each time he drives for Uber he ends up commuting to Pittsburgh. In all of his time driving for Uber, Bracey said he only ever picked up UBER >> B4

Bridge construction near McDonalds to be finished in 2017

By GRACE HUTCHISON For the Yellow Jacket

Freedom Bridge, located on Sugar Run Road, has been under construction since May 2014. Freedom Bridge, also known as SR 19-P02 to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), is on pace to be completed in October 2017.

The project, which has a $15 million budget, was deemed necessary due to safety and traffic flow reasons.

“The railroad bridge was only one lane into Waynesburg and one lane out, so it was a natural chokepoint for traffic during rush hour,” said Darin Glintz, assistant construction engineer at PennDOT. The goal of the project is to double the size of the road. The plan is to expand the once two-lane road to one that is four lanes wide.

The crew assigned to this particular project has worked consistently since BRIDGE >> B4

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EDITORIALS

Standardize 'Gen Eds' All gen eds should share basic elements

General education classes are a necessity at a liberal arts college.

They are the backbone.

Without the existence of these classes, we wouldn’t receive the education we came here for.

There are several gen eds that turn out to be just that, as they give us a general overview of the course topic and the theories behind it.

However, we all know of at least one gen ed that goes above and beyond teaching the basics — sometimes a little too far beyond.

At some point, we reach a threshold between spending time on valuable information and spending time on information that doesn't benefit our overall education.

Why do some gen eds have different amounts of workloads? Some courses require significantly less work than classes in one's major.

Others require extensive time put in outside of class, which becomes frustrating when time could be spent on classes in one's area of study.

If gen eds are supposed to be just the general understanding of the subject, we think there needs to be a guideline and requirements to be followed, obliging one to be awake during class, without taking up much time out of class.

Our lives are made up of choices.

In certain Indian cultures, babies are presented with a platter of different objects.

What they choose determines what their lives will consist of.

For instance, choosing a dollar bill means they will grow up to be rich. Choosing a pen means they will be educated.

If only it were really that

On Sunday, we learned of the passing of two iconic sports stars—Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer. While Palmer lived till he was 87 years old, Fernandez’s life was cut down at the tragically young age of 24.This news was striking, stunning and completely unexpected.

He had everything going for him, at least from an outside perspective. He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2013, been one of the most dominant pitchers in the game during his young career and most horrifically, left behind a pregnant girlfriend.

However, this is not about sports. Everyone, sports fans and those who had never heard of Fernandez before the incident, can take something from his death.

Fernandez was only a couple years older than the majority of us here at Waynesburg. Although none of us will likely ever set foot on a Major League mound, we all have plenty to live for. Of course, there’s the old cliché-if you want to make God laugh, then tell him what you’re going to do tomorrow.

We have no idea what could happen from one day to the next, which is a terrifying thought. Nobody expected this to happen to Fernandez, so what makes him different than any one of us?

News like this makes us examine our own lives. Are we spending enough time with those who matter? Are we doing things that make us happy? Have we lived to make every day count, so that when we do pass, no matter the age, we can say that our lives were worth living?

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easy.

Fast forward 17 years, and unfortunately, mindlessly choosing something no longer cuts it.

This is also the time in which students are supposed to select their future vocations, along with a potential school they will have to live at for the majority of the next four years of their lives. No pressure.

When they finally do choose a school, they must continue to plan. These plans are made day-to-day, usually through a planner or an agenda.

Without extensive plan-

ning, how else are students supposed to balance getting perfect grades, volunteering, working a part-time job, participating in extra-curricular activities and having a social life, which may or may not include a significant other?

It’s definitely not for the weak and especially not for the ill-prepared.

After getting settled into school, planning for the next section of life starts to come up: post-college life. The “real-world” that teachers have been taunting students about since elementary school is slowly creeping up and to not have a plan would be

stupid, right? Wrong.

As a college student, planning is definitely a part of my life.

Some would even go as far to call me a Type A obsessive planner. I’m the kind of person who needs to have things mapped out in order to survive.

But when it comes to future plans, I’m stumped.

Despite this, for once in my life, I am completely okay with the unknown.

Getting caught up in future planning can be poisonous.

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Time for us to appreciate our literacy TEGHAN SIMONTON Columnist

One day early in the semester, my roommate brought me a bookmark that she had found in Eberly Library.

It had the word, “bibliophile” scrawled across a decorative pattern.

“You get it?” she said, far too excited about the situation. “Like ‘pedophile’ but with books! It’s so you!”

While my roommate is a complete dork, she wasn’t wrong.

My desk is cluttered with stacks on stacks of books, newspapers and literary

Reflect on icons' lives We must live like any day could be our last

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magazines. I have a wide range of genres covered— biographies, literature, reviews and journalism.

Most of the time if I get a text from my mother, it is just to inform me of another book that I should add to my running list.

I guess I’ve developed a reputation.

I like to read. I’ve always liked to read.

I remember it being a central part of my childhood and education—we used to have book fairs in elementary and middle school, along with read-athons, “Reading Rainbow” videos and elaborate independent reading projects.

I loved all of it.

Then came high school.

It makes perfect sense to me that a greater emphasis is placed on fields relating to science and technology.

High school students today are strongly pushed in that direction because of the job prospects and high demand.

But, I confess, it bothers me that literacy is increasingly undervalued. Students nowadays no longer have either the enjoyment or the skill for reading.

They see it as boring; a chore.

There is no denying that reading the gibberish in my biology textbook makes me want to die, but I still do not understand why reading in a general sense is not deemed as

valuable in American education or society.

There are countries in Africa and Asia where the written word is the most sacred thing to a child. The ability to read is the essential precursor to all other education (you can’t study biology if you can’t read that horrible textbook).

And in a lot of cultures, especially places like Cambodia, Nepal and South Africa, political upheaval and infrastructure issues prevent children from ever learning.

But I think that literacy is important to people of all ages. It teaches selfawareness, insight and soSee READ on B3

FAITH ON CAMPUS: JOSH SNEERINGER

Sneeringer intent on showing little acts of love Editor's Note: The following is an interview with sophomore business management major Josh Sneeringer as part of the Faith on Campus series.

By BRENDAN KEANY Growing up in a predominantly Catholic area with a Catholic family and receiving his education from a Catholic school, Josh Sneeringer admitted that Waynesburg University was a culture shock.

“This is my first nonCathlolic education,” said Sneeringer. “To a point, it’s very different. I didn’t have much exposure to the other forms of Christianity, and I’m not saying that I have anything against them, because I don’t, but it’s new to me, and I’m learning more and more as I go about the other faiths.”

However, as Sneeringer spoke at Upper Room on Sunday night, he noted that the essential message is the same, regardless of the denominational background.

“God fights for us no matter what, and He’s our loving father,” he said. “He just wants us to allow Him to take whatever we’re willing to give Him, whether it’s our suffering, our pain, and allow Him to fill our lives with His love. He wants us to be a beacon of His love for someone else.”

Although he still attends

Catholic mass on Tuesday and wants to remain firm in his roots, he realized that the correct way to connect others to Christ is through love. This ideal transcends the hundreds of years of separation between the Catholic and protestant church.

In fact, he believes that small acts of kindness towards others could make the biggest difference in people’s lives.

“Honestly, the thing that I find most helpful is asking someone how they’re doing,” Sneeringer said.

“Whether they respond or not, it still shows that you cared enough to hold the door for them; it’s the small acts of kindness like a smile. A smile goes a long way. Somebody could be having the worst day of your life, and a smile could help them. You don’t have to do huge, grand acts of kindness for someone, it’s the little things. The small things in life, at least in my opinion, mean more than some grand gesture.”

Some examples of small gestures Sneeringer has shown in his life have been being present for friends who need him, buying a candy bar for people who are having rough days and just listening. A lot of times, it boils down to allowing other people to come first.

“Growing up, for me, it was always important to make sure that everyone else

was alright before myself; I guess that’s just who I was,” said Sneeringer.

“But especially in today’s world, with how busy everyone gets, it definitely can be a struggle. Some days I really just want to be by myself, and I’ll see someone who’s struggling, and I’ll be like, ‘I don’t want to, I don’t want to,’ but then I force myself to go. Putting people in front of yourself is really a way to show selfless love, and in today’s society, selfless love is something rare and beautiful.”

Sneeringer said that showing love and witnessing to strangers can be done in the same way that anyone would show a friend-simple acts of kindness. But for Sneeringer, the most important aspect in connecting to non-believers may be placing the most importance on what they have to say.

“Being willing to listen to them. Talk to them and get to know them a little better,” he said. “You don’t always have to bring up God right

away, but in your actions show His love.”

In fact, words without substance, or a solid relational backing, may do more harm than good, and Sneeringer wants to warn Christians on the dangers of being too pushy.

“Instead of saying ‘Hi, I’m Josh; I’m a Christian,’ you can say ‘Hi, I’m Josh; how are you today?’” he said. “Truly being there for someone, even if you don’t know them, but being willing to talk to them to see how they’re doing. If they’re willing to talk about it, then great. But if they’re not, then don’t push it on them. If you try to force someone to talk about their faith, they’re going to shut down even more.”

For Sneeringer, whether a person is Catholic, protestant, believer or non-believer, it’s essential for Christians to show love through little things, because nobody can ever really know the kind of impact they could have on somebody by performing a small gesture.

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Cheat Sheet: Presidential debate draws massive viewing Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By MATT SHINKLE

For the Yellow Jacket

The United States witnessed the debate citizens across the country have been waiting the whole election cycle for on Monday, Sept.

26 – Clinton vs. Trump.

The anticipation resulted in a massive number of viewers, as more than 84 million people watched the historic showdown between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to The Nielsen Company.

Many have referred to this election as being the most unusual of them all, as both candidates won their party’s nomination despite being the least favorable name on the ballot, according to FiveThirtyEight.com. The candidates grilled one another on many topics during the debate at Hofstra University.

Moderator Lester Holt was persistent in asking Trump about his tax returns and

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A focus group in Charlotte, N.C. watches the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday, Sept. 26, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. why he had not yet released them, even though every major party nominee had done so since the late 1970s.

Trump claimed he has been advised not to release his audit, despite the IRS having stated earlier this year that he is allowed to and that it will not interfere with the IRS in any way. Clinton capitalized on the opportunity.

“Maybe he is not as rich as he says he is,” Clinton said.

“Maybe he is not as chari-

table as he claims to be…

Maybe he doesn’t want the American people to know that he has paid nothing in federal taxes.”

After Clinton’s potentially reputation-damaging comment, Trump made a statement he would later deny having said after the debate.

“That makes me smart,” said Trump.

Clinton also mentioned the fact that Trump might not be as charitable as he

claims to be.

Before the debate, on Sept.

23, Politifact.com published an article explaining the candidates’ foundation sizes, charitable giving and problems regarding their foundations, as both are currently embroiled with concerns from the public.

According to Politifact, Clinton’s foundation is a public charity that runs its own humanitarian programs all over the world. Nearly

500 staff members work for the foundation, which compiles around $354 million in assets and $91 million in expenses. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have given annually from 2007-2014, totaling around $4.6 million during that time.

Trump’s foundation, on the other hand, is a private, non-operating foundation with zero members on staff.

In only contains a portion of the assets the Clinton foun-

dation does, at $1.2 million, and has expenses of around $600,000. And while Trump donated $5.4 million between 2007-2014, he has not given since to the foundation. The problems with both candidates’ foundations lie in their authenticity. Clinton has raised much more money for charitable giving; however, there are concerns that she gave foundation donors special access to the State Department.

Meanwhile, Trump appears to be taking personal credit for a foundation he has not contributed to for years, as well as potentially using foundation money to cover personal interests outside of charitable giving. Both are either under or awaiting further investigation, according to Politifact.

The second presidential debate will take place at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in the form of a town hall meeting. Half the questions will be from citizen participation, and the other half will be posed by the moderator based on topics of interest as perceived from social media and other sources.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week such as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, had previously stated they had no intentions of approving any ambassador appointed by Obama to Cuba.

Both of Cuban decent, Rubio and Cruz have constantly criticized Obama and his actions to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, led by the Castro regime, his entire second term.

-FoxNews Sept 27th

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

1. Wells Fargo CEO forfeits millions Wells Fargo is still in the headlines after last Thursday’s hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, where the company is being heavily scrutinized for its fraudulent business practices.

Employees told CNN that the practice of accessing fake accounts had started many years before Wells Fargo had publicly acknowledged – this process is believed to have been jumpstarted by those on top of the company who created a “pressure-cooker” atmosphere for employees.

Some employees, having been terminated shortly after the scandal was confirmed, have actually filed back against the company in a federal class action suit open to all those across the country fired by Wells Fargo.

It accuses the company of orchestrating a “fraudulent scheme” to improve its stock price, which ultimately led to choosing between the workers’ jobs or their morals.

The company was fined as much as $185 million earlier this month for inflating sales metrics by creating around two million fake accounts.

Now, those higher in command at Wells Fargo are beginning to face the consequences.

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf is expected to forfeit much of his salary for 2016, which includes both his bonus and his upwards of $41 million in stock awards as well.

Also, Carrie Tolstedt, whom headed the division that created the fake accounts, left the company ahead of her expected retirement this upcoming year and will not receive a bonus or

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Jennifer Coleman lays flowers at a memorial for Jose Fernandez near the entrance to Marlins Park on Monday, Sept. 26. severance, according to Wells Fargo.

-CNN Sept. 27 2. Sports world loses two iconic members 2016 has seen many notable deaths already – David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Prince etc. On the same day, the sports world mourned the loss of two great athletes in their respective sports, one young and one old.

Jose Fernandez, 24, was killed in a boating accident in Florida early on Sunday morning.

He was one of three men killed in the crash, where speed is the suspected reasoning for the accident.

Meanwhile, drugs and alcohol have been cleared, according to spokesman Lorenzo Veloz of the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The news was announced early in the morning. The Marlins officially announced shortly after news broke that their home game against the Atlanta Braves would be cancelled.

For all games that did take place, there was a league-wide moment of silence before each Sunday game.

“Jose left us far too soon,” Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria said. “But his memory will endure in all of us.”

The Marlins played on Monday against the Mets, their first game without Fernandez.

The team held a moment of silence before the game once again for Fernandez, and all met at the center of the infield to gather around the mound to mourn the loss of their teammate.

Arnold Palmer also passed away, at the age of 87 from heart complications.

Palmer, a golfing legend from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, won seven major championships during his professional career, which took place across five decades.

Beginning his professional career in 1954, Palmer would go on to win 62 titles on the PGA Tour, fifth-most all time, and was named PGA Player of the Year twice in 1960 and 1962.

His total tournament earnings amount to about $7 million.

While his burial will be private, a public memorial service will be held at Saint Vincent College in his hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on

Oct. 4 at 11 a.m.

-ESPN Sept 26

3 Obama nominates Cuban ambassador Barack Obama nominated the first full-fledged ambassador to Cuba since 1960 this past Tuesday.

His nominee was career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis, a 25-year State Department Veteran. DeLaurentis had been working with the U.S. Embassy in Havana sine the United States and Cuba were formally able to restore diplomatic relations this past year on July 20, 2015.

He is familiar with working with Cuba, having formerly been the chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba in August 2014.

“Jeff ’s leadership has been vital,” said President Obama in a statement, “throughout the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba, and the appointment of an ambassador is a common sense step forward toward a more normal and productive relationship between our two countries.”

Despite Obama’s appointment, the United States Senate must approve it. Senators,

4. Nobody injured in Germany bombings Two homemade devices were detonated in Dresden, Germany, this past Tuesday, causing security forces to be increased.

The bombings took place at the Fatih Camil mosque and the International Congress Center.

According to the police, nobody was injured in the explosions.

Both explosions took place just minutes apart, leading police to believe, at the moment, that they are related.

The bombings take place just a week before next weekend’s German Unity Day Celebrations, which will mark the 26th anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany after the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to attend the event.

While it is unclear who is responsible for the attacks, all Muslim institutions in the city of Dresden are now under increased surveillance, according to Saxony Interior Minister Markus Ulbig.

“Although no one claimed responsibility for the incident, we must have to consider a xenophobic motive for the attack,” Horst Kretzschmar, Dresden’s police chief, said in a statement. He also added that police were on high alert after the attack. After the attack, Kretzschmar had deployed extra police personnel to protect Islamic institu-

tions in Dresden. They were also deployed to the Turkish General Council as well.

-CNN Sept 27 5. ISIS possesses access to chemical weapons A Pentagon spokesman said on Monday that ISIS militants, also known as the Islamic State, are “dead set” on potentially using chemical weapons and are expected to attempt to use them against Iraqi forces when they prepare their siege on Mosul.

Sometime last week, ISIS fighters are believed to have attacked the United States and Iraqi forces with what was shown as a “mustard agent” through initial reports off of rockets, said military officials Tuesday. No Americans or Iraqis were hurt from the attack.

In what was the second such attack this month, the U.S. led a coalition that conducted an airstrike on an ISIS chemical weapons factory this past Friday near Qayyara, according to Reuters. It’s been reported the terrorist group has a basic understanding of how to make mustard gas.

Using a chemical powder bound together with oil, a Pentagon official told Fox News that a “tar-like black oily substance” was found on the shell of a rocket, which landed a few hundred yards from United States Forces.

Even though ISIS chemical weapons are not perfect, the military personal still stressed that coalition forces must be prepared for an imminent chemical attack.

While the United States has provided 50,000 gas masks to Iraq, about 40,000 of them have gone to security forces from Iraq.

-Fox News Sept 27 Information curated by Matt Shinkle For the Yellow Jacket

Plans: Give spontaneity a real try Read: Enjoy the gift we've received Continued from B2

We make Pinterest folders of our future weddings, pick out the names of our future children, plan the breeds of our future dogs, plan the color swatches of our future houses…Where is the line drawn between planning and living?

By planning out our lives to the point that there are no surprises left, we take all the fun out of growing up.

If all you can think about when hanging out with your

friends is how great they’ll look as your bridesmaids/ groomsmen, you have probably already gone too far.

So, what’s the solution?

First, realize that planning should stick to work and school related things. An organized mindset can be great, but letting that bleed too much into everyday life can cause things to become mundane.

Second, try living life more spontaneously. Go places without calling ahead or making reservations. Try foods without researching

them extensively on the internet.

If you have to plan, try making your bucket list.

There’s no set time limit, and that way you can still get the satisfaction of crossing things off of a list.

Finally, learn to go with the flow.

It’s confusing being told for eight years of your life that everything needs to be figured out ahead of time.

But after receiving that diploma, you will be in charge of what happens next, no planner necessary.

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cial understanding.

It allows you to make analyses in your head and learn to make connections with other people.

While elusive to a large population of the world, literacy is still considered a human right by the United Nations.

I think it is one that people in America regularly take for granted.

I know that the ability to read and excitement to

read are two very different things.

I am not trying to convince all science majors to switch to English or journalism, but it saddens me to think that children are growing up in front of a television screen, forfeiting their critical thinking skills and intuition.

It is heartbreaking to think about the shelves upon shelves of books that most will never even hear of, an increasingly irrelevant medium in our fast-paced society.

I guess I would just like to challenge people everywhere to pick up a book every once in a while.

It does not matter the genre or topic, because there is something out there for everyone.

It is worth it to challenge yourself and have more interactive entertainment.

Appreciate the gift you have been given in this ability, because there are many people in the world who would struggle to get through the first sentence of this column.

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New exercise class Humane Society overflowing with cats Local animal shelter turns to community for volunteers, donations aims to keep the community healthy

By KAITLYN MOORE

For the Yellow Jacket

By MITCH KENDRA Copy Editor

Greene County keeps involved with its residentsí lives by offering different events. One activity currently running is the Department of Recreationís fall exercise classes.

The classes, which started Sept. 18 and run through Oct. 27, are held at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

From Sunday to Thursday evenings, these classes are available to the public.

There are many different classes ranging from uptempo workouts to more relaxed yoga sessions, as well as combinations of the two.

Country Heat, CIZE, FatBurner Meet Resistances, P90X, P90X/Insanity MashUp, PiYo, Turbo Kick and Zumba are the classes being offered this fall.

Parks and Recreation Manager Pam Blaker said the community likes the variety of classes that are offered.

"Most of the participants like the variety of classes and the options of not having to attend each class, as they can jump around and take P90X [on Tuesday] and then take Zumba [tonight]," said Blaker. "They don't have to take the [specific] series of class that are offered on [a specific day]. They can come any time between Sunday and Thursday."

The classes work as a great way for community mem-

bers to socialize and have fun while also getting into better shape, according to Blaker.

Blaker said the Department of Recreation has been offering different classes for over 10 years. She said the department holds classes in the fall and the spring, avoiding the winter, when weather could affect roads, and summer, when they encourage people to exercise outside.

The classes are taught by instructors who are certified for their respective classes.

Blaker said these instructors have gone to local libraries or other venues to become certified, and then are coming to the Department of Recreation willing to teach classes.

There are several classes held every evening: two on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday followed by four on Thursday. Blaker said this is a change from their last session where five classes were held on Sundays.

Several of the classes require yoga mats and weights, so those who register and plan on attending need to wear athletic clothing and tennis shoes, along with checking to see if their specific class requires them to bring their own equipment.

For more information and registration on the fall exercise classes or other events offered by the Department of Recreation, call the Department of Recreation at 724852-5323.

Uber: Company hopes to curb drunk drivers with new local routes Continued from B1

one passenger in the Washington area.

“I’ve had one ride last year in Washington,” said Bracey. “So I would inevitably end up driving up to South Hills Village to get started or I would drive up to Green Tree to get started.”

Once inside the Pittsburgh area, Bracey said he had no problems finding passengers to drive and would perform roughly anywhere from five to 10 trips in a day. However, Bracey said he usually left before the evening surge in customers.

Now, drivers outside of Pittsburgh are expected to get a boost of business with the recent changes coming to Uber.

The company recently released a statement saying: "Uber is making it possible to push a button and get a ride in minutes, no

matter where you are. With students gearing up for the fall semester, we think Uber can also help provide a safe alternative to drunk driving. Our mission is to cover every ZIP code in the state, and this expansion takes us one big step closer to that goal.”

Bracey said he plans to continue driving for Uber in the middle of October.

With the upcoming increase in coverage by the company, Bracey said he hopes he no longer will have to commute to the city to get business.

“If I could avoid having to drive all the way to Pittsburgh and get enough business between Washington and Greene County, that would be great," said Bracey. " I would be tickled pink without having to drive into Pittsburgh every day.”

According to Uber’s website, the recent expansion will give the company accessibility to the public in 93 percent of Pennsylvania.

The Humane Society of Greene County has been dealing with an overload of cats the past few months.

The issue is not only occurring locally, it is a nationwide problem.

This past summer, the Humane Society waived all adoption fees for cats, in hopes of drawing people in to adopt some of the cats and kittens that they have.

Jane Gapen, the executive director of the Humane Society of Greene County, is very pleased with how they did over the months of the waived fees.

“This year we have done and prepared well; we have adopted around 180 cats,” said Gapen. “That’s always my favorite; I hate seeing them in cages.”

The Humane Society actually stopped waiving the adoption fees last Tuesday, after three months.

Cats reproduce at a much higher rate than a lot of animals. A cat can be nursing while pregnant, which is where a lot of the over-population of cats comes from.

With summer coming to an end, the Humane Society should see a decrease in the number of cats coming in.

“During January and February are the months when we have the least amount of cats,” Gapen explained.

They still have a lot of cats available for adoption, said Gapen, and could always use Purina kitten chow and Friskies canned food especially the chicken and turkey flavor, because that is what the kittens like most.

Before every adoption, the Humane Society does blood tests on all cats, checking for feline leukemia and feline AIDS. Feline leukemia is very contagious for cats, and is popular in stray cats so the earlier the cat is tested, the better.

“We haven’t seen any cases of leukemia which is odd because we usually see one or two cases,” said Gapen.

Also, along with the blood tests they worm the cats and prepare them for adoption.

If a cat gets sick within the first three weeks after adoption, the caregivers can bring it back to the shelter and receive veterinary care, free of charge.

There is also a policy that states if anything is wrong

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The Greene County Humane Society is "littered" with cages full of felines. In order to promote the adoption of over 180 cats and kittens, the shelter has waived all adoption fees.

While they are still at the Humane Society, the kittens are also in need of additional care, cleaning and love.

with an adopted animal within the first 30 days, the owner may bring them back to the Humane Society and they will do what they can to help the sick animal, and/ or find the person another pet if there is a serious issue.

The Humane Society does a lot of fundraising to make sure they can afford everything they do.

The area of Greene County is one of the poorest, in terms of money, for the Hu-

mane Society.

There is currently a fundraising event going on involving lottery calendars.

“We are always fundraising, and we know where every penny goes after we fundraise,” said Gapen.

Gapen enjoys seeing volunteers interacting with the animals, which ensure they can get out of their cages every once in a while.

“I’ve been here 20 years and it still makes my day,”

Gapen said when talking about volunteers spending time with the animals.

The Humane Society is asking for volunteers to help out on Saturdays and go to Petco, sit with animals for a few hours and hopefully help them get adopted.

Those interested in helping are encouraged to contact the Humane Society at 724-627-9988 or to email Jane Gopen at humanegreene@windstream.net.

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May 2014, except for during the winter months or harsh weather conditions.

In milder winters, which 2016 is projected to be, they may continue to work in order to complete the project before the expected date.

“It is much more difficult to place concrete in the winter so we have to get the bulk of the work done by then,” Glintz said. “We may take a break around Thanksgiving and return in spring. We have issues when the temperature reaches below zero.”

A problem PennDOT has faced is trying to do such rigorous construction on the road and bridge while keeping at least one lane open in each direction.

In order to do that, they had to work and complete half of the road and then switch the lane that the cars are driving on to replace the other side of the road.

“What we are currently driving on is new, but it is only half of what it is expected to be,” Glintz said.

SR 19-P02 is currently at 70 percent completion and has faced minor setbacks

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Freedom Bridge has been under construction since May 2014. The bridge, which is used for heavy traffic, was deemed unsafe and therefore needed construction.

PennDOT's goal is to widen the bridge while maintaining the flow of traffic. due to unforeseen utility issues.

Solving those issues has taken even longer than usual due to the bridge supporting a railway.

Whenever a problem originally arose, the PennDOT crew, contractor and railway personnel would all have to be present to discuss and execute possible solutions.

These setbacks often resulted in time being lost;

therefore, the crew would work overtime in order to remain on track in hopes of finishing by the expected completion date.

“The contractor [Gulisek Construction] really has been critical in making sure we make the deadline,” Glintz said.

The project, which was officially awarded on Aug. 26, 2013, doubled the width of the roadway as well as lengthened the

railway located on top of the bridge.

The crew works daylight hours of 7 a.m. to about 5 p.m., but the most severe parts of construction tend to happen late at night in order to avoid disturbing usual daytime traffic.

If construction continues at the current pace, without many unforeseen setbacks, Freedom Bridge will be four lanes wide by October 2017.

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National-finalist runner Waynesburg record-holder battling back from injury returns to men's cross country

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

Waynesburg University’s best women’s cross country runner, junior Julie Gerber, began the season with an injury.

Last year, Gerber made history for the university, becoming the first cross country runner to make a trip to nationals. With a highly anticipated junior year ahead of her, Gerber said she came into the season with injuries to work through.

Head coach Chris Hardie said the injury started seemingly as shin splints before progressing to other areas. Though at this point, Hardie said Gerber has gotten through the injury and is now focusing on regaining lost training. “[Gerber’s] gotten through kind of the little set back she’s had,” said Hardie. “It was kind of an interesting injury, and it seemed like a domino effect. It started with some summer leg pain, which I think was leg shin splints for her, and it kind of developed to a little bit of calf pain and more or less she was favoring it, so it led to some ankle pain. It just kind of started to spiral.”

After entering the season with her injuries, Hardie said the decision was made to keep her involvement low for at least a week.

After making history last season, Julie Gerber's junior campaign has not started as she planned

Due to the delayed start to the season, Gerber said she still feels a little bit behind, despite her attempts to work on conditioning during her recovery period.

“I feel like I’m definitely behind a little bit just because I had to take 10 days off,” said Gerber. “I still crosstrained during that time, so I was still doing things to stay in shape, but it wasn’t running, so I feel like it did put me behind a little bit. But hopefully within the next few weeks, I’ll be able to just make more improvement and get myself into better shape.”

Gerber said it has been hard to judge what shape she is currently in due to lack of running. Since rejoining the team from the injury, Gerber has GERBER >> C3

After taking his junior season off from running, Brendan Keany looks to return to form this season

By DREW VORCE

For the Yellow Jacket

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After two years of competing in the sport he loves, Brendan Keany decided to call it quits.

During his first two seasons with the men’s c r o s s countr y team, Keany made significant impacts within the program that remain with the team to this day.

“In his second year, he worked really hard in the summer, and he hit every workout he could in the fall,” said head coach Chris Hardie.

“When the dust settled, he was competing for a conference championship.”

Not only was Keany able to compete for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship as a sophomore, he was able to set a school

record.

“He came away with the school record,” said Hardie.

“His time is a time I don’t know if someone will touch for a while, as it’s a really fast time of 25:35.”

Thus, it came as quite a shock when Keany decided to walk away as a junior from the sport after competing at such a high level over the previous two seasons.

“There were a number of reasons as to why I didn’t run last season,” said Keany.

“Most importantly, I wanted to be more involved in the Department of Communication.”

Here at Waynesburg, communication students have a number of commitments ranging from working Friday night high school football games to weekday and weekend Waynesburg sporting events to working for the Yellow Jacket or the radio station.

“He is career-focused, and I think that it’s awesome,” said Hardie “I want that with all of our kids.”

While Hardie was disappointed to see Keany walk away from the sport, he respected his decision and truly believes that academics should come before athletics.

During the following season, the Waynesburg men’s cross country team struggled without its top runner along KEANY >> C4

Men's soccer nearly overcomes three-goal deficit at Mount Union

By BRYCE WALTER

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s soccer team traveled to Ohio to face off against Mount Union on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and when the final whistle sounded, the scoreboard showed 3-2 in favor of the Purple Raiders.

The Jackets fell victim to an early goal at 18:47 by Mount Union freshman midfielder Zach Lutz who was assisted by sophomore defender Joe Winiecki.

The Purple Raiders con-

tinued to control the first half of the match by scoring two more goals. At 29:36, junior midfielder Jesse Tinney found the back of the net with an assist from freshman midfielder Ben Hobrath.

Another goal scored by senior forward Kevin Blackley with an assist from freshman midfielder Josh Lewis at 42:07 gave the Purple Raiders to a 3-0 lead going into halftime.

All three goals had an assist, and the Purple Raiders logged six different players with a point in the first half.

Despite going into the second half down by three goals, the Jackets were able to stumble upon some fortitude coming out of the locker room.

“We played with more fire as the game went on,” said Hennigh. “We were able to shut them down in the second half.”

The Purple Raiders would not find another goal in the second half of the game.

The Yellow Jackets, on the other hand, found the net twice. Freshman forward Mi-

cah Charlick scored an unassisted goal late in the game at 79:06. Charlick’s goal was able to set up more opportunities late in the game.

“Guys responded in the second half,” said head coach Brad Heethuis. “Despite our first half performance, I was pretty positive and happy with our ability to respond.”

The Jackets’ deficit was cut to one goal when Mount Union had an own goal late in the game at 81:10. Despite the effort of the Yellow Jacket defense in the second half, they

were not able to come away with the win.

“It was a tale of two halves in a way,” said Heethuis. “There was no sense of urgency or intensity early on.”

The Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets face off against the Bethany College Bison on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m.

“If Bethany is anything like last year, it will be a good fight,” said Hennigh.

The match-up against the Bison will be the Yellow Jackets’ Senior Day, as they face off against the Bison (4-4-2).

The Jackets are just over halfway through the season with a 2-7 record.

“We’ve made progress as a lot of our freshman have gotten into the groove. We have a lot of freshman talent, not to mention our returners have shaken the rust off," Heethuis said. “It’s a whole new season going forward, and we have three practices from now until Bethany,” said Heethuis.

“Hopefully we can build off of today’s performance, and we can surprise some people in that PAC.”

Football blown out by Case Western QB Perone throws four interceptions in first career start

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

Waynesburg’s loss to Case Western Reserve on Saturday, Sept. 24, dropped the team to 0-2 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play and 0-4 overall. Case Western Reserve won its third straight game by a margin of at least 28 points with the 35-7 victory. The Spartans continue to receive Top 25 votes nationally from D3Football.com.

In his first career start at quarterback for Waynesburg, redshirt freshman Tyler Perone passed for 200 yards and a touchdown, but threw four interceptions on the afternoon. Case Western Reserve outrushed the Jackets 286 to 57, and junior fullback Jacob Burke scored four times for the Spartans.

Perone’s favorite target on the day was senior receiver Tim Cooper who caught eight passes for 91 yards, while senior Kevin Barnes Jr. provided the lone score for the Jackets on the day with a 12-yard touchdown reception.

Defensively, senior linebacker Brent Blacharczyk paced the Jackets with 10 tackles and senior defensive lineman Zach Machuga registered

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Senior wide receiver Kevin Barnes Jr., who scored the only touchdown in the 35-7 loss to Case Western Reserve, nearly scored his second touchdown of the game, but a Spartan defender deflected the pass. two tackles for loss.

Last year, the Spartans trumped the Jackets 45-14.

This year was a more competitive game, according to head coach Rick Shepas, and could

have easily gone differently if a few aspects of the game would have gone differently.

Running game struggles

Waynesburg’s running game, according to Shepas, has not been a big strength this season and continued to struggle in Saturday’s loss, as the run game accumulated 60 net yards with six players getting official rush attempts.

Two of those were the two Waynesburg quarterbacks, freshmen Tyler Perone, the starter for the Jackets since sophomore Jake Dougherty went down in Week Three, and Aaron Jenkins, who ran for negative-five and 15 yards, respectively.

Freshman Ta’Vaughn Johnson had one carry for one yard, sophomore Ben Ciero rushed for eight yards on three carries late and the freshmen duo of Chad Walker and Whitney White ran for 38 yards combined on 15 total attempts.

At 70.2 yards per game through its four contests, Waynesburg’s rush offense is the worst in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by 28 yards.

“We’re still not hitting our aiming points, and it doesn’t seem like we’re running with good pace yet either,” said Shepas. “We’re working at it, but we haven’t been consistent.

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By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

Redshirt freshman Tyler Perone started his first collegiate football game for the Yellow Jackets last Saturday, Sept. 24, against one of the best defenses in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

After Waynesburg University’s starting quarterback, sophomore Jake Dougherty, broke his collarbone earlier in Week Three against Carnegie Mellon, Perone, the second string, became the new man under center.

Although Perone was faced with an undefeated Case Western Reserve team in his first start, Perone was hardly gun-shy, completing 18 passes out of 38 attempts for 200 yards.

After the 35-7 defeat, Perone said his preparation for facing one of the hottest teams in the conference was no different than any other game.

“Coming into the matchup, I was just excited to play

and honestly knowing that Case Western was pretty good – that didn’t have any affect in our game plan,” said Perone. “I prepared like it was any game, being I had never been out there before it was definitely a key factor in it.”

Head coach Rick Shepas said Perone played with confidence and his method of attack during the game was unaltered.

“All things considering, I thought [Perone] did well,” said Shepas. “I was excited about the way he played; I was excited about the way he attacked the week. He wasn’t timid in any way, shape or form. He went out there and played guns blazing, which was good.”

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WOMEN'S TENNIS

Jackets drop several close matches in PAC loss

By CODY YANKULIC

“I definitely thought it was a match we could have won. I didn't think we played our best; I was a little disappointed."

Editorial Assistant

After previously winning against a team near last place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, the Waynesburg women’s tennis team lost 7-2 to the second to last team in the conference, the Thiel Tomcats at home on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

Thiel was next to last in the PAC coming into the day, but they would leave the courts with its first win of the season, winning all three doubles matches and all the singles matches except for number two and three singles.

Waynesburg entered the contest with a 1-6 record and 1-3 in PAC play but would leave the court 1-4 in the conference after the loss.

The defeat, head coach Ron Headlee said, was one he was not expecting, as he thought his team had a solid chance to win its second match in three tries.

“I definitely thought it was a match we could have won,” said Headlee. “I didn’t

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think we played our best; I was a little disappointed.”

The two wins came from Waynesburg junior and number two singles player, Wendy Wall, and senior and number three singles player, Heidi Evans.

Despite only winning two singles matches, the number one and number two doubles matches were competitive with scores of 8-6 and 9-7, respectively.

The losses were ones that Headlee said came from unforced errors.

“We had a lot of unforced errors,” said Headlee. “We couldn’t fight our way back.”

Unforced errors, which is a situation where the player makes a mistake in a situation where they should be in control, were something that sophomore Aubree Brown, who plays number one singles and doubles,

made note of happening in the first doubles match.

“I think I had couple more unforced errors than usual,” said Brown. “I made a couple of errors at the net that I don’t usually make.”

With unforced errors accounted for, Thiel is a team that Headlee said played well.

“I have to give them credit; they played really well,” said Headlee. “They hit their lines really well.”

Headlee also added that Thiel’s number one made really good shots; Brown said she was not expecting how well she was.

“She had good shots,” said Brown. “I was really surprised with how well placed they were.”

Headlee offered an explanation as to why the team seemed off.

“A lot of our girls can’t

make practices,” said Headlee “Whenever you’re off, you never know who you’re going to have.”

Headlee went on to explain that some of the girls have class conflicts that keep them from attending practice and that makes it hard to have rhythm on the court.

The match is something that Headlee hopes he and the women can learn from.

“We have to keep our head up and learn from it,” said Headlee. “It’s things we can learn from and improve on.”

Waynesburg’s next match was Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3:30 p.m., as the Jackets took on the Frostburg State Bobcats, which is past deadline for this week’s publication.

The Jackets will take on Penn State Behrend at home at 3:30 p.m.

Editor’s Note: For a recap of the matches against Frostburg State and PSU Behrend, visit theyellowjacket.org.

Yellow Jacket Athletes of the Week After missing the second game of the season against Westminster and playing in Week One versus Muskingum with a nagging injur y, seCooper Syfert nior wide receiver Tim Cooper returned to the field in a Week Three loss to Carnegie Mellon.

He caught four passes in Week Three for 43 yards and his first score of the season.

Last week against Case Western, Cooper was redshirt freshman Tyler Perone’s favorite target, catching eight passes on the day for 91 yards with a long reception of 21 yards.

Waynesburg football will travel to Grove City, Pennsylvania, for a matchup with Grove City College on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m.

Courtney Syfert was one of the key cogs in a 1-1-1 mark this past week for Waynesburg’s women’s soccer team.

The freshman goalkeeper made 25 stops on 30 total shots on goal, the bulk of which came in a 14 for 17 effort against Mount Union in a loss for the team Tuesday, Sept. 27.

In a double overtime draw against Marietta, Syfert made five saves, notching her second career shutout.

She posted six saves in the win for the Jackets, a 3-2 over Franciscan.

The next time out for the Jackets will be Saturday, Oct. 1, on Senior Day against Bethany College with kickoff scheduled for 2 p.m.

Men's and women's golf prepare for PAC Championships With last year’s top performer, freshman Abbey Richards, gone, who was a leader with experience, the Jackets have an open void to fill.

Last Friday, Sept. 23, the Jackets traveled to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, for the Mount Aloysius College Invitational.

The Jackets finished last in the three-team invitational, while Saint Vincent won the event.

Freshman Marisa Goodright was the top per-

By DAN DAVIS

For the Yellow Jacket

With the fall season coming to an end, the Waynesburg University golf teams are building confidence heading into the PAC Championships, according to head coach Sam Jones.

The Jackets have not had the season they would have liked, but each member of the team has improved from match to match, Jones said.

former for the Jackets finishing with 116 strokes. Junior Cassie Hudson finished third for the Jackets with 160 strokes, and Savanna Bell with 205 strokes.

“The new golfers had a good day; for some of them, it was their first tournament,” Jones said.

The men’s team traveled to the Westminster Fall invitational where R.J. Leisie and Justin Smith competed for the Jackets.

Saint Vincent won the event with a four-man score of 313 strokes. Senior Justin Smith finished the day with 116 strokes.

Smith said his confidence has grown throughout the season, which has led to his scores dropping.

Smith’s preparation is what has given him his edge in each match.

“I’ve researched the courses and planned which clubs I’m going to use to hit well,”

said Smith.

Additionally, Smith also said the simulator on campus has been a tool that has helped him improve his game.

Both Smith and Leisie had their best scores of the season, and Jones said it was their best performance of the season.

“I’m proud of both guys,” Jones said. “They shot their best scores all season at Westminster.”

With the constant improvement across the board for the Jackets, there is confidence going into the PAC Championships. Smith said he is hopeful about the tournament.

“I’m optimistic about our chances,” Smith said. “Our guys just have to trust their ability.”

The Jackets will travel to the Avalon Lakes Golf Club in Warren, Ohio, for the PAC Championship on Oct. 3-4.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 2-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-1 0-2 1-3 0-2 0-4 0-2 0-4

Saturday’s Box Score

CASE WESTERN 35, WAYNESBURG 7 Case Western 7 14 0 14 Waynesburg 0 7 0 0 7

35

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: CWR - Jacob Burke 2 yd run (Ben Carniol kick), 7:29 Second Quarter: WAY - Kevin Barnes 12 yd pass from Tyler Perone (Mike Ryhal kick), 13:48; CWR - Burke 1 yd run (Carniol kick), 4:26; CWR - Burke 25 yd run (Carniol kick), 1:16 Fourth Quarter: CWR - Rob Cuda 1 yd run (Carniol kick), 11:46; CWR - Burke 49 yd run (Carniol kick), 7:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone....................... 18 38 200 1 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Walker................................... 8 20 0 White..................................... 7 21 0 Waynesburg receiving

STANDINGS

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

WOMEN’S SOCCER

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

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

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

Saturday’s Box Score

Monday’s Box Score

MARIETTA 3, WAYNESBURG 0 Waynesburg 0 0 0 Marietta 0 3 3

WAYNESBURG 0, MARIETTA 0 Waynesburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marietta 0 0 0 0 0 0

SCORE RECAP

SCORE RECAP

Second Half: MAR - Goal by Andy Rolfes (assist by Alex Gruss), 51:19; MAR - Goal by Brent Huck (assist by Josh Baskind), 77:06; MAR - Goal by Baskind, 88:02

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 23 Grove City 2, Carnegie Mellon 1 Saturday, September 24 Thiel 4, Penn State Greater Allegheny 0; Heidleberg 3, Wash & Jeff 0; Hood 1, Saint Vincent 0; Bethany 1, Willmington 0; Marietta 3, Waynesburg 0; Capital 2, Thomas More 0; Geneva 4, Muskingum 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday, September 29 Thomas More at DePauw - 7 p.m.

No Scoring Ended in 0-0 Tie

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 23 Point Park 1, Saint Vincent 1; Thomas More 2, Ohio Northern 0 Saturday, September 24 Heidleberg 2, Geneva 1; Grove City 4, Mount Union 3; Roanoke 0, Wash & Jeff 0; Waynesburg 0, Marietta 0

ASSISTS: Borders, 547, TMC; Powell, 442, BET; Lytle, 350, GEN

ASSISTS: Betteridge, 5, GRO; Reese, 5, GRO; Broadwick, 4, GEN

BLOCKS: Yoho, 62, WES; Muhammad, 56, BET; Test, 55, GEN

SAVES: Bohn, 59, SVC; Conrad, 50, THI; Appleby, 44, BET

DIGS: Sweeny, 326, THI; Russell, 296, GRO; Dickson, 288, GEN

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, October 1 Thomas More at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Grove City - 2 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Thiel - 3 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Case Western Reserve - 6 p.m.; Bethany at Carnegie Mellon

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Ruzzini, 19, W&J; Schoeneweis, 17, GEN; Toohey, 17, W&J GOALS: Toohey, 8, W&J; Ceffaratti, 7, GEN; Ruzzini, 7, W&J ASSISTS: Schoeneweis, 7, GEN; Orihel, 5, GEN; Sieg, 5, CHA SAVES: Gentry, 59, THI; Page, 51, WES; McCarthy, 41, SVC

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Waynesburg Kills

Wyllie..........................................................16 Waynesburg Assists Ayers............................................................24 Waynesburg Digs

La Roche Digs

GOALS: Carleton, 7, GEN; Betteridge, 7, GRO; Runyon, 7, TMC

Saturday, September 24 Thomas More 20, Carnegie Mellon 16; Saint Vincent 57, Grove City 32; Case Western Reserve 35, Waynesburg 7; Geneva 35, Thiel 27; Westminster 38, Bethany 9

WAYNESBURG 3, La ROCHE 0 La Roche 24 20 22 0 Waynesburg 25 25 25 3

La Roche Assists

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

RECENT RESULTS

Friday’s Box Score

Friday, September 30 Geneva at Grove City - 4 p.m.

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

REC YDS TD Lynch..................................... 8 102 0 Tulloch................................... 1 16 0

9-7 11-5 8-9 10-3 7-7 5-12 8-9 3-13 6-10 1-13

Nath.............................................................16

Case Western passing COM ATT YDS TD Cuda......................... 11 17 124 0

Case Western receiving

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

UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Ocotber 1 Saint Vincent at Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Waynesburg - 2 p.m.; Thiel at Westminster - 3:30 p.m.

ATT YDS TD Burke..................................... 20 163 4 Cuda...................................... 15 83 1

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

Proper..........................................................9

Saturday, October 1 Thiel at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Thomas More - 2:30 p.m.; Bethany at Waynesburg - 4 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.

Case Western rushing

STANDINGS Conf. Overall

Sunday, September 25 Westminster 5, La Roche 1; Thomas More 3, Illinois Wesleyan 0

REC YDS TD Cooper................................... 8 91 0 Barnes................................... 4 44 1

POINTS: Betteridge, 19, GRO; Reese, 17, GRO; Carleton, 15, GEN

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

KILLS: Yoho, 221, WES; Lasher, 196 , CHA; Dy. McKenzie, 195, BET

WAYNESBURG ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Adam McKnight, Men's Tennis Courtney Syfert, Women's Soccer

WHATS ON THIS WEEK WCYJ-FM Waynesburg at Grove City - 2 p.m.

Alex Lyons/Brandon Williams on the call

La Roche Kills

Storino.........................................................13 Scott............................................................22

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, September 23 Carnegie Mellon 3, Bethany 0; John Carroll 3, Bethany 0; Waynesburg 3, La Roche 0 Saturday, September 24 Thomas More 3, Saint Vincent 0; Wash & Jeff 3, Westminster 2; Randolph-Macon 3, Bethany 0; Thomas More 3, Grove City 0; Geneva 3, Westminster 0; Bethany 3, Arcadia 0; Saint Vincent 3, Grove City 2; Geneva 3, Wash & Jeff 0 Sunday, September 25 Thomas More 3, Thiel 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, September 30 Bethany at Juniata - 7 p.m.

Saturday, October 1 Chatham at Grove City - 11 a.m.; Thomas More at Geneva - 11 a.m.; Thomas More at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Chatham - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Saint Vincent - Waynesburg at Geneva - 3 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Grove City - 3 p.m.; Medaille at Saint Vincent - 5 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Saturday, September 24 LOCK HAVEN INVITATIONAL 7. Wash & Jeff, 190 pts.

Individual LOCK HAVEN INVITATIONAL 1. Dylan Mountain, Keytone Track Club, 24:46.50; 2. Jeremy Parsons, Slippery Rock, 25:20.90; 3. Max Petrosky, Penn State Club XC, 25:31.60; 50. Grant McCarthy, Wash & Jeff, 27:33.70

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, September 30 Waynesburg, Westminster, Thiel, and Wash & Jeff at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 5:15 p.m.

Saturday, October 1 Geneva and Chatham at Dickinson-Long/Short Invitational - 10:30 a.m.; Saint Vincent at SUNY Geneseo-Mike Woods Invitational - 11 a.m.; Thomas More at Greater Louisville Classic - TBD

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Saturday, September 24 LOCK HAVEN INVITATIONAL 13. Saint Vincent, 315 pts.

Individual LOCK HAVEN INVITATIONAL 1. Karen Barrientos, Cleveland State, 22:25.70; 2.

Amanda Schultz, Lock Haven, 22:28.30; 3. Courtney Group, Slippery Rock, 22:33.80; 37. Margaret Czaspki, Saint Vincent, 22:58.20

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, September 30 Westminster at W&J Invitaitonal - 4:15 p.m.; Thiel at W&J Invitational - 4:15 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at W&J Invitational - 4:15 p.m.; Waynesburg at W&J Invitational - 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, October 1 Chatham at Dickinson-Long/Short Invitational - 11:15 a.m.; Geneva at Dickinson-Long/Short Invitational - 11:15 a.m.; Saint Vincent at SUNY Geneseo - Mike Woods Invitational - 12 p.m.; Thomas More at Greater Louisville Classic - TBD

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Stewart, 1235, SVC; Kuntz, 945, TMC; Coughlin, 839, W&J RUSHING YARDS: Benger, 499, CMU; Marshall, 476, GEN; Tarrant, 465, TMC Recieving Yards: Garland, 431, TMC; Lynch, 400, CWR; Zubick, 381, W&J SACKS: Khoury, 4.5, CMU; Mitchell, 4, TMC; Brad Grinnen, 4, WAY Tackles: Hayden 59, BET; Quinlan, 34, GEN; Simmons, 33, GRO

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan

Carmichaels

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

Football

Football

Football

Football

WEST GREENE 41, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 6 Jefferson-Morgan 6 0 0 0 6 West Greene 6 15 12 8 41

CARMICHAELS 40, Avella 14 Carmichaels 14 20 6 0 40 Avella 0 0 0 14 14

CALIFORNIA 44, MAPLETOWN 28 California 0 14 8 22 44 Mapletown 8 8 6 6 28

YOUGH 40, WAYNESBURG 20 Yough 14 13 6 7 40 Waynsburg 0 6 0 14 20

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

West Greene Football

Friday’s Box Score

WEST GREENE 41, JEFFERSON-MORGAN 6 Jefferson-Morgan 6 0 0 0 6 West Greene 6 15 12 8 41

The Jefferson-Morgan Rockets dropped their fifth straight contest to open the season losing to the West Greene Pioneers by the score of 41-6. The Rockets scored the first 6 points on a Joe Headlee 5 yd. TD run. The Pioneers would score 41 unanswered points including three touchdown runs from junior Zach Petitt to seal the vicotry

The Carmichaels Mighty Mikes pick up wins in back-to-back weeks as they defeated the Avella Eagles 40-14. The Mikes scored 40 unanswered points to start the game with the big play being an interception returned for a touchdown by Nathan Broadwater. Avella would get two touchdowns late rom Dalton Simonelli but it would not be enough.

The Mapletown Maples dropped their contest against the California Trojans by the score of 44-28. Dylan Rush provided all of the offense for Mapletown collecting four rushing touchdowns on the day or 4, 80, 5, and 12 yards. A Rush fumble turned the tides for California as they would take the lead and stay there.

The Waynesburg Central Raiders dropped their fourth contest of the season losing to Yough by the score of 40-20. Colin McCracken and Zach Eisiminger provided all of the offense with one rushing touchdown for McCracken and two for Eisiminger.

The West Greene Pioneers picked up their first victory of the 2016 season as they defeated the Jefferson-Morgan rockets by the score of 41-6. The Rockets scored the first points of the game, but Zach Pettit had four straight rushing touchdowns to push the Pioneers to victory. Ben Jackson also added two rushing touchdowns.

Next Game: vs. Avella 9/30 - 7 p.m.

Next Game: vs. Mapletown 9/30 - 7 p.m.

Next Game: @ Carmichaels 9/30 - 7 p.m.

NEXT GAME: @ Southmoreland 9/30 - 7 p.m.

Next Game: vs. Fort Cherry 9/30 - 7 p.m.

September 29, 2016

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Speaker informs WU student-athletes about steroid, drug use

By DAVID MYERS and LUKE GOODLING Staff Report

Taylor Hooton was a popular and cheerful student. He was a cousin of Burt Hooton, who was a former major league pitcher. He was going into his senior year of high school when, on July 15, a month after his 17th birthday, Taylor Hooton committed suicide.

Don Hooton Sr., Taylor’s father, started the Taylor Hooton Foundation (THF) the following year after he lost his son, who was taking steroids at the time of his death. Depression, one of the side effects of steroids, is believed to be the cause of Taylor’s death.

The foundation is a nonprofit organization leading a national campaign to educate youth and adults about the hazards of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), which include anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and unregulated dietary supplements.

Now, more than a decade later, the THF gives 200 presentations a year, from middle school students to professional baseball players.

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference reached out to THF to give presentations for student-athletes and coaches for PAC schools. PAC Commissioner Joe Onderko said

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Don Hooton Jr., pictured here speaking to Waynesburg student-athletes, will talk at all 10 PAC schools to raise awareness about the use of performance-enhancing drugs. the foundation represented the chance for students to grasp a better understanding of the dangers of drug use and their own health.

“The PAC is proud to bring the Taylor Hooton Foundation to all 10 conference campuses,” said Onderko. “With a focus on the dangers of PEDs as well as misuse of nutritional supplements, this is a great opportunity to educate our student-athletes on best practices

for maintaining their physical and mental health.”

On Monday, Sept. 26, Don Hooton Jr., Taylor’s brother, spoke to Waynesburg student-athletes in Alumni Hall about the THF and the dangers many over-the-counter supplements cause, along with the drastic side effects of using illegal steroids.

During the presentation, Hooton Jr. showed many statistics about the drug abuse,

including that the median age for first-time steroid users is 15, with some children starting on steroids as young as seven years old.

More than eight percent of males from the ages 18 to 25 reported that they have used anabolic steroids, while nearly 28 percent have reported they knew someone who has taken PEDs. Since high school students are not subjected to random

drug testing, drug usage can easily go unnoticed until they reach college, Hooton Jr. said.

Hooton Jr. said one of the most crucial things people do not realize is that even the over-the-counter products are often unsafe. Additionally, Hooton Jr. said the driving force behind his passion on educating thousands of athletes a year, including those on professional teams, is the story of his brother.

“The important thing to me is for [students] to understand that one, the over-thecounter products that we take or purchase aren’t necessarily safe,” said Hooton Jr. “Number two, just the aspects of how we need to be living our lives drug free, which is why I want to share the story of my younger brother with them so they understand why I’m here – why this is my passion.”

According to Hooton Jr.’s presentation, even athletes who want to avoid the use of illegal drugs often unknowingly consume them in protein supplements, pre-workout, post-workout and as many other dietary enhancers. Since supplements are not considered food by the government, they have little regulation, allowing companies to boost their products with dangerous additives and sometimes even traces of Schedule I controlled substances. During the pre-

sentation, Hooton Jr. educated athletes on where they can find safe substances.

Since Hooton Jr. joined his family’s foundation fulltime nearly a decade ago, Hooton Jr. said the biggest change he has seen over the years is the increase in awareness.

“More people are talking about this problem,” said Hooton Jr. “I could tell you when we first got started, there were a lot of schools that weren’t interested in having our program because it wasn’t an issue, where now it’s not such a secretive issue. Our leadership wants us talking to our young people about it; people are open to talking about it.”

Andrew Palko, head athletic trainer at Waynesburg University, said the more students understand what they are consuming and the more aware they are of the NCAA regulations, the more successful they will be entering college.

“The best thing new student-athletes can do is arm themselves with educating their minds on knowing what they are putting in their bodies,” said Palko.

“There are hundreds of websites out there that can help kids, young adults and their parents on the dangers and safe products that can be used within accordance of the NCAA rules.”

Yellow Jackets lose second straight Women's soccer looks to conference match to Chatham PAC play after 3-2 road loss

By ELIZABETH NICODEMUS

By MARCUS WALLACE

When Chatham’s women’s volleyball team defeated Waynesburg last week, it was the first ever Presidents’ Athletic Conference win for the Cougars.

After Tuesday’s match against the Jackets, Chatham can mark off its second ever PAC win and fourth overall win in its last five matches.

The Jacket women lost all three sets to the Cougars. The scores of the sets were 25-23, 25-19 and 25-21. Waynesburg won the first match of its season Friday, Sept. 23, when the Jackets swept La Roche, which head coach Stephanie Benkowski said was an "intense" win.

Against Chatham on Tuesday, the offensive effort for the Jacket women was led by sophomore outside hitter Jordyn Wyllie, who had a teamhigh 11 kills. Joining Wyllie in the offensive effort was fellow sophomore outside hitter Lexy Waldman, who had three aces along with four kills.

Senior right side hitter Shannon Morgan also contributed to the offensive effort with nine kills. Sophomore setter Sydni Ayers and junior defensive specialist and setter Delaney Denniston each had one ace to contribute to the Jacket offense. Freshman outside hitter Addie Barr also helped the offense with four kills.

After starting the week 1-0-1, Waynesburg’s women’s soccer team found themselves down on the road at Mount Union, Tuesday, Sept. 27.

Through a back-and-forth match, the Jackets would eventually lose 3-2. The focus of the game, said head coach Laura Heethuis, was midfield strengths as well as keeping the defense from pushing too deep.

“We focused on our game plan and the things we needed to get better at with switching the point of attack through the midfield,” said Heethuis.

“We knew they had pace up top, so our back line had to make sure they didn’t play too high and be ready to recover back when needed.”

The Raiders were first to strike, scoring in the 23rd minute. They then went on to score in the 43rd minute of play and went into halftime leading 2-0 over the Jackets.

Although the Jackets were down early to the Raiders, Heethuis was impressed with the Jackets’ first half of play.

“I thought we put together our best half of soccer so far this season,” said Heethuis.

“Our passing was good, [and] our midfield was doing well switching the ball."

In the second half, junior defender Sam Nichols for Waynesburg was able to score a goal in the 46th minute of

For the Yellow Jacket

For the Yellow Jacket

Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Senior right side hitter Shannon Morgan, pictured here in a match last season, recorded nine kills in the loss.

Ayers also had a team-high 17 assists, which also tied for the match-high in the category. Waldman and Denniston each had three assists as well.

On defense, freshman defensive specialist Alyssa Proper led the Jackets with 10 digs.

Also contributing on defense were senior middle hitter Rachel Lang, Waldman, Wyllie and Barr who all helped the team by having one block each.

The Yellow Jacket women led its opponents with blocks, beating them in that department 3-1. The Jackets were very close to their opponents in multiple other aspects of the game as well.

Chatham led Waynesburg in kills, with a score of 37-32.

The Cougars also led the Jackets in assists, with a score of 34-31, while the Jackets fell behind Chatham once again with digs 38-32.

“In order to be successful, each individual player on the team needs to believe in the team as a whole,” said Wyllie.

“That is the only way that we will win games and be successful.”

The Jackets return to action tonight, as they battle Bethany College at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. The match is set for 7 p.m.

Editor’s note: For coverage of the match against Bethany, visit theyellowjacket.org.

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Junior defender Sam Nichols, pictured here in a match earlier this season, scored her second goal of the season in the loss. the game, which cut the Raider lead in half. The Raiders were quick to respond with a goal of their own in the 52nd minute of play, making the score 3-1.

Finally, the Jackets would score their second, and last, goal of the game in the 80th minute off a foul that led to a penalty kick. Junior forward Melanie Byler shot the penalty kick and was able to hit the back of the net, cutting the Raider lead to 3-2.

Despite a late game push by the Jackets, they were unable to put in a goal in the final minutes; the Jackets fell to the Raiders by a final score of 3-2.

This game ended the Jack-

ets’ non-conference schedule, and they face Bethany in Waynesburg’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference opener in their next match. Although the first game in conference play, Heethuis said the team would prepare for the game as if it was any other matchup.

"We will take a look at Bethany to get an idea for their play and what strengths we can use to attack their weaknesses," Heethuis said.

"Non-conference [play] is important to learn, so we are well prepared for conference.

The conference matchup against Bethany is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, at John F. Wiley Stadium at 2 p.m.

Gerber: Top runner hopes to regain form Continued from C1

only completed one invitational, on Sept. 17, in which she was paced with freshman Mary Beth Cunningham.

After the cross country team’s off week, the Jackets will run again at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational on Friday, Sept. 30, where Hardie said Gerber will run again.

Hardie said the race will be more of a workout for Gerber. “[Gerber] is great in pace, but if for some reason she slides off of a pace, there’s going to be at least a majority of the top six running with her to make sure she gets through the workout,” said Hardie.

“The focus on Friday for her teammates is to protect her and get her through the race.”

Now that Gerber has returned to team practices,

Hardie said she would have a different routine to help her regain lost training with the team.

With the setback to the start of the season, Hardie said he is focusing on getting Gerber back to optimal condition in time for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship on Oct. 29.

“I think it’s going to take her, looking at [the PAC Championship], a little bit over five weeks, and that is what we can expect from a runner her level to kind of get close to top shape,” said Hardie. “What’s nice about that is then there’s a two-week break until regionals, and that’s really where she needs to kind of pull it out and help herself get to the national level again.”

Although injury threw her off her goals for the season, Gerber said she is confident

in the coaching staff to help her get back to where she was.

“It’s definitely a process,” said Gerber. “I feel just the way my coaches are training me and getting me back in shape. It will help me get back to where I need to be when I need to get there.”

The path ahead for Gerber will be difficult, Hardie said, and will be different training than what she is used to doing. Since high school, Gerber has stayed with a high mileage weekly schedule, which has changed because of the injury. “[Gerber’s] mileage is a lot lower,” said Hardie. “One thing that really keeps [Gerber] in a good place mentally is having her mileage high. She just hit 30 miles a week and [Gerber] is typically 50 to 60 miles a week.”

Through summer training, Gerber was reaching almost

double her current mileage.

“This summer, with training, I was getting in the 60s [in miles] a week,” said Gerber.

“Having to cut back on that – is definitely different for me.”

While the drastic changes in Gerber’s running habits will be unusual, Hardie said Gerber’s success will come down her ability to adapt to the change.

“Whether or not she gets to be [where she wants] – and where we want her to be – this is a big test for us,” said Hardie. "We’re going to give her the best chance to get there. It’s just: do we have enough time and is she going to respond well? I don’t know. We’ll have to see.”

The Jackets enter the meet as the No. 8-ranked team in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Mideast Region.

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September 29, 2016

WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GROVE CIT Y

Jackets head to Grove City in battle of PAC bottom-dwellers

By ANDY STANKO

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The Waynesburg University football team travels to Grove City College Saturday, Oct. 1, in hopes to pick up its first win of the season in Week Five.

Waynesburg’s loss to Case Western Reserve on Saturday, Sept. 24, dropped the team to 0-2 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play and 0-4 overall. The Spartans continue to receive Top 25 votes nationally from D3Football.com.

Last year, the Jackets defeated Grove City 35-31 on Homecoming to make head coach Rick Shepas the winningest coach in program history.

Something's gotta give Through four weeks of the season, Waynesburg has scored 53 points, the lowest total for any team in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by 18 points, while Grove City’s defense has given up 52 points per game through four games.

Waynesburg has already

played two of the premier defensive units in the conference in Westminster and Case Western, while Grove City has played two of the top quarterbacks in the conference in Washington & Jefferson’s Pete Coughlin and Case Western’s Rob Cuda.

Four interceptions for redshirt freshman Tyler Perone in Spartan territory thwarted the Jackets’ top scoring prospects outside of a second quarter scoring drive. Perone was asked to throw 38 times in his Waynesburg debut.

“Based off of who we were playing and how they were going to defend the rush, we were obviously intentional in throwing it that many times,” said Shepas. “All things considered, I thought he did well, and I was excited about the way he played.”

Once again, the Jackets failed to run the football effectively, as freshman Chad Walker led the team in rushing with 20 yards on eight attempts.

The Jackets enter Week Five of the season as the league’s

worst rushing attack with 70 yards per game on 2.5 yards per attempt.

Waynesburg has scored 16, seven, 23 and seven points in the first four weeks of the season, respectively, but Grove City has not given up fewer than 31 points in any game this season.

Grove City has allowed at least 55 points in each of their last three contests.

Defensive dominance Case Western Reserve was able to exploit the Jackets with inside runs and quarterback keepers in Saturday’s loss. The Spartans rushed for 286 yards on six yards per carry, which allowed all-conference junior quarterback Rob Cuda to only have to pass 17 times.

The visiting team ran 46 times and was stopped for losses on those plays just

four times all afternoon after Waynesburg entered the game with 31 tackles for loss in the first three weeks of the season.

“You have to take something away from them,” said Shepas. “Last year they killed us in the screen game for a lot of explosive points. We made the choice to defend the screen game to keep them away from those explosive points.”

Grove City’s offensive line has surrendered 18 sacks on the season, most in the PAC by nine sacks, but Waynesburg’s defense has only managed to bring opposing passers down three times since racking up seven sacks in Week One. “We’re going to study their tendencies this week and going to try to make them one dimensional,” said Shepas.

“When we pressure, we did it to CMU, we got to them well and effectively and often. I don’t think there’s any doubt that we’re going to have some pressure packages to get to the quarterback.”

Grove City leads the PAC in interceptions thrown this season with eight.

Scouting Grove City

The Wolverines are led by first-year head coach Andrew DiDonato and feature freshmen in prominent roles, especially on offense.

Freshman quarterback Brett Laffoon and freshman wide receiver Nick Ponikvar come from WPIAL powers Penn-Trafford and South Fayette, respectively. Ponikvar is the only underclassman to appear among the PAC statistical leaders in receptions and receiving yards.

Grove City’s offense has only outgained Waynesburg among PAC ranks on the season but averages a league-low 3.9 yards per play.

The school is the PAC’s fourth leading rusher after his 236-yard performance last Saturday and has averaged over 4.5 yards per carry in every game this season.

Editor’s Note: For live tweets of the game, follow @YJ_Sports on Twitter.

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with four seniors. As the year went on, there were rumors among the team that Keany had been reconsidering his decision and could possibly return to the team.

Keany was aware of the team’s struggles, and his competitive nature got him to thinking of coming back for his senior year. After much consideration and discussion with Hardie, Keany decided he was all-in on returning to run for the Jackets. As for the team, they would be getting back one of the best runners in the school’s history.

“I wanted to help the team out,” said Keany. “I’m friends with a lot of guys on the team, and I have had success in the past, so to get back to doing something I’m comfortable with is good for me.”

One of the toughest things for an athlete in any sport, especially after taking extended time off, is to get back in shape in order to perform at the highest levels. According to Keany, it was not easy getting back into shape after a year-and-a-half hiatus.

“I like the idea that cross country can get you back in shape,” said Keany. “It’s good for you from a mental perspective, not only with cross country, but with other things in life as well.”

Having Keany back not only positively impacts the team’s results in competition, but his mentorship and leadership provide intangible benefits to the younger runners on the team.

“A leader is a person we count on to make sure the team standards are upheld,” said Hardie. “He’s done a great job coming into that

leadership role to earn the respect of his teammates and challenging them to be better.”

Leaders not only have to display these qualities, but they also have to have a desire to better themselves while helping everyone around them, according to Hardie.

Keany said he wants to help guide the younger runners on the team.

“I want to guide some of the younger runners through their careers,” said Keany. “If they have any questions, they can always come talk to me, as I want to help those guys that are a little less experienced.”

With the cross country team consisting of mostly freshmen and sophomores, the younger runners can look to Keany and the team captains for advice crucial to their development and train-

ing.

“Out of all the athletes I have coached in distance running, he has the most strategic mind I have ever seen,” said Hardie. “His ability to formulate his strategies and know his strengths and weaknesses make him a smart runner, which is information he takes with him into the races on Saturdays.”

Hardie would like to see consistent runs and good time postings for Keany.

“He’s got the talent alone to stay in the top three,” said Hardie. “I would like to see him perform well at [the] conference [championship].”

After taking a full year off from cross country, Keany finally made his return to the course when he competed at the Bethany Invitational on Sept. 10. Keany finished second for Waynesburg and placed 24th overall on the day.

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“rookie” mistakes and part of the problem was adjusting to the different game pace compared to high school football.

“The mistakes that were made were not really coverage errors – reading the defense – they weren’t just really bad plays in general,” said Perone. “It was just small things, like picking the better side on a play, throwing a different style, rather then throwing just a bullet, throwing with a little more touch. Just things I did in high school that doesn’t work anymore because the players are better at this level. It was just one of those things of feeling out the play.”

Perone was on the Seton Hill University’s football team before transferring to Waynesburg University, but he was unable to play due to an injury last year. Perone said it took some time to get used to the changes between high school and college level football. “[College level is] definitely more competitive for sure, the speed of players, more disciplined,” said Perone. “One of the turnovers we had, I thought I could fit a ball into a window because in high school the safety would never have been able to get there and the safety got over there, so it’s a learning experience.”

Shepas said the team is still struggling with running routes, which contributed to some of Perone’s mistakes and because of that, the mistakes were not specific to one area in the game.

“If players run their routes

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Redshirt freshman Tyler Perone completed 18 of 38 pass attempts for 200 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions in his first college start Saturday. consistently at the right depth, we make the break, [Perone] looks somebody off, he comes back to it,” said Shepas. “We’re still not in sync on some of those things, we’re still running routes inconsistently. That’s why you can’t pinpoint one area of play.”

Coming out of his first start, Perone said the team will spend the next week focusing on finishing drives, red zone possession and handling later quarters in the game. With the differ-

ent aspects to prepare for going into the Yellow Jackets’ Grove City matchup, Perone said the team has some things to work from.

“Coming out of the [Case Western Reserve game], we got some more energy,” said Perone. “We have some more things to build on and honestly that’s what’s going to help us these next weeks, and these next weeks will be building weeks to get our season back on track.”

After Perone’s first start on the season, Shepas said he

hopes Perone feels confident about his success. Additionally, Shepas said the team performed well early and had good pacing through the game.

“Hopefully [Perone’s] feeling good about what he did at least with his first start, feeling positive,” said Shepas. “I thought he gave us some juice, I thought we played with some juice in the first half – I don’t think we matched that in the second half. I thought we had good energy as a team.”

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In this case, if we don’t feel like we can run it against a tough defense, we’ll sling it to see if we can open that up.”

Tyler Perone Era As stated, the redshirt freshman’s stat line in his first ever start doesn’t look pretty to many, and Shepas admitted that. Perone completed 18 of 38 pass attempts for 200 yards and one touchdown and four interceptions.

Shepas thought Perone’s day went relatively well, saying the first of the four interceptions was a case in which he missed on a matchup of senior wide receiver Kevin Barnes Jr. against a Case Western linebacker. Shepas said seeing things like that needs to happen more often and that will come as Perone gets more snaps at the collegiate level.

“It depends on how you look at it, I guess,” said Shepas.

“We were intentional in how many times we threw the ball. All things considered, I thought he played well. I thought he attacked the week well. There are things that come with time.”

Shepas said the key for Perone moving forward is continuing to have his confidence grow and continuing to see things better.

Perone was pulled late in the game in favor of Jenkins, who came in and showed an ability to change things up a bit with some different skill sets, according to Shepas.

The coach said there is a possibility of packages to get Jenkins in the game in the future.

Defense allows 30+ In last year’s matchup at Case Western, Waynesburg was beat by screens and explosive plays.

Seven players had plays of 20 yards or more in that matchup.

This year, Shepas said that was a focus in preparation for the Spartans.

This year, only three players had long plays of 20 yards or more. Senior wide receiver Brendan Lynch and junior quarterback Rob Cuda connected on a 20-yard pass, while junior fullback Jacob Burke had touchdowns of 25 and 49 yards on the day to go along with two more shortyardage scores, accounting for 24 points by himself.

“You have to take something away from them,” said Shepas. “We made the choice to take away the screen to keep them away from the explosive points hoping we would play the box a little bit better. We weren’t successful there. They had a nice one-two punch with the backs they were running.

The one was bigger than the other and the quarterback was almost like a fullback when he was running.”

Looking ahead Moving forward, Shepas will look for some adjustments across the board heading into the team’s next contest at Grove City, in which both teams look for their first win of the season.

Shepas said the perception can’t “drive the engine.”

“I think we could’ve played better in each of the weeks we’ve played so far,” Shepas said. “That said, this is where we’re sitting now, and we’re trying to keep everything as positive as we possibly can.

In some ways, we are in foreign waters and not used to being in this situation. That’s why you play the game and go through these things. We will be better having gone through it.”

Kickoff at Grove City, Saturday, Oct. 1, is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Editor’s Note: For a recap of the game against Grove City, visit theyellowjacket. org.

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Round 1 of WU Idol complete, singers' fates yet to be revealed

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

News Convergence Editor

On Friday, Sept. 23, nine singers stepped onto the Goodwin Performing Arts Center stage for the popular Student Activities Board event, Waynesburg Idol. The contestants were as follows: Megan Leiter, Heidi Dziak, Emily Mielcarek, Ma-

son Morgan, Kayla Coughlin, Elaina Spahmer, Megan Cook, Harrison Scott and Ricquel Williams.

The competition was hosted by secondary education English major, Tessa Masula.

The song theme for round one was Guilty Pleasures. Songs such as “Piece of my Heart” by Janis Joplin sang by senior international business major, Emily Mielcarek and “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5 was performed by freshman communication major, Elaina Spahmer.

Freshman Heidi Dziak took on Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” and both the judges

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Ricquel William and Kayla Coughlin perform at the opening night of Waynesburg Idol. Both contestants will be moving on to round 2.

and audience were stunned and applauded.

Freshman nursing major, Megan Leiter performed Cee Loo Green’s “Forget You.” Leiter said she had fun and felt really good about her first WU Idol performance.

Love was a popular theme throughout the course of the night as sophomore psychology major, Mason Morgan, dedicated his performance of Thomas Rhett’s love song, “Die a Happy Man” to his girlfriend, Sarah Knapp, who was sitting front row in the audience.

After Morgan, special and early childhood education major, Kayla Coughlin gave a performance of Sugarland’s “Stuck like Glue,” in which she pointed to her boyfriend in the audience.

As Mielcarek mentioned in the previous article, she was excited to take a new approach to performing this year. Masula asked Mielcarek how she felt being the only senior competing and Mielcarek stated she concentrating on just having fun and enjoying her performances.

Sophomore communication major, Megan Cook sang a version of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song.” Cook is no stranger to the Waynesburg

stage though; herself and fellow contestant, Coughlin, sang a duet from the musical, “Wicked” for Waynesburg’s Got Talent in Spring 2016.

Both Coughlin and Cook performed in Waynesburg’s 2016 spring musical, “The Little Mermaid,” as well.

The show concluded with freshman nursing major, Ricquel Williams, who gave her own spin on the Stevie Wonder classic, “Isn’t She Lovely.”

Freshman biochemistry major, Harrison Scott, who sang “Feeling Good” by Michael Buble,

performances were finished and the results will be revealed prior to round two.

Round two will take place Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. in the Goodwin Pe r for m i ng Arts Center.

Round two’s song theme is “Disney.”

is excited to see how the rest of the Idol performances pan out.

“I thought the first night of Waynesburg Idol went well for everybody. The crowd was encouraging, and every singer cheered for each other, “ said Scott. “I can’t wait to see how the rest of WU Idol plays out.”

The audience voted after the

Free root beer floats Student from Germany interns at WU bring more students to sporting events

By BRENDAN KEANY Op/Ed Editor

Maintaining crowd size for game remains a challenge

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

As some students may have noticed, there have been multiple Waynesburg University sporting events that have had root beer floats available to attendees prior to, or during, the game or match. The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board (SAB) are responsible for providing these treats to students and looks at it as a way to promote the various sports teams on campus.

“The idea is mostly to get students to come to the games,” said Marla Holland, who is the chair of the committee for athletic fun and fitness within SAB. “We want students to interact with the players that are competing…and be supportive of the teams through free stuff.”

The SAB has been responsible for handing out root beer floats at different sporting events for approximately eight years now, according to Holland.

Within the past few years, the treat has made appear-

ances at volleyball matches, wrestling matches, tennis matches and basketball games. Holland said that the organization tries to do it at each sporting event at least once during their season to increase fan and student support. Holland commented on the effectiveness of the root beer floats at events. “[The root beer floats] have been pretty successful,” said Holland. “We always run out of ice cream and root beers.”

Most recently, root beer floats were offered at a volleyball tri-match on Sept. 15, as the Yellow Jackets played host to both Saint Vincent College and Westminster College. While noting that they are a good idea, senior middle hitter Rachel Lang said there were some issues with the timing of giving them out.

“They got people to show up, but did not get them to stay,” said Lang, who is a four-year starter for the team. “They should have FLOATS >> D2

Frido Firsching is a guy who expected New York City to be bigger than it was.

He’s accustomed to bigger.

Much bigger.

He lived in Tokyo for five years and resided in Shanghai for a month.

When asked to name all the places he’s been around the world, he didn’t really feel like trying too hard.

“It’s going to take a while,” he said.

The most recent addition to the list of cities, Waynesburg, is the antithesis of everything the 25-year-old knows.

As a political science student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, a school populated by more than 50,000 students, Firsching wanted to find an internship in the United States.

He interned for the Bosch Exchange Program, and some of the training was held in Pittsburgh. Mary Cummings, senior vice president of graduate programs at Waynesburg, connected with Firsching and suggested he be part of an exchange.

As a result, a Waynesburg student interned with Bosch in Germany last semester, and Firsching came to Waynesburg University for an internship during his school’s summer vacation.

He was then placed with Dr. Larry Stratton as an in-

Photo courtesy of Frido Firsching

Frido Firsching has been adjusting to his time in America as a Stover Scholar intern. He is currently wrapping up his time here before he heads home. tern for the Stover Center of Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, which seemed like a natural fit.

“I’ve been following Dr. Stratton around to different classes and seeing how teaching is done in the U.S. and how the American system works,” he said. “I’m seeing things education-wise and how it differs, and of course, all things related to the Constitution and how it differs from the German Constitution.”

As part of the experience,

Firsching is taking a Constitutional Law class with Stratton, which he finds intriguing because he gets to “see the Constitution in action.”

“If you’re [in Germany], you can learn it on paper, but if you’re here and actually see it, it’s a lot different,” he said.

Also, Firsching is observing the American election cycle because he is taking a seminar about political communication during elections, which is specifically about the American elections.

“It’s a circus,” Firsching

said with a laugh in regard to the current American election cycle. “It’s a lot less reality TV-like in Germany, so it’s difficult to understand from where we’re coming from.”

But the political differences are not the only culture shock that Firsching has experienced while on campus. In fact, one of the first things he noted as odd is something Americans do every day: make small talk.

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University expands list of banned items Service Saturdays

big hit for students; expected to continue

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Developments in technology have led Waynesburg University to make adjustments to certain disciplinary policies, according to Chris Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services.

The university has recently expanded its prohibition of skateboards, rollerblades and bicycles to include the recent fad: hover boards.

“There [are] probably two different policies to look at,” said Hardie. “The hover boards—that’s a pretty new policy.”

Hardie said that the devices present a potential danger in the close, campus environment, leading institutions all over the U.S. to place bans.

“Especially in the resi-

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Photo courtesy of Jozie Fallabel

Hover boards have made their way to the banned items list on campus. They join a list that already include bikes, rollerblades and skateboards. dence halls, it’s a fire hazard when you charge those things, especially in a confined space where there is a lot of people living,” said Hardie. “They’re banned actually all across the country

in higher education venues.”

The rule was implemented this year as a result of new students attempting to bring the hover boards to campus.

“There was an inquiry from a couple of guys from

the freshman class early in the semester,” said Hardie.

“It’s not a problem or issue; I think they took them home.

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The Center for Service Leadership offers more opportunities to serve through different Service Saturday activities every weekend.

This weekly tradition began last fall when Kelley Hardie, the assistant dean of students, identified a need on campus for weekend service projects.

After collecting data from the previous year, Hardie officially declared the first Service Saturday in the fall of 2015.

“When I transitioned into

this position, the very first thing I wanted to do was collect data,” Hardie said.

“Through that data collection, I discovered that students wanted to serve not just during the weekday but on the weekends as well.”

Before Service Saturdays, there were service projects offered on Saturdays through the Center for Service Leadership, but the data showed that more students were signing up for the weekend service projects than the space permitted.

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Students join in singing at Wing Night Frido: Stover Scholar intern adjusts to new country and people

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Students from all classes gathered together in the Beehive on Saturday, Sept. 24, for Wing Night. They gathered around to eat wings and listen to 88 Keys and their band The Truth perform.

The leaders of the band are brothers Matt and Ethan Monk, who not only consider themselves artists but performers as well.

The brothers and their band came together and formed in Cleveland Ohio in August of 2014.

The night’s popularity could be judged by the empty wing trays, which were once full at the start of the show. According to junior and Student Activities Board member Grant Long, the night was very successful.

“I was very happy with the turn out - we maybe had 70 to 75 people, maybe more than that,” said Long, an electronic media major.

“We went through all of our wings and half a keg of root beer. I just think it was really cool a lot of people came out to this.”

While Long spoke of success by numbers, sophomore sports broadcasting major Luke Goodling spoke of the success that performers have

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Student Activities Board member Michelle Keith serves wings in the Beehive as the 88 Keys and The Truth played for the crowd. on a more personal level “They’re really interactive, I’ve been to a few of these events before,” said Goodling. “The performers who do the best are the one’s who know the college life style, who interact with people.”

Goodling also took part in the show when Matt Monk came over and asked the student to perform a Taylor Swift song. Goodling was not the only student to be to take part in the performance.

“I didn’t decide to jump in at the very end,” said junior

biblical studies major Andy Brunette, “He kind a of just came over here, and I said ‘you know what I might as well give it a go’.”

While students like Goodling and Brunette took part in the show, others such as sophomore resident assistant Mason Morgan found joy in being able to share in the fellowship with others.

“I think it is a great thing,” said Morgan. “It gets people out of their dorms and gets them to interact with each other.”

Morgan’s opinion was shared by freshman Rebekah Mohnker, who enjoyed the opportunity to put her books down for a while and hang with friends.

“I think these opportunities are really cool it gives us a chance to gather around,” said Mohnker. “Just set studies aside and spend time with each other it’s just a good atmosphere.”

More wing nights are planned for the semester due to the continued success of the event.

“In the beginning it was weird to me that everybody, even if I don’t know them, asked me ‘Hi, how are you?’” he said. “I didn’t know what they wanted from me and if I should tell them something about my life. Why does the cashier ask me how I feel at the supermarket? It took me a while to learn to say, ‘I’m good, how are you?’”

Another thing he doesn’t understand? Holding doors.

“I don’t understand when people hold a door for someone, and that person hurries through the door to hold the next one for the same person who just held it,” he said. “It’s a different set of cultural norms.”

Furthermore, after living in Munich, a city with 1.5 million people, Firsching is not used to the small-town atmosphere of Waynesburg.

“It’s the smallest town I’ve ever lived in my life,” said Firsching. “You don’t get any where without a car, here. I can’t go to Pittsburgh without someone driving me. It’s

much more like a community here. You see the same people every day, and there’s a strong core of people that you know, where it’s a lot more anonymous in Germany.”

Despite trying to overcome the cultural differences, Firsching is confident that he is taking a quality experience with him back to Germany.

He leaves on Oct. 12 so that he can get back to school to begin his final year at his university.

“It’s been fun, I mean everyone knows Dr. Stratton, right?” he said. “He’s a very diplomatic, very nice guy to work with and very intelligent as well, and we’ve had a lot of good discussions. I can’t complain.”

He intends to enter the political sphere in some fashion following his final year. He’s debating whether to enter graduate school or to enter into a public service.

Either way, Firsching is not too concerned about his future because he feels like he has plenty of time to figure it out.

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Hardie’s solution to this overfill was to offer more than one service project on Saturdays.

At the beginning of last year, only one project was offered each weekend, but since then, the number has increased to two to five service projects each Saturday.

These service opportunities vary with each Saturday to attempt to attract all students.

“I actively tr y to do something different every Saturday,” said Hardie. “The goal behind that is to target a different group of students on campus and off campus.”

Some of the projects this semester included work with the Greene County Alzheimer’s Awareness Walk in Carmichaels and the American Cancer Society Duck Drop Awareness

Event at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

The logistics to each project, which includes a continental breakfast, transportation and communication with the service partner and the student site leader, are coordinated through the Center for Service Leadership Office.

Student site leaders are normally upperclassmen Bonner Scholars who are heavily involved with service, but Hardie makes it clear that it is not limited to Bonner Students.

“We usually try to find students who’ve either served at that site before or are familiar with that site or organization,” said Adrienne Tharpe, the Bonner coordinator. “It’s also given the Bonner Scholars opportunities to lead some of those projects and offer guidance at those sites.”

Despite the Center for

Service Leadership efforts to increase the service opportunities available, the Service Saturday trips are filling up quickly and still run into the problem of not having enough space to cater to all the students interested in the projects.

“We’ve seen an increase i n n on - B on n e r s s e r v ing, which is fantastic and we want to see that,” said Tharpe.

Hardie agrees that students have embraced the concept but Hardie has more plans for what Service Saturdays can offer to students.

“I would really love to see more students coming forward with their areas of interest, but also working more with our faculty members to offer more academic focused Service Saturday opportunities,” said Hardie.

She encourages students to talk to the Center for

Service Leadership Office about their areas of interests, academic or otherwise, because the Center for Service Leadership Office wants to provide students with trips to best fit their interests.

According to Hardie, Waynesburg University is built upon the importance of service, and that is why these service opportunities are available to students.

“Waynesburg University’s identity is service.

As a Christian institution, the best servant leader example that we have is Jesus Christ,” she said. “And, how we model his behaviors and actions can be done by loving others. And that’s why these service projects are so important. Giving a few moments of our time can really make a huge impact on the lives of others and the community that we live in.”

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been served at 7:30 p.m. instead of 6 p.m., because our second game started at 8 p.m.

[Saint Vincent and Westminster] were playing when they were giving them out.”

As noted by Holland, the organization usually runs out of ice cream and root beer relatively quickly, so by the time the Yellow Jackets were ready to play their second match, there was none left.

“People would walk in, get them and leave because we weren’t playing,” said Lang.

Despite the discrepancy in timing, Lang still feels that they are a good idea and should continue to be utilized in the future.

“It’s a good concept…and they are nice if people come,” she said.

When looking to the fu-

ture, Holland views the root beer floats as something that they will continue to provide to students at different sporting events. The SAB will also offer other activities to try and get students more active and involved with sports teams at Waynesburg.

“I definitely think we will continue to do [the root beer floats],” said Holland. “Some other things we will do include tailgates, competitions and halftime contests.”

Overall, Holland notes that the purpose handing out the treat to students is to increase student involvement and garner as much support as SAB can for all the sports teams on campus.

“We are just trying to get people involved,” said Holland. “Even with sports that are not doing as well, we are trying to keep the spirits high.”

Lamplighter choir to host Disney sing-a-long for kids

By KIMMI BASTON Executive Editor

The Waynesburg University Lamplighters choir will offer a Disney-themed sing-along concert in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center Thursday, Oct. 13, from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Admission is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend. The Lamplighters will also offer the concert at an assembly at Waynesburg Central Elementary School on the morning of Oct. 13.

The choir will lead the audi-

ence in singing along to songs from Toy Story, The Lion King, Frozen and more. Disney characters from the movies represented may even make an appearance at the concert.

Melanie Catana, director of choral music, said the concert is perfect for young children and hopes the music brings messages of joy and friendship to those who take part.

According to Catana, University students in the Lamplighters choir have been requesting to perform a Disney concert for years.

“We are already having a ball in rehearsal just preparing for this concert,” said Catana.

“It is just a good time – singing purely for the love of it.”

Catana invites University students, in addition to children and parents in the community, to attend the concert and take part in the fun.

“The choir and the audience are both the performers for this event – we need all Disney lovers and singers on deck,” she said.

Tickets will be provided at the door prior to the event.

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WAYNESBURG FALLS INTO AUTUMN

The university is well underway being transformed into their fall settings. Corn stalks are being placed along side lamp posts just in time for the upcoming Homecoming festivities.

and disappointed that they could not use them.”

Director of Public Safety Mike Humiston added that it was better for the university to proactively ban the hover boards altogether, rather than have students keep them in the dorms where they would remain a hazard. Hardie agreed, saying that students’ safety is the institution’s priority.

“I think the justification for the hover board is: we don’t want them overheating and causing a fire in one

of our residence halls or in one of our buildings,” said Hardie. “So even if someone brought forth the issue that they’re 18 and they can use it, it’s still a big community concern for us. So we would not budge on that policy. I’d never want to put a group of people in harm’s way just so somebody could use a hover board.”

Humiston said that the rules against skateboards, rollerblades and bicycles are still just as important as before. These items are not allowed for safety reasons, according to Humiston, due to the steep incline of Waynes-

burg’s campus.

“Speed and recklessness is part of that,” said Humiston.

Humiston also expressed concern for damage to Waynesburg University property.

“People are not satisfied with just riding on the roadway or sidewalk,” he said.

“They start grinding on our limestone and rails, [which is] obviously dangerous and also destructive.”

Humiston encouraged students to visit the nearby skate park in Waynesburg for outdoor activities not permitted on campus.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Shot in the dark 5. Mild expletive 9. Contraction used with “up” 14. Confining room 15. River originating in Manchuria 16. Assails 17. Woodstock performer before Joan 18. Sci-fi guru 19. Rodeo maker 20. Number on some beer bottles?

23. Make even the slightest comment 24. Hall of Famer Musial 25. Some suits, briefly 28. Egg foo __ 30. Depot worker 32. Flight regulatory org.

35. Washateria wear?

38. “__ turca: allegretto”: Mozart rondo 40. “Is that __?”

41. Floor option 42. Musical work played where Brits go?

47. Sci-fi craft 48. Exotic journey 49. Kennel calls 51. Terrestrial wiggler 52. Storm sound 55. Jefferson bills, slangily 59. Smokeless chimney duct?

61. Courts in some hotels 64. Bend for a swan, may be 65. Woodworking tool 66. Contemporary of

Beethoven 67. Trouser parts 68. Chatted with online 69. Quirky 70. 2015 World Serieswinning manager Ned 71. Much of the MTV gen eration

DOWN 1. Natural skin protection 2. __ firma 3. Way in the back, often 4. Pass easily 5. Prestigious NASCAR venue 6. Lima love 7. Many Renoirs

8. Foster __: sunglasses brand 9. Self-titled 1987 pop al bum 10. Diner concoction 11. Phil Mickelson’s alma mater: Abbr.

12. Toon devil 13. “The Simpsons” disco guy 21. Subject of an evil ne gotiation 22. “Dumb and Dumber” actress 25. Parental control device 26. Italian soccer great Rossi 27. Dash datum 29. Tortilla chip topper,

informally 31. It’s not observed in P.R. 32. Pseudo 33. “Half __ is ... “ 34. On high 36. San Antonio-to-Dallas dir.

37. Small craft 39. Picasso’s here 43. Picking site

44. Giza’s river 45. Like the maximum sum 46. Multinational energy gp.

50. Less, when added?

53. To an adequate degree 54. __ diet 56. Versifier’s weather 57. Calculus pioneer

58. Origins 59. Echelon 60. Touring jobs 61. “What a darling baby!”

62. Golfer’s support 63. Cred for bringing someone home

LAST ISSUE'S SOLUTION

S D I S E V E R U S S N A P E N K X T S

R M O T T O B G N O L E L L I V E N R K

D H D Z R D O O X O C O Z G K C T W A J

Harry Potter Characters I H T Q O I B M O A A F C X A Y E R H F

HARRY POTTER LORD VOLDEMORT SIRIUS BLACK GINNY WEASLEY

R U G V M I S R Z L F X Y N F M I E K G

G S Z A E W F Y A B O X C Q A J L G C Q

H R G M L N V B N S L P E N B U P A L B

S I T T O F M O I D O Y T I O N D R Y F

U U C O V I P D D U E F T P S A R G O G

RON WEASLEY ALBUS DUMBLEDORE DRACO MALFOY REMUS LUPIN

Students of Waynesburg

"Growing up on the eastern side of Pa., there are a lot of differences between me and the rest of my Western Pa. compadres.

1. I don’t wave a yellow rag when my football team scores a touchdown.

2. I don’t ‘raise the jolly rodger when my baseball team wins a game, I prefer the round ball anyways.

But I do share one thing with my classmates and that is that I will be leaving here soon and starting a new, exciting chapter of my life. With all that is going on in the world today, I urge us to do one thing, make a difference. Don’t settle, don’t falter, be bold, be dreamers, and be confident because the future is in our hands."

A I P R D F W B F U X Q R D X L A N O D

E S R L D X O H Z M Y E O U Y L A E R G

B B O G R W V M O B P R P L D O C N E K

U L N Q O T U O P L R G Y S A V O O D G

R A W N L J D I T E R U R U A E M I L R

HERMIONE GRANGER SEVERUS SNAPE DOBBY GILDEROY LOCKHART

O C E V U Y Y M Q D Y K R M B G A M I L

V K A Y D S W W R O A V A E A O L R G I

K X S Z X K U C Y R Q C H R S O F E X J

F C L G I N N Y W E A S L E Y D O H G A

N L E C V Q E B I B H O C M T G Y U W I

Q G Y B Y G S X C X N K D D T E Y W A L

NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM RUBEUS HAGRID LUNA LOVEGOOD MAD EYE MOODY

CLUB SPOTLIGHT

College Dems offer outlet for students College Democrats of Waynesburg University Information provided by Blair Shea

WHO ARE THEY They are a club based on democratic values and political views. They register people to vote and give them information of the Democratic Party and things happening in the world.

WHERE AND WHEN They meet Thursday at 6:30 on the first floor of Buhl.

CLUB PRESIDENT

Blair Shea, sophmore forensic accounting major. email: she0404@student.waynesburg.edu

FUTURE EVENTS They plan to host the debates in the Beehive seating area for everyone to come and watch. They also plan on hosting a voter registration drive early next week in the caf.

Photo courtesy of Timmy Kaiser

Senior sports managment major Timmy Kaiser spends his time making a difference when he is not on the court.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN "Students should join the club because it looks great on a resume and it will be great to help register to vote, get other people to vote, and get involved with this nations politics."

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THE BACK PAGE

Written by Sam Chadwick Designed by Joe Buchanan With the 2016 U.S. presidential election taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 8, it is important to know how your right to vote works and the history behind voting.

Election Day occurs on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November during each election year. During presidential elections, the U.S. uses the electoral college system which allows voters to vote for electors who will then vote for president. The electors from the party with the most popular votes are then elected into a winner-take-all system. In order to win a presidency, a candidate must receive 270 electoral votes out of a possible 538.

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All American citizens over the age of 18 have a right to vote, but must be a registered voter in order to participate. Voters in Pennsylvania can register online via a voter registration application form found at www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication. The deadline for registering to vote in the 2016 presidential election is Oct. 11.

On Jan. 20, 2017, Inauguration Day in the United States, a newly elected president will take office.

On Jan. 7, 1789, the first presidential election was held. At the time, only white men who owned property were permitted to cast a vote. The election resulted in a win for George Washington and on April 30, 1789, he was sworn into office becoming the first U.S. president. Some other important dates in history are:

All white Protestant men have the right to vote

Male citizens of any race or color are granted the right to vote

All non-citizen Native Americans born in the U.S. are declared citizens and granted the right to vote

1789

Only white, property-owning, Protestant men have the right to vote

1828

All white men are granted the right to vote, regardless of religion

1920

All citizens are granted the right to vote, regardless of gender

1971

The voting age is set to 18 years and older

1792

1870

1924

Fun Presidential Facts • Barack Obama is the nation’s 44th president. Although, he is really only the 43rd president because Grover Cleveland was counted twice. Cleveland served as the nation’s 22nd president when he was first elected in 1884 and also served as the 24th president when he was reelected in 1892.

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• The first woman to ever run for president, Victoria Woodhull, ran in 1872.

• James Monroe was elected president in 1820 and received all but one electoral vote. This happened due to a NH delegate who voted against him because he wanted George Washington to remain as the only president to be elected unanimously.

• Abraham Lincoln was the nation’s tallest president at 6’4”.

• The shortest U.S. president was James Madison. He was 5’4”.

Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-presidential-election http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-election-facts

http://massvote.org/voterinfo/history-of-voting-rights/ http://www.cartoonstock.com

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