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Higher education issues in spotlight for students after Trump elected

By BRENDAN KEANY

For the Yellow Jacket

The 2016 Presidential election has come and gone, and Donald Trump will be sitting in the Oval Office for the next four years, at least.

Trump’s platform has become well-known during the election, but now, college students are focused on how the election may affect them.

According to Dr. Larry Stratton, a lot of students have seen the impact this election could have, and Waynesburg Uni-

versity has been more politically engaged because of it.

“I think it’s more than four years ago, just looking at the level of consciousness about the election here at Waynesburg,” said Stratton. “Nationally, the strong support for Bernie Sanders was largely driven from college students.”

When it comes to how the new president will impact the lives of college-aged students before, during and after their collegiate experiences, there are many unknowns, according to Stratton.

“Trump is a wildcard,” he said.

USA Today College echoes Stratton’s statements by noting the relatively small amount of policy pertaining to this topic, but it notes that Sam Clovis, a Trump advisor, did make a statement regarding Trump’s stance on student loans in a discussion with Inside Higher Ed. Clovis said that Trump wants private banks to be responsible for handing out student loans as opposed to the government, and there is

a video of Trump summarizing these thoughts on his official Twitter account.

Also, Trump discussed his college loans view in his book, “Crippled America,” which was published in 2015.

In this brief mention of his book, Trump said that the government should not be making money off student TRUMP >> A3 Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service

Nursing Dept. teaches students to care for addiction

Professor says treating heroin addicts common for nurses in area hospitals grief, had diverted narcotics from a patient for her own use. The fact is, according to Small, anyone can Having witnessed addiction as be affected by both a nurse and an instructor, Dr. addiction, given Terri Small, professor of nursing at the wrong set of Waynesburg University, said she circumstances. views it as a chronic illness – one “One of the that could plague anybody. other things I Small described an instance tell students,” where her students were caring for she said, “[is a nurse, which she explained is a to] look around common occurrence for clinical your classroom: students to see. it could be any However, this time was differ- one of you.” ent to Small. While the Like ADDICTION patient had not studied a n y at Waynesburg, she was An occasional series other very young, and had illness, been a nursing student. addiction can “And [she] said to my nurs- happen to anying student, ‘I was sitting in your one, said Small. chair one day not too long ago, and Addiction is a never thought I would be on this growing probside,’” said Small. lem, meaning The nurse-turned patient had nurses on the been dealing with the death of front line must a family member and had been learn to cope with treating addictaking pain medication for an tion in a health care setting. Small unrelated injury, and in a wave of uses clinical to prepare students for

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the world they are about to face.

This is something that she frequently reinforces to her students in clinical: treat it like a chronic disease.

“I compare addiction with diabetes,” Small said. “Addiction and diabetes are both chronic; they have no cure; they are long-term; it can have longterm detrimental effects if it is not treated.”

Small said that one of her biggest frustrations as an educator is when students do not accept addiction as a true disease state, even when they see it in several manifestations—alcohol, prescription abuse and most

47,055

Lethal drug overdoses in 2014 in America

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Lethal drug overdoses in 2014 related to heroin

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Heroin users started misusing painkillers

recently, heroin.

“Heroin is everywhere,” she said. “…Heroin is cheap, easy to get. The problem with heroin is we don’t know what people cut it with, what they’re mixing with—it’s not necessarily pure heroin.”

Small said that this quality about the drug makes it even more detrimental to a person’s health, and it is one of the most commonly seen in the West Virginia/Pennsylvania area.

“There are other substances being used, but not to the point that I’m seeing heroin and [OxyContin] or Oxycodone, morphines…” she said.

The areas surrounding Greene County have been especially prominent in the data. Per capita, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the country, and West Virginia has the highest overdose rate in the country, according to the Center for Disease Control. Small attributes that to

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When over 600 projected students walk into the 16th annual Thanksgiving Dinner held by Waynesburg University’s faculty and staff, everything will already be prepared.

The napkins will b e folded, the plates and silverware will be set and the food will—hopefully—be fully cooked.

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At least 600 Waynesburg students attend the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner, where thousands of pounds of food are prepared by the dining staff.

However, with everything looking perfectly pre-

pared, the students aren’t often aware of just how

much preparation goes into making the Thanksgiving

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Dinner a success.

According to Lesley Davis, the food service director on campus, the cafeteria workers begin cooking and preparing food for the Thanksgiving Dinner about two days prior.

“We usually start baking the turkeys around midnight around two days before,” said Davis.

There is a lot of cooking to be done. Last year, there were 550 pounds of turkey, 400 pounds of potatoes, 25 gallons of gravy, 120 pies and 320 pounds of vegetables.

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Over 1,000 lbs of food prepared for Thanksgving

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Service in the military is in Dr. Richard Waddel’s blood.

His father was a reservist, his grandfather a Naval Officer in World War II. He had uncles in the Navy, Army and Army Air Corps in World War II. One of his nephews graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and he has several nieces and nephews who graduated from the Air Force Academy.

It doesn’t stop there – other members of Waddel’s extended family have served in various branches.

“Uniforms aren’t unusual in the family,” said Waddel, professor of political science at Waynesburg University.

After watching his dad serve, Waddel decided to attend the United States Naval Academy at the age of 17 – “I had to have a note from my mother.” Now, 36 years after his graduation, he remembers his 16 years of service every Veterans Day. “I think of the friends I’ve lost,” said Waddel. “The older I get the more faces I see.”

Many of the friends Waddel lost were in training accidents, but the impact is no less, especially in light of the last few decades of military conflicts.

Waddel served in Naval Aviation for nine years on active duty and seven years as a reservist, and he was never shot at, he said. As a result of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars the U.S. has been engaged in since 2001, he has

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Fundraiser turns life-changing mission trip into a reality Students work to raise funds for Guatemalan orphanage

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Six years ago, Kyle Digiandomenico, admissions counselor and Waynesburg graduate, knew that he wanted to to do an international service trip, and he was positive where he wanted to go. He decided to attend an interest meeting for a trip to Jamaica to work with individuals with special needs.

Fifteen minutes later, he realized he was in the wrong meeting. This was for the Guatemala service trip. Digiandomenico rose to leave.

“Where are you going?” said Pat Bristor, assistant dean of Student Services, from the front of the room.

“I think I’m in the wrong meeting…”

“No you’re not. You’re going to go to Guatemala. Sit down.”

Digiandomenico sat back down, and later that year, went to Guatemala. He went again the next year, and the next and the next.

“It was kind of destiny at that point,” said Digiandomenico, looking back. “I fell in love with that place.”

Digiandomenico was just

one of many students who consistently went to Guatemala throughout their college years—and continues to attend now as a staff member. He was present, along with several other members of the Guatemala service trip at the Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser last Friday, Nov. 4, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church.

The purpose of the Spaghetti Dinner, which is held twice a year, is to raise money for the project fund, said Bristor.

“The project fund is a fund we raise for all year long,” she said. “Money is used for whatever they need us to do. We also use money to pay for children’s education, and we buy shoes— that type of stuff.”

""It's one mission: it's to show love to one another.”

Audrey Domasky, The Yellow Jacket

KYLE DIGIANDOMENICO

Admissions Counselor

Digiandomenico said that the Waynesburg group performs different services for the same orphanage every trip, building a driveway, a retention wall and, most recently, a fence. All of this sets students up to build relationships with the children, whom they often see year after year.

“The other part is the re-

Roger Bristor joined Waynesburg University students last Friday, Nov. 4 to prepare bottomless spaghetti for a fundraiser to support the Guatemala mission trip fund. Students will travel in 2017 to perform various projects for an orphanage in the Guatemalan countryside. lationship aspect,” said Digiandomenico. “So, hanging out with the children that are there and building relationships with them. And in my opinion, that’s the most important part—the labor and the projects are important, but for my personal belief, it’s the spending time with the kids.”

Bristor agreed that this is the most significant part of the trip and makes all of the construction activities worth it.

“My favorite part of the trip is honestly when I get off the bus at the center,” she said. “They remember our names, they run up to us…It’s so heartwarming

to know we leave such an impact.”

Bristor said that the Spaghetti Dinner is a significant source of funds for the construction projects, the children’s education and other initiatives put on by the Waynesburg group. A lot of donations are made through the event because of its low

cost. They also have the support of the church, who introduced Bristor to the trip several years ago.

Dig i andomenico expressed his appreciation for those that continue to support the mission trip’s fund, and said that he hopes the SPAGHETTI >> A4

Ohio scholarship an avenue to success Lamplighters aim to build community at outreach concert

By EMILY BENNETT

For the Yellow Jacket

In 1994, Jeff Taussig, a 1974 Waynesburg graduate, set up the Ohio Honor’s scholarship, which is Waynesburg’s only full tuition, room and board scholarship. He said the scholarship was set up to give devoted students a chance to further their academic career.

Taussig said the scholarship specifically targets Ohio students because when he was a student at Waynesburg, Ohio was not represented well.

“As a student in the 1970s, I was one of only a handful from the Buckeye state,” said Taussig. “Hopefully, Waynesburg’s message of scholarship and community service now has a wider audience, as our school has more tools to recruit students from an area outside of Pennsylvania.”

The scholarship is exclusive to students majoring in math and science.

Dave Floyd, assistant director of Admissions, is the point person for competitive scholarships. He said he is excited to see students with high academics choosing Waynesburg.

“These students really are top notch students coming in,” said Floyd. “They do have a lot of opportunities elsewhere, so we are always thrilled whenever they choose Waynesburg, whether they end up becom-

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Each year, the university selects an Ohio student to receive an all-expenses paid education. Current Ohio Honors Scholars include, left to right, Marissa Appleby, Payne Wissler and Ansley Thomas. ing a recipient or not.”

The past two recipients of the scholarship, Payne Wissler and Ansley Thomas, said they are happy with their decision to come to Waynesburg University and love the Waynesburg community.

Wissler, a sophomore predental major, said the people at Waynesburg greatly influenced his decision to come.

“While the scholarship is what initially drew me to Waynesburg and made it a serious contender, the deciding factor was the way that the community wanted to get to

know me so well and love me so well and push me to not just be stagnant,” said Wissler.

The recipients also said the teachers were a big deciding factor.

Thomas, a junior biology major, said the professors truly care about their student’s education.

“Teachers want to teach you something rather than just checking off that you know something, said Thomas.

“They want you to learn, and they care about it.”

Thomas was not sure she wanted to attend Waynesburg

until her mother said something that made her decision clear.

Thomas said she is extremely grateful for the scholarship because she does not know if she would have attended Waynesburg otherwise.

“Thinking about that is kind of sad because I would never want to be anywhere else than I am right now,” she said.

Heidi Szuminsky, vice president of Institutional Advancement and University Relations, said she is grateful for the way the Taussig family is touching one student’s life every year.

“They are really impacting the life of one person each year in an incredible way,” Szuminsky said. “That sets them on a path to either continue their education or start their career with no student debt.”

Taussig said he is pleased to see the quality of the students his scholarship brings to the Waynesburg campus.

“I am most proud that Waynesburg University continues to recruit fantastic students who pride themselves on good character and are more than willing to participate in community service,” he said.

“Our good reputation gets better with each passing year because Waynesburg students are anxious to give back to their school, community and nation.”

Students gather for election celebration Stover Program hosts election results party in Beehive Nov. 8

By ANTONIO PELLULO For the Yellow Jacket

Students rallied in the Beehive on the second floor of the Stover Center for free pizza and to watch the Presidential election play out on FoxNews, CNN and at times, the live broadcast by WCTV14.

Sponsored by the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, Department of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences and the Department of Communication, students were fed more than pizzas and drinks.

The Beehive was filled

with anxious students waiting for results every half hour, as the polls closed in different states across the country.

Every time information on a major battle state appeared on screen, silence struck the room to see results come in; cheers roared every time.

Students would continue to cheer for their candidate as they were announced to win states, especially as key battle states were announced.

As the hours went by, students began to clear out of the room, feeling it was time to crawl into their beds.

“I am forcing myself to leave,” said freshman Madison Rush, a forensic science major. “I’d [have] stayed here all night but homework has to come first, sadly.”

Senior secondary education major Amelia Graves was very pleased with how the event had lively open de-

bates, free of fighting.

“I think that conversation was good and civil and people were in a space where they could share their beliefs and thoughts without being attacked,” said Graves.

Graves did feel the event could have some conversation starters on the tables to spark more debate but was ultimately very pleased with the event.

After 11 p.m., many students remained to watch the end of the election. One student claimed that it would be impossible to fall asleep without knowing the results first.

Many were very pleased with the event, including Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional studies Dr. Larry Stratton, who acted as host. Stratton said the crowd was larger than it was four years ago, when President Obama was re-elected in

2012.

“A few years ago there were not as many people at this event so we are very happy,” said Stratton. “We have done more publicity and I think there is a greater passion for the election.”

Stratton was pleased with the turn out and conversation that students took part in. He did not expect so many students to come especially after lower numbers four years ago.

“I am very happy we have about 100-110 students here; it’s really exciting and there is a great spirit,” said Stratton. “Students are conversing with one another, really excited about the election.”

Many students in the room cheered as Republican candidate Donald Trump slowly won more battle ground states, leading to his victory over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

By GABRIELLE COY

For the Yellow Jacket

The Lamplighters Touring Choir is focused on forming a community at their fall concert.

The concert, which will take place Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. in Robertís Chapel, is designed to accommodate guests who may not normally get to enjoy events like this, said Melanie Catana, director of choral music and instructor of vocal music.

"Usually the audience is family members, student friends and the general community of Waynesburg University," Catana said. "This time, we're trying to bring in people from our actual community, not just campus community."

Greene Arc, a private, nonprofit agency that provides vocational, residential, day support and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities, has been invited to the fall concert this year as a special community guest.

Recently, the Lamplighters hosted an event that was focused on involving children and their families of the Waynesburg community.

When it came to planning this event, the goal was to reach a different part of the community, said Catana.

"When I was planning the season for the Lamplighters concert choir and touring choir, I was thinking over in my own mind how we can interact with the community on a deeper level," she said.

"The first concert that the concert choir did, we geared it towards children. Now this concert is the touring choir, and weíre aiming at a particular people group."

The concert will showcase 18 students from a variety of majors who have auditioned to be part of the Lamplighters touring choir group. The touring choir will choose from a variety of songs including: "We Come to Say Thank You, Be Ye Glad," "The Lord is My Shepherdî"and others.

The performance will also feature a time of hymn singing to involve the guests who come to enjoy the concert, said Catana.

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Counseling Center works to help students find right major

By ASHLEY HALL

For the Yellow Jacket

How do students know if they are in the correct major?

Tyler Gilbert, a transfer from Edinboro University, is still not sure.

As a student at Edinboro University, he was a declared Criminal Justice major, but at Waynesburg University, he is an exploring major.

“I decided to change to exploring, because I wanted to see what else what out there,” said Gilbert. “I had no idea what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and that was very stressful but also exciting to know that I had so many options.”

Jane Owen, director of the Educational Enrichment Program, Clinical Services and Counseling Center, is Gilbert’s advisor and has tried to help alleviate some of his stress.

“She has sat down with me and talked about my interests, what I’m good at and what I’m not so good at,” said Gilbert. “It has been a

great experience working with her, and I would like to thank her for that.”

When Gilbert was trying to decide a major, his mom also gave him some advice.

“My mom got tired of hearing me complain about the fact that I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, so she made me write down three to four majors I was thinking about and had actual interest in, not something that I just thought was cool,” said Gilbert. “Then she made me fold them up and draw them out of a hat. She said if I didn’t actually like a major, then I would want to choose something else and she was right. That’s how I ended up with business. I’ve been interested in business since I have been here, and that was just a way for me to get an idea of what I was actually interested in.”

Along with Owen and Gilbert’s mother, Anthony Bocchini, professor of Business Administration, has also tried to help Gilbert decide on a major.

“I would like thank Mr.

Bocchini in the business department for sitting down with me and giving me some extra guidance to help me decide a major,” said Gilbert.

Although Gilbert has not declared a major yet, he is leaning towards anything in the Department of Business Administration.

Students like Gilbert are found all around the Waynesburg University campus, and teaching is a profession most already know.

“Before you get here and take classes, how do you really know what you want to do?” said Owen. “You know what teaching is to some degree because you’ve been a student for twelve years, and you know what your parents do, but how do you know even about careers until you get here and start taking classes.”

There is no definition for knowing that you are in the correct major, but Mary Hamilla, assistant director of the Educational Enrichment Program and academic major decision counselor, de-

fined it like this.

“I had a student in this morning who said ‘Once I made the decision, then I thought oh I don’t need to take any of those classes anymore. I knew it was right. It just felt completely relaxed,’” Hamilla said. “So it’s kind of intuitive.”

Owen feels the same way about knowing if a student is in the correct major for them.

“You know you are in the right major if you feel like you are in the right major,’ said Owen. “If you are getting good grades in your courses, if the courses that you are taking interest you and if you can see yourself in the future working in that field.”

Hamilla encourages students to find something that interests them and see if there is a way to make a living out of it.

“You have to do something that you personally care about and have some ability in, and if it is something that you can make a career out of, then you’re

good to go,” said Hamilla.

Hamilla says that most students end up graduating as a senior with a different major than they came in with as a freshman.

“I might not know exactly, but statistically I think at least two thirds of people change their major,” said Hamilla.

Owen reminds the students that she sees that it used to be a trend to attend college as a freshman in their first semester without having a major.

“At one time, students wouldn’t even declare their major until the middle of their sophomore year, but now, we have majors that are so structured, and if you don’t start with those majors, you’re not going to graduate in four years,” said Owen.

Both Owen and Hamilla say that being a freshman exploring student or a student who wants to change their major in the end of their freshman or sophomore year is acceptable.

“It is okay,” Owen said. “I mean you are talking about

the rest of your life, so even in the case of changing your major, may make you be here an extra semester. That’s better than being in a field that doesn’t interest you.”

Hamilla stresses to the incoming freshman who may want to go into the more structured majors at Waynesburg University, such as nursing or education, to take the classes for those majors, even if they are still undecided.

“We really work with incoming students, so if they have any inclination at all towards a major like [nursing], that’s really full of credits, we try to get them into those classes right away so that they don’t get behind.

Then if they change out of it, it’s not such a big deal,” said Hamilla.

If any student is considering changing majors or have questions about their current major, the Counseling Center encourages these students to see their academic advisors as well as a counselor in the Counseling Center.

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690 students, served by 40 faculty/staff members and prepared by 50 cafeteria workers.

Although Davis said they have the Thanksgiving Dinner portions down to a science after 16 years, having leftovers is still a minor possibility. She says the dining hall, though, is always focused on not wasting their food.

“We always donate our extra food to St. Ann’s every Tuesday, so of course the Thanksgiving Dinner food would apply,” said Davis.

Although it only takes a few days to cook all of the food, both the food and dining ware are ordered weeks in advanced. This includes bowls, trays, extra pitchers, extra silverware and tablecloths.

The annual dinner is s er ved in two rounds:

round one spans from 4:305:30 p.m. and round two is from 6-7 p.m.

This results in a very short turn-around time of about 30 minutes for the staff to clean up in between rounds.

“That’s where the faculty really becomes a huge help,” said Davis.

Despite the amount of work put in by the faculty and staff, Davis said the Thanksgiving Dinner is always worth the effort.

“We love doing it on our part because we know it’s something special,” said Davis.

“There’s not really any other universities that do this out there. When I do presentations and I talk to other schools, they always get really excited.”

Davis said the Thanksgiving Dinner also allows for the dining hall to show a little extra gratitude towards the students.

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“The students are like ou r k i ds ,” s ai d D av is .

“S ometimes they don’t

feel that way about us, but in our hearts, we feel that these guys are our kids."

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the rural, sparse population of the area, but said that it still baffles her that so many fall victim and try substances in the first place.

“Morgantown, Uniontown, southwestern Pennsylvania… it’s just like this pocket here,” said Small.

However, while many of the locals are aware and worry about the addiction issue, the local nurses must actively train to remedy it.

Instructor of Nursing Jessica Floyd agreed that the prominence of heroin and opioids in the area make it all the more critical for students to witness addiction during their instruction.

“It’s an important topic because I don’t foresee it to be something that’s going away,” she said. “And students need to be exposed to it and have a deep understanding of it. That way, they can care for these patients.”

Clinical hours are one of several tools used by the Nursing Department to expose and train students to handle addiction. Kendall Kuykendall is a sophomore nursing major who has already had firsthand experience caring for drug users in clinical. Kuykendall said that the greatest challenge— but most important skill to learn as a student—is to remain impartial. According to Kuykendall, this care and understanding is crucial to treatment, as she has to ignore stereotypes and treat addicts just like any other patient.

“I don’t see them as ‘bad people,’” said Kuykendall.

great respect for the servicemen and women who were not as lucky as him.

“I feel a little bit guilty,” said Waddel. “I really felt guilty after 9/11. [To have] people attacking us and not to be in uniform, even thought I was really too old and in the wrong specialty, there’s a feeling of guilt there.”

Waddel ended his Navy career when he discovered his love of teaching. His final active duty assignment was to teach at a Navy ROTC unit in Alabama, and he decided he wanted to teach at college.

After earning his Ph.D. at Duke, Waddel began teaching at Waynesburg University in the fall of 1997. Twenty years later, Waddel’s time in the military has shaped his perspective. “[I have] a great deal of pride,” he said. “I love this country; I think we have the best country on Earth.”

Waddel has a great appreciation for what living in America offers based on his experiences in countries

around the world.

“I love to go grocery shopping because I’ve been in countries in the world where, if you have six cans of something, you’re a major retailer,” said Waddel. “To be able to walk into some place in February and have your choice of 10 different kinds of apples at very, very reasonable prices – that’s just amazing.”

This Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2016, Waddel appreciates both the values of the military and also the thousands and thousands of veterans who served before, with and after him. He hopes young people, who may not realize the importance of Veterans Day, will appreciate them too.

“Veterans are all around them,” he said. “Veterans are not old gray-haired guys like me. Most of the veterans we have are their age [or] a little bit older who have served.

These are their contemporaries. The world is a very dangerous place and this is not something that’s going to go away. I would hope they would appreciate what folks are doing.”

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Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Dr. Terri Small teaches clinical courses in the Nursing Department, and she ensures her students know how to deal with patients who have drug addictions.

“I’ve learned that you never question anyone. For the most part, they are ashamed of certain things they have done. All you can do is ask if you can help them…”

The difficulty arises because, said Kuykendall, unlike other chronic illnesses, family members often become frustrated with the patients and abandon them.

“I’ve had patients before with no visitors that struggle with addiction,” Kuykendall said. “These certain patients need someone to support them. They feel all alone. It’s heart breaking. All they want is someone to sit and listen, and sometimes that’s all that they need.”

Mandy King, a graduate of the Waynesburg University nursing program, said her education was incredibly helpful, and the diversity of each case at her job in the addiction unit of a nearby hospital means she must be prepared for anything. For King, letting the patients know that she

genuinely cares about them is her first objective.

“It’s hard because one thing I’ve definitely learned is that 90% of our population has gone through horrific trauma,” said King. “Being able to be there for that person and love them even when the rest of their family is spent…they label themselves because their family has stereotyped them as junkies…They just are so thankful to have somebody that really cares.”

King said that it is especially important for nurses like herself to understand the commonality of addiction. Her advice to current nursing majors: have empathy and be aware, because anyone can struggle with addiction, and nurses can see it in any manifestation.

King and Kuykendall agreed that dealing with the trauma of addiction is made worth it when a patient pulls through and realizes that it is time for a change.

“The most rewarding part

is when they finally open up to you,” said Kuykendall. “It’s such a blessing to see a smile on their face when they’ve been so sad and all alone their whole stay. It’s so rewarding to know that even in the smallest ways, you mean so much to someone.”

For the nurse that Small’s student encountered during clinical, the wake-up call was finding out that she was 26 weeks pregnant. She turned in her license to the state board and was no longer allowed to work in a facility with access to narcotics.

Small said that this case was lucky, as the patient realized she needed help in time.

Not all situations end in this way, as many women continue to use drugs throughout pregnancy.

Coming soon: The ramifications of heroin addiction in neo-natal units.

debt.

The election could change the shape of diversity on college campuses. The United States may see a decrease in the international student population due to Trump’s election. According to Good Call, a massive poll that received just shy of 40,500 responses of the 1.2 million international students who were surveyed, 60 percent said they were “less inclined” to come to the United States if Trump became President as opposed to Clinton.

As for issues Trump and his campaign have more concretely touched on, Stratton believes the greatest impact of all will be seen in the judicial branch of the government.

With all branches of government expected to be controlled by conservative representatives, Stratton believes that citizens need to trust the system in leveling out the balance of power.

“We don’t know what the final shakeout is in both chambers of Congress and the judiciary is still an avenue for discussion,” said Stratton. “In a democratic society, it really is public persuasion and de-

bate that separates things from the actual political structures.”

There are plenty of social issues that could come before the court that Trump and Clinton went toe-to-toe on. One of them is a divisive topic in American culture: abortion.

During a debate in October 2016, Trump said that he would place judges on the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade, and he would look into defunding Planned Parenthood.

As for other campaign issues beyond collegiate concerns, immigration and race relations are in the spotlight.

Trump was sued in the 1970’s for a racist rental policy, according to On the Issues, which is a non-partisan, nonprofit entity. In June of 2016, he said he would “respectfully” check Mosques and that intelligence and law enforcement agencies would have to look into profiling.

As for crime, Trump said that he supports the stopand-frisk method because it worked well in New York City, and he believes a greater emphasis should be placed on law and order. He also mentioned in February of 2016 that the nation needs to focus on weeding out bad cops.

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November 10, 2016

High schoolers test University plans overnight visit event writing skills at annual competition

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

Knox Contest offers prize money to three participants

By TIFFANY MORGAN For the Yellow Jacket

For the third consecutive year, Waynesburg University hosted the John Knox Writing Contest.

The contest is an opportunity for the Department of Communication, Academic Affairs and Admissions to collaborate with the local newspaper, the ObserverReporter, located in Washington, Pennsylvania. The event is also sponsored by the Waynesburg chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Observer Publishing Co. and Waynesburg Universityís studentrun public relations firm, Redbrick Communications.

The Knox Writing contest is open to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in the tri-state area.

This year, nine schools were represented and 15 students in total participated. Nine out of the 15 students were from Freedom Area High School, located in Freedom, Pennsylvania.

As part of the writing contest, participants were required to interview former voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Lanny Frattare, and tell his story.

As a new writer, Rachel DeCesaris, a junior at Freedom Area High School, was mostly worried about the interview process.

"You never really know how an interview is going to go, especially in that situation where you have a bunch of people asking questions," said DeCesaris.

The participating students were given an opportunity to view the campus for a tour after the contest.

During the contest, three Waynesburg University students hosted a parentsí panel, where parents could learn about the Department of Communication and Waynesburg University as a potential option for college for their children.

Instructor of Communication Dr. Brandon Szuminsky said the John Knox Writing Contest ser ves simultaneously as a great opportunity to show off the department to prospective students.

"The contest is to not only encourage and reward high school students that are interested in journalism or writing," he said. "But also to seek out people that might not have Waynesburg on their radar."

Szuminsky was happy to give potential students a chance to explore their interest in journalism.

"It was rewarding to see all the hard work of Sarah Bell and the students come together," said Szuminsky.

"Plus, it's always great to encourage future journalists."

After the interview, the students were taken into the Mac computer lab in Buhl Hall with a limited amount of time to complete an article using the information they got from the interview with Frattare.

DeCesaris was impressed with her performance after the interview and the integrity of the contest in general.

"It was quite interesting to interview [Frattare]," DeCesaris said. "He really took the interview seriously which I really appreciated because sometimes high school students arenít necessarily looked at as true journalists."

The winner of the contest will be determined by blind judging and announced within three weeks. The winner will also receive a monetary prize for the accomplishment.

A common path for high school students after graduation is to further their education at a college or university.

Waynesburg University offers students the chance to get the experience of a college student through overnight visits at the campus.

On Sunday, Nov. 11, high school seniors will be invited on an overnight visit to Waynesburg University. Kyle Digiandomenico, an admissions counselor, puts a lot of work into setting up the visits for prospective students.

“The overnight visitation day is essentially an inside look at what it’s like to be a student here at Waynesburg,” said Digiandomenico. “It’s a visit day that’s not structured in the sense of admissions putting on activities and the students participating in activities. This is a day that students are invited to come to campus [and] hang out with current students, and it’s not an admissions structured event.”

Digiandomenico graduat-

ed from Waynesburg in 2015 with a degree in psychology.

When he was first looking at schools, he realized on one of his visits that Waynesburg was going to be a good fit for him.

“I graduated high school in 2011 and was looking at two institutions, one in Ohio, and Waynesburg,” he said. “When I visited Waynesburg, I fell in love with the campus. I liked how small it was. Throughout my four years here I learned so much about myself, so much about the world, [and] so much about [psychology].”

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Waynesburg, Digiandomenico decided to pursue a graduate degree in criminal mental health counseling.

Also, following the completion of his undergraduate degree, he applied for the Admissions Counselor position in the Admissions office and received the job.

To make the overnights successful, advertising is important, according to Digiandomenico. There are plenty of ways that Waynesburg can get this event out there, he said.

“We have a lot of different marketing avenues that we take,” he said. “I think one of the biggest ones is going to meet students, either on campus or at a high school. We have brochures that we take with us, and those brochures lay out all of the visitation opportunities we have here.”

On the back of these brochures is the registration for the visitation days.

In addition, Waynesburg sends emails that invite students that have applied to these events, and also send phone calls that alert families about the visitation opportunities.

Waynesburg is also very active in social media, which is another way that they can get their events out there.

The upcoming overnight visitation day is open to all future Waynesburg students.

However, some events are specifically for an individual department.

“Programs will host different events,” said Digiandomenico, who cited the criminal justice program as an example of major-specific

events. “Criminal Justice is very involved with visitation days. They do mock crime scene weekends, CSI camps throughout the summer, and also do visitation days throughout the days as well.”

Waynesburg’s nursing, communication and science programs all have events for what to expect in that particular major.

There are other overnight opportunities throughout the year, including another one during the spring semester.

In Digiandomenico’s opinion, the ability for kids to meet new, potential future classmates, is essential to the overnight experience.

“Meeting students that are looking to come to Waynesburg and possibly building some friendships from the beginning, in my opinion, makes it much easier to transition into an institution,” he said. “If you’re coming to Waynesburg and already have a connection with one or two people, it makes the transition a lot smoother because you have a group of people you’re already friends with.”

Spaghetti: Students raise funds for Guatemala Continued from A2

giving continues. He said that it could be in any form: funds, prayers, supplies, etc.

“You don’t have to go on the trip to support the mission,” he said. “The mission itself and the missions of all these churches—it’s one mission: it’s to show love to one another…If you agree with the message; if you agree with the cause; if you agree with what we’re doing, there’s nothing wrong with giving resources.”

Bristor said that this trip is important because it not only benefits the children in the orphanage, but it facilitates growth in the Waynesburg students that attend.

“To see that commitment, the growth and change in students when they come back,” she said. “I think its such a humbling experience

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St. Ann's Church partnered with students to host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, in support of the Guatemala mission trip occuring next May. Above, Roger Bristor and Ryan Smith prepare the meal. to see how happy some children can be when they have

essentially nothing.”

Bristor said that the group

will be going again in 2018, but spots fill quickly.

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STUDENT SPEAK ADDRESSES HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Students met for Student Speak last Friday, Nov. 4, to discuss the topic of human trafficking. Put on by the Student Activities Board (SAB), Student Speak events provide refreshments and encite group conversation on a variety of subjects.

Sigma Beta Delta internationally cited

WAYNESBURG, PA— Waynesburg University’s chapter of the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society was recently selected as an outstanding chapter for the 2015-2016 academic year. Out of 250 chapters, the selection committee chooses just three chapters each year for this distinction.

The Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society is made up of business, management and administration students.

To be selected as an exceptional chapter, the society had to meet certain criteria, including induc-

tion rate, exceptional administration involvement and an extensive fellowship application submitted in the spring.

The Waynesburg University chapter was commended for their exemplary performance in chapter operations and administration.

“For us to receive an award that is based on exemplary performance in chapter operations and management shows the students that we, as faculty members, hold ourselves to the same high standards of achievement as we hold them,” said Neeley Shaw,

chapter advisor for Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society and instructor of business administration. “The award is a testament to the hard work and dedication we have to our students in the business department.”

Anthony B occhini, president of Waynesburg University’s chapter of the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society and professor of business administration, and Shaw, began working on expanding their membership in the spring of last year.Bocchini and Shaw are committed to growing the chapter and continually holding their students to

a level of excellence they know they can achieve.

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

Grace,'" said Catana. "Weíll get the hymn books out, and we'll do that for a while just to give people a chance to join in."

Events like this concert not only help create a sense of community, but they also benefit the students who see this as part of their future, said Ronda DePriest, director of the music program, who is involved with the behind-the-scenes aspects of the concert.

"This gives our music ministry majors another venue to be in front of an audience with repertoire that they really should graduate having a real command of," DePriest said. "There's just something about it, when

youíre rehearsing and sharing some things with the people you meet with every week, the dynamic changes when you put a group in front of an audience.î Performances also allow people to learn about what the Lamplighters are all about, DePriest said.

"I think it spreads the mission of that group among our campus community," said DePriest. "A lot of people wouldn't get to see them very often, maybe once or twice a semester in chapel, but they really wouldnít know what they're about if we didnít give them opportunities in this kind of setting."

Guests are also invited to a reception to enjoy baked goods prepared by the Lamplighters Touring Choir.

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In Greene races: Close call for Snyder, big win for Trump

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

As Donald Trump was in the midst of an upset defeat of Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States, many local elections were taking place.

In the most prominent Greene County race, Rep. Pam Snyder (D) defeated Betsy Rohanna McClure (R) to represent Greene County and the 50th District in the General Assembly.

The 50th District includes all of Greene County; Bethlehem Township and Centerville in Washington County; and Brownsville, German Township, Luzerne Township, Masontown and Point Marion in Fayette County.

Snyder, the incumbent, said she is excited to continue to represent her

district.

“We have a lot of work to do; there’s always a lot of work to do,” Snyder said. “And I look forward to continuing the fight to make sure our coal miners are protected, that we work to create jobs, that we work to create economic development opportunities in the district and that’s what I’m going to be focused.”

Snyder took 53.2 percent of the vote against to 46.8 percent for her opponent, unofficially reported by the Greene County elections website.

“I am just very grateful with all the negative campaigning that was done by my opponent against me, and I stayed positive, I am just very thankful that taking the high road paid off yesterday,” Snyder said.

Snyder will enter her third term as the 50th District’s representative. She

defeated Republican Mark W. Fischer in 2012 while was unopposed in 2014.

In the presidential election, Trump (R) defeated Clinton (D) 279 to 228 in the Electoral College.

Locally, Trump won Greene County by a 41.4-point margin, 68.5 percent to 28.2 percent, with approximately 6,200 more votes than Clinton.

Greene County has been red in the last two elections, as Mitt Romney (R) defeated winner Barrack Obama (D) in Greene County by more than 2,500 votes and 17.7 percent of the vote, while John McCain (R) narrowly defeated Obama by 70 votes and 0.4 percent.

The President-elect also took Pennsylvania 48.8 percent to 47.6 percent as of press time – the first time a Republican has won the state since 1988.

In the U.S. Senator race, incumbent

Pat Toomey (R) narrowly defeated Katie McGinty (D) 48.96 percent to 47.19 percent. The win is the second for Toomey, who has served as a Senator for Pennsylvania since 2011.

Toomey won the Greene County vote by a 20.3-point margin, 57.1 percent to 36.8 percent.

In the House of Representatives, incumbent Rep. Bill Shuster (R) defeated Art Halvorson (D) to represent Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District, which includes parts of Greene County. Shuster received 63 percent of the vote to win the district for the ninth time, serving as a congressional representative since 2001.

In Greene County, Shuster defeated Halvorson 67.9 percent to 31.5 percent.

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Funding to go towards local trail expansion

By ANTONIO PELULLO For the Yellow Jacket

Greene County recently received a $200,000 grant to fund the extension of the Greene River trail south to Nemacolin. The grant took two years to finalize.

Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman gave a lot of the credit for the county receiving the grant to state Representative Pam Synder, DJefferson and Camera Bartolotta, R-Monongahela.

Zimmerman received the news from Synder while going for a run on the trail.

“I said, ‘Pam, it’s funny you’re calling me because I’m on t he t rai l r unning right now,’ and she said, ‘Well you got the $200,000,’” said Zimmerman.

There’s a lot of excitement about the potential for athletes to use the extension of the trail stemming from the former men’s and women’s cross country coach Zimmerman.

“It’ll be a good training spot for Waynesburg University men’s and women’s cross country team,” said Z immer man. “I know that it’s used by the public [too].”

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Prayer vigil held to remember local victims of heroin abuse

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Managing Editor

It was a chilly and abnormally silent night on Saturday, Nov. 5, in the town of Waynesburg. Even the usual bustling of traffic seemed to be paused for the evening.

As about 30 people gathered under a large tent in the patch of grass behind the First Baptist Church at 7 p.m., the words of “Amazing Grace” began to fill the air,

and the emanating glow of candles began to light up the faces of those in attendance.

The gathering, which was sponsored by the On Eagle’s Wings ministry and the Coalition for a Brighter Greene, was the church’s first candlelight prayer vigil.

The vigil was held to mourn those who have died due to the use of heroin, which has been declared an epidemic in Waynesburg, as well as in many surrounding regions

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A candlelight prayer vigil, held by On Eagle's Wings, invited community members to join together in memory of those who have struggled with heroin addictions.

Delores Haky, left, was one of the community members in attendance. in Southwestern Pa. The event was also an opportunity to pray for healing and a brighter future for those still battling against the drug.

Walter Killibruster, a deacon at First Baptist, was there in support of his friend, Tom, who lost a loved one due to a heroin addiction.

He has seen first-hand how important it is for the members of a community to come together to solve problems like these.

“When one part of the body is hurting, all of us are hurting,” said Killibruster.

“We just want the community and the members of our church to know we are here to support them.”

Towards the side of the tent stood a tri-paneled poster labeled, “OUR LOVED ONES.” On this poster, those in attendance were invited to write the names of the heroin addicts they were praying for or remembering at the vigil.

By the end of the night, there were 14 names written on the poster in bright blue Sharpie—14 lives affected by heroin.

Each name was read out loud for all in attendance to hear. *** For Delores Haky, June 8, 2016 was the worst day of her life.

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Annual Veterans Day parade transformed by chairwoman

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

The Greene County Veterans Day Parade took place on Saturday, Nov. 5. The parade was sponsored by the Veterans Council of Greene County.

The community was encouraged to come out to thank veterans, past and present, who were recognized for their service and dedication to the United States Military. The parade proceeded down High Street to the Greene County Courthouse.

Michele Deems, the Veterans Day Parade chairwoman, took over the event several years ago when it was small and struggling to draw a formidable crowd. In the three years

that Deems has been coordinating the event, it has done nothing but grow and impress.

“My whole mission is to honor our veterans and their families; it all comes together so nicely,” said Deems. “It’s exhilarating and to see everybody happy and together.”

Three years ago, when the parade was still trying to get on its feet, it consisted essentially of only the Honor Guard, Waynesburg High School Marching Band and a few local veteran organizations.

Despite the parade struggling at the start, each year it has grown gaining more loyal participants that have came back each year and became a part of a growing tradition in Waynesburg.

“I’m very honored to have them come back every year, and that’s the key; you know you’re doing your job and that the event is respected when everyone keeps coming back in addition to new participants,” said Deems.

Entering into this year, Deems wanted to see more marching bands participate in the parade, so invitations where sent to local high schools trying to recruit them for the event.

“The military lingo is adapt, overcome and persevere, and that’s kind of what we did,” Deems said. “[We] made some adjustments here and there [and] sent the information to the schools before the start of the school year this time.”

Michele Deems, VFW

Waynesburg Central High School's marching band filled the air with music during Waynesburg's annual Veterans Day Parade. To have more marching bands in the parade was a goal for parade chairwoman Michele Deems.

The work paid off because the Carmichaels band joined the parade, along with West Greene and the American Legion bands. Adding a band a year is one of Deems’ goals.

Deems has very strong passion towards veterans and people who currently serve, as she comes from a military family.

She was also the first girl in the family to serve in the military.

“It’s a very high honor I carry, to be the first female in my family to serve my country and I’d like to continue the Veterans [parade] in this community,” said Deems.

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Life goes on

This election should not change how we live It’s easy to get caught up in a presidential election. Between news stories, internet memes and Twitter timelines, the past few weeks and months were not like any in American history.

And despite a Donald Trump victory over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night, the result doesn’t change anything about how we should live our lives.

This isn’t to say it doesn’t matter who is elected president, but we can only worry about the things we can control, and that isn’t one of them.

While we spent so much time engrossed with this election, we all still woke up Wednesday morning with the same problems we had when we woke up the day before.

It doesn’t matter if you voted for Trump, Clinton, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or Harambe. That doesn’t change the fact that we should live our lives with wholesome principles.

When it comes to embodying love, compassion and kindness, it doesn’t matter who our president is. Allowing this election to set us back as individuals will only hurt this great democracy.

Instead of pointing the finger at Trump, Clinton or any other politician, let’s live in the moment, make today the best day we can and do the same with tomorrow, because focusing on things outside of our personal control is counterproductive.

The debauchery that was the 2016 presidential election wasn’t a true representation of what the American people stand for.

So let’s put this election behind us and move forward.

Congrats to athletes Senior athletes should take pride in success

As the Waynesburg University Yellow Jacket football team plays its final game of the 2016 season this Saturday against our rival, W&J, we wish all of the seniors best of luck and congratulations on a hard fought career.

We don’t only support the football team. All senior athletes who have pushed through four years of receiving no compensation to play a support for the love of the game should be commended. We all know that collegiate sports are tough to balance, even if it is DIII. The sacrifices made to pursue a passion should not go unnoticed because at this level, it is all about heart and playing the game for the right reasons.

For many of the senior athletes, we understand that this Saturday, and this fall season in general, may be the last time for the rest of their lives—which is scary to think about.

However, we contend that these athletes should look back on their time with positive memories of all they accomplished, both on the field and in the classroom. Although many may not even know what their lives look like without the sport they love, there is a future for every one of them, as they decided to achieve an education along with their sport.

It will be bittersweet.

There will be days that many of these athletes will wish to get back on the field to compete, blow off steam and simply be in the place they made so many friends and memories, and learned so many life lessons.

Take it in stride and be proud of everything that was accomplished.

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Looking back on the election, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed in the outcome. I am. Will I move on? Yes. That’s what people do: move on when things occur, even if the result isn’t what they intended.

T hou g h i n t he mo ment it may not seem like it, there are many things that I, myself, and my fellow Americans should be thankful for. We live in a country that enables us to elect government officials

on both the state and national levels.

T h at’s pre tt y g re at , knowing that “we the people” of the United States have the power to change the country by voting.

While others live in countries without the ability to create change, we can make our voices heard.

In my mind, however, this election was going to play out much differently.

The USA was going to elect its first woman president- a historic moment that could have carried a lot of progressive social ramifications.

Instead, we the people of the United States elected someone with no

government background.

I’ll leave it at that. I’m not going to bash PresidentElect Donald Trump. As a country we need to move forward-together.

“While others live in countries without the ability to create change, we can make our voices heard.”

I may not agree with Trump, but he is going to be the face of the United States.

I may have the first amendment right that enables me free speech and

the ability to say whatever I want, but others do too.

I’m not going to use my freedom to bash him.

It wouldn’t look good for other countries to see the people of United States bashing their leader.

I’ll congratulate those I know who voted for Trump and accept what has happened, as I would have like others to do had Clinton won. Trump is the candidate that the majority of America wanted to see in Office.

All this being said, I admit that I strongly disagree with Trump’s attitude towards minorities See AMERICAN on B3

Waynesburg students showed they do care BRENDAN KEANY Columnist

Amidst all of the election coverage and the subsequent trillion different angles and takes on exactly what transpired, I was struggling to come up with something unique to write about for this column about some sort of election perspective.

It took until a mid-show interview with a special guest on election night to finally figure it out.

I’m proud that we had a three-hour election show spe-

cial created and produced by our own senior Student Senate President, Ryan Schwertfeger, and I can say that I played a part in it.

I’m proud of the way that my generation has become involved in politics during this election. I’m proud that for the first time in several years that Waynesburg University now has a College Democrats club so that multiple viewpoints can be represented.

I’m proud that everyone in the Yellow Jacket office was on their computers during their busy newspaper production night to monitor CNN and the Greene County elections.

I’m proud that my peers

posted religiously on Facebook and other social media outlets to share their opinions.

I’m proud that my upper level communications class was able to have an in-depth conversation with one of our professors regarding different policies and beliefs among the two candidates.

You see, I was never one to take kindly when older people would criticize the millennial generation for our lack of involvement in politics.

I saw the heated conversations around campus and all of the posts imploring peers to go out and vote, and I just have a difficult time admitting

that younger people don’t care about politics.

Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if several polls showed that the millennial vote was down again, and young people around the country refused to get involved, again.

However, I am very encouraged about what I see around me, and I sincerely hope other schools and regions of the country have experienced similar things.

This is the first election that I’ve been alive for where a majority of my friends possessed the right to vote, and thereSee PROUD on B3

FAITH ON CAMPUS: ZAC YONKO

Yonko shares importance of cultivating talents Editor's Note: The following is an interview with junior English major Zac Yonko as part of the Faith on Campus Series.

By BRENDAN KEANY Zac Yonko came into Waynesburg University with a plan of pursuing a career in sports broadcasting, and in a year he will leave school with a degree in English creative writing with the future goal of becoming a pastor.

Although the two fields may seem completely different, the idea behind his passion remained the same.

Yonko wants to communicate with people, and through this, connect with them.

Yonko grew up as a Catholic, and was extremely involved in ministry.

Yonko noted that he was a CCD teacher, alter server and Eucharistic minister.

But w hen he got to Waynesburg, he really wanted to step beyond the Catholic traditions and take complete ownership of his faith.

“If anyone asks me, ‘What denomination are you?’ I say, ‘I love Jesus,’” said Yonko.

He wanted to get involved in ministry in several different ways. He played a part in the Young

Life organization for West Greene as well as the Coalition for Christian Outreach, a group that focuses on assembly and prayer.

Yonko noted that he has a heart for the students of the university, and he wants to connect with them.

At Upper Room this past Sunday, Nov. 6, Yonko shared some of his spoken word poetry with the audience, which is a gift he has been given to bring glory to God. He really wants to use the talents he possesses as a communicator to reach out to others.

“I’ve been doing a lot of different ministry in that facet,” said Yonko. “Back home, my church, which is Flood City Church, I’ve been working with our pastoral team, and they’ve encouraged me to do spoken word poetry at our church services this summer, and it’s been awesome how God has been opening up doors in so many different forms of ministry.”

Part of his message at Upper Room focused on using these God-given talents in the way that God intended them. He shared the story of the talents (the money kind) in Matthew 25:14-30.

A couple of ser vants were given talents by their master. The first two in-

vested their talents to grow them, while the final servant buried his talent in the field.

The last ser vant was chastised for not using his gift properly.

“I think it’s so applicable for us as students who might have talents in our majors, and we view it as that we just come and get a degree and leave,” said Yonko.

“But our time here is so much more important in the aspect of giving to others and showing others what God has given us, so it’s like our gift back to God.” Yonko understands that not everybody will realize their talents immediately, and there is a high probability that some gifts won’t be seen or developed until later in life.

However, he offered a word of advice. “‘What are you passionate about?’” Yonko asked.

“I think that’s a questions

that we all ask ourselves as students.”

For Yonko, someone who loves sports and was set on being a member of Waynesburg’s Department of Communication, trusting God’s plan was the first step on the road to what he’s currently pursuing.

He was willing to listen to what God wanted from him, able to show flexibility when it mattered and then made it work without hesitation.

“It’s b e i n g o p e n t o change; it’s about surrendering your plans to God and realizing that whatever we’re doing here is God working through us, whether it be business or nursing, something like that,” said Yonko.

“Whatever you’re passionate about, God cares about that. Finding your talents and gifts is definitely just questioning what you’re passionate about, giving it up to God and seeking that out.”

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Trump defies polls, predictions to win Presidency Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

By MATT SHINKLE Staff Writer

Despite being a political outsider, Rep. Donald Trump has beaten Dem. Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.

Trump was able to win the key battleground states of Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, all by larger margins than he was expected to pull out prior to the election. According to CNN News, Trump won by around two percent in each state.

Also noteworthy is the fact that Pennsylvania voted Republican for the first time since 1988, when George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis.

Hillary Clinton was given a 71 percent chance to win the election by FiveThirtyEight. com, which would have made her the first female president in United States history. The 19th Amendment, ratified in

Tribune News Service

Trump supporters react as Fox News predicts Donald Trump will win North Carolina at the Republican Party of Seminole County, Fla. Election Watch event near Orlando on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

1920, gave women the right to vote, and with Trump’s victory, the next election cycle in four years will commence on the 100th anniversary of that historic milestone.

However, something extremelyfrightening occurred in Azusa, California, when a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on Tuesday, as re-

ported by ABC News. Two polling places were closed near the neighborhood where the shooting took place, but it has not been reported that the shooting was because of the election in any sort.

The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting,” Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Lt. John Corina

said. “It just happened to be across the street from the park where the voting was taking place and also an elementary school” that serves as a polling location.

The decision of legalizing recreational marijuana was on the ballot for five states in the United States, and California was one of the states to

pass Proposition 64 this past Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We are very excited that citizens of California voted to end the failed policy of marijuana prohibition,” said Nate Bradley, executive director of the California Cannabis Industry Assn. “Proposition 64 will allow California to take its

rightful place as the center of cannabis innovation, research and development.”

The passing of Proposition 64 allows Californians that are 21 or older to possess, transport, buy and use recreational marijuana.

Also, individuals can grow as many as six plants on their own. Lastly, markets took an extreme tumble as votes continued to be counted on election night..

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average lost 675 points, according to the Washington Post, with other totals such as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 taking hits as well.

Investors had begun to turn to looking at the Senate races, as the Democrats had hoped to take majority and fix Wall Street corruption, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) leading that charge.

However, at 1:23 a.m. on Wednesday morning, it was officially announced that Pat Toomey won the Senate seat in Pennsylvania, with his reelection, the GOP maintained its majority in the senate.

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

1.ISIS abducts around 300 individuals As Iraqi forces push to liberate the region, ISIS has abducted close to 300 individuals from a city west of Mosul, according to reports from the United Nations.

The reason behind ISIS targeting the citizens, Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency, said, is because previously, they were Iraqi security forces personal now identified as non-combatants.

The recent abductions follow the discovery of a mass grave outside of Hammam al-Alil, a town south of Mosul, which was recaptured from ISIS forces.

The grave contained the remains of nearly 100 beheaded civilians near the School of Agriculture outside the city. Beheadings, along with mass graves, are a standard of the Sunni terror group.

Since October, an Iraqiled alliance has been attempting an of fensive recapture of Mosul, ISIS’ final, significant foothold in Iraq. The city, with 1.2 million residents, has been under ISIS’ control for two years. So far, as aid agencies have warned, the offensive retake of the city has displaced over 34,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The coalition forces, which have started to approach Mosul, are withheld with significant resistance from the ISIS’ held city.

Mosul is held by 3,000 -5,000 members of the terror group, who have had years to prepare for the invasion with tunnel networks and booby-trapped buildings.

-CNN Nov. 8

Tribune News Service

On the outskirts of the village of Al Hud, members of the Iraqi Army visit the area where locals say ISIS executed four or five Peshmerga in recent months.

2. Christie allies convicted in 'Bridgegate' Two previous allies of Governor Chris Christie have been convicted by a federal jury of all charges coming from a scheme to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge.

The closure of the lanes was an attempt to punish the New Jersey mayor who refused to endorse Christie’s re-election.

Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni were responsible for the scandal surrounding the lane closures in September 2013.

The scandal assisted in Christie’s Presidential candidacy collapse and his smeared reputation as a key alternative to Donald Trump’s campaign.

Testimony at the trial points to Christie knowing about the lane closures, which were causing traffic jams in New Jersey for over five days.

Addit iona l ly, it was found that Christie was significantly involved in covering the plot, despite continuing to insist, even after the verdict was announced, that he knew nothing until months after.

The federal investigation led to guilty pleas from two others.

David Wildstein, who was the governor’s enforcer at the Port Authority in both New York and New

Jersey, pleaded guilty along with David Samson, a former Jew Jersey attorney general who was chairman of the authority.

Christie issued a statement after the verdicts were delivered saying, “let me be clear once again, I had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignments, and had no role in authorizing them.”

-NY Times Nov. 4 3. Lawyers in Hong Kong lead protest On Tuesday, Nov. 8, thousands of protesters participated in a silent march through the central business area of Hong Kong.

The protest went against China’s move to rewrite a clause in Hong Kong’s charter to prevent two proindependence politicians from taking office.

A group of lawyers from Hong Kong said that Beijing’s decision has put a blow to its judiciary, which is known for its equality and independence and large part of Hong Kong’s successful global financial hub.

The local bar association named the decision “unnecessary and inappropriate.” Practicing lawyers and legal scholars say that Hong Kong’s judiciary will implement the decision,

applying legal standards evolved from centuries of precedent.

Dennis Kwok, a lawyer as well as organizer of the protest, who ser ves on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council said, “it does damage to ‘one country, two systems’ but at the same time we do have faith in the legal system.”

The silent protest was the fourth silent protest put into action by Hong Kong’s lawyers since 1997.

-The Guardian Nov. 8 4. Hitches in voting turn up in several places In what has become one of the most interesting and dramatic elections in the past 20 years, the day to cast ballots has finally came, but that doesn’t mean the day went off without any hitches.

C B S Ne w s re p or te d problems with poll workers and voting machines all across the nation.

During the afternoon on election day, voting machines malfunctioned in the state of Texas and caused many voters to become perturbed, including 50-year-old pharamacy technician Andrea Patience.

“There were a lot of upset people,” said Patience.

“I don’t know if they will come back later or decide

not to vote.”

In the eveningtwo Florida poll workers were fired from their job. They were asked to leave by an election official after interfering with the voting process.

One of the stranger twists of the day surfaced around noon, where voting did not start until 9 a.m.

The judge who was scheduled to oversee the voting passed away in his home overnight, and a replacement judge was not able to open the doors in Dallas County until 9 a.m.

On a couple notes closer to home, reports surfaced at 12:15 p.m. EST from Butler County, Pennsylvania that Trump votes were switching to Clinton on the machines.

This is not the first reported case of this happening, as it occurred in Texas during early voting.

Bobby Lee Hawranko said she pressed Trump three times and it defaulted to Clinton. After consulting with the poll worker, who went through the same process, the machine continued to change the Trump vote.

A report surfaced at 12:15 EST that Allegheny County election judge Margaret Vernon showed up to polls three hours late.

Vernon, who was taken into custody, told deputies she fell ill.

-CBS News Nov. 8 5. Thirteen-year-old cold case murders solved Last week, reports surfaced of a woman who was found locked in metal container in South Carolina. The woman was being held there against her will

by Todd Kohlhepp.

Kohlhepp was charged this weekend with the murder of the woman’s boyfriend, whose body was found on his property, and with the kidnapping of the woman.

After further interrogation, Kohlhepp admitted to a quadruple murder,

which had gone unsolved for 13 years. The murder occurred at Superbike Motorsports in Chesnee, South Carolina.

According to the Associated Press , the three murdered men were found in different areas of the garage and the murder went unsolved for 13 years.

After finally cracking the cold case, the victim’s family members were quick to express gratitude and praise law enforcement.

Scott Guy, the father of Scott Ponder, who worked and was killed by Kohlhepp at Superbike Motorsports, commented on his state of joy and health.

“I have lost 70 pounds,” said Guy. “My emotions are running from joy to crying, even feeling sorry for the family [of Kohlhepp], I feel for them.”

Guy expressed a desire to pray for Kohlhepp but stated he expected justice to be served and that Kohlhepp must serve his time.

Tom and Lorraine Lucas, parents of Brian Lucas, who was also killed at the garage, said they would like to see Kohlhepp’s face to be able to use that as a form of healing.

This is not the first run in with the law for Kohlhepp, who had to register as a sex offender in 1985 after kidnapping a 14 yearold girl.

Kohlhepp was 15 at the time and would force the girl to come home with him, where he would later rape her.

Kohlhepp said he was mad at his father for divorcing his mother when they were a year old. A judge decided Kohlhepp should be tried as an adult, where he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender.

-ABC News Nov. 7 Information curated by Luke Goodling & Cody Yankulic For the Yellow Jacket

Proud: Students engage in election American: Don't change your ways Continued from B2

fore, become more involved in politics.

I am excited for what this generation can become in terms of its political voice.

We already saw what a little bit of common support for a potential candidate can do.

As much as older people like to make fun of our support for him, young people turned Bernie Sanders from

a ridiculous candidate to a potent force that Clinton became a little worried about.

Did young people see the desired results? No. However, what we did see was a tangible example on how our support matters and what can happen with a unified force.

By no means is this piece an endorsement for Bernie Sanders or in support of him, not that it would matter even if it was, but rather, my point is that the younger

voters do matter, contrary to popular belief among the demographic.

Bringing Bernie Sanders to prominence was just one example. When the millennial voters realize just how big of a voting bloc we truly are, we can make a difference in the political realm.

Judging by the action occurring around me, especially for this election cycle, this phenomenon may not be too far off.

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and women.

In this regard, I have two options here for going about my life for now on: align myself with his views, or continue doing what I have been doing.

I am still going to wake up tomorrow morning. I am still going to treat people the way I would like to be treated. I am still go-

ing to respect those whose opinions differ than mine, as that’s our right for free speech.

I am still going to fight for equality and freedom for every man and woman on this planet.

The soon-to-be President can’t change who I am and shouldn’t change who you are either.

We should not turn into something we’re not just because others may find

certain behavior acceptable.

Donald Trump will be the leader of this country, but he will not be the leader of how I live my life.

Nobody should ever possess the power to do that.

I’m going to live life like I always have, and in doing so, I can only hope that my love will trump some of the hate in this country from both sides of the fence.

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College fair to be held for local high schoolers

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

The Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department in Carmichaels will be hosting its third annual college fair Nov. 17 from 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

There will be five high schools from Greene County will be attending this event including: Carmichaels Area School District, Central Greene School District, Jefferson-Morgan School District, Southeastern Greene School District and West Greene School District.

There will be over 72 colleges attending the event.

These colleges range from local colleges and universities in the tristate area, to colleges as far away as Alabama.

All of these colleges will be providing information on admissions, various majors, required SAT scores, scholarships and the application process. They will be set up at various booths with large banners to notify students of their affiliation.

There will also be multiple representatives from each college or university to answer prospective students’ questions and describe campus life, classes and requirements.

Representatives from the Pennsylvania Higher Assistance Agency of America, most commonly known as PHEAA, and representatives from Wells Fargo will also be in attendance to give students information on financial aid and how to apply for it as well as provide the best options for each student’s unique financial situation.

There will also be a few military schools and recruit-

ers in attendance for students interested in enlisting in the military or going to a military school.

The organizers of the event are hoping to have a turnout of about 1,000 students, but are open to having more.

“The Greene [County] Counselors have met several times to coordinate this event and have worked collaboratively to coordinate the many aspects of the fair in order to ensure success this opportunity for our students to see some options they may not have access to normally,” said Thomas Fink, a guidance counselor at Mapletown Junior/Senior High School.

In years past, the college fair has been successful in providing a networking opportunity for students to communicate with post-secondary schools, as well as career training opportunities.

“The goal of this fair, is to provide our students a chance to network and explore post-secondary option for career training.”

Said Fink.

In the past two years the event has seen significant growth in student interest and interactivity between students and representatives.

“This is a free event that is an opportunity for students to meet with several different options at one time in one location in a stress free and relaxed setting with counselors and friend their as supports,” said Fink. “It’s an event tailored to the needs of students so they can come in contact with opportunities they may not know they have or the chance to have prior to it.”

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Vote: Poll question on judges stirs controversy Continued from B1

Cambria and Westmorland Counties.

Moving to the 18th Congressional District, incumbent Tim Murphy ran unopposed. The Republican will serve the 18th District for the eighth time, as Murphy has served as a congressional representative since 2003.

The 18th District includes parts of Greene, Washington, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.

O verall, voter turnout increased in Greene C ounty from 2012, as nearly 15,224 people voted, compared to 14,760 in 2012. Despite the increase, it was not as high as 2008’s election, which saw 16,475 voters in the county.

In the statewide battle for Attorney General, Josh Shapiro (D) defeated John

Rafferty (R) to represent the state government legally. Shapiro, the Democratic majority chairman of the county commissioners, defeated Rafferty, a current state Senator, 51.31 percent to 48.69 percent.Despite losing the vote, Rafferty won in Greene County by a 13.7-point margin.

Also on the ballot in Pennsylvania, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age judges from 70 to 75 was passed Tuesday by less than 2 percent.

Controversy arose prior to the election over the wording of the question that would affect about 1,000 judges in the state.

The question on ballots did not inform voters of the previous amendment of the maximum age of 70.

Editor’s note: As of press time, 31 of 9,163 Pennsylvania Districts had yet to report their votes.

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can be the most difficult part of expanding the trail, which had already been taken care of. The only thing left was to fund the cleaning and extension of the trail.

Director of Parks and Recreation Jake Blaker expects to get started on the project by mid December to early January. It is expected to take 10 months to a year to complete.

Greene County, like so many other areas in western Pennsylvania, is home to coal mines, and Zimmerman wants to remember those on the trail.

It will not be easy to gain access

into the mine but a plaque will be left behind.

The extension will be a good sign for the community and will be a draw for families and potential Waynesburg University students, according to Zimmerman.

“It’s a very nice piece of the community. People, when they come to a community or county they look for recreation,” said Zimmerman. “As a county we have some great recreation.” Zimmerman did say that maybe one day the soonto-be-seven-mile trail will be extended to Morgantown but he did say that won’t be until after his time as County Commissioner.

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to find her son, Keith, dead in her Mather home. Keith had passed away due to an ongoing battle against a heroin addiction.

“It broke my heart,” Haky said, fighting back her tears after the prayer vigil. “It’s very hard to find your son dead and to go to sleep the next night without him.”

Prior to his death, Keith was in the military for five years. Haky said this was originally to help him get his mind off his addiction.

“He had a lot issues before he went into the military,” said Haky. “He originally joined to straighten out his life.”

In February 2016, Keith came home from Iraq.

Around this time is what his sister, Beth Miller, described as his rock bottom. During a presentation at a Town Hall meeting held on Oct. 6, 2016, that discussed the heroin epidemic in Waynesburg, Miller recalled a phone call she had received from Keith after he had returned home from war.

“He called me sobbing, telling me that he had relapsed and that he needed to get help,” said Miller at the time.

Because of this phone call, the Haky family turned to the Greene County Care Office to find a rehabilitation center for Keith. Due to the many other patients battling addiction, Haky said there were no beds available, anywhere. The only thing they could offer Keith was a five-day detox program located two hours away from home. Even with this program, Miller said Keith had to wait a week for a bed to become available for him.

“If addiction were treated like the health issue that it essentially is, the assistance that he needed at that crucial moment would have been there for him,” said Miller, during

Veronica Steen, Yellow Jacket

Those attending the prayer vigil were invited to sign the names of those who have died or are still fighting a heroin addiction. They were also invited to take a carnation to remind them to pray. By the end of the night, 14 names were written. the Oct. 8 Town Hall meeting.

Haky said Keith was supposed to return overseas for another deployment in September 2016, but he lost his internal battle to heroin before he even had the chance to step onto a plane. *** The host of the candlelight prayer vigil, On Eagle’s Wings, is a ministry branched out of the First Baptist Church of Waynesburg. Its purpose is a support group for family and friends who know someone who is battling, or has lost a battle, to addiction. The group was originally started by church members Cathy Held and Dawn Mankey.

Both Held and Mankey grew up in homes and alongside family and friends who battled addiction. Because of this, they know the exact needs of those who are affected by addiction.

“The addict is rehabilitated, but the family and friends are often left with a lot of questions and pain,” Held said.

Because of the heroin

epidemic in Waynesburg, Mankey said Saturday’s vigil was desperately needed by the community, especially for families whose lives have been torn apart by the drug.

After much prayer, Mankey said everything began to fall into place.

“We have truly been led by God through every process with the candlelight vigil,” Mankey said. “He has been speaking to our hearts every step of the way.” *** Five months after the passing of her son, Haky is still struggling.

“I’m still really not okay,” said Haky. “I often walk into work crying.”

Haky attends counseling and often tries to take part in drug addiction awareness events in the area. This candlelight prayer vigil hosted by On Eagle’s Wings was the first she has ever attended.

More than anything, Haky said she has mostly been relying on her family to help her overcome her loss. She said

one of the hardest parts of coping is having to explain to her 8 and 9-year old grandkids why their uncle is no longer alive.

“They loved him so much,” said Haky.

Despite the graphic nature of his death, along with their young ages, Haky said she is very honest with her grandchildren in hopes that they won’t follow down their Uncle Keith’s path.

“They know about heroin, and they should,” Haky said. “You hear about kids as young as 12 years old getting involved with it.”

Haky is still learning to adjust to life without Keith. But she is hoping that no one else in the community will have to endure her pain, and that no other parents will outlive their children due to heroin.

“My hope is that no one else passes away—that they don’t start [heroin] and they don’t try it,” Haky said. “I know so many people who have been affected by this terrible drug.

It’s time for it to stop.”

Area townships to form regional police department

By CODY YANKULIC Editorial Assistant

Morris Township is joining several other townships to provide law enforcement in their combined regions.

The township is teaming up with Perry and Wayne townships, which are south of the borough of Waynesburg and adjacent to the Mason-Dixon line, to form a regional police department.

The decision to switch to a regional police department was made for financial reasons. The decision to integrate came just several months after Morris Township formed their police department.

“Well, we started our own police department the first of January,” said Judy Moniger, treasurer and secretary of Morris Township. “It will be more cost effective to go in with other townships.”

Morris Township Police Chief Michael Natale explained how the department will actually help to save on taxpayer money.

“In my mind, everybody wins,” said Natale. “Because you can get more police officers for less money.”

The Morris Township Police Department currently provides coverage to both Morris Township in Greene County and Morris Township in Washington County. Perry and Wayne Townships currently receive police assistance from the Southwest Regional Police Department.

The regional police force would eliminate the need for Southwest Regional, which is located in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, to patrol those counties and allow a quicker response

time for citizens of Wayne and Perry Township. The formation of the regional police department also helps the workload of the state police, who were some of the only law enforcement present in the area prior to the formation of the local department.

“Right now, the state police are stretched pretty thin,” said Moniger. “At least if we have our own local police, our response time will be a little faster if we have something going on in our own township or the surrounding townships.”

The department is expected to remain at its current headquarters, which are located in Morris Township of Greene County. A substation is expected to be set up at the Perry Township Municipality Building to serve both Perry and Wayne townships. Natale said he would like to see a full-time officer at the substation.

The townships are also expected to see different amounts of police service based upon how many hours they need and want.

Morr is Township of Greene County will see 40 hours of service per week, while Morris Township in Washington County will receive 24.

Wayne and Perry Townships will also receive 24 hours of service per week.

Natale added that the hours are subject to change based upon the needs of the communities.

“We’re definitely looking forward to providing the same high standards of service for these other communities,” said Natale.

“We’re glad to have the community support.”

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Road to nationals narrow, but possible for women's cross country

By JACOB MEYER Sports Editor

After a dominating victory at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, in which the Jackets ended Grove City's 27-year reign, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team looks towards the Mideast Regionals at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

Head coach Chris Hardie said the Mideast Region is considered the best

of the eight regions in the country, pointing towards the perennial powerhouse Johns Hopkins.

After finishing second at the PAC Championships last year, the Jackets finished 11th in the 50-team field. Then-sophomore Julie Gerber moved on to nationals, finishing 114th out of 280 runners.

Hardie thinks this team has a chance of making it to nationals as a team, something that has never

happened in Waynesburg history.

The top two teams in every region get an automatic bid, and then there are 16 total at-large bids, which are chosen by a committee following the regional races.

While the placing in the regional is crucial, head-tohead versus other ranked schools and other regionally ranked teams is also important.

“We did what we needed to do at Oberlin,” Har-

“The teams that are ranked, they're the only teams that we've lost to all year. So we need to beat a few ranked teams this weekend to get in."

CHRIS HARDIE

Head coach

die said. “We did what we needed to do at the preview at DeSales. We beat all the teams that were under us.

It’s just the teams that are ranked, they’re the only teams that we’ve lost to all year. So we need to beat a few ranked teams this weekend to get in.”

The Jackets are ranked sixth in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association regional rankings.

Hardie said that since the Mideast Region is the top region, it is likely that at least two more teams are taken from the region.

Hardie expects Johns

Hopkins and Dickinson to take the top two spots. Following in the USTFCCCA r an k i ng s are D e S a l e s , Haverford, Elizabethtown and then Waynesburg to round out the top six in the region.

“E a c h o n e o f t h o s e schools has a unique situation in that we all are different in that we all have a strength and we all have a weakness,” Hardie said.

“For us, we don’t have that WXC >> C3

Need for speed

Athleticism, versatility lead to freshman receiver's early success

By JOE SMELTZER

For the Yellow Jacket

Mackenna Drazich, Yellow Jacket

Freshman wide receiver and kick returner Ta'Vaughn Johnson is using what he has in speed to make up for what he lacks in his 5'6'' 131-pound frame.

Ta’Vaughn Johnson is not a large man.

The 5’6’’, 131-pound freshman wide receiver plays a game that is not thought to suit a person of his stature.

However, what the freshman from Baltimore, Maryland, may lack in stature, he makes up for with speed.

The Thomas More special teams unit found that out two weeks ago, when Johnson torched the unit for a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, running the kick back in about 11 seconds.

“Every time I touch the ball, I’m trying to score,” said Johnson.

“When I caught it, I was looking for a hole, and I saw three men blocking for me. It was just great blocking all around.”

Johnson’s efforts did not go unnoticed beyond the Waynesburg football program. Every week, a HERO Sports D3 Football gives out a “HERO of the Week” award for each position. In honor of Johnson’s electrifying return, he was honored with as the Defense/Special Teams HERO of the Week.

“It was a blessing just to be nominated,” said Johnson.

“I always wanted to get recognized somewhere, and just being nominated would have truly been a blessing, even if I didn’t win.”

Waynesburg recruited Johnson out of Dundalk High School near Baltimore, Maryland. It took a little longer for Johnson to take up football than it did for some other sports that he was involved in growing up.

“In Baltimore County, everybody I met was like ‘You should play football.’ When I first asked my mom if I could play, she said no,” said Johnson. “Then a couple of days later, I just kept asking her to let me play, and she agreed to sign me up."

Johnson’s first game went well, as he scored three touchdowns. From there, he attended Dundalk High School, and through video, was discovered by Waynesburg.

“We get a lot of recruiting information on players in the form of web pages, and that’s how we handle our distance recruiting in Maryland,” said head coach Rick Shepas.

Other players from that area that have come to Waynesburg, including Deondre Marable, Joshua Nicholas and Hunter Palmer.

“What I did to add to that was I sent coach [Zac] Capan and coach [John] Sikora to the college camp down at Maryland,” said Shepas. “We will be down there for their recruiting expos.”

Shepas sees Johnson’s speed as his greatest physical asset.

“He’s in an offense that’s multiple enough to support his talents,” said Shepas. “Like with any new player, there is a learning curve that usually takes place, and you can see how his role has been increased. As he’s starting to grasp the offense, his role continues to grow.”

Johnson got to Waynesburg through a connection between his high school coach, Duncan Anderson II, and Waynesburg assistant Matt Stanfield.

“When I came here for the first visit, I thought it was pretty cool,” said Johnson. “When I came for my next visit, that’s when I met Aaron [Jenkins] and Whitney [White]. I also fell in love with how our coaches coach.”

Johnson, who is majoring in accounting, enjoys the small campus feel of Waynesburg.

“You could be walking at midnight, and people would still say hello to you,” said Johnson. “It feels like a big family.”

As a freshman, Johnson still has plenty of time to get better as the years go on, Shepas said.

“The two things that I would focus on for him would be film study, which would increase his knowledge of what we’re doing offensively, and just seeing how things are supposed to take place on the field,” said Shepas. “We film every practice, and a lot of young players don’t realize that you can get a lot out of those film sessions and correct a lot of mistakes.”

Special teams coach Jason Falvo echoed Shepas’ praises.

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Football loses third straight game, falls to 2-7 Red zone issues continue to plague Yellow Jacket offense

By KYLE DAWSON

Assistant Sports Editor

After putting out its best offensive performance of the 2016 campaign on the road a week ago at Thiel, the Waynesburg football team regressed a few steps backward in its most recent contest Saturday, Nov. 5, at Saint Vincent.

Against Thiel, the Jackets were able to score 42 points, but gave up 50 in the loss, a game in which head coach Rick Shepas called the best offensive gameplan the team has had this season. Reflecting on the most recent loss at Saint Vincent, 30-12, Shepas had many of the same ideas regarding the team’s plan of attack, but said it failed in execution.

Waynesburg entered the Saint Vincent red zone four times, but scored one touchdown on a freshman wide receiver Ta’Vaughn Johnson 7-yard touchdown catch from freshman quarterback Aaron Jenkins in the fourth quarter.

The Jackets settled for three field goals of fewer than 30 yards. Freshman kicker Mike Ryhal converted from 22 and 28 yards, but missed on a 20yard attempt.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Perone started the game at quarterback for the Jackets, passing for 208 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Jenkins relieved

By MARCUS WALLACE For the Yellow Jacket

Photo courtesty of Ryan Zidek

The Jacket defense gave up 308 passing yards and two touchdowns Saturday. Junior wide receiver Damon Black Jr. caught eight passes for 111 yards and a score.

Perone in the third quarter and finished the game. Jenkins led Waynesburg in rushing with 64 yards, all coming in the second half.

Eight different Jackets had a reception in the loss, but no receiver caught more than four passes. Senior James Steele led Waynesburg with 54 receiving yards and had a 25-yard reception, the longest play from scrimmage for the Jackets.

Following are two areas head coach Rick Shepas pointed out as key points in the loss.

Another QB change At Thiel, redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Perone started his second straight game, and had one of the best passing games for a Jacket signal caller in the past two years.

Perone passed for 401 yards on 26 completions and had two touchdowns, but two interceptions, in the 50-42 loss on Oct. 29.

Fast forward a week later, Perone found himself in the starter’s role again, but strug-

gled, completing 16 of 32 passes for 208 yards and throwing two interceptions before being pulled in the early stages of the second half for freshman quarterback Aaron Jenkins, who finished the game for Waynesburg in the 30-12 loss to the Bearcats.

It was a change Shepas said he had to make.

“I felt we needed to make the change to get [Perone’s] attention,” said Shepas. “[The] FOOTBALL >> C4

The Waynesburg University football team took a trip to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to face off against Saint Vincent College Saturday, Nov. 5.

The Yellow Jackets were unable to obtain the victory on the road with a final score of 30-12.

Inefficiency in the red zone was a problem for the Jackets during the game. The Jackets had several chances to convert and were unable to do so to the degree head coach Rick Shepas would have wanted.

The Jackets attempted three field goals once reaching the red zone, making two and missing one, while scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The Jackets enter the final week of the season ranked last in the PAC in scoring touchdowns in red zone situations and converting on third down.

“It’s communication and execution,” said Shepas.

“There’s that red zone mentality that you talk about that once that ball gets in the red zone you have a different

mentality about protecting the football.”

Waynesburg has reached the end zone on 13 of 32 red zone attempts. The Jackets’ 13 empty red zone trips include four turnovers on downs, four interceptions, a fumble and four missed field goals.

In the last six quarters, Waynesburg’s attempted five field goals of thirty yards or fewer. The Jackets five rushing touchdowns inside the twenty are the fewest in the PAC. Senior receiver Kevin Barnes Jr. explained some contributing factors to the red zone struggles.

“I think a few factors of the inefficiency is that we are young at quarterback and light on the offensive line,” said Barnes. “We only have two groups of linemen for a whole game and at quarterback we are playing two good players but they haven’t seen a lot of snaps in games.”

Another factor, Barnes said, is a lack in communication resulting in blocking problems.

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November 10, 2016

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEWS

Women's basketball looks to Wrestleoff results kick off sustain top three spot in PAC Waynesburg wrestling season

By ELIZABETH NICODEMUS

By CODY YANKULIC

The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team’s season is almost underway, as the team takes on Frostburg State Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Last season, the Jackets finished up with a 15-14 record, while finishing 11-7 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and losing in the second quarterfinals to Washington & Jefferson.

“I think we need to clean up a couple areas of our game,” said head coach Sam Jones. “We need to be a better rebounding team and better in the defensive end.”

The team as a whole is primarily returning the same players, only losing three seniors. On top of those players returning, the team is gaining three freshmen and one upperclassman.

Last season, junior forward Addy Knetzer had a breakout season, finishing with team-highs 14.4 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game.

After having the season she had last year, Knetzer said she still has things she wants to work on about her game.

“I want to develop in other areas of my game besides the post that will benefit the team like defense,” said Knetzer. “I don’t want to be solely a post player.

I want to be an intimidating defender and more of a threat outside the post.”

Senior guards Kassidy O’Keefe and Katie Gehlmann and forward Haley Delaney are all returning, and Jones expects them to continue to play big roles with to team with it being

The Waynesburg University wrestling team opened up its season with its annual Orange Black WrestleOff Saturday, Nov. 5, as the match took place in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse and commenced at 11 a.m.

Unlike other Jacket wrestling matches, the wrestleoff is the annual match the Jackets hold between members of their own team. The match is an official match, and the wrestlers are paired against each other. The black team beat the orange team by a score of 23-16, and Headlee was happy with how his team was conditioned.

Under Headlee, the Jackets have posted an 85-53-1 record and won four Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships. Last year, the Jackets finished with a 6-8 overall record, but still had three PAC Champions on their team. Headlee’s goal for this year is to continue

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Senior guard Katie Gehlmann is one of three seniors who look to lead the Jackets this season. their senior seasons. Sophomore guards Julie Deklaven and Monica Starre are also looking to contribute again.

“For me, I want to be more of a leader on the court, since that’s a point guards job,” said Starre. “I want to cut down on my turnovers, and I want to be shooting more so that I am a threat, not leaving me open. I don’t want to be shooting too much, though, but enough so that people guard me.”

Both Jones and assistant coach Kevin Pusateri are happy with what they have seen so far in practices.

Jones and Pusateri talked about the work ethic and enthusiasm being a major aspect of the practices that

the team has had so far.

“I am really excited for this year,” said Jones. “I have high expectations for what we can accomplish, and we have had the intensity that we can accomplish that.”

Knetzer also commented on the fact that she also expects great things from the team.

“I expect that we play our best every game,” said Knetzer. “If we do that, I think we can finish top 3 in the PAC this year.”

The team begins its season Tuesday, Nov. 15, when it plays Frostburg State University.

The game will be played at home in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

“Our first goal is to get someone to the PACs. Our second goal is to get someone back on the podium at nationals.”

RON HEADLEE

Head coach

the winning trend the team is on.

“I’m sure they are going to add some good guys to the mix. Our first goal is to get someone to the PAC’s,” said Headlee. “Our second goal is to get someone back on the podium at nationals.”

In the exhibition match this past weekend, Headlee said through the players performances, there were a few freshmen who surprised.

“I think a couple of our freshman surprised me,” said Headlee. “[While] our experienced guys stepped up and are doing what we like to see them do.”

One of the more notable freshmen to have a solid wrestleoff was 197-pounder Adam Rigney who beat his weight class’s returning starter, sophomore Joshua Sneeringer.

While the day held surprises in underclassmen and status quo from veterans, junior 125 Tristan Buxton said the team needs more confidence when they wrestle.

“One thing we need to work on is being confident,” said Buxton. “We need to build experience around the freshman and sophomore classes.”

On the season overall, Headlee and his team were picked to finish second in the PAC this season behind the Thiel Tomcats, who won the PAC last year. In agreement with Headlee’s thoughts, senior Filippo Crivelli agreed that Thiel has the advantage.

“I think we can contend for that PAC Championship,” said Crivelli. “Early on, it will look like we have kids in the wrong places. We have kids dropping down to the right classes. We have a good tournament team, and I think we can do pretty good things this year.”

The 141-pound senior will be looking to defend his title as PAC champion, and in a similar situation, senior 184 Ryan Shank thinks he can do the same and more.

“I definitely see myself

winning PAC’s again,” said Shank. “Definitely getting to top eight at nationals is something that I expect out of myself this year. I fell short last year, and this is something I have been working on and wrestled with D-I guys at Pitt and the naval academy. If I can hang with those guys, I can hang with any guy in the country at Division III.” Crivelli expressed similar goals, as well as another goal of the seniors is to be good leaders for the younger guys.

Shank said he has seen improvements in leadership already.

“Flip [Crivelli] and I, we’ve been a little more vocal than in years past,” said Shank. “Ever ybody has responded really well and stepped up and working really hard. It is a good change and something that we are really doing right and we didn’t do last year.”

While Crivelli and Shank plan to lead and perform, Headlee said the key to his team’s success lies in experience.

“We just need more experience. All the guys are in the lineup and are coming back,” said Headlee. “All the guys who should be on the mat should have had mat time. It is definitely going to help us.”

The Jackets faced off against nationally ranked Shippensburg Wednesday, Nov. 9. The team’s next match is set for Saturday, Nov. 12, against Washington & Jefferson.

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

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS

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

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 8-0 9-1 7-0 9-0 5-2 7-2 5-2 6-3 4-3 6-3 3-4 5-4 2-5 3-6 2-5 3-6 2-5 2-7 1-6 2-7 0-7 0-9

Saturday’s Box Score

SAINT VINCENT 30, WAYNESBURG 12 Waynesburg 3 0 3 6 12 Saint Vincent 10 6 7 7 30

SCORE RECAP

Swimming and Diving

Saturday’s Box Score

GENEVA 2, THOMAS MORE 1 Thomas More 0 1 0 1 Geneva 1 0 1 2

SCORE RECAP

First Half: GEN - Goal by Jonatan Shoaf (assist by Josh Brenzie), 7:44 Second Half: TMC - Ethan Smith Penalty Kick Goal, 46:22 Overtime: GEN - Gib McCracken Penalty Kick Goal, 90:59

RECENT RESULTS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone....................... 16 32 208 0 Waynesburg rushing

ATT YDS TD Jenkins.................................. 12 64 0 Ciero...................................... 14 44 0 Waynesburg receiving

Saturday, November 5 Geneva 2, Thomas More 1

UPCOMING GAMES

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, November 11 Chatham at Bethany - 5 p.m.; Saint Vincent at IUP - 6 p.m.

THOMAS MORE 1, GROVE CITY 0 Grove City 0 0 0 Thomas More 1 0 1

SCORE RECAP

First Half: TMC - Goal by Erika LaRosa (assist by Emily Cummings), 14:27

UPCOMING GAMES

Saint Vincent rushing

Saturday, November 5 Grove City 157, Wheeling Jesuit 88; Chatham 133, Penn State Behrend 127; Wash & Jeff 155, West Virginia Wesleyan 115; Westminster 154, Allegheny 140

Saturday’s Box Score

Saint Vincent passing COM ATT YDS TD Stewart..................... 18 30 284 2

Saturday, November 5 Thomas More 1, Grove City 0

POINTS: Carleton, 31, GEN; Betteridge, 30, GRO; Reese, 29, GRO

Friday, November 11 Penn State Behrend at Thomas More - 11 a.m.

Saturday, November 12 Frostburg State at Grove City - 11 a.m.; Chatham at Stevenson - 2 p.m.

Saint Vincent receiving

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

RECENT RESULTS

GOALS: Toohey, 21, W&J; Ruzzini, 16, W&J; Nienaber, 14, TMC

Saturday, November 5 Carnegie Mellon 37, Chicago 24; Wash & Jeff 17, Geneva 7; Case Western 26, Westminster 22; Saint Vincent 30, Waynesburg 12; Bethany 33, Grove City 14; Thomas More 63, Thiel 16

POINTS: Toohey, 46, W&J; Ruzzini, 43, W&J; Nienaber, 31, TMC

ASSISTS: Ruzzini, 11, W&J; White, 8, GRO; Schoeneweis, 7, GEN SAVES: Gentry, 133, THI; Lincoln, 105, GEN; Riddle, 95,

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 12 Saint Vincent at Bethany - 1 p.m.; Westminster at Geneva - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Grove City - 1:30 p.m.; Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Case Western Reserve - 2 p.m.

Satuday, November 12 Grove City at Carnegie Mellon - 11:30 a.m.; Wash & Lee at Grove City - 11:30 a.m.; Wooster at Westminster - 1 p.m.; York at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

ATT YDS TD Craft....................................... 17 51 2 Mays...................................... 1 21 0 REC YDS TD Oceant-Kelly.......................... 7 148 1 Black..................................... 8 111 1

Friday, November 11 Chatham at Bethany - 5 p.m.; Saint Vincent at IUP - 6 p.m.

Friday, November 4 Penn State Altoona 103, Bethany 57

WOMEN’S SOCCER

RECENT RESULTS

UPCOMING GAMES

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 12 Arcadia at Grove City - 2 p.m.

REC YDS TD Steele.................................... 3 54 0 Barnes................................... 4 43 0

Friday, November 4 Penn State Altoona 128, Bethany 57 Saturday, November 5 Grove City 155, Wheelin Jesuit 117; West Virginia Wesleyan 161, Wash & Jeff 108; Allegheny 136, Westminster 126

Satuday, November 12 Grove City at Carnegie Mellon - 11:30 a.m.; Wash & Lee at Grove City - 11:30 a.m.; York at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Wooster at Westminster - 1 p.m.

Friday, November 11 First Quarter: SVC - Sam Elliot 24 yd field goal, 10:27; SVC - Damon Geneva at Franklin Marshall - 5 p.m.

Black jr. 7 yd pass from Derek Stewart (Elliot kick), 6:24; WAY - Mike Ryhal 22 yd field goal, :14 Second Quarter: SVC - Shavonta Craft 1 yd run (Elliot kick), 3:05 Third Quarter: WAY - Ryhal 28 yd field goal, 9:47; SVC - DJ OceantKelly 53 yd pass from Stewart (Elliot kick), :41 Fourth Quarter: WAY - TaVaughn Johnson 7 yd pass from Aaron Jenkins (failed 2 pt.) 6:59; SVC - Craft 14 yd run (Elliot kick), 2:34

MEN RECENT RESULTS

GOALS: Carleton, 14, GEN; Betteridge, 11, GRO; Caporaso, 10, GRO ASSISTS: Waters, 11, BET; Reese, 9, GRO; Betteridge, 8, GRO SAVES: Conrad, 136, THI; Bohn, 108, SVC; Appleby, 100, BET

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Thursday’s Box Score

BETHANY 3, THOMAS MORE 1 Thomas More 19 23 25 24 1 Bethany 25 25 20 26 3

RECENT RESULTS

Friday, November 4 Bethany 3, Wash & Jeff 0; Thomas More 3, Geneva 0 Saturday, November 5 Bethany 3, Thomas More 1

UPCOMING GAMES

WRESTLING 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

MEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Friday, November 4 WOOSTER - TWILIGHT 5K Challenge Unscored Event Individual WOOSTER - TWILIGHT 5K CHALLENGE 1. Jacob Denbeaux, 15:48.3, Wooster; 2. Aedan Pettit, 15:53.8,Wooster; 3. Jackson Feinknopf, 15:57.0; 5.

Drew Thibault, 16:21.6, Geneva

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, November 10 Wittenberg at Bethany - 3 p.m.

Thiel Thomas More Waynesburg Wash & Jeff

CROSS COUNTRY

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

MATCH RESULTS

BLACK 23, ORANGE 16 Tristan Buxton beat Brooks Robinson 18-3 (Tech) Tristan Nicholson beat Cory Suppan 10-1 (Maj. Dec.) Landon Lohr beat Derek Hull 3-2 Ryan Shank beat Ben Norman 20-2 (Tech) Adam Rigney beat Joshua Sneeringer 2-0 Fillippo Crivelli beat Buxton 12-4 (Maj. Dec.) Mike Millerno beat Nicholson 17-4 (Maj. Dec.) Lohr pinned Matt Claxton (6:08) Nick Kusich beat Supan 16-1 (Tech)

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 5 West Liberty 42, Wash & Jeff 7

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 12 Thomas More at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 9:45 a.m.; Wash & Jeff at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 9:45 a.m.; Waynesburg at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 9:45 a.m.; Thiel at Wash & Jeff Invitational - 9:45 a.m.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Stewart, 2604, SVC; Coughlin, 2489, W&J; Kuntz, 2396, TMC

KILLS: Lasher, 432, CHA; DY. McKenzie, 410 , BET; Da. Mckenzie, 374, BET

RUSHING YARDS: Benger, 1423, CMU; Tarrant, 1064, TMC; Radke, 978, THI

ASSISTS: Powell, 1058, BET; Borders, 1002, TMC; Lytle, 762, GEN

Recieving Yards: Zubrick, 1251, W&J; Lynch, 1018, CWR; Garland, 875, CWR

BLOCKS: Lydic, 113, W&J; Yoho, 110, WES; Test, 100, GEN

SACKS: Khoury, 11.5, CMU; Snedker, 9.5, W&J; Brad Grinnen, 7, WAY

DIGS: Means, 661, W&J; Russell, 589, GRO; Dickson, 551, GEN

Tackles: Hayden, 126, BET; Bikulge, 83, CMU; Tunstill, 81, TMC

Saturday, November 12 Grove City at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.;Thiel at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Chatham at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Geneva at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Westminster at Division III Mideast Regional Championships; Wash & Jeff at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m. Waynesburg at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m. Thomas More at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Bethany at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS

Team Saturday, November 4 WOOSTER - TWILIGHT 5K CHALLENGE Unscored Event Individual WOOSTER - TWILIGHT 5K CHALLENGE 1. Kayla Zboran, 18:29.6, Wooster; 2. Heidi Hoffman, 18:45.6, Grove City; 3. Madeline Weiland, 19:11.8, Oberlin

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, November 5 Grove City at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.;Thiel at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Chatham at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Geneva at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Westminster at Division III Mideast Regional Championships; Wash & Jeff at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m. Waynesburg at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m. Thomas More at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.; Bethany at Division III Mideast Regional Championships - 12 p.m.

WHATS ON THIS WEEK WCYJ-FM Wash & Jeff at Waynesburg - 1:30 p.m.

WPIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP 1A Football Playoffs

2A Football Playoffs

3A Football Playoffs

4A Football Playoffs

Football

Football

Football

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SPRINGDALE 50, CARMICHAELS 44 Springdale 7 6 23 14 50 Carmichaels 6 16 14 8 44

WASHINGTON 35, SOUTH SIDE BEAVER 13 South Side 0 7 0 6 13 Washington 14 7 14 0 35

DERRY AREA 33, CENTRAL VALLEY 20 Central Valley 0 7 7 6 20 Derry Area 7 12 0 8 33

West Mifflin 19, Belle Vernon 0 Belle Vernon 0 0 0 0 0 West Mifflin 13 6 0 0 19

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

5A Football Playoffs Football

Friday’s Box Score

MCKEESPORT 31, UPPER ST. CLAIR 10 Upper SC 3 0 0 7 10 McKeesport 7 3 7 14 31

November 10, 2016

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Men turn attention to Mideast Regional Despite not scoring for team, alternate runners play important role

By DREW VORCE

For the Yellow Jacket

With the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships more than a week behind them, the Waynesburg University’s men’s cross country team has been focusing its attention on the Division III Mideast Regionals. A select group will travel to DeSales University in Central Valley, Pennsylvania, to compete in the regional event Saturday, Nov. 12.

Ten runners will travel with the team, seven who will run and three who are alternates.

The seven men racing at regionals consist of three freshmen, Michael Cappelli, Mason Klopp, and Justin Lewis, two sophomores, Joel Kuzminski and Jacob Pryor and two seniors, Casey Heimberger and Justin Simmons.

“It’s very difficult not being able to run at regionals,” said sophomore Josh Olive. “You work hard all season for it and you come up just a little bit short, but the guys there deserve to run, and I respect Coach Hardie’s decisions.”

The team can expect a challenging course at the event, as well as some tougher opponents.

“This course is unique compared to some of the ones we have run at,” said Hardie. “You

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

Jacob Meyer, Yellow Jacket

Freshman Mason Klopp and sophomore Joel Kuzminski, pictured here at the PAC Championships, will lead the men's cross country team at the Mideast Regional. start above the finish line, so you’re finishing on a downhill, but you also start up a hill to get the first mile.”

Having run this course earlier in the season, the team is aware of what it should expect heading into this weekend.

“We ran this course about a month ago,” said sophomore Jacob Pryor. “We know where we can relax on the course and where we might have to push a little harder.”

Over the last week, the men trained significantly more for

this specific course.

“There’s really nothing they can do this week that can get them prepared for this weekend,” said Hardie. “That all happened last week, but their training now will help them with that first mile and the last mile.”

The next step after the regional event is nationals. The Jackets would have to perform better than they ever have before in order to qualify for that race.

“The team would have to go

top four in the region or top 20 individually to make nationals,” said Hardie. “There is always a chance that it could happen, but the chances are very slim.”

The men understand the position they are in, and that it would take breaking many school records to qualify for nationals.

“We knew all of this coming in,” said Hardie. “We are going to look at this race to see how we are progressing as a team regionally.”

Heethuis duo lead soccer programs together

By BRYCE WALTER

For the Yellow Jacket

There is no coaching duo in the PAC like the husband and wife duo of the men and women’s soccer teams at Waynesburg University.

Brad and Laura Heethuis both began their head coaching careers at Waynesburg University in the 2014 season and have both just finished their third seasons with their respective teams.

Laura is the head coach of the women’s soccer team, and Brad is the head coach of the men’s soccer team at Waynesburg. Whenever Brad or Laura don’t have obligations pertaining to their own team, they are assistant coaches to oneanother.

“I choose to coach with Brad because I know how smart he is with the tech-

nical and tactical ties without lossides of the game, ing communicaas well as his leadtion.” ership,” said Laura Josh Hennigh Heethuis. “I have has been coached full trust in what

by Brad Heethuis he sees on and off on the men’s socthe field and the cer team for three actions he makes.” years.

Brad and “During pracLaura Heethuis Laura Heethuis t i c e , t h e y a r e enter this offseaboth verbal and son leaving an push everyone to i mpre s s i on on do the best they players they’ve can and then do it coached through better,” said Hentheir three years nigh. “At games at Waynesburg. they both provide “The best insight on what thing about them needs to be done coaching together and how that can is that they know be accomplished.” how to work off Brad Heethuis On the other each other,” said end of the specsenior defender Josh Hen- t r u m , wom e n’s s o c c e r nigh. “They know where player, junior forward Nikki the other is going and can Davis has been coached by help split the responsibili- the duo of Brad and Laura Heethuis for three years now and will go into her senior year playing under them once again.

“I like them coaching together,” said Davis. “They know how to complement each other and work together.”

Despite Brad and Laura Heethuis coaching on opposite teams, they still receive the same amount of respect from men’s and women’s teams alike.

“The men’s team has a lot of respect for her [coach Laura Heethuis],” said Hennigh. “She is a great coach, but also a great player.”

“We respond well to coach Brad [Heethuis],” said Davis. “He has a different point of view on how we can improve, which is always good to hear.”

Both coach Brad and Laura’s love for soccer started at a young age.

“I started playing soccer when I was about four years old with my mom being my first coach,” said Laura Heethuis. “My dad has been a high school and college soccer official for many years, and I grew up going with him to games and just watched while he officiated. I was around the game so often that I fell in love with it.” “[My love for soccer] started early,” said Brad Heethuis. “My dad is a high school soccer coach, so I grew up on the field.”

The next chapter in the lives of Brad and Laura Heethuis will open in January, as they’re expecting a baby.

“We are expecting an addition to the family in January,” said Brad Heethuis.

“Much of our time will be devoted to her for the next few months, and years.”

On Waynesburg University’s women’s cross country team there are 23 runners.

In a race, less than half of those runners impact the team’s placement, with only the top five to seven, depending on the race, on the team’s overall score.

Yet, regardless of placement, the runners outside of the top seven continue to put their best efforts towards every practice and meet due to the family environment, said head coach Chris Hardie. “[The runners] get wrapped in early during camp week,” said Hardie.

“They find that through team builders, and just team activities, that this team would do anything for each other – that really is what draws this team together is that they don’t want to let anybody down. Even if they are 23rd, they still want to perform at a high level and show the team they aren’t letting up on the family and that they have their back.”

For the team, having the strong group dynamic is vital, said senior Jess Bish.

“It’s important to have that family feel because you are together so much, and it just gives you more of a reason to compete,” said Bish.

“It makes it more enjoyable if you like the people you are with and I think the cross country team does a really great job of that.”

For junior Becky Marchetti, the team dynamic uplifts her to stay with the team, even during the most difficult challenges.

“Cross country is probably the toughest thing I’ve probably ever had to do,” said Marchetti. “Having that family, like my second family home away home, is so important because there are a lot of practices where I just want to give up… There are girls who can just pick you up and just remind you of how valuable you are and how important what you are doing is and where that can lead.”

Even outside of the top seven, Hardie said there are important leaders on the team. Bish, whose injuries have prohibited her from making it into the top seven, has had a large impact on the team, Hardie said.

“We had a great captain, [Bish], that never really had a score for us – always had some tough times with injuries,” said Hardie. “Behind the scenes, she was a fabulous leader, did everything we asked her to do, kept the team in check, had kind of a motherly – just grace about

her that the team really respected. [The team] would have gone to battle for her just because of her reputation and the respect that they had.”

Bish said that her injuries have made it difficult to be a part of the team, but it does not prohibit her from encouraging her teammates during the season.

“It’s really frustrating coming to practice every day and not being able to participate, especially since this was my second year in a row not being able to participate in practice,” said Bish. “There’s a reason that I show up every day and it’s the guys and the girls on the team that make me want to keep coming back.”

Each runner on the team, and typically those farther back in the pack, Hardie said, has a different reason for running.

“There is a group of girls, that’s probably like 10, that you have to keep motivated – they have a different reason for running,” said Hardie. “Each one of them is a little bit different. Some of them are seniors that, when they came into the program they might have [finished] seven or 10, but for whatever reason have slipped [in position] because an injury or classes got really heavy or freshman have come in each year and knocked them back a little bit.”

Outside of not letting the team down, Bish said motivation lies in the personal achievements or improvements on the team.

“One of the things we try and focus on with the people who maybe aren’t at the front is that they are still improving and it’s really exciting whenever they beat their own time,” said Bish. “That’s really what we focus on with the people who are farther in the back. It’s more about encouraging their personal efforts.”

With the recent title at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, Bish said each of the 23 runners on the team earned the victory. Through Bish’s past four years with the program, she said one of the biggest things she’s realized is the significance each runner holds.

“I learned a lot about patience, but more importantly, how every person, whether it’s a team or a project or something, how important every person is,” said Bish. “Whether you are the first runner or the last runner, everybody matters, and I think that’s something I’ve really taken away from this program.”

WXC: Team looks to advance to D-III Nationals Continued from C1

frontrunner that’s going to go get first, second or third.

DeSales does [and] Haverford does. Elizabethtown is like us where they don’t have anybody out front.

But DeSales, Haverford and Elizabethtown don’t have the depth that we have. We actually have an advantage to them in that we can put seven out there, where they can put five, and we’ll beat them with our six and our seven.”

The team is taking 10 runners, seven who will run and three reserves. Seniors Katie Latimer and Emily Latimer will run and juniors Angie Marchetti, Elinore Loch and Julie Gerber will participate along with sophomore Teghan Simonton and freshman Katie Thompson.

Waynesburg will hold freshmen Malarie Yoder, Taylor Clarkson and Mary Beth Cunningham on reserve.

Jacob Meyer, Yellow Jacket

The top five runners, pictured here receiving first-team all-PAC awards at the PAC Championships, will be key to whether or not the team moves on to the NCAA Division III Championships.

To make nationals individually, things get more complicated.

Any runner on a team from the Mideast Region that is going to nationals will be removed, opening up a pool of remaining nonnationals-team runners.

If Waynesburg does not

get a bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships, Hardie thinks the Latimer twins have the best chance of making it as individual runners for the Yellow Jackets.

Hardie projects that for runners to make it to nationals, they will have to

run in the 21:44 to 22:00 time range.

“I think our top five has a chance individually, because that’s why I think we have a good shot as a team,” Hardie said.

“If they all run really well, I think they’ve got a good chance.”

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November 10, 2016

W E E K 11 F O OT B A L L P R E V I E W: WA S H I N G TO N & J E F F E R S O N

Jackets look to knock off rival in final game of 2016 season

By ANDY STANKO

For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University football team closes its season this coming Saturday, Nov. 12, with a tilt against rival Washington & Jefferson at John F. Wiley Stadium.

The Jackets need a win to avoid finishing the season 2-8, which would be the worst season for a Waynesburg football team since the 1988 season.

W&J enters the regular season finale with a 7-2 record, a relative disappointment for a program pegged to finish second in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Presidents entered the season receiving votes for D3football.com’s top 25 national rankings, but losses at Thomas More and Westminster have dropped W&J out of the national playoff picture.

Waynesburg lost to Saint Vincent College last Saturday, 30-12, in the road finale for the Jackets. The Bearcats jumped out to a 16-3 halftime lead and never led by fewer than 11 points in the second half.

For the Jackets, it’s the sixth time this season that the offense failed to score 17 points.

W&J defeated the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes 17-7 to extend the Presidents’ winning streak at Cameron Stadium to 24 games. Senior

quarterback Pete Coughlin passed for 291 yards, a score and an interception in the win. The PAC’s leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns hauled in 13 catches for 129 yards in the win. Saturday’s win over Geneva was just the second game that junior wide receiver Jesse Zubik was kept out of the end zone, he leads all receivers with 16 touchdowns on the year.

also snapped an 11-game scoring streak for the receiver.

the opposing 20-yard line.

Waynesburg has gotten into the end zone on 13 of 32 red zone attempts. The Jackets’ 13 empty red zone trips include four turnovers on downs, four interceptions, a fumble and four missed field goals.

In the last six quarters, Waynesburg has attempted five field goals of 30 yards or fewer. The Jackets five rushing touchdowns inside the 20-yard line are the fewest in the PAC. Waynesburg’s offense has converted 35 of 124 third down attempts, or 28 percent of the time. Only once in 2016 has the Jacket offense converted on more than 33 percent of its third down tries.

Offensive efficiency

Shocking the Presidents

The Jackets enter the final week of the season ranked dead last in the PAC in scoring touchdowns in red zone situations and converting on third down.

“I think it’s impatience in the red zone,” said Shepas.

“The bottom line is poor execution on our part. It’s disappointing for us coming off our best offensive performance of the year.”

The Waynesburg offense is the only unit that has failed to score a touchdown in at least half of its attempts inside

W&J and head coach Mike Sirianni were hoping to make waves in the national scene of Division III football with Coughlin entering his third season directing the Presidents’ explosive offense. W&J is on track to average 40 points per game for the third consecutive season under Coughlin’s watch.

“From a defensive standpoint, arguable Thomas More’s quarterback is one of the top three guys as well,” said Shepas. “We played him very well in the first. I think that’s

Zeroing in on Zubik The Jacket defense allowed Saint Vincent wide receivers Damon Black and DJ OceantKelly to each accumulate more than 100 receiving yards and a long reception of at least 40 yards. It’s the third consecutive week that the Jacket secondary has allowed an opposing receiver to gain over 100 yards with a long of at least 40 yards.

“I don’t know if it’s having young guys on the field and it’s just them missing,” said Shepas. “In a split-second, missing someone, letting a guy get by him.”

Thomas More’s Daylin Garland and Thiel College’s DeShawon Bracy burned the Jackets in the weeks preceding the Jackets’ trip to Chuck Noll Field.

The Jackets carried the No. 1 ranked pass defense in terms

of yards allowed per game, but after allowing 675 yards through the air in the last two weeks, the unit has dropped to fifth in the conference.

W&J’s combination of Coughlin to Zubik is the most lethal in the PAC. In nine games, Zubik has eclipsed the 100-yard plateau six times, while reaching 200 yards receiving twice.

In W&J’s losses to Thomas More and Westminster, he’s been held under his average of 139 receiving yards per game.

The Saints held Zubik to 93 yards and one score in Thomas More’s 35-9 win over W&J. Westminster limited Zubik to four receptions for 47 yards, both season-lows. The game

how we’ll attempt to model the defensive game plan off of that.”

Despite the impressive numbers, the Presidents have dropped two games and had two other close calls. The Presidents overcame a 42-28 fourth quarter deficit to upend Carnegie Mellon University 55-52 in double overtime.

Bethany College nearly shocked the conference by leading W&J by nine at the half and by six going into the fourth quarter. However, a pair of long touchdowns from Coughlin to Zubik in the second half keyed the Presidents’ 37-36 victory.

Unlike in years past when the Presidents featured perennial all-conference running back Ryan Ruffing, W&J has struggled to find consistency from the running back position in 2016. The Presidents rank eighth in the PAC in rushing with 157 yards per game on 3.9 yards an attempt. *** Kickoff from John F. Wiley Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 12, is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Editor’s note: For coverage of the football team’s season finale, follow @YJ_Sports on Twitter.

Football: After 2-INT first half, Perone replaced at QB by Jenkins Offense: guy, maybe two guys and then prior, the running game for Execution he’s running. We’re going to Waynesburg became a focal lose the receivers frustration point in seeing if it could rekey for red communication wasn’t good. wise either way there.” peat its performance, accordWe weren’t seeing the same Shepas looks for the quaring to Shepas. things on the sideline. I felt he terbacks to use more offensive Waynesburg got the 64 zone success wasn’t seeing it.” personnel and spread the ball yards from Jenkins, while Continued from C1

On Jenkins’ first play in the game, starting a Waynesburg offensive drive at its own 10yard line, the backup quarterback got out of the pocket and gained 20 yards, but it did not lead to much, and Shepas said he wasn’t 100-percent certain at the time if Jenkins would give the team a spark.

“It was something we needed to do at the time,” said Shepas. “[Jenkins] does some exciting things, but that doesn’t mean he knows everything he needs to know. He can make a couple more plays with his legs but is also further behind on his progression in the system than [Perone]. But we needed to make the change.”

Jenkins finished the day 5-11 passing for 52 yards and a touchdown through the air and added 64 yards on 12 carries on the ground.

The lone touchdown for the Jackets was a pass from Jenkins caught by freshman wide receiver Ta’Vaughn Johnson in the end zone from seven yards out.

Shepas said some of the issues with the quarterbacks was receiver frustration.

“We had some receiver frustration because [Perone] wasn’t seeing some things, and we’re missing some open guys,” said Shepas. “[Jenkins] would drop back and look at a

around more, citing a lack of focus from the whole group as a big reason for the loss.

“Going back to Perone was on my mind,” said Shepas. “We got a couple runs from Aaron, but he isn’t like a Ryan Radke from Thiel, so we weren’t getting a ton.”

Turnover margin

Entering the final week of the season and following the loss to Saint Vincent, Waynesburg’s turnover margin is minus-7.

In the loss to Saint Vincent, Waynesburg turned the ball over twice on interceptions and did not force any turnovers by the Bearcats.

In all but one Jacket loss this season, the turnover margin was negative for the Jackets compared to their opponents.

The lone exception is the loss to Carnegie Mellon, in which both teams turned the ball over once to their opponents.

The two Waynesburg wins this season came partly due to positive turnover margins.

Against Geneva, Jenkins threw three interceptions, but Waynesburg’s defensive unit recovered four fumbles, and at Grove City College, Waynesburg was plus-2 in the turnover margin.

“It’s critical not to turn over

Mackenna Drazich, Yellow Jacket

Freshman backup quarterback Aaron Jenkins, pictured here in a game earlier this season, replaced starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Tyler Perone, in the middle of the third quarter against Saint Vincent Saturday. the football on offense,” said Shepas. “In the one case, one of our interceptions shouldn’t have been thrown. We threw the ball somewhere with the play call we shouldn’t have thrown it. We got caught in a press coverage. It’s poor decision-making that leads to poor execution.”

The defense has had chances for turnovers through the course of the season but hasn’t capitalized, Shepas said.

“Being physical tacklers would help and timing our contact,” said Shepas. “Part of our issue, and we’ve had our chances to get turnovers, is playing a lot of young guys in the secondary. We think those things will come with progression."

Odds and ends After getting things going a bit in the loss to Thiel a week

sophomore running back Ben Ciero totaled 44 yards. “[Ciero] had some nice runs and gave us some good productivity,” said Shepas. “[Ciero] blocked well on the perimeter. There’s still youth in both of them, but I see growth in a bunch of areas."

Another part of Waynesburg’s game and struggles Saturday was another characteristic of Waynesburg losses this season, involving sluggish starts, according to Shepas.

“In our first two drives we didn’t get out of the gate and move the football,” said Shepas. “Once we got going, we had some opportunities we didn’t take advantage of. On the first drive we’re on the oneinch line and we get a muffed snap, so a lot of it is impatience and rushing.” *** Waynesburg will look to rebound after the loss and end its season on a high note when it hosts the Presidents of Washington & Jefferson at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at John F. Wiley Stadium.

Editor’s note: For coverage of the football team’s game against W&J, visit theyellowjacket.org.

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“Communication is a big problem,” said Barnes.

“Sometimes we aren’t getting to the right assignments in the blocking scheme all because we aren’t getting the full play call.”

The games where the Jackets have converted successfully in the red zone have been games that ended in a closer score.

“I think when we executed well in the red zone people wanted it more,” said Barnes. “They wanted to make their blocks or to score and we just believed that we were going to get in the end zone that play. It’s a huge boost because it gives the whole offense confidence and brings a different mentality, things start to click when we execute well in the red zone.”

The Jackets have a chance to close out the season with a win on Saturday, Nov. 12, against Washington & Jefferson and improve the red zone struggles they’ve had.

It will be the last game of the season and senior day for the Jackets; the game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and will be at John F. Wiley Stadium.

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him to play a little bigger than what he is,” he said. “And if you can’t see him, you can’t hit him.”

Falvo sees a little of himself in Johnson.

“I wasn’t a [big] guy,” said Falvo. “Like TJ’s doing now, I had to learn how to be elusive and avoid big hits and get down when I have to get down. Ta’Vaughn works hard, plays with a chip and he understands what his strengths are and plays to them more than anything.”

As a receive and kick returner, Ta’Vaughn can help Waynesburg in a lot of ways.

“Anytime you have a guy that can do more than one thing, it helps,” Falvo said. “In TJ’s case, at one point we’ve had him try

to block punts and kicks, we’ve had him return kicks and he’s starting to become a better punt returner for us. Any time you have a guy that athletic, you want to get the ball in his hands and let him go to work.”

One thing Falvo think Johnson can improve on is consistency with his abilities.

“I think he needs to trust his speed,” said Falvo. “He wants to freelance a little bit, which has gotten him in trouble, but when he stays consistent with his speed, he’s done a really good job. So I’d say for him, he’s starting to have a better understanding of what we’re asking him to do, and allowing him to trust that we are putting him in the best situation possible.”

But, Johnson’s success didn’t come without struggles.

“I had a problem with my

attitude, but after meeting with coach Shepas, I just changed the way I looked at the team and stopped putting myself first,” said Johnson.

Johnson’s best individual performance so far this season came this past Saturday in the Jackets’ 50-42 loss at Thiel College. Johnson caught eight passes for 94 yards and a touchdown, the first receiving touchdown of his college career. Also, he returned eight kickoffs for a total of 165 yards, with a long of 49 yards.

On the season, Johnson has caught 42 passes for 385 yards and two touchdowns, while netting 603 yards on 24 kick returns. Between his time on offense and special teams, Johnson has netted 886 allpurpose yards on the season.

With senior receivers Tim Cooper and Kevin Barnes

Jr. set to graduate, Johnson’s role is expected to continue to increase next season and beyond.

Many young athletes have people who influence them in their sport. For Johnson, he looks at former West Virginia and current Los Angeles Rams receiver Tavon Austin as a symbol of what a football player can accomplish in spite of a lack of size. Austin also grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and has a small frame as well.

“A lot of people doubt me, but I just feed off Tavon Austin,” Johnson said. “When he went to West Virginia, I watched every single game, and every single day I’d watch his highlight tape at least twice before and after practice. The fact that he was able to make it to the NFL gave me hope.”

Dave Miller, ADM Photography

Freshman Ta'Vaughn Johnson, shown here in a game against Westminster earlier this season, leads the Jackets in receptions with 42 catches, while totaling three scores.

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COMM coverage

Communication students travel Fridays to write, cover and announce HS football

By TYLER GODWIN Editorial Assistant

It’s 11 p.m. on a Friday night in October.

Eighteen Waynesburg University students are gathered at Applebee’s in Washington, Pennsylvania, eating half-priced appetizers. By some measures, this is not a typical way that college students would spend their Friday nights.

However, the reason for this seemingly random gathering of Waynesburg students is that they have all just come from covering high school football games across Western

Pennsylvania.

Anywhere from 15 to 20 students in Waynesburg University’s Department of Communication work for various companies and organizations that require them to cover Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) football games every Friday night, often for pay. Some just for the experience. Additionally, there are several Waynesburg alumni that have stayed involved with some of these organizations since they have graduated.

“There is no doubt in my mind that the more Waynesburg University people, either

current student, faculty or staff members or alumni…go out and are seen covering sporting events and are interfacing with people in these different locations, it…establishes Waynesburg University sports announcing program as one of the best in this part of the country,” said Lanny Frattare, assistant professor of communication at Waynesburg.

On a given night, many of these students have to travel long distances from Waynesburg University to cover the games, illustrating the number of hours required of them.

“It is certainly a commitment; I’m not done when class ends on Friday at 1 p.m.,”

said Andrew Stanko, a senior sports broadcasting/sports information (SB/SI) major at Waynesburg. “I work every Friday night.

I drive, give or take, 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen minutes to get to my venue and back, and so usually we get back sort of late.”

Some of the companies that these students work for include, but are not limited to: MSA Sports Network, WTAE, the Herald-Standard newspaper, ROOT Sports and GreeneSports.net.

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Admission fee added to theatre shows SAB launches Cost added SWARM initiative to secure seat to enhance wellness reservations

By KYLE DAWSON

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLIN

Assistant Sports Editor

News Convergence Editor

After four nights of shows, the Waynesburg University Players wrapped up this fall’s production of “Fools,” a comedy by Neil Simon, who is a playwright known for comedic acts and getting laughs.

Opening night, Wednesday, Nov. 2, marked a first opening night for a fall play at Waynesburg.

In the past, theatre production admission was free and included reservation, but this year a small cost was added to the docket for admission into the fall play.

According to Edward Powers, professor of theatre at Waynesburg, the decision was made to charge for admission for several reasons.

“We have been taking reservations for so many years.

The tickets were free, just reserve your seat,” said Powers.

“Often times, people would make a reservation and not come, so we’d be stuck with

Although college students lives maybe stressful, The Student Activities Board (SAB) has a program to help students cope with that.

The SAB activity, SWARM, is just around the corner. The two-year-old program was designed to give students a time for a break.

Although the program existed last year, most students do not know what SWARM is. Both Pat Bristor, assistant dean of students, and Julie Wise, graduate assistant for student activities, hope to change that this year.

SWARM, which is an acronym that stands for 'Stop Working And Relax More,' is a series of spontaneous events funed and planned by the SAB. The duo hopes to have the events promoted via social media to show students what is going on. The events are spontaneous and only Bristor and the people

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

The Fall Play "Fools" just finished up its final show over the weekend. Students may have noticed the added cost to come out and watch the show. an empty seat. Other people would look on our website to make a reservation and see it’s full and say ‘I’m not going to try,’ when, in fact, if they had come, they would have had a seat because we had empty seats.”

After going back and forth on how to combat that issue, Powers, Dr. Xela Batchelder, chairperson of the fine arts department and assistant professor of arts administra-

tion, and others brought up the issue of cost.

“We decided that if the audience member[s] had to pay, that maybe, even if it’s just a minimal amount of money, they are making an investment,” said Powers. “Then maybe if they are making that investment they will be more inclined to attend.”

Powers and the decision makers are still examining the policy to see if it will stay

in effect.

“There are so many universities that charge an activities fee and still charge for events,” said Powers. “We will examine the audience turnout and see what needs to happen, but it needs to be discussed. Also, shows are getting more expensive, especially musicals, so I won’t say yes or no, but we will have to COST >> D2

helping know the plan. The activities are based on the day, supplies available and ideas for events that Bristor has in mind. The events are normally shared via social media through Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.

“We are hoping to reach more people and get people to just come out.”

PAT BRISTOR

Assistant Dean of Students

"We are hoping to reach more people and get people to just come out," said Bristor. "It's not something you have to pay for, it's just a break. Were hoping to entice people to come take a look and enjoy."

Past SWARM's have been Ritaís Ice, 5 Kidz Kandy ice cream or a coffee from the SWARM >> D2

Off-campus dance Maintenance replaces dead Christmas tree invites students for holiday festivities

By LUKE GOODLING

Sports Convergence Editor

By ANDREW BRNCIC

For the Yellow Jacket

The holidays are quickly approaching and the twinkling of Christmas lights will soon to span the houses and street corners of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Waynesburg University students will have the opportunity to get into the holiday spirit by participating in an event planned by the Student Activities Board.

SAB has organized a semiformal dinner and dance for Friday, Dec. 2, at the Lakeside Party Center. The event is for Waynesburg students to be able to go out and enjoy the time leading up to the

holidays with friends or significant others. The event will consist of dancing along with a dinner, allowing people to get into the holiday spirit.

"The dance will be a Christmas theme," said Pat Bristor, associate dean of students. "The goal of the dance is just to have fun and have an opportunity to get dressed up and have a nice dinner with dancing."

Student Services has also organized different activities for students during the dance. According to Kyla Wolper, special events committee chair for SAB, there will be a live DJ to play music,

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Last year, two months after Christmas, Waynesburg University’s first planted Christmas tree on campus died. Last week, the replacement tree was planted and Christmas was saved.

However, the story of the tree starts nearly four years ago, when freshman electronic media major and political science minor, Ryan Schwertfeger – now student-body president – was alarmed that the university had no legitimate tree to celebrate the season with.

“I was really excited,” said Schwertfeger. “I was going to a Christian college – they would have a nice big Christmas celebration focus on campus. I was dismayed when I remember hearing there was going to be a

Light Up Night and it was just a small fake tree in the chapel… I thought we could do better than that.”

Two years later, they did.

Working through student senate, Schwertfeger started a campus-wide movement to acquire a live tree to string lights around, instead of a plastic replica. Purchasing the tree through the senate, Schwertfeger said they paid for a portion of the tree’s expenses.

“Last year we heard back [about the movement],” said Schwertfeger. “We were going to be able to purchase a tree and that the senate would pay a certain amount, we’d pay for the lights and then we would have it done around Thanksgiving time.”

While Light Up Night was largely a success last year despite rain, the tree perished a few months after being

Shon Meade, Yellow Jacket

The Christmas tree planted in November 2015 began dying in February and was removed this summer. planted. Terry Sattler, director of facilities planning & management, said environmental issues caused the tree to die.

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November 10, 2016

Second Wing Night of semester brings in country performers

By RACHEL MANGAN

For the Yellow Jacket

On Saturday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m., the Student Activities Board (SAB) will be hosting the well-known Wing Night.

The second Wing Night of the year will take place in the Beehive and will be featuring the performance of "The Stickers." "The Stickers" are a trio of brothers: Jim Wodarek is the oldest and plays drums; John Wodarek,

the middle brother, plays bass and sings backup vocals; and the youngest brother Joe Wodarek is the lead singer and front man.

The band also features two backup performers, a keyboardist and a guitar player. The group plays country music and recently performed at the Daytona 500 as the pre- and post-race entertainment.

The trio hails from Pennsylvania and has recently

released an extended play record (EP) entitled "The Stickers," which includes their most popular song, "Countrified." The song was featured on an episode of ABCís Nashville, and was also played at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, during the NHL All-Star game.

They have also performed at the CMA awards three years in a row and play strictly Gibson Guitars. The

group performed at the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

They have recently had a new hit called, "Ain’t Nothiní Better," which is one of the most added radio songs three weeks in a row. This event is held several times a year and has a different performance each time. The last Wing Night featured a performance by 88 Keys: Dueling Pianos, which drew in

a formidable crowd. Along with the appeal of musical performance, another important component of the Wing Night is the wings.

Despite the fluctuating lack or abundance of them, the same amount of wings are provided at each wing night, but the amount of leftovers or frenzy to get the last few depends on the size of the crowd in attendance.

"The wings are always really good and the bands

that the school brings in to perform for us are awesome," said Sadie Breon, a SAB member.

The SAB is hoping students come out and enjoy ìThe Stickers,î whose website features the upcoming concert in Waynesburg.

"If you are on the line about attending, or considering it at all, you should definitely attend," said Breon. "You won’t be disappointed."

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along with a craft table and a photo booth for the people who attend. Students are able to sign up through myConnect; however, the event is not limited to Waynesburg University students.

"If a non-Waynesburg student wanted to come, they would have to come with a student," said Wolper. "The student would just sign up on MyConnect as they are bringing themselves and a non-student; the guest would just need to bring an ID card."

Bristor said that she encourages students with a significant other to come to the dance, because it will provide them with a nice dinner along with a fun night to enjoy together.

The dance will cost $10 for Waynesburg students and $15 for non-students. The semiformal dance is usually held in the spring time, however the Student Activities Board asked students if a winter dance would be of interest.

"We asked the students at the last semi-formal in the spring, which was about 110 people, if they would like to try to do it at Christmas time," said Bristor. "The students were very interested so weíre going to try it."

Wolper said planning has mostly stayed the same compared to the semi-formal

dances in the past.

"We planned the basis of it last year, it will be at the Lakeside Party Center which is really awesome because that is where the Waynesburg Central High School has its prom, so itís a pretty legitimate place," said Wolper. "In terms of planning, we get our DJ, we plan the food that we are going to have, and I will be picking a color scheme for tables."

Wolper said her committee is in the process of planning and preparing to figure out how setting up for the dance will go. The attire for this event is very casual, Bristor said.

"For men, khakis and a sweater is sufficient and for women, a dress or skirt and top," said Bristor. "There are people who dress very formally too."

The reasoning behind the dance being semi-formal attire is for the studentsí wellbeing said Bristor.

"We purposely keep it as a semiformal because we don't want people to feel like they have to go out and buy a $500 dress and rent a tux,"said Bristor. "Students don't have to put extra expenses in to participate."

Both Bristor and Wolper said that this is an opportunity for students to embrace the holiday spirit with friends and enjoy good food and a nice night out. The dance will span from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.

awfully rocky,” said Sattler.

“Whenever they built the chapel, it looks like they put a lot of fill in there and it was very rocky, so I wanted to dig a much bigger hole and we got a truckload of top soil coming in too to surround [the trees base] and give it a better chance to survive this time.”

Besides planting the tree in less-than-ideal soil, Sattler said the weather also affected the trees.

“The weather last year was such that they had an excessive amount of mortality rate on trees that were planted last fall,” said Sattler.

“Just too warm, too dry, we just need to do a better job of planting it and making sure it stays nice and moist so it’ll root.”

Sattler said that the tree’s

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

The new tree was planted with time to spare for Light Up Night. It is planted in the same spot, next to the Chapel, as the previous tree. poor condition was noticed in February and removed over the summer after the ground thawed. The replacement tree, Sattler said, was purchased and grown

locally and was planted in the same location as the last tree.

The university’s annual Light Up Night event will continue with the new tree.

Schwertfeger said the exact date of Light Up Night is still unknown, though he said it will most likely take place. shortly after Thanksgiving break.

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consider a number of things.”

All in all, Powers thought the production of the play went very well, from cast to crew. He said every actor and actress had good nights each of the four nights, noting that there wasn’t a show or a performance that stuck out above the rest, because they were all good.

Powers said some of the

bits and jokes got substantial laughs on all four nights.

“There is a line in the movie that one of the main characters has, ‘This absence of thought, I’m going to have to get used to it,’ and another character’s response is ‘You might enter politics.

You seem to be well suited for it,’” said Powers. “The fact this play was performed this close to this election, that joke got a huge laugh every single night.”

The audience turnout was good, according to Powers, but was about 20 percent smaller than normal. The student turnout, Powers said, was underwhelming.

“The students who were there enjoyed it, but the turnout was below average,” said Powers. “We had posters up, but who knows about the advertisement. The publicity of the show maybe could have been better. I don’t know if the cost factor had anything

to do with it.”

According to Powers, the non-requirement of Fiat Lux students to attend the play was a major factor in student attendance.

In the past, Fiat Lux students have been required to attend the fall play at Waynesburg, but were not this year.

The Players now shift their focus to a one-act play, which will take place Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

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for the past two years as a color announcer and a play-by-play announcer.

He has learned from talking with professionals that the only way to get better at announcing is to announce often. So, when he graduates, he will have had a lot of experience from TV and radio announcing.

“Here at Waynesburg we’ve got great opportunities [through] the university team,” Stanko said. “When I get out of here, I will have done 20 combined high school and college games in a play-by-play capacity, and even more as a color analyst.”

Senior SB/SI major Kyle Dawson works with Stanko for MSA Sports Network but also does work for Greene Sports. Dawson feels that he is doing something that he really enjoys, but it also is an opportunity to expand on a passion he has had since he was in high school.

“I think, in general, it’s a fun time for me. I go under the idea of ‘if you enjoy what you’re doing, you’re not working,’” Dawson said.

“I grew up in this area so I fell in love with high school football very early… so now it is kind of routine for me.”

Frattare helps get his announcing students involved with different companies, such as MSA, who he works for as well. Because of the time commitment for the students, he commends them for being willing to put that extra time in on Friday nights to further their skills.

“It speaks volumes about

rience [and] time necessary to propel their careers forward,” said Frattare. “I know the reason that they do this is they understand that if they want to be successful in broadcasting and want to be successful as a sportscaster, then they have to go out and cover sports.”

In addition to the announcers, senior journalism major Jacob Meyer has covered WPIAL high school football games through the Herald-Standard since his

three years with them, and that’s going to help me a lot once I graduate and become a professional.”

Another front that is covered by Waynesburg University is television, where there are multiple students that are working for WTAE, one of the major Pittsburgh TV news networks. The students work through the school to shoot highlights of WPIAL football games.

Junior electronic media major Brennen McCall is

“It speaks volumes about the students that they want to put in the practical expererince [and] time neccessary to propel their careers foward.”

LANNY FRATTARE

Assistant Professor of Communication

sophomore year at Waynesburg. According to Meyer, one of the biggest differences between what he does and what the announcers do is that a lot of his work is done after the game, as he has to write game stories to a deadline of 11 p.m. A lot of games start at 7 p.m., so the time constraint is something he says is often a struggle.

Meyer is grateful for the opportunity that he has been presented with, as he has been able to garner a lot of experience in his field throughout his three years working for the newspaper.

“The biggest benefit is that it is great experience and preparation for me for when I am a professional, which isn’t too far away for me,” said Meyer. “I’ve been doing this for three years now…so

currently in his first year working for WTAE, shooting video highlights that are used for their sports segments later that night.

After shooting game film for half of the game, McCall and the others he works with will head over to the main station in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and sit down with News Anchor and Action Sports Director Andrew Stockey and walk him through what happened in the game.

This experience, McCall said, was intimidating at first but extremely rewarding.

“The very first time I did that, I was a little overwhelmed because this is a big time news station, you know, this is for real,” McCall said. “It was just a really cool experience to be there

professional organization getting to meet those guys you get to see on TV every morning or evening.”

McCall understands that, although he does not have as much free time, he has an opportunity as a student to get experience that is extremely valuable and are a better use of his time than staying in on Friday nights.

“I’m not going to school to play the next Call of Duty or Battlefield on a Friday night, I am here to get an education,” said McCall.

“There are opportunities here in this department, like WTAE, where I could go out on a Friday night and get experience that I want to do in a field that I am paying for, basically get an education for. So, I think being studious like that and taking those opportunities is a lot smarter than sitting in your room at night.”

Through all of this work the numerous students are putting in on Friday nights, Stanko believes that Waynesburg is really building a positive reputation in the area.

“I’m really glad that it is something that we can claim as our own,” said Stanko. “A lot of the guys I work with that are a little bit older than we are come from Point Park [University], and so they have a big Point Park contingency in the WPIAL and I think we are building something similar with Waynesburg, and that’s in a whole bunch of different capacities, whether it is stringing for newspapers, shooting highlights, or announcing."

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campus Starbucks.

The next s che du le d SWARM event is the week of Nov. 14. The SAB and Institutional Advancement are teaming up due to Waynesburgís 'Day of Giving' on Nov. 17. Although the day of giving is aimed at alumni, the idea is to showcase the community of Waynesburg to their friends and family.

Wise hopes students will enjoy a breather the SWARM event provides during a busy week.

"I hope they enjoy it and have time to relax and throughout their busy schedule," said Wise. "We want them to come and bring their friends to come by and see whatís going on and why we're having it."

Bristor hopes to bring in a different group of people by offering events at different

times of the day.

"I am hoping it will pull in a different group of people.

We are having it at different times of the day so we can reach commuters as well as faculty and staff, " said Bristor.

"It's an opportunity for social interaction students might not normally get. You see the same people day in [and] day out, one of these events might help to encourage conversations with people."

Wise hopes that, with new advertisement through social media, SWARM will take off better than when it was incepted.

"Social media [is] how we will get [people] there and tell them what's happening," said Wise. " We are really pushing SAB to spread word and promote SWARM. " For more information on SWARM events, follow SAB on twitter at @WU_SAB or the Waynesburg University Snapchat at WaynesburgU.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Dench of “Philomena” 5. Alternative strategy 10. “Ladies First Since 1916” sneakers 14. Tourney format, briefly 15. Secretary Thomas Per ez’s department 16. Chicken vindaloo gowith 17. Sister of Rachel 18. Jazz pianist Blake 19. Logician’s word 20. Sasquatch, for one 22. Rub the wrong away 24. Head covering 25. Walk of life 29. Home of the Oregon Ducks 32. Limited portions of 34. L.A. commuter org.

35. German coal region 37. New York Harbor’s __ Island 38. Large pears 41. Sing-along syllable 42. Colonial hero Silas 43. Home of the Imagina tion! pavilion 44. Cookout choice 46. Animation sheet 47. Extremely focused 49. Promising performers 52. Carpentry tool 53. “That’s so __!”

54. With 57-Across, nego tiate ... and what needs to be done to make sense of this puzzle’s circles 57. See 54-Across 61. Poet Angelou 64. Dry up

66. Sing in the shower, say 67. Fivers 68. Bored with it all 69. Fingerprint feature 70. Skin condition 71. Sasquatch kin 72. Mid-month time

DOWN 1. Crystallize 2. Film beekeeper 3. Laptop screen meas.

4. “Anybody around?” re

sponse 5. Certain campus new bies 6. Renowned ‘70s-’80s bat ting coach Charley 7. French friar 8. Roulette bet 9. Chicken serving 10. Desk space 11. Whisperer’s target 12. Hammarskjöld of the UN 13. __-Caps: candy 21. One with a habit

23. Spotted 26. Wrap around 27. “This Is Spinal Tap” director 28. Motown flops 29. War zone journalists 30. Ideal setting 31. Lawn maintenance ac cessory 32. __ to go

33. Sleek horse 36. Abruzzi bell town 39. Payment required of known deadbeats 40. 1943 penny metal 45. Grain cutters 48. Pay a call 50. Awe-ful sound?

51. Breakfast mix 55. Word with bake or fire

56. Logician’s “E” 58. Yummy 59. 70-Across application 60. Boston __ 61. Spoil 62. Esq. group 63. Assent 65. CBS series with a N.Y. spin-off

LAST ISSUE'S SOLUTION

Waynesburg University R H L J J K T F K B I I W E T

E R E D E B E R L Y J I V P T

Y Z P B D E N N Y N L E O D E

A M A R T I N L I L X R Y C Z

H C H G O O D W I N A F C Z J

T Q C B D Q N S E Y Z T J I I

STOVER GOODWIN HANNAH BURNS MARTIN

I B S Q E K O P C K S W N T G

O E T S Y N W A T V T O I H D

C R R X W H E D C R O H T Y Q

MARTIN BENEDUM DENNY THAYER SWEP

S E E A D A V D A G V A R F N

N P B B J Z B W U G E N A O I

R E O Q K A E U P M R N M F X

U W R C N T A I H J Y A D Q D

B S Z F S W P L Y L R H F E M

Y L L K S V H Z L Y N Z S H R

BUHL EBERLY RAY WILLISON STEWART

Students of Waynesburg

"I am studying education here at Waynesburg in hopes of one day becoming a middle school teacher and having a positive impact on kids.

I also play Basketball here at WU which takes up a majority of my free time. While trying to succeed in the classroom as well as trying to improve on the basketball court, I also try to find time to stay connected with the Waynesburg student body. One of those ways is being involved with FCA. Fellowship of Christian athletes is a worldwide organization that teaches athletes how to connect their faith with sports.

FCA has had a big impact on my three years here on campus so far and has shown me what it means to compete for Christ. Not only that but I have built many friendships through FCA that I wouldn’t have made otherwise, and in the spring I have the opportunity of a lifetime to go on a Mission trip to the Dominican Republic.

There I will have the chance to teach kids the sports I love while sharing my faith. Athletics have always played a major role in my life, and over the past few years I have realized there’s more to sports then running up and down a court."

Photo courtesy of Jon Knab

Jon Knab, junior education major from Beaver Falls, juggles classes, basketball and clubs.

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THE BACK PAGE

First-time scheduling Survival Guide Written by Sam Chadwick

Designed by Patrick Feisel

Sign up for an advising meeting!

Each major comes with a dedicated academic advisor that will assist you in the scheduling process. If you do not know who your academic advisor is, seek help by either asking a professor in your major or visiting Student Services on the third floor of Stover Center. Academic advisors typically post a sign-up sheet on their door or directly outside their office for students to choose a time that works for them.

Do your research!

Once you've scheduled an advising meeting, you must begin to prepare. Go to the "Self-Service" tab on myConnect and click the "Degree Requirements" button. After doing so, you will be prompted to enter the period you enrolled at Waynesburg, your program (undergraduate) and the degree which you are studying. This will generate a detailed academic plan that includes all of your required courses and can be very helpful when registering for classes. You can use this tool, as well as your Waynesburg University Academic Catalog to determine which classes you need to take. Be sure to pay close attention to the course rotations that are located at the end of each course description to ensure that you do not miss out on a class!

Piece together your ideal schedule on myConnect!

Now that you've done some research, it is time to create a schedule for the spring of 2017. Once again, go to the "Self-Service" tab on myConnect. Once you are there, continue onto the "search" tab and click the "section search" button. This should bring you to a screen that allows you to search for classes by either key words or the course code. A course code will be something like "COM 211" or "CRJ 318" and should be listed in both your academic plan and Academic Catalog. Enter a class that you would like to take and hit "search" in order to see the days and times in which that course is offered. When you find a class that you want to take, click the "add" button. This will put that course directly into your cart. Continue this process over and over until you've found enough classes, equaling somewhere between 12 and 18 credits that fit together into a schedule that you like, but make sure that none of your desired classes have overlapping times.

Go to your advising meeting!

You're almost there. It is now time to actually go to your advising meeting. Always be sure to show up five to 10 minutes early because your academic advisor's time is valuable. Show up to the meeting with a paper copy of your ideal schedule and a pen in hand because chances are, you will have to modify it slightly. Your advisor might also want you to bring additional materials, so check your e-mail frequently so you don’t miss out on specific information. Go over your schedule with your advisor and do not—I repeat, do not—leave that meeting without ensuring that he or she has authorized you to register for classes. If you are not authorized, when you go to register at 11 a.m. on your scheduling day, it will not work and you could potentially miss out on some of your classes.

Register for the Spring semester!

You've made it! Today is the day! Log onto myConnect and ensure that all the correct classes are in your cart prior to 11 a.m. Whenever it is almost time to schedule, go to the "Register" tab on Self-Service and hit the "Traditional Courses" button. This screen will say that you are not eligible to register up until 11 a.m. Most students at this stage will sit at a computer screen for about five minutes leading up to 11 a.m., continuously refreshing and waiting patiently to snatch up their classes before they're filled. Once it is time, you will need to click the "2017/Spring" button and then you're off to the races! Self-Service will guide you though the final few steps of the process.

Congratulations!

You are officially scheduled for the Spring semester of 2017.