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"I think that if you go into a classroom and say, 'How many of you have experienced somebody significant dying in your life?' I think a majority of hands will go up."

University begins second Ph.D. program

Psalms expert shares insight during lecture

By NIKA ANSCHUETZMultimedia Editor

Waynesburg University is now of-fering a Ph.D. aimed for students who want to be counselors, educators and supervisors.

The Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision has 14 students with around half of them receiving their master’s degrees from Waynesburg. The program will give students the ability to enhance their knowledge and counsel-ing ability.

The Ph.D. program is a 60-credit, three-year program. It is comprised of four main components: teaching, re-search, supervision and advanced clini-cal practice, which will allow students to be well versed in a variety of areas.

Dr. Scott Tracy worked in tandem with other professionals to develop the robust curriculum.

“Currently counseling has a high job growth rate,” said Tracy. “We want to be a leader in mental health issues.”

Tracy believes individuals do not need to have a mental health diagnosis to re-ceive counseling services. With mental health issues becoming more prevalent, it is vital to educate and train individu-als.

“We believe that individuals who are

By SAMANTHA PEEROp/Ed Editor

Psalm 137 could be described as the most difficult psalm of the bible.

This particularly challenging chapter of the book of Psalms was the topic of the B.F. Maiz Lecture Series in which Dr. Jerome F.D. Creach spoke.

Creach is a Robert C. Holland profes-sor of the Old Testament at the Pitts-burgh Theological Seminary.

His expertise and field of interest lies in the psalms of the prophets, the des-tiny of the righteous, and violence in the bible.

Creach dissected Psalm 137 before a captive audience on Monday, in Alumni Hall.

Creach explained that Psalms is a book in the bible that informs our prayers.

“Psalms is a unique part of the bible because it is an entire book of prayer,” said Creach.

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Kati O'Rourke, senior human services major, holds her golden angel wing necklace, which doubles as an urn that holds the ashes of her father who died last March.

Living with loss

By NICK FARRELLExecutive Editor

Her family life wasn’t always normal. Divorce in American families is be-

coming more common – in fact, more than 40 percent of marriages end this way now. Even drug use is up in the United States, with federal surveys showing nearly 24 million Americans use illicit drugs.

It’s how that substance abuse ripped her family apart that makes the family of Kati O’Rourke, senior human services major, a bit abnormal.

“He lost everything because of that,” said O’Rourke, the McDonald, Pennsyl-vania native, referring to how her father’s life — and in ways, her own — was for-ever changed by his addiction to heroin.

Her parents’ marriage ended because

of that addiction. Her father lost his apartment because

of that addiction.Her father lived out of his car because

of that addiction.He then lost his car after a serious ac-

cident, one that O’Rourke believes was an attempt at suicide.

He then lost his life after committing suicide in March 2013.

O’Rourke was 19 when she learned her father committed suicide.

“I went to work the next day. The police called my work and said ‘you need to leave now.’ They wouldn’t tell me why,” said O’Rourke. “Then I went home, walked in and said to my mom, ‘He’s dead, isn’t he?’ She just said, ‘Yes.’”

In the midst of her sophomore year at Waynesburg, needing to focus on her future while dealing with the grief of los-ing her father – with whom she was close, despite his addiction, O’Rourke chose

to take a week off before spring break to clear her mind and prepare herself to return to her studies.

Jane Owen, director of the Counseling Center, said every student has a different way of dealing with grief, but that the feeling of loss is something every person shares in common.

“Grief is universal — that loss, that missing person and how that person’s life changes,” said Owen, who is in the midst of her 28th year at Waynesburg.

She added that in her 10 years as the Counseling Center’s director, she has no-ticed many more students dealing with the deaths of loved ones.

“I think that the majority of students have experienced the death of somebody significant in their life, and I think many students have dealt with a significant friend that has died. That’s becoming

College students find ways to grieve while keeping focus on studies

Lounges in Burns, Denny Halls receive facelift

Senate-led recycling initiative increases environmental awareness

By ANNIE MCGLAUGHLINFor the Yellow Jacket

While new renovations in Stewart Hall are still underway, with the third phase set to con-clude in mid-December, two underclassmen girls’ dormitories have also received improvements

to both of their lounges.Renovations in Denny Hall

and Burns Hall have entailed mostly cosmetic changes to the lounges. The decision to renovate the lounges was a last minute ad-ministrative verdict. The reaction to both new lounges has been very positive so far.

Burns’ lower lounge got a makeover that included new flooring and painting.

“In order for her residents to feel at peace and at home, a well kept building is key,” said Laurie Steere, resident director of Burns.

The lounge in Denny Hall also got a bit of a facelift, with new

blinds, painting and more space. Lounges are built and made

to encourage community within the dormitories, and the reno-vations have already seemed to make an impact. When I met with Steere in the lower lounge of

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By KIMMI BASTONManaging Editor

In an effort to care for Waynesburg University and for the future of our environ-ment, student organizations are coming together this se-mester to begin a recycling initiative on campus.

The idea was born in Stu-dent Senate, which consists

of committees that address various projects and issues on campus.

Clarice Hune, junior nurs-ing major and academic vice president on the Executive Board of Student Senate, is the head of the Recycling Committee. She and her committee have realized the importance of recycling for the university and have be-

gun work on reforming the current campus system.

“We’ve recognized for a long time that there isn’t a whole lot of recycling going on [across] campus,” said Hune. “We have a few bins that are around campus, but often times they become full very quickly, or in the case of the dorms, there’s maybe one per dorm, so it’s incon-

venient for students.”The Ecostewards, an en-

vironmentally centered club on campus, will be joining forces with Student Senate for the initiative.

Lindsey Bloomster, se-nior environmental science major and president of the Ecostewards, said her group is participating because re-cycling is important to the

club’s mission.“Our club is supposed to

be helping environmentally on campus and in the area, and being stewards to God while we do it,” said Bloom-ster.

Hune and Bloomster are also working with Joshua Dains, Student Senate presi-dent; Terry Sattler, director of facilities planning and

management; and Janet Pala-dino, advisor to the Ecostew-ards club. Collectively, they hope to improve the univer-sity’s process for recycling and increase the amount of recycling students engage in.

The first obstacle for the project is the current pro-vider the university uses for

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LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORMary Cummings, vice president for Student Services, focused on the books of John and 1 John in her chapel address Tuesday. She explained people should love their neighbors the same way God loves them.

Lamplighters to lead, sing at next Chapel service

Admissions building next class out of state

By YURIKA BLEVINSAND MITCHELL KENDRA

For the Yellow Jacket

Five weeks into the semes-ter, students at Waynesburg are starting to get into their day-to-day routines.

The seniors are walking around campus beginning their last year of college, while the freshmen are studying for their first college exams ever. However, chapel on Sept. 30 will be different from those in the past.

There are two types of Lamplighter choir groups. One is the Concert Choir, which is the larger of the two groups, and the other is the Touring Choir.

Unlike past chapel services where the Rev. James Tinne-meyer or the Rev. Carolyn Poteet have spoken, the con-cert choir will be performing Schubert’s Mass in G Major for the service that will be held at Robert’s Chapel.

Most of the service will be music, with explanations af-ter the songs. Along with the students, there will be some faculty singing in the choir.

There are also expected solos, which the students auditioned for.

“I believe it is an impor-tant part of loving our neigh-bor to be able to share in the music that touches each oth-er’s hearts and gives us voices to praise God,” said Poteet.

The Roman Mass was written in the 14th century, but Schubert’s Mass in G Ma-jor is only one of the different renditions that accompany the Mass. Franz Schubert, a German musician, wrote this version in 1814, which was right at the beginning of the Romanticism time period.

Schubert was well known for writing music that ex-pressed the words people were trying to get across to others.

“It’s pretty neat to think about how people 700 years ago were thinking and sing-

ing and believing the same things that we do still today,” said Melanie Catana, choir director and music instruc-tor.

Poteet will lead the ser-vice, along with help from junior business management major Amber Carney, one of the leaders of the chapel praise band.

While the songs will all be sung in Latin, there will be an English translation in the program and every song’s meaning will be described ei-ther before or after it is per-formed.

Poteet and Catana both encourage anyone that is interested in either music or chapel to come and enjoy the service.

“Bringing the Schubert Mass to chapel is another way to help people praise God by bringing this di-versity of music and wor-ship styles to chapel,” said Poteet. “The intricacy and lilting melodies of classical music gives us a new glimpse of God’s intricate plans for our lives. I have also been very conscious of the need to welcome both Protestants and Catholics to our services, and this Mass is one of the most powerful expressions of the Catholic faith we can ever hear.”

Catana says they are plan-ning to take Mass to a local church a week after their Sept. 30 performance.

The Lamplighters are also having a Christmas concert with symphonic winds on Dec. 13 in Roberts Chapel at 7:30 p.m. The Lamplighter Touring Choir is doing a col-laborating service with Up-per Room on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m.

“This chapel is going to be something different than we’re used to,” said Carney. “But it is rich in history and tradition and provides an in-sight into the mass that many college students have never had before.”

By DANIELLE SCHUYLEREditorial Assistant

According to Student Health Services at Rutgers University’s Division of Stu-dent Affairs Camden, it is important to get involved on campus, spend time with friends and relax with hob-bies.

Doing so will help de-crease stress and “keep you from feeling lonely or iso-

lated.”Waynesburg University’s

Student Activities Board is taking a proactive stance with this matter by creating S.W.A.R.M., Stop Working And Relax More.

College students now have the opportunity to par-ticipate in events provided by Student Services with a twist.

Kelsey May, Student Ser-vices graduate assistant, claims S.W.A.R.M. is a great

way for students to become aware of when it is time to take a break from school work.

“The impromptu method of S.W.A.R.M. will keep students on their toes,” said May. “They will be able to join in on activities such as a free ice cream social or a minor league baseball game. If they see a S.W.A.R.M. alert and they are not doing then they automatically have

something fun with which to participate.”

Students can find out when a S.W.A.R.M. event is going to happen by following Student Activities Board on Twitter. Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, will send a tweet before the event is go-ing to happen.

This should not discour-age students who do not

SAB initiative urges students to relax

Nursing majors learn communication skills from design club

By BRENDAN KEANYStaff Writer

Waynesburg University Provost, Dr. Jacquelyn Core, is intent on continuing the mission of the university in every facet of the experience at Waynesburg.

As a result, a revamped Fiat Lux course enacted this year looks different than in past years.

Core dedicated time to restructuring the Fiat Lux requirement and general freshman class experience based off the opinions of students and instructors who had been through the previous course.

“We got feedback from students who had taken the classes as well as from many of the professors who have taught the classes in the past,” said Core. “With their input, we restructured the syllabus for the course to follow the institutional mis-sion of faith, learning and serving.”

One of the main com-plaints from those who expe-rienced the Fiat Lux course in the past was how different each of the classes were from

each other. Core created a more rigid outline as to how the course should look in the revised syllabus.

“Students across the uni-versity were not getting a unified experience,” said Core. “We wanted to take the best of everyone’s class and provide a more unified experience, so everyone who takes Fiat Lux has essentially the same experience and dis-cusses the same things.”

Core wants to make it clear that she wants to try and improve aspects of the experience at Waynesburg that she has the ability to change.

She does not want to see classes become stale or stag-nant, especially if there are changes that can be made to improve them.

“We are always open to student feedback,” said Core. “We are always open to fac-ulty feedback, and we really want to continue to make it better and make it serve the student needs better.”

One of the first aspects of the course that freshmen experienced was a service trip to Ryerson Station State Park, with the basic goal of

cleaning up the park and the community.

Furthermore, freshmen were required to attend the

first chapel service of the year as part of the “faith” as-

By LUKE CAMPBELLEditorial Assistant

Three hour classes, eight hour clinical sessions, persis-tent studying lasting until the wee hours of the morning a week before the test and the constant fear of your grade point average slipping below a 3.0.

Not many students on campus are familiar with that life.

This is the life of a nursing major.

Being solely devoted to making sufficient grades and keeping up with stud-ies, nursing students rarely have the ability to put time into a social life. However, a senior project in the Ad-vanced Scholarship for Evi-dence Based Practice course changes the outlook these students have been accus-tomed to for the past three years.

The project involves small teams of nursing students working hand-in-hand with communication students involved with the American Institute of Graphic Arts to design shadow boxes dis-played in Stewart Hall.

These shadow boxes, which are primarily used to assist sophomore nursing majors who begin their clini-cal experiences next month, clarify popular medical ques-tions in an understandable fashion.

However, the students creating these projects are benefitting just as much.

“It helps the senior nurs-ing students improve inter-professional communication

skills,” said Dr. Sara Clutter, associate professor of nurs-ing at Waynesburg Univer-sity. “Approximately 15 years of evidence indicates that better communication be-tween healthcare providers results in safer patient care and better outcomes.”

The lack of understand-ing patients have during a simple doctor’s visit or trip to the hospital can create more problems than necessary.

“A lot of people get scared about medical terminology and think the worst,” said Alyssa Ehlert, a senior nurs-ing major. “It helps us learn to explain things to people in words that they can un-derstand.”

The soon-to-be nurses must acquire these critical skills, as they will be going into their future places of employment in only a few short months.

“It helps the senior nursing students to transform scien-tific evidence into language that is understandable by the lay public,” said Clutter. “A lot of scientific evidence is avail-able to make healthcare safer, but unless nurses and other healthcare professionals are able to explain and teach it at the patient’s level, patient behaviors and overall qual-ity of health are unlikely to change.”

The Waynesburg students who participate in AIGA, an American professional orga-nization that has more than 22,000 members, are gain-ing more knowledge in their field as well.

By LINDSAY ORZECHOWSKIFor the Yellow Jacket

Recruitment season for the Admissions Counselors of Waynesburg University is now in full swing.

High school students in-terested in a higher educa-tion are looking for schools with the values and educa-tion they desire.

Jessica Sumpter, direc-tor of admissions, says the traveling season is from now through the beginning of No-vember. There are counselors traveling now to spread the word about Waynesburg.

“With our counselors out on the road, they are get-ting the good news about Waynesburg out to perspec-tive students and to ultimate-ly get them to apply and visit

campus to see if Waynesburg is going to be a good option for them,” said Sumpter.

Since fall is recruitment season, counselors go to area high schools as well as col-lege fairs.

“We had Dave Floyd cover a college fair, and he’s actu-ally heading out to Texas for the next week,” said Sumpter.

Admissions Counselor Matt McNeil is scheduled to head to the West Coast.

“In a couple weeks, Matt McNeil will be heading out to California and then Chi-cago,” said Sumpter. “Bob Barnhart mainly covers the Ohio area but also is travel-ing to North Carolina some-times.”

The local areas are split between the counselors.

The counselors mainly target Pennsylvania, but they also cover other places in-cluding Ohio, West Virginia, Texas, California, New Jersey and New England regions and counties, said Sumpter.

Floyd goes into college fairs and high schools to get students contact information and to get students to apply by Nov. 1.

The counselors are making efforts to a new automated email communication sys-tem and are currently focus-ing on the fall 2015 semester and transfer students.

Sumpter said the elite programs such as Nursing, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and Communication are what gravitate students to Waynesburg.

The mission statement also attracts students with some characteristics like service.

“There are some charac-teristics that are standard, but everyone is unique at the same time,” said Sumpter.

The recruiting arrange-ments are different this year than in previous years.

“This current year we re-organized our recruiting ter-ritories because we actually

added an extra counselor,” said Sumpter. “Matt McNeil started with us in July of this past summer. He is originally from the state of California, so with him being from that area and that market is the reason why we wanted to reorganize the travel terri-tories.”

That being said, Floyd is in Texas.

“This is a big trip that I came down for a week from Sunday, Sept.14 until Friday, Sept. 19,” said Floyd.

Sumpter believes that Texas is a growing area, so it is a new target to recruit students.

“This is the first year phys-ically going to Texas. We try to identify new markets and go to them,” said Floyd. “The overall traveling experience is a joyful one.”

Sumpter said she loves traveling season because ev-eryday is different.

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have a Twitter account. Ev-ery student at Waynesburg University has access to the myConnect bulletin board, where every tweet sent can be viewed.

“I like that [students] are able to view what is happen-ing on campus by using elec-tronic devices,” said Zachary Simpson, junior psychology major. “This makes it easy for us to find information without having to leave our rooms.”

The tweets are sent the day of the impromptu event, be-cause some students might not have access to this infor-mation without viewing the bulletin board or Twitter.

“I do follow Student Activ-

ities Board on Twitter,” said Brittany Stowe, senior art administration major. “I am a very busy person, so I do not check my social media on a regular basis. I have not seen any of the S.W.A.R.M. Tweets yet.”

Student Activities Board plans on implementing more communication efforts with students to get more involve-ment in the activities on the Waynesburg University cam-pus. There is a large variety of events that are planned to suit the needs of the student body.

Participation was very low at the first S.W.A.R.M. event, which was a trip to 5 Kidz Kandy. Bristor planned on purchasing ice cream for ev-ery student that showed up, but only two people did.

By SHON MEADEFor the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University students recently had the opportunity to donate blood when Central Blood Bank visited the campus on Sept. 18 to collect donations.

An estimated number of 50 students, faculty and local community members came out to give blood in hopes of helping others.

“It saves lives, and some-body has to step up and do it,” said sophomore market-ing major Jess Snyder. “This was my eight time donating since my senior year of high school.”

Central Blood Bank trav-

els to various universities and high schools all around west-ern Pennsylvania and north-ern West Virginia in hopes of getting young adults to start donating blood regularly.

“If you’re healthy, do it,” said Nikki Swartz, an em-ployee of Central Blood Bank who was helping run the blood drive. “Without the donations, the blood wouldn’t be there in the times of need.”

Central Blood Bank col-lects whole blood, with an average blood donation of one pint. One donation of blood can save up to three lives, because the whole blood is separated into parts.

Other types of blood do-

nations include red cells, platelets and plasma dona-tions.

The adult human body contains 10 pints of blood on average, and during a dona-tion, one pint is taken out.

“It takes about one hour for an average donation of whole blood,” said Swartz. “That’s assuming there isn’t a wait in the line.”

A person can donate whole blood every 56 days, and blood platelets can be donated every seven days, but only 24 times a year.

“I like helping people,” said freshman Ciara Kleckner. “Anyone can use my blood because it is O negative.”

Type O negative blood

is the most requested and needed blood because it can be transfused with any of the other blood types.

“It’s a privilege to do since not everyone can donate blood,” said junior Whitney Thomas.

Only 38% of people are eligible to give blood. This could be because of medical reasons, personal limitations or the lack of the time. Of that 38%, only 10% actually go to donate blood.

15.7 million units of blood were donated in 2013.

Central Blood Bank will be back at Waynesburg in the coming months and is always looking for more people to donate blood.

pect incorporated into the mission statement.

Freshmen will also have a paper to complete that blends the concepts of faith and learning.

Another major goal of the course is to teach stu-dents how to combine the skills learned through the academic portion of college into successful servant lead-ership.

“We talk about how to integrate your academics and your vocational studies into your service, and how

to integrate your faith into your service,” said Core. “We don’t want to just do service here at Waynesburg, we re-ally want to do it well.”

Annie McGlaughl in, sophomore Fiat Lux advisor, highlighted her positive ex-perience during the semester of Fiat Lux classes.

“I had the typical ups and downs of freshman year, and I hope to give the new stu-dents someone to look up to and give them guidance,” said McGlaughlin. “My Fiat Lux experience was awe-some, and I met some of my best friends on campus through it.”

Stover play recognizes Constitution Day, freedom of religion By MATT MCDERMOTTFor the Yellow Jacket

On Sept. 17th, the Stover Scholars performed their fourth annual Constitution Day play in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

All 21 Stover Scholars worked with professor of Theater Edward Powers to celebrate Constitution Day.

Powers worked closely with the Stover Scholars as director of the play, and assisted in their rehearsals throughout the month of September.

The play, “In God We Pray? Government and Prayer: Town of Greece v. Galloway,” was written by sophomore business man-agement major John Wicker, sophomore communication major Ryan Schwertfeger and sophomore pre-law ma-jor Paige Carter.

Dr. Lawrence Stratton, di-rector of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, loves the idea of presenting a play to the community each year and finds it beneficial to stu-dents of all ages.

“A play would bring to life some constitutional is-sue to a greater degree than

a speech might,” said Strat-ton. “It would involve more people, be more accessible, and add another dynamic.”

This year, the Stover Scholars chose to perform a play based on a recently de-veloped Supreme Court case that concluded in mid-2014.

“Greece v. Galloway” was a case that took place in the town of Greece, New York, and focused on the First

Amendment of the United States Constitution, specifi-cally relating to the clause on freedom of religion.

Two women, Susan Gal-loway and Linda Stephens, objected to sectarian prayer in town council meetings and insisted it should not be permitted. It was argued that the issues at hand were violations of the separation of church and state.

“This play focuses on the meaning of the establish-ment clause in the First Amendment of the consti-tution,” said Stratton. “This is the first year the Stover Program has addressed the religion clauses of the Con-stitution.”

The establishment clause is a declaration of the Con-stitution, which states “Con-gress shall make no law re-

specting an establishment of religion.”

Carter said she believes the issues in the play are important to Waynesburg University.

“This case is a very rel-evant issue, and is contro-versial among schools and government officials,” said Carter. “The context in which God should be al-lowed in government is up

for debate.” Carter also explained her

thoughts while assisting in writing this year’s play.

“My thought process was to present an objective viewpoint of the issue so that people could decide for themselves, because this case would’ve been very easy to skew,” said Carter.

The play took place in a courtroom setting, while both lawyers made their ar-guments in front of the nine Supreme Court justices.

In order to achieve maxi-mum accuracy of the ongo-ing case, Wicker, Schwert-feger and Carter reviewed all the briefs, oral arguments and original litigation as they developed.

Between sessions in the courtroom, newscasts were given in order to sum up the proceedings of the case. In order to do this, the Stover Scholars worked closely with the Department of Commu-nication and gained access to the television studio on campus.

The play ran 40 minutes, and in addition to Waynes-burg university students, local students of the com-munity were also invited to attend.

Edu. students examine social media risks

“Students in the Depart-ment of Communication will have an expectation by their future employers that they be skilled at consulting with clients from a wide variety of professional backgrounds,” said Clutter.

Senior Victoria Kramer, a dual major in digital design and advertising, admits that it is a difficult process work-ing throughout the begin-ning stages of this project but adds how helpful it has already been.

“I have no clue what any of these topics are, so I have had to ask them a lot of simple questions because I just don’t understand the material the same way that they do,” said

Kramer. “There is a bit of a communication barrier, but I feel that as my time with my groups goes on, it will become easier. I have learned a lot about working with a client and gained experience that will help me in my future career.”

The faculty is extremely happy with how the projects are going, noting that even though it may be challenging now, it will greatly benefit the students in their imminent futures.

“As the creative elements are the forte of the AIGA students, the blending of this assignment between the two groups has served to help both sets of students develop critical skill sets for their re-spective areas of future em-ployment,” said Clutter.

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Five Stover Scholars are portraying the Supreme Court Justices in the court case "Greece v. Galloway." The fourth annual Constitution Day play focused on the establishment clause in the First Amendment.

By EMILY HACKMANFor the Yellow Jacket

Teachers across the United States have been losing their jobs due to posting inappro-priate pictures and vulgar opinions on the Internet, which is leading prospective educators to reevaluate their social media voice.

Senior Education major Bethany Orndoff, who is cur-rently student teaching soph-omore through senior level mathematics at Washington High School, believes it is unacceptable for teachers to post inappropriate thoughts or pictures on social media.

“When someone becomes a teacher, they decide and choose to be a role model,” said Orndoff. “Teachers can see over 100 students a day, so they need to be aware of

what they are doing and the example they want to give their students.”

Jesse Vihlidal, senior edu-cation major, is currently student teaching seventh grade biology at Margret Bell Miller Middle School in Waynesburg, and thinks he has become more of an ob-server on social media sites since having a professional reputation online.

“Teachers are respected members in the community that always have someone watching over them,” said Vihlidal. “Whatever is post-ed online can be taken out of context if all sides of the matter have not been taken into consideration.”

With no federal rules concerning the use of social media by teachers, school districts are relying on their

teachers to think twice before posting on social media sites.

Some school districts are going as far as to create their own guidelines and expecta-tions, which can be challeng-ing due to how social media is constantly changing. The guidelines also cannot in-fringe upon a teacher’s first amendment rights.

However, without some sort of rules established, teachers can post without restraint, which can only lead to chaos, according to Vihlidal.

With technology growing in and out of the classroom, it is understandable why teachers would want to use social media more.

“Everyone should be held to high standards no matter what career they are in, but teachers definitely need to be careful on what they post,” said Orndoff.

Jacob Fleegle, senior education major, is student teaching ninth grade civics

and 11th grade U.S. history at Waynesburg Central High School.

“I am currently planning my lessons and trying to think of ways to incorporate technology and social media into my classroom because it is so engaging for the stu-dents,” said Fleegle.

While social media is captivating to students, Ord-noff realizes how consumed youth is with social media and cell phones.

“It’s a battle to try and get students to put away their phones in class and in the hallways,” said Ordnoff.

Waynesburg University offers several classes on how to correctly use social media sites.

The education department also hosts several lectures called “Voices in the Field,” in which current social me-dia topics are covered, as well as how to use the Internet and social media sites cor-rectly.

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Community comes together to donate blood

SAB: More S.W.A.R.M. activities to be announced

“You get to meet new people every single day,” said Sumpter. “There is a lot of variety that you experience out on the road and may be tiring days.”

Sumpter described a typi-cal traveling day.

“The days may start at 7 a.m. and don’t end until 6 p.m. with maybe a couple breaks in between, but it’s exciting because you get to meet people and explore

more places,” said Sumpter. While traveling season is

a little over a month long, counselors try to get back for the big admissions events.

“My favorite part is sim-ply having the opportunity to meet so many new people and share with prospective students and families ev-erything that Waynesburg University has to offer,” said Floyd. “My four years as an undergraduate student at Waynesburg meant so much to me, so I really enjoy shar-ing that with others.”

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more normal, which is sad,” said Owen. “I think that if you go into a classroom and say, ‘How many of you have experienced somebody sig-nificant dying in your life?’ I think a majority of hands will go up.”

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O’Rourke doesn’t have to look far to find that class-mate who has also lost a loved one. Her roommate and fellow Fort Cherry alumna Mara Comport lost two close friends in a car ac-cident on July 27, 2013, just four months after the death of O’Rourke’s father and about a year after a former boyfriend of Comport’s died in a car ac-cident.

At first, Comport said she was shocked to hear the news that the lives of Joe Bowland and Dillon Gregg had ended all too quickly. She used that last month of the summer to recuperate from her loss, but much like O’Rourke, she was ready to resume her studies at Waynesburg a month after the accident.

When she left home and returned to school — some-thing she said she needed to

do because she’s “the kind of person who holds it all in” —Comport was reunited with O’Rourke, and the tandem worked together to overcome their losses of two great loved ones.

“We’re really close friends, but we’re never sentimental,” said Comport. “When my ex-boyfriend passed away, she was with me through that; when her dad died, I was with her through that; and we were both good friends with Joe and Dillon, so we haven’t separated. That has changed our friendship, because we became more sentimental and we understand we both go through [the same type of grieving].”

O’Rourke and Comport both said they utilized talk-ing to friends and each other as a way of overcoming grief, something Owen said is be-coming more common in small, tight-knit communi-ties like Waynesburg.

“What I’ve seen is that there seems to be large amounts of support given by other friends and family members,” said Owen.

Some students who have visited the Counseling Cen-ter after losing a close friend or relative say they don’t like burdening their friends with the load of their grief. Mary

Hamilla, academic and major decision counselor, said this is hardly ever the case.

“I encourage them to talk to their friends because I think friends can be helpful,” said Hamilla. “I think part of what we all need when we lose someone is to celebrate their life.”

Chaley Knight, university counselor, added, “This is the importance of making friendships early on. You have no idea what the road ahead is like.”

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For those who can’t com-municate their grief, though, the process of dealing with loss may not come so easily.

“When we see students who lose someone they are close to, we see two ex-tremes: one who may be very emotional and considering withdrawing, or a student who doesn’t seek [counsel-ing] and instead says, ‘this is a huge issue, but it’s going to interrupt my studies, so I’m going to put it on the shelf and deal with it later,’” said Knight, who identifies with grieving students, having lost her sister at age 23 while pursuing a masters degree at Waynesburg.

While neither O’Rourke

nor Comport actively sought help from the Counseling Center, its services are there for anyone suffering from any type of grief, stress or anxiety, according to Owen. It’s the coping skills taught there that can give students the strength to overcome loss in the future in a culture that isn’t good at giving people time to grieve.

“I remember when my dad died, I was already a profes-sional,” said Hamilla. “You take your week, and then you go back to work, and then you go to Walmart and buy toothpaste. The world just doesn’t wait for you. Students who have to write papers and go to class, we re-ally feel for them. Part of it is teaching them and helping them to put their grief away for awhile and then bring it out when they can.”

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The way O’Rourke, Com-port and other college stu-dents continue moving forward after sustaining in-credible grief is impressive to Owen, but as she admits, when people “move on,” they still cling to a part of that loved one’s identity, person-ality or being.

“One thing I see young people doing much more is

memorializing the person with tattoos,” said Owen. “That’s a different coping method than what someone from my generation did.”

Both O’Rourke and Com-port have found their own ways of memorializing their loved ones.

For O’Rourke, it’s the 14-karat gold crossed an-gel wings that she wears on a long chain that reminds her of her father’s life. Inside those crossed wings, which double as an urn, is a small portion of her father’s ashes.

In a way, she takes her fa-ther with her wherever she goes. Soon, she’ll be heading on to a professional career after finishing her degree in December, walking on the Miller lawn in May and walk-ing down the aisle to her fi-ancé Billy Kasecky in August. The gold angel wings match the gold engagement ring she proudly wears on her left hand, as a sign that she can move forward and find more happiness, while remember-ing what didn’t work for the people in her past.

“Everyone deals with things differently,” said O’Rourke. “That has been a learning experience for me: seeing how my parents dealt with things and how it didn’t work, and things I can do

differently to make it work with my future husband and future family. It all depends on the perception of how you view things.”

For Comport, it’s the wrist-band she wears that reads “Rest easy Joe and Dillon” that serves as her reminder. She helped create the wrist-bands as a fundraiser for the two families’ funeral ex-penses.

She sold 400 the first day.The driver in the accident

that led to the creation of those wristbands was im-paired, but a legal toxicology test was not performed at the scene. The driver was never charged, but legal proceed-ings are ongoing. As a sign of continued support for the families of her deceased friends, she says she’s doing everything to fight for jus-tice, attending local township meetings and court hearings and petitioning for new drug testing laws.

She might not affect change, but the fact that she’s trying gives her a sense of closure — and reminds her that her friends’ influence on her life still shines through.

“If it happened to me, I know they’d have my back,” said Comport. “I know they’d do anything they could to make it right.”

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Burns, it was occupied by residents baking cookies and having a good time. The goal of the lounge is currently be-ing met.

No plans have been dis-cussed yet for the third girls’ underclassmen dorm, Ray Hall. Sattler and Steere both commented that when it is in the budget, Ray Hall will re-ceive an improvement as well.

Currently, the renovations in Stewart Hall are focused on the fifth floor. When the renovations are completed, the floor will include a brand new state-of-the-art chemis-try lab space.

As of right now, the biol-ogy, chemistry and physics classes have been sharing space due to the renovations in the science hall.

“The administrative staff has worked well around con-

struction,” said Terry Sattler, head of facilities and manage-ment. “It is harder to recreate the lab settings rather than the typical classroom setting.”

Ashley Guenther, sopho-more business information science major, responded to the renovations positively.

“I’m excited to see how they turn out,” said Guenther. “As a computer science major, up-to-date lab space is vital in learning process.”

Hopes to help recruitment numbers in the departments occupied in Stewart Hall are present as well. Sattler stated that the renovations will help “reach out to students looking into those areas.”

As for Stewart Hall, the phase goals are to be reached within the next two years if all goes according to plan. Ac-cording to Sattler, phase four will be focusing on the biol-ogy labs and also bringing in more up-to-date equipment.

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Dorms: Burns, Denny receive renovations

Recycling: Initiative impacts campus system

recycling.“Currently, Greene Arc

collects our recycling,” said Hune. “But we have a couple problems with them, so we’re looking into switching to something that’s a little more efficient.”

Hune said she and the other project coordinators will be meeting within the next few weeks with a po-tential provider to assess the benefits of switching from Greene Arc.

“One thing that we really would like is a system that is one stream, and that means that [the provider] will take anything that’s recyclable and you can throw it all in one bin, so we don’t have to take the time separating it out,” said Hune. “In addition, we want to get more recycling bins and put them in more accessible areas for students.”

They would also like to work with a provider that comes to campus and takes recyclables away. Currently, students empty the recycling bins around campus every Friday and carry the bags to a dumpster where Greene Arc picks them up.

The main problem with adding these services, ac-cording to Bloomster, is a lack of funding. Receiving

additional recycling bins and having a provider come to collect the recycling costs money that Bloomster says the project doesn’t have.

Hune said she hopes these issues will be worked out so that the project can move ahead within the next few months.

At the same time that lo-gistics are being worked out, the Ecostewards are formu-lating plans for educating students on the importance of recycling for the environ-ment.

Bloomster says she thinks habitual recycling now could “lead to a lifestyle change” for students.

“I think if we start it at a college level, it’ll build a bet-ter foundation for students,” said Bloomster.

As the Ecostewards dive into the recycling initiative and other projects, Bloomster says they are always looking for new members, and stu-dents are welcome to email her if they are interested in joining the club. In the meantime, she and the other project coordinators hope ev-eryone on campus will simply take the time to recycle.

“We really want people to see the value in recycling and take part in it, because it’s re-ally not that difficult, and it can make a difference,” said Hune.

He told those in atten-dance that we learn to pray from Jesus Christ.

“The prayers of Psalms were written by Jesus,” said Creach.

However, he went on to say this is troubling, as the psalms often call upon God to bring vengeance on en-emies.

Psalm 137 in particular promotes violence in speak-ing of the kingdom of Edom.

Verses eight and nine de-clare, “O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us.

Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock.”

Creach posed the ques-tion, “how can words like th is inform Chr is t ian prayer?”

He went on to explain that prayer is not intended to be babbling off a wish list to God. However, prayer is an act in which we can pour ourselves out to God.

Creach described the act against Jerusalem that prompted this prayer.

The people of Judah be-lieved that God dwelled in Jerusalem and that it was an incredibly sacred place.

Therefore, when the Bab-ylonians attacked Jerusalem,

the Babylonians were seen to have denied God’s king-dom.

Though deeply affected by what Creach described as the 9/11 of biblical times, the people of Judah did not call upon God to punish the Babylonians.

Verses eight and nine do not contain any petition or curse.

The verses simply contain a plea to establish justice, with the punishment limited to those who acted unjustly.

The psalmist was power-less. Therefore, the prayer was a mere calling to God..

Creach then posed the question, “Can we agree with this prayer when Jesus

asked us to pray for our en-emies?”

To this question, Creach presented an interpretation that sheds light on a differ-ent outlook on the verse.

“When evil desires come into your heart, dash them against the rock of Christ,” said Creach.

Creach explained that vengeance is the right solely of God and is the other side of divine compassion.

“We must believe that God is willing to act on be-half of those that need him,” said Creach.

Following his speech, Creach extended an offer to answer the questions of those in attendance.

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healthy can benefit from counseling services because it helps to reduce stressors and can help an individual move towards career goals and relationship goals,” said Tracy.

With nearly half of the Ph.D. candidates having re-ceived their master’s from Waynesburg, it is evident that Waynesburg offers something special.

Debbie Schratz, a student in the new program, is cur-rently an adjunct professor at Geneva College where she teaches both research and communication courses. She

is unsure where her future will take her but she believes a Ph.D. from Waynesburg is a good place to start.

“I did my masters in coun-seling [at Waynesburg] and I had such a wonderful ex-perience,” said Schratz. “The cohort experience is amaz-ing, and the professors were wonderful.”

Jane Owen, director of Clinical Services and Coun-seling Center, said she has been waiting for Waynesburg to start a Ph.D. program. De-spite being a staff member at the university, Owen is also in the program.

“I’ve spent my entire ca-reer as a counselor,” said Owen. “I’ve worked the past

28 years at Waynesburg. I’ve always been interested in getting my doctorate degree. The timing was just right.”

Owen is in her 28th year at Waynesburg. She started as an Act 101 counselor and has worked her way through the counseling center.

Throughout her career, she has applied to other doc-torate programs. However, none quite fit in with her busy schedule.

Since classes are on Tues-day evenings, Owen can keep her full time job at Waynes-burg while working on get-ting her Ph.D.

Owen is proud to earn her Ph.D. from Waynesburg. As a staff member, she is grate-

ful for the support she has received.

“I know the people who are in charge of the program,” said Owen. “I feel very privi-leged that the university is supportive of me doing this.”

Currently, out of the 117 total graduate counseling students, only 14 of them are in the Ph.D. program. However, Tracy believes the number will increase over the years.

“Because of the Christian mission we think it will have an appeal nationwide,” said Tracy. “We would like to pull Christian educators and counselors from across the country to come to Waynes-burg University.”

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Rose Huwe, The Yellow Jacket

(Top) Angel Boyle, owner of B&B Jewelry and Beads on High Street in Waynesburg, stands in front of one of her display cases in her store.

Through the glass one can see the handmade, one- of-a-kind, pieces of jewelry she makes for purchase.

(Above) A couple examples of some of the made-by-hand pieces of artwork that are for sale at the small store. People can also come into the store and learn how to make their own jewelry with Boyle instructing them.

By OLIVIA LATIMERNews Editor

Sparkling and full of love.Those words do not just describe the one-

of-a-kind creations displayed in B&B Jew-elry and Beads; they portray the bright and caring personality of the owner Angel Boyle.

Like her handmade jewelry, Boyle shim-mers.

She shimmers with a fiery passion, not just with her gift and natural talent for making unique jewelry, but with her love of people, the community, and being able to bring them something special for an af-fordable price.

Boyle was born into the jewelry business and has owned jewelry shops for more than 26 years.

However, the endless racks of handmade jewelry that run along the length of the store walls are the work of the last eight years alone.

According to Boyle, her family owned stores in Waynesburg and Fort Jackson for a number of years before she married her husband, John, a jeweler who at the time worked as a goldsmith in the Clark building in Pittsburgh.

“I went back to wholesale again, but then came back to retail,” said Boyle.

“Why? I love people. I don’t like to be behind the scenes.”

Boyle said she got into beading after she owned a jewelry store in Gibsonia.

“I was next to a bridal store and about five other women’s stores,” said Boyle.

“That’s how I started doing beading. Brides would come in all the time looking for things to be affordable.”

After Boyle herself began beading, she started to teach what she knew.

“I thought, ‘if I can do this, they can do it too’,” said Boyle.

Boyle now even has other teachers come into her store to teach harder classes, in ad-dition to the ones she teaches herself.

Boyle now owns B&B Jewelry and Beads, located at 149 E. High Street.

“When we came back to Waynesburg, I wanted a shop,” said Boyle.

“I didn’t want a store, I only wanted a shop. But then my shop turned into a store. I love the people, I love teaching and I just love to see all these people come in. We just have fun; it’s such a friendly store.”

On top of teaching a variety of classes, Boyle offers what she calls “open beading” every Wednesday from 3-6 p.m.

“These ladies just come in and they help each other out,” said Boyle. “The group keeps getting bigger and bigger. You can do all kinds of fun things.”

With her husband, Boyle has five chil-dren. She has three daughters and two sons, ranging from 16 to 23 years in age.

The family has relocated back to Pitts-burgh within the last year, after spending 2 years living Waynesburg.

Each day, Boyle spends more than four hours and 20 minutes in the car.

“We drop off my daughter at school in

One-of-a-kindin many ways

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County poverty rates still too high

By JOHN LYDIC Multimedia Manager

Children file off a bus to head to an after school pro-gram or free tutoring help. People stand, waiting to walk down a line to receive their monthly food at Produce to People.

These are just a few of the sights people will see as they shuffle around the Borough of Waynesburg.

According to a 2012 re-port from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), the average house-hold income in Waynesburg is $38,224, compared to the National Average of $42,837.

Waynesburg has been a part of one of the poorest counties in Pennsylvania for many years.

According to the United States Department of Agri-culture and Economic Re-search Service, 15.9 percent of families in Greene County were below the poverty line in 2013. A family of four is considered in poverty if their income is below $22,050.

Greene County provides many services that offer relief to families and individuals at little or no cost.

One organization that pro-vides services like these is Bowlby Library, which offers after school tutoring to kids from kindergarten through 12th grade, and also offers adult classes in the Greene County area, at no cost.

Family Literacy Coordina-tor of Bowlby Library, Diana Moninger, said services like

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Jobs at a 13-year high

By TIM NERALFor the Yellow Jacket

At the end of July, little had changed from June.

For the unemployed, that was a good thing.

The U.S. Bureau of La-bor and Statistics reported 4.7 million job openings on the last business day of July, along with a net employment gain of 2.5 million.

There were almost 800,000 more job openings, which no doubt contributed to the 4.9 million hires.

These numbers continue to remain near the highest level in almost 13 years in July.

The highest rises were in construction and retail trade but notable decreases were noticed in educational services, which correlates considering school is out of session during the summer months.

Construction, professional and business services and hospice care were the most profitable fields in terms of hire rates.

Manufacturing, health care, and social assistance were among the lowest prof-itable fields.

There were close to 850,000 more jobs this July than there were during July 2013, demonstrating that the economy is improving.

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By KIMMI BASTONManaging Editor

Waynesburg University is inevitably entwined physi-cally, economically and per-sonally with Greene County. And yet, the institution is often viewed as an entirely separate entity from the sur-rounding community.

During the summer of 2014, the university became a part of the Bonner-High Impact Initiative. Together with community partners, representatives from the school began unfolding a plan to help organizations in the community and stu-dents on campus feel like a united force.

Now, it’s time to put that plan into action. One of the first steps in what will hope-

fully be a long and fruit-ful project is to introduce students to the many busi-nesses and organizations in Waynesburg and Greene County so that a mutually beneficial relationship may

be formed. The Commu-nity Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) is one such organization. Bettie Stam-merjohn, executive director of CFGC, hopes that through the Bonner-High Impact Ini-

tiative, students can donate their talents to the founda-tion while benefiting from the experiences the founda-tion offers them.

According to Stammer-john, the CFGC is a chari-

table, nonprofit organization that works to better Green County by initiating and as-sisting with various commu-nity programs and managing funds to help with commu-nity needs.

“We work with people to help them maximize their charitable goals,” said Stam-merjohn. “And meet the needs of the Greene County community – not just for today, but for generations to come – through grants to nonprofits and scholarships.”

The foundation currently manages more than 65 funds created by various donors.

It awards hundreds of thousands of dollars from these funds each year in the form of scholarships and

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Greene County community to offer opportunities to university students

Uniting campus, community through service

Photo courtesy of Bonnor Program

To the left is the logo for the new initiative that the Waynesburg University Bonner Program is trying to expand.

The initiative focuses on creating a united environment between the university and the community through working together.

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Store, owner offer welcoming environment

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e d i t o r i a l s

It’s not uncommon to hear this phrase floating around campus on a daily basis: “I’m a biology major. Why do I have to take English classes?”

It isn’t just the science majors. Many people in a STEM-related, criminal justice or business major program begrudge the fact that Waynesburg Univer-sity requires them to take at least one writing-intensive course.

So if it’s such a point of contention, why does this requirement exist?

General Education writing and English classes fall under the umbrella of the “liberal arts education” we are paying for. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a liberal arts education as “college or university stud-ies (as language, philosophy,

literature, abstract science) intended to provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop general intellectual capacities (as reason and judgment) as opposed to professional or vocational skills.”

If you chose Waynesburg University, you chose to attend an institution that strives to help you be the best person possible. You’ll graduate in four years with the knowledge of how to become a law enforcement officer or a mathematician, but you’ll also graduate with knowledge of how to be a successful citizen and a good human being.

General Education class-es, like English, shouldn’t be something we dread. We should see them as part of learning to navigate the world as adults, because every non-major course we take has the potential to expand our skill set and our intellect while readying us to be effective citizens.

Equally as important is the

effect writing skills have on our future career.

I attended a guest lecture last week that was given by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex-plosives Special Agent Lou Weiers. The lecture was geared toward Criminal Justice and Forensic Science majors, and the first piece of career advice he gave them was, “Learn how to write.”

Weiers encouraged the au-dience to take advantage of any writing-intensive courses the University offers, because if students lack writing skills as they enter the workforce, they won’t be able to go far.

The website Quintessen-tial Careers backs up Weiers’ words with the fact that two-thirds of the United States’ salaried employees have jobs that require writing. Addi-tionally, employers say on average a third of their work-ers fail to meet the writing requirement for their job.

Your writing skills come into play from the moment you decide to apply for a job.

The quality of the writing on your application is a poten-tial employer’s very first im-pression of you.

Evidence of developed writing skills can set you far apart from an applicant who has only been vocationally trained.

From then on, regardless of your chosen profession, writing will infiltrate your daily life.

You’ll be forever writing reports, whether they are on scientific or mathematic findings, crime reports, proj-ect proposals and more.

Though honing your vo-cational skills is essential, employers highly value ver-satility in English and other abilities that allow you to bet-ter do your job.

Appreciating your General Education classes is all about attitude. Remember how beneficial writing skills will be throughout your life, and you can stop seeing English classes as a “waste of time” and start seeing them as part of a valuable education.

Writing is an essential tool for all careerskimmi

bastoNColumnist

More than 600 Michigan residents have been reim-bursed for being overcharged for propane this past winter by the Kansas-based Ferrell-gas, according to the Lansing State Journal.

“The state has also filed a lawsuit Thursday [Sept. 18] against Pennsylvania-based AmeriGas – the largest resi-dential supplier in Michigan and U.S. – alleging price gouging,” per the Lansing State Journal. Michigan does not have a statute prohibit-ing price gouging, but 34 of the continental United States do and Pennsylvania is one of them. Being in the midst of hurricane season, stories like this one and many oth-ers about the dilemma of price gouging continue to

surface.Price gouging is essen-

tially raising the price of goods or services to an ex-cessively high level in time of a demand increase. These demand increases often hap-pen during a natural disaster or emergency. During hur-ricane season—and with the subsequent winter season—there will be more cases of price gouging and the gov-ernment preventing it. The common opinion about price gouging is that it is wrong, and it hurts those who are less fortunate. Most people say it is wrong to kick less fortunate people when they are down.

Those who believe it is wrong, however fail to con-sider the benefit of letting the machinations of the free market system work. Not allowing the free market to work, and instead embracing government interference in the free market, has numer-

ous consequences.This explanation about the

free market, though, does not answer the only important question during natural di-sasters: how do we keep the most amount of people safe? The answer is price gouging. To many people—under-standably—that answer is ludicrous.

How could raising prices to an unfair or excessively high level be good for peo-ple who need things of ne-cessity: food, water, shelter, baby formula, etc? It’s easy to think emotionally. If I think emotionally, I think of a single mother who can’t feed her baby during a natu-ral disaster because she can’t afford the raised price of the formula. Examples like that break my heart. What breaks my heart even more, though, is what happens if we don’t price gouge. If we don’t price gouge people who do not need something will

still buy it out of the fear of not having it.

Those who are more fortu-nate will hoard things of ne-cessity, and therefore people who truly need those things won’t even have an opportu-nity to buy them.Not price gouging will make goods of necessity available at a first-come, first-serve basis. More fortunate people are more likely to get to the store and buy things of necessity, even when they don’t need it, than less fortunate people. By the time many people then come to the store looking for these necessities, the items will have been sold out. For many less fortunate

For many less fortunate people, they will not even have the opportunity to buy these things.For example, my grandmother would ask my dad to buy her these neces-sities every time there was

Like it or not, price gouging is good for usJacob meyer

Columnist

It is no secret that the twenties are a time in your life when everything chang-es. It is the time to make that huge leap from childhood to adulthood. These are the years when you become in-dependent: buy your first home; marry the person you love, hopefully start a career that you like. But all these huge changes begin with baby steps, which include doing your own laundry, cooking your own food, paying your cell phone bill etc.

Now be honest with your-self, how many of us in col-lege are doing this? By the amount of students that leave campus every weekend with huge bins filled with dirty clothes, it is safe to assume not many.

These next four years should be used as your ad-justing period. You should

start taking those baby steps to prepare you for the inevi-table next step in our life: be-ing an adult.

Stop going home every weekend. Stop having your mom make sure your col-ors are seperate from your whites. Stop traveling all the way home to have one of those ‘home-cooked’ meals that fill Instagram’s news feed every weekend.

It is time to start grow-ing up.Take a weekend and make a meal for yourself. Save up those quarters to do your own laundry. Live on your own, and embrace the college culture that you only get to be a part of for four years. Become that strong in-dependent person you know you can be. Take these steps and the transition after your senior year won’t seem all that scary.

Editor's Note: The fol-lowing is an interview with Adrienne Tharpe, coordinator of the Bon-ner Scholar Program, as part of a series of weekly conversations with members of the campus community about living out vocational faith.

by samaNtha peerOp/Ed Editor

Q. When did you come to Waynesburg?

A. I have been here almost

a year: I started last Novem-ber right before Thanksgiv-ing.

Q. What led you here?

A. I moved to Waynesburg two and a half years ago with my husband.

I had been working at another university about an hour away, commuting. I had kind of been keeping my eyes open at Waynesburg, looking for something.

I was attracted to the Uni-versity because I knew it was a private Christian school.

I also wanted to continue to be involved with commu-nity service like in my previ-ous position.

I wanted to have more of a role in the community. I was living in Waynesburg, but I didn’t know anything about Waynesburg.

The university that I had worked with, I lived and worked there, so I knew the community better than I knew Waynesburg.

I didn’t like that I didn’t know the community that I was living in, so I had been hoping and praying

for something to open up at Waynesburg.

When t h i s p os i t ion opened, I felt like this was my chance to jump on that. I have been excited to be here ever since.

Q. In what ways do you

demonstrate your faith in your position at Waynes-burg?

A. I think it is so easy to do that, being in a private

school. I have the opportu-nity to share some of my ex-periences in my faith journey with students in one-on-one conversations or on service trips.

In our meetings, sharing in prayer and reflection is a way I get to share my faith as well. I also like to think that I am demonstrating my faith through my actions in the way I care for others.

Walking by Faith: Adrienne Tharpe

Money makes the world go round – a saying that’s completely true in college environments. Books are ex-pensive, stress-relieving trips to a restaurant in town cost money for both food and gas, and therapeutic online shopping endeavors aren’t cheap, even if you qualify for free shipping.It’s becoming more common that college students work part-time jobs to find money to make ends meet.

In fact, a 2013 survey by Market Watch found that nearly 80 percent of high school and college students work an average of 19 hours per week while maintaining their studies.At Waynesburg, students have opportuni-ties to find part-time work on campus in the form of federal work-studies. These types of positions are great for students who qualify and don’t have cars but still have expenses to pay.

But that’s the catch: stu-dents must qualify for these positions based on finan-

cial need, not their skills in a specific department. Furthermore, these posi-tions are granted based on a filed Free Application for Federal Student Aid – mean-ing work-studies are granted based on a family’s financial status, not necessarily the individual student’s need for an income. Students who qualify for work-study and take advantage of it are for-tunate; for those who aren’t, some adjustments should be made.

Though the university itself can’t make changes to federal law, perhaps it could find ways to offer more true part-time work to students, aside from working in the dining hall or bookstore. These students would not be limited to working 14 hours per week, and would be hired based on true quali-fications.

While work-study rules are there for a reason, stu-dents with need could greatly benefit from part-time work on campus.

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Q. Do you have any specific moments in your position at Waynesburg, whether in interacting with students or faculty mem-bers, touched you spiritu-ally?

A. I really enjoy chapel on Tuesday. It is really great see-ing students and faculty, staff and administrators come to-gether during that time.

I thoroughly enjoy each week, especially this fall see-ing different people speak at chapel. I think that really helps with my faith and spiri-tuality, to see that this cam-pus is so welcoming of that. I feel like there are so many

opportunities for us to grow in our faith through con-versations with colleagues. It is also so great to see that students are so comfortable with those conversations.I am working with some stu-dents and Carolyn Poteet on a campus ministry retreat currently.

I am really excited about the opportunity and getting to know the students that I am working with that on has been really great. I am really inspired by the faith and the love for service that students have on this campus. It has been really inspiring to see the passion that these stu-dents have for God.

Q. Do you feel that you are where God wants you

to be?

A. I do. I have always been a firm believer in ‘everything happens for a reason’.

I was waiting patiently for something to open up. In my job search before I found a position at Waynesburg, I was applying to a lot of dif-ferent jobs all over the area so that I didn’t have to com-mute as far.

I think that God has led me on this path to a career in Higher Education, working closely with students.

When I was in college, my dream was to be an editor of a big magazine in the city.

I decided to do a year of service after college, and I lived in an intentional Chris-tian community.

From that experience, I felt that I was being called to something else.

I felt that God had bigger plans for me.

My heart was telling me one thing and my head was telling me another, so it was a struggle to decide what I wanted, especially when everyone wasn't on my side through it all.

I think it worked out. Get-ting to share my passion for service and seeing students live out their passions in their faith has been great.

I feel that God has defi-nitely led me here.

I don't know what His plans are for the future, but for now I know I am where I am supposed to be.

Editor's Note: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

On Monday, Sept. 22, three Afghanistan National Army officers were found trying to enter Canada. Ac-cording to NBC News, the three soldiers went missing this past weekend during a training exercise in Cape Cod. Massachusetts law en-forcement told NBC that the soldiers were caught at the famed Rainbow Bridge. They are unsure whether they will report back to Joint Base Cape Cod or report some-where else.

NBC says the officers ar-rived on Sept. 11 with 200 other soldiers and civilians from numerous different countries for the training. The training was being held at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. During their day off, Maj. Jan Mohammad Arash, Capt. Mohammad Nasir Askarzada, and Capt. Noorullah Aminyar were seen at the mall in Hyannis. The soldiers were reported missing by base security personnel on Saturday. The Massachusetts state police, FBI, and the National Guard

were all trying to find the officers.“There’s no reason to think they have nefarious intent, and no information to suggest that public safety is in question. But there’s a pause for concern, because we want to make sure this wasn’t planned, and we want to see if anyone has helped

them,” said Col. Timothy Al-ben, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, to NBC News.

The day the three officers disappeared, a senior law en-forcement source told NBC that the FBI Field Office in Boston took the matter se-riously. The source said that

the soldiers were watched by a wide variety of agencies very carefully before being allowed to travel to the Unit-ed States.

All three men have visas that remain valid for the next few days, meaning they are in the country legally. Several officials say that the officers

were trying to avoid return-ing to Afghanistan. NBC’s website states that their dis-appearance follows a simi-lar event that happened last week, when two policemen from Afghanistan went miss-ing during a DEA training program; the two were found in New York.

“There is a lot of specu-lation within the military that they may be trying to defect,” said Gov. Deval Pat-rick.Army Col. Steve War-ren, a Pentagon spokesman, told NBC News that 14 other Afghans taking part in the U.S. Central Command Re-gional Cooperation training exercise in Cape Cod were being “thoroughly vetted” prior to coming to the United States.

This led officials to believe the three missing soldiers were not a threat. The Re-gional Cooperation training exercises have been annually held since 2004. It promotes cooperation and interoper-ability among forces, builds functional capacity, practices peacekeeping operations, and enhances readiness.

Each year, there are many participants from all over the world. This year, the partici-pants are from six different nations including the U.S. According to NBC News, there are military officials from Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.

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Israeli infantry soldiers get ready to star a search operation in the West Bank village of Beit Einun, near Hebron on June 15, 2014, as part of the search operation for three teenagers who went missing near a West Bank settlement. Israel broadened the search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by Palestinian militants.

Editor's Note: The follow-ing is a summary of the 10 stories from last week that a college student needs to know.

1. Authorities closing in on cop killer

An intense manhunt is un-derway for the man allegedly connected to the Pennsylva-nia trooper ambush. Eric Frein, 31-year-old suspected murderer, possesses exten-sive training as a marksman. Police say that Frein is a sur-vivalist who knows the area of the woods he is believed to be hiding in quite well. Po-lice also say that Frein has been planning the attack for months, perhaps even years. He is a man disenchanted with the current society, and he has made known to close friends his displeasure with the federal government. Au-thorities are concerned that he may be looking for more blood; however, State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens de-clared “they are closing in on him.”

-CNN News, Sept.22

2. Syrians flee from ISIS into Turkey

According to CBC News, 200,000 people have fled the area surrounding the Syrian city of Kobani. The Islamic militant group, ISIS, invaded the primarily Kurdish city last Thursday, and world of-ficials believe the evacuation represents the single largest displacement since the Syrian conflict began in 2011. The country neighboring Syria to the North, Turkey, opened its borders to the mostly Kurd-ish refugees as ISIS captured

villages in the area. This de-velopment further painted a target on the back of the ultra-extreme ISIS group, leading U.S. to partner with Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in air strikes against Islamic State targets. "We will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," said Obama. "We will do what is necessary to defend our country."

-CBC News, Sept 22

3. Parents plead for their child's safe return

Hannah Graham, an 18-year-old girl, has been missing for more than a week from Charlottesville. Graham’s parents are plead-ing with anyone who may have been involved with the mystery to allow her to live. “This is every parent’s worst nightmare,” said John and Sue Graham. “We need to find out what happened to Hannah and make sure it happens to no one else.”

Virginia State Police have issued warrants for Jesse Matthew, who was seen with Graham before her disap-pearance. The situation has left the college town struck with fear. At least three other young women have disap-peared from the area in the past five years, but police do not believe the crimes are connected.

-Huffington Post, Sept. 22

4. iPhone 6 release pro-pels Apple sales

Technology giant corpo-ration Apple had a pretty amazing week from a sales

perspective, as the iPhone 6 has already sold 10 million units. The main upgrade from the older generations of iPhones is seen clearly through the larger screen. Apple reported that sales are up from last year in the first weekend of sales follow-ing a generation release, as 1 million more units were sold this year.

There has been an excite-ment among investors in the company, as the iPhone generates 70 percent of the company’s profits. The mo-mentum garnered from this release is expected to take Apple to record sales for a single year as the holiday quarter approaches.

-New York Times, Sept. 22

5. More progress made in Ukraine with truce

The Ukrainian military announced its plans to with-draw many of their heavier weapons from the separatist line in eastern Ukraine. Both parties agreed to create a sort of “buffer zone” after a ques-tionable ceasefire came into play. Over the past few weeks, a truce on a ceasefire was cre-ated and agreed upon.

However, s ignif icant fighting and violence have still occurred. Under the terms of the deal, both the pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian forces will retreat 15 km (about 9.5 miles) from the line of engagement. Ac-cording to Ukrainian Na-tional Security, pro-Russian rebels have begun to move their heavy artillery, but the movement has not been as wholesome as expected. The conflict, which began in

April, has taken upwards of 3,000 live thus far.

-BBC News, Sept. 22

6. Economy unforgiving toward the unemployed

According to a new study from Rutgers University, ap-proximately one out of ev-ery five workers to have been laid off in the last five years is still unemployed. Rutgers policy professor, Carl Van Horn, who co-directed the study, believes that a certain class of people were simply “left behind” following the American Recession. “While the worst effects of the Great Recession are over for most Americans, the brutal re-alities of diminished living standards endure for the 3 million American workers who remain jobless years af-ter they were laid off,” said Horn. Wages have not been meeting the rates of inflation, and furthermore, long-term unemployment represents a major area of concern for many potential employers.

-Rutgers University, Sept. 22

7. White House breaches a cause for change

The Secret Service is con-sidering a number of changes and possible proposals to prevent potential intruders from breaching the security perimeter around the White House. All of this comes af-ter a man carried a knife into the White House before the Secret Service finally stopped him. Agency officials are considering building check-points in certain public areas around the White House. The breach triggered an evacua-

tion of the mansion, as Secret Service drew their weapons and executives flooded out of the West Wing.

-Fox News, Sept. 22

8. 750 people exposed to TB in El Paso hospital

Over 700 infants and 40 health care workers have been exposed to Tuberculosis (TB) at a hospital in El Paso, Texas, according to CNN. Officials have not stated whether any of the individuals tested for the disease have come back positive.

An employee at the Prov-idence Memorial Hospital entered the medical center with an active case sometime between Sept. 2013 and Aug. 2014. The worker handled a number of infants during a time span in the nursery and post-partum unit. The fami-lies of each individual with possible connections to the worker have been officially notified with instructions on how to be tested, and some of the common symp-toms of the disease. Around 2 billion people worldwide are believed to carry latent TB, where the bacteria lay dormant and do not cause symptoms.

-CNN News,Sept. 22

9. Alaskan reporter quits TV for pot advocation

A television reporter based out of Anchorage, Alaska re-vealed on a live on-air seg-ment that she owns a medical marijuana business and was quitting her job to advocate for the legalization of pot. After reporting on the Alas-ka Cannabis Club, Charlo

Greene identified herself as the owner of the business. “Everything you’ve heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing mari-juana here in Alaska,” said Greene.

-Observer Reporter, Sept 22

10. New York City jails not telling whole story

A federal prosecutor has threatened to pursue legal action against New York City over the recent incomplete report of statistics and vio-lence measures in the Rik-ers Island jail. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara hopes to liti-gate the false claims in court in hopes of possible reform to the problem-plagued jail. This all comes after a story in the New York Times about the falsified jail reports, in which the city neglected hundreds of inmate fights from statistics turned over to federal authorities.

“If, as has been reported, incomplete and inaccurate information has been pro-vided to us... it does not instill confidence in us that the city will meet its con-stitutional obligations,” said Bharara. New York City jails have come under increasing watch since the deaths of two mentally ill patients were ex-posed.

-Observer Reporter, Sept. 22

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BRENDAN KEANY Staff Writer

In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week

even a possibility of a storm. We would buy her five cases of water, take them down to the basement and stack them on top of the 20 other cases of water she already had.If the price of those cases of wa-ter were gouged, we wouldn’t have bought it for her. She already had enough, so the price would discourage un-necessary purchases that could lead to shortages.Does she know that by purchas-ing those cases of water she could be hurting someone who truly needs that water? Of course she wouldn’t. If so,

she wouldn’t buy the water.By businesses price goug-

ing, it makes sure people who don’t need goods of neces-sity, don’t hoard them during times of disaster.Emotionally, I understand the converse ar-gument.

On the surface, my prem-ise sounds uncaring. When we want equity for all and help for those less fortunate we can't just think with our hearts.

Rather, we must do, not what makes us feel better, but what reaches the goal of protecting and helping those we seek out to help. Like it or not, price gouging reaches that goal.

Faith: God led Tharpe to career in higher Ed.

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A charity for cancer has people getting up and mov-ing.

The third annual “Danc-ing with a Pink Ribbon Masquerade Ball” will take place Saturday at the Historic Summit Inn Resort.

The event, hosted by Cor-nerstone Care, is held to raise money that will go towards funding for the organization’s outreach program, Dancing with a Pink Ribbon Breast Health Program.

According to Cornerstone Care’s website, a lot of wom-en will put their health aside, especially when facing issues such as a lack of health insur-ance or not enough money to

go see a doctor.Cornerstone Care’s out-

reach program provides assistance to those in the community by educating people about breast cancer awareness.

It also allows workers to go out into the community to offer free mammograms and mammogram scripts, which helps those without health insurance apply for vouchers that will aid them in getting their needed coverage.

Christina Livingston, an outreach specialist, was one of the people who assisted in planning the event.

“It takes several months to plan it. There’s a lot of hours and creativity involved,” said Livingston, who spent the past months leading up to

the event designing center-pieces and writing sponsor-ship letters.

Other planning that went into the event involved reaching out to local busi-nesses and organizations to ask for donated items to include in the silent and Chinese auctions, as well as making arrangements for en-tertainment.

Throughout the night, there will be multiple guest speakers, String of Pearls; a dance troupe based out of Morgantown; and N2O2R, or Not Too Old to Rock, a band that performs songs from multiple eras and any genre, from dance and R&B to country and oldies.

Although this is Livings-ton’s first year working to

plan and execute the event, her excitement on being able to help out could not have been higher.

“I’m very excited,” said Livingston.

“I can’t wait.” While the event has prov-

en to be a success in the past, Livingston hopes that next year there will be more people encouraged to attend.

“It’s a wonderful event for a wonderful cause,” said Liv-ingston.

The masquerade dance will begin at 5 p.m. and last until 11 p.m.

Tickets for the event are $45 and can be purchased by contacting Livingston at 724-705-3195, or ordering online at www.dancingwith-apinkribbon.com.

Dance to raise money for cancer

those at Bowlby lessen the financial burdens that face local families.

“We are frequently con-tacted by parents who are seeking homework help and tutoring and are relieved that Bowlby Library provides the services for free because of the exorbitant costs through other commercial locations,” said Moninger.

According to Moninger, the program was started to provide literacy help to peo-ple who need it at no cost to them.

“[The programs] level the playing field because they provide access to educational opportunity and homework help,” said Moninger.

Many of these situations lack a two-parent household, as 50.8 percent of women in Greene County who lack a husband are in poverty.

The per capita income is $17,816 and many families struggle to provide the help they need in many areas.

Moninger said the notion

of helping provide a service to these families provides a sense of inner joy for her.

“It’s tremendously reward-ing to be able to provide these services to these stu-dents and know the parents have one less thing to worry about,” said Moninger.

Another organization that provides assistance to low in-come families is the Waynes-burg Salvation Army. They

provide utility and rent assis-tance, lodging in hotels and emergency food along with many other items of support.

Sister Audrey Quinn, di-rector at the Salvation Army, believes that it is just one small dividend that helps the struggling families.

“The Salvation Army is just part of the group in Greene County,” said Quinn. “All agencies work together to meet people’s needs. We’re very needed in Greene Coun-ty because there are a lot of people who are unemployed or underemployed and just can’t make ends meet.”

Quinn feels that this type of program is a valuable ser-vice because it gives a lift to people, and in turn can help lead them to becoming more

self-sufficient in the near fu-ture.

She stressed that it is not just one or two organizations that provide these services, but many groups that help provide for Greene County.

“In Greene County, there is a lot of collaboration among agencies,” said Quinn.

“If we can only assist someone with so much money because our funds are short, then we can call on another agency to help. We all work together to help that person.”

With Greene County’s un-employment rate at around 5.5 percent, according to the SPC, organizations like these continue to serve the members of their local com-munity.

Pittsburgh at 7 a.m.,” said Boyle. “From there I drive to Uniontown to drop off my husband at work – he’s one of the Jewelers at Joyce Jewelers – and from there I drive here.”

B oyle came back to Waynesburg to be closer to an aunt who lives locally.

Boyle loves the small town and community feeling that goes along with having a shop in Waynesburg.

“My customers here are

so much better than in Pitts-burgh,” said Boyle.

“They support you and they are just wonderful peo-ple. People feel comfortable here, they tell me they feel good about coming in here. At the other store, they felt like they couldn’t afford what we had there, and I never want people to feel that way.”

Barbara Duffield, an employee of Waynesburg University and executive assistant to the president, is good friends with Boyle and was an integral part in Boyle bringing a line of jewelry

fashion into her shop.The only things Boyle sells

in her store that she has not made herself are two lines of snap jewelry fashion.

One is called Ginger Snaps; the other is known as Lottie Dottie.

“I just happened to see it online and said to Angel, ‘I think this is something that would go over really big in our area – maybe you should try it out,’” said Duffield.

“I ordered one online to try it out and see what it was like; I wanted to know what the quality was. It’s very good

quality for the money.”According to Boyle, the

lines do wonderfully in her shop and people really seem to love them.

B&B Jewelry and Beads is open Monday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Wednes-day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Boyle hosts her open bead-ing sessions each Wednesday from 3-6 p.m. and encour-ages anyone who is interest-ed, of any skill level to come down and give it a try.

Poverty: Statistics show area still struggling Continued from B1

Beads: Local business owner shares store visionContinued from B1

Job openings increased in all four geographical re-gions, but the northeast -which Pennsylvania is a part of- saw much slower rates of improvement than those in the south, Midwest and west regions by a whole digit space.

In July of last year, the northeast had 618,000 open-ings and had 796,000 this July.

During that same stretch, jobs in the south went from 1.4 million to 1.7 million, more than double the open-ings.

Hire level were lower in the northeast as well.

Last July there were

671,000 hires and 731,000 this year.

Compare that to 1.8 mil-lion and 1.9 million, respec-tively, in the south.

The report’s findings have been overshadowed by the August employment records, which showed that employ-ers added only 142,000 jobs, the fewest since December of last year.

Job openings have risen in retail, hotels and restaurants, typical hotspots for college students during the fall.

This is also a trend that looks to continue for the coming months.

Employers have added more than 200,000 jobs a month for six straight months through July, the best such stretch in eight years.

Jobs: July shows promising numbers for hiringContinued from B1

grants to support commu-nity projects and individuals.

They also oversee several ongoing initiatives, such as the Community Builders Nonprofit Leadership pro-gram and Greene County Food Security Partnership.

The foundation has an ex-isting relationship with the university that is fruitful on both ends.

“CFGC has a great part-nership with the university,”

said Stammerjohn. “We’ve often worked together to identify issues and needs in the community, and the university has always been willing to provide space for community meetings and activities.” 

In the past, the CFGC has had student help on projects such as designing brochures and websites, writing press releases and helping to raise funds.

“We’ve had student interns who have developed graphic designs as part of a branding for the Community Build-ers program,” said Stammer-john. “Some students have spent a few hours redesign-ing brochures that highlight some of our endowed funds, others have spent a semester writing press releases, and designing other marketing materials for the foundation.”

However, Stammerjohn feels that student involve-ment in the foundation could be greatly increased.

Many students are not aware of the real-world ex-periences that the founda-tion could offer them while they act as servants for the community.

“There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes of nonprofit organizations, and students can benefit from volunteering and serv-ing in administrative capaci-ties by sharing some of the skills they are learning in the classroom and using them for real-world activities,” said Stammerjohn. “Most of us learn best by doing, and I think the High Impact Initia-tive positions students to do just that.”

While Stammerjohn em-phasized the importance of direct service, such as work-ing with youth and partici-pating in service trips, she hopes to make students aware of capacities they can serve in that may be major-related.

“We do offer students an opportunity for hands-on practice of skills such as communications, graphic design, journalism, non-profit management, event planning, social research, and probably others that we haven’t yet discovered,” said Stammerjohn. “I hope that’s one good thing that comes out of [the High Impact Ini-tiative].”

As the head of an orga-nization with a vested in-terest in the wellness of the community, Stammerjohn believes that the Bonner-High Impact Initiative will open the door for students to not only become a part of the community, but also to change it.

“The [initiative] will pro-vide so many more oppor-tunities for student service and outreach into the com-munity,” said Stammerjohn. “I’m excited to see High Im-pact Initiative take service to a new level with Waynesburg University.”

Bonner: Working to create one communityContinued from B1

“The [initiative] will provide so many more opportunities for student service and outreach into the com-munity.”

BETTIE STAMMERJOHNExecutive Director CFGC

2012 Southwestern Pennsylvania

Commission report for Greene County

- $4,613 lower than the national average household income

- 15.9% families be-low poverty line

- 50.8% of single women below pov-erty line

- 5.5% unemploy-ment rate

By AUSTIN ANDERSONFor the Yellow Jacket

In Waynesburg’s double-overtime, thrilling 44-38 vic-tory over Geneva Saturday, senior tight end Zac Capan scored the game winning touchdown reception on a pass that was never intended to go to him.

“We faked the handoff to the running back, and we wanted to throw to the cor-ner,” said Capan. “I ran the wrong route. I was supposed to stay in. The corner route was supposed to be for [An-drew English]. So I ran the wrong route, and it ended up working out for us.”

Even though Capan’s route was not scripted, Waynes-burg head coach Rick Shepas recognized the improvisa-tional skills of Capan.

“It’s just the play call he heard,” said Shepas. “He actually ran an excellent route. [English] against man pressure got kind of beat up to the inside. Capan just opened wide up, and Carter [Hill] threw a nice ball. I said to our guys ‘we’re ending this thing right now.’”

The 25-yard game-win-ning reception was Capan’s second touchdown catch of the game. He also had 81 yards receiving on five re-ceptions.

Capan had something to prove after only having two receptions for 17 yards

against Saint Vincent last week.

“I had a good game the first game [against Musk-ingum], and then I got happy a little bit,” said Capan. “So I kind of took my foot off the gas. I kind of did not have the killer instinct [against St. Vincent]. That’s something Coach [Shepas] and I talked about,” said Capan.

Although the Capan touchdown catch was the highlight of overt ime, Waynesburg had the chance to win the game is regulation.

With less than 30 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Yellow Jackets

had first and goal from the Geneva five yard-line.

On first down, Hill was sacked and lost the football, which was recovered by right guard Tyler Powell. On sec-ond and third down Hill threw incomplete passes.

“We don’t really slow down our offense, we just wanted to score any way possible,” said Hill. “We were worried about the clock. We wanted to get into the end zone, and that’s the best way we felt we could [score].”

This set up a 32-yard field goal attempt by junior kicker Scott Lewis. Geneva used two timeouts to stall Lewis before

the attempt. This strategy worked for Geneva as Lewis shanked the kick far left to force overtime with the score deadlocked at 31-31.

After trading touchdowns in the opening period, the Yellow Jackets special teams gave the offense the opportu-nity to win the game thanks to a field goal block by safety Mitch Vacek. One play later, Waynesburg fans celebrated in victory after Capan’s catch.

The Waynesburg offense did not have much success to start the game. Its four, first-quarter drives ended with a turnover on downs, a punt, and two Hill intercep-

tions; both thrown to Geneva freshman cornerback Nate Cannon.

This is not a new phenom-enon for the Waynesburg offense. In three games, the Jackets have only scored sev-en first quarter points.

“We just want to calm down, relax and have a little bit more fun,” said Shepas.

Waynesburg’s head coach is not concerned with the lack of points in the open-ing quarter. Instead, he cited other categories to judge the offense.

“Our drives were good in

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Wide receiver Bernie Thompson dives for the goal line in Waynesburg's 44-38 double-overtime victory over Geneva Saturday. The Yellow Jackets improve to 3-0, with the win.

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Soccer wins big on roadMen shut out Mount Union

Men's XC places 16thJackets take short route at Dickinson Invitational

By NATE LABISHAKFor the Yellow Jacket

The men’s cross-country team competed in the Dick-inson College Long Short run on Saturday, showing a spread of finishes throughout the contest.

Leading the way was soph-omore Brendan Keany, who placed 31st out of the 260-man race. Following Keany was senior runner Brandon Dugan, who crossed the line with a time of 13:27.71 to fin-ish in 97th.

All in all, head coach Chris Hardie was happy with the effort put forth by the entire team.

“Going into the invita-tional, we knew the field would be bigger than usual,” said Hardie. “Our goal from the jump was to start out fast since the distance went from a 4k to an 8k.”

Coach Hardie is also very passionate about the sport it-self, as he is in his fifth year as head coach after moving up

from assistant coach starting in 2010.

Given the team’s success so far this year, Hardie feels like they are in a good spot to compete with some of the best talent.

“Two teams in front of us are phenomenal, we as a team are trying to finish strong and stay right around the third spot,” said Hardie.

“I guess we are more re-alistic as a team, we know our rival Grove City always competes very well but we can also close the gap and grab the second spot in the conference.

When asked about the success of his sophomore runner Keany, Hardie didn’t seem too surprised.

“We have a 15-week train-ing program that everyone on the team goes through,” Hardie said. “When his teammates see his success they buy into the workout which helps the team com-

Shakeup in the Presidents' Athletic Conference is on the horizon

Saturday marked the opening weekend of Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference play, and there was only one word to describe it: mayhem.

For anyone that has fol-lowed the conference the past several years; Saturday was everything that goes against what the causal PAC fan is used to.

Let’s start with Saint Vin-

cent. The Bearcats, who hung tight with Waynesburg for most of the game Sept. 13, snapped their 23-game losing streak. The last time Saint Vincent tasted victory was November of 2011. The Bearcats were selected to finish last in the PAC pre-season football poll. It was also the first win for first-year head coach Ron Dolciato.

For the second time this season, the PAC favorite Thomas More looked vul-nerable against Thiel. The Saints lost 35-20 the open-ing week of the season to No.

5 Wesley, but had a difficult time defending the pass, al-lowing four scores through the air. Saturday, the Tom-cats led Thomas more 27-21 at the half. However, the Saints flexed their muscles by scoring 45 unanswered points in the second half to make it a 66-27 final. There’s a reason why Thomas More received 29 first-place votes in the pre-season poll, but still, Thiel made it interest-ing for at least a half.

In one of the more surpris-ing games around the PAC Saturday, it took Bethany an

extra period of play to take down Westminster. Much like Saint Vincent, Westmin-ster was picked to finish in the basement of the confer-ence. The Titans led Bethany 14-7 at halftime, but Bethany answered towards the end of the third quarter. The Bison struck first in overtime and then was able to hold West-minster on a long fourth down attempt to improve to 2-1 on the season.

With a lot surprises in the conference this week, one thing remained con-stant. That school up north

in Washington, Pennsylva-nia, defeated Carnegie Mel-lon 48-30 for the program’s 700th victory. Despite the disdain that many have at Waynesburg for the school, it is still an impressive accom-plishment, as Mount Union and Wittenberg are the only other schools to reach the plateau at the Division III level.

At the end of the season, there may not be much of a shakeup at all. Again, one of the top two teams in the con-ference has won the PAC the past several years. Since the

PAC received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2007, Thomas More and Washington & Jefferson are the only two programs to receive the au-tomatic playoff spot.

Last season has the abil-ity to be that year where an-other team could have snuck in there to take the PAC crown, even if it would have come via a co-championship with another program. Last year, Bethany won 24-19 at home against that team from

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Women's tennis tops Thomas More

Capan catches game-winner in 2OT thriller

By COLE LONGFor the Yellow Jacket

The women’s tennis team boosted its record to an im-pressive 7-2 mark, after a convincing 7-2 victory over the Thomas More Saints on Saturday. Despite the Saints’ 1-4 record coming into the contest, head coach Ron Christman made it a point of emphasis for his team to not overlook the team’s Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference opponent.

“Our expectations were kind of mixed because it was hard to read how good they were,” said Christman. “They had some new play-ers playing in key positions, and they were young. Even though they had lost, they were still playing some good teams.”

Waynesburg came out with an edge and dominat-ed the match from the start. All three doubles teams for Waynesburg were victorious.

“I always think the doubles teams set the tone going in,” said Christman. “This was one of our better outings, and this was the first time we had all of our doubles playing in

the positions they should be in.”

The number-one doubles team of junior Rachel Kl-emash and senior Alyssa Daniel dominated their match to set the exact tone that Christman spoke of by winning 8-1 over Thomas More’s Alyssa DeFiglio and

Julie Estridge.Both freshmen, DeFiglio

and Estridge are thrust into playing in the one and two spots against the PAC’s bests The experience that Klemash and Daniel had over them going into the match was enormous, and their play together showed it.

“They stepped in and did the things they needed to do right out of the chute,” said Christman of his doubles teams.

After the dominating per-formances by the doubles teams, the Jackets also took

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Both Ellen Limback (left) and Emily McDonold (right) went undefeated in Waynesburg's 7-2 win over Thomas More Saturday. The Jackets improved to 7-2.

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By GENNARO BONAVENTURAFor the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets traveled to Mount Union Saturday for non-con-ference action and brought home a solid 3-0 victory.

“All around, solid team play and effort,” said head coach Brad Heethuis. “It was a nice team win.”

A goal in the 18th min-ute got things rolling for the Jackets, a nice free kick feed from senior midfielder Nick Brommer to sophomore for-ward Chad Palucka. “It was pretty sweet, Nick [Brom-mer] got a free kick and placed it perfectly, I couldn’t have missed it even if I tried,” said Palucka.

Brommer’s pretty feed to Palucka’s header goal got momentum on the Jackets side early and they did not look back.

Senior goalkeeper Bran-don Daughtry had another solid performance with eight saves and his second shutout of the season. Daughtry has been consistent all year long with his play in net. “When Brandon had to make the saves he did,” said Heethuis. “It’s nice to have him back there. Good hands quick feet, he is very vocal and confident

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STANDINGS Conf. OverallWash & Jeff 1-0 3-0Waynesburg 1-0 3-0Bethany 1-0 2-1Thomas More 1-0 2-1Saint Vincent 1-0 1-2Case Western Reserve 1-1 1-1Grove City 0-0 0-2Geneva 0-1 1-2Thiel 0-1 1-2Westminster 0-1 0-3Carnegie Mellon 0-2 0-2

Saturday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 44, GENEVA 38Geneva 7 7 0 17 7 38Waynesburg 0 13 3 15 13 44

SCORE RECAPFirst Quarter: GEN - Guiser 68 yd pass from Channing (Gardner kick), 8:47Second Quarter: WAY - Forsythe 34 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick fail), 9:21; GEN - Fuller 64 yd pass from Channing (Gardner kick), 8:33; WAY - Forsythe 7 yd run (Lewis Kick), 2:49Third Quarter: WAY - Lewis 41 yd field goal, 5:01Fourth Quarter: WAY - Capan 12 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick), 12:51; GEN - Kelosky 20 yd pass from Channing (Gardner kick), 10:03 GEN - Gardner 41 yd field goal, 7:01; WAY - Forsythe 2 yd run (Thompson pass from Hill), 4:05; GEN - Jones 9 yd pass from Channing (Gardner kick), 1:46OVERTIME: WAY - Thompson 13 yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick); GEN - Guiser 9 yd pass from Channing (Gardner kick); WAY - Capan yd pass from Hill

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSWaynesburg passing

COM ATT YDS TDHill............................. 23 45 301 4

Waynesburg rushingATT YDS TD

Forsythe................................ 26 101 2

Waynesburg receivingREC YDS TD

Thompson............................. 9 90 1

Geneva passingCOM ATT YDS TD

Channing.................. 22 31 317 56

Geneva rushingATT YDS TD

Jones..................................... 13 40 0

Geneva receivingREC YDS TD

Fuller...................................... 8 156 1

RECENT RESULTSSaturday, September 20: Bethany 21, Westminster 14 (OT); Wash & Jeff 48, Carnegie Mellon 30; Saint Vincent 23, Case Western Reserve 20; Waynesburg 44, Geneva 38 (2OT); Thomas More 66, Thiel 27

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, September 20: Geneva at Carnegie Mellon - 1:30 p.m.; Grove City at Saint Vincent - 1:30 p.m.; Thiel at Case Western Reserve - 1:30 p.m.; Westminster at Thomas More - 1:30 p.m.; Waynesburg at Bethany - 7 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Domonique Hayden, SR. RB, TMC; Defensive: Donavan Hayden, JR. LB, BET;Special teams: Morgan Porter, SR. Kicker, SVC

Thomas More 0-0 8-0 Westminster 0-0 7-2 Waynesburg 0-0 3-2-2 Bethany 0-0 3-4 W&J 0-0 2-4 Chatham 0-0 2-5 Thiel 0-0 2-6 Grove City 0-0 1-5-1 Geneva 0-0 1-6 Saint Vincent 0-0 0-7

Saturday’s Box ScoreMOUNT UNION 5, WAYNESBURG 0Waynesburg 0 0 0Mount Union 1 4 5

SCORE RECAPFirst Half:MTU - Wall (Lanese assist), 18:37Second Half:MTU - Malenic, 60:53; MTU - Goedecke, 63:00; MTU - Malenic, 71:36; MTU - Love (Shaw assist), 84:36

RECENT RESULTSFriday, September 19: Muskingum 1, Saint Vincent 0Saturday, September 20: Wooster 5, Geneva 1; Carnegie Mellon 1, Grove City (2OT); Thiel 5, Hilbert 0; Thomas More 7, Bluffton 0; Wash & Jeff 1, Penn State Behrend 0; Mount Union 5, Waynesburg 0Sunday September 21: Chatham 2, SUNY Canton 1

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, September 27: Thomas More at Ohio Northern - 1 p.m.; Mount Union at Geneva - 2 p.m.; Bluffton at Waynesburg - 2 p.m.; Marietta at Wash & Jeff - 3 p.m.; Grove City at Messiah - 7 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Olivia Huber, Junior F, Thomas MoreDeffensive: Laura Page, First-Year Goalkeeper, Westminster

STANDINGS Conf. OverallThomas More 0-0 6-2Geneva 0-0 5-1-2Grove City 0-0 5-2-1Waynesburg 0-0 3-3-2Westminster 0-0 3-6-1W&J 0-0 2-4Thiel 0-0 2-5Saint Vincent 0-0 2-7Bethany 0-0 0-7

Saturday’s Box ScoreWAYNESBURG 3, MOUNT UNION 0Waynesburg 1 2 3Mount Union 0 0 0

SCORE RECAPFirst HALF:WAY - Palucka (Brommer assist), 18:32SECOND HALF:WAY - Browne (Lemke/Benedict assist), 50:02; WAY - Nelson, 65:19

RECENT RESULTSSautrday, September 20: Carnegie Mellon 4, Bethany 0; Geneva 1, Lycoming 1; Grove City 2, Heidleberg 0; John Carroll 6, Saint Vincent 1; Hilbert 4, Thiel 2; Thomas More 3, Bluffton 1; Waynesburg 3, Mount Union 0; Pitt-Greensburg 1, Westminster 0

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, September 27: Geneva at John Carroll - 12 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Muskingum - 1 p.m.; Mount Union at Wash & Jeff - 1 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon at Grove City - 3 p.m.; Bluffton at Waynesburg - 4 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOffensive: Nick Brommer, Senior MF, WaynesburgDeffensive: George DeAugustino, Senior, D, Grove City

Saturday’s Box ScoreSingles: Klemash WAY def. DeFiglio TMC 6-0, 6-3Hetzer TMC def. Daniel WAY 6-0, 6-3; McDonold WAY def. Thoerner TMC 7-5, 6-1; Limback WAY def. Estridge TMC 7-6, 7-5; Zwick TMC def. DuBrock WAY 7-6, 2-6, 1-0; Cowden WAY def. Strickley TMC 6-2, 6-1Doubles: Klemash/Daniel WAY def. DeFiglio/Estridge TMC 8-1; Limback/Mcdonold WAY def. Hetzer/Sam TMC 8-5; Wilson/DuBrock WAY def. Strickley/Thoerner TMC 8-2

RECENT RESULTS

STANDINGS Conf. OverallThomas More 2-0 12-2Geneva 5-1 10-5Bethany 4-1 10-4Westminster 3-1 9-6Grove City 2-1 8-5Thiel 2-2 5-9Saint Vincent 1-2 9-5W&J 1-3 6-4Waynesburg 1-3 4-13Chatham 0-7 0-12

Saturday’s Box ScoreGROVE CITY 3, WAYNESBURG 0Waynesburg 13 24 24 Grove City 25 25 25

RECENT RESULTSSaturday, September 20: Bethany 3, Wash & Jeff 0; Bethany 3, Westminster 0; Geneva 3, Grove City 0; Geneva 3, Waynesburg 0; Grove City 3, Waynesburg 0; Saint Vincent 3, Frostburg State 0; Denison 3, Thiel 0; Marietta 3, Thiel 0; Thomas More 3, Centre 0; Hendrix 3, Thomas More 2; Westminster 3, Wash & Jeff 2

UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, September 27: Chatham at Westminster - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Thomas More - 11 a.m.; Bethany at Heidelberg - 12 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Cha-tham - 1 p.m.; Thiel at Waynesburg - 1 p.m.; Geneva at Defiance - 2 p.m.; Saint Vincent at Westminster - 3 p.m.; Thiel at Thomas More - 3 p.m.; Bethany at Otterbein - 4 p.m.; Geneva at DePauw - 4:30 p.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKRachel Netherland, Junior Outside Hitter, Geneva

MENRECENT RESULTSTeamFriday, September 19NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHAMPIONSHIPS22. Thomas More, 615 pts.Saturday, September 20SAINT VINCENT INVITATIONAL2. Saint Vincent, 38 pts.; 8. Thiel, 192 pts.; 9. Wash & Jeff, 226 pts.; 10. Geneva, 243 ptsDICKINSON LONG-SHORT COURSE8. Grove City, 98 pts.; 16. Waynesburg, 178 pts.; 24. Westminster, 286 pts.

IndividualNATIONAL CATHOLIC CHAPIONSHIPS: 1. Jake Kil-doo, Notre Dame, 24:57; 2. Chris Marco, Notre Dame, 24:59; 3. Jeffery Antolos, Canisius, 25:07SAINT VINCENT INVITATIONAL: 1. Aaron Lauer, Pitt, 27:06; 2. Eric Torres, Point Park, 27:12; 3. Billy Caldwell, Pitt, 27:29; 4. Brandan Moretton, Saint Vincent, 27:34

UPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, September 27: Thomas More at Wilmington NCAA Pre-National Meet - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Wilmington NCAA Pre-National Meet - 11 a.m.

WOMENRECENT RESULTSTeamFriday, September 19NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHAMPIONSHIPS23. Thomas More, 718 pts.Saturday, September 20SAINT VINCENT INVITATIONAL3. Saint Vincent, 113 pts.; 4. Geneva, 142 pts.; 5. Bethany, 150 pts.; 8. Thiel, 198 pts.; 12. Chatham, 327 pts.DICKINSON LONG-SHORT COURSE12. Grove City, 123 pts.; 15. Waynesburg, 146 pts.; 22. Westminster,286 pts.

IndividualNATIONAL CATHOLIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Molly Seidel, Notre Dame, 17:09; 2. Danielle Aragon, Notre Dame, 17:20; 3. Kellie Greenwood, Marquette, 17:29SAINT VINCENT INVITAIONAL: 1. Jenny Brewer, Alderson Broaddus, 19:27; 2. Abby Peters, Pitt, 19:53; 3. Ellen Crook, Pitt, 19:55; 13. Anna Wargo, Geneva, 21:01

UPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, September 27: Thomas More at Wilmington NCAA Pre-National Meet - 11 a.m.; Waynesburg at Wilmington NCAA Pre-National MEET - 11 a.m.; Thiel at Ursuline - 11 a.m.

PAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKMen’s: Brandan Moretton, Sophomore, Saint VincentWomen’s: Emily Rabenold, Junior, Grove City

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP

Nick Brommer, Men’s SoccerRachel Klemash, Women’s Tennis

CROSS COUNTRY

WOMEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S SOCCER VOLLEYBALLFOOTBALL

WAYNESBURGATHLETES OF THE WEEK

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PAC FOOTBALL LEADERSPASSING YARDS: Gebhardt, 843, TMC; Coughlin, 794, W&J; Hill, 774, WAY

RUSHING YARDS: Ruffing, 515, W&J; Hayden, 412, TMC; Forsythe, 283, WAY

TACKLES: Pratt, 31, W&J; Kpadehyea, 30, BET; Raddar, 29, BET

SACKS: Raddar, 6.5, BET; Machuga, 4.0, WAY; Thorpe, 3.0, THI

INTERCEPTIONS: Fuller, 4, TMC; Cannon, 4, GEN; Mundell, 2, WAY

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERSPOINTS: Lemke, 13, WAY; Elsea, 12, THI; Ahia, 12, THI

GOALS: Elsea, 6, THI; Lemke, 5, WAY; Ahia, 4, THI

ASSISTS: Loew, 5, GRO; Crider, 4, GEN; Ahia, 4, THI

SHOTS: Lilley, 29, THI; Luthy, 28, SVC; Proctor, 24, SVC

SAVE PERCENTAGE: Daughtry, .878, WAY; Little, .808, WES; Weaver, .737, GRO

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERSPOINTS: Huber, 30, TMC; Hinerman, 19, BET; Flagge, 19, TMC

GOALS: Huber, 13, TMC; Hinerman, 9, BET; Flagge, 19, TMC

ASSISTIS: Flagge, 5, TMC; Huber, 4, TMC; Berg, 4, THI

SHOTS: Berg, 33, THI; Davis, 32, WAY; Flagge, 31, TMC

SAVE PERCENTAGE: Barton, .900, TMC; Lathrop, .833, GRO; Sawyer, .793, CHA

Friday, September 19: Westminster 8, Geneva 1; Saint Vincent 7, Mount Union 2Saturday, September 20: Penn State Behrend 8, Thiel 1; Wash & Jeff 9, Thomas More 0; Waynesburg 7, Thomas More 2

UPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, September 27: Saint Vincent at Westminster - 11 a.m.; Bethany at Mount Aloysius - 12 p.m.; Berea at Thomas More - 12 p.m.; Waynesburg at Marietta

PAC Players of the WeekKelly Capone, Sophomore, Washington and Jefferson

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERSKILLS: Hughes, 159, Geneva; Howell, 146, TMC; McKenzie, 132, BET

ASSISTS: Fessler, 479, TMC Christy, 423, SVC; Lauber, 419, BET

BLOCKS: Freyermuth, 64.0, WES; Algriere, 41.0, GRC; Smith, 41.0, GEN

DIGS: Mouch, 273, BET; Castigliano, 272, TMC; George, 246, SVC

ACES: Castigliano, 23, TMC; Trageser, 22, GRC; Ritson, 20, GEN

By CHELSEY WITHERSFor the Yellow Jacket

“I believe that we’re start-ing to see both men’s and women’s golf programs in the league become extreme-ly competitive,” said Kevin Fenstermacher, the assistant commissioner and director of communications of the Pres-idents’ Athletic Conference.

In the past, the PAC held the team championships in both the fall and spring, but the individual champion-ships would only be held in the spring. That changes this year, which has caused much joy for players and commis-sioners.

It all starts with the fall golf PAC Championships will be held September 29-30 at New Castle Country Club in New Castle, Penn-sylvania.

“This change is great,” said Waynesburg senior Kelly Mehal. “Ending the season with the PACs is a nice way

to do it, because all of the golfers have worked so hard to get to this point.”

The 2014-15 PAC Cham-pionships features a 72-hole event, with 36 holes played at the Fall Championships and another 36 holes played at the Spring Championships in April.

The combined 72-hole team total will determine the 2014-15 PAC team cham-pions and winners of the league’s men’s and women’s automatic qualifying bids to the 2015 NCAA Division III Championships.

Five golfers will make up a team, with the lowest four scores per round from the designated five-player team used in team score compila-tion. Scoring will be stroke play.

Also new for 2014-15, the All-PAC teams, as well the PAC Players of the Year, will be determined by the com-bined 72-hole scores from the Fall and Spring Cham-

pionships.The All-PAC teams will

be made up of the top 15 overall scorers (five first team, five second team, five honorable mention). In pre-vious years, All-PAC and Golfer of the Year honors were determined exclu-sively at the 36-hole Spring Championship. Last year, the Saint Vincent College men and the Grove City Col-lege women claimed their respective conference titles at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon, Pennsylva-nia. The team titles were the second straight for both the Bearcats and the Wolverines.

Thomas More College’s Mike Marcagi took home PAC Golfer of the Year honors after carding a tour-nament-low 150 (77-73) in the 44-player field. Then, for the third-straight year, Grove City’s Esther Durling was named the PAC Golfer of the Year after firing a sec-ond-round 81 to pace the

field of 33 golfers. Durling finished with a two-day score of 165.

Even though Mehal may not have been the PAC Golfer of the year, first year Waynesburg golf coach, Sam Jones said that he is, “looking for Mehal to do quite well this year.”

As for the team, Jones is excited to see how hard they are working to improve and to build a foundation for the team in the future.

“The team is definitely im-proving each tournament we have gone to," said Mehal.

This season's NCAA Di-vision III Men's Golf Cham-pionships will be held May 12-15 ny Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford also hosted this year's men's championships and will host again in 2018.

For the women, they travel to Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida to play at Mission Inn May 12-15. The host school is Olgethorpe.

By BEN NICHOLSFor the Yellow Jackets

The women’s soccer team was at a crossroads Satur-day, as it traveled to Alli-ance, Ohio to face 4-2 non-conference opponent Mount Union.

Waynesburg started out the season 3-0, allowing only one goal in each game, before hitting a three game stretch of three winless games (0-1-2). After a 5-0 loss to the Purple Raiders, the team was left searching for answers.

“Hats off to Mount Union because they played a good game,” said head coach Laura Heethuis. “Unfortunately, I would say that are team was less than energetic pretty much for the full 90 minutes. When that happens, we’re going to let players sneak through and let them get opportunities on goal. They took their chances and they finished them”.

After one half of play, the Jackets only trailed 1-0 going

into the locker room. Mount Union scored two goals with-in 2:17 of each other, and with less than 20 minutes to play in the contest down 4-0, the win seemed out reach for Waynesburg.

“After they scored the second goal, I really felt our confidence as a team really diminished,” said senior de-fenseman Taylor Bombal-ski. “Our mindset after they scored was not what it should have been. I saw heads drop, which was our biggest down fall.”

The Purple Raiders added a goal in the 84th minute to seal the win 5-0 on freshman goalkeeper Marian Chear-ney. Starter Ciara Scott was substituted for after she al-lowed her fourth goal of the day, and finished the day with five saves. The Purple Raiders outshot the Jackets 14-9 on the day, but it wasn’t the amount of shots taken by Mount Union that frustrated Bombalski.

“We really had a lack of

communication offensively and defensively on Saturday,” said Bombalski.

Though the Jackets suf-fered their worst defeat of the season, Heethuis liked what she saw in the first 45 min-utes, but was disappointed by the women’s play in the second half.

“We stuck with them in the first half, and it’s a lot easier to come back from 1-0,” said Heethuis.

“But once we gave up our second goal, we started to play individualistic type of soccer. When you do that, you’re not going to be successful. So we have to continue a team mentality and keep moving forward.”

“It’s the small things that add up throughout a game,” said Heethuis. “So we’ll go back through and watch some of the film from Sat-urday’s game, and will also touch back on our rules and responsibilities of each posi-tion.”

After Wednesday’s road

match-up against Baldwin Wallace, the Jackets will have two more home non-conference games before Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence play opens up.

Waynesburg faces Bluffton University Saturday at noon at John F. Wiley Stadium, and then take on Point Park University Pioneers, who are an NAIA program, before beginning conference play against the Grove City Wol-verines Friday Oct. 3.

The Jackets host Chatham in another PAC matchup Oct. 8. Waynesburg then heads on the road to Thiel to take on the Tomcats Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. The Jackets return home for a two-game homestand to host Bethany Oct. 14 and the Saints of Thomas More Oct. 18. That match kicks off at 1 p.m.

“We’ve got to come ready to play and come with the energy to win,” said Heethuis. “But like I said, if we do the little things right, the big things will fall into place.”

Women's soccer blanked at Mount Union

Women's XC takes top-15 finish

By BRENDAN KEANYFor the Yellow Jacket

As the grinding portion of the cross country season ap-proaches, the women’s cross country team looked to keep energized as it participated in the unique Dickinson Long/Short Course Invitational Saturday.

As the name of the invi-tational implies, there were both long and short races offered at the Dickinson course, which will also be the site of the regional champi-onships. Head coach Chris Hardie decided to split the team between the regular 6-kilometer race and the shorter 4-kilometer race.

“I think we have some girls that would excel at the 4k, so that was kind of the thought going in,” said Hardie. “We have some younger runners that had limited experience at the 6k level, but had pret-ty good experience with the 3200m on the track in high school. So the idea was to put some of the younger runners in the shorter race to see if they would excel.”

The women took 11th place out of the 40 schools that competed in the 4-ki-lometer run. They were led once again by freshman Julie Gerber. Gerber finished at an impressive 12th place in the 301-woman race with a time of 14:59.85. The freshman admitted she had nerves in a race with so many runners and excellent competition.

“There were so many peo-ple around you throughout the race,” said Gerber. “So it made it easier for me to hit my pace and stay consistent.”

Freshman Elinore Loch and sophomore Katie Lat-imer also put in respect-able showings as the ladies finished 36th and 71st. As for the 6-kilometer race, the women took 15th place out of the 35 schools that were represented in the competi-tion.

Annette Aho, the wom-en’s senior captain, paced the women in the 6k, with

a 49th-place showing out of 265 runners. Aho crossed the line with a time of 24:35.79. She was happy with her re-sult despite the degree of dif-ficulty in running the course.

“Coming into this race I was nervous, and I knew it was going to be a tougher course that I had only run one time before,” said Aho. “But it ended up going really well, and actually, I surprised myself in running almost the same time I ran the week be-fore at Bethany.”

A pair of freshmen fol-lowed Aho in the 6-kilome-ter event. Kerianne Hensel and Angie Marchetti placed relatively close together considering the number of runners in the race. Hensel came in 60th place, while Marchetti chipped in with a 69th-place finish.

Hardie was rather indif-ferent toward the results, as he knows the women have much room to improve.

“I was happy with the re-sults on paper with time, but I don’t think that we com-peted very well,” said Hardie. “So from a coaching perspec-tive, I would have liked to see us battle it out for more spots particularly in the last thou-sand meters in both races.”

Despite the lackluster per-formance from a competitive level, Hardie does not think it will be a continuous issue with the team, as much of the problem may lie in the inex-perience from the younger members on the team who participate in high leverage races.

“I don’t want to harp on the ‘we didn’t compete well,’ but I think we will learn more as the season progresses,” said Hardie. “We’re going to be ready in seven weeks, but I would have liked to see us battle a little bit more.”

The top men and women will travel to Mason, Ohio, this weekend for the NCAA Division III Pre-Nationals race, as they look to build more experience in a race that will be seeping with top collegiate running talent.

Golf prepares for fall PAC Championships

September 25, 2014 Yellow Jacket Page C3

Weekly AwardsA pair of upperclass-

men fall sport athletes had successful weeks for their respective teams this past week. For these reasons se-nior soccer player Nick Brommer and junior tennis standout Ra-chel Klemash have been named Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week.

Brommer, a midfielder for the Jackets men’s soccer team, played a pivotal role in both of the Yellow Jackets’ wins last week.

The Angier, North Carolina native scored the eventual game-winner in Waynesburg’s 5-2 win over Marietta Col-lege on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Brommer followed that up by assisting teammate Chad Palucka’s game-winning goal during the team’s 3-0 victory at Mount Union on Saturday.

Brommer totaled five points on a goal and a team-high three assists last week for the men’s soccer squad. Because of his stellar play, Brommer was named Presidents’ Ath-letic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

The men’s soccer team hosts Bluffton University Satur-day for a 2 p.m. non-conference match.

Klemash led the way for the women’s tennis team, which recorded a 3-0 mark last week. The Jackets improved to 2-0 in PAC play. The Canon-McMillan High School graduate went 3-0 at both first-singles and first-doubles with her partner senior Alyssa Daniel, and she lost just one set in her trio of triumphs.

Waynesburg defeated the likes of Thiel, Geneva and Muskingum for its three wins during the week.

Like Brommer, Klemash received awards from the PAC, as she was named the conference’s Tennis Player of the Week.

The women’s tennis team hosts Grove City Tuesday for a PAC match. Start time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m

BrommerKlemash

Washington, Pennsylvania to really start the grumblings in the conference. The next week, however, Waynesburg couldn’t hold serve at home and lost to the Bison.

The Jackets missed out on a golden opportunity to pick up a game on everyone else in the conference, despite a loss from Thomas More ear-lier in the season. The Jack-ets could have used a big win at the end of the season and

some help to make it to the playoffs, but once again, evil triumphed good.

So at the end of the day, maybe Saturday wasn’t a new page in the chapter of the conference. But yet again, maybe it was. Only time can tell.

Additionally, there are plenty of intriguing match-ups this weekend. Saint Vin-cent will look to string back-to-back wins against Grove City, Thiel tries to get back on track at home against Case Western Reserve and

last, but certainly not least, Waynesburg will look to make up for last year's last-minute loss to Bethany on the road. Westminster will look to snap a three-game losing streak under first-year head coach Scott Ben-zel against PAC newcomer Carnegie Mellon.

But just like with all oth-er things, change happens rather slowly, and this might be one of those times where five years down the road, one can look back and say, “I saw this coming.”

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four of the six singles match-es with Klemash, Emily Mc-Donold, Ellen Limback, and Lauren Cowden all coming up triumphant.

The player who stood out in the singles matches was Limback. She is the only player left that is undefeated in conference play at 3-0, and she scored the Jackets’ lone point in the conference loss against Westminster. Limback defeated Estridge, despite not getting a read on her opponent during her doubles play.

“I didn’t play her in dou-bles, so I had no idea how she was going to play,” said Limback of her opponent. “I wasn’t really prepared for the way she played, because she did a lot of slicing and lob-bing. My strategy was to just hit to her backhand and see if I could just let her make the errors.”

Limback did just that,

and made Estridge make the critical errors. Estridge’s errors turned out to be huge for Limback in the tiebreaker set, which she won 7-4.

The minor adjustments Limback made helped her edge out the Saints’ freshman number-four player.

“When she started bring-ing me closer to the net with her slices and then lobbing

it over me, I knew I had to regroup and change the way I was playing,” said Lim-back. “I had to start hitting it around the court more, and also angle close to the net, and not hit so many deep shots, because she was hitting those wherever she wanted them.”

The short angles turned out to be the difference for

Limback in her victory.“[Limback] is coming

along and showing some tenacity,” said Christman. “She’s going to fight for every point and she is just playing better and better and better.”

Wayneburg travels to Marietta College in non-conference action Saturday. That match begins at 1 p.m. in Marietta, Ohio.

Tennis: Jackets improve to 7-2 on the season

and the guys have confidence in him back there.”

Daughtry characterized the victory after the game.

“It was a little bit of ev-erything, with the offense clicking and the ball on the other side of the field most of the time it makes it easier on me and the defense,” said Daughtry. “The defense did a very nice job in front of me as always and if the ball got through I made the saves.”

The difference in the game was shot efficiency. The Jack-ets were outshot 17-12; how-ever, they were three of six with their shots on net. The offense has been at its best the past two games, outscor-ing it opponents 8-2. After the Jackets lost two-straight matches, they had a team meeting.

“After our losses we had a

meeting as a unit to regroup and get on the same page,” said Heethuis. “Controlling the ball better and our spac-ing has a lot to do with the success on offense.”

Palucka also thought the meeting has been key to why the offense has been so good

“We had a meeting and needed to get our stuff to-gether,” said Palucka. “We need to start working the ball better, and trusting each other more and make every-thing happen.”

After a matchup with Baldwin Wallace on the road, the Jackets return to action Bluffton University at home Saturday. The time of that match has been changed and will now kick off follow-ing the women's game, which begins at noon.

The first conference match for the Jackets is Oct. 3, when they host Grove City at home at 8 p.m.

Continued from C1

Soccer: Men pick up second shutout of year

Volleyball loses home tri-matchBy LAUREN DRANE

For the Yellow Jacket

After Saturday’s losses against Geneva College and Grove City College, the Waynesburg volleyball team dropped to 4-13 on the sea-son and 1-3 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Waynesburg fell 3-0 to Geneva in the first match of the day. The Jackets lost 15-25 in their first and second sets. Right until the very end of the match, Waynesburg fought hard to compete with Geneva.

One thing head coach Stephanie Benkowski be-lieves the team can learn from during their game is playing as a team for the en-tire match. It was evident that the Jackets played hard for the first half of each set, but then faltered shortly after.

Junior Kourtney Skinner led the team in kills with nine. Junior Jessica Dorazio led the team in digs with 12, and freshman Delaney Den-niston led the team with 16 assists.

After a disappointing loss, Waynesburg’s emotions were very prominent in the first set against Grove City Col-lege. Frustrated, Waynesburg

made crucial errors within the first few points of the set, which foreshadowed how the rest of the match progressed.

Waynesburg lost the first set 25-13 as well as the sec-ond and third set 25-14.

Shannon Morgan led the team in kills with seven, Denniston led with 15 as-sists, and Dorazio led the team in digs with 13.

After many setbacks, it seems as if Waynesburg vol-leyball may finally get the break that it deserved. With the loss of their starting set-ter, Morgan Newbauer, Den-

niston has stepped up as the new setter. This freshman, which has seen very little playing time through the beginning of the season, is now a key component for the team.

“It’s a lot to go from a play-er that didn’t really get in at all, to one that never comes out,” said Denniston. “I’m just happy I get to play.”

Denniston realizes that with playing comes respon-sibility. “I’m still trying to learn all my jobs while on the court,” said Denniston. “It’s a big step. But with my

team and coaches pushing me, I think I will improve.” 

Benkowski seems very im-pressed with Denniston.

“She may have not been ready for this position, but she has stepped up and done a great job,” said Benkowski.

Although the loss of New-bauer brought a shock to the team, Benkowski believes in the team and is looking for-ward to the rest of the season.

“They are starting to mesh well together,” said Benkows-ki. “We are in an uphill battle, and in the end we will suc-ceed.”

Dillon Tierney, Yellow Jacket

In its first appearance at home this season, the volleyball team lost to Presidents' Athletic Conference foes Geneva and Grove City Saturday.

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Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Junior Rachel Wilson is now 5-3 this year in doubles play after earning an 8-5 win at second doubles alongside Ellen Limback against Thomas More.

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Week four football preview: BethanyBy CARSON FOX

Assistant Sports Editor

The Waynesburg Univer-sity football team has an-other day to prepare for its week four match up against a Bethany squad that defeated the Yellow Jackets on their home field a year ago 27-20. Both teams are coming off overtime victories against Presidents’ Athletic Confer-ence opponents, and both are 1-0 in PAC play. It is the Jackets’ first road game of the season, and it is their first night contest since Waynes-burg defeated Geneva 34-28 on Oct. 18, 2008. Here are a few storylines to follow when the team kicks off in Bethany, West Virginia at 7 p.m. Sat-urday.

Double Trouble

With the graduation of four-year starting quarter-back Matt Grimard, Bethany has turned over the reigns to sophomore Brian Vales. Through three games, the former Avonworth High School signal caller has com-pleted 59-of-80 attempts for 489 yards passing and four touchdowns, while throw-ing three interceptions last week against Westminster. In Bethany’s spread offensive attack, Vales leads the team in rushing with 148 yards and three touchdowns on 48 attempts. Bethany head

coach Bill Garvey said that each game Vales is learning something new and he has gained confidence after do-ing a good job of holding onto the ball and making good decisions.

“He’s def initely the guy we have to stop,” said Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas. “They have some athletes. They’ve got some dudes.”

Through three games, Bethany has managed to av-erage 145 yards rushing per game, with most of those yards coming from Vales, while the passing game has averaged 169 yards per game. That type of balance is a point of emphasis to Garvey.

“Obviously, we want to al-ways try and be as balanced as possible and do the things that you need to do to win a football game,” said Garvey. “We have different person-nel, most notably a different quarterback. As we get go-ing throughout our football games, we’ll find out what works and what does not.”

Under Pressure

Last week, the Yellow Jacket faithful witnessed se-nior quarterback Carter Hill swamped by pressure from the Geneva 3-5-3 blitzing defensive scheme and criti-cal plays negated by penal-ties against the offensive line.

This week, Waynesburg goes up against two of the elite de-fensive ends in the PAC in Bethany’s Naddim Raddar and Khallid Pierce. Raddar already has 29 total tackles, including nine for loss and six and a half sacks on the season, while Pierce has re-corded 14 total tackles, five and a half tackles for loss and one and a half sacks on the season.

“We have some schemes that coach [Matt Stansfield] and I are working on to neu-tralize their defensive front and their two defensive ends [Pierce] and [Raddar],” said Shepas. “We’re going to scheme for them, and we’re getting ready for their cover-ages right now.”

Included in Bethany’s stout defensive front is junior linebacker Larry Kapadehy-ea, who currently sits second in the PAC with 30 total tack-les, including four and a half tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles. Last week, junior defensive back Donavan Hayden earned his first start in a green and white uniform, and recorded 14 tackles (three and a half for loss), with one forced fumble and an interception.

“We expect consistency,” said Garvey. “The guys play with great energy and ran around really well. We ex-pect that same effort and the exact same focus week in and week out from those guys. If we’re going to put them in

good situations, they have to make plays for us.”

Ground and Pound

The Yellow Jackets’ of-fense once again found success in senior running back Jake Forsythe last week against Geneva, as the for-mer California University (Pennsylvania) Vulcan re-corded his second straight 100-yard rushing game and scored three touch-downs (two rushing and one receiving). With junior running back Jerry Law-man continuing to battle through an ankle injury, Shepas believes Forsythe is developing into a complete

back.“He’s running very well

right now,” said Shepas. “He’s blocking very well right now. He’s committed to that and he caught the ball out of the backfield.”

In addition to Forsythe, Waynesburg fans witnessed the resurgence of senior run-ning back Willie Leavell car-rying the football. The Ohio native recorded 91 yards on 14 carries against Geneva, and his ability to pick up big chunks of yardage against Geneva’s defense late in the game gave the offense a spark that it needed.

Added Motivation

Bethany was able to win

last year’s game at John F. Wi-ley Stadium thanks to a 68-yard touchdown pass from Grimard to wide receiver Eric Blinn, who returns for his junior campaign and al-ready holds the conference lead for receptions (24) for 246 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

Both teams are 2-2 against each other in the last four years, with three of those games coming down to one score. Garvey expects Waynesburg to be ready for the contest, since the Jackets have had an entire year to dissect the critical plays that led to Bethany’s victory.

“It’s been a really good ri-valry,” said Garvey. “It’s be-come more developed since we’ve become more competi-tive. Early on when I first got here, it wasn’t. We weren’t competing with anybody. But we’ve become a much better football team. This game versus Waynesburg has been a pretty good battle for the last four years or so.”

Rather than looking for revenge against the Bison, Shepas believes that the team is solely focused on improv-ing across the board, which includes offense, defense, the kicking game, personnel and the game plan.

“We won’t be overemo-tional,” said Shepas. “We have things that we want to improve on. We shot our-selves in the foot last year.”

By ALFONSO FERRARIFor the Yellow Jacket

Special teams are often overlooked in the grand scheme of a football game. Kickers and punters are not always household names. Holders and long snappers are often not the position as-sociated with glory. They get all of the criticism when they miss the game winning field goal, while extra points and even some field goals some-times go unnoticed.

Junior Scott Lewis has had his fair share of criticism this season. In week one against Muskingum, Lewis missed two extra points. Following the game head coach Rick Shepas elected to provide Lewis with a new holder, se-nior quarterback Carter Hill.

The change seemed to pay off in week two as Lewis went five-for-five on extra point opportunities.

However, problems resur-faced this past week against Geneva. Following Waynes-burg’s first touchdown Lewis saw his extra point attempt clank off the left post. The missed extra point not only left Waynesburg trailing 7-6, but Waynesburg was forced to attempt a 2-point conver-sion later in the game to ex-tend its lead to seven.

Then, with seven sec-onds on the game clock and Waynesburg on the 15-yard line, Lewis was sent onto the field to win the game

for the Yellow Jackets with a 32-yard field goal. Earlier in the game, Lewis made a 41-yard field goal for his first as a member of the varsity football team. However, the closer distance did not yield the same results as Lewis’ kick went wide left. Geneva head coach Geno DeMarco decided to call not one, but two timeouts right before Lewis could get the kick away.

“I think I closed my eyes,” Lewis said. “Last year I kicked a 40-yard game win-ner in the JV game against Washington & Jefferson, so I had been there before. I hon-estly thought they could only ice me once.”

“He needs to grow in field goal opportunities.” Shepas said. “He was 50-50 in field goal opportunities, one of which was big, which helped us win the game.”

Shepas has been adamant this season about what he cares most about in the kick-ing game.

“I’m most concerned about opponent’s starting field position,” said Shepas. “His kickoffs to me are the most important thing. It shouldn’t be an assumption, but with the goal posts being that wide on an extra point I shouldn’t be worried about extra points.”

Shepas’ goal is to pin the opponent deep in its own end.

“We spent two years with

the ball on the 38 [yard line], which is 20 yards different than inside the 20.” Shepas said. “That’s significant; that changes the whole play call. It changes the whole philoso-phy of aggressiveness with the coordinators and the play call.”

Lewis finds it easier to forget about the misses if he is able to help out with determining opponent field position.

“If I go out there and crush a kickoff I forget about it right away,” Lewis said. “Kickoffs are huge, and placing the ball and moving the ball downfield to set our defense up.”

Shepas does not believe the misses will affect his kick-ers confidence either.

“It would if he didn’t know the way we’re handling it,” Shepas said. “I told [Lewis], those are his points. We’re going to respond the way we need to respond either in the play call or in other things.”

It also helps Lewis to see other areas of special teams able to bail him out of trou-ble, which is exactly what se-nior Mitch Vacek’s blocked field goal in overtime did.

“That was huge,” Lewis said. “I didn’t want to be the guy that said ‘we missed the field goal, went to overtime and lost.’ I wanted to be the guy to say, ‘we missed the field goal, and regardless of if we made it or missed it we still won the game.’”

Special teams play shaky for Jackets

the first quarter. You guys are looking at the end result of score. We’re looking at sev-eral long drives where we possess the ball for six, seven, eight minutes,” said Shepas. “We’ve already affected the momentum of the game. We’re already establishing the game that we’re pound-ing them [on the ground].”

Geneva put the first points on the board by scoring a touchdown on its first play from scrimmage.

Senior wide receiver Josh Guiser was able to break what seemed to be a for sure tackle en route to a 68-yard touchdown reception from freshman quarterback Aaron Channing.

“I rolled over on top of the defender. I was able to get my hand down to keep my bal-ance,”

said Guiser. “I knew I could just keep running, and made it all the way in.”

The Yellow Jackets out-scored Geneva 13-7 in the second quarter to trail 14-13 at halftime. Waynesburg junior running back Jake Forsythe scored both of Waynesburg’s touchdowns,

while Geneva junior wide re-ceiver Lemuel Fuller scored via a 64-yard touchdown reception. The reason the Jackets trailed by one at half was because Lewis missed an extra point after the first Waynesburg score.

The second half was filled with offensive excitement by both teams. Both Lewis and Geneva junior kicker Mike Gardner drained field goals of 40-plus yards.

Both teams also scored two touchdowns – including Forsythe’s third touchdown run, followed by a two-point conversion reception by se-

nior wide receiver Bernie Thompson – to even the score at 31.

Shepas sees that the hard work Forsythe is putting in is paying off.

“He’s running very well right now; He’s blocking very well right now,” said Shepas. “He wants do well. He’s com-mitted to that.”’

Geneva head coach Geno DeMarco had a primary rea-son why Waynesburg came out on top.

“The difference in the game was their ability to run the ball, and our inability to run the ball,” said DeMarco.

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Football: Another close win for WUContinued from C1

Jenny Schouppe, Yellow Jacket

After two first-half interceptions, Carter Hill finished the day with 301 yards passing and four touchdowns.

pete.”Hardie also claims that

Keany isn’t the only runner who should get attention, senior Ben McAuley is right around with Keany during practices as well as other se-nior Luke Feldner.

“All these guys run well,” said Hardie. “They make it competitive, which helps us as a whole.”

Going into the race, Keany felt rather confident when it came time to run.

“I knew there was some top of the line talent in this race,” said Keany. “My goal was to stay close to the front of the pack and help that get me through the race.”

After two successful rac-es to start the year, Hardie

knows that he wants his team to represent themselves well and continue to work hard, even when faced with tough competition.

“We are in a sport that doesn’t attract a lot of press,” states Hardie.

“Our job as a team is to stay consistent. We have a program that went from finishing seventh in the conference to third or bet-ter consistently. Our job is to compete and represent the university to the best of our abilities.”

The men’s cross-country team is back in action on Saturday for the NCAA Di-vision III Pre-Nationals in Mason, Ohio. Start time for the event has yet to be de-termined.

Following the NCAA Di-vision III Pre-Nationals Sat-

urday, the cross country team will participate as a unit at the Waynesburg Homecom-ing 5k, which is not a com-petitive event. on Oct. 11.

The Jackets return to com-petitive racing Oct. 18 when they travel to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to participate in the Gettysburg Invita-tional.

The big race for Waynes-burg is Nov. 1 when it par-ticipates in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Cham-pionships, which will be held at Bethany, West Virginia this year.

For those who qualify, the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals will be held Nov. 15. The race will be held at the same course the Jackets ran Saturday at the Dickin-son Long-Short Invitational in Newville, Pennsylvania.

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Rock cello group displays original work for the universityBy MATTHEW SHINKLE For the Yellow Jacket

On Thursday, Sept. 18, to a nearly packed crowd at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center, Cello Fury per-formed more than 15 songs for Waynesburg University students.

The show lasted more than two hours, and they played songs from both their al-bums, the first self-titled, “Cello Fury” and the second titled, “Symphony of Shad-ows.”

The type of music the band performed was unlike any-thing the audience had ever experienced before. The cel-los were hooked up to basses to enhance the sound and get more of a rock and roll feel from the performance. Nicole Myers, Simon Cum-mings, and Ben Munoz, who all met in college at Carn-egie Mellon University and Duquesne University, were the cello players, while Da-vid Throckmorton played drums.

Myers stated before the

show that the music they play is “all original.” Music lovers of any kind could find some comfort in at least one aspect of their performance, from the soft cello music to the rhythmic beat of the drums in the background.

A classic example of their music style was exemplified in the third song of their

playlist, “Going Against All Odds.”

It started off slow, with each cellist playing in perfect harmony with one another; everything you would expect from a cello concert. Match-ing Cello Fury’s rhythm, the drums then started to come in, also starting slow. By the end of the song, the drum-

mer was beating away and the cellists were no longer sitting, but standing and rocking their heads back and forth, their hair whipping to the beat as well.

Two songs later, they played Pins and Needles, fea-turing only the three cellos playing without their bows and, instead, with their fin-

gertips. Before coming to Waynes-

burg, Cello Fury was most recently in Alaska for a tour that lasted a week and a half.

They have performed in over 25 states as well as abroad, totaling over 100 live shows each year.

As an independent and self-managed band, Cello

Fury has created a com-pletely new and different genre of music and has been able to also share their gifts with a majority of the world without the need for other management. They have collaborated with numerous other bands, songwriters and composers in creating new music.

Tyler Wolfe, Yellow Jacket

Rock group Cello Fury (above) performed for Waynesburg University on Sept. 18 after holding master class sessions for students on the day before. Cellist and group member Nicole Myers (left) emphasized that the music they play is "all original."

Fine Arts supports Cancer Society

By REBECCA BURCHAMCopy Editor

On Sept. 27, Waynesburg University will play host to a variety show event, orga-nized by several American Cancer Society board mem-bers of Greene County.

Nelson Fox, an adjunct lecturer in music at Waynes-burg University since 2002, formed the initial idea for the variety show. He hopes that the success of the University’s annual Relay for Life events, which are also sponsored by ACS, will carry over to the variety show, which will raise money for the same cause.

“It’s the first time we’ve done [this],” said Fox. “We’re calling it ‘Evening of Enter-tainment,’ and the proceeds from the ads that we get for the program and the ticket sales will go directly to the American Cancer Society.”

“We hope it’s a fun eve-ning,” said Fox. “It’ll be a two hour program, may a little over.”

There will be a variety of acts throughout the eve-ning, including an opening act performance from the university’s own West Coast Swing club, Sting Swing. Fox believes the range of the performers’ talents will be a positive factor.

“It’s mostly people right here in the community,” said Fox in regard to those performing in the show. “We have everything from Pro-fessor Faith Musco’s Western Swing [dance club], to a vio-linist, to singers and guitar players, to a piano duet.”

“We’re trying to make it as diverse as possible,” he add-ed. “I don’t claim it’s going to be super-educational or anything, but anybody who likes music in particular [will enjoy it].”

Fox also said he is particu-larly excited to see the per-formance of Sting Swing in the show. The participation of 12 members of the univer-sity’s swing dance club came out of the blue, according to Fox. He met Musco at the university picnic in late Au-gust, and they began talking about the West Coast Swing dance club she advised on campus. Fox said he was very interested in what the orga-nization did, and Musco of-fered to have several students from Sting Swing participate in the show.

In addition to the various acts, a Chinese auction will be held at the halfway point

of the show. People can buy raffle tickets and place them in front of gift baskets from different sponsors — mainly local Waynesburg businesses — which will then be raffled off.

The show is open to the community and will take place at 7 p.m. in the Good-win Performing Arts Cen-ter. Fox added the university gave the use of the GPAC as a venue at no cost, which was very appreciated by the board members coordinating the show.

Regular admission cost is $10 for adults and $5 for chil-dren 12 and under. Waynes-burg University students will only be charged a $5 admis-sion as well.

According to Fox, the per-formers in the show were all openly invited to participate, either by personal invita-tion — like Musco and Sting Swing — or through exten-sive advertising the show’s coordinators have generated.

“I guess this was my idea to start with, but we had dif-ferent people helping, and I couldn’t have done [the show] without them,” said Fox.

Several members of the board of directors for the American Cancer Society of Greene County assisted Fox in the coordination of the show: Melody Longstreth, the executive director at Waynesburg Area Chamber of Commerce; Jay Hammers, the president and owner of Rhodes & Hammers Print-ing, Inc. — which provided complimentary printing of ads for the event; Carol Young, a retired Waynesburg University nurse; and Rick Headlee, a store manager at Rite Aid Pharmacy.

Fox said other individuals were submitting advertise-ments to meet print dead-lines in local newspapers.

“Hopefully, with all this publicity [in] the local news-paper we have a full house,” Fox said. “Not only to make more money, but from a performer’s standpoint, it’s always good not to see a lot of empty seats.”

He also said since Waynes-burg is a small town, the show might give people a chance to get out and experi-ence a new style of entertain-ment, as well as give students a welcome Saturday break.

“Everybody deserves, es-pecially on the weekends, to not be heavy into the books,” he said.

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Waynesburg takes on Fort Necessity

By MARISSA KRALLFor the Yellow Jacket

The History Club will be taking a trip to Fort Necessity National Park and Battlefield Sept. 27, the group’s first trip as a recognized club, accord-ing to Michael Murton, His-tory Club president.

“I hope this will set a prec-edent for further trips,” Mur-ton said.

Murton, along with fellow sophomore Vincent Wise, started the club in the spring of 2014.

“[The History Club] does

a variety of things that are fun, educational and ca-reer advancing,” said Karen Younger, assistant professor of history. “The group hopes to learn the history of the historic site and at the same time experience firsthand how history is interpreted for public consumption.”

After the trip, Murton would like everyone going to come back with a better understanding of the French and Indian War.

The trip is open to all students regardless of their major.

“Our goal is to promote history to non-history ma-jors,” said Wise, the vice pres-ident of the History Club. “It is very beautiful up there. It’s important for people to get out and experience some of Western Pennsylvania’s his-

tory.”The group will enjoy the

Visitor’s Center and Mu-seum, the Fort, the location of the first shots fired of the French and Indian War, Washington’s Tavern and Braddock’s Grave and Trail. The cost is $7.

“The group is taking ad-vantage of the fact that on Saturday, Sept. 27, entry to all U.S. National Parks is free,” said Younger.

According to the National Park Service website, the bat-tle at Fort Necessity was the first major historical event in George Washington’s mili-tary career. It marked the one and only time Washington surrendered his army to an enemy.

“Washington’s first experi-ence was a defeat; that is a major historical deal,” said

Murton.The group will be provided

with a tour guide to explain all there is to know about Fort Necessity.

The trip is offered to all students of any major to come along and see what Fort Necessity is about.

Additionally, the History Club has a movie meeting ev-ery month where a historical film is shown.

The History Club also helps out around the college and community.

The club recently served at the Greene County His-torical Society by helping to catalog its vast history, ac-cording to Younger.

For more information about the trip and the His-tory Club, contact Vincent Wise at wis8610@student.waynesburg.edu.

Newly formed History Club leads trip for all students

Singers, students ready for competitionBy MITCHELL KENDRAFor the Yellow Jacket

The start of the 10th an-nual Waynesburg Idol com-petition has been creeping up slowly over the last couple of weeks, but the day is finally here.

On Friday, Sept. 26, the students who have been pre-paring their musical talents since the two days of audi-tions, Sept. 15 and 16, will have the opportunity to dis-play their knack for singing and performing.

Students were moved on in the competition based on the decision of four judges. The judges chose competi-tors based not only on their singing ability, but also on their confidence and whether or not they were enjoyable to watch.

During the auditions, the judges voted to either move the contestant on to the first round or to bring them back for a second chance so that they could fix details of their performance.

This time, however, the contests that don’t make it to the second round will be watching the rest of the com-petition from the audience.

Since some of the students that made it through the auditions to the first round are upperclassmen, these students will have the op-portunity to improve their performance from last year.

Students such as junior Renee Watts and sophomore Claudia Walakovits have ex-perience in Waynesburg Idol,

while freshmen Sarah Flow-ers and Adam Kirasic will be first time contestants.

Although the age and ex-perience differences among the performers could play into the competition, the best part about an opportunity such as Waynesburg Idol is

that it's anyone's game.The final winner could be

a senior who did well last year, or a freshman who isn’t known by many people could come in and take all of the competition down without anyone expecting them to win.

Starting at 8:00 p.m., ev-ery seat in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center will be filled as the competition begins. The crowd will be clapping as their fellow stu-dents sing their heart out for a chance at campus-wide glory and a $200 prize.

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Students concentrate on multiple boards in an effort to win Grocery Bingo on Saturday, Sept. 20. Each time "Bingo" was called, the winner received grocery items, and the grand prize was a coffee maker.

SAB offers cultural, educational trip to downtown Pittsburgh

Waiting for a stroke of luck

By MATT KOLLEditorial Assistant

The Student Activities Board (SAB) is providing an opportunity to leave campus and explore the city of Pitts-burgh for a mere $10 at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

In what was originally planned as just a day to get off campus and go to Pitts-burgh, the trip has since been redefined and includes plenty of experiences.

“Originally we were just going to wing it and spend the day in Pittsburgh,” said Pat Bristor, associate dean of students. “We wanted to visit a museum, and after talking with [assistant professor of art] Andrew Heisey and Laurie Steere, we solidified a schedule and decided to go to the Carnegie Museum of Art.”

While there, the students will be able to explore the museum for about four hours before heading over to Lulu’s Noodles, an Asian restaurant located in the city.

After eating, the students will visit Station Square and ride on the historic incline to observe the view of the city atop Mt. Washington.

“There’s so many wonder-ful opportunities for students in Pittsburgh,” said Bristor. “So rather than just doing one thing, we want to give students multiple activities to give them the best trip possible.”

Senior digital design and public relations major Mi-chelle Dunseath believes the trip is a bargain for what the students will experience.

“There’s so many oppor-tunities to get off campus, but this seemed the most in-teresting to me,” said Dun-seath. “It’s nice to be able to experience the culture in Pittsburgh, and the price is really low for what you are

getting as well. Its only $10 for everything, and the price of admission alone into the Carnegie Museum of Art is over $10, so it’s really nice to receive opportunities like this to go to places through Student Services.”

Bristor thinks that this trip may provide a new and unique cultural experience for students,

“Some of our students have never been to Pitts-burgh, and have never even been to a city,” said Bristor. “The visit to the museum will be a great cultural experience and will only be enhanced by having [Heisey] with them. I think just general fellowship with each other and expe-riencing a meal together at an ethnic restaurant will be beneficial as well.”

As a digital design major, Dunseath views the trip as an opportunity to gain ideas and learn from the art displayed at the museum.

“Just being able to learn something new within design will be great,” said Dunseath. “I do a lot a lot of things on a computer, but being able to experience physical products and different types of art will really inspire me to be able to create something new.”

Bristor believes it is vital to continue to bring trips like these to students via Student Activities Board to provide something for everyone on campus.

“We recognize that we have students from all over the United States as well as a few international students,” Bristor said. “ We realize that not everyone can leave on the weekends, so we try provide things on campus as well as off campus throughout the semester on the weekends for everyone, especially those who don’t have the oppor-tunity to go home on the weekend.”

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LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

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T H E B A C K P A G E

Miss AmericaMiss America was established in 1921 and has been an ongoing tradition since then. That’s 93 years of America holding a pageant for women between the ages of 17-24. So, what is the big deal about winning this title and why have we pursued the tradition for such a long period of time? "Miss America represents the highest ideals. She is a real combination of

American Girl might well emulate. "Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce President Frederick Hickman spoke these words more than 75 years ago and they are still the foundation of the pageant today. Miss America is portrayed as a leader, role model and spokesperson.

Upon winning the crown the winner of the pageant has many responsibilities that people may not be aware of. Today, Miss America travels around 20,000 miles a month, which means that she changes her location every 18 to 36 hours. She tours the nation to reach out to communities, support her ideals and is committed to helping others through her particular campaign interests. Included with a year of travel

Miss America also receives a scholarship that goes toward funding her higher education among colleges or graduate schools depending on the

The contest did not always have this nature, it all began back in 1921 and was originally title the “Inter-City-Beauty Contest.” The event was judged in the afternoon of September 14 in Atlantic City, which is the same date and

was personality. Personality held a large role in voting as the public wanted to make sure that they knew the entrant as much as they could before she received their vote. Personality is still viewed as important in today’s pageants but is not the sole determinate of the winner. The contest was an immediate hit among the people and has obviously stuck around as one of America’s annual traditions. Here’s a peek into the past of some of the winners who stole America’s heart.

1921Margaret GormanIn the primary year of the pageant, Margaret Gorman's picture was one of approximately 1,000 photos entered into a popularity contest held by

Washington, D. C." The prize for the winner was a trip to the Second Annual Atlantic City Pageant as an honored guest. Margaret moved onward to the pageant we now know as Miss America and won. She received an amateur prize, the Watkins Trophy, and after much celebration she decided to head back to high school. Since both titles she won in 1921 were a little awkward ("Inter-City Beauty, Amateur" and "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America"), it was decided to call her "Miss America". She is the only Miss America to receive a crown at the conclusion of her year.

1944Venus Ramey

a relative who fought in the Revolutionary War; a grandfather who was the Kentucky State Senator and her father followed the political path of his father by becoming the Kentucky State Representative in 1934. Venus was brought up around a public and political lifestyle creating a destiny for her that seemed apparent; Venus had a strong passion for public service within the United States political system. Her passion started at a young age as she served as a page in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Venus decided to leave her home in Kentucky to work

entered and won the Miss Washington D. C. title. With her dancing,

photographed in color.

2015 Kira KazantsevKira is from Manhattan, New York and is 22 year-old. Her main issue when contesting for Miss America was protecting women against domestic violence. She is looking to obtain a Jutris Doctorate and a master’s degree in business administration. For her talent she sang “Happy” by Pharrell Williams while tapping along a cup inspired by the movie Pitch Perfect. Kira ultimately wants to pursue a career in International Diplomacy.

1989Gretchen CarlsonGretchen graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1990 with a self-designed degree in Organizational Behavior. She also studied at Oxford University in England. Gretchen shared a passion for music as she started playing violin when she was six years old. Gretchen also studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Julliard School of Music in New York City, and

Gretchen did not end up pursuing a career in music but rather holds an extensive career as a television journalist. She currently co-hosts the #1

Fox News Channel. She also appears regularly on The O'Reilly Factor. Gretchen's broadcasting awards and honors include the National American Women in Radio and Television Awards for her 30-part series on Domestic Violence, and for her "Day Care Investigation" in 1997. She also received two Emmy Awards.

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