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Greene County continues to address the national opioid epidemic.

President Trump agrees to reopen the government.

Jewish student opens up about managing her faith on a Christian campus.

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GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RANKINGS

University ranked Paul R. Stewart Museum receives grant as a ‘Best for the Money’ institution ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

Waynesburg University was recently ranked as a “Best for the Money” school by College Factual.

Ranked as No. 2 in the state and No. 20 out of the 1,510 total schools considered, Waynesburg placed in the top 5 percent nationwide.

The data collected comes from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems, a database the federal

government puts the information into. The information comes from the Student Loan Program.

For Shari Payne, vice president for enroll ment, these rankings are a good way to measure Waynesburg against other schools.

She said it’s a comparison that could allow prospective students to fairly compare the cost and benefits of attending certain universities.

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Board of Trustees member creates new scholarship MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor

A member of the Waynesburg University Board of Trustees has recently created a schola r s h i p fo r u n i ve r s i t y students. John D. Woodw a r d , a Wa y n e s b u r g trustee, has created the Woodward Family Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Woodward’s goal for the scholarship is to honor his parents who spent their lives residing in the

Charleroi area.

“My late father, my mother and I were all educated in the Charleroi Area public schools,” Woodward said in a statement. “I wanted to honor my parents enabling a Charleroi student to attain a first-rate education.

A scholarship to Waynesburg University was the natural choice in light of its core values of faith, learning and service.”

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The new grant from the National Endowment for the Humanties will go towards preserving artifacts like this bust of Dr. Paul R. Stewart, which currently resides in the museum.

$6,000 grant to provide archival tools for future generations MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

Waynesburg University has recently received a $6,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Paul R. Stewart Museum. Specifically, this grant will go toward the museum’s archival collection, pertaining to the history of the university.

“This portion of the archival collection is vital to TRUSTEE >> A3 Waynesburg University’s

“...it is important that we honor our history, our story and our heritage by continuing to preserve this collection.”

COURTNEY DENNIS

Associate Director, Paul R. Stewart Museum

institutional identity and memory, so it is important that we honor our history, our story and our heritage by continuing to preserve

this collection,” said Courtney Dennis, associate director of the Paul R. Stewart Museum.

Dennis originally ap-

plied for the grant in April 2018. According to Dennis, the application included a variety of details, such as plans for what project the fund would support, details on the size and contents of the university’s humanities collections, the nature and mission of the institution, a project timeline, a project budget and more.

S p e c i f i c a l l y, D e n nis said the grant, titled, GRANT >> A3

SAB executive staff unpaid due to tuition-based funding GRACE HUTCHISON

Senate allotted $2,500 for clubs in financial need

Arts & Life Editor

Mary Beth Cocchi, a senior nursing major, will be the first to tell you she doesn’t have much time.

Her weekdays are usually hodgepodges of classes, her job, homework, attending university events, acting in her position as president of the Student Activities Board, waking up and doing it all over again.

SAB and her various responsibilities within the organization scatter her to-do list. Even in her limited free time, Cocchi’s mind is pondering her role in SAB. “I do think about it a lot. There are even weekends that I am thinking of all the things that I need to do [for SAB],” Cocchi said.

Several hours of planning, thought and work go into each event hosted

by SAB. And the executive staff is completely unpaid.

For all four of her years working for SAB, Cocchi

GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket

Part of the discrepencies associated with members of the executive staff of SAB is that members of other organizations on campus, like the student senate, are paid. has earned a total stipend of zero from the university.

“Sometimes I am like ‘yeah, I am doing a lot of work and not really being paid for it,’” Cocchi said.

The reason for this lack

of pay is due to SAB’s unique method of funding. Most organizations on campus are allocated a certain amount by administration varying upon their need, activity level and size.

SAB, however, receives the financial ability to produce student events through the university fee of $550 listed on each student’s tuition bill.

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T h e Way n e s b u r g University student senate is annually allotted a fund of $2,500 from administration to be distributed to organizations on campus that are in need of financial contributions, says T.J. DeNofrio, junior pre-law student and president of student senate.

These requests for f inancial assistance from the senate’s fund must have proper reasoning to receive allocations, and present how the contributions will assist the organization in benef itting

the campus, communi ty or preferably a combination of both, DeNofrio said.

At their latest meeting, senate members agreed to allocate a portion of this fund to members of the English department planning to present at a career conference.

Though the fund is intended for organizations in need, DeNofrio asks that it be reserved o n ly a f t e r a l l o t h e r methods of raising revenue are exhausted.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Professor adresses impact of road salt on the environment MALARIE YODER For The Yellow Jacket

Many Pennsylvania residents conform to the lingering winter months only thinking about the effect it has on them. Throughout the winters, road salt is placed on the ground to help prevent, melt or eliminate the snow and ice. Many are thankful for this substance because it appears to be an immediate benefit for them, but what many do not know is that road salt can cause a myriad of environmental issues.

Dr. Wayne Rossiter, assistant professor in biology at Waynesburg University, studies marine ecosystems and more.

He said there should be a concern about the impact road salt has on the environment.

“There are several good studies from at least 2002, suggesting that yes, there are real concerns,” said Rossiter. “Mostly because of the sheer amount [of road salt] we are using on the road each year has increased dramatically.”

Road salt is being used more and more each year, since its introduction to the roads and surfaces many years ago.In fact, statistics show the amount has increased dramatically, Rossiter said.

“I believe if you go back to the year 1940, or so, road construction was not as intense; we didn’t have as many roadways as we do, or as much traffic. The

Malrarie Yoder, The Yellow Jacket

The road salt used every winter to melt snow and ice can not only cause damage to the ground, but also the air needed by by both plants and animals. estimate is that we used maybe 500,000 tons of salt that year for the entire country; we used 22 million tons last year.”

With road construction increasing and new roads being built everyday, the negative result is more than many realize or consider.

Rossiter said studies

vary in the numbers they report, but around 40 to 55 percent of the salt we put on roads, end up in our waterways and groundwater.

“Essentially if you think of the 22 million tons, that would be basically each American citizen dumping 130 pounds of salt into the water,” Rossiter said.

Terrestrial environments (or earthly environments such as plants) thrive around water sources, highways, and all around us. Rossiter explains that when salt is sprayed on our roads, either from the first release or when the snow and ice melts and evaporates, the salt substance becomes an

aerosol. This substance is released in the air for what may seem a small distance, but Rossiter said that this aerosol can reach up to ten meters and beyond not only causing harm to ground environment, but negatively impacting clean air needed to survive by both plants and animals.

“It has caused burn,

chloride burn, onto plants,” Rossiter said. “Additionally many animals that find homes in Pennsylvania can be impacted too….and what is worse is the crystal form is very attractive to mammals, deer, squirrel and other things.

Even birds will occasionally eat it, so it is not just mammals. This can cause all sorts of physiological problems for them, even death.”

To further understand the effect on ground water or air, it is important to know the Environmental Protection Act does regulate levels of chloride in the water and has shared noticeable concern.

Rossiter explains, “The thing we are concerned with all the reforms of chloride, like magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, or calcium chloride, all of those when they hit water, they are broken into ions.

Those things will throw the physiology of invertebrates out of whack.”

Despite the environmental dangers rock salt poses, it will still be used due to the positive impacts for human safety. We do not need to just stop using it, Rossiter said.

“A major thing is in terms of application. You want to salt before the storm hits, so you get a brine layer before the snow layer. That stops the ice from forming in the first place Then you don’t use as much salt as you would to get through ice once it forms.”

Girvin returns from studying abroad WU campus ministry focuses on community RACHEL PELLEGRINO For The Yellow Jacket

Studying abroad was a must for Chelsey Girvin, a junior biology and premed major. She said that she has been planning her trip to Australia since freshman year.

Last semester, she made it to her destination and the planning paid off.

Girvin spent four months studying, touring and getting acquainted to Australia’s different culture.

She said that she wanted to study abroad in Australia because of her major.

“Ever since I was younger, I always liked the Irwins. My mom used to say that I always watched their shows as a kid and him being so involved with it [animal conservation], kind of got me interested in it,” Girvin said. “With Australia having the different animal life than what we do it absolutely fascinated me.”

The classes she took in Australia included the View from Australia, Australian Indigenous Worldviews, Economics, and Calculus.

“It didn’t seem like much, only taking the four classes, but we did so much in the classes that it was insane," Girvin said. "The classes there are three hours at a time, one day a week.”

Girvin said that in the Australian Indigenous Worldviews class they went to Aboriginal tribes and would involve themselves in their culture.

Then, in the View from Australia class she said that that she studied how Americans can relate to the culture in Australia and was given a service placement.

Girvin also said that for her service placement for the View from Australia Class she, “volunteered with Campbell's club, which helped with disabled people get back in the community.”

She also helped with Red Frogs, which is a program ran through a church where students can go to

EMMA HERRLE For The Yellow Jacket

Photos courtesy of Chelsey Girvin

Chelsey Girvin, a junior biology and pre-med major had the chance to experience what life is like for a college student in Australia. She also had the opportunity to study different cultures and how Americans can relate. events that college kids are at and can help them.

Besides classes and volunteering, Girvin took time to immerse herself into the Australian culture and traveled around the country.

“I really enjoyed it (the culture)...I found it super interesting because here we always look at Australia like it’s the U.S. but it's really not,” Girvin said.

“I think that studying abroad opens students up to new experiences," said Sarah Bell, coordinator of the Study Abroad Program at Waynesburg University.

"Obviously, Waynesburg, PA is pretty small, and the world is very large. And I think that sometimes it takes really stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something like studying abroad to open your eyes to the world and what’s going on.”

Bell described the Study Abroad Program at Waynesburg as “growing.”

"A lot of things have changed in the last year.," Bell said. "We have more than tripled the number of study abroad destcinations that our students have to choose from and we have established partnerships with different partners for both study abroad and for

domestic study.”

Girvin concluded by saying studying abroad changed her entire outlook on life.

“I realized there's a lot more to life," she said.

"When you actually venture out of your comfort zone and see it you realize that there's so many possibilities to things that you can do.”

Friday, Jan. 18, several students gathered at 366 N. Richhill Street and raised their voices in song and praise, tightly compacted onto the carpet and couches of a living room.

With what started as a group of students getting together to worship, sophomore students Clay Bauer, Olli Choi and Sarah Long have brought their music to the community.

All three are members of Upper Room, which is held in Roberts Chapel on Sunday nights, and are carrying the song in their hearts from the stage and through the doors of campus houses.

“We have instruments.

We have voices. Let’s use them to bring people together,” Bauer said. “We would like to encourage that this is something we can all do. Gather some friends and worship the Lord.”

Bauer, Long and Choi made their debut performing together at the Redemption Stories Coffeehouse in the Beehive last December. They created a band which goes by the name, “Come Alive,” and began sharing their worship on social media with students and the community.

Long said that through their efforts, they really want to emphasize humility.

“One thing we hope, and one thing we really have been praying about is that people don’t really associate worship night with us,” Long said.

Instead of putting themselves in the spotlight, Bauer said the group wants to encourage that anyone could lead an event like this, and they are open to all other input.

“It’s crazy how God can take things that may have

originally been completely unintended and grow it into something great,” Bauer said.

Each get-together leaves impacts far and wide. Their first official worship night took place last semester on 376 N. Richhill Street and Long said “everyone loved it.”

Impacts have even

“It's crazy how God can take things that may have originally been unintended and grow it into something great. ” CLAY BAUER

Come Alive band member

reached beyond the borders of Waynesburg University to other young adults such as prospective student Alexander Carlson. Carlson is a 19-yearold graduate of Chartier’s Valley High School and has made his visits to Waynesburg University through friends who are enrolled on campus.

Carlson said his first few visits at Upper Room and attendance at the worship night Jan. 18 left him with a more introspective view of his faith.

“I never really thought I was able to have an intimate and passionate relationship with Christ, and I realized it was something I want to strive for,” Carlson said.

The three students hope to make this a regular event while still maintaining its spontaneity. They are hoping to hold events like this roughly once a month, however, their schedule is also determined by the willingness of others to offer them the housing space.

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‘BIG Dream Gathering’ invites students to chase dreams EDDIE BOICE Copy Desk Chief

The next installment in the Crosby Lecture Series, entitled “The BIG Dream Gathering”, will be held in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, and will feature best-selling author Mitch Matthews Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

The gathering is a conference to bring together people with dreams and make those dreams a reality.

Genna Steele, academic project coordinator, said the event is one way Waynesburg is trying to aid students, faculty and community members in f inding their vocation and calling. “ We re a l l y wa nt t o help students make their dreams come true and to really take that time and think about them,” Steele said. “That is what Mitch [Matthews] is going to help facilitate; think about what those things are that you want to do.”

The gathering will begin with an inspirational lecture by Matthews,

SAB Continued from A1 Of the select most active organizations on campus, SAB is one of the only to have unpaid executive staff. Students on the Media Board and members of the executive board of student senate, who meet regularly and are led by President T.J DeNofrio, do receive a semesterly stipend. “ The reason we get p a i d i s b e c a u s e , yo u know, as I am doing [this] right now I have to sacrifice large chunks of my time to make sure that

Trustee Continued from A1 The recipient of the 2018-2019 Woodward Family Scholarship is Tegan Payne, a freshman nursing major “I am absolutely honored to receive such a generous scholarship f r o m t h e Wo o d w a r d family,” Payne said. “ It’s a great help and I’m very thankful for the Wood-

Ranking Continued from A1 “It’s an apple-toapple comparison, so you know when they’re comparing one school to another they are using similar data,” Payne s a i d . “ It ’s n o t w h e r e institutions get to pick what they report or how they report. We all have to report the same data.”

The information is public and students can f i n d t h e i n f o r m at i o n on nces.ed.gov/ipeds or collegescorecard. e d . g o v, w h i c h s h ow s the comparisons of schools.

There are some rankings organizations that will send out surveys, b u t C o l l e g e Fa c t u a l strictly uses their collected data and doesn’t contact the school until announcing schools’ rankings.

U.S. News and Reports also includes peer rankings that allow peers to evaluate other universities, but not their own.

Photo courtesy of Lindsey Palmer

Best-selling author Mitch Matthews, pictured above, will come to Waynesburg University's campus Feb. 12 to host the BIG Dream Gathering, an event he created to allow people to reach their full potential with the help of others. who is also the creator of the podcast “DREAM. THINK.DO.” Additionally, Matthews wrote “Dream Job: Redefined,” last year.

Steele said Matthews knows how to get people inspired and excited to chase after their dreams.

“He is very dynamic.

He really gets excitement

in you, can really pump you up,” Steele said. “As soon as he gets on the phone, it's like all this excitement is in the room, so I cannot imagine when I see him in person and he gets this whole auditorium excited and start thinking.”

Attendees will receive

s l i p s of p a p e r ca l l ed dream sheets for them to write out their aspirations and post them all around Marisa Fieldhouse. The attendees will then look at each other’s dreams and write suggestions, tips and contacts. The names will be kept anonymous.

things function properly,” DeNofrio said. “There’s a lot of backdoor meetings with administration to talk about things.”

DeNofrio, junior prelaw major, also balances time with other responsibilities to act within his role in the senate. He said his stipend doesn’t act as a motivation for his work. “ Pe r s o n a l ly I co u l d care less either way if I get paid or not. If they take it away it’s no big deal. That’s not why I am in it. For that $90,” DeNofrio said.

Cocchi said this directfrom-tuition SAB funding requires a set of ethics outside of what other organizations, based on

allocation from the university have.

“As executives of Student Activities Board, we understand that we

she was paid, as her motivation is based on her love for the organization, not monetary stipends. She believes the

are paying for activities and that is coming out of students budgets,” Cocchi said. “We don’t really see it as our position to take that money.”

Cocchi said she would be dedicated in her role in SAB whether or not

university fee included in tuition is just that, a fee intended for the university, and doesn’t belong in the pockets of students.

“They’re paying to go to college. They’re not paying for me to be pres-

ward family.”

The scholarship will be available for students in the Charleroi school district typically for students who show their commitment around the community.

“This [scholarship] is typically for students in the fire halls or who volunteer,” said Payne. “And that was set after I was accepted. It was a general Charleroi scholarship and now it is for students who volunteer in their communities.”

The requirements for Charleroi High School students to receive this scholarship include maintaining a 3.0-GPA and preference will be given to students who are in good standing with different fire stations in the Charleroi area.

For Payne, the scholarship will help her fulfill the plans she has for the future and hopes that it will help more students in years to come.

“It definitely helps me with my education and it

was a great help this semester,” said Payne. “And hopefully it continues to help students.”

In addition to the GPA requirement and the standing relationship with the fire halls, students who have displayed good character, commitment to the community, volunteer work and extracurricular activities will be considered for the scholarship.

This proved to be no issue for Payne as she has invested herself in the community by tak-

Currently, Waynesburg’s average tuition is more than half as much as the average salary for a graduate student. For Payne, that comes back to designing the budget in advance with the intent to keep costs low for students. “ We work very hard to keep our cost down f o r s t u d e n t s ,” P a y n e said. “When we’re building our budget one of the things we say as a senior staff, when we get together, how will this serve student are we being good stewards of student’s tuition dollars.”

Payne said she feels students come to Waynesburg not for luxuries, but for the value of the university’s education.

“It says we are true to our mission this is part of our mission, I think we understand our student population is price s e n s i t i ve , yo u’re n o t here looking for climbing walls [or] lazy rivers,” Payne said. “You’re here to get the best value out of your education you can.”

“They're paying to go to college.

They're not paying for me to be president.”

MARYBETH COCCHI

President, Student Activities Board

M e l i n d a Wa l l s , W. Robert Stover chair for entrepreneurship leadership, said this is how most of the information is spread and opportunities are given.

“You don’t know what connection you might have that mig ht help somebody else on their

Senate Continued from A1 senate as a last resort,” DeNofrio said.

To request funding, the student representatives must complete a proposal to the senate members at one of the weekly meetings.

During the next senate meeting following the proposal, senators will decide whether or not it meets their cause, select a reasonable amount to give and finally vote on the matter.

Though this fund is available to any club that

ing part in church services and being a part of

Payne several clubs and teams in high school.

dream, so it’s almost a collective group thing,” Walls said.

To lead further interaction amongst participants, categories will be set up throug hout the building as designated areas for specific dreams, such as careers, sports, education travel and more.

Lindsey Palmer, event planner for The BIG Dream Gathering, said the categories and dream sheets are where dreams really come true.

“One reason is to help organize the dreams and help connections to happen,” Palmer said. “Plus, it helps to inspire more dreams. For instance, someone might have a career dream that they want to put up but they might also be inspired by the categories to think of other dreams, like travel or health/fitness dreams and decide to put up some of those, too.”

Reg istration for the BIG Dream Gathering i s b et wee n 6 : 1 5 - 6 : 3 0 p.m. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m.

meets their criteria, DeNofrio said the proposals for financial assistance are few and far between.

“It’s funny because it's here and it's always been there but not many clubs take it up,” DeNofrio said.

The lack of requests to senate for allocations may damage the future of the funding.

“Sometimes if the administration sees that we’re receiving this allocation and no one is taking advantage they may cut it,” DeNofrio said.

Wi th any questions a b o u t t h e a l l o c at i o n process, contact DeNofrio at den4016@student. waynesburg.edu.

“I am in a few worship teams,” said Payne. “I play a few instruments here and there, I was on my school’s robotics team, I was president and founder of the rocketry club, I was president of the astronomy club, basically anything STEM, I still do worship teams and volunteer at a youth and community center.”

Payne said Charleroi already has a grant from Waynesburg and it will work in conjunction with the new scholarship.

Grant Continued from A1 “Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions,” will allow the archival collection to remain in the university for years to come.

“This will be done by purchasing preservation supplies such as archival boxes, box labels, folders, and tissue,” she said. “Once these supplies are acquired the Paul R. Stewart Museum will replace the current supplies, which have outlived their viability, according to accepted preservation guidelines.”

Dennis also said the Paul R. Stewart Museum, which is located in the bottom f loor of Miller Hall, receives around 300 visitors per year and has a budget of $4,500.

As associate director of the museum, Dennis said she took these logistics into account when determining what would be done with the grant money.

“The $6,000 award will not cover the cost of replacing all of the preservation materials that need

Mattie Winowitch, The Yellow Jacket

Due to the government shutdown, there was a slight delay in getting the museum's grant officially processed. However, since Jan. 24, the NEH has reportedly been reopened, meaning the grant and the projects it will fund are well underway. updating in our archival collection,” Dennis said.

“So for the purposes of this particular project, I chose to focus on what I believe is the most important portion of the museum’s archival collection—that pertaining to the history of the university.”

Dennis said the grant money was supposed to

come in at the beginning of the year, but because the NEH was impacted by the recent government shutdown, there has been a delay.

However, recent reporting in a Washington Post article released Jan. 24 said the NEH officially reopened, so it shouldn’t be long before the grant is processed.

Regardless, Dennis said she is pleased with the grant the university received, and she is eager to begin the new projects it will provide.

“I am beyond grateful to the NEH for seeing the value in this project and for providing us with the opportunity to carry it out,” Dennis said. “I can’t wait to get started.”

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English majors request conference funding from senate HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

Two students from the English Department sat in at the Student Senate meeting this past Tuesday, waiting patiently for the senate to take roll call, collect surveys from the members and open the floor to let the public speak. This was their allotted time to present their request for funds to help students attend the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Conference.

For four years, Dr. Jamie Dessart, chairperson of the English and Foreign Languages Department, has been taking students with her to the PCA/ACA Conference. Dessart has been attending the conference for much longer, saying she decided it was a beneficial and educational opportunity for university students in her department to go and speak.

The two students, Seniors Rachael Crosbie, English literature major and Tessa Masula, English literature and secondary education major, attended the conference to present last year and will return to do the same again this year.

“The topics that we’re all presenting are very relevant to what’s going on in our society right now,” Masula said. “It’s an incredible opportunity for students to meet with scholars who are far more educated than

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Jaime Dessart

Pictured at last year's PCA/ACA conference: Steven Caumo, Tessa Masula, Zac Yonko, Rachael Crosbie and Shawn White. them and far more experienced and see what the special world of literary research looks like.”

The cost for the conference differs each year depending on the location, Dessart said.

T h i s ye a r, t h e co n ference is being held in Washington D.C., April 17-20, and the expenses

such as lodging and food are more expensive than previous conference locations. The cost for the trip and presenting fee is almost $2,000 per student this year, making it very costly for students to pay on their own.

In the past, students have received help with the cost in different ways.

The entire amount of money raised for the English Department on the Day of Giving each year is put toward conference travel costs for students in the department. Each year, those attending may also apply for up to $300 p e r s t u d e nt f ro m t h e Undergraduate Student Presentation/Research

Travel Fund, which comes through the provost’s office of the university. Attendees then pay the remaining amount on their own.

While looking for ways to receive more funding than last year, Dessart said students tried to attain funding through Student Senate. Unfortu-

nately, they requested the funding too late, so this year,Crosbie said they decided to get an early start.

Crosbie drafted a thorough explanation of who is planning to present and on what subject as well as the reasons the students are requesting funding from the Student Senate. When Student Senate opened the floor Jan. 22, Crosbie and Masula were prepared. “ We b e l i e v e f u n d ing from Student Senate would not only be beneficial to us but also to the university,” Crosbie said.

As the conference is designed for scholars, Crosbie stated that assisting students who are attending and presenting at the conference would greatly e n h a n c e Wa y n e s b u r g University’s reputation as a highly academic school.

“Five undergraduate students attending and presenting at an academic conference is a significant feat and reflects on all of Waynesburg,” Crosbie said.

Crosbie and Masula promised any amount of money Student Senate would be allocated to the traveling students. After taking time to ask questions and discuss it at their next meeting, Jan. 29, Student Senate voted unanimously on providing $350 per presenter to attend the trip.

Crosbie was very pleased with the result and said the amount was more than she originally thought they would receive.

Communication students Catholic student discusses support local Toys for Tots Wuerl, state of the Church EDWARD BOICE Copy Desk Chief

Photo Courtesy of Melinda Roeder

The Department of Communication helped donate more than 1,400 toys to help kids around Greene County .

Annual toy drive brought in 1,400 toys for area children JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

When Chad Sherman began as a professor in the Department of Communication six years ago, the department's fundraiser for Toys for Tots didn't generate a lot of interest among students.

Sherman, an assistant professor of communication, said when he became involved with the toy drive, there were only roughly 50 toys donated by students.

Today, that number has grown to well over 1,000.

While the exact total's for this year's fundraiser—which took place during the department’s annual Christmas party Dec. 13—is yet to be determined, Sherman said well over 1,400 toys were donated to Greene County children, a figure that's consistent with the numbers of the past few years.

For Sherman, it's essential for students to keep Waynesburg's mission in mind when donating.

"I think it’s really impressive that such a small group of students are able to give so generously," Sherman said. "As long as they’re considering the tradition of the university, I think the stu-

dents are doing a good job of connecting that with our toy drive to help [children] in Greene County.”

The toy drive was one of three competitions between the Print and Broadcast sides of the department in “Duel in Buhl”. Two of which—charades and jeopardy—took place at the party itself, while the donations ran throughout the week before.

Sherman said the competitive aspect of the toy drive greatly enhanced student participation and launched the fundraiser to where it is today.

“We started by just getting more students to know that we were having a Christmas fundraiser, which helped spread the word, but then we started turning into a competition," Sherman said.

“We play fun Christmas games, and make the toy drive another competition that seems to inspire students to want to beat their teammates.”

The university works closely with Buzz Walters, Coordinator for Greene County Toys for Tots Walters said Waynesburg's students had the most different toys of anybody in the toy program, and also assisted in

setting up the toys at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

“When we get toys in, we put them in categories, and we have a lot of people that can help put them in different categories such as sports and maybe baby dolls and puzzle books,” Walters said. “We try to put them into different categories. So [Waynesburg has] been a big help to our program in the last two years.”

The fundraiser usually starts after Thanksgiving break, when alumni begin to donate toys to their respective sides of the Department of Communication.

Because of the workload that current college students have, however, many wait until the day of the Christmas party to donate, and some students bring upward of 100 toys.

“It’s a fun problem to have,” he said, “counting all the toys that we donate.

There are times where we get overwhelmed with some students bringing in 100 toys or so and we have to count them all, but it’s a fun problem to have. It’s challenging at certain times, but we make it work.”

While print and broadcast students both want to win “ Duel in Buhl” for their respective sides, for Sherman, it's important that they don't lose sight of what matters most.

Ever since choosing Joan of Arc as her sponsor saint before she entered ninth grade, sophomore art major Clare Rainone has devoted herself to her faith.

So when she heard about the news coming out of the Catholic church it wasn’t a shock to her.

“I’m not surprised at all, he’s 78-years-old.”

This was Rainone’s answer when asked about Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s forgetfulness of the allegations against former archbishop Theodore McCarrick.

“Even if Wuerl lied , it doesn’t make a huge difference in how the church will react because ‘he’s getting replaced soon,’” Rainone said. “They are having a council in a month. So they are handling it.”

The Catholic church has withstood a multitude of controversy from the #MeToo movement to uncovering sexually abusive catholic leaders. Rainone sees Wuerl’s lapse of memory as a drop in the massive pool of issues in the church.

“I don’t have much care for it,” Rainone said. “ I’m m o re co n ce r n ed w i t h rooting out any abusive clergy. I’d like to thank

“Even if Wuerl lied, it doesn't make a huge difference in how the church will react becuase he's getting replaced soon.”

CLARE RAINONE

Sohphomore Art Major

the media honestly for giving us so much scrutiny, because God forbid they

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Clare Rainone is not phased by the recent scandals that have plagued the Catholic Church and the repurcussions that Cardinal Wuerl faces. spend another 10 years in operation.”

While Rainone is pleased with the media hounding these criminals, she isn’t as thrilled with how they are communicating this situation. To her, it seems the media has overestimated Wuerl’s influence on the Catholic community as a whole.

“I think the media definitely over played this archbishop’s role. I was a little confused because the Washington Post called him ‘D.C.’s embattled catholic leader.’ That sounded inaccurate to me,” Rainone said. “It’s like they are referring to him as the Pope or some very big shot.

Somehow, all of this man’s decisions will affect the entirety of the Catholic church, which seems extremely overplayed to me because one archbishop

from the dyascies from Washington D.C. does not really affect me.”

While there could be a lot said about this situation, the Catholic Community at Waynesburg, from what Rainone has seen and heard, doesn’t seem to be discussing the topic.

“The political environment, normally not discussed,” she said.Especially if it has no effect on us in general. This isn’t like the vatican two council.”

Even though the Catholic church has suffered many setbacks and controversies in its history, Rainone is still proud to call herself Catholic.

“I’m still happy to be catholic because, regardless of any corruption the Catholic church has suffered in the centuries it has existed, we’re still standing,” Rainone said.

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Marino resigns from position

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What are the odds?

BY DREW HREHA Editorial Assistant

Former U.S Representative Tom Marino (R-Pa.) resigned from office after serving four terms and part of a fifth out of Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district. Marino’s resignation comes just after his recent re-election in November, when he won 66 percent of the vote in PA-12 to defeat Marc Friedenberg (D), securing his fifth term in office.

Marino was most notably an early supporter of President Donald Trump when he decided to run for office and was a member of the President’s presidential transition team, providing aid and guidance to the President when he was choosing members for his administration.

“As of January 23, 2019, I am officially stepping down from Congress,” Marino said in his official resignation statement. “Having spent over two decades serving the public, I have chosen to take a position in the private sector where I can use both my legal and business experience to create jobs around the nation.”

Marino graduated from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law in 1988 and practiced law as a US attorney and district attorney. News outlets have reported that the former congressman MARINO >> B4

Greene County addresses national epidemic TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

The National Safety Council reported this month that it is more likely for Americans to die of an opioid overdose than in a motor vehicle crash.

The report, which also tracks the likelihood of dying from heart disease, cancer and other ailments, states the odds of dying by overdose is 1 in 96, while the odds of dying in a crash follows at 1 in 103.

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, which the Center for Disease

Control and Prevention reports as having a statistically high death toll from opioids, government and community members across the state remain dedicated to fighting the epidemic. The Greene County Overdose Task Force, established in February 2018, met Monday morning to discuss status on current programs as well as new options.

Members reported their progress on different programs, including school prevention initiatives and resource development for addicts in recovery.

“Trying to look at where the

gaps are that we need to fill in for prevention services,” said Karen Bennett, director of the Greene County Department of Human Services. “There’s been a lot of activity trying to pull together what’s available in the county, as well as some things that are in progress.”

The task force is broken into three groups focused on law enforcement measures, treatment and prevention. Bennett said Monday’s meeting dedicated considerable time to improving access to halfway houses in the community. Recent legislation re-

quires houses to reach a certain certification, she said, and the task force is working with local houses to meet that pedigree.

“That was kind of a gap: once people get discharged, getting them back into the community and getting them hooked up with sober and clean resources,” Bennett said.

Bennett said food insecurity is another issue that reverberates from the area’s drug problem.

“We talked a lot about food insecurity and how parents use OPIOIDS >> B4

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Community leaders, nonprofit organizations respond COREY FISCHER, MALARIE YODER AND TEGHAN SIMONTON Staff Report

Before President Donald Trump reopened the government last Friday, more than 800,000 federal employees and their families prepared for another missed paycheck. The government shutdown had a massive impact on communities all across the country, and Greene County was no exception.

After a 35-day government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans nationwide are up in arms.

High-profile politicians such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others within the Democratic party have criticized the p re s i d e nt ’s t a ct i c s i n bartering for a wall barricading the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Senate Appropriations Commi ttee gave out estimates for how many people were affected. Many people were furloughed, including 96 percent of NASA, approximately 52,000 IRS staff members, at least 80 percent of the Forest Service; and more.

The recent government shutdown has imposed many problems for families all across the country, one of which being the availability of food.

Families who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program haven’t been able to

collect their food stamps since early January, said Candace Tustin, executive director at Corner Cupboard Food Bank.

Corner Cupboard is one of more than 264 different organizations in Greene County continue to serve the community, with 11 pantries that reach out to churches, schools, and businesses in the community.

Tustin said she has never experienced anything quite like the government shutdown, and that there was a significant effect on the food bank and its volunteers.

“In one month’s time, through those 11 sites, we have provided food security for over 2,500 people,” Tustin said.

Tustin said there is an issue with the food stamps in Greene County, and the shortage of food as a result of the monthly reduction of food stamps.

“Next month, I expect it all to become more extreme,” Tustin said. “The February food stamps are issued at the end of January, so when all of those food stamps are quickly used, a whole new wave of clients call our food bank in need of food.”

Tustin said it was difficult for Corner Cupboard to run effectively during the shutdown, especially after they had to build a new cooler just to keep up with the demand of their clients. She said the food bank was also limited by

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Greene County felt the affects of the 35-day government shutdown indirectly, through nonprofit services such as the Corner Cupboard Food Bank. their monthly budget from the state.

“The pantries are open one day a week; on the other hand, we are open f ive days a week with a working cooler and freezer, so that is hard to keep up with on top of the growing need for food in the last month,” Tustin said.

With the poverty level at an overwhelming 12.3%

in the U.S., the importance of nonprofit organizations is continuing to grow.

Greene County alone has

the second highest poverty rate in the state of Pennsylvania, making food insecurity a growing need.

In a region that voted heavily in support for GOVT. >> B4

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It's not hard to clean up your social media. As a matter of fact, it's simple.

Go on Twitter, type in your handle and follow that with the offensive word/ slur of your choice, and if anything comes up, delete that tweet regardless of when it was written or how old you were when you wrote it. It sounds absurdly

Law threatens web Article 13 could greatly limit content creators

A year ago, net neutrality was everywhere in the news, as the Federal Communications Commission pushed to roll back Title II—a law which prohibits Internet Service Providers from regulating how consumers use the internet. Most consumers felt this change from the FCC would negatively impact how Americans accessed and used the internet.

Now, Europeans are faced with a similar dilemma—Article 13. While this law will only pass in Europe, Article 13 will change the way everyone uses the internet, regardless of location. The main objective of Article 13 is to help creators online by enforcing more effective copyright laws. Many approve of this primary objective, however some feel Article 13 borders on censorship.

The biggest problem people have with the law is how it enforces copyright. Right now, if someone on YouTube infringes on copyright laws, the individual user will be punished. With Article 13, the platforms themselves will be punished for users committing copyright infringement. Because of this, popular websites, like YouTube and Twitch, have said they will heavily restrict users in Europe which generates massive problems for creators and their audiences.

In the past, copyright infringement is scanned for after a video is uploaded or once a live stream has ended. If websites are to avoid punishments in Europe, the platforms must ensure users own the rights to publish before a video is uploaded or a livestream begins. This means content focused on commentary, criticism, parodies and reactions will be ruled out of Europe. If you do not own it, you will not be able to use it with Article 13. While YouTubers and Twitch streamers in Europe will take the brunt of Article 13, everyone around the world will still suffer the consequences.

YouTubers who reside outside of Europe will still be able to publish content without being restricted by Article 13, however European audience members will be restricted. Content creators whose audience is primarily made up of European’s will see viewership numbers drastically decrease.

Right now, Article 13 is not in place. The Copyright Directive text is under negotiation between the European Parliament and the Council. Once this concludes, the final text will be put up for a plenary vote from all members of the European Parliament. This final vote will most likely take place sometime between March or April. If the vote passes, so will Article 13.

At the root, Article 13 is needed for content creators.

Copyright infringement runs rampant in many different areas across the internet without heavy consequences.

However, the way in which Article 13 will enforce its policies could cause more harm than good. While the text is being negotiated, change in the favor of content creators and their audiences is still possible. Even if you are not from Europe, it is important you understand how Article 13 works and how it might impact the way in which you use the internet. Already, there are many different petitions online asking for Article 13 to be reworked. If you disagree with Article 13, it is important to act on it.

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else give up his spot as the host, Hart chose the latter.

The way I see it, there are three schools of thought on the issue of offensive tweets, and here is a brief description of those groups: Group One: The "out for blood" group This represents the people who don't see forgiveness as an option for the celebrities in question; or at least make it appear that way. To them, a racist, sexist, homophobic etc. tweet represents the viewpoints of the tweeter, and those

tweeters must face repercussions regardless of when they sent the tweets or if what they wrote is indicative at all of how they see the world.

Group Two: The "both sides of the coin" group This group is the most neutral of the three. While group two isn't as quick to pile on the backlash that celebrities face when their old tweets come back to prominence, they feel that the perpetrators are at fault TWEET >> B3

Media is reprogramming our society GRACE HUTCHISON

EDITORIAL

easy, and that's because it is.

Yet over the past several months, several celebrities, mainly from the sports world, have had old, offensive tweets uncovered for the world to see. Most recently, this problem transcended sports. One of the most famous comedians in the world, Kevin Hart, removed himself from hosting the 2019 Oscars as a result of backlash after homophobic remarks from several years ago resurfaced online. When the Academy demanded that he apologize or

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The media and what it portrays helps paint our view of the world, our opinions of one another and structures what our culture deems as acceptable.

Pause for a second.

Ruminate.

Reread that sentence.

Upon reading the sentence you may have shrugged slightly or yawned of boredom. Sure, media

influences us, but who really cares? I control my own thoughts, independent from what media might dictate.

Wrong.

You spend 11 hours every day on your phone, listening to music, watching a show and listening to podcasts on the commute to work. Half of Americans lives are now spent consuming media. The significance of the media’s impact on modern culture and our thoughts cannot be understated. Not to mention that the 11-hour figure is a modest estimate for current rates of consumption,

and the exponential rise in recent years indicate that Americans don’t plan on setting down their phones anytime soon.

Now I’m not a conspiracy theorist furiously typing in my mother’s basement, but I feel like I am appropriately dubious of something I will spend half my lifetime being entertained by.

Prepare for another generally accepted truth that no one seems to care about which is also ruining the cultural fabric of our country: the media does more harm than good.

There are elders that object the belief that media has always been bad, arguing that in their days of Judy Garland and five cent cheeseburgers, there was nothing but bliss in America. To this I say, in generally the same time as Jimmy Stewart, there was an outspoken leader who was incredibly successful in brainwashing German youth to commit atrocities using various media channels. Hitler was able to use the media to promote propaganda and completely transformed a MEDIA >> B3

OPINION OF THE PEOPLE

Fiction books are taking second place HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

In the past decade, the leisurely activity of reading has slowly been replaced by the entertaining aspects of phones and computers. But this does not necessarily mean that young people are reading less. It may just mean that the activity of reading is manifesting itself in a different form than the traditional physical style.

In a random survey of 50 students who attend Waynesburg University, the question “What type of reading materials are you most likely to read?” wa s p o s ed . St u d e nt s could choose between six responses: fiction books, nonfiction books, magazines, newspapers (either print or online), blogs or articles they discovered on social media. More than half the students who participated in the survey chose to answer “articles found on social media” over the other responses.

The results of the survey showed that only 35 percent of the students chose “f iction books,”

putting “fiction books” in second place.

When asked why they chose the answers they did, many of the students who answered “articles found on social media” said they just do not have the time to sit down and read books as much anymore, especially while they are at college. Despite lacking the amount of time to read, the majority of college students have at least one source of social media on their phones and computers.

Scrolling down a screen to read an article haphazardly found during a short (or long) social media distraction ses-

sion is just so much easier, according to these students, than hauling another book in their backpack that they might not even get the chance to read.

Despite social media articles’ obvious lead over fiction books in the

survey, the other remaining choices of newspapers, nonfiction books, magazines and blogs do not even add up to 15 percent together. In fact, magazines and blogs did not even receive one vote out of the participating students. Even the majority of students who chose to answer “newspapers” said they read them online or through an app.

A random survey of 50 students cannot possibly answer for the entire university, much less the population of collegeage students, but it does present a small sample of how the students of Waynesburg University a re a p p ro a c h i n g t h e activity of reading in a modern way.

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Cheat Sheet: U.S. economy has lost at least $6 billion

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor

In the five weeks that the government was shut down, the United States economy lost at least $6 billion, which is over the $5.7 billion that President Donald Trump estimated it would take to build the wall at the border.

Late last week President Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks while congress continues to negotiate the long-promised border wall.

The concession by President Trump allowed both the Senate and House to pass a stopgap spending bill which was signed by Trump Friday night.

The deal opened the gates to paying the 800,000 federal employees who have been working for 35 days without pay.

However, the plan does not include money for the border wall that Trump de-

manded and indicated that this might be a temporary fix. He said that if Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on wall money by the February deadline then he will declare a national emergency to bypass congress all together.

“We really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or steel barrier,” said Trump.

“If we don’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shutdown on Feb. 15, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and Constitution of the United States to address this emergency.”

President Trump did concede that there is not a need for 2,000 miles of concrete wall however, instead he invoked the idea of “smart walls” that replace physical barriers with drones and other types of sensors.

Across the country, different government services were feeling the impact of unpaid workers, as several IRS employees did not show up for work, air traffic controllers called in sick and

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President Donald Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue. the F.B.I director expressed his displeasure over his agents not being paid.

“None of us are willing to go through this again,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, referring to several Republicans who voted last Thursday for a Democratic measure to reopen the government. “And it’s not

just the few of us. There are a great many in our conference that feel pretty strongly.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that any compromise would not include money for a border wall, which Democrats view as costly and ineffective, even though they have supported

border fencing in the past.

“Have I not been clear on a wall?,” said Pelosi at a news conference with Senator Chuck Schumer.

On Twitter last Friday, President Trump did not acknowledge that he was surrendering and offered no explanation for it.

“This is in no way a con-

cession,” Trump tweeted. “It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to the races!”

President Trump has also accepted Pelosi’s invitation to address the State of the Union on Feb. 5.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

TYLER GODWIN Asst. Sports Editor

1. Extreme Winter Weather Sweeps Across the United States This week across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, dangerous temperatures below zero are set to strike through Thursday evening. According to CNN, “between Tuesday and Thursday, temperatures will plunge to 20-40 degrees below zero in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes,” Hennen said. “Wind chills will plummet to 35-60 below zero.” According to CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater, the impending cold front is going to bring the coldest weather the country has seen in over 25 years. Across many of the northern states, there also will be blizzard-like conditions which will cause “dangerous to impossible travel conditions.” Many schools are closing down across Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday warned of a potentially historic winter storm that will bring extreme cold to our state. “An emergency preparedness plan is in place to help state agencies and residents prepare,” Pritzker said.

States as far south as Georgia will face temperatures below freezing.

-CNN Jan. 28

Media Continued from B2 culture into accepting the senseless murder of millions of people before citizens spent 11 hours of their day on their phone.

But back to the 21st century.

Let’s take modern television, just for example.

There are now thousands of channels spanning a huge spectrum of topics, including 14 ESPN channels, countless movie channels, and my personal favorite, Retirement Living TV, which has featured programming of shuffleboard games.

In this obviously oversaturated market of television channels, networks are

2. Measles Outbreak in Washington State Causes Scare The state of Washington declared a state of emergency Sunday because of a measles outbreak in the Clark County area, located on the state’s southern border near Portland, Oregon.

There have been 35 confirmed cases in the state of the “highly contagious infectious disease that can be fatal in small children,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said. According to CNN’s Amir Vera, 30 of the cases involved people who never had a measles immunization. Of those 34 cases, 24 of them are children between the ages of one and 10. A news release on the governor’s website says “the Washington State Department of Health, or DOH, has implemented an infectious disease incident management structure so it can manage the public health aspects of the outbreak through investigations and lab testing.” Contaminated people were reported to have visited the Portland International Airport, hospitals and schools across Washington’s Clark County and the two-state region, county officials said.

-CNN Jan. 26

Monday, according to police. None of the officers were killed in the attack, but two are reportedly in critical condition and three are stable following the incident Monday afternoon. “The officers were shot at a home in the southeast portion of the city,” Fox 26 reported.

The suspect in the shooting, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, is “down.” Police confirmed that “one suspect is DOA at the scene.” The officers were in the process of serving a warrant at the time of the shooting, according to Fox 26.

“At this time we can confirm five officers have been struck and transported,” the department later tweeted, promising updates as they become available. All officers were transported to Memorial Hermann Medical Center, officials said.

“This evening’s horrific attack on police officers is a solemn reminder of the service and sacrifice our brave men and women in law enforcement make every day to keep us safe,” Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement following news of the shooting.

-Fox News Jan. 28 4. Government Reopens after 35 day Shutdown

Five police officers were struck by gunfire this past

Federal employees went back to work Monday after the “longest shutdown in government history” — but the economic effects will be felt for a long time. A report released Monday by the nonpartisan Congres-

left wondering how to get the average viewer to land on their chunk of the vast wasteland that is now television. The answer to this question is what is ruining the medium.

Sex. Gossip. Violence. It has become a game of who can scream the loudest. Any content is fair game, as long as it brings the faint hope that people will watch.

Television news stations have fallen far from ethics.

They are forced to feature headlining stories about meaningless celebrities just to gain viewership. Even worse, they are more inclined to feature shocking commentators, and some even twist the words of truth in order to get people talking about their station.

We have fallen far from the days when major networks

agreed to air child-friendly content during primetime in the interest of the public and now are deep in the toxic culture that thousands of channels have perpetuated.

Pause.

Ruminate.

Continue reading.

There is no clear way to fix this media overconsumption epidemic. Phones are only becoming more ingrained as a part of our lives, and the generation that is abhorrently against technology is beginning to fade away. We have begun to accept the unacceptable in terms of what is considered entertainment and news on all forms of media. All I ask is that we look up for our screens every once in a while to wonder how the content available on technology is actually reprogramming us.

3. Five Cops Shot Responding to Call in Houston

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Nectarines, peaches and plums with sticker numbers 4044, 3035 and 4378 are recalled. sional Budget Office found that the economy took an $11 billion hit, including $3 billion that is gone forever, in the 35 days that parts of the federal government went unfunded. “In CBO's estimation, the shutdown dampened economic activity mainly because of the loss of furloughed federal workers’ contribution to GDP, the delay in federal spending on goods and services, and the reduction in aggregate demand,” the report said.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters Monday that “the President doesn’t want to go through another shutdown.”

“That’s not the goal,” she said. “The goal is border security.” She suggested worried federal workers should call their Democratic representatives to push them to make a deal.

Tweet Continued from B2 not only for the content of their tweets, but also for the fact that they had years to get rid of them and, for whatever reason, never got around to doing it. So while these people might not necessarily support Hart losing his status as Oscars host, their sympathy is limited.

Group Three: The "get a life" group Our final group is almost the exact opposite of the first one. While group one is quick to come after the people who sent the offensive tweets, group three's anger is directed towards the "keyboard warriors" who decided to uncover them.

-NBC News Jan. 28 5. Fruit Sold Nationwide at Costco and Walmart Recalled Over Listeria Fears The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Jac. Vandenberg is recalling thousands of cartons of peaches, nectarines and plums due to the threat of possible listeria monocytogenes contamination, reported by Meghan Holohan of MSN. The contaminated produce was distributed to Aldi, Costco, Walmart and other smaller chain stores across the country.

“Some of the peaches and nectarines were sold as bulk items and have a PLU sticker with the numbers 4044, 3035 or 4378. The Aldi peaches and plums were

People in this school of thought wonder how somebody can have any desire to try and take successful people down, and while they don't necessarily condone offensive tweets, they are sympathetic towards the tweeters and hostile towards the people who discovered the tweets.

I think it's important for us to have elements of all three groups. It should be common sense that we are not to condone vile content.

We should also understand that, if these tweets saw the light of day years ago and don't indicate who the person is today, the best way to show that would be to delete whatever could end up being harmful before they come to light again.

Those who went out of their way to uncover these

sold in two-pound bags with brand Rio Duero, EAN numbers 7804650090281, 7804650090298 or 7804650090304. Costco sold nectarines in a fourpound plastic clamshells marked as Rio Duero EAN number 7804650090212,” Holohan said.

Approximately 17 states received the contaminated fruits, including Pennsylvania.

“While no illnesses have been reported, listeria bacteria can cause a fatal listeriosis infection in the elderly, newborns and people with weakened immune systems,” said Holohan.

The FDA and company are continuing to investigate the possible cause of the contamination.

-MSN Jan. 28

tweets deserve backlash, too, as they likely did it specifically with the intent to harm and without looking to benefit anybody except themselves. To me, it takes a sad person to try to bring down somebody more successful than them, so in that way, I share elements of group three.

While I feel that Hart's reputation is solid enough to be hosting the Oscars, I can't feel too bad for him.

He made the choice to tweet something that could be deemed offensive, didn't take it down when he had years to and refused to apologize to anybody he may have hurt.. The bottom line is to watch what you tweet. Let these millionaires teach us a lesson on how we should go about using our social media.

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Local thrift shops on the rise as donating gains popularity MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

In the era when caring about the environment and “tidying up” with Marie Kondo is all the rage, local thrift shops have been reaping all of the benefits.

Linda Mariner, a manager at the thrift shop, Cherry Door, said she has noticed a definite shift in customers in Waynesburg.

“I feel that people are beginning to realize the value of recycling instead of buying things brand new,” Mariner said. “We get up to 200 people a day, and many of them are people of means. They just like the idea of coming in here, getting a bargain, they wear it, they bring it back.”

Between young moms who come in to get children’s clothing and the homeowners who seek out unique and lightly used decorations, Mariner said the business they get is booming—and blooming.

“In the last six months, the drop offs have been unbelievable,” she said. “I think the recycling thing is great.”

Cheryl Poplawski, the manager at Hidden Trea-

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Jean Gusic of Cherry Door thrift shop sorts clothing and other donations. Staff in the area's stores have noticed an increase in donations and customers in the last several weeks. sures, said the steady income of donations at her store has been happening since March.

“We go through spurts where we get a lot of donations,” Poplawski said.

For Poplawski, the do-

nation process works like clockwork.

“We go out to the car, we help them empty it and bring it into the building,” she said.

From there, the Hidden Treasure workers dump

the donations into different large boxes they call “gaylords.” Each item, such as clothing and everything else the staff calls “brick brack,”—a thrifter vocabulary word for everything from pots and pans to

knick knacks and more—is properly separated.

“If it’s really trash, then we do pitch it,” Poplawski said. “From there, we value it on Ebay [and other] different sites.”

After the donated items

are organized and valued, anything that doesn’t make the cut isn’t wasted or thrown away. Instead, it is transferred back to City Mission, which is the overarching organization which Hidden Treasures is nested under.

“Anything we have that we can’t put out is distributed to other stores,” she said. “We try to reuse, reuse, reuse and send things out to other stores.”

Cherry Door also receives a wide array of donations. Items including suitcases, decorating items, bedspreads, sheets, towels, clothing, craft items and more can show up at any time to be donated.

“We probably have 4,000 books alone,” Mariner said.

“People are liking the idea of dropping their things here.”

As an auxiliary out of the WHS-Greene hospital, Mariner said the underlying mission is giving back to the community. For example, they offer a $2,000 scholarship to nursing students at Waynesburg University.

“I invite you to come and see,” Mariner said. “We get so many drop offs.”

Changes to glass Marino recycling impacts surrounding area Continued from B1

New recycling procedures pose dilemma

BY EDWARD BOICE Copy Desk Chief

Glass has become quite a problem for recyclers.

It’s so much of a problem, the Pennsylvania Resource Council is requiring some residential and community programs to stop including glass in recycling altogether.

In a statement released

by PRC, there is a problem dealing with glass in recycling facilities and a change on the global recycling markets. Glass has a tendency of damaging equipment and harming people who sort through recycling. It doesn’t help that glass is difficult to sort out within the different types of plastics and other recyclable materials. Not including glass will solve these problems, PRC claims.

Southwestern Pennsylvania already has begun making these changes.

Many townships, like South Strabane and Peters in Washington County, do not collect glass with people’s recycling.

Greene Arc, Greene County’s only recycling agent, has “not yet” had to stop their collection of g lass, Eric Scri tchfield, plant supervisor for Greene Arc, Inc.’s Recycling Processing Facility, said. The facility will, however, have to stop collect-

ing glass soon to protect equipment and efficiency.

“In the summer we usually slow down, so probably before the summer,” Scritchfield said. “Probably by spring.”

The debate for recyclers, now, is whether to keep collecting glass at all. Glass, according to the PRC statement, is one of the most collected materials in the industry.

One reason why glass is so used, said Mimi Ritenour, solid waste and recycling coordinator for the Department of Economic Development for Greene County, is because of its reusability.

“Glass is one of the few, if not only, things that can be recycled an inf inite amount of times,” Ritenour said.

While glass is an important recyclable material, creating a new process to handle and distribute glass makes keeping it in the recycling loop difficult.

For Greene Arc, while they are “waiting to see” before starting preparations for the changes, it might be too much of a problem for the plant to invest in.

“It’s hard for any company to make a profit enough to keep running if we are doing glass because prices are so low as it is, and now with new issues with it,” Scritchfield said.

According the PRC statement, the council is working with various groups to provide drop-off spots for people to keep recycling glass.

resigned in order to join the private sector, but Marino’s office didn’t comment specifically on what he will be doing.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced plans for the special election to replace Marino.

“Having heard the concerns of the county officials, I am scheduling the special election to fill the remainder of Congressman Marino’s term on May 21, 2019 to coincide with the primary election,” Wolf tweeted Jan. 24.

The district Marino has represented covers area in central and northern Pennsylvania, which was heavily in favor of Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election and has sent Marino to Congress with relative ease in the past.

In 2016, when Marino was elected the representative of what was then the tenth congressional district of Pennsylvania,

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Former U.S. Representative Marino of Pennsylvania resigned three weeks into his fifth term this month. Governor Tom Wolf announced plans for a special election. he won 70 percent of the vote.

Marino was extremely thankful in his release for those he represented and is “confident that the area will continue to thrive.”

Trump chose Marino in 2017 to be the next leader of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, known as the “drug czar.” Marino with-

drew from nomination for the position when reports surfaced that while a congressman, Marino was also involved in the pharmaceutical industry. With his name so closely related to the President’s, Marino’s resignation, along with the timing of it, has made national news, as has the scheduled special election to fill his seat in Congress.

In Greene County, the issue of Marino’s resignation did not draw major thoughts, opinions or reactions from local politicians. State Senator Camera Bartolotta’s office did not respond to request for comment at the time of publication. State Representative Pam Snyder (DPa.), declined to comment on Marino’s resignation.

their money on drugs and children are hungry. Kids are hungry,” she said.

Bennett said the recent government shutdown has exacerbated the food insecurity aspect, as families reliant on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have not collected food stamps since early January. She said this isn’t uncommon: drug issues spiraling to affect

other social problems in the region.

“Some of these other community social issues are secondary or sometimes primary issues around the drug issue,” Bennett said.

To remedy drug-related and other problems, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro mandated the app in 2018, requiring all public schools to incorporate a new mobile application, Safe2Say, encouraging kids to report incidents of neglect, bullying and drug use in their lives.

The official goal of the

app is to prevent incidents of school violence, but Bennett said many of the reports coming through the system have related to drug use in children’s homes.

But as far as the death toll goes, Greene County has seen significant improvement in recent years, which may or may not be linked to the task force’s efforts, Bennett said. According to data from the county coroner, the number of overdose deaths in the county has steadily decreased since 2016: dropping from 20 deaths, to 14 in 2017.

Bennett said assessments and treatment facilities run by the Department of Human Services has documented more drug use relating to methamphetamine, cocaine and suboxone. She thinks the decrease in heroin and fentanyl cases could be contributing to the decrease in deaths.

The work is never complete, though. Among dozens of other programs, Bennett’s next big project will be an opioid stigma listening session, aimed at exploring the stereotypes and reproach associated with opioids.

Govt.

to no warning,” said Betsy McClure, a representative for the Greene County Re-

Trump’s plans for a border wall, his justification for the shutdown.

parties need to sit and negotiate and come to an agreement,” the statement continued. “We elect legislators, and we pay them with our tax dollars with the expectation that they will work together to solve difficult problems.”

For nonprofit workers like Tustin, the circumstances surrounding the situation pale in comparison to the priority of supporting the community.

“O u r e c o n o m y g e t s better by building your neighbor up,” Tustin said.

“The plan is to keep going.”

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Trump in the 2016 election, and leaned in favor of most Republican candidates during the midterm elections last November, support for the president still remains high.

“I feel bad for those affected by the government shutdown, it is an unfortunate situation to be thrust into with little

“Our economy gets better by building your neighbor up. The plan is to keep going.”

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publican Party, in a statement.

McClure said despite the inconvenience, she remains in support for

“I feel that government’s number one job is to protect the American people.

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JANUARY 31, 2019 | WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG

Bouncing back

Resident director returns to coach track & field jumps to Philadelphia where he opened, ran and coached in his own MMA gym, The Waynesburg Uni- Pursuit MMA. Pursuit was versity men’s indoor track a Christian based MMA & f ield teams brought gym that he opened on back former Yellow Jack- the outskirts of the city. et and one-time national The gym also served champion jump coach as a ministry for those Luke Payson for the up- practicing MMA. Students coming 2019 season. would not only pracPayson, who was a for- tice at his gym, but they mer teammate of head would also study the bible coach Michelle Cross and worship at the nonin 2006, is reprofit studio. In turning for his h i s f i ve yea r s second term as focusing on jump coach. the g ym, PayPayson is son got the not just back in opportunity to Waynesburg to coach profescoach his passional and amasion, but he t e u r k i c k b oxis also a resiers and MMA dent director f ig hters while on campus, a Payson serving the certified recommunity and h a b i l i t at i o n co u n s e l - practicing his Christian or and mental health faith. counselor for the Leaving Philadelphia Waynesburg University was a toug h decision student community. for Payson, but he had In his first tenure as no problem returning to a Waynesburg coach, he coach his primary sport helped many athletes in a community he grew who went on to compete to love over his four years for high PAC honors, and as a student. even a national champi“I love where the onship in the case of for- program is right now, and mer Yellow Jacket stand- my favorite part is getting out Krystal Baker. to watch the students Baker was a four-year g row a n d d eve l o p a s champion at the confer- p e o p l e i n a n d o u t ence level, a two-time of the classroom,” said honoree, an all-American Payson. and she competed at the Payson said that he national championship in is excited to build off 2007. the recent success the Payson emphasized program has had, espethe importance coaches cially considering the can have on their ath- team came up just short letes’ lives, especially in in his previous stint on a sport like track & field multiple occasions. as he works back into the “There were a few years role he held previously. in 10’, 11’, and 12’ where we “Track is such a diverse had the talent, but came sport, so many different in second,” Payson said. students, so many dif- “I think with what Cross ferent events, you get to is doing there is a great really shape a lot of dif- o p p o r t u n i t y t o w i n ferent student’s jour- here at Waynesburg once neys,” said Payson. again.”

When Payson left Payson will be back Waynesburg in 2011, he in the black and orange headed cross-state to coaching jump and pole pursue a different path vault when the Yellow in his life, mixed martial Jackets head down to arts (MMA). the Youngstown State In 2011, Payson moved Invitational on Feb. 2.

COREY FISCHER

For The Yellow Jacket

Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

Brennan Smith has scored the most points for the Jackets with 271 so far this season. Smith averages 14.3 points per game and 5.3 rebounds.

After season-ending injury, Smith is back in pivotal role JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

The biggest shot of Brennan Smith’s college career—a shot that basketball players dream of making—turned into a nightmare.

Waynesburg University was playing a crucial game at Chatham nearly two years ago. The Yellow Jackets were fighting for a conference playoff berth.

The team trailed by two points in the game’s final seconds, and Smith hit a shot at the buzzer to force overtime.

Minutes later, he was on the ground—motionless, with a familiar, horrifying feeling.

He caught the ball at one of the elbows, took a step, planted on his

right foot and heard a pop.

He knew something was wrong with his right knee, but wasn’t sure exactly what until he went to UPMC Children’s Hospital the next day.

“I just lost the ball and laid there,” Smith said.

The Jackets would fall to Chatham by two points, lose their remaining three games and miss the postseason. For Smith, however, that snowy, frigid night was much more costly; it nearly took away his basketball career. *** Before Smith grew into a 6 foot 5 inch college basketball player, Smith was born with Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD). According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, it is a knee injury

where the “bone underneath the cartilage of a joint dies due to lack of blood flow.” The description adds the “bone can and cartilage can then break loose, causing pain and possibly hindering joint motion.” The condition is like a ticking time bomb.

The first time it exploded in Smith’s right knee was his sophomore year of high school. Smith said the condition, which is most common in children between the ages of 10 and 15, is more painful the older a person gets.

When Smith fell to the f loor about 20 seconds into overtime, he had an idea that something was wrong having experienced an injury before. The first time OCD altered Smith’s basketball career, his SMITH >> C3

Late-game miscues Wrestling hangs on against Tomcats contribute to Jackets non-conference loss JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

On Monday evening, the Yellow Jacket women’s basketball team dropped a non-conference road game to Bridgewater, a Division III opponent from Virginia, 70-65.

Heading into the game the Jackets had won their last four out of five, but now sit at 6-14 (4-7).

This loss came after a 9365 win against Westminster that showed Waynesburg playing well from the beginning of the game, according to head coach Sam Jones.

“I was excited first half obviously—the first half was rolling with 46 points, but we gave up 44 on defense,” said Jones. “I was really excited with how we responded in the second half and made adjustments to our defense and held them to 20 points.”

In the Presidents’ Athletic Conference match-up last Saturday, sophomore Andrea Orlosky and fresh-

man Brooke Fuller reached double-double status and shot a combined 17-30 from the field.

Orlosky was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week for her efforts last week, averaging 22 points and 13 rebounds in the team's two wins.

“My most exciting thing besides the win was the adjustments we made in the win,” said Jones.

Shifting to the game against Bridgewater on Monday, Jones was not as upbeat after the team was unable to match the shooting percentage of Bridgewater.

“It was disappointing honestly, we held them to 32 percent shooting, but we shot 31 percent, but that didn’t help us very much,” said Jones.

Additionally, Jones acknowledges his team had some opportunities to win the game late or put themWBB >> C3

With the opportunity to win its third-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship, the Waynesburg University wrestling team faces an uphill battle.

Along with having the target on their backs as defending champs, the Yellow Jackets are also facing injury problems, the most significant being that of national qualif ier Ken Burrs, a two-time defending PAC champion in the 197-pound weight class.

Bu r r s w i l l m i s s t h e chance to defend his title and won’t be back until at least the Division III Mideast Regional Championships, according to head coach Ron Headlee.

So far, however, the Yellow Jackets have responded well in the past few weeks since Burrs went down with a broken hand, beating rivals Washington & Jefferson and following up with a 23-17 win over Thiel in Greenville last Friday.

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Josh Kuslock picked up a 15-0 technical fall against Michael Duncan. The victory put the Jackets up early, 8-0, against Thiel.

While Headlee acknowledged his team lacked in some matches, he was pleased with how the Jack-

ets followed up a big win over W&J with another conference victory.

“A couple of matches, we

didn’t wrestle [well] overall, but it’s hard just coming THIEL >> C2

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Jackets face D-I and D-II competition

TRACK & FIELD PREVIEW

Weather adds complications for track & field teams DYLAN CLELAND

Assistant Sports Editor

Wi th frig id weather moving through the region this week, the women’s and men’s indoor track & field teams faced some challenges in preparation for this weekend’s upcoming events.

Head coach Michelle Cross decided Monday morning that it would be more beneficial for the distance runners to split from the rest of the squad this weekend with that group heading to Youngstown State and the remaining members of the team to travel to Mount Union.

“We are actually going to go to two different [meets],” said Cross.

“On Friday, our 5K [runners] will be competing at

Thiel Continued from C1 off a match on Wednesday and then trying to go right back to another conference match on Friday…,” Headlee said. “I thought our guys responded really well.”

While the Yellow Jackets have experienced a lot of turnover during the past three seasons, most notably 125-pounder and national

MIKE TRAX

For the Yellow Jacket

TRACK >> C3

The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team was back in action after a weekend off due to a cancellation when it participated in the SPIRE Institute Midwest Indoor Track & Field Open in Geneva, Ohio.

The meet consisted of Division I, II and III schools, but the Yellow Jackets did not partake in team scoring.

With no team scoring, head coach Michelle Cross was eager to see how the team will perform individually.

“I was very excited to see what the team can do,” said Cross. “I have been seeing a lot of progression out of people on the team and that is what you look for during this part of the season.”

With tough competition at the meet, Cross thinks that this meet was the best competition for the team.

“It had competition for

qualifier Tristan Buxton last season to graduation, one constant has been senior heavyweight Jake Evans. Evans, the defending Division III National Champion, pinned junior Gavin Colligan in just 2:30.

“It’s always great having a closer with Jake…,” Headlee said. “You always have him in the bank to count on coming into the final match.”

Prior to Evans’ win, freshman Dylan Williams (125) and sophomores Josh Kuslock (133) and Matt Las-

cola (141) got wins of 9-6, 15-0 (technical fall) and 8-6 (OT), respectively.

Thiel finally picked up a win at 149 when freshman Lukas McClain beat Waynesburg freshman Jaeden Gordon 11-6, and followed it up with two more wins at 157 and 165 to cut the deficit to 11-9.

Redshirt sophomore To ny We l s h ( 1 6 5 ) g o t the Yellow Jackets back on track by pinning freshman Dylan Proper in 1:41. The Tomcats responded with wins in the

Youngstown’s Invitational, specifically running the 5K. Then, on Saturday we will be traveling to Mt. Union.”

Focusing on certain track & field events have been a challenge so far this season, Cross said.

“The focus for the week needed to be on jumps and throws, but spending time on those skills along with technique has been an ongoing obstacle during the winter months because of the weather limiting places to practice,” Cross said.

With a minimal amount of facilities, coupled with below freezing temperatures this week, the Jackets and Cross were forced to adapt the workout schedule.

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Katherine Fair competed in the 400-meter dash and 60-meters hurdle at the SPIRE Indoor Track & Field Open. Fair finished third among Jacket runners in the 400-meter. both our high-end athletes as well as for our low-end athletes,” said Cross. “Everybody that competed was in a flight or heat that was at their level.”

In track, there are four main events—sprints, jumps, throws and distance. The Yellow Jackets had success in all of them.

Cross mentioned sopho-

more jumper Amber Yauch for her success in the triple jump and long jump. Yauch placed 15th out of 43 total

184 and 197 classes before Evans closed the door to seal it for the Jackets.

Prior to the match, Headlee stressed the importance of not having a letdown following the W&J win to remain undefeated in the PAC. “That’s what I talked to our guys about before the match…wrestling, a lot of it is on matchups, and I thought Thiel matched up with us pretty well,” Headlee said. “I said we were going to need some different guys to come

throug h. I thoug ht we needed 125, it was a big match for us there, and Dylan [Williams] came through and got a win, and that was a good win for him coming back.”

Waynesburg will return to the mat Saturday, Feb. 2.

The Jackets will compete at the 33rd John Summa Tournament in Berea, Ohio, before returning to Greenville for the PAC Championships on Feb. 8.

While Headlee acknowledges that winning a third

straight PAC title will be challenging without Burrs and sophomore Caleb Baxter, he looks forward to the challenge. “[PAC’s are a] fun time of the year, we tell our guys, and that’s what we train all year for,” he said. “The first semester is getting ready for that, and training harder, and now the second semester it’s just believing in yourself as a team and each other, and just trying to win another conference title and place high at regionals.”

WTRACK >> C4

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Saint Vincent Chatham Grove City Wash. & Jeff.

Geneva Westminster Thiel Waynesburg Bethany

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Conf. Overall 11-0 18-2 6-5 12-7 6-5 10-8 6-5 8-12 5-5 8-11 5-6 7-13 4-6 6-13 4-7 5-14

STANDINGS

1-9 2-17

Geneva

Saturday's Box Score

Westminster 89, Waynesburg 78 Westminster 43 46 89 Waynesburg 32 46 78

Saint Vincent Wash. & Jeff.

Bethany Grove City Chatham.

Westminster Waynesburg Thiel

Conf. Overall 10-1 16-3 9-2 13-6 6-4 11-8 6-5 11-9 6-5 10-10 5-6 7-13 4-7 6-14 2-8 4-15 0-10 2-16

Saturday's Box Score

Bridgewater 70, Waynesburg 65 Bridgewater 13 18 20 19 70 Waynesburg 19 12 20 19 65

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Brennan Smith..........................271 2. Matt Popeck..............................254

Waynesburg Top Scorers 1. Andrea Orlosky.........................329 2. Haley Porter...............................224

Grove City Top Scorers 1. James Wells................................291 2. Justice Rice.................................210

Grove City Top Scorers 1. Kate Balcom.................................287 2. Jess Bowen...................................241

Bethany Top Scorers 1. Trey Shifflett................................214 2. Allayasa Bray................................167

Bethany Top Scorers 1. Ashley Duthie...............................223 2. Sammie Weiss..............................178

Geneva Top Scorers 1. Ethan Moose.................................291 2. Eric McGee.....................................191

Geneva Top Scorers 1. Callie Ford.....................................374 2. Alexis Gates...................................151

Thiel Top Scorers 1. Terrance Holloway .......................295 2. Alonzo Brown...............................223

Thiel Top Scorers 1. Jess Vormelker..............................372 2. Destiny Johnson...........................242

Chatham top Socrers 1. Isaiah Brown.................................288 2. Will Sandherr.................................278

Chatham top Scorers 1. Katie Sieg.....................................324 2. Ashley McClain..............................314

Westminster Top Scorers 1. Dylan O' Hara................................205 2. Austin Armwood...........................198

Westminster Top Scorers 1. Emily Fromknecht.........................221 2. Jackie Matthews...........................182

Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Cameron Seemann.......................323 2. Zach Queen/Primo Zini.................214

Wash & Jeff Top Scorers 1. Danielle Parker.............................291 2. Alie Seto.......................................236

Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1.David Stephen...............................321 2. Tom Kronka..................................312

Saint Vincent Top Scorers 1. Madison Kollar............................241 2. Maria Morgan.............................178

SWIMMING & DIVING MEN RECENT RESULTS 1.26.19 PAC Conference Meets Westminster 170.50, SVC 117.50; Grove City 148, W&J 61; Salem (WV) 158, Bethany 65; Frostburg 160, Bethany 66.

UPCOMING EVENTS

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

WRESTLING STANDINGS Conf. Overall Waynesburg Wash. & Jeff.

Thiel

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

MATCH RESULTS PAC Conference Match Waynesburg 23, Thiel 17.

RECENT RESULTS

Thursday, January 31

Wednesday, January 23 Waynesburg 24, W&J 21

Westminster at Grove City, 6 p.m.

Individual Yellow Jacket Placers

WOMEN

133 pounds - Josh Kuslock (WAY) Pin Dan Florentino

RECENT RESULTS 1.26.19 PAC Conference Meets Westminster 179, SVC 15; Grove City 143, W&J 51; Frostburg 182, Bethany 26; Salem (WV) 155, Bethany 25.

141 pounds - Matt Lascola (WAY) 12, Vinny Palm 7 157 pounds - Zach Mackall (WAY) Pin Zach Schrott 197 pounds - NIck Kusich (WAY) 10, Robert West 6 285 pounds - Jake Evans (WAY) Pin Jake Walker

UPCOMING EVENTS Thurday, January 31

UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, February: Baldwin Wallace-John Summa Tournament, 9 a.m.

RECENT RESULTS Monday, January 28

Chatham 62, W&J 57; Grove City 66, Bethany 65; Saint Vincent 69, Thiel 68; Westminster 89, Waynesburg 78; Thomas More 89, Geneva 64.

Bridgewater 70, Waynesburg 65.

MEN 60 Meter: 1. Jae'Len Means, 6.85; 2. Tellis Horne, 6.88; 3. Jaevon Hardy, 6.91 200 Meter: 1. Jae'Len Means, 21.55; 2. Tellis Horne, 21.60; 3. Dan Stoll, 22.07 400 Meter: 1. Zack Marcum, 48.59; 2. Domenic Frisina, 48.74; 3. James Roth, 48.99 800 Meter: 1. Brent Rodden, 1:53.25; 2. Josh Conrad, 1:56.42, 3. Tre Brooks, 1:56.52 1 Mile Run: 1. George McCartney, 4:16.21; 2. Chris Cannon, 4:16.34; 3. Steven Bauers, 4:16.54 3,000 Meter: 1. Noah Schaub, 8:29.69; 2. Jacob Kernell, 8:30.38; 3. Jacob Caniford, 8:34.85 5,000 Meter: 1. Jack Mastandrea, 14:34.31; 2. Noah Murray, 15:01.45; 3. Austin Neura, 15:08.05 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Juan Scott, 8.01; 2. Mason Plant, 8.07; 3. Logan Moore, 8.13 High Jump: 1. Wes Fritz, 2.06m; 2. Evan Hershberger, 2.01m; 3. Taemar Willis, 1.96 Pole Vault: 1. Easton Plummer, 4.58m, T-2. Tyler Delozier, J4.58; T-2. Rees Nemeth, J4.58m Long Jump: 1. Josh Colley, 7.36m; David MoralesPerez, 6.50m; 3. Jaren Coleman, 6.49m Triple Jump: 1. Corey Minton, 14.08m; 2. Isaiah Robinson, 13.79m; 3. Varney Pelima, 13.39m Shot Put: 1. Alexander Presley, 17.35m; 2. Lucas Cooper, 16.48m; 3. Sean Sherman, 16.39m Weight Throw: 1. Travis Moore, 16.79m; 2. Paul Strum, 16.14m; 3. Owen Zeiter, 14.66m

WOMEN

Westminster at Grove City, 6 p.m.

60 Meter: 1. Ericka Davis, 7.63; 2. Asia Garder, 7.70; 3.

Krystal Mitchell, 7.76 200 Meter: 1. Asia Gardner, 25.19; 2. Londie FieldsWilliams, 25.56; 3. Rachael Adams, 25.62 400 Meter: 1. Ashura Powell, 57.98; 2. Rachel Sargent, 59.32; 3. Terry Lee Talasky, 59.39 600 Meter: 1. Reba Bartram, 1:38.35; 2. Abby Bittner, 1:39.07; 3. Maria Blasiole, 4:40.00 800 Meter: 1. Tina Oprean, 2:14.50; 2. Katie Grimes, 2:15:58; 3. Sarah Mason, 2:18.54 1 Mile Run: 1. Andra Lehotay, 4:56.99; 2. Siobhan Quinn, 5:06.04; 3. Bre Bakan, 5:09.56 3,000 Meter: 1. Kelsey Chambers, 9:59.57; 2. Hilary Reigle, 10:09.42; 3. Cameron Bujaucius, 10:12.82 5,000 Meter: 1. Elizabeth Herndon, 16:50.60; 2.

Mackenzie Donahue, 17:20.69; 3. Liz Weiler, 17:35.20 60 Meter Hurdle: 1. Danheisha Harding, 8.81; 2.

Mildrenae Young-Brooks, 8.87; 3. Kierra Rice, 8.90 High Jump: 1. Mariah Harmon, 1.68m; T-2. Emily Lunger, 1.63m; T-2. Olga Branney, 1.63m Pole Vault: 1. Anna Massa, 3.82m; 2. Hannah Cain, 3.52m; 3. Morgan Gossard, 3.52 Long Jump: 1. Julia Forbes, 5.35m; 2. Mildrenae Young-Brooks, 5.27m; 3. Alexianna Johnson, 5.09m Triple Jump: 1. Courtney Phoennik, 11.04m; 2. Maria DeLuca, 10.71m; 3. Haley Yenchik, 10.59m Shot Put: 1. Lexi Stevenson, 13.02m; 2. Lauren Dickerson, 12.34m; 3. Emily Winters, 12.24m Weight Throw: 1. Elizabeth Fleming, 15.51m; 2.

Olivia Hurtt, 14.71m; 3. Gesnide Pierre, 13.88m

YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FEMALE Andrea Orlosky - Sopomore, Women's Basketball

RECENT RESULTS Saturday 1.26.19

2019 Midwest Indoor Invitational at SPIRE Institute

MALE Jake Evans - Senior, Wrestling

W&M UPCOMING MEETS: Friday, February 1st @ Youngstown StateSaturday, February 2nd @ Mt. Union

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Carmichaels

Jefferson-Morgan

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

West Greene

Boy's Basketball @ Bentworth, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1

Boy's Basketball @ Geibel, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1

Boy's Basketball @ West Greene, 7:00 p.m. Feb 1

Boy's Basketball @ South Park, 7:30 p.m. Feb 1

Boy's Basketball Vs. Clairton, 7:00 p.m. Jan 30

Girl's Basketball @ Burgettstown, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31

Girl's Basketball @ Avella, 7:30 p.m. Jan 31

Girl's Basketball @ Geibel, 7:30 p.m. Jan 31

Girl's Basketball @ Washington, 7:30 p.m. Jan 31

Girl's Basketball @ Sewickley Academy, 7:00 p.m. Jan 31

JANUARY 31, 2019

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Track & field competes at SPIRE after extended break First invitational of the year canceled due to snowstorm MITCH MONTANI For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg men’s indoor track & field team competed in the Spire Institute Midwest Indoor Open in Geneva, Ohio last Saturday.

Team results were not recorded in the event, but athletes were given an opportunity to compete individually in a collection of events.

According to Cross, this was a new experience for the Jackets as they had never competed at SPIRE prior to last weekend.

“It was the first time we’ve ever made the trip up there,” said Cross. “I was extremely impressed because it was such a competitive and efficient meet.”

The meet Saturday came a week after the cancellation of the Carnegie Mellon Invitational, meaning a two-week layoff was created on the team’s schedule. Cross noted the chal-

Track Continued from C2 “With the polar vortex this week, I’ve had to rework a lot of my workouts to expect them [runners] to be on the treadmill, which always adds another element,” said Cross. “Pacing workouts are difficult, so we try to do speed endurance and hill repeats.”

For Friday’s 5K, Cross holds “high hopes” for senior Teghan Simonton and freshman standout Aubrey Wingeart of the women’s team.

“Particularly for Aubrey, because she was so strong in the 3K and we’ve been training her more for the 5K,” Cross said. “I’m also really excited about Teghan.”

Cross will also be keeping a close eye on junior Jordan Simpson as well as sophomores Megan McElligott and Amber Yaugh.

Cross added that there is “new faces and new

Smith Continued from C1 doctor told him that, at 15, he was already considered “old” in terms of having the injury. Now, at 20, the injury came as a terrifying surprise.

“When it happened to me in college, that’s when I was really shocked, because it’s supposed to happen when your younger… everyone I’ve know [who has had OCD] has had it happened when they were younger,” Smith said.

Initially, Smith didn’t feel a lot of physical pain, but when he woke up from surgery more than a month later, that changed.

Smith couldn’t do much of anything for two months following the surgery. He was bedridden, away from his friends at school and he couldn’t go to classes for the rest of the spring semester.

The only positive, Smith said, he was able to spend his days watching college basketball—the sport he loved since he was a kid and the sport he didn’t know if he would ever play again.

He had all the time in the world to watch basketball—but playing it for Waynesburg was out of the question for all of Smith’s junior season.

Last year, the Jackets

lenge of not having a meet since the Marty Pushkin Classic on Jan. 11, especially as each week gets more intense for the team.

“We structure our meets very specifically coming in [to the season],” said Cross. “To not have that meet in between to build them up wasn’t exactly perfect, but I thought they handled it well, and that’s a testament to how well-run the meet was.”

When asked which athlete stood out the most, Cross was quick to praise the performance of sophomore Dorian Hardy, who is new to the team this season. Hardy collected a distance of 13 meters in the triple jump event.

“We knew he was good in the triple jump coming out of high school, but it had been a couple years since he competed in it,” Cross said. “He set a [personal record] about two and a half feet farther than what his high school PR was.”

blood” on the team this season and she is excited to see what some of the newer athletes can do.

“JaWuan Jones showed a lot of potential in the events he did last week, and Dorian Hardy is currently sitting in first place in the PAC for triple-jump, so I’m excited to see where he goes,” said Cross.

Overall, Cross believes this weekend is an important time in the season, the transition from January to February is when the team chemistry and success begin to show.

“The first month of the season is usually marked by bad weather and not being able to get things where you want it, then in February things start to come together for people so the different aspects of their training start to come together,” said Cross.

T h e 5 K r u n n e r s fo r both teams will compete tomorrow at Youngstown State with the rest of the team heading to Mount Union for its events on Saturday.

improved marginally, making the PAC tournament, but lost in the first round.

Smith feels he could have made a difference on the team.

“If I would have been as healthy, I feel like I could have stretched the floor as a big man, and I feel like our team would have benefitted a lot from that,” Smith said. “We were strong in a lot of positions, but we didn’t have a true big guy. I just feel like I could have fit with how they all played.”

When Smith was healthy enough to escape from his hospital bed, he began to rehab, working out in his high school’s brand new weight room during the summer. He was limited in what he could do—he couldn’t squat for an entire year—but he worked enough to put on 20 pounds of muscle.

While the rehab was physically demanding, the part that hurt Smith the most was the mental aspect of not being able to compete.

“I didn’t mind working out, because that’s really all I could do at that time,” Smith said. “But it definitely hurt to see [my teammates] out there. I felt that I could have affected our team a lot in a positive way last year … I hated sitting and watching.” ***

Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott

JaWuan Jones is competing in track & field for the first time this year while also competing as a wide receiver on the football team. He placed 48th in the 200-meter.

Another new face to the team this season is sophomore JaWuan Jones, who also competes for Waynesburg University as a wide receiver on the football team. Jones placed

48th among 123 runners in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.51 seconds.

He also competed in the 60-meter dash, getting a time of 7.41 seconds and placing at 52 out of 100

runners.

“We knew when he was coming over from football that he was a very fast and powerful athlete,” said Cross. “How that translates to track is always a

question, but so far I’m very pleased by how he is transferring.”

As the event distance became greater, freshman Silas Mays made improvements, recording a time of 2:04.1 in the 800-meter sprint. Out of 84 runners to take part, the time for Mays ranked him 35th.

“He cruised and looked really strong,” said Cross, “It looks like there are better times ahead for him as well.”

Now two meets into the indoor season, Cross noted the scheduled progression of the season from this point.

“We use indoor as sort of a preparation for outdoor [track & field season],” Cross said. “It’s a very non-specific type of training, starting off very general and getting more and more specific as we go.”

T h e Ye l l o w J a c k e t s will return to competition this weekend with 5K runners going to the National Mid-Major Invite at Youngstown State and the rest of the squad going to Mt. Union.

WBB Continued from C1 selves in position to win the game, but fell just short in execution “We didn’t have the energy we needed at important parts of the game, and just little simple things. Down two [points] with 34 seconds left, [we] draw up a play and throw out of bounds instead of to the person who has to catch and score,” said Jones.

“Just simple things like that and even with that we still, down three, got a wideopen, good look at the rim and just didn’t make the shot and some nights that just happens.”

In the game the biggest disparity between the two teams was free throws. The Jackets shot 13-20 from the charity stripe, while Bridgewater was 19-22, a six-point difference in a five-point loss.

“We blew some opportunities to win the game, take nothing away from that,” said

Jones. “They made their foul shots and we didn’t, so that was frustrating because foul shots are something you’re supposed to be able to control.”

Jones views the loss as a chance to get the team back

on pace to finish the last five games.

“Hopefully it’s the kick in the butt we needed. Hopefully it’s just a good lesson and we get refocused,” said Jones.

The women played a

conference game against Geneva yesterday evening, past publication date. Next up, the Jackets will play next on Feb. 6 against rival Washington & Jefferson, who they lost to 88-66 earlier in the season.

For head coach Mark Christner, it was important for Smith not to entirely isolate himself from the team, but also not be around them too much to take away from his rehab.

It’s a difficult balance for injured players, he said. “ He w a s a r o u n d a s much as he wanted to be,” Christner said. “He didn’t really travel with us, but

that he could return to court to play for the Yellow Jackets again, he also was informed that, if the healing went well, he could be stronger than he was before he went down.

“He pretty much told me, if I heal it right this time, it could be better than it ever was before, because I’ve always been dealing with [OCD],” Smith said. “So that’s just what

junior as far as basketball goes, with the option to return next season— he’d transformed into arguably Waynesburg’s most important piece, currently averaging 14.5 points and five rebounds a game. The 20 pounds of muscle he put on recovering from his injury has been essential, both in Smith’s physicality and for Waynesburg as a whole, as 6-foot, 7-inch sophomore forward Ben Vitovich left the team after the fall semester.

On the court where the best and worst of his college basketball collaborated in a span of roughly five minutes two years prior, Smith played one of his best games, scoring 27 points and adding nine rebounds to lead the Jackets to an 85-76 win.

While the Yellow Jackets have had a rocky year thus far—the team is currently 5-14 and eighth in the PAC with a 4-7 record—Smith has proven to be a difference maker.

Porter Jr., currently a rookie power forward on the Denver Nuggets.

“He has a perfect quote, a perfect quote right here in this video,” Smith said.

Smith begins the video, and briefly repeats what Porter is saying “Packed stands…Sold out crowd,” said Smith.

He pauses for a moment.

“I know [my situation] is not to this extent,” Smith said, as Mizzou Arena’s 15,000-plus seating capacity vastly outnumbers the seats in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. “But, that’s just how I felt sitting on the bench seeing [the team] not doing well.”

Smith continues to scroll through the video, looking for the quote. Finally, he gets to the part where Porter reads from James 1:12, which says “blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, because having stood that test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”

“Until you stand that test, God won’t reward you until you have [gone] through that… That’s exactly how I feel about it,” Smith said.

For Christner, Smith is making the most of what could be his last season.

“He is playing like he’s been given a second chance, and I think there’s no substitute for that,” Christner said.

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Julie Deklaven scored 17 points against Bridgewater, shooting 5-7 from 3-point range.

DeKlaven returned to the lineup after tearing her ACL last year.

“Sometimes, I wouldn't even watch the games because it'd be too hard for me.

I always felt like if I was on the court I could make a difference.”

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Basketball Player

he was at practice. I knew that he had some landmarks just in terms of rehab and doctor check-ins and all those things they have to progress through, because it is a lengthy rehab in his situation.”

Not being on the court, at times, felt unbearable.

“Sometimes, I wouldn’t even watch the games because it’d be too hard for me,” Smith said. “I always felt like if I was on the court I could make a difference.”

Then things began to change, Smith’s doctor had encouraging news.

Not only was Smith told

I’ve been hoping, and it has been [better] so far.”

Almost two years to the date, Smith returned to the same court where his career nearly came to a premature conclusion. In some ways, the situation paralleled the one Waynesburg faced two years ago. The Yellow Jackets, at 3-6 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, needed a win having lost 10 of their last 11 games. While Waynesburg is in a similar situation from two years ago, Smith is not the same player.

Even without competing his junior year—Smith is a

*** It’s Tuesday morning and Smith is sitting at the scorer’s table in the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. On the court, a few Yellow Jacket players are having a light shoot around while assistant coach Greg Bean watches on, when Smith gets out his phone and plays a video.

The video is of Michael

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JANUARY 31, 2019 MEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: THOMAS MORE

Jackets to face former PAC rival in non-conference game COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

This year marks the first season the Thomas More Saints aren’t in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. However, this hasn’t stopped the Waynesburg men’s basketball team from finding a way to play the Saints.

“I think as a confere n ce , at l e a s t o n t h e men’s [basketball] side, we miss them because the conference isn’t as good w i t h o u t t h e m ,” s a i d Waynesburg University’s men’s basketball head coach Mark Christner.

The Jackets (5-14, 4-7) will host the Saints this Saturday at 1 p.m. and Christner sees the match-up with the for-

mer PAC powerhouse as a good thing because of the familiarity with the team.

“I know that they have a lot of guys back from their team a year ago, they have a new coach and a new system,” said Christner. “I think that they are scoring more points on average and they’re in a very unique spot now being independent, there is no doubt that it will be a challenge.”

Seniors Damion King, Brandon Horne and Ryne Callahan are all recognizable faces as they have faced Waynesburg each of the past three seasons.

“The biggest thing for us is that you have to contain their point guard Damian King, he was the player of the year last year in

Players to Watch THOMAS MORE

WAYNESBURG

Damion King 15.6 ppg - 3.9 rpg

Matt Popeck 16.9 ppg - 3.4 rpg

Ralph Stone 9.8 ppg - 7.3 rpg

Brennan Smith 14.3 ppg - 5.3 rpg

*STATISTICS AS OF 1/29/19*

our league,” said Christner. “They also have some guys on the wings that can make shots. So, the biggest thing is that you have to be able to guard on the perimeter. It is easier said than done, I think that they have some balance a little bit too, but Horne, King and Callahan are all three guys

that have played since they were freshmen there.”

The key to beating Thomas More, according to Christner, is to play smart and get rebounds.

“They shoot at a high p e r c e nt a g e a n d d o n’ t turn the ball over,” said Christner. “So, you have to be able to keep them in front and rebound and at

some point, you have to be able to score on them too.

We have typically tried to work from the inside out against them and try to get to the free throw line.”

Christner emphasized the importance of the rest of the schedule considering the conference is really congested in the middle, with seven teams within two games of each other as of Tuesday evening.

“I think that our conference is really balanced, two games separate second from eighth. You have some outliers with Saint Vincent and Bethany to a degree, but everybody else is kind of in the middle there,” said Christner.

After the Thomas More

game, the Yellow Jackets will have four games left in the season. All four are conference games.

Waynesburg is currently sitting in eighth place out of the nine teams in the PAC, which would mean if the season ended today, they would travel to Saint Vincent for the first round of the playoffs.

“Basketball is awesome because it really comes down to February, it comes down to who can play with the most cohesion, who can play the most together and especially in the circumstance like us,” said Christner. “Everybody knows that you’re going to probably have to b eat S a i nt Vi n ce nt at Latrobe, which isn’t easy to do.”

Westminster outlasts men's squad One meet left before Jackets defend PAC title BRANDON ROSSI For the Yellow Jacket

For the first 17 minutes of play, the men’s basketball team kept up with Westminster.

Then the f loodgates opened.

An 18-0 run ended the first half and extended into the opening minutes of the second half giving the visiting Titans the cushion they needed in an 89-78 victory.

“They made a couple of tough shots, had some good looks and just kept the run going,” said sophomore point guard Matt Popeck, who scored 20 points in the loss.

Saturday’s loss extended Waynesburg’s losing streak to six on its home court. The Yellow Jackets are now an uncharacteristic 1-6 when playing at home as opposed to being 4-6 when going on the road.

Two of those wins came against Chatham and Washington & Jefferson, who are currently tied for second place in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with Grove City.

“The goal is to play your game regardless of where you are at,” said ninth-year head coach Mark Christner. “Some of our games at home we’ve come out flatter, but I think it is because of an inconsistent approach to the game.

What matters is that you can execute consistently.”

However, something that has been consistent is the scoring. The Yellow Jackets are the secondhighest scoring team in PAC conference play with 76.4 points per game.

When Waynesburg scores over 80 points this year, it’s 5-0. When held under 80 points, the Yellow Jackets are 0-14.

L ea d i n g t h at of fe n sive onslaught have been Popeck and junior wing Brennan Smith. At 16.9 and 14.3 points per game respectively, the duo creates a one-two punch that Christner has taken notice of.

“They have had a very nice connection,” Christner said. “[Smith] has had a fantastic year and after coming back from what

Wtrack Continued from C2 jumpers in the long jump.

In the triple jump, Yauch made the top nine finals and placed eighth out of 26 total jumpers.

Yauch contributes her success to the high competition at the meet.

“I thought the compe-

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he had he has been very consistent. [Smith and Popeck] are close friends, and they are getting to the point where they are playing pretty well together.”

Smith finished Saturday’s loss to Westminster with just two points and three rebounds, both of which are season lows. In the first meeting, he had a career-high 28 points.

Luckily for the junior from Oak Glen High School, he has some backup.

“It’s been great playing with [Smith],” said Popeck.

“I was so excited to get it going with him. We have had games where we were just doing our thing. We’ve just been trying to play to-

gether, ball out, and try to win every game.”

Popeck is no stranger to playing with an injury, either. Following a career-best 34-point performance in a home loss to Chatham University, he had to sit out four games with an injury.

“It was really tough,” Popeck said. “I always made sure I was trying to impact the team even though I wasn’t playing.

Since I’ve been back I think we have been getting our flow back.”

Waynesburg currently sits in the penultimate spot of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference standings. If the playoffs begun now, it would play top-ranked

Saint Vincent in the first round of the PAC playoffs.

Now in the second half of the conference schedule, Christner knows very well the importance of the coming weeks.

“We have to get consistent,” Christner said. “We have to get a group that is the same all the time. The goal is to make sure we are feeling really good in February. One of our goals is to get a playoff game at home, which is still in reach. All of the secondplace teams are 6-5 and we have beaten them all.

But we have one team that we have beaten left in the schedule, which is Washington & Jefferson. Every game means a lot to us.”

After sweeping its Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) schedule last week with wins over Washington & Jefferson and Thiel, this weekend the Waynesburg wrestling team will participate in the 33rd annual John Summa Tournament, hosted

by Baldwin Wallace.

Head coach Ron Headlee said this trip to Baldwin Wallace is to act as a way to solidify his lineup heading into the PAC Championships, which take place next Saturday, Feb. 8.

Given that multiple teams competing in the John Summa Tournament are also in the Yellow Jackets’ region, he also is eager to square up against teams they will see once they head to the regional tournament.

“How I look at it is that it’s a real good tune-up before your regional tournament going into that,” Headlee said. “It gives you one last good look at some hard teams.”

Additionally, the other two PAC teams will compete in the tournament. Headlee, as his team prepares to defend its PAC title for the second straight year, is happy that his wrestlers will get one more chance to see the opponents they will square up with next weekend at this tournament.

Building off that, the host team Baldwin Wallace, which is currently ranked sixth in the country by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, offers Waynesburg an opportunity to square up with some of the nation’s best.

Baldwin Wallace defeated Waynesburg 35-12 earlier this season. “[We’re] just seeing wherever we stack up because Baldwin Wallace is definitely a tough team and that’s what we tell our guys—‘If you go in and wrestle with them, you’re going to be seeing that same caliber of wrestling at your regionals,’” Headlee said. “You’re going to have to beat someone like that to make it to nationals.”

tition was amazing going up against Division I and Division II athletes,” said Yauch. “It helped me be more competitive.”

Yauch had to go into this meet like any other meet to be successful.

“My game plan going into this meet was to give it my all and not to be nervous,” said Yauch. “If I’m nervous for my meet I noticed I don’t perform as well.”

Cross also mentioned

sophomore best time out of 46 hurdler Kathcompetitors. erine Fair, junior Simpson f inthrower Jordan ished 13th with a Simpson and distance of 10.73 freshman dismeters in the shot tance runner put out of 47 comAubrey Wingpetitors. eart.

Wingeart placed Fair crossed top 15 in two the finish line events. Wingeart with a time of finished 14th in the Cross 10.05 seconds mile with a time of in the 60-meter hurdles. 5:18.2. In the 3,000-meter That time gave her the 23rd race, she placed 11th with a

time of 10:44.8.

Having the previous weekend off, the Yellow Jackets were anxious to compete but handled their emotions well according to Cross.

“I think the team was a little freaked out with the intensity of the team leading up to the meet,” said Cross. “We usually start out with less intense meets then work our way up, but the team handled every-

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Cam Auld leads the team in field goal percentage, shooting 57 percent so far this season. Auld also has the second most assists on the team with 29.

The season hasn’t exactly been what Headlee envisioned at the beginning of the year, as the team is currently 7-7 overall in part due to an influx of injuries and other factors. However, the team has hit its stride in recent weeks with a fifthplace finish at the Spartan Mat Classic Jan. 12, followed by the two PAC victories last week.

“I think we are on pace.

We wrestled a really hard schedule the first semester, and with our guys its hard.

You have to stay on the course,” Headlee said. “We just were losing guys to injury and didn’t have our lineup that we were planning on having. So, you just have to get better individually.”

According to Headlee, many wrestlers have stepped up in starter’s absences, particularly senior Nick Kusich at 197 pounds in place of Ken Burrs’ the 2018 National qualifier. Headlee is confident in the team’s prospects going into the final couple weeks of the regular season. “[We are] getting guys at weight classes where they can compete better,” Headlee said. “I think we are just starting to gel a little bit, I think they are starting to believe in themselves and each other. That’s what we need and that’s what we hope to do at the end of the year.”

As for the 2018, 285-pound, national champion Jake Evans, who is 36-1 this season with 21 pins, Headlee anticipates him to keep rolling with the momentum he’s built up as he prepares to defend his national title.

“We’ve just been telling him one match at a time and this time of the year he’s mixed it up and tried some different things,” Headlee said. “Now’s the time of year to do what you do best, keep it simple and don’t try to overthink it. Just keep doing what you do best and keep going from here on out.”

The 33rd John Summa Tournament is set to start at 10 a.m. this Saturday in Berea, Ohio.

thing very well with the early competitive meet.”

Yauch thinks the weekend off helped prepare the team.

“I think the last meet being cancelled was helpful for our team,” said Yauch.

“We had more time to work on technique and practice for the larger meet.”

The Yellow Jackets will continue the season on Feb. 2 at the Jim Wuske Invitational in Alliance, Ohio.

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FAITH CAMPUS ON

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part four of a series that highlights diversity at Waynesburg University.

2017 WU UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

Two years ago Ezekiel Olagoke, associate professor of sociology, was teaching a lesson on religion in one of his classes when, at the end of his lecture, a student approached him.

The young woman, who Olagoke described as “blonde-haired and blue-eyed,” was silent for the entire lecture, but afterwards, thanked Olagoke for the lesson, before revealing something about herself.

“She said ‘professor, I really thank you for your lecture today,’” Olagoke remembered.

After that seemingly standard comment, the student added, “I am a Muslim.”

Waynesburg University is a predominantly Christian institution, and the idea of other religions is unusual.

“On this campus, a Muslim,” he responded to the girl.

Today, according to Waynesburg University’s Total Enrollment Composition for the Fall of 2017, the Islamic faith didn’t even show up on the radar among undergraduate students. *** Olagoke sees multiple categories his students can fall into regarding his faith.

“Some are dazed,” he said. “Some are spiritual but not religious. Some are just searching. I think the other

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OTHER ALL OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS

[category] which some people have expressed a few months ago, I think they use the sociological term ‘morally therapeutic dazing.’ Religion is morally therapeutic in a sense.”

For Diamond Price, religion didn’t play a large role in her college choice.

Price came to Waynesburg this past fall to pursue a degree in forensic science. She does, however, frequently

sing Christian hymns as a member of the Lamplighters Concert Choir on the stage of Roberts Chapel before a predominantly Christian audience.

This seems particularly unique, especially regarding her Jewish faith.

According to the enrollment composition, an official document that states the demographic information of students, that was released year

before Price enrolled at Waynesburg, there was only one Jewish student amongst undergraduates.

When Price was growing up, she was fortunate to face only casual ribbing because of her religion, hearing the “occasional, stereotypical Jew joke,” and little more.

When she sings on stage at chapel, she doesn’t think too much about the meaning behind the songs. Instead, she takes an interest in seeing how another faith operates.

“I treat [chapel] it as a social experiment to see the other side of a different religion,” she said. …“I personally love seeing different religions and how their beliefs are counteractive to mind.”

Price describes herself as someone who doesn’t go out of their way to tell people of her Jewish faith. One of the things that has surprised her in her short time at Waynesburg University is how willing students are to talk about what they believe in.

“I thought that, yeah Waynesburg was a Christian school, but I didn’t think that so many people would be so open about their faith,” she said. “I thought it’d be a small sliver of people that would meet up in their building.”

When the topic of religion comes up in conversation, people are sometimes surprised when they find out Price is Jewish. What follows the typical ‘I didn’t know that’ comment isn’t any playful banter, but rather casual questions about how Price goes about FAITH >> D2

Cast announced for spring musical ASL club created to inform campus on deaf culture COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

The start of the 2019 Spring semester has come and gone, and so has auditions for the spring musical.

This year’s musical is Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, featuring a total of 19 students as the cast.

“The show has a very big ensemble, meaning that the chorus is very vital to the storyline,” Theatre Professor Edward L. Powers said.

“They are telling the story, they aren’t just being in the background as singers and dancers, they’re telling the story. So, all the actors will be used very effectively.”

Junior music ministry major Thomas Faye will be the lead role of Quasimodo.

“It’s pretty great actually, I have never gotten the lead role before so, it’s an honor,”Faye said.

Some of the challenges Faye is facing in preparing for his role as as Quasimodo is the voice, the hunchback and the personality.

“I was actually pretty excited when I heard that it was the Hunchback,” Faye said.

“Of course, I was a little skeptical about it because I wasn’t sure how we were going to do this big production, but from the looks of it, it seems like it will be a great show.”

To see if the show would work on the Goodwin Performing Arts Center stage, Powers looked to the internet for reference.

“Well I did look at a cou-

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Members of the cast rehearse lines during practice Jan. 29. The production, set in Paris in the year 1482, has a cast of 19 students. ple of examples online and I looked at the size of their stage and what they did and I was thinking to myself ‘well, this could fit our stage’,” Powers said. “So, that was another reason for thinking that the show would be advantageous to us.”

This isn’t the first Disney show to be on the Waynesburg University stage, but this is the first time that “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” will be done here and the first time Powers will see the show on stage.

“I have always liked the story and not based on the Disney movie,” Power said.

“I have just liked the Victor Hugo story.“We have some success [with Disney shows] in the past with “The Little Mermaid” and so then I

thought about Hunchback and I went ‘ok well maybe that might be another Disney show I might be interested in.’”

This will be Powers’ 55 major show at Waynesburg.

He is very excited to do this show because he believes that the message of the show goes hand-in-hand with the message of the university “One message that I believe that this show brings out is for us to value one another and value life. That is a very good message for our campus in keeping with our Christian focus,” Powers said.

“So, I think that the Hunchback is a very good story to tell in this day and age and to fit the message of Waynesburg University.”

Powers noted that this is a

very serious musical, which is not what most people think of whenever they think of musicals.

“A lot of people when they think of musicals they think of a very lighthearted story with lots of laughs,” Powers said. “There is some humor in the Hunchback, but this is a very serious story and I want to point out the seriousness of it.”

The Hunchback of Notre Dame will take place March 27-30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

“When the actors and the audience come together [between] March 27th to the 30th that is when theatre occurs, that’s when the magic occurs and that’s when the art occurs,” Powers said.

Sophomore history major Brendon Stead was born deaf. Around age 8, Stead learned how to talk: not with his voice, but with his hands through American Sign Language.

After receiving cochlear implants in his ears as a baby, which stimulate the auditory nerve and allow his brain to recognize sound, Stead was gradually able to hear fully.

Stead was fortunate to have somebody close to him who could relate to what he was going through.

His grandmother is also deaf and attended Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, so she served as a mentor to Stead.

Today, he continues to learn more about sign language and said he thinks others should learn about it as well.

While attending a class on ASL provided through Waynesburg University this past Fall semester, Stead met Sierra Jones, a sophomore psychology major.

Jones has always been interested in ASL and the deaf community, but said she didn’t have the

chance to take the class until this school year.

Since her mother is also interested in the topic, she said they sometimes sign a little back and forth to each other or sign songs at church.

After taking the class, Jones spoke to Stead about proposing a new

“Bringing this club should show students to learn about deaf culture and how to experience people like me.”

BRENDON STEAD

Sophomore history major

club surrounding ASL to the university.

Stead said he supported her as the co-president of the club and they worked together to get approval.

Over christmas break, Wayenburg gave official approval to the club.

“The club is organized to review and learn new things about deaf culture and sign language,” Jones said. “[What we do] SIGN >> D2

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Music program's new

TECHNOLOGY class to focus on writing EDWARD BOICE Copy Desk Chief

Dr. Ronda DePriest, director of the music program, stands in the middle of the Fine Arts Department’s Mac Lab as eight students sit in front of computers, clicking mouses in response to her instructions DePriest awaits MUS 295, Computer: Tech for Musicians, to become a reality.

MUS 295 is aimed to allow “musicians to have a tool to write their music done and potentially publish,” DePriest explained.

She is teaching her students Finale, a music notation software that, in her opinion, is the best out there.

“A lot of the notation software programs out there are meant for nonreaders of music,” DePriest said. “We will touch on those if they know how to work Finale and SmartMusic, they are going to know how to work those programs. Finale is like the granddaddy of music notation software and you have to be a reader and have some understanding of music theory to use Finale.”

DePriest has been planning for this course since before the Fine Arts Department’s Mac Lab took the place of a storage close, which was back in 2010. , DePriest planned

Edward Boice, The Yellow Jacket

Dr. Ronda DePriest, director of the music program, teaches the class to help future musicians be able to write and digitally publish pieces. fo r t h i s co u r s e . Eve n though nine years have past, DePriest believes the course is still relevant and needed for music students today.

“I think it goes hand in hand with the 21st century with theory learning,” DePriest said. “If you know

music theory, that’s great.

If you can input it into a program as you learn, I think that education for the 21st century is pretty necessary. You need to be digital literate in the 21st century.”

D eP r i e s t h o p e s t h e course will become a re-

quirement for music ministry majors and the music therapy degree, if the degree is approved.

There are currently are eight students in the course. While the class isn’t required for any major or minor, the music majors and minors can

Faith

Conductors travel to perform music symposium at WU

Continued from D1 if I believe in a God,” Price said. “Those are pretty much [the only questions].

They don’t ask me a lot of questions. It’s mostly just cultural difference questions.”

While it hasn’t happened yet, Price is prepared for the possibility of abuse.

Her grandmother, who only speaks Hebrew, has heard comments because of her language, and Price feels that she would “probably just ignore it” if anybody ever looked for conformation.

Olagoke advises people to “seek to understand” their peers who don’t share the same spiritual beliefs.

“We should not impose a view that would almost knock the Bible on their head,” he said. “Some of them have had roommates who try to force Christianity or the Bible on them.

They have been able to resist it. So I’m hoping they would be able to reason to the students. Faith should seek understanding. This is a journey, it’s not a product.”

Olagoke has studied at intuitions based around different faiths, including Christianity. So whenever one of his students reaches out to talk about religious issues, he uses his time

Sign Continued from D1 depends on the majority of who is in the class, whether they know some sign language or not, because we can do basic sign language and expand from there, but we could also just do reviews for those taking the [ASL] class next semester.”

Along with holding two

apply the course for their general education computer science course.

Music students aren’t just using this class as a cop out from other computer science courses.

Briana Ryan, music ministry and arts administration major, feels the

course will help her during her career.

“I want to go into music education, so it’s an easy way to teach students,” Ryan said. “This is the only class you can learn [Finale], other than just doing it on your own.”

The course will consist of projects that require students to make music by using Finale and other programs such as SmartMusic.

T h e c o u r s e d o e s n’ t teach about Digital Audio Workstations. The reason being, DePriest said, because those programs delve into a different area than practicing music theory and composing.

“I know that is valuable,” DePriest said. “If we ever had a straight music industry degree, I would say yes, because those guys are going to be really involved in recording studios, which is all tech in terms of what they would be doing with that. If these guys are going into entertainment arts, that would be more in that area.”

DePriest said that Without the donations from various sources, MUS 295 would not be possible.

“We feel so blessed to have this lab and were it not for several alumni [who] created the funds that allowed us to build this,” DePriest said. “We want to make sure to say thank you.”

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Students perform music during weekly Chapel Jan. 29, which allows Christians from diverse denominations gather for worship. learning about different forms of religion to understand what they are dealing with.

“I knew my own struggles,” Olagoke said. “So therefore, [when] somebody expresses to me ‘this is how I feel religiously or spiritually,’ it’s for me to seek to understand them, rather than [tell them] ‘you need to go to church’ or things like that. I think advisors should try to understand them. Four years [at Waynesburg] is a time to grow. It’s a time to explore.

It’s a time to even be differ-

ent. When you don’t allow that, you are constraining them.”

For Price, non-Christian students attending Waynesburg should take the opportunity to learn about another religion over their time in college.

“I would tell them that they should try to look at it from a social experiment side,” Price said. “To just try to see the other side of other people’s religions and to see the interactions of people and to see how they differ from other people.”

Most of Waynesburg University’s students read the Bible, and most of their communication comes with people who share the same faith. Olagoke’s advice to these students is “not to impose their faith on those of a different background, but rather to go out of their way to see things from the other side.”

“Don’t bash them with the Bible,” he said. “Be open. Seek to understand them, talk to them. They’re not going to bite you. You probably have [more in common] than you think.”

meetings a month, Jones said they also want to arrange special events that surround the deaf culture, like silent game nights.

“Bringing this club to Waynesburg should show these students to learn about deaf culture and how to experience people like me,” Stead said.

Stead said he has seen si tuations where deaf people have had difficulty communicating with and to others, and he believes it is important for more people to know how to

communicate with those who are deaf.

Jones said she would like the club to contribute to the deaf community even outside of the university, such as promoting a better understanding in schools to prevent the bullying of deaf children.

Stead and Jones’ biggest upcoming challenges with the new club are awareness and generating student interest on campus.

Jones said they are planning to put up flyers

around the university to help generate attention.

Next year, she wants to include the club somehow in the new student orientation process.

“We are still in discussion about how we can get people to join us,” Stead said. “We would appreciate for students to join our club to learn a lot about American Sign Language.”

The club’s first meeting will take place Feb. 5 at 9 p.m. in room 321 in Buhl Hall.

Professional and soonto-be professional conductors will be traveling from all over the country to come to Waynesburg University for a conducting symposium.

D r. R i c h a r d M a y n e , professor of music at the University of Northern Colorado, will be leading the symposium while the Waynesburg symphonic band will be accompanying his lead.

Mayne is a bandmaster and has led orchestras at the college level, profes-

“It's going to be interesting to see how our guys adapt and follow different conductors.”

RONDA DEPRIEST

Director of the Music Program

sional and overseas in Japan.

Dr. Ronda DePriest, director of the music program, connected wi th M ay n e w h e n s h e wa s pursuing her doctorate degree.

There are only around 200 bandmasters in the country and to be one is no easy task, according to DePriest.

“I hate to use the word pedigree, but he has quite an amount of pedigree,” said DePriest. “He just has a wealth of knowledge about how to put great concerts together [and] how to work repertoires with ensembles and that’s what he’s going to bring to us.”

T h e re w i l l b e e i g ht conductors from middle school, high school, college and professional levels of education that will come to Waynesburg Feb. 1- 2 to learn from Mayne.

Waynesburgs’ band will act as the clinic band for all of the conductors along with 26 other players, that will include alumni and community members.

DePriest is intrigued to find out how the group will adjust to different styles of conducting.

“It’s going to be interesting to see how our guys adapt and follow different conductors as well,” said Depriest. “Now what we added last year was two weeks after this the symphonic band will use this same material to play a concert.”

Along with 26 members of the Waynesburg band, another 26 members will be coming to play that include alumni and community members like Jonathan Briggs, who lives in Pittsburgh and graduated from West Greene High School.

When Briggs played in West Greene’s band, they were invited to come with Waynesburg, and that’s where he got to know DePriest.

This will be the ninth conductor symposium Briggs will participate in.

“Once you mesh with a group and particularly [Dr. DePriest], she’s great about remember you when you or she needs,” Briggs said.

The concert will be open to the public Feb. 13 and will be conducted by DePriest who, according to senior sports management major Elizabeth Nicodemus, will be able to find a great way to lead the band during the concert.

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Across

WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1 Goat quote 4 Monorail users 9 Driving range instructors 13 Central cooling systs.

14 Kick 15 She converted to Judaism after marrying her comedy partner 16 Study of a portentous woodchuck?

18 Opposition group 19 Submits returns online 20 Prevents legally 22 Hoppy brew, for short 23 Study of tears?

24 Humanities maj.

26 Dash gauge 29 Slovenia neighbor, to the IOC 30 Player of The Bride in "Kill Bill" films, familiarly 31 Made a blunder 33 Take suddenly 37 Small store 39 Fuzzy fruit 41 Exercise in a studio 42 Android operating system named for a cookie 43 Trusty mount 45 Shaving cream type 46 "American Experience" network 49 Bart's bus driver

50 Draw upon 51 Study of common articles?

55 That woman 57 Echo Dot-waking words 58 Cornell's home 61 Others, in Cuba 62 Study of hiking choices?

65 Tells all 66 "At the Movies" co-host 67 Shepherd's pie piece 68 Craftsy website 69 Brother in Roman lore 70 Give a darn

Down

1 It may have an "X" 2 Physical discomfort 3 "Whatever!"

4 "Missed your chance!"

5 Romeo or Juliet 6 "A Sorta Fairytale" singer Tori 7 New car stat 8 More timid 9 Study of literary tools?

10 7:11, e.g.

11 Circular gasket 12 Impertinent 15 The Masters, e.g.

17 Carmex target 21 MoMA location

23 Puppy plaything 24 Heavyweight fight?

25 "Rubáiyát" poet 27 First rescue boat 28 Football Hall of Famer Carter 32 Count calories 34 Officers who follow their own code 35 Many months

36 Christian of "The Big Short" 38 Study of lids and caps?

40 Matching group 44 Throw back some Absolut, say 47 Sanctify 48 Chi __ 51 "All __ in favor ... "

52 Bandleader's cue 53 Works for 54 Rubbernecker 56 Evil film computer 58 Thing 5 9 D ea d - e n d s i g n word 60 Screenwriter James 63 Wartime prez 64 Veer off course

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Netflix's ‘Bird Box’ leaves viewers blindly searching for scares, plot GRACE HUTCHISON Arts & Life Editor

Few films have made such an immediate impact on internet culture as Netflix's original horror movie "Bird Box." Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms were flooded with jokes inspired by the film's plot and ridiculous post-apocalyptic scenario following its Dec. 13 release.

The film, starring Sandra Bullock, follows Malorie, a detached pregnant woman who spends her days alone in her painting studio. She suddenly must fight to survive when the world is transformed so if a person looks outside unblindfolded, they are forced either have a psychotic break or immediately kill themselves.

The movie features flashbacks back and forth between life be-

fore and after the outbreak.

The film itself is moody, and attempts to build suspense through somewhat expected plot twists. Bullock carries the film with her signature unshakable acting, but her character also shows a softer side as she cares for two small children and protects them from the new horrors of the world. The plot of the film moves rather slowly, with occasional cheap jump scares rather than wellplanned and slowly-built suspense and fear.

The film does benefit from never revealing what the infected people see immediately before death, as the viewer can only watch as their eyes glaze over. The fear of imagining what lies outside brings a much stronger sense of terror than attempting to depict the evils. During Malorie's journey

of survival, she interacts with an interesting set of diverse characters who help breathe more life into the film. Viewers start to build an emotional connection to these side characters and they all assist in moving the plot forward.

Malorie initial hardened and cold demeanor transforms slowly throughout the film.

Prior to the apocalypse, Malorie called her pregnancy merely a "condition" and seemed to have no real excitement about her upcoming due date. During "Bird Box" the viewer watches the coldness melt from Malorie as she falls in love and is responsible for the care of two small children.

Though there are some redeeming qualities to the film and it was hyped by millions of inspired tweets, "Bird Box" generally disappoints.

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Chinese New Year Spahmer reha Designed by: Elaina H w e r d n A : y B n e t t i r W

2019 on the Chinese Zodiac calendar is the year of the pig, the twelfth and final zodiac animal on the calendar until it cycles back to the year of the rat for 2020. The system dates back in Chinese culture over 2,000 years and has grown into a worldwide cultural phenomenon.

In adopted American culture, many believe it is a sign of luck for the animal of your birth year to reoccur. However, Chinese tradition dictates otherwise. It is in fact seen

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as unlucky in the chinese culture for it to be “your year.” To combat the ill fate of your zodiac year, Chinese tradition suggests you wear red undergarments all year.

Pigs are most active at night time between the hours of nine and 11 pm. The year of the pig is also a symbol of wealth. People born in the year of the pig are good at communicating, thinking logically and have a tendency to lose their temper quickly. Pigs are best compatible with tigers, are easily grouped with rabbits and goats and are not compatible with snakes.

Highlig

ig P e h t hts of the past Years of

2007

1959

Jan 9, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.

Oct 2, North and South Korean leaders meet for the second Inter-Korean Summit.

1995

Apr 19, Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and injures 500 July 23, Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered

Feb 12, Christian Dior presents the “New Look” his first major collection May 31, Communists take over Hungary June 5, George Marshall outlines the “Marshall Plan”to rebuild Europe Aug 14 & 15, Pakistan, India gain independence from Great Britain on back to back days

1983

Nov 26, 26 million pounds of gold, diamonds and cash are stolen in the World’s Greatest Robbery

1971

Feb 8, NASDAQ index debuts in the stock market with 50 companies Feb 14, Richard Nixon installs secret recorders in the White House

1937

Feb 26, RADAR technology shown off for the first time Mar 16, Adolf Hitler violates Treaty of Versailles, rearms Germany April 14, Dust Bowl begins June 16, Congress accepts Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” Nov 29, “Schrodinger’s Cat” research published

1925

Jul 18, Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf July 21, John Scopes found guilty in “Scopes Monkey trial” for teaching evolution With so many moments etched in history in prior years of the pig, what will 2019 have in store? In the spirit of the pig, let it bring wealth, wisdom and communication. The year of the pig, 2019, will certainly provide more historic moments.

Resources: https://www.onthisday.com/ https://chinesenewyear.net/