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Univ. responds to national sexual assault deregulation ‘Day of

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

During the Obama Administration, college campuses nationwide received a “Dear Colleague” letter, detailing explicit guidelines for handling sexual assault

cases among students and employees.

In September, Betsy DeVos, United States secretary of education, reversed the letter, to allow colleges to conduct investigations and disciplinary measures as they see fit.

But at Waynesburg Univer-

and regulated the burden of proof necessary to decide the guilt of the accused, in any given sexual assault case. The victims need only prove their story “beyond a reasonable preponderance,” meaning that the incident was more likely to have occurred

than not.

The letter also gave a specific timeline for campuses to complete investigations and take appropriate action, and banned mediation, on belief that victims would feel pres-

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sity, according to Title IX coordinators and investigators, it is business as usual.

According to Michael Cipoletti, assistant professor of forensic science and one of Waynesburg’s Title IX investigators, the “Dear Colleague” guidelines lowered

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Not-so-daily bread 18th campus Thanksgiving dinner held in dining hall

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

This week, Lesley Davis, the food service director on campus, was tasked with the seemingly impossible: providing a Thanksgiving meal for the entire campus.

Requiring over 500 pounds of turkey, 30 gallons of gravy, 2,000 baked rolls and other extraordinary amounts of seasonal foods, the Thanksgiving meal was the 18th year Waynesburg University has held the event.

Even though the Thanksgiving meal took half a week to prepare for and only seven chefs were in charge of the preparation, Davis said one of the most challenging parts was being able to provide the other meals at the same time.

“It’s not like I have extra help to bring in and say ‘hey you’re here to cook the dinner that day,’” Davis said. “We still have to feed the kid’s breakfast and lunch that day and it’s kind of hard to cook 25 turkeys and all that stuff at one time.”

Due to the volume of cooking that has to take place leading up to the meal, Davis said she has to get creative with where and when certain items are cooked.

“We learned that we cook all the corn at

the Beehive because the steamers are being used to make the potatoes for the mashed potatoes,” Davis said. “Turkeys will start early…and from there we’ll slice and pan [them] up and get gravy made.”

Another challenge that Davis and her staff faced during the meal was having to flip the dining hall after lunch to prepare for over 800 estimated individuals in attendance for the meal.

“We put out all the tables possible, plus extra seating – nine chairs to a table – so, we’re maxing out [the dining hall] as much as we can as soon as lunch is over,” Davis said. “At two [o’clock] we have to flip this whole dining hall over and be ready set by four o’clock – we have two hours.”

Similar to years previous, the faculty and staff acted as servers for the students and waited on individual tables.

Kelly Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, helped coordinate finding the faculty to assist. Hardie said the staff always enjoys waiting on the students during the meal.

“Our faculty and staff really enjoy this event,” Hardie said. “They like serving our THANKS >> A3

Waynesburg University is hosting the second annual Day of Giving Thursday, Nov. 16, where the office of Institutional Advancement is striving to receive 650 individual donations from alumni, current students, family members and faculty within a 24-hour period.

Donors are able to designate where they would like their donation placed, whether it may be a specific department, scholarship, mission trip or if they would like their contribution to support athletics.

Donna Nypaver, associate director of development, works with “the entire Institutional Advancement team to plan and execute the Day of Giving.”

“I have been given the opportunity to see how these donations can change the lives of our students,” Nypaver said.

During the event’s kickoff last year, the goal for the university was to receive 250 individual donations during the fundraising event. After more than doubling their goal by receiving 627 individual donors spanning across 26 different states, the office of Institutional Advancement has adjusted their target number of donations up 400 from last year’s goal.

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‘Pathways’ panel event brings diverse alumni back to campus

By RACHEL MANGAN and JOE SMELTZER Staff Report

Waynesburg University’s series, Pathways: Explore Your Purpose, held its first ever Narratives and Networking Alumni Panel Nov. 9 in Alumni Hall.

The event, which was made possible by a NetVUE Development Grant, showcased graduates from six different career fields who shared their experiences, both during their time at Waynesburg and afterwards.

Junior political science major Tyler McCoy was the executive moderator for the panel.

He brought up topics regarding the alumni’s experiences, and the six panelists would go around and discuss each topic.

Those on the panel included: Ashley Clark ['15],

currently a financial analyst at Dick’s Sporting Goods; Emile Khoury ['11], who is a video producer for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Meghan Rhoades ['09], who is now at St. Clair Hospital and was a recipient of the 2017 Cameos of Caring; Dan Gottron ['08], who is the principal at Highlands High School; Bethany Owen ['09], who is now a licensed counselor at Women in Balance, LLC.; and Jessica Zangla ['08], a trooper in the Criminal Investigation Unit for the Pennsylvania State Police.

Of the six alumni on the panel, Clark was the most recent graduate, having graduated in December of 2014.

For Clark, being the youngest member of the panel could have been beneficial in connecting with students in attendance.

Clark hopes that her

knowledge was helpful to those interested in her field.

“It’s definitely an experience that I appreciated,” Clark said. “I like being able to come back to campus and connect with students, and hopefully give them some sort of information that can help. It’s always good to kind of provide something useful to somebody else.”

One of the biggest pieces of advice Clark gave students was “stay professional, stay poised and stay prompt.” For her, the ability to not let fear get in the way of a student’s dreams is needed to go far in the world.

“I would think being proactive, and not being afraid to take a chance on something,” Clark said. “That’s the biggest thing because you never know if you don’t try.”

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Jessica Zangla ['08], a trooper in the Criminal Investigation Unit for the Pennsylvania State Police, spoke during the Pathways panel event Nov. 9 in Alumni Hall.

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Journalism major discloses battle with Asperger's syndrome and how it led him to become a baseball savant.

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November 16, 2017

Vira Heinz Scholarship recipients present on social issues

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

The Vira Heinz Scholarship gives women who have never been outside the country the opportunity to study abroad for an abbreviated time.

These women do pick a country that they would like to study in and devise an academic plan to follow while in that country.

As another part of the program, the women are tasked with observing the cities they are staying in and picking a particular social issue to present when they return.

The presentations are called “The Truth Behind the Cities” and just recently took place Wednesday, Nov. 8.

For senior Psychology major Marla Holland, the truth behind her city of Sydney, Australia was the racing of greyhounds.

“Greyhound racing really just stuck out to me during my time there and its relevant here in the U.S.,” said Holland.

Greyhound racing in Australia and the United States is part of the gambling industry and draws similarities to horse racing.

For Holland, the idea was to bring attention to this issue and to see how people felt about animal cruelty.

“The biggest part for me was the people that had not heard of this and didn’t know that this goes on,” said Holland,

“and trying to see how they feel about animal cruelty and animal welfare.”

Holland believes that promoting animal welfare is one of the first steps in trying to help improve the lives of greyhound dogs.

“Now that I’ve done so much research on greyhounds, it’s definitely a dog that I would look into adopting, and I want to keep raising awareness to the rights of animals,” said Holland.

For junior Biology and PreMed major Anna Bartman, in her city of Maynooth, Ireland, chose to present on the opioid epidemic.

“The research that I’m currently involved with at UPMC made me curious to see what

it was like in other parts of the world,” said Bartman.

The drug epidemic has been in the news quite frequently in the United States and is drawing more attention in other parts of the world as well.

“It was actually really scary seeing all that goes on around the world. You don’t expect to be impacted, and you don’t think that its ever going to affect you, but this epidemic is all over the world,” said Bartman.

Another point of emphasis for Bartman’s presentation was comparing healthcare in the United States versus healthcare in Ireland.

“Healthcare is very accessible over there but from what I learned, if they don’t have room

Michael Cappelli, Yellow Jacket

Marla Holland (pictured left) traveled to Sydney, Australia, and presented on Grey Hound racing and animal abuse as a social issue for the city. Each of the four recipients, pictured above with Pat Bristor and President Douglas G. Lee, gave similar presentations as part of "The Truth Behind the Cities." at the ER then you are refused,” said Bartman.

Bartman plans to continue working with the research in the future and wants to

help play a part in ending the opioid epidemic.

“I want to continue working with this research in hopes that if I do go to medical school

and become a doctor, to maybe help with this issue and to find answers as to why people are turning to opioid use so much,” said Bartman.

Ornaments for sale Antietam a new stop for Rea Redd in Stover to benefit less fortunate kids

By CHAD WALKER

For the Yellow Jacket

By LUCAS SANTUCCI

For the Yellow Jacket

To prepare for the holiday season, the Center for Service Leadership is selling Christmas ornaments for “Ornaments for Orphans.” The organization’s mission is to help children in need through their Christmas traditions. Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, said Waynesburg decided to host the sales this year because of its success last year.

“A Waynesburg admissions counselor met the owner at an admissions fair and he thought it would be a good opportunity for Waynesburg to participate in,” said Hardie. “I reached out to the organization last year, which was the first year we hosted it. It went very well so we decided to host it again this year.”

Ornaments for the Orphans campaign can be found in the Bonner office in Stover.

The office is decorated with a Christmas tree and table showcasing the ornaments available for purchase. According to Hardie, the Stover is the best place to sell the ornaments because it is a high traffic area for students.

“We’d love to have it somewhere out in public, but the ornaments are for sale, so we really have to keep them safe and secure,” said Hardie.

“That’s why we host it through our office, because it is locked at night.”

Students can go to the Bonner office to buy a variety of ornaments, ranging from key chains and necklaces to nativity sets and special paper bead creations. The cost of these ornaments ranges from $5 to $30.

“Each of the ornaments is handmade by a craftsman in a third world country and has a tag on it indicating what country it is from,” said Hardie.

“All the money paid for certain items goes back to those who created them from third world countries.”

Adrienne Tharp, coordinator of the Bonner Scholar Program, said the ornaments make great Christmas presents and go to a great cause.

“Some of my family and friends have adopted [kids] from other countries,” said Tharp. “I bought these for them, because it held a better meaning to the kids.”

Tharp also likes the beaded ornaments made out of paper. To her, this makes them very unique compared to the other ornaments.

“People that bought these go crazy for them,” said Tharp.

“They are not ornaments you would find just anywhere.”

Sophomore Hannah Pierce bought the paper bead necklace. Pierce said she bought it not only for Christmas, but for a decoration all year round.

“I have gone on mission trips so I love supporting third world countries,” said Pierce.

“Since they have a special place in my heart, I like to help them out.”

Hardie appreciates Organization for Orphans as an organization because of how the money goes back to those who crafted them, giving them a trade to support their families.

“I also think it creates a global awareness around campus for the students, when they purchase these ornaments,” said Hardie.

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Waynesburg University’s director of Eberly Library Rea Redd is knowledgeable when it comes to the Civil War. In fact, there aren’t many Civil War battle fields Redd hasn’t been to. He has experienced reenactments. He has visited museums.

But for Redd, the Spring Break service trip to that Eberly Librar y is offering to Antietam National Park in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, will be his first to this battlefield.

Eberly Library is offering this trip to all interested students. The trip will take place during Spring Break 2018.

Students who participate will performing service activities throughout the trip, such as clearing trails and taking care of properties owned by the park.

Redd said he expects this trip to be similar to the trip to Gettysburg National Military Park that took place over Fall Break. However, he be-

lieves the trip to Antietam will be even more beneficial to students.

“This trip benefits them in several ways, such as introducing them to history up close and personal,” said Redd. “They get an in-depth [look into the] history of the military and issues that generated Civil War.” In addition to Antietam National Park, students will visit Harpers Ferry National Park and the Civil War Medicine Museum. All of these locations are rich in history, according to Redd, an example being that Harpers Ferry is home to the first college for African Americans.

“Students should [participate in] the trip because the students get to see and do things they have never done before and meet people with a range of information you don’t receive in class,” said Redd. “It is different in several ways. In history, the focus is primary documents.

On trips like these, the battlefield and the buildings are also the primary documents. This trip is similar

to a highly illustrated set of lectures. While the battlefield guides are telling the story, the battlefield is the illustration and the battlefield is the map.”

Garret Guthrie, a junior mathematics major and financial mathematics minor, said this service and learning trip will be experience that he will never forget, because of his interest in the Civil War and all that history behind that time period.

“I feel that going on this trip is not only a good learning opportunity for [me] but for all the people that are attending,” said Guthrie, who is also a library assistant.

“I think that visual learning is just as beneficial as in class discussion.”

Kelly Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, said the trip to Antietam Park displays Waynesburg University’s mission.

“The Antietam Spring Break Service Trip is an excellent example of incorporating the Waynesburg University Mission of faith, learning and service,”

Hardie said.

Guthrie said Redd’s insight is beneficial to helping students who want to learn about the Civil War. “Rea Redd, being a Civil War buff and having an extensive knowledge of the Civil War, makes participating in the trip beneficial for both parties,” said Guthrie. “The Civil War was a momentous time for this country and having greater knowledge about it will help me understand the history of the United States better.”

According to Tiffany Santone, a freshman criminal justice major, outside of the classroom learning is much more practical way of gaining knowledge and allows students to absorb information better than in a classroom.

“While being on the battlefields paints a better picture in your mind, instead of just hearing and seeing photos of the battle and the history, you are actually standing [there] and seeing [it] in person and living through the history,” Santone said.

CMAs strive for positive impact at WU

By KYLA WOLPER

For the Yellow Jacket

Faith, learning and service are the three pillars of Waynesburg University’s campus.

Faith, the first pillar, is proved to be an important aspect of life on campus.

With events such as Chapel and Upper Room, Waynesburg’s campus is not unfamiliar to faith-based events. Adding to the list of opportunities to grow in faith is the Campus Ministry Assistant program.

Sarah Knapp, junior religion and philosophy major, is a second-year CMA. Knapp entered Waynesburg to study International Missions, however she later switched her concentration to religion and philosophy.

After her freshmen year, Knapp learned about the CMA program and was interested in becoming a part of that group in order to grow in her own faith and walk aside fellow Christians on campus.

“I chose to become a CMA my sophomore year, as I was a BMS major, and I wanted to reflect my faith on campus,” Knapp said. “I saw being a CMA as an opportunity to step outside my comfort and to grow spiritually. I had never

led a Bible study before and I figured this was the best time to start.”

During her first year as a CMA, Knapp hosted a Bible study in Ray Hall with her friend Julie Sipes, a junior

WU students searching for answers to life's questions and for spiritual truth beyond the chapel doors, can find hope in our local campus ministries. Having Bible studies led by students gives

“I think CMAs have a beautiful impact on campus. The impact is made in the everyday friendships CMAs make in the late-night conversations in the cafe and in Stover. ”

ANTHONY JARRELL

Director of Campus Ministry Assistants

nursing major.

After a successful year of stimulating conversations, Knapp choose to re-apply for the position and is currently hosting a Bible study about the Book of Esther in her oncampus house.

Knapp views the CMA program as a helpful tool for students to be able to grow in their faith with their peers and become connected to different kinds of ministry.

“I believe the CMA program allows the chance for CMAs to connect with students on a deeper level, beyond just casual conversation,” Knapp said, “so that

both the leaders the chance to disciple and the students the opportunity to grow in their knowledge of scriptural truth.”

CMAs are challenged to host a Bible study or small group during the semester and be heavily invested in Campus Ministries. Anthony Jarrell, director of the CMA’s has called them “the gift on Christmas morning” and is always looking forward to hear about the growth in the program.

“I think CMAs have a beautiful impact on campus,” Jarrell said. “The impact is made in the everyday friendships

CMA's make in the late-night conversations in the cafe and in Stover.”

The CMA program is not just for biblical ministry majors on campus. Harrison Scott, a sophomore biochemistry major, chose to become a CMA in order to help lead friends on campus.

“I chose to be a CMA because I had a passion for pointing others to [God], who could guide students in their spiritual, emotional and academic walks,” Scott said.

“I wanted to be a friend and a mentor to a small group of students, particularly freshmen, and my expectations from hosting a bi-weekly Bible study have been exceeded. It’s given me a chance to study God’s Word and show the spiritual side of me that I want others to see.”

Scott views the CMA experience as something anyone can do if they have a passion for leading people in their walks in faith.

“Even though I might have the title of 'CMA,' I believe anyone can be a CMA without having the title,” Scott said. “If you have compassion for helping, guiding, encouraging and ministering to others, you’re already a CMA.”

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November 16 , 2017

Mock Crime Scene event welcomes high schoolers Assault: ‘It

By EDWARD BOICE

For the Yellow Jacket

High school students visited Waynesburg University Nov.11 to participate in the fall semester Mock Crime Scene event. The event has been a long time recruiting and educational event organized by the Forensic Science, Criminal Justice and Admissions departments.

The event consisted of four workshops discussing fingerprinting, blood analysis and other topics. These workshops aid students when they attempt to solve the mock crime scene. Michael Cipoletti, director of the Forensic Science Program, said the different skills taught in the workshops will not only be used at the mock crime scene, but also during students’ time here at Waynesburg, if they decide to attend.

“We try to incorporate different aspects of what they might be doing in their

course work for both programs,” said Cipoletti.

The crime scene scenario this year involved a “disgruntled student stabbing her professor.” The high school students had to use the skills they learned in the four workshops to determine which of the three “suspects” committed the murder.

Every year, the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science departments rotate in leading the event. The fall Mock Crime Scene was run by the Forensic Science Department. In the spring, it will be run by the Criminal Justice Department. Ultimately, the bonds these departments have formed gives a versatile presence in the event.

Michael Cipoletti said the bonding of the two departments enables students to see which field of work they want to pursue.

“We have a lot of students that are interested in forensics and criminal justice,” Cipoletti said, “but are not

is already very, very difficult’

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Eddie Boice, Yellow Jacket

The annual Mock Crime Scene event introduced high school students to various workshops, including topics like fingerprinting and blood analysis. really sure which is the appropriate fit for them, so what we try to do is give them some insight as to what both programs are like.”

Regardless of which department leads the event, Waynesburg’s students from both departments are always

helping out. Whether it was enacting a dead body or helping in a workshop, students showed the participants what they have learned while here at Waynesburg.

Montini himself found this event helpful when it came to making sure he knew his

vocation.

“It helps me in a way. It keeps me on my toes. If a student asks about what to do, I can say ‘hey have you thought about doing this,’” said Montini. “It allows us to show what we have learned over the years.”

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students and getting their photos with them. We have a wide variety of both faculty and staff [who] sign up.”

With the faculty serving the students during the meal, Hardie said it helps build the community within Waynesburg University.

“I think [the meal is] great fellowship as a community. It’s definitely become a tradition here at Waynesburg University,” Hardie said. “Our students look forward to it every single year and they really do appreciate the faculty and the staff being there and serving them.”

For Davis and the

chefs that assist in cooking the meal, she said the added work is hardly

“We consider the university students our family.”

LESLEY DAVIS

Food Services Director

a burden.

“Honestly, my cooks enjoy the students and love putting their best foot forward in everything they make,” Davis said. “We consider the university students our family. I feel like these are my kids and this is what we want to give them – it’s part of our special thanks to the university.”

According to Event Planner Mary L. Fox, the reasons to donate last year and for this year include “beautiful facilities, our outstanding faculty and staff, our amazing students and our devoted alumni.”

“Last year, the Day of Giving was a very community-filled day where many of the people who care about Waynesburg offered their financial support to our students,” Nypaver said.

According to Associate Director of Alumni Relations Victoria Beppler, last year the university received a “great mix of donors.”

“There is no most common donor. The one common quality of all our donors is they all love Waynesburg University and support our mission,” Nypaver said.

The donors are a diverse group of students, faculty and alumni who are spread across the country, and during 2016 their donations totaled to be $159,228 during the 24-hour Day of Giving.

Fox has been a part of the Institutional Advancement team that “coordinates all aspects of Day of Giving,” and explains how vital donors are to Waynesburg.

“You cannot look around this campus without appreciating how our donors, past present and future, effect the opportunities provided to our students,” Fox said.

During last year’s event, donors would commonly interact with the university on social media to announce their donation or their reasoning for their contribution. According to Fox, the event last year was “really social media-driven.”

“Our students really had fun promoting the day on social media,” Fox said. “Their energy and enthusiasm really helped.”

The university plans on utilizing social media again this year as a tool to interact with donors and announce progress towards their 650-donor goal throughout the day.

“The success of the 2017 Day of Giving is based on the participation of the entire Waynesburg University community,” Nypaver said.

After doubling their goal in the first event, the office of Institutional Advancement recognizes the impact of the donations.

“With the support of the Waynesburg University community, we would love to continue this tradition of raising funds that have an immediate impact on our students,” Nypaver said.

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Khour y graduated from Waynesburg in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, with an emphasis on sports broadcasting/sports information and electronic media.

After he graduated from Waynesburg, he began an internship with NFL films, where he worked on several projects, including HBO’s “Hard Knocks” with the Miami Dolphins in the summer of 2012.

Although getting a position with the Pittsburgh Steelers was difficult to come by, he was finally hired in the summer of 2013, and has been working with the team ever since.

For Khoury, his patience in pursuing his job with an NFL team paid off in the end.

“This is my fifth season with the team, and it’s been great,” Khoury told the audience.

For Rhoades, nursing was not always her life’s goal.

Originally, she had planned to go into a field of either math or science.

When her grandmother became sick, however, Rhoades saw how well she was taken care of and decided to go to school for nursing.

“You can’t be a nurse if that’s not built into you," she said. "It’s not something you can learn. So, if you don’t think that you can handle taking care of people, then [nursing really] isn’t the profession for you.”

Zangla had served as an intern with the criminal justice department while she was still a student at Waynesburg. Looking back, she told the audience that this experi-

ence was immensely helpful to her in her future career.

“We got to go to homicide scenes, there were rape cases and autopsies,” Zangla said.

“So, it was really good experience to see if you could handle [crime scenes].”

As a school principal, Grotton stressed to the audience that genuinely wanting what’s best for the kids he works with is essential to being a successful educator.

“Those of you who are education majors, you’ll hear six million people in your life say ‘Do what’s best for the kids,’” Grotton said.

“5,900,000 of them are saying that in-authentically and really wanting you to do what’s best for them personally or what’s best for them to avoid backlash or negative publicity. The determination and perseverance to make decisions, to do what’s right by kids in your classroom or in your building, and to be polite, respectful and professional. All of those things are important, but to be determined in what you know needs to happen and [what your techniques are] to get the best education possible.”

Owen said that a key to success in the field of psychology is to not be a “cookie cutter therapist,” but rather to care deeply about each individual patient.

“You need to be openminded and willing to take all of the information what you are receiving now in school," Owen said. “All of the theories, and the theorist that you’re learning right now, and learn that they all have a key piece of them that is helpful to someone, and find a way to make that work for the individual sitting in front of her. Recognizing that there a person there, not just

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

During the Pathways panel event, the speakers hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Alumni Office (above, right) would respond to prompts from junior Tyler McCoy (below).

your paycheck sitting there.

That’s the biggest thing.”

Owen also went on to give students advice about finding a career they’ll love.

“The whole point of life is living,” said Owen. “Try something, if you don’t like it, try something else. All you have to do is find something

that you love doing. I know that I love my job because if I won the lottery tonight, I would still go to my clients tomorrow.”

sured to participate.

Without the specifications, the burden of proof is to be “beyond a reasonable doubt,” and the timeline for investigations is simply “reasonably prompt.”

Campus communities across the country have responded with backlash over these potential policy adjustments—with a viral hashtag “#StopBetsy” and several Obama-era politicians speaking out against the changes.

Mary Hamilla, academic and major decision counselor, has had a long career working with victims of sexual assault—which she continues to do as a counselor at Waynesburg. She said that the dissatisfaction over DeVos’s suggestions is not unfounded.

“It seems…that [DeVos] is advocating for when the final decision is made that it’s got to be more like a court of law, while now it’s just preponderance of evidence,” said Hamilla. “And in the court of law, sexual assault is so incredibly hard to prove; it just tends to be one person’s word against another, so that concerns me a lot, for victims.”

Hamilla said that raising the standard could inflict additional trauma on victims, who often wish to simply erase the incident from their memories.

“It’s already very, very difficult,” she said. “To recount what happened and to talk to people about it. And part of the problem with proof is the nature of sexual assault—almost in any case I’ve worked on…right after assault, victims all they want to do is shower and forget that it ever happened.”

As an investigator, Cipoletti understands the “gray area” surrounding sexual assault cases—navigating the nuances of intoxication and consent. He said he can easily see how the new policy could cause problems at other schools. He compared the policy to a “pendulum,” swinging too far in either direction.

“Not every sexual assault is always what we think of,” he said.

He does not foresee any changes at Waynesburg. For Cipoletti and the university’s other Title IX investigators, conducting a thorough and timely investigation has always been the priority—and that is not going to change.

“Deregulation doesn’t affect my job one bit,” he said.

“We’re going to get it done as quickly and as thoroughly as we can.”

Of course, Waynesburg is a special case, said Cipoletti.

“Places like this are proactive, and I think that has something to do with the moral fabric [of Waynesburg],” he said. “We’re pretty fortunate here; we all have law enforcement backgrounds; we all follow the same internal [guidelines].”

Hamilla said that sexual assault cases at Waynesburg are “few and far between,” but the victims she has counseled have been treated fairly. Indeed, according to the Department of Public Safety Informational Report, Waynesburg had zero known instances of rape or sexual assault in 2016, which is the last year that data was available.

“I think Waynesburg already takes care of a lot of stuff that DeVos brought up as concerns. So, I feel like we have people who handle those cases who are well trained… doing the investigations and working as a panel on decisions instead of just one person. And the investigations are—in my experience with it—very, very thorough. And very professional and fair to both parties.”

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November 16, 2017

After over three decades in nursing, Dr. Nancy Mosser to retire

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

After 31 years at Waynesburg University—15 of which were spent as Chair and Director of the Nursing Department—Dr. Nancy Mosser will be retiring at the conclusion of the Fall 2017 semester.

Mosser is largely credited with the success of Waynesburg’s nursing program during the past several years. In 2016, for example, Waynesburg was marked No. 49 out of 3,200 schools for best nursing schools in the nation, by Nursing Schools Almanac.

That same year, the nursing program was also recognized as a best value, and marked No. 14 out of 483 similar programs for USA Today’s “Best Colleges Nationwide.”

Mosser has been there since the very beginning – before all of the awards and accolades.

She said the department has developed a lot since its start.

“The Nursing Program was quite new when I started at the university, with 30 students graduating in the first class,” said Mosser via email. “I have taught every senior-level [Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing] student since the inception of the program. We now have RN to BSN, [Masters of Science in Nursing] and [Doctor of Nursing Practice] programs, all of which are accredited. Our DNP program was one of the first 25 DNP programs established in the country, so that was gratifying.”

Mosser said the university, as a whole, has changed a lot, too. She has watched Waynesburg grow from a college with “run down” buildings and a lot of commuter students to a university with a “beautiful” campus, bustling community of resident students and more graduate and professional programs.

During her tenure as chair and director of the Nursing De-

Photo courtesy of Mad Anthony Yearbook

Dr. Nancy Mosser, front left, is shown in the nursing department's 2010 yearbook photo. Mosser is set to retire at the end of the Fall 2017 semester. partment, Mosser made it her mission to bolster the quality of education for nursing students, making curriculums more extensive and providing more options for further study. Her efforts, she said, has resulted in class after class of exemplary students who become

professional nurses.

“My main emphasis as chair has been to build quality programs that produce accomplished and successful graduates,” she said. “When excellence is infused throughout programs, prospective students gravitate to them, and employ-

ers pursue students for employment before they graduate.”

Mosser said the Nursing Department program offerings have created a community of impressive academics, “with students and faculty publishing and presenting at professional meetings.”

For Mosser, this has been the most rewarding aspect of her career: watching the various transitions from nursing student to nursing professional.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of my job, including teaching, publishing, developing faculty members and leading the program,” she said. “But my favorite part has been working with students and watching them grow professionally.”

Mosser said she has been honored to assist nurses, as they learn, step by step, little by little, to do their important work in the field.

“Developing and mentoring students to provide complex care to patients is my real passion,” she said. “Our graduates make a real difference in improving the lives of others and decreasing morbidity and mortality rates in the various settings in which they work. The only aspect I will not miss is getting up at 5 a.m.”

Volunteer program to help local kids Literary Summit seminar to aid WU education majors

By HOLLY HENDERSHOT Convergence Editor

The drug epidemic that spread across Greene County has created a rise of dependency cases for children in the area. The judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Greene County enlisted the help of the community, including a Waynesburg University student, sophomore Kara Compton, to help the children of Greene County by bringing a program called Court Appointed Special Advocates to the community.

CASA is a program that trains volunteers who are at least 21 years old to be alongside children in foster care and their family. According to CASA’s website, a volunteers’ job is to help enrich the childrens’ lives and gather information that would be useful to a judge on what the child needs and what will be the best permanent home for them.

Although Compton is too young to participate in the volunteer program, the criminal justice major is doing her best to help bring CASA to Greene County, as she has seen the effects of the drug epidemic on the children in the county with her own eyes.

“I worked at the court-

house over the summer, so the judge was, all the time, having custody hearings, especially emergency custody hearings,” said Compton. “I would sit in on those and see just how the families are constantly, in this area, affected by the drug epidemic, like children being left by themselves.”

Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Farley Toothman decided to bring CASA to Greene County and suggested Compton help with the project.

“The judge working at the courthouse here suggested that I become involved because it was something I was interested in,” said Compton. “I love children, and I want to make sure that their best interests are kept in mind and someone’s out there advocating for them.”

Compton said the main reason Toothman decided CASA should be brought to Greene County was because he wanted to be better informed about the children he only occasionally got to see.

“Basically [Toothman] just felt that he wasn’t being informed enough about how these children are,” said Compton. “He was just seeing them in court once in a while. He wanted to know more about them and make

sure that they were okay, and our CYS (Children and Youth Service) workers are great, but they tend to have a big load of cases, so just trying to help them out and making sure that the children are taken care of as best as possible.”

C AS A has l o c at i ons a l l a c ro s s t h e Un it e d States with nearly 1,000 CASA programs in 49 states, according to the CASA website.

“It’s very big in Pennsylvania,” said Compton. “We are one of the last counties in Pennsylvania, I know, to get a program, and that’s just because we’re a rural community that is kind of poor.”

Last month, those who are helping to bring CASA to Greene County received a grant from PA State CASA, which will help immensely in making the program a reality in the community.

Compton is not the only university student involved in CASA. Senior psychology major Dave Sullivan just finished his training to be a CASA volunteer within the past month and has already been assigned to his first case, said Compton.

“At our next meeting, which is Thursday, [Sullivan is] going to talk about how training went and how

all that goes and everything,” said Compton. “He just really loves CASA and loves kids, so it was great to have a student here who knew about it, because a lot of people have never heard of it.”

The next step is establishing a mission statement, then completing a checklist to bring CASA to Greene County.

“So probably next fall is when we will actually start the volunteer program, where we will have CASA volunteers out and about in Waynesburg. Right now, it’s still in the planning process,” said Compton.

As Compton is working with people in the community to bring CASA to Greene County, she is also raising awareness of the program at Waynesburg.

“Right now, what I’m trying to do at the university is kind of just raise awareness and get college students’ [help]. I’ve reached out to the Criminal Justice Program about having CJ majors help out as interns in the CASA office, but especially just having pretty much anyone from any major that’s interested in helping out, maybe like making posters or flyers or surveys to help get community support.”

Less funding for PHEAA raises tuition

By MITCH MONTANI

For the Yellow Jacket

Waynesburg University students who receive Pennsylvania state grants will see their tuition rise in the Spring 2018 semester, with grant amounts being reduced, according to Director of Financial Aid Matt Stokan.

“Maximum grant recipients will have their grants reduced in the spring semester by $195,” said Stokan. “We have yet to receive exact reduction amounts for students with partial grants.”

A total of 534 Waynesburg students receive some sort of assistance in terms of state grants. Stokan said that his department will have to reduce all 534 students’ award packages by however much the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency tells them to, which is $195 for students who receive maximum grants.

“It’s an inconvenience,” Stokan said. “Depending on your perspective, $195 is a significant inconvenience if students don’t have it.”

University Chancellor, Timothy Thyreen, sits on the Board of Directors for PHEAA. Thyreen says that the figures were off this year due to state budget issues, which are

slated to reduce the funding of PHEAA, and more students applying for the early Free Application for Federal Student Aid than expected.

“It’s because of both the decreasing amount that [PHEAA has] and because of the FAFSA change, because more students ap-

about what their estimate is, but the official award comes f rom PHEAA,” Payne said. “We’re sort of at the mercy of what they are doing too.”

Waynesburg is responsible for distributing the money that it is given. The reduction of spring semester grant money will put

“It puts us in a hard spot when they do that mid-year and students are expecting their grant to be a certain amount for the full year. We certainly emphasize with students who are getting letters saying they'll recieve $195 less than they expected.”

SHARI PAYNE

Vice President for Enrollment

plied,” said Thyreen. “If you go from around $440 million to around $270 million, that’s a lot of money.”

Thyreen said the reduction of state budget funds for PHEAA is becoming a trend.

“The last four or five years have been historic in terms of state budgets asking for less [funding] for PHEAA,” said Thyreen.

Vice President for Enrollment Shari Payne says the university serves as the middleman when it comes to how much students receive in state grants.

“We notify the students

the university in a bind in terms of having to be the messenger; the overall issue is out of the hands of Waynesburg, according to Payne.

“It puts us in a hard spot when they do that mid-year and students are expecting their grant to be a certain amount for the full year,” said Payne. “We certainly emphasize with students who are getting letters saying they’ll receive $195 less than they expected.”

Waynesburg will be in charge of informing affected students, who will be contacted through the

e-mail(s) attached to their FAFSA, according to Stokan. However, he says the confusion probably won’t begin until the university sends out its bills for the spring semester.

“Most students and parents won’t realize this until they get their spring bill that’s $195 more than what it was in the fall, and that’s where the issue is going to come up,” said Stokan.

“They call us and ask why their bill went up, and we’ll have to explain it to them.”

Students keeping pressure on state legislators to keep funding for PHEAA is the best way to fight the issue, according to Payne.

“What is helpful is for students to use their voice and let their legislator know that they are displeased,” Payne said. “The more pressure that you can put on your legislator to keep those awards where they need to be, the better.”

Thyreen agrees that students from Pennsylvania should voice their concerns to their state legislator. Lack of organization among students to collectively lobby the state is a problem, according to Thyreen.

“Financially needy college students don’t have a vehicle to lobby Harrisburg,” said Thyreen.

“There’s no voice for financially needy students.”

By TIFFANY MORGAN Associate Editor

Books and words. Those were two major topics of discussion at the Early Literacy Summit seminar, held in Alumni Hall Nov. 7. The seminar was for students in the educational field and the purpose of the seminar was learning how to incorporate reading and vocabulary in the classroom in a more versatile fashion.

There were various national speakers from Scholastic, and each speaker drew attention to the importance of vocabulary and books in the classroom setting.

The Laurel Highland School District and Intermediate Unit One, an educational agency, partnered together to form a “Community Innovation Zone Grant.”

Part of the grant included partnering with some form of higher education – this sparked interest in Eric Gaydos, director of federal programs, assistant curriculum director and director of food services, by searching for a way to “get the ball rolling” for an event that would benefit the education majors at Waynesburg.

Gaydos pursued a partnership with Yvonne Weaver, chairperson of the education department.

“The ball just rolled into what we had [today], and I thought it was just wonderful,” Gaydos said.

Scholastic is more than a major outlet for books is more than just that, according to Gaydos.

“It’s one thing to buy something from a company but it’s another thing to really develop a rapport with that company to see how we can help each other,” Gaydos said. “This is one of those opportunities – working with Scholastic who is renowned in the education field. They’re more than just books and I don’t think a lot of people know that.”

Gaydos said that Scholastic’s platform is also integrating the professional development field with their company label.

“They are really pushing into the professional development field,” Gaydos said.

Gaydos had different intentions for his future prior to stepping into the education field – that is until he found his love for children.

Gaydos originally started in meteorology. He got into a college pediatric research program called Thon, at Penn State University.

“Through that, I found my passion of working

with kids,” Gaydos said.

“I made the phone call to my parents – fortunately I have very supportive parents and they said ‘do what you feel is best’ and I never looked back.”

Gaydos said he enjoys his position as an administrator and has had some great experiences throughout his educational career.

“I am very thankful, it’s been a wonderful journey and I love what I do. It feels good to have an impact on the students and student learning and teachers in an administrative position,”

“Whatever your vision is for your school or for your district, it has to be shared with the parents—the parents have to be a part of that vision in order for the child to succeed.”

ERIC GAYDOS

Director of Federal Programs, Assistant Curriculum Director and Director of Food Services

he said.

Care in the classroom not only b enef its t he teacher, but the students and families involved, according to Gaydos.

“To be a teacher, you have to care first—you need to develop partnerships with the families,” said Gaydos. “You can’t do it all on your own in the classroom and you have them for eight hours a day, they’re at home for the rest, so you need to find those ways to partner with the families to make them feel a part of the process.”

Gaydos said it is important to develop a relationship with the family in order for the child to succeed.

“Whatever your vision is for your school or for your district, it has to be shared with the parents – the parents have to be a part of that vision in order for the child to succeed.”

According to Gaydos, literacy is an important aspect in the classroom, in addition to the parents developing a foundation to their reading skills at home.

“The importance of early literacy cannot be ignored,” Gaydos said.

"It’s important that we get that message out that reading to your child and embedding it into your daily routine will expose them to more vocabulary and they will be more inclined to be successful and on-level entering kindergarten.”

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Parade celebrates military service of county's veterans

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

Russell Haines, a World War II veteran, was drafted his senior year of high school and spent 16 weeks in the Swiss Alps during the war. Upon returning to the United States, Haines never graduated high school and was a coal miner for more than 30 years.

But last weekend, that changed, when, during the Greene County Veterans Day Parade, State Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Greene, presented Haines with his diploma.

Greene County came together the morning of Saturday, Nov. 11, for the Greene County Veterans Day Parade.

The event was sponsored by the Veterans Council of Greene County.

The parade began at 9:30 a.m. along High Street in front of the Greene County Courthouse, and was led by Parade Marshal Ralph Conklin, 93, a World War II veteran who served on the USS Kenneth M. Willett DE 354 from 1944 to 1946.

The parade and other activities around Greene County are recurring festivities to thank and remember all veterans who have served and continue to serve.

Michele Deems, parade chairman co ordinator, stressed how important it is to always recognize veterans and remember what they fought for.

“This parade is to honor our veterans,” said Deems.

“And to thank them for their service—to honor all

branches that have served in the military.”

Deems said regardless of today’s political climate, with patriotism and the national anthem an ever-growing topic of contention, everyone should still recognize how critical the service of veterans is to the well-being of the country.

“It’s extremely important,” said Deems. “We should show how important it is to continue our American tradition, to have the freedom to do what we do – we got those rights from what veterans have done.”

In attendance at the parade were multiple public servants, including State Rep. Pam Snyder and Greene County Commissioners such as Blair Zimmerman.

Matthew Shinkle, Yellow Jacket

The Greene County Veterans Day Parade featured community members, floats and musical entertainment.

Some of the floats on display during the parade lauded veterans from World War II and the Korean War, and

DEP approves permits, new areas for mining

several floats commemorated women in service as well.

Also in the parade were the Waynesburg Fire Department

Local government aims to tackle opioid crisis, files lawsuits

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

The Bailey Mine, powered by Consol Energy, provides hundreds of jobs for locals in Greene County. It is also under fire for environmental damage.

Snyder involved with decision to open new sections

By TEGHAN SIMONTON Managing Editor

The focus is simple.

When it comes to the Bailey Mine in western Greene County, State Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Greene, is primarily concerned with the economy and financial safety of families.

That’s why, for the past six to eight weeks, Snyder has been helping Consol Energy find a way to keep Bailey Mine operating, and county residents at work. To do so, she’s worked to obtain the necessary permits for Consol to mine in an area with less contention by avoiding environmental concern over waterways near Ryerson Station State Park “Initially, there was a big issue over the 4L panel at Bailey Mine,” said Snyder, who explained that lawsuits were brought up against Consol Energy because of the technology the company was using for coal extraction beneath stream beds. “Consol had to come up with a different method to protect the stream bed…it was either cease operations or come up with a Plan B.” The new permits are “Plan B.” Instead of mining near Ryerson Station State Park—an area that not more than 10 years ago underwent irreversible damage from mining practices—the permits seem to find middle ground

between environmental concerns and economic growth.

The issue with the original mining location was that Consol Energy was prepared to cause irreparable damage to two streams within and around the state park—so much so that it would impair the use of the water, altogether.

This is according to Veronica Coptis, executive director of the Center for Coalfield Justice—an environmental advo-

shifting focus to other areas of the mine and getting several other panels near Ryerson Station State Park approved under one permit—which will provide “stability to the mine and to workers in the mine” for up to five years.

Snyder said that this action is a monumental step for this part of the county, stretching beyond just the miners and their families.

“The school district relies

“We are committed to protecting the streams in and around Ryerson Station State Park.”

VERONICA COPTIS

Executive Director, Center for Coalfield Justice

cacy organization. The state had issued permits allowing full extraction beneath one of the streams, which Coptis’ organization decided to appeal.

The suit went before the DEP’s environmental hearing board, as permits had to be reviewed. In the meantime, Consol responded by halting production and supposedly keeping hundreds of miners from work. Coptis said these layoffs were “purely political,” – a way for Consol to speed up the board’s decision.

To remedy the situation and get miners back to work, Snyder said she worked with Consol, Gov. Tom Wolf and the DEP to find a solution:

heavily on the revenue of that mine… [Without it], West Greene would have to raise property taxes and that would be detrimental,” said Snyder.

“And then you factor in also, that small businesses provide services to that coal mine.

So, that trickle-down effect is huge.”

Snyder said she was relieved with the DEP’s ruling, and she has gotten positive feedback from community members.

“I’m very happy that it has been resolved,” she said. “I’m immensely grateful to the DEP and the governor’s office for their hard work on this issue, knowing the economic devastation it would have, had it not

occurred.”

The shift in location won’t mean a free pass, Coptis said.

The Center for Coalfield Justice hasn’t yet reviewed the newest developments in the permits, but Coptis said the organization is prepared to take action if necessary.

“We are reviewing the recently issued permit that authorizes Consol to conduct longwall mining in the 6L-8L panels of the Bailey Mine,” she said. “We are committed to protecting the streams in and around Ryerson Station State Park.”

While Coptis acknowledges that her group may be seen as an enemy to the coal industry—and miners by extension—she doesn’t want to see people out of work, either.

Coptis agreed with Snyder about the importance of the economic stability of the area but believes we must consider all aspects of the industry’s impact on the county.

“We also don’t want to see people laid off abruptly,” said Coptis. “There is a way, and it’s feasible with proper planning by the company…to leave support by that stream and still keep people employed.”

Coptis said the main focus for the Center of Coalfield Justice is simply preventing long-ter m damage to the environment and COAL >> B4

and marching bands from Waynesburg Central High School and Carmichaels High School.

Multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Two law firms. 23 pharmaceutical companies.

Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman knows this is going to be a long fight.

The Greene County government, along with several others, is embarking on a lawsuit, pursuing action against companies for over-distributing opioid narcotics to the market.

"This has to open companies' eyes," said Zimmerman. "The county is no longer going to sit back and watch them do this."

Zimmerman was recently approached by a state representative, who mentioned that certain law firms were reaching out to local governments to push the issue.

He spoke to the law firms, including one in Pittsburgh and one located in New York, and discussed the action with

the Board of Commissioners.

"It's one way to stop the overflowing of the market with opioids, so, jointly, we decided to follow the suit," said Zimmerman. "[We discussed] the ins and outs, and as a group, we decided to do something from our end."

Zimmerman said the flooding of the market with prescription painkillers has been the primary catalyst for the opioid epidemic across the country.

"Ever ybody has seen the '60 Minutes' stuff and [knows] what's going on," he said. "Theyíre overloading the market just to line their pockets."

Washington County was the first to set the process in motion, when, according to the Observer-Reporter, commissioners unanimously voted to file a lawsuit. The reasoning behind it: to recover the monetary burden placed OPIOIDS >> B4

Free screening of film ‘Night Zero’ to play at courthouse

By ANDREW HREHA

For the Yellow Jacket

There will be a screening of ‘Night Zero’ Friday, November 17 at the Greene County Courthouse. The screening, which is free to the public, will open at 6:30 p.m. with the movie starting at 7 p.m.

Following the movie, various members of the production team and cast, including Director and Writer Mark Cantu and Producer and Weapons Producer Tredd Barton will be in attendance.

The movie is a sci-fi film that was partially shot in Waynesburg this summer, and Barton’s production company, Tredd Productions, helped in financing the movie. Barton said the movie is as much about human nature as it is about science fiction.

“I describe it as a couple who are having varied problems, that come together at the end of times,” said Barton.

“They are having a tough time, but they get pulled together because that’s what people do.

People fall in love, and then everyday in life they fall out of love, but then something

happens dramatically in their life—whether it be somebody died or an accident.”

Waynesburg is featured in the film, with High St. and the Greene County Courthouse visibly recognizable in one scene.

“We actually shut down High St. and filled the whole town with smoke and had the main character running down the street through all the smoke,” Barton said. “And there was cop cars, ambulances, and fire trucks with the light flashing. It was an incredible scene.”

Barton said that shooting in Waynesburg was easy because of the accessibility and cooperation from the borough.

“It’s nice that a small independent film with a low budget can have that much production value,” Barton said. “When you shut down High St., fill it with smoke and have a courthouse in the background, that’s really expensive production value. That’s what’s great about southwest Pennsylvania: if you did that in Hollywood it would cost you MOVIE >> B4

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Why are Pitbulls always the problem?

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EDITORIAL

Twitter sparks outrage Are we using technology responsibly?

After months of slow transition, Twitter recently doubled their classic 140-character limit to 280-characters for all users, causing an uproar on the site. The extra characters are changing Twitter from short chirps to longer, more extensive tweets.

Some users were not pleased with the update, saying that the beauty of the platform is the brief, headline-like tweets that convey messages that can be interpreted in seconds, insinuating that 280-characters is “too long.” America and the rest of the world seems to be stuck in a 140-character limit of thought.

This is undoubtedly an age of innovation. Similar to the Industrial Revolution, during which the manufacturing industry exploded and completely changed the workforce as well as the manner in which goods were sold and purchased, the 2000’s have seen an unprecedented number of advances in the field of technology that have effects on nearly every facet of how Americans live.

As with all times of significant change, there are enthusiastic early adopters, who make tents their homes outside of Apple stores in the weeks before the launch of the latest smartphone.

Then, there are those who have yet to progress from their flip-phones. They are hesitant and critical of wearable technology, Snapchat what else may appear in the unfamiliar and unpredictable future.

Just recently, there are driverless cars, iPhone’s that unlock with just the direct eyesight of its owner and drones that deliver Amazon packages within an hour of the order being placed. Most of these innovations couldn’t have been fathomed by the general public just 5 years ago, and would be considered fiction to Americans in 2007.

With technology came the birth of apps and social media.

The rise of such technology completely restructured large portions of how Americans live, go about communicating with friends and family, consuming news and handling finances to the minute and making alarm clocks and iPods obsolete. To a large portion of the public, the updates in technology have been seen as positive progressions towards a more efficient, informed and networked future. With Siri, smart phones and Alexa consistently working constantly to assist our every need, Americans are using technology to lead seemingly simpler smoother lives. But, a question needs to be raised: at what cost?

We have become so accustomed to scrolling through tweets that are 140-characters or less, 10-second Snapchats and Google providing millions of results within a second, that we can no longer expand our thoughts outside of those parameters.

We have the opportunity instantly access almost all human knowledge at our fingertips constantly, yet we spend our time playing Candy Crush and scrolling through our feeds. Whereas before this technological boom, people could deep-dive into information and immerse themselves in literature and conversation, we are now barely skimming the surface of the water, unable to handle more than 140-characters.

For the gain of information and efficient and convenient living, Americans seem to be trading their ability of critical thinking. The solution to this problem is not simple nor apparent, and it definitely doesn’t lie within 280-characters.

As technology continues to become ingrained in the lives of each person, Americans must understand the impact that the innovations are having upon attention spans and thought processes, and not ask Google what to do about it.

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Why are Pitbulls and other ‘Bully Breeds’ defined with such aggressive reputations? The answer is simple. In 2017, the media has dubbed the pit bull the most aggressive dog and identifies the breed in every single case of aggression.

What should be more notable than a news story with

a blaring headline along the lines of ‘Pit Bull bites mailman’ is the fact that the only time the breed seems to be identified in a news story is if it is an attack by a pit bull. Think about it: in every news story regarding a dog bite, how many times do you read about a golden retriever, a Chihuahua, a Labrador Retriever or a Lhasa Apso?

The answer is probably never. In most of the dog bite articles I’ve read this year, either the dog is a Pitbull or the breed is never

mentioned, so, the only reputation being further stigmatized are the Pitbulls.

Granted, when a dog bite occurs with a large breed, the risk for serious injury is greater, but the likelihood of being bitten by a small dog is still greater than being bit by a large dog.

In consideration to breed stereotypes, aren’t small dogs considered ‘yappy?'

Don’t small dogs have ‘Napoleon complex’?

The point is, any dog is capable of causing injuries with a bite, but the only

time people seem to care is when the ‘big, scary Pitbull’ bites someone and not the ‘cute, innocent Chihuahua,’ even if it only leaves small scarring on the hand.

Because any dog is capable of being aggressive it is the owner’s responsibility to properly train and socialize their dogs, no matter what breed, to make them man’s best friend and not a safety risk. In most cases of aggressive dogs, the reactions are fueled by fear or DOGS >> B3

More unfair blame headed Kaepernick's way MICHAEL CAPPELLI Columnist

As many are aware, GQ magazine has recently named Colin Kaepernick as its “Citizen of the Year.”

This comes with a lot of controversy because of the massive protests that he began last year.

Now, I understand that there probably was a more deserving candidate in J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans.

Watt has raised $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief, $100,000 of that has been from

Watt.

That’s no small number and Watt probably deserves the title.

However, I must remind you all that this is a title and a picture on the cover of a magazine.

I feel that this has been blown a little out of proportion.

Kaepernick was actually not even quoted in the GQ story, and instead people close to him and the charities he has helped were quoted. Kaepernick did not comment to avoid his words becoming narrative for people to use against him.

Former ESPN reporter Britt McHenry bashed GQ, as well

as Kaepernick, for making him its “Citizen of the Year.”

She claims that taking a knee is not good reason for someone to be “Citizen of the Year.”

This is the only fact most people need to hear before they immediately denounce him.

This could not be further from the truth.

Colin Kaepernick pledged to donate $1 million of his own money to different charities in inner cities that help those in need, little league sports and the Know Your Rights campaign.

He made this pledge when he still had a job, which means that donating that amount of

money would have been nothing.

Since then he has lost his job, been publicly ridiculed and made out to be this "villain" so to speak.

While a majority of the public is ridiculing him and shaming him, he is still out there donating his own money to different charities.

As of Nov. 2017, he has donated $900,000 of his own money.

Kaepernick decided to take a knee because he could use his platform as a professional athlete to help make a difference – and he has done just that.

KAP >> B3

STARTING THE CONVERSATION

Yonko 'blessed' to have come to Waynesburg The following is an interview with Zac Yonko, a senior English Literature major, as part of the Starting the Conversation series.

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Q: How important has faith, Jesus and your religion been to you so far in your life?

A: "It's been everything, especially here at school, it's the one constant I can lean on in my life.

It's been instrumental in understanding my personal identity and who I am.

"Being able to have that model of Jesus in my life makes me who I am."

Q: Has religion always been that important to you in your life, or can you remember a time when it wasn't but became that way?

A: "So I grew up in a Catholic household, both my parents are Catholic, and around the age of eight I felt the calling to be a pastor. I also felt the calling to be a husband, so being a kid with that calling and being Catholic, is very difficult.

"I would sat that ever since I was young, faith has played a very vital role in my life."

Q: When you started to look at colleges, what drew you to Waynesburg?

A: "Waynesburg University was like my fourth choice.

I think the Lord does things in very funny ways.

I was very passioante about broadcasting. I was working at a radio station and I heard about the Waynesburg Sports Announcing Camp, and I attended that.

"I came in as a sports broadcasting/sports information major, amd I think what God was showing me was that it's okay to have these passions, but in the end, the calling that I had on your life for you when you were younger, that's where you're going to be.

"So He started introducing me to all these new avenues of the ways that I can use my sports broadcasting background and apply that to go into further ministry."

"Now i'm looking at Seminary's for my masters of Divinity and Ordination. It's always been His plan wthin my life. I came to Waynesburg

strictly because I was looking to be a sports broadcasting major but of course God had his way with that."

Q: Now being in your senior year at Waynesburg, how has being on this campus helped you grow in your faith?

A: " I think the number one thing that Waynesburg has done the best at is showing me true community and what that looks like.

"I've met some of the most genuine people on campus, especially my freshmen year in Thayer Hall. I met some of the most geniune guys in that hall, and those are people that I don't get to see enough on campus but those are people that I specifically want to thank for showing me what that is like."

Q: What was the experience like being able to speak at chapel this past week?

A: "So I think it's once a semester they pick a student to speak at chapel and do a sermon, so I was invited by Reverend Tinnemeyer and Josh Sumpter to do a sermon, it was my first official sermon and I get to say I did my first sermon as an undergraduate, which is cool." " It showed me the realities of sermon preperation. There are people that have the gift of going up there and speak whatever the Lord is speaking to them, but I know I personally would just go up there and freeze.

It allowed me to interact with people on campus and source material.

"I heard some great feedback from the people that were there."

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Cheat Sheet: Slew of sexual harassment claims plague Hollywood

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

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

In recent weeks, a slew of celebrities have been accused of some form of sexual misconduct.

The first of the big-name celebrities was Har vey Weinstein, a producer and co-founder of the Weinstein Company.

Weinstein has several accusations against him, including raping three women and sexually harassing and assaulting several more.

Weinstein responded to the allegations by denying the claims of nonconsensual sex, but does feel remorse for past behavior.

“I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has cause a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it,” said Weinstein.

After Weinstein, several others have been under fire, including the star of the popular Netflix series “House of Cards”, Kevin Spacey.

Spacey is accused of sexual assault of multiple men,

Tribune News Service

Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in "House of Cards," which will be ending with its upcoming sixth season. Spacey is currently being written off the show after multiple sexual harrassment allegations have been revealed. as well as sexual misconduct with a minor.

The fallout from the accusations has resulted in Netflix cutting Spacey from the show and having to rewrite the sixth season.

Spacey’s publicist, Staci Wolfe, said that he is seeking treatment following the accusations, but would not specify

what type.

“Kevin Spacey is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment,” said Wolfe.

Spacey has apologized to the accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor even though he said he does not recall the incident.

The most recent of the

scandals deals with comedian and producer Louis C.K., who is accused of sexual misconduct with five women.

The consequences of the allegations include FX and other media companies cutting ties with the actor, including his movie and new comedy special being canceled.

Louis C.K. apologized by admitting that the stories are indeed true.

“These stories are true,” said Louis C.K. “The power I had over these women is that they admired me, and I wielded that power irresponsibly.”

Louis C.K. went on to say that he has tried to learn from

his irresponsible behavior.

Louis C.K. also apologized to FX network, The Orchard production studio and the cast and crew of his upcoming film.

FX stated that they are ‘very troubled’ by the allegations against Louis C.K. because of the fact that he is an executive producer on several shows for the network.

Netflix also announced that it would no longer continue with plans for another stand up special for the comedian.

“I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother,” said Louis C.K. “I have spent my long and lucky career saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.”

The allegations against these stars acted as a catalyst for the ‘Me Too’ movement which is a project that started in New York more than a decade ago and the founder, Tarana Burke is a victim of multiple sexual assaults.

In mid-October actress Alyssa Milano posted an open letter on Twitter encouraging victims of sexual assault to share the issue by using the reply ‘Me Too.'

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.

1) White Nationalists in Poland on country’s Independence Day Poland’s celebration of the nation’s Independence Day were spoiled by protests on Saturday. In the streets of Warsaw, Polish Nationalists burned flares while marching.

The protestors were white nationalists. Signs they carried had messages relating to making Europe all white, and even said to “pray for an Islamic holocaust.”

The group of about 60,000 people came from many parts of Europe. Such incidents of white nationalism have happened more often recently, most notably in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Earlier in the week, Poland’s capital city had protests going on as well.

The Independence Day of Poland is meant to celebrate its return after being split up by multiple nations, but it was united once more in 1918. Each of the past few independence days have been marked by bigger, and more violent marches by the far right, sending a message of white supremacy.

The group leading these marches is upset with the government, as they believe allowing immigrants into the country has led to more crime, disease and has caused many more issues.

The group wants the government to make changes about allowing immigrants into the country due to the concerns they had listed.

This far-right group has garnered more support over the past few years, but the group is still relatively small and has yet to pose a serious threat to the government of Poland.

-CNN Nov. 13

Tribune News Service

From left, San Francisco 49ers' Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before their NFL game.

2) Girl sues politican in hopes of legalizing marijuana use U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is currently being sued. A twelve-year-old girl from Colorado is suing Sessions in order to legalize medical marijuana.

The young girl who regularly suffers from seizures has struggled her whole life, as no medications have been able to help her with this ailment.

She saw a doctor from the state of Texas who recommended for her to have a brain surgery.

When her pediatrician recommended she try medical marijuana she wanted to try that, rather than risk whatever can go wrong with brain surgery.

The girl has joined an already formed lawsuit against all fifty states in order to make the drug legal for medical purposes. The suit has been formed by a military veteran, former NFL player Marvin Washington and other organizations.

Since she started medical marijuana three years ago, she has yet to have a seizure.

The issue for her is that since medical marijuana is illegal in Texas, she is unable

to return to the state. Her family was forced to move away from her home state of Texas to Colorado so she could continue her treatments.

The girl wants to be able to go back home to see family without having to risk being taken away and moved into a foster home.

-Fox News Nov. 13 3) Major earthquake kills over 100 in Iraq and Iran On the border of the nations of Iraq and Iran, there was a large earthquake Sunday, Nov.12. The massive earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3.

After the initial earthquake, people in the region were readying for aftershock earthquakes that can be damaging.

In the earthquake, over 800 people were injured and 400 people were reported as dead.

Since the original earthquake late Sunday, over 50 aftershocks have occurred.

This region has many tectonic plates that make it prone to these disasters, and small earthquakes occur on nearly a daily basis.

However, these earthquakes are almost never as bad as Sunday’s 7.3 magnitude disaster.

The last major earthquake to hit that region was in 2003 in Iraq. That earthquake was a 6.6 magnitude quake that killed 26,000 people and completely destroyed the city of Bam. Iran hasn’t had a major earthquake since the 2012 disaster took the lives of over 300 people and injured more.

Schools in two provinces of Iraq were closed on Monday due to damages caused by the natural disaster.

The Derbandikhan Dam in Iraq experienced surface cracks and people near the Sirwan River, which flows between the two countries, had been warned to leave as a precaution, the dam manager told ABC News.

The earthquake was measured to be a mere 14.4 miles deep into the ground.

The shallower an earthquake is, the more damage it can cause, so a high magnitude strike like that one can be extremely devastating.

-ABC News Nov. 12

4) President Trump speaking with world leaders during tour of Asia

5) Colin Kaepernick named controversial title

by GQ magazine

As United States President Donald J. trump finishes his tour in Asia, he ended the trip with an international summit that included some of Americas allies in the Pacific.

Trump attended the Association for Southeast Asian Nations conference.

The association was looking to present an opportunity for nations to discuss issues that affect the world as a whole, as well as issues that affect them individually.

Some of these issues include economic struggles, the safety of their citizens and how they can prevent terroristic attacks that have plagued the region in recent years.

Trump will be meeting with leaders from India and Australia, the latter of the two is a nation Trump has had trouble with, after a phone call ended in a heated argument.

Trump continued his talks about the Russian hacking scandal during the summit, making statements that seemed contradictory to earlier ones he had made.

He said he completely backs United States Intelligence groups.

Previously, President Trump had lashed out at leaders of groups for their investigations into possible election hacking by Russia.

During the trip Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had met at a discussion on economics.

Trump said he didn’t speak about the election scandal very in depth, but that each time he and Putin have discussed it, Putin has denied the allegations.

Trump believes keeping him as an ally can help the United States with issues like North Korea and the issues in Syria.

GQ magazine has selected former NFL star Colin Kaepernick as its “Citizen of the Year”. Kaepernick, currently an unsigned free agent, will headline the magazine.

The once star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, whom he led to back to back NFC title games and one Super Bowl, has been a free agent for much longer than many expected. Many people believe this is because of his national anthem protests.

Kaepernick began protesting last year to raise awareness about police brutality on African American citizens and other race related injustices he saw within the United States. Last month, Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL and its owners, believing the owners colluded against him due to his controversial anthem protests.

Kaepernick has shifted his identity from football player to civil rights activist, although he still works out and has remained in shape in case a team is willing to give him another shot.

Kaepernick will not speak in the article in GQ magazine, as a tribute to his method of remaining silent during his protests, as he has rarely spoken out since being out of the NFL. Being interviewed instead are teammates, activists, and people who are close to Kaepernick personally. A tweet from his account said he was “honored” to accept this award as citizen of the year.

-CBS News Nov. 12

-ESPN Nov. 13 Information curated by Matthew Mansfield For the Yellow Jacket

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possessiveness.

It is the owner’s responsibility to properly train their dogs and those who neglect to do this or even train the dogs to be aggressive – for illegal activities such as dog fighting – along with singled-out representation in the media, all account for the stigma placed on

Pitbulls and breeds like it.

Keep in mind, the Pitbull wasn’t always the most feared dog breed. In the 19th century it was the blood hound which was the replaced by Huskies due to their similarities to wolves.

During World War II, the German Shepard was the ‘vicious, man-eating beast’ before its reputation was altered to ‘hero dog’ in the 2000s.

Pitbulls were not always a feared dog breed.

In the 1990s the Bully breed was classified as allpurpose family dogs. The stigma on the breed is wrongly placed.

Instead of headlines reading ‘vicious Pitbull attacks’ it should be ‘Negligent owners have created a horrible reputation for what once was one of America’s most beloved dog breeds.’

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Now to anyone who says he is disrespectful and “un-American” please pay attention.

The United Sates prides itself on the Constitution.

What amazes me is how back and forth people will go to it. This being the Constitution that allows you to own a gun allows citizens, i.e. Colin Kaepernick to protest.

So, is it really un-American to do exactly what the Constitution says you can do?

This is not to say that kneeling for the National Anthem is something you should do every day.

What I’m trying to make abundantly clear is that the players are completely within their rights to kneel.

From a moral standpoint should they stand, probably, but they don’t have to.

Now, I understand that to some people from military backgrounds this is upsetting.

Coming from a family that has a military history, this whole issue with kneeling is not upsetting to me because a former Green Beret is the one who convinced Kaepernick to kneel in the first place.

As Nate Boyer, former Green Beret, recommended, Kaepernick kneeled in order to honor fallen military soliders.

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November 16, 2017

Greene Co. coroner Local establishment celebrates 50 years race goes back and forth, still undecided

By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial Assistant

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

The race for the Greene County coroner’s office is still undecided.

Incumbent Democrat Gregory Rohanna and Republican challenger Gene Rush has been too close to call since the Nov. 7 election.

According to Tina Keiger, director of office elections and voter registration, the race did not get complicated until after Election Day. “On Election Day, it was fairly easy, because that was all out in the polling locations,” Keiger said.

After Nov. 7 voting, Rush led Rohanna by eight votes, 3,248 to 3,240. The absentee ballots were sent in Tuesday night but could not be counted until the next day. The addition of the absentee ballots then gave Rohanna a onevote lead later in the week.

The absentee and provisional ballots were retallied by the election staffs on Nov. 12, which resulted in Rush having a four-vote lead

over Rohanna.

Rohanna is a lifetime resident of Greene County and has held the position as coroner since 1996. Rush is a retired funeral director from Rogersville.

Going into the election, Keiger said she felt the position was up for grabs.

“They’re both well known, so it was basically up to the voters,” Keiger said. “There was really no guessing to me, anyway. Other people may have, but I wouldn’t have guessed.”

Keiger's office hasn't gotten feedback from citizens about the election.

“Just questions on the procedures that will be going, but we’ve had no feedback going on in our office,” she said.

Keiger said this year's coroner’s race is unlike any other that she has seen in Greene County.

“We’ve never had this,” she said. “It is unusual. We’ve had write-in winners beat other candidates on the ballot before, but we’ve never [had a situation like this].”

Victoria Bruno, 60, of Franklin Township remembers the day she got a pamphlet and taught herself how to tie a tie for Mickey’s Men’s Store. She was 13 years old, and she was helping her father, Mickey, who she fondly remembers.

“I probably started waiting on people, customers, at the age of 13, and I really liked being in the store,” said Vitoria Bruno. “Some of my favorite times when I was young was during Rain Day.” During that time of the year, the store would try to clear out items that weren’t selling, putting them in bags and selling them for 50 cents each. But Bruno really loved Rain Day because she made all the profits.

Mickey’s Men’s Store celebrated its 50th anniversary last month. Over the last 12 years, due to the increase in mining, the shop has changed from a suit and tux store to more blue-collar worker. Despite the shift in focus, Bruno said her father is still at the forefront for how the business is run.

“He never let a customer get away, and I’m pretty

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Victoria Bruno carries on her father's legacy as Mickey's Men's Store celebrates 50 years of business. good at doing that too,” said Victoria Bruno. “He was a super good business man and very well-liked person in the community.”

Some have even called Bruno “Mickey Jr.” because of how she mirrors her father in running the business, and being able to close sales.

She is one of four siblings and one of three that went to Waynesburg College. Ironically, when she was still in school, she never thought she would end up working in the shop again.

“No, no I didn’t think [I would come back and work in the shop] when he sent me to school,” said Bruno.

“That’s another thing. My dad has four children and he put all four of his kids through school.”

Mickey paid for his children to have an education, and Bruno said that Mickey “would have been a rich man had he not had four kids.”

Up until the day he died, Mickey spent every day in his store, which helped him put four kids through col-

lege without debt. He “loved being in the store,” Bruno said.

She is the same way. Bruno is also a long way from retirement. In the past two summers, she has had two knee replacements and still made it to work on days she didn’t have physical therapy.

Even today, customers come in asking how to tie a tie and that little girl from 1968 still knows. Although the fashion has changed, the oldest business in Waynesburg stays in the family.

Morgan Yoney organizes blanket drive for local hospital patients

By MITCHELL KENDRA Associate Editor

Morgan Yoney knows what it’s like to be in the hospital.

Born with cystic fibrosis, she grew up there.

“It’s really hard to be there, especially on holidays, because you’re not around family,” Yoney said.

Despite the struggle of undergoing two double-lung transplants, a kidney and a liver transplant, Yoney said the support from people in the community helped her immensely. Originally from Waynesburg, Greene County residents rallied around her to

help her obtain the care she needed.

Now, she is relying on the community’s support for a different cause.

At a young age, when Yoney was in a children’s hospital, she said the employees were able to decorate the halls and wear festive outfits, but when she was in adult hospitals, she said the workers were not allowed to deviate from normal protocol and holidays looked like any other day. She couldn’t tell the difference between July and Christmas.

She said some adults in the hospital did not even have visitors during their stays, as

their families were unable to make it.

“That bothered me – so many people in the hospital without visitors,” said Yoney.

So, she decided to do something about it.

Two years ago, Yoney and her family came up with an idea she titled the “Blanket Brigade.” The idea was to collect new blankets to give to people in the hospital.

The first year of the event, “Morgan’s Army,” as she refers to her support group, collected 75 blankets. Last year, the event brought in more than 2,000 blankets.

Family friends Dan Burda

and Steven Perrine helped Yoney and her family last year during the “Blanket Brigade.”

Yoney met Burda and Perrine about two years ago, and the two have become a crucial part of “Morgan’s Army.”

Although Yoney was not able to be a part of the drive last year, due to her illness, she said the community still came together to help take care of the event, especially Burda and Perrine.

Yoney said Burda and Perrine are always working to help promote organ donation.

They helped Yoney during her last lung transplant, and Yoney said every month, they are

looking for new people to help support.

While the event was created to give the blankets to anyone in the hospital, Yoney said the event focused on adults.

Yoney said the small gesture of showing support to someone can mean the world to them.

“Full-grown adults were crying because [the blanket] was the only thing they received [that year for Christmas],” Yoney said.

The “Blanket Brigade” began Oct. 30 and will run through Nov. 30, where new blankets can be dropped off at one of the collection areas.

Cornerstone Care, Tri-State Chiropractic in Waynesburg and Studio Raw in Pittsburgh are all collection areas.

“It brings a lot of people happiness, even though it seems so small,” Yoney said.

Yoney said she believes she was able to use her social status to bring the community together to help a cause bigger than herself, something she described as extremely humbling.

“It’s a really good feeling, because it shows they are willing to help people they don’t know,” said Yoney. “They are helping out a bunch of people, not just me.”

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Movie: Sci-Fi film medication companies screening maceutical companies con- free for all duct business and the way

By GRACE HUTCHISON Associate Editor

JoAnne Marshall sits typing determinedly at her desk, in a private office separate from the lobby of the Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency office, in Waynesburg. Strewn across her desk are informational packets, paperwork and folders, as she places the final touches on an email updating recipients of upcoming Greene County events.

Marshall, communications director of tourism for Greene County, squeezes productivity into each part of her day: in pauses of conversation she types emails and answers calls.

According to Marshall, the “chaos” of her days is the only commonality between them.

“A day could be focusing on what’s coming this weekend, with emails letting our partners internally know what is coming up, or we could be focusing on next year on advertising campaigns and trying to identify where our target audience is,” Marshall said. “We’re always thinking ahead.”

“Thinking ahead” to what the future holds for tourism in Greene County.

“Essentially, every day revolves around our partners and the events and attractions in the area and what is going on at the time,” Marshall said.

“Helping to promote Greene County outside of Greene County, to bring in tourists to stimulate our economy.”

Marshall took a secretarial position in the office in fall 2015, and she said that she applied for the position because “the description matched a lot of my capabilities.”

“Life always throws you chances,” Marshall said.

The secretarial job, which

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Grace Hutchison, Yellow Jacket

Joanne Marshall, communications director of tourism, promotes attractions across Greene County. she remained in until she became director in April 2016, allowed her to create content for the office as well as work one-on-one with the previous director.

“It fed a lot of my creative desires,” said Marshall, who was a photography and digital imaging major at Virginia Intermont College.

During her six months as secretary, she began to see the magnitude of tourism within the county.

“I made a lot of connections within the community...and essentially seeing all of their passion for their certain attraction, event or business, really fed into me that there is so much more in Greene County that we can be,” Marshall said.

Greene County events attract more than local citizens, Marshall said.

“The more I started researching and finding our background statistics through our grant program, we’re discovering that there is so much more of an outside tourist presence attending these

events than we were ever aware of,” Marshall said.

For example, at the 50s Fest and Car Cruise sponsored by Waynesburg Prosperous and Beautiful Sept. 9, out of the 124 registered cars only 56 percent came from within Greene County.

Blair Zimmerman, commissioner and board chairman for the Greene County board of commissioners, explains the direct repercussions of tourism on the economy of Greene County.

“For a county our size, every business and industry has an impact,” Zimmerman said.

Greene County has lodging, restaurants and businesses offered to tourists, some of whom might take the exit off the interstate, and others who choose this county as their specific destination.

“Tourism in Greene County has often been overlooked from the standpoint that people aren’t realizing how much we are in fact impacted by tourists,” Marshall said. “It is key.”

on taxpayers, as the county accumulates costs associated with the health crisis.

Since Washington County took that first step, Greene County and several others counties in Pennsylvania have followed.

"Other counties are going to join in too," Zimmerman said. "To impact the flow of these--maybe not 'illegal' drugs, but still. They just see what kind of money they can make."

Zimmerman is confident that while the process will be long, they will emerge successful.

"I don't think [the companies] have any [arguments]," he said. "When the day's over, they don't really have anything to stand on."

Other than financial compensation, Zimmerman said the real objective of the lawsuits are to incite long-term change in the way the phar-

that doctors prescribe medications.

"I had some surgery and [the doctor] gave me OxyContin," Zimmerman said, as an example. "I told them to just give me a couple, and they gave me a 30-day supply. I did not take one one of them. So, you see, I told them I didn't want them, and yet, they prescribe that [amount]. I'm sure there's a lot of money exchanged in this process."

Zimmerman compared the lawsuit to the famous suits against the tobacco industry in the early 2000s under consumer protection and antitrust laws. And just like the long, ominous fight against big tobacco, Zimmerman said they are not expecting immediate results; just long-lasting, conclusive change.

"We know this is going to be a long, drawn out suit," Zimmerman said.

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making sure large mining companies like Consol Energy take responsibility for damages done to property.

She also wants to facilitate economic diversity in the area, so that “when this is

no longer profitable for these organizations, people are not left high and dry.”

Because despite the reprieve in this case, the future is not a coal-filled one, she said.

“The coal industry is not going to be here forever,” said Coptis.

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a couple hundred thousand dollars to shut down a street and film beside a courthouse, and Waynesburg charges three hundred dollars. It was really cheap.”

In addition to ‘Night Zero,’ Barton also filmed in Waynesburg a few weeks ago on a project called ‘A Jury of His Peers.’ Barton said Waynesburg is an ideal place to film.

“I’ve filmed two movies down there now, and we are planning on filming a third one down there in June or July of next year,” said Barton. “That’s what I like about small towns, just the fact that they are really willing to do a lot for you.”

Barton stated that he prefers small production movies over big budget films, based on his own experience in the industry.

“I’ve done $100,000,000 projects like the Batman movie,” said Barton, “There’s a Netflix series ‘Mindhunter’ and then I’ve been on $500,000 movie productions where the entire movie cost less than five thousand dollars. I enjoy the small productions better.”

For Barton, getting involved in the industry was just a matter of putting himself out there.

“People always talk about wanting to be into movies,” Barton said. “If you want to be in the movie business, be in the movie business. Anybody can do it, you just have to be able to work for free initially, and it’s very easy.”

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Assistant coach leads athletes in program's journey

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Teghan Simonton, Yellow Jacket

“Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you’re destined for.

But don’t hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years, Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you wouldn’t have set out.”

-Excerpt from “Ithaka” by C.P. Cavafy

Michelle Cross, shown taking splits during practice last year, was once a runner herself on the cross country team.

Now, Cross leads the team by focusing on the process of the journey.

*** In 2006, Michelle Cross was a member of the Waynesburg

University women’s cross country team that lost the conference championship by three points.

Since then, Cross, now an assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets, relates the program’s expedition the last 11 years to an ancient poem about a warrior’s road home.

It started with the crushing loss to perennial Presidents’ Athletic Conference powerhouse Grove City when she was a junior. …But don’t hurry the journey at all.

Ever since Cross started running for Waynesburg University in 2004, her biggest aspiration was simple: Beat Grove City.

…Better if it lasts for years.

Then, a decade after losing by three points, the women’s cross country program was named PAC Champions in 2016 for the first time in school history, ending Grove City’s 27-year championship run. …Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

After the team photos were taken and the championship ceremonies presented, Cross realized the hardships the program conquered to reach the top of the conference were more CROSS >> C3

Cross announced new head Jones successful in balancing coach for track & field teams athletics, school and daughter

By LUKE GOODLING Associate Editor

Michelle Cross has come full circle.

In 2004, the track & field program at Waynesburg University officially became a varsity sport and Cross was one of the first athletes on the team.

Now, over 10 years later, Cross has officially signed to be the second head coach in program history following the departure of Jason Falvo.

The fact that Cross has spent a greater part of the past two decades with Waynesburg’s track & field team, whether as an athlete or as an assistant coach, is a testament to just how highly she holds the program.

“I think what speaks to me the most is just how much this program is a baby of mine,” Cross said. “2004 was the very first year the track team came

into existence – they resurrected it from its club status… it just feels like the continuation that I’ve had my hands in from the beginning.”

Falvo said Cross was a straight forward decision for the position.

“It’s hard to find good people; it’s hard to find people who are passionate like she is,” Falvo said. “It was a no brainer – any time you can bring an alumnus back… it’s a slam dunk.”

Larry Marshall, director of Athletics, said the goal of finding a new head coach was to start internally. During the process of finding a new head coach, Marshall said Cross quickly became the obvious choice due to her extensive history with the school. “[For her] to go to school here and be helping for so long with cross country and track & field, it just seemed obvious this would be the

person that we would want,” Marshall said. “That was something that President [Douglas G.] Lee wanted [too].”

One of the characteristics of Cross that sets her apart from other coaches, Falvo said, is her passion for the individual athletes.

“Her heart is for the athlete.

She has great compassion for each of her athletes and she wants to get to know them on such a personal level that you just respect and feel her genuine love and respect for those athletes,” Falvo said. “It’s a gift, she really does a great job meeting those [athletes] on their level.”

A passion for leading others was what interested Cross in coaching to begin with.

“I had just really fallen in love with the idea of mentorship and particularly just the T&F >> C3

Nine Jackets recognized in All-PAC team nominations

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

The Waynesburg University football team saw nine of its players receive Presidents’ Athletic Conference AllConference laurels from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference for their play during the 2017 season. Five defensive players garnered accolades, while two offensive and two special team’s players picked up recognition from the PAC. Junior defensive back Justin Willkow was the team’s lone recipient of Second-Team AllPAC honors. Willkow finished the season with 27 tackles, four pass breakups and two interceptions, one of which was a 44-yard touchdown return against Saint Vincent.

Head coach Chris Smithley felt Willkow was one of the best cornerbacks in the PAC this season as many opposing quarterbacks opted not to throw in his direction in many instances as he covered each team’s top wide receiver.

Leading off the eight honorable mention selections are each of Waynesburg’s three starting linebackers. Junior

John-Glen Davis was fourth quarterbacks running backs, in the conference with a team receivers—just everybody. I leading 91 tackles, nine tackles wanted to beat every single for loss and three fumble re- person,” said Davis. “The bigcoveries. Seniors Brent Blacha- gest thing is that you have rczyk and Tristan Sandrosky to play for your friends… finished the season with 72 Me performing well doesn’t and 56 tackles, rechange anything spectively, and each [this season]. We tied for second on all have to perform the team with 2.0 together.” sacks.

Rounding out “ These three the defensive playguys are the three ers that were recwe’ve talked about ognized was senior all year,” Smithley defensive lineman said. “These are the James Roundtree guys that made a III. Roundtree led Willkow lot of things hapthe Jackets with 4.0 pen for us defensively. I’m sacks and finished second on glad that they got their honor the team in tackles for loss on the PAC teams, I think that with 7.5. they’re well deserving of it. All He also recorded a total of three are guys that really got us 30 tackles on the year. Smithto the next level.” ley said that one of Roundtree’s Davis’ breakout season greatest attributes was his abilcame after two years of not ity to step up in big situations having a consistent role on the and excel in his leadership defense. He said a big reason role. for his success not only came “He played his best footfrom his drive to be one of the ball in games that we needed best, but also the teammates him to play his best football,” that surrounded him.

Smithley said. “That really “I just wanted to beat ev- helped us defensively to play eryone across from me, everybody I went against—linemen, AWARDS >> C3

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

I n Au g u s t o f 2 0 1 6 , JaWuan Jones’ life changed.

The current Waynesburg University wide receiver was 20 years old and still figuring out his plans for a college education, when at midnight Aug. 31, his daughter, Ariah, was born.

Upon becoming a father while still a college student, Jones was eager to embrace the challenges that come with raising a child.

“I was actually excited,” Jones said. “[Becoming a father] gave me a reason to push to do things more.

Actually gave me a reason to get back on the field and play football.”

After graduating high school in 2015, Jones attended Youngstown State University, and was a walkon to the football team. But things didn’t go according to plan. Due to poor grades, Jones didn’t come back to YSU for his sophomore year, and never got a chance to stand out at a Division I level. When Jones stepped away from football, he felt that he might have lost the sport he loved.

“Once I stopped playing football to get my grades right, I kind of started falling apart a little bit from football,” Jones said. “Then when I found out I was having a daughter, it just kind of got me motivated to want to get back on the field.”

Jones had the eye of the Waynesburg coaching staff since he left Youngstown State, and according to current Special Teams coach John Sikora, even as early as high school. Sikora said that the coaching staff was aware of Jones’ situation and that did not affect Waynesburg’s interest in Jones.

“We knew he did have a kid,” Sikora said. “We had that talk with him when we recruited him, and that didn’t stop us one bit. We know [Jones is] a quality kid, and we knew that he’s passionate about trying to get this degree, so he can put his family in the best possible position three years down the road.”

The Waynesburg coaching staff took an interest

Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

Jones nearly quit playing collegiate-level football, but decided to return to the sport at Waynesburg. in Jones that went beyond his accomplishments on the football field, which is important to Jones.

“It meant a lot. It really did mean a lot,” Jones said.

“I feel like I can trust [the coaches]. I feel like I have people I can go to if I ever needed someone. So it really means a lot that they care about their players and their situations that’s going on.”

Jones had planned to enroll at Waynesburg in the fall of 2016, but was unable to due to his academic standing. So he turned to community college, where he spent the 2016-17 school year at Eastern Gateway Community College in Youngstown, Ohio. While there, Jones focused on academics and worked to earn a 3.6 GPA, which got him into Waynesburg this fall as a marketing major.

W h e n i nt e r i m h e a d coach Chris Smithley first got a glimpse of Jones in preseason camp, he saw a lot of unpolished potential. “[Jones was] really athlet-

ic but really raw,” Smithley said. “Had a lot of progression to do to get to where we needed him to be, someone that could contribute to us.”

As the season progressed, Smithley saw Jones improve, and thus, his role increased. After having just 190 all-purpose yards in the first six games of the season, Jones had 554 in the last four contests, finishing with a team-leading 736 allpurpose yards, with 392 of them coming from kick returns. Jones’ performance earned him a birth on the All-PAC team as an honorable mention.

“As the year is going on you see his progression, and you see how much more we’re using him, how much more we’re targeting him in the pass game,” Smithley said. “JaWuan wants to be great, and JaWuan has all the abilities to be great. But he still has to continue to progress the way he has in the next couple years to get JONES >> C4

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November 16, 2017

Wrestling begins season atop of the PAC With season over,

football looks to make changes in offseason

By ANTONIO PELULLO Editorial assistant

Last year, the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets were the wrestling champions of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, then they became one of the best in the region and ultimately recognized at the national level. Last Saturday, the Jackets continued last year’s PAC success, placing first of 14 teams at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational.

This year has pretty much started the way last year did – with Waynesburg atop the PAC. Head coach Ron Headlee was surprised to see that his team finished first.

“I didn’t expect to win it to be honest,” said Headlee, “[A] coach from W&J came over and handed me a plaque and it was kind of like a surprise.”

The Yellow Jackets had four wrestlers finish first in the last meet. Senior Tristan Buxton won in the 125-pound weight class, freshman Caleb Baxter in 174, sophomore Ken Burrs in 197 and senior Derek Hull was victorious in the 165-pound class.

Although Burrs was 12-6 overall, for him it was a bit of

By TYLER GODWIN

Sports Convergence Editor

With a 42-0 loss to Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Washington & Jefferson this past Saturday, the Waynesburg University football team wrapped up a season that left a lot to be desired for.

The Yellow Jackets finished the year with a 2-8 overall record, including a 2-6 conference mark that put them tied for eighth place out of the 11 teams in the PAC. For first-year interim head coach Chris Smithley, the team had to overcome many obstacles throughout the season and had solid leadership to help get them through a year where they knew there would be some growing pains.

“I thought we faced a lot of challenges and I thought we faced a lot of adversity that a lot of teams may not have went through,” said Smithley.

“Our seniors did a phenomenal job of keeping our team focused and keeping them believing in the process, how we needed to do things and how we needed to handle ourselves away from the field. I think that they made a great stand and a great representation of how we want this program to be.”

Before the season, 12-year head coach Rick Shepas retired from his position, leaving the gap that was eventually filled by Smithley. For the players, the change was one of the first adjustments they had to make and they knew the team was in the beginning of a rebuild.

“We knew there was go-

Mitch Kendra, Yellow Jacket

Matt Lascola is a freshman on the wrestling team. At the W&J Invitational, Lascola was knocked off in the first round, 12-4. a disappointment as he battled injuries all year. This year, he was awarded PAC Wrestler of the Week and also was Waynesburg’s Athlete of the Week.

Going into the first meet of the year, Buxton questioned on what to expect with the young team.

“After seeing how well we all clicked and the support

from the sideline on the mat duking it out,” said Buxton.

Headlee said that after Buxton’s match, he was approached by a referee and was told how impressive he looked.

“The referee that had [Burrs said] ‘man that’s a really good match for the first tournament of the year that’s like a match at the end of the year,’” said

Headlee.

Freshman Mike Mahon finished fourth in the 184-pound weight class.

The Yellow Jackets will continue their season in Alliance, Ohio, Saturday morning when they go against Alma College Scouts, Greensboro College Pride, Heidelberg University and the University of Mount Union.

Women's XC narrowly misses national bid regional meet with the goal of qualifying for NCAA Division III Nationals as a team.

Such a goal required the team to finish in the top five at the meet to move on, and while the women came close, they never reached it.

Despite not making it to nationals, head coach Chris Hardie is still very proud of the effort that the team put forward.

“I think they did really well, they stuck to the plan

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

To close out the 2017 season, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team finished in seventh place at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Cross Country Championships Saturday, Nov. 11 out of the 49-team event.

Coming off the program’s second consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference title, the team entered the

that [assistant] coach Michelle Cross and I mapped

up that race and then how to cut down time throughout that race,” said Hardie.

“They hit the times pretty close, but the placing of the girls was way off, so we just estimated incorrectly. The region was a lot better than we thought it was going in.”

Reigning PAC champion and captain Angie Marchetti finished first for the Yellow Jackets with a time of 22:54, and in 26th place

“They hit the times pretty close, but the placing of the girls was way off...”

CHRIS HARDIE

Cross country head coach

out for them in terms of how to strategically open

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ing to be adversity coming in from the beginning because of the coach situation and we didn’t know [who our head coach would be] until the middle of summer,” said junior linebacker John-Glen Davis. “We knew coming in it wasn’t going to be easy to win games. When we were losing, we were like, ‘it’s a building process’…we just needed to find where our niche was and we did that towards the end. It started to click.”

The team lost its first seven games, including losses to three of the top four teams in the conference in Westminster, Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve.

Waynesburg finally broke through in Week Eight against Thiel in dominant fashion, defeating the Tomcats 34-7 for its first win of the season. The Yellow Jackets followed up with a 31-21 win over Saint Vincent in the second to last game of the year before traveling to W&J. Facing many of the top teams in the PAC early is something that junior quarterback Jake Dougherty felt benefitted the team for the long-run of the season and beyond.

“I think it was difficult, but it helped us,” Dougherty said.

“If we had the lower-end teams first and then started winning, I think that would have given us a false sense of reality of where we really were. I think going out and getting our butts kicked at the beginning of the season really opened our eyes and [had us thinking] ‘holy cow, FOOTBALL >> C4

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS Case Western Reserve Wash&Jeff Westminster Carnegie Mellon Thomas More Grove City Geneva Bethany Waynesburg Saint Vincent Thiel

MEN’S SOCCER Conf.

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

Overall 10-0 10-0 7-3 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 2-8 2-8 2-8 1-9

Franciscan Grove City

1 1

0 0

0 1

1 2

SCORE RECAP Second Half: FRA - JP Bobak, 9:06; GCC - Blake Baer, 16:16 Overtime: GCC - Trent Strick, 92:25 RECENT RESULTS:

Friday, November 10: Calvin 4, Thomas More 0

Waynesburg 0 0 0 0 0 W&J 23 19 0 0 42

Saturday, November 11: Franciscan 1, Grove City 2

SCORE RECAP: First Quarter: WJC-Jesse Zubik 4 yd pass from Jacob Adams (Josh Hnat kick)13:19 ; WJC-Matt Girting safety 05:50 ; SVC Cody Hearst 7 yd pass from Jacob Adams (Josh Hnat kick) 03:14; WJC-Jesse Zubik 66 yd pass from Jacob Adams (Josh Hnat kick) 00:00 Second Quarter: WJC-Jordan West 1 yd run (Josh Hnat kick failed) ; WCJBraydon Toy 11 yd pass from Jacob Adams (Josh Hnat kick failed) 01:55 WJC-O'Shea Anderson 29 yd interception return (Josh Hnat kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD INT Jake Dougherty.............10 19 100 0 2 Waynesburg rushing

ATT Doswell-Hardrick.......................... 12 Jake Dougherty.............................17 Waynesburg receiving

REC JaWuan Jones ...............................4 Dorian Hardy .................................2

YDS 36 13

TD 0 0

YDS 66 18

TD 0 0

W&J passing

COM ATT YDS TD INT Jacob Adams .............. 23 30 392 4 0 W&J rushing

ATT YDS EJ Thompson ................................. 7 77 Jordan West ..................................15 53

Jesse Zubik.........................

Braydon Toy........................

Franciscan 1, Grove City 2

Saturday, November 4: Geneva 0, Thomas More 1

Saturday’s Box Score WAYNESBURG 0, W&J 42

W&J receiving

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Saturday's Box Score

REC YDS 13 250 5 97

TD 0 1 TD 2 1

RECENT RESULTS: Saturday, November 11: Bethany 34, Saint Vincent 23; Grove City 51, Thiel 21; W&J 42, Waynesburg 0; Geneva 14, Westminster 34; Case Western Reserve 41, Carnegie Mellon 34 UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday, November 11: Carnegie Mellon @ Carnegie Mellon -11 a.m. Johns Hopkins @ W&J-11p.m.

Bethany @ Saint Vincent-1 p.m. Waynesburg @ Wash&Jeff -1 p.m.

Case Western Reserve @ Illinois Wesleyan -12 p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES ECAC Playoffs: Grove City @ Lebanon Valley - 11a.m.

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS POINTS:1. Iregui, 58, WES 2. Sisler, 43, WAY 3. Mokrzan, 51, WJC GOALS: 1. Iregui, 15, WES 2. O'Halloran, 12, GEN 3. Mattocks, 9, WES ASSISTS: 1. Oliver, 6, THI 2. Sisler, 6, WAY 3. Fallen, 6, WES SAVES: 1. Conrad, 117, THI 2. Antonoplos, 83, SVC 3. Paulin, 76, TMC

2 1

1 0

SUNY Geneseo: 135, Grove City: 202; Washington and Lee: 181, Westminster: 192, Wooster: 102; W&J: 56, York: 134; Bethany: 60, Penn State Altoona: 97; Chatham: 28, IUP: 214; West Virginia Tech: 194, Chatham: 38 Upcoming Matches: Friday, November 17: W&J @ Westminster - 6 p.m.

Chatham @ Carnegie Mellon Diving Invitational (Day 1) - 4 p.m.

Saint Vincent @ Franklin & Marshall Invitational (Day 1) - 6:30 p.m.

3 2

STANDINGS Bethany Chatham Geneva Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Thomas More W&J Waynesburg Westminster

FDU-Florham 19 Westminster 25

19 25

0 3

Wednesday, November 28: Bethany 3, McDaniel 0; Penn State Altoona 0, Westminster 3 Thursday, November 9: Christopher Newport 3, Thomas More 2 Saturday, November 11:

SUNY Geneseo: 205, Grove City: 94; Fredonia State: 69, Grove City: 221; Saint Vincent: 99, IUP: W&J: 65, West Virginia Wesleyan: 138; Penn State Behrend: 110, Chatham: 142; Allegheny: 195.5, Westminster

Sunday, November 12:

Westminster 3, Frostburg State 2; Brandeis 2, Bethany 3

Upcoming Matches: W&J @ Westminster - 6 p.m.

Chatham @ Carnegie Mellon Diving Invitational (Day 1) - 4 p.m.

Saint Vincent @ Franklin & Marshall Invitational (Day 1) - 6:30 p.m.

Thiel Thomas More W&J Waynesburg

13 25

Recent Results:

Womens: Recent Results: Saturday, October 21:

STANDINGS

Friday's Box Score Wittenberg 3, Thomas More 2

MEN'S BASKETBALL

FDU-Florham 0, Westminster

WRESTLING

WOMEN’S SOCCER Wittenberg 0 Thomas More 1

MENS: Saturday, November 4: Recent Results:

WOMEN'S VOLLYBALL Sunday's Box Score

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

Overall

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

Overall 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Upcoming Games: Wednesday, November 15: Grove City @ Penn State Beaver - 6 p.m.

Saint Vincent @ Penn State Altoona - 7 p.m.

Westminster @ Pitt-Greensburg - 7 p.m.

Wilmington @ Thomas More - 7 p.m.

Bethany @ Susquehanna - 7:30 p.m.

Franciscan @ Chatham - 8 p.m.

Marymount 2, Westminster 3 The Westminster Titans are ECAC Division III Champions!

CROSS COUNTRY MEN: Recent Results: Team:

Conf.

Conf.

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

Saturday, November 11: Division III Mideast Championships (8K): 10. W&J, 390 pts. 23. Saint Vincent, 621pts. 24. Grove City, 629pts

STANDINGS

Conf.

Overall

STANDINGS Bethany Chatham Geneva Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Thomas More W&J Waynesburg Westminster

Conf.

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

Overall 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Match Results: SHIPPENSBURG: 31, Waynesburg: 10

Top Runners:

Upcoming Games:

125 – Tristan Buxton (W) 15-4 M.D. David Reagan

1. Peet , 25:22, HAF 2. Woods, 25:24, HAF 3. Herlihy, 25:24, HAF

Wednesday, November 15:

First Half: TMC - Ashley Maples, 14:41 Second Half: WIT - Kaitlyn Krieg, 47:31; TMC - Kristina Felix, 47:53; WIT Kaitlyn Krieg, 87:09 Overtime: WIT - Kaitlyn Krieg, 92:31

133 – Cole Rush (S) Pin 1:34 Tony Mastrangelo

Upcoming Matches:

141 – Dante Steffenino (S) 10-1 M.D. D.J. Grindle

Division III Championships @ Principia College’s North Farm Cross Country Facility in Elsah, Illinois on Saturday, November 18

RECENT RESULTS:

157 – Mike Springer (S) Pin 1:02 Zach Mackall

ECAC Playoffs:

165 – Chris Miller (S) 9, Derek Hull 2

Saturday, Novemebr 11: Franciscan 1, Grove City 3; Westminster 1, Frostburg State 2; Wittenberg 3, Thomas More 2

174 – Ryan Narber (S) Pin 6:07 Landon Lohr

Team:

184 – Mike Mahon (W) 6, Logan Fisher 4

Saturday, October 28:

Angie Marchetti - Womens Cross-Country

UPCOMING GAMES: Grove City @ NYU - 2 p.m.

197 – Evan Ramos (S) 6, Ken Burrs 5

Division III Mideast Championships (6K):

Ken Burrs - Wrestling

Score Recap:

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS: POINTS: 1. Toohey, 39 , WJC 2. Grimm, 31, WJC 3. Ruzzini 27, WJC GOALS: 1. Toohey, 18, WJC 2. Grimm, 13, WJC 3. Hutton, 10, GRO ASSISTS 1. Ruzzini, 10, WJC ; 2. Maples, 6, TMC; 3. Kocur, 3, GRO SAVES: 1. Palmer, 88, TMC, 2. Lincoln, 61, GEN, 3. Riddle, 48, BET

149 – Sean Donohue (S) 9, Matt Lascola 7

WOMEN: Recent Results:

285 – Jake Evans (W) 4, Derek Berberick 2

7. Waynesburg, 264 pts. 13. Grove City, 465 pts. 18.

Westminster, 513 pts.

Upcoming Matches: Wednesday, November 15

Top Runners:

Thiel @ Penn State Behrend - 7p.m.

1. Clawson, 21:33, JHU 2.Canning, 21:37, DIC 3. Wheeler, 21:51, DEU

Saturday, November 18: W&J @ Scotty Wood Duals - 9 a.m.

Waynesburg @ Mount Union Duals - 10 a.m.

Thomas More @ Trine - 11 a.m.

Lakeland @ Thomas More - 11 a.m.

MacMurray @ Thomas More - 11 a.m.

Geneva @ Wooster - 5 p.m.

Thiel @ Penn Tech - 5:30 p.m.

Franciscan @ Chatham - 6 p.m.

Saint Vincent @ Baldwin Wallace - 6 p.m.

Grove City @ Hiram - 7 p.m.

YELLOW JACKET ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

ON THE AIR Join Luke Goodling and Brandon Rossi on 99.5 WCYJ - FM for a women's basketball match up on Friday between Waynesburg vs. Messiah at 8 p.m. and on Saturday as Waynesburg takes on SUNY Geneseo at 2 p.m.

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP 1A Football Playoffs

2A Football Playoffs

3A Football Playoffs

Football

Football

Football

Football

CALIFORNIA 43,Union Area 19 CALIFORNIA 7 15 14 7 43 Union Area 7 6 6 0 19 Next Game: vs. Imani Christian Academy @ 7:30 p.m @ Peters Township.

WASHINGTON 42, East Allegheny 8 WASHINGTON 14 14 14 0 42 East Allegheny 0 0 0 8 8 Next Game: vs. East Allegheny 11/10 - 7:30 p.m.

ALIQUIPPA 14, Beaver 7 ALIQUIPPA 0 6 0 0 14 Beaver 0 0 0 7 7

THOMAS JEFFERSON 42,Belle Vernon 0 THOMAS JEFFERSON 7 14 0 6 27 Belle Vernon 0 0 0 0 0

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

4A Football Playoffs

Friday’s Box Score

Friday’s Box Score

Next Game: @ Heinz Field vs. Quaker Valley 11:00 a.m.

NEXT GAME: @ Heinz Field vs. Montour - 8:00 p.m.

5A Football Playoffs Football

Friday’s Box Score

PINE RICHLAND 49 North Allegheny 25 PINE RICHLAND 21 7 13 8 49 North Allegheny 7 11 7 0 25 -NEXT GAME: @ Heinz Field vs. Central Catholic

- 2:00 p.m.

November 16, 2017

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Progress made at regionals for men's cross country program

By MATHEW ZERFOSS For the Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team traveled to Newville to participate in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship this past Saturday, Nov. 11, where it placed 32nd out of 51 teams.

The regional meet, which was the team’s last meet of the season, saw seven Yellow Jackets participate in the event. Although the team did not place in the upper half of the standings, head coach Chris Hardie was still pleased with the team’s progress.

“I think they performed very well,” said Hardie. “It’s a pretty young team, so I think a lot of it for them was to get the experience in this race."

Freshman Nate Jecelin crossed the line first for the Yellow Jackets with a time of 27:28, which was good enough for 116th out of 365

runners.

“I ran the best race of my season, and this is my first career cross country season here,” said Jecelin. “I was really happy about that, and finishing first overall on the team made me happy.”

Junior Jacob Pryor finished 161st place and second for the Jackets, recording a time of 28:01.

“I think I performed pretty well,” said Pryor. “I ran there my freshman year and I took off 40 seconds off my best time on that course from freshman year to this year, so I was pretty happy with that.”

Freshman Mac Colomb rounded out the top three for the Yellow Jackets with a mark of 28:07, which was good enough for 170th overall. Freshman Matt Durgin finished 207th overall with a time of 28:40.

Sophomore Mason Klopp rounded out the top five for the Yellow Jackets, with a time

Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

Kyle Warmbein and Nate Jeclin finished together in the conference championship race earlier this season. During the regionals race, the men finished in 32nd. of 29:19. Freshman Jordan Payne finished sixth overall for Waynesburg, recording a time of 29:25. Freshman Kyle Warmbein finished 259th overall and posted a time of 29:48.

Saturday, the team showed

some positives, which Hardie said is a good sign for them to build on for the upcoming season.

“I think that this team is starting to see the depth, especially with the freshman class,” said Hardie. “For the

third race in a row there was a new leader that took the lead for Waynesburg, which shows how much depth this team has, and really shows the type of potential they have if they can walk in and start to be a little more consistent

from race to race.”

One thing that is really eye opening is that 22 out of the 24 runners can return for the upcoming 2018 men’s cross country season. Eric Brownfield and Matthew Shinkle are the two seniors that will graduate at the end of this school year.

Brownfield and Shinkle were captains and brought a leadership presence to this team, according to Hardie.

“They brought a calming presence, so they were never too high or never too low,” Hardie said. “They always came to work every day and were very good teammates that were really consistent out there in terms of practice, and what they did on race days is what we are going to miss out of them for sure.”

The Waynesburg men’s cross country team is already looking ahead towards making a push for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference next year.

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well…I can’t say enough for how he’s handled himself as a senior, the way he held onto a leadership role here, how he handled being a team captain the entire season.”

On offense, sophomore offensive lineman Alex Paulina was lauded for his, as Smithley described, dominant performance as a blocker in his first season as a Yellow Jacket after transferring from Pitt.

Sophomore Chad Walker was recognized as an all-purpose honorable mention for his play as both a running back

and receiver throughout the season. Walker led the team in catches with 28 and ran for 171 yards on the ground, which was third on the team, finding the end zone three times collectively along the way.

“You could see about halfway through the season how [Paulina] changed, took on a leadership role and how he really worked to be a dominant player at this level,” said Smithley. “Chad’s a guy that wants to do whatever it’s going to take to make this team go…His mentality, the way he plays the game and how much he cares about this program is something that I would put in

front of what he does on the field at this point.”

Senior punter R.J. Leon and freshman wide receiver JaWuan Jones, who was selected as a returner, were the final two honorable mention selections for the Yellow Jackets.

Leon averaged 38.8 yards per punt, which placed him fifth in the conference. Leon also a key 2-yard, first-down rushing attempt on a fake punt that helped Waynesburg seal a win against Saint Vincent.

Jones emerged as one of the top returners in the PAC, averaging 21.8 yards per return on 18 kickoffs and 19.6 yards per return on 11 punt returns.

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mentorship that coaching affords,” Cross said. “Right around the birth of my son, I kind of realized that if there was going to be a career that would pull me back into the work force, it would be coaching.”

Moving forward as the new head coach for both the mens’ and women’s the track & field teams, Cross said she hopes to continue the championship efforts of the women’s team.

“Obviously [I] hope to continue the legacy that the

women’s team has had,” Cross said. “I fully believe we are fully capable of winning this upcoming indoor championship and outdoor championship – that is something we will have to work for and stay focused on.”

For the men’s side of the program, Cross said the growth the team has exhibited recently is a hopeful sign of the future.

“I’m seeing the growth, or the fruit, in [the men] that I saw in the women’s team like four years ago,” Cross said. “Really, just wanting to cultivate that and have them continue to improve. Im-

provement is the main thing I strive for and it’s always good to have little goals and things ahead of you.”

Through Cross’ new position as a head coach for the track & field teams, she said it was a height she had always strived to reach.

“Anybody who has dreams of being a coach, or working in the coaching business, obviously dreams of maybe one day becoming a head coach,” Cross said. “It is definitely surreal having this opportunity, but it is also something that I’ve been itching for years and I’m excited to put my own spin on it.”

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meaningful than anything else.

“It was the journey that I really appreciated, more so than even the moments of holding the trophy or anything else,” Cross said. “It was being able to look back out on the field and literally see girls that are on the team currently crying and hugging each other and then looking out over on the sidelines and seeing girls who had graduated a few years back doing the exact same thing. [It was] realizing that if we had not set out on that journey – if we had not chased that so hard – I wouldn’t have met any of them.” *** During the three years she ran with the team, the rivalry against Grove City shifted from a competitive atmosphere to a focused vision.

But after the Yellow Jackets were defeated in 2006 by three points, things started to slide away and the gap between the two teams grew further apart. “[Running with the team] was really sort of where the dream came from for me,” Cross said. “Then obviously after [I] graduated, stuff had kind of fallen back a little in the conference rankings.

When I stepped on as an assistant coach with [head coach Chris Hardie]…that was something from the beginning we kind of talked about—wanting to be able to knock [Grove City] off.”

After signing back with the team to join the coaching staff in 2009, Cross got a step closer to fulfilling her vision for the women’s cross country program.

“I think that’s part of the fuel to coming to ultimately beating [Grove City] when I came on as a coach,” Cross said. “When I was introduced to that rivalry, it had been a long time that [Grove City] had [won the confer-

ence].”

Then, 10 years after Cross finished fourth on a Yellow Jackets team that lost like so many others, her journey ended. The women beat Grove City by 38 points in 2016. In that moment, her emotions were a culmination of all the years Cross had spent with the team, both as an athlete and a coach.

“Ever y year it wasn’t enough to quite get there,” Cross said. “It was quite crazy, in the moment, just looking around all the kids that I coached over the years…This wonderful experience that I had here was just because we just had this dream.”

Whether the cross country team wins or losses, Cross said she finds greater value in the relationships between the athletes than the trophies that they win.

“What I really love about [coaching] the most is just getting to meet these wonderful men and women that come through our program and get to know them and watch them grow and progress,” Cross said. “That doesn’t change – no matter if you are the top of the conference or whether we were chasing second…wherever we’re at, that process doesn’t change.” *** For Hardie, who has coached alongside Cross since 2009, the attention that Cross puts towards the athlete is unparalleled to any other coach.

“I never worked with a coach that invested as much time into athletes as she does,” Hardie said. “She will take hours at practice to just make sure she is spending enough time with runner No. 1 down to runner No. 27. There’s no difference between them to her…to me that makes her probably the best coach I’ve ever worked with.”

When Cross graduated from Waynesburg Univer-

sity, she originally thought she was going to be a teacher.

Then she realized the aspects of teaching she valued the most could be directly applied to coaching.

“It’s just a privilege to be able to see growth in someone, not just in their character, but also athletic ability and then talk them into the fact that they have that opportunity…that they can do things they didn’t realize,” Cross said. “I just love that.

I live, eat and breath being able to do that for people.”

Being with each runner in their individual journeys through college as studentathletes, through the highs and the lows, is what makes the relationships so meaningful to Cross.

“For four years you get to see them when they are stressed…you get to see them in good moods and bad moods and everywhere in between,” Cross said.

“You get to see them growing and learning through conflict with each other and just watching them workout because every team, every family has conflicts within its ranks. It’s just fun for me to walk through the halls of that aspect.”

For junior Liz Trump, the bond that she has with Cross has transformed her view of the sport.

“I think having a relationship with a coach like [what I have with Cross] is everything,” Trump said. “It allows you to really view the sport that you are doing as something more, because you are forming relationships through it and when your relationship is with the coach, and the person that is leading you through it, that is something that is really special.”

But Cross’ expertise in cross country doesn’t end with the athletes, as Hardie said her impact can be felt in the more logistical side of the team.

“There are some things that [Cross] brings that has really accelerated, I think,

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Michelle Cross originally planned to go into a teaching career, but she then realized the things she loved most about teaching could also be applied to coaching. the growth of the women’s program,” Hardie said. “She has an understanding of collegiate racing and maybe some of the advantages and disadvantages the Waynesburg women have in terms of the region and the conference.”

At the start of each season, Cross compiles a 15-week schedule for the women’s team. On the schedule, Cross will map out the road for the women to be toughest competitors in the conference and in the region.

Without that schedule, Trump said the program would not be at the level that it has reached in the past two years. Due to the expertise of the program Cross puts together for the runners, Trump said it gives the team greater confidence. “[Cross], I think, is really the brains behind all our training and I think all of us now, especially as upperclassmen, are all so confident in trusting [Cross’] training

plans for us,” Trump said.

“We know that she designs them to allow us to be successful and we say time that we just have to trust our training.”

The schedule that Cross helps build, Hardie said, represents one of the backbones to the program’s success each year. “[Cross] is a really good tactician and strategist; so I let her run with that,” Hardie said. “She basically comes up with the day-to-day training plan, a lifting plan and we even work on diet and hydration for our athletes.”

Through the training plan the cross country program uses, Hardie said it has created national-level runners for the program. “[Cross] has a little streak of national level athletes and it’s not like you just go out and pick them off a tree,” Hardie said. “Part of [the teams] formula is a 15week plan. What I think is really important for [Cross]

is the forward thinking that she has – I don’t see that a lot with coaches that I [have worked] with.” *** Through the workout plans she creates and the relationships that she forms, Cross directs each athlete on a journey she once went through herself. “[I’m] just someone helping them and guiding them along the path of life,” Cross said. “It’s really fun to watch them, not only form connections here, but watch them as they graduate.”

Through the highs and the lows, Cross has always taught her athletes to focus on the journey. …Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

And whether they lose by three points or win by 38 – the journey is always worth it to Cross. …Arriving there is what you’re destined for.

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November 16, 2017 BASKETBALL PREVIEWS

MBB schedule starts against top D3 team Jackets open season

in Tip-Off Classic with dual matches

By JOE SMELTZER

Editorial Assistant

For the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team, the first two games of the 2017-18 season won’t be a typical slate of non-conference matchups.

The Yellow Jackets will start the season across the country in Washington state, taking on two schools in a trip that head coach Mark Christner has been planning for the past few years. Along with the unusual amount of travel, Waynesburg’s level of competition to start the year will be much stiffer than in years past.

The Jackets play two games Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18, opening in Walla Walla against Whitman, a team that made it to the NCAA Division III Final Four last season and comes into this year ranked number one in the country. Then the team will travel to Spokane to take on Whitworth the next night. For Christner, the trip provides a chance for Waynesburg to prove themselves against elite competition.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for our program, for one,” Christner said. “I think anytime you get a chance to play a team like [Whitman] that has established themselves really through what they’ve done in the last couple years, especially last year with a Final Four team. It’s just a great opportunity for our players.”

One of the challenges the Jackets will face against Whitman will be containing its senior point guard, All-American Tim Howell.

With the loss of Timmy Kaiser to graduation, freshman Matt Popeck – who started

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The trip to Washington state will provide a new experience for the team; some players have never even traveled by plane before. both of Waynesburg’s scrimmages at point guard – and sophomore Frank Bozicevic will both see time running the point. Senior guard Jon Knab said that Popeck and Bozicevic are capable of filling Kaiser’s shoes.

“I think both [Popeck] and Bozicevic so far have done a great job in the preseason,” Knab said. “We lost Timmy last year who was excellent at [point guard]. He was great there, but I think it’s a trial by fire for Matt coming in as a freshman, but he’s handled it well so far.”

Whitman is expected to play a high-pressure, highintensity brand of basketball.

For Knab, recreating Whitman’s style in practice will be drastically different as to what Waynesburg will see from the Blues Friday night.

“We’ve been practicing [against the press] a lot,” Knab said. “Every day the past few weeks we’ve been doing drills against the press, getting guys up and pressing. It’s one thing to simulate it in practice, but

it’s another thing to do it in the game. So, we can practice it all we want in practice, but we’ll see if that pays off come Friday night when they get up and get after us.”

Christner said that one of Whitman’s objectives is to force its opponent to get away from its comfort zone.

“All they want you to do is play at a speed that you’re not capable of playing successfully…our work is cut out for us in terms of making sure that we stay spaced, making sure that we’re able to protect the ball really from the back end,” Christner said.

Christner also credited Whitman’s work ethic for its success.

“They play really, really hard…it’s not a game where you’re going to run a lot of set plays or anything like that,” Christner said. “You really have to play basketball and make those types of reads. That’s really what we’ve worked on, and it’s not easy to simulate, but we do what we can and I’m confident that

our guys will be ready and we’ll give it our best shot.”

Facing two of the best teams that Division III has to offer right away, Knab said, will go a long way for the Jackets to have success in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

“We all know these are going to be the two best teams we play all year,” Knab said.

“We know that by far they’re the toughest games on our schedule. Especially starting [in Washington], it really helps with that level of competition, playing against the best first. Just seeing how we play against the best, and then coming back in the conference play, I think it will be a huge confidence booster.”

Friday’s game against Whitman will begin at 10 p.m. EST, while Saturday’s contest again Whitworth will start at 9 p.m. EST. For Christner, the trip will provide an opportunity for his team to grow closer together on and off the court to begin the year.

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overall out of the 351-women field. Junior Teghan Simonton finished 51st with a time of 23:43 in the race. The rest of the scoring five included, seniors Julie Gerber and Elinore Loch and freshmen Becca Volz.

Waynesburg University was ranked fifth in the Mideast Region in the preseason poll during the summer, however the team

ing for the Knights.

“Expect us to be up-tempo, and get up and down the The Waynesburg Uni- floor,” said Jones. “This year versity women’s basketball we have been focusing on team opens its season in the little details of defense. the Hampton Inn Tip-off We want to win the battle Classic in Grantham this on the boards and execute weekend. well on offense.”

The first game of the seaJones said he likes playson for the Yellow Jackets is ing against quality compeagainst Messiah on Friday, tition to start the season Nov. 17. Messiah was one of because it acts as a gauge the best teams in the coun- on how to improve for the try last year, posting a 25-3 rest of the season. record, and only lost one “It shows that we belong, player that saw significant and gives us a measuring minutes from last season. stick on where we need to Me s s i a h h a s be,” said Jones. been a top tier T h i s s e a s on , team for a while the team has exunder head coach, perience in some M i k e M i l l e r, returners since who is entering pl ay i ng i n t he his 31st season.

E C AC tou r n a Miller has 596 ment last year. wins entering the “ The exp eri2017-2018 camence of that playpaign, the most off atmosphere Knetzer in Messiah Colagainst really lege history, and he owns good teams is a positive for a .719 winning percentage our team this season,” said throughout his career.

Jones.

Last year, Messiah had From a team perspective, four girls that averaged the Yellow Jackets are using around 10 points a game the losses in the playoffs last and each of them return year as motivation moving this season. Given the dis- into this season. tribution of points, head “I believe it will motivate coach Sam Jones said the us more this year to keep key in the game will be pushing further and try finding ways to slow down to reach bigger goals that the well-balanced attack. we have as a team this sea“We’re going to have to son,” said junior guard Julie be disciplined on the de- Deklaven. fensive end of the floor One key returner for specifically, and take care the Yellow Jackets is Addy of the ball,” said Jones. “If Knetzer. Last year, Knetzer the Yellow Jackets can ex- reached the 1,000 point ecute the plan, they have a milestone and was fourth in good chance to win the first the conference in scoring. game.”

One thing that worries The second team the Yel- Jones about this season is low Jackets play is SUNY his lack of depth at the post Geneseo on Sunday. SUNY position. The Yellow Jackets Geneseo went 28-2 last sea- have four post players, but son, with one of its losses Jones would like six for foul coming in the NCAA DIII trouble issues. tournament. Despite grad“We’re going to have to uating their starting five rely on some younger playfrom the previous season, ers,” said Jones. the Knights have a hisEarly on in the season, tory of piecing together a Jones said he is looking for winning basketball team. players to find a role that SUNY Geneseo has won did not have as big a role more than 20 games in six last season or did not see out of the past seven years. the floor at all. The weekStylistically, Jones said he end will be the first test for can get a look at how they the Yellow Jackets against play, but personnel-wise quality competition at the Jones said it will be difficult Hampton Inn Tip-Off Classince no starters are return- sic.

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fell back to seventh place as polls continued during the season.

While depth is certainly a strong suit of the team in both the PAC and Region, Hardie believes the one thing that hurt the team, probably the most in terms of potentially qualifying for nationals as a team, was the lack of a lead runner at the top of the region, which the team had two of last season.

“They really went for it, one through seven, and

left it all out there probably more than any other regional team,” said Hardie.

“But on the way back from the meet we talked about it the van…We probably let an opportunity slip away last year because that was a really talented group. Having low sticks at nine and 12 with Emily and Katie [Latimer], that was something we missed this weekend, we just didn’t have anyone in the top 10 to get us some really low points.”

Despite not qualif ying for the national meet, captain Angie Marchetti is more than happy with the performance her team put forth at regionals.

“We were ranked seventh, so finishing what we were ranked I think is still really impressive,” said Marchetti. “I’m just really proud of everybody because you could tell that everyone just gave it their all. Everyone did amazing, top to bottom, and ran their hearts out.”

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if we don’t start doing things different, this could be this program for the next five years.’”

One of the changes the team dealt with was a midseason quarterback switch from sophomore Tyler Perone to Dougherty, who entered the year as a wide receiver after spending his first two seasons with the team as the starting quarterback. Perone started the first seven games, completing 46-percent of his passes for 878 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Following the switch to Dougherty, the junior led a run-heavy attack for the Waynesburg’s wins against Thiel and Saint Vincent and started the W&J game as well.

The variation of roles was something Dougherty said he had to adjust to throughout the year, as wide receiver was a completely foreign position to him entering the season.

As a receiver, Dougherty said he struggled to find a consistent role before Smithley made the decision to make him the starting quarterback.

“It was kind of a roller coaster year,” said Dougherty. “I didn’t play at all in the Grove City or Westminster games, and I’ve kind of played the whole season since then with a chip on my shoulder…I guess that’s what it’s all about, just sticking with it and trusting the process.”

While the team may not have finished where it wanted to from a record standpoint, Smithley feels it made significant strides throughout the duration of the season in almost every aspect.

He is confident that the Yellow Jackets are developing an identity that will carry into 2018 as each player also develops individually.

“We’ll compete until Week One of next year,” said Smithley. “Over the course of an offseason, a lot of things can change. I’ve seen so many guys emerge that are young guys in the last two weeks, it’s just really impressive to me and really reassuring that we’re doing the right things. That’ll continue up until Muskingum next year.

We’re excited about where this thing is going, we really are.”

to that point.”

For Smithley, it’s essential to find a way to get Jones involved in whatever way possible.

“He’s a guy who you want to find ways to get the ball in his hands,” Smithley said.

“It’s key to be able to have a guy that you just have to be able to find a way to get him the football, and you trust that he’s going to make things happen with that football. It’s not easy to find guys like that, but when you find them…you want to make them better, and you want to keep moving forward with the process with them to continue.”

A turning point in Jones’ development on the field, Smithley said, took place during Week Two. The Jackets were playing Westminster and were trailing 14-7, with less than five minutes left in the third quarter, and faced a third-and-nine from their 4-yard line. Sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone threw the ball deep to Jones, but awaiting him was freshman safety Gary Anderson-Davis. Davis greeted Jones with a hard hit that Smithley said could have warranted a targeting penalty, but Jones hung on

to the ball for a 20-yard gain and a first down. Although Waynesburg didn’t score on that possession and wound up losing the game, 28-7, Smithley saw that play as a signal that Jones had arrived.

“I can’t say enough for how big the play was in the Westminster game,” Smithley said. “Coming out of our end zone, and [Perone] throws him that vertical up the sideline, and he takes that hard hit on the sideline…but him taking that hit and holding on to that ball… that was the play for me, as his coach, that said, ‘Hey, this guy is legit, let’s get more on his plate.’”

Fr o m a p l ay m a k i n g standpoint, Jones was somebody that, according to junior defensive back Justin Willkow, was a player that upperclassmen could look to provide a spark whenever the team was struggling to put points on the board.

“He was definitely somebody that I looked up to because, at some points in the season, we weren’t getting the things done that we needed to get done,” Willkow said. “When he [returned kicks], he was that guy that you knew at any given time when he touched the ball, he was capable of scoring.”

For Willkow, a moment that signified Jones as a team leader took place in a mid-October game against Thomas More. The Yellow Jackets, who were 0-6 at the time, trailed the Saints 48-0 at halftime. How Jones handled the situation in the locker room, Willkow said, was a sign of how far he had come from a leadership

“Just being a father, you learn, you take on roles and you adapt to things.”

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standpoint.

“We were getting comp l e t e l y e m b a r r a s s e d ,” Willkow said. “I was talking to [senior tight end Alec Watts] at halftime, and he was just like ‘[Jones] went off in the locker room.’ He was just screaming and yelling, and once I heard that, I [thought] ‘Yeah, he’s bought in.’”

After his time at Youngstown State did not go according to plan, Jones sees his time at Waynesburg as a second chance. So far, Jones believes he’s making the most of that chance.

“I feel like I’m taking

advantage of all opportunities,” Jones said. “I could have not [gone] to school, I could have just stayed back home and just tried to find a regular job, but that wasn’t my intention. I told myself [I was] going to go to school.”

Jones said that his experience as a young father helped translate into leadership on the field. “[Being a parent] helps me be a leader,” Jones said.

“Just being a father, you learn, you take on roles and you adapt to things. So just coming out [to Waynesburg], it just helps me be a leader and try to get everyone going on the same page.”

Although Ariah and her mother are currently living in Youngstown, Ohio, Jones communicates with them through facetime, while his parents, Crystal Woods and Gary Jones, bring her to all of Waynesburg’s home games.

For Jones, having a child drives him to excel both on the field, and in the classroom.

“To be honest, I think about my daughter all day,” Jones said. “Just all day… whether I’m at practice or in class, she’s always on my mind. She gives me motivation to do things.”

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CURTAIN CALL

Ashley Hall, Yellow Jacket

Shawn White, senior creative writing major, recites one of his many monologues as the character, Hamlet, in the 2017 Waynesburg Player's fall production.

White reflects on final Waynesburg University performance as the lead in Hamlet

By COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Convergence Editor

In what he wants to be his last acting role at Waynesburg University, senior creative writing major Shawn White was selected to play the role of Hamlet to put an end to his legacy at Waynesburg. According to White, as soon as he heard that the fall show was going to be Hamlet, he was really hoping to get the lead role.

“When I found out that [I got the role as Hamlet] I was just thrilled and speechless,”

Overnight offers a look into life at WU

By DYLAN CLELAND

For the Yellow Jacket

Prospective students were able to receive an in-depth look at Waynesburg University as a campus and community during the annual Fall Overnight Visitation during the evening of Nov. 12 through the morning of Nov. 13. Current university students hosted over 60 high school students that have expressed an interest in attending Waynesburg.

Admissions counselors Emily Nowakowski and Kyle DiGiandomenico worked alongside others in the admissions office and around campus to help coordinate the event.

“The main premise for overnight visits are for students to get an inside look at Waynesburg,” said DiGiandomenico. “They can do a regular visitation day or an open house and come Monday through Friday, but they really don’t get to see the inside of Waynesburg. An overnight gives them the opportunity to come and stay in the dorms, experience life in the evening [as well as] Waynesburg unfiltered.”

When choosing a school, one of the main factors for future students is the level of comfort. Nowakowski feels that the overnight is a great chance for students to figure out the answer to that question.

“For prospective students, it is super important because they are choosing a place that they will be going for the next four years,” said Nowakowski.

“I think it is important for them to live in student life and see what it is like for one night at Waynesburg. If they see something they like, it could turn on the light [and OVERNIGHT >> D2

said White. “My roommate was there when I saw the cast list and I couldn’t say anything I was just so excited.”

There were many challenges that White had to face taking on the role of Hamlet. He said that the two obvious ones were the Shakespearean language as well as the iambic pentameter of the show. However, there was one more challenge according to White that was the most difficult to accomplish.

“The challenge was just trying to portray [Hamlet] in a natural light,” said White.

“Hamlet is not a complete psychopath [and] he is not a completely normal guy—he is a very complex individual.

So, portraying that line was the challenge, it was something that I had to grow into because I didn’t really get into it naturally.”

Originally when White chose to come to Waynesburg University, he was set on majoring in forensic science, but he then switched to a creative writing major. White also added that he had never been in a play until he came to

Waynesburg because his high school only did musicals and he was not comfortable with his singing and dancing. “[For me] it’s just the idea of being someone else and entertaining an audience that always appealed to me,” said White. “I did speech and debate in high school so, it was sort of similar [to theatre] I guess in some aspects, and that love I had for getting up in front of a crowd just carried over into theatre.”

Some other plays that he has been in during his time

at Waynesburg were Fools, which is a comedy, and Frankenstein, as well as some other one acts. White also added that his one act that he wrote for Professor of Theatre Edward Powers’ class will be performed this winter.

After White graduates from Waynesburg University, he hopes to become a professional actor. White said that he has already auditioned at Little Lake, a theater production company back in White’s hometown, Washington, Pennsylvania, and received some call backs,

but was unable to be in any plays due to his unavailability.

“After school, I am going to take some time to work, because I need some money first of all, and then I am going to try and apply to some acting school,” said White.

“I would love to apply to Julliard and get into there, but it is just a dream and a dream I would like to have.”

White also would like to thank everyone who came out and saw ‘Hamlet’ last week and hopes that people keep coming to shows at the university.

Joe’s big break Sophomore journalism student displays ‘mind-blowing’ passion for baseball in viral video

By MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

Joe Smeltzer is 19 years old and still can’t tie his shoes.

But if you randomly say any year between 1903 and 2017, the sophomore journalism major will spout off historical baseball facts and statistics like a fire hydrant jetting water after being wrenched open, without even a second of hesitation.

These are side effects of Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum that complicates development and communication. Smeltzer was in elementary school when he was first diagnosed, but he didn’t quite understand his condition until he was much older.

“It was really difficult for me when I was first diagnosed in an already awkward stage of life,” Smeltzer said.

“Once my parents started opening up to me, I was able to deal with it better.”

For Smeltzer, things that are simple to most people, like social interaction, are difficult.

“Sometimes it feels like I am floating out in an ocean, aimless and trying to grab onto something.”

Smeltzer was born with a love for Pittsburgh sports in his blood. His parents have been season ticket holders for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1994, and he attended his first baseball game at four weeks old.

“I’ve been going to games all my life,” he said.

It was attending the games and eating up the history of baseball that Smeltzer said allowed him to become so adept at rattling off random facts within seconds. While Asperger’s syndrome is a major reason behind his abilities, Smeltzer said his passion also drives his special skill.

“A huge part of why I can do what I do is just because I loved the game so much and studied it over the years,” he said.

Smeltzer’s expertise on sports facts has been his claim to fame over the years.

One of his best friends from his alma mater of West Allegheny, Sean Routch, has admired Smelter’s love of the game since the first grade.

“My first impression of [Smeltzer] was that he was the kid who knew a lot about sports,” Routch said.

“It was almost terrifying how much he knew. I gravitated towards that.”

The now-sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh has seen Smeltzer in each stage of his life with Asperger’s, and said he has been there for him every step of the way.

“He always kind of struggled with social things,” Routch said. “I remember in first, second and third grade, he always struggled getting dressed after swim class. I used to help him figure out how to put his pants back on. I was protecting him that way, you know?”

For Smeltzer, Routch’s kindness meant everything.

“He was the one constant that I had,” he said. “I am definitely thankful.”

As a student at Waynesburg University, Smeltzer said he has had

more practice handling his social skills than ever before.

“I think living on my own in college has kind of helped me to come out of my social shell,” he said.

However, as he continued to struggle, Smeltzer had yet to go out with friends on a Saturday night, even as a sophomore in college.

That is, until senior sports broadcasting/sports information major Drew Brown got involved.

“I talked to [Brown] about how I had never really gone out on a Saturday night before,” said Smeltzer. “He immediately invited me to his house to hang out with his friends.”

While hanging out, Smeltzer’s sports-savvy reputation preceded him, and he was quickly prompted about it by two of Brown’s houseguests, Tanner Ambrisco, graduate of Slippery Rock University, and Ryan Jaehne, pharmacy major at the University of Pittsburgh. Smeltzer was swiftly bombarded with random number generators to determine a year and cellphone cameras to cap-

Video of Joe Smeltzer, sophomore journalism major, giving baseball statistics recieved 1.6 million views.

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ture each second of his extensive memory in action.

“1928?”

The camera bounced from Ambrisco, who was using his phone to generate random years in history, to Smeltzer.

“That was the Yankees over the Cardinals in four games.

Babe Ruth hit three home runs, Lou Gehrig hit four home runs and that was the second consecutive championship that the Yankees had in the 20s.”

“1961?”

“Yankees over Reds in five games, that was the year Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris had the homerun race. Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s record with 61 home

runs. The Yankees won the World Series in seven games the next year, and after 1962 they did not win another championship until 1977.”

“1920?”

“The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins five games to two. It was the first grand slam in World Series history. It was the year Ray Chapman died after getting hit by a pitch.”

After getting his hands on the video footage, Brown thought it would be perfect to send it to the Instagram account of Barstool Heartland, the Indianapolis extension of Barstool Sports, after interning for them this past summer. It immediately expanded to the official Barstool Sports account and was shared by several other accounts online.

The video of Smeltzer’s uncanny baseball knowledge has since gone viral, garnering more than 1.5 million views on Instagram and thousands of retweets on Twitter.

When the video of Smeltzer took off, Brown was not surprised.

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November 16, 2017

Shadowing security Barstool Heartland internship has impact gives experience to criminal justice majors

By SHON MEADE

For the Yellow Jacket

By MATTHEW SHINKLE Associate Editor

Waynesburg University is consistently ranked as a great school for education and value in the region.

One of those reasons is the quality of classes and the opportunity to have on-the-job learning experiences while in school.

Sydney Flick, a senior criminal justice and sociology major and psychology minor, has been the lone student worker with the Department of Public Safety since the August of 2015, and in doing so has been able to learn about how campus security works.

“You get to kind of see about the inner workings of the school,” said Flick.

“On the surface, you don’t know what’s going on, but when you’re in there, you get to see a lot of it and help with it as well.”

Flick works closely with Waynesburg’s campus security officers throughout the week.

While they will take rounds around campus and patrol campus with the officers, Flick stays in the office to make sure someone is there to take care of other work that needs to get done.

Although not always the most glorified part of the job that most may watch on television cop shows, Flick is important to ensuring the department runs smoothly.

“I’ll watch the cameras, I’ll answer the phones,” said Flick. “I’ll take statements if someone comes in and they need to write a statement, or I’ll proofread some of the reports that have been written up.”

Mike Humiston, Director of the Department of Public Safety, is appreciative of the work Flick and past student workers that have held her position have done in the past to assist the department through their hands-

on learning.

“I think they get a lot out of what we ask them to do here in preparation for them when they actually graduate from here and get a job in criminal justice,” said Humiston. “Things like how to write a report and what’s important to be in a report.”

With at least the past three students that have worked with the department having gotten jobs in law enforcement, Humiston sees no problem for Flick landing a job in her career path upon graduation.

“Flick does a great job and she’s in line to be possibly one of the valedictorians for the graduating class,” said Humiston. “She’s a criminal justice major and one of the ones that takes it seriously. To have the possibility of being the valedictorian means a lot to her.”

Flick is actually already working as a security office with a separate company, doing background checks online for Gittings Private Investigations in Evansburg, Pennsylvania.

However, upon graduating, Flick would like to work somewhere in law enforcement on actual ground.

“I would like to go into some form of law enforcement, whether that be police work or in to the corrections system somewhere,” said Flick.

Overall, the criminal justice program at Waynesburg has prepared Flick and other students for promising careers in the law enforcement path.

“I think we have one of the best, if not the best, criminal justice majors in southwestern Pennsylvania,” said Humiston.

“Waynesburg University is very highly sought after from a law enforcement standpoint with different agencies.”

Drew Brown always knew how to have a good time and bring a smile to everyone’s face.

Brown also knew, however, when it was time to get serious and get to work.

For this senior sports broadcasting/sports information major, Brown found an opportunity to combine those things in his summer internship with Barstool Heartland.

A direct affiliate of the parent company, Barstool Heartland is based out of Indianapolis, Indiana and is run by Pittsburgh native and former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee.

“I’ve been a big fan of Pat McAfee throughout his whole football career and when I saw he was retiring to join a popular Internet media platform, I knew that’d be the type of job right up my alley,” said Brown. “[McAfee] put out a tweet shortly after retiring about needing interns and I hopped right on it.”

Brown jumped on the op-

portunity to apply in late February. Unlike most interviews, the hiring process took four days and the nearly 70 applicants were narrowed down each day, Brown said.

“It was honestly pretty competitive, and I ended up being one of the last men standing,” said Brown.

Brown moved out to Indianapolis in May and started working for Heartland right away. Not even a week into his internship, he found himself back in Pittsburgh covering the Penguins, who were hosting Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final. Brown pitched the idea of covering the outside festivities to McAfee and he loved it, according to Brown.

Brown and a fellow intern interviewed fans outside the game festivities that were taking place in the area. Once back at the office, Brown edited the package down and the video was posted to Barstool Heartland’s social media ahead of Game Six, which the Penguins ultimately won. Brown mentioned that there were roughly 300-400 thousand views on the video.

Another event Brown worked early into his internship was the Indy 500. Barstool Heartland had camped out the whole weekend leading up to the race.

“We spent the whole weekend creating content, tailgating with fans, going to concerts along with the Indy 500 race itself and really just getting to know one another,” said Brown.

Brown had applied countless skills that he learned through Waynesburg University’s Department of Communication over his time at Barstool Heartland.

“I originally applied as a hopeful video editor intern due to my skills in the field of video production, and was able to apply those throughout my time working with Barstool Heartland,” said Brown.

Brown said that he is very thankful for the opportunity to work with Barstool Heartland.

Brown has made the trip back to Indianapolis a few times since his internship has ended because he believes that keeping a relationship with employers is essential.

“I keep in touch with literally every person who works there, and am doing my best to stay involved and interactive with everybody,” said Brown.

Most recently, Brown went back to Indianapolis over Waynesburg’s Fall Break to continue work with Barstool Heartland.

“I made a pretty cool promotional video for one of their podcasts, and came up with the idea to play a competitive game of BASEketball in office on the basketball court,” said Brown.

“We streamed the game to the Internet and it was viewed by nearly 75,000 people.”

Brown is eager to continue working for Barstool Heartland in the future, and Brown said that he felt he truly represented the city of Pittsburgh well over his time.

“Representing Pittsburgh was a big goal of mine heading into the internship and something I thought I did pretty well,” said Brown. “Family, friends, co-workers, etc.— all enjoyed seeing my loyalty for the Steel City while working for a company that had little to do with Pittsburgh.”

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“The numbers and statistics [Smeltzer] is able to rattle off are legitimately mindblowing,” Brown said. “I felt as if America deserved to see what us on the fourth floor of Buhl Hall have been witnessing for three semesters now.”

A week later, the dust from the viral video has settled, and Smeltzer is back to his everyday routine. Moving forward, he hopes his fame helps him achieve his dream career.

“I want to write about sports in general, but baseball is my favorite,” said Smeltzer.

“Who knows what doors that video will open for me now.”

After seeing Smeltzer pop up on his social media timelines, Routch is in disbelief of how much Smeltzer has grown.

Michelle Keith, Yellow Jacket

Smeltzer, who attended his first baseball game at four weeks old, has the winner from each World Series matchup memorized.

“When I look at him, I am proud of who he has become,” Routch said. “From the kid I had to help put his pants on in swim class, I know how far he’s come and I think it’s

pretty cool.”

For Smeltzer, the video is validation of who he is. Even though Asperger’s often leads him to feel alone, the video shows him he belongs.

“I know I have this condition and I am proud to be able to live through it,” Smeltzer said. “I just want to be known as a kid, not as a kid with a condition.”

Willison Hall residents play ‘assassins’ game Overnight: Prospective students attend future classes, stay on campus

By MICHAEL CAPPELLI For the Yellow Jacket

The dormitories at Waynesburg University are not just for housing students. In Willison Hall, the dormitory for upperclasman males, the Resident Advisors (RA) have devised a way for the students to interact and grow as a community.

They have come up with a series of in-hall games for the residents to participate in.

Junior Psychology major Justin Shirey said two hall games have already been planned.

“Right now, we have the mini-basketball tournament set up and the big one we have going is assassin,” said Shirey.

Most of the residents of Wilison hall are participating in the game of “assassins,” which has a particular set of rules to be followed.

“The basic rule is that each person gets a clothespin with your targets name on it, so you have to find that person and clip it onto them without them knowing,” said Shirey. “This is to attack, it has to be clipped

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Being clipped for more than five seconds eliminates players from the game. to their person for five seconds and then they are eliminated.”

Shirey also said that after successfully completing the “attack,” the person who is eliminated has to pass their target onto the person who eliminated them.

Although the “attack” portion of the game is rather important, there is a way for the residents to “defend” themselves and stay in the game.

“If you catch someone trying to pin you, you can say stop

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or anything to get the clothespin off of you and then there is a 15-minute grace period before they can attack again,” said Shirey.

According to Shirey, after a failed attack is made, the game becomes easier for that resident because he knows who is coming after him.

The game will continue until there is only one resident left.

“In a perfect world, if you end up with your own clothes-

pin then that means you’ve won the game,” said Shirey.

The game offers the opportunity for residents to get to know one another, especially in a larger dorm like Wilison.

“It gives the chance to bring the guys together and gives a different avenue to interact with people who you might not interact with on a daily basis,” said Shirey. “Our overall goal is just to build community and just build relationships among residents.”

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help them] realize [Waynesburg] is right for me.”

The preparation and planning for an event of this magnitude requires help from multiple people and groups around campus, but the Admissions Department takes on the bulk of the work.

“There is a lot involved, not

“I think it is important for them to live in student life and see what it is like for one night at Waynesburg."

EMILY NOWAKOWSKI

Admissions Counselor

just me or admissions. Our student workers [WUSAs] are the ones stuffing packets and putting name tags together and getting all of the stuff we need,” said DiGiandomenico.

“They work on the finer details.”

The overnight experience started Sunday afternoon with the arrival and registration of the high schoolers. Sunday evening included a couple events and a chance for students to attend Upper Room.

Then the students were sent to a class on Monday, allowing for a sample of a realistic day in the life of a college student.

“They get a chance to see what their professors would be like and see what the class-

room setting is like,” said DiGiandomenico. “We tried to give them a mix, so we don’t give them just classes within their major. They got a general education class and then a class or two in their major so they can see full picture.”

Nowakowski agrees with DiGiandomenico that attending classes might be the most beneficial part of the stay.

“I think it is big that they get to go to class, so not only do they get the overnight but the next morning they’re going to class so they get to experience the classroom,” said Nowakowski. “They get to see where their education is coming from. They get to meet the professors they’ll be with and see the students that they’ll be with every day.”

DiGiandomenico believes that the professors play an underrated role in visitation events.

“The professors play a large role in being so inviting into their classroom,” said DiGiandomenico. “Allowing outside students sit in on their presentations is a pretty big deal, because bigger schools don’t do that. Our professors do a really good job at being welcoming and understanding the importance of these visits.”

Admissions offers overnight visits once in the fall and then again in the spring for accepted students. In each circumstance, it maintains a similar goal and a large effort.

“It is one big team effort in terms of making this happen,” said Nowakowski. “Overall it is important to make sure it feels like home for them.”

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Turkey Day Q and A

Written by Eddie Boice

Designed by Cheyenne Nester

Have you ever wondered whether the Pilgrims ate turkey on the first Thanksgiving? Or how many calories one person eats during the autumn holiday?

Look no further than here to learn those fun facts. Hopefully those questions and more will be answered before sitting down with family next Thursday.

Q: How did football become so popular during Thanksgiving?

A: In 1934, the owner of the Detroit Lions organized a game with the Chicago Bears to play on Thanksgiving.

The Lions have played on Thanksgiving ever since.

Q: Did the first Thanksgiving last one day?

A: Nope. The celebration continued for three straight days.

Q: Did the Pilgrims eat turkey on the first Thanksgiving?

A: Probably not. Original documents from the Pilgrim’s time record that they ate waterfowl and deer, but not turkey.

Q: How many turkeys are eaten during the Thanksgiving season?

A: Back in 2012, around 46 million turkeys were eaten in the United States.

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